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Residents of Brockville will have the to opportun-ity to experience the rich culture of China’s Sichuan region when the Canada-

China Cultural Develop-ment Association (CCCDA)

presents Beautiful Sichuan, a dazzling large-scale song and dance production that takes to the stage of the Brockville Arts Centre, next Saturday, July 23rd. The production, which features a varied

selection of ethnic music

and dance, performed by the internationally acclaimed Le Shan Song and Dance Troupe, is the CCCDA’s highly antici-pated follow-up to February’s lavish Chinese variety show “Spring Gala 2011,”which sold out at the arts centre.

“Thanks to all the effort and contributions from the local communities, the show was a huge success,” CCCDA arts program and media direc-tor, Helen Chu said during a “sneak preview” media event held at the Brockville Arts Cen-tre last Thursday.

Michael Jiggins representing Steve Clark and Gord Brown, greet the 125 cyc-lists departing St. Lawrence Park on Friday morning. Jiggins presented Mayor Dave Henderson (in red), with a pin to add to the collection from their stops visiting local dignitaries in the 41 communities that the waterfront trail passes through. The group left Brockville with 157 kms to go in their trip from Ni-agara on the Lake to the Ontario/Quebec border over the eight-day trip. The group was greeted by Brockville Tourism who provided snacks and refresh-ments on Thursday with breakfast being served on Friday morning by Loaves and Fishes.

Above: The group of 125 cyclists takes off from St. Lawrence Park early on Fri-day morning.

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Performer Song Lei of the Le Shan Song and Dance Troupe, performs a traditional dance number from the upcoming show, “Beautiful Sichuan”, during a “sneak preview” media event held at the Brockville Arts Centre last Thursday.

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Beautiful Sichuan brings cultural flavour to Brockville

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“We now feel more confident to bring in more shows to Brockville.”

Unlike the February’s show, which highlighted several of China’s ethnicities, added CCCDA president, Rudy Gao, the upcoming production will pay tribute to the ethnic groups in Sichuan province ex-clusively, focusing on four major minority groups.

“Each ethnic group has its different style,” explained Gao adding that the show will also include an MC speaking both in Mandarin and English.

“This show directly reflects those cul-tures so that we can further promote the cultural exchange that has begun be-

tween Canada and China.”Gao continued that the show, much

like Sichuan cuisine, contains plenty of “spice”.

“You can taste the flavour of the spicy food from the show.” said Gao.

Beautiful Sichuan runs at the Brock-ville Arts Centre on Saturday, July 23rd, at 8 p.m.

Tickets are available by phone at the Arts Centre box office at (613) 342-7122.

Cost; $32.50 for adults and $15 for stu-dents.

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The Canadian Tire Ro-tary Golf Classic reached its goal of raising $50,000 for the two Rotary Clubs and the Harvest Sharing Food Bank of Brockville.

The two clubs and the food bank will receive approximately $25,000 each raised from the an-nual event this year. “We are extremely pleased and grateful for such a big cash donation,” said Myra Garvin of Operation Harvest Sharing. “These funds will enable us to purchase a large quan-tity of meat for our 430 families, something we haven’t been able to pro-vide as often as we would like in the past.”

Garvin continue that a cash donation of this magnitude means a lot to the food bank, giving the organization more op-tions for how to allocate the funds. “We usually don’t get meat donations and we have found that we would like to offer more protein to the fam-ilies we provide for,” said Garvin.

Incoming presidents of the Brockville and Thousand Islands Ro-tary Clubs Tom Harring-ton and Laura Good said that they were more than pleased with the out-come of their first event in their new positions. “This was another great event thanks to the hard work of both clubs and our generous sponsors,”

said Harrington. “My hat goes off to everyone that worked so hard to make this tournament a suc-cess.”

“The food bank is in greater need than ever right now,” said Good. “Some parents are work-ing three jobs to put food on the table and any sup-port our clubs can offer to such a great organiza-tion is an honour.”

Canadian Tire was the title sponsor for the event and owners Bill and Catherine Deplaedt echoed the earlier senti-ments. “Catherine and I will always remain active in the community and within great organiza-tions like Rotary and the food bank,” said Bill. “We have always admired the

work the food bank does locally and the work that Rotary does both locally and internationally.”

As a Rotarian for the past four years Catherine noted that she has seen first hand the great work done by the world’s old-est service club. “Today people around the world need our help more than ever,” she said. “It is a phenomenal thing to see our clubs and the people around the city support this great cause.”

Rotary cheque presentation The Rotary Clubs of Brockville and the Thousand Islands presented Operation Harvest Sharing with a $20,000 cheque at the end of the Canadian Tire Rotary Golf Classic on Wed-nesday at the Brockville Country Club. The actual full amount of $25,000 will be donated this week. From left to right are Brockville Rotary Club President Tom Harrington, Canadian Tire owners Bill and Catherine Deplaedt, Myra Garvin and Jack Butt of the Food Bank, and

Thousand Islands Rotary Club President Laura Good.


Canadian Tire Rotary Golf Classic raises over $50,000By Austin de LuisObserver Editor

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Local skateboarder Josh White and three other friends made the 10-hour trip to Ottawa from the Civitan Skate Park in Brockville to raise funds for a pair of local charities, the Brockville and Area YMCA and Big Brothers Big Sis-ters of Leeds Grenville.

White garnered donations from individuals around the city, raising over $3,000, to be split up equally between the two not-for-profit organizations. “When we were fundraising we ran into an issue with most of the compan-ies we were talking to having al-ready donated to both the Y and Big Brothers,” said White, adding that the response from individ-uals they spoke to was amaz-ing and accounted for the entire 3,000 plus dollars raised.

The grueling ride left Brock-ville at just before 9a.m. and ar-rived in Ottawa at Parliament Hill at shortly after 7p.m. for a total of 10 hours on the road. “We had a lot of support along the way,” said White. White’s brother Nick drove alongside the group offer-ing support and supplies along the way. White’s parents Rob and Lorraine, Vincent-Divyand Cuc-caro and Louise Bonvie also of-fered their support and helped with refreshments during the 10-hour ride.

Local skateboarder rides to Ottawa for charityBy Austin de LuisObserver Editor

Though she has never experienced the complex-ities of drug addiction her-self, 18 year-old producer/director/playwright, Emily Townshend was able to convincingly depict the stark realities of drug abuse and the issues that sur-round it, in BCI’s produc-tion of “High Hopes”, an original musical which she wrote, directed and starred in earlier this year. In “Hopes”, Townshend tells the story of Kate, a young woman attempting to help her boyfriend overcome his drug addiction while secretly struggling with her own addiction to painkill-ers. In order to bring au-thenticity to the produc-tion Townshend said that she and her co-director, 16 year-old Lucas Denne-boom, who also composed the musical’s score visited several treatment facili-ties where they conducted a series of in-depth inter-views with staff and clients. The research clearly paid off. “High Hopes” opened on January 21st to a packed house and rave reviews garnering approximately $800 in ticket sales, the proceeds of which Towns-hend and Denneboom presented to Tri-County

Addiction Services Chair, Dr. Urmil Sharma in a brief ceremony held at Hardy Park last week.

“This is such a noble gesture, especially for someone her age,” said Sharma

“This kind of generosity is almost unimaginable to us and it’s very much ap-preciated. We’re just blown away by this.”

Townshend was also received a hearty endorse-ment from Leeds-Grenville MPP, Steve Clark, who at-tended a performance of the show and later took the opportunity to personally congratulate her for her ef-forts.

“Emily is an incredibly talented young woman,” said Clark.

“She should feel proud to have created something that gave voice to such an important issue, and now, by donating proceeds to an agency working on the frontlines of addictions in our community, Emily has completed the circle by helping to assist with treat-ment and prevention.”

Despite the high praises, the recent graduate who plans to attend Queen’s University in the fall, re-mains humble, saying simply, that she wanted to help.

“Our hope with the pro-duction was that people would take something from it, and that the message would help raise aware-ness, and maybe even change someone’s view.”

Local teen brings “High Hopes” to Tri-County Addiction ServicesBy Erin ChristieObserver Staff Writer

Producer/director, Emily Townshend, (centre) presented Tri-County Addiction Services Chair, Dr. Urmil Sharma, (left) and TCAS Health Promoter, Sara Hammel, with a cheque for $800, designated for the TCAS’s public education and youth pro-grams during a brief ceremony held at Hardy Park last week.

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(Above) The four skateboarders sit outside Parliament Hill after the 10-hour ride from Brockville. From left to right, Mike Richards, Tim Andrews, Josh White, and Andrew Haggith.

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In recognition of the growing need for internal safety programs within the industrial, commercial and construction sectors, one of Brockville’s pre-miere safety supply and equipment outlets, Levac Supply Ltd. has launched a new operation, dedicated exclusively to providing comprehensive health, safety and human resource training. The directive for the new venture, known as “Industrial and Con-struction Safety Solutions” (ICSS), was inspired by the concept of a “one-stop-shop” for safety supplies and training and employs a team of eight accredited professional trainers and consultants, each of whom have “a minimum of 25 years experience in their field”.

The company, which will be lead by General Manager, AJ Benoit and Levac’s Health, Safety and Human Resources Manager, Rene Tyo, offers more than 30 courses that cover a diverse range of health, safety and human resource-related issues.

“Basically what we’ve done here is created big

cost savings for our cus-tomers by providing sup-plies and training within the same umbrella,” Benoit told the crowd comprised of nearly 30 of the region’s “major players”, including city officials, local digni-taries and business repre-sentatives gathered at Le-vac’s Brockville branch to mark ICSS’s official launch last Wednesday morning.

Benoit continued that prior to ICSS most com-panies sought out safety specialists from larger cit-ies such as Ottawa and To-ronto, in order to provide safety training for employ-ees.

“We wanted to take a holistic approach to serv-ing our customers by examining their needs and filling them,” explained Benoit.

“This initiative just seemed like a natural fit all around.”

On hand for the cele-bration, was Leeds-Gren-ville MPP, Steve Clark, who joined Leeds-Grenville MP Gord Brown and act-ing mayor Mike Kalivas in congratulating Benoit and the Levac family on their new venture.

“For more than 45 years the Levac family has pro-vided excellent service,

not only in Brockville and Kingston, but throughout the Eastern region,” said Clark.

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new business it’s an ex-tension of AJ and the Le-vac family’s long-standing commitment to improv-ing and growing business in Eastern Ontario.”

The accolades con-tinued with the appear-ance of WSIB chair and former labour critic, Steve Mahoney, who also paid tribute to the Levac team.

“One of the challenges that WSIB faces is getting

the message to company managers that safety does matter and that compan-ies need to provide the proper training for their employees,” said Ma-honey.

“With this new ven-ture, ICSS, your company is taking an active role in emphasizing our mes-sage. You’re making our job easier and I applaud you for that.”

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From left to right; ICSS General Manager, AJ Benoit, Infra-structure Health and Safety Association consultant, Scott Laing, Brockville Fire Chief Harry Jones, Levac Kingston branch general manger, Randy Levac, Levac Supply Limited co-founder, Roger Levac, Terry Levac, Levac Supply Limited co-founder, Shirley Levac, president of Levac Supply Lim-ited, Mark Levac, MP Gord Brown, MPP Steve Clark, acting mayor Mike Kalivas, and WSIB chair, MP Steve Mahoney.

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By Erin ChristieObserver Staff Writer

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Here’s an idea that’s out-side of the box, what about a regional police service? The good thing about our police service is that it is local, we have three seats at the table of five on the police board, we have many local residents in the police service who know the city, the people, and the history. The Brockville Police Services has a long history and there is a feel to it, it is a part of the fabric of our commun-ity. Dollar for Dollar though, does it have enough size for true economy of scale and ef-ficiency. Serving a small geo-graphic footprint like it does means that at any given time a single major incident can draw in many of the on duty officers. Would a regional force give us the best of both worlds: a local feel and presence and a more cost effective service?

Its worth having a discus-sion. A number of years ago I understand that Brockville Police Chief Barry King was discussing the idea in the re-gion but it didn’t move for-ward. My guess is that people get scared off over territorial integrity and governance. We all have the same issues when

services cross boundaries and we get into arguments about who pays for what and who decides what.

Today the lay of the land may be a little different as OPP contract costs are ris-ing rapidly and the Provincial government is cutting back on grants as it deals with its deficit. Currently the Province subsidizes rural communities for police costs thru a direct grant. Brockville is just urban enough to not qualify for po-lice subsidies. Gananoque and many communities in the area receive a police subsidy

As well the OPP have a guarantee in their contract that their officers will be paid the highest in the province in three years time. These cost pressures will cause munici-pal councils to ask the ques-tion – Is there a better way?

We would have to do some research, find out how region-

al forces have been set up in places like Waterloo, Peel, Durham. What is their board makeup and representation? I think the likeliest way for it to work is for everyone involved to accept that revenues would be paid in the same way as if it was one municipal entity and police services would be ap-plied where needed the most via the Chief and Board Feed-back. Who sits on the Board? Depends on who is “in” but most likely based on popula-tion and provincial appoint-ments. Again, these kind of questions require homework – maybe in practice regional boards have been set up dif-ferently.

Who knows, maybe a regional police service would allow other benefits to be found, in common emer-gency services dispatch, or common facilities, training, or civilian services. The end of the day we’ll all keep asking – is there a better way?

Brockville Regional Police Force… Leeds Regional Po-lice Services…. St Lawrence Regional Police Services….now that last one is pretty catchy.

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Brockville finds it in their hearts for the less fortunate

City fundraising keeps going despite tough economical times

The businesses and individuals around the Brockville area continue to donate their time, effort and hard earned dollars to many worthy fundraising events around the city, despite the tough economical times due to the global recession.

Last week the Canadian Tire Rotary Golf Classic raised over $50,000 with the allocation of the funds divided between the Rotary Clubs and Operation Harvest Sharing. Despite the worry of the state of the local economy, organizers met their goals and both the Rotary Clubs and Food Bank will get the approximate funds expected when the final numbers are calculated.

On Saturday Josh White and a group of friends skateboarded to Ot-tawa from the Civitan Skate Park in Brockville. The trip took 10 hours and White and friends raised over $3,000 for the Brockville and Area YMCA and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Leeds Grenville, with each organ-ization receiving $1,500.

Times have been hard for many in our area and the need for these great organizations is greater than ever.

Things may be financially tighter than at other times in the past, but a worthy cause and the right groups or individuals behind the pro-jects are still showing success raising funds within our great city’s busi-nesses and citizens. This is another shining example of the quality of people we have living in our fair city and the reason why I, and others have a positive outlook for our area in the years to come.

Kudos to you Brockville.

Austin de Luis

One year of promoting healthier livingComing up to their first anniversary, Fitness Brockville has spent the last 12 months improving women’s health through nutrition, exercise and positive reinforcement. “It is really hard work, but totally worth it,” said participant Lisa Beaulieu. “The bottom line is it gets results.” The main goal of the Boot Camps is to value exercise and nutrition over dieting. This creates a long-term healthy life-style that will last longer than most diets. Through the support system between the participants, the sharing of recipes and overall knowledge of health and wellness, Fitness Brockville has found a great system for ladies in any fitness level, offering beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses. At the end of camp participants have the chance to take part in a photo shoot with a professional photographer for before and after pictures. “Many of the ladies didn’t want to be in front of a camera at the start of boot camp, but now have the confidence,” said founder Brittany Byrd.

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Chicken is one of the most versatile proteins going, in my opinion.

Aside from the fact that I have met only a hand-ful of people who don’t like chicken, (usually vegetarians) you can’t go wrong serving it. Unlike many other meats there is only one way to cook it. You don’t need to worry about doneness, ie. rare, medium rare, medium well, or well done! You just have to make sure it is cooked all the way through, (no pink)! It is a perfect food as long as you take the proper sanitary precautions and clean up well. Chicken is a crowd pleaser.

There are so many ways to cook chick-en: roasted, pan fried, poached, deep fried, or B.B.Q.’d. It can be used as the main course or as an appetizer, even a topping

on or in a salad.Chicken can be diced,

sliced, battered like in sweet and sour chicken balls, or breaded like in chicken parmesan. And who has not heard about Beer Can Chicken?

They have legs thighs, wings and breasts, and all have been done in a score of ways. Just for the fun of it I “googled” chicken re-cipes, and (ready for this?) there were 64,700,000 re-cipes available! I did not go through them all!

Chicken takes to marinades and season-ing very well. This past weekend I diced some breasts into large bite size

pieces, marinated them with some lemon juice, salt and pepper, baked them in the oven and then tossed them in plum sauce and skewered them and voila! a tasty Amuse Bouche. Balsamic Chick-en is quite delicious, and if you take a little garlic and sauté your chicken with olive oil and butter this also makes it very nice. I have a recipe for a yogurt marinade that makes the chicken ever so tender! A few weeks ago I was looking for some-thing different, to Make it my Own, and as I am wont to do I opened the fridge to see what I could

use. There was a bottle of Blue Cheese and Poppy seed dressing, so I let the chicken sit in the dressing for about an hour (maybe two) then on the BBQ! Was it ever good, so moist and tender!

So now it is your turn to open your fridge or cupboard, find that little spice or rub that will turn your chicken into a culin-ary delight, or go online and find a recipe, then add your own little touch-es. Word to the wise about online recipes: be careful, anyone can post a recipe and some are good but some are really bad. You decide what will “Make it your Own”

Just a note: many people tend to overcook their chicken. As I men-tioned it should have no pink but when you cut into it it should be moist and tender.

MAKE IT YOUR OWNBy Peter Yerdon, O.C.T Red Seal, Contributing Writer

Chicken it’s so easy!

We have talked on sev-eral occasions about my inability to pinpoint the “best” wine I ever tasted. Quite frankly it’s probably a function of too much time and too many wines. However if you revise the question slightly, say to favourite varietal or grape, there is one instantaneous answer, Gewurztraminer! It offers a sublime blend-ing of savory and sweet elements.

I admit it may not be the easiest grape name to pro-nounce. However I think it is rather appropriate as it is a mouthful of a name to describe a mouthful of a wine! To make matters a little simpler just refer to it as Gewurz or if you want some flair switch to the more Germanic Gevurz.

To illustrate all the won-derful qualities Gewurz of-

fers, as well as its versatil-ity when it comes to food pairings, this week’s se-lection is Fetzer Gewurz-traminer 2009 (CSPC# 222778, $13.95) from Men-docino County, California. Mendocino has been carv-ing out a reputation for quality wines and the cool climate is nearly optimal for producing world class Gewurztraminer.

Fetzer Gewurz was one of the wines served at the recent 1000 Islands Wine & Food Show and many people I talked to were very, very impressed. It is the best selling Gewurz in North America and is known for its blend of

zesty acidity with complex fruit flavours and a touch of residual sugar.

It has a lovely golden colour, which sets it apart as soon as you pour it. You might even notice a slight effervescence on first pour. The nose is won-derfully complex and en-ticing, so much so that it will warrant more explora-tion than normal.

Apricot, peach, and floral aromas of honey-suckle and rose petals are quite apparent at first blush. At this point most people’s eyes widen and they exclaim “Wow!” be-fore returning for another sniff. This is an opulent, truly complex nose, prob-ably one of the best on a wine from the LCBO. You could make a game of how many aromas you can find. Here are some

suggestions: honey, pear, green apples, honeydew, pink grapefruit, nutmeg,

ginger, cloves and/or cin-namon. You might find more of your own.

The palate is succulent and rich, almost creamy with a complexity to match the nose. The fruit is bright and lively and

there is sufficient acidity to balance the sweetness. Fetzer Gewurz is off dry, but never reaches the level of cloying or syrupy. The finish has great length and flavour and a pleasant, re-

freshing tanginess. Needless to say you can

while away an afternoon sipping our stylish Califor-nian and I wouldn’t blame you. However, don’t miss out on the amazing array of stunning food pairings. Fetzer’s combination of fruit and sweetness tames the heat of spicy food and balance richer white meat dishes. Thai, Indian and spicy Chinese dishes will

all make splendid culinary partners. The combina-tion of the wine and food brings increased depth of flavour to the pairings.

Another match made in heaven is poultry or

pork dishes with fruit based sauces or rubs. The savory and sweet flavours of pork and onions will nicely echo those same qualities in our Gewurz. Dishes with German roots such as meat and/or saus-ages with sauerkraut are a natural for our German grape. Seafood from scal-lops to salmon, smoked or natural, also match nicely. Enjoy!

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by Cyndy Robinson As the old saying goes, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck,

it’s a duck. So call it a duck.

At this point most people’s eyes widen and they exclaim “Wow!”

before returning for another sniff

Why is it that we settle for whatever we get these days? I followed the recent CUPW lock-out by Canada Post, and although most people were very support-ive, as always, there were some exceptions. There were some who were either misinformed and there were some that just flat out disagreed with the picketers and shouted for them to “get back to work”, there were even some who went as far as to suggest that those who were pick-eting should be fired and “let other people be hired who WANT to work”.

To me this indicates a severe misconception about what was actually at stake during the labour dispute, and what Canada Post employees actually do.

First of all, I feel it is im-

portant to point out that a postie’s typical route not a simple leisurely stroll with a few envelopes, in fact, most letter carriers walk the equivalent of a marathon each day, carry-ing a great deal of weight through whatever mother nature chooses to dish up that day.

Another misconception that I’d like to correct is that the CUPW members are simply trying to keep their previous collective agreement. They are not seeking outlandish wage increases, or for that mat-ter, any other of the wacky demands that have been tossed out there.

Those same people who chastise the posties, saying they should be glad to have

a good job with a pension these days. The problem with that statement is that “these days”, have come to be as the result of allowing corporations to impose their will on the employees freely, regardless of unions, and with little retribution. We pay the highest taxes in the world, allow hydro and natural gas compan-ies to dictate the amount we will pay in a climate where HEAT is a life neces-sity, and accept all of this as though there is noth-

ing we can do in this ‘new economy’. Air Canada’s CEO pockets $86 million dollars in a time period where workers are forced to accept $10,000 dollar a year in pay cuts, and boost their productivity.

Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra is being paid just under a half mil-lion per year plus a 33 per cent bonus and yet is tell-ing CUPW that their 3 per cent per year increase is not doable. Meanwhile, CEO wages are increasing

above 4 per cent per year? The bottom line here

is that things have got-ten a little out of control. Energy costs are spiralling upwards, your Hydro and gas bills are starting l equal your mortgage, everything you buy is more expensive as a result of higher fuel prices, and we seem con-tent to just carry on with our lives, shrugging and saying “That’s just the way she goes”.

I appreciate that pre-vious generations lived in a very different economic climate, where jobs were harder to find. I can also appreciate that we still live in the greatest country on the planet, where freedom and tolerance continue to differentiate us from other countries.

There are simply a few things which need to be corrected. Canada is a place where you should not have to be thanking your lucky stars that you have a good job. It should be the norm for everyone. Greed must come to an end somewhere, and we Canadians must stop act-ing like cattle being led to the slaughterhouse. Just because it IS, doesn’t make it RIGHT.

A very good friend of mine recently came to visit us from the Yukon. It’s been 11 years since we’ve last seen each other so naturally, it was awesome to see her. We welcomed her into our home with royal treat-ment and plans for the visit. Unfortunately some others were not so welcoming.

While she was down, my friend took a train to Montreal to visit friends for a few days, and had an unbelievable experi-ence with Brockville’s Via Rail.

Below is part of her letter to VIA describing her experience.

“I’m still in shock on how I was treated. I was waiting in line at the Brockville train depot to purchase a ticket to Montreal. As I waited my turn I watched as the VIA employee at the wicket sold tickets to the to the two people ahead of me, rudely chastising one of them, a university student, for not buying ticket beforehand while the student just took it. The employee then walked past me and rolled his eyes. I smiled to say hello and watched incredulously as he put a sign in front of wicket stating the he’d be back, and walked away. He then proceeded to an-nounce that the train would be arriving in a few minutes. I followed him outside and asked if I could get a ticket, to which he replied, “I’m working out here.” I said “Okay. But can I get a ticket for this train, or what do I do.

People began to stare

as he told me, “You’re late and I’m busy.”

I couldn’t believe he was actually talking to me like this! I decided to wait in line for next train.

I stood in front of wicket again, waiting to purchase my ticket and once again, he ignored me.

Again, I asked if he would sell me a ticket, he ignored me.

“So you are not going to sell me a ticket for this train either? “ I asked. “What am I supposed to do?”

He said, and I quote, “It’s not my problem.” Unbelievable! He walked away from me and soon the train arrived. An-other passenger wit-nessed the whole thing and said that I should to talk to train personnel.

By this point I was in-credibly frustrated. I was completely surprised that anyone would be treated this was and when I spoke to person-nel, I was nearly in tears.

The attendants that end-ed up speaking to were outstanding! They were kind and understanding and they got me a seat. They even offered me a coffee because at that point I was balling.”

Aside from this, and another unfortunate in-cident wherein a woman tried to claim one fifth of the dog beach area as her own, the visit went very well. We had a great time together and de-spite the incidents, I hope she’ll come back again.

However, I was shocked and embar-rassed that this hap-pened. Is this how we welcome visitors to our City?

Brockville Tourism works so hard to bring people to our area, and as we know, first impres-sions can sometimes make all the difference. If someone who has never been here is treat-ed so poorly on their first visit, what incentive is that to come back?

I should also mention, that I have had plenty of friends and relatives who have come to visit and taken the same train and were treated well. Which makes this all the more shocking.

I personally found Brockville to be friendly, especially when we were new here. Brockville has so much to offer our vis-itors, I hope that people, like the employee that my friend had the mis-fortune of dealing with, will consider that in the future. Our welcome sign claims that we offer “hometown charm”, let’s prove it.


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Unfortunately, we havespent a lot of time at theBrockville GeneralHospital this past monthwith our son. It has beenvery frustrating to be toldover and over again to goto Ottawa or Kingston byeveryone. The peoplethat are saying it have noidea of the excellent carethat our son has beenreceiving. The nurses onthe second floor havebeen incredibly caringand positive, eventhough they are extreme-ly short-staffed. Stayingat the hospital overnightwith even less staff on,they never get a break.Unfortunately, with theshortage, which I don’tunderstand, as there areplenty of unemployed

nurses, the patients donot get the care that theyneed. Unless a familymember is with thepatient at all times, theyneed to wait to be helpedfor little things, thatwhen you are in thepatient’s position are bigthings.

My husband and I havebeen helping differentpatients in the sameroom as our son withthese little things – likepulling up their blanket,or getting an extra blan-ket because they arecold, or pushing a table

closer to them, adjustingtheir beds.The nursesjust don’t have the timeto be there as they arewith other patients doingmore critical nursing.Another example is anolder gentleman, whowas in the same roomanother time. His mealswould come, the nurseswould set him up in hischair, and he would justsleep through the wholetime. What he reallyneeded was someone tofeed him, as he had nostrength to do it himself.Again, the nurses justdon’t have enough timeto be able to give him thecare he needs. When theydo have a moment, theywill help as much as theycan. I never see any

nurses sitting, or relax-ing. All I have seen isthem running from oneroom to the next trying todo the best they can.They have been wonder-ful with our son given thecircumstances, and weappreciate them greatly.

Another irritating thingabout people’s com-ments is their scepticismof a new, young surgeonin town, which we havebeen very impressedwith. Dr. Somani hasbeen diligent, cautious,knowledgeable, caringand has treated us andour son with the greatestrespect. He has beenlooking out for our son’sbest interest from thefirst day he met him, andwe trust his judgement,

explicitly. He has treatedour son as a person, notas a case in a file.

In my experience,small town hospitals giveyou better personal care.When I was in Montreal,in the West Island, peo-ple always said the samething. Don’t go toLakeshore Hospital; godowntown to the biggerhospital. Well, for me,that wasn’t true. In mylife, I had been admitted12 times for surgery orother reasons to theLakeshore Hospital andBrockville General, andin Montreal’s RoyalVictoria reputable teach-ing hospital. My childrenhave been in these hos-pitals also. The only timeI had a horrible unac-

ceptable experience wasin the bigger hospital-The Royal VictoriaHospital in Montreal. Allmy other times, I hadexceptional care.

People need to learn tobe patient, and lookaround to see what theproblem is, before doingany blaming. It’s not thenurse that is in front ofyou that is causing yourdelays. It is caused bysome bureaucracy far-ther up, that need tocome into these hospi-tals and see how thesecut backs are affectingthe patients. Is a hospitalnot supposed to be allabout treating patients?Or is it all just aboutnumbers on a spread-sheet?

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FILESby Monica O’Grady

I was thinking about EdSullivan this evening. It’sSunday, dinner is doneand there’s nothingentertaining on televisionon Sunday night anymore. Cartoons andmade for TV movies don’tseem to scream out"watch me". The showCriminal Minds justcreeps me out. The cur-rent barrage of amateurstrying to be professionalsvia shows such as So YouThink You Can Dance(Canada) and AmericanIdol are a little too dra-matic for my tastes.Having the loser standthere to be humiliated fortwenty minutes before hisor her name is called is abit harsh, in my opinion.Along with millions ofother North Americansback in the 60s, I used torush home on Sundaynight to watch The EdSullivan Show. That’swhere you found every-one at eight o’clock onSunday night. That’swhere the entertainmentwas.

Every week was differ-ent yet every week wasthe same. The guestschanged, the format did-n’t. There was someonefor everyone. If you werea comedy fan you werealways in luck. There wasa comedian pretty muchevery week. Rich Little,Alan King, John Bynerand Frank Gorhswin wereall on there. Ed was goodat introducing new talentand he was particularlyfond of comedians, eventhe raunchy ones likeGeorge Carlin. Bet youcan’t guess which come-dy act was on his showmore than any other?Well, it’s Canada’s ownWayne and Shuster.

If you were a Broadwayenthusiast you too werein luck. There would besongs from current hitsperformed by the cast,

scenery and all. I alwaysloved it when RobertGoulet came on so I couldhear Ed butcher hisname......"Right here onour stage, from Canada,young RobertGoooooolet." Cracked meup every time.

I suppose there werefolks out there whoenjoyed watching theplate twirlers, the tum-blers, the assortment ofjugglers, the knife throw-ers, the magicians, liontamers and the otherweirdos (my opiniononly, of course) who Edmanaged to scrape upeach week. That time Ireserved for pouring aCoke because the com-mercials were few and farbetween back then andthere wasn’t that muchtime during the realbreaks to do much.

Ed had some verystrange yet much lovedacts who were semi-regu-lars. There was TopoGigio, the creepy littlemouse who used to ask ofEd, "Eddy, kiss me good-night." and much to ourhorror and delight Ed, thestalwart, no expression,no personality Ed, wouldplant a big fat one onTopo Gigio’s little roundcheek. Not my favouriteguest - probably due to anaversion of rodents in anyform. There was the guywho talked to his handand also had a box andthe box used to say, "Saygood-night. Good-night."Kind of funny in a strangeway.

There were the stan-dard ballad singers whocame on. Steve Lawrenceand Eydie Gorme, thehusband and wife teamwho I thought had to bethe happiest couple onearth, were regulars. Thesurprising Gomer Pyle,out of character andbeing himself, JimNabors, with his unbe-

lievable voice. Somehowthough, it was alwayshard to take him serious-ly, and he was alwaysGomer Pyle impersonat-ing a real singer. I remem-ber the night Greg Morris(the guy on MissionImpossible who did allthe intricate twiddling ofobjects that eventuallyblew up) was on the showto sing. After the orches-tra had played the open-ing stanza at least threetimes, Greg finally, out ofstage fright, talked thewords instead of singingthem. Ed Sullivan showwas live so there was notaping, retaping, lip-synching, it was all realand in the moment. Myfavourite of the old timeballad singers was JackJones, one of the best andunderrated singers of histime. He had a perfectpitch voice, was pretty tolook at but sang fairly dullsongs most of the time.Mel Torme was anotherguest - poor Mel, who hadno chin, and sang in astyle that irritated me noend - but he had talent. Ijust didn’t like the FrankSinatra wannabes.

The big build up of allthese comedians, tum-blers, knife throwers,Broadway acts and balladsingers was the inevitableand much anticipatedrock and roll act. Ed neverdisappointed. He likedbeing on the cutting edgeof his time and showingcurrent trends and rockcertainly was cutting edgeand a very current trend.On his show he had Elvis(he was not actually therefor the initial ‘unveiling’of Elvis, having been hos-

pitalized at the time ofElvis’ first appearance),he had the first Americansighting of the Beatles(something he orchestrat-ed and was proud of), RoyOrbison, The Dave ClarkFive (most appearancesby a rock and roll groupdue to their clean cutappearance), The Mamasand Papas, Sonny andCher, The Rolling Stones -they were all there. Hebanned The Doors aftertheir first appearance. Wewere treated to them all.

Ed Sullivan started outhis career as a boxer whobecame a sports writer.From there he moved tobe a real competitor ofWalter Winchell. Walterwas a famed columnistwho wrote from a table atThe Stork Club in NewYork about the comingsand goings of New York’srich, famous and infa-mous, basically a gossipcolumn. Ed, when hecame up against Walter,outdid him in spades. Hetook a table at The ElMorocco night club andbecame more famousthan Walter ever was andoutlasted him.

Ed always had a kind ofdour expression with noactual talent or actingability. It was said of himby comedian, Alan King,"He will last as long assomeone else has talent."He had an inert under-standing of what the pub-lic wanted and he gave itto them. His show airedfrom 1948 - 1971, andremains one of thelongest running varietyshows in television histo-ry. At the end of each showhe told us who nextweek’s guests would be.The anticipation stayedwith us all week.

It’s Sunday night, andI’m twiddling my thumbsbecause there is nothingon television. I miss TheEd Sullivan Show.

Observations of a Baby Boomer... Ed Sullivan

By Catherine Durnford-Wang

There has been a lot ofdiscussion in the medialately over the concept of“junk science” What isthis, and why should webe concerned?

Junk science usuallyrefers to the mis-applica-tion of science, in theform of studies, tests etc.to support a point of viewthat under close scrutinyis not supportable basedupon the true scientificevidence.

An example: there arethose who believe thatman-made climatechange is not real, andthat there is no reason toworry. This is junk sci-ence, because these peo-ple, and they are many,will examine a small partof the evidence whichmay support this view,while ignoring the morenumerous and reliabledata which contradict it.In true science, all data isreviewed and considered,and if a particular set ofdata does not fit thehypothesis, it is not dis-carded or ignored, butstudied further. It may bethat data was not collect-ed properly; it may bethat unknown factorsaffected the data, or itcould be other factors.The point is, the data isnot ignored but high-lighted for further study.

Often those whoadvance junk scienceusually have anotheragenda. This viewpointcan cloud their objectivi-ty and make it easy forthem to dismiss data orevidence that does notsupport their position.This is often encounteredin areas such as climatechange, as mentionedabove, certain areas ofenvironmental studies,so-called alternate medi-cine, areas related to evo-lution, and many areaswhere subjectivity mayplay a role. Most of these

topics are things of whichthe public may be awareand on which they likelyhave an opinion.

What can the averagereader do to discernwhen they are beingconned with junk sci-ence? Look at the evi-dence. Ask how it wasderived. Check to see ifthere was any evidencethat did not support themain hypothesis, andhow was it considered.Within the science com-munity many words havebeen written about non-conforming data; the keypoint is that in true scien-tific studies it is neverignored.

Another key issue withjunk science is… was thedata peer-reviewed? Thatis, were other scientists,experts in the field, con-sulted and did they agreewith the conclusions?This is one of the key ele-ments in how scientifichypotheses are refinedand how data is gathered.

Junk science is not tobe confused with a non-standard viewpoint thatmay be another way oflooking at a problem or aset of data, as long as thatprocess is carried outwith true objectivity andrigor. Galileo certainlywas not doing junk sci-ence when he provedthat the Earth and theknown planets orbitedthe Sun, rather than vice-versa. His views cost himdearly but he was vindi-cated eventually, and hisdata and observationswere of high quality forthe day.

So… as an interestedobserver, you can ask thequestions, challenge thefindings, debate the conclusions. If the personadvocating a positiondoes not agree to this orgives evasive answers, beon the lookout for junkscience and take it with agrain of salt.

Junk Science - The New PerilBy Rod CharltonContributing Writer

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Tries were scored by Ben Stewart, John Clark and Samuel Cleary in his first ever rugby game. Tim Hatfield scored two converts and a penalty

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The Brockville Braves are shor-ing up their lineup heading into the 2011-12 season with a pair of sign-ings, Ben Blasko and Kevin Kirisits.

Blasko and Kirisits are both 19 years old and will be looking to step into the lineup in a big way in their first year with the Braves.

Blasko, who hails from Kingston, played last year for the Gananoque Islanders, winning team MVP and Rideau Division rookie of the year awards. “Ben has high-end puck skills,” said head coach Jason Haw-kins. “He has the ability to slow the game down. We will be looking for him to be a big part of our offense.”

Blasko had 79 points on 31 goals and 48 assists in 43 games last season.

Kirisits is a 6”4, 220lb defenseman who played at Nichols Prep School last season. Kirisits has already committed to Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY for the 2012-13 sea-son. “Kevin moves very well for a man his size. He is a tough aggressive defenseman with great puck skills,” said Hawkins.

Brockville opens their summer camp this weekend in Kemptville. Hawkins is looking to fill the remain-ing spots in the lineup heading into training camp in the fall.

Little League Braves

The minor little league Braves won three round robin games over the weekend 12-1 over Kemptville, 12-3 over Or-leans and 12-2 over Pembroke en route to the finals against a tough East Nepean team.

Brockville fell 8-1 to some incredible pitching with Jacob Servage scoring the lone run for the hosts.

At left: Simon Mack pitches dur-ing the opening inning of the finals versus East Nepean. Mack pitched two scoreless innings to begin the final.

At right: Jacob Servage slides into home for Brockville’s lone run in the final.


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Perkins, 19, won gold in the men’s compound bow in the world sen-ior archery champion-ships at Turin, Italy on

the weekend, eliminat-ing the top two ranked players in the world in the final two rounds. Competing at the worlds

for the first time, Perkins also helped Canada win a bronze medal in the men’s compound bow team competition.

Christopher Perkins is greet-ed at the Ottawa airport on Monday by (L2R) girlfriend Katie Roth, Deanna (mom), Spencer (dad) and Kaylee Perkins after returning from Turin, Italy.

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Above, Prescott Gunners’ defender #6 Lisa Millson kicks the ball as Rage forward #5 Ales-sandra Tolot attempts to make a block during an Ottawa Carleton Soccer League competi-tive women’s match at Lytle Park in Barrhaven last Tuesday (July 5, 2011). Trailing 2-0 after 45 minutes, the Gunners scored two second half goals to tie the game, which ended in a 2-2 draw. OSU Rage (black) vs. Prescott Gunners (red).

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Michael Howard of Canarm in blue battles for the ball with Jack Gibbons of K3 Credit Coun-seling during U12 soccer action on Thursday night.

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Registration for the “Dawn to Dusk” Charity Golf Classic continues this week leading up to the inaugural event on Friday, July 15th at Sun-nidell Golf. Golfers are encouraged to support this fundraiser for the two co-presenting or-ganizations: the Brock-ville and Area Commun-ity Foundation and the Brockville & Area Sports Dome Association. A $50.00 registration fee gets each participant as many holes as you can play in five hours, a bar-b-q lunch, a tax receipt (amount TBD), and a chance at some great prizes!

This unique event runs from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and features three different time slots for golfers to choose from: 6:00 - 11:00 a.m.; 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; and 4:00 - 9:00 p.m. There are presently three golfers signed up for all 15 hours: Wolfgang Pohl; Bob Harper; and Percy Sargeant! The public is invited to come out and cheer on these three players as they make their way from “Dawn to Dusk” at Sunnidell Golf. MPP Steve Clark will be joining Wolfgang Pohl for the first leg of the fifteen hour journey from 6:00 - 11:00 a.m. Co-Chair of the “Dawn to Dusk” event, David Dargie will bring Mr. Pohl “home” from 4:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Martin Noe, Co-Chair of the tournament re-marked: “Since we do not have the large num-bers that we expected for

this first tournament, the Executive Course at Sun-nidell Golf will be open for public play on July 15th. We will work our golfers into the course’s rotation of play so that both the tournament and public players can enjoy a day on the links. We want to thank our ma-jor sponsor, the owners of Sunnidell Golf - Gord and Dawn MacDougall for donating their golf course to our partici-pants on July 15th.”

David Dargie, the other Co-Chair observed: “We are still hopeful that people will register for our tournament. either by phoning Sunnidell Golf or by visiting our web site: HYPERLINK “w w w. y o u rc o m m u n -ityfoundation.ca%20” www.yourcommunity-foundation.ca to find one of the entry forms. The fact that we have

three golfers willing to play the 15 hours of this tournament and raise funds through pledges is heartening.”

Plans are still in place to have live music for both the participants and the general public. Please phone Sunnidell Golf on July 15th to de-termine which local art-ists will be performing at what times. The final awards and prize cere-mony will take place at the Sunnidell Golf Club-house following the last round of the tournament at 9:15 p.m. The public is also invited to join the golfers, especially the three 15 hour “Maso-chists”, at this after-party.

For more details, please contact David Dargie at 613.498.9970 or e-mail HYPERLINK “[email protected]” [email protected].

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Rhianna Robins of JRFM won the Mini-Putt Smackdown competition leading up to this Friday’s ‘Dawn to Dusk’ golf tournament over Leigh Bursey of the Community Foundation by four strokes. Pictured from left to right, Wolfgang Pohl who will be competing in all 15 hours of the tournament, David Dargie, Leigh Bursey, Rhianna Robins, and Chris Holski of JRFM.

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The Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario’s (CDSBEO) fourth annual Good Samaritan Trust Fund (GSTF) Golf Tournament, was held July 5 at the Smiths Falls Golf and Country Club. The tournament raised more than $17,000 to help chil-dren in need within our Catholic school system.

Director of Education, Wm. J. Gartland, stated, “The Good Samaritan Trust Fund helps families within our Board who are in need. For the fourth year, I am very happy to say that support for this tournament and the cause it promotes has been out-standing.”

The Good Samaritan Trust Fund was established by the Board in 2007 as a means of financial support for those in our Catholic school system whose lives would be enhanced by the benefits it provides.

GSTF Chair, Jamie Mannion, thanked those in attendance for helping to make a difference, “I am here to extend thanks on behalf of the families across our Board who you have helped. You have given these people hope, and for this they are eter-nally grateful.”

The CDSBEO would like to thank our Major

Sponsors (the law firm of Adams, Sherwood, Swabey & Follon, Cameron Net-works, Edward J. Cuhaci & Associates Architects Inc., and the Royal Bank of Can-ada) who helped make the Tournament a success. We would also like to extend our sincere gratitude to all other sponsors and prize donors for making the day such a success.

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The legendary golf great, Ben Hogan, once said that he wished he had three right hands as his golf club was approaching impact and beyond.

What exactly did he mean by this statement?

If you are a right-handed golfer, it means the proper use of your right wrist and forearm, the left wrist and forearm for lefties. When you throw a ball whether it’s over or underhand, there is a certain way your forearm and wrist work.You can also experience the “throwing” motion by performing a free throw in basketball.

But before I get too far into the “Throwing” mo-tion, I’ll have to explain the “twist” motion first be-cause they have to be done in the proper sequence.

Whether you are a one or two plane swinger, your back forearm and wrist will work in a somewhat similar way. The most ob-vious difference here is in the position of that back elbow on the downswing.This is the one secret Mr. Hogan never mentioned in any of his books. He never actually did what he preached. If you watch or study Hogan like I have, you will certainly see

where his right elbow is in relation to his body. It wasn’t jammed into his side like he prescribed in his famous book Five Les-sons-The Modern Funda-mentals Of Golf. Check it out yourself.

I personally know this from my studies of Hogan and the battles he had with the hooks and blocks (pushes). When one follows the instruc-tions he prescribed in that famous book, you too will find yourself stuck blocking and hook-ing the golf ball.

At the top of your swing I want you right-handers to pay attention to how the palm of your right hand is facing the sky. Left palm for lefties. When your arms fall into the im-pact zone, notice how that same palm is now facing towards the ground- that’s your “twist”.

If you are left-hand dominant playing golf right-handed (right hand dominant playing golf left-handed) it would be rec-ommended to focus your “twist” motion on this arm instead.

The “throw” motion happens just past im-pact. Notice how the back of your right wrist goes

from a cupped position just prior to impact to a straight or bowed position just past impact. This sim-ilar motion can definitely be felt in the throwing of a ball or the free throw in basketball. If you play any racquet sports you will also feel the same thing with your right wrist.

The “twist and throw” with your back forearm and wrist can really help the average golfer out there generate tremen-dous club head speed through the impact zone.

When done properly and in the right sequence, you’ll hit the golf ball a very long way and very straight.

So when you hear that the proper forearm and wrist movements only pertain to golf, you’ll know better. You can prove this to yourself if you are striv-ing for both length and ac-curacy in your golf game.

John Ryan, CGTF Level

Three Instructor, teaches exclusively at the Tincap Golf Club. If you have any comments on this or any other column or need more info on Lessons call John at 613-345-1390 or e-mail [email protected] .

Adopt the “twist and throw” motion into your golf swing

The BACF Pro-Am will be played at Smuggler’s Glen Golf Course on Thursday, August 18th. 36 of the top CPGA professionals from Ontario, Que-bec, and Northern New York will be competing for a $10,000 purse, while their 108 amateur partners will be competing for some great prizes. The true winner on August 18th will be the Brockville and Area Community Foundation that will be the re-cipient of the net profits from this unique charity golf tournament.

Corporate Championship: Good Samaritan Trust Fund Chair, Jamie Mannion (left), pre-sents the Corporate Sponsor Championship to the team of (from left to right) Terry Lan-don, Brian Landry, Peter Gault, and Georges Bougie.


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St. Lawrence College is seeking an outstanding individual to fill an external member vacancy on its Board of Governors. If you have an interest in helping lead one of Ontario’s premier post-secondary institutions please consider submitting your application.

APPLICATIONSPlease forward information about yourself, including your background, experience and reasons for volunteering your time to serve on the Board of Governors. Information should be forwarded by email, fax or mail by August 1, 2011 to:

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• Athens Annual Farmersville Exhibition. Friday, July 15 - Sunday July 17, Athens Fairgrounds/Centre 76. Old Time Fiddler Show, 7-10 pm Friday Evening. Saturday & Sunday grounds open at 9 am. Steam Engines in operation, vintage machinery, cars, trucks, motorcycles, craft fair, festive gardens under special occasion permit. Saturday - Vintage tractor pull - 12 pm start, country music in the afternoon. Sunday - Horse draw - 11 am start. Camping available.

• Brockville Off-Leash Dog Park welcomes everyone, with their dogs, to their third anniversary barbecue. Saturday, July 16th, 11 am-2 pm. Dogs will demonstrate their skill with Frisbees. There will be dog contests. Come & enjoy the day with us.

• Couple’s Dance - Social Ballroom Dance Club. Friday, July 22 - 8:00 pm. Brockville Rowing Club. 613-345-1073 or 613-342-3181.

• Nathan Putnam of the Living Cities Company will speak on Urban Agriculture at the Brockville Library on Saturday, July 23rd at 2:00 pm. Sponsors: the Brockville Library and the Brockville Climate Action Group.

• The Brockville Concert Association is proud to present the National Youth Orchestra from Ottawa, appearing at the Brockville Arts Centre August 7th at 7:30 pm. This 90 member orchestra is made up of young talented musicians from all over Canada. Don’t miss it!

• Brockville Farmers’ Market - Market Street West Brockville. The market hosts an amazing collection of traditional and organic produce, herbs, meats, honey, maple syrup, preserves and baked goods. From May to October there is an ever changing selection of hand-crafted jewellery, furniture, textile products, quality cut flowers, perennials and annuals. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, May - October 7 am -1 pm

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• Girls Just Wanna Run Program. A run club for girls 12-16 years of age who want to learn to run but didn’t think they could. Learn to run 5 km! Join us: Wednesdays & Fridays 4-5 pm. Brockville & Area YMCA.

• Friends of the Brockville Multicultural Organizing Committee invite you on a package bus tour deal to Hotel du Parc Orford in Magog. The trip is August 16 to 18, 2011. Go on a guided tour, win prizes, participate in fun activities. For more info, call 613-342-6743 or 613-345-1557.

Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI)*: Giving babies the best start in lifeBFI promotes, protects, and supports breastfeeding by:

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* BFI is an international initiative established by WHO/UNICEF in 1991 to promote, protect, and support the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding.

Picture this. You’ve been working at a job for the past decade and one day after showing up to work you find out your job no longer exists. Many folks in the Leeds and Grenville area don’t need much of an imagination to envision this scenario; it’s been happening here for years now. For-tunately, The Employment and Education Centre (EEC) in Brockville is here to help.We are holding a special event to get the word out about the Second Career pro-gram at our 105 Strowger Boulevard offices on Wednesday, July 20 at 4 p.m.

This program provides retraining funds for eligible Ontarians to go back to school and receive training for in-demand careers. Funds provided through the program are designed to assist participants with costs including tuition, school supplies, trans-portation, and a living allowance.

Our Second Career event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.

To register please call (613) 498-2111

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second career!The World Health Organization (WHO) created “baby-friendly” in 1991 to offer a vision of how hospi-tals and communities can help all new mothers and babies have the best start. Low breastfeeding rates prompted the WHO to take action. They produced standards about how to support mothers and families dur-ing breastfeeding. Two ways you can be baby-friendly at home are by mak-ing skin-to-skin contact with your baby a natural routine. Surround yourself with family, friends and com-munity services that understand and support your decision to breastfeed.

Being skin-to-skin with your baby right after birth is a great start to be-ing baby-friendly. When you are holding your baby this way, your skin helps your baby to stay warm, feel safe and loved. It allows the baby easy access to breastfeed when hungry. Having this time with your baby is a great way to get to know your baby’s early signs that they are hungry, full

or tired. Using skin-to-skin is an easy and no-cost way to get breastfeeding and parenting off to a great start.

Supporting mothers and babies is an important part of being baby-friendly. Family, friends, neighbours, and health care providers can sup-port breastfeeding by taking care of the mother so she can care for the baby. Mothers who feel supported will continue to breastfeed longer. Here are some ways you can support a breastfeeding mother: learn about breastfeeding, make a meal, help around the house, know your com-munity services and help mothers to access them.

Baby-friendly is a way of life for new families. Starting breastfeeding off on the right foot is an easy way to keep it going for six months or more.

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CANCER - June 22/July 22You are wrapping up a difficult emotional phase and are beginning to see things in a happier light. Enjoy the relief!

LEO - July 23/August 23Your sense of humour is very strong at the moment. The Black Moon gives you an enormous ability to move into action. You will be able to confront situations successfully, so don’t let yourself be discouraged by difficulties.

VIRGO - August 24/Sept 22You will soon know how to act with awareness and understanding. You are able to get others to understand what is essential for you. You love your friends deeply, especially those you have known for a very long time.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Planet Uranus urges you to experience new things, and so you think about changing certain aspects of your professional life. Don’t let yourself succumb to inappropriate influences.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22You want everything to happen at the same time, and because this is not possible, you tire very quickly. Make time to relax; it is important for your well-being.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21You understand more clearly what is good for you. You are at an important crossroads in your life and see that several things from the past are no longer of interest to you. You long for loyalty, in yourself and in your entourage.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20The position of Pluto causes you to have many things to express, and it will be important to you that they be clearly understood. Your approach to life is quite serious this week, and you are longing to feel more comfortable with the people you value.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18You don’t like to be bored and need more diversity in your life. You are thinking of travelling and, indeed, you find yourself wanting to live in two places at the same time. Diversity is something that really keeps you young at heart.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20You will have to think a great deal about your work. Some situations from the past are no longer a challenge for you, and so you would like to have more stimulation in your life. Be careful about deceiving yourself.

ARIES - Mar 21/April 20You will be able to achieve incredible things at work this week, although you won’t enjoy having to compete with others. Manage that balance by striving for fairness.

TAURUS - April 21/May 21It seems as though everything is happening to you in an amazing way this week. Make the most of your good fortune and allow yourself to feel some pride in who you are.

GEMINI - May 22/June 21You need to prove your love to the person you cherish and will do some amazing things to help your love life. Your actions in this will have a huge impact on all aspects of your life.

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For local artist Corinne Hodgson, living in the heart of the forest has proven to be an endless source of artistic stimula-tion. Hodgson says that she had initially ventured into the landscape after embarking on a “self-im-posed pursuit to seek the artist within” but in doing so, discovered a subject matter complex enough to present a challenge and sustain her interest. In-spired by the many facets of the forest, she set out to share her interpretation with the world.

“I am endlessly fascin-ated by trees,” explained Hodgson.

“They’re always changing. They can ap-pear powerful and mena-cing, or soft and airy. They change with the seasons, with the light, with the weather, you always see something different. They are ever-present in the landscape and often taken for granted.”

Hodgson, who prefers to work with oil, using a pallet knife, continued that her recent explora-tions have led her to ex-periment with different mediums such as acrylic paint, which she says, bet-ter lends itself to her cur-rent technique and sub-ject matter.

For this “self-taught” artist finding creative en-deavours like her recent project are more of a life

necessity, than a lucrative hobby.

“As a child, the seeds were planted,” says Hodg-son. “I was exposed to art at a young age while visiting an Aunt’s studio in Winnipeg. She allowed me to explore the room as well as the paints, easels, brushes, turpentine, and linseed oil that filled it. It was there that I recognized and explored my innate creativity.”

“Even today,” she add-ed. “The memory of those smells ignites an inner warmth in me that many may not understand.”

As the years passed, Hodgson’s enthusiasm never dwindled, in fact, it flourished and she soon began to pursue her craft, and took courses at the Edmonton Art Gallery and St. Lawrence Col-lege, where she studied life drawing, watercolour,

fashion design, painting, and ceramics.

In addition to her al-ready sizable portfolio, Hodgson has also studied doll making, stained glass, quilting, photography, rug hooking and welding. Her efforts have been on dis-play in various art shows, sales and studio tours throughout the region.

Hodgson’s work is avail-able for viewing until July 30th at Hang Ups Gal-lery, located at 24 St. An-drew Street in Downtown Brockville.

For more information or to view Hodgson’s work visit;

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The Hang Ups 2011 ex-hibition season runs from January to October inclu-sive, Monday through Sat-urday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and until 6 p.m. on Fridays.

Five re-enactors from the Brockville Infantry Company (1862) were honored for twenty (plus) years of service with the Infantry Company

On Monday, June 27th, five re-enactors from the Brockville Infantry Com-pany (1862) were pre-sented by the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Volun-teer Service Awards for 20-plus years of volunteer activity with the Company: Michael Johnston, Bruno

Pépin, Brian Porter, Don Ruston and Denis Savage received the awards. All have been active with the Company since 1990.

When the Company began its activities in 1990, some people “in the know” predicted the group would not last any more than three years. How wrong they were! We are now in our 22nd second year of activities and, so far this year, our members have participated in eleven community events, ten

in the area and one in the U.S. The Brockville Infan-try Company (1862) re-enacts the Canadian Vol-unteer Militia of the 1860’s.

The Brockville Infantry Company (1862) is always looking for new recruits, especially history buffs who would like to bring history to life in our area, as well as musicians (flute/fife players). Please con-tact Paul Cosgrove at 613-345-2010, Gord McFarlane at 613-342-9797, or Denis Savage at 613-345-4042.



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Local artist, Corrine Hodgson displays one of her favorite pieces from her forest-inspired collection, which is current-ly available for viewing at HangUps Gallery on St. Andrews Street in Brockville. ERIN CHRISTIE PHOTO

Local red-tunic soldiers still on the move 20 years later

From left to right: Company Clerk Paul Cosgrove, Brian Porter, Colour-Sarjeant Bruno Pépin, M.P.P. Steve Clark, (ret’d) Company Clerk Denis Savage and Gord McFarlane (organizer of the event). Absent from the photo: Sarjeant Michael Johnston and Don Ruston.

MICHAEL JIGGINS PHOTO

“Endless inspiration” found in surrounding forests

All it takes is one visit to the Brockville Rotary Off-Leash Dog Park to see why it has become the pre-ferred gathering place for local dog-lovers and their furry, four-legged friends. In fact, members of the Park’s executive board claim that it is one of the most popular places in Brockville.

The Park’s current executive board president and long-time patron, Bob Henderson, says that he is not surprised by this fact surprise when he consid-ers the warm reception the Park received from the outset.

Henderson explained that the 1.25 acres of city-owned land, which in-cludes a fenced in area with mulched wood chips, grass, benches, shaded forest areas, a dog watering station, and a supply shed,

was “happily donated” by the City and received an estimated $42,000 in seed funding from several or-ganizations including; the Rotary clubs of Brockville and the 1000 Islands, the Brockville and Area Com-munity Foundation as well as a slew of local busi-nesses such as Thomas Fuller Construction and PJ’s Pets, who donated $5,000 to help create the Barkville Puppy Park.

Currently the dog park receives a donation of dog waste bags from Pet Valu and donations of wood mulch from D&D Tree Service that park volun-teers shovel and rake out

themselves to cut down on mud.

In order to continue to the upkeep of the prop-erty, Henderson con-tinued, members of the Park’s executive board and frequent users regularly fundraise to offset the cost of maintaining the space and “hopefully” making a few “additions”.

To that end, the Board will hold a BBQ fundraiser event this Saturday, July 16th at the Off-leash Park from 11a.m. to 2p.m. The event will include prizes, face painting, and dog contests as well as a fris-bee demonstration with Cowboy Fred.

Rotary Dog Park to hold 3rd annual BBQ this Saturday


Thousand Islands Writers Festival alumni, John Moss, author of the popular Quin & Mor-gan mystery series will be signing copies of his most recent novel, Reluc-

tant Dead, as well as his previous works, at Leeds County Books, located at 73 King street west, in Brockville this Saturday, July 16th from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

TIWF alumni book signing Saturday


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ring Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Char-lie Day could very well be the comedy hit of the summer. It is a perfect mix of solid script, deft direction, adult content, superstar cameos, won-derful camaraderie and slapstick comedy. Bate-man, (Arrested Develop-ment), Sudeikis (Satur-day Night Live) and Day (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) are three modern Stooges stum-bling through mad situa-tions, blinded by ambi-tious stupidity, knocked around by fate, and yet always able to land on their feet.

Bateman plays Nick Hendricks, the arche-typal sales employee with years of service under his belt, yearning to move up the ladder just one more notch. All he wants is a promotion and an office of his own. He works overtime and weekends just to please his boss, the head of the sales department, Dave Harken. Kevin Spacey plays Harken as every office employee’s night-mare, petty and hungry for power. When the time for the big promotion comes around, Harken, after spending over six months making Nick be-lieve he was going to get the job, nominates him-self for the position. Nick is crushed, and when he confronts Harken over his decision, he is told to suck it up. Nick will for-ever be his slave.

Sudeikis plays Kurt Buckman. He is second in command at the Pel-litt Chemical Company. He is a single guy and a successful womanizer, who loves his life, his

friends and his job. His boss, Jack Pellitt, played in a few short scenes by the ever wonderful Don-ald Sutherland, is groom-ing him to take over the family business. How-ever, when he dies of a massive coronary, his co-caine and sex-addicted son Bobby, played with wonderful sleaze by Col-lin Ferrell, takes over the reins. Bobby’s sole desire is to drive the company into the ground while liv-ing off all its profits.

Day plays Dale Arbus, a mistakenly charged and convicted sex-of-fender, engaged-to-be-married dental assistant, whose horrible boss is the oversexed Dr. Julia Harris (Jennifer Anis-ton). Aniston’s Harris is all abuse of sexual power. In what is a classic role reversal, she is the ha-rasser and Dale is her

constant victim. Anis-ton is wonderful as the disdainful sex-hungry dentist, who will stoop to any low level to get what she wants. This might be her funniest role in years, and more than makes up for all the lost girlfriend parts she has been given in the recent past. Wel-come back Jennifer. All is forgiven.

The plot has the three put upon employees, de-ciding over beers to put an end to their bosses. Dale suggests they hire a hit-man. Their search for help in the murder department takes them to the bad side of town, where they meet Dean “MF’ Jones (Jamie Foxx). He is hilarious as the supposed bad guy who the three buffoons be-lieve will murder their bosses for cash. In a great turn of events, he takes their money in ex-change not for murder, but for advice. You want three people dead and don’t want their deaths directly related to your

relationships to them; then, exchange targets. Nick takes on the job of killing Bobby Pellitt, Dale takes on Dave Harken, and in what is in a stroke of genius, Kurt gets to go after Dr. Julia Harris.

Horrible Bosses is a great comedy. The actors obviously love their char-acters, evil bosses and revengeful victims alike. The seemingly realistic

relationship of the three buddies makes their fan-tastic situation seem that much more believable. I loved their on-screen chemistry, their comic

timing and the fantas-tic screen play that gave them the space to work. If you see one comedy this summer, make it Horrible Bosses.

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