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NEWSPresidential Citationto Stittsville RotarySpecial to the NewsEMC news - The Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville hasbeen honoured for its work over the past year.Rotary District Governor Rene Melchers presented theStittsville Club with a Rotary International PresidentialCitation for being one of only 20 clubs out of 69 RotaryClubs in District 7040 to achieve or exceed the objectivesset out by Rotary International for the year as captured inthe motto “Peace through Service.”The prestigious Presidential Citation includes a certificateas well as a badge that can be affixed to a RotaryClub’s banner.Connected to your communityGrand opening fun at Royal BankSpecial to the NewsEMC news - Fun at abank?You betcha when it’s thenew RBC Royal Bank branchat the Walmart shopping areaat the corner of FernbankRoad and Terry Fox Drive andit’s grand opening time there!It’s all happening on Saturday,June 8 from noon to 3p.m. when everyone is invitedto drop by and not only enjoyrefreshments and a strollthrough the new branch butalso lots of fun.The fun is geared to thewhole family so there will benot only face painting but alsoa live pop band and the presenceof The Bear 106.9 limo.But this is not all.Besides the grand openingribbon cutting, there will bea flash mob by a local dancestudio, a food truck and presentationof a donation to theKanata Food Cupboard.There also will be drawsfor prizes.So, there’s lot of fun instore at this new RBC RoyalBank branch’s grand openingon Saturday, June 8.The branch opened on Monday,March 11 but delayed itsofficial grand opening untilSaturday, June 8 when morefun activities could be arrangedand take place.The RBC Royal Bank atthe Walmart shopping area atthe corner of Fernbank Roadand Terry Fox Drive can becontacted at 613-271-4077.JOHN CURRY/METROLANDRotary District Governor ReneMelchers, left, presents aPresidential Citation certificatefor the Rotary Club of Ottawa– Stittsville to Club presidentCarolyn Clark, right.On P.A. DaySpecial to the NewsEMC news - Goulbourn’s pioneeringmilitary history will be front andcentre at an upcoming P.A. Day programat the Goulbourn Museum.That’s when the youngsters involved,aged 7 to 11, will learn about asoldier’s life in the early 1800’s. Manyof Goulbourn’s earliest settlers wereformer soldiers who fought in the Warof 1812.Youngsters enrolled in this half-day“Shillings, Shakos & Shenanigans”program will learn that someone joiningthe military in the early 1800’s hadto have two teeth that lined up (betterfor tearing open ammunition packets)as well as an index finger (better forfiring a musket). If you had these twophysical attributes, then your chancesat joining the military were excellent.In this P.A. Day program on Friday,June 7 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at theGoulbourn Museum, youngsters willspend a fun afternoon learning aboutwhat it was like to be a soldier in the1800’s. Games and activities will begeared to this theme including takingan oath, making a shako hat whichwas worn by soldiers back then andenjoying a camp cookout.The only non-historical aspect ofthis P.A. Day program is that it will beopen to both boys and girls. The early1800’s had only an all-male military,although there are situations wherefemales like Richmond settler MariaHill did disguise themselves as soldierson occasion.Youngsters aged 7 to 11 are nowbeing “recruited” for this P.A. Dayprogram. Cost of registration is $25per child but this includes a snack. Toregister a child, call the GoulbournMuseum at 613-831-2393 or emaileducation@goulbournmuseum.ca .The Goulbourn Museum is locatedat 2064 Huntley Road at Stanley’sCorners, just south of Stittsville.For more information, visit the Museum’swebsite at www.goulbournmuseum.caor phone the Museum at613-831-2393.0530.R0012131975Stittsville News EMC - Thursday, May 30, 2013 19