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Cornwall-born SoccerStar Christina Julienscores game winnerfor CanadaArticle by Jason Setnyk, Submitted Photo

Women's soccer sensation Christina Julien, born inCornwall Ontario, scored the game winning goal sevenminutes into Thursday nights match as Canadadominated and defeated Haiti 6-0 in the openingCONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying match at BCPlace in Vancouver.

Julien born in Cornwall, grew up in Williamstown, andstarted playing Timbits soccer at the age of five. She wentto Char-Lan District High School, played in the Char-Lanhouse league, was picked up by the Glengarry All-Startravelling team, played for the Blazers, and while tryingout for the Ottawa Fury U16 team got scouted to playNCAA Division 1 Soccer at James Madison University.

"I played there for four years, earned All-American and All-American scholar, athlete of the year twice for JMU and

state player of the Year. From there, I got called into a Team Canada training camp and have been a member of the teamever since. At age 23, I am currently on the Olympic Qualifying squad."

The 2012 Olympic Qualifying tournament is a two group tournament with the top two teams in each pool playing offfor a spot in the Finals. In Canada's group is Haiti, Cuba, and Costa Rica. In the other group is the USA, Mexico,Dominican Republic and Guatemala. The two teams that make it to the Gold Medal Game secure a spot at the 2012Olympic Games. SEE PAGE 4 FOR A SPECIAL SEEKER INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTINA

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LEFT: The Big Blow, March 4, 1971. "Trucks litter highway 401, the morning after the blizzard," justeast of the Brookdale overpass. Closing the highway for two days and stranding 500 trucks, thestorm dumped 52 cms in 29 hours adding to the winter's total accumulation of 300 cms. The worst recorded snowstorm in Cornwall's history - almost everything was closed whilesnowmobiles carried essential workers such as nurses to work. Helicopters operated emergencyservices for the Hotel Dieu,

RIGHT: When the snow became toomuch to drive your car on Pitt St.1933, you could always resort to ahorse and carriage

BELOW: A Cornwall Street Railway,Light and Power Company bus, on5th street before it became a one-way.

BELOW RIGHT: A plow train clearsthe tracks on Cornwall's streets forCornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company's trolley cars sometime during the 1930s.

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A snowstorm January 31, 1939, 2nd street looking west tothe King George Hotel, Post Office and Cornwallis Hotel,two buildings were the victims of fire, one to progress.

RIGHT: For some winter can be fun. In Avonmore in 1908W.J. McCart offered a price to the horse and wagon teamthat could bring the most people to his store. As you cansee from the photograph this promotion brought thecustomers right to the door of his "Good Luck Store."

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Go Canada Go!I interviewed Cornwall-born soccer sensationChristina Julien who scored the gamewinning goal Thursday night as Canadadefeated Haiti 6-0 in the opening CONCACAFWomen’s Olympic Qualifying match at BCPlace in Vancouver. Thank you Christina fortaking time out of your busy schedule to doan interview. Canada's 5-1 victory overCostar Rica Monday night puts the teamone win away from a birth at the 2012

Olympics! Good luck Christina and the rest of Team Canada!

Local Calander to help fight prostate cancer! Pick up your copy of the "Manly Men of Movember Calendar" at thefollowing locations" Echo Trends, Dish Real Food, Floral ExpressionsCornwall, Life's Little Pleasures, and Axxis Optical. A few weeks ago Iinterviewed photographer Jason McNamara about the calendarfundraiser to help fight prostate cancer, now you can own a copy ofthe awesome calendar!

My City includes Arts, Culture, and Sports! According to Phillip Blancher in an editorial on Ourhometown, "Arts,culture, sports programs and the like....all should have zero fundingfrom government." I disagree with Blancher wholeheartedly. I want agovernment that supports arts, culture, and sports. These things arekey to economic development and to our quality of life.

Recreation is fundamental to creating a healthy and balancedcommunity. Infrastructure for sports promotes exercise and goodliving, and this in turn keeps heath care cost down. Thousands ofcitizens have already benefited from the Benson Centre, from hockeyto zumba, therefore public spaces like this are important to the peopleof Cornwall. The new multipurpose centre was created from acombination of tax dollars and fundraising.

COFFEE GRINDSby Jason Setnyk

CORNWALL-BORN SOCCER STAR CHRISTINA JULIEN SCORES GAME WINNERFOR CANADAWomen's soccer sensation Christina Julien, born in Cornwall Ontario, scored the game winning goal seven minutes intoThursday nights match as Canada dominated and defeated Haiti 6-0 in the opening CONCACAF Women’s OlympicQualifying match at BC Place in Vancouver.

Here is The Local Seeker Reporter Jason Setnyk's interview with Christina Julien.Question 1: What does it mean as an athlete to be selected and playing for Canada?

"It’s always a huge honour to be selected to play for your country. There’s nothing in the world that makes me moreproud then putting on a Canadian jersey before every game I play. With that being said, you can’t waste a minute on the field. You

find another level and you put in your dues. There’s a level of responsibility that comes with playing for Canada and there’s a standard for you todo your job on and off the field. There can be a lot of pressure at times but you learn to strive under the pressure and that’s when it really hits methat I have the best job in the world."

Question 2: From your perspective describe the play on the field that lead to your game winning goal against Haiti. What emotions did youexperience after scoring that goal?

"Sinclair ended up beating a couple of Haitian players down the side of the pitch and I noticed that none of their players were tracking back, soI easily made a run to the far post where Sinclair easily passed me the ball for a one touch finish. I was very relieved to have scored. Going into agame against a weaker opponent, it’s always important to open the scoring early in order to prevent them from sitting back and defending thewhole game."

Question 3: What is your team's philosophy towards the game of soccer?"Our team philosophy is to really enjoy the game while executing our overall game plan. It is a game after all and as our coach says “good moodequals good play”. Don’t get me wrong, we don’t take what we do lightly. There’s a lot of preparation and seriousness when we are out on thepitch trying to execute. It’s just a matter of bringing that fun, kid like feeling back into the game."

Question 4: What are you learning from these experiences playing at an international level?"I learn how to deal with all the external factors. With these huge international events, there is a lot of pressure from the media attention, thecrowds, and your own teammates. It’s definitely becoming easier to be able to focus in on the one task that we need to accomplish as I becomeaccustomed to all that goes on externally. It helps that our coach has been really good about giving us the right advice and tools to deal with allof the distractions".

Thank you Christina for taking time out of your busy schedule to do this interview. Congratulations on the game winning goal!

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There has been much debate about the need for an arts and culture centrehere in Cornwall. Such a centre would be useful for showcasing local talent,it would be a boost for tourism, and there would also be education andmentorship opportunities for young artists. I strongly support an Arts andCulture centre created and paid for with a combination of tax dollars andfundraising.

I agree government should use common sense when dealing with financialmatters, and find ways to spend more efficiently. But cuts to sports, arts,and culture is not common sense. A good quality of life includes sports,arts, and culture - they are a necessity! It can attract new businesses to ourcity, stimulate growth, and it ensures that more people choose Cornwall. Itbenefits the community as a whole, and for those reasons, I want agovernment that has enough vision to support these importantendeavours.

Developing our Waterfront!I am for developing our Waterfront, but considering the current area beingproposed, this has me worried that the City does not have a clear vision orplan. We need a thoughtful and balanced approach. We have a beautifulwaterfront, and it has a lot of potential. It would be a shame and a wastenot to think this one through. What we do now will impact the waterfrontfor decades to come!

Priceless!The salary of a City Councilor is about $13,000. The salary of the Mayor isabout $45,000. The salary of the City's Human Resource Manager is about$125,000. Millions wasted on poor judgement and ensuing legal fees....Priceless! Well not really, it's a mess, and a huge bill that we the tax payerswill have to pay.

My name is Jason Setnyk, and these are my Coffee Grinds.Jason Setnyk is a local high school teacher, journalist, published and awardwinning author, photographer, arts and culture event coordinator, and acommunity volunteer sitting on numerous boards and committees.



Dear Joe,We have someceramic tile that wasinstalled in ourkitchen a coupleyears ago. We paid agentleman to comeand remove the

cushion floor andinstall ceramic. And actually the gentleman was my husbands buddy andby pay I mean he and my husband did it over a case of beer on a longweekend. Needless to say the work was not what anyone would pay for; idon't think it was even worth the case of beer (sorry, honey). But I don'tknow what to do with it. The grout is cracked and the corners of the tilesstick up all over the place . I have been living with this for two years and Iam fed up. I want a new floor but I have heard that taking up the old onewill be a lot of work. What is the best way to fix my problem and how do Ifind someone who will do a good job and give me the floor I've wanted fora long time?

Thanks in advance, Anonymous.Ps If you can tell me some way that I might not hurt my hubbies pride too much, thatwould be greatly appreciated too.

Dear anonymous,Another DIYer strikes again...I don't mean to make light of your husbandsshortcomings but this is another example of big box stores and cable networktelevision inspiring every homeowner that they can to anything they set their handto. I want every man, woman and child to be competent enough to hang a picture,change a light fixture, even replace the kitchen sink, but when it comes to largerhome renovation projects, like you trust your health to your doctor and your libertyto your lawyer, home building and home renovation should be trusted to the pros.

Now the problem you have to deal with first is what to do with the existing floor. Ifthe floor was in structurally sound condition, which it sounds as its not, you wouldhave two options. you could remove the tile back to the subfloor where you started,or you could install the new tile over top of the existing tile. you would have to levelthe floor first, this would compensate for the high spots in the tile as well as

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eliminating the dips and bumps that were the root cause of thecrooked tiles in the first place. If you have an older home, this step isadvisable if you are starting from scratch too. It makes the installationof the new tile so much easier and you end up with a much nicer jobin the end. But since you have a floor thats already cracking andshedding its grout, you will have to remove. If the tiles are loose thenit shouldn't be a huge job. Renting the right tools will make it asnap...come to think of it, thats the perfect job that should be done ona long weekend over a case of beer...just watch your fingers!!

Now that you are back to square one, now is the time to consider youroptions. In floor heating, uncoupling membranes and water proofingare all things that a good tile installer will offer to you before youbegin. And to find that good installer, start at your local buildingcenter, your work, your neighbours, your family reunion...askaround...you are sure to find someone who has had great experiencewith a local installer and will highly recommend them and vice versa,you'll learn the guys to stay away from. As far as your husbandsfeelings are concerned, you could suggest that it was a bad batch ofgrout, or when they build the house they didn't install the subfloorright..'.but it'll be a lot less work and cheaper if we just start over andthis time we'll hire out...cause I'd hate to see you have to do all thatwork a second time...but I really hate to see this tile go.....i mean youworked so hard on it........oh I know you could do it but you deserve towatch someone else work for a change.........here hun, you go have abeer while I call................'

Good luck, Joe.

And thank you to everyone who contributed this week. If I didn'tanswer your question, keep on thank you to everyone whocontributed this week . If I didn't answer your question, keepwatching here each week for more household tips and renovationadvice. It’s FREE to submit a question and you can email them to:[email protected] or Text them to 613-551-5932. For additional information about meand what’s going on in your community, please visit our website:www.adamshomeservices.ca.

And remember, Whatever you do, do it well, because a job well donestays well done forever.

Youth Entrepreneurs and Summer Company OpportunityFor some, the dream of owning our own business begins when we are still in high school. Whata wonderful time to “test the waters” of entrepreneurship, so to speak. A great program thatexists today provides just this opportunity – “Summer Company”.

Students who live in Cornwall, S.D. & G. and Akwesasne are eligible, provided that they arebetween the ages of 15 and 29 and will be returning to school next year.

Summer Company is a program sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Development andInnovation (MEDI) and administered by the Cornwall Business Enterprise Centre, which assists students in startingand running their own business through the summer months. Participants receive hands on business training andare matched to mentors who help guide them through the business stages, and assist with questions they mayhave. Each Summer Company participant can receive up to $3,000 to start their own business.

Summer Company is an exciting opportunity for students to do something they love, and learn about the businessworld first hand. Not only does the student get to be their own boss, and receive start-up funding, they also gainvaluable entrepreneurial skills as they turn their business idea into a reality.

The Summer Company Program has seen a great deal of success in Cornwall and S.D. & G. In the past 5 years, 35students have opened and successfully run their own businesses, and each has received the maximum grant of$3000. Participants in 2011 included Jordan Ingola (Ace Tutoring Services), Bradley Pennell (Breaking Reality),Kaitlyn Alguire (KD’s Kupboard), Amber Pye (Yap Happy), Todd Leblanc (Vinyl Mods), Sarah Runions (Sound Vision),and Kimberly Locke (Top Dog).

Spaces for Summer Company 2012 are limited, therefore interested students are encouraged to visitwww.summercompany.ca for more information regarding eligibility and program requirements and/or to fill out aninitial application. Cornwall Business Enterprise Centre staff are available for assistance in completing applicationsand answering enquiries. For additional information contact the Centre by calling 613-933-0074 ext. #2276 or [email protected]

Candy Pollard, Business ConsultantCornwall Business Enterprise Centre100 Water Street East, Suite 104, P.O. Box 877, Cornwall, ON K6H 5T9Direct Line 613-933-0074 www.businessenterprisecentre.ca

FROM THE DESK ofCandy Pollard



Getting Back on TrackWhen you slip and get off course, it isdifficult to overcome. It can happen for amyriad of reasons; truth is, when it does,overcoming and resuming plans ischallenging. It could be loss ofmotivation, illness, the weather, toomany commitments or it could benegative thoughts plaguing you. Whenthis happens to me; and it does, I have

to pull myself out of it and keep going.

I can’t look at is as a failure, maybe it was a recharging ofbatteries that required downtime, self-resistance to breakingold patterns or temporary return to old habits. The importantthing is I recognize it, accept it, and get back to my plans. I stillmanaged at least an hour of home centered work time a day,but did not accomplish as much as I envisioned.

We’re almost a month into the new year and looking back atJanuary, some things did not come to fruition that I’d hoped for,some delays happened, and plans got derailed. Now I can eitherstay on this path, or forge ahead and steer myself back on track.I choose the latter.

One of the biggest obstacles is too much negative thoughts and feelings,either your own or other people. It is hard to stay positive when thatdroning sound gets to you, but have faith. The worse thing to do is giveinto it. I’ve realized how much I have changed. Things that used to matter,really don’t anymore. My priorities have shifted and I am learning howstrong and independent I can be. Yes, I took on several new challenges,and plan on continuing them. There will be bumps in the road and maybean occasional detour, but I need to stay the course.

One of my new health activities is spin class. I signed up for winter SpinClasses at St. Lawrence College. The instructor Jordan Ann Kevan de Haan,takes us on a musical biking journey, while we gradually get comfortablewith the different settings and moves on a stationary bike. Like anyexercises, it is knowing your own body strengths and weaknesses thatmatters. This is the first spin class that I ever tried. I thought of it before,but hesitated because of a former knee injury. It has been years since Ihave climbed on a bike, but I eased into the class and looking forward tocontinuing. Jordan guides us with the music as our cue and we switchspeeds, vary movements and increase our heart rate for some songs andslow the pace to give the body a rest and reduce the heart rate. It is a onehour class immediately after work. She cautioned us to slowly get off thebike after class and we do a series of stretches. This is important since mylegs felt like jelly after the intense workout. Will I feel it tomorrow?Probably, but it is a good feeling to get active.

I’m not the only one in my household making changes. My son Brad isgetting ready for a new step in his life. He will be a guest speaker at theCornwall Public Library this week, for a Meet the Author Night, Q&A andreading. He was also asked to speak at St. Peter’s School this week forFamily Literacy Day. He’ll share some of his illustrations, talk about thewriting process and discuss the Demongelic characters and series at bothevents. He’s applied for college and is making plans for the future. He’smaking his own decisions and I support him in his goals and dreams.

I mentioned last week, that I have not watched hockey this season, forvarious reasons. Well this weekend, I finally watched hockey again. It wasthe Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montreal Canadiens, that ultimately Montrealwon. I also saw an Ottawa Senators game, which unfortunately they lost.No it wasn’t the same, and it is a lot better to watch hockey with otherfans, but, I enjoyed the sport and will watch more as the playoffs getcloser.

So with each day, I gain new insight and the strength to move forward. Istill have a long way to go, and experiencing some growing pains, butslowly I’m getting there. Stay positive and on track, and if you slip, getback up and keep believing.

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Smart in life -Stupid in love.

I’ve always been a huge feminist and I neverhide that fact, It’s not secret and I’m veryproud! In the past several months it’s been amust in my life to surround myself withpositive people, especially women. I’ve

come to realize that you are who yousurround yourself with, that you have the power to choose who isin your inner circle (THIS is pretty amazing!)

With that being said, I’ve come to realize that some of the smartest,independent and strongest woman that I know are, simply put, aresmart in life but stupid in love.

It always amazed me that with all the leg way that woman havemade, that some still make the most common mistakes-“He’s too busy right now”, “He’s not in the right place in his life” blahblah blah... Let’s face it, He is a man made up entirely of excuses andthe minute you stop making excuses for him, he will completelydisappear from your life.

A man doesn’t need to be reminded that you’re great because weall know... you’re FABULOUS!

Truthfully, I’m not saying I’ve never done this, nor am I saying thatwoman are not allowed to be weak or have weak moments, I’m justsaying that if you’re going to make a statement that you are a strongwoman, stand your ground and be proud!

In life and in love we have the power to choose... in life I choose tosurround myself with goal-oriented, passionate and amazingpeople... In love I choose to be with someone that stands besideme, not in front or behind, someone who can keep up, someonewho, appreciates and admires a woman’s passion andindependence... What do you choose for YOU?!As women, we deserve to be with someone who treats us nice, ALLTHE TIME, not just on occasions. Remember that YOU are great andyou DO deserve it all. Never settle, EVER... after all, you’ll be the bestthing he NEVER had.

MEN, always remember:

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may loveagain. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect - youaren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if shecan make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being humanand making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She maynot be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you apart of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don't hurt her, don'tchange her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smilewhen she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, andmiss her when she's not there.” BOB MARLEY.

Be real and be you,V.

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DEEP IN DO DO…How deep in do do are you? Onceyou are in do do, you feel like youjust can’t pull yourself out of it.We manage to go even deeper init, without even realizing it, it justkeeps piling up.

It is the first month of a new yearand our To DO List is already full, how does that happenwe ask ourselves?

I think having a To DO list is great, as long as it is realisticand achievable. How many times have you putsomething on your daily To Do list, only to rewrite thesame To Do the next day? Whether you have overextended yourself and could get everything done, or youprocrastinated on that To Do item. If we continue to dothis, we very quickly become deep in DO DO…

For those of you who are not good at saying NO, your ToDo list will never end…sorry, but this is true, as long aswe continue to over extend ourselves our list will neverend, and what’s worse, the items on our list that mayhave been important for us, have now been moved toanother day, in order to fulfill your desire to pleasesomeone else’s request.

Distractions, we can all relate to this, how many times doyou wake up with great intentions of being productiveand yet we find ourselves getting caught up ineverything but what we had planned. I have to admit, Iam the master of distractions, there have been manytimes, when I knew something very important had to getdone, and yet I manage to find other things to fill mytime, next thing I know, I am re-writing my To Do…what’sworse, depending on what it is that needs to get done, itgets re-written several times.When it finally gets done, I feel great, I sleep better and Ican finally shift my thoughts to something else.

Prioritize, if we randomly write things on our To Do listwithout prioritizing, we often find ourselves eitherstarting from the top only because if we wrote it on thetop, it must be important, or we pick and choose whatgets done on the list based on what we feel likeaccomplishing, knowing full well not all the To Do’s aregoing to get done.

What makes you feel better, getting many little thingsdone and off the list that do not consume much time orthe one To Do that will take up much of your time?Judging how long, with in reason each To Do will take willhelp you manage your time and list.

At the end of the day, it is your To Do list, how youaccomplish getting things done, or what you move to thenext day is your choice.

I hope you are not putting yourself so deep in DO DO thatyou feel overwhelmed, stressed and feeling like you willnever get out of the DO DO

Until next time, you may want to rethink your To Do list,maybe adding more fun and fewer tasks to your listwould be a great start to getting things done!

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My name is SylvieThibert and I am 46years old. I amthrilled to have theprivilege andopportunity towrite this column.Having struggledwith weight

issues a good partof my life, I wish to share with you;thoughts , tips and quick and easy ways to live your best life ever!

Weighing in at close to 200lbs in 2007 and having tried every quick fix dietin the book, I decided to join the “Revolution Weight Loss Clinic” at PhysicalLimits Fitness Club here in Cornwall. I was very skeptical, having never setfoot in a gym setting in my life.

To my surprise, this turned out to be the best thing ever!!

During my weight loss journey, to keep myself sane and my mind off the 5double/doubles that I used to drink daily, the “bad” food and the visits to thecasino…I decided I was going to put myself #1 for the first time in my life atthe age of 42! My mission was to figure out how I was going to continuemaintaining my weight loss. After 4 months, I had lost 55lbs and now it wastime to embark on an unbelievable journey of transformation inside/out.

The first positive thing that I did for myself was to get rid of all my “fatclothes” because I was convinced that I was never going back!! My husbandspoiled me and sent me on a shopping spree to celebrate the “new me”. Iwas actually buying brand name, off the rack in the XS section, now to methis was unbelievable! I was still tempted to reach for the size 18 becausemy brain had not yet caught up to my new body…

I still had to start re-introducing regular food and recipes to my life. This wasgoing to be my biggest personal challenge but I was determined that Iwould be successful.

So many people around me were positive and encouraging. Every time I lost10lbs…this meant 1 dress size….that was very motivating to me. I wasliterally melting away the excess fat in my body, going to the gym regularlyand making amazing lifetime friends along the way.

My ultimate goal was to fit in my wedding dress for my 15th weddinganniversary in May of 2008. I achieved this and it was even a little toobig….success!!!! By this time I had a very good idea how to maintain myweight and at this point there was no turning back for me.

My new business is “Naturally Delicious with the Health Nut!!” please visitmy official website at www.thehealthnut.ca . I also give “Healthy EatingCooking Seminars”, part 1 consists of cellulite reducing and weightmaintenance recipes and part 2 consists of snacks, main meals and desserts.For more information, please feel free to contact me [email protected] or call 613-931-3119.

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The Shiners CD Release @ The Spotlight Hall

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FRIDAY JANUARY 27TH

Tommy Heatley @ Rangatangs in Cornwall.

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Rub Salt @ La Maison in Cornwall.

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Junior A Hockey Cornwall Colts vsGloucester Rangers - 7:30 pm at theCornwall Civic Complex, 100 Water St East,Cornwall 613-930-9300www.cornwallcolts.com

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Environmental Workshop with St.Lawrence River Institute - Birds OPG VisitorCentre (Cornwall) 613-932-4563 ext 3520

“The Music Man”- Seaway Valley TheatreCompanyAultsville Theatre (Cornwall) 613-938-4748or 1-800-937-4748

CAKE & I SCREAM - Mad HatterProductions.6:30 pm Aultsville Theatre.Tickets available at Cornwall and SeawayValley Tourism OKce, Echo Trends, EarlyYears Centre $8.00 advance $10 at thedoor

Family Literacy Day 10 am - 12 pm atEarly Years Centre

Annual Charter Night - Entertainment byMike Mullen & the Country Pals. 7pmNavy Club, Sixth St. E.

Seniors Skating Benson Centre Pad #2from 1:00-2:30pm - compliments of theCity of Cornwall 613-930-2787 ext 2527

Celiac Support Meeting 1 pm. 847 YorkSt. Guest Speaker: Chef, Author & TV HostKathy Smart with a gluten free cookingdemo & cookbook promo.

Annual Juried Art Show AwardsCeremony 2pm at Cornwall Regional ArtGallery, Pitt. Amanda Marini-Rohde613.938.7387

Celiac Support Meeting 1pm at HarvestChristian Fellowship Church, 847 York.Guest speaker - Kathy Smart, TV host forgluten - free oooking contact Mary Brink613.938.2908

Praise and worship night @ FountaingateChristian Assembly. 949 Mohawk drive,Cornwall.

Alzheimer Society Walk for Memories 9am in Cornwall Square. Call Sherry613.932.4914 for your pledge form.

SATURDAY, JAN 28

Knights of Columbus Family Breakfast 8:45am to 12:30 pm, St. Francis De Sales ParishHall, 434 2nd St. W.

Seniors Skating Benson Centre Pad #2 from9:30am-11:00am - compliments of the City ofCornwall 613-930-2787 ext 2527

Encore Seniors’ Education Center WinterDaytime Classes Learning for fun for adults50 and over with no exams or grades. Classesbegin January 30th and in February & March.Call: 613.937.1525 for Info & registration.

Bereaved Families Adult Afternoon SupportGroup Meeting 1 pm to 3 pm, 216 MontrealRd. Topic: Grief: A Journey of Discovery. Call613.936.1455 for more information

Livin' It Up! - Seniors' Wellness Program Sixweek program begins Tuesday, January 31stat the Seaway Valley Community HealthCenter, 353 Pitt St. Call: Nancy Herrington:613.936.0306 x 151 to register

Parent/Tot Skate Session Benson Centre Pad#2 from 9:30am-10:30am - compliments ofthe City of Cornwall 613-930-2787 ext 2527

Ladies Auxiliary Euchre Party 1:30 pm.Blessed Sacrament Parish Hall, 321 TollgateRd. E. Prizes and lunch served.

CCVS Football Super Bowl Party 3 pm.Ramada Inn, 805 Brookdale Ave. 50$ ticketson sale until Feburary 1st by calling613.932.8360 or E-mail:[email protected]

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 - LE SAMEDI 28 JANVIER

SCRABBLE TOURNAMENT @ THE LIBRARY 9:30 a.m.

With members from the Ottawa, Montreal & Cornwall Scrabble

DROP IN FAMILY STORYTIMEFor children and their parents - 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Spend time with your family at the public library.

R.E.A.D. with Dogs - 11:00 a.m to 12 noon - DROP IN.A Pawsitive experience for all. Offered with the

help of St.John Ambulance.

CHECK-MATES WITH AU DIAPASONActivate Your Mind - 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

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2 year old and their parent or caregiver - Great stories, songs,

rhymes, and crafts for 2 year olds.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29BRITISH HOME CHILD DAY - 1:30 to 3:30

Learn how to find out if you have a British Home Child in your family. - EVERYONE WELCOME

BABY TALES - 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. - (ages 0 to 1)In partnership with the Eastern Ontario Health Unit.

Introduce your baby to books, words and songs. You'll both have fun.

DREAMS AND THE SECOND HALF OF YOUR LIFE -Philosophy Course with Bernie Carrière

6:15 to 8:15 - Open to everyone - FREE PROGRAM

TUESDAY, JANUARY 31

BABY TALES - 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. - (ages 1 to 2)

In partnership with the Eastern Ontario Health Unit. Introduce your

baby to books, words and songs. -- YOU'LL BOTH HAVE FUN.

STORYTIME (ages 3 to 5 yrs) - 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Stories, fingerplays, songs, and crafts. -- REGISTRATION REQUIRED

BRIDGE CLUB - Open to all interested in friendly challenges - 6:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m STUDY ROOM

CHESS FOR ADULTS with Clifford Labre - 6:15 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1

LES BAMBINS À LA BIBLIO (pour les 0 à 2 ans) - 10 h 00 à 10 h 45 - En partenariat avec le Bureau de santé de l'est de l'Ontario. Initiezvotre bébé à la lecture, aux livres et à la musique. Vous vous amuserez tous les deux. - L'INSCRIPTION EST OBLIGATOIRE

CORNWALL SCRABBLE CORNWALL - Weekly fun @ 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. - Free to everyone

MOVIES @ CORNWALL PUBLIC LIBRARY - 6:30 P.M. (REPEATS on FRIDAY @ 2) MIDNIGHT IN PARIS - Program room 1 & 2 - AUDIENCE: PGGil and Inez travel to Paris as a tag-along vacation on her parents' business trip. Gil is a struggling writer and falls in love with the city and thinksthey should move there after they get married, but Inez does not share his romantic notionsof the city or the idea that the 1920s was the golden age. When Inez goes off dancing with her friends, Gil takes a walk at midnight and discoverswhat could be the ultimate source of inspiration for writing. Gil's daily walks at midnight in Paris could take him closer to the heart of the city butfurther from the woman he's about to marry.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 - LE JEUDI 2 FÉVRIER

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THE SEAWAY SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB

1010 Guy Street, Cornwall, 613-932-4969

Special Needs Exercise Classesa new exercise class dedicated to seniors with special needs.

The class will be very basic – focusing on strength training it isperfect for beginners, those with restricted mobility, or

individuals recovering from illness or needing toalleviate chronic health conditions.

The class is being lead by Cathy Bourgon, a certified fitnessinstructor, each Wednesday morning at 10:00 am.

All equipment is supplied and all classes are held at 1010 GuyStreet, Cornwall. Everyone is welcome to participate. Call the Centre at 613-932-4969 for more information.

Tuesday Lunchesopen to the public 11:45 am

New Choral Groupopen to public - new members are welcome

(in February - every friday at 9:30 am)

Tri-County Literacyis offering a 3-day Tutor Training Workshop on Wednesday,February 15, 2012 (9:30-12), Thursday, February 16 and 23,

2012 (1-4). Volunteers will be trained in how to tutor adults withbasic literacy needs. To register please phone 613-932-7161

or email: [email protected].

Winterfest wants to send you and a friend to theUltimate Entertainment Package which includes 8 Ottawa Senstickets, and concerts to see Simple Plan, Hedley, Johnny Reid,and ady Antebellum. All events at Scotiabank Place in Kanata

Ontario. Sponsored by the Kinette Club Of Cornwall. $5 raffle tickets! Tickets on sale at Cornwall Square

Administration Office, Storm Realty Cornwall Office, EastcourtMall Royal Bank and Pitt Street Royal Bank.

RCAFA Wing 424 - 240 Water St. West

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A dancer’s story...mine.You may have read a few of my past articlesand wondered what my background is indance and movement so I thought I’d do thislittle write-up. I have always been a dancer.Apparently it started when I was quiteyoung. Around 2 is what I have been toldand when I look at photos of myself at thatage all twisted and joyful I can’t help but

relate to those postures still. My mother wasvery supportive of my creative side. In fact I often felt like I was

alone even though I have three wonderful siblings, a great fatherand mother and close extended family. However, I think I beganalienating myself when I was quite young. I was taught to settledown and quiet my body many times. I just didn’t want to settledown or stop playing...so I repeated grade one. It was a good year,yup definitely on top of my game. I knew I was different and that itwould take me a while to figure out my way.

A very headstrong, creative girl with a real desire to be seen as aperformer and artist I started leading my sister, cousin and evenclassmates in choreographed pieces by yours truly. I even thoughtI could fly.

Yes, I tried to prove it...not so successfully might I add as all the girlsstared and I did not hover for even one second. As a studentthough finding my ‘academic excellence’ was a journey indeed. Itseemed I battled myself and found complacency at times in theclassroom. However, once less structured activities wereintroduced and room for exploration was an integral part of mylearning experience my confidence and curiosity flourished.

Around grade five I started coming into my own. My grades startedgoing up and so in turn my confidence. This was all in thanks to, “thearts!” When I sang, danced, drew, painted, and wrote I becamesomeone, something that mattered. It wasn’t long after that that Iwas put in the enrichment group at Newington Public and waslucky enough to go on extracurricular excursions focussing on arts,and science all thanks to Alan Bain the principal at that time.

Yes, I pestered him quite a bit to let me in! It was an awakening for me andsoon thereafter I found community theatre in Cornwall with GlenProductions. It was Andy Trasuk’s audition for Jesus Christ Superstar thatshook me to the core though. It was such a simple, but incredible moment.He said alongside the choreographer, “move your hand in as many ways asyou can, each different and honest.” Well! I did and it was awesome! I hadnever done anything like that before or well under pressure that is. It mademe realize the beauty of a moment. It was something that could never bereplicated or repeated. It was there and gone. Wow! So much room toexplore!!!

So it was only natural for me to gravitate towards the city, yes the city ofCornwall for the renowned performing arts program at Cornwall Collegiate &Vocational School. The program offered several different courses whichnurtured and fed my creative side. Of course I had to take all the requisiteprograms too such as math, English, French, science, but dance, drama,vocal, photography, visual arts, philosophy, writer’s craft and a few more

SHIFTING FORWARD with Amanda Marini-Rohde

SEEKING THE ARTS . SEEKING THE ARTS were the fundamental courses that helped my make my decision to pursuefine arts and even more so were a few key teachers.These teachers were my dance teacher Darryl Oullette, who said in my firstyear (grade nine), “Amanda, you are going to York University. You are acontemporary dancer!” Well, I guess you could imagine how hard that wasto take...Also, Robert Poirier the drama teacher still at CCVS fostered withinall of his students raw passion for the skill of improvisation and well, justeverything else that goes into putting on a show. Emily McLeod eventaught me photography. How lucky was I? And, let us not forget BrianMcCartney the vocal teacher! What an incredible experience we all had inthe vocal ensemble, the dance ensemble, and the drama club.

I went to York University from 1999-2003 where I obtained my honoursdegree in Fine Arts with a major in dance and went on to become a certifiedteacher of dance and integrated arts into the curriculum as well. My coursesvaried from contemporary and ballet technique classes, Pilates, danceconditioning/injuries, anatomy, psychology, interdisciplinary arts andindependent projects as well. The real magic for me was in the “classroom.”Learning by interacting with others, improvising and refining my artthrough introspection, musicality and kinaesthetic awareness. Now, thejourney through my program was not easy. There certainly were some hardtimes, but I would never take back a moment. The first year was incrediblylong and I missed my family and the lovely, quiet town of Newington.The technique work was repetitive as we were being weeded out. Who

would stay? Who would go? I remember when the musician would have toslow down the tempo for me and a select group of students. There wereseven of us who really had no technique whatsoever. It was tough. We werealways the last to go and the last to catch on to say the least. But, you knowby the time we made it to third year everyone in the class essentially were atthe same grade. Sort of interesting I think. We all had very differentbackgrounds in respect to training, but it all evened out in the end. Wewalked away as not only better dancers. We were given the enrichment ofeach other’s experience in those rooms as we moved, interpreted, exploredand interacted with each other. What a gift indeed.

After those amazing four years I intended to become a teacher, a teacher ofdance that is. It took me three years of applications to get in to teacher’scollege, but it was definitely worth the wait. It was back at York where I wasso lucky to again work with incredibly talented artists of several disciplinesin the Integrated Arts Education program in 2005-2006 to attain myteaching certificate. I am now a teacher in the public school system at thevery school that encouraged me to explore and grow in the arts...CornwallCollegiate and Vocational School. I also teach ballet, jazz and Broadway atBeat Central Dance Company. On top of that I am now thrilled to beteaching The Nia™ Technique and even burlesque classes! I love teachingand I am so grateful to be able to share my passion for movement withothers.

Movement is where it’s at for this soul and forever it will be.

Whatever you do, do it fully and completely. If you enjoy it, if you feel good,if the experience is one of joy, do it again and again. This is where you shouldbe. - Now it’s off to yoga!

I welcome your comments and feedback. Please feel free to email me [email protected]. You can also check out my blog atamandamoves.wordpress.com for more articles on movement.

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SEEKING THE ARTS . SEEKING THE ARTS The Rules for Painting and LifeYears ago when I starting going tocollege and taking workshops Idiscovered that each teacher Iencountered had a set of beliefs orrules that they expected the studentsto follow and to deviate from theserules would be met with a firm

reprimand.The strange thing was often one teacher’s rules contradictedanother’s which became quite a challenge to keep them allstraight when it came to handing in assignments. As a result Icame up with a set of rules of my own which I will share withyou.

I introduce all of my students to these rules and encouragethem to embrace them above all the previous rules they mayhave heard before. They go like this:

Rule #1 – There are No Rules! Just really good advice.

It almost sounds crazy to have a list of rules and the first rule isthat there are none. In actuality we are a society made up ofmany rules from the moment we wake up until we close oureyes to sleep. We are expected to be able to perform certaintasks and to follow rules for acceptable behaviour either inpublic or alone; we almost need to give ourselves permissionto let go of the need for them. Hence rule number one.

Rule number one is more than just words it should be yourmantra. Everything you are taught or shown as to how to dothis or that, must be tested and if it works for you great, if itdoesn’t forget it. The one thing that stops progressive thinkingis caring about all the rules. So if we take the rest of the ruleson the list into consideration we can look at everything welearn about creativity as really good advice that may or maynot apply to you.

Rule #2 – If it works, keep doing it.

Rule #3 – If it doesn’t work, stop doing it.

Rule #4 – Get a second opinion

Rule #5 – Knowledge doesn’t guarantee results

Rule #6 – Creativity needs the company of Creativity

Rule #7 – Challenge yourself and you will grow

Rule #8 – Creativity needs exercise daily

Rule #9 – If you think you know it all, sorry you don’t! There is always more to learn.

Rule #10 – Believe in your Dreams

These rules have been the philosophy behind my weekly columns andfoundation behind my upcoming book. So in the weeks that follow youmay see where these ten rules may be the focus of each column. Iwelcome your feedback and thoughts and encourage you to not onlyadopt these rules for yourself but to add a few more of your own tokeep you from getting off track when it comes to your creative self.

Sandra Taylor Hedges, Fine Artist,Teacher and President of L’association Focus Art Association

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ART SEEKERSby Sandra Taylor Hedges

ElizabethManley is coming to Cornwall!The WomenEntrepreneurs ofCornwall & Areaare once againpreparing for theirannual Conference andBusiness Show to beheld on Thursday February 23rd, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the BestWestern Inn and Conference Centre. Women of all ages and from allwalks of life are invited to join us for an evening of inspiration, personaldevelopment and networking.

Women in business will be on-hand to offer products, services,opportunities and resources.

The Keynote Speaker is Elizabeth Manley, 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist,1988 World Silver Medalist and three-time Canadian Figure SkatingChampion. An uplifting and compassionate speaker, Liz’s presentationwill centre on overcoming life’s unexpected challenges and findingmotivation to live a full and balanced life.

The early bird ticket rate is only $20. Tickets can be purchased on line at www.powerofwomenconference.com or in person at Above & Beyond, 28 First Street West, Cornwall. After February 10th, tickets are $25.

For more information about the event, visit us atwww.powerofwomenconference.com, and register early to take advantage of the early bird discount.



Spendinglocally on ouranniversary

Last week-end, it was that time of theyear again-- my anniversary.Year six is not a landmark year, but Iwanted to mark the occasion

nonetheless. At first, I contemplated taking myhubby for a night out on the town either in Montreal orOttawa, but after doing some research and realizing howheavy this "night out" would weigh on the wallet, I startedlooking inwards... What I could get for my buck locally?

On Saturday morning, the day we were celebrating, I had myplan set up and ready for execution. First, breakfast.We could have gone to Spinners or Bruyere's but I decided togo to our local "market", Farm Boy, and get the variousingredients required to make my famous Belgian wafflesinstead. I stocked up on the best fresh fruit around, flour andeggs, then went back home to get down and dirty. An hourlater, I crawled into the bedroom and woke up my sweetiewith the aroma of a home brewed Tim Hortons coffee, wafflesand delicious fruit custard.

I love that my anniversary falls around Valentine's day. It makes it soeasy to find stuff pertaining to love. At our local dollar store, I foundsome window clings that spelled I LOVE U. Inconspicuously, I stuck thismissive on his car window for him to find it at a later time.

While he was sipping on his coffee, I sneakily made a few phone callsto book a massage at a local spa for us both. It was last minute and lotof the places were not able to fit us in, but then, I called Rachelle fromAbove & Beyond who went out of her way to accommodate me. Ibooked an hour massage with an RMT for him and a Relaxation Massagefor me.

John was pleasantly surprised. It was both our first time at Above &Beyond and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. It is warm andinviting, like visiting an old friend, plus the staff is friendly andknowledgeable. I know John enjoyed his time! As for myself, all I cansay is that after my time with Lori Waldrif, I was ready for bed. I normallyhave a hard time staying still and she managed to keep me on that chairfor 45 minutes straight, without getting so much as a wiggle from me. Ididn't feel restless, I wasn't anxious for it to end, I was totally and utterlyrelaxed.

After this calming experience, we both needed a coffee.We headed to The Grind, but unfortunately, they were closed. Pity. I

had such a craving for a green tea latte and theirs is the best. We had tosettle for yet another Timmies. We could have gone to Moustache Joe's,but it was already late and we had to meet our friend, Janet St. Pierre,the Toy Lady from Tickle your Fancy, who had mentioned somethingabout having a "gift" for us. Sorry, the content of that gift is classifiedinformation, but you should definitely give Janet a call, shall you need tospice things up in your relationship!

Dinner time came quickly.

There are many fine options to celebrate an occasion in Cornwall.Thum's Kitchen, Eight Zero Zero, City Limits, Katarina's, Casa Paolo areall fine establishments, but my very favorite is Moon.

The food exceeded my expectations, as usual. I'm always surprised tofind sushi of this caliber in such a small town. Ingredients are alwaysfresh and the quality is comparable to that of a big Metropolis. Service,on the other hand, is not always optimal. When feasting on an all- you-can-eat menu having only an hour and a half to be in and out, youexpect your food to be rolling in. But courses took up to 20 minutes inbetween, therefore, we were not able to sample as much as we wouldhave liked because we had other plans.

Galaxy Cinemas was hosting the next leg of our local adventure.There is nothing quite like watching an action packed flick on a larger

than life movie screen. Cornwallites are lucky to have such a facility toattend.

After the show, we contemplated going to Schnitzels for drinks, whichis always a good way to nicely end up the night.We both felt full from the popcorn and somewhat anxious to get back

home. Any idea why?

Business Banter by Julia Lucio Victoria, B.C

Paul, laughing said, I put it in the cupboard. There iswas, a line taken from one of the songs of"Peter,Paul and Mary". It read---"my bags arepacked, I'm ready to go". How true that is, as youhave just left the train from the east and you willtake the ferry to Victoria.When the train enters Vancouver station, you nowhave arrived at the station to get the bus to theferry. This bus rides the ferry and you continue onit to Victoria, because the ferry docks in Sydney,

and you have about half to three quarters of an hour toVictoria's downtown main station.

Victoria is a pretty place summer or winter. No snow, but it does rain, andnot as much as it rains in Vancouver on the mainland. There it iscontinuous. Often when raining in Vancouver, it is sunny in Victoria.

The Hotels are delighted to see we, the people from all over Canada. Thesnowbirds come and stay for two weeks, one month, two months andsome stay three months. The hotels all have winter rates, so it is possiblefor many people to take advantage of these rates. Some Hotels and Inns

have housekeeping units, and others have restaurants attached to the Hotel, andthe patrons can take advantage of these establishments.

Douglas Street, which is one of the main streets in Victoria, is filled with shopsand restaurants, and banks. You can enter the Mall and The Bay from this street.Many people like to eat at the cafeteria on the top floor of The Bay as you can seea great view of the city, get a hot meal at reasonable prices. Also at this time ofyear after the New Year, The Bay has Sales, Sales, Sales, and many items are morethat seventy-five percent off. You can find many bargains.

Antiques, You can either take a bus or walk to antique road. It is marked on thestreet signs, in this downtown area. You have choice of antiques to look at, fromjewellery, rugs, furniture, or knick-knack stuff. This can keep you browsing all day.When you are tired just drop into the many cafes and have a tea or coffee. Thereare also areas of the city where people like to browse and shop, such as theOxford area, Oak Bay, and the Murdock Farm.High Tea is another treat if you like food. I do, and so I usually try to takeadvantage of High Tea at least once or twice while I stay in Victoria. Now you canhave High Tea at the Empress Hotel, if your pocket book is deep, or you can go toother establishments that advertise High Tea throughout the city.

There are the usual sights to see in Victoria, the Parliament Buildings, ImaxTheatre, The Museum, Beacon Hill Park, The Art Gallery, and Buchard Gardens andthe Japanese Gardens to name a few.

Many of us, like to travel, but are usually on a tight budget, and one of thediscoveries that I have found in Victoria is riding the City Buses. Seniors as well asthe general folk can usually ride downtown on one ticket, and you get a transferand shop for an hour or so, then hand the transfer back when taking the bushome. So this saves you a ticket, if you can get all your business done in this timeframe.

The city buses will also take you out to Sydney by the ocean.There are many shops and bookstores. Old and new to browse, and shops thathave semi-precious jewels and polished stones, and antique jewellery.This is where you can walk along the ocean. When you get hungry go to one ofthe many cafes for lunch. They serve very good fish and chips in a couple of cafesoff the main street, here in Sydney.

The bus system of Victoria is excellent. The drivers polite and they lower the stepsfor those folks that find it hard to step high in to the bus. When you ride thisservice to Sydney you enjoy traveling through suburban areas, small towns andcountryside, and along the highway. From here you can see the ocean and thecountryside, so you see the best of both worlds.

Victoria, in both winter and summer seasons is a place where you can walk,browse poking around in various corners. The winter season in January is quiet,and the city sleeps. February, the season starts to come alive, and the concertsbegin, film festival and art shows start.

This is a corner of the world, in our country that is worth seeing in any season. Ifyou want to experience something different, and stay within the Canadian dollar,then I suggest, take a trip. You will be pleasantly surprised, and even the flowersare in bloom in the winter months.

Just a little added note: “ Carson’s Cupboard” is in renovation mode so the articleswill only be arriving twice per month until further notice.

Enjoy.

in Carson’s Cupboard



LOCAL SEEKER - CORNWALL NEWS

Cutting his dreads for Cancer!Local music fan Blake Anthony

raised over $1900!Article by Jason Setnyk Submitted Photo

Local music fan Blake Anthony is famous around Cornwall forhis awesome dreads. However Anthony decided to cut off hisdreads at the last Fathom Ties show on December 29th as afundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. $1905.75 wasraised for this worthy cause! Congratulations Blake Anthony onyour fundraising effort s!

Film Festival Celebrates New HomeMark your calendars now for the 6th Annual Aultsville WinterFilmfest, February 17th to 19th , 2012. This year, all of thefilm festival screenings will take place at Aultsville Theatre.Weekend passes are now on sale at the Civic Complex BoxOffice (613-938-9400).

As always, the Winter Film Festival will highlight some of thebest international and independent films of the past year.

Six diverse feature films will be screened over the three dayevent. The festival will also continue its tradition of featuring short films by local students and artists before each feature presentation.

“We are very excited to hold the festival at Aultsville Theatre this year”, stated Melanie Baker Brown, Filmfest Coordinator, “The festival is abenefit for Aultsville Theatre, and we are thrilled to be able to show feature films at this beautiful venue.”

Aultsville Theatre president, Syd Gardiner, is enthused: “It makes sense to hold the festival at Aultsville Theatre”, he said, “it will be anamazing weekend event for the entire community.”

The weekend pass includes admission to all 6 film screenings, plus an afternoon luncheon, and an on-stage gala reception on Saturdayevening. The festival provides opportunity for film lovers to escape for a weekend and meet old friends and new. Weekend passes are onsale now for $100.

Film selections will be announced shortly in both the local press and at www.aultsvilletheatre.com

The Aultsville Winter Filmfest is a fundraising effort to support the ongoing maintenance, operation and renovation of Cornwall’s ownAultsville Theatre.

For more information, contact: Pam Maloney, Filmfest Coordinator 613-933-6129 [email protected]

Rock N' Bowlers Bowl for Kids Sake!Interview with Sara Murphy Article by Jason Setnyk

Sara Murphy has organized a musician and artist bowling team called the RockN' Bowlers! The team consists of Sara Murphy, Keegan Larose, Frank Burelle, BradJames, Jason Ryan, and Jason Setnyk. The Rock N' Bowlers will be one of manyteams raising money and knocking down pins at the 2012 Bowl For Kids Sakebenefiting the local chapter of Big Brothers and Big Sisters.

I had an email interview with Sara Murphy, I asked her a few questions, and hereis what she had to say.

Jason Setnyk: How did you get involved with Big Brothers and Big Sisters?

Sara Murphy: I have been involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cornwall forsometime now on both a professional and personal level after my colleague BillMakinson introduced me to this great non-profit. The staff are truly wonderfulpeople who work so hard to see that our local kids get the mentoringrelationship they deserve. There is no charity quite like BBBS. I have people closeto me who used the mentoring programs as youth, so I have seen and heard allthe positives hav ing a 'Big' can do for a child.

Jason Setnyk: What made you decide to put together a bowling teamconsisting of musicians and artists?

Sara Murphy: I was amazed at last year's Bowl for Kids Sake how many localbusinesses put together teams for the event. The local arts scene, however, wasnot represented. I thought it would be great to have musicians participate in thisyear's event, and make it an annual thing. So many local musicians donate theirtime to charity events b y performing, but I thought this would be somethingcompletely different for us and a lot of fun, all while supporting a great charity!

Jason Setnyk: Thank you Sara, I'll see you at the Alley.

To make a donation online visit this website:http://cornwall.kintera.org/faf/home/



Don’t Miss The Bully BeatDown Amateur BoxingEvent of the Year!Akwesasne, NY—(January 16, 2012)—StandingRock Boxing Club in conjunction with the ThreeFeathers Casino will host Bully Beat Down, anamateur boxing event on Saturday, Jan 28 at 7:00p.m. at the Three Feathers Casino located at 439Route 37 in Akwesasne, NY. Doors open at 6:00p.m.

The fight card features the best male andfemale amateur boxers from several gymsstatewide and from Ontario including StandingRock Boxing Club (Massena, NY); East SideChamps Boxing Club (Cornwall); WatertownBoxing Club, Black River Boxing Academy, LouAmbers (Utica, NY); Manny’s Old School Boxing,Final Round (Ottawa); Albany Boxing Club,Schenectady Boxing Club, Gale Kerwin(Ottawa); Beaver Boxing Club (Ottawa); andGladiator (Ottawa).

Fighters from Standing Rock Boxing Clubinclude 14-year-old protégé Rorohronhakies,fierce light weight 17-old-year femalecontender Robbi Cook and 16-year-oldwelterweight open class fighter RonnieRobidoux.

Rorohronhakies (a.k.a. Lolo) has onlybeen boxing since May 2009 when hisfather, Atsiakonkie, opened StandingRock Boxing Club. But don’t let his agefool you, this 130 pounds lightweightopen class boxer won his second fight atthe New York State Fair at age 11 whenhe knocked out his 15-year-oldopponent. He also won the New YorkState Championship for two consecutiveyears. Lolo, who currently attends theAkwesasne Freedom School, said “I havebeen honing my skills and hit harder andfaster then before. I would love to gopro someday.”

Hailing from Tsi Snaihne, Akwesasne,Robbi Cook from has been training sincelast September. All her fights wereagainst open fighters (more than 10bouts) and she has already boxed twonational champions. With the exceptionof two bouts, she has lost all her bouts tothese top boxers by split decision whichis an amazing feat in such a short career.

“At first I wanted to box to lose weight,however now I just love the sport and like tohave fun with it.”

Ronnie Robidoux, 145 pounds from St Regis,Quebec has been training for about a yearnow. His record consists of three technicalknockouts including winning his first fightwithin 30 seconds via a knockout. “I love thesport and love to train, said Ronnie. I wouldlove to continue to compete and make it to apro level somebody.”

Special guests for the event include AmericanProfessional boxer Iran Barkley who held worldtitles at middleweight (1988–89), supermiddleweight (1992) and light heavyweight(1992). Barkley is most known for his upsetknockout over the hall of famer Thomas"Hitman" Hearns, as well for his close lost tothe great Roberto Duran. He will be at theevent to sign autographs, meet and greet fans,talk to the fighters, and available for pictures.

WBC Continental Americas World LightweightChampion Tony Luis from Champs East SideBoxing Club will also be a special guest at theBully Beat Down, as well as beautiful ring girlsfrom New York City.

“My main objective through boxing is to getkids off the streets,” said Atsiaktonkie, ownerof Standing Rock Boxing Club. “Boxingprovides a safe, professional atmosphere forkids to face their fears without resorting todrugs and alcohol. I built my club to help kidsgain confidence and turn their life aroundthrough discipline and exercise.”

Tickets are on sale now at Standing RockBoxing Club (Massena), Three Feathers Casino(Akwesasne), Wild Bills (Akwesasne), and NinaDenny Public Relations (Ogdensburg). Ticketsare $15 at the door which includes a programbook. A percentage of ticket sales will benefitTsitewatenikonrakwatakon, the NativeConnections Detox Center.

Three Feathers Casino Event t-shirts andStanding Rock Boxing t-shirts will also beavailable for sale at the event. Standing RockBoxing Club is open Monday through Fridayfrom 6-9 p.m. Call Standing Rock Boxing Clubat (315) 769-2552 for more information.

Pictured from left to right; Ronnie Robidoux,Rorohronhakies (aka Lolo), Standing Rock BoxingCoach Atsiaktonkie, and Robbi Cook.

SPORTS SEEKER • SPORTS SEEKER

CCVS to Host 9th Annual Super Bowl Party - Sunday, February 5 - 3:00 p.m.The event, taking place at the Ramada Inn & Conference Centre, will feature a hot and cold “Surf & Turf” buffet with all of the trimmings.

Tickets are $50 per person, and must be purchased before February 1. Proceeds from the event will help sponsor the CCVS football program.

For more information please contact:

Barry Brown, Teacher, Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School - 613-932-8360 - [email protected] Judy Bobka - 613-932-2720 - [email protected]



Cornwall Transit Experiences Boost In Ridership In 2011Cornwall Transit continues to make big ridership gains as a growingnumber of residents hop on board the bus.

Ridership on the City-run service has increased steadily for the pastsix years, and 2011 was no exception. Cornwall Transit provided atotal of 787,499 paid rides on its conventional and Handi-Transitservices last year, up from a total of 743,090 in 2010. Theconventional bus service accounted for 750,394 of the paid rides in2011.

"These figures are quite encouraging," said Councillor André Rivette,a member of the City's Transit Committee. "More and more peopleare discovering the fact that Cornwall Transit is an affordable,convenient and accessible mode of transportation."

Transit Division Manager Len Tapp said the ridership increase in 2011can be attributed in part to new residents trying out the service.

"Our bus drivers are seeing an influx of new faces on the buses," Mr.Tapp said.

According to Mr. Tapp, there are a number of factors that havecontributed to the increase in ridership over the last several years,including the return to a 30-minute service in 2008, the purchase ofnew low-floor buses and numerous other enhancements to thesystem.

"The return to a 30-minute service was the biggest factor," Mr. Tappsaid. "It has made our conventional bus service more efficient andconvenient for residents."

Cornwall Transit will be making a series of adjustments to its routesand services on February 27th in order to better serve residents.

Some of the changes include:

- Expansion of the Brookdale and Cumberland routes to service thenew Brookdale Square Plaza on Tollgate Road.

- Adjustments to the Riverdale route, including direct access to thecommercial area at Pitt and Ninth Streets.

- The merging of the two Community Bus routes into onecommunity service.

- Extension of the Industrial routes by 1 hour.

In the lead-up to the changes, Cornwall Transit personnel will betravelling on buses to speak with passengers and answer questionsabout the route enhancements. Cornwall Transit will also be offeringfree rides on February 27th to give riders a chance to try out theenhanced service.

"I think people are going to be very pleased with the changes," saidJason Setnyk, the Chair of the Transit Committee. "Theseenhancements will improve the connections between CornwallTransit and the destinations that residents need to get to."

On March 1st, Cornwall Transit will be increasing cash fares by 25cents, while monthly passes and 10-Ride Cards will increase by $2and Family Day Passes will rise by 50 cents.

"These increases are necessary in order to maintain a viable service,"said Mr. Tapp. "Our fares and fees compare quite favourably to anumber of other similar-sized public transit systems in Ontario."

About Cornwall TransitCornwall Transit operates 6 conventional bus routes, a CommunityBus Service and 46 daily hours of Handi-Transit service, along withmorning and evening service to the Cornwall Business Park. Thereare more than 240 Cornwall Transit bus stops located throughout theCity, allowing citizens to travel to most locations around Cornwallwithin 30 minutes.More information:http://www.cornwall.ca/en/transit/cornwalltransit.asp

The next Storm Realty Cornwall Winterfest$25,000 Hockey Shot is Thursday February

2nd at the Civic Complex!Pictured above from left to right: Winterfest Vice-Chair Jason Setnyk, CEO ofStorm Realty Steven Iwachniuk, Treasurer Jessica Adams, City Councillor SydGardiner, Chair Jason Mitchell, and Past Chair and co-founder RodneyRivette.

The next Winterfest $25,000 Hockey Shot is Thursday February 2nd at 7:30PMwhen your Cornwall Colts host the Gloucester Rangers at the Cornwall CivicComplex - Doors open at 6:30PM, Come register for Free at the Storm RealtyCornwall Winterfest Booth! See ya there and Good Luck!

In addition to the free registration for the chance at the hockey shot, there willalso be $5 raffle tickets on sale for the Ultimate Entertainment Package!Winterfest wants to send you and a friend to eight Ottawa Senators games andfour amazing concerts at Scotia Bank Place. Tickets are also available atCornwall Square Administration Office, Storm Realty Cornwall Office, EastcourtMall Royal Bank and Pitt Street Royal Bank. For more information please visit:http://www.cornwallwinterfest.com/



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Greening Sacred Spaces: A ConversationPeople from local churches and faith communities are invited to come together to explore the connectionsbetween their spiritual beliefs and their responsibility towards planet earth. The meeting, entitled Greening SacredSpaces: A Conversation, is organized by Transition Cornwall+ in partnership with the Cornwall Interfaith Partnershipand Greening Sacred Spaces, a provincial interfaith program that assists faith communities with the educational, spiritual and practical dimensions of going“green”. The event will be held from 1:30–3:30pm on Sunday, February 5th, at Central Public School.

This interfaith environmental event is a response to growing recognition, among faith communities, that caring for the environment is part of their role asstewards of all creation. According to Sister Terry Wilson, member of the Cornwall Interfaith Partnership, care for the environment has been a strong themein Catholic teaching for many years. She quotes Pope John Paul II’s statement, made 22 years ago “The ecological crisis is a moral issue. Care for theenvironment is not an option... Not to care for the environment is to ignore the Creator’s plan for all of creation and results in an alienation of the humanperson.” Sr. Terry also points out that care for the environment is not just a concern among Catholics. It is reflected in the beliefs of every spiritual tradition,making it an excellent focus for the Cornwall Interfaith Partnership.

People of faith around the world are recognizing the sacredness of all creation and their role in protecting it. They arebeginning to think about the impacts of their decisions and actions, including purchases, travel and lifestyles. InOntario, many faith communities are forming environment Green Teams and taking steps to “green” their buildings:switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs, reducing the use of disposables in the kitchen, carrying out energyaudits and reducing heat loss through gaps around windows and air ducts. Clearly, environmental stewardship canalso result in monetary savings!

The Cornwall Greening Sacred Spaces event will appeal to everyone, from youth to seniors, who recognizes the moralor spiritual dimension of environmental issues, spiritual leaders included. Greening Sacred Spaces representativeKathryn Guindon, an ecologist with a diploma in Theology, will make a brief presentation and then lead a series ofsmall group conversations. According to Guindon, “Environmental issues are often in the news and the news isusually bad. It’s all too easy to feel like your actions don't matter or to be afraid to take the next step because you'llbe perceived as a “treehugger”. Coming together with other folks who care as much as you do can be veryempowering.”

Everyone welcome, no need to register. Admission is free, donations to Transition Cornwall+ will be gratefullyaccepted.

For more information about Greening Sacred Spaces, go to: www.GreeningSacredSpaces.net/OttawaFor more information about Transition Cornwall+, visit: www.cornwallcarbonreduction.ca/transition


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