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News – Acting Inspector Stephanie Patterson has learned a lot that she never hopes she needs to use in her new role. Patterson took over as the acting detachment commander for the Lanark County OPP on Aug. 12, following the announcement of the retirement of outgoing Insp. Gerry Salisbury. But after her time dealing with the tense standoff between First Nations people and developers in Caledonia, she is looking forward to a quieter posting. Several years ago, a tense land dispute erupted between the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation and developers of suburban housing in southern Ontario. As part of the OPP’s provincial liaison team, born out of the Ipperwash Inquiry, Patterson worked with the First Nations’ people, “building bridges with them,” she said during an interview in her new office at the Perth headquarters of the OPP on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Overall, the tense situation “was challenging, absolutely. There was a lot of dialogue that had to go on. My role was explaining what the OPP’s role was there.” Patterson was quick to point out that she was not alone in Caledonia, and was backed up by “hundreds and hundreds of officers there.” What made her job difficult, in an already tense situation, was the expectation by some that the OPP could simply roll in and solve the problems, to their side’s satisfaction. “It’s not really the OPP’s role to work out he differences in land disputes,” said Patterson. “We were there to make sure that while the government is sorting it out that people stay safe… Nobody has been killed there, thank God, but there has been a lot of heartache for people.” She had had a type of fore-
Film crews descend on Perth to shoot movie. — Pages P1 & P11
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Fresh flavours Community – The second annual Barns, Farms and Wicked Chefs summer gala in Perth on Saturday night, Aug. 24, was a great success, offering guests local fare in a beautiful country setting – the lawns and restored barns of EcoTay. Proceeds benefit The Table Community Food Centre. Above, serving up something sweet, Nancy Temple (centre) and Hali Burnham of Temple’s Sugar Camp Restaurant, joined by Ludwig Ratzinger of Fine Chocolate by Ludwig. The fundraiser showcased the fine chefs and farmers of Lanark County. Right, the Seed to Sausage station.
Barbecue held by Perth town staff for students of Asago Junior High School in Japan. — Page P17
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shadowing of this dispute during her first posting near the Akwesasne Mohawk First Nation. “I remember hearing the stories from Akwesasne when I was a rookie,” she said. Looking back on Caledonia, it is not the flashpoints she remembers, but the people. “You come away with a lot deeper appreciation of the issues and what people face in those situations,” she said. She found that both non-native Caledonia residents and First Nations members she spoke to were “good people who cared about their communities,” but their actions often did not make the news. “The attention wouldn’t be drawn to people trying to work behind the scenes to make peace,” she said. Patterson was born in Winchester, and was raised in Metcalfe, where she still lives. She attended Osgoode Township High School before heading out to take English Literature at the University of Western Ontario in London. “I always had an inkling about policing,” said Patterson. “You don’t always know what you want to do when you get an arts degree.” However, she has made her readings of Jane Austen and essay writing work for her in her job as the county’s interim top cop. “It has helped me with any oral and written communication skills,” she said. “You’re probably a bit more flamboyant in university with writing…(but in court it’s) just the facts. That’s what the judge wants to hear.” After graduation, she sold insurance, and later helped manage a retirement fund, but, by that time, the call of the police siren had grown too loud, and she was already in the process of applying to the OPP. She was accepted and spent her first 16 weeks at the Ontario Police See OPP page P04
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