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John Gray Garry Beep Dalgleish Carol Barber Tanya Evoy Robb Irvine Barbara Reade Cole Walker Broker of Record Sales Representative Broker Sales Representative Sales Representative Sales Representative Sales Representative Cell 613-868-6068 Cell 613-880-4434 Cell 613-285-4887 Cell 613-285-4214 Cell 613-285-7870 Cell 613-812-0542 Cell 613-812-0536
Residents fearing additional tax increases from the Town of Smiths Falls can breathe a small sigh of relief.
The town will likely vote in fa-vour of keeping the tax rate the same as 2010; however, residents will see an average increase of fi ve per cent in their taxes in 2011, due to provincial-wide as-sessments done by the Municipal Property Assessment Corpora-tion (MPAC).
The straw-poll styled vote was carried with fi ve of seven coun-cillors voting in favour of the tax freeze.
Mayor Dennis Staples and Coun. Jay Brennan voted against the tax freeze, hoping for a reduction in taxes.
“I am hoping to adjust the tax rate down to a two per cent in-crease,” Staples said. “There would be no impact on services. It would mean deferring some capital for a few years.”
Coun. Chris Cummings said cre-ating a small decrease in taxes for residents would force the town to cut back on large projects that are necessary to help the town move forward.
Lombardy Public School and St. James the Greater Catholic School will be offering full-day kindergarten classes in the 2012-13 school year.
St. James already offers a ready-to-learn program on al-
ternate days to kindergarten.The school’s principal, Jen-
nifer Perkin, said the full-day program will be an excellent addition for the school, and expects a smooth transition when in the program starts in September 2012.
“We already have a really good program up and running,
so it should be seamless (to im-plement),” Perkin said.
Susan Todd, principal of Lombardy PS, said she is ex-cited to have another program available that will improve young children’s educational experiences.
Full-day kindergarten at two more SF schools
See page 7
ON BRINK OFEXTINCTION
NUMBER ONE IN ONTARIOPhoto by Andrew Snook
Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute senior boys’ basketball player Curtis Onion shows off hisnewest championship gear on Friday, March 11, at SFDCI. Onion and his fellow RedHawks won gold at the OFSAA AA boys basketball tournament held from March 7 to 9, in North Bay.
FAMILY DAYSFDCI basketball standout
Vincent Dufort had a chance to celebrate an OFSAA gold medal with his father, a junior coach with the RedHawks. 14
HUGE STRIDESRyan Van Stralen has
worked hard this season and it has paid off, with the Bears forward winning a major CCHL award. 12
HART OF HOCKEYLouie Hart has been in-
volved in minor hockey for 60 years. We caught up with the Smiths Falls coaching legend for a one-on-one chat. 23 See page 7
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The Town of Smiths Falls may have another hockey team to cheer for in the 2011-12 season.
According to multiple sources, an in-vestor is currently looking into purchas-ing a franchise with the Federal Hockey League, and potentially starting up the expansion team in Smiths Falls.
“There have been some phone calls enquiring (about the FHL),” said Wayne Brown, administrative offi cer for the town, “Our big problem would be fi nding ice time for them.”
Brown, Mayor Dennis Staples and Rick St. Dennis, director of community services, have all had inquiries made to them about a potential FHL team in Smiths Falls.
Andrew Richards, the FHL’s vice-com-missioner, confi rmed that a perspective owner is looking into putting a team in place as soon as next season.
“We would love to have teams on both sides of the St. Lawrence Seaway,” Rich-ards said. “The cost effi ciencies for oper-ating a team out of Canada are very at-tractive.”
The franchise fee for an expansion team
is $50,000, payable over three years. Rich-ards said the FHL keeps the purchase cost down because the league wants owners to spend their money on the players.
The FHL’s current salary cap is $5,050 a week, with a minimum of $175 per week going to each player, with rosters limited to 17 players per team for the majority of the season.
The league allows for expanded rosters up to 20 players, for the fi rst six games of the season, and from March 1 to the end of the season.
The teams showcase former players from a variety of leagues including the NCAA Division I teams and former CCHL Tier 1 players.
Richards said the FHL boasts a good level of competition. He said one team had four former NCAA Division I cap-tains at one point.
The league has six teams in its 2010-11 season: the 1000 Islands Privateers (Alex-andria Bay, N.Y.), Danbury Whalers (Dan-bury, CT), Rome Frenzy (Rome, N.Y.), Akwesasne Warriors (Akwesasne, Ont.), Cape Cod Barons (Cape Cod, Mass.) and the New York Aviators (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
Ticket prices range from $7 to $20 per ticket for adults.
In regards to fi nding ice time for FHL
games, Richards said the league wouldn’t require a great deal of ice time.
“We’re trying to be a Wednesday, Fri-day, Saturday team next year,” he said. “Every other Wednesday and one week-
end game. We’re not going to come in and dominate the ice time. We have no intentions of interfering with the teams in place; we want to work with them, not against them.”
The Smiths Falls Chamber of Com-merce is looking for a change of scenery, a room with a view of the new commu-nity centre.
According to chamber president Chris Saumure, his organization is hoping to move into a house located at 140 Elmsley St., currently slated for demolition.
“The house is in beautiful shape,” Sau-mure said. “It was originally slated for more parking (for the arena).”
Saumure said the extra parking is no longer necessary, with an additional 80 spaces that will be made available once the old community centre is demolished.
The situation could be a win-win sce-nario for both the Town of Smiths Falls and the chamber.
If the chamber moved out of town hall, it could open additional offi ce space for
town staff, but that decision will need to be made by town council.
Chief administrative offi cer Wayne Brown brought forth a report to council, written by Elaine Mallory, director of ad-ministrative and planning services, stat-ing the town would save approximately $25,000 in demolition charges, the cost of tearing down the house on Elmsley Street. The report was brought forth during the committee-of-the-whole meeting on Mon-day, March 14.
In addition to the chamber, several oth-er boards and organizations could poten-tially make the new location their home, incuding the Downtown Business Asso-ciation, the festival offi ce and the arts and culture council.
The house could also be used an ad-ditional storage area for the Heritage House Museum and a place for displaying photos for the Centre of Photographic Excellence.
Is the Federal Hockey League coming to Smiths Falls?
Chamber looking for new home across from arena
The Meeting Dates are as follows:
Detailed agendas for meetings are available for review on the Township website at www.twp.beckwith.on.ca or at the Township Offi ce 24 hours prior to the meeting
MARCH 23RD, 2011 MARCH INTERIM TAX BILLSThe March Interim tax bills have been mailed out and if you have not received yours yet, please contact the Township Offi ce at 613-257-1539. The March Interim tax bill installment is due Wednesday March 23rd, 2011. For your convenience the offi ce will be open Saturday March 19th, 2011 from 9:00 am – noon, to receive tax payments only.
INFORMATION SESSION DRUGS AND ALCOHOL – HOW IT AFFECTS THE FAMILYThursday March 24th, 2011 @7:00 p.m. Speaker: Erin Lee-Todd, Executive Director of Lanark County Interval House. Sponsored by the Municipal Substance Abuse Committee, Brunton Community Hall, Black’s Corners (Hwy. 15 & 9th Line). Light Refreshments – All are welcome.
MARCH MELT DOWNThe Beckwith Youth Committee would like to thank all those you came out for the March Melt Down despite the weather we had a great day! We would like to congratulate the Chili Cook-Off Winners!! 1st Place Robert Drapeau. 2nd Place Kent Blackburn.
FAMILY MOVIE NIGHTFeaturing Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2Friday, March 25th, 2011, Brunton Community Hall – 1702 9th Line at 7:00 p.m. FREE ADMISSION, ALL ARE WELCOME!! Popcorn, Chips, Pop & Water will be available at the canteen!!
THE CANADIAN SAFETY COUNCIL BABYSITTERS COURSEHosted by the Beckwith Youth Committee. April 15th & 16th, 2011, Friday 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. & Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Brunton Community Hall, 1702 9th Line Beckwith. $40 Registration Fee, taught by Heather Legge. Bring Your Lunch, must be 12 years of age or older. To register or for further information please contact the Beckwith Recreation Department at 613-257-1539. Forms can be found on-line at www.twp.beckwith.on.ca under Recreation ~ Youth Committee
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Taxpayers may see a 2.9 per cent increase on their Lanark County tax bill this year.
Lanark County council discussed the 2011 bud-get at its corporate ser-vices meeting March 10. Treasurer Kurt Greaves reviewed the projected budget line items for the year, making this his sec-ond time presenting the budget and tax levy rate to council.
In January, Greaves pro-jected a $28 million bud-get, which meant an eight per cent tax levy increase, so council asked Greaves to go back to the drawing board.
He returned with the proposed 2.9 per cent in-crease, outlining how costs were reduced.
Last year’s short winter season left money in the snow removal budget, con-tributing to a budget sur-plus for 2010, as well as a capital savings project and net supplementary tax rev-enue, leaving an estimated $1.5-1.9 million surplus.
On top of the surplus, the county cut its spend-ing.
“We tightened the bud-get down and reduced council’s per diems and two student positions were eliminated,” outlined Greaves.
The Ministry of Com-munity and Social Service has expanded the enve-lope for Ontario Works
administration funding, meaning the county will be eligible to get half of its funding covered for social services. Greaves estimates a $165,000 net savings. Lastly, increased revenues, such as inter-est revenue and a Build Canada grant, will save the county thousands of dollars.
Combining the reduce expenditures, social ser-vices spending and in-creased revenues, the sec-ond round of budget talks lowers the county budget by nearly $1 million.
Reserve Spending To assume no new debt,
the county plans to tap into its reserves. The re-serves will cover project costs including $700,000 for road work and $200,000 to purchase and operate a new Emergency Response Vehicle.
Earlier in the meeting, Almonte General Hospital executive director, Mary Wilson Trider, presented to council outlining the need for another county ERV. In essence, it reduces ambulance wait times, and the ERV can’t be called out of the county for another emergency response, un-like the ambulance.
While reserve spend-ing solves short-term debt problems, the county’s debt load has already crept past the $15 million reserve tank, and Greaves provided council with a graph that depicts a low-
ering reserve number and increasing debt line.
Greaves suggested councillors consider its long-term plans. He said the county has to fi nd ad-ditional operating savings, reduce its reliance on re-serves and update the capi-tal investment plan.
“We have got to fi nd more savings,” he said. “Pulling $900,000 out of our reserves is something we can’t afford to contin-ue.”
Some councillors want-ed to immediately address the reserve spending.
Coun. Keith Kerr moved a motion to remove the ERV purchase from this year’s budget.
“I think it’s an unneeded expense at this point,” he said.
Coun. Aubrey Churchill agreed with Kerr’s take.
“We are sitting at a $17 million debt,” he said.
Coun. Pat Dolan said the ERV purchase was essen-tial.
“I’d rather have that on the road than pave a road,” he said. “It’s a critical piece on infrastructure we need.”
Council voted and the majority voted in favour of pulling the ERV pur-chase out of the budget, a decision that will reduce the tax levy. Greaves esti-mated the levy will drop by two hundredths of a per cent.
Council will vote on the budget at its March 30 meeting.
County may face tax increase
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FOCUS ON WOMENJeela Jones (right), chair of the Perth and District Canadian Federation of University Women gives the fi rst piece of cake to Karen Hickey during the International Women’s Day Centenary on Saturday. The event hosted guest speakers, fundraisers for women’s programs and other networking opportunities for women.
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Demolition crews took to the for-mer site of the Smiths Falls Me-morial Arena on Saturday, making progress towards the construction of a parking lot for events held at the new facility
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To merge, or not to merge?Depending who you ask, amalgamation
may be a monster or a magic pill for all municipal woes. The truth, of course, lies
somewhere in between. What we must now remem-ber – residents, business owners, local leaders and journalists alike – is to keep an open mind as talks progress.
The mere mention of merging governments can provoke strong reactions from both sides. And for good reason.
Amalgamation is a topic that touches us all. If carried through, its impact would be felt from our wallets to our hearts. Because a municipality is much more than a governing body that takes our garbage away. It’s where we’re from and who we are. To tinker with that is bound to get a few backs up.
But a municipality also takes our garbage away. And plows our roads, fi lls in our potholes, approves our building plans, and keeps our water running. It’s the ebb and fl ow or our daily lives, and if we’re to revamp it, we can’t afford to be blinded by stub-born emotions. It’s about the bottom line. Period.
All things considered, though, even the smallest budgetary detail, or the most deeply dug-in heel – there has, after all, been talk of Perth merging with its neighbouring townships for several decades – is easy to understand.
Easy, that is, compared to the real question: if “we” are going to join “them,” who is “we” and who is “them?” As talk of amalgamation heats up to a steady boil, we’re bound to hear mention of these two sides, as if residents of Perth, Tay Valley and Drummond/North Elmsley all wore jerseys to dis-tinguish where their taxes go.
All this accomplishes is to cloud an already foggy distinction. Many of us live in one municipality, work in another, and play in a third. How can we pretend municipal responsibilities begin and end at a line on the map when our everyday lives have us zig-zagging all over the board?
Of course, none of the points made here serve to answer any questions. They just open the door for more. All the better. Questions start discussions. Now, if we’re to benefi t from this dialogue, our task is to keep our ears and minds open enough to hear all the answers and weigh them fairly.
COLUMN
ANDREW SNOOK
Snook’s Look
First off, I would like to congratu-late the Smiths Falls District Col-legiate Institute RedHawks’ senior boys’ basketball team for their im-pressive gold-medal performance at OFSAA, and for an amazing sea-son. The RedHawks fi nished the year with a record of 49-6, and after watching them play all season long, I can say with confi dence it was tru-ly a team effort.
If SFDCI’s winning streak contin-ues any longer, they are going to have change their name from RedHawks to GoldHawks. Congrats guys!
PAY YOUR SHARE
It will be interesting to see what kind of agreement will be struck with our neighboring townships, in regards to cost-sharing agreements for services in the Town of Smiths Falls.
Hopefully, our neighbours will be able to ante up for the services they use, particularly in the new commu-nity centre, I’ve been told that the town is responsible for 23 per cent of the usage of the arena, and 75 per cent of the cost. Yikes!
Yeah, I think it’s safe to say a new cost-sharing agreement is in order.
The town probably would have been better off if they had negotiated an agreement with their neighbours prior to building the arena, but in de-fence of the town, there was a time-limit put on the government funding they would receive, so I can see why they would want to move quickly when building the facility.
I just hope the average taxpayer in Smiths Falls doesn’t end up fl oating their neighbours’ skating bills.
PASSIONATE ABOUT PARKING
We received a fantastic response in regards to the parking meter col-umn from last week. It seems there are a fair number of people in town who have a lot to say about how the town polices its parking spaces.
Is there another issue or policy in town that ‘grinds your gears’?
Bridge, traffi c fl ow on Beckwith Street has become a real problem. At certain times of the day, north-bound traffi c on Beckwith is backed up all the way from Chambers Street through the in-tersection of Lombard Street.
Often, north-bound traffi c also gets caught by the out-of-sync lights at Main Street and ends up blocking the inter-section at Chambers, causing nerves to fray and patience to wear thin.
There are two options which the town should employ to relieve or less-en the problem.
Both have been pointed out to elect-ed offi cials and municipal employees without result.
The fi rst suggestion is to remove the advance green arrow for south-bound traffi c at the Chambers Street intersec-tion. It is 20 seconds long, suffi cient time for 14 cars to make a left turn,
while north-bound traffi c is held up unnecessarily. There may have been a time when this was warranted, per-haps when Canadian Tire, the Liquor Store, Loblaws, Hersheys, Stanley Tools, and Rideau Regional were all growing concerns in that end of town; however, today there is not enough traffi c to justify the need.
There is rarely more than one car turning left during a cycle of the lights, and often none at all, suffi cient time for 14 cars is unwarranted.
The second suggestion is to examine, and adjust, the timing of the lights on Beckwith to address these concerns. As we get closer to warmer weather, the problem is just going to become more acute.
From front page“I understand that people want to try and de-
crease taxes,” Cummings said. “You want to be mindful that it’s real money coming out of peo-ple’s pockets, but eroding the revenue sources is not a way to move something forward…that mon-ey is just so important. We’ve got economic devel-opment activities to keep going, we’ve got roads that need to be fi xed, pipes that need to be fi xed, a tourism master plan…if we take all that money away, we might as well take away all that work we planned to do.”
Seventy-fi ve per cent of the town’s budget will go to pay staff salaries.
MORE CASH FOR COUNCIL IN THE WORKS
According to the town’s chief administrative offi cer, Wayne Brown, the town’s budget for 2011 is near completion, with a few smaller items left to be ironed out.
One of those items is council’s remuneration, which was discussed at the committee-of-the-whole meeting scheduled on Monday, March 14.
Brown said the increases would mean a raise of $3,766 for each council member, to a total of $15,742, and a raise of $7,673 for Mayor Dennis Staples, to a total of $30,363.
Brown said the raises would put the town’s councillors and mayor on par with the average remunerations of councils and mayors in the sur-rounding area with similar populations.
The formula is based upon an average taken from four nearby towns with populations ranging from 8,000 to 15,000. The towns are:
• Carleton Place ($33,981 for mayor, $16,991 for councillors, population: 9,998).
• Mississippi Mills ($28,052 for mayor, $12,847 for councillors, population: 11,279).
• Hawkesbury ($31,406 for mayor, $16,323 for councillors, population: 11,000).
• North Grenville ($28,012 for mayor, $16,807 for councillors, population: 15,000).
The Town of Perth, which has approximately two-thirds of the population of Smiths Falls, cur-rently pays remunerations of $24,000 to its mayor ($1,310 more than Smiths Falls), $14,000 to the dep-uty mayor, and $13,000 to councillors ($1,024 more than Smiths Falls).
Coun. Cummings told council that the raise will bring councillors just under the minimum wage hourly rate. He said councillors make ap-proximately $7.50 per hour currently, and the raise would bring them closer to $10 per hour.
Both Staples and Brennan were not in atten-dance for the March, March 14, COW meeting.
COUNCIL OFFERS FUNDING FOR LTA SERVICES
Lanark Transit Association’s Marilyn Bird made a presentation to council on Monday, March 14, to keep the council informed about LTA and to
thank council for the town’s decision to support the LTA in the future.
Council recently agreed to pay $8,200 for LTA’s services, 10 per cent of the estimated cost for 2011.
The number of LTA trips originating from Smiths Falls jumped from 3,596 trips (approxi-mately 30 per cent of LTA total trips) to 6,218 (ap-proximately 44 per cent).
Bird told council the reason for the 14 per cent increase in trips stems from the lack of local doc-tors in Smiths Falls, centralized medical testing being done in Ottawa and Kingston, driving resi-dents to methadone clinics in Ottawa, Brockville, Kingston and Cornwall, and driving people to the surrounding cities for a variety of mental health issues.
The LTA has requested $131,000 in gas tax mon-ey from Lanark County in 2011.
TOWN HALL MAKEOVER HELD OFF
The town will be holding off on a large portion of the renovations council was considering for the 2011 budget, to help keep the town’s debt load at $1.9 million; however, council did agree to bud-get $60,000 for additional offi ce space and to fi x heating problems.
POTENTIAL COST-SHARING
Mayor Dennis Staples advised council on Mon-day, March 7, that he is coordinating meetings with neighboring townships to re-negotiate cost-sharing agreements for a variety of services in-cluding use of the Smiths Falls Memorial Com-munity Centre, fi re services and library services.
The town’s arenas will likely be the big-ticket items at the negotiating table.
Cummings said the Town of Smiths Falls cur-rently pays for 75 per cent of the costs of the town’s arenas, but is only responsible for 23 per cent of the usage.
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From front pageBut so far, has not heard many requests from parents for the pro-
gram.An additional 900 schools will be offering full-day kindergarten
classes in 2012-13, bringing the total number of schools offering the program to 1,700.
Duncan J. Schoular Elementary School already offers the program in Smiths Falls.
The Government of Ontario has allocated $420 million to help schools make room for full-day kindergarten.
“A strong start in school leads to a strong fi nish — so more stu-dents graduate and go on to college, university or an apprentice-ship,” Premier Dalton McGuinty stated in a press release. “Full-day kindergarten is setting our children up for success – and it’s making things a little easier for parents today.”
By the 2012-13 school year, approximately 120,000 children will benefi t form the program.
Full-day kindergarten will be available in all elementary schools by September 2014.
For more information on full-day kindergarten classes, visit www.edu.gov.on.ca/kindergarten/fulldaykindergartenschools2.asp
Full-day kindergarten on its way to two more SF schools
Smiths Falls council looks to freeze taxesLETTERS
Dear Editor,I really agree with Andrew
Snook’s column (March 10), re: SF parking meters. For a long time, I have resented putting money into meters that malfunc-tion, eat up my coins, and give me no time.
I couldn’t believe the town was charging more for parking to pay for the replacement of “old” meters!
I’ve had many of the “new” meters malfunction, fl ashing some letter code/error, so I don’t think new is necessarily better.
Yes, this is a big deterrent to shopping downtown, and as a tourist area trying to attract vis-itors to our town.
We need to adopt the free-time parking, aka Perth.
While I’m on the subject, I fi nd the heavy-handed tactics of tick-eting for other infractions rather overdone as well.
A friend parked on the “bou-levard” (ie: the grass) in front
of the Broadview Nursing Cen-tre, to visit a resident there, and was ticketed for an infraction of the bylaw. It was an infrac-tion, but she was only trying not to impede traffi c on a busy street.
Also, I’ve heard folks complain about parking a little over the parking space allotted and into a bit of the yellow no-no area, re-sulting in a ticket.
Parking the opposite way for a minute on a street, also results in a ticket.
These practices annoy and dis-courage folks, and give our town a mean-spirited name.
I would hope our town council would seriously consider simply giving up meters, and perhaps giving up over-zealous charges and enforcements in other areas also.
I believe it would go a long way in improving our PR.
DV Wood
Dear Editor,I enjoyed your column
(Snook’s Look, March 10) about the parking meters. I am in town every day and have to make a few stops, which involves put-ting money into the meters.
If they have fi xed the meters, you would never know it from my experiences since January.
I put money into meters and the time does not show up.
The fi rst few times that hap-pened I was patient, but now it has happened so many times that I really resent the price rise
and the fact that all these fi xed meters are not working.
One day last week I was go-ing to put money into a meter on Beckwith Street and looked where the time registered and it said ‘dead.’
That made me laugh, at least someone has a sense of humour about it!
Not so funny when they are taking my money though.
Cheers,
Jane IrwinSmiths Falls
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Get rid of malfunctioning meters
Patience with meters running out
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Dear Editor,I just wanted to write
this letter to let you know what has happened since there was a write up in the newspaper about the pos-sibility of a dog park in Smiths Falls.
First off, I would like to thank you for placing the story in the paper, as this helped me in setting up a committee, as well as let-ting the public know that there are individuals who would like to see this park come to town.
The Facebook page went up by more than 30 mem-bers and I feel this shows great enthusiasm and sup-port.
I recently had another meeting with the town staff to discuss the dog park issue further with them. I must admit, they have been extremely help-ful to me for gathering in-formation, and letting me know what I, and the dog park committee, needs to do to proceed with this off-leash dog park.
They are very support-ive of the idea and are
willing to assist with what they can, and help us pres-ent to council as soon as possible.
The town staff have also been very helpful in locat-ing possible areas for us to consider. Within the next few weeks, the dog park committee and I am going to look into a few possible locations within the Town of Smiths Falls, along with a member of the town of-fi ce.
After seeing these three locations, the dog park committee, along with the help of the town staff, will pick an area and begin tak-ing the next steps to get the dog park approved. I think after we can agree on a site or two, and have a chance to present the idea before town council, we can re-ally get things going.
I really appreciate the help I am getting from the town staff to get this proj-ect on the go. Without their efforts I would still be just going to a meeting to talk about a dog park rather then taking the actions that I am now.
After a presentation to the town, I am sure we will be able to raise the money that will be needed to con-struct the dog park. This will take some serious fundraising, but I know that it is possible!
Again, I just wanted to express how happy I am that this is starting to see such great results.
I am sure Charlie and Coco will be excited when they can fi nally go off leash and run free to play with their fellow dogs, without me worrying about them getting hit by cars or run-ning away.
This park would not only be for them, but for all dog owners who want a safe place to take their pets without worry of a fi ne or the potential of traps and trash that they could get into and cause harm.
Keep signing up every-one, whether it is on the petition at Doggie Styles Grooming, or on Facebook under “Public Dog |Park In Smiths Falls”.
Michelle Vienneau
Dear Editor,Once again, the people of Lanark
County have shown their overwhelm-ing support for the children served by our Big Brothers Big Sisters Agency. Our 31st annual Bowl for Kids event was held on Feb. 26, and more than $68,000 was raised in Smiths Falls, Carleton Place, and Perth bowling al-leys.
The money raised goes directly to the various mentoring programs BBBS op-erate throughout Lanark County. It is our principal fundraising activity of the year, and our agency counts on it to raise 33 per cent of our annual budget.
Since we do not receive sustainable gov-ernment funding, this is critical to the success of our programs.
On behalf of the children we serve, our staff and my fellow board mem-bers, I would like to thank everyone who bowled, sponsored, or contributed to the success of this event in some way. With your on-going support, we will continue to make a difference in the lives of the children we serve!
Robert HubbardVice-chair, board of directors
Big Brother Big Sisters ofLanark County
LETTERS
Dear Editor,I couldn’t agree more. It is time for
the meters to expire. I could not under-stand the thinking last fall in the deci-sion not only to retain them, but to in-crease the rates.
One day recently, two out of three meters I attempted to use would not accept coins. The maintenance alone must consume most of the profi ts.
Brockville and Perth have the same
policy of two hours free parking in most of their downtown areas. The bylaw enforcement offi cers can still pa-trol and ticket offenders, so I don’t see a problem with misuse.
I do feel that the meters are a deter-rent rather than a benefi t to the down-town area.
C McLenaghan
Making progress on new dog park BBBS bowled over by support
Meters a deterrent, not a benefi t
If you have a thought you’d like to share, we’d love to hear from you.Email your letters to the editor to [email protected].
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Perth is popping the question.On March 8, town council opted to ask
Tay Valley and Drummond/North Elms-ley townships to enter discussions of amalgamation.
The motion was a surprise addition to the agenda made by Mayor John Fenik.
His message: “now’s the time to give it a shot.”
“I’ve come to the conclusion fairly quickly, as we plow through another bud-get, that we’re a town of 6,000 where 20,000 use our services,” he said.
Teaming up with the townships could happen in many different ways, said Fe-nik, potentially streamlining everything from governance to budgets to service delivery.
“I would submit that, unlike other amal-gamations, this is going to benefi t all.”
Fenik’s proposal quickly found a friend in Coun. Ed MacPherson.
Working for seven years as the chair-man of the fi nance committee and, more recently, on Perth’s 2011 budget, MacPher-son said he has come to the same conclu-sion.
“We need to amalgamate or we’re going to die,” he said. “We can’t afford the Town of Perth the way we have it now.”
Ultimately, the motion to invite the townships to begin amalgamation talks passed, but not quite unanimously.
Coun. Jim Boldt cast the only vote against the motion, with it passing 6-1.
“I voted against it primarily because I feel (amalgamation talks) would be a fu-tile attempt at this time when we should be focusing our efforts on making our town more economically viable,” he said.
Economic development, he said, “has only been paid lip-service in this town.”
Boldt said it’s been a long time since the area has drawn major employers like 3M or OMYA, and Perth should work in con-cert with its neighbours to draw business-es big or small. But while neighbourly co-operation is key, said Boldt, pushing for amalgamation will likely prove a wasted effort.
REEVES RESPOND
Listening to Keith Kerr, reeve of Tay Valley Township, Boldt may well be right.
After hearing MacPherson speak about Perth’s poor fi scal footing, and Fenik mention the benefi t of increased borrow-ing power that would come with amalgamation, Kerr says he isn’t sold.
Tay Valley Township is “not in-terested in bailing them out and we’re not interested in borrow-ing money for them,” said Kerr,
adding that can’t speak for the rest of his council.
Kerr said he has gone through amalga-mation before when North Burgess Town-ship, of which he was then reeve, amal-gamated with its neighbours in 1998 to form the Township of Bathurst Burgess and Sherbrooke, now known as Tay Val-ley Township.
“It didn’t save us a dime. It probably cost us more.”
They also considered joining with Perth at that time.
“Perth didn’t want us,” Kerr said.“We were the ‘weak sister,’ they called
us.”Those were Perth’s “glory days,” said
Kerr, when the town still had big business-es in town, such as Global Fasteners and Cedar One, and the outlying townships were called “the donut around Perth.”
“So why do they need us now? It’s be-cause they’re in debt. They’re in trouble and they need us to bail them out.”
The response from Aubrey Churchill, reeve of Drummond/North Elmsley, was more open to Perth’s invitation, which the townships will likely receive within a week of the motion’s March 8 approval.
But he wasn’t especially optimistic.“We’ll look at it sincerely,” said
Churchill.When the townships of Drummond and
North Elmsley amalgamated “it was no easy task, even though we were very close to being the same,” he said. But joining with Perth would be a case of “apples and oranges.”
The two municipalities differ greatly on issues like water, sewage and police services, he said. Even paying public employees could be a point of conten-tion. Perth’s employees and unionized, whereas Drummond/North Elmsley’s are not. That fact alone could cost Churchill’s township a 15 to 20 per cent increase in wages, he said.
“There are a lot of unanswered ques-tions,” he said.
“Amalgamation sounds great, as if there could be a lot of savings involved. But when you dissect everything, the sav-ings would be minimal.”
Perth proposes amalgamation talks
Town invites Tay Valley and Drummond/North Elmsley townships to open merger discussions
STANDING TOGETHERTown councillors and members of the Rideau Survivorship Foundation cut the ribbon to offi cially open the community centre for survivors of cancer and chronic illness.Located at 14 Main St West, the foundation aims to offer support through knowledge, exercise and support groups. Rideau Survivorship Foundation president Cheryl Gulseth is joined by vice-president Angie Stoddard and secretary Barbara Cregan during the centre’s grand opening event March 12.
Bayshore Home Health was named one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Com-panies for a fi fth consecutive year.
The home care company has been serving residents in Lanark County, North Leeds and North Grenville since 1998.
“Winning this award for fi ve straight years recognizes the leadership role Bayshore Home Health is playing in home health care across Canada,” says Lori Lachance, area director for the Smiths Falls offi ce.
“As our society changes, our com-pany is evolving by offering more ser-vices that allow people to take care of their health in the comfort of their own homes.”
The president of Bayshore Home Health, Stuart Cottrelle, said the com-pany’s dedicated employees are the ones who deserve the award.
“Every day Bayshore employees from
Victoria to Halifax demonstrate the highest levels of innovation, drive and leadership,” Cottrelle said.
“They consistently go the extra mile for our clients. This award really be-longs to all our staff who are passionate about what they do and are continually offering new ideas and approaches to make Bayshore the very best company it can be.”
Bayshore Home Health is the Cana-da’s largest provider of home and com-munity health care services, with more than 50 home care offi ces and 20 com-munity care clinics.
Its services include: in-home nurs-ing, personal care and home, personal and group insurance plans and work-place safety insurance, nurse/caregiv-er staffi ng services, health education programs and treatments in its com-munity dialysis centres.
The company’s offi ce in Smiths Falls is located at 94 Beckwith St. N..
For more information, visit www.bayshore.ca
Home care company awarded top honours
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TAKING A BREATHERNathanael Macdonald takes a break to say hello to his one-year-old brother Levi during a Christian Hockey League game between children and their parents at the Smiths Falls Youth Centre on Saturday, March 5.
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The Pembroke Lumber Kings have tak-en a 3-0 lead over the Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears in the fi rst round of the CCHL Tier 1 playoffs, after winning Game 3 of the series 5-0, on Sunday, March 13, in Pem-broke.
The Lumber Kings won Game 1 by a score of 8-3, and Game 2 by a score of 10-1.
The Bears will need to defeat the top-seeded Lumber Kings in four straight games in order to advance to the next round of the playoffs.
GAME 1 - PEMBROKE 8 SF 3
The Pembroke Lumber Kings exploded for fi ve goals in the fi rst eight minutes of play, to take Game 1 of the series against the Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears by a score of 8-3, on Wednesday, March 10, at the Pem-broke Memorial Centre.
The Lumber Kings chased out Bears goaltender Alex Chretien after scoring four goals on nine shots in the fi rst seven-and-a-half minutes of play.
He was replaced by Mackenzie Sawyer, who stopped 34 of 38 shots in the loss.
“Our goaltending wasn’t very good to start off with,” said head coach Bill Bowker. “We didn’t come out as focused as we should have been. “It wasn’t us. It was out of character for us. It’s a long ways to drive and have a game decided in eight minutes.”
Bowker said his team played Pembroke
evenly for the rest of the game, and if the fi rst eight minutes of the fi rst period didn’t occur, the result could have been much dif-ferent.
“Had we not had the onslaught in the fi rst, there’s a good chance we could have came out of there with a close game, and possibly a win,” he said.
One of the bright spots for the Bears was forward Ryan Van Stralen, who picked up two assists in his team’s loss.
“We got off to rough start there,” Van Stralen said. “We did better in the second and third periods.”
He said on an individual level, he feels he needs to play the rest of the series harder to make it diffi cult for Pembroke’s defense in the corners”
“As a team I think everyone just needs to play physical and stick to the system.”
Pembroke received the bulk of its of-fence from Mitchell Gallant (one goal, four assists), Matthew Peca (two goals, two assists) and Stephen Farrell (one goal, three assists).
Although the fi rst game didn’t go ac-cording to plan, Bowker said the series is far from over.
“It’s a seven-game series for a reason. We had a bad night. We’ve got to do some-thing to come back strong.”
BEARS NEXT GAME
Due to press deadlines, results from the game played on Tuesday night, and those that may follow, were unavailable. Watch www.yourottawaregion.com for updates
Photo by Jason Finch
The Bears’ Jordan Bobrow skates by a crowd of celebrating Pembroke Lumber Kings on Friday, March 11, as the Bears received a beating at the hands of the fi rst-place team.
Photo by Ryan Holland
Smiths Falls Bears goaltender Mackenzie Sawyer split the duties with Alex Chretien in a 10-1 loss against the Pembroke Lumber Kings on March 11. With tempers fl aring and the Bears getting into penalty trouble, the Lumber Kings took advantage and defeated the home team by a score of 10-1.
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Thomas A. Edison once said, “There is no substitute for hard work.”
This is a life lesson Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears forward Ryan Van Stralen has learned over his 2010-11 season, and it’s paying off – big time.
The 17-year-old was awarded the CCHL Tier 1 Most Improved Prospect award for the 2010-11 season.
Van Stralen scored 24 goals and 28 as-sists for 52 points in his second season with the Bears, a huge improvement from his rookie campaign last season, when the Prescott native scored seven goals and 12 points in 34 games.
“Last year I gave too much respect to older people in the league,” he said. “I have more confi dence this year.”
Van Stralen said he has been focusing on developing is his skating and strength, particularly when battling in the cor-ners.
He has been on the ice three times a week, and in the gym four to fi ve times a week, continuing to improve his game.
One person that’s noticed the change is Bears head coach Bill Bowker.
“It has been huge improvement,” he said.
When Van Stralen was struggling, Bowker moved him to Junior B hockey so he could continue to develop his play. A month later, Bowker said his young for-ward improved substantially.
“He’s fi t in perfectly here,” Bowker
said. “He’s fi t in as a one of the team lead-ers this year. He can play physical, but he’s got pro skills.”
The returns on Van Stralen’s hard work don’t stop at an award and a fantastic 2010-11 season.
The six-foot-three, 210-pound forward, has accepted a scholarship with Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., and will play NCAA Division I hockey with the Golden Knights in the 2012-13 season.
“I’m very happy (with the decision),” he said.
Van Stralen said he will continue to play with the Bears for the 2011-12 season.
“I think our responsibility is to con-tinue helping him develop those skills,” Bowker said.
“That’s my job here, to make sure these kids continue to develop.”
Bowker said he is happy with Van Stralen’s decision to play in the NCAA.
“I think Ryan has made an outstanding choice,” he said.
“If he continues to develop at this pace, he could be at Clarkson next year. The NHL tends to looks at that as a great in-vestment. They leave there a more com-plete player.”
Bowker said NHL scouts have already taken interest in Van Stralen. He said rep-resentatives from the Boston Bruins and San Jose Sharks have attended games to watch him on the ice.
Bowker said he is confi dent the young Bears forward will be drafted into the NHL.
A former Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears player has made Ottawa Senators his-tory.
Mark Borowiecki was recently signed to a two-year entry-level contract by the Ottawa Senators, on Friday, March 11.
He is the fi rst Ottawa native ever draft-ed by the Senators.
“We’re very pleased,” Senators general manager Tim Murray told reporters in a previous interview.
“He’s a local kid; he’s an extremely hard worker. He works hard on and off the ice, as hard as anyone in our organi-zation…he was a two-way defenseman in Clarkson and really hard-nosed on the ice. He was a captain, led by example, he competed hard every shift.”
Borowiecki was drafted by the Sena-tors in the fi fth round (139th overall) of the 2008 NHL entry draft. He participated in the Senators’ summer development camp for the last seasons.
“It doesn’t really feel real right now,”
Borowiecki told reporters, in reaction being signed by the Senators. “It all hap-pened pretty quick. The season ended and I thought I would be kind of buckling down on the school work there, but I got in touch with my agent, and like I said, things move quickly but I’m pretty happy right now.”
He played two seasons with the Bears, scoring fi ve goals and 49 assists and amassing 146 penalty minutes. He was named the CJHL’s Top Defenceman for the 2007-08 season.
The 6-foot-1, 205-pound blueliner re-cently completed his third year with the NCAA Division I Clarkson Golden Knights.
He was tied for fi rst in scoring for de-fenseman for Clarkson, scoring three goals and eight assists in 31 games.
Borowiecki tallied 12 goals, 20 assists and 146 penalty minutes over 99 games with Clarkson.
He will fi nish his current season with the Binghamton Senators, Ottawa’s American Hockey League affi liate, on an amateur tryout agreement.
Hard work andperseverance paying off
for Bears forward
Former Bear Borowiecki signsNHL contract with Senators
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Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears forward Ryan Van Stralen was awarded the CCHL Tier 1 MostImproved Prospect award for the 2010-11 season. Van Stralen scored 24 goals and 28 assists for 52 points in his second season with the Bears. His coach, Bill Bowker, said he believes the young man will one day be drafted into the NHL.
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RedHawks soar into record books at OFSAA
The Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute’s
senior boys’ basketball team show off their
newest championship trophy and medals at the SFDCI gymnasium
on Friday, March 11.The RedHawks won
gold at OFSAA’s AA boys basketball
tournament, held from March 7 to 9, in
North Bay. The No. 8 seeded
RedHawks defeated the No. 1, No. 3 and No. 4
seeded teams to win SFDCI’s fi rst OFSAA boys
basketball championship.
The championship team is comprised of: Vincent Dufort,
The Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute’s senior boys’ basketball team made history in North Bay, when they defeated the No. 3 seed St. Christopher Cyclones 41-38, to take home ‘AA’ OFSAA
gold on March 9.This is SFDCI’s fi rst taste
of OFSAA gold in senior boys’ basketball.
The team was led by star player Vincent Dufort, who tied the fi nal game with 3.2 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. RedHawks’ Cal Henderson hit a vital three-point shot in extra time, and Brandon Wilkin-
son drained two free throws shortly afterwards, to help SFDCI strike gold.
“It’s still pretty surreal,” Dufort said. “It was defense that won the whole thing.”
Head coach Todd Spencer said he was overwhelmed with emotion when his team won the gold.
“It was tough to stay com-posed,” he said. “It came out because of how proud I am of my team.”
To advance to the OFSAA fi nals, the No. 8-seeded Red-Hawks defeated top-seeded St. Francis Catholic Second-ary School (St. Catharines) 45-37, and No. 4-seeded Rich-view Collegiate Institute (Etobicoke) 49-47.
UNDER PRESSURE
The team felt some added pressure in the semifi nal game, when Dufort fouled out, but it didn’t stop the RedHawks from advancing to the fi nals.
“Everyone really stepped up,” Dufort said. “Everyone hit some big shots, that’s why we won. I could always trust my teammates to keep the lead.”
The RedHawks fi nished
the year with an impres-sive record of 49-6; however, head coach Todd Spencer said the players’ abilities on the court were not the only reason for the team’s suc-cess.
“There’s more to winning than basketball,” he said. “There’s a sense of team and character that help you win big games.”
Dufort’s father, Dan Du-fort, the coach for the SFD-CI junior basketball team, was on hand to watch his son lead the RedHawks to victory in North Bay.
“It was the last time I got to see my son play high school basketball, it was just beautiful,” Dan said. “I had a chance to spend a few minutes with my son (af-terwards) and tell him how proud I am.”
Vincent is currently being recruited by several univer-sities, although he has yet to make a decision on which school he will choose, his fa-ther has no doubts that his son will do will at the next level of competition.
“I think he will make a good university player. I think he could tryout for the junior national team.”
RedHawks veteran Vincent Dufort is joined by his dad Dan after SFDCI captured the OFSAA AA championship last week. Dan coaches the SFDCI junior team and made no secret of the fact he was extremely proud of his son. Vincent is cur-rently being recruited by several universities.
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SOCCER COACHES WANTED
- The Smiths Falls Soccer Clubs orga-nizing committee is looking for coaches for various youth teams, ages seven to 13. Early applicants will qualify for expert coaching instruction. To apply, email: [email protected], or by mail, or drop by the club’s offi ce lo-cated at 94 Beckwith St., second fl oor,Box 117, Smiths Falls, K7A4T1.
PUBLIC SKATE AT YOUTH ARENA
- There will be public skating from 1 to 3 p.m., at the Smiths Falls Youth Arena, from March 14 to 18. Admission is $2.
MELVILLE BOYS IN TOWN
- The Smiths Falls Community Theatre production of Melville Boys will take place at the Station Theatre (53 Victoria Ave.) from March 17 to 19, at 8 p.m., and from March 24 to 26, at 8 p.m. There will also be an afternoon show on March 20 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 at Spotlight on the Rideau or at the door.
THURSDAY, MARCH 17
- The Smiths Falls Royal Canadian Le-gion Branch 95 will host its St. Partick’s Day luncheon, at noon, in the Canadian Room. There will be Irish stew and music served.
- The Montague and District Seniors’ Forget-Me-Not Club (658 Rosedale Rd S.) will host Crokinole starting at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $2 and there will be a light lunch. For more information, contact 613-283-8482 or 613-283-6965.
- The “Get W.I.T.H. It” walking pro-gram will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Smiths Falls District Collegiate Insti-tute.
Friday, March 18- The Smiths Falls Royal Canadian Le-
gion Branch 95 will host its TGIF Dinner and Dance at 6 p.m. in the Lancaster Hall. There will be music by Good n Country.
Admission is $12.
SATURDAY, MARCH 19
- The Lanark and District Maple Syr-up Producers Association will host its annual Maple Tapping Out Party, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Providence Point, at 67 Paul Dr. in Lanark. Activities will include the ceremonial tree tapping at 1:30 p.m., horse wagon rides, a pancake lunch, children’s entertainment, musi-cians, sugar bush/shack tours, maple goods, taffy and an open house. For more information, contact Jeannette Bosman at 613-259-5016.
- St. Thomas Anglican Church will host a fundraising pancake breakfast, from 8 a.m. to noon, at St. Thomas Angli-can Church Hall There will be pancakes with pure maple syrup, sausages, orange juice, and coffee served to your table. Cost is $7 for adults, and $3 for children aged 12 and under.
SUNDAY, MARCH 20
- St. Clare Parish (4011 Dwyer Hill Rd.) will host its annual St. Patrick’s Day sup-per from 4 to 6:30 p.m. There will also be a quilt raffl e. For more information, con-tact Tilly O’Connor at 613-838-5103.
- The Smiths Falls Royal Canadian Le-gion Branch 95 will host its Main Street Jamboree. There will be music from 1 to 6:30 p.m., with dinner served at 5 p.m. Admission is $12, or $6 for spouses and children aged 12 and under. There is no charge for entertainers.
- The Knights of Columbus Rideau Council 2444 will host a Sunday brunch from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hanley Hall (30 McGill St. N.). There will be pancakes, scrambled eggs, baked beans, bacon, fruit cups, juice, coffee and tea served. Admission is $6, or free for children aged six and under, when accompanied by an adult. For more information, call Dave at 613-205-1255, Joe at 613-283-7166, or Bill at 613-283-1550.
- St Johns Anglican Church (2 George St. S.) will host a community dinner. Doors open at 3:45 p.m. All are welcome.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
- The Knights of Columbus Rideau
Council 2444 will host a roast pork din-ner, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall (18 William St. W.). Cost is $10 for adults. Children aged nine and under are free when accompanied by an adult. For more information, call 613-283-7166, 613-283-1550 or 613-284-1006.
- The Smiths Falls Toastmasters Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the Courtyard Café (7 Russell St. W.) for its regularly sched-uled meeting. All are welcome to attend.
THURSDAY, MARCH 24
- The Montague and District Seniors’ Forget-Me-Not Club (658 Rosedale Rd S.) will host Crokinole starting at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $2 and there will be a light lunch. For more information, contact 613-283-8482 or 613-283-6965.
- The “Get W.I.T.H. It” walking pro-gram will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Smiths Falls District Collegiate Insti-tute.
FRIDAY, MARCH 25
- Snow Road Snowmobile Club will host a meeting at 7:30 p.m. at its clubhouse (1106 Gemmills Rd.).
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
- Trinity United Church in Smiths Falls will host its “Mom to Mom Sale,” from 8 to 11 a.m., at the Trinity United Church Hall (41 Market St. N.). People can buy or sell clothing, toys, equip-ment, books for babies and chil-dren, as well as maternity wear. Table rental is $20. For more in-formation, call 613-283-8956, 613-283-2015, or 613-283-9589.
- Trinity United Church in Smiths Falls will host its “New to You” sale, from 8 to noon, at the Trinity United Church gym-nasium (41 Market St. N.). There will be gently used adult cloth-ing and accessories for sale.
- St. Thomas Anglican Church will host a fundraising pancake breakfast, from 8 a.m. to noon, at St. Thomas Anglican Church Hall There will be pancakes with
pure maple syrup, sausages, orange juice, and coffee served to your table. Cost is $7 for adults, and $3 for children aged 12 and under.
- St. John’s Anglican Church (110 Fer-guson Falls Rd.) will host a fundraising pancake breakfast, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The menu includes juice, coffee, tea, baked beans, pancakes with real maple syrup, bacon and sausages. The cost is $6 for adults, or $20 per family. Kids aged four and under eat free.
- The Snow Road Snowmobile Club will host a fundraiser breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. at its clubhouse (1106 Gemmills Rd.) Everyone is welcome to attend.
TUESDAY, MARCH 29
- The “Get W.I.T.H. It” walking pro-gram will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Smiths Falls District Collegiate Insti-tute.
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The fi rst, second and third-place winners of the Smiths Falls Royal Canadian Legion Branch 95 Re-membrance Day poster and poem competition hud-dled together with members of the Royal Ca-nadian Legion, and Tammy Peckham, for a group photo at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 95 in Smiths Falls. Students were asked to create posters, poems and essays with R e m e m b r a n c e Day themes.
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(At left) St. Francis de Sales Separate School student Maeve Miskelly poses with Tammy Peckham af-ter winning second place in the junior poems competition at the Royal Cana-dian Legion Branch 95 in Smiths Falls. (At right) St.Francis de Sales Seperate School student Ra-chael MacPhersonposes with Peckham and Royal Canadian Legion Branch 95 president Jean Bon-neau, after win-ning fi rst place in the intermediate colour poster compe-tition.
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Number of Positions: 2 Department: Editorial Department Location: Ottawa
Metroland Media – Ottawa Region is seeking a qualifi ed layout technician to paginate pages and fl ow editorial content. The successful candidate will work with an award-winning team to produce work of a consistently superior quality.
The job requires:• Superior layout skills;• Ability to produce superior work under deadline pressures;• Ability to take direction from supervising editors and to work independently;• Good communication and grammar skills;• Profi ciency in pagination programs, including InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator;• A good understanding of the principles of community journalism.
The successful candidate will be a graduate of a graphic design program and/or have two years layout experience. The position requires an enthusiastic, creative self-starter who enjoys working with others to produce work that meets and exceeds quality and deadline standards.
Interested applicants should forward resumes by 5 p.m. Friday April 15, 2011 to:
If you are an energetic, independent, self-motivated individual who has strong computer skills, telephone skills and is comfortable with Microsoft Office Suite, we may have a job for you. Pillar Financial Services Inc. has an immediate opening for an administration assistant for our busy mortgage underwriting department. The successful applicant will have a post-secondary diploma and will have or be willing to take the Introduction to the Canadian Mortgage Industry course. We are a growingmortgage brokerage and mortgage administration company located in Sharbot Lake, Ontario. If you would like to make a change to a family-owned business, staffed with mortgage professionals that offers an exciting career potential, please submit your résumé to [email protected] or go to our website at www.PillarFinancial.ca and look at the “Our Team” page to send us an email.
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Email: [email protected] away peacefully on Sunday March 6th, at the Mattawa Hospital at the age of 86.
Born in Smiths’ Falls, Ontario to Albert and Sarah Learmonth, and later moved to Hamilton.
Survived by her husband Fred Halcrow, daughter Lynda Cazabon, (Claude) of Lacombe, AB, and son Kenneth James Schultz, (Karen Dodds) of North Bay, ON. Also survived by four grandchildren, Kimberley, Charles, Kevin and Kristen, and seven great-grandchildren, Jessica, Robyn, Nathan, Kyle, Jemma, Amber and Caeleigh.
Pre-deceased by her parents, brothers and sisters, and her first husband, Harold Ernst Schultz.
Family received friends at HILLSIDE FUNERAL SERVICES, 362 Airport Rd, on Friday March 11th from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 pm. Viewing was at Don V. Brown Funeral Home, 36 Lake Avenue Drive, Stoney Creek, ON, on Sunday March 13th from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 pm.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation or the Alzheimer Society will be gratefully acknowledged by her family.
Thank you to the doctors and nurses at the North Bay Regional Health Centre, the Mattawa Hospital and the staff of Algonquin Nursing Home, Barclay House Retirement Home and the staff and caregivers of C.C.A.C. (Paramed Home Support Workers) . Special thank you to her nurse Lisa for the excellent care given to our beloved mother.
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Anyone who has ever coached a minor hockey team will tell you, it can be a stressful job.
In addition to managing and teaching two dozen kids, there are the countless number of vol-unteer hours, bickering parents, questionable calls by referees and early morning practices.
Any coach could tell you it’s a tough gig; however, there are few people in Canada that could tell you more about the ins and outs of coaching minor hockey than Ellwood ‘Louie’ Hart.
Hart is currently celebrating his 60th year of coaching minor hockey.
“This is 60 years,” he says, as he points around his living room. The room is covered in sports memorabilia, particu-larly trophies from decades of minor hockey tournaments, and group pictures of various teams he’s coached over the years.
He takes a seat in his brown recliner to answer a few ques-tions. The covers on the arm rests are torn open. Hart said he picks pieces of it off as a ner-vous habit when watching close hockey games.
“I’m in love with the game,” he says with a big smile. “When you’ve been in as many games as I have, you have to be.”
Hart is considered by many
as the current record holder for most consecutive years as a reg-istered minor hockey coach in Canada. He has coached more than 2,000 players in more than 3,000 hockey games.
SERIOUS HARDWARE
Dozens of trophies, plaques and other awards showcasing his many years behind the bench decorate his walls.
Some of them aren’t what you would expect.
Cards from Don Cherry con-gratulating Hart on his 50th year of coaching, a key to the Town of Smiths Falls, a Queen’s Jubi-lee Medal, and a Heart of Gold award from Child and Youth Friendly Ottawa, are just a few of the pieces that decorate his home.
“I’m pretty proud of that one,” he said while holding the Heart of Gold award from the CAYFO.
Hart’s most recent honour for his lifetime of hockey achieve-ments was being named guest coach for the Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears during a game against the Kemptville 73’s.
Smiths Falls won the game 4-2, to keep their playoff hopes alive.
“Louie is from Kemptville, so it was pretty nice to be able to do that,” Bears head coach Bill Bowker said. “Louie has done a tremendous amount with the
kids under his tutelage with his values. I think he’s had a posi-tive affect on the Town of Smiths Falls and this area. It was a good thing of us to do; it left me with a good, fuzzy, warm feeling.”
“I’ll never forget it,” Hart said.
The Bears currently enjoy a small part of the fruits of Hart’s labour. The team’s assistant coach, Roger Cully, played ban-tam for Hart many years ago.
“The Bears have a very good coaching staff,” he said. “(Bowk-er) is a wonderful man.”
INTERESTING COMPANY
While giving a tour of his var-ious team pictures and hockey awards, he stops for a moment, and points out a young player in one of his old team photos.
“That’s the mayor, Dennis Sta-ples,” he said. “Dennis was quite a hockey player. He could score goals. The mayor was a ‘garbage collector.’”
Staples isn’t the only local pol-itician to be singled out amongst Hart’s photos.
He also coached former La-nark County warden Gary Doyle. Doyle went on to earn a tryout with the Montreal Canadiens, after being drafted by Montreal in 1959.
Hart also points out a photo with Gary McAdam, a Smiths Falls native who went on to play
in the NHL from 1975-86. McAd-am was drafted by the Buffalo Sa-bres in 1975, and went on to play 563 career games, split between Buffalo, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Detroit, Calgary and Toronto.
SECRETS TO SUCCESS
Hart has led several minor hockey teams to various league championships over his career.
He said the secret was that he believed in having his kids con-stantly develop.
One problem Hart said he has with minor hockey today is that he feels the kids in the lower di-visions don’t get enough ice time against tougher opponents.
He said he used to take his team to tournaments as far as Messina, N.Y., so they could play tougher competition, in order to continue developing.
“We used to play the best and they would beat us by four or fi ve goals,” Hart said. “But by Christmas, your best weren’t go-ing to beat Louie. You’ve got to play the best to beat the best.”
One thing Hart said he is proud of over his time behind the bench is that he has never been thrown out of a game. He said he never saw the point of arguing with the offi cials on the ice.
That’s a lesson the town’s cur-rent mayor remembers to this day.
“I remember vividly,” Staples
said. “His main focus was for us to have fun, respect the offi cials and do our best. He’s been a good role model.”
MRS. MINOR HOCKEY
Hart said he shouldn’t get all the credit for his teams’ suc-cesses over the years, some of it should go to his wife, Margaret.
“She has been a real asset to me,” he said. “We’ve been to-gether for 60 years and she’s a big hockey fan. She knows all the kids and they all know her.”
“I did the bookwork,” Marga-ret said. “I was the statistician.”
The hockey couple has raised a large number of athletes. The couple said their three sons and nine grandchildren are all into sports, and hockey has captured the attention of many of them.
‘Louie’ said he is proud of all his children and grandchildren equally.
He also has three great grand-children, who he hopes he will be able to coach, but doesn’t think that’s likely.
When it comes to the thou-sands of kids Hart has coached over the years, and the decades of memories, he said there isn’t a single one he’s more proud of than the rest.
“I’ve been proud of every one of them,” he said. “I’ve en-joyed every moment of it in this town.”
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