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Swimming, swimming, swimming and then swimming some more! That’s what 89 members of the Goulbourn Sea Hawks Swim Club did over a three day span recently, swimming a grand total of 348,000 metres. It was the club’s annual Swim-AThon in which swimmers suited up, grabbed their goggles and challenged themselves by swimming or trying to swim 200 lengths of the pool in two hours. Each lap is 25 metres, making for 5,000 metres per swimmer if all 200 lengths are completed. For the club’s veteran swimmers, this meant trying to beat the time or number of lengths achieved the previous year while for the club’s novice swimmers, it meant challenging themselves to see how many laps they could complete in a two-hour period. Swimmers could choose to use any swimming stroke in swimming up and down the 25 metre pool at either the Goulbourn Recreation Complex or the Richcraft Recreation Complex. See SWIMMERS, page 46
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Lamitta’s Wish to Walk fundraiser being held at the Stittsville Legion Hall on Stittsville Main Street on john.curry@metroland.com Sunday, March 26 from noon to 3 p.m. A fundraiser to help a Stittsville Six-year-old Lamitta El-Roz of youngster receive the medical treat- Stittsville is unable to walk due to ment she needs to be able to walk is cerebral palsy as a result of brain BY JOHN CURRY
damage at birth. However, she has now been identified as a candidate for life-changing surgery not available in Canada that has been medically proven to help children with similar disabilities to be able to walk. See LAMITTA’S, page 2
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The cost of this surgery is over $100,000, which is why a GoFundMe campaign and other fundraising is being carried out to allow it to happen. This fundraiser at the Stittsville Legion Hall will feature a
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Lamitta’s GoFundMe campaign has already raised over $36,000 of its $130,000 goal. Lamitta herself loves meeting people, loves to sing, and is anxious to become more independent. She was born premature at 28 weeks in September 2010, weighing 2.2 pounds. She was in incubation for 54 days. At seven months old, it was noticed that Lamitta’s body was not functioning like the body of a seven-month-old should. After many pediatrician appoints, an MRI was done which showed that Lamitta had incurred some brain damage at birth, which led to her having cerebral palsy. These findings meant that Lamitta was referred to a physiotherapist centre and treatment centre for children born with special needs. Lamitta still does not have any control over her gross motor skills. This means that she is not able to sit, roll over, crawl or support herself in any way. Her disability has led Lamitta to develop other medical complications such as kidney stones, asthma, slight visual impairment and anxiety. But despite this, she still remains a very happy youngster full of
life. As Lamitta grows, her muscles are not growing with her body, and it is becoming more difficult for her to stretch her arms and legs. Even sleeping, she is not able to roll over on her own. After searching for medical procedures that might help, selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery done at the St. Louis Missouri Children’s Hospital has been found. Lamitta’s family has received approval from this St. Louis hospital that Lamitta is a good candidate for this life-changing surgery. It has been medically proven to help children with similar disabilities to be able to walk and become more self-dependent. For Lamitta, the hope is that this surgery will, at the very least, allow her to take a few steps on her own. The cost of this surgery and the followup intensive physiotherapy sessions is between C$100,000 and $120,000. The surgery, which has been scheduled for this coming September, will require Lamitta and her family to be in St. Louis for four weeks. This will be followed by six months of intensive physiotherapy sessions
back at home. The surgery will hopefully allow Lamitta’s wish and dream to walk to become a reality. The main hurdle now is raising the funds required for the surgery, and it is fundraisers like Lamitta’s Wish to Walk on Sunday, March 26 at the Stittsville Legion Hall which will help make this happen.
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MPP hopes to honour veterans with special recognition on ID’s Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP hopes to get all-party support BY BRIAN DRYDEN brian.dryden@metroland.com
Conservative Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren is hoping that a private members bill he tabled earlier this month will get cross party support when it comes up for discussion at the end of this month. He tabled a private member’s bill March 7 that calls for identification of veterans on provincial ID cards. The Honouring Our Veterans Act would see the word “veteran” added below the photograph on a driver’s licence or Ontario identification card for those who have served. “For too long, veterans living in our province have not been recognized for their service on their official government identification,” said MacLaren. “Having the word veteran placed on the driver’s licence will enable businesses
to offer discounts, help first responders who are assisting a former service member, and will properly recognize their service to our great country.” According to MacLaren’s office, the bill is expected to be debated for the first time on March 30. The Progressive Conservative MPP is hoping to get all-party support for idea from NDP MPPs and from the governing Liberals when it comes up for discussion. MacLaren first announced his intention to table a private member’s bill on veterans’ identification last November. MacLaren said the benefits of the added identification include: • public recognition of service, • potential discounts, • emergency first responders could more easily triage veterans for service-related conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder. If passed, the added iden-
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New era starts at Amberwood Village Golf and Country Club New operations manager hopes to build upon former manager‘s success at golf club BY BRIAN DRYDEN brian.dryden@metroland.com
It’s only been a week or so, but Pierre Mondor is already settling into his new role as the golf and sports operations manager at Amberwood Village Golf and Country Club in Stittsville. “There’s no big immediate changes scheduled. At this point I just want to build upon what Katharine (Usher-Vollett) has done and follow in her footsteps,” Mondor said of the previous manager in the post who is moving back to eQuinelle Golf
Club in Kemptville as operations manager at that facilty. TMSI Sports Management, which manages the Amberwood Village facility, chose Mondor as the new operations manager because of his extensive experience and the fact that he is fully bilingual. “Pierre really stood out to us as someone who is not only bilingual, but also extremely talented in many managerial capacities,” said Rob Knights, TMSI vicepresident. Mondor has more than 18 years experince in the golf and recreation industry, most recent-
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“An elephant in the room� is a common phrase referring to an obvious problem that no one wants to discuss. Well, on Saturday, March 25, there’s going to be an elephant in the hall at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church but it will not be something that no one wants to discuss. Indeed, it promises to be a topic of much conversation as it is expected to be a big hit for everyone there, just like it always is. What we are talking about is a “White Elephant Table,� which is always a popular attraction at the annual spring bazaar and bake sale at St. Andrew’s. Seeing this “White Elephant Table� is very therapeutic for some, especially those who are in withdrawal after a winter of no garage sales. A white-elephant sale has come to refer to a sales event dealing in items that have value but perhaps have no use; that is, they are a white elephant, as it were. The term arises from the actions of the King of Siam, who used to give white elephants to those who had displeased him, knowing that the cost of feeding and housing the huge animal would ruin the recipient. The term has since come to mean a gift that is not easily disposed of. White elephant tables are typically held as fundraisers and are like a thrift shop on a table, perhaps with many items that are otherwise hard to find.
The phrase “an elephant in the room� was recorded in a 1959 issue of the New York Times but it is known that the phrase was in use well before that. Indeed, in 1882, American humourist and author Mark Twain wrote a detective mystery story called “The Stolen White Elephant.� The phrase “an elephant in the room� has come to be used in reference to an issue that is obvious to everyone who knows the situation but which is deliberately ignored because it would cause great embarrassment or is a taboo topic. But there will be more than just this “White Elephant Table� at this spring bazaar and bake sale at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at the corner of Stittsville Main Street and Mulkins Street in Stittsville. There’s going to be a great selection of baked goods
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City takes issue with province allowing Carp dump to accept material from Quebec BY BRIAN DRYDEN brian.dryden@metroland .com
Local councillors are firmly behind an effort by the city to challenge a provincial government decision that allows construction and demolition waste from Quebec to be shipped to the landfill that operates in Carp. Waste Management’s West Carleton Environmental Centre has gotten the green light from the province’s Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) to accept construction and demolition debris from some western Quebec communities. Besides adding out-of-province waste to the facility’s intake, which the city has always been against, there is also concern that that could add to the already heavy large truck traf-
fic that flows through the city’s roadways. “I am of the view that, while it may prove to be a procedural challenge, the city should seek leave to appeal the MOECC’s decision in this instance,” a memo from city clerk and so-
position in this matter, being to restrict waste in Ottawa landfills, originating within the city limits and from the neighbouring Lanark County,” the memo said. “Therefore, in light of the city’s long standing position
“I have been in discussions with the city’s legal department as well as the Mayor’s office and the city solicitor to see what can be done.” — COUN. SHAD QADRI
licitor Rick O’Connor states. “In providing this opinion, I met with Mayor (Jim) Watson, Ward Councillor (Eli) El-Chantiry and Councillor (Shad) Qadri, who were all supportive of this appeal in an effort to defend council’s stated
on limiting the geographic area from which waste is brought to Ottawa landfills, it is my view that it would be appropriate to seek leave to appeal the MOECC’s decision in this instance,” according to O’Connor.
“It is my view that it would be appropriate to seek leave to appeal the MOECC’s decision in this instance.” CITY CLERK AND SOLICITOR RICK O’CONNOR
El-Chantiry is the councillor for Ward 5 West CarletonMarch and Qadri is the councillor for Ward 6-Stittsville. “There’s been a lot of conversation in the community surrounding the Province of Ontario’s recent decision to allow waste from Quebec to be processed at the waste management facility on Carp Road,” Stittsville Coun. Shad Qadri said. OPPOSITION
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ur hydro bills may be going down this summer, but don’t pop the bubbly just yet. While Ontario residents will see an average 25 per cent reduction on the bottom line, what they won’t see is what it’s going to cost future generations and the current structural inefficiencies and ongoing bad planning that make electricity expensive for us in the first place. Premier Kathleen Wynne announced the savings this month saying it was the fair thing to do. She heard from families struggling with their bills and struggling to understand why rates have skyrocketed. Unfortunately, because the history of hydro and its mismanagement is such a long and complicated one, politicians looking to distract would-be voters benefit from its current complexity. People don’t get it and don’t have the time, the comprehension or the willingness to figure it out. What they do get is how hard it is to pay a huge bill. So Wynne’s Liberals are waving a shiny 25 per cent hydro cut over here, while over there, our expensive hydro system continues to plod along. The lower bills come from refinancing the
term of payment the province owes to private power providers — from 20 years to 30. So we’re deferring costs to future generations in order to get some immediate relief. And we’re incurring about $25 billion in extra interest charges over that time. Additional relief will be coming through lowincome and rural subsidy programs, but that too comes at a cost of $2.5 billion over the next three years charged to Ontario’s treasury and taxpayers. As tempting as it is to celebrate lower bills, with an election year in 2018, we need to hold all parties to account to do more than float distractions. Ontario generates more power than it knows what to do with and we’re forced to sell it to our neighbours at a discounted rate. Sometimes we have to pay for them to take it. The sale of Hydro One has locked us into guaranteed contracts with private power providers whether we need that power or not. There’s little transparency as to the details of private contracts and that takes accountability right out of the system. We need a comprehensive plan and a system overhaul. Keep that in mind when you’re told to celebrate your June power bill. It’s not nearly enough.
Is loneliness the next health epidemic?
“Today’s busy parents ‘cocoon’ themselves by devoting all of their nonwork time to children, leaving no time for partners, friends, and other forms of social contact,” the authors households have a single occupant. few years ago, I said write. Many of us who do live with others farewell to my family as There is no shortage of research to opt for big houses, where everyone they left for school, work tell us that all this loneliness is killing has a room of their own. Individuals and daycare, and I slumped forgo social interactions in favour of us. into the living room chair. have linked loneliness It was October and I was alone. Capital Muse social media; they telecommute. We to Studies poor cardiovascular health and live alone, we eat alone and we sleep I had been feeling lonely for a long increased risk of depression. alone. time. Loneliness has also been recogBut it’s not just physical isolation The demands of three kids and someone. nized as a key breeding ground for that triggers loneliness. my own business had burned me out. Instead, as I looked around, it addiction. The frenetic pace of modern life I was told to take some time off. I seemed everyone had a friend, a A 40-year-old study on rats found has seen a decline in social connecdidn’t realize at the time I was doing colleague or someone with whom that those who lived alone were easily tions essential to making us feel part it all wrong. Instead of taking the to engage in a lively and stimulating hooked on heroin. But rats who lived of something bigger than ourselves. sabbatical to engage in exercise, join conversation. In The Lonely American: Drifting in a haven with regular social interacan art class or explore something new, Sitting in the middle of that I was alone, day after day, lacking crowded coffee shop, I felt more alone apart in the 21st Century, authors Jac- tion chose to avoid the drugs they queline Olds and Richard S. Schwartz were force-fed. purpose and company. than ever. Social studies have noted people note that a culture of self-reliance I’m a gregarious person, so I knew Loneliness is rampant in modern has led to the deterioration of social require a depth of social connecit was important that I didn’t sit at society. home and stare at the walls. More people live alone than at any relationships, something evident in ev- tions to overcome or avoid addiction erything from our work and financial altogether. That particular day, I drove to a time in history. Loneliness has less to do with coffee shop, silently hoping I’d meet More than 27 per cent of Canadian lives to our parenting styles.
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MPP suggests ministry of property rights BY NEVIL HUNT nevil.hunt@metroland.com
It’s a blue-ribbon panel facing a milliondollar question: how do you get city-dwellers to care about property rights? Progressive Conservative MPP Jack MacLaren has been tasked by his party’s leader with tapping Ontarians about ways to put more teeth in protections for property owners. One solution floated by MacLaren at a March 9 town hall meeting in Kanata is a new provincial ministry of property rights. He foresees such a ministry reviewing future legislation “to ensure that it does not infringe on property rights,” while reviewing all existing laws to remove parts that infringe on those rights. Laws about wetland designations and endangered species may resonate with many rural residents in Ontario, but a mostly rural audience in Kanata understood it will be tough to get people in urban and suburban homes to pay much attention. “If we can change people’s thinking on property rights, then they’ll start behaving a different way and we’ll get results,” said Mark Breckon, who is leading the Conservatives' nine-member panel on property rights. The first town hall meeting was held in MacLaren’s riding of Carleton-Mississippi Mills, and stops are planned across the province. MacLaren is his party’s critic for natural resources and forestry. Landowners in the province’s countryside can often share anecdotes about government intervention affecting their property or that of a neighbour. The provincial departments mentioned at the town hall were the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, and the attorney general’s office.
The government action that draws the greatest ire is the designation of private land as significant wetlands, which affects the owner’s ability to develop or in any way change the land. Endangered-species regulations have also seen development halted when a particular animal is found to be living there. “Legislation gets made, and a part of your property goes down to the wetlands,” said panel member Tom Black, who is president of the Ontario Landowners Association. Black said the province has stepped back a little when it comes to protecting rare animals. “It’s not as bad now as it was when they were trying to protect every bird in every hayfield,” Black said. Other laws that can affect property owners include municipal bylaws and official plans, heritage designations and floodplain designations. MacLaren said urban and suburban Ontarians should pay attention. “Your life is your property,” he said. “You use your body for labour, and in return you are paid money, and that’s your property. And when government creates something like a carbon tax, that takes your property (your money), and you can't use it to buy other property.” MacLaren said property rights have been eroded bit by bit. “We have a pretty good system, but it’s being taken away from us. Government is doing it to us with legislation. We’re losing it inch by inch, and we don't want government down our throats. It’s time to push back.” He said courts have been faced with arguments about “degrees of property rights.” “That’s crap,” MacLaren said. “We need to change the tone and reinstate the attitude of the people who wrote the Magna Carta.” On the issue of endangered species, MacLar-
en said government has to seek a better balance. “We all want to protect endangered species, but not if it’s going to destroy your home or your property or your job,” he said. The property rights panel’s task is to encourage party members to support the issue at the PC party’s policy convention in November. To that end, people at the town hall meeting were encouraged to buy party memberships and become delegates at the convention. “We’re not out to burn the house down,” MacLaren said. “We want to come across as reasonable, sensible people.” MacLaren said it may be a challenge just to get his colleagues to push the issue. “Not all of our caucus members are as keen on property rights as the 40 people here tonight,” he said. Black added that the ideas taken forward to the policy convention have to be palatable in the mainstream if the party is to be successful in the provincial election scheduled for June 2018. “We don't want to lose the election over this,” Black said. “We want a soft tone that’s sellable
to everyone.” The panel is made up of nine members, all but one of whom is a current or past leader in landowners' associations in eastern Ontario. MacLaren said he’s had questions about the diversity of the panel he helped to select. “These are the people I know with strong opinions and support for property rights,” he said. The panel worked on a preliminary report for 16 months, and it was shared with Brown in January. The panel’s tour of the province was then approved, with the goal of adding new ideas for future legislation. “This is the No. 1 subject for me,” MacLaren said as the town hall meeting opened. “I was given no rules or guidelines, which is the best way. “I think interest will grow. It’s a subject nobody ever talks about.” The preliminary report is available online at www.yourpropertyrights.ca. The website is expected to post a schedule of town halls in the near future.
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COMPETITIVE HOCKEY COACHES The Kanata Minor Hockey Association is now accepting applications for all
Competitive Head Coaching Positions for the 2017/2018 Hockey Season An application form is available at www.kmha.ca Please E-mail a completed application and supporting material to General Manager at info@kmha.ca. Alternatively your completed application can be dropped it in the Office Manager mail slot located next to the KMHA Office Main concourse KRC arena The deadline for applications is April 7, 2017. All applications will remain confidential. Stittsville News - Thursday, March 23, 2017 9
Happenings at Stittsville Royal Canadian Legion BY BARB VANT’SLOT Special tot he News
The next monthly meeting of the book club will be held on Monday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the legion hall. The book of the month is The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. The book of the month for April will be The Memory Thief by Emily Colin. This April meeting will take place on Monday, April 24. For more information about the book club, please contact Monique Vail at vails@hotmail.com. The next family breakfast at the Stittsville Legion Hall will be held on Sunday, April 2, starting at 9 a.m. and running until noon. The cost is $8 per person. There is a children’s menu available. Everyone in the community is welcome to attend. The next bus trip to the Rideau Carleton Raceway, hosted by the 55 Plus Club of the Stittsville Legion, will take place on Wednesday, April 5 with everyone welcome. The bus will leave from the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena at 11:30 a.m. Please contact Marion Gullock at 613-836-5254 for more information or to reserve a seat. Regular Friday suppers at the legion
hall will be starting on Friday, April 7. Come and enjoy a great spaghetti meal for only $10 per person. Bill Martin and his band, Born Country, will be performing at the legion hall on Sunday, April 9 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. The next free afternoon of live music at the Stittsville Legion Hall will happen on Sunday, April 23 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., with John Belisle as the featured performer. Everyone is welcome to attend. The legion is looking for volunteers to help with a yard clean up around the legion hall on Sunday, April 30 starting at noon. Please contact Monique Vail at vails@hotmail.com for more information. Bursary forms are now available at the legion hall. Forms will also be posted on the legion website. Closing date for the submission of bursary forms will be April 30. Forms can be dropped off at the bar at the legion hall up until the closing date. Membership cards for 2017 can be picked up at the bar at the Stittsville Legion. WEEKLY EVENTS (Everyone in the community is welcome to attend these events, unless
Help shape the future of Almonte General Hospital Almonte General Hospital is accepting applications for three positions on the Board of Directors, beginning June 2017. AGH’s Board provides leadership and strategic direction to the organization’s three divisions – Almonte General Hospital, Fairview Manor and Lanark County Paramedic Service - while overseeing key aspects of performance. To complement existing skills on the Board, a legal, healthcare professional (e.g. nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy) or government relations background is desirable. Previous experience as a member of a board or in a senior leadership role is an asset.
otherwise stated) Euchre hosted by the legion’s 55 Plus Club is played every Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the legion hall on Stittsville Main Street. Everyone is welcome to participate. On Wednesdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., an Acoustic Jam Night is held in the downstairs lounge (notice the change from the upstairs hall previously) at the Stittsville Legion Hall. This event is open to everyone. No stage and a relaxed, fun and friendly atmosphere exists at these musical events. However, percussion is not allowed. For more information, please email Brenda Hamilton at singersoloist@ sympatico.ca or call her at 613-286-
9173. An Open Mic and Singalong with Bill Martin will be held every Friday starting at 8 p.m. in the downstairs lounge at the legion hall. Come and enjoy some country and some rock ‘n’ roll music. Everyone is welcome to attend. There is no cover charge. The knitting and crochet club meets at the legion hall every Monday at 6:30 p.m., except for holidays. Anyone interested is welcome to come and join in. The group is now also making rescue dolls, as well as baby bonnets and pic line covers for local hospitals. There are also free lessons available. For more information, please contact June Warner at 613-836-1167.
Sixth annual Quiz for a Cause on April 1 SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
It’s almost trivia time again at the Community Bible Church in Stittsville. The church will be holding its sixth annual Quiz for a Cause on Saturday, April 1, with all proceeds going to support the church’s partnership with the Seje community in Kenya. Specifically, the funds raised will go toward the construction of another new classroom for the school in Seje. Everyone is welcome to participate in this Quiz for a Cause fundraiser. Just get together a team and try your luck at the skill testing questions. To register, go to Eventbrite.ca. The Community Bible Church in Stittsville has been partnering with the village of Seje in Kenya since April 2011. The objective of the partnership is to establish sus-
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Board members must be at least 18 years of age and must live or work within the area served by the Hospital. Members of the Professional staff, employees and their spouses, children, parents or siblings (or the spouse of any child, parent or sibling) are not eligible to serve unless permitted by a majority vote of the Board of Directors.
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The Nominating Committee will interview potential candidates and make a recommendation to the Board of Directors for approval.
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Application forms are available at www.agh-fvm.com or through the office of the President & CEO at 613-256- 2514 ext 2220. The deadline for applications is Monday, April 3, 2017. We thank all applicants for their interest in serving AGH. Only those selected for interview will be contacted. 10 Stittsville News - Thursday, March 23, 2017
The Stittsville Legion’s website can be found at www.stittsvillelegion.com. Upcoming events at the Stittsville Legion are always posted on the billboard sign at the front of the legion hall, easily seen by those passing by on Stittsville Main Street. EUCHRE WINNERS Henri Albert had the most lonme hands at euchre at the Stittsville Legion Hall on Tuesday, March 14. Louise Martel had the ladies high score with Joan Davis placing second. Dave Argue had the men’s high score with Dwain McGillvray as the runner-up. Venita Pilon had the low score, while Wayne Pilon had the hidden score.
Please call 613-740-1339 Toll Free 1-800-661-4354 www.yolkowskimonuments.ca Many monuments on display with an indoor showroom for your convenience
tainable solutions in agriculture, clean water and education in the community of Seje, which is in one of the poorest regions in Africa. Seje is located in western Kenya near the Ugandan border. The region suffers from droughts for much of the year. In addition, villagers as a rule do not have access to clean water as the region does not support wells from a geological perspective. AIDS and malaria are prevalent in the region. Half of the children do not survive to see their fifth birthday because of disease, primarily caused by dirty water. The Seje community also has a high number of orphans who are at great risk since the community cannot adequately look after them. They receive minimal education, food and medical assistance. Through various fundraisers and support from sponsors, the Community Bible Church in Stittsville has partnered with the community of Seje on a number of projects. A school for orphans has been started which is providing quality education, food and health services for orphans. The funds raised by the Quiz for a Cause last year went to help build another classroom onto the school, Gracious Academy, which has been established in Seje thanks to previous fundraising by the Community Bible Church. See COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH, page 11
PUBLIC MEETINGS All public meetings will be held at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, unless otherwise noted. For a complete agenda and updates, please sign up for email alerts or visit ottawa.ca/agendas, or call 3-1-1. Monday, March 27 Ottawa Police Services Board 4 p.m., Champlain Room Tuesday, March 28 Planning Committee 9:30 a.m., Champlain Room Thursday, March 30 Community and Protective Services Committee 9:30 a.m., Champlain Room Did you know you can receive e-mail alerts regarding upcoming meetings? Sign up today at ottawa.ca/subscriptions. Ad # 2017-501-S_Council_23032017
What’s up, doc, in village of Stittsville? *A new online exhibition of paintings by Shelley Lacroix, a member of the Ottawa West Arts Association (OWAA), is now on the OWAA website at https:// owaa.ca/canada-150. Shelley has selected 16 paintings for the online exhibition, most showing scenes from around Ontario and Quebec, but also from farther afield. This online exhibition is called Visions of Canada. *The next luncheon of the Friendship Club is coming up on Wednesday, March 29 at the Stittsville Legion Hall on Stittsville Main Street. The menu will include beef stew, buns, salad and a surprise dessert. Entertainment will be provided by the musical group “Forever Friends.” To reserve a place at this luncheon, Friendship Club members should phone Gloria at 613-831-8819 or Rosemary at 613-836-6354 by Friday, March 24. The Friendship Club always welcomes new members. For membership inquiries, please phone Lorraine at 613-599-3297. *Sunday, April 23 is the deadline for the receipt of nominations for this year’s Stittsville Appreciation Awards. These awards included the Roger Griffiths Memorial Citizen of the Year award, the senior of the year award, the youth of the year award, and the business of the year award. The winners will be announced at the Stittsville Appreciation Awards celebration on Tuesday, May 16 at 7 p.m. at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex. Nomination forms can be found at https:// shadqadri.com/nominationform-saa-2017. Completed nomination forms can be emailed to City of Ottawa Stittsville Ward Coun. Shad Qadri, dropped off at his ward office at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex, or mailed to him at 110 Laurier Ave. W., Ottawa, Ont., K1P 1J1. Nominations should include a detailed written submission outlining the person or business being nominated. *Patrick Cheechoo is a new member of the OWAA, which regularly has art exhibitions at the OWAA gallery in the foyer area of the Goulbourn Recreation Complex on Shea Road.
Patrick is an artist who paints in acrylics and watercolours, and is also a photographer. *Amsted Design-Build is holding its first-ever Mid-Construction Tour. With the support of one of its clients, the firm will be opening up the doors to a project-in-progress. This will allow those who are considering a renovation in the future a chance to learn more about one of the biggest parts of any renovation process, the framing stage. Those on the tours will get a chance to see inside the walls to see what really goes into a renovation project before everything is covered up with drywall. The tours will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 1, at a site near Kirkwood Avenue and Carling Avenue. Advance registration is required by contacting Amsted Design-Build on Flewellyn Road at 613-8367434. *Sacred Heart High School student Luke Savoie has been recognized as a Myer Auto Group Amazing Kid on CTV. He was presented with a cheque for $1,000 on CTV’s new 6 p.m. show. When he was born, doctors told Luke’s parents that he might never walk. But he has achieved so much. Indeed, he wakes up every morning saying “I can” and he does. *The Carleton Provincial Liberal Association for the riding of Carleton, in which Stittsville is now located, is holding an information meeting on Saturday, March 25 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Manotick Legion Hall on Ann Street in Manotick. Anyone interested in learning about the new Liberal riding association as planning begins for the June 2018 provincial election is urged to attend this meeting. Refreshments will be provided. The boundaries of the Carleton provincial riding are the same as the boundaries for the federal riding, which is now represented by Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre. For more information, please contact Patricia Pepper, the interim president of the Carleton Provincial Liberal Association, at patriciageordiepepper@gmail.com or 613-829-9821. *The members of the new 2017
Board for the Fairwinds Community Association, as determined at the association’s recent annual general meeting (including both new and returning board members), include Rochelle Buenviaje, Alex Chen, Eric Falhaber, Glen Gower, Karrie Granger, Jennifer Holmes, Tara Jowett, Kim Pyefinch, Martin Stein and Sean Toogood. Stepping down from the board are Bridgette Alchawa and Joe Boughner. *The Stittsville Village Association may hold an outdoor movie evening sometime this summer, perhaps near the end of July. *Some of the street names in the Blackstone development area in the Fernbank lands are Oxer Place, Sceptre Way, Groningen Street, Gloaming Crescent, Tapadero Avenue, Balikun Heights, Palfrey Way, Livery Street, Dressage Avenue, Nonius Street, Rouncey Road, Westphalian Avenue and Losino Crescent. *The Kanata Theatre is presenting The Melville Boys from March 28 to April 8, with an 8 p.m. curtain time, at the Ron Maslin Playhouse in Kanata. This is a classic Canadian comedy exploring sibling rivalry and resentment, as well as the themes of love, loyalty and compassion. Tickets at $20 each can be obtained from the Kanata Theatre Box Office at 613-831-4435 or via email at BoxOffice@kanatatheatre.com. *St. Thomas Anglican Church at the corner of Stittsville Main Street and Carleton Cathcart Street is collecting Loonies for Lent. There’s a glass jar in the church where members of the congregation are being encouraged to deposit their loose change — and even paper money — for church outreach. At Easter, all of these donations in the jar will be tallied up and the funds will be given to the Stittsville Food Bank.
*A video featuring Tysen Lefebvre and his story including his Mission to A Million campaign for Make-A-Wish Eastern Ontario was recently aired on the Discovery Channel. Since being posted on Facebook by his mother Linda, the video has received 11,675
views. The video tells the story of how Tysen, who is now 15 years old and a student at Sacred Heart High School, was born with Pfeiffer Syndrome, a condition that impacts only one in 100,000 births. He had emergency surgery when he was just nine days old and has over 20 surgeries since then and he will still need surgeries in the future. Because of the success of his own “wish” granted by Make-A-Wish Eastern Ontario to meet his movie idol Adam Sandler, Tysen decided to launch his Mission to A Million with the goal of raising one million dollars for Make-A-Wish Eastern Ontario, funding 100 wishes. He has now achieved about half of this goal about halfway through his five year plan for the fundraising. Tysen recently has been able to play hockey, a sport that he loves, thanks to a specially designed protective frame which prevents any falling or contact…. *The Catholic Women’s League at Holy Spirit Parish on Shea Road is holding a fashion show on Saturday, May 6 featuring the spring collection from Judy Joannou Designs. Tickets will be $15 per person. Proceeds from the ticket sales as well as ten percent of clothing sales will go to benefit local palliative care. For tickets or more information, please contact Claudette Langdon at 613831-1286… *The Quesada restaurant serving authentic Maxican cuisine is now open at the Shops of Main Street Plaza on Stittsville Main Street at Carp Road. Quesada features burritos, tacos and quesadillas….. *The annual Arts in the Park event hosted by the Stittsville Village Association which features a variety of vendors (artists, crafts people, authors, etc.) displaying and selling their wares in Village Square Park will be held on Sunday, June 4 this year. Last year the event was rained out and held later in August. But this year it is back at its traditional date on the first Sunday in June….
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A water system that draws water from a nearby river has been built. The system filters and chlorinates the water and then pumps it up a hill into a storage container. The system is solar powered and has distribution lines to sites such as the school. Members of the Seje community volunteered their time to dig over two kilometres of trenches through dry, rocky ground to in-
stall the water system. This water distribution system, which serves 2,000 people, is going to be expanded in the future. Ten dilapidated huts in the community have been rebuilt. They are the homes of those who are sick or elderly and could not do it themselves. A community centre that serves multiple purposes such as meetings and events has
been built. The Community Bible Church/Seje partnership has also provided funding to support emergency health needs. The Community Bible Church also has been involved in the purchase of land for agricultural purposes, with food being grown on the land for use at the school and also to raise funds for the school through the sale of the food.
Ottawa Rural Clean Water Program The Ottawa Rural Clean Water Program (ORCWP) provides funding for projects that protect surface water and groundwater quality. Landowners completing projects in 2017 may be eligible for grants of up to $15,000 depending on the project they are undertaking. The next application deadline is May 1, 2017. New grants are available. Grants are available for 18 kinds of projects related to nutrient management, soil protection, water management, land stewardship, and education and innovation. Farmers from rural and urban Ottawa along with landowners within rural Ottawa are eligible to apply. Approved applicants must complete a 3rd or 4th Edition Environmental Farm Plan (farm projects), or Healthy Home Guidebook (non-farm projects). Canadian Organic Certification is also accepted for some farm projects. Non-profit organizations can apply for education and innovation projects. Applications will be accepted through the LandOwner Resource Centre, which works in partnership with the Mississippi Valley, Rideau Valley, and South Nation Conservation Authorities and the City of Ottawa. Contact the LandOwner Resource Centre at 613-692-3571 or toll free at 1-800-267-3504 ext. 1136. Visit www.ottawa.ca/cleanwater to see a full list of eligible projects and to download an application form. Rural Association Partnership Program – Apply Now for Funding If you are an Ottawa organization operating a rural fair, a farmers’ market or a rural business organization such as Chamber of Commerce and Business Improvement Areas, you may be eligible for funding of up to $7,500 through the City of Ottawa’s Rural Association Partnership Program (RAPP). The first round of RAPP funding is now available with applications being accepted until Friday, April 14th, 2017 at 4:00pm. The objectives of the RAPP are: • To provide project based funding that supports the main priorities for rural organizations. • To contribute to the City’s rural economic health by supporting projects that will assist Ottawa’s rural business organizations, fairs and farmers markets achieve sustainability and capitalize on the proximity to Ottawa’s large urban market. • To assist in promoting Ottawa’s rural identity to both residents and tourists. • To provide economic benefits to small and medium sized enterprises in Ottawa’s rural communities. • Assist rural communities to overcome the business development challenges associated with smaller local population base. • To increase the capacity for rural communities to provide a quality visitor experience. More information, including guidelines and an application form, can be found on the Rural Association Partnership Program webpage. Prospective RAPP applicants are encouraged to contact the Rural Affairs Office at ruralaffairs@ottawa.ca or 613-580-2424 ext. 27815 to discuss their proposal prior to submitting an application. If you have any comments, questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at Scott.Moffatt@ottawa.ca or contact me by phone at 613-580-2491. For information on Rideau-Goulbourn issues, please visit RideauGoulbourn.ca.
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Book based on real experiences in a war zone “I started writing it as therapy during my tour there, but I decided to flip it around, and instead make the focus “Everything in there is based on what the young girls and what they went really happened,” Egan told the Stitts- through,” he said. ville News in an interview. The focus of Angel and Mercy started REAL EXPERIENCE out as an autobiographical work, that As the release for the book says, “This ended up taking a different form when story is as relevant today as girls around Egan decided to write the book from the world are still being dismissed, opthe vantage point of young female compressed, trafficked and exploited for batants he came across while in Sierra combat, the sex trade and organ harLeone.
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vesting.” Egan served in the West African nation of Sierra Leone on loan to its military for eight months in 2001. He has since retired from the Canadian military. He has been interested in writing for years, and started the Stittsville Creative Writing Group five years ago when he couldn’t find other writing groups geared towards adults that met at night in the Ottawa area. Since founding the group, it has
grown quickly in the past few years. He stepped away from the group to concentrate on finishing his novel in the past year. “It was really rewarding, I forced myself to write every week and learn as much about writing as I could,” he said. And that has paid off as his book Angel and Mercy: The Ceasefire War, relased in February, can be purchased in e-book format and paperback through Amazon and other major booksellers such as Chapters and Barnes & Noble.
Church Services GLEN CAIRN UNITED CHURCH
PASTOR STEVE STEWART
140 Abbeyhill Dr., Kanata Rev. Brian Copeland
1600 Stittsville Main Street
Sunday Services at 9:15 and 10:45 AM.
10:00 am: Service of Worship and Sunday School Pastoral Care & Healing Service: 11:30am - last Sunday of each month
Nursery and Children’s programs running concurrently. Youth Groups: Transit (Gr 6-8), Tuesdays at 6:30 PM Thirst (Gr 9-12), Wednesdays at 7 PM
Office: 613-836-2606 Web: www.cbcstittsville.com
613-836-4756 www.gcuc.ca
Email us at: cbcinfo@cbcstittsville.com
THE OASIS
Reverend Mark Redner 3794 Diamondview Road, Kinburn Friday Healing Service 7:00 p.m. SundayWorship Service 10:00 a.m. 613-288-8120 www.cometotheoasis.ca
St. Paul's Anglican Church Sunday Eucharist
8:00 am - Said 9:15 am - Choral Music, Sunday School & Nursery 11:00 am - Praise Music, Sunday School & Nursery 20 YOUNG ROAD KANATA • 613-836-1001 www.stpaulshk.org
KANATA
SATURDAY SERVICES SABBATH SCHOOL FOR ALL AGES 9:15AM WORSHIP SERVICE 11:00 AM
SERVING KANATA AND STITTSVILLE
Seventh-Day PASTOR: MAROS PASEGGI Adventist 85 LEACOCK DRIVE, KANATA (THE CHRIST RISEN LUTHERAN CHURCH) Church 613-818-9717
WELCOME to our Church St. Paul’s United Church, Carp Service 10:30 a.m. 613-839-2155 www.stpauls-dunrobin.ca stpaulsunitedcarp@sympatico.ca
Growing, Serving, Celebrating
KANATA BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday Sunday Sunday Worship Service 10:00 am Pastor Shaun Seaman
465 Hazeldean Rd. • 613-836-3145
Sunday Services 9 & 11:15am 9am Children’s Program Available Pastors: Bob Davies, Stephen Budd & Doug Ward kbc@kbc.ca
www.kbc.ca
3760 Carp Road Carp, ON
Minister of Youth and Discipleship: Nick Trytsman Pastor Shaun Seaman
info.trinity.kanata@gmail.com
Please join us at 110 McCurdy Drive, 836-1429, www.trinitykanata.ca 1817 Richardson Side Road. 613-836-1429 www.trinitykanata.ca
The Anglican Parish of March SUNDAY SERVICES
St John’s South March 325 Sandhill Road, Kanata Sunday Service 9:00 am & 10:30 am Sunday School 10:30 am
Come when you can and Come as you are.
St Mary’s North March 2574 6th Line Road, Dunrobin Services and Sunday School 9:00 am
Sunday March 26 ~ Lent Four 9:00am ~ Christ Church 10:30am ~ St James The Apostle
St. John’s Sixth Line 1470 Donald B Munro Dr
Christ Church Huntley 3008 Carp Rd
St James The Apostle Carp 3774 Carp Rd
613-592-4747
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Here and there around village of Richmond *There’s a Spirit Week at South Carleton High School for the first week back after the March break. On Monday, March 20, it was Tropical Day, while Tuesday, March 21 was Crocs and Socks Day. Wednesday, March 22 is Camo Day, while Thursday, March 23 is What Not To Wear Day. Friday, March 24 will be Uniform Day. *You can hear about all of the activities being planned for Richmond’s 200th anniversary celebration in 2018 and their status at an upcoming meeting hosted by the Richmond Village Association in the upstairs hall of the Richmond Memorial Community Centre (arena) on Tuesday, April 4 at 8 p.m. Updates will be given about the various events and activities. Everyone is welcome to attend. You might even decide to volunteer to help out with one or more of the activities or events. *South Carleton High School student athletes have been off to the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) provincial high school championships in several sports lately. The South Carleton alpine skiers competed at Blue Mountain in Collingwood. The SCHS girls team won bronze medals in slalom racing, while placing fifth in the giant slalom. The boys team placed fifth in both slalom racing and the giant slalom. South Carleton had three wrestlers attending the provincial championships in Brampton, while SC students Jack Batstone and Cole Batstone both competed in the OFSAA provincial high school swimming championships. *Concert harpist Lucile Hildesheim of Richmond will be part of a
Harp Extravaganza fundraiser for the youth music program OrKidstra, as well as the music program at the Dominion-Chalmers Church in Ottawa. The fundraiser which will feature Lucile and ten of her harp friends playing on stage at the Dominion-Chalmers Church on Cooper Street on Sunday, March 26 at 3 p.m. The concert will mark the launch of a new OrKidstra harp program, which will allow OrKidstra music students to learn to play the harp. Up to this point, they have had the opportunity to learn to play just about any instrument in an orchestra, but not the harp. This concert will change this by helping introduce a harp class headed by Lucile, who is a concert harpist. Lucile has already donated one harp to the new program, and part of the proceeds of the March 26 concert will enable the purchase of a second harp. The rest of the proceeds from the concert will go to the Dominion-Chalmers music program, as well as its Christmas Downtown event, where food, gifts and entertainment are provided to many of Ottawa’s less fortunate at Christmas time. Tickets for the concert are $20 for adults and $15 for students, and are available at dcpresentations.com. OrKidstra is an Ottawa-based program that gives children from underserved areas of the city the opportunity to learn life skills such as teamwork and commitment through the challenge of singing and playing music together. The program began in 2007 with 27 children and has since grown to include over 500 youth aged five to 18 years old from 42 cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
Ron Mills gives preview of music on new CD BY JOHN CURRY
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Singer/songwriter Ron Mills gave a multi-song preview of the music on his new Duff Road CD at the open mic session at the Richmond Curling Club upstairs lounge on March 17. It provided a chance for Ron to have yet another opportunity for a live performance before his April 1st CD release party. He had performed at the open mic sessions at Danby’s in both Munster and Richmond the weekend before and now at this March 17 open mic to get back before an audience as he has been prevented from performing of late due to a finger injury which he suffered last fall just after completing his new CD called Duff Road. Indeed, the CD release party has been rescheduled a couple of times due to this injury which was to a finger on his left hand which made playing the guitar impossible for a while. The injury itself was just a fluke. He sliced the top of his finger with a butcher knife while cooking dinner at home. He damaged some of the tendons in the finger so recovery
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Singer/songwriter Ron Mills performs one of the songs from his new CD “Duff Road” at the open mic in Richmond on Friday, March 17.
has taken a number of months. But now he is back singing and accompanying himself on the guitar and although there was only a sparse audience at the March 17 open mic session since it was St. Patrick’s Day with other attractions happening elsewhere and also was the final day of the March break, Ron gave a sampling of songs from his new CD. There were story songs from the new CD but of particular note in his performance was the song called The Chicken, the Pig and the Dog which he described as one of the only pure folk songs that he has ever written. He wrote it for his daughter before she was born and it is meant to be a song that she could not only listen to when she was young, but also when she is older. It is a peppy tune that has a universal appeal. He also sang Duff Road, the title song from the CD, explaining that Duff Road is where he grew up on a family farm near Sault Ste. Marie in Northern Ontario. The farm is not really near any specific town and so he hails from Duff Road when people ask him where he is from. The song was written for and about his parents on the farm. Ron admitted that he has written numerous sad and heartbreaking songs, attributing this to the fact that writing such songs seems to come easy to him whereas writing happy, upbeat songs is more difficult. But he did end his set with an upbeat, lively song and if this is any example of the kind of happy song that he can write, then he should do more of it. It was a toe tapping treat! Ron will be hosting the CD release party for his new CD Duff Road on Saturday, April 1 at 7 p.m. at the Bar Robo on Somerset Street West in the Chinatown area in Ottawa. The CD is selling for $10 each. His Facebook page describes his
music as being a blend of traditional folk, old country, blues and storytelling music, reflecting his Northern Ontario upbringing. Ron’s special performance at this Richmond open mic session was preceded by a performance by Andrew McKim of Richmond who organizes these monthly open mic sessions at the Richmond Curling Club lounge. Andrew opened the session with an acknowledgement of St. Patrick’s Day, singing a song while accompanying himself on a bodhran which is an Irish frame drum. Andrew has organized these Richmond open mic sessions for three years now, starting at a time when there were few other open mic opportunities in the community or in the area. Open mic sessions have now sprung up in other locations so that Andrew is now giving some thought to the future of these Richmond open mic sessions.
Councillor’s Column Keeping You Informed By Shad Qadri, Councillor Ward Six Stittsville City of Ottawa
March 23, 2017
Councillor’s Column Keeping You Informed Carp Road Waste Management Facility Dear residents, There’s been a lot of conversation in the community surrounding the Province of Ontario’s recent decision to allow waste from Quebec to be processed at the waste management facility on Carp Road. I would like to take a moment to reaffirm my own commitment of opposition to the expansion of the Carp Road landfill. This issue stretches back over a decade and in the year 2017, it is important to recognize that there are better ways to handle waste. The start of this discussion dates back to 2003 when Waste Management (WM) came to the Province with the proposition of expanding the landfill double in size. Along with the community, I expressed my voice vehemently against this proposal. In 2006, WM revised their application to the community and to the Province. During the discussion of the proposal, the community of Stittsville stood together to the tune of approximately 1000 residents, attending a meeting at Jean Paul II elementary school to strongly voice their opposition to the proposal. Residents passionately expressed their concerns in opposition to decisions that negatively impact our environment and directly affect our communities. WM proceeded to do an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the expansion and even during those meetings, there was opposition from the community. During the EA process, City Council recommended 6 items to be included in the EA that were not accepted by WM. One of those conditions was the City’s recommendation to not accept waste from outside of Ottawa except for Lanark County. Instead, the EA included that the waste on this site could be accepted from all of Ontario. It is on this basis that WM was granted approval of the EA by the province. It was last year that WM came back with the proposal to amend the approved service area to also accept waste from Quebec, particularly the Outaouais, Abitibi-Temiscamingue and Laurentide areas, despite the clear limitations set forth by the EA. The City of Ottawa provided comments in September of 2016 to the Province’s Ministry of Environment expressing our dissatisfaction with the amendment. I share residents’ frustration in the Province ignoring the conditions of the EA. The industrial, commercial and institutional waste (IC and I) which this landfill will be accepting is under the jurisdiction of the Province. It is important that residents also make sure our MPP, Jack Maclaren, is aware of your concerns as he is your provincial elected representative by emailing him at jack.maclaren@pc.ola.org I have been in discussions with the City’s legal department as well as the Mayor’s office and the City Solicitor to see what can be done. As the Province’s ruling did not take into account the City’s stance, I felt that it was important that the City stand by our initial decision in opposing the amendment to the EA. I can now affirm that the City is providing a leave to appeal to the Province. Based on the above decision, the City is reaffirming our position. As your City Councillor, I have worked intensively on ensuring that our garbage is handled in a way that reflects 21st century ideals. As Sweden and other European countries have shown, waste when looked at as a resource and not a liability can be a revenue generator. In 2009, I even went so far as a tour in Sweden to review their practices which I then reflected in a report to the City’s Planning Committee. I am optimistic that the appeal process yields positive results and I will continue to update the community as things progress.
Be Aware of New Stittsville Street Names! Last year, five Stittsville streets were required to undergo changes due to duplicate and similar sounding names since amalgamation with the City of Ottawa in 2001. Because of the public safety risk this poses with Ottawa’s Emergency Services, the Street Renaming Project was implemented to reconcile these challenges. Names were suggested by members of the community and voted on by households living on the affected streets. The results were published in my November 4th electronic newsletter and on my website, www.shadqadri.com. Now, as of March 13th, the names for Bell, Elm, Goulbourn, and Meadowland are now officially renamed. Bell St (from Stittsville Main-Norway Spruce) is now Bobcat Way, Bell St (from Norway Spruce-West Ridge) is now Snowberry Way, Elm St is now Brae Crescent, Goulbourn St is now Henry Goulburn Way, and Meadowland Way is henceforth Turtleback Way. Long Meadow Way retained its name but residents have undergone a civic number change to the 900-series (ex: 23 Long Meadow Way is now 923 Long Meadow Way). Please begin to use the new names when referencing the streets to emergency services or addressing mail through Canada Post. For any issues related to Canada Post, please contact Customer Service at 1-800-267-1177. For any other questions or concerns, I encourage residents to contact me and City staff, Rebecca Anderson, at Shad.Qadri@ottawa.ca and Rebecca.Anderson@ottawa.ca. Always Listening
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Andrew McKim plays the bodhran as he sings an Irish tune at the open mic in Richmond on Friday, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day.
As your Councillor, I always welcome your keen input and ideas on how we can sustain and improve Stittsville. Please contact our office anytime by phone at 613-580-2476 or by e-mail at Shad.Qadri@ottawa.ca. If you are a Stittsville resident of Ward 6 and would like to be added to my weekly electronic outreach list, please contact my office to ensure you receive pertinent information concerning our community. Further information about any of these articles can be found on my website or you can contact my office to obtain details.
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ROSSS trying to raise $100,000 Provides services in Richmond BY ERIN MCCRACKEN erin.mccracken@metroland.com
Jack MacLaren Member of Provincial Parliament Carleton-Mississippi Mills
Honouring Our Veterans For too long, Veterans have been unable to provide to the public, to their families, and to their work, a reliable and well known form of identification that proves their service. This is why I am bringing forward a called the Honouring Our Veterans Act 2017 I’m suggesting that the driver’s license be modified with a small yellow stripe bearing the word ‘Veteran’. The same would go for Ontario Identification Cards for those who don’t have a driver’s license. This modification will be optional, of course, and it would be an easy and inexpensive way to recognize Veterans in our province. The benefits of the Honouring our Veterans Act are many, whether proving years of service in the military to secure a new job, or so that our first responders can know right away that they are helping a Veteran in need. Businesses may be open to using this identification to provide specific products or services to Veterans, and may even go so far as to offer them discounts. The simple justification for the Honouring our Veterans Act is this: Veterans served on our behalf in some of the most dangerous places on the planet. They return home and hand in their equipment. But they don’t forget about their service, and neither should we. It’s time to list Veteran on their government identification. My Bill will be debated in the Ontario legislature on March 30th. Stay posted for further details!
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At age 86, Manotick’s Larry Ellis shows no sign of slowing down. It’s a Thursday afternoon and he’s joined more than 20 other seniors at the village’s Mill Tavern for a bite of lunch, a chat and a few laughs. It’s become part of his routine, and one that he does not take for granted, thanks to Rural Ottawa South Support Services, an organization that provides a range of supports and programs, from meals, rides and social and fitness activities to caregiver respite and home care, for seniors and adults with disabilities ages 18 to 109. Ellis is not only a longtime client, relying on delivered frozen meals, drop-in social programming and rides to medical appointments — he also volunteers, making regular calls to check in on others in need. “I meet so many great people,” Ellis said. “It’s just a fun time, and there’s satisfaction in being able to contribute a little bit too.” He was shocked recently to learn that ROSSS, as the 30-year-old organization is known, has been scrambling since late last year to tighten its belt amid a record drop in donations and an unprecedented increase in client demand. For that reason, staff has issued an appeal for the community’s help in raising $100,000 by the end of March, needed to protect 20 per cent of the organization’s operating budget and ensure it doesn’t have to turn away about 1,800 clients who live in a massive rural area equivalent to about one-third the size of Ottawa. “We’re desperately hoping the community is going to rise to the occasion,” said Mary Acton-Bond, the support centre’s executive director. “I can’t leave any stone unturned. We’ve got to try everything we can possibly do to make this continue.”
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Trouble mounted late last year when ROSSS did not see the usual influx of donations it receives in December, needed to shore up its annual operating budget, which is $2.3 million this year. That decline represented a 40 per cent shortfall from what was projected, further heightened by the fact January and February are not typically donation-rich months. PINCH FROM BOTH SIDES “We’re feeling it on both sides,” said Acton-Bond. “We’re feeling it from the (clients), who need more help and we’re feeling it from the donors.” Last year, the organization served more than 9,100 people, well up from more than 6,200 in 2015. “It is the biggest jump we’ve ever seen,” she said. While Ellis was surprised to learn his organization is facing trouble, he said the demand for support is understandable given the number of communities ROSSS serves: Manotick, Greely, Vernon, Kars, Metcalfe, Osgoode, North Gower, Edwards, Richmond, Kenmore, Ashton, Burritts Rapids and Marionville. “The demand is even greater now because so many people can’t drive to their medical appointments,” said Ellis. While he’s only used the odd ride to get to appointments, he said if he ever has to give up his driver’s licence and downsize to a seniors’ residence, he knows where to turn. “That’s the thing with ROSSS, I know if the time comes that I can’t drive … I’ll make use of ROSSS,” he said. In addition to providing more than 15,000 rides last year, the centre has also seen rising demand to transport wheelchair-reliant clients. ROSSS is now serving 27 of those people, more than twice as many as before. “We’re the only game in town, so they have no other option,” ActonBond said. Over the past 15 years, ROSSS has seen a change in its donor base. Many financial supporters have become clients, which means they are no longer able to donate. That is especially crucial since donations and program grants help offset the organization’s operating budget, which is also funded by Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the City of Ottawa. The province’s contribution has not risen in six years, and ROSSS’s annual share of the city’s rural transportation funding has gone done down in recent years, said Acton-Bond. Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt said those dollars, which pay for rides between rural communities, come from the rural Para Transpo tax that rural property owners pay. It’s too late to boost that for the city’s 2017 budget, but a discussion is needed with rural organizations in the next few months to assess the need and see if the tax rate could be increased in
the 2018 budget, said Moffatt. “The toughest thing is going to be 2017. I think long-term we can find solutions,” he said. “If we can shore up a gap in one specific area, it should help relieve the pressure on some of the other areas.” While a separate pot of money the city provides ROSSS, in support of community programming, has increased with the cost of living, it’s not keeping pace with client demand. “We’re serving more people with the same money,” said Acton-Bond. That is something councillors and city staff are hearing across the board. “All these groups are seeing increased demand for their service and that’s likely caused by the aging population,” Moffatt said. “We need to address that.” IMPACTS In spite of funding constraints and elevated client demand, the centre’s volunteer board of directors and staff have done everything they can to tighten the purse strings without impacting front-line service. However, since last December, 1.5 full-time equivalent administrative staff have been let go, leaving 31 fulland part-time staff. That has forced the centre to close its doors each weekday at 4 p.m., rather than the usual 7 p.m. “I hope to not cut anymore staff positions. We start painting ourselves into a corner,” said Acton-Bond, adding that there are also challenges in recruiting more volunteers beyond the 250 who donate their time, which would help alleviate the pressure. “Last year, we found so many efficiencies and that’s perhaps why we were just able to eat the extra expense,” Acton-Bond said. “So we made every dollar count. But at some point there are no more efficiencies to be found.” If the budget shortfall continues, that would mean scaling back on social recreation programs for seniors and the disabled, and reducing social time volunteers spend with isolated clients when delivering meals. Last year alone 8,000 meals were delivered. ROSSS helps keep many seniors in their own homes well into their golden years, and provided more than 6,000 hours of respite care last year. That represents “an enormous” cost-savings in provincial health-care dollars, said Acton-Bond. “It’s better for everybody to age in their home.” The organization serves some of the most vulnerable clients. “It would truly break your heart,” Acton-Bond said of their isolation. “They don’t have anybody else to turn to. “Some of these people are struggling so much to get by and to be able to have our drop-in to look forward to, that’s their time out for the week,” she said. “They meet friends and they make connections and they leave smiling. They’re just so grateful for the opportunity.” To donate, visit rosss.ca.
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Students seeking World War stories for Vimy Ridge trip BY JOHN CURRY john.curry@metroland.com
If you have a story about a loved one or relative who died at the battle of Vimy Ridge or Passchendaele in the First World War, a group of Sacred Heart High School students who will be visiting these battle sites in May wants to hear from you. The students are prepared to visit any gravesites with a local connection. Being able to learn the story of a solider with local connections who died at one of these battles will make it a much more meaningful experience for the students. In addition, the students will make every effort to visit the gravesite and say a prayer there if it is in a graveyard that is close to their trip route. The group of 44 students, plus John Curry/Metroland Sacred Heart High School students and teacher/chaperones for the upcoming trip to Europe to visit Vimy teacher chaperones, will be travelling Ridge and other World War sites gather together in the school foyer beneath a banner publicizing school to Europe at the end of May where they will visit the Vimy Ridge and trips to Vimy Ridge and the school’s crest.
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Besides visiting the Vimy Ridge Memorial, Juno Beach Centre and other battlefields, the students will also be visiting Amsterdam and Paris on the ten-day trip which begins May 19. The most publicized celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge are occurring in April, which is when the battle happened a century ago but the Sacred Heart student trip has been planned for May when there will be fewer visitors there, allowing for a hopedfor better experience at the site. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a First World War battle that saw Canadian troops take a fortified hill, forcing the German forces to retreat. The Canadian victory has been attributed to a mixture of technical and tactical innovation, meticulous planning, powerful artillery support and extensive training. The battle marked the first time that all four divisions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force participated in a battle together. It has become a symbol of Canadian national achievement and sacrifice. A 250-acre portion of the former battleground now serves as a memorial park and site of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. This Vimy Memorial is dedicated to the memory of Canadian soldiers killed in the First World War. France ceded to Canada perpet-
ual use of this site on Vimy Ridge on the understanding that Canada would use the site to establish a battlefield park and memorial. The memorial was unveiled in July 1936. The memorial is constructed on the highest point of Vimy Ridge. The memorial contains many stylized features including 20 human figures. The front wall of the memorial is 24 feet high. Twin pylons rise to a height of 30 metres above the memorial’s stone platform. One pylon bears the maple leaf for Canada while the other has the fleur-de-lis for France, symbolizing the unity and sacrifice of the two countries. The Battle of Passchendaele was where Canadian troops overcame almost unimaginable hardships on a muddy battlefield in northwest Belgium to win a victory over the Germans in the fall of 1917. But the victory came at a high price as more than 4,000 Canadian soldiers died in the fighting with almost 12,000 wounded. The Canadian victory at Passchendaele added to Canada’s growing reputation in the First World War as being the best offensive fighting force on the Western Front. Juno Beach was one of the five beaches in Normandy where the Allied invasion of occupied France began on June 6, 1944 in the Second World War. Taking Juno Beach was the responsibility of the Canadian Army, backed up by the British Royal Navy and other Allied navies.
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3 REASONS TO TAKE HOUSING PREDICTIONS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT 1. All real estate is local. What’s going on in the national market may not be an accurate reflection of what’s going on in our market. If you want to know about our local market and what your home is work, give me a call! I’ll be happy to answer all of your real estate questions. 2. The future is uncertain. Experts estimate future market trends based on current statistics and historical
trends. In other words, they use past and current data to find clues as to what might happen next. However, national and global events can have an unforeseen impact on the economy, including the housing market. While experts may predict one thing now, the reality could turn out to be very different. 3. Buying and selling is a personal choice. If you’re ready to buy or sell a home, your decision may rely on factors other than the state of the market. For example, family changes and job relocations are two of the most common reasons people move. While it’s smart to consider the state of the market when you’re thinking of buying or selling, in the end, if you think it’s a good time, then it’s a good time.
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The Lions Hall in Stittsville was a sea of green on Thursday evening, March 16 as many of the players at the euchre wore green in keeping with St. Patrick’s Day happening on March 17. The luck of the Irish rubbed off on Leslie Webb, Carol Brown and Jackie Ralph as they finished one-two-three for the evening. Lesley had 84 points for first place while Carol had 83 points for second place. Jackie Ralph was right there as well with 82 points, good for third place. Klara Thompson won the booby prize with her 37 points while Heather Boyd had the hidden score, 45 points. Dwayne McGillvray won the door prize while the St. Paddy’s basket was won by Mary Jane Cole. Mary Hodge won the prize for the “wearing of the green”. And while there was lots of luck all around as 14 tables were in play on the evening, Joe Borsa and JP Tremblay John Curry/Metroland discovered that skunks also Sporting green as they celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the euchre at the Lions Hall in Stittsville on Thursday evening, March celebrate St. Paddy’s Day as 16 are (from left) Mary Hodge, Steve Hodge, Klara Thompson and Bob MacGregor. they were out and about cel-
ebrating. Joe and JP both encountered skunks during the evening. Beth Lewis of the host Stittsville District Lions Club would like to thank all those who contributed something for the pot luck at this euchre party. On Thursday, March 9, 12 tables were played, with Leslie Webb placing first with 76 points. Shirley Beardsell was the runner-up with 74 points while Anne Williams and Garnet Vaughn tied for third spot with 73 points each. Wade Mordy won the booby prize with his 43 points while Bruce Crabtree had the hidden score with 55 points. Joan Campbell won the door prize while other lucky winners on the evening were Klara Thompson and Wayne Pilon. The final euchre in this current series of Thursday evening euchres at the Lions Hall in Stittsville will take place on Thursday, March 30. On that evening, there will be a pot luck at 6 p.m. followed by euchre at 7:30 p.m.
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ardly a day goes by that an email doesn’t arrive asking about the people appearing in my stories. The most common question is: “Did they really exist?” “Was there really a Cecil? And what about bad Marguirite and Ronny?” After talking with my editor at this paper, we thought it was time to deviate from my usual story line and enlighten our readers about the people who have become familiar over the years. Needless to say, I won’t be able to write about all of them, but I will try to work in as many as I can in the space I am allowed. Of course, there was my mother and father. And my sister Audrey and brothers Emerson and Everett — and although Earl was really a cousin who came to live with us when his mother and father died at an early age, he was always considered a brother, and is referred to in my stories as one of my three brothers. Aunt Lizzie, Aunt Freda, Uncle Henry, Aunt Vanetta, Aunt Lil, Uncle Lou and cousins Richard, Terry and Ronny were all very real. Sadly, Terry is the only one left. Velma and Joyce were indeed my very best friends at the Northcote School, and we kept in touch right up until their deaths. In fact, both were able to recall for me many happenings I had long since forgotten, and I was able to create a host of stories based on their memories. Now, what about Cecil? He is one I am so often asked about. Did he really exist? Was he the scamp I made him out to be? Last year, while making a speech up in the Valley, someone in the audience asked that very question. I pointed to a young man sitting a few tables away and introduced Cecil’s son, Richard, who had come to the event that evening. He agreed his father Cecil was indeed a jokester who liked nothing better than to cause a bit of a stir. Incidentally, one of Cecil’s granddaughters, Janet, works in one of my favourite restaurants in Arnprior. So yes indeed, Cecil did exist. The Northcote School still stands on the Rink Road off Highway 60 between Renfrew and Douglas, and now serves as a community
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centre. Briscoe’s General Store is still standing, but alas, no longer exists as a stopping place. Our old farm is up the road from that store, but sadly, the only thing left is the barn, which can be seen far off in the distance. Miss Crosby did indeed exist, but with another name. It is my understanding that on her death bed, a few of her last words were, “Don’t let Mary Cook put my name in her books.” So, she became Miss Crosby, and will remain Miss Crosby. The stores I write about in the town of Renfrew remained a vibrant part of the town for decades after we left the farm. Most old-timers remember them, and when I visit Renfrew, I see the places where those stores were on Raglan Street — and in my mind’s eye I see the Dime Store, as we called it, and the O’Brien Theatre, still there. There really was a Dr. Murphy. And he really did make house calls out in the country and was often paid with a couple of chickens or a bag of potatoes if the patient didn’t have the $2 he charged for the trip. Now, what about bad Marguirite? Well, I am not stupid enough to call her by her right name, and she really is a composite of all the bad little girls I went to school with when I was a youngster. I appreciate very much all the feedback I get from readers, and I try to answer every email and letter personally. That is, if my computer behaves. I admit, this new technology is not my strong suit, and often I lose a letter before I have a chance to respond. I urge those who may have yet to hear back from me to please write again. Hopefully, this column will have answered your questions about some of the people in my stories, and it has given me the opportunity to thank all of you who have written your appreciation to me over the many years this column has appeared in your weekly paper. Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to https://www.smashwords.com and type MaryRCook for ebook purchase details, or if you would like a hard copy, please contact Mary at wick2@sympatico.ca.
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The Richmond Royals roared back with two straight wins to win their Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 playoff series against the Arnprior Packers. On Wednesday, March 15, the Royals had fallen behind three games to two in the best-ofseven series when they lost 6-4 to the Packers in a game in Arnprior. However, the Royals rebounded with a 4-3 victory over the Packers in a game at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex in Stittsville on Friday, March 17 to tie up the series, setting the stage for a decisive seventh game showdown in Arnprior on Saturday, March 18. And the Royals came through in this seventh game showdown, breaking out of a 3-3 tie at the end of the second period with two goals in the first half of the third period to end up winning
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Used eyeglasses collected by the Stittsville District Lions Club in Stittsville are going to help people in Guyana. From Stittsville, these used eyeglasses collected at various outlets in the community are transported to the Kemptville Lions Club, which makes annual missions to Guyana, where it holds vision care clinics. At these vision care clinics, held in remote areas of the country, the eyes of those who cannot afford eye care are tested and screened for eye diseases. The thousands of used eyeglasses which are taken along on the mission trip are then given away free. Lots of eyeglasses are needed so that the right pair of glasses can be found and given to any particular patient at these vision care clinics. The Kemptville Lions Club undertakes these mission trips to Guyana on an annual basis. The mission trip involves a team of optometrists, opticians and others including Lions volunteers who operate these vision care clinics. About 1,000 people are seen at every vision care clinic. The Stittsville District Lions Club recently handed over a number of boxes filled with used eyeglasses collected in the community to the Kemptville Lions Club for use on its next mission trip to Guyana. In addition, the Bryson, QC and Renfrew Lions Clubs had both also collected a box of used eyeglasses for donation to the Kemptville Club. These boxes were dropped off at the Stittsville Lions Club hall so that they could be taken to the Kemptville Club along with the eyeglasses collected by the Stittsville Club. Helping those with vision impairment is one of the key areas of service of Lions Clubs around the world. Ever since Helen Keller challenged Lions to become “Knights of the Blind” in 1925, Lions Clubs have worked to improve eye health and eye care for millions around the world. It is known that 80 per cent of visions impairments are preventable or curable. Helen Keller was an American author, political activist and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. She campaigned for women’s suffrage, labour rights, socialism, antimilitarism and other causes. She proved to the world that deaf people could learn to communicate and that they could survive in a hearing world. She was born in 1880 and died in 1968 at the age of 87. Guyana is an independent country on the northern mainland of South America, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Suriname to the east, and Venezuela to the west. It is the only South American nation in which English is the official language. It gained its independence in 1966. The population of Guyana is about 750,000 people.
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With boxes of used eye glasses which the Stittsville District Lions Club have collected to turn over to the Kemptville Lions Club which annually goes to Guyana to hold vision clinics and distribute eye glasses are Stittsville District Lions Club members Gerry Robillard (left) and Robert Gregory (right).
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“Caretaker of Dreams,” a millennium pageant staged in 2000, is coming alive on the screen. The Goulbourn Township Historical Society will be digitally reprising “Caretaker of Dreams” this Saturday, March 25 at 1:30 p.m. at the Richmond Legion Hall on Ottawa Street in Richmond. Admission is free with everyone welcome to attend. “Caretaker of Dreams” was a millennium pageant telling the story of Goulbourn township which was initially presented on stage in the theatre at Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Stittsville in November, 2000. Videographer Sandy Durocher of Stittsville recorded the pageant and it is this original recording that has been transformed into a digital format by Russ Mason that will be shown on March 25. The play tells the story of Goulbourn township from the founding of the Richmond settlement in 1818 through to the year 2000, including a vision for the future. It was presented not as a history lesson but as recognition of the achievements of Goulbourn’s pioneers. Now, you can see “Caretaker of Dreams” either again or for the first time at this showing of a digital version of the video taken of the play back in the year 2000.
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Doug Sample (left) and John Edkins (right) hang Vera van Baaren’s acrylic painting “The Ever Changing Skyline” as they help set up the latest art exhibition by the Ottawa West Arts Association (owaa) at the owaa gallery in the foyer of the Goulbourn Recreation Complex in Stittsville.
Exhibition ‘Renewal’ now at owaa gallery BY JOHN CURRY
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Works of art of various sizes and shapes are included in the new exhibition entitled Renewal that is now on display at the Ottawa West Arts Association (OWAA) gallery at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex (GRC) in Stittsville until May 5. Oils, acrylics and photographs dominate the exhibition, although Jane Baxter’s On Top of the World painting not only has an intriguing look to it but it was done with alcohol ink. This could be a “first” for the OWAA in terms of the
use of this medium in the creation of art. One painting that you cannot miss in this new exhibition because of its huge 40 inch by 33 inch size is Doug Sample’s oil painting entitled Rock Island, Lac Rheaume. It lives up to its name as the painting depicts a treed, rocky island in a lake. And equally appealing, although certainly much, much smaller, is Vera van Baaren’s acrylic painting There’s Always One which shows a dog in a basket mothering five feeding puppies, with a sixth puppy leaving the scene. See ‘DEER CROSSING’, page 37
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Enjoying St. Patrick’s Day on Friday, March 17 at the Stittsville Retirement Community (Villa) by Revera are (from left) Gerry Clifton, Eileen Clifton and Sheila Fenton who is Eileen’s sister. The parents of Eileen and Sheila came to Canada from Ireland. Among the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations at the Stittsville Retirement Community on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville were an afternoon tea, a “happy hour” and musical entertainment in the evening. And, of course, green was a common colour of clothing being wore on that day which celebrates all things Irish.
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Skiing and shooting equals biathlon Sacred Heart student Keeghan Radley in provincial competition BY JOHN CURRY john.curry@metroland.com
Cross-country skiing combined with rifle shooting is the sport of biathlon. This is an Olympic sport, with Canada’s best-known participant being Myriam Bedard, who won a gold medal in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Myriam had learned the sport as a member of the Army Cadets. And this pathway to the sport of biathlon remains intact today. Just ask grade 12 Sacred Heart Catholic High School student Keeghan Radley. That’s how he got involved with the sport — as a member of the 872 Kiwanis-Kanata Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron. He has competed in local and provincial cadet competitions, this year placing third in the provincial competition as a member of a team representing a couple of squadrons. Keeghan joined the 872 Air Cadet Squadron when he was 12 years old and a year later he was curious and so signed up for biathlon, one of the sports offered to cadets. He quickly fell in love with the sport, picking up the crosscountry skiing aspect of it very quickly. He was a little slower in learning the rifle shooting part of the sport at the range at Camp Fortune, but he now says that he is fairly good at it, although he still does a lot of practicing. Keeghan entered a competition in his very first year in the sport, placing first in his age category and earning fourth place at the provincial event. For two years, the 872 Squadron did not have a biathlon team and so Keeghan did not enter competitions. This year, though, he finished in third place overall in the regional competition, going on to the provincial competition where he had his third-place finish with his team. Keeghan hopes to compete in biathlon competitions next winter, which will be his last year with Air Cadets as he will then age out at 19. His goal will be to make the national competition. In the future after next year, he sees his biathlon involvement being mainly as a hobby.
This fall, he is planning to attend the University of Ottawa, taking either computer programming or science. Biathlon involves “practicing, practicing, practicing,” Keeghan says. The skiing also requires good technique so that you get the maximum glide from your effort. Technique is also important in the rifle shooting portion of biathlon. “It’s all about your breathing and having a steady shot,” Keeghan says. It is important to be in shape so that you can take a deep breath just before shooting in order to lower your heart rate. Then your breathing will be steady while you shoot.
Keeghan admits that he is getting better and better at the shooting portion of biathlon. Keeghan’s Air Cadet involvement has also seen him attend three summer camps, including an advanced aviation aerospace camp, a basic training camp, and a basic fitness in sports camp. He currently is the right-hand man to his Squadron’s Warrant Officer, making him one of the Squadron’s leaders, and helps other cadets in their learning and activities. Keeghan plays soccer with his friends, which he enjoys. He has also played a number of sports with Sacred Heart, including lacrosse.
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Programs at Stittsville library St. Patrick’s Day is theme SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Container gardening, family genealogy, financial planning for retirement, and even edible perennials will be topics for upcoming adult and 50-plus programs at the Stittsville branch of the Ottawa Public Library. All of these programs require online registration at www.biblioottawalibrary.ca. “Improving Income in Retirement” is a program in which chartered financial analyst Elie Fakhouri will talk about changes to the Canada Pension Plan and OldAge Security funds and how proactive planning can help improve after-tax income in retirement. This program is being offered on Tuesday, March 28 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Finding Your Roots with Family Search and Family History Centres” is an introductory workshop for family history research. Those attending this workshop will learn how to use an online website and how to discover more resources available at the Family History Centre. This program, which is offered in partnership with the LDS Family History Centre, will be held on Wednesday, April 5 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Container Gardening” is a workshop in which participants
will learn how to create a productive garden using containers in a small backyard or on a balcony or in any outside green space. This workshop will be offered on Tuesday, April 11 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. And what about those edible perennials? Well, a workshop on edible perennials will be held on Saturday, April 8 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. There is increasing interest in edible perennials and you will learn all about them in this workshop. But this is not all! A short story contest writing workshop for those 50-plus is going to be held on Wednesday, April 19, with more details to be available soon. If you like to travel and learn about distant places, then you will not want to miss “The Way of St. James,” a bilingual travel program being offered on Tuesday, April 25 from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Genevieve Lajoie will tell about how she walked 750 km in Spain last spring, realizing a dream that she had held for more than a decade. She will tell all about what she did and how she did it. “Opening a Food Business in Ottawa” will be the topic for a presentation on Tuesday, May 9 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Joanne Cleroux of the city of
Ottawa will tell about business license categories, home-based business regulations, legislative requirements for all types of food businesses including cafés, bakeries, restaurants and more. On Tuesday, June 6 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., a presentation will be made on battlefields, monuments and cemeteries of significance to Canadians. On Tuesday, June 20, Chris Taylor, who is president of the PC Users Group, will give a presentation called “Making a Hard Copy from Digital Photos.” He will explain how to create hard copy books of photos, completely customized. This workshop is a full twohour session. Regular ongoing adult and 50plus programs at the Stittsville library branch include a French Conversation Group, which meets on Wednesdays; the Stittsville Creative Writing Group, which meets on Thursdays; the Stittsville Library Book Club, which meets on the third Monday of the month; and a Writers Discussion Group, which meets bi-monthly on Tuesdays. The Stittsville branch of the Ottawa Public Library is located at 1637 Stittsville Main Street and can be contacted by phone at 613580-2940.
at Stittsville Toastmasters BY MONIKA JAIN Special to the News
St. Patrick’s Day was the theme for the March 15 meeting of the Stittsville Toastmasters Club. Gina Cook, who served as the grammarian for the
meeting, introduced “blarney” as the word of the day. Rick Holloway, who served as the toastmaster for the meeting, wore a green tie with mugs of beer on it. He regaled members with a toast “to all of us.” Lori Holloway presented
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Leo Tao (left), who was Table Topics master at the March 15 meeting of the Stittsville Toastmasters Club, presents the Table Topics trophy to winner Carol Ring (right).
the opening thought at the meeting, while Carol Ring presented an advanced manual speech from Toastmasters' interpretive reading manual. Antonio Misaka evaluated Carol’s speech. Gina Cook made a presentation about the role of the vice-president of education at the meetings. Leo Tao was the Table Topics master for the meeting, with carol Ring emerging as the winner of the Table Topics trophy. For information about the Stittsville Toastmasters Club, contact Gerry Tapp at 613-721-8177 or via email at tapp.gerry@ rogers.com. The Stittsville Toastmaster Club’s general email address is contact@ stittsvilletoastmasters.ca. The Stittsville Toastmasters Club holds its regular weekly meetings at the Pretty Street Community Centre in Stittsville.
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THANK YOU I would like to send a special THANK YOU to everyone who helped me celebrate my 80th Birthday. The best wishes, cards and gifts received were very much appreciated.Thank you to everyone who helped with the food and decorations. It will be an evening I will always remember. Sincerely John Boyd
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Peacefully at the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital with loved ones by her side on Saturday evening, March 18th, 2017. Helene McGlade of Arnprior passed away at the age of 87. Beloved wife of the late Jack McGlade (1980). Dearly loved mother of Kevin (Carol) of Kanata; Shane (Nancy) of Greeley; Cathy Quinn (Jack) of Arnprior and Rosemary Donohue (John) of Douglas. Cherished and proud “G-Ma” of Kyle (Jessica) McGlade, Erin McGlade, Colleen McGlade (Kevin Dorion), John McGlade, Olivia Quinn (David Hickey), Sarah Quinn, Eilish Quinn, Elizabeth Donohue, Caitlyn Donohue and Ryan Donohue. Dear sister of Ruth Litowski (late Tom) of Burlington. Predeceased by her parents: Liguouri Keegan and Anna O’Brien as well as her brother, John Keegan (Wendy of Smiths Falls). Family and friends were invited to pay their respects during visitation at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior on Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. and again on Wednesday morning from 9:30 until 10:15. A Funeral Mass was celebrated in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Braeside on Wednesday morning, March 22nd at 11 o’clock. Spring interment St. Columba’s Cemetery, Pembroke. In memory of Helene, please consider a donation to the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church (Braeside) Memorial Fund or the St. John Chrysostom Church (Arnprior) Memorial Fund. Condolences/Donations www.pilonfamily.ca
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Peacefully on Saturday, March 18, 2017, at the age of 90 years. Beloved wife of the late George Greene. Loving father of Beverley Kelly (Les), Ronald, Sandra and the late Brenda. Cherished grandmother of Pamela Kelly (Tim Cleland), Patricia Sarrazin (Jeff) and great-grandmother of Maya and Thomas Cleland and of Avery and William Sarrazin. Survived by her sisters Ethel Monahan (John), Shirley Grant (Jim) and predeceased by brother Russell Deevy. Friends are invited to attend a memorial service at St. John’s Anglican Church, 6th Line, Huntley on Friday, March 24, 2017 at 11 a.m. For those who wish, donations to the Central West Hospice Foundation or St. John’s Anglican Church would be appreciated. Condolences, tributes or donations may be made at www.tubmanfuneralhomes.com
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Peacefully at The Grove Nursing Home, Arnprior with loved ones by her side in the early morning hours of Thursday, March 9th, 2017; Loretta Frances Schlievert of Arnprior passed away at the age of 93. Beloved wife of the late Hugh Schlievert (1974). Dearly loved mother of Dale (late Bonnie) of Chenaux; Valerie Peever (Delbert) of Renfrew and Don (Kathy) of Arnprior. Predeceased by a son, Ron. Cherished “Gramma” of Connie, Karen, Barbara, Tracy, Christine, Angela and Amanda; “Great-Gramma” of 12 and “Great-GreatGramma” of 1. Dear sister of Margaret Hanson (Tom) and sister-in-law of Agnes Brydges, Vera Brydges and Bob Brydges. Predeceased by her parents: William and Elizabeth (nee Ferguson) Brydges as well as siblings: Manford, Gordon, William and Walter Brydges; Doris Dean (late Bill); Greta Nicholas (late Len); Beatrice, Ramona and Violet Brydges, and Charlotte Haybecker (late Walter). Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Family and friends were invited to pay their respects during visitation at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior on Tuesday evening, March 14th from 7 to 9 p.m. and again after 10 a.m. Wednesday. A Funeral Service was conducted in the Pilon Family Chapel on Wednesday morning, March 15th at 11 o’clock. Pastor Eric Green of Elgin Street Baptist Church officiating. Spring interment Horton Cemetery. In memory of Loretta, please consider a donation to the Grove Nursing Home, Arnprior. Condolences/Donations www.pilonfamily.ca
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Gauthier, Lionel ‘Leo’ Longtime member of the Canadian Air Force Longtime member and a Past President of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 395, Lanark Peacefully at home in Carleton Place surrounded by his loving family on Friday, March 17, 2017. Loved son of the late Regina Janveaux. Dear father of Helen Campbell (Bob), Susan Chambers (Malcolm), Claude “Chum”, Roger (Charlena), Mike (Marilyn), Carol (Leo St. Amour) and Joanne Lowe (Mark). Loved by 18 grandchildren and cherished by many great-grandchildren. Survived by many nieces and nephews. Friends may visit the family at the Alan R Barker Funeral Home, 19 McArthur Avenue, Carleton Place on Friday, March 24, 2017 from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. until time of service in the chapel at 11 a.m. There will be a Legion Service held at the funeral home Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. For those desiring, donations to the Alzheimer Society would be appreciated. Heartfelt thanks to Dr. Jamie Fullerton, Sara Cunningham R.N. and P.S.W.s Judy D., Judy E. and Jan. www.barkerfh.com
Abraham, George It is with deepest sadness that we announce the sudden passing of George Carroll Abraham, who passed away suddenly on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Loving husband of Patricia “Patti” (nee Sinn) for 39 years, and amazing father of Jordie Abraham (Megan Schellenberg) and Caitlin Abraham (Chris Mellan). Predeceased by parents, George and Florence, and parents-inlaw, Bill and Helen Sinn. Dear brother of Jeff Abraham (Leslie), Wayne Abraham (Karen), and Kathleen Ayoub (Joe). Close brother-inlaw to Kevin and Sandra McDonald, Robert and Barbara Kennedy, Maureen Sinn, and Phillip and Donna Sinn. Survived by several nieces and nephews. George will be remembered as a stubborn, strong, funny, generous, loving, stern, loyal, and honest man. He was an outdoorsman, a proud member of the Boss Hogg Hunting Camp, and spending time with his family and friends. George will be missed by so many. Visitation was held on Sunday, March 19, 2017 from 2-4 pm and 6-8 pm at Alan R Barker Funeral Home, 19 McArthur Avenue, n Carleton Place, ON. A Celebration of Life took place on Monday, March 20, 2017 at 11 am in the Funeral Home Chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations are being asked to go towards the Carleton Place Hospital, the Canadian Cancer Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation. www.barkerfh.com
David Michael Cameron, Dec 24, 1946 - Mar 24, 2014 – A thousand times we needed you A thousand times we cried If love alone could have saved you you never would have died A heart of gold stopped beating two twinkling eyes closed to rest God broke our hearts to prove He only took the best Never a day goes by that you’re not in our heart and our soul Loved and missed by Kevin, Traci, Darius and Taylor
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What’s happening on April 8th The annual Jock River Canoe Race has been tentatively set for Saturday, April 8, starting at noon. The date may change depending on when the river is free of ice. Early bird registration online began on March 1. The race’s 12.5-kilometre route runs from the starting line at the
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Gone fishin’. It’s one of the most anticipated sayings, as it means that if your luck is any good, you will be enjoying a feast of fish soon afterwards. There’s nothing like a fish dinner. And while you may not be a fisherman, you can still enjoy a delicious fish dinner by attending the fish fry coming up at the Fallowfield United Church on Friday, April 7 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. You don’t have to worry whether the fish are biting or not that day — the fish dinner is guaranteed. It will include not only two pieces of fish (yummy, yummy), but also fries, coleslaw, homemade baked beans, a bun and homemade dessert. Now, that’s better than any fishing trip, because you can’t catch fries, coleslaw, baked beans, a bun and dessert tossing a line into the water. Everyone is most welcome to attend this fish fry and enjoy an early spring fish treat. There will be continuous serving from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. There’s even takeout available for those who wish to eat at home instead of in the church hall. The cost of this fish fry is only $15 each for adults, and $10 each for children aged 6 to 10 years old. Children aged five years and under can eat for free. Tickets can be reserved now. For tickets or for more information, please call 613-591-6287 or email muchurch@ bellnet.ca. Fallowfield United Church is located at the corner of Fallowfield Road and Steeple Hill Crescent at Fallowfield. Jock River at the Munster Road to the Jock River Park in Richmond. The April meeting of the Goulbourn Historical Society will be held on Saturday, April 8, starting at 1:30 p.m. at the Stittsville Legion Hall on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville. Guest speaker Jason Porteous will give a general overview of genetic genealogy testing.
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Another large entry in this exhibition is Danielle Barabe-Bussieres’ photograph entitled One Foggy Morning. And it certainly lives up to this name as the photograph shows a scene involving a solitary, leafless tree and a farm but with most of the scene shrouded in fog. Patrick Mason’s oil painting November Sunrise is in this same vein except featuring a morning sunrise instead of a foggy environment. It shows a farm fence and animals grazing, with the rising sun depicted as a circular glow in the sky, highlighted by yellow and pink rings. And who doesn’t like animal pictures and there’s a couple of them in this exhibition including photographer Bev Lafortune’s Lazy Bear photo showing a bear dozing in a tree. And if you never thought that you would see a painting of a caterpillar, well, there’s one in this exhibition. Louise Barker’s oil painting entitled Spring’s Fuzzy Friend gives an up-close look of a colourful caterpillar. It’s a small painting but the caterpillar looks large.
Catherine Gutsche’s long and narrow painting Early Blooms is a colourful acrylic work that would be eye-catching on that narrow wall somewhere in a home. Stephanie Robertson’s photograph Hint of Spring shows a sea of white blossoms around an old, multipaned window. Shelley Lacroix’s oil painting The Coming of Spring has a Group of Seven feel to it, showing trees on a windswept stony shoreline with water in the background. A total of 18 artists have work in this Renewal exhibition at the OWAA gallery in the foyer area of the Goulbourn Recreation Complex, with some having multiple entries. The artists involved in this exhibition include: Sheila Turner-Whalen, Danielle Barabe-Bussieres, Louise Barker, Jane Baxter, Trudy Daley, John Edkins, Michael Goguen, Mark Grasza, Catherine Gutsche, Shelley Irving, Shelley Lacroix, Beverly Lafortune, Patrick Mason, Stephanie Robertson, Charles Rogers, Sylvie Sabourin, Doug Sample and Vera van Baaren.
And like with all OWAA exhibitions, there will be People’s Choice balloting available for this one as well. The ballots can be found on top of the glass display case near the door to City of Ottawa Stittsville Ward Coun. Shad Qadri’s ward office in the GRC lobby area. You can submit a ballot identifying your favourite work in the exhibition. For the Scenes from the Ottawa Valley exhibition which ended on Friday, March 10 after its two month run at the OWAA gallery, the People’s Choice balloting saw Louise Barker’s oil painting entitled Deer Crossing gather in the most votes. This painting showed a deer in a snowy landscape. Second place in this People’s Choice balloting went to Doug Sample’s oil painting Lanark Hillside. The painting showed sloping hillsides with trees in fall colours. Binish Rasheed’s oil painting entitled Blue Magic was in third place in the balloting. This was as painting of a sailing ship with sails billowing in an ocean setting. Stittsville News - Thursday, March 23, 2017 37
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Dancing is going to help make another child’s wish come true. On Sunday, March 26, dancers from the Pointe of Grace Dance Company in Stittsville will be participating in their annual Dance 4 Wishes Showcase, presented on stage at Sacred Heart High School in Stittsville. There will be a show featuring junior dancers starting at 1 p.m. and a show featuring senior dancers at 5:30 p.m. Once again, Pointe of Grace Dance Company is teaming up with Tysen Lefebvre of Stittsville, with all of the net proceeds from this year’s show going to Tysen’s Mission to a Million in support of Make-A-Wish Eastern Ontario. Make-A-Wish Eastern Ontario is a nonprofit charitable organization that grants wishes to children
15-year-old Daijah that her wish to go to Vancouver was being granted. The team’s dancers took part in a flash mob, and then unfurled a banner telling Daijah that her wish was going to come true. Pointe of Grace Dance Company directors Amanda Leroux and Carly Sherwin are proud that their dancers are helping raise funds for such an inspirational cause. “There has been such a strong connection formed between Tysen and our studio,” Leroux says. “Our dancers love performing, and it means so much that they can do this and help grant a wish to a child that really needs it.” “Everyone looks forward to doing Dance 4 Wishes — our parents volunteer, local businesses help support it through donations, and our dancers
with life-threatening medical conditions. The wishes are one-of-a-kind experiences for the children and their families, coming at a time when the children need them the most. The wish experiences help lift the spirits of everyone involved. To date, Tysen’s Mission to a Million campaign has raised over $500,000 toward his goal of raising $1 million for Make-A-Wish Eastern Ontario; this would allow for the granting of 100 wishes by Make-A-Wish Eastern Ontario. Over the past four years, Pointe of Grace Dance Company’s Dance 4 Wishes shows have raised more than $40,000 for Tysen’s campaign and Make-A-Wish Eastern Ontario. Last April, members of Pointe of Grace’s junior competitive team were on hand with Tysen as he revealed to
love performing,” Leroux continues. “It truly is a community event.” There are more than 170 dancers on the Pointe of Grace competitive dance teams which will be performing in the Dance 4 Wishes Showcase. These teams include both boys and girls, ranging in age from five to 17 years old. In addition to its full-time competitive dance team, Pointe of Grace now has a part-time team as well. There are 84 full-time dancers, as well as 87 dancers on the part-time team. These teams perform a variety of dance styles including ballet, jazz, hip hop, step dancing, lyrical, contemporary and musical theatre. The dancers have been practicing for months, with hundreds of hours being spent at the Pointe of Grace dance studios on Iber Road as the
dancers learn and improve their dance routines. The Pointe of Grace Dance Company dancers will be competing in four regional events this spring: three in Ottawa and one in Montreal. The Dance 4 Wishes Showcase is an opportunity for the dancers to get more experience on stage; to share their dances with families, friends and neighbours; and to support Tysen Lefebvre in his work with Make-AWish Eastern Ontario. A limited number of tickets will be on sale at the door at Sacred Heart High School on Sunday, March 26. Tickets can also be purchased in advance by emailing dance4wishes@ gmail.com. Tickets are $10 per show. For more information about MakeA-Wish Eastern Ontario, please visit the website www.makeawisheo.ca.
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he gifted this cup to Canada’s top-ranking amateur hockey club. In 1926, the National Hockey League adopted the cup, christening it the Stanley Cup, and made it the top prize in professional hockey. Now, steps away from where Stanley originally handed over the cup, a monument to mark the gift is going to be erected. For the organizing committee, Lord Stanley’s Gift Monument, this monument will act as a place to forever mark the original gift by Stanley in Canada’s history. On March 18, Canada’s current Governor General David Johnston was on hand at a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of this monument. “My predecessor Lord Stanley would be so pleased to see us here, at the corner of Elgin and Sparks Streets in Ottawa. The heart of Canada’s capital is a fitting place for this monument,” Johnston said at the ceremony. “This monument honours the legacy and will further cement the Stanley Cup’s place in the life of our country,” he said. Commenting on the unique tradition of the cup where players and staff from the winning team each get time to spend with the cup, ultimately having the cup go all over the world, Johnston said he thinks this new monument will offer people from all over Canada and the world who visit it a chance to share in the glory of the Stanley Cup. Braving the cold morning temperatures on March 18, young hockey players from the Ot-
tawa Valley Silver Seven donned jerseys to represent the teams of the NHL at the ceremony. Proud moms Joanne McNally of Carp and Mandy Vanvliet of Stittsville said it was a great opportunity for their boys to participate in. “I think they would rather be cold and celebrating this part of history than not be here,” McNally said. George Hunter, president of Lord Stanley’s Gift Monument, took the moment to reflect on the hockey dream and those of the boys standing in front of him. “The monument, the ground-breaking for the which we celebrate today is all about dreams,” Hunter said, adding that the simple bowl in which Stanley purchased has gone on to represent the ultimate achievement and dream in hockey. According to the committee, the historic, simple silver bowl donated by Stanley is what inspired the winning design for the sculpture. The sculpture will rise from a white paved “hockey rink” with imbedded stainless steel lines evoking skate marks and 39 granite discs engraved with the names of the Stanley Cup winners from 1893 to 2017. A 1.4 metre black granite bench in the form of a “hockey puck” will complete the ensemble. The monument will be donated to the city and unveiled in December 2017. The unveiling will be part of the 2017 celebrations of Canada’s 150th anniversary, the 100th anniversary of the National Hockey League, and the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Senators.
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Two members of the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame will be performing in Richmond on Sunday, April 2. That’s when Lyoness and Judy Woodstock will be performing with their Gospel Matters Band at a concert at St. Paul’s United Church on McBean Street at 2 p.m. Enjoy an afternoon of country gospel music as presented by the Gospel Matters Band, which includes not only Hall of Famers Lyoness and Judy Woodstock but also Roger Heroux and another Hall of Fame inductee Wilf
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Arsenault. Tickets at $15 per person are available by contacting Judy Wagdin at 613-838-5483 or via email at judywagdin@smartsurf.ca. Lyoness Woodstock and his youngster sister Judy have been performing throughout the Ottawa Valley since the 1960s, both spurred on by the love of music exhibited by their parents, Lionel and Phyllis Woodstock. It was in 1967, when the family moved to Stittsville, that Lyoness and Judy formed their first band, The Good Tymes, performing regularly throughout the Ottawa Valley and Western Quebec. In 1975, Lyoness and Judy formed the
group Stetson and began touring full-time, playing the country club and festival scene across much of the country, from Nova Scotia to the prairies. In 1979, they launched their recording career with the Snocan Records release of “What Are We Doing,” which was written by Judy. The song earned nominations for Best New Artist and Best Duo/Group in RMP’s Big Country Awards. This initial recording was followed by recordings such as “The Wedding Pledge,” “Here We Go” and “Please Come Back and Please Me.” Lyoness and Judy have guested on the nationally-syndicated Opry North radio series
and have appeared on radio and TV shows in both Canada and Nashville. Lyoness later became a partner in the Ramblin’ Roads Bus Tours with Judy working as a booking agent for Phil’s Entertainment Agency, owned and operated by their mother Phyllis Woodstock, who is also in the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame. Today, Lyoness and Judy perform in a Classic Country Music Show throughout the area and they recently formed the Gospel Matters Band with Roger Heroux and Wilf Arsenault. The Gospel Matters Band has been presenting country gospel music concerts throughout the area.
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Registration for the 2017 season for the Stittsville Minor Softball Association is now open and will run through to April 9. Register by March 31 for the early bird pricing. There’s both the Fun League and the House League to choose from. The Fun League is for boys and girls born from 2009 through 2013, with a registration fee of $110 per player. The House League is for boys and girls born anywhere from 1997 to 2008, with registration fees ranging from $140 to $155 per player. Players from outside Stittsville are most welcome to register with the Stittsville Minor Softball Association. Registration can be done online at www.StittsvilleSoftball.org. There was also registration in person on Tuesday, March 21 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the upstairs room at Stittsville Sobeys at the corner of Hazeldean Road and Carp Road. There will also be registration in person on Sunday, April 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena. New this year for the Stittsville Minor Softball Association is a Junior Selects competitive program for players born in 2009 and 2010 (U8).
Richmond Royals now playing Athens Aeros Continued from page 22
The Richmond Royals had avoided elimination in this series against the Arnprior Packers by winning the sixth game of the series 4-3 at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex in Stittsville. This game was tied 1-1 after the first period with the Royals leading 4-3 after two periods of play. The third period was scoreless although the Packers outshot the Royals by a 14-5 margin in this final period. Game totals for shots on net were 45 for the Arnprior Packers and 32 for the Richmond Royals. Scoring for the Royals in this game were Joey Laird with two goals and Jordan Boutilier and Clay Carter with one apiece. Mike DiBello picked up two assists in this game for the Royals. Colin Baggio, Matt Allan and Liam Markhauser all earned one assist in the game. The Arnprior Packers had taken a three games to two lead in this playoff series against the Richmond Royals with a 6-4 victory over the Royals in a game in Arnprior on Wednesday, March 15. In this game, Arnprior led 4-0 after the first period and 4-1 after two periods of play. Arnprior had 39 shots on Richmond goalie Nick Bond while the Royals had 41 shots on the Arnprior net. Liam Markhauser scored two goals for the Royals in this game. Single goals were scored by Joey Laird and Matt Allan. Picking up assists for the Royals were Colin Baggio, Matt Allan, Jordan Boutilier, Liam Markhauser and Aaron Hickie.
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MARCH 25 Annual spring bazaar, bake sale and luncheon will be held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at the corner of Stittsville Main Street and Mulkins Street on Saturday, March 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Baked goods and preserves. White elephant table. Luncheon comprising of chicken à la king, salad, dessert and a beverage. $10 for adults and $5 for children. Everyone welcome. For more information, please call 613-831-1256 or 613-836-5019. Relive a millennium moment from the year 2000 while also enjoying a dramatic telling of the story of Goulbourn. The Goulbourn Township Historical Society will be showing a digital recording of the millennium pageant “Care-
taker of Dreams” which was first presented on stage at the Sacred Heart High School theatre in November 2000, on Saturday, March 25, at 1:30 p.m. at the Richmond Legion Hall on Ottawa Street in Richmond. Everyone welcome. Free admission and refreshments. MARCH 26 Pointe of Grace Dance Company of Stittsville presents Dance 4 Wishes Spring Showcase on Sunday, March 26, at Sacred Heart High School on Abbott Street in Stittsville. Junior show at 1 p.m. and senior show at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $10 per show. Limited number of tickets will be on sale at the door. Tickets can be purchased in advance by emailing dance4wishes@ gmail.com. This dance showcase is a fundraiser
in support of Tysen Lefebvre’s Mission to a Million campaign for Make-A-Wish Eastern Ontario. The annual March dinner at St. Clare’s Church Hall on Dwyer Hill Road south of Franktown Road and west of Richmond will be held on Sunday, March 26, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Note that the date has been changed from previous years. Hot turkey and ham dinner with all the trimmings. Homemade pies and other desserts. Quilt raffle. Adults $15 each. Children aged 6-12 years $10 each; 5 years and under free. APRIL 1 Sixth annual Quiz for a Cause will be held on Saturday, April 1, at the Community Bible
Church on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville. All proceeds going to support the church’s partnership with the Seje community in Kenya in the construction of another new classroom for the school there. To register please go to Eventbrite. ca . APRIL 4 The Richmond Village Association is hosting a meeting on Tuesday, April 4, at 8 p.m. in the upstairs hall at the Richmond Memorial Community Centre (arena) at the corner of Perth Street and Huntley Road in Richmond, at which there will be an update of all of the activities planned for Richmond’s 200th anniversary celebrations in 2018. Everyone is welcome to attend this meeting.
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Goulbourn Sea Hawks Swim Club coach Barb Moffitt (left) rings the bell signalling the final lap for swimmer Emilie MacKinney in the Club’s annual Swim-A-Thon.
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Relaxing in the pool after completing their participation in the annual Swim-A-Thon of the Goulbourn Sea Hawks Swim Club are (from left) Emma McKay, Kitty Cole and Elaina Rene de Cotret.
Swimmers do 13,920 laps Continued from page 1
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Some of the Goulbourn Sea Hawks Swim Club members who participated in the Club’s annual Swim-A-Thon at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex pool and who are holding up signs for Huawei, one of the sponsors of the Swim-A-Thon, are (front row, from left) Adam Zukovski, Daniel Kavelevich, Aliana Grinburg-Chambers, Sneha Maiti, Julia Fernandez, Isabelle Hemstead, Paige Brill and Emilie MacKinney; (second row, from left) Claire Baglole, Kayla Spence, Madyn McKay, Leila Martin, Olivia Druskis, Olivia Garnett, Ellin Smith, Meghan MacKinney, Nick Dunbar and Kitty Cole; and (back row, from left) William Zhai, Meghna Maiti, Erin Mosher, Ava Burnie, Emma McKay and Elaina Rene de Cotret. 46 Stittsville News - Thursday, March 23, 2017
Some Bronze level swimmers swam their two hours in the pool at the Richcraft Recreation Complex in Kanata which is one of the two city of Ottawa pools at which the Goulbourn Sea Hawks Swim Club swims. Some Bronze and Silver level swimmers swam their laps as well at the Goulbourn Recreation Centre pool. The club’s Gold level swimmers swam their laps at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex while the club’s Senior and Black level swimmers hit the water at the Richcraft Recreation Complex. When it was all said and done, this year’s annual Sea Hawks Swim-AThon saw a total of 89 swimmers participate, swimming a total of 13,920 laps totalling 348,000 metres in total distance (25 metres x 13,920 laps). See SWIM-A-THON, page 47
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This Swim-A-Thon is not only a fun and team building event for the swimmers but also is a major fundraiser, with the swimmers gathering pledges in support of their performance in the Swim-A-Thon. The Swim-A-Thon raised $8,045 which has placed the Goulbourn Sea Hawks Swim Club sixth in total fundraising in such an event across the whole province. Only five other swim clubs in the province have raised more in such a Swim-A-Thon this year and all five are clubs with about twice as many swimmers participating. The funds raised by this Swim-A-Thon will be used by the Goulbourn Sea Hawks Swim Club to help with the purchase of equipment and other team expenses. This could include the purchase of computer tablets which helps the coaches demonstrate swimming technique to the swimmers or the purchase of white boards for instruction or providing training for coaches so that they can provide the best coaching possible for the club’s swimmers. Michelle Cole served as the co-ordinator of this year’s Swim-A-Thon for the Goulbourn Sea Hawks Swim Club. She was assisted by ten volunteers who helped in staging
the event. The Goulbourn Sea Hawks Swim Club had a number of sponsors for this year’s Swim-A-Thon. Agility Physiotherapy provided water bottles for each participant. Water bottles are important for a swimmer because swimmers surprisingly do become dehydrated when swimming, especially for such a prolonged time. Because they are surrounded by water, they do not notice how much they are sweat-
ing and losing hydration in their bodies, unlike, say, a runner who can feel the telltale sweat. But swimmers do have to be aware of dehydration and so having a water bottle is an essential piece of equipment for a competitive swimmer. Other sponsors included Huawei, Vision 2 Voice Communications, Hurley’s Restaurant and Bushtukah which offered a discount to swim club members. Huawei is a multinational networking and telecommunications
equipment and services company. The Goulbourn Sea Hawks Swim Club is a competitive swim club offering high quality professional coaching and technical instruction for swimmers of all ages and abilities. The goal of the Goulbourn Sea Hawks Swim Club is to provide every member an opportunity to improve his or her swimming skills and to achieve success at his or her level of ability from novice level right through to international competitor.
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