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Special to The VillagerRUSSELL –� One of

Canada’s most recognizedicons, the Royal CanadianMounted Police MusicalRide, will be performing atthe Russell Fairgrounds onSat., May 14 at 2 p.m.

The RCMP MusicalRide represents a colourfulCanadian tradition. Thetroop of 32 horses and rid-ers will perform a variety ofcavalry drills choreo-graphed to music. Workingthrough a unique medium,

they support the RCMPcommunity policing effortsthroughout Canada.The Musical Ride was

developed in 1876 by earlymembers of the North-WestMounted Police to displaytheir riding ability and

entertain the local commu-nity. It has evolved over thedecades into a uniquelyCanadian performanceenjoyed by tens of thou-sands of spectators everyyear.

Continued on page 2

Science teacher, Joyce Chartrand, and students from École Publique de la River Castor, held a two-day, April 15-16, electronicwaste collection event in the school’s parking lot in Embrun. After the first day, the students had filled an entire garbage bin andjust over an hour into day two, they had already filled more than half of another bin. This was the first year the school had donethe event. Here, the students and organizers stand with what they had collected on Saturday April 16. From left, front row,Karianne Valliéres, Marielle Lemieux, Joyce Chartrand, Maxime Robichaud. Back row, from left, Kylah Rifou, JosianneValliéres, Janelle Baas, Sarah-Héléne Brault, Erika Patrick and Vanessa Patrick.

(Matte photo)

Special to The Villager

ROCKLAND – OnMonday, April 18, 2011Pierre Lemieux,Conservative Candidatefor Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, issued the fol-lowing statement regard-ing the Taggart-MillerDump Project inTownship of Russell: “The people of my rid-

ing know how hard Iwork for them as theirMember of Parliamentand how well I representthem. I fully understandthe concerns of RussellTownship residents onthis important matter.Were there to be a federalrole with respect to thisproject, the people ofRussell can count on meto defend their interests. “The Liberal candi-

date is implying toRussell Township resi-dents that she would haveinfluence on whether thisproject is realised or not.This is unfortunatebecause, as a federalMember of Parliament,she would not have a roleto play in what are clearlymunicipal-provincia ldecisions. The dump is aserious matter and peoplehave legitimate concerns.I do not believe that oneshould capitalize politi-cally on a matter asimportant as this duringan election campaign.

Lemieuxsays Gritmisleading on dump

Continued on page 6

School collects Ewaste for Earth Day

MusicalRide hereMay 14

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RUSSELL - Thewomen of Russellare joining the fightagainst blindness atthe eighth annualLadies Night, alocal fundraiserorganized by theRussell Agricultural Society(RAS) on April 29.The $40 buffet dinner

catered by AJ’s Cateringstarts with cocktails andsilent auction at 5:30 p.m.,and dinner at 7 p.m. Specialguests are WyattMcWilliams of Navan, well-known for his involvementin Hay West of 2002 andFood Aid Day for Ottawaand his aunt Judy Anderson,of Russell, who are affectedby retinitis pigmentosa, agenetic eye disease thatslowly leads to blindness,and for which there is notreatment or cure.“We usually choose a less

well known cause to bringawareness to,” said event co-

chair Judy McFaul. “TheFoundation FightingBlindness was chosen tosupport sight savingresearch into the causes,treatments and ultimatelycures for eye diseases thatlead to blindness.”“Our event also support

causes that will make a dif-ference in the lives of peoplein the community,” saidevent co-chair andScotiabank account managerof small business, LynneRochon. “That’s why theRussell Scotiabank branchcommitted to match thefunds raised for visionresearch at this year’s LadiesNight.”The Foundation Fighting

Blindness’s mission is to

support visionresearch at hospi-tals and universi-ties across thecountry that couldbenefit the one mil-lion Canadians liv-ing with vision loss

due to retinal eye diseaseslike retinitis pigmentosa,macular degeneration andrelated retinal diseases.Only after the Foundation

Fighting Blindness was cho-sen as this year’s charity didsome committee membersrealize that their own fami-

lies have felt the impact ofvision loss - family mem-bers with age-related macu-lar degeneration. “Most of us take our sight

for granted, until someoneclose to us begins to losetheirs,” said McFaul. “Thisis the RAS community’sopportunity to support sightsaving research today andhelp create a future withoutvision loss.”For more information,

call McFaul at 613-445-4161, or visitrussellfair.com.

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Russell Fire DepartmentHome Fire Safety

AssessmentThe Russell

F i r eD e p a r tme n thas a programavailable toassist familiesin better pro-tecting themselves fromthe dangers of a home fire.The Home Fire SafetyAssessment programinvolves a member of thefire department coming toyour home to assess yourcurrent level of fire pre-paredness and discussways for you to improvefire safety within yourhome. This is also anexcellent way for familiesto review their fire escapeplans and discuss the prac-ticality of it with an actualfirefighter. Consideringthat fines have been issuedin the past for smokealarm violations, we feel itis fair to inform peoplethat no fines will be issuedin the case of an infractionduring a visit that involvesthis program. Punishingsomeone who is trying toimprove their fire safety isnot our intention nor doesit send the proper messageto the community. Upon visiting your

home a firefighter will gothrough a checklist ofitems that affect your firesafety, the firefighter willalso ask some questionsabout smoke alarm main-tenance and your fireescape plan. Upon com-pletion of the checklist awritten recommendationwill be given to the familyas to how they can bettertheir fire safety. The reportwill be confidential and

r e m a i nbetween thefamily and thefire depart-ment. Ourmain objectiveis to make

families better aware oftheir own level of fire safe-ty and hopefully to betterit. Our main objective is to

prevent fires from happen-ing in the first place, but ifone should happen wewant to be certain thatRussell families are pre-pared to deal with it byhaving a plan in place thatworks and takes all cir-cumstances into consider-ation. It is commonlyaccepted that once asmoke alarm sounds in afire, people have between60 and 90 seconds toescape the home beforethe conditions makeescape and surviving ques-tionable. We need familiesto be organized and have aplan in place that allowsthem to react quickly, theplan has to take all familymembers into considera-tion which can be moredifficult when you have toallow for older adults ormany small children. We hope that families

will take advantage of thisprogram, being preparedcan be the difference whenit comes to surviving ahouse fire. If you think thisis something you wouldlike to do in your home,please call the fire depart-ment at 613-445-3326 andleave a message express-ing your interest.

This week’s Russell Fire Department’sFire Safety Column is brought to you by

RFD Firefighter John Gregg.

Continued from the front

Members of the Musical Ride are first and foremostpolice officers. They all have at least two years experiencein active police work before volunteering for duty with theMusical Ride. Surprisingly, most have no prior riding expe-rience.Proceeds from the ticket sales of the May 14 event will

be donated to the Russell Curling Club expansion project. “We are excited to welcome the RCMP Musical Ride as

part of the fundraising events for our curling club,”� saidJohn Tobias, a past President of the Russell Curling Club.� Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door theday of the event.�The ticket prices for adults are $8 in advance or $10 at

the door. Tickets for children (5 to 12 years old) are $4 inadvance or $5 at the door, and the admittance is free forchildren under 4 years of age.Advance tickets can be purchased at Pronto (1119

Concession Street, Russell) and the Caisse PopulaireNouvel-Horizon (859 Notre-Dame Street, Embrun), or bycalling 613-445-3079. Tickets will also be available at thegate the day of the event.

Musical Ride here May 14

Ladies Night joins fight against blindness

“Most of us take our sight forgranted, until someone closeto us begins to lose theirs.”

Judy McFaul Event co-chair

By Gord Shaver - SNC

Special to The VillagerWINCHESTER -

Parmalat Canada ofWinchester, long-time sup-porters of the South NationConservation Clean WaterProgram, were recognizedrecently at the SNC AnnualGeneral Meeting.Parmalat Canada first

became involved in theClean Water Program from1998 to 2000, when thecompany contributed$150,000 to implement bestmanagement practices andto improve water quality.Based on the success of thefirst initiative, ParmalatCanada has now donated atotal of $280,000 and helpedfund 100 landowner waterquality projects.“The Clean Water

Program is fortunate to havea dedicated, long-term cor-porate donor like Parmalat,”says Ronda Boutz, WaterQuality Coordinator atSouth Nation Conservation.“With the support of

Parmalat and other funders,we’ve been able to workclosely with landowners tovastly improve water qualityfor residents of the water-shed.”Applications for funding

under the 2011 Clean WaterProgram are now beingaccepted by South NationConservation.In operation since 1993,

the program provides a pro-active approach to protect-ing South Nation waterresources through fundingfor projects like controlledtile drainage structures,buffer strips, fencing alongwaterways and stream bankerosion controls. There area total of thirteen differentprojects that qualify forgrants under the program.To date, Clean Water

Program grants of over $2.1million dollars have con-tributed to 681 completedprojects, with a total esti-mated value of over $10 mil-lion.

Parmalat recognized for Clean Water support

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Auction Sale of Real Estate, Antiques, Collectibles, Household Furniture, Glassware, Riding Lawn Tractor, Hand Tools

and Miscellaneous Items.

Moving to a retirement home the following will be offered for sale: Beautiful 1150 sq. ft bungalow w/ attached garage situated on a lovely

corner lot. This comfortable home features 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, eat-

w/ new railing. New storage shed in backyard. On municipal water and sewer. Within walking distance to pharmacy, medical centre, hardware and grocery stores. Close to the downtown core of the village. Very easy 30 minute commute to Ottawa. In move-in condition this is an opportunity not to miss! Terms of Sale on Property: Property will be auctioned at 1:30

or bank draft) on day of sale with balance due on closing. Home inspections are the responsibility of potential buyers and must be completed prior to the auction sale. For more information contact the auctioneers.

Also selling on April 30 starting at 10:00 am: Antiques and Collectibles: maple china cabinet; round table w/ 4 T-back style chairs; buffet; mirror; lovely dresser w/ beveled glass mirror; wardrobe w/ mirror and drawers; washstand; chest of drawers; pine drop leaf table; fancy iron bed; 2 rocking chairs; fancy mahogany side chair; trunks; oil lamps; some carnival and cut glass; assorted crystal; salt and peppers; assorted pictures; nice painting; Contemporary: round oak pedestal table w/

electric sewing machine; glider rocker; new kitchen butcher block cabinet on wheels; JVC TV; nice selection of glassware; small kitchen appliances; pots and pans; microwave; assorted linen; Garden and Tools: Simplicity 4108 riding lawn tractor – in good condition; workmate; assorted carpentry tools; assorted garden and hand tools; step ladder; rakes, shovels and forks etc. gas cans, shop vac; many other assorted items.

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Special to the VillagerRUSSELL — The general manager

for Miller Waste Systems Inc. — oneof the Taggart Group of companies —has seen it all before. “I think our message gets drowned

out by people’s fear and concern….I’ve seen similar situations many,many, many times before,” NigelGuilford told The Villager last week, acouple of days after addressing theEmbrun Chamber of Commerce aboutthe company’s controversial plannedCapital Region Resource RecoveryCentre at the former quarry propertysandwiched between Eadie and NorthRussell roads. “People are fearful, and they form

an opinion before they have all thefacts,” said Guilford, who said he pre-viously served as president of LaidlawWaste Systems Ltd., with 140 wasteprocessing facilities around NorthAmerica, including 42 landfill sites.“All of them had dealings with theirlocal communities,” he said, adding,“Every one is unique … but the under-lying concerns are the same” at theoutset.Things tend to change once a proj-

ect becomes a reality and begins oper-ating and putting people to work, hesaid, noting that 30 to 40 hires areexpected at the Russell site.Currently, “all we have is a descrip-

tion of a project, and our assertionswith respect to our commitment and

reputation. The ultimate test is whenyou’re in operation,” he said.“Once you’ve built it and employed

people, then most of that fear andopposition dissipates.”Society requires such facilities, he

explained, especially with the provin-cial government hoping to raise thediversion rate of commercial wastefrom landfill, currently only 12 percent. Representing a company invest-ment of $100-million over 20 years,the Russell facility would serviceMiller’s commercial and industrialclients in Eastern Ontario, he said, alsoconfirming the firm has no backupsites in mind should this one fail to winprovincial approval.While a landfill would comprise

part of the operation — in addition to abiogas electricity plant and an approx-imately 100,000 square-foot process-ing building — no garbage will go intothe empty quarry itself, according tothe GM. Much of the landfilled material

would be construction and demolitionwaste, he said.But the intention is to scavenge and

reprocess as much material out of theincoming waste stream as possible.Organic material would also be com-posted and shipped out.Currently operating five facilities in

three provinces, Miller Waste Systemstoday markets 150,000 tonnes of recy-clables and 60,000 cubic meters com-post annually.Guilford estimated the incoming

streams would comprise 23 per centpaper and cardboard; 26 per centdescribed as “other”; 21 per centwood; 11 per cent metal; and 11 percent metals.Construction

Preliminary hydrogeological stud-ies at the Russell site suggest noimpact on an esker 4 km away, he said,describing the risk as “vanishinglysmall.”Guilford, who expects the project

won’t be in operation for another fouryears, said the firm is going above andbeyond in its current environmentalassessment process, submitting forapproval even those elements thatdon’t technically require it. Another open house is scheduled

for this fall, he said, with the environ-mental assessment procedure expectedto wrap up in 2013.Asked about federal Liberal candi-

date Julie Bourgeois’s recent statedopposition to the project, unfazedGuilford put it down to politics,observing, “No one ever got electedvoting for garbage.”

Miller manager says he’s seen it all before

“Once you’ve built itand employedpeople, then most

of that fear and oppositiondissipates.”

Nigel Guilford

Russell Meadows RetirementCommunity welcomes first residentsRussell Meadows Retirement Community,located at 475 Church St., Russell, has welcomedits first residents, who gathered recently for agroup photo with co-owner and managing partnerEric Chartrand (standing at left) and members ofthe Lapointe family, co-owners of RussellMeadows who were represented at the occasionbut who do not appear in photo. With Chartrandare, front from left, Martina Heymans, BarbaraDunn, Betty Dugdale, Don Graham, DorisGraham, Merrill Waddell, Ruby Petticrew, JeanDenison Morrison, Mable Little, RaymondDesroches; standing from left, Eric Chartrand,Rejeanne Charron, Judith Spinder, EthelHamilton, Irene Tessier, Joyce Cherry, ViolaLatimer, Betty Hay, Keith Hannah, Lorne Wade,Viola Desroches. Absent from photo are LeannaBarrington, Agnes Inch and Harry Heymans.Russell Meadows offers a variety of seniorlifestyle and accommodation options and can becontacted at 613-445-5200 or atwww.russellmeadows.com.

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CASTORCountryBy Tom Van Dusen

Early in this humdrum federal elec-tion campaign, I suggested in thisspace that Liberal candidate JulieBourgeois wouldn’t unseat PierreLemieux in Glengarry-Prescott-Russell.

The column caused quite a flap. AsI said at the time, it’s nothing againstJulie. She’s a highly qualified candi-date. But she was and continues to besaddled with the fact most Canadiansdidn’t want an unnecessary $350 mil-lion election, and most blamed parlia-mentary ploys mainly instigated by herparty for causing one.

Looking at recent polls as we headdown the home stretch, the Iggy-iteshave almost completely tanked, to thepoint Jack Layton’s NDP seems poisedto become the official opposition. If itturns out that way, the Liberals willonce again be looking for a new leaderwith few likely candidates on the hori-zon, including Justin Trudeau who has-n’t yet proven his mettle.

Jack is building an unprecedentedhead of steam in Quebec where thecane he’s using due to recent healthissues and the thin face under baldingwhite pate remind voters of iconsLucien Bouchard and Rene Levesque.That’s not a bad combo to conjure upin la belle province!

As for polls, I fully understand thatthe only one that really counts is theone on election day, a slogan madefamous across North America by los-ing politicians of every stripe.

Those same polls that don’t countalso strongly indicate that, while it wasfun for awhile, the electorate is wearyof the machinations of minority gov-ernments and that Stephen Harper andthe Conservatives are likely headed fora majority.

Love him or hate him � or feel luke-warm towards him as do mostCanadians, � Harper has demonstratedthat he can lead the country through aglobal financial crisis while keeping asteady hand on other volatile issues.He now deserves the chance to showwhat he can do in a majority situation.

And therein resides Julie’s dilemmaand that of other Liberal candidates.Politics is all about optics; Harperlooks like he can do it and Iggy lookslike he can’t. The way this sucker iscoming together for the Grits is that theuninspiring Michael Ignatieff is goingto lose big, perhaps catastrophically�and nobody wants to climb onto adying horse.

As I did with PRG, allow me to con-fidently make similar predictions aboutthe May 2 outcome in two other rid-ings which spill into Castor County,Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarrynow held by Conservative GuyLauzon, and Nepean-Carleton, thestronghold of Conservative PierrePoilievre.

Just like Lemieux in PRG, Lauzonand Poilievre are two experienced MPswho’ve proven themselves to be dedi-cated, hard-working constituency men.Like Lemieux, they’ve never beencaught with their hands in the cookiejar, asleep at the switch, or making out-rageously stupid comments. More thanother candidates, they represent fiscalresponsibility and steady economicdevelopment, the double-barrelledvoter concern essentially driving thiscampaign.

If you equate voting in an MP to ahiring process, any voter not blindedby partisanship would pick Lemieux,Lauzon or Poilievre on the basis of cre-dentials and accomplishments.

They’ve all proven they can do the joband have a lot of political life left inthem.

As in PRG, this isn’t to say voters inSDSG and Nepean-Carleton don’thave legitimate options. Of course theydo. Just as Julie Bourgeois is a qualitycandidate, so is Liberal BernadetteClement in SDSG, � a lawyer whotopped the polls in last fall’s Cornwallmunicipal election � and Liberal RyanKeon, another lawyer and son of notedheart surgeon and ConservativeSenator Dr. Wilbert Keon, in Nepean-Carleton.

While they don’t stand a chance ofpulling off an upset, the Green andNDP candidates in all three ridings arealso credible alternatives.

But this is no time to dabble. Turnthe reins over to Harper and the Toriesfor a majority mandate and re-electstalwarts Lemieux, Lauzon andPoilievre as valuable components ofthe new team.

And another thing:� if the scenario Ijust put forward plays out, it’s time tomake one of the three a cabinet minis-ter. They’ve all proven their worth oversufficient time to have earned the pro-motion.

I understand that regional represen-tation considerations prevent appoint-ing more than one side-by-side MP at atime to Cabinet. But let’s start the ballrolling, Prime Minister, by bumpingone of them upstairs.

Picking the winners

The Editor:

April is Cancer Month!Your local volunteers wouldlike to thank all the businesses,schools and Dini would like to thankher church for supporting the daffodilsales this year. We also thank all thosewho supported the ad. page in TheVillager. We did not have the lovelyblooms this year, but pins (like apoppy).

You could donate any amount andwe raised $706 locally. While the priceof daffodils was rising, we usuallyraised close to $1,500 with the realflowers, but the pins are still in estab-lishments and you can still purchasethem at local businesses.

The "Daffodil" has always been asymbol of "Hope". Almost every fami-ly has been affected by cancer. Havinghad skin cancer, I really discourageeveryone from tanning or going to tan-ning salons.

This exposes you to 5 times the UVrays. You do not need to tan beforegoing south. Education is essential sogo to the Canadian Cancer website.

Women are also encouraged to get amammogram and continue to do breastself-examinations. Did you know thatbreast feeding decreases your risk for

breast cancer? Hormone replace-ment therapy (HRT) can increaseyour risk.

Embrace a healthy lifestyle, donot smoke, eat a healthy diet, and exer-cise regularly.

The next local event for theCanadian Cancer Society is the PoutMasters Fishing Derby held at theRussell Dam April 29-May 1! Supportthis family event! Come on everyone;let’s go fishing for Cancer! CancerCan Be Beaten!

Cindy Saucier

Russell Branch Canadian Cancer

Society

LETTERS Editorto the

Fish or cut bait?Cast a line against cancer at Poutmasters

Unhealthy lifestyles,unhealthy choices

For years, experts have been telling us that peo-ple in the five United Counties exercise less andhave higher rates of obesity and smoking than inother jurisdictions.

And at the April 19 South Dundas Council meet-ing, this opinion was confirmed by David Patterson,a Potsdam University student who was doing acommunity health needs assessment for nearbySouth Dundas in cooperation with economic devel-opment officer Linda Wilson.

According to Patterson’s survey, a number ofpeople expressed the need for more events likemarathons and charitable walks to increase thehealthy living dynamic and feel of the community.Eighteen out of 24 comments about recreation saidthere was need for a new gym facility or an indoorpool. Many said the existing recreational facilitieshere are not being used, perhaps because of a lackof awareness. That could also be said of existinggroups like walking clubs that people just don’tknow about.

The distance between rural residents and recre-ational facilities presents transportation problemsfor both young people and their elders. Thus lack ofaccess is an obstacle.

A focus of the study was the needs of seniors andyouth, and many respondents suggested a recre-ational facility or a fitness centre as a solution, alsomore organized events and fitness groups.

The rising rates of smoking, alcohol and illicitdrug use among young people were of particularconcern. People commented young people arebored with lack of activities and turn to drugs andother options for excitement.

Patterson’s findings harken back to previousrecreational studies done in South Dundas suggest-ing a central facility and current discussions arounda potential YMCA/YWCA in North Dundas thatcould also serve southern Russell County.

Such discussions have been going on since theearly 1990s but they always seem to run againstroadblocks of insufficient funding. If there is lackof support for recreation because of a bad economy,then plans for a central facility are put on the back-burner. But with unhealthy youth stats on the riseand a large number of retirees needing physicalactivity, this could and should be a priority.

Cathy Thompson


RUSSELL— Studentsfrom the Russell HighSchool Drama Club broughttheir talents to Oshawa’sLittle Theatre from April20-22 to participate in theSears Drama Festival’sregional competition. The Sears Drama

Festival has been runningfor 65-years.It starts at the district

level where secondaryschools must participate inone of 24 festivals in theprovince. The top two fromthe district then advance tothe regional competition. InRussell’s case, they were thetop finisher in the Seawaydistrict, when Russell Highhosted the district competi-tion at the beginning ofMarch, and earned the rightto go to the regionals inOshawa. At the regionalcompetition Russell com-peted with schools from theOntario-Quebec border allthe way to Toronto.

The play had a cast ofeight actors along with anadditional eight studentsbehind the scenes doingeverything from stagedesign to music and wasmade up of students fromgrade nine to 12. RHSteacher Kevin Kennedydirected the play. He wasquite happy with the region-al results. “It went great!Our adjudication was reallypositive. The adjudicator com-

mented on a lot of the thingswe did and said that wemade some great choices. Itwas actually amazing thestuff he picked up on, somethings were pretty big, buthe picked up on some smalldetails too, like how wematched the dad’s tie to themom’s sweater.”One actor, Steve Miller,

also received an award forhis acting, just another posi-tive that the club took awayfrom the experience.


May 13 Mai 20119:00 p.m.

Free admission. Everyone welcome!Entrée gratuite. Bienvenue à tous!

The Russell Curling Club presents:Le Club de Curling de Russell présente:

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MIXED PARTYin honour of

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9 pm-1 amCrysler Community Centre

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Students from Russell High School travelled to Oshawa to showcase their district winning play, Big Baby, atthe Sears Drama Festival’s regional competition, April 20-22. The students had a positive showing and oneactor, Steve Miller, even took home an award for his acting. Here the students go through their final rehearsalbefore heading to the competition. From left, Marlee Burton, Kristina Bromley, Megan Fothergill, Sam VanDusen, Alexandra Briggins, Bridget Lamoureux, Steve Miller and Andrew Curran.

Russell stars shine at regional drama

RUSSELL— A Russell woman isstill upset at the Julie BourgeoisLiberal office after she was hung upon during a phone conversation. On April 11, Debbie Ritchie’s

house was phoned by the local Liberalcandidate’s office and when the callerwas asked to conduct the conversationin English, they hung up.

Ritchie sent a letter directly toBourgeois but has still not gotten aresponse.A representative from the office

said that they have tried on three occa-sions to get hold of Ritchie to apolo-gize and explain what happened buthave been unable to reach her. Karin Walkey a volunteer with

Bourgeois office contacted TheVillager to explain their interpretationof the events. “That incident happenedwhen we had just started up. Everyone

who makes calls are volunteers, someare strong in French and others inEnglish. We believe that one of ourFrench volunteers simply panickedand hung up the phone. It is veryregrettable for us and we are verysorry it happened but glad that she(Ritchie) called back and it has nothappened again. It has also helped usimprove our service.”Walkey said that she believes

Bourgeois will get in touch withRitchie personally in the near future.

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In MemoriamSeptember 27, 1988 - April 27, 2009

I’ll Love you forever, I’ll like you for always, I’ll carry you with me where ever you be.As long as I’m living, my baby you’ll be.

I love you this much, Love you, Love Me.

Always remembered, always loved – Mom, Dad, Daniel & Steven

Many thoughts race through my mindAs I step up to the starting line.

As I free that last deep sigh.

And the end of the race I fear not.I watch a tear fall from her eye

For when the string

I know it’s time for eternal rest.

And only God knows if I’ve won.

Can’t understand what it is for.

THE FINAL RACE

Matthew John McSheffrey“Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.They will soar on wings like eagles; They will run and not grow weary,

They will walk and not be faint.” – Isaiah 40:31

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and I have consistently

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that have improved our

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riding, particularly in the

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I greatly appreciate the

hard work of the Dump the

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giving voice to the many

thousands of people living

in Russell Township who

are strongly opposed to the

Taggart Miller Dump

Project. In addition, I was

happy to provide the

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Russell Pubic School got a treat this past week, April 11-15, as all week

students took part in dance workshops put on by Julia Gutsik. Gutsik has

been a professional dancer/instructor for eight years and is the director of

Luv2Groove, a company that travels to schools in the region to put on

workshops that are linked with the curriculum. Gutsik also has a degree in

education and is working on her Master’s in Education. Here, we see her

teaching grade four student’s Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

Here, we see a couple

of students freestyle as

their classmates and

Gutsik look on.

(Matte photos)

Breakin’ it down at Russell PS

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L’équipe du Dr Hugues Boivin, de la Clinique dentaire Notre-Dame d’Embrun, est très heureuse d’accueillir le denturologiste Nicholas Fournier, spécialiste des prothèses dentaires, pour servir sa clientèle de la région d’Embrun, Casselman et Russell.

Nicholas Fournier possède 11 années d’expérience dans le domaine des prothèses complètes et partielles, des prothèses sur implants, du regarnissage, des protecteurs buccaux et du blanchiment.

Contactez-nous dès aujourd’hui au 613 443-1411 pour obtenir une consultation. La Clinique est située au 851-C, rue Notre-Dame, Embrun (Ontario) K0A 1W1.

In an effort to better serve the populations of Embrun, Casselman and Russell, Dr. Hugues Boivin and his team are pleased to welcome Nicholas Fournier, denturist, to the Clinique dentaire Notre-Dame in Embrun.

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Special to The VillagerThe Lions gratefully acknowledge that

the citizens of Russellhave been very support-ive of� our Food Driveyear after year and, onceagain�call upon yours u p p o r t � i nassisting��those of�ourneighbours �who,� dur-ing these tough econom-ic times�may�have� hit a‘bump on the road” andare in need of someassistance.The Lions and their group of volunteers

will accept any non-perishable food item all

of which will be transported overto the local Food Bank in Embrun. The

management� of theFood Bank have advisedLion Wayne�that� due tothe�continuous�heavy�demand upon� the facili-ty there is plenty ofempty shelf place avail-able. Our intention, withyour support is to makesure they�are filled com-pletely.If possible, please

leave your contributionby your front door or greet us with a smileas we come knocking.

Special to The VillagerIf you enjoy musical the-

atre, you�ll love RAPA’s pro-duction of “The Wizard ofOz”. Sophie Bruyere, whoplays Dorothy, performs amelodious rendition of�Over the Rainbow. In fact,the entire cast will delightyou with songs like �We’reOff To See the Wizard,� �TheMerry Old Land of Oz�, and�Ding Dong the Witch IsDead�. All of this is accom-panied by a live band,including piano, drums andkettle drums, and base gui-

tar. Says Sophie, “Thesinging and dancing parts inthe show will be what theaudience enjoy most.”� Sophie is a grade 12 stu-

dent at �ecole secondaireCatholique Casselman. Shehas developed her actingand musical talent by partic-ipating in other school playsand singing in the choir.She also performed inRAPA’s production of“Grease” in 2008 and �lovedit! “I like the feeling of

going on stage and being

someone other than myself,”says Sophie. She finds thather biggest challenge is get-ting into character. BeingDorothy can be challengingat times.� We’re sure you’llagree that Sophie has done amarvellous job of develop-ing that character and fitsthe role perfectly.Come see Dorothy and

her friends in RAPA’s “TheWizard of Oz”, May 4th �-7th. See the ad in this week’s

Villager for show and ticketinformation.

Wayne Simon (seated)� Chairperson of the Russell Lions Food Drive isflanked by Lions� Ken Beaman, Peter van Die and Julia Davidson as theyexamine a map of Russell in preparation for the� Lions Annual Food Drive,to be held on Sat., April 30 between 9:30 a.m. and noon.

Lions food drive Saturday

RAPA travels to Emerald City

RAPA cast members rehearse their roles for next month’s production of“The Wizard of Oz”.

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FOR SALE

WOOD SHAVINGSPremium, kiln dried, coarsewood shavings. $5.15 3.25cu.ft. Compressed. Pleasecontact for volume pricing.Delivery available. Alex 613-806-5569.

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Vehicles For SaleCredit problem? In-housefinance is easy. Just applyon-line and become pre-approved. For clean, low mileage vehicles:www.car-o-line.com or callCar-o-line Autos @ 1-877-820-5598 or 613-448-2488.

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TREES FOR SALE - Locallygrown trees-6 ft. serbianspruce-$75, 5 ft tamarack-$40, 3 ft. norway spruce-$25, 2 ft. balsam fir-$20., 6ft. paper birch-$30. Deliveryavailable. Call John 613-448-1294. Located at 13685Grantley Rd., Chesterville,On.

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Water Softner- 1 MacMev3000 water softner used 2years $200.00. 613-445-3729

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Tent Trailer 2001 - 2170

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A.A. meetings - Russell.Mondays, 8 p.m. at OurLady of Miraculous MedalCatholic Church &Saturdays, 8 p.m. at RussellUnited Church, Mill Street.For information call 613-443-5988 or 613-821-3017.

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Organizations or individualswho have tasks which couldbe done by students lookingfor their volunteer hours, arewelcome to advertise in thisspace free of charge forTWO (2) weeks. Call TheVillager at 1-866-307-3541with your requests.

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student(s) for lawn mowingand yard work for a day,month or the season. I’m onDes Pins St. and can pickyou up/drop you off if youneed a ride. Please contactJudy Hill [email protected] 613-445-2849 before 6pm.

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IN MEMORIAN

GUY, Mitchell John

January 22, 2003 -April 30,2005.

We don’t need a special day

To bring you to our mind

For days without a thought

of you

Are very hard to find.

Always in our hearts,

Kerry, John, Mikyla, andKaden

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CARD OF THANKS

I am so grateful to Dr. Wahlat the Hudson Heart Institutefor saving my life. A specialthank you to the CCU at theGeneral, Dr. Alsaffar, Dr.Aver and the nurses for theirconstant care of me for 3.5weeks. The concern by myfamily and my wife Marionwho was at my bedsidedaily. The phone calls andcards sent to me. Thanks toall.

Gordon Armstrong40

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overall general problem solving for our retail stores and warehouse operation.

You will be one of our key contacts for all government inspections, audits, and programs.

We offer a positive work environment as well as an equitable salary and benefit package.

As part of the Senior Management Team of a growing retail company, you will be responsiblefor the operation and supervision of all our accounting and bookkeeping functions.

You will be reporting to and working directly with the owners of the company. You will beresponsible for summarizing, auditing, and reviewing all fiscal transactions of our company.

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Your daily functions include but are not limited to:all daily retail bookkeeping, all weekly retail bookkeeping, all payroll and benefits

administration, all government remittances, cheque writing, accounts payablemaintenance, accounts receivable collection, monthly reconciliations, performingperpetual internal audits for accuracy and pilferage, ensuring all company policies

are implemented and followed by staff and suppliers, all general office duties,general computer or software problem resolution, and

overall general problem solving for our retail stores and warehouse operation.

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Please forward your resume to the attention of: HR Manager, WDMH, 566 Louise Street, Winchester, Ontario K0C 2K0. You may also fax your resume to 613-774-7231 or email to [email protected]

We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Winchester District Memorial Hospital (WDMH) is a full-service hospital that responds to the needs of our community, from childbirth and child care to complex care and geriatrics. We are a hub site for cancer care, dialysis and cataract surgery and o�er specialty clinics with visiting specialists from Ottawa Hospitals.

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Renegades ground Jes for titleThe Russell Renegades captured the Womens Masters Rec Championship

on April 3 at the Tom Brown Arena in Ottawa. The Renegades defeated the

Ottawa Jets 4-0 in the finals to capture the title. Here, the team poses after

their victory. Back row, from left, Lisa Atkinson, Sue Ritchie, Anne Van

Dam, Karen Velthuis, Courtney Little, Kendra Hoffer, Lynn Lambourne and

Nicole MacLaurin. Front row, from left, Katrina Munro, Jane Patterson,

Nancy Pothier, Dawn Young, Heather Ready and Lynda Kemp. Courtesy photo

The Russell High School senior girls doubles badminton team of Bev

Dykstra and Jen Coupers were the top team for the school at the final

badminton tournament of the season on April 21 in Casselman. The team

had an impressive day reaching the elimination round. Here, Dykstra

reaches to make the smash while Coupers looks on in their quarterfinal

match up against a team from Embrun High. Matte photo

CASSELMAN— The

final badminton tourna-

ments for the Prescott

Russell Secondary Schools’

athletic association took

place this past week in

Casselman. The juniors

were just looking to have a

successful end to their sea-

son, while seniors were

looking to punch their ticket

to EOSSAA. The junior

tournament was held on

April 19 and the senior on

April 21.

It was a tough end to the

season for the St. Thomas

Aquinas team. They had

shown promise all season,

but arguably their best

chance at qualifying for

EOSSAA, Annemarie Nault,

who was ranked second, suf-

fered injuries the day before

in a rugby game and did not

qualify. The top finishers in

the senior division were the

girls doubles team of Rachel

Smith and Amanda Burn.

They had a good day and

finished in sixth position.

The STA junior team’s best

result came from their mixed

doubles team of Brittany

Beeler and Austin Noel who

lost the bronze medal game

to finish in fourth.

As for the Russell High

School team, they had strug-

gled this season in what

team coach Lorne Girouard

has called a rebuilding sea-

son. Up to date their best

finish was in junior boys

doubles where the team of

Moddie Wahab and Dylan

Arnone took home a bronze.

The team did have a positive

result at the final senior tour-

nament that came from their

girls doubles team. Bev

Dykstra and Jennifer

Coupers made it to the quar-

terfinal where they lost a

close one to a team from

Embrun High. What made

the achievement even more

noteworthy was the fact that

Dykstra had just recovered

from an ankle injury that had

plagued her throughout the

season.

EOSSSAA will be held

April 28 in Casselman. The

top two teams from each

division in each league will

participate. Unfortunately

neither STA or Russell High

had any qualifiers.

By Jackie Holden

Special to the VillagerThe Russell Rockets

Major Midget GirlsBasketball team traveled toGatineau, Quebec on theweekend of April 15-17 toparticipate in the Tournoides Betisseurs. This annualtournament brings togetherdozens of teams from acrossQuebec and EasternOntario. The RussellRockets played an agegroup above their level, andin an exciting and inspiringshow of talent and determi-nation, emerged as tourna-ment champions for thejuvenile girls division.

In their first game onSaturday afternoon, theRockets jumped out to aquick lead with superiorplaymaking and accurateshooting against the CiteCollegiale Coyotes andnever looked back, defeat-ing the Coyotes by a scoreof 47-17.

The Rockets’ secondgame on Saturday night wasa more challenging match-up against the fast and phys-ical tournament host team,the Ecole Secondaire Mont-

Bleu Panthres. However,Russell’s superior defensiveskills and speed eventuallyshut down the Mont-Bleuoffence, and resulted in a37-22 win, sending theRockets on to the Sundaymorning semi-final game.

In the semi-finals onSunday morning Russellfaced the St-Jerome Geants,who kept things close in theearly stages of the game. Byhalf time, the score was 28-19 in favour of the Rockets.However, as the game woreon Russell demonstratedoutstanding offensive play-making and impenetrabledefence, and overpoweredtheir opponents with a lop-sided final score of 55-29,sending the Rockets to thechampionship final onSunday afternoon.

In the championshipgame, the Rockets competedagainst the OrleansHoopstars , who proved tobe the Russell team’s tough-est competition of the week-end. The score was closethroughout the entire match,right down to the final sec-onds, with the Rockets ulti-mately pulling out a 47-45

win and emerging as thetournament champions inthe Juvenile age division (upone level from their agegroup).

The Rockets team winwas particularly noteworthygiven that Russell was play-ing at less than full strength,with a number of playerssidelined due to injuries andillness. Two players fromthe Major Bantam team(Crista Dodd and BethHayton) participated ingames throughout the week-end to help round out theroster, and contributed sig-nificantly to the Rockets’success on the court.

Congratulations to theRussell Rockets MajorMidget girls team for theiroutstanding efforts in thistournament. The membersof the 2010-2011 RussellRockets Major Midget Girlsbasketball team areAndreanne Ennis, ErikaEnnis, Nicola Hadwen,Olivia Harris, RachelHayton, Tess Hergel,Hayley Jencz, Chloe Park,Maja Popovic, AmandaPresley, Logan Vance andJulia Wouters.

Russell High badminton

team saves its best for last

Sr. Rockets win Gatineau tourney

Members of the senior Russell Rockets with their tournament championship

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ON MAY 2nd THE CHOICE IS CLEAR

PIERRE LEMIEUXPROVEN EXPERIENCE. REAL RESULTS.

AUTHORIZED BY DARRYL HARTWICK, OFFICIAL AGENT FOR THE PIERRE LEMIEUX CAMPAIGN

ROCKLAND — TheCanadian InternationalHockey Academy (CIHA) isset to open this fall inRockland, a project that wasoriginally planned for thetown of Embrun. Now theschool has struck a partner-ship with a local high schoolin Rockland.

Rockland District HighSchool has added a newSports Study Program totheir curriculum. With thisprogram students will learnabout Canada’s unofficialnational game, from on-icedrills and sports nutrition.

The program works withthe CIHA at their nearbyfacility. About 25 RDHS

students attended an infor-mation session about theprogram on April 4, at theJean-Marc Lalonde arena,and got geared up and par-ticipated in some of thedrills they will receive ifthey enroll in the program.

Matt Mault, a spokesmanfor CIHA said it is a way forthe academy to give back tothe community.

“This is our way of open-ing doors to the communityand offering communitykids access to our facilities,our coaches and hockeyrinks.”

The program will bedelivered to both studentsfrom RDHS and nearby

L’Escale CatholicSecondary School, allowingstudents to use the $27-mil-lion first phase of the facili-ty.

The Grade 11 programwill be offered in two con-secutive semesters, andthose who graduate willearn two physical educationcredits.

Students who take thecourse will take it five timesa week and be on the ice twoto three times a week. Thestudents will also spendtime off-ice training andreceive instruction in sportsnutrition.

The fee for the course is$300 per semester.

RUSSELL— It is time toget out your rods and tackleboxes as the 12th annualPoutmasters tournament isset for this weekend April29-May1 in Russell.

Proceeds from this year’stournament will again go tothe Canadian CancerSociety.

So far, in the tourna-ment’s 12-year history, theyhave raised over $40,000 forCancer research includingnearly $7,000 last yearalone. This year’s commit-tee, led by Mike Leman isaiming to match last year’s

amount. Participants have the

chance to win one of two16-foot canoes this year, onefor the adult and one for theyouth division. Any partici-pant who catches a catfishgets a ballot and is enteredin the draw. In addition tothe canoes, there are addi-tional prizes for the largestfish caught in the two divi-sions.

The catfish must becaught in the Castor River,and be alive when broughtto the tournament headquar-ters at the Russell Dam for

weigh in. Last year thelargest fish caught was 600grams.

Last year approximately320 people registered for theevent and organizers arehoping for the same amountthis year.

Leman explained that atthis point they do not knowhow many people have reg-istered because a lot of theregistrations happen late.Registration can be doneonline at the tournament sitewww.poutmasters.com, atBarry’s Home Hardware inRussell, Pronto, Town and

Country Video and on site.The fee is $10 for adults, $5for youths, 12 years andunder, and $20 for a familyof four.

The event has over 100sponsors most notable SouthNation Conservation who,along with providing work-

shops, also brings out fish-ing equipment to loan tokids who do not have theirown gear.

Organizers say there willbe something for everyoneincluding an on site BBQ,casting pond for kids and aRussell Lions Club Food

Drive at the Russell Dam.They invite everyone tocome down for some timeby the river. Organizers willalso be accepting donationsto the Canadian CancerSociety for those who wantto help but not participate inthe tournament.

Lions vouch for bountiful EasterIn the above picture Russell Lions Health and Wellness CommitteeChairperson Lion Jack McLaren along with Club President Ted Morrisondisplay samples of the Easter Vouchers that the Lions Club provided toneedy families in our community for Easter. The vouchers could be used atlocal grocery stores and ensured that our less fortunate neighbour salsoenjoyed a hearty meal During Easter weekend. Next up for the Lions willbe the Annual Food Drive this Saturday

Embrun’s loss is Rockland’s gain

Anglers put on a happy face for Poutmasters

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