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MurdertrialbeginsPARRY SOUND MAN ADMITS

SHOOTING DAUGHTER-IN-LAWBY TERRY MYERS

The man charged in Deep River’s first homicide ad-mits that he shot and killed his daughter-in-law,MichelleMartel Cameron, a 27-year-old mother of two, onMarch15, 2011.But lawyers for John Craig Cameron, now 54, say he

should be found “not criminally responsible” on a chargeof first degree murder because he acted in a robotic or“automatistic” state and did not understand the nature ofhis actions or that what he was doing was legally andmorally wrong.Cameron has been in custody since he turned himself

in to police in Parry Sound, Ontario, where he lived withhis wife of 32 years, Sandra, late in the afternoon of theday Michelle Cameron died.

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Cameron is now on trial before a jury ofseven women and five men in superiorcourt in Pembroke.The presiding judge in the case is

Madame Justice Julianne Parfett. TheCrown attorney prosecuting the charge isJason Nicol, while Ottawa lawyerLawrence Greenspon is acting inCameron’s defence.The defence admits the basic facts of the

case, which were read into the record byone of the investigating officers, OPP De-tective Constable Susan Norris-MacInnis,over two days of testimony last Wednes-day and Thursday.In addition to the detective’s testimony,

the Crown also presented as evidencephysical items such as the rifle and ammu-nition used in the killing, a book of photos,and various audio and video tapes, includ-ing statements Cameron made to police onthe night he turned himself in.Based on all of the evidence, the “narra-

tive” of Michelle Cameron’s death beganearly on the morning of March 15, 2011,when John Craig Cameron - Craig as hewas known to his friends and family - gotup at 5 am after a restless night.He had breakfast of coffee and toast

with his wife Sandra after she rose atroughly 7 am, and then after she left forwork, he went to their bedroom closet toretrieve a gun case containing a Reming-ton .308 calibre semi-automatic rifle hehad owned since he was about 20 yearsold.From a separate locked cabinet, he col-

lected a box of 44 shells, and then carriedthe gun case, rifle, two ammunition clipsand the box of shells outside to his truck.At about 8 am, he drove his 75-year-old

mother-in-law, who lived with the couple,

to a medical appointment in Parry Sound,and then continued on to his place ofwork, MuskokaAuto Parts, where hetransferred the weapons to the companycar.At roughly 8:30 am, after saying good

morning to at least three of his co-workers,Cameron got into the company car, a 2004gold Pontiac Sunfire, ostensibly to makesales calls in the Parry Sound area, but in-stead drove directly to Deep River.Cameron made no stops along the way

until he pulled into the Canadian Tire gasbar on Highway 17, where he filled up theSunfire with $28 of gas and paid at thepump by credit card.Cameron then drove down to the park-

ing lot at AECL’s JL Gray Centre, whereMichelle Cameron worked as a technicaldesigner, arriving around 12 pm.Cameron said that he wanted to meet

with Michelle, perhaps to have lunch, totalk over the problems between Michelleand her estranged husband, Cameron’s sonRick.

The couple had begun having marriageproblems in the fall of 2010, and in Janu-ary 2011, Michelle moved out of the fam-ily home in Chalk River the couple sharedwith their two children, aged three andseven at the time, and moved into a newhome at 1 Claremount St, Deep River.Cameron told police that things had

been going from “bad to worse” betweenRick and Michelle in their efforts to cometo a separation agreement regarding fi-nances and custody of the two children.Cameron said that things had come to a

head at a mediation meeting in Pembrokeon Friday, March 11 between Rick,Michelle and their lawyers, at which pointMichelle was making new demands forcustody and financial support.

Cameron said he went toDeep River hoping to talk toMichelle, to see if they couldcome up with “some sort ofsolution.”“I went up there with the

attitude that I had to fix thisone way or another,” he toldpolice.But when he was waiting

at the JL Gray Centre, hemissed Michelle, seeing herget into her car and driveaway.According to police, she

was heading home to collecther running shoes to go for alunch-hour run with her newboyfriend.Craig Cameron then

drove straight to 1 Clare-mount, pulling into the drive-way behind Michelle’s car.Once parked in the drive-

way, Cameron loaded hisrifle with four or five shellsin one of the ammunitionclips and walked to the side

door of the house under the carport.After knocking several times and getting

no answer, he opened the door and walkedup a short flight of three stairs into thekitchen of the home.At the same time, Michelle appeared

around the corner, about 10 to 15 feetaway.“Your being here is not going to make

any difference,” Cameron said she toldhim.He raised the rifle, told her he was

“sorry, so sorry it had to turn out thisway,” and shot his daughter-in-law twicein the chest.After she fell, forward towards him, he

fired a third shot, through her head, be-cause “I wanted to make sure she wasn’tsuffering.”Cameron left the house immediately,

stopping only to pick up one of the shellcasings.Back at the car, he unloaded the rifle, re-

placed the trigger lock, put the gun, caseand ammunition in the trunk, and leftDeep River by Highway 17.He stopped only once on the way back

to Parry Sound, pulling into the beer storein South River to buy a six-pack of Bud-weiser to try to calm his nerves, “because Iwas shaking so bad I couldn’t hold ontothe wheel.”Back in Parry Sound, he drove to his

wife’s Service Canada office, told her heloved her and what he had done, and thenwent on to MuskokaAuto Parts.There he parked the car, transferred the

weapons to the front seat of his red Chevypickup truck, and went inside to tell hisco-workers that today would be his lastday and that it had been a pleasure work-ing with them.At approximately 4:30 pm, he arrived at

the Parry Sound OPP detachment, wherehe announced that he wanted to turn him-self in.Speaking to a police dispatcher by

phone from the call box on the detachmentwall outside the main door, Cameron said“I’m not wanted yet, but you will wantme.”“I just shot my daughter-in-law,”

Cameron said.Is she dead, the dispatcher asked?“Yes,” Cameron replied.“She found someone else in September

and she and my son could not work thingsout.”Cameron was taken into custody a few

minutes later by arresting officer Consta-ble Barb Nixie and has remained in deten-tion ever since.Rick Cameron was in Parry Sound visit-

ing his parents with his children for theMarch Break at the time of the shooting.“Throughout the day of March 15,

Richard Cameron remained in ParrySound with his children, completely un-aware of what his father had done,” Det.Norris-MacInnis said.In her opening address to the jury, Jus-

tice Parfett said that to find him guilty offirst degree murder, members of the jurywould have to be satisfied that the Crownhad proven “beyond a reasonable doubt”that, not only did John Craig Cameroncause the death of Michelle Cameron, butthat he had “the state of mind required formurder” and that the murder was “plannedand deliberate.”

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BY TERRY MYERS

John Craig Cameron says he killed hisdaughter-in-law, the mother of his two grand-children, because he “had no choice.”In a series of statements to police after his

arrest for the murder of Michelle MartelCameron on March 15, 2011, Craig Cameronsaid he shot her because he could find noother way to solve the issues resulting fromthe breakdown of her marriage to her sonRick.“I did it - I’m not trying to hide anything,”

Cameron told OPP officers Constable BarbNixie and Staff Sergeant Ron Campbell in avideotaped interview the evening of his arrest.“I spent the last three weeks trying to find a

different way... I tried to find a different wayto protect my kid and his kids and I couldn’tfind it.”Why did you go to Deep River to see her,

the officers ask?“To stop her any way I could,” Cameron

replies.“My kid and my grandkids have been suf-

fering for three months... It’s been threemonths of tyranny when she just keeps sayingno to whatever’s proposed.”Rather than getting closer to a separation

agreement, Cameron said Rick and Michellewere losing ground, with Michelle makingmore demands for money and custody.“It was ridiculous to the point where it was

like she was trying to get him to turn herdown,” he said.

NOT DENYING IT

“I’m not trying to get out of it. I’m notdenying it... I didn’t see another way.”“I just didn’t see another option,” Cameron

says again at another point.“The lawyers just couldn’t find a solution

that she found acceptable... We’ve been tryingfor months to find a way to work this out sothe grandkids and my son wouldn’t suffer as aresult.”“There would have been another way,”

Campbell says softly.“It would have taken a little longer, but

there would have been another way.”After a pause, Cameron says the family has

been “throwing money at this” but they werenot getting any closer to an agreement, in factthey were getting “farther apart.”“She can’t make them suffer any more.”Cameron is composed throughout the inter-

view, showing a flash of emotion only once,when Campbell asks if there is anything elsehe wants to tell them.“That’s pretty much the story,” Cameron

says. “I’m not trying to hide anything.”“I’m not insinuating you are,” Campbell

replies. “It’s not every day someone walks inand tells you this story.”Campbell also notes that Cameron has red

spots on his pants. Is that her blood, he asks?“Probably,” Cameron replies.

Cameron repeated his story to OPP Detec-tive Sergeant Rob Hagerman and DetectiveConstable TracyAllan on the long drive fromParry Sound back to the Upper Ottawa Valleydetachment late the night of March 15.Allan asks Cameron what he was thinking

by going to Deep River in the first place.“When you were thinking about it, what

were your thoughts about what you weregoing to do when you got there?” she says.“I went up there with the attitude that I had

to fix this one way or another,” Cameronreplies.“It’s been tearing my son and his kids

apart... Yeah, I thought it might go this far be-cause she just keeps saying no to everything.”“It’s really hard for me to understand,”

Cameron continues, noting that Rick andMichelle had been together seven years, evenbefore they were married in 2006.“Since day one we’ve worked to make her

feel like she was one of our kids,” he says.“(But) since May of last year, she turned

into someone I don’t even know...“I kept trying to talk myself out of it but I

knew I had to fix it. I’m the dad, I’m sup-posed to protect these people.”

BREAKING POINT

Allan said that between the marriage prob-lems and the issues around the separation, “itsounds like it’s been a battle for some time.”“What was the breaking point for you?”“I haven’t slept well since January, trying to

figure out a way to fix this,” Cameron said.“It just got to the point, I thought there was

no way out. If something wasn’t done, it wasgoing to destroy Rick and those kids.“Unfortunately, all three a probably going

to hate me for the rest of their days... I could-n’t find another option.”“Originally I thought I could drive up there

and have lunch with her, try to come to somesort of agreement,” Cameron says later.“I knew I had to fix it one way or another. I

was hoping for the best and planning for theworst.”“It all seemed so unreal, like I was watch-

ing it happen,” Cameron told Allan.At the house on Claremount, he never got a

chance to talk to her, he said.“Before I could say anything, she said my

being there didn’t make any difference. Idon‘t know if she didn’t see the gun or didn’tunderstand...“I told her I was so, so sorry... She was still

smiling when I pulled the trigger.”Was she still alive after the first shots, Allan

asks?“I wasn’t sure,” Cameron says.“When you hunt a deer and they go down,

you don’t want them to suffer. It’s not about...I don’t know.”After the first shots, did Michelle say any-

thing then, Hagerman asks?“No... I don’t think so,” Cameron replies.


BY TERRY MYERS

John Craig Cameron was a dedi-cated family man who was driven bydepression and stress into a statewhere he didn’t understand what hewas doing when he shot and killed awoman he loved like his own daugh-ter.That was the testimony at

Cameron’s murder trial Monday byDr. Reghuvaran Kunjukrishnan -“Dr. K” - a forensic psychiatrist at theRoyal OttawaMental Health Centre.Dr. K treated Cameron over a pe-

riod of about two months in 2011,starting with an outpatient assess-ment on May 28, followed by an in-depth court-ordered stay at the RoyalOttawa from June 16 to August 8.Cameron is on trial for first degree

murder in the shooting death of hisdaughter-in-law, Michelle MartelCameron, on March 15, 2011.On the witness stand Monday, Dr.

K said there were two possible ex-planations for Cameron’s actions - ei-ther he was “angry” at Michelle andplanned to kill her, or he was in a

“dissociative” state of “insane au-tomatism” where he was not able tothink rationally about the conse-quences of his actions.In his opinion, Dr K said, the sec-

ond explanation is “more likely.”Dr K said that based on his diag-

nosis, Cameron had a long history of“major depression,” with thoughts ofsuicide dating back to his 20s.In addition, Dr K said Cameron

suffered from a condition of chronicpost-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) as the result of physicalabuse as a child at the hands of his al-coholic father.At the time of Michelle’s death,

Cameron was under extreme stressbecause of the problems in thebreakup of his son’s marriage.Up until about a week before

March 15, Cameron had been drink-ing heavily, “self-medicating” withup to 12 beers per night every night.Confronted by his wife Sandra,

Cameron stopped drinking “coldturkey” - which had the effect of in-creasing his stress levels, Dr K said.


‘There would havebeen another way’

Accused did not understandwhat he was doing: doctor

Michelle Cameron, in a 2010 photo. The 27-year-old Deep Riverwoman was shot and killed by her father-in-law, John CraigCameron, on March 15, 2011.

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BY DENISE WALKER

Food and gas prices may be on the rise, butDeep River residents will get a break on theirwater and sewer bills this year.Last week, Deep River council passed the

2013 water and sewer budgets without increas-ing the rate from 2012.This means residential users will pay a flat

rate of $537 a year for water and $419 a yearfor sewer.Deputy Mayor Daniel Banks ran the council

meeting, filling in for Mayor Dave Thompsonwho was away.Banks told council “This is good news, rates

are not going up.”Banks also pointed to other good news – the

sewage treatment plant will be paid off yearssooner than originally planned.He reminded council that the loan on the

sewage treatment plant came up for renewallast year.The new lower interest rate netted the town a

substantial reduction in the interest portion ofthe debt payment.Council opted to use the savings, around

$80,000 a year, to pay down the principal.Treasurer Chris Carroll later said the extra

payments meant that the original 40-year termwas now reduced to 22 years.The combined budget for water and sewer

comes in at $2,011,727.Debt and interest costs still take a large slice

of the $2 million budget.The town will pay $241,000 in debt and in-

terest on the sewage system, together with$291,700 in debt and interest for the water sys-tem.The other big ticket item in the two budgets

is the contract costs for the town’s operator,OCWA (Ontario Clean Water Agency).In 2013, the town will pay OCWA$442,000

to manage the water treatment plant and distri-bution system, together with $291,000 for thesewer system.At an earlier committee meeting, Councillor

Terry Myers explained the public works com-mittee had decided not to make changes to thebudget this year.“It’s good news in that the rates stay the

same, while there was still room for someminor capital works and to put some cash intothe reserves.”The budget will send $72,000 into the re-

serves for water and sewer, with another$199,000 set aside for repairs, upgrades, equip-ment and materials.

METERS

Changes may be in store for water bills in thefuture, however.Last week council approved the issue of a re-

quest for proposals for “a water monitoring sys-tem Phase 1.”Phase one covers multi-residential, commer-

cial, and institutional users.Council also agreed to a proposal from

Myers that the request for proposal also solicitinformation on Phase 2, which would extendthe water metering program to all users.“At the committee meeting we didn’t close

the door on residential meters,” Myers said,adding, “It would be good if we could ask forinformation on residential meters, even infor-mally.”


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Council OKs $2,000 forTaste of the Valley

BY DENISE WALKER

There was a buzz of excitement when it was announced that Deep Riverwill be one of the host sites for the popular “Taste of the Valley” festivals thisyear.The events bring together a sampling of wares from producers across Ren-

frew County, giving visitors a chance to sample local food, crafts and otherproducts.Musicians and good weather (fingers crossed) usually bring out a crowd.Last week, Deep River council put their seal of approval on the event by

donating $2,000 towards the costs.The other host sites this year are Barry’s Bay, Cobden, and Renfrew.Deep River will host the event on October 5.

BY DENISE WALKER

Are garbage bag limits and bag tags coming soon toDeep River?The answer could be yes, if Councillors Terry Myers

and Ruth Symes have their way.The two councillors are the Deep River representatives

on the North Renfrew Landfill Operations Board thatoversees the management of the Baggs Road landfill sitefor the towns of Laurentian Hills and Deep River.At committee recently, they told their fellow council-

lors that the board had received disturbing news from theannual audit of the landfill. The audit predicted that thesite would be full within 18 years.This represents a switch from last year, when the site

was estimated to last for another 22 years.(Information from the board’s website states that the

site opened for business in 2002 with an anticipated lifeof 25 years.(It had a total capacity to accept 191,250 cubic metres

of waste, including fill, or 7,650 cubic metres a year.(Annual amounts of waste have varied over the years

from a high of 9,473 cubic metres in 2003 to 4,900 in2009.)

RECYCLABLES

Part of the problem seems to bethat too many recyclable products areending up in the landfill.Councillor Ruth Symes explained

that two waste audits that examinedbags of waste showed over half of thecontents were items that should havebeen recycled.

Myers explained that the amount of garbage coming tothe site was steadily increasing from the low of 4,900cubic metres five years ago to 6,800 last year.He told the protection to persons and property com-

mittee that this meant the town was only a few yearsaway from starting the search for a new site, saying “thiswould be very expensive.”“I come at this as a cost issue, not from an environ-

mental issue,” he added.“Either way we should set an aggressive goal for waste

reduction to get as much life as possible from this site.”Meeting that goal might require both more public edu-

cation and a new garbage collection bylaw.Councillor Symes pointed to the nearby townships of

Head, Clara & Maria who have a strict bylaw allowingresidents 52 bags of waste a year.“They have reduced the amount of garbage they col-

lect by half. We could use their bylaw as a starting pointinstead of having to start from scratch,” she said.Whatever measures are introduced, Councillor Myers

wants the town to move swiftly.“Our collection and recycling contracts are up in Sep-

tember,” he told the committee, “so we need to tender byJuly.“That means we only have April to June to get a han-

dle on this.”


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CAOMichelle Larose explained that the request forproposal could be amended to add a request for “in-formation purposes” on residential meters.Deputy Mayor Banks welcomed both the decision

to put out the request for proposals, and to getting in-formation on residential installation.“I am glad we are getting to this part,” he said.“We have talked about it for some time, right from

our first budget deliberations, so I am glad we areready to take this next step.”He later said that some councillors did not believe

they had a mandate to proceed with residential meter-ing at this time.“Some residents are in favour of meters, (so) it will

be useful to have some basic information available,” hesaid.He promised there would be plenty of public con-

sultation before residential metering became a reality.

Bag tags heading Deep River’s way?The Return ofthe Reeve

BY DENISE WALKER

The 2014 municipal election will have some DeepRiver residents getting that déjà vu feeling.Council voted last week to change the composition

of council when their term ends next year.Gone is the position of Deputy Mayor and in its

place comes the return of the Reeve.There will still be a Mayor, to be elected as head of

council, and five councillors.The Reeve will be the person who sits on both Deep

River council and is the designated representative atRenfrew County council.There are no substitutes on this bench – no other

council member will be eligible to sit at county coun-cil.There was little discussion as council approved the

bylaw. They had approved the changes by resolutionback in June 2012.Deputy Mayor Banks later recapped the arguments

for the change.“There were two main reasons,” he said.The first was to “increase the focus,” explained

Banks, “so that the mayor can concentrate on local is-sues and the reeve can focus on county issues.”The second reason was the time commitment for the

mayor’s job.“It takes a lot of time to do both,” said Banks.He explained that workload and time commitment

could limit the choice of candidates for mayor.“Basically you need to be retired or self-employed,

and able and willing to cut back on your own businesswork hours,” Banks said.As to the concerns in the past that Deep River was

disadvantaged by not having the head of council sit atthe table at county, Banks said that council did not seethere would be any problems.“The reeve will be a member of Deep River council

and will able to take our concerns to the county”, hesaid.Renfrew County council consists of 17 municipali-

ties. Fourteen of them send their head of council to rep-resent them at county council.The towns ofArnprior, Renfrew and theWhitewater

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Water issues raised at rezoning meetingBY VANCE GUTZMAN

How high is the water, mama?Well, that depends on who you’re asking.Both the proponents and opponents of a rezoning ap-

plication had differing opinions on the matter when Lau-rentian Hills council held a public meeting to discuss thematter last week.The meeting focused on two lots on Legere Drive that

are owned by Chris Quirion.They were originally two lots, that is, when he pur-

chased first 64 Legere Drive in 2009 and then 66 LegereDrive the following year.Although the two properties have separate legal de-

scriptions, and retain separate assessments for propertytax purposes, they were merged on title into one lot.Quirion tried to sever 66 Legere drive from 64 Legere

Drive last year, but his application was turned down bythe county’s land division committee.Quirion has appealed the land division committee’s de-

cision to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) and in themeantime has filed the rezoning application with Lau-rentian Hills.The rezoning would create an exception zone for the

property and reduce the minimum required lot size foreach home by 700 sq m, from 2,025 sq m to 1,354 sq m.Lot frontages would also be reduced and there would

be a reduction in the setback for an existing garage.Hearing the request for rezoning now, the town feels,

would enable any appeal of the rezoning decision to beheard by the OMB at the same time as it deals with theseverance decision.The root of Quirion’s dilemma can be traced back to

the early 1970s, when the 24 lots on Legere Drive werecreated without an actual plan of subdivision.“All the lots were created by conveying them to differ-

ent owners,” Quirion’s legal representative, Bill Instance,said at last week’s meeting.That was in 1971, and the waters were muddied a little

further in 1976 when the municipality of the day (Rolph,Buchanan, Wylie an McKay) entered into an agreementwith the landowners recognizing they were appropriatebuilding lots.When the municipality of current record (Laurentian

Hills) passed its new zoning bylaw, it served to increaseminimum lot sizes, meaning the property in question isnot large enough to meet the new requirements.Laurentian Hills supported Quirion’s severance appli-

cation anyway, last year, but the county did not, hencethe current appeal before the OMB.The whole situation could have been easily avoided,

according to Instance, if Quirion had put the second lot inhis wife’s name, instead of having both in his own, whenhe purchased 66 Legere Drive.“We wouldn’t be here today,” the solicitor said.The county’s chief concern about minimum lot sizes,

Instance went on to say, is unfounded when the otherproperties on Legere Drive are taken into consideration.“Virtually every lot on that street is undersized, so that’s

not a reason to not allow it,” Instance said.“We’re trying to put things back to the way they were

in 2009.”

WATER

Some of the local residents in the area, whose proper-ties front Highway 17, have expressed concerns in thepast about increased development along Legere Drivehaving a detrimental impact on the local water table.BrianWhitehead, of the engineering firm Jp2g, was in

attendance at last week’s meeting to try and allay thoseconcerns.Whitehead cited the results of a hydrogeological study

commissioned to determine if there was both an adequatequantity and quality of water for the proposed lots, andalso to determine suitability for septic service.The dwelling at 64 Legere Drive is currently serviced

by an in-ground septic system, and also has a drilled well.The lot to be severed (66 Legere Drive) doesn’t have a

septic system, but does have a drilled well, albeit onewhich is not yet in service.“The lot to be severed is big enough for a septic sys-

tem,” Whitehead said.In terms of potable water, meanwhile, Whitehead said

the hydrogeological study’s review of five water wellrecords from residential wells along Legere Driveshowed flow rates vary between 3.5 and 25 litres perminute.The groundwater from seven nearby residential wells,

meanwhile, were sampled for bacteriological content, andnone showed any presence of either total coliforms orE.Coli.Tests on the two wells in question at 64 and 66 Legere

Drive, meanwhile, also came up clean, according toWhitehead.“There wasn’t a single health or aesthetic parameter

that came close to being exceeded,“ said Whitehead.“The water quality is perfect in those two wells.”Water quality and quantity aside, Whitehead also rec-

ommended that an existing fence encroaching on a neigh-bouring property be relocated, and that a lot grading anddrainage plan be prepared to meet that neighbour’s con-cerns.That neighbour is Neil Baird, who was also in atten-

dance at last week’s meeting.Baird took issue with parts of the hydrogeological

study - in particular its description of the surface geologyas being “silty sand to sand textured on precambrian ter-rain.”

BY VANCE GUTZMAN

Laurentian Hills continues to accumulate its accumu-lated surplus.That was the message handed down last week by ac-

counting firm Scott Rosen & Dempsey in its 2012 au-dited financial statements.The annual audit revealed the municipality continues

to maintain good fiscal health, having wrapped up 2012with an accumulated surplus of $8,948,139 - an increaseof $411,200 from the year before.Accumulated surpluses are the new fiscal bottom line

that municipalities now look at to comply with PublicSector Accounting Board (PSAB) principles.They are calculated, essentially, by subtracting a mu-

nicipality’s liabilities from its financial assets, and thentaking stock of its non-financial assets, which are mainlycomprised of capital assets such as roads and buildings.AuditorsWayne Dempsey and RyanMcGauley walked

town council through the report, pointing out some high-lights along the way.Among the highlights was the fact unpaid taxes and as-

sociated interest owed to the town stood at $382,606 atyear’s end - an increase of $102,000 from the year be-fore.Call it a result of economic malaise.“That’s a sad situation,” Deputy MayorAnne Giardini

commented.A number of businesses and municipalities are in the

same boat, McGauley was quick to point out.“Receivables are up across the board,” he said.The town, meanwhile, continues to set aside money for

the decrease in the useful life of its tangible capital as-sets.“That’s exactly what you want,” McGauley said.“You’re holding steady.”Laurentian Hills, at year’s end, posted a tangible capi-

tal asset balance of $17,517,349, with a net book value of$6.2 million after $11,281,097 in amortization was takeninto account.The town also continued to make strides in 2012 in

planning for staff-related matters, and retiring staff in par-ticular.Although the municipality is still $12,500 short in post-

employment benefits (in the worst-case scenario whereall its workers retire at the same time), that’s still betterthan $58,000 hole which with it ended 2011.Laurentian Hills also made strides in 2012 in continu-

ing to build up its reserves, transferring in $360,000 intocontingencies to bring its total reserves to $1,154,492.Reserve funds, meanwhile, for things like roads and

fire equipment, totalled $1,636,336 - an increase of$183,000 from the previous year.

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MP Cheryl Gallant was on hand last week to join the townships of Head, Clara and Maria in the awarding of a fed-eral infrastructure grant for $72,250 towards the expansion of the Stonecliffe community hall. “The community cen-tre with the library and municipal hall under its roof are the hub of the neighbourhood in Stonecliffe. If an emergencysituation were to arise, that is where people would find shelter and comfort,” Gallant said. “I am delighted to seeour Conservative government’s funding going toward this worthy community.” Joining Gallant for the announcementwere HCM councillors, from left to right, Bob Reid, Doug Antler, Debbi Grills and Jim Gibson.

Townships get second grant for town hallBY KAY MCQUADE

Head, Clara, Maria has received a secondgrant to help with the expansion and up-grade of the municipal hall in Stonecliffe.Township council learned on Friday that

they had been successful in their applicationfor a New Horizons grant in the amount of$25,000 for upgrades to the kitchen at thetownship hall.Councillor Jim Gibson, acting as chair in

the reeve’s absence, expressed his pleasure.“This is good news for us and very

timely,” he said.“We can now move forward with both

(the hall and kitchen expansion).”The New Horizons grant is in addition to

the $70,250 the townships will receive forthe project under the federal government’sCommunity Infrastructure ImprovementFund (CIIF).Referring to comments in the North Ren-

frew Times (March 13) stemming from theprevious council meeting where ReeveTammy Stewart denied supporting the hallupgrades, Councillor Gibson asked if any-one at the table did not believe that the hallexpansion was a go.Gibson stated that “council has already

put in motion the hall expansion.”Councillor Bob Reid reported that he had

been asked by a “number of residents tovote against the expansion and that councilhas been through this a couple of times.”Gibson said that council as a whole makes

a decision and councillors have to abide bythat decision.Reid remarked that “was not the way it

was explained the first time.”

Gibson summed up by saying, “the hallexpansion has a green light and we are pro-ceeding in that direction.”Council then turned to discussion of the

resolution deferred from the last meetingconcerning the hiring of a design firm toprovide drawings for the project.Chief building official Robert Labre rec-

ommended obtaining both engineering andarchitectural designs for the project.He admitted the designs “will be expen-

sive because it is a small project,” but in hisopinion “it is a wise way to spend money tomake sure it’s done properly.”Council directed staff to hire Morris

Thuemen for the architectural design andJp2g for the engineering design, and to se-lect dates for planning meetings.In discussions concerning building occu-

pancy, Labre explained that according to thebuilding code, maximum capacity is deter-mined by use and/or door width and/ornumber of washroom facilities - whicheveris the lower number.When alcohol is served at a function, the

deciding factor on capacity is the number ofwashrooms.The current washrooms allow for a max-

imum occupancy of 90.He explained that if there were two more

stalls for each sex the occupancy could beraised to 140.Labre also indicated that without addi-

tional washrooms, the hall could have twooccupancy loads; 90 when alcohol is servedand 135 for functions where no alcohol isinvolved.Astipulation written into the rental agree-

ment would be required to cover this

arrangement.Gibson commented that “anything with

respect to the hall makes sense to do whilewe are expanding.”He speculated that “we are not likely to

see grant money like this again.”Labre asked council about plans for the

kitchen renovation, specifically commercialgrade appliances.He noted that special sprinklers may be

required with a commercial grade stove.

USER GROUP COMMITTEE

At the last meeting, council agreed toform an advisory committee comprised ofa member from each of the three major usergroups: Linda Chartrand from the CWL;Marlene Gibson for the library; and ToddDowser to represent the Missing LinkSnowmobile Club.Gibson asked about council representa-

tion on the committee.It was decided that all members of coun-

cil would be welcome to attend but a mini-mum of two would be required at any usergroup meeting.Councillor Doug Antler remarked that

“we have appointed three people to thecommittee - should we ask if anyone elsefrom the community is interested?”CAO Melinda Reith stated you “don’t

want to invite someone to play devil’s ad-vocate.”Gibson clarified that “anyone who serves

on the committee should be someone whouses the hall more than a single use.”Antler noted “it may be a way to include

some naysayers.”

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EDITORIALNORTH RENFREW TIMES

Published by theDeep River Community Association, Inc.PO Box 310, Deep River, ON K0J 1P0

NRT Editorial Board:H.M. Angell (HMA), K. McQuade (KM) - chair,T. Myers (TM), H.A. Rose (HAR), S. Sunder (SS)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Whither AECL?For those of us in North Renfrew and beyond, that’s the

$64,000 question, isn’t it? Over the past couple of monthswe’ve heard about possible shipments of highly enricheduranium through Eastern Ontario to the United States, con-tinuing problems with the NRU reactor, government plansto “sell” Chalk River to private bidders, plans to stop pro-ducing medical isotopes at CRL, and now, more billions ofdollars in nuclear “liabilities.” In the midst of all the medianoise about AECL, it would be no surprise if local residents,even those who work there, are asking, just what the heckis going on?It would be grand to pretend we could answer all your

questions, but hey - some of these things are just going totake time to work themselves out. In the meantime, hereare at least three things we DO know:1. Whatever you hear or read, remember that the media

in general love the word “nuclear.” It’s one of those irra-tional, touchstone kind of words that gets viewers’ pulsesracing, whether there’s any basis for it or not. The truth is,of course, that Canada’s nuclear industry, including theChalk River labs, is probably more heavily regulated, moreclosely scrutinized and generally more transparent than anyother industry in the country. Except in cases where there isa genuine security risk, like those enriched uranium ship-ments, meetings and hearings of the Canadian NuclearSafety Commission are held in the open, and the docu-mentation - reams of it - is all there for public review.2. Based on the experience of the past five or six years,

the money will be there. Since 2008-09, federal funding forAECL has ranged anywhere from a low of $550 million to ahigh of $870 million. Much of that money has gone to payfor commercial operations, such as the cost overruns in-volved in the Point Lepreau refurbishment project, but thegovernment has also supported major investments atChalk River. This year’s funding was originally announced atroughly $211 million, a far cry from the highs of the pastseveral years - but that has been the pattern every year,base funding supplemented by major additions of cash asthe year has gone on. There’s no reason to believe thatsupport will stop this year.And 3., whatever you think of it, the government’s direc-

tion with AECL has been consistent since it first announcedrestructuring plans in 2009. Putting the commercial side ofthe company on a competitive basis, moving Chalk River toa “government-owned, contractor-operated” (GoCo)model, public-private partnership, whatever you choose tocall it - it’s exactly what was promised four years ago.Consistent, slow but steady progress towards a defined

goal might not sell like alarmist stories about the end of theworld as we know it, but it should give us all, if not assur-ance, at least a greater sense of comfort in the future.

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Responsiblepet ownersI grew up on a farm in west-

ern Canada where we had a dogand many cats at any giventime.They were outdoor animals

that rarely entered the house andI have long regarded dogs andcats as outdoor animals as op-posed to house pets.As a result, despite pleas from

growing children over the years,the largest pets our home inDeep River has ever seen havebeen gerbils and tropical fish.However, I recognize the role

that dogs and cats play in somefamilies and would suggest thatwhile number limits are, in theend, necessary in the proposedDeep River bylaw, the numbersmust not be too restrictive.We have had close neighbours

for more than 20 years who al-most continuously have hadthree dogs and two cats in theirhousehold (mostly indoors).During this time period we

have never had cause to com-plain about feces, noise, or other

problems with the dogs and,apart from one or two rareglimpses, I have not seen thecats outdoors.Our family are keen bird-

watchers and there has neverbeen a problem in our yard oraround our feeders (or the saidneighbours’ feeders) with theircats attacking the birds.I would urge council to look

very carefully at the numberlimits it imposes on responsiblepet owners and develop a bylawthat instead has enforceablepenalties for those owners whoallow their pets to interfere withthe property and rights of theirneighbours.

Jim Ungrin

Not so fastRe: “Water meters now,” let-

ter, NRT March 20.Ms. Nussbaumer-Roth is all

very gung-ho to implementwater meters town-wide, butshe has not bothered to do themath on what this “cost-saving”measure would actually cost us.Using Port Elgin as a model,

their published cost for in-stalling water meters in everyhouse, adjusted for inflation,would cost the town of DeepRiver in excess of $600,000.This price is only for the in-

stallation of the meters; resi-dents of Vancouver pay inexcess of $100 per year in“meter service charges” tocover the maintenance cost ofthe meter installed on theirproperty.I, for one, do not want a two-

metre deep hole dug in my frontyard so that I can have the privi-lege of installing a water meter.I would suggest a better way

to control water usage would beto supply residents with a gar-den hose timer ($15), and hire asummer student to performbylaw enforcement and ticketresidents who are watering out-side of the posted wateringschedule.While I am sure that all resi-

dents who sit on the CentennialRock Terrace will agree that theriver, and the water it providesus, is a precious resource, it isprecious because of its beauty,not because the water is scarce.

Paul Joynes

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2710 am - 4 pm, Canadian Clock Museum fall/winter hours (Tuesdayto Saturday, closed Sunday & Monday), 60 James St., Deep River *12-1 pm, Soup & Sandwich Luncheon, St. Andrew’s United Church,Chalk River *12:30 pm, Weekly Progressive Euchre, play starting at 1 pm, ChalkRiver Legion *1:30 pm, Social Bridge, sponsored by Friends of the Library, DeepRiver Library program room *6 pm, Rotary Club presentation, with guest speakers Alan andMona Fox - cancelled (for information, call 584-4239)7:30 pm, THEOP presents dancer Peggy Baker, “The Power ofGesture,” Childs Auditorium, Mackenzie Community School7:30 pm, Toastmasters meet, North Renfrew Long Term Care Centre(for information, call 584-2505) *

THURSDAY, MARCH 286:30 pm, Lions bingo, Chalk River Lions Hall *6:30-8 pm, “Get WITH It!” walking program (Tuesday & Thursday),Mackenzie Community School *7 pm, Al-Anon meeting, everyone welcome, Laurentian Hills mu-nicipal hall, Point Alexander *

FRIDAY, MARCH 2910-11:20 am, Coffee morning, everyone welcome, Deep River Com-munity Church *1:30 pm, Casual cards, North Renfrew Long Term Care Centre, 47Ridge Rd. *8 pm, Friday night Fun Darts, Deep River Legion *8 pm, Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Pt. Alexander municipalbuilding, Hwy 17 *

SATURDAY, MARCH 301 pm, Four-Hand Euchre, Chalk River Legion

SUNDAY, MARCH 311-3 pm, Easter Fun Day, bring a bag or basket to collect yourgoodies, Chalk River Legion7-9 pm, Old Time Square Dancing, beginners welcome, Pt. Alexan-der municipal hall *

MONDAY, APRIL 110 am - 1 pm, Deep River and Area Food Bank open, at the DeepRiver and District Hospital (for more information, phone 584-2484)*1 pm, Golden Oldies Euchre Club, CR Legion *7:30-10 pm, Country Line Dancing, Bear’s Den, Hwy 17 Deep River(for information, call 589-2644 or 589-2146) *8 pm, Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Pt. Alexander municipalbuilding, Hwy 17 *

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After months of preparation, Spanish les-sons, and fundraising, the group of eightMackenzie Interactors have gone to - andcome home from - El Salvador.And what an amazing trip it was.During the trip, we spent a lot of our time

painting.Whether it was a mural or a house, many of

our days started or ended with a trip to a hard-ware store.Though painting sounds like a pretty simple

task, those couple coats of paint made quitethe difference.On the panels surrounding La Voz del

Autismo, a centre for children with autism,murals brought colour and movement to thechildren’s play yard.Several coats of paint and a number of mu-

rals changed a gloomy wing of BenjaminBloom Hospital – the only public hospital forchildren in El Salvador - into a bright spacefor children and parents alike.In San Jose Villanueva and Talnique, we

transformed cement buildings into houses

alongside the families who would soon makethat house their home.While there, we also brought down suit-

cases of medical equipment and donations ofclothing, shoes, and toys.Jeremiah Point, the team leader of this

year’s trip, summed up our contributions con-cisely, and with what else – numbers.“We have 10 Interactors lead by five chap-

erones from Canada. We have travelled 4,800km, carrying about $9,000 dollars, 600pounds of clothing and about 100 pounds ofmedical supplies for donation.“In 10 short days we’ve painted five houses

in Talnique and San Jose Villenueva and threerooms at Benjamin Bloom with murals (plusa few more at the La Voz del Autismo -School for Autistic Children).“(We did all this) while having fun, laugh-

ing, and sightseeing.”Thank you again to the supportive commu-

nities of Deep River and Chalk River for sup-porting our group this year.The group hopes to give a presentation in

the next month or so about the trip to the pub-lic.

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At St. Barnabas, we believe our worship to be bothceremonial and down to earth, orderly and joyous, heart-felt and mindful. Our worship includes scripture readings, contempo-

rary and traditional music, sermons that emphasize a Bib-lical message of God’s unconditional love for humanityand all created beings, prayers for the world and our own

thanksgiving and needs, and the sacrament of Holy Eucharist.The evening of Maundy Thursday begins the Great Three Days of our Lord’s passion, death

and resurrection — the journey from the supper table to the cross, from the cross to the Easterdawn.“Maundy” is derived from the Latin mandatum novum, “a new commandment” (John 13:34).

After Jesus washed the feet of the disciples he said, “A new commandment I give you, that youlove one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.”This meal commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus with the Apostles, and established what we

know today as our Holy Eucharist.Our Last Supper Meal and Maundy Thursday service will be held on March 28 at 6:15 pm. As

seating for the supper is limited, please contact the church office (584-4131), or sign the LastSupper sheet in the narthex, to reserve your spot.The Good Friday service will be held at 11 am on March 29; it is the Friday preceding Easter

Day, and commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus, the most somber day of the Churchyear.There will be only one service of Holy Eucharist on Easter Sunday, March 31, at 10 am, as we

celebrate the glorious wonder of the resurrection of Christ and the empty tomb.No time during the year means more to us as Christians. It is the most joyous day of the church

year and the centre of the church’s faith and worship.Easter immediately follows Lent, and like Christmas, is more than a single day. The Easter

season (Eastertide) lasts 50 days and concludes with the Day of Pentecost.

We have wonderful news. Our Euchre team consist-ing of Gord & Linda Stewart, Tammy Stewart and ButchLallier clinched 1st place in District Euchre last Saturdayin Gananoque.That means they’ll be representing us in the Provin-

cial Euchre Tournament on May 4 in Hespler.

Also, because they won 1st place, our Branch will be hosting District Euchre next year.We also have the team of Pat & Hazel Sullivan and Jim & Lorraine Lamure who finished as

the first alternate team, which means they will go if any of the winning teams can’t make it.Way to go, Chalkers!

PENNY SALE

There’s still time to donate new or slightly used items to our Penny Sale, which takes place onSunday, April 14 from 10 am to 2 pm.You can bring your donations to the Branch or to 38 Church St. or call Irene at 589-9739 to

arrange for us to pick them up.The Penny Sale is really shaping up with donations from local Home-Based Businesses, in ad-

dition to hundreds of other items, such as a collection of Thomas trains and tracks, doll strollers,a child’s stroller, a baby’s entertainment centre, brand new toaster oven and rice cooker and aportable house generator, just to name a few.And you could end up with one of these marvellous items by spending as little as $1, although

we are hoping you will spend a little more, since all profits go into the Youth Fund to be spent onchildren’s events.

EASTER FUN DAY

One of these events, our Easter Fun Day, will be taking place on Easter Sunday, March 31 from1 to 3 pm with crafts, games, prizes and an Easter Candy Hunt for children under 12.Don’t forget to bring a bag or a basket to carry away your goodies!We’d also like to remind you that on this coming Saturday, March 30, there will be 4-Hand Eu-

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Easter Sunday is a central time inthe church’s year as it is the particu-lar time when we celebrate the lifeand resurrection of Jesus.On March 31, Community

Church’s 10:15 am celebration in-cludes communion and the choir an-them, “This joyful Eastertide,”accompanied by Brenda Forsythe.There is a Good Friday service at

11 am, where you will see that theLenten prayer tree is now a cross.The previous day, Thursday,

March 29, a 6 pm service is followedby supper in the Christian EducationCentre, adjacent to the church onDeep River Road.There is no Friday coffee this week

but it resumes in the lower level ofthe church on April 5. The entry is bythe back door that faces the car park- look for the bright notice on thedoor.This is also the entry for the office,

which is open Tuesday to just Thurs-day morning this week, where ourminister can also be reached at 584-2812.

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In 1637, a market-woman calledJenny Geddes launched the Refor-mation in Scotland with her reactionto a preacher in St Giles Cathedral inEdinburgh.Mistress Geddes accompanied her

comments with throwing her stool atthe minister, which by today’s stan-dards seems a bit extreme.Still, have you ever felt an urge to

have your say on a meditation or ser-mon?After our service on April 7 our

minister, Rev. Paul Evans is having adiscussion on the service’s medita-tion.Possibly to allow stool-throwing

urges to die down, there will be timeto have coffee before congregating atthe front of the sanctuary.In two weeks time, on Thursday

April 11 at 12 noon, our annualLunch and Card party takes place.This is a fundraiser for our infra-

structure fund and a great social timeof fellowship and fun - though stool-throwing is highly unlikely.Lunch is homemade buns and a

choice of chilli followed by dessert,tea and coffee. Jacquie at 584-3677or Elaine at 584-2244 have ticketsand information.Looking ahead to May 25 and

spring we are planning our first everCarnival for the community.It’s anticipated that every inch of

the church property will be a-buzzwith booths showcasing communitygroups, vendors, games, individual“boot sales,” eats and entertainment.This is so open-ended an event that

you could even consider garneringpublicity for your activity with ap-propriately controlled demonstra-tions of - what else but? - thelong-lost skill of accurate stool-throwing!Watch this space and around town

next month to learn more.


The name says it all...The new and improved North Renfrew Family Services (NRFS)

20-week kitchen program, formerly known as the Deep River Col-lective Kitchen, is now known as “HeLP” - the Health LifestyleProgram.NRFS has been able to run this program for the past 15 years be-

cause our community has collectively participated.HeLP would not be in existence if it weren’t for our community,

from our humble beginnings with a grant from Health Canada, thentwo Trillium grants, the County of Renfrew National Child Bene-fit, sponsorship from local service organizations, to the present.This year our first HeLP 10-week session (January to April) is

being funded with the interest received from the Deep River andDistrict Community Foundation’s NRFS Endowment fund.The second 10-week session (October to December) will be

funded by the Fleury’s Valu-mart save-a-tape program of $3,556.This would not be possible without the members of the commu-

nity who drop off their cash register receipts, either at Valu-mart orthe NRFS office.The receipts are then counted and rolled by members of Beta

Sigma Phi organization and their volunteers. Bert Fleury donates apercentage of the total tally to NRFS.Another community partner is the Deep River and Area Food

Bank.Each Monday the facilitator of HeLP takes a list to the Food Bank

to obtain available supplies they may have on hand to contribute tothe meal being prepared on Tuesday.In this way our program also benefits from the generous com-

munity donations to the Food Bank.Prior to the weekly cooking class, the facilitator and the partici-

pants gather at the Real Hope Christian Assembly Church for anhour-long discussion of the previous week’s issues.Following this, everyone heads to the Baila Studio where owner

Lesley Levinski instructs a one-hour exercise class - the newest

component of our program.Then it’s back to the Real Hope Church to do our magic in the

kitchen.We are grateful to StepsCount/ Diabeaters.com for their dona-

tion of pedometers and portion plates used in our program.This session, members of our community were invited to share

their expertise with the group.Michelle Martel, of employment services, shared information re-

garding soft skills (eg. communication, organization, resume writ-ing, time management), and Carmen Wilson of Northern CreditUnion spoke to the group about handling personal finances, in-cluding budgeting.To finish up the season a member of the Horticultural Society

will speak to us on herb gardening.This really is a community program.All the dollars, food and

facilities come directlyfrom our community andgo back directly into ourcommunity.Our goal is overall

health. When you’re eatinghealthily, exercising, andhaving a social outing withlike-minded women,you’re going to be health-ier overall.The NRFS office at 584-

3358 can provide informa-tion to anyone interested injoining the group, gettinggeneral information on theprogram, or making a do-nation.

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Some of the many people who have helped out with North Renfrew Family Services’ Healthy Lifestyle Program(HeLP) are, from left to right, Beta Sigma Phi’s Dora Cecil, Bert Fleury, Baila Studio’s Lesley Levinski, program fa-cilitator Kelly Hawley, HeLP participant Michelle John, community contributor Margaret Miller, Mike Ueltzhoffer ofthe Deep River and Area Community Foundation and Real Hope Pastor Gary Burt. Leanne Kennedy, of Step-sCount/Diabeaters, was absent from photo, as was the Food Bank’s Charles Packer. Photo: Vance Gutzman

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BEAVER TALES

The band of the bestest, the mak-ers of musical magic, the packages ofperfection, the ones, the onlys, “TheBeaver Tales” will be lighting it upSaturday, April 6, at the Legion from8:30-12:30 and believe you me, thisis the tune-fest you don’t want tomiss.If you’re not dancing or yelling or

foot stompin’ to these musicians ofmagnificence, check your pulse.For the low low low cost of $5 you

can enjoy all this awesomeness! Seeyou there and bring your best danc-ing shoes.Calling all you naughty, not paid-

up members, best be helping our hardworking membership chairmanComrade Les clean up his records.Please note soon it will be time to

vote in your executive and you mustbe paid up to be eligible to vote.Also if you are a paid-up member,

you are eligible to play mixed dartsin Eganville on April 13. Sign up inthe lounge.The snooker league sign-up sheet

in the lounge is filling up, awesome!We just might hit 32 players.Come on ladies, let’s show these

machos who’s the real player. $20covers all table time and the leaguefees.Unbelievable folks, Donna is on a

roll, two weeks in a row she’s had awinner in the Rusty Dillabough Me-morial Draw. Will the wonders of the heavens

ever be figured out?The attendance draw that had built

up to $75 was won by Bill Ward.Other winners were Nathan Lee,

Steve Langfield, Marion Chennette,Roger Hopkins, Sue Parker, KendallMiller, Lynne Kelly, Stella & Louis,Stella & Louis, Allison McMullin,Pat Hogue, James Slattery, Caveman,Bruce Insley, and John Arnold.At Thursday night euchre, Gib

Lukus was a double winner takingboth the hi man and most loners. JeanWilson was hi lady and Gyula Pechwas low.


DONATIONS

Our Fun in the Sun winner for November was EileenBurke with ticket #228, the seller was Susan Owens; theDecember winner was Sue and Glenn Doncaster withticket #162, the seller was Sue Doncaster: the Januarywinner was Roger Leclair with ticket #108, the seller was

Pierrette Tapp: the February winner was Glenn and Sue Doncaster with ticket #133, the seller wasSue Doncaster; the March winner was Doug and Velma Connelly with ticket #152, the seller wasLynn Allan.The Knights have made donations to the Deep River Science Academy for the Renfrew County

Regional Science Fair, to the Sisters of Saint Joseph for First Youth Work Experience, to theDeep River and area food bank, and to the North Renfrew Family Services for the Christmasbaskets.Donations were also made to Our Lady of Good Counsel for the parish hall, a new fridge and

for a new organ for the church choir.A donation was made to St. Mary’s school for a youth trip and to Our Lady Seat of Wisdom

Academy.The Free Throw Basketball council contest had 106 participants with one student winning at

the district level.The substance abuse poster contest had 48 participants with two winners at the district level.There will be a Parish dance on Saturday, May 4, from 8 pm to midnight, at the Deep River Le-

gion with a live band, the DJ’S.The cost is $15 per person with a lunch included. Tickets are now available from OLGC at

584-3696, Digital Copy Express, Bruce at 584-3951, Rolland at 584-3819, Bob at 584-4180 andJody at 312-9924.

Keep up to date with us on Facebook: “like” us at FENEarly Years (Deep River & Area).

FEN HOURS

Deep River: M-F mornings 9-11:45 am and M-Th af-ternoons 1-3:15 pm

Chalk River: M, W, F mornings from 9-11:45 amPt. Alexander: Tues and Fri mornings from 9-11:30 am.All locations are closed Good Friday and Easter Monday.

WHAT DOES FEN MEAN TO YOU?

Find out more about the people behind FEN. Check out Amber’s story on being FEN’s mem-ber at large.You will find her story on our Facebook page, FEN Early Years (Deep River & Area).

KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION

March 27, 6-7 pm, St. Anthony’s, Chalk River FEN is offering evening workshops for parents with children entering kindergarten in Sep-

tember 2013.Child not enrolled yet? You are still welcome to attend one of the above evenings.Parents will learn more about the Full Day Early Learning Kindergarten Program and how to

help prepare your child for learning. The children will enjoy play-based activities with the FENstaff in the school environment.Please register: call FEN at 584-4886 or email [email protected] enhanced Kindergarten Transition program will be offered by FEN in May or June which

will be a morning, four-session series for children and their parents. Registration will be opencloser to the date.

PRENATAL NUTRITION PROGRAM

Deep River FEN, Fridays from 11:45 am – 1:15 pmThe Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program will be moving from Chalk River to Deep River FEN

for the next while.It will be held on Fridays from 11:45 to 1:15 and includes a healthy lunch, resources about

healthy pregnancy and baby’s first year as well as lots of friendly discussion.A healthy grocery voucher and free prenatal vitamins are also available. Please call FEN at

584-4886 for more information or to register.

PROGRAMS

Mondays: Baby Circle Time in Deep River at 10:45 am. Tuesdays: Pt. Alexander Story Timeat 10:45 am.Wednesdays: Playgroup at the North Renfrew Long Term Care center from 10:30-11:30 am.

Wednesdays: Baby Circle Time in Chalk River at 10:45 am.Thursdays: Circle Time for You and Me in Deep River at 10:45 am. Fridays: Circle Time for

You and Me in Chalk River at 10:45 am.

For more information, visit us online at www.earlyyearsrenfrew.ca, call us at 584-4886 or e-mail: [email protected].

To put a free notice in Match-Up, phone the NRT office at 584-4161, or email <[email protected]>.

SKIS, SNOWBOARDS: Used skis and snowboards, the older thebetter, are needed for a Tamarack passage assignment. If you haveany that you’d like picked up, please call Liam at 584-4023.

SPRING YARD SALE: The Deep River Lawn Bowling Club is againcollecting items for its annual spring yard sale. Please call Barb Nagyat 584-4968 or Marion Stewart at 584-3519, if you have items to do-nate. We are not accepting any TV’s or furniture. Again we wish tothank all those who contributed to the last spring sale. It really helpedin the recovery of our club.

DRESSES: The Valley Cinderella Project is once again looking fordonations of gently used formal, semi-formal, summer and first com-munion dresses to distribute to girls who may not be able to purchasenew. Please call 613-281-0214 or 687-8641 if you can assist this wor-thy cause.

SPRING CLEANING?: Don’t forget to keep the Jabez Blanket Min-istry in mind if you come across any unwanted yarn. We are gratefulto everyone who has donated so far - it’s been a great help to ourmembers who knit and crochet colourful and warm blankets for or-phans in need throughout the world. Contact Claire at 584-2083 forpickup. Interested in joining our group? Call Lydia at 584-3404 formore information.

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Euchre results from games playedMonday, March 18 read as follows:High lady - Lorraine LamureSecond - Joan EmondsMost loners - Vivian MussellHigh man - Basil RousseauSecond - Jim LamureMost loners - Jim Lamure.

Because of various timing andscheduling problems, the March 27Rotary Club meeting is cancelled.The presentation by Alan and MonaFox is being re-scheduled for July.Meanwhile, the next regular meet-

ing will be Wednesday, April 10, be-ginning at 5:30 pm in the Bear’s Den.Guest speakers at this meeting, will

inform the public of the proposedYouth Crisis Support Clinic pilotproject in Pembroke.See next week’s Rotary column for

more details.

Euchre results from games playedTuesday, March 19 read as follows:High Man, Basil Rosseau2nd High Man, Gerald MarionMost Loners, Basil RousseauHigh Lady, Dawn Nykorak2nd High Lady, Elsie YoungMost Loners, Marlyn Chaput.

Hallelujah, Christ arose!On Good Friday, at 10:30 am,

come and thank God with us for Hisultimate sacrifice. The theme will be “Life is is the

Blood” - four provisions.Easter Sunday morning, the ser-

mon is titled, “Who Will Roll Awaythe Stone?” from Mark 16:2. Thisservice begins at 10:30 am as welland families are welcome.For more information about Real

Hope Christian Assembly, contactPastor Gary at 584-4344.

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Laurentian Hills held a special ceremony last week to honour four members of its Fire Service. In front row, from left to right, Captains RobertBoulanger, Shawn Panke, and Grant Sidsworth each received 20-year exemplary service medals, while Fire Chief Kevin Waito was presented withhis 30-year bars. The medals were presented to the firefighters by Tawnya Roberts, of the Ontario Fire Marshal’s office, and Laurentian Hills MayorDick Rabishaw, as their firefighting brethren looked on with pride. “These are also for the families who supported you over all these years,” Robertstold the medal recipients. “Congratulations to everyone,” Rabishaw said at the ceremony. Boulanger, meanwhile, has recently retired from the FireService, and was presented with a signed helmet on behalf of the department by his son Richard and a $200 gift certificate from Deep River Outfit-ters by Sidsworth, who serves as vice president of the firefighters association.

LAURENTIAN HILLS FIREFIGHTERS HONOURED FOR LONG SERVICE

Photo: Vance Gutzman

Lumberjack memories wantedA Quebec researcher is looking for testi-

monies from former lumberjacks, log driversand pulp and paper industry workers.Did several generations of your family work

in the paper mills or the forest?You don’t know what to do with all those

boxes of old photographs? Share your treasureswith us!The team at Boréalis, Pulp and Paper Indus-

try Exhibition Centre, located in Trois-Rivières,Québec, needs you.

During the week of April 1, 2013, Borealiswill be in the local area to conduct filmed in-terviews with families who have worked in theforest / paper industry for more than one gen-eration.These interviews will be part of a temporary

exhibition entitled “Generations, When PaperIs A Family Affair.”All those interested in taking part in this ini-

tiative are invited to contact Simon Rodrigueby phone at 1-450-416-1259.

We will have our Cleanup Day onSaturday, May 4, when the snow hasfinally disappeared.There will be lots of leaves and

pine needles to be raked and we hopeto see as many of our members aspossible out to help.We will also welcome any volun-

teers who would like to lend a hand.We will be holding a Barn Dance

on Saturday, May 25 at the ChalkRiver Lions Hall.Running from 8:30 pm to 12:30

am, admission is just $10 per person,with music provided by “The Enter-tainers”. A light lunch will also be served,

so circle your calendars now.Our annual Strawberry Tea takes

place this year on Sunday, June 23from 12-3 pm, and we are also plan-ning more events for the summer.

River Fitness holds onto firstWith the number one playoff seed still up for grabs, both top teams took

care of business during the penultimate week of the Pembroke Gentlemen’sBasketball Association 2012-13 regular season.In the early game, remembering a stinging loss in February, River Fitness

took a solid 15-point lead into their halftime battle with Shots Sports Tap ‘nGrill.With five minutes remaining in the game, River Fitness’ offensive strategy

to slow things down worked against them, allowing Shots to get within threepoints with one minute remaining on opportunistic steals, and hot outsideshooting from Zack Mundt.This proved to be as close as the game would get, with a final score of 90-

83 in favour of the league leaders from Deep River.For River Fitness, Nick Hallett led the way with 20 points, followed by

Mika Pehkonen and Elliot Atienza each dropping 17 points in support.Immediately after the first game, Hollett’s Hawks took on second-place

Mahood’s Construction, who needed a victory for any chance of taking overtop of the table by the end of the regular season.Offence ruled the day, with the teams combining for a

league season-high 204 points, and three players toppingthe 30 point plateau.Once the fire department hosed down the scoreboard

at the end of the game, the final score read 108-96 infavour of Mahood’s.Next week in the regular season finale, Mahood’s faces

off against Shots, followed by the Petawawa Stags look-ing to play spoiler against River Fitness, who need at leasta tie in order to be guaranteed the crown of PGBA Reg-ular Season Champions, which comes with a muchneeded bye in the first round of the playoffs.

The Candu Swim Club’s Session 2 wrappedup March 11, and after a rest during MarchBreak, the swimmers and coaches are back atthe pool for Session 3.Training has resumed, and our annual swim-

a-thon is underway.This is a transition time for the competitive

swimmers as they move from the short courseseason, swimming races in 25m pools, to thelong course season where meets will now beheld in 50m pools.The Candu competitive team represented

“Small Town, Big Waves!” at every plannedcompetition in the region during the shortcourse season.These ranged from fun, learning oriented de-

velopment competitions to the DivisionalChampionship meet where over 600 other kidsswam alongside Candu’s finest.We also brought an eager team to our re-

gion’s short course championship where weplaced in finals for the majority of our entriesand even took home gold!The competitive swimmers have been

preparing for a regional kick competition where

they will be ranked against similar kids fromEastern Ontario, to see how they are doing inthis fundamental skill.This is another great example of how the

sport of competitive swimming focuses on highquality and foundational skills for safe, healthyand balanced (and fun!) athlete development.

PERSONAL BESTS

Each one of our competitive swimmers hasshown incredible improvement in technique,kicking and speed. They continue to post per-sonal best times at every race and move to-wards their individual goals.This is done through a carefully designed

program incorporating new training focusedgames and sets.Thanks to support from the town of Deep

River, through the Junior Instructional Grantprogram, the team has now invested in under-water filming equipment.Athletes are videoed and immediate feed-

back and analysis is provided by the coachesenabling the athletes to gain additional per-

spective on stroke development.This further increases their effi-

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Among the Deep River Candu I Can Swim swimmers enjoying Session 2 of theclub’s season were: Lydia Dillenbeck, Perrine Thiriet, Sydney Davenport, MckaylaMackenzie, Abby Blimke, Hannah Ward, and Ailish Patterson. Submitted photo

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PEEWEE HOUSE KNIGHTS WRAP UP 2012-13 SEASONThe Deep River Peewee House Knights closed out their 2012-13 season this past weekend at the East Ferris March Wind-Up Tournament. The teammanaged to persevere through a tough schedule and make it to the championship game. In the end, the Knights were unable to solve a tough teamfrom Timmins that had the Knights' number all weekend. In 2012-13, the Knights finished third overall during regular season play, made it to the leaguesemifinals, took two of four tournaments, and played in the A and B finals of the others. The parents, coaches and especially the players are con-gratulated for a very successful season.

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Family Enrichment Network turns 24!BY PIA DIMAYUGA

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year, FEN also celebrated 10 years ofbeing an Ontario Early Years Satel-lite.FEN, which stands for the Family

Enrichment Network, has three loca-tions - Deep River, Chalk River, and

Point Alexander - and has servedmany families since it started in1989. The centre offers a drop-in pro-

gram, as well as parenting workshopsand outreach for parents with chil-dren ranging in age from newborn toschool-age.The special occasion was marked

by the unveiling of a “special sur-prise”: a large panel conveying somekey values of FEN, painted byMackenzie student, Angela Rich-

mond. Richmond was a co-op stu-dent last semester, and designed andpainted the four by eight wood panel,after consultations with art teacherCathy Walsh, and FEN co-ordinatorRuby Manio.Ruby Manio said of the mural, “(it)

really captures the essence of FEN’sfamily support work in the commu-nity.”Feel welcome to come down to

Mackenzie and see the panel in itsnew home at Mackenzie.

BY KAY MCQUADE

The townships of Head, Clara,Maria have declared war on Canadageese at Old Mackey Park.Township council agreed last week

to enlist the aid of staff and volun-teers to mount a campaign to helpdeter the geese at the popular munic-ipal park at the end of Jennings Roadstarting when the water opens inApril.In addition, “scarecrows” will also

be made, at a cost of $200, to createvisual deterrents.In her report to council, based on

current research, CAO Melinda Reithrecommended a number of differenttactics to deter the geese, includingnoise, action and movement.- Mylar balloons tied to poles and

suspended on heavy weight nylonline. These balloons will wave in thewind and make the geese nervous.- Wide pieces of coloured tarp in-

stalled and moved from place toplace every second day or so to actlike scarecrows.- Reinstall ropes and ribbons from

last year at 3” and 8” heights.- Use noise, either firecrackers or

banging pots and pans, after dawn

and before dusk.- Visual deterrents should be

moved around to different locationsso that the geese do not become usedto them.Reith noted that some of these

techniques could be installed andmoved by staff from time to time butvolunteers would be required to takedawn and dusk shifts for a number ofweeks.Councillor Jim Gibson volunteered

to “take a few shifts in the earlymorning” and all councillors agreedto help find volunteers to man the“goose patrol.”

HCM declares war on geese


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Born February 13, 1918 in NorthDalton, Yorkshire, England.Died peacefully on Thursday,March 21, 2013 in Toronto fromcongestive heart failure.Beloved mother of Corinne Fal-coner; much loved by son-in-law Robert Falconer andgrandchildren Siobhan Harrop-McDiarmid (John) and ClarkHarrop (Katherine). Prede-ceased by sister MargaretGoodlass, husband James H.Harrop, daughter Ann Marie(Twinkle) and son Crichton.Long-time resident of Deep

River. Elma was a remarkable,wise and principled person whomade an excellent companion,wife, mother and grandmother.Formative years in Yorkshireand during WWII endowed herwith a good work ethic, abun-dance of common sense andlove of all things outdooors. Hergenuine interest in people, abil-ity to converse easily and hap-pily with all ages, and herformidable culinary skills re-warded her with a wide numberand range of friends. She verymuch appreciated Canada…spending hours walking in thecountry observing birds, otherwildlife and the natural land-scapes. Keeping very fit, untilrecently she could be founddoing training laps around hersenior’s residence. She leavesbehind many rich and fondmemories, most recently of bed-side cuddles with the familydogs. The family offers sincereand heartfelt thanks to the staffassociated with her carethrough Virtual Ward, the

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Corporation of the Town of Deep River

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)for water meter supply and installation for commercial,

institutional and high use multi-unit residential(turn key water metering operations program)

ANDquote for possible phase two implementation of

residential water metering

Sealed Tenders clearly labeled “PROPOSAL FOR WATER METERSUPPLYAND INSTALLATION FOR COMMERCIAL,INSTITUTIONALAND HIGH USE MULTI-RESIDENTIAL (TURNKEYWATER METERING OPERATIONS PROGRAM” and QUOTEFOR POSSIBLE PHASE TWO IMPLEMENTATION OFRESIDENTIALWATER METERING will be received by theundersigned at the Public Works Department at the following address:

Mr. Khizar HayatTown of Deep River100 Deep River Road

P.O. Box 400Deep River, ON K0J 1P0

Tender Closing Date & Time: May 23, 2013 by 11:00 a.m.

Contract documents are available at the Public Works Department,Municipal Office at the Town of Deep River or requests can be made [email protected] to have the documents e-mailed.

LOWEST OR ANY TENDER WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE ACCEPTED.

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INSTALLATION OF A SHOWERAT THE TOWN HALL

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ADDRESS OF THE WORKS: 48 de l’Église, Rapides-des-Joachims

The municipality asks for quotations for the installation of ashower.

The interested persons can get the information by addressingour office, situated in 48, de l’Église in Rapides-des-Joachimsevery Tuesdays between 1 pm and 6 pm or by e-mail [email protected].

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The date of the beginning of the works is to be determined.

The municipality of Rapides-des-Joachims makes a commitmentto accept neither the lowest nor any of the receivedsubmissions.

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Our precompetitive program con-tinues to be very popular. It was de-signed to fill the gap between ourpopular I Can Swim (ICS) programand our competitive program.With the transition of sessions, we

have one swimmer moving from pre-competitive to competitive (way togo Noah Gallagher!) and six ICSswimmers are moving up to precom-petitive (Abby Blimke, Andre Chin,Sydney Davenport, Liam McDonald,Ailish Patterson, and Hannah Ward).The club also welcomes returning

swimmer Connor Adams fromPetawawa.The precompetitive program con-

Stand UpPaddling


Also popular, the practice of yoga - already agreat core workout, requiring a lot of balance -is made even more challenging when per-formed on the floating stand-up paddle boardin calm water.“We are blessed in this area to have access to

clean, clear rivers and SUPs are a great way toget ‘above’ the water for a clear view of it all.“HOHW will have demos and ‘just for fun’

races throughout the day,” says Kim Barring-ton, event co-organizer.“The many islands and channels of the Ot-

tawa River provide a spectacular playgroundfor this sport.”This year, Hell or High Water

(www.hohw.ca), Canada’s premiere paddle-sports event, brings SUP to the Ottawa Valley.Throughout the day on Saturday, May 10, the

public is welcome to visit the Jubilee Lodgeand Marina or the “Catwalk” at CentennialPark in Petawawa to try their hand at this sport.All the equipment is provided, free of charge,

and experienced paddlers will be there to as-sist.

Already familiar with SUP?For the experienced paddlers, or those people

who want to take in the action, Hell or HighWater will be hosting a series of “fun” racesthroughout the day at the Jubliee Lodge.Running the same course as the dragon boats,

SUPs will go head to head and end to end onthe 200 metre course.The cost to enter the race is only $5 per per-

son, and it should provide spectators with agreat show.If you are interested in participating in the

race, send an email to [email protected] or visit www.hohw.ca.Hell or High Water, now in its fifth year cel-

ebrates rivers and recreation in the Ottawa Val-ley while raising funding for three localcharities close to the hearts of people here inthese communities: Soldier On; WhitewaterOntario and the “Image Matters” campaign tobring an MRI machine to the Pembroke Re-gional Hospital.Hell Or High Water is Canada’s largest

whitewater races, featuring canoes, kayaks andrafts on the rapids of the Petawawa River.Dragon boats and SUP events will be held at

the Jubilee Lodge on the Ottawa River.The event is proudly supported by Trailhead

Ottawa Paddleshack and Atomic Energy ofCanada Limited.

tinues to teach stroke improvement, adds moreemphasis on starts and turns, increases staminafor distance swimming and provides an oppor-tunity for competition when the swimmer isready.We are looking forward to swimmers im-

proving their base line times from the localGreat Harvest Meet in November with the up-coming Sundaes on a Sunday and Blackflycompetitions.Our I Can Swim program is developing

swimmers. We had 44 swimmers in Session 2and currently have 35 in Session 3.Nineteen of the 24 precompetitive swimmers

this year are graduates from the ICS program.The ICS program was developed by Swim-

ming Canada and is dynamic, flexible and fun.The goal with ICS is to develop lifelong

swimmers with a program that encourages par-ticipation, fun, and success.Swimmers progress at their own pace

through three stages, as they master basic skills.During Session 2, ICS program co-ordinator

Heather Pentney organized a Valentine’s Daymock meet where many swimmers achievedpersonal best times and other swimmers hadtheir first swim meet experience.They finished the mock meet with a group

Valentine’s Day themed relay race whereswimmers raced to collect floating hearts to fillup their teams bucket.Session 2 finished with a spring themed fun

day where swimmers picked “flowers” withswimming activities or games hidden on the re-verse side.Upcoming events for the Candus include our

developmental meet “Sundaes on Sundays” forI Can Swim and precompetitive swimmers onApril 7.We will host developmental swimmers from

ROCS (Ottawa) for this event.The competitive team starts the long course

season with a one-day meet hosted by ROCsSwim Club at Carleton University on April 13.We have a sports therapist workshop for

swimmers Saturday, April 20, followed laterthat day by the ever popular Community PastaDinner Fundraiser, featuring Chef Gary Fes-tarini.Organization is also underway for our big

home meet of the year - the Blackfly Meet inMay.Spaces are available in all programs and flex-

ible program arrangements are possible!Please contact us at

[email protected].

BY VANCE GUTZMAN

As much as I enjoy being healthy, I’m also concernedabout the prospect of wearing spandex and a fannypack.It’s bad enough already that I have a pedometer.I’ve been walking a lot, see.And that would have surprised my parents back in,

say, 1969, because I didn’t actually start walking until Iwas three years old.Oh, I knew how to walk, don’t get me wrong... I just

chose not to.It was much easier having people carry me around.I didn’t start talking until I was three, either.Again, I knew how to. I just didn’t have

anything to say.Besides which, oftentimes discre-

tion really is the better part of valour.So, yeah, I was a virtuous little

tyke in that regard, but I’m sure myparents were worried that I’d grow upnot knowing how to walk or talk.A limp mute, if you will.Just ask my wife on any given Friday

night after I’ve consumed too much wine.But, yeah, if my parents could only see me now.Well, one of them can on this mortal coil, but I’m

sure my mom, up there in heaven, gazes serenely downfrom heaven upon me when I go on my walkabouts,sending comforting thoughts of love to her little boy.“Little christer!” she’s saying, shaking her fist at me.“Why weren’t you walking when you were two, like

normal kids! Damn near wore my back out carryingyou around for the first three years of your life!”She’s got a point there, because on top of everything

else I was also a tubby little christer.And, yeah, with it almost being Easter and all you’ll

have to forgive my use of the word “christer”, but it re-ally was one of my mom’s favourite expressions so Idon’t really care whether you forgive me or not.Besides which, and at the risk of resurrecting ancient

rants, I still can’t fathom why the beer store has to shutdown for a day just because some guy rose up 2,000years ago.“Vance is risen!” the wife cries out on those rare mo-

ments when I’m sober enough to do so, and she criesout hallelujah, but I don’t see anybody shutting downthe LCBO on my account.My mother, I’m sure, would like to throw her harp at

me right about now, and that might hurt my head butnot my feelings because mom played the guitar any-way.Harps are for sissies, of which my mom was not one.I, on the other hand, now have a pedometer so, yeah,I might as well start carrying mom‘s harp around

with me too on my walks after she throws it atme from heaven.

Assuming I can catch it, that is, be-cause catching and throwing and runningand stuff was never really my forté.Did I mention I was a tubby little

christer?Yeah, mom and dad they had to put me

on a diet when I was a baby because, whileI wasn’t fond of walking, I was quite partial to

food.And I still am, along with beer, wine, vodka, rum and

cigarettes.I also crave cocaine and would like to purchase pot

but the afore-mentioned vices slash addictions prettywell take care of any discretionary spending money Imight have.And with the wages I’m paid for working at a com-

munity newspaper, I really should be the recipient ofsalutations and congratulations for my budgetingprowess.I even chaired the finance committee when I was

mayor but back then I could afford cocaine and, quitefrankly, it wasn’t optional.But, yeah, I’ve got my vices and I just turned 45

years old a few months ago, realizing not long after-ward that if I want to maintain a diet rich in sodium,

nicotine and alcohol, my naturalmetabolism just wasn’t going to cutthrough the mustard anymore.

So I started walking.Kind of like Forrest Gump,

which is a little weird because thatwas the last movie I ever saw in amovie theatre.

The woman I watched it with wanted to see The Ex-orcist instead, but that was only because she was fasci-nated by demons - the ones on the silver screen andalso the ones in her head.The only reason I stayed with her for as long as I did,

come to think of it, was because she was really, verygood at rolling up my sleeves.Now I know how to roll up my sleeves, don’t get me

wrong, but have always had trouble at getting them tostay rolled up.In the same vein, she was also really, very good at ap-

plying tourniquets to my right arm because I was alsodabbling a little bit in heroin back then, assuming cor-rectly that I might need that particular skill-set should Iever decide to take a run at politics.Which I did, but now I’ve started walking.It’s just like being three years old all over again, only

now I’ve got coloured TV and Nixon’s no longer thepresident.Good things, those, but on the downside, nobody

claps their hands anymore, squealing with delight,when I manage to go potty all by myself.The wife, she’s not big into celebrations, so some-

times I’m forced to throw a little party all by myself.“What are you doing in there?” she asks from the

hallway when I’m in the bathroom.“Clapping my hands and squealing with delight,” I

reply through the door.“Why?”So, yeah, I’ve come to the conclusion that walking is

good or my health, especially after making commentslike that to the wife, because I’m safer outside.I’ve got a pedometer now to tell me how far I’ve

walked, though back in high school I didn’t need one.I knew it was 10 miles down the Wylie Road and

back into the parties in town so I did simple math, mul-tiplying that number by two because I was alwayswalking from side to side.But back then I did it because I was drunk. Now I do

it so I can get drunk afterwards. There’s a difference.Hey, I’m not setting out to do a marathon or anything.

I’m just saying that a journey of a thousand trials be-gins with a single footstep.Call them baby steps, if you will.And I bet you mom’s so proud that she’s breaking out

her guitar and throwing a little potty for me up inheaven right now.Clapping her hands and squealing with delight.Walk on, mom.


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“This is not sand. It’s hard pan and scrabble,” Baird said at the public meeting.“I’m not a hydrogeological expert, but I can put a shovel in the ground and not hit sand.”Baird also took exception to the study’s conclusion about available water supply.“A dripping tap will run my well dry in 35 minutes,” Baird said.John Wright, another homeowner fronting onto Highway 17, shares Baird’s concerns, and

offered up a little history himself at the public meeting.Wright said he purchased the property where his house now stands 49 years ago from

Carl Gutzman, who resided on the property south of him.Gutzman’s house was the original farm house on the Gutzman farm, and the lot Wright

purchased had been the site of the barn.“The chief reason I selected this lot ahead of lots in the McKee subdivision west of Deep

River was that this lot had an existing well on it,” Wright said.“It was the original farm well - a a hand-dug stone-lined well about 15 feet deep with

about three feet of water in it.“I was assured by Mr. Gutzman that I would never have to worry about water supply as

this well had supplied all the farm animals throughout his lifetime.”Within just two years, however, Wright was experiencing an inadequate water supply, de-

spite having deepened his well by two feet.“What neither Mr. Gutzman nor I had fully appreciated was the extreme demand that

seven residences containing 14 adults and 23 children, and one business along the highwaybetween the two ends of Legere Drive would have on the water table in the area,” Wrightsaid.Although he was later able to get water from a drilled well, even that source eventually

dried up until he had the well hydra-fractured, with the end result that he is currently get-ting a flow rate of about two gallons per minute.“My concern about the density of the development in the subdivision behind me is not

only about water supply but also about water quality,” Wright told council.“Any contamination that reaches the bedrock has the potential of draining into my well,

and I have received one ‘surface contamination’ test since construction of these housesbegan.”Laurentian Hills planning committee will take all the presentations and concerns pre-

sented at last week’s public meeting into deliberation next week.


Two lots in oneLETTER TO THE EDITOR

Kudos toKiwanis

We were treated to an outstandingnight of music at the Kiwanis “Festi-val of Stars” on Thursday. Such tal-ented youth from the Ottawa Valley!Deep River musicians figured

prominently and wore ruts in thestage collecting their awards.We would like to say “thank you”

to all of the music teachers who havenurtured the children over the pastyear.Personal thanks to Peter Morris for

directing the Mackenzie CommunitySchool Secondary School Choir who

opened the evening with an ener-getic, “Rhythm of Life” and SusanMorris for accompanying the choirand for directing the MackenzieCommunity School Concert Band.The high quality music shared by

all three of the Mackenzie SchoolChoirs and the School Band at Ki-wanis is made possible by Peter andSusan generously donating their timeand talent to these young musicians.The parents and students are

deeply appreciative. Thank you!Congratulations to all of the musi-

cians who participated over the three-week festival.We are blessed to have such a pas-

sion for music in our community.

Gordon Burton

BY KAY MCQUADE

Renfrew County is working to improve its heart health.Micheline Turnau, health promotion specialist from the Heart & Stroke

Foundation, recently outlined the steps the foundation, in partnership withRenfrew County Paramedics, is taking to improve the health of residents tomembers of county council.She focused specifically on defibrillators and physical activity as a way to

reduce the number of deaths from heart and stroke related diseases.Cardiac arrest is a medical emergency which leads to death if not treated

immediately and approximately 7,000 cardiac arrests occur in Ontario everyyear, with over 80% occurring in public places or homes.Turnau reported that an individual’s chance of survival can increase 75%

when early CPR is used in combination with an Automated External Defib-rillator (AED).Turnau stated that the most recent data indicates that Ontario has a survival

rate for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests of only 5-6%.For every minute that passes without help, a person’s chances of surviving

a cardiac arrest drops by 7-10%.Research shows that 35-55% of out-of-hospital arrests are witnessed by a

bystander, but very few victims receive CPR.Just calling 9-1-1 and pushing hard and fast, repeatedly on the centre of the

victim’s chest until help arrives will go a long way to helping the person sur-vive, Turnau said.It is estimated that 48 lives have been saved thanks to AEDs in Renfrew

County during the eight year partnership between the paramedics and Heart& Stroke.The Heart & Stroke Foundation is recommending that municipalities im-

plement a broad public education campaign to raise awareness around issuessuch as the ease of CPR training and the use of an AED.In addition, they are encouraging municipalities to work with the Heart &

Stroke Foundation through the Ontario Defibrillator Access Initiative (ODAI)to ensure AEDs are place in all sport and recreation facilities and schools.Turnau reported that Renfrew County paramedics in partnership with the

Heart & Stroke Foundation have placed 67 AEDs throughout public buildingsin the county and another 45 are scheduled, bringing the total to 112.There are many more AEDs located throughout the area, funded privately

and located in businesses and community and sports facilities.More are expected in the future with the federal government announcing

additional funding for AEDs.Turnau reported that the benefits of regular physical activity are well known

and can reduce heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes andoverweight/obesity.Renfrew county has a higher incidence of these conditions than the provin-

cial average and one way to decrease the risk of contracting these diseases isto build physical activity into everyday life.The way in which communities are designed affect levels of physical ac-

tivity and active transportation by encouraging or discouraging walking, cy-cling, playing in parks, driving cars, taking public transit and usingrecreational facilities.

More defibrillators on the way

“Another way”CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3

“As I said, it was like watching it in a movie... It wasnot something I wanted to do... I couldn’t find anothersolution. I couldn’t think of another way to stop her.”“My family’s never been through this kind of thing,”

Cameron says later.“I didn’t know how to handle it. My wife and I have

been together 30 years, her parents were together 50years, my parents were together almost 60 years...“It was just going from bad to worse... I don’t know

what changed in her life to make her become this otherperson. It was like night and day...“I guess I should say, it’s not something I did out of

anger,” Cameron adds.“I wasn’t mad at her. I was more afraid of what she

was going to do emotionally to Rick and those kids.”Did he ever think about trying not to get caught,

Allan asks?“No,” Cameron says. “I decided if it ever got to that

point, I was going to the police.““Just take the consequences,” Allan says.“Trying to get away was never a consideration,”

Cameron says. “That’s why I didn’t feel I should get alawyer or try to withhold anything.”Cameron took the stand to testify in his own defence

on Friday.Under questioning by his lawyer Lawrence Green-

spon, Cameron said the whole experience of March 15,2011 seemed “unreal.”The drive from Parry Sound to Deep River, a three-

hour or more drive, “for whatever reason that day feltlike 15 minutes,” Cameron said. “It felt like no time.”When he arrived at Michelle’s house on Claremount,

he felt “detached.”“It was like I was watching it, like I watched myself

load the gun.”When he confronted Michelle in the kitchen, “the gun

came up and went off, twice I think.”

After the first two shots, Michelle fell to the kitchenfloor “in very slow motion.”“When she hit the floor, I wanted to make sure she

wasn’t suffering, so I shot her again in the head.”Cameron said he remembered nothing about the drive

back towards Parry Sound until he reached South River,when he was “shocked back into reality.”“I was shaking so bad I couldn’t control the car.”“Why did you do it, Craig?” Greenspon asked.“At the time, I didn’t think I had any other choice,”

Cameron told the court.But in his cross-examination, Crown attorney Jason

Nicol challenged Cameron’s story.Nicol said that Cameron’s statements to the police

show that using the gun to shoot Michelle was one ofthe options he was considering to “fix” things before heleft for Deep River.“You pack your gun and ammo because that was one

of your options?” Nicol said.“True,” Cameron replied.“Killing was on your mind?”“Only as a very last case scenario.”If he was still hoping to talk to Michelle, to negotiate

with her, then why did he load the gun and take it intothe house, Nicol asked Cameron?“Don’t you think it’s strange, sir, you were trying to

negotiate with a gun in your hands?”“I agree,” Cameron said. “It’s kind of unreal to me.”When he entered the house and Michelle met him

with the statement that his being there did not make adifference, “you knew at that point negotiation was use-less?” Nicol said.“That’s fair,” Cameron replied.“Your immediate response it to raise the rifle to your

shoulder?”“That’s when the gun came up, yes,” Cameron said.

“I don’t remember making the decision to bring it up.”“You can’t explain that?” Nicol said.“No, I can’t consciously remember making that

choice,” Cameron said.But Cameron was aware enough of what he had done

that he decided to shoot Michelle a third time, Nicolsaid.

“You came to the conclusion that you had to end hersuffering?”“Yes.”And Cameron knew he had to turn himself in to po-

lice because he knew what he did was a crime, Nicolcontinued.“You knew, you always knew that what you did to

Michelle was a crime?”“Yes,” Cameron said.“You knew what you did was wrong, was not justi-

fied under any circumstance?” Nicol added.“No, I would not agree with that,” Cameron said. “I

believed it could be justified, in my thinking backthen...”It was “something horrible” but it was “my last

choice,” he said.But Cameron told police he knew before he got to

Deep River that he would have to turn himself in, Nicolsaid.“I knew that if it got to that far I was going to turn

myself in,” Cameron agreed.In fact, Cameron has always taken full responsibility

for his actions and co-operated fully with police, Nicolsaid.“You don’t even blame Michelle for the position

you’re in?” he said.No, Cameron agreed.“Some of it was where fiction was stranger than

truth,” he said.“I wanted to make it clear as possible what happened

so they didn’t start investigating my son.”“You had to turn yourself in because what you did

was wrong?” Nicol said.“Yes.”“At no point do you tell police or suggest to police

that you weren’t in control of your actions?”“No.”And in the moment before he pulled the trigger,

Cameron apologized to Michelle for what he was aboutto do, Nicol said.“You were well aware of what you’re doing at that

point?” he said.“I would have to agree,” Cameron replied.


Did not understandCONTINUED FROM PAGE 3

Cameron is a “dedicated father, dedicated grandfatherand dedicated husband” with no previous history of vio-lence or police record, Dr K added.“One morning he goes and shoots her (Michelle) down.

We have to say, why?”Dr K said that based on his diagnosis of major depres-

sion, the withdrawal of alcohol as a coping mechanism,and the chronic PTSD - combined with Cameron’s ownstatements about how the whole sequence of eventsseemed “unreal,” like he was “watching it” in a movie -“I think that explanation (that he was in a dissociativestate) has to be given credence.”“Which explanation do I think is more likely? It may be

(by) a small percentage but I think the second is morelikely,” he said.“You don’t accept the thesis that he was a man at his

wit’s end - that he was at his wit’s end but that he knewwhat he was doing?” said Crown attorney Jason Nicol.“It’s possible,” Dr. K replied. “(But) I am a psychiatrist

- I look at the person as a whole.“With my way of looking at a human being, it doesn’t

jibe with that.”But if Cameron didn’t know what he was doing, why

then would he apologize to Michelle just before he pulledthe trigger, Nicol asked?“He knew her as his own daughter,” Dr. K said.“Of course he was able to appreciate that he was killing

one of his closest family members.”But there’s a difference between knowing and under-

standing, Dr. K added.In his state at the time, Cameron was not able to un-

derstand the consequences of his actions, for everyoneinvolved, including himself and his family.“There was a disconnect between his actions and his

thinking.”“He still does not understand why he did it,” Dr. K

added. “He himself does not have an explanation for hisactions.”“If you look at the series of events, it would appear it

was a calculated murder. That’s one explanation,” Dr. Ksaid.“(But) why would he do this? I’m just offering another

explanation for the jury to consider.”

“HE WAS PROUD OF HER”

On Friday, Sandra Cameron testified that in over 30years of marriage, she had never seen her husband Craigact violently or threaten anyone.Sandra said Cameron was a “great” father and grand-

father and that he loved Michelle “like a daughter.”“He was proud of her,” she said.When Michelle got pregnant with her first child with

their son Rick, “we thought she wouldn’t finish school,but she did,” Sandra said.“I think he (Cameron) was the one yelling the loudest

when she got her diploma.”Sandra said it was hard for her husband to deal with the

breakup of Rick and Michelle’s marriage - “it was hardfor all of us” - but she had “no idea” he was going to DeepRiver to see her.Sandra Cameron said there was nothing unusual about

the way her husband was acting as they had breakfast to-

gether on the morning of March 15, 2011.When he returned to Parry Sound and visited her at her

office, “I knew something was wrong but I didn’t under-stand,” Sandra said.“He told me that he loved me and that he hoped we’d

forgive him for what he did...“He told me she was gone - I didn’t understand.“He told me he shot Michelle... It still doesn’t make

sense,” she said.“He loved her,” she said of her husband and his daugh-

ter-in-law.“He wears the tattoo that she designed for him on his

shoulder - she made the appointment for him.”Court heard that Cameron had been drinking more than

usual in the months leading up to March 2011.He was also on the medication Effexor, which had been

prescribed by his family doctor several years earlier tohelp control “mood swings.”In his testimony on the witness stand Friday, Cameron

said that in the leadup to March 2011, he was “worried”and “scared” and dealing with what he now knows wasdepression.But Cameron said he never missed work, took time off

or sought treatment because “I saw it as a sign of weak-ness.”“I just felt I had to man up,” he said.“I was having trouble with it, but until I spent time at

the Royal Ottawa (during his incarceration), I neverthought of it as an illness.”The trial was scheduled to continue Tuesday with tes-

timony from a psychiatric expert for the Crown.The Crown and defence will then present their final

statements on Thursday, and Madame Justice Parfett willgive her charge to the jury next Tuesday, April 2.


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Crime sceneDEEP RIVER POLICE REPORT FOR

FEBRUARY 2013

Anyone with information regardingthese crimes or any other crime is asked tocall the Deep River Police Service at 613-584-3500 or the Renfrew County CrimesStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.• Don’t let the end of winter change

your good winter driving habits. Expectthe unexpected and continue to give your-self extra room and time.Look for more pedestrians and the ar-

rival of cyclists as the weather warms.

General: The Deep River Police Serviceresponded to a total of 124 police relatedissues during the month.There was one Liquor Licence Act issue

dealt with in February. Six volunteerrecord checks were conducted for individ-uals performing service in our community.

Traffic: Officers issued a total of 43provincial offence notices during themonth. There were nine motor vehicle col-lisions in February.Five traffic complaints were received in

the month, all of which were related toHwy 17.One RIDE check program was run in

February. A total of 48 vehicles werechecked with the following results; oneroadside tests, and a seven-day notice ofsuspension.Three other drinking and driving sus-

pensions were issued during the month.

Crime: There were eight criminal inci-dents investigated during the month. Threeof the month’s crimes were for thefts. Theremaining crimes were; 2 assaults, 2frauds, and 1 impaired.• February 7, Constable Matt Barker

stopped a vehicle in the downtown area.

The adult male driver had been consumingalcohol and was given a roadside test.The driver failed the test and was taken

to the station for further testing. Breathtests were conducted and readings ob-tained.The driver was charged with driving

with a blood alcohol content over 80 mgsand released to appear in Pembroke court.• February 8, Constable Darin Faris re-

ceived a complaint of fraud from a localresident. The resident had ordered sometools from a website on Kijiji.After contacting the seller, payment was

made to an address in the Toronto area.The complainant did not receive the toolsand attempted to contact the seller. Allcontact attempts failed and the police werenotified.Police could not reach the seller, and ef-

forts were being made through alternatesecurity to contact the seller.Citizens are reminded to use the most

secure payment process available to themin processing purchases over the Internet.• February 9, Constable Dave Newell

completed a theft report concerning astolen coat and keys.The victim advised their coat had been

left unattended while visiting an establish-ment on McElligott Dr. It was later ob-served that the jacket containing his keyswas missing.• February 11, Sergeant Barry Swarbrick

investigated a theft occurrence.Information was received from a parent

that their son had come home with itemshe had not paid for. It was obvious theitems had been stolen from a downtownstore.The items were returned and the youth

issued a written warning in accordancewith the Youth Criminal Justice Act.• February 13, Constable Rob Medeiros

commenced a fraud investigation concern-ing money being taken out of a bank ac-count.The complainant advised that someone

had been writing unauthorized cheques on

her bank account to an amount totalling al-most $3,000.Investigation resulted in the officer ob-

taining several production orders on thebank account and related video evidencefrom other banks where the cheques wereprocessed.The investigation is ongoing.• February 13, Constable Darin Faris

completed a theft occurrence involving achild stealing from downtown stores. Thechild’s mother has been trying to resolvethe issue, but without success.The officer spoke to the child and the

items returned to the store.• February 20, Constable Matt Barker

attended an institutional premise alongBrockhouse Way regarding a possible as-sault.Information was provided by manage-

ment staff that led to investigation of sev-eral witnesses and a victim. Furtherinvestigation led to a male youth being in-terviewed.Following an interview, the male youth

was charged with assault with a weapon,causing a disturbance, uttering deaththreats, and two other weapon offences.The youth has been suspended from the

institution for an extended period of time.• February 22, Constable Marek Brela

commenced an assault investigation in-volving two adult males.Information was received that the two

former friends had been feuding. The onemale attended to a residence along Hwy17 West. When the door was answered thetwo males got into a physical confronta-tion.The investigation is still ongoing.• February 26, Sergeant Barry Swarbrick

received information regarding a theftfrom an institution along Brockhouse Way.A staff member advised that a piece of

equipment containing personal informa-tion had been taken from the premises. Acheck had not turned anything up.There was no further information at this

time.

OPP

Youths chargedThree young men have been

charged with mischief after the OPPinvestigated reports of damage tomailboxes.Police say that on March 19, the

Upper Ottawa Valley detachment ofthe OPP was advised that 16 mail-boxes were damaged on Wylie Roadin the town of Laurentian Hills.As a result the investigation, three

male young persons have beencharged with 16 counts of mischiefcausing damage under $5,000 con-trary to the Criminal Code.P/C Wayne Desjardins is the in-

vestigating officer.On March 22, a report was also

filed in which a mailbox was dam-aged on Kean Road in LaurentianHills. No charges have been laid inconnection with that report.

Men fined for

night huntingTwo Renfrew County men have

been fined $1,200 for night huntingand the careless discharge of afirearm.Jeremy Schroeder of Pembroke

pleaded guilty to unlawfully huntingat night.He was fined $500 and received a

two-year hunting suspension.He must also successfully com-

plete a Hunter Education Course be-fore he is eligible to purchase ahunting licence, and was ordered tomake restitution to all affected par-ties.Schroeder still faces charges under

the Criminal Code and will appear incourt in April 2013.Cole Fitzgerald of Eganville previ-

ously pleaded guilty to unlawfullyhunting at night and was fined $500.He was also found guilty of un-

lawfully discharging a firearm with-out due care for people or propertyand was fined $250.Fitzgerald was also suspended

from hunting deer for two years andsuspended from all hunting for oneyear.He must successfully complete a

Hunter Education Course before heis eligible to purchase a hunting li-cence.Court heard that on November 23,

2012, the two men shot a beef cow ina farmer’s pasture field during thenight or early morning hours. Theyalso caused damage to other resi-dents’ property.Justice of the Peace Ray Switzer

heard the Schroeder case on March18, 2013, and Justice of the PeaceNancy Mitchell heard the Fitzgeraldcase on January 23, 2013, both inthe Ontario Court of Justice, Pem-broke.


BY VANCE GUTZMAN

“It’s a balmy minus 17,” Emma Minigansays over the course a phone interview.The wind chill is making it feel like minus

25.The 26-year-old Deep River native is only

half-joking when she says that, being locatedas she is on the other end of the line in Inuvik,NWT. For those needing a geography lesson,Inuvik is 200 km north of the Arctic Circle,where the townsfolk bask in 56 straight days ofcontinual sunlight and 30 days of polar nighteach year.Minigan, meanwhile, is vying to be in a dif-

ferent kind of light. The spotlight, to be precise.Minigan, has been selected as one of the Top

40 finalists in the Much Music VJ (videojockey) search - one of the most coveted jobs inCanadian television.If Minigan gets narrowed down to the top 20

in that competition (four names a day will beannounced, starting March 25) she’ll be put ona tour bus with the other 19 and roll througheight Canadian cities, with the contestants fac-ing a series of road eliminations.And if she gets the top job she’ll be wind up

working in Toronto, ironically enough, for shejust spent six years living there.“I found Toronto wasn’t doing it for me any-

more,” Minigan says, recounting the start of herexcellent northern adventure.So she went out west, to Vancouver Island,

to find herself, so to speak and applied for ahospitality job online, and now she finds her-self working at one of the hotels in town - theonly one that also features a restaurant.“The closest Tim Hortons is three hours

away,” she says.“And that’s a plane ride!”Minigan is saying it’s a little isolated where

she’s been living and working since November,even if the scenery is spectacular.“I’m just as far from Deep River as Deep

River is from Chile,” she says.Applying to be a video jockey on Much

Music seemed like the most natural thing in theworld to Minigan when the contest opened up.“It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was

a kid,” she says.And while she’s still young, Minigan is old

enough to know that the music industry is ayoung person’s game.“Unfortunately, 26 is almost considered old

in that business.”She’s made her own video for the competi-

tion, even though she had to train herself to doediting and that kind of thing.You can see it on the web along with the

other competitors at muchmusic.com/vjsearch.She’s the one wearing a parka.Minigan’s keeping her fingers crossed this

week, hoping she’ll be whittled down to theTop 20 in the competition.“I’m so scared to go down south. I won’t be

able to handle the heat,” she says

Hoping to break the Top 20!

Emma Minigan has her eyes set on one of the most coveted jobsin Canadian television. The Deep River native, currently living inInuvik, is among the top 40 contestants in the MUCH VJ Searchcompetition. Submitted photo

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