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Carp parents of youths who are suspected of causing extensive damage to the outdoor rink and surrounding area last week are encouraged to contact police or the community association to begin the restitution process.

On Friday, Dec. 17, oors were damaged, holes kicked into the walls, garbage tossed about and broken beer bottles smashed on the ice surface.

No suspects have been identiďŹ ed, but youths have been known to hang around the rink even though the red ag is meant to keep people away.

It was the second time this year the rink was vandalized, but the ďŹ rst time this skating season.

Community police Const. Peter Jeon said the culprits appeared comfortable enough to linger in the area and cause a lot of noise. If residents were more vigilant, that wouldn’t happen. “Parents should always know where their kids are,� Jeon said, adding that among the rink vandals are youths who likely live nearby. “They should speak to their kids about right and wrong.

It’s about showing respect to the community.�

Jeon said most people made mistakes as teenagers, and part of learning responsibility is to account for them. He doubts anyone would face jail time or a tarnished record if they come forward and do the right thing. “We’ll work with the parents and kids to ďŹ nd out how to stop it,â€? he said. “We typically don’t go from A to Z. It’s likely a warning.â€?

However, he also encourages community members to keep an eye out for illegal activity and call police if anything appears suspicious.

The outdoor rink has few “sight linesâ€? – meaning people in nearby homes have difďŹ culty seeing what is taking place. Other factors make it a place for young people to gather to cause mischief, he said.

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Every pew in St. James the Apostle Anglican Church next to the Carp Fairgrounds early Tuesday morning is stacked with boxes and grocery bags of food. Even unusual items like wrapping paper poke into the central nave. Teenagers and adults are busily lugging stuff to open-mouthed vehicles shivering outside.

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But it was no emergency, just the countless volunteers participating in the West Carleton Emergency Food Aid’s annual Christmas dinner distribution.

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HURT AND ANGRY Still, Craig’s voice has a tinge of sadness and anger in it when she talks about the vandalism.

She said it is difficult enough to find people to donate their time. Men from the area flood the rink before dawn just so kids can have a place nearby to skate, she

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The cost in damages to the Carp rink has yet to be determined.

It’s the second time in less than a month Paul Carrier has saved a life near his Dunrobin home.

But this time it was a little more dramatic.

On the morning of Dec. 13, the 60-year-old volunteer firefighter burst through the front door of a fire that saw smoke pouring from a basement window under a deck.

The owner was at work, but Carrier thought with school out for Christmas holidays, someone could still be inside. It is thanks to his yelling that Justin Crosby, 16, woke up to escape the fire caused by a pellet stove that wasn’t venting smoke properly.

A few weeks before, Carrier performed CPR on a woman with no vital signs. She was eventually rescued by on duty emergency crews.

No one was hurt in the house fire incident.

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While there is little doubt some of the volunteers helping distribute items from the West Carleton Emergency Food Aid earlier this week are not particularly religious, it is no coincidence the church and hall beside the Carp Fairgrounds play a central role in the event.

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“I have a truck.”

“Fine. What’s your name?”

“Andrew.”

A check mark is scratched onto the clipboard.

“So,” she said, “where do you want to go?”

“Doesn’t matter. Galetta. Kinburn.”

Tags on the boxes in the front pew read CB and F. Others destined for Dunrobin huddle nearby. She leads him down the line while introducing him to his assistant, a lanky lad in a crooked toque.

Her air of authority is greatly diminished once she starts belting out Jingle Bells to the historic rafters above.

“You really need to talk to Catherine.

She’ll help you,” she says to an awestruck reporter, after identifying herself as Karen Secord.

Catherine Kingston is also busy on the church side, surrounded by eager elves awaiting orders. She kindly spares a moment to run through the stats and trivia: • 29 West Carleton families to receive a $300 Christmas package complete with food and presents; • Church groups, hockey teams and a few families typically take on these larger donations, with about four or five dropping out or coming aboard every year; • Over on the hall side, smaller packages are cobbled together for 64 families; • The record-high from a few years back is 125 families; • Donations are down this year in West Carleton and across the city.

That last tidbit doesn’t dampen Kingston’s spirits. She knows that many a front door later that day someone will say “Thank you so much!” and “Merry Christmas! This means so much!” and

even a few, more quietly, “Bless you.”

Told she ought to get out there to be on the receiving end of so much gratitude, Kingston just laughs and recalls a card she received one January six years ago.

“I don’t even remember what it said anymore, but that meant a lot.”

In the corridor connecting the church and hall, Andrew Tate and Kingston’s son George are stopped and asked what motivates them to participate.

Tate, a self-proclaimed “grumpy” elf who doesn’t care if grumps are supposed to be dwarfs, said government doesn’t make society run – volunteers do. He also called volunteering his social life and said it’s simply become a habit for him.

“I’ve volunteered my whole life,” Tate said.

George said, laughingly, he was there because his mom woke him up. Then, more seriously, it was about paying it forward.

“It makes me feel like I’m giving back to the community.”

In the hall side, banquet tables are filled with mountains of food; cans stack up like Dr. Seuss presents his Christmas classic.

Pat Tate, no relation to Andrew, said donations continue to pile in.

“It takes an army of volunteers to collect it all,” she said, then points to the chef elf – Cathy Yocom.

She agrees to pause for a moment in the kitchen. Is it any coincidence this takes place in a church, with yourself and many other self-identified Christians together to bring food to the less fortunate?

She’s a touch startled by the directness of the question.

“No,” Yocom said, hesitantly, “I feel, personally, it has a lot to do with faith.

I’m sure not everyone here is a person of faith. But I think faith has a lot to do with it.”

Then she was off again, back to her army of expectant elves.

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CHRISTMAS SING-A-LONG AT HUNTLEY CENTENNIAL Huntley Centennial School in Carp held a Christmas assembly Dec. 17. A number of students performed as all the 600-plus school population was involved in the sing-a-long merriment. Several members of the school band played, including, in front from left, Kylie Duck, Gordon Brown and Nick Sutherland; and in back Sarah Brown, Emma Monfrette, Jane Burn, Charlee Heath and conductor Kim Dunn. Above right, the Sound Waves choral group entertained with Christmas songs. From left are Jane Burn, Abby Thomas, Kaitlyn Hemstreet, Rachel Tusitan and Alex Longthrop.

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El-Chantiry nabs deputy-mayor seat LAURA MUELLER laura.mueller@metroland.com

West Carleton-March Coun. Eli ElChantiry won’t just be serving his ward this term – he will be representing the entire city as one of two deputy mayors.

El-Chantiry will share the prestigious role with Gloucester-South Nepean Coun.

Steve Desroches. The two deputies will mainly perform ceremonial functions when Mayor Jim Watson is not available.

However, Watson is known as a highvisibility politician who attends many events, including several in West Carleton during the fall election campaign.

The services of deputies may be called upon infrequently.

El-Chantiry did not attend the Dec. 15 council meeting that confirmed his role as deputy mayor because he was at Ottawa Police Chief Vern White’s wedding in Finland. In an email, El-Chantiry wrote that he is honoured to serve that role.

“I believe that Mayor Watson has seen the value of my hard work on behalf of our rural residents, and the city as a whole,” he said.

“We have so many great things happening in the city right now and it is exciting to be invited to play such a significant part of these changes.”

While the role will add to his workload, El-Chantiry said his ward constituents will always come first.

“I anticipate that there may be a little more juggling of my schedule going on, but for the most part, I don’t expect there will be much of an impact. I will continue to provide the dedication to West Carleton-March that they have become accustomed to and will always put them first,” he wrote.

“My previous experience in the role of acting mayor last term indicated that it is a case of adding some hours to my commitments - not necessarily a bad thing, since I have recently sold my business and would be happy to put the time and energy into this honourable role.”

In addition to his role as deputy mayor, El-Chantiry will sit on the committees for agriculture and rural affairs, community and protective services and the audit subcommittee.

He will also continue as chairman of the Ottawa Police Services Board.

El-Chantiry has served on city council since 2003.

Transportation is about more than roads, says Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson. It’s also about planning for cycling, pedestrians and transit infrastructure.

That’s the message Wilkinson sent to begin her term as chairperson of the city’s transportation committee. Committee members and chairs were chosen at council’s meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 15.

The transportation committee was the only committee that saw two members

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nominated to lead it. Orleans Coun. Bob Monette’s name was put forward, but he declined to stay in the running and Wilkinson was acclaimed.

Wilkinson will also sit on the Ottawa Public Library Board, the interim transit commission and the finance and economic development committee (called “FEDco”). She will also return to the information and technology subcommittee, which she previously led, as well as the audit and member services subcommittees.

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Community UNDER THE B, BIG DONATION The bingo committee at the legion in Constance Bay makes a sizeable donation of $5,000 to West Carleton Food Aid prior to the Dec. 15 games. From left, Betty Pratt, Garry Fisher, Rita Grant, Kathleen Murdie, Frances Gentile, food aid treasurer Leila Graham, Eleanor Crawley, Henry Pratt and Ross Murdie. Graham accepted the donation on behalf of West Carleton Food Aid. Wednesday evening bingos starts at 7:15 p.m. at the legion, on Allbirch Road in Constance Bay, and donations have helped St. Gabriel’s, local firefighters and food aid.

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Buy-A-Tile: Buy your place in the future What does it take to build a modern state of the art Recreation Center? A supportive community - just ask Councillor Marianne Wilkinson.

One of Councillor Wilkinson’s stated goals, during her last campaign, was to see the completion of Kanata’s new Recreational Centre by 2012 (KanataRec 2012). The new facility is about to go under tender. One of the unusual features of the massive building is an eight lane swimming pool.

“The City has a policy to support the building of six lanes for our pools.” Wilkinson said. “We knew before we started building that six lanes would not accommodate our community’s needs.”

The Community Steering Committee, Chaired by Steve Hulaj presented a plan to add two extra lanes to the building. The City agreed as long as the community raised the extra 1.75 Million dollars the extra lanes will cost.

Terry Sheldon, Chair of the KanataRec 2012 Fund Raising Committee, is spearheading an ambitious, multi-staged campaign (see ad this page) to raise “those necessary bucks!”

“This is nothing if not a worthwhile cause,” Sheldon said. “Our burgeoning Kanata community has long outgrown its once generous recreational facilities. KanataRec 2012 is designed to meet community needs for today and well into the future.

“Community is key. The idea behind KanataRec 2012 is that it will be a facility created, in no small part, by the people and for the people.”

As Sheldon tells it, community involvement at every stage is key to the project’s success. “Steve Hulaj, a community pheom, well known for his active, continuing, leadership in spearheading the move to save Kanata’s South March Highlands and Beaver Pond, Chaired the Steering Committee. Now they have turned the next stage over to the Fund-Raising Committee.

“I believe that with the support and involvement of Kanata residents, we will see the ribbon cut, the facility opened, and the first swimmers into the pool in 2012. But to do that we need the Community’s help.”

Buy-A-Tile, a fund-raising incentive kicking off today, just in time for Christmas, will allow individuals, families and, ultimately corporations, to “buy into the future,” in Sheldon’s words.

Theoretically, the pool is composed of 32,000 individual tiles of which 10,000 are being made available, on a one-time basis, to buy in support of the new Centre.

“We’re going to start releasing those first 10,000 tiles to the public immediately – just in time for Christmas,” explains Sheldon. “But it’s a limited unique opportunity. Once they’re gone they’re gone!

“Talk about getting the perfect present for the person who has everything! From grandmothers to toddlers, to that difficult friend ... spend ten bucks, yes just ten dollars, and you not only get a personalized, numbered certificate but your name (or the name of the person for whom you buy the tile) will be spelled out on the walls of the centre.”

Furthermore, “Your name, or the name of that special person as well as their tile number, is immortalized. It’s there from the time the pool opens and remains there for the life of the pool; the owner’s own particular future footprint.”

But this will only happen with the first ten thousand tiles. “These will never, ever be re-sold,” Sheldon stated categorically, adding “and if people are inspired to dive down and see their tile site, a map showing the numbered placements will be displayed on the wall.”

The rule is one tile per name. If a family of four buy four tiles “they’ll obviously be in a block of four tiles,” explained Sheldon – and as for buying, “we’re making it easy and – most important at this time of year – affordable.”

After payment (credit cards and cheques are accepted: see ad this page) the donor receives an attractive certificate with an area left blank for the name of the individual receiving the gift. Each certificate also bears the number of a tile that matches the legend on the wall of the Centre where every tile is identified.

“Affordability is very important,” said Sheldon. “We want as many people as possible to get involved and to know that through their investment, they take ownership in an important facility that Kanata has needed for some time.

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Disturbing lack of council debate Gentlemen, start your bulldozers and rev up those chainsaws.

The trees are coming down.

Ottawa city council has given the final thumbs up for KNL to start work on a housing development on 29 hectares of forest north of the Beaver Pond.

Saying council approved the development is a tad misleading.

You see, they didn’t actually debate the issue.

Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson said she couldn’t put a motion on the table asking council to buy the land because she didn’t have the support of council.

Didn’t have the support of the mayor.

Didn’t have the support of the west-end councillors even.

The only ones to offer even leukwarm support were councillors Shad Qadri, Diane Holmes and David Chernushenko.

KNL had agreed to swap 2.5 hectares of land (in exchange for five hectares of land protected by the 40 per cent greenspace agreement) — but that offer was good only if council agreed to allow the development to proceed with no more roadblocks.

And if council persisted with its meddling, the threat of an OMB hearing loomed in the background.

Apparently, our newly-elected council doesn’t have the stomach to fight developers at the Ontario Municipal Board.

In their defence, this development has already been vetted through the OMB – its outcome was as much in doubt as the drum-head trials of the French Revolution.

Most irking in this non-decision, was that council didn’t even have the courtesy to debate the issue.

The matter was settled backstage, beyond the prying eyes of the pesky public. Don’t want to raise a fuss, don’t you know.

Never mind the thousands of residents pressing to save a valuable forest.

Never mind the development never should have been approved in the first place.

Pass the buck, and focus on more important issues like saving money by not buying sandwiches for councillors during meetings.

The Beaver Pond decision raises a number of disturbing questions.

Will this council continue along the vein of settling issues backstage? If so, why even bother with debating issues at council?

Might as well replace it with a muppet show — at least you’ll entertain the public.

Surviving the Christmas movie Before the inevitable mellowing out of Christmas Day, there is a lot of irritation that has to be overcome.

The components of that irritation are familiar to you.

People losing their minds in their cars, rushing around on their all-weather tires, engaging in road rage in shopping centre parking lots.

Not being able to get out of jammed shopping centre parking garages.

Icky Christmas muzak, featuring carols sung by Elvis, Mariah Carey and the Chipmunks, from Nov. 1 on.

Media-fueled frenzy over the toy that everyone is going to feel guilty not buying for their child. This is now accompanied

by Internet-fueled frenzy as canny buyers resell that toy at hyper-inflated prices.

Newspaper advice columns warning about inappropriate behaviour at office Christmas parties.

Office Christmas parties, where the guests are now so worried about inappropriate behaviour that they spend all their time looking at their phones.

People who did behave inappropriately driving home from office Christmas parties.

All of this, when not life-endangering, is tough on the spirit, and it should be a relief to arrive home safely, take off your

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town boots and plunk down in front of the television set.

Except that the only thing on the television set, aside from poker and wrestling and real housewives from somewhere, is a movie about a man and a woman who want to announce their engagement on Christmas Eve but can’t because Rudolf got lost on 34th Street and has to be rescued before the Christmas pageant can go on, and the man and the woman quarrel over some misunderstanding, meanwhile the Spirit of Christmas is being held hostage by an evil banker and only Hannah Montana can persuade him to let it go but first she has to sing a Christmas song and her band is stuck in a snowbank in Beverly Hills and none of the usual angels are available, so the call goes out to the neighbour’s collie dog . . .

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how it turns out – with big fluffy globs of snow falling slowly and everybody hugging and looking up in the air and saying “Happy Holidays” to each other.

The preponderance of Christmas movies on our airwaves must be particularly annoying to those of us who don’t celebrate Christmas, but it is annoying enough to everybody.

But just as all Christmas music is not icky – think of the traditional carols, the Messiah, even the Charlie Brown music of Vince Guaraldi – not all Christmas entertainment is pointless and insulting.

The play nativity just concluding its run at the National Arts Centre is an enjoyable combination of spirituality, music and farce.

Despite its irreverent treatment of the subject (coyotes in the manger!), it doesn’t seem to have offended anyone, which goes to show that audiences are more resilient and open-minded than they are often given credit for.

And of course there are the classic movies that you can watch again and again — the original Miracle on 34th Street, just about any version of A Christmas Carol, It’s a Wonderful Life (with its brilliant portrayal of the hellish life of Bedford Falls had there been no George Bailey).

White Christmas (just to hear Rose-

mary Clooney sing and watch the world’s most ridiculous plot device: Bing Crosby going on network television to ask people to keep a secret from his old general, Dean Jagger).

A couple of the newer ones aren’t so bad. A Christmas Story (1983) has its moments and there is nothing like watching Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa to comfort the truly grouchy among us.

The problem is that Hollywood has to keep pumping out new holiday movies each year, the majority of which associate the miracles of the season mostly with couples getting engaged.

It all makes you look forward to the New Year, when people go back to doing what they do best on TV – running through hospitals and shooting at helicopters.

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THE ACCIDENTAL FARMWIFE Diana Fisher we were praying for a dear friend with brain cancer.

This winter we are burying him.

It’s been almost three years since we lost my dad. Three years. But as I watched the movie “The Bucket List” last week, the tears ran down my face. It is very difficult to recover from the loss of a permanent fixture in one’s heart.

I have friends entering

menopause, fighting cancer, burying their husbands.

Yesterday we were in high school.

Our lives are a blip on the screen. The best we can do is to surround ourselves with positive people, to keep traveling uphill, and to pause to appreciate the moments.

This morning my mother called to tell me she would not be at Sunday dinner.

Instead she would be visiting with her own 95-yearold mother Vicky, who had recently suffered a fall.

Vicky was only slightly hurt in the fall, thank goodness, but it put things into perspective. Occasionally she falls down and has to remain on the floor for several hours until she is discovered. She has left the water running in the bathroom for the entire day. She left the milk to burn on the stove. It is becoming unsafe for Vicky to continue to live on her own. At times like this, I wish we were Italian.

If we were Italian, I might be a stay-at-home Mom, and we could move our aging parents and

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grandparents into the spare wing of the house. There they would enjoy their golden years, and pass their wisdom on to the younger generation – our children and grandchildren.

But alas, we are not Italian. We work outside the home, and we are not able to move our aging family members in with us. It is time to find a new home for Vicky.

Vicky has been through some hard winters, living in a little schoolhouse in Quebec where her husband hunted, she gardened and they traded their goods for eggs at the farm down the road. As a single mom of four boys and one girl, Vicky learned to be thrifty, resourceful, creative and optimistic. When she doesn’t understand or cannot hear what you are saying, she giggles. She doesn’t get frustrated or upset – she just laughs. That’s Vicky.

And this gorgeous woman, who still paints her nails to match her russetred hair, deserves the very best for the last few seasons of her long life.

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This contest is sponsored by the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association.

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I don’t know how life suddenly became so busy.

We don’t have kids to ferry around to hockey or soccer; only one remains at home and she is pretty self-sufficient. We have less than a 15-minute commute to work in Kemptville, and we spend the majority of each weekend at home. Still, life goes whizzing by.

Some of our best moments are spent at the dinner table, in the garden, or in the barn. Just living, working, talking together.

The best memories are not built in front of the television or computer.

The computer is a necessary evil, keeping us connected to work and friends and news in the rest of the world. But I think we can do without the TV. In 2011, the Farmer and I are going to look at our life to see how we might attempt to slow it down by simplifying things a bit.

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Arielle will need to be put on a diet in her new home because she is a very large cat. Arielle would be best suited in a quiet home and she gets along well with other cats.

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Kirby is a two-year-old white and grey neutered male. He was a stray cat who was brought to the shelter in October. Kirby is very friendly and affectionate and is a gentle cat who gets along with both other cats and children. He is playful and curious but also has his quiet times. .

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Council abandons proposal to buy Beaver Pond land LAURA MUELLER laura.mueller@metroland.com

The fight to save the Beaver Pond lands has ended with a deal to save less than three hectares of the environmentally sensitive forest.

City council agreed to the land swap that will protect an 80-metre wide, 2.5hectare swath of land connecting Trillium Woods to the Beaver Pond.

Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson had tried to come up with a deal for the city to purchase more than 29 hectares of land in the area from KNL Developments to protect it from a subdivision that’s planned for the area. But that idea fell apart in the past week, with representatives from KNL saying the deal was misrepresented to council.

SMALL LAND SWAP The city’s lawyer, Timothy Marc, initially told councillors at the Dec. 15 meeting that KNL wasn’t even in favour of the land swap to protect the 2.5-hectare link, but Wilkinson and Alta Vista Coun. Peter Hume were able to hash out a deal with

The 2.44-hectare portion of the Beaver Ponds lands that the city made a deal to protect is shown as the darker gray portion of this map of the future Phase 9 of KNL Development’s subdivision. The red dots indicate four “mother” butternut trees that Coun. Marianne Wilkinson says can be used to multiply the species.

KNL during the meeting.

Wilkinson said she was disappointed that she wasn’t able to save more of the lands, but she called herself a “pragmatist.”

“I’m not happy with getting so little, but I’d be even unhappier if we got nothing. The way that it was working around today, it was the only thing I could get through council,” Wilkinson said, adding that she’d rather get something than nothing.

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493 teams to vie for Bell Capital Cup JESSICA CUNHA jessica.cunha@metroland.com

Over 8,000 hockey players will descend on Ottawa from Dec. 29 to Jan. 3 for the 12th annual Bell Capital Cup. The tournament, which runs from Dec. 30 to Jan. 3, will see teams come from as

far as Beijing, China.

“Average-wise, I’d say we are expecting around 8,380 players,” said Matt Bennett, the general manager for the Bell Capital Cup. Last year’s cup saw 8,500 players take part.

Players from 19 divisions will take to the ice during the five-day competition,

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“When everything is all said and done we’ll have 993 games played,” said Bennett.

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The Ottawa-area will be well represented, with 265 teams competing for the top spot, including the Kanata Blazers, Nepean Raiders, West Carleton Warriors, Ottawa Sting and Gloucester Rangers.

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Carp’s de Haan named alternate ‘Captain Canada’ Hockey fans throughout West Carleton will have an added reason to watch Team Canada’s quest to win gold at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Buffalo, New York this year.

One of their own will be bolstering the blueline core for the red and white.

Carp’s Calvin de Haan is not just one of only four returning players back from last year’s silver medalist squad, but he has earned the confidence of the coaching staff to be named an alternate captain with the team whose run for gold officially starts Boxing Day when they take on Russia on TSN at 4 p.m.

Windsor Spitfires defenceman Ryan Ellis will serve as captain, while Spokane Chief defenceman Jared Cowen and Brandon Wheat Kings forward Brayden Schenn will join de Haan as the team’s alternate captains.

De Haan – of the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League – was the 12th pick overall by the New York Islanders in the 2009 National Hockey League Entry Draft.

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He and the rest of the 2010-11 edition of the junior hockey team will attempt to add to Team Canada’s impressive medalwinning history.

Canada has taken home medals at 12consecutive IIHF World Junior Championships, including gold medal performances in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, silver medals in 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2010 and bronze medals in 2000 and 2001.

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Golf course closed to snowmobiles West Carleton Snow Trails Association updates preparations for season Your local snowmobile club is nothing more than a group of community volunteers who are willing to take the time and energy to contribute the growth of the sport. Often, it’s a thankless task that seems to involve one step back for every two forward. For every victory there always seems to be a new challenge or problem to be confronted.

The recent loss of a key connecter trail in the Constance Bay area is a case in point.

For as long as most can remember the Copperdale Golf property on Dunrobin Road has been an important link between Quebec and the Arnprior/Carp and Dunrobin regions.

Has the relationship always been totally smooth? No – inevitably issues arise but as with all of our landowners we work hard to resolve problems. With good signage and fencing, off-trail excursions have been kept to a minimum. We have worked well with the current owners but unfortunately it appears that their current vision does not include snowmobile use in the winter months.

Effective immediately entry onto the Copperdale property is trespassing and the West Carleton Snow Trails are asking all members to respect the closure. We are

scrambling at this time to arrange a detour and will have signage in place as soon as possible.

Volunteer landowners remain the cornerstone of any effective trail system.

What’s in it for them? About the same as for any community volunteer whether it be minor hockey, the fair board or the Legion: a commitment to a cause and the understanding that their selfless contribution builds the fabric of the community.

Organized, responsible snowmobiling has truly become an integral part of our rural heritage and way of life. We thank our landowners and volunteers who continue to work to make it happen.

TRAILS STATUS If only getting the trails open was as easy as just having snow. Between temperature fluctuations and the lack of frost, packing a lasting base at this time of year is impossible. Rather than waste money or damage equipment it is better to wait and pack a base that will last all season.

At this point all of the WCST system is closed. Jumping the gun and heading out now not only means you are trespassing on private property but will quite likely cause us even more landowner headaches.

We will get them open as soon as we possibly can (see paragraph one re: “volunteers”).

In the meantime, www.wcstai.com or www.ofsc.on.ca provide the latest updates on where to ride legally.

Celebrate the Miracle of His Birth St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church KINBURN

Christmas Eve Services for the Parish of Huntley Rev. Mark Whittall Rev. Rick Marples 4:30 pm Christ Church Family Service with Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm St. John’s - Holy Eucharist 8:00 pm Christ Church Holy Eucharist Rev. Rick Marples 9:30 pm St James Holy Eucharist

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Reverend Heather Kinkaid will be leading Worship

Christmas Day 10 am St James Holy Eucharist St. John’s - 1470 donald b. munroe, carp Christ Church - 3008 carp road, carp St. James - 3774 carp road, carp 613-839-3195 432521

ANGLICAN PARISH of FITZROY HARBOUR CHRISTMAS SERVICES CHRISTMAS EVE St. Thomas 5:30 pm Service St. George’s 8:00 pm Service St. Thomas 10:00 pm Service CHRISTMAS DAY St. George’s 10:00 am Service BOXING DAY SUNDAY St. Thomas 10:00 am Service St. George’s 192 Shirreff Street, Fitzroy Harbour St. Thomas 3794 Woodkilton Road, Woodlawn

CHURCH OFFICE: Phone: (613) 623-3882

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Boxing Day: a day you can count on MICHAEL RUNTZ Nature’s Way

For many people Boxing Day is a day for recovering from food, family, and other Christmas excesses.

For a few of us, it is a day for taking part in the annual Pakenham-Arnprior CBC: Christmas Bird Counts that are conducted across North America.

Each takes place on a chosen day near Christmas and covers a standardized area, a circle with a 7.5mile radius.

Observers record all birds seen or heard in their count area.

The first CBC took place in New York in 1900 as a protest against the annual Christmas shoot, in which participants killed all animals they encountered and then tallied their results at day’s end.

A mere 13 years later, Charles Macnamara (after whom the Macnamara Field Naturalists’ Club is named) started the Arnprior CBC, which ran until 1939. In 1925 Edna and Allan Ross started a CBC

in Pakenham. That count continues today under the name ‘Pakenham-Arnprior’.

I have participated on that count since 1966.

Details of my first are still fresh in mind.

Bud Levy arranged the Arnprior contingency of the Pakenham CBC and we started at 9 a.m. Highlights were a Red-breasted Nuthatch, a Pileated Woodpecker, a flock of Red Crossbills, and old cheese and crackers. A total of around a dozen species was tallied that day.

Nowadays my count starts before dawn in order to hear owls, and over the day I might tally 30 species. With everyone’s contributions, the total count usually reaches 50 species.

In 2001 a record 66 species were recorded. In 2008 more than 9,800 individual birds were counted. Since they began, our local counts have produced an incredible 118 different species!

That remarkable diversity is due to more

participants (around 25 people now participate), improved access (Macnamara conducted counts solely on foot; the Rosses used horse and sled until the advent of school buses created need for ploughed roads; this allowed the use of cars), and enhanced knowledge.

Additionally, a proliferation of birdfeeders provides food for lingering birds as well as a means to easily view them.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of a CBC is that one never knows what might be encountered. All findings are kept secret until the compilation, and much bravado accompanies the announcement of a prize find.

Last year three new species - Iceland Gull, Rusty Blackbird, and Swamp Sparrow - were added to the list.

The Pakenham-Arnprior CBC circle includes Arnprior, Galetta, Waba, Cedar Hill and Pakenham.

If you have a birdfeeder in this area and want to report an unusual bird or

keep track of birds on count day, please contact me.

On Boxing Day I will not be seeking bargain prices. Instead I will be celebrating the true significance of that day; Boxing Day is for the birds.

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Rinks busy from east to west Continued from 13 “Every district in the ODHA (Ottawa District Hockey Association) will be represented this year,” said Bennett.

Teams will also be coming from British Columbia, Nunavut, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Twenty-two rinks will play host to the games, from Navan to Aylmer to Kanata, said Bennett, with every championship game being played at Scotiabank Place.

“I think it’s definitely going to be one of the most memorable hockey experiences they’re going to have,” said Bennett.

FAN FEST This year, the inaugural Fan Fest will be held at the Bell Sensplex on Dec. 29.

NHL Ottawa Senators alumni will be present, along with a Hockey Hall of Fame exhibit and a sports memorabilia auction with funds go-

Girls on ice in Kinburn

ing to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern Ontario, said Bennett.

He said the Bell Capital Cup is expected to bring in around $15 million for the local economy.

Tournament passes sell for $12 and cover all five days. Adult day passes go for $5, senior day passes for $3. Children under 12 attend for free. Ticket sales are used to support local minor hockey associations and charities.

For more information visit www. bellcapitalcup.ca

The Katie Weatherston Hockey School focuses solely on female development.

Katie believes it is crutial for players to get 1 on 1 attention/instruction. Our large staff pays attention to technical details and we have a low player to coach ratio (4:1).

The Katie Weatherston Hockey School provides female hockey players with the tools they need to improve their skills and raise aware-

ness of the opportunities that are available to women through sport.

Founded in 2005, our goal is to offer the players a well organized, fun, and educational camp at a low cost. Visit Katie’s Website at: http://www. superioredgehockey.com The Christmas Break Camp at the Cavanagh Sensplex in Kinburn runs from Dec. 27 to 29, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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The facts and fiction of Emergency Room wait times Nicolas Ruszkowski

Nicolas Ruszkowski VP, Communications Ottawa Hospital Ottawa, December 14, 2010

We’re getting better.

I was 12, visiting a farm in Cantley, Quebec. My brother Stan and I spent hours exploring the barn.

Yet the system is slowest for those waiting for admission to a hospital bed. The target wait time in this case is 8 hours. Here, we have not improved.

We found hay stacked from ceiling to floor. We jumped from bales perched several meters up, to those down below.

Why?

My mother drove him to the closest ER. The wait took forever. I didn’t see him until next morning.

How much has changed? Long ER wait times are still the norm.

In just two years Carp has managed to turn its Santa Claus Parade into a beloved tradition, thanks to the hard work of volunteers at the Huntley Community Association. Above photo, Lori Gariepy of In Good Taste Personal Chef is ready to roll with her dad’s wagon. Goodwill was all around, middle photo, as firefighters collected for the West Carleton Emergency Food Aid. Sherry Stevenson of Waste Management and her daughter Autumn, top photo, share the moment while walking along Langstaff Drive.

Hockey, right photo, goes with everything, including a parade.

Photos by Derek Dunn

For sicker patients who need more care, but not admission to hospital, the wait-time target is 8 hours or less. This is the largest group of ER patients. Over the past year, visits from these patients grew by 16%. Despite the surge, we cared for 85% of within 8 hours. In fact, we treated 5,800 more patients (33 per day) within 8 hours than we did last year.

How do we first learn about Emergency Rooms (ER)?

The fun lasted until Stan took aim at pile of hay from high above, and landed on a floor, hidden under only centimeters of hay. There was a loud “crack!” He got up holding his broken arm. He turned pale. We ran for help.

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hospitals to divert cases to family doctors or walk-in clinics, and to improve our ability to “fast track” patients through ER when they do visit, the number of such visits declined by 15% since last year. And 75% of patients spend less than 4 hours in ER.

But there’s been significant progress. Dedicated nurses, doctors and other health professionals ensure most emergency patients receive timely care.

Take our hospital, for instance. Critically injured patients and those with life threatening conditions are seen within moments.

Otherwise, an ER nurse aims to see a patient within 15 minutes, assigning them to one of three streams of care.

For those with minor problems, “the walking wounded”, Ontario’s wait time target is less than 4 hours. Thanks to government’s work with

Hospitals operate most efficiently at occupancy levels of 88% to 92%. Unfortunately, for several years we’ve operated every day at more than 100% occupancy (with more patients than beds).

As a result, we achieve an 8-hour wait less than 20% of the time.

Delays happen not because of ER inefficiencies, but because acute care beds are increasingly occupied by patients who would ideally receive their care outside the hospital, but for whom there is a shortage of care in the community.

It’s easy to point fingers at each other to “fix” the system. But no single government, hospital, community or health provider can do it alone.

Improvements in ER happened when we all worked together.

Let’s do the same to build a plan that ensures every patient receives care in the most appropriate setting.

Nicolas Ruszkowski is VP Communications and Outreach at The Ottawa Hospital. Each week, he will share behind-the-scenes insight from the hospital. E-mail him at nruszkowski@toh.on.ca

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BAY SANTA PARADE RESULTS The float with perhaps the most participants at this year’s Constance Bay Santa Parade was the West Carleton School of Performing Arts. The owners at DEKA Home Hardware decided to multiply their $75 prize for best float, below, by the 12 days of Christmas to create a $900 donation to West Carleton Emergency Food Aid. Photos by Derek Dunn

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The senior competitive dancers perform ‘Wizards in Winter’. Left line, from front, are Sarah Nagy, Kianna Markhauser, Maia Rothschild, Erika Skaarup and Sarah Elliott. In the right line are Tegan Kirkpatrick, Nicole Power, Rebecca Rahme and Leah Lavictoire.

LIVE, LAUGH, DANCE The West Carleton School of Performing Arts presented its winter showcase at the Constance Bay Community Centre Sunday, Dec. 19. The dance and drama students presented four sets for appreciative audiences. The school also held several fundraising raffles, a bake sale and silent auction of more than 50 items donated by sponsors. Among the drama students was Faith Jamael, who had the crowd laughing at her version of the Shel Silverstein poem ‘Sick’.

Santa (Justin Veale) gets ready to present his monologue.

Above right, junior competitive dancers performing ‘Greatest Time of the Year’ include Megan Williamson in the Junior Adrian Haycox, Ballet/Jazz Class’ performance Veronika Bird and of ‘Where are you Christmas’.

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Carp resident takes lead at theatre The board of directors of the Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC) appointed a new chair at the Dec. 6 meeting immediately following the annual general meeting of the corporation.

Carp’s Nhanci Wright has assumed the responsibilities of chair, with Brian Toller serving as Vice-Chair.

GCTC celebrated its 35th Anniversary Season in 2009-10, and is committed to the

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GCTC is a large employer of theatre artists from artistic and technical to administrative in the Ottawa area. Last season over 30,000 people attended shows.

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A MODEL CITIZEN Marion Williams of Constance Bay models her children’s wear at the recent Christmas sale at the West Carleton Legion.

Photo by Derek Dunn

Community Bulletin Board Our Community Bulletin Board is now being offered as a free service to local non-profit organizations. We reserve the right to edit entries for space and time considerations. Send entries to derek.dunn@metroland.com.

DECEMBER 31 • The Constance Bay New Year’s Eve Party: A Masked Ball, takes place at the Community Centre. The evening includes a gourmet dinner, midnight champagne, dancing, and a free ride home if needed. Contact Anita Kamps (613832-3559) or Penny Johnson (613-832-4490) to buy tickets and reserve tables of 8 if you want.

Tickets are $40 per person. Proceeds will go to “Vets, pets, and kids” (The Legion, The Human Society, and local youth programs).

JANUARY 2 • On Sunday at 1:30 p.m. people will be meeting in the Ecowellness Centre parking lot and heading out into the woods for a Winter Adventure. They will be tracking animals in the snow. What they are doing, and what are they finding to eat? They will be searching for holes in snow banks. Discovering bird dropping under evergreen trees where grouse or wild turkeys spent the night. Twigs chewed by deer or rabbit look different and their trails are different but are easy to tell apart when you know what to look for. Porcupines also gnaw on tree branches. They will find stories everywhere. Clues to winter residents and their dens are easy to find by trails in the snow. What animals have scurried through the underbrush? Where did all those cool mushrooms and fungi go? They will gather at the end for tea. Come dressed for the weather and bring a snack.

JANUARY 7 • Pakenham Square Dance upstairs in the Stewart Community Centre 8 to 11:30 p.m. Local

musicians, door prizes and light lunch provided.

Everyone welcome. For info, call 613-256-4126.

JANUARY 9 • The January Valley Singles Lunch will be held at J.R.’s Restaurant in Almonte at 12:30 p.m.

For info, call Fay at 613-256-8117 or Johanna at 613-432-762.

JANUARY 27-30 • The Fitzroy Winter Carnival runs four days at the Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre and other venues in the area.

DAILY • Fundraising for The Arnprior & District Humane Society runs all year. Please drop your wine, beer & liquor empties at the shelter 490 Didak Dr., Arnprior. For more see website www. arnpriorhumanesociety.ca.

MONDAYS • West Carleton Country Knitters, Donate your skills to a good cause by helping us to knit and crochet items for local charities. Can’t knit or crochet? We will teach you one-on-one. We also welcome any donations of unused yarn and needles. Our knit-alongs are held on alternate Mondays in the Carp/Dunrobin area. For more information call Paula at 613-832-2611. Find us using Google search, type wccknitters. We look forward to hearing from you!

WEDNESDAYS • A parent-run playgroup at the Corkery Community Center at 3447 Old Almonte Rd. Structured arts and crafts, play dough, playtime, songs, dancing and stretching as well as story time for ages 0-4. Come and meet with other parents and caregivers in the area. Share ideas and advice, enjoy a complementary coffee or teas. Please bring your own nut-free snacks.

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