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1 Ÿ' ^Jbe Voice of he Poniac for125ye^t~< SomeMmg s fishy a Cedar Creek I page 2 PM RÔ56G 125h Year, Issue No. 10 Wednesday, March 5, cens Lichfield fire gus farm They say here s a reason for everyhing in life bu I don know he reason for his : Keih Racine LITCHFIELD A Saurday afernoon fire desroyed a Lichfield farm leaving a local man wihou his livelihood. My dad buil his farm up for 20 years and wached i burn down in fron of his eyes in one hour, said Marc Racine, son of farmer Keih, afer almos wo days of helping his faher picking hrough he rubbled remains of his barn and work shed. The blaze began in he shed and quickly spread o a neighbouring barn wih family members saying boh burned down wihin an hour. A cause is undeermined, according o Campbell s Bay Fire Chief Kevin Kluke, hough he suspeced he cause was elecrical, due o is origin in he shed. There s only elecrical in here ha could have caused i, surmised Kluke. Ruined were he wo buildings, a bailer, plus housands of dollars of oher farming equipmen and workshop ools. Keih had an acive workshop where he did equipmen repairs and welded. He was in here daily, From 6 a.m. o 6 p.m., according o Marc. Saved were a racor, a ruck and all 85 head of cale on he beef farm. The family had no insurance on any of he iems los. Kluke said firefighers were on he scene for abou hree hours bu despie being a he propery wihin minues of being called, hey were able o do lile o save some of he belongings. The fire deparmen [made] a valian effor. They did everyhing hey could bu i was oo lae, said Racine, sruggling for words a he sie Monday morning. Tweny years of my life are gone. Racine s 19-year-old son, Marc, was compleing an agriculural course in Shawville wih an eye o aking over he farm in he near fuure. Please see FIRE on page wo Picking up he pieces Wilbur McLean. The Equiy Lichfield farmers Marc Racine, lef, and Keih Racine, are forced o rebuild afer a fire desroyed wo buildings on heir farm, plus much equipmen and ools. The fire occurred Saurday afernoon. Junior B s reach Valley division finals Poniac blows hrough Perh; lead Carleon Place in bid for second ile in hree years PONTIAC The Poniac Junior B's made surprisingly easy work of he Perh Blue Wings and are now leading he Valley division finals of he Easern Onario Junior B' Hockey League. Afer a resounding game one loss, he Poniacs won four sraigh games in emphaic fashion in he division semi-finals o eliminae a eam ha on paper should have given he Junior B s all sors of problems. I said since he beginning ha once we go a good defensive zone we would be a very good eam," explained Head Coach Dan Saumier, who has helped ransform he Poniacs from a onedimensional scoring eam o a complee squad. Games four and five agains Perh were srong 8-4 and 4-1 wins, respecively. Game four was never really compeiive once he Poniacs go going and a one ime hey held a 6-0 lead agains he Blue Wings. Six differen players scored for he Poniacs. In game five he Poniacs again made hings look easy agains Perh, conceding only one goal and conrolling play on boh ends. The Poniacs again displayed heir muli-iered aack, as nine differen players conribued a leas one poin o he cause. Once again, he eam's nex series presens an even ougher challenge. Carleon Place has he advanage of being well-resed wih heir second Wilbuf McLean. The EQUITY Jacob Picard of he Asicou Skaing Club performs a he Winer Inviaional held on he weekend in Shawville. For he firs ime he inviaional had enough male enrans o have boys-only evens. round bye giving hem almos wo weeks res. They also led he Valley division pracically from wire-o-wire his season. However, he Poniac eam hey're forced o deal wih barely resembles he one from earlier his season. We played a fabulous game (Sunday) nigh, beamed Saumier. We played very well when we didn' have he puck and ha was he difference. The Poniacs fell behind 2-0 wihin he firs 8:20 of he game. Saumier called a imeou, refocused he players, and he Junior B s managed o pull ou an excellen effor in winning he game 4-3. I old hem o jus keep doing wha hey were doing in our oher games, said Saumier. Local players Sandy Dubeau of Oer Lake and Shane Powell of Shawville were insrumenal in he win and heir effor earned kudos from Saumier. The line of Dubeau, (Derek) Foran and Powell played very well. They find a way o score for us. Tha line was responsible for he game-winning goal in game one wih 2:33 remaining in he cones. Powell scored wih Foran assising. Also gone, according o Saumier, are he days of individual accolades rumping he needs of he eam. The eamwork and defensive effor have been ramped up exponenially in he playoffs. All he guys are playing ogeher," said Saumier. We dominaed he las four games (agains Perh) as a eam. Goalie Michel Racico has also goen ho and Saumier credied him wih much of he eam's success. Saumier said Carleon Place's size and srengh will es he Poniacs They have very big boys," he quipped bu he coach has never sounded as confiden in his eam since aking over he reins midway hrough he year and sounded as hough Sunday's highlyraed cones was he sandard for his side now. I know wha we can do and I am no surprised (by he winning sreak), he said. I hink he series is going o be long bu I hink we can win. Please see PONTIACS on page wo Skaing inviaional coninues growh SHAWVILLE The annual Winer Inviaional is all abou highs and lows. Keri Beck of Shawville knows ha quie well. One of he Shawville Figure Skaing Club s op compeiive skaers, Beck was riding a srong sreak afer a gold and bronze medal performance in her firs wo evens on he firs day of compeiion. However, in her final even of he day he 12-year-old crashed hard. I was doing a double salchow and fell on my righ side, she said, huring her hip, shoulder and hand. Despie he fall, she amazingly sill pulled in he silver medal for ha paricular even, he preliminary solo, hough i marked he end of her compeiion and she was forced o wihdraw from Sunday s evens. I was really mad (Saurday), bu I sill won silver so ha was good, she said. The annual Shawville Figure Skaing Club s Winer Inviaional a he Shawville arena welcomed 11 skaing clubs from Easern Onario and Wesern Québec for his year s ediion. A esamen o is growh afer seven years, he 2008 version had enough boys enered for hree separae boys caegories, he firs ime here were enough males o have even a single caegory. Tha was so big for us, exclaimed enhusiasic Lyse Lacourse, even chairperson. We always waned o have boys evens, bu never had enough boys. The even s success has skyrockeed in he las wo years, growing from one o wo days and welcoming more clubs and skaers. Organizaionally, he even was seamless, as schedules were kep and everyhing wen as planned. Wih so many years a he helm, Lacourse said her commiee's experience has produced a op-class compeiion. You always learn somehing new, somehing o improve on," said Lacourse. This year s club champion, deermined by adding up medal winners from each club, was Asicou wih 85 poins. Hull finished second wih 53 poins and Shawville was hird wih 49 poins. The Shawville coningen of skaers was abou 30 srong wih compeiors from hroughou Poniac. The club has a oal of 58 skaers. Two skaers from Oer Lake and one from Danford Lake also compeed wih he Gaineau Valley skaing club. Please see SKATING on page wo Slaugherhouse plans changed; will be processing plan insead PONTIAC The consrucion of a slaugherhouse faciliy in Poniac is a lo farher off han originally planned. The Ouaouais Valley Fine Meas Co Operaive (OVFMC) recenly said hey plan on building a processing plan firs. The reason is prey eviden," said OVFMC Secreary Pa Kavanagh. Slaugherhouses across he province are running under capaciy and losing money, he said, and as a consequence i would be ill-advised o spend shareholders money on somehing ha migh no make money. As well, here is he possibiliy he slaugherhouse faciliy locaed in S- André-d Avellin (in he MRC Papineau) would suffer if anoher was buil so close. I was simply a quesion of building a plan ha would be direcly in compeiion wih anoher op of he line plan in he region, said Jeffrey MacHan, he regional direcor of he Québec Minisry of Economic Developmen. Please see ABBATOIR on page wo Exclusive inerview Murray reurns o coaching Team didn qui on Paddock: Luke Richardson LUKE MURPHY Equiy Spors PONTIAC The Oawa Senaors needed a change and hey go i in he form of a familiar face las week. Afer much debae, much anicipaion, he coaching swich has been made and Bryan Murray is back in a familiar role. Afer 64 games in he NHL regular season, Oawa Senaors head coach John Paddock has been fired, and replaced by general manager Murray, a role he held less han one year ago. He spoke o THE EQUITY in an exclusive inerview las week. We could ve made he move sooner, bu I was holding ou as long as I could. Since Chrismas I ve noiced he lack of energy, discipline, and an increase in bad habis in our club, Murray said over he phone on Friday afernoon, he reverence in his voice relaying his feelings. The coaching change came on Feb. 27, afer back-o-back shuou losses a he hands of he Torono Maple Leafs and Boson Bruins, respecively. I was a move ha some criics said was long overdue, and had been foreseen. Since Jan. 12, he Sens were , and looked dreadful. This is a eam who las season was hree wins away from a Sanley Cup Championship; a eam who d made few changes in he off-season and were expeced, once again, o be a srong conender o no only win he Easern Conference, bu he Sanley Cup. Media rumours claimed Paddock had los he respec of his players and he eam qui on him. Oawa naive and firs year Senaor defenseman Luke Richardson was quick o dismiss ha noion las week o THE EQUITY. Subconsciously, no player in his room qui on Coach Paddock. Trade ime is a difficul one on every player. You hear he rumours, you si back and wai for hings o happen raher han aking care of business yourself. We never los confidence in John. We los confidence in ourselves and he eam." A eam going hrough a slide is no unusual. In an 82 game schedule here are injuries, exhausion, personal slumps, and privae maers o overcome. Bu in his case he energy wasn here, he players were no compeing and here was a lack of commimen and hear, perhaps making changes ineviable. Murray believes he righ pieces are in place for a urnaround. Righ now, everybody is rying o score goals. I hink we need o focus on work ehic, working hard wihou he puck, and eam defense. Once hose problems are solved, hen we can work around i. In mos ciies, a eam siing in second place in he conference wouldn be an issue. Bu his is a eam ha sared he season 15-2, looking unbeaable, almos inhuman. This is a eam ha in Ocober had been compared o powerhouse Monreal Canadian eams of he 1970s by some analyss. Murray had chosen Paddock o be his successor as head coach. Murray recognized he had made a misake and needed o correc i. John Paddock is a good guy, a good friend, and i was a difficul decision, he said. Conroversy enveloped he eam midway hrough he season. The larges disracion arguably came in he form of goalender Ray Emery, who had been lae for pracices, involved in on and off ice incidens and complains by Emery himself ha Oawa police argeed him. 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2 Page 2 TheEôi iy Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Poniacers win agriculure awards PONTIAC Two Poniacers were recenly awarded for heir conribuions o he developmen of he agriculure and agrifood indusry in he Ouaouais region Laura Palmer Thomas, a Clarendon residen, and Bob Griffin, a Calume Island residen, were honoured Feb. 23 during he 18h annual Soirée Acion- Valorisaion, which is organized by he Table de Conceraion Agroalimenaire de l Ouaouais (TCAO). This is he firs ime he Poniac has paricipaed in he awards and wo of hree awards were won by locals. I hink... i shows Poniac sill has improvemens o do in he diverse agriculure secor, bu he ones who are doing i are doing i righ, said Luc Dubois, a developmen officer wih he SADC Poniac. I hink (nex year) more Poniac businesses will aend, he awards because now hey see hey have a chance a winning Cedar Creek Farm owner Palmer Thomas was chosen from seven oher conesans for he CRÉO Sur les races d Érard-Seguin award, a bursary valued a $2,000. I was shocked, said Palmer Thomas. I had nohing prepared, no speech or anyhing. According o a press release, he award is presened o a new business ha is less han five years old ha has disinguished iself hrough dynamism and he qualiy of is business plan. I is sponsored by he Conference régionale des élus de l Ouaouais (CRÉO) Candidaes nominaed for he award were evaluaed on heir enrepren e u r i a 1 profile, he originaliy of heir business, he realism of heir goals as well as he business principles hey follow. I was jus hrilled o be nominaed, said Palmer Thomas. Cedar Creek Farm offers fresh rainbow and speckled rou ha visiors can fish for hemselves or hey can choose o purchase he fish smoked or freshly filleed. Cedar Creek Farm is he only fish farm in he Ouaouais region wih is own provincially inspeced slaugherhouse. We're saring o ge ino more good producion wih all our avenues open, said Palmer Thomas. Palmer Thomas said her plans for he money include compleing renovaions or purchasing more equipmen. Dubois sponsored Palmer Thomas for he award and said he hopes o arac more Poniac businesses nex year. I s opening up he area, he said. Ouaouais Valley Fine Meas Co-operaive (OVFMC) Presiden Bob Griffin was chosen from of hree oher conesans for he Érard-Seguin award, which, according o a press release, is presened o a person who has conribued o he promoion and developmen of agriculure and agrifood hrough achievemens and enhusiasm. I was a oal surprise, said Griffin. I m honoured ha I won i. Griffin was nominaed by his sponsors, MAPAQ and he CLD, for his effors wih he OVFMC, which hopes o see a processing faciliy for local meas consruced in Shawville. (The award) belongs o every oher producer in he Poniac, as far as I m concerned, said Griffin. Every producer has done a lo of work here wih his co-operaive. Griffin began farming dairy cows in 1979 and in 2002 he made he swich o beef. He said he fac Poniac ook home wo of hree awards a he gala is grea because i s abou ime people in he area are recognized for he effors hey have been puing ino he agriculure indusry. Close o 300 people aended he even, which was held a he Auberge e Club de Golf Heriage in Nore Dame de la Paix. Fire: Barn, shed, bailer all desroyed Coninued from page one The farm was originally owned by Keih Racine s faher, Arhur, whose wife, Doris, sill lives a he house on he propery. * She explained ha on Saurday, Keih Racine had gone o he garage o work on his wife s ruck bu he garage door had slipped off is racks. I He wen o ge someone o help repair he garage door and upon reurning noiced smoke filling he area. By he ime he ran ino he house o call 911 and reurned, i was a fullfledged blaze and he was only able o save he ruck and racor. I was an inferno. I was ou of conrol," said Keih. Boh Keih and Marc expressed sorrow abou he fire, especially considering how well hings had been recenly. My dad had buil up he farm for me so I could ake i over, explained Marc. The farm began under Arhur wih 10 head of cale bu grew over he years o is peak under Keih, wih 110. Since hen i seled o 85, bu Keih and Marc said hings had been seadily growing and improving and here was a lo of reason o hope for he fuure. Everyhing was going so good for us, said Marc. Keih esimaed i would cos him upwards of $60,000 o rebuild he pars of he farm ha were los on op of all he ools ha were los. He said he was no sure how he would sar o rebuild. Now i s jus one day a a ime for me, said Keih, fumbling wih some rubble beneah his foo. Tha s all you can do now. The fuure of he Racine farm, Marc, remained in good spiris, however, and realisic abou he work ahead: The pain is all over, now i s ime for he clean-up. Abbaoir: Too much compeiion feared Coninued from page one ; If building a slaugherhouse in Poniac has a negaive impac on he one in S-André-d Avellin, boh unis would have difficulies. 1 The projec will now see animals slaughered a he federally inspeced plan in S- André-d Avellin. The carcasses will be ransferred o he processing plan in Poniac. The mea would be cu, processed, packaged and disribued (in Poniac). Tha s my undersanding a he momen, said MacHan. However, Kavanagh insised a slaugherhouse was no enirely ou of he quesion, saying plans have jus changed slighly. There hasn been a change in our mission. The slaugherhouse and processing plan are par one and par wo, said Kanavagh. All we re doing now is reversing i. He said he processing plan would be buil firs, allowing ime for a markeing sudy, which would assess he feasibiliy of going ahead wih he consrucion of a slaugherhouse in he fuure. Poniacs: Coninued from page one If able o defea Carleon Place, he Junior B s will have heir second division championship in he pas hree years and jus is hird Overall, he projec would cos less o build, said MacHan. I would be easier o manage, ha way he co-op will be able o concenrae is effors on producing a Poniac-branded produc. OVFMC Presiden Bob Griffin firs menioned he change in plans o The Equiy las week bu did no wan o commen furher. MacHan said a his poin in ime i would be financially responsible for he OVFMC o concenrae solely on he markeing sudy. We wan o make sure we spend our producers money carefully, explained Kavanagh. The evenual consrucion of a slaugherhouse would depend on he volume of cale needed o feed a processing plan, he said, and he number needed depends on he markeing sudy. Given all hose facors we hough... we were going in he wrong direcion for he ime being, said Kavanagh. Members of he OvFMC me wih he miniser of agriculure las week o presen a brief on he saus of he projec so far. Through in he eam's 22-year hisory- Saumier said he's noiced a palpable exciemen wih he Poniac fans. In Carleon Place Kavanagh said hey are hoping for suppor, boh moral and financial, from he minisry. Abou he projec The faciliy is supposed o be buil on propery behind he Shawville Chrysler on Hwy Griffin said he OVFMC has pu a down paymen on he land bu have no compleely purchased i ye. He said he OVFMC has a sanding agreemen wih he owner, Tom Orr. I d never sell unil hey had every opporuniy o use (he land), said Orr. I s sill here for hem if hey wan i. Two years ago, when he OVFMC was founded, i was esimaed he slaugherhouse projec would cos an esimaed $2.4 million. The proposed slaugherhouse would provide cusom killing, cuing and wrapping and will conform o Kosher, Halal and organic sandards. Jewish and Muslim law have similar requiremens for heir meas in boh cases, animals canno be sunned before hey are killed and all of he animal s blood mus be drained by a o finals (Sunday), close o 50 or 60 people from Shawville were here, he said. Tha's grea, he crowd loves i and he playerslove i oo. Murray: Back o coaching Coninued from page one On he ice, Emery looked less han specacular. The fac ha Emery s counerpar, Marin Gerber, had no looked much beer made he goalending siuaion in Oawa appear unfavourable for a repea of las year's playoff performance. Bu i wasn he goalending alone. The offense, number one in he league, had spuered and scored only 13 goals in he eigh games prior o he coaching change. And he defense, one ime he backbone of his eam, had been inadequae. And John Paddock couldn urn i around. In Murray s firs game back as coach, he Senaors dropped a 3-1 decision o he Philadelphia Flyers. He said he ransiion back o he bench was difficul. (I fel) a lile ou of ouch. I ll ake some ime o ge my groove back, bu i ll ge beer. Bu being back on he ice oday, running pracice, being around he guys again was a grea feeling. Tha s wha I missed he mos. Bryan noed he amosphere in he dressing room: nervousness and a lack of confidence. Beer play and a few wins will bring a smile back o everyone s faces. Murray said he inends o remain he head coach for he res of he season, and hen conduc a lenghy search for a head coach during he off-season. Richardson noed he differences in he personaliies beween Paddock and Murray. Coach Paddock is a laid back, quie, reserved man. Bryan is a more powerful speaker, wih an auhoriaive personaliy who garners respec. Richardson admis he amosphere wih Murray around has already changed he dressing room. Bryan commands aenion. Everyone is on his oes when he s around. Bu Bryan is also grea a keeping he mood ligh wih a wisecrack or sarcasic remark. I s a wake up call for us all. Then Richardson added wih a chuckle, The big boss is around now. Murray is a proven winner behind he bench wih over 600 career wins and a record wih Oawa. He also showed las year ha he s capable of aking a eam o he finals. Bu pundis agree he has a lo of cleaning up o do if he expecs o reurn o he dance. quick, deep sli o he hroa. The business would be communiy-owned and operaed and would be buil o accommodae boh finished and cull cale as well as finished lambs, cull sheep, bison and farmed domesic deer. The slaugherhouse, which would employ sae of he ar echnology, would be able o process an esimaed 100 head per week wih he poenial o expand. BOOK SALE Saurday, Mar. 8, a.m. -1 p.m. Special by he b in he basemen of he Town Hall Book donaions always welcome inends o( he - in suppô! he Slwuwiffe Cfaendon SEib/ia/iy Our Monumens jor Sjring Cos Less Nowl [CAMPBELL SEIM If he monumen you wan is ordered now, wo good hings will happen: You'll ake advanage of he winer discoun, and he monumen you wan will be ready for spring. Campbell Monumen Quafiy Crafsmansfiijj since 1909 Renfrew Office & Display 850 O'Brien Rd. (nex o WAL-MART) Veronica Windle Tel: or Home appoinmens available day or evening In he Poniac John MaheraljBI MARCH «NUTRITION MONTH e&\ Well and g r d y aixievery Have breakfas every day. I may help conrol your hunger laer in he day. Walk wherever you can - ge off he bus early, use he sairs. Benefi from eaing vegeables and frui a all meals and as snacks. Spend less ime being inacive such as waching TV or playing compuer games. Reques nuriion informaion abou menu iems when eaing ou o help you make healhier choices. Enjoy eaing wih family and friends! Take ime o ea and savor every bie! Source: Canada's Food Guide Presened by: ^orfoac f à loisir r in moion ÏVWUihlW.. Wilbur McLean. The Equiy Danika Boisver of For Coulonge complees her rouine in he preliminary girls grade hree even during he Shawville Figure Skaing Club Winer Inviaional on he weekend. Skaing: Popular for clubs Coninued from page one The Winer Inviaional remains one of he only skaing compeiions in he area ha is legiimaely bilingual, wih every documen and every announcemen produced in boh French and English. This is a small club o have such a large compeiion, said Lacourse. Lacourse did express some dismay ha more members of he communiya-large did no aend he even, which is free o he public. Despie being so popular wih skaing clubs and is NOTICE TO CLIENTS As of March 10h I wil! working ou of my home. 195 Argue, Shawville (acrocs from he hospial) For appoinmens please call See you here! 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3 125 years of Tiews from Compiled by Heaher Alberi-Dickson Publisher 25 Years Ago March 9, 1983 AFINAL APPEAL FOR Poniac s racks: If an appeal is no launched immediaely, Canadian Pacific Limied will erminae serve on he Wyman- Walham secion of he railroad on April 6 and proceed wih removal of he racks. Laura Radey wins alen CONTEST ON CR088-CANADA TV: The young lady who was crowned as Miss Teen Poniac here in January ook par in he elevised miss Teen Canada exravaganza in Torono Monday nigh along wih 34 oher girls who had won regional coness. The over-all winner of he Miss Teen canada ile was he repiesenaive of Edmonon, bu Laura ook op poins in he alen par of he compeiion S. George s Anglican church 125h anniversary: S. George s Anglican Church, Porage du For, * rsonauz Limié Seulemen eufualaais Amanda Dupuis. THE EQUITY Richard Lance, he owner of Mysical Creaions in Oer Lake, was one of 15 boohs on sie a he SADC Poniac business seminar held las week a he Fores Inn in Bryson. The even was held o promoe local businesses in he area. Poniac pool projec coninues PONTIAC Poniac Pool, he non-profi, communiy organizaion looking o insall a pool in he area, is one sep closer o sending he file away for assessmen. A his poin, we have he archiec looking a hree differen sies, said Ariann Bouchard. The archiec deermined he hree possible locaions for he pool are: Poniac High School in Shawville, Sieur du Coulonge Secondary School in Mansfield and S. John s Elemenary School in Campbell s Bay. All hree sies are okay," said Bouchard. Poniac Pool is currenly in he process of compleing he nex sep, which is a phone survey of he area o obain he public s opinion. The phone survey is asking residens if hey would be willing o ravel o he pool if i were locaed in each of he hree owns, according o Bouchard. We re looking a a more social poin of view, she said. We re rying o ge as many facors as possible ino accoun o see which sie is he winning sie." Once he phone survey has been compleed, which Bouchard said should be by he end of his week, Poniac Pool will send he compleed file off o he Minisry of Educaion, Leisure and Oer Lake Spors for review. The file will include documens such as leers of suppor from communiy organizaions, archiecural drawings, he engineer s sudy, municipal resoluions and a budge.à Once he file is sen off o he minisry, which Bouchard hopes is by he end of March, i could sill ake a while o find ou if he projec will be funded. I could be six o nine monhs before we hear back from he minisry, said Bouchard. Bussiere. Ladies second: Maudie Mason. Men s firs prize: Felix Kluke. Men s **- Elizabeh Hahn Resuls of he Golden Age Club second: Ellard Robinson. 50/50 winner: Gisele S- Aubin. Door Prize: Vic Bisson. Desser was provided euchre on Feb Ladies by Gilbere Bussiere and firs prize: Gilbere Claudee Wolfe. Rodeo will reurn o Poniac Communiy co-operaive akes over popular even FORT COULONGE Poniacers can look forward o he exciemen of he rodeo once more his summer. Rodeo Poniac, a newly formed, no-for-profi organizaion, announced hey will be in charge of puing on he popular even. There s a lo o do bu i s going o be good, said he organizaion s vice presiden, René Ladouceur. Seven people formed Rodeo Poniac in January afer hearing he even would be cancelled when Draveurs des Chues will celebrae he anniversary of Consecraion of Church on July Years Ago 125 he he March 13, 1958 F or Coulonge Mixed bonspiel: Compeing rinks from Pembroke, Renfrew, Eganville, Oawa, Cumberland, Pakenham and Huningon were guess in For Coulonge a a weekend Mixed Bonspiel sponsored by he For Coulonge Curling Club on Saurday, March 8. Educaion is everybody s BUSINE88 AT WALTHAM Caholic School: The saying Educaion is everybody s business, proved rue in Walham during he pas week. Mr. Clarence Lesieur, Principal of he Caholic School and his saff Mr. Parick Barke, Mrs James Perrier and Miss L. Vaillancour held an open house on Friday Resauran in Mansfield, which used o hold he even, announced hey would no be puing i on. We decided o form Rodeo Poniac, a no for profi organizaion, said Ladouceur. (The rodeo) was here for wo years and we found i was a good even. We didn wan o jus le i go. A leas people can have somehing good in he region. Ladouceur said here aren many deails available on he even as of ye because plans are sill in he works, bu here are a few aspecs planned he promises will be a, big hing for Poniac. afernoon and evening The highligh of he program was a public speaking cones pu on by he 1s and 2nd year high school group. Douglas Demers and Irene Sposwood won he firs and second prizes, while Danny Denaul, Helen Carroll, Donald Perry, Nicole Romain and Ronald Baird were awarded prizes for excellen work. Shawville ladies curl a Oawa: Shawville Ladies Curling Club have been again represened in neighbouring bonspiels. On March 3 Mrs Terry Lalonde, Mrs Muriel Imison, Mrs. Bera Carswell and Mrs. Pa Harris wen o Oawa o curl in he Vicory. Afer winning one game (no saying how) hey los he nex game o a Wes Granie rink who won he Beulah Snelling Trophy. 75 Years Ago March 9, 1933 L ocal news: J.M Argue s saw mill commenced operaing on Monday of his week wih a good supply of logs on hands. In a hrilling hockey bale saged a he Shawville Arena on Monday nigh before a fair sized audience, Murrell Buccaneers defeaed he Yarm Warriors by a score 4 o 2. Tweny minues overime was necessary o decide he issue which was very keenly conesed from sar o finish. I is expeced ha many ciizens of Shawville and surrounding disric will ake advanage of he cheap railway fare o Oawa on Saurday of his week. The reurn fare from Campbell s Bay, Lawn, and Shawville is only $1.00 and he ickes is good up o and including March 13. A he meeing of he direcors of he Brisol Farmer s Club held on Feb. 5 H.E. Gullick was appoined accounan wih Geo. Drummond reaining he posiion of Secreary The even will ake place June 27, 28 and 29 a he arena in For Coulonge. Wild Time Producions, he company ha performed he rodeo for he pas wo ediions, will be reurning his summer for barrel races, circui evens and more. In addiion, here will be a rib cook-off, a singing compeiion and a BMX presenaion. We re going hrough he process of how o run i," explained Ladouceur. We have meeings every week. Rodeo Poniac is made up of: Séphane Béland, presiden; Ladouceur, vice presiden; Denise Marion, Secreary; Paul Boisver, Treasurer; André Boisver, Gilles Dionne and Renaud Forin. For Coulonge and Mansfield and Ponefrac council members Jerry Lavigne and Raymond Durocher also si on he commiee, as non-voing members. I s good o mainain he rodeo in he Poniac, said Durocher, and i s good for all he economy. Ladouceur said a press conference will be held in he coming monhs ha will reveal more deails. If we ge a *no ha will be he end of i, she said. Bu if we ge a yes here is a lo more work." Alhough a pool in Poniac is far off, Bouchard said he group plans o coninue working on he projec in he coming monhs. They migh even sar fundraising, she said; should he projec be denied he money could be funneled back ino he communiy. In he monhs o come we will coninue working on i," she said. The file isn closed." Dar league resuls for Feb Ladies high score and high average: June Francoeur. Men s high score: Jerry Chevalier. Men s high average: Ronald Beaudoin. 50/50 winner: Alvine S-Aubin. Door prize winner: Pierree Graveline. We can compleely furnish your office saring wih pens o he pen holder o he desk H K o place i on. cm m Fil i h Tisfifwvi Up Sream Dave if Sa., March 8h - 9pm ^ Friday, fe March 14h Come join he bes Irish pary in Poniac APPEARING AT... BAIE INN MAIN STREET CAMPBELL S BAY S. Pay s Pary Promoional iems such as T-shirs, coas, caps, pens, magnes, mugs and more a compeiive prices We're We can adverise your business in THE EQUITY. Poniac's only We have he laes weekly newspaper books from General since Sore Publishing House, local auhors as well as he driver's handbook. «u!s Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Treasurer and Manager. A o hem here. he general meeing held in January James C. Glenn was eleced presiden and Samuel McNeill, vice-presiden. Shawville Senior hockey eam were eliminaed from he Oawa and disric play down by he Maniwaki Lumberjacks a he Mino Rink, Oawa, on Tuesday nigh of las week, by he decisive score of 6 o 1 on he round. 100 Years Ago Wednesday las (Ash Wednesday) was observed a S. Paul s church by he holding of an evening service. J.J. Turner has received insrucions o conduc a big sale a Mr. G.A. Howard s in his village on he 18h insan. The large number of effecs o be disposed of includes he fine coach horse Ken, an animal well known o he horse raisers of his disric. If weaher is favorable and he ice holds ou, Wesmeah eam will be here on Friday nigh of his week o play a reurn mach wih he locals. March 12, 1908 L ocal news: The Triple Link hockey mach A hundersorm, accompanied by rain and slee, played here las Wednesday nigh beween eams chosen passed over his secion on from he Shawville and Friday afernoon. Several Renfrew I.O.O.F. lodges, heavy peals of hunder were resuled in a win for he heard and lighning flashed locals by a score of 7 o 2. vividly. Incidens of his kind The ice unforunaely was in are said o porend a lae bad condiion owing o he spring. Keep a record of he sun beaming srongly upon occurrence in your memo i during he day, hence he book. players were a bi hampered Miss Mary Morrissey, in heir manoeuvre. daugher of Mr. N. Our local eam journeyed Morrissey, of Norh Onslow, o Foresers Falls on Friday passed away on Feb. 28 a afernoon las o play he vicim of consumpion. reurn mach wih he only seven of which ha hamle boass. The boys had a very disagreeable drive in he prevailing snow sorm, bu hey 125 Years Ago urned up on ime, and gave he Falls eam anoher dose June 7, 1883 of he medicine adminisered SADC holds business sessions BRYSON The SADC Poniac organized is firs-ever business fair Thursday a he Fores Inn in Bryson. The fair was organized as a way o promoe local businesses, provide informaion and creae nework opporuniies. The SADC has organized business seminars in he pas bu his was he firs year hey incorporaed he informaion-booh forma. SADC Developmen Officer Luc Dubois explained he even is similar o he Small Business Week even held in Pembroke. This was somehing ha was alked abou for years, he said. I s good owards businesses. The even, which ran from 8 a.m. o 5 p.m., showcased close o 15 boohs from area businesses as well as six seminars on a variey of opics. Fify-five people were regisered for he seminars, which were conduced in boh English and French. The seminars were on a variey of business-relaed opics such as choosing he righ insurance for your business, how o decrease sress levels in he workplace, he benefis of buying locally and he dollars and sense of running a small business. For sure he seminars wen really well, said Dubois. I hink i s a success. Some boohs have made conacs or have had business offers. Gilles Malee, who was running he Sorir du Bois booh, said he received a lo of visiors and was pleased wih he number of people in aendance. I s very good, he said. Richard Lance, owner of Mysical Creaions in Oer Lake, said he has made a lo of conacs hroughou he day, which was helpful. There was a good urnou, he said, and I already old (Luc Dubois) ha I would definiely come back again nex year. We can provide all your prined saionery, such as leerhead, envelopes, saemens and coninuous compuer forms. We also prin and copy in FULL COLOUR sag ickes, brochures, phoos, ec. valour ON JUNO BEACH The Eq,l iy Page 3 ÉCOLE DE CONDUITE R» Saraul DRIVING SCHOOL Car and Moorcycle Courses Call o reserve now 36 years experience AYLMER 203, chemin Aylmer niac Prinshop 133 Cenre S. Shawville, QC J0X 2Y / fax Quebec Healh Deparmen recognized cleaning producs for every need. Sepic, kichen and environmenally friendly chemicals for he home, business and he food indusry.

4 Menion incorrece : Quanième 'l'u: Equiy Page 4 Call Wednesday, March 4, prepress@heequiy.ca news@heequiy.ca Fax ads news and leers Websie Submissions > DEADLINE MONDAY 5 p.m. our opinion Edior equ«y@heequiy.ca Ad Manager Kaherine riynes Classifieds I circulaion Janey MacDougall news@heequiy.ca Digial Darkroom Dave Moore ads@persona.ca ADVERTISING DEADLINE MONDAY 5 p.m. Publicaions Mail Agreemen No PAP Regisraion No Reurn undeliverable Canadian addresses o: Poniac Prinshop Ld. 133 Cenre S. Shawville, QC J0X 2Y Fax i Sudden loss a difficul hing The mos difficul hing o wrie abou as an observ I s difficul o figure ou why ha s he case. er of a communiy is sudden loss. The inviaional is compeiive wih some of he Las weekend was he mos recen example as he young people skaing a he highes level for heir age Racine Farm in Lichfield was bludgeoned by fire on groups. Saurday. The inviaional is also ineresing, afer all don we Nobody could wish somehing so horrific o a mem all wach figure skaing in he Olympics a he very ber of he Poniac communiy and i's always so sad o leas? see. Also, he pacing of he even is very good. There is Wha compounds he sorrow in his insance is he pracically no lull ime beween evens and when an fac ha he Racine farm had been quie successful in even is happening, each compeior in he fligh akes recen years and unlike many area farms a succession o he ice mere seconds afer he one before. I s impos plan was in place for son Marc o ake over for Keih in sible o be bored. he near fuure. Obviously, people only wan o go o an even ha Now, as Keih pus i, I s all one day a a ime in ineress hem, bu THE EQUITY has a hard ime under erms of he fuure of he farm. sanding why he inviaional is no ineresing enough There s really nohing ha can be said o dampen he o garner more local ineres. losses suffered by he Racines, however, THE EQUITY Congraulaions o The Equiy s correspondens wishes he family all he bes in recovering heir losses THE EQUITY S long ime corresponden for Caldwell, and hope hey will be able o hrive again in he near Hermonie Sharpe, and Sheenboro corresponden, fuure. Myrle Sullivan, were recenly recognized for heir com Why a lack of ineres in inviaional? muniy conribuions by Poniac s Member of Each year i s somewha dishearening o aend he Parliamen, Lawrence Cannon. annual Shawville Figure Skaing Club Winer They each received a cerificae of recogniion in he Inviaional and see so few local people in aendance. mail along wih a leer of congraulaions recenly for One commen overheard a he even by THE EQUITY heir columns by a person walking ino he arena for he firs ime The Equiy is quie proud of boh Hermonie and was, I hough his place would be packed. Myrle. Any long-ime reader of our newspaper is wellbu i s no. Insead, hroughou he weekend, here aware of heir imporance o Poniac and we whole was a smaering of people in he sands, usually fami hearedly congraulae hem boh. ly of he compeiors and fellow skaers. WM Wide open spaces Amanda Dupuis, THE EQUITY Subscripion raes (ax included) Poniac - $29.34 Quebec - $40.63 Canada - $37.80 U S. - $53.55 «a*. Member of ABC, CCNA, QCNA & Hebdos Sélec We acknowledge he assisance of he Governmen of Canada hrough he Publicaions Assisance Program oward our mailing coss WINNER I NEWSPAPERS COMPETITION ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM I New bird resource: Alas of Breeding Birds in.onario Bird wachers here in Poniac will be ineresed in his newly released (January 2008) alas which reveals some sur prising flucuaions in bird populaions and ranges in he pas few decades. The 728-page alas has Kaharine more han 900 coloured Flecher maps and 400 images of 286 species of breeding birds. And, despie his being an Onario-based alas, much informaion is perinen o Quebec as we share many species. Exensive voluneer research The research was conduced primarily by voluneers, more han 3,000 o be precise, who colleced 1.2 million individual bird records. Firs, a sysemaic grid was devised describing he province, from he islands of Lake Erie o lands surrounding Hudson s Bay. Moreover, here was exensive, unprece dened research done in he norhern secor of Onario, including he boreal fores. This is he second such alas produced. The firs was published in 1987 afer exensive research done in The comparison beween he wo daa ses show inriguing rends in bird populaions and disribuion which are well expressed by clear map sym bols. Species a risk Saring wih he bad news allows us o end on he beer. Many of you will no be sur prised ha grassland species such as he Norhern bobolink and aerial-foraging species such as he whip-poor-will are a risk. Precise reasons for populaions are no always idenifiable. For insance, abou he whip-poor-will, Alas conribuor Alex Mills wries, Declines may be aribuable o longer-erm, widespread changes in habia, such as inensive agriculure in he souh wes (of Onario) and naural fores succes sion farher norh. The Whip-poor-will is sill locally common in ideal habias such as pars of he Georgian Bay shoreline. The map shows a disurbing number of grey dos on he grid map of Souhern Onario, idenifying areas in which his bird was loca ed in he firs bu no second alas. Appendix 3, Proporional Change beween Alases for Each Species shows a 51 per cen decline beween recorded populaions for he whippoor-will. The Norhern bobolink shows a 28 per cen decline beween alases Many of you know his bird: he male is je black wih gold and whie on is back and wings, and i remains a fairly familiar species here. To me, is cheer ful, gurgling chorle is a happy reminder of ho summer days in grassy meadows. Densiies of bobolinks hroughou Onario are ighly linked wih areas of relaively lowinensiy agriculure, wries conribuor Marcel A. Gahbauer. The Good News Worrying rends are, happily, balanced by some good news. Populaions of rapors (birds of prey) such as he bald eagle and peregrine falcon are on he increase. In fac, for he for mer, wrier Ted (E.R.) Armsrong noes, Bald eagle recovery is well advanced in Onario, and his species is now firmly re-esablished as a op predaor in Onario s avian commu niy. As well, some species were confirmed breeders in he second alas and no he firs. Included in his lis are hoary redpolls - less frequen visiors o Poniac area winer bird feeders han heir relaives, common redpolls. Significan reason for decline Unsurprisingly, he Alas explains, During recen geological ime, probably he mos sig nifican disurbance of Onario s naural ecosysems, in exend frequency, and inensi y, is he human imprin on he land. The pri mary disurbance is o vegeaion, hrough selemen, agriculure, ransporaion and foresry; in some areas, landform disurbance due o mineral exracion, paricularly pis and quarries, is exensive enough o warran concern as well. This aleraion or removal of vegeaion affecs he supply of suiable habi a for wildlife, including birds. Even he sim ple presence of humans may disrup he nor mal animal behaviour paerns necessary for successful breeding and mainenance of sus ainable populaions. We are learning... Balanced agains he effec we human beings have upon wildlife, we should also cel ebrae he fac ha we are learning boh how we affec our fellow living creaures - and we are doing somehing abou i. Organizaions such as he Naure Conservancy of Canada are proecing wildlife habias (here in Poniac, Quebec, for insance, we have he lae Diane Aldred s beques of her land, whereby par of her home, Ghos Hill Farm became he Breckenridge conservaion area). Bu also, we have learned a grea deal abou agriculural pesicides such as DDT and have banned is use. This chemical was paricular ly responsible for he decline in rapor popu laions.... Bu need ongoing vigilance Wild birds need our help in various ways. Bird feeders, for example, no only assis wild birds in winer; recen sudies show ha cluch size (numbers of eggs) of fed birds is higher han birds ha do no benefi from being fed. Landowners can assis populaions by no draining welands, by leaving grass pasures uncu, and by leaving naural hedgerows of naive species of bushes, grass es and rees. Alas of Breeding Birds of Onario (ISBN ) is a worhwhile research ool which would make an excellen addiion o any birder s research library. Kaharine Flecher is a freelance environmen, ravel and gardens wrier who elecommues from Spiriwood Farm, Quyon, Quebec. She is auhor of 5 guidebooks o he Naional Capial Region and Quebec. Conac her a chesleyfaallsream.ne A pool in Poniac would be perfec In his weeks ediion of The Equiy V o u 1 1 read abou a AMANDA communiy DUPUIS organize :on called Poniac Pool ha is working o ge an indoor swimming pool consruced in he area. Currenly, no faciliy like his exiss in he Prosperiy and he Poniac Dear Edior, This refers o he EQUITY S aricle of Feb. 27 regarding he planned upgrade of he rail line in he Poniac, a proposed wood pelle producion plan, and he poenial commuer line beween he Poniac and Oawa. Given he economic slump in he Poniac, his is encouraging news. Le's hope ha hese pro jecs come o fruiion and provide a measure of prosperiy which has eluded he region in recen years. Wha has happened o he slaugherhouse projec in Shawville? Wha abou he idea of a penieniary in Campbell's Bay which evoked much discussion? All good proposals, bu where have hey lef us. Is i no ime for governmen and local officials o look seriously a oher soluions o help sim ulae economic developmen and growh in he Poniac? Is i no ime for hem o consider he con srucion of a bridge near Quyon o connec he region o he wesern par of Oawa and he Oawa Valley? Given he narrow disance of 300 meers (1,000 fee) beween Quyon and he Onario side, and he exisence of bedrock on boh sides of he Oawa River, he cos of building a bridge would no be overly expensive. The Poniac Bridge Commiee srongly believes along wih over 3,000 people, 11 MRC municipaliies, and a dozen local businesses in he Poniac ha such a bridge crossing, among oher hings, would: enable businesses o rans por heir goods, livesock, producs and maeri als o local markes on he Onario side, hus lowering operaing coss; arac invesmen in exising or new enerprises which would help generae jobs and revenue for he municipaliies; enice people o build homes and/or coages in he Poniac because of he abundance of land and lower propery axes and; make he region more accessible and help boos ourism. A bridge in combinaion wih oher planned or proposed iniiaives would really open up he Poniac o economic developmen, growh and prosperiy. For more informaion on he bridge iniiaive, check ou our web sie a hp: / / www. oawavalleybridge. ca Bob Dawson Chair, Poniac Bridge Commiee Poniac Bay (Quyon) Commuer rains o Oawa Dear Edior, I read wih some enhusiasm he aricle Upgrading Poniac rail line may bring prosper iy: expers ha appeared in THE EQUITY of Feb. 27. I can sill remember aking he rain from Shawville o Oawa - 60 years ago. The presen Oawa Cenral Railway line runs from Pembroke, Porage du For, and Brisol via Fizroy Harbour o Kanaa. Already Quebec and he federal governmen have con ribued 1.58 million dollars o upgrading he roadbed beween Brisol and Fizroy Harbour. My hope is ha Pembroke and he province climb aboard by supporing any commuer pro posal Pembroke o Oawa. Think of i, day shopping excursions o Oawa wih perhaps a connecion o he airpor. No raffic and no parking fees in own. This is an opporuniy no o be missed. Whiewaer and Renfrew residens could cach he rain a Porage. The saion building is gone bu he land is here for parking and a icke kiosk. Imagine he wo-ier GO syle rains running morning and evening. Perhaps here would even be buses ying he Kanaa saion o he shopping cenres a Terry Fox and Bayshore. Yes, I hink his is an idea for our imes and sooner is definiely beer han laer! Ronald M. Wilson Wesmeah, ON Firs meeing of 2008 Conens copyrigh 2008 Legal deposi in he Naional Library of Quebec Canada YOUR OPINION Poniac region and ha s why i is imporan his projec go hrough. There are many advan ages o having a pool in he communiy. For hose people who don have he luxury of owning propery near a lake, a pool would offer he opporuniy o cool off in he ho summer monhs. And since i would be an indoor pool i could be used year round. Wheher he pool was buil in Shawville, For Coulonge or Campbell s Bay people would mos likely ravel he disance o use i, especially if i also offered aciviies like waer spors, games and swimming lessons. Since he pool would be buil adjacen o a school, sudens could have use of he pool, perhaps during physical educaion wha a fun way for su dens o ge in shape. I could also be used as an afer-school aciviy, which is a grea way o promoe healh and exersise raher han kids si ing a home waching elevision or playing video games. Having a pool in Poniac no only promoes ecersise bu i would also promoe waer safey. In addiion o swim ming lessons, he workers a he pool could each lifeguard raining or offer courses on wha o do in case of emergency. Having a pool in he area would also be a grea economy booser. There are endless possi biliies a pool could offer for residens and visiors o he area. Congraulaions o all he people who have worked hard on he file. I can only hope he file ges acceped and Poniac ges he chance o have somehing grea. CHAPEAU S. Alphonsus CWL held heir firs meeing of 2008 on Feb. 5. Presiden Joan presened he iems of he agenda following he opening prayer. Frances Giroux ook he reading from he Book of Samuel. There were many iems of correspondence. An inviaion was exended o he spring meeing which will be held a Our Lady of Sorrows on March 29. The Spors Complex acknowledged our spon soring a free skaing (Friday) nigh in January. A noe of appreciaion was received from he Sisers of S. Joseph for providing Chrismas din ner for our Peruvian family. Many recipiens of he Chrismas rea pack ages expressed heir hanks for being remem bered. Thank you cards were received for a funeral luncheon as well as for he generous donaion given o he choir. The January card pary sponsored for our Peruvian child was well aended and proceeds will go o he Sisers. Membership fees are coming in seadily. We are happy o welcome a few new members. Developmen and Peace will be he recipien of he proceeds from he Feb. 24 card pary. Chicken po-pie will be served a 6 p.m. followed by cards a 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome wheher you come o play cards or jus o supper. Evening closed wih prayer. Nex meeing ".-ill be afer Mass on Tuesday evening, March 4. Submied by Jane Carroll, communicaions offi cer for he S. Alphonsus CWL. OUTSIDE THE BOX I BERNARD G. MORE There is a quie and very dif feren kind of sruggle in progress around he world oday. Some people are no even aware he conflic exiss (or could care less) and ye i has been going on for some ime. I is unique in appear ance because he paricipans in his conflic carry no weapons of any sor and ye lives depend on i. J is a conflic ha some consider immoral, and he leas influenial par of he populaion are a he highes risk. People, cale and cars are locked in a srug gle over wha used o be he sole domain of he living. Cars now wan food. We never used o have an argumen wih anyhing mechanical abou food (oher han he occasional vending machine) bu imes have changed. Used o be ha people ae corn, cale ae com, people ae cale, a double win for people. Bu now, cars ea corn. We are in a compeiion for food wih our own ransporaion. Jus ask he Governor of California. Arnold is rying o do he righ hing concerning he environmen by burning bio diesel in his Hummer. I is absoluely, wihou quesion, necessary for him o drive a Hummer, afer all he has his image o mainain, and some kind of Hybrid vehicle ha go 70 miles o he gallon would no cu i for he Govenaor. So he drives somehing ha ges 25 miles o he gallon and i s bio-diesel fuel, so i s okay. European counries are already beginning o cancel subsidies for ehanol. I is now becoming more and mure eviden, ha so much energy is used o creae corn for ehanol ha i has no real advanage over oil. A gallon of ehanol in no way produces as much hrus as a gallon of oil. I akes a lo more ehanol o produce he ener gy o push your car en kilomeres. I was origi nally hough ha while corn was growing for his purpose, i would absorb an amoun of car bon dioxide, (as all rees do) equal o ha of wha was produced while planing and harves ing i, hus producing a zero carbon fooprin. This is no he case. The moraliy of feeding food o cars while peo ple around he world are sarving is a quesion ha mos drivers don care o give any consid eraion o. How have we managed o convince ourselves ha our cars need food, and ha need is greaer han ha of a sarving child? The U.S. adminisraion has hrown is full and enhusiasic suppor ino he ehanol for vehicles program. The overall resul of hese subsidies for corn producers is new found money for many farmers who are no ineresed in hearing abou he moraliy issues. And he boom line for he res of he world is inflaion. Things are going o cos more. I simply comes down o he age old law of supply and demand. When a farmer can earn more growing com, why should he or she grow somehing else? Many U.S. farmers are convering heir operaions from oher grains o corn due o he aforemen ioned subsidies. When culivaion of hese oher grains goes down i creaes upward pressure on heir price. Corn has hisorically been a source of nuriion for he leas forunae people on earh, and now hey have o sand in line behind a car. A loaf of bread a he local grocery sore coss more and will coninue o increase in price. Increases in he cos of feed for all livesock will eiher reduce he income of farmers involved in his par of agriculure,(by increasing heir coss) or increase he price of heir produc for you and me. Any demand sruggle for he same commodiy means a price increase for hose demanding he commodiy. Aid agencies are now begging for addiional funds because he cos of grains, heir primary source of food o be disribued o he poor has increased 70 percen in he las six years. While driving o Oawa several imes a week I don noice anybody slowing down. Norh American car makers spend millions convincing people hey need an SUV o pick up groceries down he sree, or a Hemi engine o ge o he burger sand ha much faser. These observaions should prove o us ha demand is (as are many drivers) a long way from slowing down. The harder we press on he acceleraor pedal he more expensive bread ges. I m no proud o admi, ha here have been imes 1 have alked o my car, alhough he lan guage used in hose conversaions will remain undisclosed. Cars wih he laes echnology now alk o us, ell us where o urn, ell us where we are, inform us if we re going o back ino somehing, can undersand our voice, and even park hem selves. Now hey wan our food. In he animal kingdom, food is reason enough o kill and is only shared wih he young, a mae, or a superior member in he herd, pride or pack. Our relaionship wih he auomobile has always been romanic, bu we re now beginning o rea cars like family, and beer han we rea some people.

5 One goal coss SHAWVILLE For he Poniac High School boys hockey eam, one goal made all he difference. The school hosed a hockey ournamen Thursday and despie winning hree of heir four round robin coness in he five-eam ournamen, Poniac fell one goal shor of milking he finals. Insead, PHS seled for a hird place finish afer soundly defeaing S. Michael s 6-3. The all-day ournamen was formaed for each eam o play every oher eam once in 30-minue, coninuous clock games. PHS won 3-0 over Symmes, oppled S. Michael s 3-1 and desroyed Kiigan Zibi 6-0. However, a 3-2 loss o Woodland pu he eam in a complicaed hree-way ie for firs and second places, which would deermine he finaliss. Afer adding up he goals for and agains, PHS was one goal shy and insead Woodland and Symmes played in he championship Poniac ook ou heir frusraion on S. Mike's boh posiively and negaive ly- Hayden Moore scored four goals wih Bre Nugen and Josh Bourgeau also scoring once each. A imes, he local eam dominaed he visiors. However, frequen penalies and wo separae fiveon-hree disadvanages pu he game in doub a imes, hough whenever S. Michael s go close, PHS added o heir ally o keep heir opponens a bay. The PHS hockey players were: Moore, Nugen, Bourgeau, Jack Kelly, Ty Harrison, Taylor Orr, Cody Hobbs, Colon Keon, Josh Horner, Josh Greenshields, James Carson, Andrew Cahill, Cameron Huckabone and Bre Yach. Wednesday, March 5, 2008 PHS chance a ourney finals Wilbuf McLean. The Equiy The Poniac High School boys hockey eam made up for a disappoining iebreaker ha dropped hem o he hird-place game by aking care of heir opponens from S. Michael s 6-3 Thursday. Poniac High School baskeball boys conclude wih loss I'HE EQUITY Page 5 INCOME TAX PREPARATION Serving he region for over 25 years he axsmih com Mon -Fn 9 am - 5 pm Sal 9 am- 12 pm Peer B. 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Missing heir leading scorer Jordan Murdock, he Panhers were compeiive wih he Du Versan Condor bu ulimaely los The game was rife wih conroversy as a malfuncioning scoreboard had boh eams claiming he score was incorrec in he oher eam s favour. The animaed Du Versan coach was also frequenly criical of he refereeing and was warned for his anics on numerous occasions hough he managed o escape a echnical foul. The game iself was sloppy on boh ends of he floor. Poor shooing plagued \IUiniinr each eam and frequen urnovers in he backcour ulimaely prevened PHS from winning. Ross Côé led he scorers for Poniac wih 10, while Bre MacKechnie added eigh and Jonahan Toupin had five. Wih he loss, he Panhers concluded he season wih a 2-11 record, hough Coach Dave Holmes noed he marked improvemen for his side since he beginning of he season. In heir firs meeing wih Du Versan earlier in he season, PHS was no nearly as compeiive, losing by 35 poins. The playoff sysem for he league is a pay-o-play sysem whereby each game coss a school a cerain amoun of money. Wih ha forma, Holmes decided i was bes for his eam no o ener, ending he eam s season. Girls season over The PHS girls baskeball eam ended heir season wih disappoinmen oo, bu ha s because hey didn ge a chance o play heir las game. Érabliere forfeied he game, handing PHS he win. Du Versan had done poorly all season and forfeied mos of heir las few games. The girls officially finished he season wih a 6-6 record, hough hree wins agains Mon-Bleu were wiped from heir record afer ha school removed heir eam from he league. The Panhers consisenly defeaed he eams below hem in he sandings bu were unable o opple he op wo sides of eiher Hormisdas-Gamelin or De Lle. Wilbur McLean, The Equiy This airwaiking Poniac High School boys baskeball eam player aemps a layup on a breakaway during he eam s las game of he season Thursday. Aom B Lions end hockey season in firs place Wilbur McLean, The Equiy The Novice C Poniac hockey eam were reaed o a special gues a heir pracice Tuesday, Feb. 26. Oawa Senaors masco Sparaca was on hand o hrill he young hockey players. He skaed wih he players and signed pleny of auographs. Team manager Donna Young arranged for he visi direcly wih Sparaca himself. OVERTIME I LUKE MURPHY Deadline deals discussion The NHL deadline garners aenion, so, I ve urned his opic ino a wo par series. This week, 111 discuss he oucome of he NHL rade deadline in he eyes of he Oawa Senaors, and nex week, in is coninuaion, well ake a look a he oher wo NHL clubs wih Poniac affiliaion he Philadelphia Flyers and Anaheim Ducks. A hree o clock on Tuesday, Feb. 26, he rade deadline ended. The dus has seled and he smoke has cleared. The Senaors acually made heir splash beforehand. A week before he rade deadline, Bryan Murray made, wha I believe o be, a blockbuser deal. He sen mobile defenseman Joe Corvo and young grinder Parick Eaves o he Carolina Hurricanes, in reurn for forward Coiy Sillman and defenseman Mike Commodore. This was a grea deal for Oawa, who added componens hey were sorely lacking: secondary scoring, oughness and solid defensive play. Bu afer ha, Bryan made very lile in he way of rades, only one o be precise. A he deadline, Oawa go veeran forward Marin Lapoine from he BlackHawks for a sixh round draf choice. 1 spoke wih Coach/GM Bryan Murray abou his deadline deals. Sillman, Commodore, and Lapoine bring Sanley cup championship experience o he club. Sillman is a 30 goal guy, a smar hockey player who can play on all hree lines. Commodore and Lapoine boh bring ough ness, leadership hey re boh fierce compeiors and are characer players wih a lo of gri. All hree players have Sanley Cup rings " Murray has some familiariy wih Lapoine i was Bryan who drafed Lapoine in The Sens were also in he marke for defenseman Brian Campbell, and forwards Marian Hossa and Vaclav Prospal, bu he asking price was oo high. We jus couldn afford o par wih he players hey waned in reurn. Bryan feels he Colorado Avalanche improved he mos from he rade deadline in acquiring Adam Fooe, and signing Peer Forsberg, o go wih an already solid eam. Murray hinks he majoriy of rades were made in he Wes because eams feel he Wes is sronger, and if hey win he conference, hey can win he cup. Bryan also noed he eams in he Wes are deeper, and can afford o make more deals. I m very disappoined he Oawa Senaors didn make more of a splash, didn do more o bolser heir lineup by he rade deadline basically add a goalie. Bu I m no a general manager, and I ve never been involved in NHL ransacions. I s hard o know who is available, and wha needs o be given up o acquire hose players. I m no in Bryan s shoes, and he s been around long enough o know wha deals are worh pulling he rigger on. Bu I m very concerned abou his eam. My opinion is as follows and you all know ha I m a pessimis. The Sens will never win a Sanley Cup wih heir goalending. Gerber and Emery have proved me righ since las year (neiher guy is a number one goalie). I have a hard ime seeing his eam making anoher run a he Sanley Cup wih he lack of secondary scoring hey possess. We ve seen eams shu down he Healey-Spezza-Alfreddson line, and no one else has sepped up. I know you ve heard his before (l said he same hing PONTIAC The Poniac Lions Aom 13 minor hockey eam played heir final game of he season las week wih a win of 4-1 agains he Draveurs des Gaineau. Mahew Curley scored wo goals and single goals were scored by Tyler Brady and Jared Murray. Assiss were had by Briggs Richardson and Yanick Morrissee. The win resuled in he Lions ending he season firs in heir division. The Lions were invied o ake par in he Esso minor hockey exhibiion game las week a he Scoiabank Place in Kanaa, Onario. The Lions ook on he Perh Lanark Blue Wings, winning wih a final score of 5-1. Morrissee scored four goals and Brady scored one. Assiss of he game wen o Murray and Malcolm las year before he Senaors wen on heir amazing playoff run and proved me wrong). Bu his is a differen season. Teams like New Jersey, Pisburgh, Monreal, and he New York Rangers have all improved immensely since las season. Maybe he coaching move, bringing Bryan back behind he bench, will be jus wha his eam needs o ligh a fire and urn he corner. They sill have a lo of games lef o ge back on rack, and I hope Bryan can help his eam find heir ideniy. This eam needs o find iself, find an ideniy, before he playoffs sar if hey wan o make anoher exciing run like las year. I hope hey can. Tha s my wo cens. Wha do you hink? Murphy is a former professional hockey player who now resides in Shawville. Conac him a newsfahee quiy.ca Basien. Esso awards were handed ou o Ausin Hiz for mos improved, Basien for sporsmanlike and Cory McKay for mos dedicaed. Novice C The Poniac Lions Novice C minor hockey eam los 1-0 las week agains he Gaineau Draveurs during he Tournoi Novice ART Gaineau. The opposing eam scored wih hree minues o go in he las period. Jack Evans was in goal. The Lions play again March 3 and if hey win hey will play again March 6. For he Kichen, Bahroom, Livingroom, Bedroom... any room in your home or business. Odour Eliminaor for Texiles Graffii Remover Glass Cleaner Bahroom Cleaner Floor Cleaner Muli Purpose Cleaner Degreasing Cleaner GREEN SEAL PRODUCT NO V.O.C. (Volaile Organic Compounds) Poniac's Only Disribuor Call Seve Poniac Prinshop Ld. 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6 Page 6 The Equiy Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Moel Voyageur in Bryson re-opened BRYSON Sarlene Moffi and Flo Godin, he new managers of Moel Voyageur in Bryson, look forward o running he business and offering excepional service. Moffi, who owned he moel wo years ago, said she waned o reurn o he business because i s all she s ever known and i s somehing she loves. Everyone knew us. We had our clienele, which was a good clienele base, said Moffi. This is all we know. Godin, who works mainly as a wairess in he moel s resauran, is also in charge of making he famous delicious dessers as well as he secre recipe for wing sauce. Ladysmih Debbie Thrun Ron Girard, Denver Thrun, David Sevens, Wayne Born and Dennis Thrun aended he Eganville Snowmobile Races. They repor large crowds, a lo of compeiors and grea racing acion. The weaher was jus perfec. The snow jus keeps on coming. I s saring o ge really deep again. Deepes sympahy on he recen passing of Gail Breon. Dennis worked wih her husband, Roily. ^ Visiing wih us on Wednesday were Kip and Donna Smih of Eganville. Welcome o he communiy o Mr. and Mrs. Yvon S. Aubin who have recenly rfioved o Ladysmih. ; The deer being hi by vehicles is unreal. We had a big doe hi a our gae. Please slow down in areas ha deer frequen, especially a dusk when hey seem o be more acive. Ernie Schwarz repored ha while on his mail roue hey observed a leas a dozen bald eagles. He says he has never seen ha many before. They seem o be on he increase. Belaed birhday wishes o Shawville jmk Lyse Lacourse ^jr lysie_wheezy@ homail.com This week sared wih freezing rain and he inclemen weaher sopping mos from going o work Monday morning. The children from boh elemenary and secondary schools in he area are off on spring break. Spring break, also more commonly known as March break in some pars of Canada, is a weeklong recess from sudying in early spring a universiies and schools in he Unied Saes, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China, and oher counries. In Canada, he March break for sudens in ele- Walham Helen Perry jacobg42@ho mail.com Friday, Feb. 29 was he day ha Leap Year babies ge o celebrae heir birhdays. John Murdock (formerly of Walham) is celebraing his birhday oday, and since he 29h of Feb. occurs only every fourh year, ha makes John officially, only 12 years old. John, his wife Ruh, daugher Maggie and son Sam enjoyed a asy breakfas a he Walham Saion. I was nice seeing Ruh and John, as hey now live in Peawawa. May you enjoy many more birhdays John! Birhday wishes are exended o Diane McKnigh and Cynhia Belaire, who Celebraed heir birhdays on March 1. All he bes is wisned o you boh and we hope ha you had a wonderful day. On Saurday evening family and friends gahered a Norhfork, o surprise Diane McKnigh on he occasion of her 60h birhday. Everyone enjoyed a asy meal. Wendy, Dale, Shayla and Havley Marion of Orleans were up on he weekend o join in on he fesiviies in Flo is known as he queen of dessers and wings, said Moffi. Moel Voyageur has seen many managers come and go hroughou he years, bu Moffi and Godin remain confiden hey ll sand ou from he res. We have a lo of goals, some of which we don wan o share, explained Moffi. Bu one of our main goals is o make sure we offer a variey. We wan o ry differen hings food-wise. In a few weeks, he women are bringing in someone who specializes in fish in order o each hem how o sore and properly prepare differen ypes of fish like salmon, rou and sole. As well, hey plan on learning how o make pork Philip Akinson who celebraed Feb. 23. Special anniversary congraulaions o Wayne and Annee Born of Johnson s Lake who celebraed Feb. 19. Birhday wishes o Seven Krose of Arnprior who celebraes March 14. He is he son of Darwin and Sandy Krose and Freida Krose s grandson. Special birhday congraulaions o cousin Gerald Mielkie of Cawood who celebraes March 11. There were good condiions for he fishing derby a Oer Lake on Sa., Feb. 23. Many fishermen were ou rying for he prizes and rophies. I was repored o be well aended and a success. Birhday congraulaions o Lee Brownlee on March 10. Friends of mine, Sheila Bryne and Gran Beaucaire of Aylmer are on heir winer vacaion in Florida, lucky guys. Birhday congraulaions o Minnie Krose on March 7. She is a residen a Poniac Recepion Cenre, also o Ben Fierobin who celebraes on March 15. Gerda and Wally Brezlaff have recenly lef for heir winer vacaion o Florida. Hope hey have an enjoyable holiday. menary school and secondary schools is usually he firs week of March (Nova Scoia has heir March break he second week of March), so here is no school ha special week. In Canadian universiies, i is known as reading week, or, Slack week and is in lae February or early March. In Japan, he spring break sars wih he end of he academic year in March and ends on April 1 wih he beginning of a new academic yes r. The Shawville Winer Inviaional was a remendous success. Thanks o all he Commiee members, Shawville Figure Skaing Club execuive, our voluneers, businesses and major sponsors. I would no coninue o be he success i is wihou communiy suppor. celebraing Wendy s mom, Diane s birhday. Dale also managed o ge some ice fishing in on Sunday. On Saurday evening, Elizabeh Ehier and Connie Andrews along wih several oher residens of Walham aended a benefi pary in honor of David Giroux, who has been quie ill. I was held a he Sheenboro Hall in Sheen. They were elling me ha i was a huge success! Ge well wishes are exended o Laura (Elizabeh Ehier s siser and broherin-law) and Charlie Farrell of Marysville. Laura is down wih he flu and Charlie had his misforune of falling and cracking a rib. We hope ha you are boh on he mend soon! Several residens here in Walham are down wih colds. We sure hope ha you are all on he mend soon. We need he warm sun o chase all hese flu bugs away! Jodi (Mike s wife) has jus reurned from a beauiful seven day Caribbean cruise. The purpose of he cruise was o celebrae her grandmoher Jenny Temple s (from Wakefield) upcoming 70h birhday. Some of Jodi s auns and cousins also joined in, lucky hem! Laurina Dempsey is celebraing a birhday on March 8. Have a nice day Laurina! schnizels. Our prioriies are based in making sure people are saisfied and hey go ou of here and say, wow, said Moffi. Wih he resauran having only been open wo weeks, Godin and Moffi said he suppor from he communiy has been ousanding. We hough i would be quie. We re saring in he dead of winer. Bu we ve been open wo and a half weeks and i s been awesome... dinners have never worked here bu i s been picking up, said Moffi. In addiion o upgrading he menu, he pair spen a lo of ime working on he renovaions o he inside of he resauran. Along wih a Birhday wishes o Rose Palmer of Chareris on March 11. The snowmobile rails have never been beer. They are well groomed and many people were ou on he weekend enjoying he spor. While chaing wih a lady in he resauran on Friday she said o me, I hope I will soon be reading in your column abou he firs robins spoed and reurning. She said a leas we would know spring is on he way and i would give us somehing new o look forward o insead of all his cold weaher and snow. Our nex special occasion is S. Parick s Day on March 17. So, now is a good ime o ge your green oufis ready for he upcoming paries. While ou and abou Dennis had discovered hree deer killed in our field. Wih he crus on he snow he wolves are able o run on op while he deer punch hrough. There have been repors ha he wolves are quie acive his year. Belaed birhday congraulaions o Beulah Grife of Rankin who celebraed Feb. 23. She is a siser of Lillian Vanclief. I had a lovely cha wih Evelyn Campbell his pas week. She ells me she has been quie busy geing Happy birhday o all celebraing a birhday his week. Congraulaions o couples celebraing heir wedding anniversaries his pas week. A groundhog was seen a he Horner farm walking as hough spring as come so I believe we will definiely see an early spring. Apparenly here will be more snow on Wednesday so more shoveling coming our way. Have a grea week. CORRECTION WAL-MART new coa of pain on he walls, new rugs and new curains hey also added new ableclohs and décor. Moffi s husband Bruce aided wih he renovaions o he inerior of he resauran and dining room. You migh say I m a silen parner, he said. All he hard work is due o hese wo ladies. Chanal Gravelle, a regular a he resauran, said she was very pleased wih he new look. I s really grea. We needed ha around here, she said. 1 do see a lo of raffic now ha i s re-opened. The managers of Moel Voyageur are currenly working on geing heir liquor license and say he rooms should be ready by spring. hings ready for her sale and move. Well, as we all know March came in like a lion. We woke Saurday morning o a dog s Newpor Beach saison 1 (n ) e Gilniore Girls saison I (n ) annoncée dans nore cahier publiciaire en vigueur jusqu'au 29 février, ne sera pas disponible. Toues nos excuses pour ce inconvénien. GUIDE DE LA ROUTE DRIVER S HANDBOOK Disponible en français e anglais Available in French and English Poniac Prinshop Ld. Home of THE EQUITY 133 Cenre S., Shawville, Quebec Moel Voyageur in Bryson Shown here, from he lef Moffi and Flo Godin. SPECIAL STOCKER and YEARLING SALE Saurday, Mar. 15/08 a 10:00 am a Oawa Livesock Exchange Greely, Onario. (NEW! Call for consignmen please! 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7 Upgrades o Sheen roads SHEENBORO* The funds from heir porion of he gas ax ransfer will allow for improvemens o municipal roads in Sheenboro, according o Mayor Roy Perraul. Sheenboro will receive $90,626 his year and $226,564 oal ha will be used o upgrade Sullivan and Sheen roads. The roads will undergo complee reconsrucion in some pars and resurfacing in oher secions. We have a lo of ruck raffic here and hose wo roads lead o he foresry area of Sheen,* said Perraul, explaining he raionale behind improving hose roads. Perraul said he money would allow Sheen o focus heir own budge on oher municipal roads, noing ha las year almos onequarer of he municipal budge was devoed o road upkeep I definiely helps us ou,* he said. Sheen is one of a senes of Poniac municipaliies o be graned a share of he gasoline excise lax under an agreemen beween he federal and Québec governmen. The 2005 agreemen provided funding specifically for infrasrucure projecs: drinking waer, roads and sewage. Mos Poniac municipaiies ha have begun receiving he funding hus far have used he money for eiher waer projecs or road improvemen projecs. Boh Poniac Member of Parliamen Lawrence Cannon and Poniac Member of Naional Assembly Charloe L Écuyer were in Sheenboro for he announcemen las Wednesday, Feb. 20. Chicheser complees budge CHICHESTER The mill rae in he Municipaliy of Chicheser increased hree cens in 2008, up o $0.98 from $0.95 in he las budge. Coss have gone up, explained Donald Gagnon, mayor. Gagnon said one of he main causes of he ax increase was fire proecion. Donaion Currenly, he Municipaliy of Chicheser parners is proecion services wih he municipaliies of Allumees Island and Walham, bu Gagnon said council is in he process of seing up a new policy ha deals wih how o share services in he fuure. There s a lo of negoiaions, ha will ake place on how o offse he coss of he fire proecion services, said Gagnon. There are a lo of unforeseen hings. The municipaliy also purchased a 2007 pumper ruck, which i hopes will be paid off nex year. We didn really have a pumper before," explained Gagnon. Anoher cause of he increase of he mill rae, according o Gagnon, was he change in he municipaliy s recycling services. The municipaliy ousourced recycling his year. They used o do i hemselves, bu have now hired a company o do i for hem. We changed recycling companies,* said Gagnon. We wen wih a company ou of Gaineau. We found i was less manpower for us. Gagnon said he feels he change is posiive for he communiy because i means less work for municipal workers. Wih he new company, C- Fer Ouaouais, he soring of recycled maerials will be done a he plan insead of in he municipaliy. In addiion, pickup will occur more frequenly, which also means less work for he municipaliy. I hink i s beer for he region, beer for he municipaliy, said Gagnon. In 2008, Gagnon said he Amanda Dupuis, THE EQUITY The Municipaliy of Campbell s Bay donaed $5,000 o S. John s Elemenary School in Campbell s Bay o purchase a SMART board for eacher Louise Ricard s Grade 5 class. The money was donaed Ir. reurn for he use of he video conferencing room in he school, which he municipaliy uses for meeings. Shown here are some members of he municipaliy wih he happy sudens who will be receiving he echnology. A SMART board is ouch-screen echnology ha makes surfing he Inerne or learning lessons come alive for sudens hrough animaion and ineraciviy. Schools mark healh week CAMPBELL S BAY Healh Week will be celebraed March 10 o 14 a S. John s and l Envolée elemenary schools in Campbell s Bay. The even, which was organized by he Communiy Learning Cenre and a variey of area businesses, encourages sudens a boh schools o lead healhier lifesyles. I hope sudens will be more conscious of wha hey re eaing and make healhier choices, said Lorianne Berrand, principal. I hink (heir eaing habis) are beer han before, she said, bu we ve go o keep on rying. I s somehing ongoing. Grade 5 and 6 sudens of he wo schools creaed a bilingual flyer abou healh week wih he help of Lucille Bélair from Carrefour Jeunesse. We ve had aciviies ogeher, said Berrand, bu nohing quie like his. I akes barriers down. We migh be wo populaions in one building, bu we are one. I s nice o see (sudens) working ogeher. The flyer will serve as a model for schools in he Poniac and will be handed ou March 10 as recogniion of he sar of healh week. Aciviies planned during he week Sudens will be handed ou hear-shaped pedomeers on he firs day of he week in order o kick sar aciviies. These pedomeers will be worn each day bu mus be reurned a he end of he school day. Quebec en Forme will be organizing spors aciviies during lunch hour, where sudens will wear he pedomeers. The goal is o accumulae kilomeres in order o bea Poniac Mouv s challenge agains oher schools in he Poniac region. This is done in preparaion for Run, Walk or Bike Family Day on May 24. As well, here is a Ge up and walk challenge where all sudens, parens and members of he communiy are invied o engage in a leas 30 minues of walking. Seps will be recorded on he pedomeers and he objecive is o accumulae enough kilomeres beween everybody o make up he disance of reaching all 22 CLC s in he province (5,000 kilomeres). In addiion o focusing on exercise and aciviy during healh week, sudens will have he opporuniy o learn abou making healhy, nuriious choices when i comes o food. There will be individual class presenaions, conduced by CLSC school nurse Nancy Barber Kearnan, where sudens will be shown how o build a healhy, colourful lunch box. This will be done using Pension income spliing - ax benefis There are new ax rules for 2007 ha should be aken ino consideraion if you and your spouse or common law parner are receiving cerain ypes of pension income. In preparing your income ax for 2007 he individual wih he higher income would possibly allocae up o 50 per cen of heir pension income o he oher. This can resul in a significan reducion in income ax for he couple. Furhermore allocaing pension income could lower he axpayers ne income o below he $63,511 hreshold o preven he 15 per cen clawback of he Old Age Securiy. So wha pension income qualifies for he spliing? This depends upon your age. If you are 65 or older eligible pension income includes he following: Lifeime annuiy paymens received from a regisered pension plan (RPP), a regisered reiremen savings plan (RRSP) or a deferred profi-sharing plan and Paymens from a regisered reiremen income fund (RRIF). If you are under 65 eligible pension income includes he following: Lifeime annuiy paymens under a regisered pension plan (RPP), and Cerain oher paymens received as a resul of he deah of your spouse or common law parner. Pension income ha does no qualify for he new rules includes paymens from governmen programs such as he Canada or Quebec Pension Plan or Old Age Securiy. In order o ake advanage of pensions income spliing you will need o complee he Join Elecion Form T1032 (Join Elecion o Spli Pension Income) and include he allocaed amouns in your 2007 ax reurn. Each year hereafer municipaliy will focus mainly on compleing he fire safey cover plan, which all municipaliies mus do by he end of his year. The fire safey cover plan, which began in he year 2000, was implemened o reduce losses due o fire and increase he effeiveness of Québec s fire deparmens. One of he changes in he documen, which was 450 pages in is preliminary form, is ha firefighers who joined a deparmen afer he year 1998 are required o complee 120 hours of classroom learning followed by 120 hours of pracice. Municipaliies have unil Sepember 2008 o implemen all he changes in he reform. In addiion, Gagnon said he municipaliy plans on compleing a lo of road work. There will be major improvemens, according o Gagnon, such as he insallaion of new culvers, rebuilding and resurfacing older roads. Gagnon also hopes he municipaliy will be able o come up wih a beer recycling managemen plan in We know he dumps have o close by January of 2009, said Gagnon, bu hey don know exacly wha he nex sep will be. I akes ime, he said. People don necessarily like change. I seems he more you force someone o do somehing he more hey hold back. He said he recycling program in Chicheser is good bu needs improvemen. real food, as opposed o oher schools ha use rubber pieces. Sudens in Kindergaren o Grade 4 will receive lessons from Poniac caerer Vanessa Zivkoff on how o prepare a nuriious snack. They will also learn abou eiquee. Zivkoff will each sudens in Grades 5 and 6 how o prepare a healhy dinner, which hey will hen serve o heir parens a he school. Sudens will learn how o properly se up ables and how o apply eiquee rules. Throughou he week sudens in all grades will be paricipaing in a variey of video-conferencing seminars, where hey will discuss wih oher schools in he Erea. Topics include healh and finess, physical aciviy and academic performance and maximizing energy. To conclude, sudens will presen he amoun of kilomeres walked during he week o oher schools. you can complee his form o spli eligible pension income and herefore as your income siuaion changes so can he amoun of spli income. If you have any of he eligible ypes of pension income menion and you are married or in a common law relaionship he new rules for pension income spliing may significanly lower your 2007 income ax. The ax eam of Smih Porer Heu can help wih his decision. 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Apply a Moel Voyageur, 1068 Hwy. 148, Bryson bm5 THANIiS Armsrong - The family of Minerva (Woods) Armsrong wish o express our apprecia ion o our family, friends and neighbours for he cards, floral ribues, phone calls, food brough o our homes and donaions o he Shawville Unied Church and he Poniac Communiy Hospial Foundaion - Dialysis Fund in memory of our Mom, Grandmoher, Grea-grand moher and siser. We would also like o express our hanks o he ambulance aendans for heir quick response o Mom s home. We hank Dr. Pinelo, he saff of he E.O.R., Inensive Care, General Care - Palliaive Care Uni. Your care for Mom was excepional. Special hanks o Pasor Paula Mullin for her visis, prayers and suppor during his difficul ime. To Pasor Whie who has visied Mom since reurning o Shawville has been apprecia ed very much. Many hanks o Hayes Funeral Home saff for your care and compassion and o he pallbearers Bob Schmid, Louis Salvai, Ber Murphy, Michael Pirie, Ron Hayes and Chris Rheaume. We wan o hank he Unied Church ladies for preparing and serving a deli cious luncheon following he service. Your kindness will be always remembered. God bless from Paricia, Earl, Alber, Gwen, John and Marlie Murphy - A sincere hank you o he sidff of Long Term, o Dr. Ruh, Dr. Homayounfar, for all he excellen care of our mohei cvelyn. To Faher Cosello for his many visis and for he funeral mass. To all he ladies who prepared he lunch and he ladies who brough food o he house. A very special hank you. The Murphy family Pasch - Thanks o all whom came o my 60h birhday sup per, for he grea gifs and cards and Bob for he speech. Especially he par abou me being his favourie cousin. Also Hoel Ladysmih for he grea meal and Essie for he beauiful cake. Desi Armiage, Kenneh Roy Nov. 18,1915-Jan. 31,2008 Peacefully in Palliaive Care a Poniac Communiy Hospial, on Thursday, January 31s, 2008, in his 93rd year. Cherished husband of Lilias Hodgins for 64 years. Caring faher of Dorohy (Peer Den), Harwood (Beh), Donald (Sher), and Richard (Anne). Kenneh is also survived by 12 grandchildren and 10 grea grandchildren. Predeceased by his adopive parens, Rev. James and Mary Jane (née MacGregor) Armiage. Funeral arrangemens were enrused o W.J. Hayes and Sons Funeral Home, wih service from Shawville Unied Church on Monday, Feb. 4, Rev. Paula Mullin welcomed friends and family o a music filled celebraion of Ken s life. Bruce Armiage provided pro cessional violin music, and hen accompanied Norma and Hugh Horner as hey per formed some of Kenneh's favourie hymns. Daugher-inlaw Beh sang a medley of pieces, including a due wih her cousin Trevor Cummins. Kahryn and Ellard Perry remembered Kenneh wih heir hymn, 'Sofly and Tenderly, Jesus Is Calling. Organis George Campbell and he Unied Church Choir were accompanied by pianis Kahryn Perry hroughou he service. Scripures were read by grandsons Joshua Armiage and Michael Sneek. Son Richard Armiage provid ed a remembrance of his faher. Pallbearers were grandchildren Alison Sneek, Amy and Derek Rewbury, Terry Armiage, Craig Armiage, and Joshua Armiage. While hey ook heir randfaher from he church, ruce Armiage s violin bid Kenneh farewell. Inernmen in Maple Grove Cemeery, Shawville Quebec. Eber, Charloe Finally a peace afer a long painful sruggle, following a massive sroke in Charloe died on Friday, February 22nd, 2008 a Sunse Manor Nursing Home in Collingwood, ON. Dearly loved moher of Chrisine and husband Edward Blake of Collingwood, grandmoher o Kur Edward Marin and Michael Blake. Predeceased in 1990 by Peer (Gerhard) spouse of 45 years. In June 2008 a celebraion of Charloe's life will be held in he Oawa area, where she made her home for 50 years. DEATH M E M 0 R I A M Johnson, Alber - On Friday, February 29, 2008 in his 77h year, Shawville, Quebec. Beloved husband of he lae Dale Cory. Dear broher of Muriel (Clifford Draper). Predeceased by sisers Carmen and Viole and broher Jimmy. Thank you o he saff a Poniac Recepion Cenre for heir excel len care. Friends called a he W.J. Hayes & Sons Funeral Home, 134 Cenre S., Shawville, Quebec on Monday, March 3, 2008 from noon o 2 p.m. a which ime a service was heid in he chapel. Inermen Shawville Penecosal Cemeery. Mousseau, Peer John - In hospial a London Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008, age 79. Beloved husband of Shirley for 53 years Loving faher of Paricia (Glen Broome), Peer (Pasy) Mousseau, Susan (Brad Robb), Mark (Carrie), Barbara (Doug), Thomas (Becky). Dear broher of Helen McKee, Margare V. (Frank Heary), Marie Povin, Teresa (Ed Kevin). Predeceased by Parick and Veronica Mousseau, brohers Earl, Harry, Barley, Sanley and siser Rose. Funeral in Sarnia, On. Campeau, Douglas - In mem ory of a dear Dad and Grandpa who passed away March 4h, A bouque of carnaions jus for you Sprinkled wih eardrops insead of dew And in he cenre a forge-meno, To le you know, we haven forgo, Gone are he days we used o share Bu in our hears you are always here. Till memory fades and life depars, You live forever in our hears. Love Anne and family Murphy, Evelyn Peacefully in Shawville hospi al Long Term, on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 aged 92 years. Beloved wife of he lae P.J. Murphy. Dear moher of Frank (Noella), Bey (lae Clarence Dagg), Ann (lae Lawrence Bourgeau), Caherine (Phillip Simser), and John (Jane). Predeceased by daughers, Theresa (lae Lawrence Dagg), Helen (lae Ken McKay), and Margare (lae Sid Findlay). Survived by 6 brohers and sisers and prede ceased by 5. She will be missed by many grandchildren, grea grandchildren and greagrea grandchildren. Born in Quyon, Qc, and residing in Shawville, she was an acive member of he CWL in S. Edward s Parish, Brisol for many years. She was an avid card player and will be missed by her large family, as well as her friends in Long Term in Shawville. Friends called a he W.J. Hayes & Sons Funeral Home, 134 Cenre Sree, Shawville, Quebec on Thursday, February 21, 2008 from 2 o 4 and 7 o 9 p.m. Funeral Friday, February 22 in S. Edward he Confessor Church, Brisol, Quebec a 11 a.m. Inermen S. Mary s Cemeery, Quyon, QC. Donaions o Poniac Communiy Hospial Foundaion - Long Term, he Canadian Cancer Sociey or he Diabees Sociey would be appreciaed. BIRTH Jolicoeur, Mrs. Georgee (née Graveline) - In Poniac Hospial on Monday, March 3, 2008 a he age of 73. Beloved wife of he lae Ovila Jolicoeur. Dear moher of Laurier (Joelle), Chrisine (Andy Fros) and he lae Marleen (Wayne Pepin) all of For Coulonge. Lovingly remembered by grandchildren: Richard (Aline), Johanne, Tina (Jason Pilon) and by grea grandchildren: Kelsey, Kienna, Nicholas and Melissa. Also survived by sisers: Thérèse, Claudia, Jeannee, Jeannine, Madonna and Bearice and a broher Eldon. There will be no visiaion a he he funeral home. Funeral Mass will be celebraed in S. Peer's Church, For Coulonge on Friday, March 7 a 2 p.m. The family will receive condo lences a he church from 1 p.m. In memorian donaions o he Canadian Cancer Sociey would be grealy appreciaed. Arrangemens are in he care of Ringrose Brohers Funeral Home, Brown-Arsenaul - Innocen, perfec and swee as can be our angel has arrived... JorjaRae Hazel was born Feb. 10, 2008 a 7:20 p.m. She weighed 6 lbs. 2 oz. Parens Kim and Shawn and big siser Jaidyn would like o hank Dr. Coreau and he OBS nurses a Poniac Communiy Hospial. Big hanks o Aun Colleen and Grandma for helping mommy when daddy couldn' be here. Sylveser - Jill and Sco Sylveser of Guelph, ON wel comed a new lile daugher, Lane Caherine Jean, ino heir family on February 21, Lane has a lile broher Lee and her delighed grandpar ens are Dorohy and Russell Amey of Guelph, ON and Joyce (he lae Charley) Sylveser of Brisol Mines, QC. MEMOHIAM Campeau - In memory of my dear husband, Douglas who assed away March 4h, he imes we shared ogeher In good imes and he bad, Are memories ha I cherish Of all he joys we had. My houghs are always wih you Your place no one can fill In life I loved you dearly, In deah I love you sill I know you are beside me And when my life is hrough I pray o God o ake my hand and lead me righ o you. Remembering you always, Helen Fros - In loving memory of a dear moher, Joan, who passed away March 4,2006. No one knows how much we miss you, No one knows he bier pain We have suffered, since we los you Life has never been he same. In our hears your memory lingers, Sweely, ender, fond and rue. There is no a day dear moh er, Tha we do no hink of you. Terry, Susan and Frank and families Henri, Laurina - Chère mère, grandmère e arrière grandmère. Déjà quare ans que u nous as quié le 10 mars 2004 pour un repos éernel : E nore chère soeur Lucille aussi qui nous as quié le 21 mars Ses souvenirs de vous deux es facile mais s habiuer à vore absence e rès brusque, mais nore plus grande conso laion es de savoir que nous seron de nouveau ensembles. Marie, Gisele, Juliee Ireland - In loving memory of a dear son-in-law and broherin-law Blair, who passed away March 8h, We canno have he old days back When we were all ogeher Bu wonderful memories and loving houghs Will be wih us forever. always. Remembered Mom Campeau and family Ireland - In loving memory of a dear and loving husband, Blair, who lef us suddenly four years ago on March 8h. I lile knew ha morning Tha God was going o call your name, In life I loved you dearly, In deah, I do he same, I broke my hear o lose you, You did no go alone, For par of me wen wih you, The day God called you home, You lef me all kinds of memo ries, And your love is sill my guide, Alhough I canno see you, I know you are always by my side, Our family chain is broken, And nohing seems he same, Bu as God calls us one by one, Our chain will link again. Forever in my houghs. Anne Ireland - In loving memory of a dear Dad and Grandpa who passed away March 8h, Alhough we canno see you now We know jus where you are, By day you are our sunshine, By nigh our shining sar, You are our Guardian Angel, This we know is rue, We know you are waching over us In everyhing we do. So oday we reach o Heaven, And blow a genle kiss, To our very precious Dad and Grandpa Who we will always love and miss. Forever in our hears. Gerry, Sandy, Jake and Bryden Cindy, Seve and Gavin Jeff, Angie, Kaelen and Peyon Ireland - In loving memory of our broher Blair who passed away March 8,2004. Your memory is our keepsake Wih which we ll never par God has you in His keeping We have you in our hears. We love you Blair and miss you every day. Your sisers Shirley, Iris, Diane and families Ireland - In loving memory of our faher, Gerald, who passed away on Feb. 24,1981 and our moher, Dorohy, on March 4,1996. We canno have he old days back When we were all ogeher Bu wonderful memories and loving houghs Will be wih us forever. Forever loved. Your family

9 Souper spaghei à l ESSC MANSFIELD Un souperspaghei organisé au bénéfice des finissans e finissanes de l école secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge (ESSC) a airé de nombreux paricipans le vendredi 22 février dernier. En ou, 175 repas on éé servis à la cafééria de l école au cours de la soirée. Il s'agissai de la roisième édiion de cee acivié qui vise à conribuer au financemen du gala de fin d année des élèves de secondaire 5. Un monan d'un peu plus de $ a éé amassé grâce à ce souper-rpaghei Les organisaeurs de l'événemen, les enseignans Gaéan Gagnon, Luc Lagarde e Guy Croeau, iennen à remercier ous ceux e celles qui se son présenés. Ils soulignen égalemen l imporane conribuion des nombreux commandiaires, don la lise sui : Billy T s Pizza, Cafééria de l école, Bernice Viau, Cenre d auo Amyoe enr, Claire Taillefer, Clinique Chiropraique du Poniac, Compoir Sears de Shawville, Dépanneur Ben, Famille Corriveau, Freshmar Bower, Gesion J. 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10 Page 10 Sheenboro Myrle Sullivan Well he school children are on heir winer break so I hope hey have a happy and safe holiday I had a nice leer from he Honorable Lawrence Cannon, Member of Parliamen for Poniac congraulaing me on my weekly column in THE EQUITY. If Vinon Diane Boisver Happy birhday o ^ ^ Paul Halderman, Karen Quinn and Genevieve Cahill on March 5, Connie Belland and Wayne Corriveau on March 6, Shirley Pepin on March 7, Jerry Pepin and Eric Berrand on March 8, Pa Kavanagh, Marie Pilon and Cheryl McGee on March 9, Fern Quinn on March 11. March 1 we received anoher large dump of snow bu i wasn windy. So i was more of a genle lion. I Big winner Si m J mk 1 11! KM 1/flill llriv The E&L'iy Wednesday, March 5, 2008 anyone has milesone anniversaries, birhdays ec hey can le his office know and he would send a congraulaory cerificaes. 1 hink ha is a very nice cusom. I was pleased and appreciaive of his leer. 1 enjoyed a phone call from Jackie Lepine las week from Torono. He brough me up o dae on his family. The years fly by and you ofen lose rack of he younger generaion. There was a benefi dance wonder if his means he whole monh of March will be unpredicable. On March 3 he freezing rain slowed everyhing down in he Oawa Valley Buses were cancelled all over and quie a few people didn make i o work. Congraulaions o Suicase Sloan who is now a new residen of Vinon. There was anoher packed house a Ts Bar on Sunday afernoon. Parons enjoyed lisening o Skaliwag and Dean Howard. They played quie a few Irish unes geing ready for he S. Paddy s pary on March 15. We would like o welcome JHS Æ* for David Giroux in Sheen on Saurday nigh. I was a huge urnou. I m sure he family was pleased o see so many friends and relaives. I received a leer from Charlie Muldoon from Oawa who reads THE EQUI TY all he ime. He is a member of he Irish Sociey and hey are having heir Pos Parade Pary a he Civic Cenre Salons on March 15. Sounds like hey will be having some grea enerainmen wih Robin Averill, Sue Trevor Beauregard as our new neighbour in Vinon. He bough Margare and Frank Mousseau s house on Church Road. Friends and neighbours helped him move ino his new home. Allyson Belanger was on curain duy. As much as she ried o help geing he blinds up, i seems ha one disaser afer he oher happened. There was he paio door blind ha she was working on One of he caches o hold he slas up was broken so she decided o fix i all by herself. She figured if you jus pu some hea o i, i would fuse ogeher so he sla would say in place. She Fay Healy Dancers Mounain Tay", Gail Gavan, Lauren Hall and Roddy McCann Ar Jamieson is he Maser of Ceremonies and 1 always enjoy lisening o him. He is very eneraining My good friend Margare Maloney is home from her holiday in Florida. She enjoyed her np very much. Nancy Vellenga and Trudy Talion were up o Sheen for he benefi dance for heir cousin David. Pa and Karen Keon spen li his lile plasic cach bu couldn see he invisible flame. All of a sudden he srings caugh fire so she ram and go a cup of waer o pu i ou. Jus as she hrew he waer Trevor came over and go he waer righ in he face. Meanwhile he sring coninued o burn and fell o he floor. They managed o douse he flames bu I hink he weekend in Torono and sopped o see my son, Lornie and his wife Evelyn on Friday nigh. I was a nice surprise o see our new Bishop Mulhall over o say Mass here on Saurday nigh. His moher was a Sullivan oo. Clinon Hynes was up visiing his moher, Myra Sullivan, on he weekend Happy birhday o my grandson Don Ouelee who celebraes his birhday nex week. Trevor will be looking for a new se of paio door blinds. Speaking of he Belangers, Ra has decided o sar dying his hair because (alhough he loves his Kiki dearly) he doesn wan o have he same hair colour as Kiki which is grey and whie. There was a fire a Doris Racine s on Saurday afernoon. The woodshed and barn were los. iiiiiiiiiniiiihihiii Nouvelle agene immobilière ROYAL LfPAGE p... n iiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiih affilie du Ponaic. www loyal «New agen from he Poniac! Vendre, acheer vore maison ou proriéé? Buying or selling your home or propery? Appple^Call Cell: Office ipary@royallepage.ca SUNSpAÇE Luxury You Deserve Unl-llr I'nln Agen immobilier affilié XK» Thermal Rooms - Florida Rooms - Screen Rooms LIFETIME WARRANTY Awnings By ROLLTEC John Donlan and Laurie were up visiing in Chapeau over he weekend. I hear John makes prey good ribs. I was waching he video of S. Pa s a Fred Meilleurs from I was grea seeing all he singers and dancers. The Poniac is geing ready for S. Pa s again. They are having an Irish play on March 16 in Chapeau iled Ms. O Grady s Reunion and of course Sheen is having heir NO APPOINTMENT fiuy NECESSARY. READY IN LESS THEN 5 MINUTES. $10.00 INCLUDES TAX, DOUBLE PRINTS. Passpor Firearm's Acquision Card Healh Card Driver s Licence Naive Saus Any I.D. S. 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I enjoyed myself and was reaed o a birhday meal wih daughers, granddaughers and family members a Sandy Mounain Golf Club which was very enjoyable. I jus means you are anoher year older. I also wen wih Kimberly Havekes o see my greagranddaugher, Brianna Geersma play in a baskeball ournamen on Thursday a Seaway Disric High School in Iroquois. The eam from Naionview of which she was a member placed second. Quie a differen day. The euchre of he Golden Age was held on Tuesday evening a he club room. Ladies high was a ie beween Isabelle Lacroix and Aline Belland. They spli he prize. Second was a fourway ie beween Anna Porer, Maxine Fenon, Rose Guoskie and Veronica Perrier. Men s high was won by Dawson Moorehead. Second was won by Tom Heary.The Door Prize was won by Maxine Fenon. The by Vera Moyer. Relaives and friends gahered a he Poniac Respie Cenre in Campbell s Bay o wish Ehel Coleman a happy 90h birhday. Everyone wished her all he bes on her special day. Ashley and Audrey Walsh of S. Bruno, granddaughers of Gladys Walsh, are visiing for he March break. Friday, March 7 is he Women s World Day of Prayer Service. I will be held a S. Andrew s Unied Church, Campbell s Bay a 2 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Ge well wishes o Joan (Sparling) Kluke a paien a Shawville Hospial. May she soon recover. A memorial service was held a he Free Mehodis Church in Campbell s Bay a 2 p.m. on Saurday, Feb. 4 in remembrance of Lyle Brown, son of Mabel and Melvin Brown who had passed away on Feb. 4 in Nova Scoia. To his wife, Dorohy and daugher Tasha and oher family members we express our sympahy. Rev O Whie and Rev. Sharon Rives conduced he service. Lyle lef o mourn many brohers and sisers, Merlin, George, Evans, Marion, Anna, Joan, Norma, Lorna and Eileen, mos of whom live in he area. Predeceased by, Eldon, Dawson and Darlene. Visiing wih me over he weekend were Joyce Leach and my siser, Norma Sewar. Raymond Kensley reurned o hospial afer spending a couple of weeks a home. His siser, Sandra, who was in a bad acciden is ou of hospial and is in rehab in Hull. May hey coninue o recover. The weaher was cerainly wicked Monday wih all he freezing rain ha came in he nigh. Birhday wishes o Carol Belland, Krisin Morin, Rachel Rivero, Abigail Leach, Nicole Pare, Michael Sullivan, Peer Yaes, Chanel Roberson, Georgee Paquee, Lauree Dubeau, Debra Fros, Vanessa Sloan, Terilyn Fros, Karika Casonguay, Nicolas Lepack Donna Ringrose, Gran Ferrigan, John Parick Sloan, Shirley Walker, Desmond McGuire, Gregory Clarke, Gisele Pepin, Sco Crawford, Wesley Evers, Sephanie Dubeau, Vinson Gauhier, Breana Bakke, Shannon Lawn, Beh Dubeau and Joyce Leach. To all of you I hope you have a grea day. Anniversary wishes go ou o Arnold and Phyllis Sloan. May hey enjoy many more ogeher. <f~i>r'h,carman Your Auhorized Dealer Rod Carman Jim Carmichael Owner/Sales Sales cell cell SPRING FACTORY SPECIALS HAVE ARRIVED INQUIRIES WECOME fduw Ml am soluions found in naure, * Generaion+PLUS a lifesyle concep r i Résidence Le Monasère Membre ie Groupe Melior Caldwell Hermonie Sharpe V This pas Thursday sared off he same as our oher days laely, cold bu a leas he sun was shining. Our mail man or woman, (someimes i s one or he oher) was lae due o some hold up in he mail delivery deparmen. Well, finally lae in he afernoon i arrived and how pleased I was o receive a congraulaory leer concerning my weekly noes from our Member of Parliamen, Lawrence Canon which was deeply appreciaed. I was honoured o be asked o help hem wih differen ypes of coming evens, anniversaries, birhdays, ec. You will wonder why I fel his was an honour, bu sop and hink. Here is a man and he mus be one in a million who pays aenion o ou local paper, who cares enough o ake ime ou from his busy schedule o wrie a humble servan like myself and give me a boos as you know 1 will be celebraing my 88h on May 25 and for he firs ime I am feeling he years. Have you go your ickes for he he dinner a he Jack Graham Memorial Cener which is being held on March 16. Remember all he proceeds are going o he much needed dialysis uni for he Poniac Communiy Hospial. This pas monh has been bad for all our euchre clubs as here has been so much sickness. The aendance a each club has been up and down We were so pleased o have one of our summer players, Joan Richie, who was up o her home in Norway Bay for he weekend and aended our Thursday nigh euchre club. Ge well wishes are sen o Harvey Smih of Shawville who has been on he sick lis. Birhday congraulaions o Margare Young McPhail formerly of Shawville, now of Peerborough, who celebraed her 85h on March 1. Birhday congraulaions o Kaie Ladouceur, a oneime residen of Porage and now a residen in he long erm a Poniac Communiy Hospial who celebraes her 93rd on March 9. I was pleased o hear ha Dr. Doug McKercher of Norway Bay and Oawa who is 86 years-old is sill golfing and has done so since he was 12 years old. We older people find he bes hing is o keep as acive as possible. Ge well wishes o Mary Brownlee of S. Joseph s Manor who is on he sick lis. Your many friends wish you a speedy recovery. Birhday congraulaions o Corey Dorzek of New York formerly of Caldwell who celebraed his 31s birhday on March 1. All Naural Bacerial Producs Good Baceria ha eas Bad Baceria BIO-KUT Bioechnological degreaser for venilaion hood filers. BIO-DOR Bioechnological reamen for garbage odour. BIO-CARE Naural reamen for urine odour in washrooms. AMBIO-DRAIN Bio-reducer for fay deposis in sinks and slow draining floor piping. BIO-WAY Naural reamen for sepic anks, porable oiles and chemical oiles. 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