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Royal Canadian Legion Branch 148 in Renfrew is turn-ing part of its upstairs into an historic military museum, and needs your help.

The museum will be designed to showcase the efforts and sac-ri ces of young men and women from Renfrew and the surround-ing area.

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After Grade 12 students received their graduation diplomas at St. Josephs Catholic High School Thursday, several brought roses to parents or other loved ones. In this case, Robert Munhall offered these owers to his graduating daughter, Emily. Extensive coverage of the elementary and high school grads appear is this edition. Mercury photo by Steve Newman

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BY LAURA MUELLER AND STEVE NEWMAN

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A 5.0-magnitude earthquake centred in Val-des-Bois, Que., shook the Natonal Capital Region around 1:40 p.m. on Wedneday, June 23.

The centre of the quake, located 53 kilometres north of Ottawa, was 16.4 kilometres deep, accord-ing to the U.S. Geological Survey, National Earth-quake Information Center.

People reported feeling tremors for about 30 sec-onds from the earthquake.

In the City of Ottawa, people reported that building shifted as the oor moved and the quake sounded like a freight train headed their way.

In parts of the Ottawa Valley, the tremors were less distinct, with only minor shaking, like a transport truck driving by.

In other parts of the region, the tremors were felt by some, but not others.

Keith Gourley was pumping gas for a customer at Gourleys Variety Gas Bar, just outside Ren-frew, when the gas-pump island and light xtures started shaking. He turned to his customer to see if he saw the same, and the customer didnt know anything out of the ordinary had occurred.

Betty Gauthier of Norway Lake, near Calabo-gie, was talking on the phone with someone in Renfrew when both parties felt the earthquake, as her cedar log home began shaking.

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There is no doubt these are extremely challenging times.

The statement came from treasurer Keray OReilly as he prepared to present the 2010 budget for the Town of Renfrew. The reference seemed focused as much on how society is generally dealing with the 2009 recession as on how the town was challenged to arrive at a minimal tax levy.

When all was said and done at a spe-cial three-hour meeting to pass the bud-get June 23, the tax levy, or recruited tax dollars for the Renfrew portion of the property tax bill, was 1.9 per cent. This amount, which is below the goal of less than two per cent set by council last No-vember, amounts to $113,200.

This levy increase occurred despite the challenge, said OReilly, of town staff sal-aries and bene ts increasing about three per cent as a result of contracts deter-mined a few years ago.

The average property assessment in-crease from 2009 to 2010 for Renfrew residents was 5.97 per cent. An example is a typical Renfrew property, valued at $138,250 last year and $146,500 this year. In this case, the owner will pay 4.88 per cent more taxes. When factoring in the county and education portions of the bill, that propertys taxes will rise 3.23 per cent, or up $69.53, to $2,222.24.

For a property valued at $125,000, which did not rise in value in 2010, their taxes drop $50.29 to $1,896. That includes a drop in the Renfrew portion of the total tax bill by $11.20, or about one per cent.

The total Renfrew tax assessment amounts to about $30 million.

Several motions were passed during the special meeting to approve separate capital budget items. Some of the more interesting or expensive capital items ap-pear below:

Replace front counter in municipal ofce for $10,800. For accessibility reasons, this was identi ed in 2004 as a need that required attention, said clerk Kim Bul-mer. The item will be paid out of the town hall reserve.

New of ce space for $10,000: New ofce space for the revenue compensation clerk, particularly since the open-of ce concept doesnt accommodate the need

for private personnel issues. Retro tting of the development and

works Volvo for $50,000. The sanding, salt-ing box purchased in 2001 is being over-hauled, to extend the life of the entire $190,000 vehicle, to 2015. This turns out to be a pretty economical project, said development and works director Mike As-selin.

Fire department approvals, with $7,500 for upstairs renovations and $7,500 for a new Jaws of Life unit, which needed replacing.

A new salt/sand shed, which will actu-ally come out of the 2011 budget, but be nanced meanwhile through short-term nancing. At present, the towns salt/sand mix sits outdoors, where outdoor ex-posure deteriorates its quality. The shed will be built this year to also allow easier access to the salt and sand in the winter months.

Town garage upgrades for $11,000. The garage, which was rebuilt in the 1950s, has undergone a few upgrades. But the town is running out of storage space, so space for an additional bay will be built this year. More substantial upgrades are planned for 2011 and 2011.

Infrastructure upgrades of $245,000 along Stewart Street, from Bridge to Bruce streets; and emergency repairs to a 90-metre section on OBrien Road.

Upgrades to Renfrews suspension bridge. The bridge remains safe to cross, stresses development and works director Asselin. But the bridges barrier system will be upgraded to a higher, more accept-able standard.

Upgrades of $6,400 to the gazebo at town hall. The re department built the gazebo two years ago, but it needs to be completed, with railings and a time-cap-sule component.

Repairs to ve of the worst of six rail-way crossings. The wooden structures are in poor condition and $16,000 is available for that work.

Relocation of the traf c-signal box at Raglan and Munro streets for $15,000. At least four times in the last ve years, the box has been hit by large trucks and requires repairs. The seven-foot-high box will be relocated nearby so its out of harms way.

Hockey rink boards replacement for $50,000.

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Less than two per cent tax levyincrease in Renfrew budget

Treasurer KerayOReillypresents the 2010 budget for the Town of Renfrew, as council members,including Bill Guyea in the foreground,follow the presentation.Mercury photo by Steve Newman

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Earthquake stories throughout the Ottawa ValleyFrom front page

It was a similar experience to 10 or 12 years ago when she was on a conference call with people in Barrie and London, Ont., and each party felt the province-wide quake.

Its so solid and its built on huge granite rock, but it (the room) was shaking, said Gauthier.

Then I got goose bumps, as I realized, This is an earth-quake.

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Carol McCuaig, who lives in the rural township of Admas-ton-Bromley, just outside Ren-frew, said there was a rumbling noise, like a truck coming down the road, and then the walls started to shake.

I never felt one that severe, said McCuaig, who lost tele-phone service for a few min-utes.

We had a little one a few years ago. My cats were terri ed and all of them went to hide.

Social networking sites, in-cluding Facebook and Twitter, were all abuzz of quake reports.

Some media reports said this was the biggest earthquake in the region ever. But not so.

Renfrew resident Lawrence Guest vividly says he vividly recalls the earthquake on Hal-loween Night (Oct. 31) in 1935. It was a 6.2 quake.

I was at home in Arnprior on Victoria Street, recalls Guest, then 10 years old and the youngest of ve children. Lots of dishes were knocked out of the cupboards. And in the house there was a strong smell of sul-phur.

Last weeks 5.0 earthquake was nothing in comparison, said the McGarry Avenue resi-

dent. He and wife Estelle had been home only 15 minutes from a trip, when she asked him to check outside in case a car had banged into something.

The earthquake was felt dif-ferently by Debbie Brydges of B & J Auto Service in Arnprior.

The owner was on the phone, I was at the computer doing bills, recalled Brydges.

First I felt it in my feet, then the keys on the wall started to shake and jingle. The walls were shaking and everything in the of ce. I said Earthquake!

An employee was just bring-ing a car down on the hoist, he thought something was wrong with the hoist. We all went out-side and watched the windows in the house shake for what seemed like a minute! Wow, amazing force!

No structural damage was re-ported in the Renfrew area.

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The quake occurred just shortly after Ms. Reids Grade 8 class at Holy Name of Mary Catholic School in Almonte had unearthed a time capsule from the year 2000 from beside the ag pole.

Her class had just returned to their room when the tremor started. The students stopped for a second, and then some shouted out earthquake!

The teacher told them to re-main calm. A few minutes later the principal got on the inter-com and alerted students that there had been a small earth-quake.

Also, the earthquake shook the suburb of Glen Cairn, only a month away from the one-year anniversary of the huge rainstorm on July 24, 2009 that ooded the homes of hundreds

of residents in Kanata and Stittsville.

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Associate professor Brian Cousens, in Carleton Univer-sity earth sciences department, wasnt sure if the vibrations in his of ce were related to con-struction work next door.

But after a few seconds he re-alized it was an earthquake.

I just headed for a door frame, he said, noting thats one of the best places to be, be-cause its one of the most solid-ly-made parts of a room.

One doesnt want to be out-side near a building, where one risks being hit by ying objects. A big open eld is the safest ref-uge of all during an earthquake, said Cousens.

While earthquakes tend to scare some people, Cousens said of his earth science department colleagues, Certainly it made everyones day around here.

Downtown, dozens of mem-bers of the national press gal-lery poured out onto the streets across from Parliament Hill as tremors shook the National Press Building. Public servants and political staffers also began to empty their of ces.

Thousands of employees, political staffers and tourists poured onto the streets of Ot-tawa.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was en route to Toronto at the time to attend the Air In-dia memorial, an aide said.

A picture fell off the wall out-side the prime ministers of ce, but there was no evacuation.

Senator Art Eggleton was in the Senate chamber when the quake started the ornate chan-deliers swaying.

Conservative House leader

Jay Hill was standing outside East Block talking to Sen. Doug Finley.

It felt like a D9-Cat (a big bulldozer) went by.

I gured it was an earth-quake, said Hill, who has expe-rienced earthquakes in B.C.

No goddamn earthquakes when the Liberals were in pow-er, wisecracked Liberal whip Rodger Cuzner to Hill.

We like to shake things up, said Hill.

PERTH

Jade Wood, was with a friend at his apartment on Gore Street in Perth when the quake hit.

I was just hanging out with a friend when it happened. We both started to panic then went around asking people around our building, he said. One lady thought the washing ma-chines were rattling around.

My friend thought a car hit the building.

Sara Forget said she was watching TV when the quake struck. Her nine-month-old baby, Marley, had a concerned look on her face, Forget said.

My whole house shook; the windows shook and every-thing, she said. It was crazy.

With les from TorStar Network, Ottawa Region Media Group

History of earthquakesin the region

LAURA MUELLER

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According to Natural Resources Canada, about 450 earth-quakes occur in eastern Canada each year.

Of this number, around four will exceed magnitude 4.0, 30 will exceed magnitude 3.0 and about 25 events will be reported felt. Earthquake events of magnitude 5.0 will occur only three times each decade, on average.

A magnitude 5.0 event is generally the threshold of damage, according to Natural Resources Canada.

The Western Quebec Zone was the site of at least three signi -cant earthquakes in the past. In 1732 an earthquake estimated at 5.8 on the Richter scale shook Montreal, causing signi cant damage.

In 1935, the area of Temiscaming was shaken by an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 that was felt well down the Ottawa Valley. In 1944, an earthquake of magnitude 5.6, located between Cornwall, Ontario and Massena, N.Y., caused damage evaluated at $2 mil-lion at the time.

An earthquake occurs in the Western Quebec Seismic Zone ev-ery ve days on average, according to Earthquake Canada.

The previous Canadian earthquake reported by the USGS was a 2.7-magitude earthquake on May 11, centred 40 kilometres east of Ottawa in Clarence-Rockland, Ont.

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STEVE NEWMAN

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In all likelihood, it was the last Grade 8 graduation in the his-tory of Queen Elizabeth Public School.

The departure of 33 Grade 8 graduates and the Grade 7 stu-dents, who also move on to the new Renfrew Collegiate Interme-diate School, means the student population will likely drop from about 400 to 300 this September.

The school is also losing prin-cipal Margaret Maloney. She heads across town to Central Public School as Lisa Murphy arrives from Admaston Public School.

I would say the staff and stu-dents were very pleased with the nal grad, said Maloney of the June 22 ceremony. She said it was particularly gratifying to see several exceptional students in the special needs program rec-ognized.

While there may be a bit of nostalgia (with the loss of Grade 7 and 8), said Maloney, I think parents and teachers are look-ing forward to the opportunity at RCIS.

Those grads include the schools top academic students in Grade 8 Zach Kubiseski and Lainy Boldt-Johnson. Her lead-ing marks were for visual arts, languages and science, while she also accepted the Principals Award for student leadership.

There were a lot of high-lights. I really had a good year, and really enjoyed being with my friends, and having my best academic year so far, said Boldt-Johnson, who just turned 14.

Some of the hands-on academ-ic activities were a de nite high-light, like the New World studies and the chance to write a journal as a new settler into Canada hun-dreds of years ago.

Kubiseski also excelled aca-demically, but the 13-year-old

says hes looking forward to en-joying academics and athletics at RCIS, just as he did this year.

It was a good year, said Kubis-eski, who had leading marks in languages, French, math and sci-ence, despite admitting he had a few challenges with algebra.

Kubiseski, whose shoe size is 11 , hopes to ll shoes with the Renfrew Collegiate Raiders junior football team next school year while continuing his focus on academics.

Its good for my future, he says of the two-pronged future.

He was among 12 Grade 8 stu-dents given athletic awards.

The others were Boldt-John-son, Carter Briscoe, Rachel Carl, Megan Cassidy, Clinton Douglas, Chloe Eady, Blair Mackenzie, Adam Martin, Josh Norman-deau, Ryan Phillips and Michael Wales.

Academically, Boldt-Johnston and Kubiseski shared leading languages marks with Jenneth Boudreau.

Jenneth Boudreau and Taylor Grif n had the highest history marks, while the geography lead-ers were Dylan Shore, Taylor Grif n and Chloe Eady. Maths top marks went to Kubiseski, Eady, Adam Martin and Blair Mackenzie.

Citizenship honours went to Kubiseski and Cheyanne Ar-buthnot; top French marks to Boldt-Johnston, Kubiseski, Jen-neth Boudreau and Taylor Grif- n.

Other arts honours went to Grif n for music and to Logan Dyer-Charlebois for drama. The most improved academically were Megan Cassidy and Mi-chael Wales.

The Paige Dillabough Spirit Award recipient was Chloe Eady. That award goes to the student whose co-operation, participa-tion and attitude signi cantly contribute to the positive atmo-sphere of the Grade 8 program.

As the top male Grade 8 academic student, Zach Kubiseski was one of two medallion winners at Queen Elizabeth Public School. The top female academic was Lainy Boldt-Johnson.

Boldt-Johnson, Kubiseski:leading academics, athletes

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Admaston Public School bid a fond farewell and wished good luck as a dozen Grade 8 students en-joyed their graduation ceremony June 23.

Graduates entering high school in 2010-11 are Bradley Bennett, Daisy Brown, Chandler Collins, Cody Corbin, Curtis Douglas-Per-rin, Molly Gamache, Neal Gibbons, Brandon Kerr, Chelsea Markus, Kennedy Payton, Drew Shalla and Mark Toner.

This years valedictorians were Kennedy Payton and Mol-ly Gamache.

The Ontar-io Principals Council Award for Student Lead-ership went to Cody Corbin.

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CHRISTIAN SCHOOL GRADRenfrew and District Christian School students, from left, Matthew Phillips, Catrina Huyer and Iain Reid were honoured June 17 with their Grade 8 graduation ceremony at the Calvary Pentecostal Church. All three students have been at RDCS since kindergarten. Phillips remem-bers fondly, his favourite class trip when students went to Quebec City in 2009. Huyers favourite subject is science. She looks forward to hav-ing her own locker, as well as homeroom and changing classes in high school. Reid hopes some day to become a math teacher. One of the most important lessons he learned at RDCS is to stand up for what you believe in. All three grads will be attending St. Josephs Catholic High School. Mercury photo by Peter Clark

Admaston Public salutes its gradsCody Corbin and Kennedy Payton were honoured with several awards, including the Renfrew County Medallion, at the Admaston Public School Grade 8 gradu-ation.

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Dont become a summer

statisticlthough summer technically arrived on Monday, June 21, its now of cial for thou-

sands of students in Renfrew and the surrounding municipalities.

With the end of school this week, children and young people are out in full force at all times of the day and evening.

Its up to motorists to keep this in mind. School buses may be parked for the summer months, but the new risk on the streets and roads in our area is young people darting out from between cars or riding bicycles with per-haps less-than perfect balance.

Such fun activities should hardly be labelled as dangerous, but they can be, as no matter how many warnings are deliv-ered to young ears, in the heat of the moment, safety warnings are often forgotten as the quest to catch up with a stray toy over-takes logic.

Of course, with all this hot weather comes the allure of wa-ter, resulting in a spike of human activity on area lakes and rivers. Boaters must follow the rules of the waterways, avoid drinking and driving and always wear lifejackets one for every person in the boat. They will do no good sitting on the seat beside you.

Parents must be vigilant about keeping a watchful eye on their children at the beach, cottage or around the backyard pool.

Far too many Canadian par-ents have stories of how they stepped away from their children for only a moment just enough time for tragedy to strike.

According to the Lifesaving Society, Canadas lifeguarding experts, drowning is the third-leading cause of accidental death among Canadians under the age of 60.

Sadly, the majority of drown-ing deaths are preventable.

Dont become a statistic. Use common sense and enjoy the summer ahead.

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To the editor:I dont quite understand this item of

news re: the June 17 article in the Mercury entitled Agreement: noise control commit-tee needs to get in gear.

First the committee is called the noise control committee (in the headline). In the next line, and hence forth it is called the en-vironmental noise committee (ENC).

Which is it?Next, it is obvious this initiative to change

the existing noise control by-law is aimed squarely at the track, which already has its parameters in which to operate. It seems to me the track is here to stay, and I, from the shores of a nearby lake, say ne. Do I hear the track?

Yes, from time to time. But its a far worse day when either of my neighbours decides to cut his large lawn.

Next, the article implies that the town-ship is picking up the tab for monitoring or auditing the track. I dont think that is

quite the case. At the track there is a sound testing building complete with equipment; there are mobile monitors equipped with sophisticated recording devices doing ran-dom testing throughout the area, on a regu-lar basis; every vehicle on track is tested and must meet pre-determined criteria, rst.

These things were all supplied by CMP, as well as the ongoing costs to report to the township. The townships only expense, to my knowledge, is analyzing the data sup-plied by CMP, and the administrative costs associated with these constant barrages against CMP.

Reeve Emon is quite right when he sug-gests a stricter by-law might limit the use of such every-day tools as lawnmowers. I could also mention string trimmers, large trucks, chain saws, snowmobiles, ATVs, PWCs, mo-tor boats, hot tubs, barking dogs, dirt bikes, well drilling, construction projects and air-planes.

My advice to folks in the area would be

this itinerary: Grab the family, especially the kids, be track-side by 11 a.m., watch an hour of racing/lapping or whatever is go-ing on, mingle with the cars and drivers as they break for lunch, and then decide if you want to stay for the afternoon. Why not its free, almost any day!

My advice for the Calabogie Area Busi-ness Association would be to negotiate a trackside booth to promote local things from chippers to churches, and my general advice would be to shift into fth gear and stop the crap.

Denis GauthierNorway Lake

Editors note: In reference to your opening comments, the environmental noise commit-tee is often referred to as the noise control committee.

Lower speed limit near hospital

would be goodTo the editor:

I live on Raglan Street North in Ren-frew near the hospital.

Over the many years I have lived at this location there have been various close calls with children, pets, and elderly peo-ple on my street with cars. I think 50 kilo-metres per hour is too high for the length on the street.

People that are going to the hospital drive too fast and I fear a serious accident is going to occur some day. If the town was to lower the speed limit to 40 kilometres per hour it would be much more ef cient and safe for the drivers and the residents on the street.

The Renfrew Victoria Hospital is a well-recognized hospital and brings a lot of people to the town. If Raglan Street North was a 40-kilometre street, maybe all the streets in the town would be low-ered to 40 kilometres and make the town safer for the residents and the visitors.

Yours truly,

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RENFREW ADULT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONThe Renfrew Adult High School held its graduation ceremony at the Renfrew Recreation Centre auditorium June 21. Making up the graduating class of 2010 are, from left, front row, Chantal Bouchard (Valedictorian, Ontario Scholar), Joe Dagenais, Angela Patenaude, Daryl Vanderwater and Anna Vilneff; second row, Peg-gy McLeese (teacher), Larry Laundreau, Dexter Swanton, Kaylie Burnett (Principals Award for leadership), Byron Dunbar, Kayla Mallette-Pacheco (Valedictorian, Social Science Award, Ontario Scholar), Kira Lyons-Rath and Marc Fournier (teacher); and third row, Selena Stevens, Josh McNulty, Chris OMalley, Tyler Moore and Jodi Ann Dupuis (Correspondence Award). Missing from the photo are Gwen Briscoe, Ian Chapeski, Barry Cunningham, Janice Gougeon, Candice Greer, Crystal Hewitt, Melanie Laviolette, Randy Lawrence, Christine McClelland, Tylor Northorp. Chris ODonnell, Brian Reid, Monica Wieczorkowska, Dylan Wisotzki and Travis Wright. Mercury photo by Peter Clark

Admaston graduationFrom Page 5

Corbin and Payton both earned the Renfrew County Me-dallion, and were named to the principals honour roll.

Both students are ready to head off to Renfrew Collegiate Institute in the fall.

Im excited to be going to high school, Payton said.

Im just ready to go, added Corbin.

Recipients of Grade 8 sub-ject awards are: language, Molly Gamache; math, Cody Corbin, Kennedy Payton, Curtis Douglas-Perrin; science, Cody

Corbin, Kennedy Payton; his-tory, Kennedy Payton; geogra-phy, Cody Corbin; phys ed, Neal Gibbons, Cody Corbin, Kennedy Payton; art, Chelsea Markus; music, Cody Corbin, Kennedy Payton, Molly Gamache; and French, Molly Gamache. Other honours were: General Pro -ciency Award: Chelsea Markus and Kennedy Payton;

School Citizenship Award: Chelsea Markus and Kennedy Payton;

Academic Award: Cody Corbin and Kennedy Payton.

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2010 Ontario Scholars at Renfrew Collegiate Institute, in front row from left, are Zabrina Rekowski, Bronwen Schultz, Nathan Scott, Adam Campbell, Robin Reinert, Shannon Leveck, Erika Crozier, Sarah Dougherty, Rachel Folkema, Rebekah Folkema, Caitlin Dougherty, Kateri Crozier, Alexandra Fraser, Emily Waterston, Haley Warren, Nicholas Sparling, Margaret Jacques; Emily Olmstead; and back row, Kurtis Oattes, Shawn Edwards, Jack Burton, Samantha Jackson, Hillary Afelskie, Emma Bidgood, Amy Bell, Justin Barr, Liam Melville, Tanner Wilson, Shelby Inglis, Amanda Springer, Garry Dillabough, Cailin Robertson, Erin Jackson, Hanna Guty, Trent Eady, Bailey Brown, Jacob Bell, Matthew Sharpe and Casey Shepherd. Katie Campbell, Samantha Gardi, Stephanie Grenon and Matthew Richard are missing from photo. Photo courtesy of Lauren Scott

PETER CLARK

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Renfrew Collegiate Institute continued its long-standing tradition when hosting the schools 104th annual commencement exercises last Thursday evening in the Grant Gymnasium.

Among highlights this year was the list of award winners.

Receiving the Governor Generals Me-dallion was Cailin Robertson.

Renfrew County Medallion recipients were Hillary Afelskie, Justin Barr, Amy Bell, Jacob Bell, Emma Bidgood, Jack Burton, Adam Campbell, Taylor Curry, Caitlin Dougherty, Rachel Folkema, Re-bekah Folkema, Alexandra Fraser, Luke Imbleau, Samantha Jackson, Liam Mel-ville, Matthew Richard, Cailin Robert-son, Bronwen Schultz, Casey Shepherd, Amanda Springer, Haley Warren and Emily Waterston. Also earning medal-lions were Tanner Wilson for business and Justin Barr for technical.

Adam McGregor was presented with the Principals Award.

PRINCIPALS ADDRESS

RCI principal Alanna Emon addressed the packed gymnasium before present-ing awards to the graduating students of 2010.

Emon said she was very proud of what this years group of graduates has achieved.

This group has been one of the busiest groups of students I have had the plea-sure to know, the RCI principal said.

Between clubs, teams, part-time jobs, classes and homework, I wasnt sure when they had time to sleep, and yet, when called upon to look beyond their own needs, to contribute to those in need around them, they were always there.

They were there as link leaders, they

were there at the cancer carnival, they were there at Relay for Life, they were there to help build a well for a village in Africa, and to collect food for the Renfrew Food Bank.

Side by side, with their teachers and support staff, with their parents, friends and siblings, these graduates demon-strated that they are ready to make a pos-itive difference in the world. According to Martin Luther King Jr., Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You dont have to have a college degree to serve. You dont have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul gener-ated by love.

You have shown this kind of great-ness, graduates, and I know, in the future, I will be hearing wonderful stories about you, and Ill be proudly saying, They are RCI grads you know, Emon said. Con-gratulations to you all.

MCGREGOR VALEDICTORIAN

Adam McGregor was the valedictorian for the RCI graduating class of 2010.

Alluding to the Kanye West Taylor Swift incident, McGregor said: Im real happy for you. Ill let you nish in a min-ute. I just want to say, this is the best grad-uating class ever.

He continued, We have all joined here this evening to celebrate 14 long, but en-tertaining, dif cult but exciting years of our education. And rather than having millions of eyes on us, we have the hun-dreds of eyes that we only care about, our family and friends. Fellow graduates, I see this as our moment of fame, our time to celebrate an exciting achievement, and on behalf of RCIs graduating class of 2010, Im proud to accept the award for best graduating class ever.

McGregor went on to thank RCI for providing great education, and preparing

the grads for whatever path the future might bring, whether it be college, the work force, or university.

He thanked RCI for developing great athletes who have brought the school many championships. Im sure I do not have to remind anyone that many gradu-ates here tonight played vital roles in Renfrew ending their 38-year-old senior football championship drought.

McGregor thanked RCI for develop-ing us artistically into modern Picassos, Bachs and Shakespeares, and also, for growing us into respectable leaders. I am honoured to remind everyone that this years graduating class was the rst group of Grade 9s to participate in RCIs Relay for Life.

He also thanked RCI for teaching us about life.

LASTING ADVICE

McGregor wrapped up by giving some advice to his fellow graduates for the future, and everyone else in the gymna-sium, for that matter.

Its never far to a friends house. Hu-man beings can accomplish great things in life, just always remember we need the help of our friends. Whether this means you being there for a friend, or a friend being there for you, our friends want us to succeed the same as we want our friends to succeed.

Whatever you do in life, do with all your might. Things done by half, are never done right. It is a very competitive world out there these days, and so success is often dependant on effort. Never doubt your abilities in accomplishing a task, just make sure to give it your all, and I know you can succeed.

Thirdly, always, remember to keep it real. The best thing to do in life is be true to yourself and make decisions based on what you want in life. By keeping it real,

Renfrew Collegiate grads look ahead to tomorrow

Renfrew Collegiate Institute staff member Kathleen Mottershead presents a French Certi cate of Merit during last Thursdays graduation ceremonies in the Grant Gym-nasium. Mercury photo by Peter Clark

youre less likely to live with regrets in your life, and we just never know if well get a second chance at things.

Congratulations, RCI graduating class of 2010, McGregor concluded.

This is truly a great accomplishment in our lives and one well never forget. Our days at RCI may be gone, but our memories are never over!

For a complete list of RCI award win-ners go to yourottawaregion.com.


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St. Joes high school graduates look back and aheadSTEVE NEWMAN

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It was an evening of happy tears and smiles, fortune-cookie anecdotes and sharing.

It was the Grade 12 graduation ceremony for 80-some students from St. Josephs Catholic High School Thursday evening.

The hour-long Mass was fol-lowed by a steady-paced, three-and-a-half-hour ceremony in which more than 70 bursaries or awards were handed out, includ-ing two of the shiniest stars, Em-ily Troutman and Hailey Miller.

As the top academic, following a 92.6 average this year, Miller took home the Governor-Gener-als Medal. She was also named the winner of the Lieutenant Governors Community Volun-teer Award and was named the top female athlete who will be taking post-secondary studies next school year.

Its a really close-knit commu-nity, so were all friends and hop-ing for each other, said Miller, 18, of Renfrew wholl study engi-neering at Queens University.

Troutman, 18, also of Renfrew, was the salutatorian for the grad-uation ceremony in addition to being named one of six recipients of M.J. OBrien Memorial bursa-ries for those demonstrating the highest qualities of a Catholic student in all respects. She also accepted the Chaplaincy Award, for the student best exemplifying gospel values through service to others, and the Catholic Educa-tion of Ontario Catholic Student Award.

Troutman, who will join a national evangelization teams Catholic youth ministry next school year, is hoping to do mis-sionary work.

Standing among many well-wishers and beaming, she said, Im going to miss St. Joes be-

Mass (above left) preceded the graduation ceremony for Grade 12 students at St. Josephs Catholic High School Thursday evening. At far right, teacher Carolyn Hass hands out a Grade 12 graduation diploma to Sarah Cybulski. In centre are some of the major award winners from the Grade 12 graduation ceremony. They include six recipients of the M.J. OBrien Memorial bursaries as the students demonstrating the highest qualities of Catholic students in all respects. From left, in the front row, are OBrien recipients Jackie Wat-ters, Alec Vice, Emily Troutman and Laurent Schmidt; back row, OBrien Memorial recipient Paddy Enright, Hailey Miller (who was the top academic and winner of the Lieutenant-Governors Community Volunteer Award), top male athlete and OBrien bursary recipient Chris Ivory, and valedictorian Nigel Grinstead. Mercury photos by Steve Newman

Meet the Ontario scholars from St. Josephs Catholic High School for 2010. From left, in the front row, are Chris Ivory, Spencer Yakaback, Paddy Enright, Hailey Miller, Emily Troutman, Lindsay Dick, Corey Grist and Steven Lorbetskie; back row, Alec Vice, Travis Blimkie, Alex Chabonneau, Kristina Waclawik, Marlee Vande-wouw, Kelly Slight, Madison Popkie, Mary-Katherine Lepine and Hayley Wall.

cause of the supportive staff and all my friends.

WITHIN FORTUNE COOKIES

There was no award for the valedictorian, 17-year-old Nigel Grinstead of Arnprior, but hes hoping his comedy studies at Humber College this fall prove to be a windfall. If his valedic-torian address is any indication, he will do well, as he had the crowd of several hundred listen-ing and laughing at his innova-tive address.

As valedictorian, it is my duty to show wisdom beyond my age and offer profound, thought-provoking insight to the present life as well as the near future.

Unfortunately, I do not have the capacity to provide this kind of insight, so I went about

writing my speech in a way that would cater to this.

When I see the word wise I think of a few things: Gandhi, Buddha, senior citizens and for-tune cookies. At the time I was rather hungry, so the more via-ble option seemed to be, without a doubt, the fortune cookies.

After a trip to the local Chi-nese restaurant, he had a bulk order and inspiration for ve pieces of advice for his fellow students.

His opening fortunate-cookie based advice was: Many receive advice, but only the wise pro t from it.

As Grinstead pointed out, it takes a smart person to know ev-erything, but a brilliant person to keep learning after they think they know everything. For our whole high school career weve

been taking advice from those we look up to, he advised. Dont take this for granted, ac-knowledge the fact that every-one is always learning. Dont pass up the opportunity to use someone elses experience for your own gain; well all grow to better people that way.

Other advice included: 1) All your hard work is going to pay off; 2) Aim high, the skys the limit; and 3) Enjoying means sharing.

Regarding the latter, he said accomplishments mean noth-ing if you dont have people to share them with and celebrate. This (graduation) is a huge mo-ment of success for you as an individual, and the feeling is great. Be sure to relish it, and allow others to take part in your happiness both now and in the

future.Lastly, he advised: Dont be bit-

ter, deceptive or petty.To be bitter or deceptive, he

explained, is only going to limit you in the long run by burning bridges that may not have been strong to begin with.

Before thanking his parents, teaching staff and fellow stu-dents, he also noted the impor-tance of CGEs, or Catholic gradu-ate expectations, and how they have helped us become mature and kind-hearted people.

The CGEs, as part of the Cath-olic school system, addresses our need to learn both logically and religiously. It also teaches us important life skills and how to make moral decisions to support the common good and not just our own personal gain.

SPECIAL AWARDS

The ceremony continued with the presentation of more than 70 bursaries, awards and schol-arships. These, near the end of the ceremony, included the Colin Hood and Pete Beach awards from the Ontario School Federation of Athletic Associations to Janet OBrien and thus recognition as a retiring educator who has con-sistently provided stability and optimism, enjoyed the company of young people, and showed how the teacher-coach serves as a source of discipline, mentor and friend.

An emotional OBrien, who has taught at the Renfrew school since 1979, admitted, Ive seen so many people up here (on stage), but its strange when its yourself.

In leaving for life after teach-ing, she asked the students to get off their IPods and quit texting, and to keep doing good deeds.

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By Jillian Follert

When the womans head hit the wall with a dull thud, Cathys blood ran cold.

I was just thinking, oh my God, oh my God, what if I killed her?

The 26-year-old was four months into her rst job as a personal support work-er at a Toronto long-term care home, when she left a frail, wisp of a 90-year-old Alzheimers patient with a bump on the head, after struggling to transfer her 100-pound body from wheelchair to bed.

Its partly my fault, because I prob-ably should have asked for help, Cathy said, crying as she remembers that day in 2008, and the nurse who called her an idiot. But, I also think its not really my fault, because my school never taught me how to do transfers properly.

Cathy isnt her real name.As was the case with most of the 30

PSWs interviewed for Situation Critical, Cathy agreed to tell her story, on condi-tion that her name and the home she works at not be identied.

She worries about being red or black-listed for speaking on situations that jeopardize care.

PSWs are the most intimate point of contact for 75,000 elderly Ontarians liv-ing in government-supported nursing homes, helping with everything from feeding to toileting.

The approximately 100,000 PSWs em-ployed in various eldercare capacities in Ontario about 30,000 work in nursing homes toil at the bottom of the health care food chain, whether they work in long-term care facilities or at an individ-uals home.

They are in a struggle for legitimacy that has become more public as PSWs push the province harder for higher standards and concrete training require-ments.

Its a losing battle. Health Minister Deb Matthews recent-

ly scrapped a round of public consulta-tion on potential regulation of PSWs. She told Metroland she is very much concerned about PSW qualications and the fact that training courses differ dramatically in length and content.

What I think is important, is there is a clear understanding of what training is required to call yourself a PSW, Mat-thews said. My understanding is that it varies tremendously.

PSWs are the heartbeat of Ontarios 625 nursing homes, responsible for up to 75 per cent of care.

They bathe and dress residents, comb their hair and brush their teeth. They lift them in and out of beds and wheel-chairs, and help those who can still use the toilet. They change diapers, spoon feed residents and reposition them to prevent bed sores.

Increasingly, PSWs also tackle medi-cally related tasks delegated by other overworked health professionals, includ-ing changing nitroglycerine patches and navigating chest drainage, feeding tubes and oxygen therapy.

PSWs who spoke to Metroland said ra-tios can be as low as three or four PSWs to 50 or 60 residents.

Youre literally jogging from room to room, you have no time to talk to the res-idents and spend time with them, said April Hill, from the Orillia area, a PSW for about three years.

Its just go, go, go. Get them out of bed, put them back in bed. Feed them, wash them, dress them. Move on to the next one.

PSW advocates say it would be easier to navigate the growing challenges if PSWs were all well-trained and had a professional organization to lean on.

We are in desperate need of regula-tion and standards, if you get a PSW in there who isnt properly trained you put the public at risk. People get hurt, said Miranda Ferrier, president of PSW Canada, an advocacy group. PSWs be-come an extension of their residents, theyre their hands and their eyes. They do everything they cant do for them-selves, and that takes the right training.

For many families with loved ones in care, PSWs are in-dispensable. Kathy Paterson of the Os-hawa area, whose 86-year-old mother was in long-term care before she died this spring, appreciated the PSW assigned to care for her.

Paterson said the PSW who dressed her mother each day, helped her eat and noticed even the smallest medical changes, was a life raft in a chaotic system.

She treated my mother with such care, it was like they were family, she said.

Just like the families who feel grateful to those who care for their loved ones, many PSWs become attached to those they serve.

Alberta is currently the only province with a standard where patients get 3.5 hours of personal care per day.

PSWs are also traditionally given low pay rates, with a national average of $14.34 per hour, according to a Canadian Union of Public Employees study.

Wendy McCarl, graduate of the PSW program at Algonquin College has a dif-ferent set of priorities on her wish list.

McCarls intention on taking the pro-gram was to work with young people with developmental disabilities, but af-ter doing a stint with Help the Aged, a local charity dedicated to the health and well being of the countrys seniors, she was hooked.

Now McCarl works to support elderly men at the Ottawa Mission, whether it is to help provide ac-cess to health care or to locate a spot in a long-term care facil-ity or assisted living complex, she helps her clients when they need it the most.

If I could ask for anything it would be safe housing where they can be comfort-able and safe, she said. Some men I work with dont need that much, just some-one to visit them or help with their bank-ing, but every little bit helps.

McCarl said it can be difcult to place her homeless seniors in the right facility due to lack of docu-ments, a murky picture of their health concerns and the attitude that there isnt a better life out there to be had.

A lot of them just accept not feeling well or not having enough food, she said. Sometimes it can be tough to con-vince them that there is another way.

While McCarls job isnt the day-to-day physical care of seniors needs. She

doesnt bathe them, she doesnt have to feed them and she wouldnt know how to treat their physical ailments.

That doesnt make her work any less important.

The work she does makes sure they end up in the types of facilities that will care for their physical and mental well being, so despite the crushing paperwork and long wait times, she feels satised in her career.

But, concern that PSWs are not regu-lated or certied, coupled with media re-ports of infractions a North Bay PSW, for example, was sentenced to house ar-rest this year for stealing an elderly res-idents credit card have led to calls for the profession to go through an account-ability overhaul.

For the organizations working on be-half of PSWs, that means an Ontariow-ide PSW registry, uniform curriculum and clear-cut standards of practice.

In the chaotic life of a PSW, time, wag-es, resources, training, support and re-spect are often in short supply. Without education standards, some new hires end up at a loss when theyre thrust into real-life situations jeopardizing the care of fragile residents they oversee.

... when I got out there working, then I realized theres some things I dont know, said Jen, who has been on the job for a year and completed a six-month adult-education course offered through a school board. We didnt spend much time on the proper terminology for cer-tain illnesses or anything that can go wrong with the body. Even the CPR rst aid course, I nd myself having to go back and reread my book over again. Because I nd myself in some situations where its like, oh my God, it went too fast and now I dont remember what to do in this situation.

With les from Jennifer McIntosh

As front-line workers in the overburdened long-term care system, PSWs are the rst to see its problems. Given the chaos they ex-

perience every day, they want better training standards and other professional improvements that the province, so far, is rejecting.

Overworked and under-trained

This is an excerpt of the full text. To read the entire report,

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Personal Support Workers struggle to provide the best care

We are in desperate need of regulation and standards, if you get a PSW in there who isnt properly trained you put the public at risk.

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GRADUATIONS

Honour roll of ve at Our Lady of Fatima School STEVE NEWMAN

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Top academic achievement awards for Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School went to Joey Hanniman and Jaycee Black-burn as part of the elementary schools Grade 7 graduation cer-emony June 23.

The two were also part of the honour roll of six students, each with averages of 80 per cent or higher, before moving on to Grade 8 at St. Josephs Catholic High School this fall. The other four Renfrew County medallion winners were Kailyn Friske, Kayla Hintz, Tyler Bingham and Nycholas Paquette.

It was a great year, said the leading academic students, Han-niman and Blackburn.

A clear highlight for each was the spring class trip to Fort Hen-

ry in Kingston and the gradua-tion dance.

Hannimans favourite subject is history, but he also kept busy in sports while particularly en-joying his time in wrestling and softball.

I need good grades to play sports, said Hanniman, 12.

I like sports and reading (novels), said Blackburn, 13, who was also active on the sports front, namely in badminton, bas-ketball and softball, and enjoyed her favourite subject, English.

Class teacher Dan St. Michael said both students had a nice fo-cus on their academics by striv-ing to get better. They dont just do their work to get it done. They put in the time.

Blackburn also received a plaque for the Best Effort Award, while Christian Spirit Award plaques went to Kailyn Friske,

Brandon Mosseau, Morgan Mc-Nulty and Ethan Donegan. Mos-seau also received the Legion

Citizenship Award for Grade 7. Recipients of the athletic

awards were Nycholas Paquette,

Kaylie Lacourse, Justin Wright and Kayla Hintz.

Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Schools honour roll featured these Ren-frew County medallion winners, for producing Grade 8 averages of 80 per cent or higher, as well as citizenship and Christian spirit award win-ner Brandon Mosseau. From left are Joey Hanniman, Brandon Mos-seau, Nycholas Paquette, Kailyn Friske, Kayla Hintz and Jacyee Black-burn. Missing medallion recipient is Tyler Bingham. Mercury photo by Steve Newman

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Students in Cathy Blacks Grade 2/3 class at Our Lady of

Fatima Catholic School dont need to go to Ottawa to have a wonderful educational excur-sion.

See ART, Page 13

Learning experience in the park

From left, Erica Mosseau, Colton Charbonneau and Callissa Dunbar at Fati-mas art in the park project.

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As their teacher notes, they just have to look in their own backyard.

The cost to go to Ottawa is about $400, Black said, plus an added fee to go into the muse-um.

In Renfrew at the McDougall Mill Museum, a $2 donation from each student covers all.

On their eld trip of June 18, the class saw how Renfrew Hydro generates power and learned wa-ter safety at the hydro plant; ob-

served the structure and strength of the Swinging Bridge; learned some history of Renfrew and the surrounding rural communities in the McDougall Mill Museum; and enhanced their sketching skills with an art in the park project at OBrien Park. They were guided in this venture by Oliver Richards of Renfrew, an engineering student at Queens University, who has become an accomplished artist. Richards is a graduate of St. Josephs Catho-lic High School.

GRADUATIONS/EDUCATION

Art in the Park for OLF

St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School held its Grade 7 graduation ceremony in the schools auditorium June 23. The main award winners in the 2009-10 school year, in front row from left, are Nick Hazen and Dane Brumm, and standing, Kim Carter, Karley Meil-leur, Jocelyn Virgin, Emma Crozier, Abigail Hall and Caitlyn Hart. Mercury photo by Peter Clark

Grads in seventh heavenPETER CLARK

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With an academic average of 80 per cent or better, six stu-dents led the way as St. Thomas the Apostle School held its 2010 graduation ceremony June 23 in the schools gymnasium.

Dane Brumm, Kim Carter, Emma Crozier, Abigail Hall, Caitlyn Hart and Nicholas Hazen received their honour roll medal-lions which go to the Grade 7 stu-dents who achieved 80 per cent or better in all subject areas.

Abigail Hall also took home an Academic Achievement Award for the highest overall average in all subjects.

The Grade 7 class teacher this year was Amanda Yarascavitch.

Other award recipients were: Recognition Award: Karley

Meilleur,

Lila Prince top athletics male and female: Nick Hazen and Joc-elyn Virgin,

Harold Bolger Award (strong leadership skills): Dane Brumm,

Jennifer McGregor Memorial Award (strong leadership skills): Emma Crozier,

Kay Gollinger-Lorente Chris-tian Leadership Award (positive self-image to put forward a posi-tive role model for peers): Emma Crozier,

Esther Hall Memorial Award: Abigail Hall and Nick Hazen.

The Esther Hall award is pre-sented to the Grade 7 student or students who represents all the qualities cherished by the Vi-sion Statement of the Renfrew County Catholic District School Board.

This student shows strength in a wide variety of areas mind, body, heart and soul.

New website for Catholic boardThe Renfrew County Catholic District

School Board has launched a new web-site.

Its a very exciting development for us, says director of education Michele Arbour.

Our Catholic education system de-pends on a solid partnership between school, church and home. This technol-ogy helps us build that partnership and make the connections even deeper.

As it evolves, the website will feature social media technology such as Twit-ter, and new interactive opportunities for parents, students and Catholic school supporters to connect with the central board of ce and with Catholic schools throughout the county.

A primary consideration for creating a new website was to allow schools to quickly and easily update their informa-tion.

The website will also offer the option for parents to sign up for automatic up-dates from their local school.

We dont have to depend on written notes and newsletters, which can easily get lost between school and home, said St. Josephs Catholic High School princi-pal Mark Searson, a leader of the web-

site development team.Thats just one example of how we

will be taking advantage of new media opportunities, he added.

Searson worked with seven other school board employees to shape the new website. Staff from the boards technol-ogy department, teachers, principals and managers all shared their views on suggested content and organization of the new site.

Their rst task was selecting the right professional for the task. A call for pro-posals was issued last October and the selection team had to sort through bids that arrived from around the globe.

The designer worked collaboratively with the board team to develop the site. Searson explained a collaborative web-site was created to allow committee members to review proposals on their own time and provide feedback.

The rst phase of the website launch features the school boards new internet presence.

School staff will be trained to add their material to the site, which will expand to include information and interactive ca-pacities for every Catholic school in the county.

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Renfrew pitcher Earl McNulty delivers to home plate in front of in elder Eldon Behm during Special Olympics softball tournament action at the McNab-Braeside ball diamonds June 19. Renfrew defeated Arnprior, Kingston and Perth to capture the D divi-sion title. In T-ball action, Renfrew-Arnprior edged Perth 11-9. Mercury photos by John Carter

Renfrew Minor Soccer held its under-10 soccer tournament on June 20 at Ma-Te-Way Park. Members of the rst place team are, in front, Alexandra Hagan; rst row, Mercedes Malone, Katie Hill, Mikaela Ripley, Sydney Smith; and back row, Jayce Greer, Braeden Reinert, Darren Gould, Brendan Hill, Tyler Blackburn, Riley Bulmer and Dylan White. Not in photo are coach Michael Blackburn and assistant coach Terry Hill. Photo courtesy of Michelle Smith

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ProTyre continues to set the pace in the Ma-Te-Way Mens Slo Pitch League with a 7-and-1 re-cord. Zig Zag breathes down their necks at 6-and-2.

MENS SLO PITCH

Renfrew Pizzeria-Legion 16, Beimers 15. Brett Gilchrist (W), Jeff Mahusky RBI single caps three-run seventh. Ben Kelly four hits; Shannon Manion (L).

Beimers 15, RPL 12, Manion (W), Jamie Cobus six hits in dou-bleheader; Bernie Mahusky (L), Kevin Johnston four hits.

ProTyre 35, Zig Zag 14. Stepha-ne Lapensee (W) HR, Les McLeod, Jason Marshall, Dan Lavallee ve hits; Troy Thibeau (L), Mark Si-mons four hits.

Zig Zag 28, ProTyre 23. Kent Scerba (W), Simons, Scerba, Bri-an Vanderploeg (seven hits), Jon Vanderploeg HR; Lapensee (L), McLeod HR, ve hits, Neil Lock-wood HR.

Zig Zag 11, Aikenheads 8. Kent Scerba (W), Jason Vincent, Mitchell Ferguson HR, Troy Thi-beau four hits; Adam Vanderwal (L), Ian Kemp three hits.

Zig Zag 24, Aikenheads 6. Scerba (W), Vincent 3 HRs, Thi-beau four hits, Jon Vanderploeg three hits; Vanderwal (L), Steve Leclaire HR.

MIXED SLO PITCH

A tight race has developed at the top. VAC leads with a 6-and-1 record, but still undefeated is Barkers at 6-and-0.

Barkers 21, Macs Esso 4. Mike McMahon (W) four hits, Brian Vanderploeg 2 HRs, Jon Vander-ploeg HR; Breen Agnew (L), Ja-son Charron, Tom Hanniman HR, Diane Lapensee four hits.

LB Welding 8, Race Trac Gas 7. Dan Legault (W), Paul Wolfe HR; Keith Gourley (L), Chris Armstrong HR.

T Williams 17, Race Trac Gas 16, Matt Stewart (W), Steven Fra-ser 2 HRs, Randy Smith HR.

VAC 15, LB Welding 14. Shan-non Manion (W), Mark Simons HR, Chelsea Shepherd, Mike Gu-yea four hits; Legault (L), Kevin Pennock 2 HRs, Ryan Leclaire HR, Tim Wilson four hits.

Calabogie HH 15, Alternative Health CC 8. Adam Crown (W), Mike Warren 2 HRs, Craig Bris-coe HR; Dan Deroy (L).

Pitt Contracting 10, AHCC 9. Andy Skerkowski (W), scores winning run on Scott Davis sin-gle; Deroy (L) 2 HRs.

The Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League has made a signi cant move to begin the upcoming 2010-11 season.

For the rst time in the leagues his-tory, all 22 teams will be participating in a showcase event called the EOJHL Fall Classic.

It runs Sept. 18 and 19 on the four ice pads at Ottawas Bell Sensplex Arena.

Each team in the Metro-Valley Con-ference will play two teams from the Rideau-St. Lawrence loop.

The Renfrew Timberwolves will face the Morrisburg Lions Saturday at 6 p.m. and then take on the Akwesasne Wolves Sunday at 1 p.m.

The Wolves and Morrisburg fran-chises have some history. The Junior B Lions of 1977 and Morrisburg met in a battle of the Lions for the EOJBHL championship that year. The Renfrew Lions prevailed in ve games.

Both Renfrew games at the 2010 Fall Classic will be played in the Direct En-ergy rink. Points from these games also count in the regular season standings.

The league also announced that the Boxing Day tournament will be no more.

The Wolves nish among the leaders with four tournament titles and three other nals appearances in the events 36-year history.

By winning 1988 through 1990, the Wolves were also the only team to claim three consecutive tournament titles.

They won a fourth in 1993.

Earthquake II: A Toronto fan called minutes after last Wednesdays earth-quake and said, Now you know what it will be like when the Leafs win the Stanley Cup. The place will be rockin.

I told them, Well experience another ve-pointer rst.

Tiger by the Tale: It looks like the divorce of Tiger Woods and Elin Norde-gren is imminent. Word is that Elin is seeking a settlement of $750 million.

They were married in October 2004, so doing a little math here the only sub-ject that I once ourished in at school Tiger will be forking out just under $130 million per annum.

* * * Bill Stoneman was the Montreal Expo

pitcher to throw two no-hitters.And for this week: Expos fans will

forever remember Blue Monday, the day Rick Monday homered off Steve Rog-ers in the ninth inning to send the Los Angeles Dodgers on to the 1981 World Series. L.A. went on to defeat the New York Yankees in six games. What three Dodgers shared MVP honours?

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It was an exciting weekend for Beachburgs Nathan Blok who aspires to race in Formula One and recently got the opportunity to compete in a support race for their Canadian Grand Prix.

Taking part in the largest and most competitive F1600 race in North America June 12 and 13, Blok, who drives for Ottawa-based Mortimer Racing, was one of 40 cars in the eld, as well as being the youngest driver and one of only a few who had not previously raced at the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve.

Come Saturdays race, Bloks fastest lap was 4.9 seconds off the fastest time which placed him 16th out of 40 cars.

He wavered anywhere from 12th to 19th in the race, and even-tually nished somewhere in the middle at 14th.

On Sunday, Blok started in the 14th position in the 40-car

eld, and after much jockeying, crossed the nish line 12th.

This was an experience of a lifetime, and it allowed me the opportunity to promote my sponsors in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd of over 100,000, Blok said.

Not only was it incredible both on and off the track, but it was also exciting to see the large number of spectators who came down to the pits to check out my car and to provide encourage-ment.

In addition to the strong n-ishes, Blok was also able to im-prove his lap time over the week-end by three seconds.

The next race Blok will com-pete in will be the Ted Powell Weekend at Calabogie MotorS-ports Park July 24-25. This race is the rst of two races as part of the new Inter-provincial series.

I am really looking forward to competing in front of a local crowd at Calabogie, he said.

At the wheel in MontrealNathan Blok in action at Montreal.

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