villager april 4, 2012

Township and Surrounding Areas Since 1984 Single Copy 75¢Volume 29, Number 37 Serving Russell Village and Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Panthers champ againThe Embrun Panthers captured their 16th NCJHL championship, with a 6-3 win on March 29 over St. Isidore. ThePanthers swept the series along with the semi and quarter-finals to win 12 in a row on route to the title. Here, the teamposes with their 2011-12 banner and trophy. Full story in the spsorts pages.

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Pamela PearsonVillager Staff

Ontario’s “Sunshine” list, a dis-closure of provincial public serv-ice salary information released tothe public annually since MikeHarris’s stint as premier in the1990s, is now available for 2011and shows EOHU MedicalOfficer of Health Dr. PaulRoumeliotis tops the local list at$300,000.

The Public Sector SalaryDisclosure Act, passed in 1996, isto make the provincial public sec-tor more accountable to taxpayers.Organizations, which receive pub-lic funding from the Province ofOntario, are required to disclosethe names, positions and salariesof employees who are paid morethan $100,000 in a calendar year.

But the criteria has not changedsince then, The fact is that a$100,000 wage is becoming muchless of a big deal than it has beenin the past. Twenty years ago, asalary of that amount was huge,but inflation has not been includedin this table and if it were the gov-ernment claims “Three quarters ofthe list would not be here. If it had,the threshold which public ser-vants would have to earn is$139,000.”

The fact remains, though, thatthere is a 10-per-cent increasefrom 2010 to include nearly79,000 workers - 7,500 being newadditions.

The list is broken down into thefollowing categories: Ministries,Legislative Assembly and offices,Judiciary, Crown agencies, HydroOne and Ontario Power

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Sun shinesin on topPS pay


EMBRUN – An amendment to By-law 3-2012, that which specifies the rates townshipresidents pay for all services, was passed byCouncil on March 19, including the increasedrates for water consumption and sewer servicespaid by the residents of this township.

The good news is that the fixed rates remainunchanged and there is a fee elimination of theWater Arrears Certificate and the interestcharged on arrears bills. The only increases areto the variable portion of the monthly bill - theconsumption rates.

The policy plan for the township is thatwater and sewer rates will sustain the localinfrastructure. This is part of the provincialrequirement that municipalities migrate to afull rate cost recovery system. To that end, thefixed rates are determined by the townshipoperating costs and accumulation of a reservefor future infrastructure replacement projects.

The rate is $427.00 per single family dwellingfor water, and $162.26 (38 per cent of the waterrate) for sewer. There are studies that predict amodest two-per-cent increase per year goingforward in these costs.

The water rates in the amendment reflect therecent six-per-cent water rate increase by theCity of Ottawa. Those rates are forecast to con-tinue going up for the next decade. The town-ship pays for water on a metered basis, so it isonly natural that these are passed along to thelocal consumer: Russell Township’s part ofmeeting the provincial requirement.

The new water rate is $1.7584 per m3. Theaverage residential unit used 260 m3 of waterin 2010, for an average cost estimate just over$457.00 per household. The budget studiesused a forecast of 4,000 residential units eachusing 300 m3, which may reflect positively onour actual consumption habits.

The variable sewer rate has been raised to 50per cent of the water consumed. The new rate

is $0.8792 per m3. This equates to an averageof over $228.00 per household. The City ofOttawa pays 117 per cent.

The average cost for 2012 adds up to over$1,275.00 per household. This is about $3.50per day - for many the daily cost of coffee orbottled beverages likely exceeds this smallamount, according to township staff.

Such habits as car washing, watering lawnsand gardens, tolerating leaking fixtures, fillingpools, taking long showers and running waterin the basin will sustain the current amount use.Efficiency initiatives and tolerance of brownlawns may reduce it, but residents shouldexpect future flow-through costs from the Cityof Ottawa to increase township costs for manyyears to come.

For more information or to view the PDFSchedule A1 to By-law 3-2012 Fees andCharges imposed Under the Municipal Act,visit the township website-Finance Departmentwww.russell.ca

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Continued from the frontGeneration, municipali-

ties and services, schoolboards, universities, andcolleges, hospitals andboards of public health andother public sector employ-ers. Included in the report isan extensive 29-page list ofpublic sector organizationsthat did not have anyemployees being paid in theover $100,000 club. Some of the top Ontario

earners are energy-sectorCEOs, including OntarioPower Generation’s TomMitchell, who pulled in $1.8million, and Hydro One’sLaura Formusa, who earned

$962,000. However, themillion dollar former execu-tive salaries of the not-for-profit and charitable Orgeorganization, which special-izes in mobile medical care,are not being disclosed.Although the companyreceived public funding,salaries are claimed to havebeen paid through for-profitsubsidiaries. The top earn-ing judge in the Ontariocourts was Brian Lennoxwith $290,000 and in theLegislative Assembly, thetop earner is legislativeclerk, Deborah Deller at$225,000 plus and Ontario’sPremier McGuinty makes

just over $208,000. Locally, for the health

sector, the Eastern OntarioHealth Unit’s Suzanne Ross,Director, Public Health,earned just over $145,000and Medical Officer ofHealth and CEO PaulRoumeliotis earned justover $300,000. WinchesterDistrict Memorial HospitalChief Liaison Officer,Office of Medical andAcademic Affairs SylvieForgues-Martel makes justover $115,000 and LynnHall, Senior Vice-Presidentof Clinical Services/ChiefN u r s i n gExecut ive/Profess ionalPractice Leader is at$137,000. Sean O’Brien,Chief InformationManagement Officer/ChiefPrivacy Officer is $106,000plus and WDMH formerCEO Trudy Reid, was justunder $219,000. In the United Counties of

Prescott-Russell, municipal-ities and services categoriestop earners include ChiefAdministrative Officer(CAO) and Clerk StéphaneParisien at $150,000 plusand at just over $112,000are Treasurer -LouiseLepage-Gareau, MichelChrétien, Jr.-EmergencyServices Chief, MarcClermont -Director ofPublic Works and CountyRoad, and Administrator ofSocial Services Anne

Comtois Lalonde. Theunder $110,000 rangeincludes Daniel Lacelles-Emergency ServicesSuperintendent, LouiseLalonde, Administrator ofPrescott-Russell Home forthe Aged, Louis Provost,Director of Planning andForestry and Louis Rathier,Deputy Chief of Operations. St the municipal level,

excluding Hawkesbury,Alfred-Plantagenet andChamplain, top earners thathit the mark are RussellTownship’s CAO JeanLeDuc at $130,000 plus.The Village of CasselmanCAO/Clerk and TreasurerBrian Carr, City ofClarence-Rockland’s DanielGatien, CAO and Directorand Recreational ServicesThérèse Lefaivre and TheNation MunicipalityCAO/Clerk Mary McCuaigall fall just under $110,000. On the heels of this

report, Ontario FinanceMinister Dwight Duncanreleased his budget onMarch 27 with plans,according to GPR MPPGrant Crack “ To extend thefreeze on public servantwages, for another twoyears in the areas of hospitalexecutives; school boardsand agencies; colleges anduniversities; and for theMembers of ProvincialParliament.”

The Villager April 4, 2012

Keep on truckin’Theresa and Lloyd Griffith hosted family andfriends at the Russell Legion last Saturday asthey celebrated the 50th anniversary of theirNorth Russell Road trucking company.RussellTownship Mayor Jean-Paul St. Pierre broughtcongratulations to what is one of themunicipality’s oldest businesses.

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Sun shines in on Ontario’s $100K club

Used books soughtThe Russell Library will be holding its annual Mega

Used Book Sale from May 12 to 17 in the Gaston R.Patenaude Municipal Hall in Embrun. If you are springcleaning and would like to donate your used books, maga-zines, CD, DVDs or toys, you may deposit them at thelibrary during regular open hours. This year’s collectedfunds will be used to expand and develop the current DVDcollection. For more information call 613-445-5331.

www.lionsclubrussell.org - The Russell Lions Club web-site contains a plethora of information about our club, whoare, what we do, what we plan on doing and when we planon doing it. Lion Marc Bourque, the Russell Lions ClubWeb Master, makes great use of his technical skills to finetune and update our site on a regular basis. The site is a source of valuable information about our

organization. As well, it provides access to other LionsClubs and community organizations. Let your fingers dothe walking on your key board and check out our site so thatyou are up to date on our activities. On April 28, the Lion’s will come a-knockin’ for their

Food Drive. Residents can greet the lion’s at their door andyou simply leave boxes and bags on your doorstep filledwith food. Please remember that non-perishable food, bathand hygiene supplies are preferable.The 26th Lobster Feast, a perennial favourite to be held

on Sat., May 26, has its own page, so is only a few clicksaway for the the most up to date information.Entertainment will be provided and, of course, there’s theall-you-can-eat lobster and roast beef. Famous far and wide,the Lobsterfeast tickets are now on sale but sells out quick-ly, so drop the club an email to reserve your tickets. [email protected]

Pamela PearsonVillager StaffA petition of over 230

signatures was presented tothe mayor and council of theTownship of Russell at theApril 2 Committee of theWhole meeting. A large number of

Russell Township farmersand Dump the Dump com-mittee members attended,filling council chambers,showing their concern andstrong opposition to theTaggart and MillerEnvironmental ServicesCapital Region ResourceRecovery Centre/Landfill(CRRRC). The proposalcalls for the project to be onand around the site of “AShale Quarry on EadieRoad, Lots 18 & 19 Con 3& 4. and on any Agriculturalor residential lands optionedby the Proponent(s),” asstated on the petition. Ron Versteeg, local resi-

dent dairy farmer and VicePresident of the DairyFarmers of Canada, present-ed on behalf of the group.Versteeg spoke of severalconcerns including eventu-al aquifer contamination,loss of prime farmland,water supplies and that“87% of milk is made up ofwater, and because of thesite chosen-at the town-ship’s highest elevation- nomatter which way the waterruns, it will be down andlivelihoods from farmers tocommunity business andeconomics could be threat-ened.” Mayor JP St-Pierre and

council accepted the pre-sented petition, and willhave a resolution at the nextApril council meeting. St-Pierre urged residents to

read and become familiarwith the CRRC’s draftTerms of Reference on theirwebsite and make their con-cerns known. Versteeg asked council

“How can the communityfurther express their opposi-tion, when the Proponent,who made the statementmonths ago that they wouldwalk away from the propos-al, if there was opposition? “St-Pierre stated he could notanswer for the Proponent,but again encouraged peo-ple to continue to speak up,so the Minister ofEnvironment, the authorityon this project, is veryaware of it.” When asked ifthe council could make aresolution to speak onbehalf of the residents, St-Pierre stated they will fol-low the process set out bythe Minister and that the subcommittee is currently ana-lyzing the Terms ofReference and will bereporting back.” The nextstep will be presenting thepetition to MPP GrantCrack. The petition was passed

door to door by Dump theDump committee membersand was available at theOttawa Valley Farm Show,thanks to André Brisson,President of the RussellFederation of the OntarioFederation of Agriculture.The petition’s number ofsignatures is not the onlystrong point on the docu-ment, but so is closing state-ment, which represents thecompelling feelings of acommunity, where genera-tions have toiled to createthe life of the village: “Weneed farmland not waste-land.”

Farmland, notwasteland, growers say

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What does God have to say about your life?

The Holy bible speaks to us about God’s amazing grace and reveals His love and mercy to those who seek to know Him through the Lord Jesus Christ.

We of the Russell Reformed Presbyterian Church have witnessed God’s grace in our own lives and would like you to be blessed to know His love too.

If you would like a study bible to read on your own, the Russell Reformed Presbyterian Church would like to give

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From left, STA Guidance Counsellor Helen Zuarewski, Russell LegionBranch 372 1st Vice President Jim McCurdy, Grade 12 students ShelbyChambers and Jamie Sheriden, and Legion President Hank Schippers areseen here with one of three banners, created by the 25 St. Thomas Aquinasstudents, who are travelling to the Canadian National Vimy Memorialduring the 95th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, as well as otherCanadian battle memorials, such as Juno Beach. The Russell Legionprovided the students with Black Legion hoodies which have the Legionand 2012 Vimy Tour logo and stated to the group “How proud the Legion isto have students of our community being our ambassadors at such a specialplace.”


Both locally and abroad, students andteachers of St. ThomasAquinas school werebusy travelling inMarch and will con-tinue to be for April.

As in past years,students from STAjoined other UpperCanada District School Board secondaryschools that participated in a mission tripduring the March break. After an applica-tion and interview process, Jennifer Cross,Julien Desormeaux, Hannah Fraser, JordanHeuvelmans, Alex Moore, Shelby Rodden-Aubot and team leader teacher JoyceVincelette, were selected to travel to theDominican Republic to see first-hand thepoverty and harsh living conditions. Byinteracting with and working alongside thepeople of the Dominican Republic, the stu-dents brought back to the STA community apowerful message about the profoundimpact that each and every one of us canhave to better the lives of those livingaround us and abroad.

On Tues., March 20, Skills Major andEnvironmental Science students and teacherAnne Jackson, travelled to Ottawa to visitAlgonquin College. The beautiful summer-like day allowed students to tour the col-lege’s outdoor landscape gardens, as well astheir greenhouse as part of a tour of the col-lege’s horticultural program. Students alsowere able to view, first hand, examples oflandscape design produced by Algonquinstudents. STA students were given a tour ofthe “greenest” building yet with many state-of-the-art innovations such as a green roofand an indoor green wall. Students contin-ued their environmental tour of SunTechGreenhouses near Manotick where studentslooked at the hydroponic growing of toma-toes, cucumbers, eggplant and beans in avery intensive operation and how the pro-duce is started, grown, picked, sorted,packed and shipped to consumers.

After an almost two year-run of fundrais-ing and organization, 25 students, alongwith Helen and Robert Zuarewski, will be

leaving Russell this week, on an adventureto celebrate the 95th anniversary of VimyRidge on April 9.

Two years ago,other STA studentsmade a trek to tourHolland and partici-pate in its 65thanniversary ofLiberation Day, cele-brated every May 5, to

mark the end of the occupation by NaziGermany during World War II.

This momentous Vimy tour, partneredwith EF Tours and over 4,000 other studentsfrom across Canada, will begin with a flightto London, where Grade 11 student KirkHenike will recite, in French, the Act ofCommitment at Buckingham Palace CanadaGate. Also being packed up for the trip arebanners that the group of students have cre-ated, as a memorial with poppies, crossesand maple leaves and a personal message tocertain soldiers, whom each student had toresearch.

One maple leaf is dedicated by Russellresident and STA volunteer Larry Lacellewhose uncle, Pvt. Charles Hurlbert, age 20of the Eastern Ontario 38th Battalion, diedat the Battle of Passchendaele, also knownas the Third Battle of Ypres, on Oct., 30,1917 and is buried at the Menin GateCemetery.

STA Guidance counsellor HelenZuarewski told The Villager “The studentswill be learning first-hand the sacrifice ofCanadian soldiers when our country as awhole was just coming of age.”

Robert Zuarewski, who attended the2010 trip said “When in Holland and visit-ing the Canadian cemeteries, you could feelthe presence of the soldiers, it was just in theair surrounding you. The students will cer-tainly be able to feel that at Vimy.” AfterLondon, the students will get onboard theferry to France, which will actually dropthem off on Juno Beach, something Helenstated she felt was very important for thestudents to do. Later in the spring, studentswill be hosting a presentation supper to theBoard of Trustees, Legion and family mem-bers.

After two years of fund raising,STA students on Vimy pilgrimage

“When in Holland and visiting theCanadian cemeteries, you couldfeel the presence of the

soldiers, it was just in the air surroundingyou. The students will certainly be able tofeel that at Vimy.”

- Robert Zuarewski

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The Editor:It is that time of year

again to think about theRussell Poutmasters FishingTournament. Shortly, theriverbanks will be filledwith the excited sounds of

youngsters catching theirfirst fish! The event lastyear was a great successraising over $7,800, thanksto the extremely specialpeople who stepped forwardto volunteer or sponsor theevent.

With the growth of thisevent, comes the need fornew committee volunteersto match the additionalrequirements we face. Iwould like to extend an invi-tation to anyone wishing tobecome an integral part ofthis great community event.

Since the tournament’s

inception, there has been inexcess of $48,000 donatedto the Canadian CancerSociety. The funds raisedare used to help those in ourarea who have been touchedby this abhorrent disease.Once again this year, allproceeds from the tourna-ment will be donated to theCanadian Cancer Society.

The date for the 2012Poutmasters’ Tournament isApril 27–29. Advance tour-nament registration will beavailable at Russell Pronto,Barry’s Home Hardware,and Town and Country

Video. The headquarters ofthe event will be once againstationed at the Russell dam.Get those fishing polesready because this year’stournament promises to befun for everyone! We lookforward to seeing you there!

You may contact MikeLeman at 613-445-8678 orby email at [email protected]. The email link canalso be found on our websiteat http://www.poutmasters.com.

Mike LemanRussell

Go ahead. Take one outof your purse or pocket rightnow and examine it closely.

Everybody usually has atleast one on hand. If bysome strange fluke youhaven’t got one, then look inyour desk drawer, or under asofa cushion, or in your carcup holder, in the heatinggrate, or anywhere on thefloor.

If you can’t find a pennyin any of those places, stepout onto the sidewalk andlook down. No? Then keepwalking with your eyes castdownwards until you docome across one. It won’ttake long.

That’s because penniesare everywhere although wetend not to notice. If it’s atoonie or a loonie, we cer-tainly notice, or even a quar-ter or a dime. A nickle?…not so much anymore. Likethe penny, the five-centpiece is losing its luster.

I have a nice shiny oneon the desk in front of menow, a 2012-minted copperpenny, Queen Elizabethadorning one side and a pairof maple leaves on the flipside. It’s a thing of beauty.

With the end of the roadcoming for the penny thisfall, I wonder if a 2012 willbecome a collector’s item.I’ll just slip it in the drawerhere and see what develops;after all, sitting on a pennywon’t cause any financialhardship.

I’m as guilty as the nextpenny pincher of taking thecopper for granted… the“currency without curren-

cy”, as Finance Minister JimFlaherty recently describedit in announcing the coin’sdemise.

In presenting his budget,Flaherty said the RoyalCanadian Mint will soonstop distributing the penny.In today’s financial environ-ment, it has outlived its use-fulness. In fact, it hasbecome more of a nuisancethan anything else, clutter-ing up all the nooks andcrannies I mentioned andthen some.

We’ll still be able to usepennies to pay for purchasesuntil they completely disap-pear – probably in 100 years– but those purchases willbe rounded up or down tothe nearest five cents. I’mbetting the contents of mypiggy bank it’ll be mainlyup.

The poor penny! Peoplewon’t even stoop to pick oneup anymore, lucky or not.They don’t even get tossedinto fountains; these days,it’s considered too cheap topay for a decent wish.

Yes, they’re pretty muchworthless. In fact, as welearned in connection withthe budget, it costs 1.6 centsto produce a single pennythese days.

When you crunch thenumbers, you come up withtime to say bye-bye to thepenny. And to think it datesback in this country to 1858when it was larger than aquarter and probably worthat least as much in actualpurchasing power.

I’ll miss the penny when

it’s gone. Even in my time, asingle penny was worthsomething. Growing up inAylmer, Que., in the 1950sand 60s, a few pennies in thepocket could take you a longway.

Take penny candy. At onetime, the expression meantexactly that; for one cent,you could get three pieces ofsome candy varieties,including the delightfulblackball which melted inyour mouth through severalcolourful layers before end-ing up at the crunchy sugarcore.

There was a bit of riskyfun to be had with penniesas well. If you had an extraone, it was always interest-ing to lay it on the railwaytrack and discover what flat-tened shape might turn upafter the train rolled by. Therule was you never put downa larger coin… you couldderail the train!

And what about pennieswrapped in wax paper andsecreted in a birthday cakeby your mother? To impresstoday’s kids, you’d have towrap $20 bills and stickthem in the cake… and I’mnot sure that would even doit.

And there’s the customof putting pennies on theeyelids of the deceased –admittedly not as commonas it once was - to keep theeyes closed or, according tosome, to pay for passageinto the afterlife. When allthe pennies are gone, whatare we going to use?Loonies? Can you imagine

how ridiculous dead eyeswill look weighed downwith loonies!

I guess the charmingmodern custom of pennydishes on store counters willgo by the wayside. Youknow… where you leavepennies if you have extraand take one or two if youneed some to complete pay-ment at the cash. It’s such agood-neighbourly thing todo! And dresser-top pennyjars will become extinct too.

Somebody who knowstold me that true cowboyslike to melt down precisely40 pennies to mold supportsfor their custom boots. DidFlaherty consider that use?

And what about a pennyfor your thoughts? Howmuch will thoughts costnow? A loonie, a toonie?And what about penniesfrom heaven? If it startsraining down loonies, some-body could get hurt!

I know one group thatwill never disparage thepenny, the St. LawrenceShakespeare Company inPrescott, the town not thecounty. Several months ago,the not-for-profit theatricalgroup received an anony-mous gift of 100,000 pen-nies in 20 canvas bags.Volunteers are still rollingthem and are happy to do it.

The last thing they’dwant would be to be leftpenniless.


The federal and provincial budgets of recent weeks willbe digested for some time to come. Basic math mostly –revenue less expenses. Pretty simple stuff until you lookat the revenue sources and expenses and have to makedecisions.

The principles are the same from the top down.Balance is good, planned and disciplined borrowing isacceptable, saving for a rainy day / recession is alwaysnecessary. But making those “balance” decisions can beamong the greatest challenges of our lives.

Learning implies sharing information, and that is onlyachieved by communication. A child can learn how tomanage their first pennies, allowances, and pay chequesby experience alone, or they can be taught good fiscal dis-cipline, be allowed to make mistakes, and mature with asolid foundation. Communication is necessary to learnwhere money comes from, and where it goes, how it islost, when it is spent well. Critical thinking is essential inthis process. Money management critical thinking is nodifferent than the personal safety life skills learned athome, on the playground and reinforced at school. Itshould start at home, have limits experimented with on theplayground, and have the fundamentals normalized atschool.

Learning about shared finances is a little different. Inthe household case it is the incomes, less savings, bills,and necessities, leaving for fun that which is left over. Atthe municipal level we are collectively aware of the rev-enue (for the kids reading, one of the bills is our taxes), ofthe local needs (roads, parks, policing, community ven-ues), of the wants (same as the needs, but with lower taxrates). What we do not easily see are the savings, thecosts, how they are broken down, how they apply in termsof the long term goals, how they are impacted by changesin laws, regulations, and human error.

How many of us can honestly say we understand themunicipal budget? Have the experience to participate indiscussions about it, to understand the logic behind it, andthereby question it credibly? How many of us can say thatabout our households? How many about our personal sit-uations? How are we to expect our children to manageour infrastructure if we do not get them involved, if we donot lead by example?

The municipal budget is probably the easiest of theseshared fiscal cases for us to participate in. The scale ismanageable, the venues are close, and the revenue andoutcomes are tangible, but few of us participate. There arereal issues in the municipal budget that impact the house-hold one, and that personal activities influence directly.The cost of water is one of these.

Efficient use of water and electricity is near and dear toall homeowners. But where electricity is a bill we have noreal say in, water is one we do. The rates we are chargedare affected by communal choices – how fast we paydown the debts, how much we grow. But water use edu-cation and efficiencies at home reduce the revenue to themunicipality. Have we accounted for that? How signifi-cant is it? Was it a consideration in the budget? Where dowe go to get that information? Do our kids understandhow everything is connected? Are we preparing them tothink critically, showing them how hard it can be to makechoices to balance the books, or are we leaving them amess to clean up?

Pamela Pearson

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A sample of a rain barrels typically available forpurchase to support the local fundraisershappening in the month of April. Each is $60.00and includes a filter basket, overflow andinterconnectivity outlet, overflow hose, nippleand spigot. www.rainbarrels.ca

Pamela PearsonVillager Staff Save on your water bill

and help local organiza-tions, such as the RussellHorticultural Society, to cre-ate sustainable communityprojects. The Horticultural

Society’s Rain Barrels forReading, in partnership withthe Ontario companyRainBarrel.ca, is just onelocal group that has taken onthe challenge of thinkingoutside the box or barrel, asthe case may be, to meettheir fundraising needs andgoals. According to the Ontario

Minister of Environment,“Storm water managementis critical for preventing pol-lution from entering ourstreams, rivers and lakes”and recommends that“homeowners use a rain bar-rel to gather water for gar-dens and lawns so it willtake the strain off our stormdrainage systems.” RainBarrels.ca acts as

that intermediary betweencompanies who previouslyused the barrels and the pri-vate homeowner by distrib-uting barrels that previouslycontained fruit, vegetablesand other food grade items. The company was

recently recognized by theministry for their dealings

with Coca-Cola Canada toreconstitute the cola bever-age barrels, previously usedto transport their syrupyconcentrate. Barrels also provide a

free source of water that isideal for vegetables andplants since it does not con-tain fluoride and chlorine,which are added to manymunicipal water systems. The Russell Horticultural

Society plan is to build abeautiful Fantasy ReadingGarden for the children atthe Russell Library. The gar-den, to be entered throughthe children’s portion of thelibrary, is intended to stimu-late children’s imaginationsas they sit amongst naturaltrees, grasses and flowersand imaginary creatures.Another is throughMetcalfe’s CommunityChristian School (MCCS )and Ryan’s WellFoundation. This foundation grew

from the commitment ofKemptville’s Ryan Hreljac,who learned of the greatneed for clean water in his1st grade class. Over the past decade the

foundation has raisedenough funds to help buildover 710 wells and 910latrines, bringing safe waterand improved sanitation toover 750,000 people indeveloping countries. The

MCCS is holding aBlessings Multiplied cam-paign to raise funds for var-ious school items.

The campaign is in part-nership with a generousdonour who will match twodollars for every one dollarraised. Barrels come in three

colours and sizes: black orgrey 220 litre/55 US gallonsand terracotta in either 180to 190 litre/45 US gallon or200 to 230litre/55 US gal-lon. All include a filter bas-ket, spigot, nipple, overflowadaptor and four feet ofoverflow hose. There are no household

limits or residency require-ments imposed however,only barrels ordered inadvance are guaranteed tobe available. To see a sam-ple rain barrel, visit theirwebsite or trek down to theirbooth at the North GrenvilleSustainability Fair on Sun.,April 22, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m atthe North GrenvilleMunicipal Centre inKemptville. The cost perbarrel is only $60, includingtax. RainBarrel uses a “truck-

load sales event” method todistribute the barrels so theyand not-for-profit organiza-tions can keep costs downby no individual shippingcosts and maintaining asmall inventory for supply

and demand. Orders arenow being taken for all threefundraisers and it’s is easyto do. Visit www. rainbar-rels.ca to purchase rightaway by debit via PayPal orcredit card. Another option is to

reserve a barrel on-line andpay cash only at pick up ascredit and debit cards willnot be accepted and receiptsare necessary for pickup.

Pickup dates, locationsand times for the Metcalfe’sCommunity ChristianSchool distribution will beon Fri., April 27 from 5 to 9p.m. at 2681 Glen St.Metcalfe. For information contact

Wendy Fuller at 613-821-2076 [email protected];The Russell HorticulturalSociety will be on Sat.,April 28 at the fairgroundsbetween 9:30 a.m. and 1p.m. Contact person isLindley McPhail at 613-445-0754 [email protected]: The Ryan’s WellFoundation is also on April28 from 9 a.m. to noon, 215Van Buren Street,Kemptville. Visitwww.ryanswell.ca for moreinformation. For fundraising informa-

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Rain barrels: Thinking outside the box

Cst. Serge Gauthier Russell County OPPThe Ontario Provincial

Police of Russell Countywould like to remind every-one that since the niceweather has arrived, thievesare coming out and lookingfor easy targets to stealproperty from residences.

In the past week theOPP has responded to sev-eral calls of theft frommotor vehicles and of per-sonal property, in the frontof houses, that were left inplain view. In an attempt to inform

the public of this problemthe OPP Auxiliary Unit wasout in the community dis-

tributing “Lock It or LoseIt” information cards atlocations they deemed nec-essary, to inform the publichow to better protect them-selves. To try to keep away the

thieves, OPP reminds every-one to lock their cars atnight and secure all person-al items such as bikes in thegarage or a safe place out ofview. Residents are reminded

to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 if you noticesomething suspicious or outof the ordinary around yourneighbourhood. A safe community starts

with all of us!

The Editor:Elizabeth le Geyt devot-

ed some of her SundayOttawa Citizen column onbirds to what she character-ized as a major threat to oneof the few remaining impor-tant habitats for our birds.She is referring, of course,to the proposal to turn NorthRussell Quarry Lake into adump. Ms. le Geyt wrote that

this lake and the surround-ing area of forest, grass-lands and pasture is animportant stopover for thou-sands of geese and otherbirds. Seventy species ofbirds, many at risk, use this

location and Ms. Le Geythopes strong public opinionwill help prevent this fromhappening. She asks that people who

object to the destruction ofthis habitat write to theMinister of theE n v i r o n m e n t ,[email protected]. It wouldn’t hurt to also

contact our MPP [email protected]. Our birds are just one morevery important reason tofight the dump develop-ment. Thanks go to Ms. leGeyt.

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Russell High School held their sev-enth annual Oscars on Fri., March 3.The theme this year was ClassicHollywood with inspiration from oldstars such as Marilyn Monroe, AudreyHepburn, and James Dean.

Kids from other schools also cameas guests to watch their friends walk upon stage and receive a gold-sprayed

painted Barbie. Students of every grade lined up at

lunch hour for the week preceding theevent to cast in their vote.

Categories this year included thetraditional ones such as Most fashion-able, Cutest Couple and Best Friendsbut also included some new awards:Facebook Addict, Best Flow, and Kid

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drama classes introducing categorieslike Best Flow, and Facebook Addictthe cafeteria was filled with laughter.

The event was a major success asit had over 350 students attend, arecord for Oscars at Russell HighSchool!

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The Metcalfe Co-op Nursery School’s heldtheir annual Bunny Breakfast and silent auc-tion. The scent of massive amounts of pan-cakes and syrup being consumed, could besmelled as one walked up the stairs of theMetcalfe Community Centre to the upperhall. In total, the event saw almost 500 peo-ple sit down for pancakes, enjoy somecrafts, get their photo taken with the EasterBunny and bid on silent auction items. This large scale fundraising event has

been run for just over a decade, but it was afirst for Erin Oldford as the EBBCoordinator. Oldford told The Villager thatsome of the challenges faced included keep-

ing the budget as low as possible and thatthe volunteer organizers had to be creativewhen it came to raising funds and canvass-ing for donated auction items. In total therewere 73 silent auctions ranging from sportsand entertainment events to health and well-ness, décor and hobbies. Another first for this year was sponsor-

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Steven Horvath, along with daughters Kate, 7, and 4 year old Graysonenjoyed eating pancakes and getting their faces painted at the Metcalfe Co-op Nursery School’s annual Bunny Breakfast, held Sat., March 31 at theMetcalfe Community Centre. Other favourite activities included watchingthe clown making balloon animals and the painting of Easter eggs.

Osgoode High School student,Kathryn Saigle was working offsome of her necessary volunteerhours on the morning of the March31 at the Metcalfe Co-op NurserySchool’s annual Bunny Breakfast.Kathryn, who loves to be around thechildren, was in the craft areapainting faces and helping with thepaper bunny ears.

Metcalfe Volunteer Fire Fighters, supporters of the Metcalfe Co-op NurserySchool’s annual Bunny Breakfast for almost a decade once again had thepancake grill fired up and the trucks on display just outside of the MetcalfeCommunity Centre for the Breakfast, held on the morning of March 31.

Five year old Abby Lindgren, a paststudent of the Metcalfe Co-opNursery School, enjoyed themorning of March 31 at thenursery’s annual Bunny Breakfastwith her parents and brothers Jadonand Josh. For Abby, the best partwas getting to sit on the EasterBunny’s lap for a family picturethat will be gift for hergrandparents.

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Darren Matte

Villager Sports

EMBRUN— It has only

happened once in NCJHL

history, a team winning four

titles in a row, that was until

March 28, when the Embrun

Panthers did it again captur-

ing their fourth straight cham-

pionship with a four-game

sweep over St. Isidore. The

four-peat was previously

accomplished by the Embrun

72s from 1994-97. The title

also meant that the franchise

is now engraved 16 times on

the John A. Cameron trophy,

10 more than any other team.

The Panthers finished off

the series with a 6-3 win on

their home ice, which allowed

their fans to celebrate with

them after the win.

“We talked about this at

the start of the year and we

came through. You know we

started out with 16 guys at our

first tryout. To come all this

way is really good, I could not

be happier for the 21 year-

olds from Jeff (Campbell) to

Andrew (Hampton) to Joe

(Bruyère). I know that there

are a few guys on the team

that have never won a cham-

pionship so for them its huge

and I couldn’t be happier for

them,” said coach Jay

Campbell.

Game 3 Embrun 4 St.

Isidore 2

Before the deciding game,

game three was held in St.

Isidore on March 27. The

home side knew if they were

going to get back in the series

they would need a win in this

game since game four and

five were scheduled for

Embrun.

St. Isidore opened the

scoring in the last minute of

the first period. Captain

Mathieu Desforges got the

tally to give St. Isidore their

first lead of the series.

The lead held up until the

final five minutes of the sec-

ond, when the Panthers took

advantage of a power play

opportunity. Sean

MacDonald got the goal that

tied the game at one.

Just 15 seconds into the

third the Panthers took the

lead when Campbell found

the back of the net. Then

Ryan Kemp made it a two-

goal game just 2:30 later. Eric

Garrioch potted the insurance

marker with 8:42 to go. St.

Isidore added one in the dying

seconds, but the Panthers held

on for the 4-2 win and took a

commanding 3-0 lead in the

series. Eric Drouin earned the

win in net for the Panthers.

Game 4 Embrun 6 St.

Isidore 3

It was a full house when

the series shifted back to

Embrun the next night. The

home side didn’t waste time

to get the crowd on their feet

because 4:33 in Kemp found

twine to give the Panthers the

1-0 lead. Francis Legault con-

tinued his stellar playoff play

with a goal at the 7:53 mark

making it 2-0. St. Isidore cut

into the lead on a goal by

Desforges but just moments

later, Charles-Antoine

Labonté re-established the

two goal lead on the power

play, 3-1 after one.

Midway through the sec-

ond, the Panthers were back

on the power play. Robbie

Gifford sent a shot in from the

point that was stopped by

Ghislain Nadeau, but the

rebound came right to

Legault who wacked in the

rebound.

St. Isidore responded on a

shot that was floated in just

wide of the net. Philip

Eberley went to grab it, but

Desforges swatted it out of

mid air and in, 4-2.

Minutes later, Legault was

brought down on a break-

away and the referee signaled

a penalty shot. Legault skated

in, deked to the backhand and

scored to make it 5-2.

With under two to play in

the period, the Panthers were

on another power play. The

puck was worked around

nicely and came to Matt

Ebereley at the top of the

faceoff circle, he blasted it

home making it 6-2 after two.

The Panthers just tried to

play smart hockey in the third

and run out the clock. St.

Isidore did get one off a nice

passing play finished by

Corey Guertin, but that was it

as the buzzer sounded with

Embrun winning 6-3.

The team rushed to their

goalie and began to celebrate.

Before the team was present-

ed with the championship tro-

phy, NCJHL Vice President,

Richard Charest presented

Andrew Hampton with the

playoff MVP award.

Hampton had 16 goals and

five assists during the playoff

run.

Afterwards the captains

accepted their trophy and

banner from league president

Ian McRae.

Jay Campbell talked about

what he thought made the dif-

ference in the series. “The dif-

ference was probably our

speed, our overall team speed.

Also our depth, they rolled

two and a half lines and I was

able to roll four, which was

huge. Our defense was huge

and our goaltending was big

every night. We applied con-

stant pressure on Nadeau, and

finally got some by him,

something we couldn’t do all

year.”

What made this win even

more impressive was the fact

that the Panthers swept all

three opponents they face in

the playoffs, a feat that

Campbell was amazed with.

“I don’t think that part has

sunk in yet. Never in my

wildest dreams did I think we

could go 12 in a row like

that.”

The end of the season also

marked the end of the junior

careers for key members of

the team. Captain Jeff

Campbell has been part of

three championships and

summed up yet another title.

“It was definitely hard fought.

I was a little nervous coming

into the playoffs, just based

on how we were playing, but

we got excellent play from

our third and fourth line all

the way up through. Our goal-

tending was excellent. I am

very proud of this team and

happy to have led them this

year. It is good to go out on a

winning note.”

With another season in the

books the Panthers will con-

tinue to celebrate. But one

cannot help but think about

the history that could be made

next year. If the Panthers were

to win five in a row it would

be the first time it has ever

been accomplished in league

history. The accomplishment

has only happened in one

other local junior league, the

CCHL (formerly CJHL) by

the Pembroke Lumber Kings.

Still, the Panthers 16 league

titles make them the most

decorated junior team in

Eastern Ontario and one of

the tops in all of Ontario.


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Andrew Hampton had a tremendous second sea-son for the Embrun Panthers and for his effortswas named playoff MVP. Hampton, scored 16goals and added five assists during the playoff run.Here, He accepts the award from NCJHL Vice-president Richard Charest.

Matte photo

Francis Legault was a huge part of the Panthers success this season. In gamefour, he was pulled down on a breakaway and awarded a penalty shot. Onthe shot he skated in, went to his backhand and scored to make it 5-2.Legault finished with a hat trick in that game as the Panthers won the titlewith a 6-3 win.

Matte photo

Panthers get the four-peat

The Scotiabank Russell PeeWee B2 Warriors upset the favored Cumberland3 Thunder on April 1 to bring home the Gloucester Hockey AssociationChampionship. The team, led by head coach Bruce Parsons, rose steadily allyear, going from last place in October to the Championships in April. The12-member team won 2-1 in the third overtime period of the finals to bringthe banner home. Shown here accepting their banner and cup are, front row, from left,Cameron Harding, Zachary Nolan, goaltender Nicholas Donovan, MatthewManion, Brady Norton and Ben Verville, middle row, Nicholas Renaud,Jonah Kelly, Cameron Potter, Edwin Hamilton, Nicholas Rawlins, RyanMulligan, back, coaches Bruce Parsons, Darin Nolan, Steven Potter, andSean Donovan.

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RUSSELL— The

Russell and District Girls

Hockey Association

(RDGHA) wrapped up

another successful season.

With five house-league

teams and eight competi-

tive teams, the RDGHA’s

192 participants have seen

great success over the

2011-2012 season. Teams,

from Novice to

Intermediate, have won

over ten championships

and have been finalist at

nine tournaments held

throughout Eastern and

Central Ontario as well as

the United States.

The association wanted

to congratulate to the

PeeWee B and the Midget

House teams for finishing

as regular season ODWHA

champions.

The Novice B, PeeWee

House, PeeWee B, Bantam

House, Bantam C and

Midget House teams also

competed at the Ottawa

District Championship

games held in Kemptville.

The season will contin-

ue into April for three

competitive teams that

have qualified for the

Ontario Provincial

Championships held in

Toronto. The Novice B,

PeeWee B and the Bantam

C teams will compete in

hopes of bringing home

the coveted gold provin-

cial medals. The RDGHA

brought home its first

Provincial Gold in the

2010-2011 season and

hopes to bring home more.

Girls hockey is growing

by leaps and bounds across

North America and the

RDGHA is rapidly estab-

lishing itself as one of

Eastern Ontario’s leading

Girls Hockey

Associations. In only its

seventh year as an associa-

tion, the RDGHA has

quickly developed players

and teams that participate

at both house and compet-

itive levels and proudly

represent their local com-

munity.

Registration details for

the 2012-2013 season will

take place in May and

June. Watch for details at

www.russellgirlshockey.ca.

Local girls hockey shines on



ORLEANS— The

Russell High

Timberwolves track and

field team competed in

their second indoor meet

of the 2012 season on

March 21 at the Louis-Riel

Dome in Orleans.

Some of the team’s ath-

letes were looking to

improve on their perform-

ance from the previous

meet, while for others it

was their first meet of the

season.

Many of the RHS ath-

letes finished in the top

three in their event.

Meagan Fothergill was the

only athlete from the

school that brought home

a first-place finish, earn-

ing it in the senior girls

1500-meter race with a

time of 5:43.85, a personal

best and new school

record.

In addition, all of the

competitors got a chance

to finish the day in relay

races, as RHS fielded

eight relay teams.

Second place finishes

Nicole Ross, midget

girls long jump, 3.74-

meters; Carly McKinnon-

Humphreys, junior girls

60-meters, 8.87; Michaela

Khan, senior girls 60-

meter, 8.78; Rhys Thomas,

junior boys 800-meters,

2:18.34 and junior boys

1500-meters, 4:40.11; and

Eric Goulding junior boys

long jump, 4.45-meters.

Third place finishes

Ashley MacDonald,

intermediate girls long

jump, 3.30-meters;

Amanda Fuchs, junior

girls 1500-meters,

8:16.19; Alexis Ricard,

intermediate boys 60-

meter, 8.40; Nick

Campbell, intermediate

boys 800-meters, 2:31.96;

John Steele, midget boys

long jump, 3.90-meters;

Jon Ricard, junior boys

200-meters, 25.87; Austin

Girouard, junior boys long

jump, 4.00-meters;

Antonio Rivera, senior

boys 60-meters, 7.70; and

RHS relay team ‘A’,

mixed 4x100 open relay,

Antonio Rivera, Nick

Lacoste, Adam Casey and

Zach Taylor.

The team’s next event

will be on April 27 back at

the Louis Riel Dome.

Timberwolves compete at“Here We Go” track meet

On Sat., March 24, the U10 girls Rep league, of the Russell Soccer Club, areseen here doing some condition skills with Coach Dave Scott. This practice,held the RHS gymnasium, was number three of the preliminary season startup.

PJPearson photo

Dickie Dunn

Special to the Villager

RUSSELL— On March

28, the Russell Lions Club

Atom B1 Warriors played

the Metcalfe Jets B2 team

in a semi-finals. It was a

carnival-like atmosphere

at the arena with Warriors

players and even some

parents donning war paint

on their faces.

The huge crowd of

Russell supporters were

anxious for the drop of the

puck. When the game

started the teams came out

flying and had early scor-

ing chances at both ends of

the rink. Metcalfe got on

the board first, midway

through the opening peri-

od, and took a 1–0 lead

into the second period.

In the middle frame,

Russell tied it up on a goal

by Braeden Barnes. Before

the end of the period,

Metcalfe took back the

lead with two very quick

goals that appeared to

leave the Warriors deflat-

ed. Russell took a timeout

to regroup and it paid off

as the Warriors started tak-

ing control of much of the

play.

Early in the third period

the Warriors’ Norah Tuck

scored on a breakaway to

make the score 3–2. A few

minutes later Metcalfe

regained a two-goal lead

with their fourth goal of

the night.

With time winding

down the Warriors contin-

ued to press and were

rewarded when Barnes

scored his second of the

game and cut the Metcalfe

lead to 4–3. In the final

minutes, Russell’s

Matthew Cote beat the

goalie on a beautiful wrist

shot only to be denied by

the post. The Warriors

pulled their goaltender for

an extra attacker in the last

minute, but it was not to be

as the Metcalfe Jets won

4–3.

In an interview with

Russell’s coach after the

game, he had nothing but

high praise for his players

and the way they conduct-

ed themselves on the ice

during this game, and

throughout the entire sea-

son. “Our message before

the game was “Leave no

doubt” and these players

gave it all that they had out

there tonight,” said Coach

Shawn McFadyen. Asked

about the highlights of the

season, the coach pointed

to the team’s sportsman-

ship. In twenty league

games the team only took

one penalty, by far the

lowest of any of the Atom

hockey teams in the

Gloucester Hockey

Association. The team also

took great pleasure in see-

ing the joy on the face of

first-year player Nico

Kempcke-Dorval when he

scored his first ever hock-

ey goal. In the last game of

the season, the team beat

an undefeated Orleans

team after losing to them

twice previously. The

coach finished up by say-

ing, “it was just a thrill to

watch each and every child

progress as hockey players

throughout the season.”

Russell Atom B1 Warriorslose a tough one to Jets

It truly was a banner year

for the Russell Warriors

Midget B2, sponsored by

Bankley’s Plumbing. After

finishing first place in their

division at the end of regular

season, the culmination came

April 1 at Earl Armstrong

Arena where they faced off in

the finals against the Russell

B1 Warriors, sponsored by

Pronto RJ’s Convenience.

One way or another, the cov-

eted Gloucester Hockey

Association Championship

Banner was coming home to

Russell!

By the end of the first peri-

od, the B1’s led 2-0. But the

B2 spectators sat on the edge

of our seats, we knew that

coming back was a possibili-

ty for the “Comeback Kids”,

a name the team had been

dubbed for their consistency

in coming back for a win in

the playoff games. The B2

fans weren’t disappointed!

Once again, the team

came together to support each

other with generous, well-

placed passing. The defence

as usual, were calm and con-

fident in our end taking the

opportunity to play the puck

up with results that made the

score board. The B2 goalies

played with heart, both mak-

ing exceptional saves during

the play-off game as they did

during regular season and

tournament games. The

resulting 4-2 win was a testa-

ment to true team spirit, tak-

ing advantage of each other’s

strengths, supporting each

other in tight spots, but

always having a dogged-

determination and tenacity

when that was all they could

find.

In addition to the league

banner, the B2’s also won a

Westport Tournament in

December and brought home

hardware from the Belleville

March Tournament, hard-

won after facing level A

teams.

The B2’s were fortunate to

over come a couple of key

injuries during the season.

Jimmy Baril was lost with a

serious knee injury and Chad

McFarlene with a broken col-

lar bone. They were both def-

initely a part of the momen-

tum that started the team on

its way.

The team’s season could

not have been possible with-

out their coaching staff, train-

er, manager call ups and the

hard work of the players

themselves.

Warriors square off in All-Russell Midget B final

The Russell Midget B2 Warriors were crowned champions of theGloucester Hockey Association on April 1. The team won a hard foughtgame against their town rivals, the Russell B1 Warriors, 4-2 inGloucester. Here the team poses with their championship banner andtrophy. Front row, from left, Kevin Couperus, Alex Bankley, PatrickWalsh, Joel Groves, Brennan Cooke, Riley O’Brien, middle row, NickLachapelle, Brady Leblanc, Matt Moore, Andrew Curran, Pat Martin,Mark Hatherall, Mitch Scott, Phil Baril, Chris Bidal, back row, coachStephane Lachapelle, coach Stew Bankley, trainer Dave Scott, DaveHatherall. Missing from photo are coach Frank Bidal and players ChadMacFarlane, Jimmy Baril.

Submitted photo

The Russell Minor Broomball Association wrapped up their season on

March 31 with one final evening on the ice. The evening began with

with two of the association’s Sprout teams taking on a team of parents.

Here, the parents and Sprouts get ready for their showdown. The night

also saw the Peewee teams play a game against a parents team, a hard-

est shot competition between the Bantam and Midget players and a semi

final game between the bantam/midget teams. The association will also

host their year end banquet on April 21. Pearson photo


Darren Matte

Villager sports

CASSELMAN— TheCasselman Vikings may haveflirted with disaster by blow-ing a lead late in game fivebefore winning in overtime.They may have continued toplay with fire when they didnot finish off the Athens Aerosin game six. But when all themarbles were on the line, theVikes saved their best per-formance, winning gameseven and winning theRideau-St. LawrenceChampionship. Game 5 Casselman 5

Athens 4 2OT

The Vikings returnedCasselman on March 27, afterlosing their lead in theRideau-St. Lawrence champi-onship series. It was nowdown to a best of three anddespite the Vikings strongstart in this one, the unthink-able almost happened.

Dan Guolla won a battlealong the boards, 2:41 in. Hesent a centering pass to RussHinch in the slot, his shot wasstopped but a big reboundcame to Rene Lamoureuxwho blasted it home.

With the Vikings short-handed, Alexandre Michaudmade an amazing desperationsave. The rebound from hissprawling save bounced out toDerek Widenmaier, who tookoff on a two on one with LucForget. Widenmaier decidedto shoot, he was stopped butthe rebound landed right onthe tape of Forget who direct-ed it home, 2-0 after one.

The Aeros cut into the lead3:30 into the second.Casselman turned it over inthe neutral zone to EthanRobert who sent a pass up toDan Lacroix. He crossed overthe blue line and used theCasselman defense as a screenas he let a quick shot go thatbeat Michaud.

The Vikings would gettheir two-goal lead back. JoelAdam sprung CurtisChennette and SebastienGoulet on a two on one.Chennette passed to Gouletwho made a great move to hisbackhand to score and make it3-1.

It remained that way untilthe third. Casselman gainedpossession at their own blueline and went on the attack.Hinch took a shot that rang offAeros goalie, JacobHartman’s shoulder, but therebound came to Dan Guollawho buried it to make it 4-1.

But Athens began to comeback. Jacob Clark’s point shotwas tipped in by J.P.Augustine to make it 4-2 with

6:38 to go. Casselman contin-ued to sit back and with 2:21remaining, Steve Parkerpounced on a loose puck inthe crease and made it 4-3.The Vikings were tryingeverything to hold on.

With only seconds left, theVikings were unable to cleartheir zone. Another scrambleensued and Trevor Hynnesfound the loose puck thistime, knocking it in and tyingthe game at four.

Athens had all the momen-tum but couldn’t get the win-ner in the first over time.

In the second extra frame,Thierry Henry collected thepuck behind his net. He thenfound Burley streaking acrossthe neutral zone and sent himin alone on the breakaway.Burley made no mistakegoing forehand and winninggame five for the Vikings. Game 6 Casselman 1

Athens 3

After their win in gamefive, the Vikes looked to wrapup the series on March 29 inAthens, but the Aeros hadother ideas.

The Vikings establishedthemselves early in this game,just 21 seconds in. The Vikesbroke out of their own zoneand came in on a two on two.Kyle Beauchamp-Lalondetook the first shot and FrancisLegault was there to knock inthe rebound.

Unfortunately for theVikings, that was the end oftheir offense on the night.With 4:03 to go in the period,Athens answered. Just after

they finished killing a penalty,Athens’ Pat Cameron wassprung on a breakaway, hemade no mistake scoring five-hole, 1-1 after one.

Midway through the sec-ond, Athens took the lead.Again it was Cameron gettinghis second of the game.Athens gained control behindthe net and centered it forCameron who lifted it overMichaud.

Just minutes later, theAeros were at it again, thistime while on the man advan-tage. Cameron got involvedagain, this time sending aback-door pass to DanLacroix who taped it in tomake it 3-1.

The Aeros were able tohang on from there forcing agame seven. Michaud stopped43 shots in the loss whileHartman made 32 saves forthe win. Game 7 Casselman 5

Athens 2

The series concluded onMarch 31 in Casselman.Athens attempted to spoil theparty with a goal just a minuteand a half in by DillonMazerolle. But the Vikesresponded on the power playat the 5:44 mark. Chennettefinished off the play tying thegame at one.

The Vikes kept comingand added a pair in the lastfew minutes. With 2:46remaining, Beauchamp-Lalonde scored to make it 2-1.Then with 49 seconds to go,Luc Forget scored giving thehome team a 3-1 lead heading

to the second. In the second, Casselman

added to their lead with ashort-handed goal byBeauchamp-Lalonde.

The Vikes then went intoshut down mode givingAthens very few chances,while remaining aggressive.Athens made it interestingwith a goal with 3:55 to goafter a poor exchange betweenMichaud and his defenseallowed Michael Byrne to puthome the loose puck.

But with just over a minuteto go, Thierry Henry scoredinto the open net sealing thewin for the Vikings as theyclaimed their first JohnShorey Cup with the 5-2 win.

Assistant coach DomMénard summed up theseries. “It was a good series,two evenly matched teams,evident by four overtimegames. I think that we keptour best game for the seventh.The boys finally put in a full60-minute effort, somethingthat we didn’t see through thefirst six games. I think that inthe end, our ability to run fourlines gave us an advantageover them. I am very proud ofthe guys.”

Casselman will now turntheir attention to Gatineau asthe series officially beginstonight in Casselman. Ménardknows the Mustangs will beno pushovers. “Gatineau willbe tough. Although we havehome ice, I think that they arethe favorites. The MetroDivision winner is alwaysvery good. We will have tocome to play every shift andstay out of the box. We are aconfident bunch right nowand hopefully in two weeksall our hard work will havepaid off.”


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The Casselman Vikingscaptured their first JohnShorey Cup as winnersof the Rideau-St.Lawrence Conferencewith a 5-2 win in gameseven over the AthensAeros on March 31 inCasselman. The Vikingswill now advance to takeon the GatineauMustangs for the leaguechampionship.

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Vikings flirt with disaster in game five;win series in seven over Aeros

Sebatien Goulet receives another trophy fromRideau-St. Lawrence President John Shorey afterthe Vikings won game seven, 5-2 over Athens totake the Rideau-St. Lawrence ChampionshipSeries. Matte photo

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