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Rollercoaster year Top newsmakers include Todd Nicholson and Greg Leblanc; beach ownership takes top story DEREK DUNN derek.dunn@metroland.com

It was a year of exciting ups and devastating downs in West Carleton, beginning in January with the sledge hockey team’s quest for gold at the Paralympic Games and ending in November and December with a bitter family ďŹ ght among Progressive Conservatives.

However, after much consideration – and, at times, much passionate debate - by the editorial team, the top story and top newsmaker of 2010 are ready to be announced.

They are: the Constance Bay beach ownership dispute; Todd Nicholson retires from Canada’s sledge hockey team.

A line was drawn in the sand when the City of Ottawa declared, in early May, that property owners can assert their privacy rights on portions of the Con-

stance Bay beach. The immediate reaction was one of outrage, and it didn’t subside to any great extent throughout the summer. A Facebook page called Friends against privatizing Constance Bay Beaches has over 2,500 supporters; the property owners have enlisted the help of the Ontario Landowners Association.

The issue has simmered for decades, with each side producing documents to show who owns the beach: property owners or the general public.

In most jurisdictions outside Ontario, it is clear beaches are public property open to any and all.

Many who bought homes in Constance Bay believed they had beach access. Others, many of whom live on Lane Street, argue the partiers are out of hand.

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HOCKEY DAY IN THE HARBOUR Tuesday was a good day to be at the outdoor rink in Fitzroy Harbour. As a work crew busied itself with upgrades to the community centre’s wheelchair ramp, hockey players Derek Andrechek and Dana Felhaber, centre, were about to start a hockey game. Ready to cheer them on is Tanya Andrechek, who with a bump in her belly, didn’t risk venturing onto the ice.

City’s green bin program hits ďŹ rst-year targets Taxpayers missing out on $2.5 million in uncollected organics

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The program began in January, and the city had hoped to divert between 47,000 and 55,000 tonnes of organic waste from landďŹ lls, said environment committee chair Coun.

Maria McRae. But it still leaves taxpayers on the hook for around $2.5 million. That’s the amount of money the city paid for organics collection it LAURA MUELLER didn’t use in 2010. Under the city’s contract laura.mueller@metroland.com with Orgaworld, Ottawa pays the company The city’s green bin program $93.40 per tonne to collect 80,000 tonnes of hit its expected target of divert- organic waste each year of its 20-year coning 53,000 tonnes of organic waste tract.

As for when the city could actually use its full 80,000-tonne collection amount, McRae said, “We can’t predict the year if we don’t change some of our behaviour. “We’ve been very successful so far to get residents participating in the program, but if we want to boost our overall diversion, we have to take it to the next level,� she said.

McRae, who was recently elected to lead the city’s environment committee, repeated her desire to continue discussions with residents to ďŹ nd ways to encourage greater use of the green bins. “Last term’s council I don’t think went far

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The city will launch a pilot project to introduce organic-waste collection in high-rise apartment buildings starting in January. While only three to five apartment buildings will be included in the four-month pilot project (at least one of them in Centretown), the city hopes to have the results of the pilot completed by the end of 2011.

However, rolling out the program to all 100,000 of the city’s apartment units in 2011 would be “a challenge,” said Marilyn

Journeaux, manager of solid waste management for the city.

Almost all of the city’s 220,000 singlefamily homes and 30,000 townhomes have received green bins this year, Journeaux said. Apartments are next on the list.

Apartments are a challenge because they often don’t have space for the bins and educating residents is difficult because of the high turnover in many buildings, Journeaux said.

The city had originally hoped to implement its green bin program in 2008, Journeaux said. McRae said the city was “embarrassingly slow” at getting the program going.

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Twenty-ten was a nightmare for a handful of individual families in the region. In one eight-day span alone, three car crashes claimed two lives and left one young woman ďŹ ghting for hers. A teen suspected of texting at the time was killed after her car slammed into a pick-up truck on County Road 29, near Galetta Side Road.

Then another teenage girl was seriously injured as she tried to turn onto Dunrobin Road from Murphy Side Road. Finally, a Carp man died after his minivan struck a pick-up near where the Vaughan Side Road connects with Donald B. Munro Drive.

There was also the tragic death of a family man and pilot whose Carp airport-registered plane went down north

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The more interesting story in politics is the ongoing battle to see who will represent the Progressive Conservative party locally in next fall’s provincial election. The West Carleton Review broke the most local stories that later went city-wide and beyond again in 2010, but it was the PC inďŹ ghting story that continues to have legs and shows no signs of stopping.

MacLaren’s Landing’s own Jack MacLaren left his role as head of the Ontario Landowners Association to challenge Tory stalwart Norm Sterling for the chance to win the party’s nomination. It started out with MacLaren having signed up many members.

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Dunrobin’s Todd Nicholson retired this year after a phenomenal career in sledge hockey. He played in four Paralympics. of Belleville. Another blow came when a man was killed while snowmobiling. The death of a little girl in Albany, N.Y. with a West Carleton connection touched many who donated to a walkathon in her name.

Among the year’s most inspirational stories was that of a father, who after falling on the ice and hitting boards during a rec hockey game, was left bedridden for months. The community outpouring of support was overwhelming, his wife said.

Another inspirational story came from a young hockey player whose family fought for what they believed was right for him: to play hockey against other kids of his maturity level, not simply with those of his age level.

SOFT NEWS The annual winter carnivals in communities such as Fitzroy Harbour was nicely offset by summer festivals in Carp and elsewhere. However, the big one in 2010 was the inaugural Swampfest in Kinburn.

The promotion was galvanizing, the musical lineup, venue and historic displays top notch; and the volunteers were dauntless. The one setback? Could have been more people. However, organizations are acting on positive feedback and promise to bring Swampfest back again in 2011.

Another wonderful ďŹ rst, though it won’t be annual, was the huge dinner for the West Carleton Minor Hockey Association. Hundreds came out the rink in Carp for dinner, entertainment and awards for dedicated volunteers such as Sherry Malloy.

The year in statistics also had its ups and downs: maple syrup production was down; the bird count was down; crime was down; but deer accidents were up. So, too, mercifully, were donations to the annual Babs Harcourt Friendship Memorial Golf Tournament. In just its third year, the all-women golf day raised $11,000 for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.

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Continued from front They are simply trying to regain some semblance of privacy they are forced to take strong measures such as erecting No trespassing signs and even fences.

While there was talk of bringing in a mediator, it, along with having the court settle the dispute, has proven cost prohibitive. It looks as though the issue will heat up again next summer.

Todd Nicholson has been a mentor and hero for many in West Carleton. He has given motivational speeches to countless secondary students across the city, along with other groups. The Kinburn native stands taller than many as an athlete, a loyal community member, a devoted friend and strong family man. And he does it all while sitting in a wheelchair.

It started out as a great year for West Carleton’s top newsmaker. Hundreds of friends and neighbours came out to show support for Canada’s sledge hockey team, the team he led to victories around the world. It was for a scrimmage game in Carp, attended by all the players from the national capital region, including fellow West Carleton resident Shawn Matheson.

It was a great send-off for the team as it headed to Vancouver for the Winter Paralympic Games.

But gold wasn’t to be. The slightly-favoured Canada team, with what some would later say too many veterans on its roster, lost in the semiďŹ nals to Japan. The score was 3-1.

It was huge blow to Nicholson, who made many sacriďŹ ces and trained intensely for gold.

It was the end of a dream. And while Nicholson has overcome setbacks time and time again – multiple surgeries, relentless pain throughout – he came to the realization that time and ambition had taken its toll on his 41-year-old frame. It was time to make the announcement. “I had an amazing ride and some experiences I will never forget,� he said in late August. “My dreams have now become reality, and reality is telling me – along with my shoulders – that it is time (to retire).�

For the paraplegic who always said his high school promo night accident was the best thing to ever happen to him, life after sport holds much promise. Still in West Carleton, living in Dunrobin, Nicholson’s focus now is raising his children while working full-time in the federal government.

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Editorial

Schedule ‘you time’ in 2011 Another year on the calendar looms ahead and our thoughts naturally turn towards making a New Year’s resolution.

Quit smoking, work less, lose weight, get active, take a vacation or go back to school.

A good resolution that many forget about is scheduling “you time.”

It’s important take the time to recharge and refresh yourself; a healthy work-life balance demands time out.

All work and no play is a recipe for mental and physical disaster. So if you have trouble freeing up time to do the things you enjoy, write time regularly into your schedule to “meet with yourself ” and stick to that commitment. If you won’t invest in yourself, who will?

If you’re like most people, you spend lunch time on the phone or trying to catch up on

paperwork. You try to fulfill your family commitments and other obligations. You fit in a few more hours of work in the evening, or even pull an occasional all-nighter when a deadline looms.

And you feel especially stressed because there’s never enough time, no matter how hard you work.

It’s not the amount of time that matters, but our perception of it and that depends upon our attitude.

We can all remember occasions when time seemed to pass so excruciatingly slowly it was frozen, or weeks that seemed to whiz by.

Time is fixed, but our perception of it isn’t.

Our basic biology is also fixed. Most people need a period of time each day to recharge themselves. They need a certain

amount of time to reflect, to enjoy, to energize, or to simply pause - to do something that gives them respite or pleasure so they can deal with the stresses of the day.

So think about yourself. What is it that you like or need to do that will refresh you and allow you to return to the fray with a clearer head and more energy?

Whatever it is, schedule it into your day, as you would any business-related activity.

Think of it as a meeting with yourself.

And stick to it just as religiously as you would if it was a meeting with a client. That daily half hour or hour that you schedule for you will more than repay the time invested.

It will make you better able to cope with stress, more productive in your work, and better tempered.

You read it here first: What won’t happen in 2011 Since it is extremely risky to predict what will happen in the year ahead, more prudent predictors like to predict what won’t happen. Sticking oneself way out on a limb, here goes.

In 2011, the following won’t happen: — The tunnel won’t be dug under downtown Ottawa. This is partly because of the most recent revelations about bedrock, soil or whatever it is and partly because people looked at the estimated four years of construction and concluded that four years of Albert Street was marginally better than four years of no Albert Street. But it is mostly because people are thinking: “A tunnel? Under downtown Ottawa? Are you kidding?” Upon learning that Albert Street is not going to be a tunnel, certain people will demand that it become a bicycle path.

— Gasoline prices will not hit $2 a litre.

They will stop at around $1.98. Those who hoped that higher gas prices would cause people to drive less will be disappointed.

This is because people will be driving all over town trying to find gas that costs less than $1.98.

— There will not be great disappointment over the non-construction of the Albert Street tunnel. An exception will be those who hoped most of the buildings on

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town Albert Street would be put underground as well.

— The Lansdowne Park development won’t happen. Neighbourhood pressure might be a factor. And with the CFL, you never know. They might decide to expand into Latin America instead of Ottawa.

But the main factor will be the Ex. No matter what anyone says, the Ex is never leaving Lansdowne Park. And no one wants to live in new housing that has a ferris wheel outside the window.

— The Senators will not win the Stanley Cup. There’s a shocker.

— The four-laning of Highway 7 between Carleton Place and Ottawa won’t be finished. Once it’s finished the provincial government will have to take down all those signs about how hard it’s working for us. Highways are always

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more politically useful while they’re being built than when they’re finished. So it’s important to keep the work going as long as possible. They’ve done a good job of it so far.

(As a special bonus, here’s a prediction about what won’t happen in 2012: Once the highway is completed, the traffic won’t be any lighter. This is in line with the principle that says the more lanes are available the more cars will fill them. No one know where those extra cars come from, but there may be a secret factory somewhere.)

— Lawn chairs won’t be banned at Bluesfest. It is difficult to overstate the importance of lawn chairs to the local economy. Not only do people invest heavily in lawn chairs, but they also buy larger vehicles to carry them around and, needless to say, look for venues to take them to. Fortunately, the Bluesfest organizers realize this.

—Drive-thru doughnut shops will not be banned, despite concerns about air pollution from idling cars. To the contrary, the drive-thru trend will continue.

The latest: drive-thru taxidermists.

— In a related development, moose will not be banned from suburban streets.

City council will consider enacting a

bylaw to this effect. But animal experts will dissuade them, saying that most moose do not read signs well and those that do will just become angry, which no one wants. As a consequence, council will decide that moose will be allowed to roam the streets as long as they have a permit.

— Mayor Jim Watson will not attend every public event in the city. A duplicate bridge tournament in Highland Park will somehow escape his attention and he will unaccountably be absent from a tribute to Citizen columnist Randall Denley. Everything else he’ll be at.

— The NCC will not allow further construction on LeBreton Flats. Asked about the vast acreage of empty space, a spokesperson will say: “We’ve only been at this since 1960. Don’t rush us.”

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Ski-cationing at home

Newly expanded cross-country ski trails open at Fitzroy Provincial Park Photo by Derek Dunn

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box located near the parking lot of the province-owned park.

MEMBERSHIP FEES Membership fees remain the same as last year: • Adults $30; • Youth $15 (under 18 on Dec. 31, 2010); • Family $85 (kids under 18 and parents).

“We’d like to see more members,” Meagher said. “The city’s contribution toward grooming the trails is based on the number of registered users. So we encourage people to take out a membership and sign in before they start out.”

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The record year for members was 119.

The grooming machinery is top-notch, Meagher said, and will be put to use on every trail after about five centimetres of snowfall. It is usually done on a Friday evening in anticipation of a busy weekend.

There is also a small cabin for rent for anyone looking for a weekend away. A special rate is available to members. Skiers are also asked to let the club know if they want to use the barbecue and washrooms at the clubhouse.

To find out ski conditions or learn more about the club, log onto wcnordic.com.

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The trails at Fitzroy Provincial Park have expanded by one-third this year, to 15 kilometres of fairly even paths through charming woods and picturesque vistas. Some say they are the best in the national capital region and they are available to everyone in West Carleton.

“They’re much nicer than Gatineau Park. There are fewer roads and much more time in the bush,” said Tammy Meagher of the West Carleton Nordic Ski Club.

“It’s a long park with one challenging hill. But it’s not like you’d need a chair lift to get back to the parking lot.”

The club, in its 17th season, is volunteer-driven by those who simply enjoy the outdoors and spending time with family and friends. It offers both classic and skate skiing through the lovely forested trails for an annual membership fee of $85 per family. A donation of $5 per skier could be made at the

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Firefighters, police help driver avoid the hotseat On Friday, Dec. 17 at around 11 a.m., Ottawa police were dispatched to the area of 3220 Barlow Cres. for a report of a vehicle fire.

Firefighters were tending to the small pickup truck fire when police pulled up on scene.

According to the owner, the fire started minutes after he started driving along Barlow Crescent and was likely caused by a hot propane heater that was placed on his backseat of his truck.

On Dec. 18, emergency services were called out to a barn fire on Upper Dwyer Hill Road at around 3 a.m.

A City of Ottawa snow plow operator first noticed the blaze as he was making his way north along Upper Dwyer Hill and initially thought it was a brush fire of some sort.

Quickly realizing that it was a barn that had become fully engulfed in flames, the driver started honking his horn and banging on doors to alert the homeowners of the blaze.

THEFT Wildmeadow Circle, West Carleton: Sometime between 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18 and 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, an unidentified person entered into a complainant’s unlocked vehicle and stole 10 music CDs, a pair of prescription sunglasses, a calculator, a baseball hat, and a

wallet containing the vehicle’s insurance and registration cards.

Greystone Drive, West Carleton: Shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, a complainant was alerted to suspicious sounds coming from his driveway. Upon looking out he observed two unidentified males rooting around inside of his unlocked vehicle.

Yelling out to his brother to call police, the complainant chased after the culprits but ended up losing them as they sped away in an unidentified vehicle.

Nothing was reported stolen.

2825 Carp Rd. West Carleton: At around 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 22, unidentified culprits broke into a secured compound at George’s Marine and Sports and stole a Triton Snowmobile trailer.

The culprits forced their way into the compound by cutting a padlock.

TRAFFIC Old Carp Road, West Carleton: At around 9 p.m. on Dec. 18, four ATVs were observed racing up and down Old Carp Road. After noting the address of the driveway where the ATVs went into, the passerby reported the incident to police.

Police spoke to the ATVers and warned them about racing and driving ATVs on the roadway.

Bayview Drive, Constance Bay: At around 10:30 a.m. Dec. 23, a loud, yellow

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ATV was noted driving up and down Bayview Drive. The plateless ATV was driven by a white male in his 20s.

At the time he was wearing an old black jacket with fluorescent trim.

DEER COLLISION COUNT Last week West Carleton reported nine deer-related collisions while RideauGoulbourn reported three. The score now stands at 48 to 32 in favor of Rideau-Goulbourn.

Patrol officers in the West Carleton area responded to 45 general calls for service from the public for the reporting period of Dec. 17 to 23.

In addition to the calls for service, patrol officers are also proactively enforcing Highway Traffic laws, responding to false 9-1-1 and alarm calls, and assisting the Ottawa Fire, Paramedics and Bylaw services.

MAKE THE RIGHT CALL The West Carleton Police Centre is located at 5670 Carp Rd. and can be reached at 236-1222, ext. 2982. The centre is a “community problem-solving centre” and is responsible for the delivery of the Ottawa

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All of these numbers along with other useful information can be found in the red pages at the front of your residential directory.

If you have any information regarding any criminal activity, call Crime Stoppers at 613-233-8477 (TIPS), or toll free at 1-800-222-8477.

Finally, if you are ever in doubt as to whether or not you should call police, or you cannot remember the non-emergency numbers, call 9-1-1.

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What our community leaders, philanthropists and, in many cases, your neighbors have achieved this year is impressive.

The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s 20/20 Campaign raised $24.5 Million for a new Cancer Centre at the General Campus, as

well as the Irving Greenberg Family Cancer Centre at the Queensway Carleton Hospital.

The community’s contributions have made a meaningful difference.

They have allowed the centralization of nine radiation machines at the General Campus; added 15 new chemotherapy chairs, for a total of 50, to the cancer program; offered more natural light and comforting clinical environments to cancer patients; and provided them and their families with easy, comfortable access to outdoor areas. All of this will help the recovery process.

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from the bottle that I strap to the side of the pen. This method has worked, in the past. We are in the business of growing healthy sheep here.

If the cows need help feeding their babies, we will supplement their feedings also. I will buy my supplies, and wait.

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when I’m the only one at The lambing pens are home. It would be just my lined with hay, waiting for luck to have this sort of our Christmas babies to thing happen. arrive. The rams obviously Misty is supposed to did some work before we be pregnant, but we still locked them up in August, don’t have that confirmed. because there is a ewe or Perhaps when we have the two with a distinctly swellvet in to assist with the cow ing udder. They are “bagbirths, we will get him to do ging up”, as the Farmer a preg check on Misty at the says. That is a rather same time. indelicate way to describe I have to go to Rooney’s to the situation. Most of our stock up on calf bottles and ewes are due to lamb in milk replacer. I keep this April. at the ready in case a ewe Our cows are also due gives birth to multiples. Into give birth any day now.

THE ACCIDENTAL evitably there will be a runt Ginger, Betty, Julie and lacking the rooting instinct, Mocha each took turns FARMWIFE and I will have to feed it dancing with Young Angus with the bottle. During the when he arrived last Diana Fisher first 24 hours, that milk spring. However, accordmust be colostrum straight ing to the Farmer, they are from the mother, or the not bagging up. But that chance of survival is very slim. As much doesn’t mean anything. Betty didn’t bag as I try, however, I cannot get enough up the last time she gave birth to a huge milk from a ewe to fill an eye-dropper. calf either. She just let out a long, low The Farmer has to climb into the pen, mooo one morning and twenty minutes tackle the mother and steal her milk. He later she was licking her newborn clean.

In order to make things as comfortable can get an inch or two of colostrum in no time, and then I fill the big syringe to as possible for our four bovine mothersfeed the baby. to-be, the Farmer has closed them off Ideally, after a week or so, the runt will in their own field on the far side of the regain his strength and catch on to the barn, There they have their own water routine of feeding from his own mother. supply, an open pasture and part of the If he doesn’t, I have to train him to feed barn for shelter.

This weekend the Farmer decided to cut the huge beams that make up the half-wall in the turkey pen.

This large, open room is ideal Sunday Worship Services 9 am & 11 am for the cows, and now they can Kidz Zone (ages 3 yrs. - Grade 5) at both services get in. Within half an hour of the Farmer’s renovations, Ginger and Julie had moved in to the new space. They are the smart ones, I think.

The cows are feeding now on wrapped hay that smells like whiskey. The fermentation process has left the silage rich and scented. They chew slowly, savouring the flavour.

So we will go out in the morning and evening now to check on the animals. I hope they don’t all give birth at once. I hope things go without complications, as planned. We selected a bull that Casa would produce smaller calves that grow quickly after birth.

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Securing biodiversity a major theme in 2010 OLE HENDRICKSON Watershed Ways

The diversity of life on planet Earth and its critical importance to human well-being has been in the spotlight for much of this year.

On Oct. 4, scientists completed an ambitious 10-year census of marine life, exploring little-known areas such as portions of the oceans 5,000 meters deep.

They found life everywhere they looked, discovering over 6,000 new and sometimes bizarre species capable of living “even where heat would melt lead, seawater froze to ice, and light and oxygen were lacking.”

Using DNA sequencing techniques, scientists concluded there could be up to 100 times more kinds of marine microbes than previously thought.

Bacteria may comprise as much as 90 per cent of the mass of living marine creatures.

To quote from the Census’ highlights report, “the continually rising number of known kinds of life reinforces the conclusion that the Age of Discovery has not ended.”

The term “biodiversity” includes variety of ecosystems as well as genes and species. In Canada, federal, provincial and territorial government scientists

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This new report gives special attention to ice and its large-scale disappearance: “Ice is a defining feature of much of the Canadian landscape and many plants and animals are adapted to seasonally or permanently frozen environments.”

Loss of sea ice affects seals, polar bears, Arctic cod, and Arctic foxes. Frozen peatlands are changing to wetlands as permafrost thaws throughout the North.

Another major event in 2010 was the successful conclusion of a United Nations “biodiversity summit” in Nagoya, Japan.

At a meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity 192 national governments agreed unanimously on more than 40 decisions aimed at sustaining Earth’s ecosystems and the benefits they provide for human well-being.

They adopted a new international protocol on access to and sharing of the benefits from the use of the genetic resources of the planet.

Please find me a home Each week we feature animals from the Arnprior and District Humane Society that are up for adoption.

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Do you have a quiet home that would suit this shy kitty? Orson is a four-year-old neutered male who has been at the shelter since last January when he was found in White Lake. He is a quiet cat who can be shy until he knows you. Once he is comfortable with you he enjoys being petted and brushed and is quite affectionate. He gets along with other cats but would be best suited in a quiet adult home with no other pets. Orson is an indoor only cat.

This outgoing cat loves to explore. Jasper is a three-year-old neutered male who has been at the shelter since March when he was found here in town. He is an affectionate, friendly cat who is very curious. Jasper gets along well with other cats but can get a little rough when playing. He would be best suited in a home with older children and no dogs. Jasper will require regular grooming with his long hair.

Supplies the shelter needs: non-clumping cat litter, bleach and window cleaner.

The shelter is collecting UPC codes from all bags of Whiskas dry cat food until the end of December 2010.

You can call the Arnprior and District Humane Society at 613-623-0916 between noon and 5 p.m Monday to Saturday or visit www.arnpriorhumanesociety.ca

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THANK YOU, NEIGHBOURS, for the opportunity to earn your business!

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BABY BRAG 2011 Introducing the Community’s Newest Members Published Thursday January 20, 2011 In the Arnprior Chronicle-Guide, West Carleton Review and Renfrew Mercury

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App contest puts open data on the agenda LAURA MUELLER laura.mueller@metroland.com

The city is calling on tech-savvy residents to compete for cash – and bragging rights – for the most useful mobile application, or “app” that uses the city’s data.

From finding fun Saturday-morning activities for children to locating the best dog parks in the city, the applications that will be developed during the contest will bolster resident’s ability to use the city’s new “open data” policy.

These developers are taking sets of digital information about the city and spinning them into handy tools for people to use on their cell phone and computers and entering them online as part of the Apps 4 Ottawa contest (www.apps4ottawa.ca).

While creating these intricate techie tools doesn’t appeal to everyone, the apps can be used by anyone who has access to a smartphone or computer – and the city is hoping that gets residents interested in the initiative.

The contest closes on Jan. 3 and after that, it’s up to the public to weigh in on what they think are the best apps. Voting will take place online at www. apps4ottawa.com from Jan. 4 to Jan. 28 to choose the peoples’ choice award. There is also a panel of judges – including developers, researchers and librarians – who will dole out the rest of the cash prizes: $50,000 in total.

Last spring, the City of Ottawa began a process of making its information available to the public as “open data” – a philosophy that certain government data be openly available in a digital format.

The move is meant to increase transparency at city hall and remove barriers to information to allow people to find innovative uses for it, and perhaps spur on community involvement and economic development.

The app contest isn’t just a way to get developers and residents interested in how open data can help them – it’s also a way to show city employees how useful it is and convince any remaining skeptics that it is worth their time to convert data into an “open format.”

It takes a bit of work, but the city’s information technology staffers have yet to come across a city department that has said “no,” said Robert Giggey, one of the IT staff members who is working on the project.

“Our hope is that the contest will also do that – help drive home that message,” said Giggey. “Showing them the apps may spark that interest.”

FRIENDLY ‘HACKERS’ PITCH IN The popularity of open data in Ottawa wouldn’t be nearly as high without the involvement of advocates like Tracy Lauriault and Edward OcampoGooding, Giggey said.

“This group has been very active,” Giggey said.

“They are like-minded individuals who have helped out since the beginning.”

Lauriault, a Carleton University researcher, and Ocampo-Gooding, an open data advocate and developer, have worked with the city’s information technology subcommittee and IT staff to bolster the

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Ocampo-Gooding was one of the organizers of two “hackathons” held at city hall in 2010, the most recent of which was on Dec. 4.

The events bring together members of the public, researchers, designers and developers to create useful apps and encourage the city to create data sets to make the apps work.

On Dec. 4, hackathon participants put their ideas for data sets and apps down on paper, and now that brainstorm is something city staff and the information technology subcommittee can use to fuel the initiative.

Events like the hackathon are helping guide city staff as they navigate which sets of data are in the highest demand and which will be most useful to residents, Giggey said.

A couple of the ideas that came out of the hackathon were an OC Transpo bus locater powered

by GPS information found on 90 per cent of buses, a community equipment lock locator and an idea to pool resources and share equipment like snowplows within a neighbourhood.

One of the issues that will face the creators of apps for the contest is how to keep their creations going over time.

Apps need updating and they need to be hosted online for people to download, and that takes time, effort and money. At some point developers providing the apps for free will likely give up on the pet projects.

In the contest rules, the city encourages developers to keep their apps available for six months after the contest. But OcampoGooding said he would like to

see more incentive for creators to keep the apps up. He’s proposing the city take a look at how it hands out contracts and consider changing the rules to make it easier for developers – many of whom do this work during their free time – could

qualify to land an app-creation contract with the city.

More information can be found on the Google Group (www.groups.google.com and search “Open Data Ottawa”) or by following @opendataottawa on Twitter.

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Pakenham educator wins water conservation award DESMOND DEVOY desmond.devoy@metroland.com

Though she’s big on the green movement, Patricia Larkin enjoyed a golden moment this fall, accepting one of the Tri-Valley Conservation awards.

Larkin’s Nature Works Learning won in the business category at the awards gala held at the South Nation Conservation headquarters in Finch, Ont. “I was excited to win the award.

It’s always nice to be recognized for the work that you do,” said Larkin.

The conservation awards are handed out by the Mississippi Valley and Rideau Valley Conservation organizations, as well as the three conservation authorities in the Mississippi Valley, Rideau Valley and South Nation.

They celebrate the work done to protect local waterways and foster understanding of the ecosystem.

Larkin was nominated by the Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists.

“We’ve been developing some special environmental education programs in schools in Lanark County,” Larkin said of her company’s work. “We’ve created

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Patricia Larkin, founder of Nature Works Learning, and a resident of Pakenham, accepts the business award at the Tri-Valley Conservation Awards Gala at the South Nation Conservation headquarters in Finch earlier this month. outdoor education programs in Gemmill Park (in Almonte) … (as part of) the water resources

unit for the Ontario Grade 8 (curriculum).”

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ners have already been utilized as part of the Grade 9 biology class at Almonte District High School.

Her company started as a volunteer-run initiative in 2001 and expanded over the years. While she admits she does not have a teaching background, degrees in geology and environmental studies have enabled her to lay out adaptable lesson plans.

“It’s a lay-person’s approach (to teaching), but it is curriculum-based,” said Larkin.

One new pilot project will see Grade 8 students help test out new curriculum.

Larkin is in the midst of expanding a similar program to two Perth schools, St. John Catholic High School and The Stewart School.

“This time, it’s funded through the Royal Bank of Canada’s Blue Water program,” she said of the Perth programs. “We’re just in the middle of it right now.”

The new program looks at ground water and surface water issues.

“The kids will be developing a water action plan for their school,” Larkin said. “I return in the spring to do a second review to see what improvements have

been made because of their actions.”

As part of the program, some students have organized assemblies to raise awareness of water issues at their schools. A school in Carp even opened one of these assemblies to the wider community, and ended up raising more than $1,000 for the Ryan’s Well charity.

There are a number of areas that students have discovered, much to Larkin’s delight.

“There has been a terrific effort made,” she said of the inschool program.

Some kids address the issue of leaking toilets, the use of salt on the roads in wintertime, and even proper paint storage.

“They’ve put up signage asking kids not to run the tap longer than they have to,” she said.

Even students who live in more rural areas are given help on how they can take the safe water message home with them.

“They are given resources on how to keep their water clean as well,” said Larkin.

She is also applying for a grant to bring her programs to Beckwith Public School, but she is still awaiting the outcome of that application.

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Members who don’t bring anything to share will be asked to pay a $1 fee (admission for nonmembers is $5).

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The Macnamara Field Naturalists Club will hold a members night at their Jan. 4 meeting.

All members and interested people are invited to Arnprior District High School at 7:30 p.m. for the monthly meeting.

The January speakers will be the club’s members. They are urged to bring their favourite

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Police must cut budget LAURA MUELLER laura.mueller@metroland.com

Recent scrutiny of the Ottawa Police Service will not spare it from city council’s tax-increase limit.

As members of the Ottawa Police Services Board heard about measures being undertaken to address allegations of prisoner abuse, the service was also grappling with council’s recent direction that will force the police budget to trim $6 million.

City council adopted Mayor Jim Watson’s election promise of a 2.5 per cent tax increase limit for the 2011 budgets, as well as all departments – including the police.

After the police services board meeting on Dec. 20, acting police chief Gilles Larochelle said hitting that target will be a challenge for the service.

“It’s going to have an impact to our organization and ultimately to the community,” he said. “So we’re trying to see what we can do to work with the city and the direction of the board to meet that goal.”

Larochelle was filling in for Chief Vern White, who was out of the country for his wedding and honeymoon.

Next year’s draft police budget called for a 5.6 per cent increase, which will have to be trimmed to 2.5 per cent. Watson, who now sits on the police services board, offered the additional help of the city’s treasurer to help find savings.

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Watson said the police service isn’t unique, and all city departments have been instructed to tighten their budgets.

“The police budget will increase by several million dollars. It won’t increase as much, because we’re all living in a post-recession world and we have to show a degree of restraint,” he said.

“There is no question it’s going to be difficult for every group to come in at that level,” Watson said. “We have some belt tightening to do,” he said, adding that there is no public appetite for growing tax increases.

“It’s not going to be easy, we never said it was,” he said, adding that the 2.5 figure matches recent inflation rates.

ABUSE ALLEGATIONS At the same time the police force grapples with slashes to its budget, it will also

be under intense scrutiny.

The police services board signed off on an agreement that will see the OPP step in to investigate allegations of prisoner abuse in cellblocks following public furor over security videos showing officers roughing up prisoners.

In addition to the OPP investigation, which will also involve the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), an independent consultant will prepare an audit of cellblock procedures. Watson and members of the board wanted timelines on the reports.

Larochelle said there are no timelines attached to the investigation, but he said he hoped it would be concluded “sooner than later.” But some changes – including audio recordings on cellblock videos – will start as soon as possible in the new year, Larochelle said.

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Convention encourages working Recommendations will follow audits together on biodiversity Continued from Page 8 They also set 20 global biodiversity targets for the year 2020, agreeing to at least halve and where feasible bring close to zero the rate of loss of natural habitats including forests; to devote 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water areas and 10 per cent of marine and coastal areas to biodiversity conservation; and to take action to restore at least 15 per cent of the Earth’s degraded areas.

Protecting biodiversity starts at home. National government officials gathered in Nagoya endorsed a plan of action to involve local authorities – “districts, counties, municipalities, cities, towns, communes, etc” – in efforts to achieve the new global biodiversity targets.

They called for awareness campaigns on the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services at

Protecting biodiversity starts at home local level with participation of business, youth, non-governmental organizations and indigenous and local communities; including through celebrations of the International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22) and the Green Wave tree planting initiative.

They also encouraged local authorities “to integrate biodiversity considerations into public procurement policies and urban infrastructure investments (parkways and green transportation systems, public buildings, vertical gardens, water treatment and distribution, convention and conference centres, housing

projects, waste management, etc.)”

The fate of the Earth’s diverse species and ecosystems - and ultimately, human societies - depends on the willingness of ordinary people to act.

The Convention on Biological Diversity does not impose strict penalties on countries that fail to achieve global targets and objectives.

It encourages businesses, consumers, governments and civil society to work together to ensure that there are places where species can thrive in the absence of human development pressures.

This makes good economic sense and adds beauty to our lives.

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Following the cellblock audits, the police force will also receive recommendations on how to train officers who work in cellblocks, as well as an audit of use of force complaints.

Also recently, lawyers acting on behalf of Stacy Bonds filed a lawsuit

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 (613-832-3559) or Penny Johnson (613832-4490) 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 6, 13, 20 AND 27 • Kinburn & District Seniors are hosting a series of six-hand euchres on Thursdays in January at the Kinburn Community Centre Time 1:15 p.m. Cost $4. Prizes and Refreshments.

Everyone welcome. For more info contact Judith Waddell at 613-839-3400.

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against the police services board with regards to her arrest and treatment in a cellblock, as shown in a video.

Watson said he couldn’t comment on a case before the courts, but said, “Obviously, the police services board will file a defense within the due time.”

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• An Afternoon of Adventure with Kilimanjaro Granny, Liza Badham will be held on Tuesday. Come to the Carp branch of the Ottawa Public Library to hear Liza Badham discuss her book Kilimanjaro: A Purposeful Journey. As an added bonus, we will be showing a movie about Kilimanjaro before Liza’s visit. Movie at 1 p.m., author visit at 2 p.m. For more information, cal 613-839-5412.

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Continued from Page 12 “I think it’s quite important to help understanding what occurs in a cellblock. “(It) will help officers articulate as well what’s occurring, because right now we just have simple video,” he said.

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• 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 JR’s Restaurant in Almonte at 12:30 p.m. For info, call Fay at 613-256-8117 or Johanna at 613-432-762.

JANUARY 21 • West Carleton Seniors’ Council invite you to a Winter Wonderland Candlelight Dinner and Dance at the Kinburn Community Centre on Friday at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $30 per person.

Live Band Music by Monty. Catered buffet dinner. No tickets at door. For more info contact Bill Duncan at 613-832-4516.

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 oneon-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.

ARNPRIOR EVENTS DECEMBER 31 • New Year’s Eve Dinner and Dance at the Arnprior Curling Club from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., buffet dinner 7:30 p.m., champagne at midnight, entertainment by Jesse the DJ. Tickets $35. For information, call Keith Bucholtz at 613-622-0415 or Gail Gray at 613-623-2292.

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PETER JOEN Ottawa Police Service

On behalf of the Ottawa Police Service and all of the volunteers at the West Carleton Community Police Centre, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

All regular police services, except for the community police centres, will be available as usual over the holiday period.

Continue to report all criminal and suspicious activity to police by calling 911 or 613-230-6211.

Over the Christmas holiday, the West Carleton CPC will be closed until Wednesday, Jan. 5.

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fired. Information on the call stated that someone discharged two rounds from a blue pick-up truck and was searching in the ditch with a flashlight.

Arriving on scene, police spotted tire tracks in the freshly fallen snow and a set of footprints leading into the bush; officers’ located a patch of fresh blood and deer hair about 30 meters from the roadway.

Based on the evidence, it was determined a poacher shot a deer from the roadway and then walked into the bush to drag it out.

MAILBOX DAMAGED 3500 block of Dunrobin Road, Woodlawn: A complainant reported that his mailbox was knocked over sometime during the overnight hours on Saturday, Dec. 11, by an unidentified vehicle. Tire tracks were observed in the area where the mailbox once stood.

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Thursday, Dec. 9, was found wedged between two trees on Ridgetop Road at around 8 a.m.

Friday, Dec. 10. A homeowner on Ridgetop reported being stirred from her sleep at around 3 a.m. by the sounds of a revving engine. And, the owner of the truck stated that someone had entered his garage during the night and took his keys.

Riverwood Drive, MacLaren’s Landing: An unlocked door to a residential garage was used to gain access to a vehicle sometime at around 1 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11. The unidentified person rummaged through the vehicle but nothing was reported stolen.

5000 block of Dunrobin Road, West Carleton: At around 4 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, surveillance cameras captured a hooded figure, dressed in dark clothing, walking away from the complainant’s gated property and disappearing down an unlit pathway, leading to MacLaren’s Landing.

A laptop and a box of Cuban Cigars were reported stolen from the unlocked vehicle.

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Happy ending for Bailey the dog

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CONSTANCE BAY BASKET WINNER The Arnprior Shopping Centre celebrated extended holiday shopping hours Nov. 27 and Dec. 11 by having a draw for two beautiful gift baskets. The entry ballots were published in The Arnprior Chronicle-Guide and The West Carleton Review. The gift baskets are full of items and gift certificates from participating merchants in the Arnprior Shopping Centre. Mall manager Peter Mosseau presented the baskets to winners Ria Seegobin, left, of Arnprior and Gwen Whyte of Constance Bay.

It’s a wonderful life for Bailey the Chihuahua mix.

When the community learned that Bailey’s life was in danger, they came through in a big way to support the little dog who had severe problems after years of neglect.

Now he’s sure to have one heck of a happy new year, says Arnprior and District Humane Society shelter manager Stephanie Cantrell.

Bailey came to the Arnprior shelter extremely overweight, with overgrown toenails, parasites, a tumour in his mouth and bladder stones.

After being put on a diet and exercise programs and with proper care, Bailey began to improve.

In December, shelter officials worked to raise funds to provide surgery that would remove the stones and ultimately save Bailey’s life.

Thanks to generous donations, the story is coming to a happy end.

“Bailey has had his surgery, and everything looks good,” says Cantrell. “He is a much happier little guy and he is enjoying his Christmas in a foster home.”

Bailey: operation a success

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Rare birds tallied at Boxing Day bird count

Michael Runtz Nature’s Way record. Single Hoary Redpolls were spotted in flocks of Common Redpolls near Arnprior and Blakeney; it was the eighth time this northern species was recorded.

My highlight came late in the day while looking for ducks in the Madawaska River. The pigeons that roost under the bridge were nervously flying in circles.

I looked for a hawk but none were visible. But then I scanned the St. John Chrysostom Church.

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Classic winter conditions prevailed on this year’s Boxing Day Pakenham-Arnprior Christmas Bird Count.

It was cool (-10°C at dawn, -8°C at mid-day) and windy (northwest, 15–25 km/hr). Yet, conditions were quite pleasant due to the prevalence of sunshine.

All large bodies of water were frozen; creeks were also mostly ice-covered but not to the point of supporting a person (just ask Ryan Zimmerling!). This resulted in a low diversity of waterfowl and a complete lack of gulls.

A poor conifer seed crop was responsible for a lack of finches in the woods, and woodpeckers were once again recorded in low numbers.

But not all birds were hard to find; Wild Turkeys and Mallards were found in record numbers (806 and 162, respectively).

And then there were exciting finds. A female Red-bellied Woodpecker in Pakenham, discovered initially by Ray Holland, was the third ever for the count, and a female Red-breasted Merganser in the Madawaska River, found independently

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Woodpecker 79; Pileated Woodpecker 19; Northern Shrike 4; Blue Jay 413; American Crow 667; Common Raven 114; Horned Lark 4; Black-Capped Chickadee 1353; Red-breasted Nuthatch 68; White-breasted Nuthatch 146; Brown Creeper 13; Goldencrowned Kinglet 2; American Robin 1; European Starling 565; Bohemian Waxwing 890; American Tree Sparrow 171; Dark-eyed Junco 200; Lapland Longspur 2; Snow Bunting 1250; Northern Cardinal 22; Redwinged Blackbird 1; Common Grackle 2; Pine Grosbeak 2; House Finch 36; White-winged Crossbill 11; Common Redpoll 696; Hoary Redpoll 2; Pine Siskin 20; American Goldfinch 598; Evening Grosbeak 219; House Sparrow 148.

The Peregrine Falcon will likely remain here for the winter, roosting each night on the St. John Chrysostom Church.

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There, perched on a cornice, was an immature Peregrine Falcon. Its back was pale brown, a feature of the northern tundrius race.

This exciting raptor was a new species for the count, which has roots going back to 1913.

With the falcon, the all-time list now stands at 119 species of birds!

The following is a full summary of the Pakenham-Arnprior Boxing Day count.

Significant species and numbers are highlighted: Canada Goose 2; American Black Duck 7; Mallard 162; Common Goldeneye 73; Common Merganser 3; Red-breasted Merganser 1; Ruffed Grouse 17; Wild Turkey 806; Bald Eagle 11; SharpShinned Hawk 1; Northern Goshawk 1; Red-tailed Hawk 9; American Kestrel 2; Peregrine Falcon 1; Rock Pigeon 708; Mourning Dove 230; Great Horned Owl 4; Barred Owl 2; Red-bellied Woodpecker 1; Downy Woodpecker 67; Hairy

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