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www.theequity.ca Volume 128, Issue No. 51 The voice of the Pontiac since 1883 Wednesday, December 21, 2011 87 cents

Andrea Cranfield, THE EQUITY

For more than 30years, Santa Claushas been makinghis way to the RoyalBank of Canada(RBC) in Shawvilleto visit with the kidsand this year wasno exception. OnFriday, schoolclasses, daycaresand individualsmade their way tothe bank to seeFather Christmas. Itwas also the RBC’scustomerappreciation dayand treats andgoodies wereserved whileballoons filled theroom. ChristineLapp teachesgrades one and twoat Dr. S.E. McDowellSchool and broughther students toRBC. “It’s a reallygood thing for thekids, they have agreat time,” shesaid.

BANKING ON SANTA

The village of Ladysmith knows Hulda Erfleas Oma and it’s something that she has come toaccept over the past 51 years.

However, half a century isn’t as long as onewould think forErfle whorecently turned103.

“When I came here my family called me Omaand then the people thought my name was Omaand I said, ‘my name’s not Oma. My name is

Hulda’ and they said, ‘No, Oma sounds better.’So I let them call me what they want,” laughsErfle as she sits in her living room.

The slight, well spoken woman, with her hairwrapped in a bun and an accent that reveals herEuropean background, celebrated her birthdayat the Thorne Town Hall on Sunday, following aservice at St. John’s Lutheran Church.

The event was spearheaded by MarlenePasch, who attends the church.

Please see 103 page two

103 years of looking to the future

Julielee Stitt, The Equity

Hulda Erfle, 103, celebrated her birthday on Sunday. Known by her friends andneighbours as Oma, which is German for grandmother, Erfle shares that she hasbeen blessed with “good health.”

Every year, president of the PontiacSnowmobile Driver’s Association (PSDA)Donna-Lee Graham sends letters to dif-

ferent munici-palities inP o n t i a cr e q u e s t i n g

approval for snowmobilers to use trails ineach municipality.

This year, all of the municipalitieshave granted permission for trail use androutes are open to PSDA members. Allexcept for Curley Lake Road in GatineauPark, said Graham.

The National Capital Commission(NCC) doesn't want to allow motorizedvehicles to use Gatineau Park but themunicipality of Pontiac is fighting theissue, said Pontiac Mayor EddieMcCann.

A few concerns were raised by fromsnowmobilers as to whether they wouldbe able to use a section of the recentlypaved PPJ trail in Shawville, but it hasbeen confirmed that snowmobilers canuse the paved section on the west side ofCentre Street and an alternative route onthe east side.

“In Shawville, they paved some of thepathways in the main section of the PPJtrail and then we were told we had to re-route off those parts and they fought andwe tried to re-route and there were notmany options to do that and (Shawvillemayor) Mr. Armstrong fought for us andwe’re allowed to stay there,” saidGraham, about Shawville.

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Paved PPJopen for use

The snow has been scarce this year, so there has-n't been much snowmobiling in Pontiac yet this sea-son.

When the snow starts to fall, there may be someissues surrounding thesnowmobile trail thatpasses through CurleyLake Road in Gatineau

Park at the western end of the municipality ofPontiac.

Members of the the Pontiac Snowmobile Driver’sAssociation (PSDA) have been using the trail foryears, but Marie Boulet, Gatineau Park andGreenbelt director for the National CapitalCommission (NCC), said as of next year, motorizedvehicles will be prohibited in Gatineau Park.

A conservation mandate was adopted in 2005called the Gatineau Park Master Plan, which changesGatineau Park into a conservation park, said Boulet.

“We've been in discussions (with the PSDA) since2004 ... and we had a yearly agreement with thesnowmobile association and then in the past fiveyears we had a clause saying it's not going to beallowed anymore,” she said.

Originally, motorized vehicles were to be prohibit-ed in 2008 or 2009, said Boulet, but the NCC alloweda two year grace period in 2010 and 2011 beforesnowmobilers had to stop using the trail.

“Now it is the end of the grace period so indeed wewill be preventing snowmobiling in Gatineau Park,”she said, adding that the trail is in such bad shapethat even if it were open, snowmobilers wouldn't beable to use it.

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PSDA tofight for trail

ANDREA CRANFIELDEquity EditorPONTIAC Dec. 21, 2011

Members of the Résidence Meilleur duHaut Pontiac board of directors met withMNA Charlotte L'Écuyer on Wednesday

m o r n i n gto accepta three-year com-m i t m e n t

of $75,000, while announcing the building’stentative site.

The money for the project comes from theprovincial fund for devitalized municipalitiesand was intended for the village ofChichester, which is one of five boroughsinvesting in the project.

Others include Sheenboro, Waltham,Rapids des Joachims and Allumettes Island,where the seniors’ residence will be located.

“The site is on St. Jacques Street, west ofthe church rectory and there’s a tentative

arrangement to acquire the property fromthe Pembroke Diocese,” says AllumettesIsland Mayor Winston Sunstrum.

He says details on the arrangementbetween the municipality and diocese will bemade public in the future, when an agree-ment is closer to being finalized.

According to Chichester Mayor DonaldGagnon, his municipal council opted todirect the money from the fund for devital-ized municipalities towards the project dueto the demand for a local seniors’ residence.

“There is no seniors’ residence in thisarea. Fort Coulonge and Pembroke are theclosest we have, and we felt that we neededsomething in this area. Allumettes Islandwas the best location because it has the ser-vices and we have a lot of seniors in this areaand they don’t want to move.”

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Tentative site for RésidenceMeilleur du Haut Pontiac named


Pictured fromleft to right areJim Gibson,Gary Marchand,Donald Gagnon,Neil McGuire,CharlotteL'Écuyer,George Picard,WinstonSunstrum,MichaelMcCrank andMelaniePieschke.

ANDREA CRANFIELDEquity EditorSHAWVILLE Dec. 21, 2011

JULIELEE STITTEquity ReporterALLUMETTES ISLAND Dec.14, 2011

JULIELEE STITTEquity ReporterLADYSMITH Dec.18, 2011

PPJ: Snowmobiles will continue on trails in ShawvilleContinued from page one

A portion of the PPJ waspaved last sumner andArmstrong said some peoplewere concerned that snow-mobiles might mark thepavement. But he has spokento MRC Pontiac administra-tors and permission was

granted for snowmobilers touse the trail.

Sometimes snowmobilersdrive on paved streets intown and Armstrong saidhe's never noticed any marksleft behind.

“I think there was a con-cern because the pavement

was new but it was new earlylast summer and it's had thewhole summer to (set) and ofcourse pavement doesn'tmark very well when it'scold,” he said.

On the east side, ski-doersmust pass through propertyowned by the Pontiac

Agricultural Society on theeast side of Clarendon Streetand then pass through thefairgrounds until Lake Street.

“Otherwise we were goingto completely bypassShawville. We didn't wantthat. That was somethingthat we were going to fight

for... we're all supposed to betrying to promote tourismand bypassing Shawvillewouldn't be a very good wayof promoting tourism for ourmunicipality so we were quiteconcerned about that and theMRC did vote unanimouslyfor the area to be used,” said

Armstrong.PSDA members have said

they will make sure there'sextra snow packed on thepaved portion of the PPJ, headded. “They will be allowedto use that when we getenough snow, hopefully thatwill come soon.”

103: Oma shares her secret to longevity Continued from page one

While in the past Erflewould make the trek to thechurch on her own by foot, shenow relies on her son Karl todrive her.

It’s a sense of independencethat she hasn’t given up easi-ly.

“Just four years ago shewould walk to my sister’s cot-tage, which is three kilometersaway,” says Karl.

At that time, Erfle was ayoung 99.

Though she is now a staplein Ladysmith, a fact highlight-ed by the many handmadecards she received from areayouth, Erfle grew up inBessarabia, near the BlackSea, which has since become apart of Romania.

During World War II shewas forced to flee from thearea to Poland.

Once there, she and herhusband August were forcedto live in a work camp.

Following the war, in 1956her son Helmut moved toCanada, settling in Pontiacregion. His sister Gerta fol-lowed him.

When Gerta announced shewould be married, the familyopted to attend the weddingand relocate to Canada per-manently.

The year was 1960 andErfle was 52. The family livedon a small farm in Otter Lakefor a year, before moving toLadysmith, into the home thatErfle still resides in.

“Sure it was hard but wehad no choice, take it or leaveit,” says Erfle.

She continues to climb upand down the stairs in hertwo-storey home on a dailybasis, garden, bake, cook and

sometimes watch soapoperas.

She’s also an avid knitter,and receives yarn from YarnForward and Sew On, a storein Ottawa, Ont. that she thenreturns to them in the form ofhand knit toques.

To date she has knitapproximately 2,700 hats invarious colours for theSnowsuit Fund.

“I was 10 years old when I

knit my brother a pair of socksand from then on I’ve beenknitting. I love it. There’s noth-ing else, I’m doing it in myspare time.”

When asked how she hasmaintained her good healthover the years, Erfle respondsthat she has learned to live forthe future. “You always takewhat comes to you. Eithergood or bad, just make itthrough,” she said.

Fire Safety Act: the process of implementation

JULIELEE STITTEquity ReporterPONTIAC Dec.21, 2011

Few people think aboutthe role a local fire depart-ment plays until tragedystrikes and their service isrequired.

However, since the adop-tion of the MRC Pontiac FireSafety Cover Plan on Oct. 10,confusion around the docu-ment and what its imple-mentation at a regional levelwill mean has hit the popula-tion.

Primary among the ques-tions being asked are: whatis the fire safety plan? Is itlaw? What impact will it haveon taxpayers? And perhaps,most importantly, what willit mean for the 14 local firedepartments in the county?

The Fire Safety Act, whichrequires MRC’s across theprovince to develop FireSafety Cover Plans, has beenlaw since 2000.

The act seeks to standard-ize services offered by volun-teer fire departments acrossQuebec and prevent fires.

It can be compared to thepre-existing National FireProtection Association(NFPA), which is anAmerican entity that outlinesstandards and codes for localgovernments.

In Quebec, “The FireSafety Act states: The region-al authorities, namely theregional county municipali-ties…in conjunction with thelocal municipalities that arepart thereof and in compli-ance with the policies deter-mined by the Minister, estab-lish a fire safety cover plandetermining fire protectionobjectives for their entire ter-ritory and the actionsrequired to achieve thoseobjectives,” reads MRC pub-lic and civil safety coordina-tor Jacques Piché, directlyfrom the pages of the act.

Piché was hired to oversee

the file at the MRC level andcomes equipped for the job,having formerly been a policeofficer at the local Sûreté duQuébec (SQ) detachment andhaving served as a volunteerfirefighter on the Campbell’sBay-Litchfield Departmentfor five years.

The province, he says,passed the act in an effort toimprove the quality of ser-vices offered by local firedepartments and protectmunicipalities from thethreat of lawsuits, which wasa province-wide issue.

Legal cases were wagedagainst municipalities byinsurance companies follow-ing fires, due to what insur-ers were calling a lack ofexpertise on the part of thefire department.

“Insurance companieswere saying that firefighterswere not properly trained,were not properly equippedand didn’t know how to prop-erly fight a fire,” says Piché.

“The Fire Safety CoverPlan gives us a standard.Some municipalities wereunder the standard, somewere meeting the standardsand some were above it.”

According to Article 47 ofthe Fire Safety Act, once anMRC has adopted a fire safe-ty cpver plan and is respect-ing its obligations as outlinedin the act, they will receiveimmunity from lawsuits.

“The members of a firesafety service are exemptfrom liability for any damagethat may result from theirintervention during a fire orduring an emergency or dis-aster situation…except if theauthority has failed to adoptthe plan or if measures werenot implemented,” saysPiché.

However, in order toreceive legal immunity, firedepartments must satisfy aseries of obligations outlinedin the Fire Safety Act.

They include: approachand preventative measures,management of low andmedium-risk buildings,management of high andvery high-risk buildings,auto-protection, maximiza-tion of resources and thecoordination of emergencyresources.

According to Piché, pre-venting a fire is the first goalof the Fire Safety Act and theresulting MRC document,Fire One Safety Cover Plan.

“The final objective is toreduce the risk of fires asmuch as possible and to savelives,” he says.

In an effort to preventfires, the MRC has intro-duced a new by-law thatrequires 20 per cent of thehouses in a municipality tobe inspected each year forthe next five years.

This is to ensure there areno fire hazards and thatsmoke detectors are working.

Also, in the case of a fire,local departments will berequired to receive trainingto evaluate the causes andcircumstances of each inci-dent.

Based on the informationcollected by trained firefight-ers, departments will thenassemble an annual reportlisting the number of fires,causes and future preventa-tive measures.

“The objective,” says Piché“is that once they have ascer-tained the causes and cir-cumstances of a fire then wecan educate the public.”

In cases where arson issuspected, firefighters stoptheir review and contactpolice.

The second objective,which must be met by firedepartments, is the manage-ment of low and medium riskbuildings.

Included in this categoryis a department’s responsetime once they have been

called to a fire. “There are requirements

right now in an urbanperimeter that interventionhas to be between five and 15minutes,” says Piché, alsonoting that within that timeframe at least eight qualifiedfirefighters must be on thescene.

In order to be a qualifiedfirefighter under the FireSafety Act, members of localdepartments must benefitfrom the province’s grandfa-ther clause or receive FireFighter One training.

The clause states thatanyone joining a fire depart-ment prior to 1998 can workwithin the “red zone.”

Manpower can also beproblematic for firefighters ina small municipality wherepeople work outside the areaand are unable to respond toa call during the work week.

“Presently, there is not onemunicipality in our MRC thatcan provide the minimumnumber of firefighters duringthe day and during the weekbecause everyone’s at work,”says Piché.

In order to satisfy therequirement, municipalitieshave teamed together.

The Campbell’s Bay-Litchfield Fire Department, acentrally located municipali-ty in the MRC, has reachedagreements with eightmunicipal neighbours.

Included in the list arePortage du Fort, Bryson,Calumet Island, FortCoulonge, Mansfield, OtterLake, Thorne, Shawville andClarendon.

Agreements aren’t limitedby MRC territory.

According to Mayor andvolunteer firefighter BrentOrr, the municipalities ofBristol and Pontiac (which islocated in MRC des Collines)will be reaching an agree-ment that will allow them tocoordinate a fire response

when there is a lack of avail-able firefighters.

“We haven’t talked about ityet, but there will be anagreement with the Pontiacfire station,” says Orr.

In the less centralizedmunicipality of Rapides desJoachims, the town has anagreement with an OntarioFire Department in order tomeet provincial standards.

In the case of high andvery-high risk fires, require-ments jump.

Outside the urban perime-ter, a fire department has 20to 25 minutes to respond to acall and must have a mini-mum of 10 qualified firefight-ers on site.

“Initially it was supposedto be 12 but it was broughtdown to 10 and the ministeraccepted it,” says Piché.

According to the FireSafety Act, vehicles mustalso be tested every year toensure that they adhere toprovincial standards.

According to AllumettesIsland Mayor WinstonSunstrum, that requirementhas added costs to themunicipal budget.

“We have to buy a newpumper, so that’s a big cost.We just finished paying offour tanker pumper last sum-mer. Now we have to buy anew pumper to make sure wemeet the requirements aswell,” he says.

However, AllumettesIsland isn’t alone, says Piché.

“All of the vehicles have tobe certified and some did notpass certification and theyhave to either be replaced orthe municipalities have tosign agreements in order tocompensate for that prob-lem.”

An area that MRC Pontiacwill be looking to improve inthe future is auto-protectionmeasures. Among the areasthat will be considered underauto-protection in the future

will be requiring businessesto have a sprinkler systemand urban planning.

With inter-municipalagreements in effect, maxi-mizing resources and clearlyidentifying them has alsobecome necessary and islegally required by the FireSafety Act.

Among the resources thatmust be identified are waterhydrants that will be inspect-ed on an annual basis andcolour-coded according totheir water pressure capabil-ities.

“The other service comingin will automatically knowwhat kind of pressure theycan get from the hydrantbecause it’s colour-coded,”says Piché, noting that bybeing able to easily identifyand recognize the hydrant,firefighters will be able torespond quicker.

The final area that mustbe met is coordination ofemergency responseresources.

“That’s already done andit’s composed of the ambula-tory service, Surété duQuébec, fire safety servicesand a representative fromthe MTQ,” explains Piché.

While all these signs willundoubtedly point towardsimprovements in fire depart-ments, they also come with acost, says Pontiac WardenMichael McCrank.

“Taxpayers always have topay. That’s the problem Ihave with it. The governmentsupplied funding to certaintowns and cities but zero tous, to rural people,”McCrank told THE EQUITY inJuly.

Sunstrum agrees. “It’sgoing to be a significantchunk of money each year,”says the Allumettes Islandmayor. But as Gagnonnoted, “It’s a lot safer for aman to go into a building ifhe’s trained properly.”

RESIDENTS: Pooling resources for seniors’ residenceContinued from page one

L'Écuyer says she isencouraged by the coopera-tion shown by municipalitiesin Upper Pontiac.

“If you split $1,000 among18 municipalities it doesn’tgive you much. But if youhave a pot of $20,000 or$30,000 then that allows you

to prioritize,” says the politi-cian, noting that cooperationis essential in municipalitieswith small populations andlimited tax bases.

Prior to entering provincialpolitics as the riding’s MNA,L'Écuyer was the director ofPontiac Hospital. During hertenure there, hospital ser-

vices throughout the MRCamalgamated.

“Since we don’t have verymany people, we work withsmall budgets. That’s whatwe had to do with the healthservices. When we amalga-mated it gave us more people,a bigger budget and then wecould decide what we wanted

to do with the budget.”L'Écuyer notes that it’s

projects like these that theprovince created the fund for.

“I think it’s a nice way toperk up our municipalities.It’s very nice because itmeans the people are going tostay around, they’re going toshop at the bakery and go to

the grocer and that’s whatour municipalities need; peo-ple who stay and buy locally.”

“It’s a good initiative,” saysPontiac Warden MichaelMcCrank, referring to the res-idence that is being named inhonor of Fred Meilleur whowas immortalized by suchsongs as Gail Gavan’s Fred’s

Hotel. “These municipalitieshave banded together to solvea problem collectively and it’sgreat.”

Community fundraising forthe project is slotted to beginin 2012, and according toSunstrum, the seniors’ resi-dence could be built as earlyas May 2013.

TRAIL: Municipality set to oppose limits on roadContinued from page one

Pontiac mayor EddieMcCann said it's been anongoing problem with theNCC wanting to close snow-mobile trails.

“We’re basically going toend up going to court tooppose that,” he said.

McCann said he believesthe trail belongs to themunicipality of Pontiac whileBoulet said the NCC consid-ers Curley Road to be a partof Gatineau Park and a largepart of the trail is in GatineauPark.

“That will be what thecourt decides (whose property

it is). We say it’s not (theirs).We’re fighting that point andthey say it is,” said McCann.“That’s going to be the ques-tion moving forward.”

Currently McCann is in theprocess of notifying the NCCof what the municipality'sactions will be if they insiston closing the trail, he said.The municipality will be fight-ing the case on behalf of thePSDA. Money has beeninvested by the NCC into find-ing an alternative route, saidBoulet. After a study was con-ducted, alternative trails werefound using some municipalroads.

Donna-Lee Graham, presi-dent of the PSDA said thealternative routes don't workbecause a lot of the roads aredirt roads and there are sev-eral ditches. She also saidsome of the roads are verynarrow making it dangerousfor snowmobilers if faced withoncoming traffic.

“We told them it doesn'twork. We can't go there andthe municipality agrees withus and they told them thatit's not going to work,” saidGraham. “They (NCC) told uswe had to reroute but we triedto and there was no other wayaround it, we’re in the middle

of the bush, we’re not hurtinganybody.”

For now, all they can do iswait to see what happens, shesaid. Curley Lake Road islocated in a conservation zonewhere nature conservation isa priority, said Boulet.

“Certain species of wildlifereally require certain forestconditions and cannot choosehabitats that are fermentedby roads or trails so manyanimals are very sensitive tohuman activities so thenthose fast moving vehicleslike snowmobiles are not real-ly compatible with the con-servation area,” she said.

When the NCC was debatingthe master plan, there wasquite a bit of debate sur-rounding the issue of allowingmotorized activities and therewas a lot of public support toprohibit snowmobile activi-ties, she added.

“This is something that'sbeing done in many otherprovincial parks with similarconservation mandates. It'skind of a common trend innational parks to not allowsnowmobiles,” said Boulet.

She said the communityhas been well-informed of theintentions to ban snowmo-biles in Gatineau Park and

the NCC and the municipalityof Pontiac are in discussion.

McCann said, “In fairnessto them, they’ve been sayingthis for three, four, five years.We’ve just never acceptedthem doing that. We’ve alwayssaid it’s our road and we havethe right to let people use it asthey see fit.”

Banishing snowmobilersfrom the trail would hurt thetourism industry in Pontiac,said Graham adding that shesells between 700 to 800snowmobile passes everyyear, with 400 of those beingbought from Ontario resi-dents.

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ANDREA CRANFIELDEquity EditorNORWAY BAY Dec. 16, 2011

It was a chilly Decembernight and there was a still-ness in the air. But theNorway Bay Golf Course wasjumping inside, with friendsand family talking, dancing,eating and enjoying them-selves at the annualFarmers and FriendsChristmas Party.

For the past four years,Jennifer Judd, Nancy Pirie,Kristine Beck and MelanieLang have organized theevent, although it's beentaking place for severaldecades now.

“It’s just an annual thing,we get together and we’re allinvolved in agriculture,” saidJudd. “It’s partly for a gettogether but it’s also afundraiser for whatever wesee needs some attention inthe community.”

This year, the money isgoing towards the ShawvilleHospital. About $3,000 afterexpenses was raised at thesilent auction. Last year,funds went to Bouffe Pontiacand the year before that,money went to the oncologyunit at the hospital. Theyear before that money wasraised for the SnowsuitFund.

“So we move around. We

just decide what charityneeds some attention or ifthere’s anything that res-onates with people andthat’s what we go with,”explained Judd.

Pirie said, “Our silent auc-tion did really well this year.We didn't have quite asmany (people) as last yearbut we seemed to have justas much fun and raisedmore money than last year.”

She estimated that morethan 100 people were pre-sent.

The John Priebe Bandprovided live music for thecrowd and there was alsosome square dancing. Localtalent took to the stage aswell. A silent auction con-sisted of items such asOttawa Senators tickets, twonine hole rounds of golf, atwo night stay at Tremblantand gift certificates. Doorprizes were also given away.

The Norway Bay Golf Clubusually has wing night onFriday nights so when theparty moved to the golfcourse last year, organizersdecided to stick with thewings, said Pirie.

“It has worked out great,everybody looks forward tothe wings.”

Pirie said the night wasgreat and people seemed tohave a really good time.

Farmers take a night off to enjoy theFarmers and Friends Christmas Party


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Ste. Anne youth win in ShawvilleFair Creativity Contest

Submitted by Charleen Moore

J’ai dessinée la statue de vache dans la petite ferme car c’était une des mespréférer exposition. C’était amusant voir mes amis sortir le lait de la vache,une chance que se n’était pas un vrais vache -- Pascal Thompson, École Ste-Anne, Grade 6.


Julia liked the dragon ride -- Julia Smith, Home Day Care.


Winnifred and Nancy Pirie dance to the music ofthe John Priebe Band at the farmers party.


J’ai aimé les animaux--Michaela Bertrand, École Ste-Anne, Grade 1.


J’ai appris à faire du jus de pommes. J’ai aimé la foire de Shawville -- JakobJolicoeur, École Ste-Anne, Grade 4.

JULIELEE STITTEquity ReporterSHAWVILLE Dec.21, 2011

The results are in fromthe Shawville Fair Creativity

Contest, which saw youthsending in postcards thatillustrated their favouritepart of the expo.

Pictured below are the

winners and their uneditedresponses to what they lovedbest about the fair.

This is the first year theFair has held the contest.

Local UPAsyndicateloses approximately42 producersJULIELEE STITTEquity ReporterPONTIAC Dec.12, 2011

The Pontiac Union desProducteurs Agricoles(UPA) has lost approxi-mately 42 producers, dueto recent changes to terri-torial lines that will seefarmers living in Quyonjoining the MRC desCollines’ UPA.

Among those who willswitch syndicates is BlakeDraper, a beef producer inQuyon.

Draper resigned fromhis position as the vicepresident of the PontiacUPA at a meeting held onDec. 12 in Bryson and willsit as the beef representa-tive on the MRC desCollines’ board.

Draper says he will belargely unaffected by thechange. “It’s a changethat’s all.”

In the past, the UPAwas divided according toregion, whereas now theywill be “realigned accord-ing to the MRC lines,” hesays.

Denis Dubeau is thepresident of the PontiacUPA and says the changecould prove to be benefi-cial to producers living inQuyon.

“Say a producer wantsto change their land zon-ing for something, theyhave to go through theMRC,” says Dubeau, not-ing that the change willease such processes forfarmers.

In the past, the Pontiacsyndicate was largelyAnglophone as opposed tothe MRC des Collines, butDubeau says producersjoining the UPA in theneighboring MRC canexpect bilingual meetings.

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For years, members of the PontiacSnowmobile Drivers’ Association (PSDA)have been using a trail that passesthrough Curley Lake Road in GatineauPark.

In 2005, a conservation mandate wasadopted that changed Gatineau Park intoa conservation area.

The mandate prohibits snowmobilersfrom using the trails in Gatineau Park, inorder to protect the environment and itswildlife.

Marie Boulet, Gatineau Park andGreenbelt director, explained that itwould be upsetting to several wild lifespecies residing in Gatineau Park if

motorized vehicles were to drive throughtheir habitat. She said snowmobilers arecurrently prohibited from using the park.

The Municipality of Pontiac, on behalfof the PSDA plans on fighting this notion.

Pontiac Mayor Eddie McCann saidsnowmobiling brings a lot of money intoPontiac.

Every summer the population swells inPontiac with cottagers flooding into thearea, helping to support local businesses.

In the winter, snowmobilers help areabusinesses during the sometimes slowmonths, many of them crossing intoQuebec from Ontario.

Environmental considerations couldnow be hurting Pontiac commerce.

The ban on the use of trails inGatineau Park could stop snowmobilersfrom using our trails if it’s no longer con-venient for them.

The environmental impact, includingnoise and air pollution, has been a topicof much debate but many studies havefound that newer snowmobiles are beingmade with environmental concerns in

mind. In Pontiac, snowmobiling is a favourite

pastime of many and we have the perfectspace for it with wide open fields and longtrails spread out in the bushes.

Of course, environmental concerns areof the utmost importance, but could thelimiting of snowmobiles coming into thearea be too harmful on the economy?

Some businesses in town canundoubtedly survive without this addedform of revenue, while others that aremore isolated count on snowmobilers’business to stay open.

Instead of blocking the trail altogether,perhaps new regulations should be putin place such as snowmobilers drivingthrough the area must have snowmo-biles that have minimal CO2 emissionsand are “noise-friendly.” The pollutionemissions of snowmobiles could, per-haps, be monitored more closely in thefuture.

Snowmobilers after all, love the out-doors, using the sport to explore theenvironment and all of its beauty.

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Canadians love to talk about theweather and here in Pontiac, it’s no differ-ent. Last night was the traditional SteeleLine Social — held at Spiritwood this year,and naturally, the topic arose.

Isn’t it wonderful, most everyone wassaying?

To me, the answer is a qualified yes. Asmany of you know, my favourite season iswinter — and we don’t have snow yet!Boo!

But sure: Eric and I have accomplishedmany more outdoor chores than we’danticipated. In fact, in November, ourorder of 23 fruit trees arrived from south-ern Ontario. Although the orchardist hadadvised us we were not at all too late toplant them, we thought we were on “theouter edge” of acceptability.

We needn’t have worried. At all.With this November’s temperatures

being well above normal — some days asyou know being in the plus-side of theteens — we were able to dig holes, trans-fer the carefully removed sod to an areawe’d just cleared, and plant the metre-or-so-tall saplings.

Another temperature thrill was to beable to water the trees easily. AlthoughEric had already drained our irrigationsystem for the winter, we were still able tohook up a hose and water all the applesand pears.

Now, at time of writing this column,there’s a slight sugar frosting sprinklingof snow on the ground. The soil is onlyjust starting to harden. And, for the veryfirst time this winter, our pond sports adusting of snow on top of the ice.

ChristmasWith all this — is it beginning to look a

lot like Christmas? Depends…Sure, we’ve had green Christmases

before now, and possibly this year thiswill be our reality. Who can predict?

However, even though outside it maynot look much like a traditionalChristmas, with snow covering fields andwoodlands, inside and out, we can tell theholiday season is upon us.

On Sunday, for instance, Eric and Ihosted the annual Steele Line Social. It’sa tradition Eric and I started oh, about 20years ago. We started it simply becausewe didn’t really know anyone on the Line.What better way than to start (hopefully)what just might become a tradition?

Moreover, is there a better way to ban-ish a commercial Christmas?

Not in my books. In those early years,Eric and I started the tradition as aChristmas cookie exchange. (First, Iasked a couple of people with whom I wasbecoming friends, if they’d be interested.Amber Walpole, Kathy Letts, Linda Hobbswere — so the tradition commenced!)

Methinks our menfolk observed weLadies of the Line enjoyed waaaay toomuch fun — and so, being adaptable, wemorphed our tradition and includedthem. Now, the tradition has become apot luck meal with men and women whoeither live on or have a very special con-nection to the Line.

Fun? Oh, yes! A meaningful Christmastradition? Rather! Building the preciousspirit of community? Is there any betterway?

Just do itMany people over the years have

expressed to me a sense of wistfulnessabout starting a tradition with theirneighbours, too. And another person didjust that on Monday morning.

I always say the same thing to thesepeople: just do it. Pick up the phone.Extend an invitation.

We often say we’re too busy. We some-times fall into that old trap of thinkingpeople won’t be interested, won’t come,won’t ——where we fill in the blank withour carefully imagined reasons for inac-tion.

I’ll tell you: it’s as easy as picking upthe phone. Which is what I did all thoseyears ago. Being newcomers, Eric and Ididn’t know anyone on the Line very well.Some were total strangers. Sure, we werestarting to make friends with our immedi-ate neighbours, but other homes andproperty owners? We didn’t know anyonewell.

Now, all these happy years later, somefolks have moved — and we miss them.

However, for the newcomers who havejoined us, and for those of us who remainhere, the Steele Line Social is a highlightof the year. It’s our Christmas tradition.

Make it happenChristmas can be a lonely time. A

stressful time. A disappointing time.It can also be a time of celebration. A

time of light in the darkness of winter. And, whether we are Christian or not,

to me this season is all about giving andabout reflection.

Merry Christmas, readers — or, if youprefer: Happy Holidays!

So, regardless of creed, and of course,regardless of whether or not a social gath-ering is your cup of tea, I hope you allenjoy this next week of celebration.

Next time I write, it will be 2012 — anda time for recalling the events of this year,where we also look forward, with hope, tothe New Year.

Katharine Fletcher is a freelance writer,columnist and author. Contact her [email protected].

ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM

KATHARINE FLETCHER

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YOUR OPINION

Dear Editor,I would like to thank the individual who stole

Christmas from a family at the Canadian Tire store inShawville. This person picked up a wallet that was seton a shelf while someone was choosing a gift. The per-son choosing the gift could ill afford to spend themoney they had but to have it stolen by a gutless won-der is unbelievable.

I would like to leave it without a name because Idon’t want the connection of whom is missing themoney. It was my daughter.

Name withheld by request

Asking for one gift

Dear Editor,I am asking for only one Christmas gift this year —

the end of the freeze on Canada’s foreign aid.Freezing foreign aid, such as Harper’s government

did, condemns a countless number of men, womenand children to suffering, disease and death. It alsoslows down access to education and better living forthe poorest of the world.

I use the term foreign aid to be well understood but,in my mind, it’s not aid. It’s rather giving back to thepoorest of the world a tiny part of what they werestripped of by rich countries over the years, throughintimidation, military presence, destabilization,destruction of their infrastructures and freeze andseizure of their assets.

I am not rich, I did not contribute to Mr. Harper’sparty and I am not either a creationist.

Nevertheless, I hope Mr. Harper won't forget me dur-ing the Christmas period and will lift the freeze onCanadian foreign aid.

Bruno MarquisGatineau, QC

Well done

Dear Editor,I would like to say job well done to the Campbell’s

Bay Lionettes on their senior Christmas dinner. Theyhad a very good turnout and it is nice to see the eldersget out and enjoy the evening.

The Lionettes in our town are a handful of ladies,some seniors themselves, who work together tirelesslywith limited funds and donations from the town. Thesewomen do the best they can with what they have, butare always successful in their events. Many times theytake their own money to help with the events. Theyburn gas for travelling, to set things up. Sadly nobodyseems to want to step up and join the organization tohelp facilitate the work that these women do or to comeup with fresh new ideas for the community and such.Still, these ladies always look for a good cause todonate any little profit that may be made.

I experienced a very sad event for the greatHalloween party put on in October by the Lionettes,with a small donation from the municipality and theLions, the ladies had to decorate, make treat bags, runaround for stuff and supplies and again, very littlehelp. I did what I could by travelling to Calumet Islandto get straw, corn stalks etc ... knowing my kids couldnot attend because of a different engagement. But Ihad to help with something or the guilt of idlenesswould have tormented me. Now I’m not wealthy by anymeans but the little bit of fuel I burnt in an old pickupwas very much appreciated and I must admit made mefeel pretty good. So, I helped with a few other things. Anew business couple also helped out with the workbecause they were holding an appreciation ball for ourfirefighters which, they funded personally so theyworked with the Lionettes and had a very nicely deco-rated hall and two great turnouts.

So here is my point, it doesn’t matter if you’rewealthy, comfortable or just getting by, when you worktogether and have fun doing it everyone is equalbecause there is one goal, to show community spiritand pride. But the ones who should feel bad are, ourelected officials who never come to offer help in settingup, cleaning up after or even stopping by the hall andoffering a small donation for our kids. But rest assuredwhen election time comes around they will be at your

door with big promises and intentions that will gonowhere once in office. It was proven this fall, it’s afact. So as a common family man I suggest people tryworking with the Lionettes just once. They will experi-ence a great sense of pride and satisfaction.

So I hope you understand that this group of ladies goabove and beyond caring for our seniors and kids forabsolutely nothing in return. And a note to our electedofficials, don’t come knocking on my door next elec-tion, because I will be running opposition!

Vince BellandCampbell's Bay, QC

Caring for our elders

Dear Editor,“The sense of uselessness is the severest shock

which our system can sustain.” Thomas Huxley saidthese words. I think about them every day. Manythings stand between us and a sense of uselessness:our jobs, volunteer work, our family, friends, health,interests. But what if you don’t have a job anymoreand poor health prevents you from enjoying activitiesand life in general, the way you used to?

Elderly and especially those confined to their homesor a nursing home, will likely tell you what standsbetween them and a sense of uselessness is, quite sim-ply, friendship — warm and nurturing friendships withpeople both in and out of the “building”, including res-idents, staff, volunteers and even other peoples’ visi-tors.

The magic of friendship will change the lives of ourseniors.

As little as five minutes of daily contact with a friendcan uplift a seniors’ physical and mental being. Forfamilies knowing their relative has a backup support,brings a wonderful peace of mind. The pressures of ourfast-paced lives, distance, bad weather or illness, mayall conspire at one time or another to prevent familyfrom visiting as often as planned. The elderly may alsoplace demands on families that are difficult to meet.We can’t be all things to all people, so it’s importantthat seniors have others they can turn to. Pleaseremember some of our elderly don't have regular visitsfrom their families.

Here are some thoughts and ideas for all of us tohelp the people we love find companionship.Encourage friendship between other seniors. Invite afriend to join you and your senior on an outing. Knowthat old age and disability can mentally and physical-ly isolate a person and cause loneliness.Understand that touching is okay. We have basichuman needs for intimacy that lasts our entire lives.The elderly need hugs, kisses and caresses, and theyalso need to be able to touch others.

Rossie SmartShawville, QC

Last issue

Dear Editor,I have stayed quiet for several months (several peo-

ple suggested I get a life). In the last issue, FatherTanguay questioned the fact that the new scalehousecost $500,000. I wonder why he was the only one thatseemed to notice. I drive by every day. It looks like itmay be all of 400 square feet, but this is a QuebecGovernment job! Not much wonder the province andcountry have such high tax rates.

Second point, the MRC raise in taxes. Mayor Maleauvoted against the tax increase. Is he the only mayorthat questions the system? What I can’t understand iswhy any mayor would support it. Could it be that sincethey are paid to attend MRC meetings and paidmileage to attend, it is somewhat of a conflict of inter-est? The next time a tax increase is proposed to thesemayors, hopefully seven or eight of them will oppose it.If not, bring the proposal back to each town counciland let them debate if the taxpayers in each town aregetting value for their tax dollars.

Hopefully the new business that is coming to theupper Pontiac happens and then there will be so manytax dollars that we can see the new building to housethe MRC and all the employees. Until then, spendcarefully, within the rate of inflation, not several timesabove!

Bill McClearyShawville, QC

Seasonal reflections Dave Moore, THE EQUITY

Christmas

In the 16th century Queen Elizabeth I hadgingerbread likenesses created for importantguests, which she would then present to themat dinner. Since then, the practice of creatinggingerbread men has become a Christmastradition.

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25 Years AgoDecember 24, 1986

Quyon parade “biggest ever”: “It was the biggestparade to hit Quyon since 1910”, raved Tom Murdock,chairman of the parade committee.

There were 40 floats in all, 22 in the commercialclass, 18 in the non-commercial class and 10 clowns.

In the commercial class, Keon’s store was named asthe best float followed by Hillside Sugar Shanty in sec-ond and St. Laurent Trophy and Video Marcotte’sDiesel tying for third.

Atlantic Canada in Fort-Coulonge: Despite thehumid, snowy winter morning outside, the sea splash-ing against the coast could be heard inside.

Outdoors it was Fort Coulonge, indoors a transfor-mation took place. Visitors suddenly found themselvesexamining the wonders of Atlantic Canada.

The Atlantic Canada Museumobile, literally a muse-um on wheels - in trailers to be exact, was in FortCoulonge on December 16 and 17.


Council receives sewer grant: Shawville councilalong with Mayor Orla Young received a check fromthe Minister of Municipal Affairs Monday. One checkis for $15,080 as the first installment of a total$75,400 grant to be paid over five years to help defraythe interest on the $377,000 bonds for the sewage sys-tem here. The other check is for $500, the balance ofthe second installment of a grant of $7,000 to be paidover a period of seven years to help defray the cost ofthe new water system.

New rink in Ag Hall Shawville:Harry Campbell has been engaged by the

Agricultural Society to look after the ice surface at thenew agricultural building. Gordon Alexander is manu-facturing hockey nets, Russell Judd is building dress-ing rooms in the front lobby and, weather permittingthree will be skating evenings starting Friday orSaturday.

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These winter works of art won’t meltDANIELLE SACHSEquity ReporterSHAWVILLE Dec. 17, 2011

A new show has opened atCafé 349 and will be on dis-play until Jan. 22.

Five local female artistshave hung winter scenes onthe walls of the restaurantand Saturday marked theofficial opening andvernissage.

Although the paintingshad been on display sincethe beginning of the week,there was still an atmos-phere of discovery as guestscirculated along the wallssoaking in the art.

While distinct in style,there were requirements toparticipate in the show.Nancy Dagenais Elliott, oneof the artists and organizer,wanted to limit the show towomen artists and wantedthe paintings to reflect win-ter landscapes.

The paintings are as dif-ferent as the women whopaint them.

Jennifer Dale Judd,Linda Bergeron Baril, KayRanger, Lorene HodginsMcLean and Elliott were thefive people with their workson display.

“I didn’t have a lot of win-ter scenes already because Ilike to paint with a lot ofcolour,” said Baril.

Baril, who lives inLuskville usually exhibitsher work in Chelsea, butwas excited to be showing toa different crowd.

“This one is called JustFollow the Light,” she said asshe stood next to one of herpaintings.

“I learn so much aboutmyself as I paint, I discovernew things through eachpainting.”

Baril’s work is inspired bywalks around her home andshe paints mainly in oils,although for a year she usedacrylics.

“I travelled to Italy lastyear and they wouldn’t letme take my oil paints,” saidBaril.

“I was there with Nancy soI borrowed her acrylics anddecided to try them out.”

It wasn’t long into theafternoon before red dotsstarted appearing on thetitle cards of the painting,meaning they had been sold.

Carole Trepanier boughtone of Dale-Judd’s paintingsof a snow covered tree.

“It’s just so playful,” shesaid.

“It evokes something andmakes me feel like I’m danc-ing on the inside. I couldn’twait until she (Dale-Judd)showed up to buy it becauseI couldn’t take the chancethat it wouldn’t be mine.”

Flowing tree limbs dancedtowards the sky in the paint-ing.

“It shows that I’m notdoing it for nothing,” saidDale-Judd, about the sale ofher art piece.

“I’m actually accomplish-ing something.”

Danielle Sachs, THE EQUITY

The five women show runs until Jan. 22 at Cafe 349.


Linda Bergeron Baril poses with her favourite painting.

Nativity comes to life at Coronation HallDANIELLE SACHSEquity ReporterBRISTOL Dec. 17, 2011

It was an odd site at first.

Cars lined the shoulder ofthe road while several camp-fires dotted the lawn.

People in robes brandish-

ing staffs circulated whilewaiting for audience mem-bers.

For three hours, the Grace

Community Bible Church ledpeople through their livingnativity at Coronation Hall.

With boots crunching onthe frozen ground, the occa-sional campfire was a wel-come opportunity to warmup while a story about theroad was told.

The Road to Bethlehemwas populated with danger.Participants were ledthrough and involved in thepresentation, as if they werethe ones taking part in the

pilgrimage to pay taxes.“They hold it every year,”

said Greg Graham, aboutthe event.

“But this is the first yearthey’ve held it here.”

As cold as it was, therewas no opportunity to feelit.

Instead of standing in onespot, spectators were ledaround the grounds ofCoronation Hall before beingtreated to hot cider andsnacks.


A chorus of angels greets visitors to the manger.


The nativity scene comes to life at Coronation Hall.


The road to Bethlehem.Danielle Sachs, THE EQUITY

Warming up between presentations.

Ho! Ho! Ho! What moves Santa? Zuuuuuuumba!

Submitted by Simon Clarke

Santa took some time out from his very busy schedule at the North Pole tostop by at Julia Clarke BodyByDesign Fitness Studio in Shawville on Dec. 15to try out a Zumba class. He said he wanted to get in shape for the big nightand what better way to do it. He told the Zumba fanatics that once he haseaten his turkey he'll be back in the New Year.

Not so green a Christmas in SheenDANIELLE SACHSEquity ReporterSHEENBORO Dec. 18, 2011

Under snowy skies andfreezing wind Santa cameearly to Sheenboro, spread-ing Christmas cheer and joyacross the area.

Billy Brennan has beendressing as Santa for longerthan he or anyone canremember.

“There used to be a SantaParty in the Parish Hall,” hesaid.

“But these days there arenot as many families so it’stoo much to heat (a building)for one night. Instead, wevisit them.”

It’s an activity that the RAcommittee has been doingfor years.

Raymond and IonaMorris are the first stop onthe trip that throughout thenight will see Brennan visit-ing close to 30 differenthouses.

Raymond was the longest

serving member of the RA.“There used to be so many

people at the party in thehall,” he said.

“But there’s not a lot offamilies in the area in themiddle of winter and it’shard for the seniors to getout after dark.”

Brennan goes from house-to-house, spending time ateach stop.

“It helps break up thewinter,” he said.

“It’s nice to do something

mostly for the seniors.”There’s a gift for each

house, and a glass of winepoured.

It’s not a surprise visit.People are told inadvance.

“You can’t just show up atsomeone’s house in cos-tume,” said Brennan.

“People might think it’s ajoke or something else.”

Ringing bells herald thearrival of Brennan andhis two elves at each loca-

tion.Mary Lampkin welcomed

the group of three into herhome.

“It’s great for the commu-nity,” she said.

“For a small place there’ssomething really nice aboutit.”

Lampkin said Brennanhas been playing Santa foras long as she can remem-ber.

“It’s been at least over 10years,” she added.


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Mary Lampkin visits with Santa.


Santa treats the community children with gifts.


Santa visits with neighbours in Sheen.


Santa brings the holiday spirit and sweets toneighbours in Sheen.


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This time of year evokes many different memories that Iassociate with the Hodgins or Tubman families over the hol-iday period. For us, it was a time that the families gottogether with good food, fun and fellowship.

My parents raised turkeys and geese each year for theholiday dinners. Sometime after the first week of Decembereach year, my father would kill the turkeys and geese. Afterkeeping the required number for the families, the remainderwere sold. He used to take any extra birds not sold locallyto the market in Ottawa. Neither he nor my grandfather,Lawrence Hodgins, had any difficulty selling the remaininggeese or turkeys. Both men then went to stores in the mar-ket to purchase oranges, bananas, cranberries, and otherfoods for the holiday table.

Fruit cakes bring back happy reminisces. The fruit cakewas never cut until Christmas Day. As a child, I thought mygrandmother Hodgins’ Christmas cake was the best ever.Her cake was a three tiered iced cake just like any weddingcake. She spent all day baking the three cakes which werewrapped in cheesecake until icing time. To keep the cakesmoist, each one was covered with an almond paste beforecovering with white icing. Then my grandmother spent timedecorating each layer with silver leaves and red, green andsilver small hard balls. Her cake was placed in a cool roomof the house until Christmas Day.

In the afternoon after dinner and the opening of gifts, my

grandmother would bring out the decorated cake to be cut.To a child the thick layer of white icing on grandmother’s

cake was Heaven. We had our sugar fix for the day, the cakewas secondary or our parents ate the cake for us.

As we grew older, we enjoyed the cake more than theicing. It is a wonder that her grandchildren did not havebroken teeth from chewing on these small decorator balls.

My grandfather had a superstition regarding Christmascakes. He was of the opinion that one should be offered apiece of Christmas cake at all the houses one visitedbetween Christmas and New Year’s Day. The more piece offruit cake one had, the better the luck one had in theupcoming year.

Christmas dinners were special. My parents hosted thedinners for both families on occasion. The dining room tablewas set with the best china and silverware. The house wasfilled with great aromas. Along with potatoes and vegeta-bles, my mother cooked both a turkey and a goose for din-ner. She would make two gravies from the meat drippingsand vegetable waters. Dessert was always Christmas pud-ding with a hard sauce. Other desserts like cookies andcake were afternoon tea snacks.

At this time of year, I have great memories from all theactivities that my families did in preparation for Christmas,the meals and the holiday periods. The best ones are of thefellowship and time spent with family and friends.

Wishing all readers a great holiday season and hoping2012 will be a good one for you and your family. Createsome good memories for yourself and your family at thisspecial time of the year.

Gloria Tubman is a geneology enthusiast living in Ottawa.Her interest in the study of family trees was piqued by hergrandmother's story as a home child in Pontiac.

Continued from page fourAfter Christmas the Pontiac Hockey

League games will be played therestarting Dec. 27 with a lively doubleheader.


Local news: For the second timewithin a week, Quyon general storeswere victimized by burglars and a largequantity of goods stolen during thenight.

On Sunday night, the store of G.W.Kerns was entered, from footprints inthe snow apparently by two men, whoremove the glass from the front doorand unbolted it, after trying unsuccess-fully to enter form the rear.

Goods valued at approximately $100were stolen, including 50 lbs of butter,25 lbs of shortening, a dozen and a halfmen’s working shirts and the mer-chant’s total supply of rubbers, ciga-rettes and tobacco, and men’s socks.

Hull detectives were summoned butdid not arrive. A further call has beensent in to them to investigate.

Shawville United congregation aregiving their annual Christmas supperon Christmas night, Dec. 25 from 6 to8:30, followed by the beautiful pageant,“Ruth”. This pageant will tell throughmusic, drama and narration the pas-toral love story of Ruth and Boaz,ancestors of Jesus, closing with thebirth of the Christ child. Its presenta-tion requires nearly 40 characters incostume of bible times, and is wellworth going for to see. Admission topageant and supper, 35 and 20 cents.

You can buy four loaves of Shawvillequality bread at the bakery for 25 cents.Your Christmas turkey will not taste sogood without good bread.


Local news: Christmas 1911 at thebig store! Santa Claus will be with usall this week. We have put in stock agreat variety of Christmas gifts: furs,silverware, music rolls, belts, jabotsand collars in fancy boxes, fancy china,toilet sets....toys, toys, toys! See usabout your groceries, G.F. Hodgins,Shawville.

The Misses Wilson wish to announceto their many customers that theyintend removing their confectionery tothe shop lately occupied by Mr. GeorgeHynes, undertaker. Ice cream and icecream sodas served all winter in ourlunch room.

Following the “green spell” and theroll of wheeled vehicles that became thenecessary means of traffic for a fewdays, a copious fall of snow again be-mantled old mother earth on Thursdaynight and Christmas weather is oncemore what we all hoped it would be.

125 Years AgoDecember 23, 1886Local news: The station building and

freight sheds at Coulonge are progress-ing rapidly, the main building beingalready roofed in and the inside workprogressing fine.

Mr. John Proudfoot’s now portablesaw mill is now running full blast. It is

a perfect piece of mechanism, every-thing working like clock-work. It is 25horse power and capable of turning outeasily form eight to ten thousand feetper day.

Mr. Wm. F. Powell, ex-sheriff, hasissued a long address to the electors ofCarleton County, announcing himselfas an independent Conservative candi-date.

Business at Shawville is very good asevidenced by the many new shops beingopened out and others in course of erec-tion or preparation.

Mr. Hugh Hobbs has sold out hisstock, and rented his shop for one yearto two young men from Buckinghamwho intend carrying on the businesswith renewed vigor.

The English church has been beauti-fully decorated for Christmas servicesby the young ladies and gentlemen ofthe congregation.

A considerable boon in matrimony isexpected to take place during this adnext week, or parties in Bristol andClarendon, the latter predominating,there being for or five weddings talkedof. Of course when we say “talked of” wedon’t mean it in its usual misleadingapplication, but to be more explicit,trousseaus are prepared, the days fixed,the licenses procured and the parsonwinked at, so that there is no reasonableground to suppose that the ceremonieswill not be performed unless some of thecontracting parties back out.

Skatatorial: Those of our citizenswho delight in the invigorating exerciseof skating, will be glad to learn that weare to have a temporary rink this win-ter. Mr. Ritchie, of the Forest Houseintends flooding the upper flat of hisextensive driving shed for the purposementioned.

THE WAY WE WERE

GENEALOGYGLEANINGSGLORIA F. TUBMAN

Memories of Christmas


Dave Thomson from theShawville/Clarendon FireDepartment won the fire-fighter of the year awardearning him the Bill BlackMemorial plaque at theannual firefightersChristmas dinner.

The plaque is dedicated inBlack's memory. He was theprevious Fire Chief at thedepartment.

Since 1998, the award hashad the winner's nameengraved on the plaque.Thomson said he had no ideahe was receiving the awarduntil they called his name.

“It means a lot becauseboth of my grandfathers wereon the fire department,” saidThomson adding that he hasbeen on the fire departmentgoing on two years now andhe's really dedicated.

“I want to do as much as Ican for the community andtrying to give back. I didn’treally know what to think at

first. It felt pretty good to getit, I put a lot of time andeffort and worked reallyhard,” he said.

“It’s a lot of hours, a lot ofdedication. We know it’s vol-unteer but we end up puttinga lot time to train and dowhatever we can for the com-munity.”

Thomson spent a lot of

time helping with communityparades and checking thetrucks and equipment.

He said he has alwayswanted to be a firefighter butwhen he lived in Ottawa henever had the opportunity.When he moved back toPontiac, he jumped at thechance to join the firedepartment.

Fire Chief LeeLaframboise said the awardis given out based on atten-dance at practice and overallperformance and dedication.

Laframboise came up witha new rule that officers can'twin the award. Eight fire-fighters have a vote andwhoever gets the majority ofvotes wins. .

Firefighter of the year award

Submitted by Gayle Pirie

Pictured from left to right are Deputy Chief Blake Pirie, this year’s winnerDave Thomson, last year’s winner of the Bill Black Memorial,Travis Corrigan,and Fire Chief Lee Laframboise.

CHAPEAU • Our Decembermeeting was held on thefeast of St. Nicholas, howappropriate as we also hadour Christmas get togetherthat evening too.

Matters of business weredealt with following theopening prayers held byPresident Gail Sullivan.

Correspondence includedChristmas wishes from ourPeruvian child who has juststarted Kindergarten. SisterPauline Coltman alsoexpressed appreciation forour recent commitment andsent along Christmas greet-ings as well.

A note of thanks wasreceived from the choir.

The fall edition of the Blueand Gold magazine will beshared and enjoyed.

Monday night cards haveonly two weeks left andanother club will take over.Attendance has been goodand special thanks to allwho have supported us inany way. Proceeds will go tohelp support the hall.

The Craft Sale andLuncheon last month was agreat success once again.Winners of the dice (tote fullof groceries) were HeidiChaput (high) and yourstruly (Christmas planter).Draw for a Christmas Stardecoration was Mr. Kaiser.

There will be a special card

party for our Peruvian childon Sunday, Jan. 22.

Membership drive willbegin soon and we hopeeveryone gets their fees inearly. It makes it so mucheasier for everyone!

Christmas wishes are inthe mail to our shut-ins.They really appreciatereceiving the cards.

We will be sponsoring anight of skating at the arenaagain this winter.

Following the businesspart of the evening,Christmas music filled thehall. The Group of Fiveentertained once again andhad everyone singing along.Several games followed and

some lucky people wenthome with early Christmaspackages.

The Christmas tree dona-tions were presented toChantal Lair who helps toco-ordinate at activities atSacred Heart Manor in FortCoulonge. She expressed herappreciation and invitedanyone who wished to jointheir volunteer program.

The evening concludedwith sharing Christmas teaand treats.

“May the spirit of Peace bewith you this Christmas”.

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The galloping grannieswent on a road trip to visitour children and grandchil-dren in Bracebridge.Theresa and I left on Friday,Dec. 16 loaded with presentsfor Christmas and Corben’sbirthday presents. His birth-day was Dec. 12. He turnednine. We also brought withus Carl and Shelley’s beeforder. So we were wellloaded.

As soon as we pulled intothe yard Tao spotted thepresents and startedscreaming with excitement.It didn’t take the boys longto put on their coats andboots and help us unpackthe truck. Then we had tokeep them calmed downuntil their father got homefrom work.

First, Corben had to openhis birthday presents andTao had to wait patiently.

Alex and Suzanne Klukewho live in Snow Lake, MCgot me to pick up the pre-sents for their nephews. Sowhen Corben unwrappedthe present from them(Which was a Lego CityPolice Station) his eyesalmost popped out of hishead. He was so surprisedand grateful. He kept saying“I can’t believe I got this.

Thank Uncle Alex and AuntSuzanne.” By the time wethought of taking a pictureof the unwrapping themoment had passed. Wewanted to send Alex andSuzanne a picture of thelook on his face when heopened that gift. So weasked Corben to look sur-prised and re-enact theopening. That did not workat all. So we were all on ourtoes for the other gifts.Theresa and I got Corben aBlizzard Maker and he wasthrilled about that.

We decided to wait untilSaturday to open theChristmas presents becauseCorben’s gifts were enoughexcitement for one day. Theboys got busy and startedbuilding the police station.

Saturday was a day filledwith shopping, cleaning andwashing clothes. Then final-ly the boys got to open therest of their gifts. Alex andSuzanne had bought themeach a digital camera. Youshould have seen the look ontheir faces when theyopened those presents. Itwas priceless. As soon as thecameras were set up theystarted snapping pictures.

Tao got a guitar and aneasy bake oven from Theresa

and I. Corben got a wood-working set and anotherLego set from us. I had madethe boys little chef hats andaprons to put on when theyare cooking and making icecream. I also made Shelleyand Carl matching apronsso the whole family couldbake together.

Now the problem was try-ing to figure out what to dofirst. All I can say is it was avery exhausting day for thegrannies. But the boys wereenergized all day.

Sunday morning I made abatch of chocolate chipcookies so Tao could bakesome in his Easy Bake oven.Then I made a batch ofcream puffs. Of course theboys were right beside mehelping. They love cookingand they ran and got theiraprons and hats.

But Theresa and I had toleave. Shelley and Carlpacked my truck with atable and chairs to be givento Cindy and a computerthey wanted me to have andactually use. So I’ve got toset it up and learn to use itproperly. The truck wasfuller coming back thengoing there.

There was no snow inBracebridge or here yet so

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we had a good trip.Now the boys are looking

forward to their GrandpaEdgar coming forChristmas. So they have twoChristmases this year. Ihave to work Christmasweekend so that is why wewent up earlier.

Happy belated birthday toNancy Bertrand, JenniferMcGuire, Marie-JoséeCorriveau and KathyFenton-Graham Dec. 15,Norma Boisvert, KayRanger, Patsy Kensley andCheryl Fenton-Dubeau Dec.16, Jessica Crawford, BettyChurch, Terry Racine Dec.17, Lisa Dagenais and CarolKavanagh Dec. 18, BonnieBeauregard and MichaelKluke Dec. 19 and LindaFrost Dec. 20.

Happy birthday to DeniseGervais Dec. 21, GlendaPearson, Luc Dubeau,Angela Lance Dec. 22, BobLaporte and Bertha HollandDec. 23, Jennifer SauriolDec. 24, Willard Kluke Dec.25, Jenny-Lea CrawfordDec. 27, Lizanne Kluke Dec.30, Meagan Hearty, AthollSmith, Andy Holland, CoreyDuquette, Lori Smith Dec.30, Todd Hodgins, SophieRingrose and Roger LacroixJan. 1, Arthur BriseboisJan. 2, Jason NormandeauJan. 3 and Quinn O’BrienJan. 4.

I would like to wish youall a very Merry Christmasand Happy New Year.

I want to wish the EQUITY

staff and all my readers awonderful Christmas and allthe best in 2012.

My granddaughter NatalieHahn and her husband MattKaiman are on vacation inIsrael for two weeks. Shecalled me on Saturday fromJerusalem. They are havinga wonderful time.

Welcome home to mygranddaughter KathrynThoms who is home for theChristmas holidays untilJan. 8. She has been attend-

ing her second year atAcadia University inWolfville, NS.

My 10 year old great-granddaughter, Julia Proulxof Pembroke spent the week-end with me. She put up myChristmas tree and she did agreat job. Also visiting onSunday was her mom, KellyHahn.

Visiting with Mrs. HildaMayhew on Sunday wereGarnet Mayhew, WillardMayhew and Mrs. MillieProulx.

Belated birthday wishesto Josh Kluke who celebrat-ed Dec. 16 and IsabelleKluke’s brother ArnoldKluke on Dec. 27.

Larry and Isabelle Klukeattended a Christmas partyat the home of Duane andDonna Richard in Shawville.

A beautifully decoratedR.A. Hall welcomed GoldenAge Club members on Dec.10 for their annualChristmas dinner. The mealwas delicious and was fol-lowed by members singing

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traditional songs of the sea-son. Many thanks to every-one who prepared, servedand cleaned afterwards. Itwas truly a very enjoyableevening.

Euchre night results forDec 13. First prize: VioletKluke and Ellard Robinson.Second: Mabel Peck andFelix Kluke. 50/50 winner:Mabel Kluke. Door prize:Charleen Johnson.

Dessert was provided byLouise Schulz and MabelKluke.

Dart league results forDec 15: First prize: BarbLinttell and Clare Brown.Second: Marie Pilon and atie between René Gravelineand Moe Lajoie. 50/50 win-ner: Geraldine Longpré.

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Happy birthday to MarkRichardson who celebratedDec. 16.

There was a surprise 50thbirthday party for BrettStanley on Saturday at theQuyon Legion. Family andfriends joined Brett withgreat entertainment andfood to make it a memorable

birthday.The Shawville Lions sold

out of their Christmas treesthis year.

Santa visited at thePontiac Community Hospitaland Seniors Home onSaturday and handed outgifts to everyone.

Kelly and Kegan Keon,

Jaime Christie, BrittanyDaley and myself havereturned home after a vaca-tion in Los Angelas. It was areturn trip for the four girlsafter being on the Ellenshow in the spring winningtickets to the 12 day giveaway on Ellen, coming homewith some wonderful prizes.

Dancers showed up with bells on

CAROLANN BARTONSpecial to The EquitySHAWVILLE Dec. 15, 2011

The dancers came outwith bells on. Jingle bellsthat is, as they proudly

showcased all that theyhad learned during theirfirst semester at KiXDance. There were Hip-Hopdancers festooned in feath-er fascinators and tiny bal-

lerinas in candy canetutus.

Over 100 parents, grand-parents and friends attend-ed the free event this pastThursday at Dr. S.E.

McDowell ElementarySchool to enjoy coffee andcookies as they watched thefour groups show off theirtalents.

“This is just great for ourcommunity,” said MaryCahill who was there to seeher granddaughter. “Thesekids are having a greattime.”

Program organizerCarolann Barton wasthrilled with the turn out.

“I cannot believe how wellreceived this program hasbeen. We have over 30dancers now and have hadcalls to reopen enrollment inJanuary,” she beamed.“This is a great night for thekids.”

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Our deepest sympathiesto Otto and Elsie Meier onthe loss of their sister MarieNiederer in Switzerland onSunday, Dec, 11.

Our sympathies to theThompson family on the lossof Irene who passed away onSunday, Dec. 11 after acourageous battle with can-cer. Irene was the belovedwife of the late DonaldThompson. Loving mother ofRon (Kelsey), Rondella(Stewart Wilson), Roberta(Pierre Bergeron).Predeceased by son Reg.Proud grandma of Krista,Ryan and Greg Wilson andEric and Ian Bergeron. Dearsister of Iona Rosenblath(late Jim) and dear sister-in-

law of Doris Gagnon andMuriel Caldwell. She will besadly missed by her com-panion and dear friend KenCockerell.

Our thoughts and prayersfor the Maloney andMcKenzie families on theloss of Brenda Ann onMonday, Dec. 12 surround-ed by her loving family aftera courageous battle withcancer. Brenda was thebeloved wife of Don “Richie”Maloney. She was theworld's greatest mom toGavin (Lynne Beaton), Kelly(Peter Niedre), Tara (EricRobert), and Alanna(Dominic Bastien). ProudNannie of Callum, Ruby andBrendan Maloney; Russell,

Ella and Allison Niedre;Tessa Robert; Reece, Jordanand Logan Bastien. Dear sis-ter of Sheila (Mitch Quintal)and predeceased by Joan.

Thank you to all the peo-ple and businesses who sogenerously donated to theAngel Tree Charity. 102 fam-ilies were helped this year.

St. Paul’s Anglican Housetour was another rousingsuccess. Thank you to allwho participated.

The Blessed Cupboard isstill in need of food and ormoney donations for theneedy families of our com-munity. Please give gener-ously.

The Shawville FigureSkating Club presented

“Twas the Skate BeforeChristmas” on Saturday,Dec. 17. This show waschoreographed by the twoskating coaches Dana andKayla Savard.Congratulations to theProgram Assistants, skatersand volunteers for the won-derful program.

The Shawville WesleyanChurch presented theirChristmas pageant on bothSunday, Dec. 18 andMonday, Dec. 19.

Happy birthday to HarryDale who will be celebratinghis birthday Dec. 23.

Many Christians inCanada mark the birth ofJesus Christ on Dec. 25,which is known asChristmas Day. It is a day ofcelebration when manyCanadians exchange giftsand enjoy festive meals.

God Bless You All!

We toured Beverly Hills,Hollywood, St. MonicaBeach. Went to an LA Kingsgame and chatted withLinda and Terry Murray.Saw some awesome fire-works in Manhatten Beachwhere we stayed, and con-cluded our vacation atDisney.

I wish you all a very MerryChristmas and a Happy NewYear. Hope Santa brings youeverything you asked for.

Submitted by Carolann Barton

Pictured are dancers at the KiX Dance Studio open house on Dec. 15.


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Visitors and patients will benefitfrom new chairs at hospitalANDREA CRANFIELDEquity EditorSHAWVILLE Dec. 21, 2011

About two years ago, theQuyon Lionettes approachedthe Shawville Hospital toinquire about providingfunds to equip hospitalrooms with chairs for bothpatients and visitors, saidGilbert Daoust, the manag-er of the Short Term CareUnit at the ShawvilleHospital.

Since them, the Lionetteshave donated enough moneyfor the hospital to buy 10chairs.

Last year, the ShawvilleLionettes said they were will-ing to purchase another 10chairs for the hospital. Thisyear, the Quyon Lionettesagain donated money foranother 10 chairs withabout $5,000 raised fromthe annual duck race inQuyon.

Administration costs andprizes were taken out of themoney made and whateverwas left was put towards thechairs.

Quyon Lionettes presidentKrissie Beaudoin helped toorganize this year's duckrace along with other mem-bers of the Quyon Lionettes.

“Giving back to the com-

munity, that’s one of the rea-sons we chose the hospital.Every Lionette and everyperson I know has beenhere,” she said.

Daoust added, “Thepatients that come here arefrom the community andbasically if you do a duckrace, people that gave to theduck race are probably goingto be people that will be hereat some point. So it benefitsthem to give.”

The chairs are made outof a material that is easilywashable, said Daoust sothey are perfect for a hospi-tal setting.

He is hoping to bring inabout 10 more chairs to thehospital to be used in theemergency backup room andthe long term care facilityamong other spots.

“The Lionettes of Quyonreally gave us a helpinghand without forgetting theLionettes of Shawville,” saidDaoust. “There’s 30 (chairs)altogether. It’s a really bene-ficial project... the Lionettesof Shawville and theLionettes of Quyon suppliedus with something that isvery useful for us and espe-cially with the quality of thechairs and the comfort of thechairs.”


Gilbert Daoust Manager of the Short Term CareUnit at the Shawville Hospital and president of theQuyon Lionettes Club Krissie Beaudoin standbeside a couple of the new chairs that recentlyarrived at the hospital.

Practice makes perfect for performers DANIELLE SACHSEquity ReporterCHAPEAU Dec. 17, 2011

The newly renovatedHarrington Hall in Chapeauheld a dazzling Christmasrecital.

There was a full back upband accompanying theyoung musicians who cameout and strutted their stuffin front of friends and fami-ly.

Wreaths and decorations

transformed the hall into afestive venue for the per-formers, who took the stagein front of packed seats.

Jeannie Gleason was theemcee for the evening.

“It’s really hard to come

up and play in front of agroup of people,” she said.

“But they do such a goodjob in the end.”

On top of providing enter-tainment for the evening, theyouth also used the opportu-nity to practice for theupcoming Kiwanis Clubcompetition.

“They’ve always done real-ly well in the past,” saidGleason.

“We’ve had first place fin-ishes and this is good expe-rience for them.”

The music was as variedas the young performers.There were Christmas carolsand guitar solos, singing andpiano.

Gleason praised the com-munity for their continuedsupport.

“A concert is not a concertunless it is supported by thecommunity,” she said.

“Without you, no onewould be here.”


Brett Kidd plays Santana’s Smooth.

A New Year for Pontiac ArtistsVAL BRIDGEMANSpecial to The EquityPORTAGE DU FORT Dec. 7, 2011

The Pontiac Artists’

Association had its AnnualGeneral Meeting on Dec. 7 atthe Stone School in Portagedu Fort. The Stone Schoolserves as the cultural center

for the visual arts in ourregion.

A new Board of Directorswas chosen by the member-ship.

They are FranceLamarche, President, ValerieBridgeman, Vice President,and Michael Neelin,Treasurer, all of whom arereturning to the Board. NewBoard members are AnneBeeton, Secretary, andLouise Guay, member atlarge.

Several topics of interestwere also discussed at themeeting. The first was theunveiling of the PontiacArtists’ Association’s neww e b s i t e ,www.artpontiac.com. Thesecond topic was the dis-cussion of several eventsthat the PAA will under-take in the coming year toraise funds for their activi-ties, which center on sup-porting art and its appreci-ation in the region, provid-ing professional develop-ment for artists, andopportunities to show theirwork.

Submitted by Tina Michaud

The Pontiac Artists’ Association met at the Stone School Gallery for theannual general meeting.

All the beautiful babies in Pontiac NICOLE BELLEAU TR.BY JULIELEE STITTEquity ReporterPONTIAC Dec.21, 2011

Maison de la Famille inMansfield has named themost beautiful baby of 2011as Blake Ladouceur, the sonof April Dubeau and YvonLadouceur.

Ladouceur is a resident ofFort Coulonge and his proudparents received a gift bas-ket valued at $50 from thefamily centre.

Receiving the silver medal

for cuteness was WilliamMohs of Otter Lake, the sonof Karine and Daniel Mohs.

Mohs’ parents won a $50gift certificate for StudioColleen in Otter Lake.

Winning third place wasBen Richardson, the son ofLaura and CharlieRichardson from Shawville.

The pair received a $30gift certificate for PavlinaZhivkov Pharmacy inMansfield.

Judges chose the winnersfrom a pool of 22 entries. Winner of the contest is Blake Ladouceur.

Police ask public to practice responsible driving JULIELEE STITTEquity ReporterPONTIAC Dec.21, 2011

In MRC Pontiac, Sûretédu Québec (SQ) spokesper-son Agent Mathilde

Villeneuve says the impor-tance of practicing safe dri-ving is essential during theholiday season.

The police ask motoriststo always have a designated

driver.In order to ensure the

public is respecting the laws,Villeneuve notes that the SQwill be creating more road-blocks throughout the

region.“The consequences, both

criminal and social can fol-low you for a long time,”writes the officer in a pressrelease.


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Bantam CC (Submitted byDiana Desabrais)

The Bantam CC Lionsplayed two away games overthe weekend. Saturday, theteam travelled to Aylmer tomeet the Voiliers in a rareafternoon game.

The game was close withno scoring until halfwaythrough the second whenNick Graveline assisted byMatt Curley put it past thepads.

Within a few minutes theVoiliers had tied the game.

The boys came out strongin the third scoring anotherfive goals to win the game bya final score of 6-1.

Goals in the third periodwent to Alexis Gauthier (2),Curley and another 2 forGraveline giving him the hat-trick.

Assists went to DarronBruce, Danny Pasch (2), andCurley. Alex Tremblay wassolid between the pipes.

On Sunday, the game wasin Gatineau vs the Aiglesand the Pontiac boys camehome with another win.

Ayden Hodgins was innets and took the shut-outwin with a score of 6-0.

Goals went to BraydenRomain, Daniel Boivin,Alexis Gauthier, MattCurley, and two for ZachElliott.

All goals were unassistedexcept for two which were asa result of passes from MattCurley and Jared Murray.

We have no games untilafter the holiday break. Ournext home game will beJanuary 6 at 7:30 inShawville.

Novice B (Submitted byJo-Anne Brownlee)

On Saturday, the NoviceBs hosted the Barons deGatineau in Fort-Coulongeand were narrowly defeated5-4.

The first goal of the gamecame from the Barons short-ly into the first period, butthe lead was taken awayfrom the opponents whenwinger, Graham Beattie, fedthe puck off the boards tocentre man Dakota Hudson

who quickly put it in the net.Assisting in this play was fel-low winger C.J. Piché.

The Barons got aheadagain, but this lead wasshort-lived after a face-off inthe Lions’ zone with only 47seconds remaining on theclock for the first period.

The Lions won the face-off, and when the puck hitthe stick of centre man TylerStanton he took off like wildfire deeking his way pasteveryone straight to the netfor an impressive unassistedgoal.

The fire was still burningstrong in Stanton at the topof the second when he gotanother break away goal,assisted by Alex Mayhewand Bryan Tubman, puttingthe Lions ahead by one.

Near the end of the secondperiod, the lead was takenaway again by the opponentsdespite some good defensivemoves by Jonathan Voisin,Sophie Lalonde, OlivierGraveline and MateoMadore.

In the third period, withthe opponents ahead by one,Voisin got the puck toTubman who made a deter-mined offensive play, push-ing as hard as he could toget the puck to Stanton whotied the game up 4-4 andtook home his first hat-trickof the season.

Despite a great effort byour forwards who fell back tohelp out the defense nearthe end of the third period,the Barons got ahead andtook the win.

We were on the road toGatineau’s Stade Arena onSunday where we defeatedthe Cougars 4-2. Somemight say that the loudcheering from the fans mayhave helped to bring on thiswin, but the great teamworkfrom all players was the realforce at hand.

Goaltender WyattDurocher played a solidgame minding the posts andcalmly shutting down theCougar rushes with padsaves left, right and centre.

The Lions were the first tolight up the scoreboard atStade after Hudson burstinto the Cougar zone with apass from Beattie and fired a

shot on net. The sheer powerof the shot caused theresulting rebound to spinout of control, hit a Cougardefenseman and then finallycome to rest right betweenthe posts.

Hudson made anotheraggressive move shortlyafterwards when he stole thepuck away from the oppos-ing defense in their zone,and then easily placed it inthe top shelf. The first peri-od ended 2-1 in favour of theLions.

Good positioning allowedthe Lions to advance byanother point at the start ofthe second. After Beattietook a shot on goal, Hudsonsent a centering pass toPiché who was on hand totake the rebound and placeit perfectly in the opencrease, taking home his firstgoal of the season.

Mid-way through the sec-ond, winger Mayhew, assist-ed by Tubman, pushed hardin the offensive zone to takethe final goal of the game forthe Lions and ensure thewin.

As this is our last game for2011, Merry Christmas andHappy New Year! Rest up for2012!

Midget A (Submitted byDonna Russett)

On Dec.17 Pontiac LionsMidget A team travelled toManiwaki to bag their sec-ond win against theMustangs.

The team pulled togetherwith an excellent result witha score of 3-1. Goals went toCody Laurent assisted byDillon Harrison, JesseRussett unassisted andPatrice Gagnon unassisted.

This game was prettyrough with both teams tak-ing many penalties, thepenalty box was sitting twoplayers most of the game.Jaret Peck was in the netsfor the win.

On Dec. 18 the Midget Ateam travelled to Gatineau tobe defeated 3-1 with the lonegoal being netted by AndrewCahill assisted by BaileyStrand. Emerik Philippe-Faubert was in the nets.

Atom B2 (Submitted byJim Gibbons)

Christmas might be theseason for giving, but thetwo Pontiac Atom B teamswere feeling more likeEbenezer Scrooge and theywere not about to give eachother an inch of ice as theybattled for victory on Sundayin the final meeting betweenthese two top Western divi-sion teams.

Since the B2`s had wonthe first game between them5-3 and the second gameended in a 1-1 tie, the B1`sdesperately needed a victoryto even up the season series.

The B2`s got on the boardfirst in what might bedescribed as a goal of purewill by team captain VincentTessier as he stripped thepuck from one of the B1players at centre ice andmade a nice move aroundthe B1`s defence; however,the B1`s defence stayed withhim and was practically onhis back as Tessier contin-ued his race to the net and,off balance, Tessier dekedthe B1`s goaltender to theright and put the puck intothe empty net.

The B2 crowd eruptedfrom their seats, and I’msure some were reminded ofthe stories they had heard ofRocket Richard scoring witha defenseman on his back.

The B1`s didn’t give inhowever, and, like the gamebefore, it was Marc-AntoineCôté scoring with a passfrom Katelyn Young , tyingthe game before the end ofthe first period.

Midway through the sec-ond, with the B2`s pressur-ing the B1`s in their end, thepuck came back to big B2defence Justin Mainville whoblasted a shot from the pointpast the surprised B1 goal-tender.

The goal would prove to bethe game winner, and thegoaltending tandem ofKonnor Beck and SamBrown were scintillating asthey limited the B1`s to onegoal.

It was no easy victory, andthe B2`s had to kill off threepenalties in the game, butthe B2`s, like Santa’s rein-deer soaring in the sky onthe 24th of December, trulyrose to the occasion. Withthe victory, the B2`s extend-ed their unbeaten streak toseven games.

Although the rivalrybetween the two Atom Bteams has been fierce, thetwo Atom B teams knowdeep down that they are allLions from the same Pontiacpride who share the same``yellow`` blood!

In this spirit, the teamsare going to put aside theirrivalry this Tuesday and willcelebrate Christmas togetheras one happy family.

Bantam A (Submittedby Linda Smith)

I am happy to report thatwe have received an earlyChristmas gift from our boysand girls. On Dec.18, in atight game against theAylmer Vikings, the Lionstook their first win of theseason with a score of 2-1.

Scoring the first goal with-in seconds of the 1st periodwas Nicholas McGuire unas-sisted followed by the 2ndgoal scored by BryceAtkinson assisted by CedricCahill and BriggsRichardson.

What a great game playedby all. The Lions are now offuntil the new year. Wishingeveryone a Merry Christmasand a Happy New Year.

Atom CC (Submitted byAngie Belsher-Ireland)

It was a busy weekend forthe Atom CC team. Theyplayed host to three differentteams in Fort Coulonge overtwo days.

Saturday, the Atom CCteam faced off against theVoisins de Papineau at noon.

It is always a fast pacedgame when the Lions' playthe Voisins. Both teams arevery quick on the ice.

The scoring opened with afantastic goal scored by BenBarr assisted by Jacob Arialand Roy Duggan.

In the second period, theVoisins responded with agoal of their own. The Lions'regained the lead on a goalby Roy Duggan; unassisted.

The Voisins' tied the gamefor a second time with a goalscored early in the thirdperiod.

However, the Lions'regained the lead on a sec-ond goal by Roy Duggan.This one was assisted byJaden Stewart. Final scorewas 3-2 in favour of theLions.

After a few hours break, apizza lunch and some ballhockey play, the Atom CC'swere back on the ice; thistime facing off against theA's de Gatineau in a lateafternoon match up.

The Lions' were quick toget on the scoreboard with agoal by Roy Duggan that wasassisted by Jayden Nadeau.

The only scoring actionseen in the second periodwas a goal for the A's. Thethird period presented a veryrare occurrence for the AtomCC team this year. The A'sscored early in the third, giv-ing them the upper hand.

With under five minutesleft in the game, EvanAtkinson tied it up on agreat pass by Jaden Stewart.

With only a couple min-utes left on the game clock,Roy Duggan netted the win-ning goal following somestrategic passing by Jaden

Stewart and EvanAtkinson. Final score wasanother 3-2 win for theLions'. Although not on thescore sheet this game, JacobArial played one of his bestgames this year.

On Sunday, the Atom CCswere back on the ice. Thistime hosting the Coyotes desCollines.

The Lions' first two shotson the Coyotes goalie result-ed in two goals. Both werescored by Troy Romain.

The first one was assistedby Ben Barr. The second onewas assisted by Roy Dugganand Jaden Stewart.

Despite a change in theCoyotes goaltending, theLions' managed to netanother goal before the endof the first period.

This one scored on anunassisted rush by RoyDuggan.

The only Coyotes goalcame in the second periodafter the Lions goalie, KaelenIreland, lost his goalie stick.

Despite holding his ownfor a few shots without astick, the Coyotes managedto get one passed him. Afterpulling their goalie, theCoyotes put the extraattacker on the ice in anattempt to cut into the Lions'lead. But despite the addi-tional opposition on the ice,Roy Duggan still managed to

fly past all the Coyotes andscored on an empty net tobring the game to a 4-1 vic-tory for the Lions.

The Atom CC team is offfor a much deservedChristmas break. Regularseason play resumes onJanuary 6, 2012.

Peewee CC (Submittedby Natalie Chenier)

Another great weekend forthe Peewee CC Lions. Thiscouldn't have been possiblewithout the great effort ofour great goalies, CedrikDurocher and NicholasBrown and the defensesCassidy Peck, Maxime Cote,Jacob Stewart, Patrick Rivetand Connor Walsh.

First game was a winagainst the Voisins dePapineau.

Connor Romain started itoff with the 1st goal assistedby Patrick St-Cyr. VanceOlmsted got the 2nd assistedby Romain and St-Cyr.Bradley Strand scored the3rd assisted by AustinDuggan.

Then Duggan scored the4th unassisted and 5th and6th were scored by PatrickSt-Cyr, one unassisted andthe other assisted by Strand.Durocher was between thepipes.

Second game was anotherwin of 5-1 against the Loupsdes Collines.

Ryan Nugent scored thefirst assisted by Romain andSt-Cyr. Chevy Larocque net-ted the second with Olmstedand Duggan's help.

St-Cyr scored the thirdassisted by Romain. ThenNugent scored the fourthagain assisted by Romain.Peck finished it off assistedby Larocque and Strand.Brown was in nets.

Atom B1 (Submitted by:Jo-Anne Brownlee)

On Saturday, the B1shosted the ManiwakiMustangs in Fort-Coulongeand took a 3-2 win for theteam.

For this game, our confi-dent coaching staff experi-mented with positionchanges which saw forwardsswitch to defense and viceversa.

Only the centre men andgoalies were spared from theshuffling.

Jakob Therrien carefullycontrolled the nets for thefirst half of the game andJeremi Graveline tookcharge in the second half.

Within the first minute ofplay, the Lions were on thescoreboard when centre manJordan Lariviere passed thepuck to speedster #12, ColeSheppard, who netted hisfirst goal of the season withease.

The Mustangs pushedback hard and tied it upmid-way through the first,despite some quick glovesaves by J. Therrien whokept a close eye on the puckat all times.

The Lions second goalcame mid-way through thesecond period after a solidpass from Alex Therrien toour scoring leader MarcAntoine Cote who put itbetween the posts.

Despite being short-hand-ed at the end of the second,the B1s showed consistentoffensive pressure which notonly resulted in a secondgoal by Cote, but also sawthe Mustangs fail to get ashot on goaltenderGraveline.

The third period saw someexcellent penalty killingskills, a rush to the net byRylie Essiambre and a thirdgoal of the game scored byKatelyn Young.

For Sunday’s game inShawville against our fellowB2 opponents, the playersresumed their accustomedpositions and prepared foranother game of intenseback and forth pressurewhich would end in a narrowdefeat of 2-1.

Playing first half in thenets was Graveline, followedby J. Therrien for the secondhalf.

The B2s were the first tonet a goal and start the gamerolling, but in the lastminute of the first, Cote tiedit up for the B1s.

Despite a power playopportunity in the secondperiod, the team was unableto work out a good offensivestrategy, and within the lastfour minutes of the second,the B2s netted their secondgoal. This was the final goalto be had by either team forthe remainder of the game.

GAYLE PIRIESpecial to The EquitySHAWVILLE Dec.21, 2011

The Pontiac Juniors facedoff against the top team inthe league on Friday night atthe Nick Smith Centre, asthey battled the ArnpriorPackers.

The game started strongfor the Packers who scoredtwo goals in the first periodpast goalie Alex Clarke.

The trend continued in thesecond period as the Packersscored another goal to securea 3-0 lead against theJuniors.

The Shawville teamresponded with two goals,the first of which was scoredby David Hobbs, off the stickof Dylan Zavitske and DylonWisotzki.

On a power play, Hobbsslammed another goal intothe Arnprior net with helpfrom Spencer Pirie andWisotzki.

Arnprior responded withanother goal to end the sec-ond period 5-2.

With just six minutes leftin the third period, theArnprior Packers laced a goalinto the Pontiac Juniors net.Not taking the loss sittingdown, the Juniors respondedwith two goals. TylerCharbonneau aimed the firstgoal on the Packers with helpfrom Brady Trudeau andZavitske. The last goal of thegame wasscored

by Quinton Rook, assisted byHobbs and goalie AlexClarke, taking the Juniors toa daringly close loss againstthe Ontario team.

The Juniors hit the iceagain on Saturday night, thistime playing the AlmonteThunder at the AlmonteCommunity Centre Arena.

In a slow start to the game,the Almonte team registeredthe only goal on the score-board in the first period. Itwasn’t until the second peri-od that the Juniors respond-ed with a goal of their own.

Hobbs scored an unassist-ed goal to place the Juniorson the board.

In the third period Hobbswould score again with helpfrom Joey Tolley andCharbonneau. To take thegame to a 6-3 defeat, Hobbswould score on the AlmonteThunder again, unassisted.

The losing streak contin-ued on Sunday night inRenfrew against theTimberwolves.

After two goals on thePontiac Juniors by theTimberwolves, MatthewBrooks-Fournier scored forthe Juniors, assisted byCharbonneau and Pirie.

The second period howeverwould prove to be crushingfor the Juniors with Renfrewscoring five goals on the teamfor a six goal lead.

In the third period Renfrewscored two more goals.

The Juniors foughtfor another

goal, to endthe gameat acrushing9-2 loss. Have ag r e a t

break boysand see you inthe New Year.Merry Christmasand HappyHolidays from the

Pirie's !!!

Weekend leads tocrushing losses

Pontiac hockey race to the goal line before the holidays

A fog filled night didn’t stop Pontiac explorersfrom making the rounds for annual house tour

ANDREA CRANFIELDEquity EditorPONTIAC Dec. 13, 2011

Christmas cheer andlaughter shone bright at fourhouses in Pontiac on Dec. 13through the crisp, foggynight.

Two houses in Shawville,one in Norway Bay and onein Portage du Fort were fea-tured in this year'sChristmas house tour orga-nized by members of theAnglican Young Women'sAssociation (AYWA).

This is the 16th annualhouse tour with differenthouses featured every year,said AYWA presidentCarolyn Meisner. For the lastfour years, four houses havebeen involved in the toureach year.

AYWA members startlooking for houses inOctober and pick homes thataren't too far away from eachother so people don't have todrive long distances to seeall of them.

“It’s just a matter of find-ing the homes, getting theword out and selling thetickets,” said Meisner addingthat usually between 100and 115 tickets are sold.This year was no exception.“We have such a goodturnout every year.”

Besides the house tour,throughout the year AYWAmembers, along withAnglican church members,also organize a harvest sup-per, a summer barbecue, a

pancake supper at lent,spring and Christmas teasand they also cater to recep-tions after funerals.

“Just anything to raisefunds for the church, it allgoes back into the mainte-nance and running of thechurch,” said Meisner.

Leslie and SharonBrinkworth's house inPortage du Fort was full ofChristmas decorations andpeople strolled in and out ofthe home commenting on itsbeauty.

Sharon started preparingfor the house tour aboutthree weeks ago but said shespread out the work.

“I don’t do very much inone day... a little bit here, alittle bit there,” she said.

She moved into the housethree and a half years agoand in that time, the houseunderwent a major renova-tion. It was only recentlycompleted.

“We renovated the wholehouse right from top to bot-tom. We tore right down tothe stone walls,” saidSharon.

The biggest task for herwas locating the Christmasdecorations after the renova-tions.

“That was the big issue,finding all the boxes. This isthe first year I’ve actuallydecorated in this house. Itwas never in a state that Icould so this made me moveit and find all my boxes.”

People poured in and out

of Cathy Bastien's house inShawville during the tour.Cathy's daughter, MelissaNyveld explained that fourgenerations of the familyhave lived in the house. It'smore than 100 years old andwas built by her great grand-parents, she said.

Her great grandfatherhelped found the Esso Oilcompany in 1929, she said,but back then it was calledImperial Oil.

“He started it the year itwas the great depressionand managed to keep thebusiness open. It stayed inmy family I think until 1985.That’s a long time,” saidNyveld.

Now, a garage stands inthe backyard, but when hergreat grandfather ownedthe company, the oil truckssat in the back. When thecompany first started, itwas horse drawn, sheadded.

The rich history of thehouse was made evident bya collection of old pho-tographs of family membershanging on the wall.

In Gail and Allan Dean'shouse in Shawville, theChristmas spirit resonatedbrightly. Allan grew up inthe house that was built in1956 for his parents. Allanand Gail lived in Aylmer formany years and moved intothe house a year and a halfago.

People commented on hownicely decorated Fred andGina Speer's home inNorway Bay was, saying ‘it'sgorgeous’ and ‘they're gladthey made the trip’.Throughout the night, peo-ple wandered in and out,commenting on the decora-tions.

“They’re fantastic,” saidMeisner about the houses.“Each one of them is differ-ent, so different. Every onehas their own taste, theirown decorating theme,they’re all very tastefullydone.”

After the tour, a receptionwas held in St. Paul'sAnglican Church whererefreshments were served.

An example of success

Jamie Romain grew up inFort-Coulonge with hismother and older sister.After struggling in school,

many people told Jamie’smother, Lise, that he wouldbe lucky if he reached grade10. Not willing to accept this,Lise told Jamie, “You arethe only one to stop YOUfrom achieving or accom-plishing whatever youwant in life.”

However, as Jamie’sschool days continued, hefound himself dropping outof school at the age of 16,feeling discouraged andwent to work.

At the age of 22, Jamiedecided that with the sup-port and encouragement ofhis family, he would returnto school. He enrolled incontinuing education atCentre Pontiac in Fort-Coulonge.

As well, Jamie beganworking at WoodlandAdvantage/Sortir du Bois in

Campbell’s Bay. Jamie lovedworking in the bush, follow-ing in the footsteps of hisfather and grandfather. Thiswas his true calling.

With things going well,Jamie and his girlfriendmoved into a farmhouse.Sadly, on March 28th, 2011their farmhouse burned tothe ground and all they hadleft were the clothes on theirbacks.

Jamie had no schoolbooks and all of his bootsand equipment for workwere gone.

The thoughts of work andschool were pushed out ofhis mind as Jamie scram-bled to pick up the piecesafter the devastating fire. Hehad saved up a bit of moneyto buy his high school ring,but now needed this to buynew belongings.

The students at CentrePontiac realized this anddecided to help their fellowstudents out. Rallyingtogether, the students atCentre Pontiac raised moneyto buy Jamie new boots forwork and paid for his schoolring.

He moved back in with hismother while he got his lifeback on track, rolled up hissleeves and returned toschool and Sortir du Bois,where he received amazingsupport from his friends andcolleagues and shortly afterJamie and his girlfriendfound a new apartment andmoved in.

Pushing through hisstruggles, in June 2011,Jamie proudly received hisCFMSS (a semi-specializedcertificate) in pulp, paperand forestry from Centre

Pontiac. Jamie has since received

more forestry training and iscurrently employed byWoodland Advantage/Sortirdu Bois.

Despite numerous bumpsin the road, Jamie has suc-ceeded and is a true model ofwhat perseverance is allabout.

A quick conversation withJamie’s mother reveals thatthe day Jamie walked acrossthat stage to receive his cer-tificate, was one of theproudest moments for her.In the spirit of the holidayseason, Jamie’s success islike a gift to her, one that istruly priceless.

Written by HollyRichardson, SchoolPerseverance DevelopmentAgent.

As told by Lise Romain.

Sieur de Coulonge high school wins PontiacCup for the second year in a row

Submitted by Desiree Chartrand

Photos of the 2011 Pontiac Cup at Pontiac High Scool.

ANDREA CRANFIELDEquity EditorFORT COULONGE Dec. 6,2011

The senior girls volleyballteam from Sieur deColounge high school inMansfield won the annualPontiac Cup for the secondyear in a row, beatingGracefield in the final game

at Pontiac High School (PHS)on Dec. 6.

The Shawville boys teamlost to Chapeau in the finals.This is the fourth PontiacCup brought home by theFort Coulonge girls team.

Four teams competed inthe finals includingChapeau, Shawville, FortCoulonge and Gracefield.

The top two ranking teamsmade it to the finals.

“The first two (games)were just warm-ups, the lasttwo were dependant onpoints and how many gamesyou won,” said PHS grade 9math teacher Desiree Char-trand who coached the girlsteam through the finals.

The games played alter-

nated between Sieur deCoulonge High School andPHS, but the last game wasthe only one that countedtowards earning the cup,said Chartrand.

Senior volleyball is nowover for the season.

Game scores:Boys, Chapeau vs. Shawville

First game: 25-18 for

ShawvilleSecond game: 25-22 for

Chapeau Tiebreaker game: 15-9 for

Chapeau Girls Fort Coulonge vs.

GracefieldFirst game: 25-22 for Fort

CoulongeSecond game: 25-20 for

Fort Coulonge

Submitted by Holly Richardson

Jamie Romain.


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William Bastien stands beside an Esso sign in hisroom. His great grandfather helped start up thecompany in 1929.


Nancy Barber Kearnan poses beside a shirt full ofbuttons in Allan and Gail Dean’s house during theChristmas tour.


Sharon and Leslie Brinkworth’s house was full ofChristmas decorations.


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Hang-Ups at the Wesleyan ChurchDANIELLE SACHSEquity ReporterSHAWVILLE Dec. 18, 2011

The Shawville WesleyanChurch held theirChristmas musical dramaSunday night.

In the packed church,Dylan Woermke warmedup the gathered parish-ioners with jokes, storiesand songs while waiting forthe performance to start.

It was called ChristmasHang-Ups, and told thestory of Christmas throughthe experiences and ques-tions of the ornaments.

The discussion startswhen a new ornamentcrawls out of a box ofdecorations. The HulaGirl is labelled a souvenirand is told she’s notChristmas.

The Angel, Star ofBethlehem and Frosty—Gwen Evans, Beth Renaudand Rick Gray, respective-ly—taunt the Hula girl,Grace Lapp-Sullivan, withendless chants of“Souvenir! Souvenir!Souvenir!”

It’s not until Joseph,from the nativity set,comes up from the mantleand tells the gatheredornaments the true storyof Christmas and why it isso important.

“It’s not just so that peo-ple have something to do,”said Woermke.

“It’s an event that getschildren excited to come tochurch. It’s also afundraiser for the missionsthat the church is involvedin.”

Seeds International wasone of the beneficiariesthat Woermke mentioned.

Members from theShawville Wesleyan con-gregation will be leaving ona mission trip to help edu-cate schools in theCarribean and surround-ing islands.

“The people going arepaying out of their ownpocket for travellingexpenses,” she said.

“But we still need sup-plies for the schools andassemblies once we’rethere. We can’t go into ourown public schools but wego where we can.”

The musical dramaplayed for two consecutiveevenings.


This December Doris Jane Harris Hanna passed away atthe age of 88, but she will never be forgotten.

Doris was an active member of the Shawville community,having been on the Shawville Curling Club for 70 years, amember of the Radford Guild and Hospital Auxiliary as wellas the Radford Farm Forum, volunteer at the 4H Club andleader of the 4H Homemakers.

She was also past Most Worshipable Grand Mistress,superintendent and treasurer of the Holy Anglican ChurchSunday school in Radford and acted as treasurer on theboard of directors at the Shawville Orange Lodge.

At the time of her passing, she was Junior DeputyMinister of the Grand Orange Lodge of Quebec andRecording Secretary LOBA 1033, Shawville, said her daugh-ter Mavis Hanna.

Doris also belonged to the Bristol and Starks Cornerscard groups.

“Doris was an energetic and active member of the com-munity and full partner on the farm with her husband Bill,”said Mavis. “Doris was an independent individual full ofenergy and spirit for life. She lived her life with purpose anddetermination through love and respect of family, friends,neighbours and community.”

Although Doris enjoyed many activities in Shawville,assisting in the community where she could, curling wasperhaps her most favourite pastime, having never missed ayear since she joined the Shawville Curling Club when shewas 18.

Doris was one of the first three women to join the cluband spent many years on the executive board of directors aswell as serving several terms as president.

She organized and taught the initial junior and schoolcurling programs beginning in the 1960s and was one of thefounders of the Wednesday night men's competitive curlingleague, said Mavis.

“That league was formed so mens' teams that were goingoutside of the club to curl had an opportunity to practice,”said Mavis.

She also played on the first women's team in the

Wednesday Night Competitive League and was named anhonorary lifetime member of the curling club a number ofyears ago for her numerous contributions. She was alwaysvolunteering and fundraising for the club, helping with theannual fashion show and running the kitchen for a numberof years.

Doris was also one of the founders of the ShawvilleCommunity Bonspiel along with Bill Kuehl. The annualevent has now blossomed into the largest community bon-spiel in North America, said Mavis.

“They did that and that has been a wonderful success inour community, it's really attracted new curlers to the club.It's given people who have never had an opportunity to curl,the opportunity to curl. And also it's a fun time in the club.It's something the club counts on each and every year forfinancial support too,” said Mavis.

She added, “She was a cornerstone of the ShawvilleCommunity Bonspiel and spent many hours every yearorganizing the draw, scorekeeping and collecting "fines" forwayward shots... she curled actively through 2010-2011.”

In 2012, there will be a memorial held during the bonspielwhere a plaque will be presented with Doris' accomplish-ments to her family.

“We're going to present the plaque on the last Sundaywhen we do the presentation of all the winners and every-thing else. Before that we'll present the plaque to the fami-ly,” said current president of the Shawville Curling Club,André Barré.

She met a lot of people through curling, said Mavisadding, “She developed a lot of friendships through the curl-ing club so it was a wonderful organization for her to belongto and she was very proud of it and a tremendous support-er of it.”

Submitted by Mavis Hanna

Doris Hanna.

Submitted by Mavis Hanna

Doris Hanna in action at the Shawville CurlingClub.


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Scenes from the Wesleyan Church play.

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Écoles de l’envolée

Ils ont trouvé les trésors des Îles de la lectureCAMPBELL’S BAY • Lesélèves de 2e année de l’é-cole Jean-Paul II(l’Envolée), de Campbell’sBay, ont trouvé les trésorsdes Îles de la lecture.

En tout, ils ont lu 200livres de lecture.

Les garçons et les fillesdevaient lire 50 livres pourtrouver le trésor.

Par la suite, ils devaientapporter le trésor aunavire.

Une compétition s’estcréée entre les filles et lesgarçons et chacun a dûtrouver son trésor.

Bravo à tous les lecteurset les lectrices de 2e année!

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Le CRCO tient à rappelerqu’il a été partenaire lorsde ces consultations enorganisant, avec la direc-tion régionale du MCCCF,pas moins de sept Cafésculture et développementréunissant plus d’une cen-taine de personnes entre le6 avril et le 4 mai 2011.Les cafés-rencontres por-taient sur diverses théma-tiques relatives à la cultureet au développementdurable.

Le CRCO défend l’idéeque la culture est, avec lessphères sociale,économique et environ-nementale, un des quatrepiliers essentiels dudéveloppement durable.Or, à cet effet, un largeconsensus s’est dégagé auQuébec lors des discus-sions auxquelles ont par-ticipé plus de 5 000 per-sonnes issues de diversmilieux. Le MCCCF a par-faitement compris lesenjeux et les attentes desintervenants. À ce titre, ilest fort heureux que leMCCCF ait tenu comptedes propositions émanantdes rencontres ayant eulieu partout sur le terri-toire. Le CRCO tient àlouer la perspicacité et lapersévérance de la min-istre St-Pierre, qui a sumener ce dossier jusqu’àson terme.

Le Québec se dote doncd’un guide comprenant 21objectifs. Toutefois, il fautreconnaître qu’il restebeaucoup de travail àfaire. En ce sens, le CRCOinvite tous ses membres,partenaires et amis à sign-er la Charte d’engagementvolontaire aux principes del’A21C que l’on retrouve auhttp://www.agenda21c.gouv.qc.ca/.

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Lundi 26 décembre, 2011Mardi 27 décembre, 2011

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À NOTER : Les bureaux du CLDPontiac seront fermés du vendredi23 décembre, 2011 au mardi 3janvier, 2012 inclusivement.

The MRC PONTIAC OFFICEand the

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DU QUÉBEC (LICENCE OFFICE)

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Friday, December 23, 2011Monday, December 26, 2011Tuesday, December 27, 2011Friday, December 30, 2011Monday, January 2, 2012Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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Des exercices de tir auront lieu de jour et de nuit à la Base des Forcescanadiennes Petawawa jusqu’à nouvel ordre.

Les champs de tir sont une propriété administrée par le MDN et située desdeux côtés de la route transcanadienne no 17, entre le village de Petawawaet le village de Chalk River. Elle est limitée au sud par les rivières Petawawaet Barron, à l’ouest par le parc provincial Algonquin, à l’est par la rivière desOutaouais et au nord par une ligne de forme irrégulière qui va en directiondu sud-ouest depuis la rivière des Outaouais jusqu’au parc provincialAlgonquin. Au besoin, il est possible d’obtenir une description détaillée de lapropriété de la BFC Petawawa en s’adressant au chef du Génie constructionde la BFC Petawawa.

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la Municipalité de ClarendonAvis public est par les présentes donnépar la soussignée de la susditemunicipalité que :Les séances régulières du ConseilMunicipal 2012 seront tenues chaqueseconde mardi du mois à 19h30 sous lesdates exposées :

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January 10 and 24February 14 and 28March 13 and 27April 10 and 24May 8 and 22June 12 and 26July 10 and 24August 14 and 28September 11 and 25October 9 and 23November 13 and 27December 11 and 18

Given at Clarendon, Quebec this 14thday of December 2011.Ruth Potter Secretary-Treasurer /Director General

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MUNICIPALOFFICE WILL BE CLOSED:

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Le conseil d’administration et le personnel offrent à sa clientèle,

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MRC Pontiac et de la municipalité de Pontiac

Joyeux Noël et Heureuse Année !

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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JoyeusesFêtes!

Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Pontiac La Députée de Pontiac annonce des investissements de plus de 1.5 million de dollars pour l’amélioration installations

CAMPBELL’S BAY • Ladéputée de Pontiac, MmeCharlotte L’Écuyer, a annon-cé aujourd’hui que le Centrede santé et de services soci-aux de Pontiac profiteracette année d’investisse-ments de 1 592 249 dollarspour maintenir et rénoverleurs actifs immobiliers,ainsi que pour remplacer ourehausser leur mobilier etleur équipement.

Cette annonce découle decelle effectuée en septembredernier par le ministre de la

Santé et des Services soci-aux, le docteur Yves Bolduc.L’argent servira notammentà couvrir les rénovationsfonctionnelles mineures,ailleurs que dans les instal-lations d’hébergement et desoins de longue durée, ainsiqu’à maintenir les actifspour le parc immobilier,l’équipement et le mobilier.

« Ces investissementsdans le réseau de la santé etdes services sociauxtémoignent de la volonté denotre gouvernement de

soutenir à la fois l’économie,par un vigoureux pro-gramme d’investissements,mais aussi les activités desétablissements de santépartout au Québec. Lessommes investies permet-tront aux professionnelsd’évoluer dans un environ-nement de travail plus fonc-tionnel, agréable et stimu-lant, en plus d’offrir auxpatients un milieu de soinsrehaussé qui répond encoremieux à leurs besoins », aaffirmé la députée de

Pontiac. Mentionnons que ces

sommes s’inscrivent dans lecadre du Plan québécois desinfrastructures, qui visenotamment à assurer lapérennité des infrastruc-tures de notre réseau. Cesinvestissements s’ajoutent àceux qui sont prévus pour ledéveloppement des services,qu’il s’agisse de nouvellesconstructions, d’agrandisse-ments d’immeubles ou d’a-jout de nouveaux appareilsmédicaux.

Le Réseau muséal de l’OutaouaisGATINEAU • Un groupe demusées d’histoire del’Outaouais et de centresd’interprétation du patri-moine vient de donner nais-sance au Réseau muséal del’Outaouais (RMO)/Outaouais Museum Network(OMN).

Le RMO répond bien auxbesoins exprimés par cettecommunauté de musées etcentres d’interprétationd’histoire qui parsèmentl’immense territoire qu’est larégion 07 et qui tous souf-frent d’un sous-financementchronique. Il s’agit d’unorganisme à but non lucratifconstitué par les muséesmembres eux-mêmes et qui

s’est donné la mission suiv-ante : « soutenir, promouvoiret représenter les intérêts deses membres, soit lesmusées et des centres d’in-terprétation du patrimoinesitués sur le territoire del’Outaouais. Le Réseaumuséal de l'Outaouais naîtde ses membres et se réaliseet se concrétise à travers sesmembres. C’est un réseaumultilatéral basé sur lareconnaissance mutuelle ».

« Sans intention de gainpécuniaire pour ses mem-bres », il s’est fixé les objec-tifs suivants dès sa premièreassemblée constituante :

1. regrouper de façonvolontaire et flexible les

institutions muséales et cen-tres d’interprétation du pat-rimoine établis sur le terri-toire de l'Outaouais,

2. établir un partenariatstable entre ces musées etcentres d’interprétation dupatrimoine,

3. assurer une meilleureconcertation régionale desorganismes muséaux del’Outaouais,

4. favoriser une collabo-ration entre ces musées etcentres d’interprétation dupatrimoine,

5. faciliter les échangesd’information,

6. promouvoir la soli-darité et l'entraide entre lesmusées et les centres d’in-

terprétation du patrimoinede l’Outaouais.

L’organisme est déjàenregistré en bonne et dueforme auprès du Registrairedes entreprises du Québec etcompte présentement 8musées membres àGatineau et dans les quatreautres municipalitésrégionales de comté enOutaouais (Pontiac, LesCollines-de-l’Outaouais, LaVallée-de-la Gatineau etPapineau). Un site web, quisera graduellement enrichi,est déjà en place et on peutdès maintenant le consulterà l’adresse suivante :http://www.reseau-museal-outaouais.ca

MEMORIAM

MacDougall, Beulah – In lov-ing memory of a dear wife,mother, grandmother andg r e a t - g r a n d m o t h e r w h opassed away Dec. 21, 2010.One year has passed sincethat sad day, When one we loved wascalled away.God took her home; it was Hiswill,But in our hearts she livethstill.Rolly, Doug and Jane, Terryand Janey, Ji l l and Hugh,Grandchildren and Great-GrandchildrenMacDougall, Beulah – In lov-ing memory of a dear grand-mother and great-grandmotherwho passed away Dec. 21,2010.We thought of you todayBut that is nothing newWe thought of you yesterdayAnd will tomorrow tooRemembering you is easyWe do it every dayIt’s the heartache of losing youThat will never go awayIf tears could build a stairway,And memories a lane,I’d walk right up to heavenAnd bring you home again.Miss you GiGi!Love, Jen, Kevin, Mackenzie & RyanJackie, Derek, Dryden &LaurynMacDougall, Beulah – Dec.21, 2010.We’ll meet again my friend.Love Joan, Margaret, Mary-Lou, Karen and BonnieManwell – In loving memoryof a dear sister, sister-in-lawand Aunt, Rose Manwell, Dec.13th, 2005.We thought of you with lovetodayBut that is nothing newWe thought of you yesterdayAnd the days before that tooWe think of you in silenceWe often speak your nameNow all we have is memoriesAnd your picture in a frame.Mary, Nelson and family,Dianna and Terry ManwellMcKenzie – In loving memoryof a dear fr iend Anna whopassed away on December23, 2010.To me you were specialSo many good memoriesMissing you and our friend-ship.Remembered by TheresaMiller – In loving memory of aspecial father, grandfatherClemence who passed awayDecember 25, 1985, ourChristmas angel.The world may change fromyear to yearAnd friends from day to dayBut never wil l the one welovedFrom memory pass away.Remembered always,Phyllis, Laurie and families

Reid, Patrick – In loving mem-ory of a dear husband whopassed away on Dec. 21st,2009.Fondly loved and deeplymournedHeart of my heart I miss yousoOften my darling tears will flowDimming your picture where‘er I go.‘Tis sad but true I will abideUntil someday we’ll be side byside.Your loving wife Faye

Reid, Patrick – In loving mem-ory of a dear and loving dad,grandfather and great-grandfa-ther who passed away on Dec.21st, 2009.You’re not forgotten fatherdearNor ever shall you beAs long as life and memorylastsWe shall remember thee.Always loved but not forgotten,Sharon, Evelyn (Rob), Billy(Linda), grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren

DEATH

Young, Myrtle Ruby (NeeWoermke) – June 3, 1918 – December 18,2011Passed away in hospital,Shawville, Quebec on Sunday,December 18, 2011, MyrtleYoung Woermke of Shawvillein her 93rd year. Beloved wifeof the late Linden Young(1998). Dear mother of Dean,of Ottawa, the Late GailYoung, of Shawville, and Peter(Liza) of Marathon.Predeceased by her brothersLeslie, Gordon, and Donald(Joan) of Norway Bay.Beloved sister of Allan(Dorothy), of Bristol, OliveMalette (Wilmar), Portage duFort, and Shirley Thomas (lateGerald) of Bristol. Sister-in-lawof Margaret McPhail, ofPeterborough, Marshall (Faye)of Arnprior and predeceasedby brothers-in-law, Melvin,Orla, Lawrence, Allan andEarl. Cherished Grandmotherof Colleen, Linda, Steven,Melanie, John, Mark, Luke,Katie, and Matthew and Great-Grandmother of 17. She willalso be missed by manynieces and nephews as wellas her many friends and staffat the Pontiac ReceptionCentre.Friends may call at W. J.Hayes & Sons Funeral Home,134 Centre Street, Shawville,Quebec on Wednesday,December 21, 2011 from 2-4and 7-9 p.m. and on Thursdayfrom 12:30 pm until servicetime. Funeral Thursday at 2p.m. in the Chapel. IntermentMaple Grove Cemetery.www.hayesfuneralhome.ca

MEMORIAM

To My Child In HeavenDear Brandon,It has been eight painful andlonely months since you leftus. There have been so manyfirst without you, your birthday,the fair. It is very difficult tocelebrate Christmas withoutyou. Your memories will always bewith us, your smile, your warmembrace, your caring ways,but most of all the morningcoffee break calls, and thenightly phone calls which youalways replied I love you Mom.Whenever our time ends onearth I know you’ll be waitingfor us.You are my sunshine our griefwill never end.Love Mom and Dad, Reid andVictoriaSept. 3, 1990 to April 16, 2011

Bell – In memory of EmmondBell who died 28 years ago onDec. 20.The world changes year toyearAnd friends from day to dayBut never wil l the one welovedFrom memory pass away.Forever loved and missedJoan and family

Hodgins, Thomas – In lovingmemory of a father and grand-father who passed awayDecember 17th, 2008.Beautiful memories are won-derful thingsThey last until the longest dayThey never wear outThey never get lostAnd can never be given away.To some you may be forgot-ten,To others part of the pastBut to us who loved and lostyouYour memory will always last.Forever in our hearts.Randy, Martha, Greg, Ryanand Nick

COMING EVENTS

Friday, Dec. 23 – At 8:30 p.m.Christmas Service with Rev.Bruce Ferguson, at St. JamesAnglican Church, Otter LakeQC. Everyone Welcome.2bd21

Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 –Special Service at St.Andrew’s United Church,Campbell ’s Bay at 7 p.m.Special music by Harris Trio.Everyone welcome. xd21THE CHRISTMAS CRIB is atradition which originated withSt. Francis of Assisi a thou-sand years ago. Come visitthe Nativity scenes in ourchurches on Christmas Day orNew Year’s Day. Children arewelcome! ImmaculateConception Church, Bryson;St. John the Evangelist,Campbell’s Bay; St. James theGreater, Portage du Fort; Ste-Anne, Ile-du-Grand-Calumet.2bd21Café 349 Holiday Hours –Sat., Dec. 24th closed at 2p.m.; Sun., Dec. 25 - closed;Mon., Dec. 26 - closed; Tues.,Dec. 27 - Fri., Dec. 30th - 8a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 31st- open until 2 p.m. for lunch.Open for a special New Year’sDinner from 6-8 p.m. - reser-vations are necessary. Sun.,Jan. 1st - closed; Mon., Jan.2nd - closed. 349 Main St.Shawville 819-647-6424. bd21

Dec. 31st – Bryson Lions’New Year’s Eve Dance 9:00p.m. – 1:00 a.m. at the BrysonLions’ Hall. (Advance Tickets)with Mike Fahey &PeterDawson Band, Hot and ColdBuffet. Advance Tickets$15.00 each. For tickets call:Jim or Noëlla at (819)648-2688. 2bd21SATURDAY, Feb. 11th, 2012– VALENTINE'S CHARITYBALL. Centurion Hall onColonade Ave., Ottawa. BlackTie Optional and Dinner, Wineand Dance only $60.00 (tablesavailable). Music by MICKARMITAGE BAND. Call Mickat 613-226-9178 or seemickarmitageband.com fortickets and info. Presented byDistrict 1 and 2 of the OttawaMasons. 3bj4

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Books – The Last River Run(Ron Corbett), Norway Bayand Beyond, 20 tit les ofCompany’s Coming cook-books, Gardening books of allkinds and many more tochoose from. PontiacPrintshop Ltd., 133 Centre St.,Shawville, QC. Adrienne Taylor’s third CDnow available at The Equity,Shawvil le. Great stockingstuffer at just $10. Previoustwo CDs are also available at$5 each. xtcAdjustable electric bed $500,reclining lift chair $200, walkerwith storage seat $50 819-648-5660. xd21

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CARS & TRUCKS

2001 Saturn SC1, 3 doorcoupe, 117,000 kms, automat-ic, just had tune-up, new frontbrakes, good winter tires, red,very good condit ion, oneowner, Quebec plated.Reason for selling - owner nolonger drives. $3,900. 819-647-2161 evenings. xtc

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Shawville – 2 bedroom onsecond floor for quiet single orcouple $555/month, heatincluded. No pets. Referencesrequired. 819-647-6464 . otc

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

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DEATH

McKinnon , Wayne J. –Peacefully, surrounded byfamily on December 17th,2011 in his 62nd year.Charismatic and outgoing,Wayne will be remembered forhis playful humour, storytelling, jovial laughter and ten-der heart. Beloved father ofBil ly and Adrienne (ErikRobillard). Proud grandfatherof Logan and Ella Robillard.Dear son of late William andLoella McKinnon.Predeceased by sister,Marilyn. Survived by siblings,Charlotte (Barry McNulty),Colleen (Art Rutherford), Terry(Charlene McKinnon) andJamie. Sadly missed by manynieces, nephews, relatives andfriends. Wayne was a proudunion representative andmember of the Mine Mill andSmeiter Division of the CAW,Local 598. Friends may call atthe Ringrose Brothers FuneralHome, 56 St. Jacques,Chapeau, Que. on Thursday,December 22nd, 2011 from9:00 to 10:30 am. MemorialService wil l be held at St.Joseph’s Church, St.Joseph’s, Que. for Mass at11:00 am. Interment in theparish cemetery. Specialthanks to Dr. Pinelo and theGeneral care team at theShawville Hospital for theirhelp and care. In memory ofWayne, donations can bemade to the CanadianDiabetes Foundation or theCanadian Cancer Foundation.Arrangements entrusted toThe Whelan Funeral Home,tel. 613-233-1488.

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Twolan, Lionel – In lovingmemory of a dear husband,father and grandpa whopassed away Dec. 24th, 2003.In a quiet country graveyardWhere the gentle breezesblowLies the one we loved so dear-lyBut lost eight years ago.Forever in our heartNorma and families

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Our deepest sympathy tothe family and friends ofBrenda Maloney, wife ofDon Maloney who passedaway Dec. 13. She was aresident of Norway Bay andOttawa.

Wednesday Night GoldenAge Club is closed from Dec.14 to Jan. 4. Portage du FortGolden Age Club will just beclosed on Boxing Day.Quyon Golden Age Club isnot closing on Tuesdaynights during the Christmasholidays. The BristolThursday night Golden AgeClub is closed from Dec. 15to Jan. 5, 2012.

This past Thursday nightthe Golden Age Club heldtheir Christmas supper witha good attendance. The sup-per was catered to by Billy Tand Jennifer Telford. It wasa great success. The clubgave many prizes to itsmembers by drawing tick-ets. After drawing the 50/50we exchanged gifts. Thewomen bring one for awoman and the men thesame. This makes aChristmas party more fun,as we don’t look for any-thing too expensive. After allthis was over we played tengames of four hand euchre.We went home tired buthappy, wishing one anothera happy Christmas.

I was told I had forgottenour friends from Ottawa andsurrounding areas when Iwas wishing the ones fromafar Merry Christmas. Sosorry, I wish you all a veryMerry Christmas and happyand prosperous New Year.

Visiting with DoreenDavis is her daughterColleen of Alberta.

It was 1947 when wespent out first Christmas inour home here in Bristol. Atthat time we just had fourchildren, Neil, Cliff, Bob and

Ruth. When we moved intoour house it wasn’t com-pletely finished. Money was-n’t plentiful and the housedid not have electricity. Itwas a few years before wehad the house wired. Ourtree was a lovely Christmastree which came out ofGrandpa Harry’s bush andwas decorated with tinseland popcorn strung up andwhatever decorations wehad. An aladdin lamp whichgave good light was on thekitchen table and other coaloil lamps were used whereneeded.

A good old cook stove andplenty of wood kept uswarm. No doubt Neil was sixyears old and the otherthree were five, four andgoing on three. We had awonderful Christmas. Allthe neighbours visited andhow we loved to have them.It was a wonderful time evenif I had to scrub our clotheson the board. The AnglicanChurch was just down theroad, St. Luke’s which waslater closed. But BristolRidge Pentecostal Churchis still open and has a goodsize congregation. Number10 school was where thechildren started schoolalong with the Angus, Tracy,Russett, some of the TomSharpe’s, The Lathems,Dohertys, Workmans, thelate Basil Orr and manymore. Also Merlin and RitaMcKee’s girls attended thereas well.

There is so much wecould tell you about fromyears ago. They really weregood days because we allseemed to be in the sameboat. Every neighbour wasthere to help when help wasneeded. What if we didn’thave lights for a few years.we were healthy and happy.

I was still young and

joined my children on thehills, even tried my hand atskiing, which I never didconquer very well. Then asthe years passed we raised afamily of ten in this home.We tried running a grocerystore but gave up on that. Itwas too much with the fami-ly but ran a post office frommy home for over 20 years.

This past Sunday mydaughter Ruth and I attend-ed Church and a lovelyChristmas concert at theBristol Ridge PentecostalChurch. There were 43attending the dinner whichwas put on by the ladiesand served in the BristolRidge parsonage. What awonderful Christmas din-ner. Everyone enjoyed themeal and fellowship. Rev.Cory Ferguson and his wifesang many Christmas carolswith Rev. Les Grant on thepiano.

This was the first time Ihave been back to thischurch for a long time. Ithas been redecorated andhas new rugs. The parson-age has had repairs done onit as well. It’s a big credit tothe late Vernon Beattie whospent a good many hours onthis work along with BrianBeattie from Ottawa.Congratulations folks youhave done well.

Birthday congratulationsto Colin Eckbo of Odessawho celebrates his 57thDec. 20. Also to my grand-son Craig Wilson of Ottawawho celebrates his 29th onDec. 19, Joan TelfordRussell of Burnaby, BC cel-ebrates her 74th on Dec. 29.Birthday congratulations goout to Jackie Shepherd ofShawville who celebratesJan. 1, Rhonda Tremblay onJan. 7, and to Scott Sharpeof Kitchener also on Jan. 7.Happy holidays to everyone!

The Bechamp and Perryfamilies were saddened tohear of the passing ofDeacon Michael McFarlaneof the Pembroke Diocese. Hewas the beloved and devotedhusband of BrendaMcFarlane (née Bechamp).He was the loved and cher-ished father of Stacey,Shawn (Chantal), Douglasand Gregory ofSouthampton, England. Hewas the loving grandfatherof Brandon, Rhys andGavin. He was the dearestson of Margaret (nee Yantha)and Rodney McFarlane ofPembroke. He was the dearbrother of David (Audrey)and Colleen. (Darrell). Hisbrothers Roy and Dwightpredeceased him. He wasthe brother-in-law of Carol.Deacon Michael had retiredfrom the Pembroke FireDepartment and wasordained to the Deaconateon June 7, 2003 in St.Columbkile’s Cathedral andwas active in his ministry inthe Diocese of Pembroke at

St. Columbkile's Cathedral,The Church of the Most HolyName Of Jesus and theChurch of Our Lady OfLourdes.

Michael’s love for thenorth took him to theDiocese of MacKenzie-FortSmith where he and Brendaserved in Yellowknife forextended periods of timeover the past several years.As Larry and Brenda arefirst cousins, we will missour get-togethers withMichael. He had an infec-tious smile, loved a philo-sophical chat and a goodcard game. Our thoughtsand prayers are with hisfamily and friends at thissad time.

On Saturday afternoon,the children enjoyed aChristmas Party at theWaltham Town Hall. Santapaid a visit and the childrenwere very excited.

On Saturday night,Maureen Belland’s studentsheld their annual Christmasconcert at Harrington

Community Center inChapeau. The students real-ly got us into the Christmasspirit. The proceeds aregoing to the Euro Students.Hats off to Maureen and herstudents! They are so tal-ented! Parents, grandpar-ents, family and friendsshould be very proud oftheir accomplishments.

Birthday wishes areextended to our nephewDavid Perry, Ita Perry andTina Joliecoeur-Pilon, whoare celebrating their birthdayon Dec. 24. Enjoy your spe-cial day and we hope thatSanta is good to all of you!

Well here we are, anotherChristmas and a New Yearare fast approaching. Fromour house to your house wewould like to take thisopportunity to wish you ablessed Christmas filledwith love, peace and joy.May 2012 be a prosperousNew Year filled with bless-ings of health and happi-ness. Happy holidays andplease be safe!

Cake and Santa create a perfect afternoonJULIELEE STITTEquity ReporterOTTER LAKE Dec.19, 2011

Students at Ste-MarieElementary School in OtterLake had an opportunity tocelebrate Christmas early attheir annual Christmasrecital and party held at thetown’s RA Hall.

Organized by the school’sparent committee, the after-noon event included alunch, recital and visit from

Santa Claus. Claude Junior (C.J.) Piché

attends the school and wasat the party on Monday.

His favourite part of theafternoon: having a piece ofcake and the opportunity tosee Santa Claus, again.

“I saw him last year at thisparty,” said Piché, as he helda small candle he had madefrom construction paper.

Patricia Kluke is the pres-ident of the parent commit-

tee and says the event wasfunded through communitydonations and volunteerhours.

Among the communityorganizations donating tothe event was the GoldenAge Club.

Piché’s mother Melissawas at the party with herson and noted her feelingsabout the party.

“It’s an amazing display ofChristmas spirit,” she said.


Pictured from left to right are: Karim Trumel, Jessy Periard, Noah Coté,Abagail Beaudoin, Hailey Piché and Abigail Lavigne.


Claude (C.J.) Piché shows-off a candle he made from construction paper.


Pictured from left to right are Georgette Piché, Ginette Romain, MartinAmyotte and Melissa Piché.

Students quilt for a causeJULIELEE STITTEquity ReporterSHAWVILLE Dec.14, 2011

Inside a classroom, in theback of Dr. S.E. McDowellElementary School on aWednesday afternoon, nineyouth sat sewing blue piecesof material together.

Seven girls and two boyscomprised the group of stu-dents who volunteered theirtime to sew for Victoria'sQuilts, an organization thatprovides quilts to localsdiagnosed with cancer.

Participating youthexplained in their own wordswhat Victoria’s Quilts is: “It’sa group of people who makequilts for people with can-

cer...so they'll think ofus...to make them feel happyto know that children madethem for them.”

Eight out of the nine gradefour and five students knewsomeone who had cancer.

Among them was ÉmilieCôté-Rhapsody.

“I'm doing it because mydad had cancer and he got aquilt,” said Côté-Rhapsodyadding, “He was glad that Isigned up for it.”

The event was organizedby teacher MaureenLevesque, who volunteerswith Victoria’s Quilts.

“I thought that it was agood opportunity for thechildren to learn how to sew

and do something worth-while at the same time,” saidLevesque, who also notedher amazement at studentparticipation.

“I had originally said therecould be four volunteers andnine signed up so we wentwith it and I think it'sworked out very well. We'rehaving fun with it,” saidLevesque.

The youth were hopingthat their contributionswould help cancer patientsfeel a little bit better.

“We want them to feelgood about themselvesbecause people took the timeto make them something,”said Ashley Beattie.


Haylen Windsor sews, while in the backgroundMcKenna Richardson assesses the groupsprogress.


In the back row from left to right are: Ashley Beattie, Kirsten Tubman, HaylenWindsor, Émilie Côté-Rhapsody and McKenna Richardson. In the front rowkneeling from left to right are: James Connolly, Rayden Besharah, KendalLang and Mackayla Bruce.


Pictured are Rayden Besharah and James Connolly.


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THE EQUITY133 Centre Street, P.O. Box 4300

Shawville, Quebec J0X 2Y0Or e-mail: [email protected]

Attention: Katherine Hynes819-647-2204

THE EQUITY is planning aspecial birth announce-ment spread, featuringphotos of babies born in2011 with announ-cements, for the issue ofJanuary 4, 2012.Advertisement: Includes aone column (1 1/2” wide)photo and 50 word write-up.Additional words welcomeat 15¢ (plus taxes) per word.Cost: Photo in colour$39.50 + $1.98 GST + $3.52QST = $45.00.Photo in black and white:$30.72 + $1.54 GST + $2.74QST = $35.00.Payment: All announce-ments must be prepaid.cheques payable to PontiacPrintshop Ltd.Information: Photos maybe of any size, reduction orenlargement will be made toadjust the size to 1 1/2”.Photos may be picked upafter January 4, 2012, or,enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope and itwill be returned.Deadline: Dec. 30, 2011.

2011 Birth Announcementsfor the January 4, 2012 edition of

THE EQUITYSAMPLE

Karlee-Rae IreneBrownlee

Born April 10, 2010. Proudparents are Sonny Brownleeand Darleen Robinson.Grandparents are LucyBrownlee (Kingsbury) andElson Brownlee and Lee(Tapper) Robinson. Anothergreat-grandchild for IreneTapper (Granny) GrandpaRobinson would be veryproud.

All thebest!

With warm

wishes and

gratitude

for your

continued

patronage.

107 Victoria Ave.Shawville, Quebec819-647-2233www.wepc.ca

We know we are truly blessedto have folks like you for customers andhope to see youagain, soon.

Merry Christmasand

Happy New Year

SHAWVILLEAUTO

SERVICEMain St., Shawville

819-647-3881

may your dreams be

Merry& Bright

Thanks for helping to makeour dreams come true. It’sbeen a pleasure serving youand we wish you all the verysweetest holiday season ever!

New PontiacHome Bakery

Bristol St.Shawville

819-647-2575

Many payment plans available. Sale ends Dec. 31/10 at 2:00 p.m.

If you purchasedbefore 9 a.m.

December 27th …you may have

paid too much!

WORTH WAITING FORDecember 27 -31

Store closesat 2:00 p.m.

50% OFFPictures, Mirrors,

Plants,Knick-Knacks

in-stock only!

35% OFFFurniture,Bedroom,

Dining Roomin-stock only!

Carlen, James and

Terence Lafleur

320 Main Street, Shawville

It’s Christmastime, and the holiday spiritfills the air! We hope it also fills your heart with

peace, joy and contentment, as you celebratethe season with family and friends.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank allof our valued customers for helping us to flourish

over the past year with your kind support.

Happy Holidays To All!

Courtier immobilier agrééFranchisé indépendant et autonome

DIRECT INC.

819-647-6996

Merry Christmas andmany thanks to the bestbunch of people – ourcustomers!

It’s Been A Real Treat Serving You!

Judy’sRestaurantHwy. 148, Shawville

819-647-6647

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