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Community News Volume 46 Issue 20
Drayton, Ontario
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Local youth gains political insight through Legislative Page Program by Patrick Raftis DRAYTON - It’s not every Grade 7 student who can say he’s met the premier of Ontario, but Jarrod Dobben is now among that select group. Dobben, 13, recently returned from a three-week experience at the Ontario Legislature through the Legislative Page Program. The opportunity to meet political celebrities like House Speaker Dave Levac and Premier Kathleen Wynne was a bonus, he says. “She asked questions of our group and she was really nice,” he said, adding, “Actually every MPP was nice to the Pages.” Dobben, the son of Ben and Kathy Dobben of Moorefield, is a student at Drayton Heights Public School. His interest in the program was sparked last year, when his Maryborough Public School class won a field trip to Queen’s Park. “It got me interested in politics,” said Jarrod. “They talked to us about it (the Page program) and it seemed like a good idea.” The Legislative Page Program is open to students in Grades 7 or 8 with an interest in current affairs. Students must have an academic average of at least 80 per cent and get along well with their peers and adults.
JARROD DOBBEN
Parliamentary Pages - Drayton Heights Public School student Jarrod Dobben, top row, left, is pictured with fellow participants in the Ontario Legislative Page Program, Dave Levac, top row, centre, speaker of the Legislature, and Page program coordinator Erin Tedford, top row, second from right. submitted photo Pages must earn their spot in the program through an application process that involves submitting an essay outlining
their achievements, involvements and suitability for the program. Asked why he felt he would
make a good Page, Jarrod said, he enjoys volunteering, helping at church dinners and other events in the community.
An avid reader, he also tries to keep up with political news, he said. “It moves a bit fast some-
times, I just try to keep up with what’s going on.” Jarrod was accepted into the program and attended from April 8 to 25. At the Legislature, Pages spend part of the their time in a classroom setting studying legislative processes. “And we actually saw how it Continued on page 3
Cherrey thrives in ‘electric’ playoff atmosphere by Patrick Raftis TORONTO – When the puck dropped for game four of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ first playoff series in nine years on May 8, Drayton native Scott Cherrey was right in the thick of things. An NHL linesman since 2007, Cherrey was working the first round of the playoffs for the third consecutive year and drew the assignment for Toronto’s second home game. Thanks in part to that other famous NHL Cherry, broadcaster Don, there was a little more focus than usual on faceoff puck drops, largely handled by the linesmen. Cherry, in a recent edition of his popular Coaches’ Corner segment of the Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts, ripped the linesmen working previous games for too frequently, and in his view unnecessarily, ejecting centremen from the faceoff circle. “Somebody’s got to get these linesmen under control … just drop the puck,” he urged. Add to that media reports of Maple Leaf players and coach Randy Carlyle complaining the linesmen were allowing Bruin players to “cheat” on faceoffs, and many fans were watching the puck drops with increased
Playoff performer - NHL linesman Scott Cherrey was selected to work the first round of the playoffs for the third consecutive year. His assignments have included a stop in Toronto for game four of the Leafs/Bruins series. Community News file photo
scrutiny by the time game four rolled around. For linesman Cherrey though, it was business as usual. “The media is going to say what they want; we just try to maintain the professional standards that we’ve set all year and go out and do our job,” he explained.
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Cherrey said both teams have the ability to express concerns to an officiating supervisor for each series, but no special instructions were given to officials. “We’re just told to maintain the same standards that we’ve upheld for the entire season. We don’t change things for the playoffs.” Maintaining those standards has put Cherrey on the prestigious list of playoff officials since 2011. While he’s yet to get the opportunity to work games past the first round (the number of linesmen drops from 22 to 14 for round two), Cherrey said he continues to work toward that goal. “Just to be named to the playoff team was quite an honour,” he notes. Playoff officials are named on a round by round basis, so Cherrey didn’t know if he’d be part of the second round crew as of May 8, when he spoke with the Community News by telephone en route to Washington for game five of the Capitals’ series with the New York Rangers. Previously, he worked the lines for game one of the St. Louis/Los Angeles series and game three between the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Islanders.
Cherrey described the atmosphere as “electric” for what was only the second Leaf home playoff game since 2004. “The playoffs are sort of the ultimate experience - your speed of play is up - we just have to make sure we’re ready for it when the puck drops.” Like the players, Cherrey is glad to be back on the ice in a lockout-shortened season that didn’t begin until Jan. 19 due to a labour dispute. “It was a real rollercoaster ride,” he said of the ups and downs of the negotiations that eventually led to a new collective bargaining agreement between players and owners. “It would look like we were going to play, then it wouldn’t, then it would again. “Finding a positive in a negative,” Cherrey said the late start to the season gave him more time to spend with his family. He and his wife Christa live in Kitchener. Their third child, a son, Kaese, was born in August. The couple also has a son Tyson, 9, and a daughter Katelynne, who is six. “The positive thing was for me to be able to be around for Tyson’s hockey and Katelynne’s gymnastics and to help out with the baby.”
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Shopping with mom - Little Lucas Raynard took his mom, Crystal Raynard, Mother’s Day shopping at the Moorefield United Church Home Party fundraiser held at the church on May 11. The event featured a wide variety of vendors, as well as a bake table and lunch booth. photo by Wilma Mol
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