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The spacious office at 108 Wal-tham Drive was a sea of blue last Friday evening as nearly 200 local Tories from all corners of Leeds and Grenville, packed in to help incum-bent candidate, Leeds-Grenville MP, Gord Brown, officially open his campaign headquarters. On hand for the opening were several high-profile Conservatives including, Leeds-Grenville MPP Steve Clark and his predecessor, Senator Bob Runciman, who took turns urging the already high-spirited crowd of supporters to tell neighbours and

Gabriel and NDP looking for change

Mathew Gabriel opened his cam-paign office on Sunday with the sim-ple message of change, for around 40 supporters at his headquarters at 25 Perth Street.

The NDP party and Gabriel are looking to exact change for everyone that is feeling disenfranchised and misrepresented with the current gou-vernment. “People feel like it is time for a change”, said Gabriel. “We need a gouvernment in place that repre-sents everyone, not just the big cor-porations, but the working class as well”.

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If the good wishes of her supporters would translate into positive results, Leeds-Grenville Federal Liberal can-didate Marjory Loveys will be headed for Ottawa this May. In the meantime, Loveys says that constituents can ex-pect a ‘clean and positive’ campaign from her camp, that focuses less on attacking incumbent Tory candidate, Gord Brown, and more on the Liberal platform.

“I’m not going after anyone in this campaign, I’m promoting myself and the Liberal Party,” Loveys told the crowd of more than 40 supporters who

Momentum picking up for Greens

If Federal Green Party candidate Mary Slade’s Monday night campaign launch is any indication, the Party’s momentum is most certainly picking up. In fact, noted Slade’s campaign manager, Matt Casselman, despite the recent fervour surrounding the broadcast consortium’s decision to exclude the Party’s National leader, Elizabeth May from televised de-bates, the party’s popularity appears to be growing.

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history,” Casselman told the crowd of nearly 30 supporters before intro-ducing Slade.

On local level, he add-ed, the Party’s member-ship has seen “incredible growth” since the 2008 election, having steadily increased from a mem-bership of 36, in 2006, to more than 100 members within the Leeds-Gren-ville area in 2011.

“I think that right now, we are in an enviable pos-ition,” said Casselman.

“In the first week, we have already seen our first run of 750 campaign signs reduced to 75. We are extremely pleased with the level of local support we’ve received from both the Riding As-sociation and the voters. We’re gonna do it this time, I can feel it!”

For Slade, an Athens-area beef farmer and re-tired public school board planner, the Party’s phil-

osophy, which includes healthy living and pro-motion of organic food, sustainability and “eco-logical wisdom”, speaks for itself.

“I think that we are the only party that is dealing with issues that are rel-evant to younger voters,” said Slade, who also cited jobs, taxes, and help for small farmers and small businesses, as core pillars of the Party’s platform.

“Locally and nation-ally, small businesses are crucial in new job cre-ation.”

Slade continued that she would not slander other parties in this cam-paign, saying she prefers to promote her party.

“I’m appealing to all Leeds- Grenvillians,” said Slade.

“Let’s put our area on the map. Let’s elect the first Green MP. Let’s be-come Leeds and Green-ville.”

friends to get out for the vote in support of the federal candidate.

“Gord is a fighter,” said Runciman.

“He fights for this part of the province and he will definitely fight for the people of Leeds and Grenville.”

“He has always put Leeds and Grenville first and he will always put the people of Leeds-Grenville first. You’re not going to get a harder working candidate than Gord Brown. He de-serves strong support!” added Clark.

Brown, who will soon open additional satel-lite campaign offices in Gananoque, Kemptville, and Prescott, said that he is ‘extremely dis-appointed’ that an elec-tion has been called at a time when ‘economic recovery is underway.’

“This is not a blip on the chart folks, this is a recovery that is under-way, a recovery orches-trated by your Conserva-tive government,” said Brown, adding that six consecutive quarters of economic growth and recovery, has placed Canada on a more solid footing.

Brown continued that in light of Canada’s ‘eco-nomic development’, the election is not only ‘not needed’, but an op-

portunistic move for the ‘Liberal-led coalition.’

“This is an oppor-tunistic move for them, they reached for any-thing to bring us down and force the fourth election in seven years on Canadians. So I am disappointed, but I am also prepared. The na-tional media will tell you that we are cruising to an easy victory, but we know better. We know the only way to win is to work hard because with-out the work, without the votes, our agenda, the agenda of sound economic policy will be lost.”

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gathered to celebrate the launch of her campaign office last Friday after-noon.

In her speech, Loveys promised a Liberal gov-ernment that would not ‘play games’ and would be an ‘open and accountable government that is not into fear-mongering.’

“This election is about having an open and hon-est government that provides information to Parliament and to the public.”

Loveys continued that her party believes that the next round of investment should be focused on fam-ilies, adding that invest-ment in education would be more prudent in terms of job creation than cor-porate tax cuts.

“It’s about education,

not jails, it’s about families and not large corpora-tions,” said Loveys, adding that her priority, if elect-ed, will be job creation in

Leeds and Grenville. “I will work to bring

jobs here with a laser-like focus. Not jobs in Alberta, not just jobs in big cities,

but jobs right here.” Loveys plans to open

other offices in Prescott, Gananoque and Kempt-ville soon.

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Gabriel relishes the role of the underdog, a position the NDP party are accustomed to. “If elections were decided before they happen, there wouldn’t be much sense in holding them”, said Gabriel, adding that when citizens lose their faith in a current gou-vernment anything can happen.

“We need to get people believing in their elected officials again”, said Gab-

riel. “Some have lost the will to vote and feel no matter what, they can’t affect change. We want to change this thinking”.

In the traditionally ‘blue’ county of Leeds Grenville, Gabriel will be looking to splash a little orange across the city. “I am excited to get out and continue to meet the vot-ers”, said Gabriel. “Going door to door is a great way to get to know the people”.

Surrounded by more than 40 supporters, Leeds-Grenville Federal Liberal Candidate, Mar-jory Loveys speaks to the crowd before cutting the ribbon to officially open her campaign office, located at 29 King Street West, right next to Tait’s. From left to right, Leeds-Grenville Federal Liberal Candidate, Marjory Loveys, Loveys’ campaign manager James Eastwood.

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Leeds-Grenville Green Party candidate Mary Slade address-es the crowd at Monday night’s official opening of her cam-paign office, located at 41 King Street West.

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Mathew Gabriel opened his campaign office on Sunday with the simple message of change, for around 40 support-ers at his headquarters at 25 Perth Street.

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The residents of Leeds and Grenville may find themselves having to travel as far as Kingston or Belleville in order to receive surgery if a re-cent report issued by the regional health authority is approved in June. The report, entitled “Clinical Services Roadmap”, is a service delivery review aimed at ensuring the LHIN’s budget of nearly $1 billion, is spent in the most efficient manner. The proposed review presents four scenarios for realigning surgical services within the South East LHIN, one of which would centralize services to Kingston and Belle-

ville, removing them from smaller hospitals in Brockville, Perth-Smiths Falls, and Napanee. Though hospital admin-istrators insist that the likelihood of this scen-ario coming to fruition is reportedly low, Leeds-Grenville MPP, Steve Clark says that the op-tion of removing surgery from BGH is not admis-sible, even as an extreme scenario.

“It’s bad enough that such a proposal is even on the table. I’m out-raged and disgusted that this option, contained in a consultant’s report, is even being discussed,” Clark told Health and Long-Term Care Minis-ter Deb Matthews, dur-ing the question period

at Queen’s Park last Tues-day.

“But what frightens me more is that the re-port describes this as the ‘ideal system redesign.’ Hospitals are the life-blood of our commun-ities in Eastern Ontario and surgical programs are at the heart of those facilities. The loss of sur-gical service would not only be a severe blow to patient care, it would ef-fectively put these small hospitals like BGH on life support,” stressed Clark.

“The people of Leeds-Grenville won’t sit back and let your LHIN gut our hospital, and neither will I.”

In her reply during question period, Mat-thews does not address

the local LHIN options specifically, but instead defends the work of the LHINs.

“Local health integra-tion networks, because they replace two layers of bureaucracy that were formerly in place, ac-tually cost no more than what was in place before. What they do add is a local voice,” said Mat-thews.

“I’m very proud of the work of the local health integration networks. They are driving inte-gration, they are driving change.”

Unsatisfied that the Minister’s response, Clark requested a “late show” proceeding in the Legislature to debate the issue further.

Although the timeline for implementation is 10-15 years, Clark noted the impact on BGH would be immediate.

“What doctor, particu-larly a surgeon, is going to agree to locate in our community if they know the surgical department is being closed down? This plan will make it impossible for us to at-tract new doctors and will leave our emergency department without es-sential surgical services,” said Clark, adding that the fallout would also hurt economic develop-ment efforts in Brock-ville and beyond.

“One of the first questions families and businesses ask when they consider moving

to a new community is, ‘What’s the level of health care?’ Without surgical services, we can’t provide the best answer to that question. This plan needs to be off the table and in the trash can today.”

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Managing Your Money

We hear a lot about sustainability these days. Sustainability is said to con-sist of three pillars: ecological, social and economic. If you’re nearing or already enjoying retirement, the economic as-pect of sustainability is very important to you. As in, will your retirement income be sufficient to sustain the lifestyle you want for all the years of your retirement.

Here are some strategies that will help ensure the sustainability of your finan-cial life in retirement.

1. Make a date Decide when you want to retire. If you choose to retire earlier than age 65, you’ll have fewer years to save for retirement and more to finance. If you choose to retire after 65, you can opt to enjoy the tax-saving, income-building advantages of your RRSP until the end of the year in which you turn 71 – and you can even extend those bene-fits after 71 by continuing to pay into an RRSP for your spouse who is younger than 71.

2. Design a lifestyle The shape of your retirement will dictate its cost. If you in-tend to be a homebody, the costs could be lower. If regular travel is part of your retirement design, costs could escalate. If you decide to continue working full-time, part time or on a contract basis, or even start your own business, even a modest amount of additional employ-ment income can make a difference.

3. Add up your income from all sources Your retirement income may come from personal savings, company pensions, your RRSPs, TFSAs and non-registered investments, as well as gov-ernment sources including the Canada Pension Plan/ Québec Pension Plan (CPP/QPP) and Old Age Security (OAS).

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retirement spending requirements in three categories: essential expenses that can’t be reduced, discretionary expenses that you can control, and the additional costs, such as healthcare, that typically come along with aging. Calculate the income you’ll need to cover your essen-tial and discretionary retirement costs as well as the additional income (or income protection strategies) you’ll need to cov-er the ‘extra’ expenses of aging.

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On Saturday, April 2nd the Board of Direc-tors and Advisors for the Brockville and Area Sports Dome Associa-tion undertook a stra-tegic planning process to determine the next steps needed to accom-plish their goal of bring-ing a multi-sports dome to Brockville and Area by October of 2012.

The group identified five different areas that needed to be addressed: governance; logistics; fundraising; media and communications; and the issuing of a RFP (Re-quest for Proposal) for the construction of the dome on the proposed Laurier Field site. Phase 1 of the strategic planning will culminate in October of 2011 with the selection of the successful RFP.

The BASDA Board of Directors is composed of: Karen Nolan - President; Elaine DeKroon - Vice President; Cheryl Fra-ser - Treasurer; Martin Noe; David Dargie; and Brian Van Mierlo. James Eastwood is the Legal Advisor; Joe Brunner is the Business Advisor; and

Gord Beach will take the lead as a volunteer Pro-ject Manager. The Board of Directors and Advis-ors selected Karen Nolan and Martin Noe to be Co-Chairs of the planning team.

One of the first tasks for this planning team is to determine the level of interest and commit-ment among Brockville and Area sports associa-tions who would become the “users” of the multi-sports dome. A public meeting has been set for Wednesday, April 27th in the Amphitheatre of Thousand Islands Sec-ondary School beginning at 7:00 p.m. Any repre-sentatives of local sports associations and/or any interested members of the public are invited to attend this meeting and learn more about the proposed plans to bring

a multi-sports dome to Brockville and Area by October, 2012.

Karen Nolan, Co-Chair of the BASDA remarked, “The strategic planning session was helpful to our group in determining the next steps that we need to undertake to accom-plish our goal of bring-ing a multi-sports dome to Brockville and Area by October, 2012. We have identified that the pub-lic meeting on April 27th at T.I.S.S. will be key to understanding the sup-port and commitment of potential use groups in Brockville and the sur-rounding communities. We invite any interested representatives of sport and recreation associa-tions and groups to join us in the Amphitheatre at Thousand Island Second-ary School on April 27th beginning at 7:00 p.m.”

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When it comes to sup-port for the Brockville General Hospital Inten-sive Care Unit (ICU), for siblings Jane, Jennifer and Jack it is definitely a family affair. On March 31st, 2011, the three siblings presented a donation of $5000 to the ICU in mem-ory of their parents Joan and John Goodenough. The funds were used to purchase BGH unit staff wish list items, including stethoscopes, a bariatric wheelchair, and a nerve stimulator, all of which, staff members say, are

deeply appreciated. “Our mother had excel-

lent care here in the ICU over the last year of her life,” said Jane Hurd.

“She was struggling with a heart condition that was deteriorating over time, and she ended up here three times that last year.”

“The care and the staff were wonderful for our mother,” added sister Jen-nifer Lessard.

“Dr. Hynd was great. Each time we brought her in, our mother rallied. We think we got an extra year with her because of the level of care she received at the Brockville General ICU.”

The Goodenoughs were longtime residents of Brockville. Father John ran his own business, while Joan was primarily a home-maker for the family. The donation to the ICU was made at the end of March to mark the anniversary of mother Joan’s passing.

“It was our way of say-ing thank you to the staff,” explained brother, Jack Goodenough.

“And we want to high-light the equipment needs in the ICU along with the great care,” added Hurd.

“The ICU is an import-ant part of the hospital. We’d like to encourage others to get involved.”

Donation to Brockville General Hospital ICU a family affair

Family donation and special equipment are shared by (l-r) Jane Hurd, Jack Goodenough, ICU staff Kathy Sands (holding stimulator), Dr. Jamie Hynd, Jennifer Lessard, ICU staff Bren-da Warren, ICU staff Sharon Hass (holding stethoscope) , and Brockville and District Hos-pital Foundation Executive Director Joan MacLaughlin. SUBMITTED PHOTO

A series of reported fox sightings in the Park and Ormond Street area, kept Brockville City Police even busier than usual last week. Inspector Scott Fraser said that more than one fox has been spotted within the area, includ-ing one that appears to be suffering from Mange, a skin disease that can be transferred between spe-cies, as well as to humans, in the form of scabies. Frasier continued that of-ficers from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), as well as the Ministry of Natural Resources were called to the scene to make a visual assessment of the injured fox, but concluded that

nothing could be done for the animal at that time.

“The animal is obvious-ly suffering, and mostly likely, more irritated than anything,” said Fraser.

“We don’t want to see any harm come to it, how-ever, our concern, is public safety, so we are discour-

aging people from trying to approach any foxes or feed them, in hopes that once there is no longer a reason to hang around that area, they will move on.”

Police also remind pet owners to be vigilant re-garding their pets.

Fox sightings on the riseBy Erin ChristieObserver Staff Writer

Sports Dome Association completes Phase 1 of strategic planning

City police are investi-gating a series of break-ins that occurred on Smith Island sometime between Wednesday, March 30th and Satur-day, April 2nd. Police say eleven cottages on the island were broken into,

which is located just south of Country Club Place and St. Lawrence Park in the west end of the city.

Reports indicate that much of the damage was to cottage doors and theft and was classi-

fied as mischief, but one cottage was ransacked. Police say that likely the suspects arrived by boat.

If you have any infor-mation on this incident, contact the Brockville Po-lice Service at (613)-342-0127

POLICE BLOTTER

By Erin ChristieObserver Staff Writer

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We’re told by Harper, Brown and Mike Hart that nobody wants an election. That may be true, but about 60 percent of the people in Canada want to get rid of the Harper government, and, since we are a democracy, at least in name, having an election is the only way to do it. It may cost us money, and we may end up worse than before with a Conservative majority, but it is the price and risk many are will-ing to accept.

We are tired of Mr. Harper’s contempt for Parliament and for the Canadian people as shown repeatedly and now, finally, officially (an historical first). We are tired of his taking his ball and going home when he doesn’t get his own way (proroguing parliament). We are tired of his cutting funding to human rights ad-vocacy groups (e.g. the Court Challenges program), intimidating and silencing people just because they disagree with him (e.g. Richard Colvin of Afghan pris-oners, Munir Sheikh of Statistics Canada, Linda Keene of the Nuclear Safety Com-mission).

We are tired of a government made up of parrot-like MPs.

We are tired of his quickness to go to war (Afghanistan & Libya) no matter what the cost in lives and money.

We are tired of his claim to be fiscally responsible while he spends billions on stealth fighters we don’t need, millions on TV self-promoting ads for a program that is already finished (Canadian Eco-nomic Action Plan), billions on Amer-ican-styled prisons, a billion on a G20 photo-op, billions on corporate tax cuts and then refuses to have a pharmacare program that would save Canadians an estimated $6 billion.

We are tired of a government that caters to the wealthy, and the rich cor-porations with “free” trade agreements, and tosses self-promoting pennies to Canadian families, widening the gap be-tween the rich and the poor year by year. We are tired of Mr. Harper saying how well off we are when millions are unem-ployed (and treated miserly) or working for minimum wage, when we have thou-sands of food banks, a huge debt of over half a $trillion and a huge deficit. We are

tired of the economic inequality of our society and the pains it creates

We are tired of a federal government that worked against action on global warming at Copenhagen, and that brought disgrace to Canada at the United Nations by working against the recogni-tion of water as a human right.

We are tired of the government’s se-crecy, lack of accountability, question-able ethics and hypocrisy, of the negative ads making false allegations about Mr. Ignatieff, and of the disgraceful behav-iour Harper’s party has created in parlia-ment.

We are tired of the Harper government brainwashing people into thinking that paying taxes is a bad thing. Taxes are people power, if the government really represents the people. They are how we care for the sick; educate our young, look after the disabled, etc. We are tired of an unfair tax system that favours the rich and the corporations, where tax ha-vens are allowed, and the market is about speculation not wealth creation.

We are tired of his lying and fear-mon-gering about coalitions which are com-mon globally, represent the people well and get things done.

We are tired of his failure to support Canada’s public health care system. He even put a review of the Health Accord which ends in 2014 in the hands of an unelected Senate committee instead of the Commons’ Health Committee.

We are tired of a government which self-promotes itself with foreign aid schemes, but whose foreign aid program under CIDA is a mess, overseen by an in-competent Minister, Bev Oda.

We are tired of a government that does not represent the majority of Canadians, that Election Canada states cheated to get elected, that tried to bring back American-styled elections funded by the rich and the corporations rather than the people.

The list could go on.We are tired of a one-man government

dedicated to a discredited ideology, and so we welcome an election.

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We’re told by Harper...

The way it should be A common focus that has been increasing over recent elec-

tions is the concentration on defacing one’s opponent, exploit-ing their ‘so called’ weaknesses, rather than talking about the issues. If only we didn’t follow the American style character as-sassination campaigns that this election seems to be ripe with.

Why is it that politicians feel the need to attack their oppo-nents rather than talk about the issues that matter to the voters? Is it our fault? Is it the only way these elections can run, or is it that the main issues involved in the upcoming election are the candidates and the existing controversies that surround the par-ties? Are we as Canadians just being responsible and concerned citizens hungry for the truth, or are we falling prey to the easy route, and blaming everyone not in line with our thinking for any problems our country may have?

One thing is very obvious when you look at the party leaders that are in the spotlight right now. Stephen Harper and Michael Ignatieff, the leaders of Canada’s two highest profile parties, are in a mudslinging contest, that will do nothing but damage each other’s campaign, while Jack Layton sits back and looks like the candidate with the most professionalism, while he takes the high road. Is this the case, or is Mr. Layton reaping the benefits of the head-on battle between the two?

The country deserves better, and the ideals and needs of the citizens need to be the focus of the election, not who is the ‘less-er of two evils’ between Harper and Ignatieff, not which leader you would like best to have as your neighbor, and not someone who is only after the betterment of a single region or area.

Can’t we vote for who we want to run our country, or do we go through another election ‘not’ voting for the candidate who is a so-called ‘bad person’. Let’s hear about how our newly elected gouvernment is going to keep Canada on the climb out of the recent global recession. Let’s hear about how we are going to protect our citizens through solidifying our military and how we are going to protect our natural resources for the generations to come.

We share much with our neighbors to the south, and many things are good for our country, but their method of campaign-ing is not. We as Canadians need to rise above this unprofes-sional habit, and look at the candidates locally as well as nation-ally to make an informed decision, instead of jumping on one of the ‘band-wagons’, to make our choice based on somebody else’s opinion.

An informed voter is powerful, whereas an uninformed voter is dangerous.

Get out there and ask the right questions, do your own re-search, talk to as many sources as possible, and make a decision based on all the facts. This will be the key to making this newly appointed gouvernment ‘our own’.

Austin de Luis

Contributing WritersTom AlnuttCatherine CavanaghRod CharltonRuss DisotellCatherine Durnford-WangDoug GrantMorjory Loveys

The Brockville Lions Club was also inducted into this year’s Hall of Fame and the given the Life-time Achievement Award for their annual Music Festival. “We don’t have a lot, but we have a very sup-portive community,” noted co-chair, Norm Kear-ney, who represented the Lions along with Club president, Ross Brown. “Our motto is, we serve, and it’s been our pleasure to serve this com-munity for the past 60 years,” added Brown. From left to right; Lions Club Music Festival Co-Chair, Norm Kearney, FM radio announcer, HOF founder, Bruce Wylie, and Lions Club President, Ross Brown.

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This week we once again flip the column on its head and start from a perspective of a specific food and the best wines to match with it. The specific request that launched this food first approach was for wine matches for an everyday meal featuring roast beef, so that’s what we’ll feature in this col-umn.

Roast beef has always been at or near the top of most comfort food lists and despite the influx of international influence on today’s menus, remains there. The picture of the family gathered around the Sunday roast, so ubi-quitous in movies and television of the 50’s and

60’s, still resonates true today. The only addition is a nice bottle of wine to enhance the experi-ence.

There are many different varieties, or cuts, of roast, but we’ll keep our approach fairly generic. When looking for matching wines they all present essen-tially the same flavour profile, a rich, succu-lent combina-tion of fattiness and protein. The best com-binations will feature wines with sufficient depth of flavour to stand up to this meaty-richness, even if their body style is lighter.

Generally speaking most dry red wines will match nicely with our roast. The list is lengthy and includes Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Syrah/

Shiraz, Merlot, Zinfan-del, Pinot Noir, Rioja and

Barbaresco. So you can choose a wine based on your personal preferences. As always some work bet-ter than others. Try to avoid wines that are too soft and supple, they won’t stand up to the fatty com-ponent of the beef, which needs a wine with a mod-icum of tannins to balance the fattiness.

Overly fruity wines can be slightly jarring, wines lacking fruit equally dis-appointing. Wines with an abundance of fresh, sweet oak, such as a good Rioja, will perform quite nicely.

It seems only appro-priate that we choose a wine with a long pedigree of quality to pair with our traditional Sunday (or weekday) roast. Campo Viejo Crianza (CSPC# 620997, $14.45, Brockville Shopping Centre) was

Rioja and roast beef: Perfecto!

“Peace, peace, to the far and to the near says the Lord.” (Isaiah 57:19)

The world spins and crashes even as Lent, the forty days preceding Eas-ter, calls us to breathe deeply, take this season

slow. But earthquakes, tsunamis, riots, protests and nuclear meltdowns, not to mention the individual dramas of our lives that will never make headlines, do not concede us the time for breath, for reflection, for peace.

This may be the reason Jesus went into the desert. The harshness of the Judean desert brings a stillness that even two thousand years ago could not be found in daily life. And so for a moment we are asked to seek our own desert, our own place of peace.

It can be hard to make space for stillness in our lives. Idleness can bring guilt, unrest. But stretching ourselves is dangerous on a continuous basis. Even elastics snap.

I doubt that many people reading this will be able to take an uninterrupted forty days for contemplation whether in the desert or elsewhere. It isn’t necessary. It isn’t required. None of us are burdened with the salva-tion of the world. And yet, together, collectively, all of us share some responsibility for it.

If we are to feed our world, if we are to be there for our neighbour and for the distant stranger, we must allow time for thought, meditation, even prayer. We must divest ourselves of the guilt that forbids us to spend a moment in that empty space where nothing is a barrier to our God.

It is true. Our reflections during Lent should lead us to action, just as Jesus’ time away prepared him for his role in the world. They may lead us to cry out for jus-tice with the people of the Middle East. They may lead us to reach out in solidarity with the people of Japan. They may lead us to speak out for truth in our own na-tion. They may lead us to kindnesses within our own families and communities.

But action without thought, without preparation, can often do as much harm as good. Continued fren-zied action that prevents time for laughter, games, quiet and prayer, is action that if nothing else, will eventually harm the soul.

So I invite you this Lent, to claim that quiet space in your life. Find your peace, find yourself, find your God.

Finding peace in Lent

SOULSIDE

by Catherine Cavanagh

OFF THE VINE

by Russ Disotell

If you know teens who have not had dental care because they cannot af-ford it, this news will be music to your ears. April is Oral Health Month, and the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit wants to get the mes-sage out: teens aged 14-17 years can still qualify for emergency dental ser-vices under the expanded Children In Need Of Treat-ment (CINOT) program.

As part of the Ontario Government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, The CINOT program was ex-panded in January 2009 to provide urgent dental care for teens until their 18th birthday. To be eligible for the program, children must not be covered by any other form of den-tal insurance. They must be screened by a Health Unit Registered Dental Hygienist, and have signs

of visual decay, trauma, infection or pain. Once eligible, the family may choose a dental profes-sional from those who ac-cept the CINOT program. Basic services, such as exams, x-rays, cleaning, fillings, and extractions are covered by the pro-gram.

Poor oral health af-fects more than just the mouth. According to the Canadian Dental As-

sociation, the potential consequences of tooth decay in children and teens are considerable. Not only can tooth decay cause acute and chronic pain, but it can interfer-ence with eating, sleep-ing and proper growth as well. Visual decay and premature tooth loss can affect a teen’s self-esteem, and even influ-ence social development. Poor oral health can also

affect a person’s confi-dence when entering the workforce.

As of Jan 1. 2011, ap-proximately 100 teens in the tri-county area have made use of the expanded CINOT fund-ing. We encourage par-ents and caregivers to communicate with teens about their oral health. As children age, parents are less likely to super-vise daily brushing and

flossing routines, and small problems may go undetected until they are large and uncomfortable.

So whether you Fa-cebook, Tweet, text, or just pick up the phone…spread the word! No child or teen should suffer from dental related pain. To find out more, contact the Leeds, Grenville and Lan-ark District Health Unit at 1-800-660-5853 or visit www.healthunit.org.

Download this: your teen may still be eligible for free urgent dental care

Overly fruity wines can be

slightly jarring, wines lacking fruit

equally disappointing.

Wines with an abundance of fresh, sweet oak, such as

a good Rioja, will perform quite nicely.

The new MoneySense list of the top places to live in Canada was recently published and Brockville didn’t fare too well. The list is comprised of 180 cit-ies and towns across Can-ada with a population of 10,000+. The categories were; Housing Affordabil-ity, Income, Job Prospects, Crime Rates, and Access to Health Care. These cat-egories were then further broken down into sub-categories which were all graded on a point system that is so convoluted this writer can’t quite grasp them. Suffice it to say that out of the 105 points avail-able the top city only got 71.77 and the lowest city

got 33.09. Of the 180 cities in this ranking Brockville came in at number 144, a drop from 139 in 2010. Over dinner on Satur-day night with friends, the findings of this poll were discussed and we all agreed that there had to be a better way of de-ciding which city was the best in Canada. Sure the people who devised this are financial wizards, and love statistics and graphs and crunching numbers this way and that but.....

and this is a big but......they didn’t ask us!! Their information was based on statistics and we all know what can be done with statistics. Statistics can be shuffled around to mean what you want. Suppos-ing they had their findings but before they published them they made them available to the general public. Then all the cat-egories available could be voted on by us, John and Jane Public because, let’s face it, not everyone is all that interested in whether or not being able to ride a bicycle to work is possible year round. A category such as unemployment is not as vital to retired

people who are looking for a nice place to live as it is to a thirty-something family with children to support. Perhaps if we’d had a say in this poll Brockville may have come in much closer to the top.

Let’s take the category Walk/Bike to Work (7 points) – Maybe not to work, but how about along the beautiful trails out near Mallorytown Landing or the bike trails through Brockville proper? That should count. Weather (18 points with 6 for amount of precipitation, 6 for num-ber of wet days, 6 for days

Observations about Brockville being 144th

by Catherine Durnford-Wang

OBSERVATIONS OF A

BABY BOOMER

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With a Federal election upon us, we are seeing pollsters telling us how much support that candi-date has, how popular that policy is, and which area of the country is likely to vote in a particular way.

For statisticians, elec-tions are a true buffet. Almost every party, can-didate and news out-let wants numbers, and that is what statisticians do. For those of us who have studied science, the courses in basic statistics were a nightmare, give me a lab bench and some interesting chemicals any day! However, we quickly learned (well, for some it might have been quickly) that a basic understand-ing of stats is essential to understanding what you have done and what you want to do.

Suppose your factory makes light bulbs and your marketing people tell you that people want a bulb that lasts 1000 hours. So you take some off the pro-duction line and put them in a lamp beside a timer. How many do you take? Let’s start with ten. You turn them on, and wait. One quits at 650 hours, another at 800 hours, the next three at 1050, 1100, 1200, and so on. One stal-

wart lasts for 2200 hours. What does this tell you? To start, it tells you that there are a lot of variables in your manufacturing pro-cess, if the worst bulb lasts for about one third of the time the best bulb lasts. So you spend time fixing you manufacturing, standard-izing your processes and your materials, and gen-erally controlling things better. Then you do the test again. This time your bulbs last 950, 980, 1050, 1100, two at 1140, and the rest up to 1350. Looks better, doesn’t it? You can say with about 80 per cent confidence that your bulb will last 1000 hours, because only two of ten failed before that. There is a clever statistical way of describing that which we won’t bother with, but suffice it to say that your manufacturing process is better than it was, and your bulbs are more con-sistent and reliable.

Now to elections. The biggest problem is that people aren’t light bulbs or mechanical compon-ents that behave in a

specific manner, and also that people change as the atmosphere around policy shifts and unforeseen events have an effect.

You often hear that poll-sters asked 1200 people of voting age how they would vote in a given situation. Experience has shown that about 1000 – 1200 people is pretty close to the ten light bulbs as a sample size. More responses do not give better accuracy in reflecting answers. You also hear that the answers are accurate to within plus or minus three percent-age points, nineteen times out of twenty. That is non-‘geekspeak’ for a specific statistical test that de-scribes how the data was obtained and the estimate of its accuracy.

The answers are re-leased and the media jumps on them to claim this or that trend, the op-posing parties scoff at the results, the party finan-cing the poll crows in tri-umph…. and the rest of us go back to work.

A key difference be-tween a voter and a light bulb (yes, I know there are a few are dim bulbs) is that the way the question is asked can make a huge difference to the response. Pollsters have addressed

this to some extent by asking questions such as: If the election were to be held tomorrow, would you vote for X, Y, or Z? Ques-tions that are more vague or allow a continuum of responses, such as rate your support on a scale of one to five, allow the pollsters and candidates much more wiggle room. For example, if only a few voters “extremely dislike” Policy X, more said “dis-like”, the majority were neutral and a handful

were gung-ho for it, the party supporting it may say that a majority were in support, interpreting neu-tral as not really against.

So where are we on sta-tistics? Stats are essential to running a manufactur-ing operation. In a process involving human behav-ior, stats can be helpful in determining trends and directions, but it would be unwise to place all your confidence in polls. Un-expected things pop up, candidates’ personalities

can make a difference, and sometimes, just some-times, voters say one thing to a pollster and put their X in a different spot. It’s all part of the process.

By the way, Friday April 15th and Saturday April 16th is the Rideau-St. Law-rence Science Fair at the 1000 Islands Mall. Stop by, talk to the students, look at the projects, and see what a great job the students have done.

Maybe even offer to help the Science Fair!

one of the first Spanish wines at the LCBO to gain recognition amongst con-sumers for its quality and food-friendly versatility. It may not be dominating the headlines as it once did, but it still offers out-standing quality and fla-vour for a very reasonable price. The 2006 and 2007 vintages (LCBO stock is just changing as the 2006 runs out and is replaced by 2007) are both out-standing.

Over the years this styl-ish Rioja has evolved into a synthesis of styles with

New World forward fruit and the Old World atten-tion to structure, com-plexity and balance. The complex nose is open and enticing, with fresh red berry, vanilla, herbal and toasted oak aromas. The wine, which is aged for two years (one year in oak) before being released to market, is medium-bodied with layers of fruit and a tangy, refreshing texture.

Look for concentrated, almost jammy red and black berry fruit, aug-mented by cassis and

cherry, chocolate, oak and vanilla. Medium tannins and ample acidity balance the fruit. The finish is per-sistent and flavourful.

The intense fruit fla-vours allow Campo Viejo Crianza to match perfect-ly with our roast as well as other roast or grilled red meats, including grilled lamb. Its wonderful struc-ture and balance make it a candidate for partner-ing with pork and roast turkey. So head to the butcher’s, pick up your favourite cut of roast and enjoy!

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COLUMN

by Rod Charlton

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below Zero Centigrade). Well, come on folks, this is Canada. Weather in Can-ada is pretty much the same across the board. More snow, less snow, longer winter, longer sum-mer but it’s all pretty much the same unless you live in Vancouver or Victoria where it would be less rain, more rain, short rainy summer, long rainy sum-mer. Housing (15 points – 7.5 for average house prices and 7.5 for time to buy a house).

I’m sure there are places with more afford-able housing than Brock-ville but frankly I don’t want to live in a place that has ‘Medicine’ or ‘Mine’ or ‘Jaw’ in its name. Having moved here from Victoria, B.C. where you need a cool half a million to buy a tear-down home, Brockville housing is very reason-able. Sales Tax (1 Point) and Income Tax (2 points) were also categories and that defies logic. Sales tax and income tax aren’t set by cities so the sales tax and income tax rates are the same for people living in Brockville as they are for those living in Cornwall, which, incidentally, the people who did these find-ings found to be a better place to live than Brock-ville.

My feeling is this. The people who did the poll-ing and the crunching of numbers to arrive at their list, with Ottawa-Gatineau being the number one city in Canada in which to live, have never been there. If they had they would have quickly understood that Ottawa-Gatineau is not a city. It’s a region. Ottawa is one city and it is in On-tario. Gatineau is in Que-bec and it is an amalgama-tion of Hull, Alymer and Gatineau.

They obviously have never been to Brockville nor have they read The Brockville Observer. If they had been here they would have seen, instantly, the charm of a city perched on the beautiful St. Law-rence River with a diverse population. They would have seen beautiful parks and walkways, growth on the waterfront, a resurgent downtown and people who actually like living here for a multitude of rea-sons.

The strangers who chose to retire to Brock-ville did so for a multitude of reasons. They no longer wanted to live in a big city and Brockville was the perfect size. Its proxim-ity to Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the United States meant they could

easily travel to large cen-tres without the headache of living there. Some retir-ees simply drove through on their way to somewhere else and being enchanted with the city and the St. Lawrence River decided this was the place for them.

Brockville isn’t per-fect, that’s true. But in this writer’s humble and unasked for opinion, and the opinion of my friends I had dinner with on Sat-urday night, it sure is lots better than the 144 out of the 180 it was ranked. We have a college, for which there were points, we have a hospital, for which there were points, we have low crime, for which there were points. We also have the intangibles for which there was no rating like eating ice cream on Block-house Island on a hot, summer day, cross-coun-try skiing at the Brockville Country Club with your dogs running along be-side you, walking down-town and seeing people you know giving you a friendly wave or stopping for a chat. Perhaps if we’d had the opportunity to vote our intangibles would have put us way ahead of the pack.

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Another question could be “I love salty foods and am having trouble changing my eat-ing. Can you recommend anything?”

Thank you for your great question! You are not alone! Most people are either sweets people or salty people! For those who would still like to get their salty craving, I would recommend Kale Chips. These are best if homemade.

Kale Chips Recipe:1 head of Kale (looks like

darker, greener lettuce) Dash Sea Salt1- 2 tbsp Grape Seed Oil (can be found at local grocery stores)

1. Rip off Kale leaves into pieces (size of regu-lar chips)

2. Wash and pat dry, put into large bowl

3. Add Grape Seed Oil and mix onto all pieces of Kale

4. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper and spread Kale evenly. Sprinkle Sea Salt on Kale sparingly.

5. Bake at 300 F for 8-10 mins. Cook until crispy and let cool!

Hope this helps satisfy your craving! Enjoy :)

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Clarke Flynn of Flynn Training Systems gives instruction to Anne Lawrence during a Friday afternoon circuit. Flynn, a former Olympic athlete offers training for ath-letes and fitness enthusiasts from all ranges of age and experience. Flynn shown here training his group of ‘executive ladies’, also works with bodybuilder Melanie Gardner, fitness model Brittany Byrd, Braves defenseman Tyson Wilson, and NCAA hockey player Jenn Nedow as well as many others. The ‘executive ladies’ work on balance, flexibility, strength and range of motion.

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A group of local yoga in-structors, and supporting businesses are set for the 4th annual Yogathon this coming weekend on Sat-urday, April 9th at Premier Fitness in the Thousand Islands Mall.

The event will be rais-ing money for Loaves and Fishes, a local charity that offers a very important service to the commun-ity, helping feed those that couldn’t otherwise feed themselves. Organizers, Dan de Luis, Whitnee Den-ard-Paul, and Julie Morel felt this was the perfect or-ganization to benefit from the funds raised. “With to-day’s economy, we wanted to keep the money raised specifically local”, said de Luis. In the past the pro-ceeds went to provincial organizations like Schizo-phrenia Ontario, but this year the idea was making the event ‘truly local’.

“We see the need and

the benefit of such a great community service every day”, said Denard-Paul, adding that there are sev-eral other worthy charities, but the fit seemed perfect with families struggling to put food on the table.

The event and yoga in general have both gained enormous momentum in recent times, with so many people struggling to maintain their health and wellness while balancing their busy lives. “This is the perfect time of year when everyone is look-ing for something new to better their bodies and their health”, said Denard-Paul. “The Yogathon is a great way to get into yoga without having to make a big commitment or join a club”.

While yoga instruct-ors spend the better part of their jobs bettering the lives of their students on a personal one-on-one level, the event will help organizers give to the com-munity on a broader spec-

trum. “We chose a charity that people know about, but that needs more help”, said de Luis. “The support of the area businesses and individuals have shown is amazing”.

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By Austin de LuisThe Observer Editor

Hot on the heels of their ‘New Faces’ success, the talented students of St. Lawrence College’s Music Theatre Program, will present another sure-fire hit, with their upcom-ing production of Joseph Stein’s beloved tale of family and tradition, ‘Fid-dler on the Roof’, which opens at the Brockville Arts Centre next week.

Inarguably called one of the most beloved stage musicals of the second half of the 20th century, ‘Fiddler’ first opened on Broadway in 1964 and ran for more than 3,000 per-formances, maintaining the record for the long-est running Broadway musical for nearly ten years until “Grease” took over.

Based on the book by Joseph Stein (based on the short story Tevye and his Daughters, by Ukran-ian writer Sholom Alei-chem,) with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics from Sheldon Harnick, “Fiddler on the Roof”

Set in Tsarist Russia in 1905, this heart-warming, and heartbreaking story

of a father of five daugh-ters, trying to maintain his family and Jewish traditions, while outside influences encroach upon their lives.

Featuring the classic songs “If I Were a Rich Man”, and “Tradition”, “Fiddler on the Roof” was nominated for ten Tony Awards, winning nine, including Best Musical, score, book, direction and choreography.

Locally, the show will be directed by Michael Bianchin, with music direction by Christopher Coyea and choreography by Janet Venn-Jackson.

Show times are from April 14th – 17th, 2011

Thurs., Apr. 14 at 8:00 p.m Fri., Apr. 15 at 8:00 p.m.Sat., Apr. 16 at 8:00 p.m. Sun., Apr. 17 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets are $30.00+HST for Adults, $28.00 +HST for Adult groups of 10 or more, $23.00 +HST for students, and $21.00 +HST for student groups of 10 or more.

For tickets or more in-formation visit http://www.brockvilleartscent-re.com or call (613) 342-7122

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Brockville had plenty of opportunities, firing 31 shots on goal, but couldn’t manage to beat Cornwall keeper Pete Karvouniaris. Cornwall scored in each of the game’s three periods, winning 3-0 en route to a birth in the league cham-pionship.

Although Brockville was riddled with injuries

to key players, the effort on a game-by-game basis wasn’t strong enough to compete with the league’s number one offense.

Cornwall moves on to face the Pembroke Lum-ber Kings for the Bogart Cup and a spot in the Fred Page Cup. The ser-ies began on Sunday with the Lumber Kings win-ning the opening game 2-0 at home. The series continues this week.

The Brockville Braves held their annual awards banquet on Monday, to honour their best, bright-est and graduating play-ers.

In what should have been a rebuilding year, the Braves amassed over 90 points and finished with a record of 44-15-0-3, good for third place overall in the league standings.

Brockville will say

goodbye to nine play-ers, who will be graduat-ing on to other things for next season: Mark Bel-vedere, Kyle Armstrong,

Ryan Collier, Tyson Wil-son, Zack Zaremba, Colin MacLean, Stephen Bird, Dylan Robichaud and Stan Smrke.

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Brockville Motors Jr Braves capped off a great season by winning the 2011 Kids for Kids Tournament. In a hard fought semi-final game against Brockville Sports Experts Jr Braves, Brockville Motors was victorious 4-2 going onto face West Carleton in the Cham-pionship, beating them 4-1. Brockville Motors were the East Division League Champs with UCHML(12 W, 7 L, 5T), Bronze Medalists within the Bell Capital Cup and runner up in the Oswego Minor Hockey Tournament. Very successful season!!

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Brockville Girls Hock-ey Association has two teams heading off to the Ontario Women’s Hockey Championships being held in Mississauga, On-tario April 8th-10th, 2011.

The Brockville “The Brick” Atom B Angels and The Brockville “3M” Bantam C Angels hock-ey teams will be repre-senting the Brockville area and their home As-sociation at this most prestigious yearly event. The Brockville “The

Brick” Atom B Angels team qualified for the Provincial Champion-ships after sweeping their Provincial Play Down games defeating Kings-ton, Nappanee and Corn-wall. The Atom B Angels are represented by the following outstanding young athletes: Kendra Beattie, Emma Caldwell, Veronica Cameron, Claire Cushing, Lauren Kerans, Kayla MacDonald, Taryn Marshall, Emma Michalicka, Shauna Mor-

rell, Alex Moulton, Alexa Muir and Grace Young. Coaching staff is Head Coach: Mike Michalicka, Assistant coaches: Tom MacDonald and Gord Cushing, Trainer: Kelly Dillabough and Man-ager: Margaret Cameron .

The Brockville “3M” Bantam C Angels were also extremely successful during their own Prov-incial Play Downs quali-fying games winning 3 games and tying the 4th which gave them the div-

isional title and the nod to moving on to the Prov-incial Championship tournament. The Ban-tam C Angels are: Andrea Carlisle, Lindsay Dennis, Emma Dukelow, Aryn Garswood, Meg Hei-sel, Amanda Irwin, Kara Jones, Cori Klein-Gunne-wick, Kiera Minkhorst, Kyla Newman, Erica

Thompson, Kennedy Whitley and Hannah Wilson. Coaching staff is Head Coach: Bobby Orr, Assistant coaches: Gary Minkhorst, John Marshall and Paul Klein-Gunne-wick: Trainer: Brooke Heisel and Manager: Kristen Horton.

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all over the Province in a bid to become Prov-incial Champions. The Atom B Angels team will be playing Waterloo, Clarington and Lucan in round robin play while the Bantam C Angels will be playing teams from Saugeen Shores, Markdale and Markham.

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The Brockville Nov-ice B1 Jr. Braves capped off an amazing week of hockey by winning the UCMHL championship in dramatic fashion Tues-day night before a packed house at the Youth Arena. After winning game 1 of the 5 point series against North Dundas, the Braves dropped the next 2 games by a single goal. Down 4 points to 2, the boys head-ed into Chesterville on Monday night with their backs against the wall. Playing their best hockey of the year, the resilient team won in convincing fashion 5-1. This set the stage for a deciding fifth game of the series in a win-ner take all showdown of the east and west division champions. After going scoreless through the first two periods, the Demons from North Dundas got on the board early in the third period to take a 1-0 lead. Less than 60 seconds later, Braves’ forward Dylan Wren banged home a feed from Evan Henderson to tie the game at 1-1. Both teams were playing clean, desperate hockey, try-ing to avoid the dreaded 3 on 3 overtime session that would follow if over-time was needed. With less than 2 minutes left in the game, league leading scorer Gavin White broke through the tenacious De-mons defense and slid one under a sprawling North Dundas goalie to make the score 2-1. The last two minutes were very hec-tic as the Demons pulled their goalie and had a couple of chances to send the game into overtime, but stellar goaltending by Brandon White kept them at bay and preserved the win and the champion-ship trophy. It was one of the best series’ of Novice hockey the UCMHL has ever seen and both teams should be commended on their competitive spirit and sportsmanship.

Between games 3 and 4 of the series, these same Braves participated in

the Kids for Kids tourna-ment in Kingston over the weekend. As a Novice ‘B’ House team, the Braves decided to put their awe-some regular season rec-ord to the test by bump-ing themselves up to the ‘A’ division of the tour-nament. After an open-ing game loss, the Braves found themselves in must win situations for the rest of the weekend. After two wins on Saturday they re-ceived a wildcard bid into the semifinals where they would face the same team that beat them earlier in the tournament. The de-termined group of young boys avenged their earlier loss by beating the West

Carleton Warriors 5-1 and moving onto the finals where they would face an undefeated Kanata Wild team. In a close checking battle that saw defence-man James Mayotte con-trol the dangerous Wild attack, Gavin White netted two goals in the second period to give the Braves all the offense they need-ed in winning the game 2-0 and the entire 12-team tournament in surprising fashion. 10 games over 8 days, winning a UCMHL championship and an ‘A’ division tournament title was an unbelieveable way to cap off a season that saw the team amass an amazing record of 50-9-2.

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Rick Foldeak Memorial Hockey TournamentChuck Henderson of Ottawa, left and Troy Dobbie of the Brockville Rifles, await the cere-monial puck drop from Tracy Beale of Brockville 33 CBG at the start of the Rick Foldeak Memorial Hockey Tournament. 16 teams from as far away as London and Barrie, joined several teams from eastern Ontario in honour of Foldeak. The 38th annual tourney was won by London 4RCR over Chofo of Ottawa.

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The St. Lawrence Col-lege Brockville Athletics Department celebrated the 2010-11 season at the Athletic Banquet Thurs-day, Mar. 31 at the Qual-ity Inn Royal Brock Hotel in Brockville. Earning the evenings top honours were Kian Herrmann and Leanne Fomenko, both first-year students and multi-sport athletes, who were named Male and Female Athlete of the Year, respectively.

Herrmann excelled in three sports for SLC Brockville, badmin-ton, indoor soccer and hockey this season, and will graduate from the Pre-Service Firefighter program in May. The gifted athlete has been a true competitor for the Schooners in the trio of sports with pure ath-leticism and a fierce in-tensity, guiding strong performances in each contest. Herrmann cap-tained the indoor soccer team to its first win at the OCAA East Regional since 2006 and drove the River-dogs to No. 18 in the On-tario Colleges Committee on Campus Recreation (OCCCR) hockey Power Ratings.

Fomenko represented the Schooners in cross country and indoor soc-cer and will also gradu-ate from the Pre-Service Firefighter program, one of only three women in the program. With a raw determination, Fomenko developed a strong stam-ina during the cross country season and was the only female to don the Schooner singlet at all four competitions. On the soccer pitch, Fo-menko’s versatility and knack for scoring will be hard to replace.

After dishing out the athlete of the year awards at the end of the night, Tri-Campus Athletic Dir-ector Brad Greenwood called third-year cross country runner Dawn Martin to the stage to rec-ognize her outstanding contribution to SLC Ath-letics. Martin has repre-sented SLC Brockville at the highest level for the past three years. She blew away the competition to earn the gold medal at the 2008 OCAA Cham-pionships, before placing third at the Canadian Colleges Athletic Asso-ciation (CCAA) Cham-pionship the same year. Martin returned to OCAA stage the following sea-son after battling injury and placed fourth at the OCAA Championship, before finishing 11th at the Championship. She wrapped up her career at SLC Brockville with a 13th place finish at the

2011 CCAA Champion-ship and picked up a gold conference team medal, with OCAA runners top-ping the field.

Billy Rozell, a mem-ber of the hockey and indoor soccer teams at SLC Brockville took home the Tyler Forkes Fair Play Award. Rozell also com-peted for the SLC Kings-ton rugby team during the fall and displayed a strong commitment to his sports and in the classroom attaining a 3.5 grade point average (GPA). Galen Slingerland received the Schooners Athletic and Academic Achievement Award. Slingerland maintained a 3.8 GPA while competing on the golf, cross country and indoor soccer teams.

Other major award winners of the evening included Amber Windsor, Sadie Bowen and Chris Chisamore, all members of the Student Adminis-trative Council, earned the SLC Brockville Athlet-ics Contribution Award. Each team recognized its most improved and most valuable player along with a coach’s recogni-tion award.

2011 SLC Brockville

Award Recipients

Intramural Staff Athlete of the Year

• Dan Somers

OCAA All-Academic • Nick Thornhill (Indoor

Soccer) • Tyler Lillico (Hockey) • Kian Herrmann (Bad-

minton, Hockey, Indoor Soccer)

• Galen Slingerland (Golf, Cross Country, Indoor Soccer)

• Andrew Gingras (Hock-ey)

• Scott Vatcher (Indoor Soccer)

• Ryan McQuaid (Indoor Soccer)

• Ketan Rakheja (Badmin-ton, Hockey)

• Amber Windsor (Bad-minton, Indoor Soccer)

• Leanne Fomenko (Cross Coutry, Indoor Soccer)

• Kristin Greenough (In-door Soccer)

• Erin Bradley (Indoor Soccer)

• Chantel LaSalle (Indoor Soccer)

• Erin Pearce (Indoor Soc-cer)

• Nicole Cholette (Indoor Soccer)

• Amanda Donaldson (In-door Soccer)

• Matt Fabiilli (Badmin-ton)

• Ryan Flett (Cross Coun-try)

• Michael St. Amant (Cross Country)

• Dawn Martin (Cross Country)

• James Proctor (Golf, Cross Country)

CCAA All-Canadian• Dawn Martin (Cross

Country)

Individual Team Awards

Men’s Golf • Most Improved Player –

Chris Love • Most Valuable Player –

Cody Harris • Coach’s Recognition

Award – Dan Thompson

Cross Country • Most Improved – Mike

St. Amant • Most Valuable – Dawn

Martin • Coach’s Recognition

Award – Adam Bront-mire

Women’s Indoor Soccer

• Most Improved Player- Nicole Choloette

• Most Valuable Player - Leanne Fomenko

• Coach’s Recognition Award – Amber Windsor

Men’s Indoor Soccer

• Most Improved Player – Billy Rozell

• Most Valuable Player – Kian Herrmann

• Coach’s Recognition Award – Jason Smellink

Badminton

• Most Improved Player – Jeremie Mboma

• Most Valuable Player – Matt Fabiilli

• Coach’s Recognition Award – Scott Birtch

Men’s Hockey • Most Improved Player –

David Turnbull • Most Valuable Player –

James Proctor • Coach’s Recognition

Award – Ketan Rakheja

Herrmann and Fomenko earn top honours

Rotarian Rene Melchers presents the St. Lawrence College Brockville Rotary Club’s Athletes of the Year during Thurs-day’s awards banquet. Leanne Fomenko and Kian Herr-mann excelled at multiple sports over the past school year. Herrmann led the indoor soccer, hockey and badminton teams to great seasons, a tough task while dedicating his time between school and sports. “It is difficult being a stu-dent-athlete”, said Herrmann. “You have to love the sport and work hard”.

Fomenko came to St. Lawrence College after spending two years at Oakland University in Michigan playing NCAA Div-ision 1 soccer. Fomenko led the indoor soccer team and competed for the cross-country team in 2010-11 while completing the Pre-Service Firefighter program. “You have to be dedicated to do both school and sports at this level”, said Fomenko. “Time management is key. You don’t have a moment to waste”.

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Do you have a motto? And if you do what is it?

Work hard…play hard-er.

What book are you cur-rently reading or what book do you recommend?

I have always been a fan of the actor Alan Alda, so I am currently reading his autobiography, “Never Have Your Dog Stuffed”. It has plenty of amusing stories from his early days, straight through to present time, including some from his famous father Robert Alda.

What characteristic do you most admire in others?

Courage. I admire those who stand up and face ad-versity or their fears.

What characteristic do you most deplore in others?

Apathy! I can’t wrap my

head around why some people just accept things as they are.

Who do you most ad-mire, living or dead?

My grandfather; Thom-as Howard. He fought in WW1 alongside the King of England, and gained the respect and admira-tion of his unit. He was a highly decorated officer and a true hero, though he probably would not agree. He never spoke of his life during those years, and we only learned about some of his deeds after his death.

What do you do in your free time?

Between my career, the Jazz Festival, and the other organizations I am in-volved with, “free time” is at a premium. When I do get free time I like to spend it with my wife and four children.

If you could change one thing about your-self, what would it be?

I would really like to have more patience. I have been told that I have little of this commodity.

What talent would you most like to have?

I would love to be an artist. I am in envy of those who can paint, carve, mold, and create!

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?

Ian Fleming’s ‘James Bond’. I love the exotic locals, and the cool gadg-ets.

What is your most treasured possession?

A family heirloom, a ring, handed down from generation to generation to the eldest males of the family. I have no idea how I got it, because I am the youngest.

Though his involvement with the 1000 Islands Jazz Festival, Alex McLeod, has helped introduce a whole new generation live music. As this year’s Festival Chair, McLeod plans to continue bringing great live jazz to Brockville, and make ‘the Best Small Jazz Festival in Canada’, even better. McLeod’s love of the genre is palpable in his boundless en-thusiasm, for the Festival, which he hopes to eventually grow into a ‘full-out New Orleans-style jazz festival’, as well as his passion for live music itself. Here, McLeod takes a moment to reflect on family history, James Bond, and Alan Alda’s good advice, when he answers Ten Ques-tions for the Observer.

Ten Questions with ALEX MCLEOD

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CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, unexpected problems at

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Science Fiction fans around the world, rejoice! In the first quarter of 2011 we have been given “The Adjustment Bureau”, “Battle: Los Angeles” and “Limitless”. The first week of April brings us its own Sci-Fi treat, director Duncan Jones’ second outing, “Source Code”. 2011 is shaping up to be a year full of fast-paced and thought provok-ing science-fiction films that will help define the genre for the generation to come.

“Source Code”, is directed by Duncan Jones. His previous mov-ie and first feature film “Moon”, was an Indy hit and as good as any Sci-ence Fiction movie re-leased in the last decade. Jones is the son of David Bowie, a man whom I consider to be one of, if not the greatest artist of the late 20th Century. Rather than follow in his famous fath-er’s footsteps, a mis-take many sons and daughters of rock stars make, Jones has chosen to carve out his own niche in the ever expanding realm of entertain-ment. With direc-torial debut, “Moon” and now “Source Code”, he is making a name for himself as an artistic force in his own right.

“Source Code” stars Jake Gyllen-haal (Donnie Darko) as Captain Colter Stevens. The mov-ie literally opens with a bang. Cap-tain Stevens opens his eyes to discover that his consciousness has been transferred into the body of someone on a train. He is disoriented and confused as to where he is and why. His last real memory is of being shot down in a helicopter while on a mission in Af-ghanistan. Before he can get a grasp on what is go-ing on, the train is blown up, and he is killed. We see him again one second later, shaken awake by his death. He is trapped in a container, strapped to a chair, with a two-way camera as his only access to the outside world.

Enter Colleen Good-win, (Vera Farmiga), mil-itary officer and visual liaison to Captain Ste-vens. She explains that the train has already ex-ploded and all the people aboard were killed. She says that the Source Code is a computer program that allows one person to enter the consciousness of another person during the last eight minutes of their life. Stevens experi-

enced an alternate reality though the eyes of one of the passengers. He is told that his mission is to keep re-entering the mind of the commuter until he finds the bomb on the train, and then finds out who planted it and why. The military believes that a nuclear threat is imminent, and that the train bomber is the one responsible. If Stevens can find out through the Source Code who this man is, then the military can stop him before he commits his next terror-ist act.

This is a variation of themes which were explored in “Minor-ity Report” with a hint of “Groundhog Day”

thrown in for good meas-ure. By exploring events in the past, one can glean information, which could be potentially useful in changing the future. In “Minority Report”, the issue was the preven-tion of future crime by arresting the perpetra-tors before the acts were committed. In “Ground-hog Day”, Bill Murray kept re-visiting the same day over and over again, subtly changing events until a suitable outcome changed his future.

Time travel tales are difficult to tell and often harder to explain. They often ask more questions than they answer, and if “Source Code’ is guilty of anything; it is of asking the audience to stretch its disbelief to the break-ing point. That being said, “Source Code” is an extremely well acted and well directed piece of film-making. It is a time travel tale, a detective story and a thriller that makes for a very intense ride. Source Code Rocks!!!

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