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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS<br />
SERVING THE AREA FROM KANESATAKE TO ROSEMERE<br />
Volume 14 Issue 3<br />
2,500 COPIES<br />
<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Canada Day <strong>2013</strong><br />
<strong>July</strong> 1st—13:00hrs Parc Central<br />
PRESENTING<br />
The Second Annual LTMHS vs<br />
DMRP RED & BLUE hockey game,<br />
p. 5.<br />
Denis Martin and Team<br />
Deux-Montagnes<br />
Autrement enter the<br />
race for the Mayoralty<br />
and council in Ville de Deux-<br />
Montagnes, p. 8.<br />
John McGale Blues Force<br />
with special guest Jimmy James.<br />
Also performing:<br />
Chick and Dicks. Phantom 49.<br />
Leading Edge. Cruiser.<br />
TNT.<br />
Skyline Drive.<br />
FIREWORKS at 22:15h<br />
Volunteers welcome. If you can give one or two hours,<br />
please contact Christine Neumayer :(514) 827-1361<br />
Passionate<br />
LTMHS students<br />
win $5000 for<br />
local service<br />
Club, p. 11.<br />
Denis Joannette names<br />
his team for council in<br />
Deux-Montagnes, p. 12.
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong> Page 2<br />
<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Message from<br />
The Mayor<br />
Dear fellow citizens,<br />
Spring is upon us and already we<br />
can feel the flood of positive energy that<br />
the season brings at the end of a long<br />
winter. With spring comes spring cleaning,<br />
planting and tending our gardens<br />
and improving our green spaces.<br />
Our environmental efforts<br />
The City of Deux-Montagnes has<br />
undertaken a number of environmental<br />
initiatives in recent years to reduce its<br />
ecological footprint. Of the different<br />
measures adopted, banning the distribution<br />
of plastic bags has without a<br />
doubt been one of the most effective. In<br />
fact, this regulation has succeeded in<br />
Wine and Cheese Fundraiser<br />
By Valerie Sauve<br />
With the goal of building a third house<br />
in the area, Habitat for Humanity<br />
Region of Deux-Montagnes held a wine<br />
and cheese fundraiser on Friday, April<br />
19, with President of Honour Stephane<br />
Patrie, co-owner of Vitro Plus Ziebart<br />
of St. Eustache.<br />
He said, “I accepted with great pleasure<br />
to be the President of Honour for the<br />
wine and cheese party organized by<br />
Habitat for Humanity for the region of<br />
Deux-Montagnes, as it is a fundraiser to<br />
help the owners of the third home, and<br />
because there would be good food and<br />
a warm ambiance there. People came in<br />
large numbers and brought $10,000 for<br />
the organization."<br />
Simon Farsa, well-known local<br />
restaurateur and caterer, was the wine<br />
server (sommelier) assuring that this<br />
diverting over 5 million plastic bags<br />
from landfills since 2009! This represents<br />
approximately 100 tons of plastic<br />
that could have found its way into the<br />
environment without the sustained efforts<br />
of the population of Deux-<br />
Montagnes. I would like to congratulate<br />
all citizens for their remarkable efforts.<br />
Other measures that have been implemented<br />
include the gradual replacement<br />
of municipal vehicles with more<br />
fuel-efficient cars, the installation of<br />
used battery recycling terminals in municipal<br />
buildings, the distribution of<br />
low-cost composters and rainwater barrels,<br />
more energy-efficient municipal<br />
buildings, a ban on idling vehicles for<br />
more than 3 minutes and the distribution<br />
of the news bulletin L'Express in<br />
electronic rather than paper format.<br />
Remember also that with the efforts<br />
of the members of the Corporation des<br />
boisés et des parcs naturels de Deux-<br />
evening was rich in gastronomic<br />
pleasures!<br />
P e o p l e<br />
were able to<br />
taste a<br />
white wine,<br />
three red<br />
wines and<br />
an ice cider.<br />
Lions members enjoy fund raiser<br />
The sponsors were<br />
Agropur, Traiteur<br />
Farsa, IGA Lamoureux,<br />
Pinnacle, La Farandole,<br />
Vervillos, Stef René,<br />
France Pothier<br />
Agropur Oka designer graphique,<br />
and Le partenaire<br />
media: le Groupe JCL. Golden partners<br />
for the evening were VitroPlus Saint-<br />
Eustache, APSA, Les Promenades Deux<br />
- M o n t a g n e s , L a val l e e B i n e t t e<br />
Comptables, and Brunet et Brunet.<br />
Silver Partners were le député<br />
provincial de Deux-Montagnes, M.<br />
Daniel Goyer; la députée provinciale de<br />
Mirabel, Mme Denise Beaudoin,; La<br />
Montagnes and the City of Deux-<br />
Montagnes, the Boisé-Roger-Lemoine,<br />
property located in Deux-Montagnes, is<br />
now recognized as a nature reserve under<br />
the Natural Heritage Conservation<br />
Act. This is the first ever nature reserve<br />
to be owned by a municipality. This<br />
recognition is valid for a period of 100<br />
years. With this recognition, we ensured<br />
the conservation of the exceptional<br />
natural characteristics of these<br />
woods.<br />
The implementation of such measures<br />
is rewarding and very beneficial. I<br />
encourage you to follow the City's example<br />
and pursue your own efforts for<br />
protection of the environment and respect<br />
our natural surroundings.<br />
On that note, I wish you a happy<br />
springtime.<br />
Marc Lauzon,<br />
Mayor of Deux-Montagnes<br />
Caisse Desjardins Saint-Eustache-Deux-<br />
Montagnes; la ville Saint-Eustache;<br />
Agape Deux-Montagnes; and la<br />
chambre de commerce et d’industrie de<br />
St-Eustache, Deux-Montagnes et Sainte-<br />
Marthe-sur-le-lac. For more information<br />
or to become a volunteer, go to web site<br />
www.habitatrdm.org or telephone 514-<br />
842-7007.<br />
Table of Contents<br />
Message from the Mayor 2<br />
Lions Den 10<br />
School Matters 22<br />
Church Mouse 14-15<br />
Sue Chef 23<br />
PANDA/CESAME 18-19<br />
Ron’s Corner 26<br />
Kanesatake News 17<br />
4Korners 24<br />
Sports Rap 25<br />
A Look at Rosemère 20<br />
Birthdays, etc. 30
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong> Page 3<br />
<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Deux-Montagnes' Boisé-<br />
Roger-Lemoine : First<br />
Nature Reserve Owned<br />
by a Municipality.<br />
The City of Deux-Montagnes and the<br />
members of the Corporation des boisés et<br />
des parcs naturels de Deux-Montagnes are<br />
proud to announce that the 8.14 hectare<br />
Boisé-Roger-Lemoine, property in Deux<br />
-Montagnes, is now recognized as a nature<br />
reserve under the Natural Heritage<br />
Conservation Act. This is the first ever<br />
nature reserve to be owned by a municipality.<br />
In fact, on January 3, <strong>2013</strong>, the Ministry<br />
of Sustainable Development, Environment,<br />
Wildlife and Parks (MDDEFP)<br />
issued a public notice in the Gazette officielle<br />
du Québec to announce that the<br />
Boisé-Roger-Lemoine Nature Reserve,<br />
owned by the City of Deux-Montagnes,<br />
is now recognized as a nature reserve in<br />
accordance with Section 58 (chapter C-<br />
61.01) of the Natural Heritage Conservation<br />
Act. This recognition is valid for<br />
a period of 100 years.<br />
"The protection of biodiversity is everyone's<br />
business. The approach taken by<br />
the City of Deux-Montagnes and the<br />
members of the Corporation des boisés et<br />
des parcs naturels de Deux-Montagnes<br />
serves as an example for the entire<br />
Province," declared Yves-François<br />
Blanchet, MDDEFP Mintster. "No doubt<br />
the Boisé-Roger-Lemoine will contribute<br />
to the quality of life and civic pride<br />
of the citizens of Deux-Montagnes."<br />
"The City submitted an extended request<br />
to the MDDEFP to ensure that all<br />
81,394.7 m 2 of the Boisé-Roger-Lemoine<br />
would be recognized as a nature reserve<br />
for the next 100 years, especially<br />
since this is the first nature reserve to be<br />
owned by a municipality," said Mayor<br />
Marc Lauzon.<br />
"As an elected official, I want to emphasize<br />
the memorable efforts made by all<br />
the volunteer members of the Corporation<br />
des boisés de Deux-Montagnes over<br />
the course of this wonderful project. As<br />
President of the Corporation, I also want<br />
to point out the valuable collaboration<br />
of the City council and staff. Thanks to<br />
this recognition, we have ensured the<br />
conservation of the exceptional natural<br />
characteristics of these woods for a century,"<br />
said Mario Saint-Charles, Deux-<br />
Montagnes City Councillor and President<br />
of the Corporation des boisés et des<br />
parcs naturels de Deux-Montagnes.<br />
Composed of a wooded area and a cattail<br />
marsh, the Boisé is home to a diverse<br />
selection of flora and fauna. The<br />
cattail is recognized for its ability to<br />
eliminate certain impurities in water.<br />
The wooded area is an old hardwood<br />
forest that serves as a refuge for plants<br />
likely to be endangered or vulnerable in<br />
Québec. Therein, we find black ash, red<br />
ash, beech, American lime and red elm.<br />
Some sugar maples have even been<br />
estimated at 225<br />
years old, a rare<br />
occurrence in a<br />
near-urban forest.<br />
The fauna also encompasses<br />
a rich<br />
variety of wildlife.<br />
It is home to redshouldered<br />
hawks,<br />
cardinals, blue jays,<br />
black-capped chickadees, wood ducks<br />
and mallards, different kinds of woodpeckers,<br />
brown snakes, chipmunks,<br />
squirrels and snowshoe hares.<br />
As part of the agreement of recognition<br />
of a nature reserve, signed by the City<br />
and the MDDEFP, the City of Deux-<br />
Montagnes commits to the following<br />
conservation objectives:<br />
1- Conserve a natural and indigenous<br />
forest cover in an urban<br />
context;<br />
2- Maintain and enhance conditions<br />
favourable to species that<br />
are endangered, vulnerable or<br />
likely to be designated as such;<br />
3- Promote the conservation of<br />
green spaces and provide refuge<br />
for flora and fauna in an<br />
urban context;<br />
4- Maintain the vocation of a<br />
natural park in an urban area.<br />
The City also agrees not to change the<br />
dedication of the property, nor to sell<br />
it, trade it or perform any other transaction<br />
that could affect its protection<br />
status, unless the Minister has been<br />
previously consulted.
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong> Page 4<br />
<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
RHS Students Succeed<br />
at Regional<br />
Science Fair<br />
(Thanks to The Round<br />
About, the newsletter of Rosemere<br />
High)<br />
The Regional Science Fair took place<br />
at Vanier College on March 17, 18 and<br />
19 and Rosemere High School was once<br />
again very successful! This year, instead<br />
of medals, various “MENTIONS”<br />
were awarded.<br />
Four projects were given the DIS-<br />
TINCTION mention, the equivalent of<br />
bronze medals: Elizabeth and Jennifer<br />
Hua, Steven Gauthier, Megan Monahan<br />
and Taylor Forcier, and Mathieu<br />
Gagnon.<br />
Two projects were given the HIGH<br />
DISTINCTION mention, the equivalent<br />
of silver medals: Benjamin Couto, and<br />
Marina Delli-Colli and Megan Araujo.<br />
Finally, Megan Monahan and Taylor<br />
Forcier won a OISEAU magazine subscription,<br />
and Benjamin Couto was<br />
awarded the McGill University Faculty<br />
of Agriculture and Environmental Science<br />
prize of $100. CONGRATULA-<br />
TIONS!<br />
Grease is the Word<br />
By Rachel Cote, RHS Correspondent<br />
The Rosemere High School<br />
auditorium was almost bursting at<br />
the seams with people on the evening<br />
of April 19. Anxious jitters<br />
could be sensed from everyone in<br />
the audience, who simply couldn’t<br />
wait to see what masterpiece Ms.<br />
Stephanie Cocking cooked up this<br />
year.<br />
All tension broke the moment<br />
the curtains opened to the<br />
play’s overture, “Grease is the<br />
Word”. Instantly the mood was set,<br />
and the crowd was transported to<br />
Rydell High School, circa 1950.<br />
Meet Sandy Dumbrowski,<br />
the shy new girl with a big story.<br />
Such an iconic role is difficult to<br />
take on; however, the talented<br />
Josianne Carli stepped up to the<br />
plate with her powerful, theatrical<br />
voice. As the play progressed, we<br />
learned that Sandy had spent the<br />
summer with the handsome Danny<br />
Zucco, coincidently played by senior<br />
Samuel Zucco, who delivered an<br />
overall solid performance.<br />
New characters were introduced<br />
as the classic “Summer<br />
Nights” was flawlessly interpreted.<br />
The instant standout was Mathieu<br />
Couto as Kinikie, the macho Italian<br />
greaser. From his flawless Jersey<br />
accent to his engaging dance moves<br />
in “Greased Lightning,” Couto was<br />
a definite highlight of<br />
the production and<br />
ended his five years<br />
with the Drama Club<br />
in fine fashion.<br />
Another notable performance<br />
was that of Jessica Gallo as<br />
Rizzo, the sassy leader of the Pink<br />
Ladies. Though she sometimes did<br />
not quite deliver the immense<br />
amount of attitude that comes with<br />
this role, her vocal performances<br />
were flawless and heart-wrenching.<br />
While a lot of credit can be given to<br />
lead and supporting actors, recognition<br />
must be handed to the everhardworking<br />
chorus, who were the<br />
soloists’ constant backbone and provided<br />
stability and balance.<br />
After the final note had been<br />
sung and bows had been taken,<br />
closing ceremonies took place. This<br />
year, a video homage in honour of<br />
Ms. Cocking and her dedication was<br />
presented. The entire cast was in<br />
puddles, as was the audience – it<br />
was truly touching. Congratulations<br />
must been given to everyone involved<br />
in the production of Grease,<br />
from actors to stage crew members<br />
to costume and make-up artists. It<br />
was a fantastic show, one that will<br />
be hard to top - but who knows what<br />
Ms. Cocking will do next?
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong> Page 5<br />
<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Red & Blue More Than<br />
Just a Game<br />
By Gordon Wetmore<br />
The second annual Red & Blue<br />
hockey contest between the Lake of<br />
Two Mountains High School Titans<br />
and the team from the Deux-<br />
Montagnes Regional Police (DMRP)<br />
went beyond being a game: it was<br />
an event.<br />
It was conceived last year by<br />
LTM principal Eric Ruggi and<br />
DMRP Constable Christopher Harding<br />
to build good relations among<br />
students and police. The first game<br />
did that, with parents, students and<br />
officers talking glowingly about the<br />
day long after.<br />
Mr. Ruggi and community relations<br />
officer Constable Patricia Galipeau<br />
made this year’s event even<br />
grander, especially by bringing in<br />
Danielle Sauvageau, after whom the<br />
arena is named, to drop the puck for<br />
the ceremonial faceoff.<br />
The grades four, five and six students<br />
from St. Jude and Mountainview<br />
elementary schools were met<br />
by LTM’s leadership students and<br />
hall supervisors – who handed them<br />
thundersticks. LTM students filled<br />
the rest of the seats as noisily as possible.<br />
Don Cherry’s theme music<br />
blared from the speakers. Retired<br />
teacher Joel Robins, bedecked in his<br />
signature Detroit Red Wings jersey,<br />
pumped everybody up singing “The<br />
Good Old Hockey Game.”<br />
Before stepping onto the ice,<br />
standing shoulder to shoulder in the<br />
hallway, the men and boys smiled<br />
and chatted but sized each other up.<br />
Each player was called onto the ice<br />
by name, and student Meagan<br />
Simon sang “O Canada.”<br />
Ms. Sauvageau, coach<br />
of the 2002 Olympic gold<br />
medal women’s hockey<br />
team and former RCMP<br />
and Montreal police officer,<br />
told the crowd that<br />
she was proud to be in Deux Montagnes,<br />
her home town, in the arena<br />
named after her. She spoke directly<br />
to the students, reminding them,<br />
“You are the leaders of tomorrow.”<br />
Then she asked them to stay quiet<br />
for 15 seconds<br />
to<br />
think about<br />
that – and<br />
they did.<br />
Surrounded by<br />
Principal Ruggi,<br />
Mayor Marc Lauzon,<br />
Constable<br />
Patricia Galipeau,<br />
L t . A n d r e<br />
Brouillette of the<br />
DMRP, and Assistant-Director<br />
Cliff<br />
Buckland of the Sir<br />
Wilfrid Laurier School Board, she<br />
dropped the puck between the team<br />
captains.<br />
The game itself was fast and clean.<br />
Between periods, there were individual<br />
competitions in passing,<br />
shooting, racing forward, racing<br />
backward, and breakaways. Winners<br />
of individual skills added<br />
points to their team’s score.<br />
In 2012, for the third period, half the<br />
players from the police (Team Blue)<br />
joined LTM (Team Red) and half the<br />
LTM players joined the police teamand<br />
the game ended tied. This year,<br />
both wanted to play the game out. The<br />
final result when the individual skills<br />
were factored in was Team Blue winning<br />
12-9. For the purely hockey part,<br />
experience and positional play overcame<br />
youth and enthusiasm: Team Blue<br />
5, Team Red 1.
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong> Page 6<br />
<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Exercise Independent Living<br />
By Dale Hammond<br />
This article will be a first in a series<br />
explaining the importance of exercising<br />
as we age and will provide you with<br />
information on how our body ages and<br />
explanations on how exercising can<br />
often reverse the effects of aging. So<br />
why should we exercise? Many older<br />
adults feel they are at a time in their life<br />
when they can just take it easy and have<br />
someone else do the more difficult<br />
chores. After all they worked hard all<br />
those years. Others would love to go<br />
for walks or do their chores but<br />
experience pain due to arthritis or joint<br />
pain in their knees or hips or suffer<br />
from various diseases. Many people<br />
will reduce the amount of activity they<br />
do and become very sedentary. This<br />
sets you up for many problems, none of<br />
which are age related. They are related<br />
to sedentary living itself.<br />
The World Health Organization says<br />
the biggest threat to older adult’s health<br />
is sedentary living. This is because<br />
every part of our body is affected when<br />
we stop moving the way we are<br />
supposed to. Statistics show older<br />
adults do not get enough exercise to<br />
keep healthy; 42% of those over 65<br />
experience functional limitations and 30<br />
% are frail. I believe in educating<br />
people on why they need exercise and<br />
how it can help you in your activities of<br />
daily living. When people understand<br />
the reason for and the need to exercise<br />
they are much more likely to do it.<br />
I will first discuss the loss of muscle<br />
(sarcopenia) and bone density we all<br />
might experience as we age. Do you<br />
ever wonder why you can’t lift or carry<br />
things the way you used to? We start<br />
losing muscle in our 30s and 40s at<br />
about 0.5 lb. of muscle per year and that<br />
will double after age 50 to 1 to 1.5 lbs.<br />
per year or 10 lbs. per decade for<br />
sedentary people. This goes up to<br />
about 3% per year after age 70. The<br />
muscles we lose the most of are called<br />
fast twitch muscle fibers, which are the<br />
most involved when ascending and<br />
descending stairs and rising from a<br />
chair. Many older adults will<br />
experience problems in this area. Weak<br />
muscles in the core of the body<br />
(stomach and back) as well as weak<br />
muscles in the upper leg (quadriceps)<br />
are the cause of many falls when doing<br />
transfers from chairs to walkers or just<br />
rising from the chair itself. The average<br />
80 year old will require 90% to 100% of<br />
their maximum strength to get out of a<br />
chair. This will leave very little energy<br />
to perform other activities. Severe loss<br />
of muscle mass and bone density<br />
compromise our balance and stability<br />
and can result in falls that lead to loss of<br />
functional independence. Falls have the<br />
dubious honour of being the top cause<br />
of injury related deaths in people over<br />
65. Each year in Canada about 27,000<br />
older adults have a hip fracture. There<br />
are many reasons for having a fall but<br />
muscle weakness and low bone mineral<br />
density are the main causes.<br />
Loss of bone density (osteopenia)<br />
occurs at a rate of 1% per year after age<br />
35; after age 50 this goes up by 2% per<br />
year. Studies have shown that lack of<br />
physical activity promotes bone loss.<br />
Post menopausal women are at higher<br />
risk because of the loss of estrogen.<br />
When you perform strength training<br />
regularly you will slow bone loss and<br />
gain bone mineral density. When you<br />
have stronger muscles you will have<br />
stronger bones. These muscles will also<br />
help to support your joints and make<br />
them more stable. Studies show older<br />
adults need only perform strength<br />
training two days per week with a day’s<br />
rest in between.<br />
Research shows we can reverse much of<br />
this muscle and bone loss. Older adults<br />
will gain muscle at almost the same<br />
level as their much younger counter<br />
parts. Many people are afraid to<br />
exercise for fear of an injury or have an<br />
illness that they feel will be made worse<br />
by exercising. In almost every case<br />
exercise will improve your chances of<br />
better health as you age. You can begin<br />
at any age, even in your 80s and 90s.<br />
Always talk to your doctor before<br />
beginning any program. Aging is one<br />
of the things in life that cannot be<br />
altered. The way we age can be. By<br />
including exercise and more specifically<br />
strength training in your daily life you<br />
will be able to keep your independence<br />
and enjoy life fully.<br />
For more information on safe exercises<br />
for older adults, please give me a call. I<br />
will be happy to help you.<br />
Older Adult Exercise Classes are given<br />
twice weekly at the Heritage Social<br />
Club. Private training is available in<br />
your home.<br />
Dale Hammond: Canfitpro Certified<br />
(Older Adult Specialist) (Personal<br />
Trainer Specialist)
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong> Page 7<br />
<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
T h e M o n t r e a l<br />
hearings of the Truth<br />
and Reconciliation<br />
C o m m i s s i o n o f<br />
Canada, mandated to<br />
shed light on what<br />
happened in the Indian residential<br />
schools between 1870 and 1996,<br />
came to a close in late April at The<br />
Queen Elizabeth hotel, Fairmont.<br />
The history of Indian residential<br />
schools which were introduced in<br />
Canada in the 1870s, is one that<br />
continues to have repercussions on<br />
the present day. There were more<br />
than 130 schools, which were<br />
government-funded and run by<br />
religious congregations. They were<br />
established with the avowed aim of<br />
breaking up the family unit and<br />
facilitating the assimilation of<br />
children into non-Aboriginal culture.<br />
More than 150,000 First Nations<br />
children were placed in these<br />
schools where they were forbidden<br />
to speak their own language and<br />
purged of their culture. In addition<br />
to trying to “kill the Indian” in these<br />
young children, the schools were the<br />
scene of appalling physical and<br />
sexual violence.<br />
Although the last of the schools<br />
closed in 1996, their impact is still<br />
being felt: Some 80,000 former<br />
students are reportedly still alive.<br />
More than 4,134 children are<br />
reported to have died in the<br />
residential schools.<br />
The Indian Residential Schools<br />
Settlement Agreement, which was<br />
the biggest action for collective<br />
redress in Canadian history, was<br />
approved by the Courts and came<br />
into effect on September 19, 2007.<br />
I n a d d i t i o n t o f i n a n c i a l<br />
compensation for the victims, the<br />
A greement called f o r t h e<br />
establishment of a Commission to<br />
document what happened in the<br />
residential schools, and make<br />
recommendations to promote family<br />
healing and reconciliation.<br />
Of the Truth and Reconciliation<br />
Commission hearings in Montreal, I<br />
was particularly moved by the<br />
testimony of my colleague Roméo<br />
Saganash, the Cree NDP member of<br />
Parliament for Abitibi–Baie-James–<br />
Nunavik–Eeyou, who was himself<br />
separated from his family in the<br />
1960s, at age 5, and placed in a<br />
residential school in La Tuque. He<br />
recalled that, during that time, he<br />
was prevented from attending his<br />
father’s funeral. Roméo’s younger<br />
brother Jonish died in an Indian<br />
residential school – and to this day,<br />
his family still does not know what<br />
happened to him.<br />
Roméo admits that today he still<br />
lives with some of the wounds<br />
caused by the time he spent at a<br />
residential school. As he puts it, he<br />
looks completely normal, even<br />
though, in fact, he will never be<br />
“normal”: Much like the thousands<br />
of children who were subject to the<br />
residential school system.<br />
In January, Romeo Saganash tabled<br />
a private members bill in the House<br />
of Commons that would force the<br />
federal government to ensure all its<br />
laws adhere to the UN’s declaration<br />
of indigenous rights, which he<br />
himself helped draft before being<br />
elected to public office.<br />
Unfortunately, not a great deal is<br />
known about the dark history of<br />
residential schools in Canadian<br />
history, particularly in Quebec. The<br />
full glare of publicity must be<br />
brought to bear on the Indian<br />
residential school system and its<br />
aftermath, so that we can move on to<br />
the next stage: The healing process.<br />
Rima Elkouri made a compelling<br />
argument in La Presse on April 24<br />
in favour of incorporating the<br />
history of residential schools into the<br />
curriculum of high school history<br />
courses. In her article, she quoted<br />
Viviane Michel, president of Quebec<br />
Native Women, who claims that this<br />
history, of which the majority of us<br />
are not aware of, must be retold.<br />
The retelling should not aim to<br />
victimize an entire community, nor<br />
to cause trauma or assign guilt. But,<br />
Michel argues, the transmission of<br />
this history is important, first and<br />
foremost, to understand: To<br />
understand the reasons that underlie<br />
the identity crisis lived by First<br />
Nations people, the loss of<br />
Aboriginal languages and culture,<br />
and current social problems that<br />
plague communities. It is also<br />
important to retell the history in<br />
order to recognize that there was<br />
truly an ethnocide that aimed to<br />
make the “savages” disappear.<br />
The government must acknowledge that<br />
treaties form the basis of their<br />
relationship with First Nations. The<br />
government must also work in a nationto-nation<br />
relationship with Aboriginal<br />
leaders, which will enable us to make<br />
progress in such matters as land claims<br />
and the sharing of resources. Moreover,<br />
any new federal legislation or measures<br />
must be developed in full consultation<br />
with First Nations. We have no choice<br />
but to move forward.<br />
Please contact me at:<br />
Ottawa: Rm 784, Confederation<br />
Building, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A<br />
0A6,<br />
Tel.: 613-992-7330<br />
Constituency: 172 St. Louis Street,<br />
St. Eustache, Quebec J7R 1Y7<br />
Tel.: 450-473-4864 Fax: 450-473-<br />
9043 Email: Laurin.Liu@parl.gc.ca<br />
The opinions expressed by Ms. Liu, Member of Parliament for Riviere-des-Mille-Iles, do not necessarily reflect those of the <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong>
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<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Denis Martin and<br />
Team:<br />
Deux-Montagnes Autrement<br />
Dear co citizens,<br />
Let me introduce myself, I am<br />
Denis Martin, mayoral candidate for<br />
the City of Two Mountains. I was born<br />
in Two Mountains and have an MBA<br />
specialized in finance. I am involved in<br />
many organizations in the city. I would<br />
like to share with you a long-standing<br />
project of mine, which is to work<br />
actively with a great team to promote<br />
and bring sound management to the<br />
City of Two Mountains.<br />
I am proud to introduce the candidates<br />
of our team:<br />
Karine Gauthier, Masters degree in<br />
process, Commercial manager Quartier<br />
du Lac<br />
Michel Raby, retired insurance broker -<br />
Quartier de la Gare<br />
Pierre Pelletier, human resource<br />
manager - Quartier du Grand-Moulin<br />
Michel Mendez, BA, sales<br />
manager - Quartier du Coteau<br />
Robert Montplaisir, BA, retired<br />
manager from Paramount Pictures<br />
– Quartier du golf<br />
A candidate for the Olympia<br />
district will be named shortly.<br />
Our party is named Deux-<br />
Montagnes Autrement, meaning "in<br />
a different way." We are<br />
experienced citizens with<br />
managerial qualities who are ready to<br />
invest their time and energy towards<br />
managing our tax dollars in a frugal<br />
way. We are all aghast that our tax bill<br />
has risen 46% and that our total debt<br />
has increased by more than 50% since<br />
the Lauzon administration took power<br />
eight years ago, especially when the<br />
average tax hike in surrounding cities<br />
has only been 17% (source: Mamrot).<br />
We have chosen to present<br />
ourselves in front of the Olympia<br />
because the city is seriously planning to<br />
remove all its infrastructures from this<br />
area (arena, police station, etc.) for a<br />
mega project of 750 condos with<br />
buildings that vary between 4 and 10<br />
stories in height. The study, in<br />
accordance to the new urbanism plan<br />
and the TOD norms, should take over<br />
50 years to become profitable for tax<br />
payers. We do believe in sound<br />
development for the city, but we believe<br />
more in profitable development for all<br />
citizens. Our management experience<br />
will be our main tool to analyze the<br />
current and future city projects and<br />
ensure the profitability of all our tax<br />
dollars.<br />
Over the years I have attended a<br />
majority of the council meetings in<br />
order to stay well informed of the city’s<br />
stakes. In 2006, I was the spokesperson<br />
for the Two Mountains Tax Payers<br />
Association. At that time, I sounded the<br />
alarm on the current administration that<br />
was overspending our tax dollars.<br />
Today, we can see the results of this<br />
eight-year regime.<br />
Our intentions are not to spend<br />
time looking at the past but to pursue<br />
our goal to manage the future with three<br />
major points:<br />
1. Sound management of our tax<br />
dollars<br />
2. Win-win partnerships with<br />
surrounding cities<br />
3. To ensure Two Mountains as<br />
the best environment to raise a<br />
family<br />
In the next few months Deux-<br />
Montagnes Autrement team will consult<br />
citizens and share opinions with you. Be<br />
sure of one thing: We will have a sober<br />
campaign and no turnkey elections, that is<br />
to say, NO STRINGS ATTACHED.<br />
Thank you ,<br />
Denis Martin.<br />
Deux-Montagnes Autrement team<br />
dmartin.dmautrement@gmail.com
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<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
THE GLASS SLIPPER STILL<br />
FITS<br />
An Evening of Theatre, Food and Dance<br />
By Cookie Smith Photos by Paul Goyetche<br />
On April 13 at the<br />
Heritage Social Club,<br />
The Forever Young<br />
Theatre Troupe did it<br />
again … a smash hit<br />
performance! Directors Valerie Glover<br />
Drolet and Heather Tremblay mastered<br />
a wonderful production of the Natalina<br />
DePhillips play: The Glass Slipper Still<br />
Fits.<br />
Darlene Gargul, Coordinator of the<br />
Creative Seniors Project, explained that<br />
the Forever Young Readers Theatre<br />
added a<br />
new component<br />
to its<br />
repertoire in<br />
their second<br />
year by<br />
a d d i n g<br />
B r o a d w a y<br />
song and dance. We witnessed the success<br />
of this initiative during the intermission<br />
of The Glass Slipper Still Fits.<br />
The Forever Young Dancers entertained<br />
us, dressed to the nines in their period<br />
costume ballroom gowns, curly wigs<br />
and colourful masques. They included:<br />
Diane Biancardi, Diane Dequoy, Francine<br />
Goulet, Anna Kromka, Sylvia<br />
McDonald, Joyce McGovern, Josephine<br />
McNamara, and Dance Captain Sandra<br />
Tremblay. The talented Bill Dore wrote<br />
and read the Prologue Poem describing<br />
the play. The witty Anita van der Ven<br />
did a wonderful job as MC for the evening.<br />
Darlene also thanked her organizing<br />
committee, Board members, many volunteers<br />
and ‘behind the scenes’ people.<br />
Especially appreciated was the support<br />
received from members of the Heritage<br />
Club, the Lions’ Club, Holy Family Parish<br />
and generous donations from many<br />
local businesses.<br />
The Heritage Hall was elegantly<br />
decorated in ballroom theme, with litup<br />
masques on the walls, created by the<br />
Organizing Committee and the Wacky<br />
Wednesday Group, and table centerpieces<br />
of various masques and fancy<br />
shoes and slippers.<br />
The dinner theatre was an especially<br />
enjoyable evening as it started with a<br />
delicious three-course dinner prepared<br />
by Chef Gerry Monahan with the assistance<br />
of all the Heritage Wednesday<br />
Luncheon Ladies. Well-known DJ Earl<br />
Flint played background music during<br />
the dinner and play. After the play, Earl<br />
had everyone dancing all evening with<br />
his wonderful variety of music for all<br />
ages.<br />
Now onto the story of Cinderella and<br />
the famous glass slipper…brilliantly<br />
narrated by Bernice Gallotti. Cynthia<br />
Rella, played by Pat Baldwin, who had<br />
recently been widowed, also tragically<br />
lost her two sons in a car accident. Her<br />
two evil daughters-in-law Jasmine and<br />
Margie, played by Diane Biancardi and<br />
Joyce McGovern, moved in and took<br />
over Cynthia’s house. They forced Cynthia<br />
to live in the meagre attic. Cynthia’s<br />
only shining light in her tragically<br />
sad life was her granddaughter Angela,<br />
played by Francine Goulet. While Jasmine<br />
and Margie were eagerly preparing<br />
and shopping for new gowns for<br />
the Cinderella Ball, they warned Cynthia<br />
that she was not to attend and that<br />
she must stay home to work and clean.<br />
Angela was determined to find a way to<br />
bring back some joy into her grandmother’s<br />
miserable life and get her off<br />
to the ball as well. Angela found a beautiful<br />
red dress that her mother had once<br />
worn. Cynthia also found the glass slippers<br />
that her husband had given her as<br />
a gift on their wedding day. She could<br />
still remember him commenting that<br />
“she looked like a princess in them."<br />
With the wig and a masque, no one<br />
would recognize her, especially her evil<br />
daughters-in-law. Angela reminded her<br />
grandmother to be home at the strike of<br />
midnight, well before Jasmine and<br />
Margie returned. During the ball Mayor<br />
Charming, played by Bill Dore, was<br />
immediately attracted to the lovely,<br />
mysterious lady in the red dress, with<br />
whom he quite enjoyed dancing. He<br />
never had a chance to find out who she<br />
was as she left in such a scurry in the<br />
Orange Pumpkin Cab. Luckily, she left<br />
a slipper behind, which Mayor Charming<br />
picked up. The next day the mayor<br />
went to the Rella household to find out<br />
if the slipper belonged to any of the ladies.<br />
Cynthia claimed the slipper and<br />
Mayor Charming was delighted. He<br />
told Cynthia that he loved her and had<br />
always loved her but she married his<br />
best friend, thus he consequently never<br />
married. When he discovered that she<br />
was widowed and terribly unhappy, he<br />
asked her to marry him and she accepted<br />
… and they lived happily ever<br />
after!<br />
There were both tears and laughter<br />
as the amazing actors told the story of<br />
The Glass Slipper Still Fits. This was an<br />
extraordinary evening of fine wine,<br />
good food and theatrical and musical<br />
entertainment at its finest. We all wait<br />
with anticipation for<br />
the next performance<br />
by our talented<br />
creative seniors!
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<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
WELCOME TO<br />
THE LIONS DEN<br />
By Nancy Ryder<br />
We welcomed two<br />
new members into<br />
our Lions Club on<br />
April 23, <strong>2013</strong>.<br />
They are Isabelle and David Wilson<br />
Thank you for supporting our annual<br />
Lions Garage Sale. Despite the inclement<br />
weather. All donations from this<br />
event will remain in our community for<br />
assisting those in need.<br />
Yes, it is that time of year again. The<br />
Lions will be holding their annual Hot<br />
Dog Days from <strong>June</strong> 13-16 at the Deux-<br />
Montagnes I. G. A. Please come and<br />
enjoy a great meal at a good price.<br />
Don’t forget to come to Centreal Park<br />
for the <strong>July</strong> 1 st Canada Day Celebrations<br />
and enjoy our Italian sausages and beaver<br />
tails.<br />
We appreciate your continued support<br />
for events throughout the year and<br />
hope to see you at our next event.<br />
Lions Brunch for La Chacunière<br />
By Ryan Medeiros and Melanie Vidakis<br />
On the 21 st of April the Lions<br />
Club Deux-Montagnes held its annual<br />
brunch to raise money for La Chacunière.<br />
La Chacunière is an organization<br />
that helps build a residence and autonomy<br />
for the intellectually challenged<br />
children.<br />
The doors were open from 9:00<br />
am until 2:00 pm in the afternoon. During<br />
the event many scrumptious choices<br />
of food were served - such as scrambled<br />
eggs and bacon. The food was even<br />
served by some of the members of La<br />
Chacunière!<br />
The brunch took place in the<br />
Two-Mountains Veterans’ Hall with<br />
about 200 happy attendees.<br />
As always the Lions Club Deux-<br />
Montagnes managed to hold yet another<br />
successful event with many more<br />
to come throughout the year! They<br />
hope to see you next year. Lion Lucy<br />
Belair thanks you for your continuing<br />
support.<br />
Royal Canadian Legion Branch<br />
185<br />
141, Ch. du Grand-Moulin<br />
Deux-Montagnes, QC<br />
J7R 3C8<br />
Upcoming events:<br />
<strong>June</strong> 1 … Steak Dinner.<br />
Cost: $20.00 (includes dinner<br />
and a drink).<br />
Proceeds to Vets’ Fund.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 8 … Western Night with Band.<br />
Potluck.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 16 … Father’s Day Supper, 3:00<br />
pm<br />
Melanie Hutchison<br />
Trustee, R.C.L. Br. 185<br />
By Norma Lariviere<br />
The Heritage Social Club has come to<br />
the end of a busy schedule in the last<br />
few months. The Line Dancing group<br />
that met every Wednesday has finished<br />
until September. The Monday Dart<br />
League ended their year with a closing<br />
banquet at Scores, which was enjoyed<br />
by all. Belly dancing on Tuesday has<br />
also completed their session. Hopefully,<br />
the groups will be back at the hall<br />
in September. We look forward to seeing<br />
them again.<br />
We had a busy time with the Creative<br />
Seniors Program from October. Their<br />
closing show, “The Glass Slipper,” with<br />
dinner was a great success - 100 tickets<br />
were sold for this event. Congratulations<br />
for all the work that they did for<br />
this. The great thing is, it's all local talent<br />
- great job. The workers for the<br />
Creative Seniors Program were amazing<br />
fun people to work with. We, the<br />
club, appreciate all the programs that<br />
were brought to the hall.<br />
Our Bingo group will be closing on the<br />
third Wednesday of <strong>June</strong>. We have had<br />
approximately 50 bingo players coming<br />
out each month since October. Thanks<br />
to Sally Warren for the great pies, to<br />
Sandy and Albert Allen, Christine for<br />
all your dedication to Bingo afternoons.<br />
Several crib tournaments have taken<br />
place in the last month, organized by<br />
Mike Neville. Hope these tournaments<br />
will continue.<br />
In April we held a CASINO NIGHT.<br />
Many players were there. We could<br />
have used a few more. However, all<br />
who supported the night surely enjoyed<br />
themselves. The big winner was Denis<br />
Joannette and his wife Jacqueline. Many<br />
sponsors came through for us with<br />
prizes like a patio set, BBQ, patio<br />
heater, and many more. Thanks to all.<br />
Cont’d on p. 19
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<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
When a Spouse Has Passed<br />
By Gordon Wetmore<br />
Mrs. Jean Shelly, based on her own<br />
experience, gave a brief, practical, and<br />
surprisingly humourous workshop<br />
about what to do when a spouse has<br />
died. With her favourite gold and<br />
white teapot on the conference table,<br />
she spoke to a small group of attentive<br />
adults at the 4Korners Family Resource<br />
Centre in Deux-Montagnes March 21.<br />
The retired school bus driver handed<br />
out copies of an information package<br />
that she prepared out of the challenges<br />
she faced after the sudden death of her<br />
husband. She methodically kept notes<br />
about what to do and how to do it from<br />
the time of notification to the settlement<br />
of the estate.<br />
Mrs. Shelly’s concern for the survivor’s<br />
self-care, perhaps more valuable<br />
even than the practical advice, is sprinkled<br />
throughout the package.<br />
She said to “take time for yourself.<br />
Don’t forget to eat regularly. Sit down<br />
as much as you can. Grief alone is exhausting,<br />
and you may feel overwhelmed.<br />
Delegate jobs to family and<br />
friends … you shouldn’t have to do<br />
everything yourself.”<br />
“Take notes on everything,” she instructed.<br />
“This is no time to rely on<br />
your memory!”<br />
Family and friends who help also<br />
should take notes and keep records.<br />
Photocopy everything that comes in,<br />
she said, and keep them all in a separate<br />
folder or envelope. “This can prove to<br />
be a lifesaver."<br />
Her package contains advice<br />
about the time of bereavement; funeral<br />
arrangements and costs; people to contact<br />
and things to cancel; transferring<br />
real estate and vehicle ownership; the<br />
requirements of banks and life insurance<br />
companies; and even advice to the<br />
living about how to smooth the path of<br />
their own departures for family and<br />
heirs.<br />
Do not be rushed into things, she<br />
said. Companies or officials will not<br />
have a crisis if you do not send them all<br />
the documents right away.<br />
With her no nonsense delivery and<br />
sharp humour, she emphasized that the<br />
survivor can take charge of the service<br />
and control the expenses. She recounted<br />
how she called several funeral<br />
homes and found one that charged considerably<br />
less than the others and provided<br />
excellent service.<br />
As for cremations and what to do<br />
with the ashes, Chinese stores have perfect<br />
urns with lids at a fraction of funeral<br />
home prices, she said. Her husband<br />
is on his workbench in the basement,<br />
and as for herself – that’s what<br />
the teapot is for.<br />
Mrs. Shelly emphasized that her<br />
package is not a substitute for legal advice.<br />
“Check with a lawyer before taking<br />
any action concerning estate or legal<br />
matters. It is important to be absolutely<br />
sure that you are doing things legally<br />
and correctly.”<br />
She said that she prepared the advice<br />
folder after friends had seen how organized<br />
she had been while planning<br />
her husband’s funeral and settling his<br />
affairs and suggested that she should<br />
make her notes available. “I am glad to<br />
do this. My only reward is the thought<br />
that it will help others get through a<br />
difficult time in their lives with the least<br />
amount of stress.”<br />
Copies of Mrs. Shelly’s package of<br />
advice to survivors are available at the<br />
4K offices at 1801 Oka in Deux-<br />
Montagnes.<br />
Mrs. Shelly’s presentation was a<br />
public offering of the 4K’s program of<br />
workshops for caretakers funded by<br />
l’Appui de Laurentides.<br />
Youths Win $5000 for<br />
Philanthropic Organization<br />
By Gordon Wetmore<br />
Teams of Grade 10 students at Lake<br />
of Two Mountains High School worked<br />
from February into May to create multimedia<br />
presentations to win a $5000<br />
a w a r d f r o m t h e Y o u t h a n d<br />
Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) for one of<br />
the philanthropic organizations they<br />
profiled<br />
On May 10, the efforts of the four<br />
finalists were shown to judges and<br />
assembled students at the Deux-<br />
Montagnes school.<br />
The team of Melanie Vidakis and<br />
Ryan De Melo-Medeiros won the prize<br />
on behalf of the Deux-Montagnes Lions<br />
Club.<br />
Other finalists were Lief Trusdale,<br />
Erika Siracusa, Caira Nicholas, and<br />
Jordan Nelson (Maison des Jeunes St.<br />
Eustache); Audrey Roberge, Kassandra<br />
Alarie, Valerie Stecko and Bianca Arian<br />
(Centre Marie Eve); and Samantha Blais<br />
and Laurianne Genest (Equi-Sens).<br />
Teacher/advisor Rhonda Gibson said<br />
that a representative of YPI, a program<br />
created by the Toskan Casale<br />
Foundation of Toronto, presented the<br />
cheque and extolled the quality of all<br />
four presentations.<br />
Ms. Gibson said that she would like<br />
to congratulate all the students who<br />
participated. “There were so many<br />
excellent topics,” she said<br />
Melanie Vidakis said that creating the<br />
winning presentation had taken many<br />
hours of interviewing, filming, writing<br />
and editing and was very difficult.<br />
“What gave us the determination to do<br />
a good job was the Lions Club<br />
members, the way they help out so<br />
much in the community. It made us<br />
want to do that too,” she said.
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<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Team Denis Joannette<br />
During the past few weeks, Denis<br />
Joannette, candidate for mayor in the<br />
D eux - M o n t agn es m u n i cipal<br />
elections that will be held on<br />
November 3, has announced his six<br />
team members.<br />
Brigitte Brisebois is a manager in<br />
the for the Service des resources<br />
humaines de la Commission Scolaire<br />
de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Iles.<br />
Elizabeth Smart has considerable<br />
experience and was the vicepresident<br />
of communications for a<br />
federal political party.<br />
will bring their experience to play in<br />
the new council if elected.<br />
Team Denis Joannette<br />
The candidates are<br />
Brigitte Brisebois - Du Lac District,<br />
Elizabeth Smart - Olympia District,<br />
Manon Robitaille—du Grand-<br />
Moulin District,<br />
Frederic Berthiaume - de la Gare<br />
District,<br />
Guillaume Bouvrette - du Coteau<br />
District ,<br />
James McAllister - du Golf District.<br />
Manon Robitaille is a local business<br />
woman who owns the hairdressing<br />
salon Salon Absolu situated on Oka<br />
Road. Frederic Berthiaume has a<br />
Masters degree<br />
in Intervention<br />
a n d<br />
O r ganization<br />
Changes, and<br />
wishes to bring<br />
a new vision to<br />
the city and<br />
e n c o u r a g e<br />
young families<br />
to move here.<br />
Guillaume Bouvrette and James<br />
McAllister have worked for the past<br />
four years as city councillors<br />
opposing the Lauzon team. They<br />
each sat on several committees and<br />
Denis Joannette said, “In presenting<br />
these candidates I want to engage<br />
the imagination of our electors who<br />
want a new vision for their city.<br />
They bring valuable competence and<br />
management qualities to relations<br />
with the community. With them on<br />
my team, we will give a breath of<br />
fresh air to Deux-Montagnes."
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<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
St. Jude’s Flûtenvol Wins<br />
Gold at MusicFest Quebec<br />
By Emily Lacelle, Tanya Jargaille, Eve<br />
Prevost (students) and Celine Sevigny<br />
(Music Teacher)<br />
St. Jude Elementary, a<br />
little school in Deux-<br />
Montagnes, represented<br />
by the recorder<br />
ensemble Flûtenvol,<br />
won a gold standard at<br />
the annual Quebec MusicFest<br />
, which took place at Vanier College<br />
in Montreal from March 19 to 22.<br />
St. Jude is a small, charming school<br />
with 230 students, where life is good.<br />
Flûtenvol, a group of 30 students<br />
playing the recorder, is led by Mme<br />
Céline Sévigny, who has been teaching<br />
music at the school for 20 years. This<br />
ensemble is composed of talented students<br />
from Grades 4 to 6, who play different<br />
types of recorders; soprano, alto,<br />
tenor and bass. They participate in this<br />
extra-curricular activity during their<br />
lunch hour, once or twice per week.<br />
St. Jude Marches for St.<br />
Eustache Hospital<br />
By Gordon Wetmore<br />
Students and staff of St. Jude<br />
Elementary School in Deux-Montagnes,<br />
joined by members of the city’s<br />
administration, parents and younger<br />
children, marched a winding path from<br />
the school to Veterans Hall April 4 to<br />
raise money for the St. Eustache<br />
Hospital’s foundation.<br />
Among the walkers from the city were<br />
Mayor Marc Lauzon, Denis Racicot,<br />
Director of the Deux-Montagnes<br />
Regional Police, his wife Johanne, and<br />
Ms. Diane Lavalle from the hospital<br />
foundation. When the money raised by<br />
the students was combined with<br />
During these practice sessions, many<br />
elements of music are explored and perfected,<br />
such as reading, phrasing,<br />
rhythm, nuances, tempo, concentration<br />
and endurance.<br />
Here is the experience as seen by<br />
three of the musicians:<br />
This year, our practices were scheduled<br />
every week, but leading up to the<br />
main event, "MusicFest," we had back<br />
to back rehearsals all week long!<br />
Since the MusicFest took place at<br />
Vanier College, the train was the way to<br />
go, followed by a 20 minute walk.<br />
Upon arrival we were guided to a room<br />
reserved just for us. We organized ourselves<br />
and practiced a few of the more<br />
difficult parts to get warmed up and<br />
soothe our nerves. Then it was time to<br />
perform for the judges!<br />
We played four songs in front of two<br />
judges. When we were done, we knew<br />
we could be proud of our hard work.<br />
We gave it our all! We were very excited!<br />
After our show, we got advice from a<br />
judge, who taught us tricks to be even<br />
better. She even gave advice to the music<br />
teacher, but the whole time we were<br />
wondering "what will we get?" At last,<br />
the judge who helped us with our performance<br />
broke the news ... GOLD!<br />
Understandably, much screaming<br />
and jumping up and down followed.<br />
During lunch we enjoyed our<br />
success and then we were invited to<br />
pose for a group picture - the perfect<br />
souvenir of our special day.<br />
Finally we listened to a huge orchestra<br />
with a lot of instruments. Then we<br />
took the train back to school, where we<br />
were greeted with a special message of<br />
congratulations on the intercom, a lot of<br />
cheers from students from kindergarten<br />
to grade 6, and a party in our music<br />
teacher’s French classroom.<br />
Friday, March 22, was a great day for<br />
our Flûtenvol group! It had been an<br />
amazing day we will never forget!<br />
We would like to thank our<br />
principal, Mme Legault, and our amazing<br />
music teacher, Mme Sévigny, for<br />
helping us bring home the gold for St.<br />
Jude!<br />
A proud Madame Sévigny congratulated<br />
her students “for their excellent<br />
work, for their quality of sound<br />
and for their wonderful discipline.<br />
Pride in a job well-done was in evidence<br />
at this event for this little school,<br />
part of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School<br />
Board. The students of St. Jude of Deux<br />
-Montagnes have left their mark at this<br />
festival. Bravo to all these students.”<br />
matching funds from the city, a total of<br />
$1000.00 went to the hospital’s cause.<br />
J u s t<br />
before the<br />
walkathon<br />
s t a r t e d ,<br />
M r s .<br />
R a c i c o t<br />
went to the<br />
drivers of the police escort cars and<br />
encouraged them to donate the loose<br />
change in their pockets. The drivers<br />
happily complied.<br />
At Veterans Hall, the students<br />
r e c e i v e d r e f r e s h m e n t s a n d<br />
congratulations on their generous<br />
initiative.
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<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
The Church Mouse<br />
By Eric Painter<br />
Message from the<br />
Church Mouse’s Husband<br />
I had the privilege of visiting our son,<br />
who is an Anglican priest, and has four<br />
churches in Moncton, over Palm Sunday<br />
and Easter Sunday. We attended a<br />
concert of over 100 children who are<br />
taught music in the school system, and<br />
my granddaughter at age 9 was second<br />
violin. I couldn’t help but notice some<br />
of her gestures and mannerisms that<br />
reminded me so much of her grandmother.<br />
Norma will never be dead as<br />
long as Phillippa is alive. I started off<br />
by helping at a Children’s party at St.<br />
Phillips Church, next door to the rectory<br />
on the Saturday before Palm Sunday.<br />
Little did I realise that I would be<br />
attending four different churches, 11<br />
times in 8 days, plus 3 Bible study<br />
groups. Good Friday was a real awakening<br />
when I attended an all night vigil<br />
at four am, attended St. James Church<br />
at 11 am, then a Tennenbrae service at<br />
St. Mary’s Church at 8 pm, when the<br />
alter is stripped and all the lights are<br />
extinguished, then a great bang, symbolizing<br />
the tomb being closed, and<br />
everybody leaves the church in the<br />
dark, not saying a word. What a wonderful<br />
experience, and meeting so many<br />
wonderful Christians! Doug asked me<br />
at one point if I was churched out. Everybody<br />
was so kind and somebody had<br />
the presence of mind to place my lovely<br />
wife’s name into the memorial book,<br />
something that is usually reserved for<br />
parishioners. On that note, I would like<br />
to wish everybody a wonderful and<br />
safe summer, and don’t forget your<br />
church is still there for you during the<br />
hot summer months. God doesn’t take<br />
a break. As Norma would say<br />
“Blessings.”<br />
God bless,<br />
Eric,<br />
The Church Mouse’s husband<br />
HOLY FAMILY<br />
PARISH<br />
1001 OKA ROAD<br />
DEUX MONTAGNES,<br />
J7R 1L9<br />
Tel: 450-473-2163<br />
E-mail: holyfamilydl@hotmail.com<br />
Web site: www.holy-family-dm.org<br />
Weekday Masses; Monday - Friday<br />
9:00 a.m.<br />
Weekend Masses: Saturday 5:00 p.m.,<br />
Sunday 10:00 a.m.<br />
Regular Children’s Faith Education<br />
is held during the 10:00 a.m. Mass on<br />
Sunday’s<br />
A steak Bar-B-Q supper will be held<br />
at Holy Family Parish Hall, Saturday,<br />
<strong>June</strong> 22 nd . Tickets $25.00 each for a full<br />
steak dinner, (Steak, baked potatoes,<br />
salad and dessert). For information<br />
Glenn Hogan: 450-623-1082 or Lynne<br />
Fougere 450-473-2163.<br />
Summer is a time for kicking back and<br />
enjoying the warm weather. Let’s take<br />
the time to relax and smell the flowers<br />
and listen to the birds. We sometimes<br />
forget to appreciate the little things in<br />
life. The good weather means we will<br />
be out and about…often spending<br />
weekends away. We are always here<br />
and the Parish continues to need your<br />
generous support. Please remember us!<br />
A Summer Prayer<br />
Take time to claim your strength; they<br />
are gifts of God.<br />
Take time to have fun; its God’s way of<br />
teaching you your strengths.<br />
Take time to grow yourself; only you<br />
can grow you.<br />
Take time to trust yourself; God trusts<br />
you.<br />
Take time to be self-reliant; it is better<br />
than being dependent.<br />
Take time to share with others; they<br />
will bless you, and you will bless them.<br />
Take time to have hope, you are a child<br />
of God.<br />
May God bless you!<br />
Parish priest: Father Cyril MacNeil<br />
Any Company wishing to advertise in<br />
our Parish Bulletin, please contact Fr.<br />
Cyril MacNeil as soon as possible.<br />
ALL SAINTS<br />
CHURCH<br />
248-18 th Ave. Deux<br />
Montagnes<br />
Priest: Reverend David<br />
Hart<br />
David@allsaintsdeuxmontagnes.ca<br />
· Telephone: 450-473-9541<br />
E-mail: info@allsaintsdeuxmontagnes.ca<br />
W e b s i t e : h t t p : / /<br />
www.allsaintsdeuxmontagnes.ca<br />
Sunday services at 11:00 am<br />
<strong>June</strong> 1/<strong>July</strong> 6 ”Food for Body and<br />
S o u l ” m o n t h l y b r e a k f a s t<br />
9:30 am – church hall<br />
<strong>June</strong> 8 Annual Flea Market, starting<br />
at 8:00 am. In the church parking lot, or<br />
in the Church Hall, depending on the<br />
weather.<br />
Table Rental $15.00. 450-473-9541<br />
<strong>June</strong> 27/ <strong>July</strong> 25 Holy Communion<br />
service at Les Cascades 10:30 am<br />
<strong>June</strong> 29 Strawberry Social 2:00 pm<br />
Quebec Strawberries, REAL cream,<br />
l e m o n f r u i t s c o n e s ,<br />
Coffee and Tea. Price: $7.00 (children 5-<br />
12: $4.00) Info: 450-473-9541 or<br />
info@allsaintsdeuxmontagnes.ca<br />
*Newly renovated rental space (kitchen<br />
and hall) available for group meetings<br />
and activities* Rental Coordinator Patrick<br />
Beaulieu Tel: 450-491-6279<br />
rentals@allsaintsdeuxmontagnes.ca<br />
Zumba Exercise classes in the church<br />
hall<br />
Zumba Fitness Monday evening at 7:00<br />
pm.<br />
Please contact Helene Lamothe at 438-<br />
391-3537<br />
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<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
The Church Mouse<br />
Cont’d from p.14 By Eric Painter<br />
DEUX-<br />
MONTAGNES<br />
CHURCH OF GOD<br />
At the Church of God,<br />
we are rejoicing in the joys of the Easter<br />
season, which brings new life to all of<br />
nature and especially to those who<br />
share in the hope of the resurrection of<br />
Christ. We were blessed in the month<br />
of April to have our missionary to the<br />
Hispanic people, Jessica Lovera, with us<br />
to share what God is doing through the<br />
ministry that she and her husband<br />
Adrian are fulfilling together. With the<br />
observance of Pentecost Sunday, May<br />
19 th , we were once again reminded that<br />
the promise of the baptism of the Holy<br />
Spirit, always accompanied by speaking<br />
with tongues, is offered to all true believers<br />
for power to witness, to serve<br />
and to live a holy life (Acts 2:1-4) We<br />
are a Pentecostal church and we believe<br />
in the old-fashioned Holy Ghost power<br />
to baptize and to sanctify. A cordial<br />
welcome always awaits you at our Sunday<br />
evening service at 6:30 p.m. Our<br />
address is 815, Rockland St. near the<br />
Grand-Moulin train station. Hope to see<br />
you there.<br />
Pastor J. Thévenot (450) 491-6873<br />
Christ Church<br />
United<br />
214-14 th Avenue,<br />
Deux Montagnes<br />
Worship Sunday at<br />
11:45 a.m. everyone is<br />
welcome. .<br />
“Out to Lunch “for all residents of the<br />
area. Come and join us for a free lunch<br />
at Christ Church (address above) every<br />
Tuesday at 12:30 noon until 1:30 pm<br />
N.B. Children must be accompanied<br />
by an adult. All donations will be<br />
greatly appreciated. Volunteers welcome.<br />
For more info please contact<br />
Christ Church 450-473-4784 or Stella<br />
Cox 450 623-5192<br />
Church Calendar and Upcoming<br />
EventsEach month we have a “first<br />
Sunday” lunch after worship.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 2 Kid Zone Lunch following<br />
church service.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 16 Kid Zone<br />
<strong>July</strong> 23 Out to Lunch closed<br />
<strong>July</strong> 30 Out to Lunch closed<br />
ST. JAMES<br />
ANGLICAN<br />
CHURCH,<br />
328 Pine St.,<br />
ROSEMERE<br />
450-621-6466<br />
Fr. David Hart, Rector<br />
Sunday Services, 9:30am. Everybody is<br />
welcome.<br />
The Sunday school continues every<br />
first and third Sunday of the month at<br />
9:30am.<br />
The St. James Drop in Centre will be<br />
open every Wednesday from 10AM to<br />
2PM. We offer fellowship and refreshments,<br />
a pause from the rat-race. The<br />
Drop in Centre will close for the summer<br />
at the end of <strong>June</strong>, date to be confirmed.<br />
For further information, please<br />
visit our website at<br />
www.stjamerosemere.ca or phone 450-<br />
621-6466..<br />
ROSEMERE ME-<br />
MORIAL<br />
CHURCH<br />
200 Grande Cote,<br />
Rosemere. www.rosemerememorial.org<br />
Kanesatake<br />
United<br />
Church,<br />
209 rue des Anges,<br />
Oka.<br />
Information for all churches – 450-437-5560<br />
<strong>June</strong> 1: Because this is the weekend of<br />
our church's annual meeting, there will<br />
only be one service at 11 a.m. in Kanesatake.<br />
Travel on Routes 640 & 344, turn<br />
left as if taking the Oka ferry, then turn<br />
right on that street, which is rue des<br />
Anges. The Church is on the right, a<br />
lovely white Church.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 9 and 16 services will be held<br />
at the regular times.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 23 will be a Special Service<br />
celebrating Aboriginal Sunday - 11 .m.<br />
at Kanesatake, for all three congregations.<br />
<strong>July</strong>, we go to our summer schedule,<br />
with a service each Sunday at 9:30 in<br />
Kanesatake and at 11:00 in Rosemere<br />
Memorial, all conducted by our minister.<br />
.<br />
HOLY CROSS<br />
PARISH<br />
(ROSEMERE)<br />
Ste. Francoise Cabrini , 210<br />
Rue de L’Eglise<br />
(Corner of Grande Cote) 450 621 2150<br />
Fax<br />
450 621 9080<br />
Sunday services 9:30 am at Ste. Francoise<br />
Cabrini<br />
Faith Ed Program of Studies:<br />
<strong>June</strong> 2 – Confirmation Celebration,<br />
2hpm at St Maurice church,<br />
388 Boul. Adolphe-Chapleau, Bois des<br />
Filion. (Route 344(Continuation of<br />
Grande Cote))<br />
<strong>June</strong> 4 – First Communion rehearsal, 6<br />
pm at St Maurice church<br />
<strong>June</strong> 9 – First Communion Celebration,<br />
2 pm at St Maurice church<br />
Registration for next year’s program of<br />
studies will be available online only as<br />
of August 1 st . Please consult our website<br />
for more detailed information.<br />
PEOPLE’S<br />
CHURCH<br />
370 5 th Ave, Deux Montagnes.450<br />
472 4105<br />
Sunday service’s and Sunday school 11<br />
am<br />
Friday Bible Study: 7:30pm<br />
Upcoming Events: Vacation Bible<br />
School<br />
<strong>July</strong> 29 to August 2, <strong>2013</strong><br />
for more info call Nancy@450-473-8569<br />
(registration)<br />
Wisdom from above is what we<br />
need:<br />
Hey, all you dad's out there, they say<br />
there are four ages of man: 1. when you<br />
believe in Santa .2. When you don't believe<br />
in Santa 3. When you are Santa 4.<br />
When you look like Santa.<br />
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<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Citizenship Ceremony Begins<br />
Intercultural Week at LTMHS<br />
Story and Photos by Gordon Wetmore<br />
Twenty-nine candidates from 14<br />
different countries became Canada’s<br />
newest citizens April 15 in a dignified<br />
and welcoming ceremony at Lake of<br />
Two Mountains High School in Deux-<br />
Montagnes. The ceremony began a<br />
week of intercultural activities at the<br />
school.<br />
P r e s i d i n g<br />
o ffici al M s.<br />
Barbara Seal, a<br />
Member of the<br />
O r d e r o f<br />
C a n a d a ,<br />
commended the<br />
candidates for<br />
their courage in<br />
making such a<br />
significant change in their lives and for<br />
their wisdom in choosing Canada.<br />
They would gain from Canada’s<br />
democracy and opportunities and add<br />
richness to its<br />
diversity.<br />
Ms. S eal<br />
invited the<br />
guests and<br />
students from<br />
LTMHS to join<br />
the new Canadians in affirming their<br />
commitment to Canada by repeating<br />
the Oath of Citizenship with them. All<br />
rose, raised their right hands, and<br />
repeated the Oath together.<br />
The new Canadians then were called<br />
one by one to receive the citizenship<br />
certificates from Ms. Seal, a red and<br />
gold maple leaf pin from MP Laurin<br />
Liu, and a cloth Canadian flag from<br />
Constable Veronique Joly, resplendent<br />
in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police<br />
red dress uniform.<br />
Ms. Stephanie Vucko, Director<br />
General of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier<br />
School Board, and LTMHS Principal<br />
Eric Ruggi, in the opening welcomes<br />
both alluded to their parents being<br />
immigrants to Canada. In her closing<br />
address, Ms. Liu said that her parents<br />
came to Canada from China.<br />
When student Meagan Simon sang<br />
“O Canada” to conclude the ceremony,<br />
lined up across the stage were Ms.<br />
Simon (Mohawk and a member of<br />
North America’s First People), Ms.<br />
Vucko (child of Slovenian immigrants),<br />
Mr. Ruggi (child of Italian immigrants),<br />
Ms. Liu (child of Chinese immigrants),<br />
Ms. Seal (anglophone), Ms. Joly<br />
(francophone), and clerk of the<br />
ceremony Ms. Nadia Hamidi (child of<br />
Moroccan immigrants).<br />
The second major event of<br />
Intercultural Week happened the next<br />
day, a symposium on multiculturalism,<br />
with seven prominent representatives<br />
of cultural communities giving<br />
workshops. Each student attended two<br />
workshops.<br />
MP Laurin Liu opened the symposium<br />
with an address to the student body<br />
about the troubles, triumphs and<br />
contributions to Canada of the Chinese<br />
community. She concluded with the<br />
message from the old story of four<br />
blind men trying to identify an<br />
elephant. Because each touched a<br />
separate part, they argued whether the<br />
beast was a hose, a tree, a wall or a fan.<br />
From partial knowledge, each drew a<br />
wrong conclusion, as people can<br />
misjudge cultural groups.<br />
In his workshop, Imam Salam<br />
Elmenyawi, president of the Muslim<br />
Council of Montreal and Muslim<br />
chaplain for McGill and Concordia<br />
universities, carried the theme a step<br />
further. As he learned the story, he<br />
said, the four men had been<br />
blindfolded. When the blindfolds were<br />
removed and they perceived the entire<br />
animal, they finally understood what<br />
‘elephant’ meant.<br />
Other speakers included Manjit Singh, a<br />
Sikh chaplain at McGill, Steve<br />
Alexandre on the Haitian community,<br />
Asif Iftikhar on stereotyping and<br />
Muslims from South Asia, Keeton<br />
Clarke on the Afro-Caribbean<br />
community, Michael Farkas on being a<br />
black Canadian and on the Rastafarian<br />
faith, and Sebastian Alakatusery,<br />
president and founder of the Afro-<br />
Asian Foundation of Canada.<br />
The Comm unity <strong>Connections</strong><br />
congratulates the staff, students and all<br />
participants for hosting the citizenship<br />
ceremony and holding the week of<br />
intercultural activities at LTMHS. The<br />
week opened on the Monday of the<br />
bomb attacks on families at the Boston<br />
Marathon. When could there have been<br />
a more appropriate time to focus on<br />
understanding and acceptance?
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<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
KANESATAKE SEEKS<br />
RESPONSIBLE<br />
GOVERNMENT<br />
By Michael Kanentase Rice<br />
“You Rotiianer (Chiefs) will<br />
receive many scratches and the thickness of<br />
your skins shall be seven spans. You must<br />
be patient and henceforth work in unity.<br />
Never consider your own interests but work<br />
to benefit the people and the generations<br />
not yet born. Let not anger nor fury find<br />
lodging in your minds and hearts.”<br />
Tekanawita, founder of the Iroquois<br />
Confederacy, date unknown.<br />
Tekanawita, a Huron-Wendat,<br />
brought the Great Law of Peace and ended<br />
civil war amongst the Mohawks. His words<br />
offer a possible solution to political<br />
divisions in Kanesatake.<br />
The Great Law is the social,<br />
political and spiritual constitution of the Six<br />
Nations, the Mohawks, Oneida, Onondaga,<br />
Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora Nations.<br />
Tekanawita’s words have been passed down<br />
orally and become part of the cultural fabric<br />
of Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) people. This<br />
system of traditional government and chiefs<br />
exists in most Mohawk communities.<br />
However, it is not recognized nor supported<br />
financially, politically or legally by the<br />
Canadian government. It is recognized in<br />
most Mohawk communities as the<br />
legitimate Mohawk government by the<br />
majority.<br />
The only First Nations government<br />
recognized by the Canadian government is<br />
the elected band councils. Band councils<br />
are a British colonial creation designed in<br />
the 1840s to undermine indigenous systems<br />
of government and substitute them with a<br />
municipal form of government. Band<br />
councils are composed of a grand chief and<br />
a number of chiefs depending on the<br />
population of the band. The Grand Chief is<br />
essentially the mayor and the chiefs are<br />
councillors. The term “chiefs” are only<br />
cultural icing for a municipal council.<br />
The Canadian government<br />
supports band councils financially, legally<br />
and politically to deliver programs, services<br />
and information to First Nations peoples.<br />
Band councils may pass municipal by-laws<br />
only, subject to the approval of the Minister<br />
of Indian Affairs, provided they are not<br />
considered unconstitutional and do not<br />
violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and<br />
Freedoms.<br />
This is democracy according to<br />
Canadians, their leaders and the media. It is<br />
not democracy according to First Nations<br />
people. The Dominion of Canada’s’<br />
intentions in 1867 were to thrust<br />
“democracy” on Mohawk communities and<br />
implement it by force if necessary. The<br />
Dominion Police, the RCMP, provincial<br />
police forces and Federal law provided the<br />
force that attempted to abolish First Nations<br />
forms of government. Those that refused<br />
“democracy” were branded and treated as<br />
“criminals and hotheads;” thus creating the<br />
stereotype of the Native Peoples as threats<br />
to “law and order” when they resisted the<br />
coercive policies of the Government, the<br />
churches, and the law.<br />
As hard as the Federal government,<br />
police and church ran residential schools,<br />
trying to suppress First Nations social,<br />
cultural and political structures, our people<br />
secretly kept our languages and cultures<br />
alive. Part of that cultural transmission was<br />
that chiefs were chosen to represent their<br />
people. That included consulting the wishes<br />
of the people and making decisions in their<br />
best interest. If a chief or chiefs ever lost<br />
the esteem of their people, the people could<br />
ask the clan mothers to remove the<br />
offending chiefs from office. Mohawk<br />
society is matrilineal and women pass on<br />
their clan and citizenship to their children.<br />
Once a chief was removed from office, he<br />
never regained it as his removal was<br />
considered a disgrace.<br />
This is responsible government<br />
according to Mohawk society, as their<br />
leaders remained leaders as long as they<br />
worked for the welfare of their people and<br />
held the popular support of their people.<br />
Once they no longer worked for the welfare<br />
or lost the esteem of the people, the horns of<br />
a chief’s office were removed and they were<br />
forced to step down as a chief.<br />
The band council system<br />
introduced by the Indian Act of 1876<br />
changed this to chiefs being elected by<br />
popular votes, with the candidates winning<br />
the most votes becoming elected leaders.<br />
Consensus in Mohawk society was replaced<br />
with the creation of opposing parties. The<br />
party having the quorum or majority of<br />
seats has the political power and recognition<br />
of the Department of Indian Affairs to pass<br />
by-laws. Once the chiefs have been elected,<br />
there are no legal obligations for the party<br />
having power to consult with their<br />
constituents.<br />
Thus, a handful of “chiefs” can<br />
negotiate an agreement with the Federal<br />
government, without obtaining the approval<br />
of the opposing party of chiefs and the<br />
people living on the reserve. And this is the<br />
root of the political problems in Kanesatake.<br />
The people living in Kanesatake want a<br />
responsible government that listens,<br />
consults and follows the wishes of the<br />
community. And if its ruling party fails<br />
to do that, they want the right to call for<br />
a non-confidence vote to remove their<br />
leaders from power.<br />
Défi Deux-Montagnes<br />
<strong>June</strong> 9, <strong>2013</strong><br />
at Parc Centreal<br />
Register at :<br />
www.ventusdxm.org
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328 Grande Cote<br />
St. Eustache, Que.<br />
J7P 1E7<br />
By Jennifer Works<br />
What is mental health?<br />
Why should a child come to<br />
C.E.S.A.M.E?<br />
Being different is not always easy.<br />
Accepting that your child has difficulties<br />
can also be hard. The heavy<br />
weight that parents have to bear is<br />
not that their child is different or the<br />
fact that they need help, but it is<br />
how others see their child and how<br />
these people can be judgmental. Because<br />
of this, some may be hesitant<br />
to come and consult us at the Centre<br />
pour l’enfance en SANTÉ MEN-<br />
TALE.<br />
The best way to let go of these<br />
prejudices is to find out what exactly<br />
it is you are dealing with, instead<br />
of holding on to your first impressions.<br />
Mental health is most often<br />
associated with mental illness<br />
and both of these terms are not at all<br />
the same thing. The Public Health<br />
Agency of Canada gives the following<br />
definition of mental health:<br />
"The capacity of each and all of us to<br />
feel, think, act in ways that enhance<br />
LIFE CYCLES<br />
By: Lisa Agombar<br />
<strong>June</strong> has arrived and<br />
with it the CYCLE of<br />
summer begins!!!<br />
Whether it is vacations,<br />
fun in the sun, or simply<br />
relaxing on these<br />
warm nights, this is a<br />
time to unwind and<br />
perhaps reflect on CYCLES gone by<br />
and think about those around the<br />
corner. And don’t forget, a well deserved<br />
pat or two on the shoulder<br />
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our ability to enjoy life and deal<br />
with the challenges we face. It is a<br />
positive sense of emotional and<br />
spiritual well-being that respects the<br />
importance of culture, equity, social<br />
justice, interconnections and personal<br />
dignity. "<br />
Being in good mental health is:<br />
· to be able to love your life;<br />
· to put your skills to good<br />
use and to attain objectives;<br />
· to establish and maintain<br />
satisfying relationships with<br />
others;<br />
· to have enough confidence<br />
to adapt to a situation which<br />
you cannot change or to<br />
work on finding the best<br />
solution possible;<br />
· to learn to manage stress<br />
effectively;<br />
· to cope with changes that<br />
affect you ;<br />
· to be able to ask for help<br />
from those that are close to<br />
you or from a specialized<br />
wouldn’t hurt for all you’ve done so<br />
far!<br />
At PANDA, we also take a break<br />
from our monthly conferences and<br />
activities and go through our own<br />
CYCLE of reflection and planning.<br />
Over the last year, PANDA has<br />
worked hard putting together 10<br />
conferences, specialized workshops,<br />
parenting skills classes and Reading<br />
Detectives to name a few and I’m<br />
happy to report we’ve ended on a<br />
high note once again!<br />
What’s not always visible on the<br />
surface though and can be difficult<br />
<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
organization in difficult<br />
times;<br />
· to find activities that you<br />
enjoy and sticking with<br />
them;<br />
· to find a good balance from<br />
all aspects of life: physical,<br />
psychological, economical,<br />
spiritual and social.<br />
Now you can understand that<br />
C.E.S.A.M.E. is not a centre that<br />
takes care of children with mental<br />
illness. It is an organization that<br />
holds at its core the wellbeing of<br />
children and that makes sure that<br />
they have a healthy and balanced<br />
mental state!<br />
Our stimulation workshops are for<br />
children between the ages of 3 and 5<br />
with developmental difficulties<br />
(language, behaviour, motor skills,<br />
anxiety, etc.). They do not need to<br />
have a diagnosis to receive our services.<br />
If your child could benefit,<br />
please do not hesitate to call us at<br />
450-623-5677.<br />
to report on is what happens when<br />
individuals begin the journey of<br />
gathering information and understanding<br />
ADHD.<br />
Even today, with the wealth of information<br />
available, people feel<br />
ashamed or embarrassed if they or<br />
someone they know show symptoms<br />
of ADHD. Rather than discussing<br />
ADHD like any other life<br />
event, it’s kept hidden in fear of the<br />
unspoken words, behind closed<br />
door judgments or the immediate<br />
look of disapproval.<br />
Cont’d on p 19
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Panda cont’d from p. 18<br />
Don’t be afraid to<br />
make that leap!<br />
When someone makes<br />
the decision to contact<br />
“PANDA”, the courage involved in<br />
getting to that point is immeasurable,<br />
and what follows is an ongoing<br />
CYCLE of gathering information,<br />
connecting with people who<br />
can relate, and perhaps making<br />
friends along the way.<br />
One part of that ongoing CYCLE is<br />
making an assessment to rule out<br />
other factors that can present like<br />
ADHD, which leads to a treatment<br />
plan if necessary.<br />
Sample Assessment administered<br />
by a psychologist, psychiatrist, a<br />
doctor or neuropsychologist:<br />
· medical examination<br />
· eye exam<br />
· hearing test<br />
A diagnosis of ADHD also requires<br />
a series of tests and information<br />
gathering on the identified person<br />
and the observations of others such<br />
as family members, school personnel<br />
or people who see the individual<br />
on a daily basis. Even when you<br />
suspect that you or someone you<br />
know has ADHD it’s recommended<br />
Church Mouse cont’d from p 15<br />
Yikes, may I ask which stage you are<br />
in?<br />
Seriously though, we do recognize how<br />
quickly time passes by, and we just<br />
can't seem to keep up with all the commitments<br />
and responsibilities, not to<br />
mention the many jobs around the<br />
home that have been on hold the last six<br />
months and are now shouting out for<br />
our attention. Prioritizing is the key<br />
component to take care of that which is<br />
most important, and may I recommend<br />
a starting point, found in the scriptures<br />
to seek out a diagnosis to support<br />
the symptoms. Once a medical<br />
exam is administered and tests are<br />
completed, a diagnosis can be made.<br />
ADHD is often associated with<br />
medication, given that each case is<br />
unique, it will depend on the intensity<br />
and frequency of symptoms if<br />
that applies. If medication is determined<br />
to be part of the treatment<br />
plan, the family and doctor will<br />
work together to monitor the effects<br />
and dosage.<br />
Best Practices for treating ADHD:<br />
· regular follow-up visits with<br />
a medical practitioner<br />
· continued support with information<br />
about ADHD and<br />
its management<br />
· patient/ parent/ teacher<br />
training<br />
· special education accommodations<br />
· behavioral interventions<br />
combined with medication if<br />
required<br />
For more information on treatment<br />
and practices, please refer to the Canadian<br />
ADHD Resource Alliance<br />
http://caddra.ca .<br />
"Teach us to number our days, that we<br />
may gain a heart of wisdom" Psalm<br />
92:12. It is the Lord who provides necessary<br />
wisdom (skill in living) as we call<br />
upon Him for understanding and direction<br />
knowing that we are only here for a<br />
short time, and I trust a God honouring<br />
time. Happy Father's Day. (Sun. Jun 16 )<br />
Heritage Club Cont’d from p.10<br />
There is still Karaoke & Pot Luck Supper<br />
every fortnight. We have built up<br />
some great singers, should you like to<br />
come out for a nice night, please do not<br />
hesitate to do so. Some of the singers<br />
The more educated you are about<br />
ADHD, the more equipped you can<br />
be in implementing a treatment<br />
plan.<br />
The process can be overwhelming<br />
so take a deep breath, maybe two,<br />
and know that PANDA is available<br />
to walk you through this one step at<br />
a time to help find solutions best<br />
suited for your situation.<br />
As the PANDA coordinator, I am on<br />
location to support new and existing<br />
members by providing information<br />
to help understand ADHD and<br />
whether or not it applies to you,<br />
your child, or someone you know.<br />
If you need help navigating the system,<br />
want more information, or just<br />
someone to remind you to breath,<br />
PANDA is here for you through e-<br />
mail, phone, conferences or programs<br />
at 514-713-5353 or lagombar@pandablso.ca.<br />
Watch for our <strong>2013</strong>/2014 calendar<br />
that will be announced in August.<br />
We have another exciting year<br />
ahead!<br />
Wishing you all the best<br />
during this CYCLE and those to<br />
come!<br />
are Sandy Scott, Bob Goulet, Bill Dore,<br />
Ken Hum, Francine Gallotti, Jean-<br />
Marie Cote, and now we have Paul<br />
Goyetche. Hope they keep up the good<br />
work.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 15th – Softball Mixed Tournament<br />
held at Olympia Park, If you would like<br />
to get a team together contact Mike<br />
Neville, or if you would like to volunteer<br />
in some way we never say no.<br />
<strong>July</strong> 27th – Annual Golf Tournament to be<br />
held at Lachute, Bob Fordham, Sandie<br />
Spackman, Paul Barnett are the ones to contact<br />
at the hall 450-473-5429, so get your<br />
foursome together.
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<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
A Look at Rosemere<br />
By Marge McCord<br />
<strong>June</strong> and <strong>July</strong> are two of the nicest<br />
months of the year. <strong>June</strong> takes in Fathers’<br />
Day, and this year our town will<br />
have the honour of welcoming the Canadian<br />
Peony Exhibition. At that time,<br />
peonies will be in full bloom on the new<br />
pennants enhancing our territory. These<br />
pennants can be purchased at the town<br />
hall and municipal library. They are<br />
produced from a translucent weatherresistant<br />
fabric. Poles and wall supports<br />
can also be purchased.<br />
Another interesting annual event is the<br />
Rosemere Secret Gardens Tour on Sunday,<br />
<strong>July</strong> 14. Tickets are available and<br />
on the day of the tour you will receive a<br />
map, etc.<br />
There will also be music to add a note<br />
to the harmony of the town’s gardens.<br />
Profits from this event are donated to<br />
Les Petits Plaisirs, a respite care organization.<br />
Many other things will be taking place –<br />
swimming, tennis, etc. You can even<br />
sail down the river on a motorized pontoon<br />
boat for 90 minutes with a native<br />
interpreter, criss-crossing history and<br />
ecology. There is also an evening cruise<br />
on Fridays and Saturdays during <strong>July</strong><br />
and August. For further information<br />
please call Eco-Nature at 459-622-8050.<br />
A reservation is necessary for all boat<br />
outings.<br />
Volunteering is a great way to spend<br />
one’s time. The money raised or time<br />
given helps many people and organizations.<br />
High school teenagers are also<br />
giving of their time and going to shelters<br />
in Montreal to help feed the needy.<br />
Each year, there are seven municipalities<br />
– each choosing their volunteer of<br />
the year. The municipalities are Blainville,<br />
Rosemere, Lorraine, Bois de Filion<br />
and Ste-Anne-des Plaines.<br />
This year’s volu<br />
n t e e r f o r<br />
Rosemere is<br />
Lucille Tetreault,<br />
a long-time resident<br />
who is still<br />
doing her thing<br />
w i t h t h e<br />
Rosemere Volunteer<br />
Services. On<br />
Wednesday, April 24, the seven chosen<br />
were feted at the Lorraine Cultural Centre<br />
with their guests and a cocktail<br />
party took place. Our congratulations<br />
go out to Lucille. She deserves it. Each<br />
volunteer of the year received a special<br />
pin and a plaque.<br />
On Thursday, May 30, the Rosemere<br />
Volunteer Services held their Annual<br />
General Meeting with reports, the introduction<br />
of new members and the slate<br />
of officers for the new year. The boutique<br />
closed on May 30, and will reopen<br />
in September. Lunch was served<br />
after the meeting.<br />
The 47 th Canadian Ski Marathon<br />
February 9-10,<br />
Started as a Centennial Project, 47 years<br />
ago, the Canadian Ski Marathon (160<br />
km long) was successfully organized as<br />
a unique, two day event of Cross Country<br />
Ski Participation for five year olds<br />
and over. Some actually do the whole<br />
distance and sleep in the snow. Numerous<br />
residents in the Rosemere, Lorraine<br />
areas continue to participate over the<br />
years. Pat Donvito (former Councillor<br />
for Rosemere), and Bill Pollock (School<br />
Commissioner for Sir Wilfred Laurier)<br />
won the Silver medal for Jim Quarles’<br />
Memorial Trophy this year. Sue<br />
Quarles was on a<br />
team that won the<br />
Bronze. Henry<br />
Andres formerly<br />
from Lorraine was<br />
on the team as well.<br />
Another team of<br />
participants, also<br />
formerly from<br />
Rosemere, Peter<br />
and Don DeGroot<br />
and Evan Hazel came all the way from<br />
BC. While the Federal Government<br />
wants to celebrate Canada’s 150 th in<br />
2017 with some new events and ideas, it<br />
would be nice if they supported what<br />
has been going on for 47 years. Sadly<br />
at Christmas time one of the key supporters<br />
of the long time CSM supporters,<br />
Leo Weiss from Lorraine, passed<br />
away suddenly. Leo along with his<br />
wife Marianne encouraged many to<br />
participate in this event.<br />
Thanks to Sue Quarles for the above.<br />
Sympathies<br />
Our sympathy goes to Carla Stapensea<br />
and family in the loss of her husband<br />
and their father, Roc, for many years a<br />
resident of Rosemere.<br />
Thomas Wallace, long-time resident of<br />
Rosemere before he moved to Beaconsfield,<br />
passed away. Our sympathy goes<br />
to his wife, Alice, his three children and<br />
three grandchildren.<br />
You have probably heard of people<br />
having cortisone shots. In case you did<br />
not know, it is a compound extracted<br />
from the cortex of the adrenal gland of<br />
animals or produced synthetically and<br />
used in treatment of diseases such as<br />
arthritis. It is also given orally.<br />
Last but not least: this paper may cease<br />
publication in a year due to lack of<br />
funding from provincial government<br />
organization. All of the people working<br />
on the paper are volunteers but the<br />
printing of it is not free. The committee<br />
in charge have talked about fundraising<br />
and are looking for ideas. If you<br />
come up with something, please call me<br />
at 450-437-5231 and I will pass your<br />
ideas on. Many thanks, Marge.
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<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Unhealthy Foods<br />
By Glenda Esguerra<br />
Paravie. Personal Fitness Specialist<br />
Let’s highlight some strategies to<br />
clean up your diet.<br />
Saturated fats found in whole<br />
milk, full-fat cheese and butter increase<br />
the level of bad cholesterol<br />
that is harmful to your arteries. Try<br />
to replace these with healthy unsaturated<br />
fats found in plant foods<br />
like nuts or avocados, for example.<br />
Drinking alcohol can raise the<br />
good cholesterol level and diminish<br />
the risk of dementia or Alzheimer’s<br />
Heel spurs: Symptoms, Causes,<br />
Treatment and Prevention<br />
Dr Martin Scutt, podiatrist & clinician at<br />
UQTR<br />
A heel spur is a calcium deposit on the<br />
underside of the heel bone. It is most<br />
often associated with a mechanical<br />
problem involving the structural<br />
alignment of the foot or walking gait<br />
abnormalities. Heel spurs can be<br />
characterized by intermittent or chronic<br />
pain, which is usually worse in the<br />
morning or when first standing after<br />
periods of rest. Many patients describe<br />
the pain of heel spurs as a “knife or pin<br />
sticking into the bottom of their feet,”<br />
when they first stand up in the<br />
morning. As the pain worsens, heel<br />
pain can be present even while not<br />
weight-bearing.<br />
Causes of Heel Spurs<br />
Risk factors for heel spurs include a<br />
structural abnormality in the foot<br />
(including flat feet or high arches), gait<br />
abnormality, prolonged periods of<br />
jogging or running on hard surfaces,<br />
excess weight or obesity, poorly fitted<br />
or badly worn shoes , or shoes lacking<br />
proper arch support .<br />
Treatments for heel spurs and<br />
associated conditions include ice and<br />
rest, custom-made orthotics, antiinflammatory<br />
medications, shoe<br />
recommendations and cortisone<br />
injections.<br />
Prevention of Heel Spurs<br />
You can prevent heel spurs by wearing<br />
well-fitting shoes with shock-absorbent<br />
soles, choosing appropriate shoes for<br />
each physical activity; warming up and<br />
doing stretching exercises before each<br />
activity. It is also important to avoid<br />
wearing shoes with excessive wear on<br />
the heels and soles.<br />
It is best not to ignore any foot pain.<br />
Consult one of our podiatrists if you<br />
experience a burning sensation in the<br />
ball of your foot that is not improving<br />
even with a change in footwear and a<br />
reduction in the activities that may<br />
cause stress to your feet. At Clinique<br />
Podiatrique Rive Nord (est. 1998) ,<br />
all our care is provided by podiatrists<br />
regardless of the nature of your<br />
problem. We are extremely proud of<br />
our fee schedule which allows our<br />
services to be accessed by a wider<br />
population. Our team consisting of<br />
four podiatrists is dedicated to<br />
disease. But the key is drinking in<br />
moderation. Drinking moderately<br />
means 1 drink per day for women,<br />
and 2 drinks per day for men.<br />
Now take a look at your refrigerator<br />
and cupboards. Try to eliminate<br />
processed foods. This isn’t easy<br />
at all. The key is to try to have<br />
handy foods that don’t have a long<br />
list of ingredients. The closer to a<br />
single ingredient a food item is, the<br />
better.<br />
Next is sugar. We eat far too<br />
much sugar for our own good. This<br />
increases our risk for heart diseases.<br />
On the average, we consume about<br />
400 calories, easily, per day, which<br />
is about 30 teaspoons. It is recommended<br />
by the American Heart Association<br />
that women should only<br />
have 6 teaspoons and 9 teaspoons<br />
for men daily.<br />
Another strategy is to diminish our<br />
daily consumption of salt. Unfortunately<br />
we get most of our salt from<br />
prepackaged foods and breads.<br />
What’s recommended is 1 teaspoon<br />
of salt per day. But most of us get<br />
up to 50% more.<br />
Be mindful of the few strategies<br />
mentioned here, and you should see<br />
a difference in your weight loss battle.<br />
Let me know what you think. For<br />
any questions, please feel free to<br />
contact me.<br />
providing a high level of patient care<br />
and service with a work schedule that<br />
accommodates even the busiest of<br />
individuals and families. We are<br />
pleased to inform you that the vast<br />
majority of our new patients are<br />
referred to us by other patients or<br />
health practitioners.<br />
Thank you for your trust.<br />
Dr Martin Scutt, podiatrist<br />
For more information or to make an<br />
appointment please call (450) 979-0303<br />
(260 Grande Cote, Rosemere near the<br />
train station).
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<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
SCHOOL MATTERS<br />
By Gordon Wetmore<br />
gordonwetmore@yahoo.ca<br />
For the school year 2012-<strong>2013</strong>,<br />
this is the last issue of the<br />
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong>. It is my<br />
pleasure to thank on behalf of our<br />
little publication the many students,<br />
teachers, administrators, and<br />
support staffs of our elementary and<br />
secondary schools from Kanesatake<br />
to Rosemere for their help and<br />
support. In particular, the<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Connection owes a huge<br />
thank you to the office secretarial<br />
staffs and teachers at McCaig,<br />
Mountainview and St. Jude<br />
elementary schools who count out<br />
and distribute 1000 copies for the<br />
students to take home.<br />
In every year, certain projects or<br />
events stand out. For me, the<br />
number one initiative this school<br />
year was the week dedicated to<br />
intercultural activities by Lake of<br />
Two Mountains High School. The<br />
first activity, a ceremony granting<br />
citizenship to 29 new Canadians,<br />
took place on the same day that<br />
terrorists exploded two bombs<br />
among the spectators at the Boston<br />
Marathon. What better time<br />
could there have been to<br />
underscore the need for<br />
knowledge, understanding and<br />
acceptance? The stories coming<br />
out of the Truth and<br />
Reconciliation Commission<br />
show us in exclamation marks<br />
the cost of ignorance ,<br />
misunderstanding and refusing<br />
to accept.<br />
Danielle Sauvageau, speaking<br />
to the students gathered to take<br />
in this year’s Red and Blue<br />
Hockey Game, told them to<br />
realize that they are the leaders<br />
of tomorrow. The speakers at<br />
the We Day conference last fall had<br />
the same message and made it one<br />
of hope for the future. Intercultural<br />
Week, We Day, Idle No More and<br />
even the Red and Blue Game aimed<br />
to open eyes and unite those leaders<br />
of tomorrow. And we adults, the<br />
leaders of today, set the stage for the<br />
tomorrow they will lead.<br />
Perhaps one way to generate a<br />
move from conflict to co-operation<br />
and mutual benefits is for the Sir<br />
Wilfrid Laurier School Board to find<br />
a way to keep school populations<br />
balanced. Right now there are<br />
situations where one school’s<br />
population is dropping while<br />
another in close proximity has more<br />
applicants than it can accommodate.<br />
The situation is occurring in more<br />
t h a n o n e<br />
community within<br />
t he S W L S B ’s<br />
jurisdiction. The<br />
problem is that all<br />
the schools have<br />
s o u n d<br />
administrations,<br />
good teachers,<br />
and effective<br />
programs. I have<br />
been in a school losing students and<br />
in a school suffering overcrowding<br />
– and they were both the same<br />
school in different decades. Why<br />
did it shrink at one time and grow<br />
to bursting another? Inaccurate<br />
perceptions, mostly, and I think that<br />
is what is causing the imbalances<br />
now. It would be marvellous if the<br />
SWLSB can come up with a<br />
balancing formula that does not<br />
involve artificial boundaries, which<br />
only make parents bad tempered.<br />
To the graduates, best of luck in<br />
the great adventure. You are the<br />
leaders of tomorrow. Take care of<br />
each other and respect the cultures<br />
that all of us other humans came<br />
from.
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong> Page 23<br />
<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Sue Chef<br />
By Susan Sanders<br />
Hi again! Well, the<br />
column in the last issue<br />
was for Mothers’ Day,<br />
so it seems only fair to<br />
have Fathers’ Day in this issue! A nice<br />
BBQ sounds just right for a Fathers’<br />
Day dinner.<br />
Menu<br />
Avocado and Apple Salad<br />
BBQ Baby Back Ribs<br />
BBQ Potatoes with Toppings<br />
Herb Zucchini strips<br />
Ice Cream with Butterscotch Sauce<br />
(Serves 4 )<br />
Avocado and Apple Salad<br />
2 Avocados<br />
2 Apples, red skinned<br />
1 Iceberg lettuce, washed and<br />
dried<br />
1 tbsp Honey<br />
2 tbsp Apple cider vinegar<br />
6 tbsp Olive oil<br />
Salt and pepper<br />
Mix honey and vinegar. Whisk in the<br />
olive oil slowly in a thin stream. Whisk<br />
until thickened. Season with salt and<br />
pepper. Halve the avocados lengthwise<br />
and remove the stone. Peel and slice<br />
the flesh into bite sized pieces. Place in<br />
to the dressing. Mix well to coat.<br />
Quarter the apples and core them. Slice<br />
thinly and add them to the dressing.<br />
Tear lettuce into bite sized pieces and<br />
place in salad bowl. Add dressing mixture,<br />
toss well and serve. Garnish with<br />
lemon wedges.<br />
BBQ Baby Back Ribs<br />
3 Racks of Baby Back Ribs<br />
( trimmed of excess fat )<br />
BBQ sauce ( Recipe below )<br />
or use your favorite BBQ sauce<br />
Cut each rack of ribs in half. Place ribs<br />
in a large pot of boiling water. Reduce<br />
heat and simmer gently for an hour and<br />
a half. Remove ribs with tongs carefully<br />
so that the ribs do not fall apart.<br />
(They will be very tender). Place ribs<br />
on a plate, cover and refrigerate until<br />
cold.<br />
Oil grill and set BBQ to medium-low<br />
heat. Place ribs on grill, brush with<br />
BBQ sauce. After 3-4 minutes turn ribs<br />
over and brush the other side. Continue<br />
brushing and turning every few minutes<br />
for about 20 minutes, or until the ribs<br />
are nicely coated and heated through.<br />
Increase heat a little during last few<br />
minutes of cooking if you prefer the<br />
coating crisper.<br />
BBQ Sauce<br />
3 Garlic cloves, peeled and<br />
chopped finely<br />
1 tsp Coriander, ground<br />
½ tsp Cinnamon, ground<br />
½ cup Brown sugar<br />
¾ cup Ketchup<br />
¼ cup Apple Sauce<br />
2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce<br />
Salt and pepper<br />
Place all ingredients in a saucepan and<br />
heat over medium low heat until sugar<br />
has dissolved, stirring often.<br />
Taste and adjust seasoning.<br />
BBQ Potatoes with Toppings<br />
2 Idaho Potatoes ( Scrubbed<br />
clean )<br />
4 tbsp Butter<br />
8 Bacon strips, cooked tender<br />
crisp and crumbled<br />
2 Green Onions, washed and<br />
chopped<br />
½ cup<br />
Cheddar Cheese, grated<br />
Sour Cream, to taste<br />
Salt and pepper<br />
Tin foil<br />
Using a fork, prick each potato 5 or 6<br />
times. Rub each potato with a little butter.<br />
Wrap each tightly in tin foil and<br />
place on BBQ grill set on medium heat.<br />
Potatoes will take about 1 hour to cook<br />
through. Turn potato over after 30 minutes<br />
to insure even cooking. When<br />
cooked through, place on top bun rack<br />
of BBQ to keep them warm while you<br />
BBQ the ribs. When ready to eat carefully<br />
remove tin foil. Cut each potato in<br />
half lengthwise. Cut a criss cross<br />
through flesh of potato and gently<br />
squeeze end and sides towards middle<br />
to create a little pocket. Have the prepared<br />
toppings on the table so everyone<br />
can top their potato their own way!<br />
Herb Zucchini strips<br />
3 zucchinis, washed and sliced<br />
lengthwise in 4 -5 strips (depending on<br />
the size of the zucchini)<br />
2 tsp Lemon juice<br />
1 tsp Herbs des Province<br />
3 tbsp Vegetable oil<br />
Salt and pepper<br />
Mix lemon juice, herbs and oil together.<br />
Place in a plastic bag and add the zucchini<br />
strips. Let marinate at room temperature<br />
for about an hour. Place strips<br />
on oiled grill over medium heat, turning<br />
occasionally, until tender firm or done<br />
to your taste. Season with salt and pepper.<br />
Ice cream with Butterscotch Sauce<br />
½ cup Dark corn syrup<br />
½ cup Brown sugar<br />
¼ cup 35% cream<br />
2 tbsp butter<br />
½ tsp vanilla<br />
Ice cream<br />
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan<br />
except for the vanilla and ice cream.<br />
Bring to a gentle boil over medium<br />
heat. Heat for about 5 minutes<br />
whisking often. Sauce will thicken.<br />
Remove from heat and add the vanilla.<br />
Mix well. Serve hot or cold<br />
over vanilla ice cream.<br />
As always, I hope you enjoy!<br />
Sue Sanders
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong> Page 24<br />
<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Second Annual “Getting to<br />
Know our Communities”<br />
By Jim Colmer<br />
On Saturday, April 27, <strong>2013</strong>, the Deux-<br />
Montagnes Laurentian English Services<br />
Advisory Network (LESAN) hosted<br />
their second annual information day to<br />
promote health and social services<br />
organizations and businesses in the<br />
lower Laurentian region that provide<br />
services in English as well as French. It<br />
was held at the Veterans’ Hall in Deux-<br />
Montagnes and ran from 10:00 am to<br />
4:00 pm. It was organized by a team of<br />
people that work on the LESAN<br />
committee on a regular basis. LESAN is<br />
a 4 Korners<br />
i n i t i a t i v e<br />
t h a t i s<br />
sponsored<br />
b y t h e<br />
Networking<br />
Partnership<br />
Initiative, which in turn is a program<br />
that is funded by the <strong>Community</strong><br />
Health and Social Services Network.<br />
They in turn are funded by Health<br />
Canada.<br />
I had the privilege for the second year<br />
in a row to act as animator for the<br />
event. A total of 17 non-profit<br />
4 Korners is proud to present<br />
their <strong>2013</strong> English-Language<br />
Services Directory for the<br />
Laurentians region.<br />
This vital resource has been developed<br />
to promote health and<br />
social services that exist in the<br />
Laurentians as well as the<br />
means to access them. The Directory<br />
informs the Englishspeaking<br />
population of the<br />
Laurentians of community services<br />
that are available in English.<br />
The majority of the organizations<br />
listed in this guide<br />
are members of the Regroupement<br />
des Organismes Communautaires<br />
de Laurentides<br />
and are recognized by the<br />
Health and Social Services<br />
Agency of the Laurentians (the<br />
Agency). The Agency requested<br />
that 4 Korners Family<br />
Resource Center determine<br />
which community organizations<br />
are able to offer services<br />
in English and to what extent.<br />
To facilitate the search, services<br />
have been separated by<br />
MRC and by population group<br />
organizations participated in the day’s<br />
activities including PANDA, Carrefour<br />
Peri-naissance, 4 Korners, CESAME,<br />
Heritage Club, <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong>,<br />
Lions Club, Kanesatake Health Center,<br />
Service Canada, Centre de Santé et des<br />
Services Sociaux du Lac de Deux-<br />
Montagnes, Women’s Time Out,<br />
CAVAC, PRISME, Maison des Jeunes<br />
and Christ Church. Five businesses also<br />
participated this year for the first time<br />
including Zeal, Dale Hammond, Sandra<br />
Capogreco, Colleen McClean from All<br />
Zen and Glenda Esguerra from ParaVie.<br />
Numerous gift certificates were<br />
donated by organizations and<br />
businesses. These prizes were awarded<br />
by the scavenger hunt organizers Emy<br />
and Karl.<br />
There was a steady stream of<br />
individuals and families throughout the<br />
day, totalling around 60 people, double<br />
(youth and family, women seniors<br />
and all ages).<br />
4 Korners is dedicated to assisting<br />
people of all ages to access<br />
information, resources and<br />
services in English. A network<br />
to improve access to health and<br />
social services has been built<br />
throughout the Laurentians in<br />
collaboration with partners<br />
from the public health sector,<br />
community sector, education<br />
sector and dedicated volunteers.<br />
To obtain a copy, please contact<br />
4 Korners at 450-974-3940<br />
or 1-888-974-3940.<br />
last year’s number. This was an<br />
overwhelming success that no doubt<br />
will encourage the organizers to<br />
consider a similar event next year.<br />
Around 11:00 am, the group Mad-<br />
Science entertained young and old (as<br />
in older) with some miracles of science<br />
involving mixing water with chemicals.<br />
Around 1:00 pm, two folks from Repti-<br />
Zone put on a display of creatures that<br />
could best be described as “creepy.”<br />
Kids and a few adults had great fun<br />
wrapping these crawlers around their<br />
necks and arms. I watched from a<br />
discreet distance.<br />
Lunch and snacks were provided by the<br />
students from PDM high school and<br />
they did a great job— especially the<br />
truffles.<br />
Dale Hammond, a certified adult and<br />
personal trainer specialist, put us<br />
through our steps with 15 minutes of<br />
exercise after lunch. Later in the day<br />
Glenda Esguerra from Paravie did a<br />
great workout with several young<br />
volunteers with a boot invention called<br />
Kanga-jump. All in all it was a great<br />
day, which bodes well for the same<br />
event next year. Stay tuned.
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong> Page 25<br />
<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Deux-Montagnes Midget BB<br />
Panthères First Ever to Bring<br />
Home the Dodge Cup!<br />
By Andrea Dorfman<br />
It was what many would call a dream<br />
season and possibly even a dream team.<br />
This was the third time in four years<br />
that the city’s highest ranked team won<br />
Regionals to qualify for the Dodge Cup<br />
under head coach Pat Giacomelli. This<br />
is in itself a rare and great achievement<br />
in regional hockey but they had yet to<br />
bring home the Provincial Championship.<br />
So with determination to bring the Cup<br />
home to Deux-Montagnes once and for<br />
all, the players, coaches and parents<br />
headed north to Mont-Laurier, Quebec,<br />
from April 11-14. And in highly dramatic<br />
fashion, it all came down to the<br />
wire. They needed a sudden death goal<br />
in overtime in the finals to win it. And<br />
they did it! They were the first team<br />
from Deux-Montagnes ever to do so.<br />
Their determination to be the best and<br />
most disciplined team on the ice<br />
awarded them a 4-on-3 power play<br />
early in overtime. When the coach sent<br />
out his two top goal scorers, Vincent<br />
Bellerose and Samuel Pesant, it was<br />
hard not to believe. Having rarely<br />
played on the same line together, Vincent<br />
looked at Sam and said, “We have<br />
to do this now.” And as the storybook<br />
ending goes, Sam made a perfect pass<br />
to Vincent who buried it in the net and<br />
it was game over!<br />
In Canada at all levels from novice<br />
up to juvenile, university to professional,<br />
hockey is our biggest<br />
sport, and we Canadians have some<br />
of the best, if not the best, hockey<br />
players in the world. But let me remind<br />
you, my fellow Canadian<br />
sports fans, that basketball is also in<br />
the forefront and coming on very<br />
strong,<br />
This special group of talented young<br />
men proved that true love of the sport<br />
combined with teamwork and a competitive<br />
spirit could achieve great<br />
things. This year they moved up to AA<br />
just for the regular season to challenge<br />
themselves against the best teams in the<br />
region. Expectations were not high, but<br />
the coaches and management wanted<br />
them to have a season where they could<br />
push themselves to be their best. Especially<br />
as for many this was their last<br />
year playing for the organization where<br />
they had started at age 5! They greatly<br />
surpassed expectations - finishing 4 th<br />
place overall and even more impressively,<br />
being named “Most Disciplined<br />
Team,” something the boys, coaches<br />
and Deux-Montagnes Hockey Association<br />
carry with much pride.<br />
On behalf of all the parents and fans,<br />
congratulations and thank you to the<br />
following players and coaches for making<br />
us extremely proud. You are truly<br />
champions.<br />
Basketball (aka “b-ball”) was invented<br />
by a Canadian, James Naismith.<br />
Also Canadian Steve Nash is<br />
a two-time MVP of the NBA and<br />
now stands fourth on the list of<br />
most assists in NBA history.<br />
The largest and most successful<br />
sports tournament in all of North<br />
America is American university basketball's<br />
March Madness. This<br />
year's tournament had 29 Canadians<br />
participating on 19 teams, an incredible<br />
accomplishment for our<br />
Jordan Blunt, Vincent Bellerose, Yannick<br />
Côté, Félix Cadieux. Félix Charron,<br />
Charles Desmeules, Fréderic Dionne,<br />
Liam Gallant, Gabriel Germain, Luca<br />
Giampersa, Francis Guay, Charles-<br />
Antoine Houle, Jeremy Labelle, Gabriel<br />
Laliberté, Anthony Marandola, Samuel<br />
Pesant, Yanick Proulx and Vincent<br />
Thomas.<br />
Head Coach: Patrick Gioacomelli, Assistant<br />
Coach: Dominic Labelle, Assistant<br />
Coach: Guy Labelle, Assistant<br />
Coach: Gabriel Renaud, Assistant<br />
Coach: Jonathan Surprenant, Manager:<br />
Daniel Germain, Director BB: Pierre<br />
Carré.<br />
nation of just 35 million people in<br />
which hockey is such a dominating<br />
sport. Also this year the number<br />
one high school player in the USA is<br />
a 18-year-old Canadian, Andrew<br />
Wiggins, from the Greater Toronto<br />
area.<br />
The development of elite basketball<br />
players has risen above elite<br />
hockey player development in the<br />
past 5 to 10 years. That's my opinion.<br />
What's yours? Thanks. bobbyfordham@sympatico.ca
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong> Page 26<br />
<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Saying Goodbye<br />
By Ron Kesseler<br />
For those of you that are animal owners<br />
and lovers, you will understand that our<br />
animals become part of our family. We<br />
often speak to them as if they were human,<br />
with instructions on what to do, when to go<br />
out or where not to go, fully expecting that<br />
they understand our every word. Dogs and<br />
cats are the most common of house pets and<br />
there are hundreds of sizes, breeds and<br />
appearances, all of which are endearing to<br />
us, their owners. We take care of them by<br />
feeding, playing, taking care of them to the<br />
best of our ability, all of which is in return<br />
for LOVE.<br />
Animals in contrast to humans, for the<br />
most part only wish to please their<br />
“masters”. Dogs want to run and play or<br />
rest … cats just want to be stroked and<br />
pampered when they are done “exploring.”<br />
If you are a reader of my articles, you know<br />
that I had two Chocolate Labs, Bubba and<br />
Maggie. As is common with the breed of<br />
Labrador Retrievers, both my companions<br />
suffered from epilepsy. Because we cared<br />
so much, we, along with our vet, tried<br />
numerous medications and dosages to give<br />
them the best quality of life possible.<br />
Bubba succumbed to sickness and age in<br />
2009 leaving Maggie to mourn his loss with<br />
us. Maggie didn’t seem too upset at the<br />
beginning, until we went camping. We left<br />
her alone for about 10 minutes while we<br />
were talking with neighbors. All of a<br />
sudden we heard a loud howling noise<br />
coming from our campsite. It was Maggie<br />
in her first display of grief in being without<br />
her brother and the loneliness was<br />
something she had never experienced. It<br />
was a very sad moment for us as well.<br />
Maggie became independent over the<br />
next few weeks learning to cope alone. As<br />
a distraction, I would take her out more than<br />
before. Maggie’s favorite game was<br />
HOCKEY! I would have to take a ball and<br />
my hockey stick and try to get the ball past<br />
her. She got so good she could have been<br />
signed up by the Habs!<br />
Maggie would follow us anywhere,<br />
stopping at friends' houses. She would come<br />
in and stay by my side and never wander<br />
unless I called her. She never would go for<br />
food on tables or sneak treats unless they<br />
were offered. She was a great traveler,<br />
welcome almost anywhere. Her favorite<br />
place was the campground we have been<br />
going to for over 30 years. She loved to run<br />
around always looking over her shoulder to<br />
make sure I was near. She never ran after<br />
other dogs, cats, raccoons, etc., but not<br />
because she was afraid, she just seemed to<br />
know it wasn’t alright.<br />
In February past, we came in from<br />
outside and Maggie greeted me at the door<br />
as usual, tail wagging with an almost visible<br />
smile, waiting for me to say … “Wanna<br />
play?”<br />
I reached down and scratched the scruff<br />
of her neck and I felt a small lump under<br />
her neck. It didn’t seem to cause her pain,<br />
so I decided to wait and watch closely for<br />
changes. Two weeks later the lump had<br />
grown to about the size of a marble so I<br />
took her to our family vet for a check up.<br />
She said it could be an infection or possibly<br />
a tumor. We had previously removed small<br />
growths on her lips which were pea size.<br />
Over the next few weeks the lump doubled<br />
in size, so our vet took a sample for testing.<br />
Three days later she called and said Maggie<br />
had carcinoma. We were devastated. She<br />
told us that at the age of almost 13, she<br />
suggested watching the growth and should<br />
it hamper her breathing, we would have to<br />
make a decision about putting her down.<br />
Maggie continued to run and play<br />
hockey with me every day, with her ears<br />
perking up like a pup’s ears and although<br />
she couldn’t play for as long as before, she<br />
enjoyed every second. We began to notice<br />
the lump had grown to the size of a golf ball<br />
and was irritating her. She would rub on<br />
the floor and would love it when I scratched<br />
it. This let me know that the stretching of<br />
the skin was bothering her.<br />
Maggie slept in our bedroom on her own<br />
pet bed turning in at the same time we<br />
would. Every night when she would lie<br />
down, she let out a big sigh as if to say,<br />
“That was a good day!”<br />
Knowing the end was approaching, we<br />
decided last week to take Maggie to the lake<br />
where she enjoyed herself the most. She<br />
ran and would stop with that “Are you still<br />
there?” look and I swear I saw a smile on<br />
her face. For some reason, she kept running<br />
back to me and walked at my side,<br />
periodically sliding her head on my leg and<br />
looking up at me. After two days of her<br />
having good times, it was time to go home.<br />
Maggie was getting old and could no longer<br />
jump into my truck so I lifted her to the<br />
back seat as usual and onto her favorite<br />
blanket in preparation for the three hour ride<br />
home. This time seemed different. She<br />
wasn’t able to relax she seemed out of sorts<br />
and wouldn’t lay her head down as she had<br />
hundreds of times in my truck. The ride<br />
home was strenuous, just because I knew<br />
something was up. She wouldn’t drink<br />
water and didn’t even perk up when I asked<br />
her if she wanted a “treat” which she would<br />
usually do back flips for.<br />
We arrived in the driveway and as usual<br />
she stood up knowing she was home. I<br />
opened the door, scratched her scruff and<br />
picked her up. I put her down in the<br />
driveway and she spotted her hockey ball so<br />
she turned to pick it up. As she did that she<br />
let out a sharp cry and raised her left rear<br />
leg. She then ran around the front yard her<br />
leg in the air yelping every time she would<br />
attempt to put weight on it. I ran over to her<br />
and scooped her up and ran into the house.<br />
She was in obvious pain. I called my son<br />
and asked him to come over right away.<br />
Unfortunately it was 5:30 Saturday evening<br />
and our vet’s office was closed as were all<br />
local animal hospitals. My neighbor (who<br />
is my vet) was away at a conference but her<br />
husband suggested DMV Veterinary<br />
Hospital in Blainville because they were<br />
open 24/7.<br />
After a call, my son and I took Maggie to<br />
the vet who after a quick verification said it<br />
appeared Maggie had either a dislocated or<br />
fractured hip. When I explained she had<br />
carcinoma, the vet told me it had probably<br />
spread to her bones which would cause<br />
them to become brittle. A decision was<br />
made there to put her out of her pain. With<br />
my son cradling her body and me her head,<br />
the vet asked if we wanted some time with<br />
her alone, I said, “No, it was time, no more<br />
suffering.” The vet then proceeded and<br />
Maggie went to sleep in my arms. She went<br />
peacefully and surrounded with love.<br />
As a police officer I have witnessed sorrow<br />
and grief, but because it was expected of<br />
me, without showing emotion. Well, I must<br />
say, my son and I cried like babies all the<br />
way home, and it was not a good week at<br />
the Kesseler household. We had Maggie<br />
cremated and she now rests next to her<br />
brother Bubba at her spot at the<br />
campground, the place she loved the most.<br />
We now have two cats and 12 fish to<br />
occupy our time and I’m not sure, but the<br />
latest cat we rescued a few weeks ago loves<br />
to follow me around and is constantly<br />
rubbing her head on my leg while looking<br />
up … a coincidence? I guess. So long old<br />
girl, you will be missed.<br />
Until next time, these are my thoughts.
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong> Page 27<br />
<strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Saying Goodbye to LTM<br />
By Lindsay Parr<br />
It seems not long<br />
ago that I was<br />
walking out of my<br />
front door on a late<br />
August morning. I<br />
wore a black skirt and my hair was<br />
brushed back. I was nervous as I<br />
made the walk up the street to my<br />
bus stop, but I remember being<br />
filled with excitement. I was about<br />
to leave my elementary school years<br />
behind and start a whole new<br />
chapter of my life: High school.<br />
As I walked through the doors of<br />
Lake of Two Mountains High<br />
School, I was shocked by the<br />
number of people who were<br />
bustling from here to there. They<br />
were greeting one another after a<br />
short lived summer, and they were<br />
shouting with joy as they found out<br />
about the classes that they shared<br />
with one another. I, on the other<br />
hand, wanted nothing more than to<br />
safely locate my locker and<br />
homeroom. With my friends by my<br />
side, the first day of high school<br />
wasn’t as horrible as the movies<br />
made it out to be.<br />
During the following years, I<br />
became more comfortable with the<br />
whole concept of high school. In all<br />
honesty, it wasn’t intimidating at<br />
all. As the years began to fly by, the<br />
first day of school wasn’t all about<br />
finding the way to my locker. I soon<br />
came to the realization that it was<br />
impossible to get lost within the<br />
walls of LTM.<br />
From the very beginning, I loved<br />
high school and wanted to do<br />
everything that I could to get<br />
involved. I didn’t want to miss out<br />
on anything! I’ve participated in<br />
everything from the girls’ soccer<br />
team to the drama productions. In<br />
secondary three, I even joined<br />
leadership and student council. My<br />
student council career debuted<br />
when I was appointed treasurer.<br />
Two years later, I was voted in as<br />
the president. This has allowed me<br />
to plan and volunteer in the various<br />
activities that take place around the<br />
school, such as: Color Clash, Spirit<br />
Week, and Cultural Awareness<br />
Week. On the other hand, I have<br />
also attended the Montreal Regional<br />
Science Fair for two consecutive<br />
years, and participated in LTM’s<br />
Free the Children Club. This year, I<br />
was even presented with the<br />
opportunity to help out with the<br />
graduation committee and the<br />
yearbook.<br />
High school will<br />
only be a good<br />
experience if you<br />
make it one.<br />
Getting involved<br />
with my school’s<br />
community has<br />
definitely helped<br />
to improve my<br />
high school<br />
years. In all<br />
honesty, I’m really going to miss<br />
LTM. The teachers are dedicated to<br />
the student’s education, and they<br />
are always willing to support<br />
students in and outside of the<br />
classroom. Students are able to<br />
establish great relationships with<br />
their teachers, due to the relatively<br />
small class sizes. All in all, the<br />
teachers are very committed to the<br />
education of the students. There is<br />
always something happening at<br />
LTM, and the various activities and<br />
sports definitely help contribute to<br />
the memories. The LTM community<br />
is friendly and welcoming, and the<br />
size of the school allows students to<br />
really get to know one another.<br />
Next year, I’ll be attending<br />
Champlain Saint-Lambert in<br />
International Baccalaureate of<br />
Science. This program allows me to<br />
take courses such as Chemistry,<br />
Physics and Calculus, as well as<br />
Philosophy and Literature. In<br />
addition to taking some really cool<br />
courses, the IB curriculum obliges<br />
students to get involved with their<br />
school’s community. I’ll also have to<br />
write a mini thesis upon graduation,<br />
and work on a personal project.<br />
There’s a busy two years ahead of<br />
me, but I feel well prepared to take<br />
on this chapter of my life!<br />
During my five years at LTM,<br />
I’ve learned to fall in love with the<br />
sciences, but I also discovered my<br />
passion for reading and writing. I<br />
don’t know where IB Sciences will<br />
bring me, but I’m eager to find out.<br />
The thought of Cégep is<br />
intimidating, but I thought the same<br />
thing about high school not five<br />
years ago
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Memoirs of a High<br />
School Graduate<br />
By Rachel Cote, RHS<br />
Correspondent<br />
Relaxing. Terrifying. Self-defining.<br />
An adventure. There are so many ways<br />
to describe the high school experience,<br />
yet not one is applicable to all.<br />
Everyone’s journey is infinitely<br />
different, although one thing remains<br />
the same: every child who enters these<br />
halls leaves as new, more grown up<br />
individual. The frail little bud grows up<br />
and blossoms into a beautiful flower.<br />
Rosemere High School is a special<br />
place. Although each grade is huge,<br />
with over 200 students in each, a closeknit<br />
community is formed year after<br />
year. A family is made through the<br />
sharing of little things – the inside<br />
jokes, the weird teachers, the long,<br />
homework-filled nights, and the<br />
endless memories that can make a place<br />
feel like home.<br />
Thank you, Lindsay and Rachel<br />
Lindsay Parr of Lake of Two<br />
Mountains High School and Rachel<br />
Cote of Rosemere High School have<br />
contributed much more to the<br />
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong> than these<br />
retrospective articles about their<br />
schools. Lindsay wrote her first<br />
article for us when she was in Grade<br />
Sara Giard, Our Champion<br />
By Gordon Wetmore<br />
She is only 10 years<br />
old but already Sara<br />
Giard is an Eastern<br />
Canadian and Quebec<br />
champion gymnast.<br />
On May 12 she placed<br />
first overall in the<br />
Eastern Canadian<br />
Championships held<br />
in St. John’s, Nfld., May 9 through 12,<br />
with second place finishes in the Vault<br />
and Beam and third in the Bars.<br />
Senior Judith Dicaire expresses it<br />
perfectly; “It’s a place where my second<br />
family is, where I have places to make<br />
me feel better when I'm down.” We are<br />
about to enter the even bigger world of<br />
post-secondary education, where no<br />
one is there to hold our hands anymore.<br />
All the friends who were always by our<br />
side will most likely be on the other end<br />
of town, fighting their own battles in<br />
their own school. Suddenly, high school<br />
will seem so far away and we’ll yearn<br />
for the good old days when everything<br />
was simple. “I’ll miss how much fun it<br />
is because there isn’t much work to do,<br />
and I can spend way more time doing<br />
what I enjoy,” says Timothy Ahern.<br />
Drastic changes are coming our way,<br />
and all we can do is anticipate them<br />
with open minds.<br />
The thought of entering high school<br />
might be scary, but leaving it will be<br />
even scarier. So many good things have<br />
happened during my time in the halls<br />
of Rosemere High School. I’ll never<br />
5. It was about adjusting to living<br />
with juvenile diabetes, a theme she<br />
has returned to several times and<br />
about which she maintains her own<br />
blog. Rachel, among her many<br />
other activities, has been a sterling<br />
member of the creative writing club<br />
in RHS. She jumped at the chance<br />
when she learned we were looking<br />
On April 20, the little dynamo from<br />
McCaig Elementary School in Rosemere<br />
had won the ‘Coupe Quebec’ and the<br />
‘Championnat Quebecois <strong>2013</strong>’ in the<br />
gymnastics Pre-Novice National Aspire<br />
category.<br />
In a letter to the <strong>Community</strong><br />
<strong>Connections</strong>, her proud mother, Shirley<br />
Dolan, told us that Sara reached the<br />
national level of competition this year,<br />
competing and winning gold in the<br />
floor routine at the National Stream<br />
Cup in Edmonton, Alberta. She was<br />
part of Team Quebec, which also won<br />
gold in Edmonton.<br />
forget the lunchtime adventures, the<br />
deep in-class conversations, the<br />
incredible class trips, and that special<br />
feeling I still get when I look at my<br />
friends and know I’ve met my<br />
companions.<br />
T o t h e C l a s s o f 2 0 1 3 ,<br />
congratulations. In less than one short<br />
month, we will be closing our lockers<br />
for the very last time and saying<br />
goodbye to our beloved classmates. To<br />
the undergraduates, enjoy your<br />
remaining years, for they pass by much<br />
more quickly than you think. To the<br />
new secondary ones, remember to be<br />
true to yourselves. Going off to high<br />
school might seem intimidating, but it's<br />
only really as scary as you make it out<br />
to be. Chances are it’ll be an experience<br />
you’ll take with you forever.<br />
A special thank you to Timothy Ahern,<br />
Judith Dicaire, Benoit Lemieux, and Nancy<br />
Pettinicchio, who agreed to be interviewed<br />
for this article.<br />
for a correspondent from RHS.<br />
Lindsay plans to attend CEGEP<br />
Champlain Saint-Lambert for an<br />
International Baccalaureate of<br />
Science. Rachel is headed to Vanier<br />
College to double major in music<br />
and world languages and<br />
eventually a career in journalism.<br />
We wish them every success.<br />
Sara’s dream is to make it to the 2020<br />
Olympic Games and “we can proudly<br />
say she is on her way there,” her<br />
mother said.<br />
Sara trains a minimum of 17 hours a<br />
week at Gym-Plus in Boisbriand. Ms.<br />
Dolan said that Sara is at a level where<br />
her sport is getting quite expensive.<br />
This year it has cost the family $8000<br />
and, with added travelling, they expect<br />
next year it will rise to $10,000. They<br />
are looking for a sponsor to help Sara<br />
make it to the 2020 Olympics. Ms.<br />
D o l a n c a n b e c o n t a c t e d a t<br />
dolans@videotron.ca .
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Belated Birthdays<br />
Gerry Kennedy, April 18.<br />
Kelly Cool April 27.<br />
Sue Flint, May 13.<br />
Birthdays<br />
Don Houston, <strong>June</strong> 2<br />
Madeleine Huxsel, <strong>June</strong> 5<br />
Corey Horwood, <strong>June</strong> 6<br />
Nancy Doucet, <strong>June</strong> 7,<br />
Arthur Glover, <strong>June</strong> 7.<br />
Heather Brown, <strong>June</strong> 7,<br />
John Alexander Green, <strong>June</strong> 18,<br />
Serge Therrien<br />
Raymonde Migas, <strong>June</strong> 12<br />
Evan Horwood, <strong>June</strong> 16<br />
Kendra Baldwin, <strong>June</strong> 15<br />
Fred Parker, <strong>June</strong> 15<br />
Rudy Neumayer, <strong>June</strong> 16<br />
Cookie Smith, <strong>June</strong> 23<br />
Nancy Allen-Ryder, <strong>June</strong> 25<br />
Aiden Benk, <strong>June</strong> 28<br />
Heidi Klotz, <strong>June</strong> 30<br />
Wayne Glover, <strong>July</strong> 2<br />
Heidimarie Benk, <strong>July</strong> 4<br />
Dave Dubeau, <strong>July</strong> 6<br />
Ron Kennedy, <strong>July</strong> 9<br />
Mayor Marc Lauzon, <strong>July</strong> 21<br />
Trish Thivierge, <strong>July</strong> 23,<br />
Sam Carpini, <strong>July</strong> 24<br />
Hormidas Jolicoeur, <strong>July</strong> 26<br />
Ron Kesseler, <strong>July</strong> 29<br />
Earl Flint, <strong>July</strong> 30, Happy 65th &<br />
Happy retirement . Congrats on becoming<br />
a Grandpa.<br />
Jackie Pascal, <strong>July</strong> 31<br />
Memorials :<br />
Bill Glover, Jun 4<br />
In Memorium<br />
Joan Davis<br />
It is with profound<br />
sadness that we said<br />
goodbye to Joan<br />
Winifred Davis (nee<br />
Orr) who passed away on April 18,<br />
<strong>2013</strong>. Joan was the cherished wife of<br />
David Sr., devoted mother to David<br />
Jr., Donald, Wayne, Richard and<br />
Trevis, and loving grandmother to<br />
Laura, Kyle, Shanna, Kourtney, Cassandra,<br />
Kristina, Michael, Alexa,<br />
Chelsea, Rachel, Amanda and John.<br />
She will be forever remembered by<br />
her brothers, other family members<br />
and friends.<br />
Anniversary:<br />
Victor and Yolande Smart<br />
Congratulations<br />
Mom and Dad<br />
on celebrating<br />
your 60th Wedding<br />
Anniversary.<br />
Married<br />
<strong>June</strong> 13, 1953,<br />
you've raised 6<br />
children and<br />
have 11 grandchildren<br />
, all of<br />
whom you are<br />
very proud. You've made Two Mountains<br />
your home for the past 43 years.<br />
What an example of a marriage! Forever<br />
in love and committed to each<br />
other. Much Love Health and Happy<br />
Years ahead. Elizabeth xx<br />
Charity sporting events <strong>June</strong>, <strong>July</strong><br />
and August <strong>2013</strong><br />
Sat: <strong>June</strong> 15-(Heritage Mixed Softball<br />
Tournament) Olympia Park, proceeds<br />
for our Seniors: Contact Mike Neville<br />
(450) 491-0382 or Heritage Social Hall<br />
(450) 473-5429<br />
Sat-<strong>July</strong>13-(Rocky Holt Committee<br />
Mixed Softball Tournament) Central<br />
Park, proceeds for Cancer Research:<br />
Contact: Margie Lavallee (450) 974-7412<br />
Sat <strong>July</strong> 27-(Heritage 5th Annual Golf<br />
Tournament) at Lachute Golf Course-18<br />
holes/Electric Cart/Breakfast/Dinner at<br />
Heritage Hall/Prizes, proceeds for our<br />
seniors: Contact Bobby Fordham (450)<br />
974-2179. bobbyfordham@sympatico.ca<br />
or Sandie_spackman@hotmail.com also<br />
Heritage Social Hall (450)-473-5429<br />
Fri/Sat/Sun Aug 9, 10 and 11 (Rocky<br />
Holt Mixed Softball Tournament) Central<br />
and Olympia parks, proceeds for<br />
Cancer Research: Contact Margie<br />
Lavallee (450)-974-7412<br />
This publication (<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong>) is made possible by a grant from: Fonds Régional de<br />
Promotion de l’accessibilité aux Services de Santé et Aux Services Sociaux en la Langue Anglaise (CRASLA)<br />
and our proud sponsors.
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WHY EVERY SCHOOL NEEDS<br />
A FARM BOY<br />
By Gordon Wetmore<br />
On an intensely snowy morning<br />
in March, the school bus pulled into the<br />
driveway of a family farm southwest of<br />
St. Placide. The time was 6:30 am and<br />
Jessy Desparois was the first pick up on<br />
the 35 km drive to Lake of Two Mountains<br />
High School.<br />
With the snow coming down like<br />
sifted flour, visibility was terrible. The<br />
driver lost his place and the bus’ rear<br />
wheels slipped into a steep ditch. A<br />
tow truck would be hours away.<br />
However, this was no ordinary farm<br />
but a heritage farm on which horses<br />
powered the ploughs, hauled the felled<br />
trees and pulled the hay wagons.<br />
Nor was Jessy a typical 15-year-old.<br />
Used to hard work and animals, he<br />
owned and trained his own team of<br />
horses that competed in pulling contests.<br />
He had already put in nearly two<br />
hours of labour (his bed time is very<br />
early) before eating, showering and<br />
dressing for school.<br />
Jessy immediately headed for the<br />
barn. He reappeared with Prince, a<br />
Percheron, and Tom, a Clydesdale, each<br />
weighing more than 1000 kilograms.<br />
(Tom’s usual partner, Jerry, had just<br />
recovered from a sand colic and was<br />
being rested before a competition.)<br />
Quickly harnessing the horses to<br />
hooks at the front of the bus, Jessy gave<br />
then their instructions. Prince, the lead<br />
horse, was to pull on an angle so that<br />
the top heavy bus would not tip over.<br />
Jerry was to pull straight ahead.<br />
When asked how he communicated<br />
to the animals, Jessy cited the daily<br />
training and his relationship with them.<br />
“If you respect your<br />
horse, he’s going to<br />
respect you and rely<br />
on you,” he said.<br />
On his command<br />
(“Giddyup!”), the<br />
horses leaned into<br />
the harnesses and<br />
pulled, and like that<br />
the bus was back on<br />
solid ground and upright. Jessy returned<br />
Prince and Tom to their stalls<br />
and rode the bus to school for a day of<br />
learning about the world.<br />
Jessy with Tom and Jerry<br />
That weekend, Tom, Jerry, Prince<br />
and Jessy were in Van Kleek Hill competing<br />
against 24 other teams. They<br />
had risen to fourth place, pulling 17500<br />
pounds, when the back trim on the sled<br />
boat snapped and they had to withdraw<br />
from the contest.<br />
There will be many more pulling<br />
events during the spring and summer,<br />
Jessy said.<br />
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