Vol 21 No 6March 20, 2013community powered stories and events

The ambassador for this year’s PEI Easter Seals campaign is ten-year-old Paxton Cole, a grade fi ve student at Queen Elizabeth Elemen-tary School in Kensing-ton.

Paxton, daughter of Patricia and Ewen Cole lives in New London, Prince Edward Island.

Paxton has Cerebral Palsy. Paxton’s wish is to tell others to see what people with challenges CAN do and not what they CAN’T do! She fac-es each day with a smile and a positive attitude and loves to do what every other girl her age likes to do. She enjoys spending time with friends, listen-ing to music, is a Girl Guide of Canada and loves horseback riding with Joyriders.

Paxton is ecstatic to be

Paxton Cole Named 2013 Easter Seals Ambassador

the 2013 Easter Seals Am-bassador and feels hon-ored to have this chance to help other people with disabilities. Her motto is “See my smile and my positive attitude not my walker”. “I am so excited to be the Easter Seals Am-bassador,” said Paxton.

Paxton will travel across PEI visiting schools during the annu-al Tim Horton’s Easter Seals School Tour sched-uled for six days from April 17th to April 24th – 65 schools from tip to tip!

The Easter Seals Cam-paign is a franchised project of the Charlotte-town Rotary Club, and supported by Rotary Clubs in Summerside and Montague. A direct mail campaign, Tim Horton’s Ambassador’s School Tour, Paper Egg

campaign, Montague Va-riety Concert, Storm bas-ketball game, PEI Rocket Toonie Toss, Easter Beef Show and Sale, Dooly’s Pool Tournament, Mon-tague Variety Concert, Montague Fireman and RCMP Charity Hockey Game, Airport Authority BBQ, North River Fire Department Pancake Breakfast, Tulip Festival U-pick Day, PEILCC Golf Tournament and many other fundraising initia-tives enable Easter Seals to help provide programs and equipment for peo-ple with disabilities on Prince Edward Island.

The PEI Easter Seals Society has provided fi -nancial assistance to sup-port programs in PEI for the past 56 years. These programs include: Cere-bral Palsy Association,

Camp Gencheff, Stars for Life for Autism, PEI Re-habilitation Council, Joy Riders, CADS-PEI (dis-abled skiers association) and many other worthy organizations. The So-ciety encourages busi-nesses or organizations interested in support-ing this year’s Easter Seals Campaign to con-tact Margaret Wilton, Campaign Coordina-tor, through her offi ce at 902-651-2373 or email margaret@easterseals-pei.org To donate online and for a complete list of events visit the Eas-ter Seals PEI website at www.eastersealspei.org. Follow us on facebook and Twitter. All funds raised stay on Prince Edward Island to assist children and adults with disabilities.

cont’d on p. 52013 Easter Seals Ambassador

Paxton Cole

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The Kensington Area Figure Skating Club put on its Annual Ice Show, “A Salute To The Beatles” this past weekend, at Community Gardens.

Participating in the show were more than 75 budding skaters from Kensington and area. Each Ice Show number was skated and choreo-graphed to a Beatles song. The show highlighted the

Skaters don tie -dye T-shirts

in psychedelic colors for The Beatles number

“I Wanna Hold Your Hand”.front - three skaters

perform to songs from the Sgt Pepper’s album “Help” and “When I’m 64”

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Publisher: Michael J. SmithEditor: Isabel SmithFeature Article(s): Andy WalkerMailing address: PO Box 601, Kensington, PE, C0B 1M0Tel: 902 836-3196 Fax: 902 836-4889E-mail: thecourier@eastlink.ca

Next edition April 10(deadline for submissions for this issue is April 3)

We Welcome Your Letters:The County Line Courier welcomes letters on topics of interest to our readers. Publishing of any letter is at the discretion of the editor. Any submitted articles, letters or features, may be edited for length, clarity, grammar and content. All letters must be signed with the writer’s name and telephone number for verification purposes. Unsigned or anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. Short letters have more impact.Opinions expressed are those of the people who submit them and not necessarily those of The County Line Courier.

In May of 2012, a one year moratorium was placed on the decision to close Islandwide Dialysis access.

PEI Islandwide Di-alysis Patient Support Group has made several requests for written gov-ernment rationale sup-porting this decision and have received no re-sponse to that request.

PEI Islandwide Di-alysis Patient Support Group has been very public in supporting Is-landwide Dialysis and has been clear in its posi-tion that the best health outcome and lowest cost is achieved through the current Islandwide Di-alysis available. Further-more, PEI Islandwide Dialysis Patient Support Group has advocated that the appointment of an organ transplant coor-dinator would radically enhance patient health/ life and would save the Province millions of dol-lars in dialysis treatment expenses.

In support of that Is-landwide Dialysis, PEI Islandwide Dialysis Pa-tient Support Group has commissioned a report to examine the medical evidence and the cost ra-tionale associated with such a decision. Alan Bu-chanan, former Minister of Health for PEI, was commissioned for this report - Ensuring Access to Healthcare: Maintain-ing Local Dialysis. The report was presented publicly on World Kid-ney Day, March 14, 2013 7-9 pm at St Mary’s Hall.

The PEI Islandwide Dialysis Support Group has invited Government Representatives involved in this decision to be in attendance as partici-pants in a Roundtable Discussion – to be hosted at the Murphy Center- Room 207, Richmond Street Charlottetown – 7 pm, March 26, 2013. The Roundtable will be to dis-cuss the rationale for the policy proposal to close Islandwide dialysis cen-ters versus maintaining Islandwide Dialysis Cen-ters.

Invited to speak on be-half of the Government are - Premier Robert Ghiz, Minister of Health Doug Currie and CEO of Health PEI – Dr. Richard Wedge.

Speaking for the PEI Islandwide Dialysis Pa-tient Support Group are – Nathan Bushey, Presi-dent PEIIDPSG, Mathew MacFarlane PEI Kidney Foundation and Alan Bu-chanan, former Minister of Health and author of a report for the PEIIDPSG.

The report will be made available to the public on Facebook – “Help Save Souris Dialysis” or by request to peidialysis@gmail.com.

Report Highlights Patients in Local Dialysis•Evidence that travel

time to dialysis has se-rious implications for health outcomes, includ-ing a strong association with a significantly high-er probability of death.

•When presented with

choices of home, satel-lite, and in-centre dialy-sis, patients were willing to forgo 23 months of life expectancy in order to de-crease their travel time.

•By abandoning local dialysis in favour of the larger centre, Health PEI would seem to be promot-ing the most expensive and inappropriate level of care, while at the same time creating inequities in access, and attaining questionable quality re-turns.

•Not only are satellite dialysis units as effective as main hemodialysis units, but they offer the patients improved access and a more acceptable form of treatment.

Cost and Trend Of Dialysis•The average cost per

year for patients at the satellite (low- volume) fa-cilities, was 28.5% lower than the per-patient cost of an in-centre unit.

•One of the most sa-lient characteristics of kidney disease is the alarming and insidious rate at which it is grow-ing, especially among seniors and low socio-economic groups.

Nathan Bushey on dialysis reviewing Mr. Buchanan’s most excellent report. Nathan spends approximately 650 hours a year on this machine. ( 4 hours x 156 days

at a minimum)

Closure of Islandwide Dialysis would have a signifi-cant negative impact on a dialysis patient’s health, add over 300 additional hours of driving time and create over $10,000 for each patient’s travel costs.

•Islanders report a rate of chronic disease above that of the rest of Cana-da and in Kings County the rate is higher than the rest of PEI.

•The Macdonald Lau-rier Institute assesses PEI as having a 57% probability of defaulting on its loans and declar-ing insolvency—driven largely by increasing health care costs.

•The maintenance of local dialysis is the best approach to satisfy the goals outlined by Health PEI and the financial re-straints of the Province.

Future of Local Dialysis Needs•In fact the most sen-

sible decision to meet Health PEI aims may not only be the maintenance of satellite dialysis clin-ics but to expand satellite dialysis clinics.

•There is no evidence that most patient care or safety is materially im-proved by concentrating all hospital services into fewer, bigger hospitals.

•Frequency of dialysis-based physician visits did not factor in the five most crucial best practices.

Patient Support Group Works To Save ISLANDWIDE DIALYSIS

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The expense scandal that has played out in the Senate over the past sev-eral months has many Canadians asking how the “chamber of sober second thought” can be revamped.

It is not a new dis-cussion by any means. Federal governments of both Liberal and Conser-vative stripes have made attempts over the years. However, even if there is widespread agreement that change is needed

Plenty of Suggestions For Senate Reformby Andy Walker

Editor, Island Farmer / Freelance journalistPresident, Canadian Association of Journalist, PEIVice president, Atlantic Farm Writers Association

(and that is probably the case now as much as any time in recent memory), change does not come easy.

Major reform of the Senate requires a con-stitutional amendment, and that requires the agreement of the major-ity of the provinces. That has meant what has hap-pened over the year has been mostly tinkering—one of the major changes has been implement-ing a retirement age of

75—previously Senators had been appointed for life.

Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper has tried his hand at reform as well. He has urged the provinc-es to hold elections, say-ing he would be willing to appoint the successful candidates. Currently, he is asking the Supreme Court to define exactly how much power Ottawa has to act unilaterally on Senate reform.

In the meantime, feder-al New Democratic Lead-er Thomas Mulcair is ad-vocating what amounts to abolishing the Red Cham-ber through attrition. He

is proposing that all of the major parties come to a gentlemen’s agree-ment not to appoint any Senators while they hold office.

With an average age of close to 65, the Senate would effectively disap-pear within a decade if there were no new ap-pointees. However, the big question is how the insti-tution would function in the meantime. Even with diminished numbers, the Senate would still have its constitutional power to hold up legislation for a review—admittedly, it is a power that is seldom used, but it is there.

It could lead to a situ-ation where a handful of Senators make a last stand, if you will, trying to block legislation. Un-less the constitution was changed, as long as there was still one Senator holding office, the cham-ber would still exist.

Virtually all of the provinces have signaled their intention to be-come involved with the Supreme Court cases as intervenors. Their solu-tions run from abolish-ing the chamber to hold-ing Senate election. PEI is advocating elected sen-ators, but with a twist.

Premier Robert Ghiz is arguing that all prov-inces should have the same number of Sena-tors regardless of popu-lation. This, of course, is modeled after the situa-tion south of the border, where the House of Rep-resentatives is based on population but each state gets two senators.

It’s easy to see why PEI would advocate this posi-tion, but the reality is it has little chance of ever becoming reality. It is unlikely the court would impose any constitution-al settlement and none of the other provinces would ever agree to par-ity.

In the event the Senate was ever abolished, PEI would have to demand the constitutional guar-antee that guarantees us four House of Commons seats stayed in place. If population were the sole factor, the Island would only have one MP in Ot-tawa. However, the con-stitution provides that no province can have fewer MP’s than it has Senators.

The four PEI MP’s (re-gardless of their politi-cal stripe) have limited impact in the scheme of things in Ottawa due to their small numbers. Reducing that from four seats to the one we are entitled to by virtue of population would make a bad situation worse.

That fact seems to be well recognized by Island politicians. Premier Rob-ert Ghiz has indicated that is his prime concern in any talk of Senate re-form.

Provincial New Demo-cratic Party Leader Mi-chael Redmond backs the federal drive to abol-ish the senate but argues “Whether the Senate ends up being elected or completely abolished, P.E.I. should use the le-verage of our provincial government status to en-sure our four House of Commons seats are pre-served. That is the best position for the govern-ment of Prince Edward Island to take on this is-sue.”

There is no telling how long the Supreme Court will decide to make a decision on the issue, although the country’s top court is not noted for making speedy rul-ings. In the meantime, the Senators who found themselves in trouble over their expenses (in-cluding Mike Duffy) are taking steps to pay back expense money that may be in dispute.

That will likely force attention away from the issue—the news cycle is short for most issues and Senate reform isn’t ex-actly a topic that excites people.

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March is nutrition month. Ask any parent about feeding their little ones and they will likely tell you that the best nu-trition for their children is of primary impor-tance. What many will also probably tell you about is the challenges they face getting their kids to eat healthy. How can parents ensure their children are getting the nutrition they need—especially those with “picky eaters”?

IWK dietitian, Pam Ross, and Feeding Spe-cialist Anne Napier Phil-lips, work with the IWK Feeding Clinic to support parents and children with feeding issues. They shared the following in-formation based on their experience working with

countless families.What is a picky eater? A picky eater might be

described as a child who likes a limited number of foods or a child who eats a wide variety of foods in small amounts.

In our clinics we often see young children (1-2 years old) who are de-scribed by their parents as being picky eaters. It is important for parents to remember that growth slows after the first birth-day and at this time the appetite often shrinks. Parents often expect chil-dren to eat more as they get older, so this normal decrease in appetite may cause stress. This con-cern often leads to coax-ing or bribing at meal-times.

Sometimes what ap-

pears to be picky eating is normal toddler behav-iour.

What are some of the common challeng-es with toddlers who are picky eaters?

We consider picky eat-ers to include: children who refuse to sit at the table/in their high chair, refuse new foods on their plate, prefer to drink rather than to eat, and those who have trouble with transitioning to more difficult textures.

What are some of the techniques that may help parents of picky eaters?

Make an eating sched-ule. It is important to offer meals and snacks at regularly scheduled times and limit meal times to no more than 20 or 30 minutes. While it

may be challenging, af-ter this time we suggest that parents remove the uneaten food and close the kitchen until the next meal or snack time.

Don’t fill up on fluids. We recommend limiting juice to no more than a half cup each day. We rec-ommend limiting milk as well, especially once the children reach toddler age, to 2-3 cups a day and preferably at mealtimes. Parents might consider providing water between meals for good dental hy-

giene and overall health. Don’t be a short or-

der cook! Making sepa-rate meals or offering many choices often en-ables children to become picky eaters. The goal is for the whole family to eat the same meal. Keep in mind, young children may need foods finely diced or mashed, or with less spice.

Keep trying. It is im-portant to realize that children need multiple opportunities to learn to like a new food. It can

take 10-20 times of tast-ing or trying a new food before it will be readily accepted.

When should parents be concerned?

Parents need to feel comfortable when their kids don’t eat well at ev-ery meal. It’s okay and perfectly normal.

There should be a con-cern if the child is losing weight or restricts his/her eating to very lim-ited food groups. In these cases, an oral nutritional supplement or multivi-tamin may be recom-mended. Parents should check with their health providers if they are con-cerned.

For more information about coping with picky eaters:

www.ellynsatter.com http://www.aboutkid-

shealth.ca/En/News/DrPat/Pages/Picky-eat-er.aspx

http://novascotia.ca/hpp/publications/09047_L C 1 t o 3 Ye a r s B o o k _En.pdf

http://iwk.nshealth.ca

A letter from Paxton;

Hi my name is Paxton Cole and I am very excit-ed to be this year’s Easter Seals Ambassador. Easter Seals supports so many important programs and I feel honored to have this chance to help other peo-ple with challenges like mine.

I am 10 years old and a grade 5 student at Queen Elizabeth Elementary School in Kensington. I live with my parents Ewen and Patricia and my sis-ters Ellen and Claya. I have Cerebral Palsy and my parents tell me it is be-cause my twin sister Ellen and I were born very pre-maturely. CP is a condi-tion that affects my mus-cles and makes it difficult for me to walk without my walker or crutches! My wish is to tell others to see what people with chal-lenges CAN do and not what they can’t do!! “See my smile, not my walker”.

I face each day with a smile and a positive atti-tude and I love to do what every other girl my age likes to do! I enjoy spend-ing time with my friends and listening to music (especially ONE DIREC-TION). I love horseback riding with Joyriders and I am also a Girl Guide. I can do anything I set my mind to- sometimes I just need to figure out the Pax-ton way to do it!!

Thank you to the Eas-ter Seals committee for giving me this awesome opportunity to help oth-ers and let everyone know that people who have challenges are just like everyone else!

I am very lucky to live in such a great commu-nity and Province, I re-ceive a lot of encourage-ment and support and I feel that there is nothing I can’t do. I hope that with your help all people living with challenges can feel the way I do!!

Paxton

Easter Seals PEIOur Mission: The Eas-

ter Seals Society of PEI is committed to fully enhanc-ing the quality of life, self esteem and self determi-nation of Islanders with disabilities.

The Easter Seals So-ciety of PEI responds to the needs and aspirations of children, youth, and adults with disabilities by providing services and support to enable access, inclusion and opportu-nity to promote increased activity and involvement. We support fundraising, services, public and con-sumer education, research and increased awareness of disability issues in the private, volunteer and gov-ernment sectors

The History of Easter Seals PEI:1960 saw the Charlotte-

town Rotary Club adopt The Easter Seals Society of PEI Campaign as a franchised project and has participated under a ver-bal agreement since 1956. In 1988 the Rotary clubs in Summerside and Mon-tague were added to the franchise agreement. Eas-ter Seals operates under a provincial committee com-

Easter Seals Ambassadorcont’d from p. 1

prised of the three Rotary clubs with one part-time paid coordinator.

Our Ambassadors:The Easter Seals Soci-

ety of PEI Ambassador plays an important role in the annual campaign. The Ambassador is always a young person with a disability. The Ambassa-dor appears live in news broadcasts, appears in pro-motions, visits all schools on the tour, attends the Easter Beef Show and Sale Banquet, the Kick-off and Wrap-up meetings of the Charlottetown Rotary Club and other events as they arise from year to year.

The Ambassadors are local children, living with a disability, who represent all the children of our Is-land helped by Easter Seals. Being an Ambassador pro-vides the child a rewarding opportunity to serve their community, develop confi-dence in public speaking, and leadership skills.

The 2013 Easter Seals Society of PEI Ambassa-dor was announced March 4th, 2013 at the Charlotte-town Rotary Meeting at the Delta Prince Edward

Our ProjectsFor more than 65 years

Easter Seals Society of PEI Campaigns have been a great success because of the generosity of Islanders.

Easter Seals Society of PEI Campaigns have raised more than $3 mil-lion in the past 56 years. Virtually every cent raised has been put back into the community to assist fellow Islanders with disabilities. Funds are donated to orga-nizations that assist them, not to individuals. Origi-nally focused on those children affected by the several polio epidemics we had here on PEI, the pro-

gram is now more broadly based on assisting persons with disabilities, irrespec-tive of the cause.

Just Kids?No. The Easter Seals So-

ciety of PEI is committed to helping children AND adults with physical and mental disabilities and special needs resulting from any cause - whether diagnosed at birth or in-curred through disease, accidental injury or the aging process.

Where Does the Mon-ey Go?

The monies raised by Islanders for Islanders are used to help children and adults here on PEI. It is split between the clubs based on geographical location and population. Currently 50% is allocated to Charlottetown and 30% to Summerside with 20% to the Montague club.

Some of the major ben-eficiaries of those cam-paign funds have been:

•Camp Gencheff (in the earlier years, contri-butions were made to the Camp through the Polio Foundation of Prince Ed-ward Island)

•Rehabilitation Council of PEl

•Education Coalition•Joy Riders•PEI Cerebral Palsy As-

sociation •Stars for Life Founda-

tion for Autism •Glen Stewart Greater

Grounds•Canadian Association

for the Disabled Skiers for specialized equipment

•Charlottetown Area Recreation Inc. for a pool lift for persons with dis-abilities

•Queen Elizabeth Hospi-tal Physical Medicine De-partment for specialized equipment

•PEl Recreation and Sports Association for the Disabled for a sports wheelchair

•PEl Council of People with Disabilities

•Sherwood-Parkdale Head Start

•PEl Special Olympics•Tremploy Physically-

challenged high school students who receive scholarships to study at post-secondary institu-tions.

Over the past 25 years, other fund-raising proj-ects conducted as part of the Easter Seals Campaign have been: Tim Hortons School Tour, CBC Tele-thon; Parade of Support-ers Corporate Donations; Paper Egg Sales; Golf Tournaments; Banana Split Day at Dairy Queen; Bacon Burgers at Burger King; Tuna Challenge, Motorcycle Rally; Dooleys Pool Tournament; Brunch-es; Variety Concerts; Pan-cake Breakfast; Premier’s Breakfast; Kick-off Break-fasts in Summerside, Char-lottetown and Montague; Imperial Oil’s Thankful Tankful; Snowaramas; Wheelchair Basketball Tournament; Easter Seals Pace; The Anna Mc-Goldrick Evening; and, Hockey Games, sometimes involving RCMP & City Police forces, sometimes even politicians and many other events.

Why choose Easter Seals as your Charity of Choice?

Provide help, hope and answers to Islanders living with disabilities and the families who love them.

Assist in providing:•exceptional services•education•outreach•advocacy

Parenting Picky Eaters

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Kensington Intermediate Senior High WinnersLois Brown, Emily Kelly, Joe Arsenault and Emma MacLean.

Queen Elizabeth Elementary School WinnersLois Brown, Samantha Schurman, Rodney MacArthur-Principal QEES,

Shianne Adams, Paige Arden, Joe Arsenault and Logan Saulnier.

PEI Command Royal Canadian Legion Literary Contest Winners

Comrade Lois Brown-Chair of the Branch No. 9 Literary Contest and Joe Arsenault-2nd Vice Branch No 9 were pleased to present and congratu-late the winners of the 2012 PEI Command Royal Canadian Legion Liter-ary Contest at KISH. Winners received a prize from Dominion Command and from Provincial Command Branch No. 9.

Emily Kelly of KISH won 1st Place in the Intermediate Poem category (grade 7-9) and Emma MacLean of KISH won 2nd Place in the Senior Poem category (grades 10-12).

Comrade Lois Brown and Joe Arsenault presented and congratulated winners of the 2012 PEI Command Royal Canadian Legion Literary Contest at QEES.

Winners received a prize from Dominion Command and from Provincial Command Branch No. 9. Samantha Schurman 1st Place Primary Colour Poster category (Kin-dergarten to grade 3) , Paige Arden 2nd Place Jr. Colour Poster category (grades 4-6), Logan Saulnier 1st Place Jr. Black & White Poster category and Shianne Adams 3rd Place in Jr. Essay category.

Gordon Coffin, second from left, is welcomed in as the new President of the Prince County Hospital Foundation by Past President Bill Thompson, third from left. Coffin and Thompson are flanked by Board Executive mem-bers Sandy Rundle, Vice President, left; Heather Matheson, Managing Di-rector, right; and Wayne Carew, treasurer, second from right.

Mr. Coffin has been a board member since 2003, having served in various

executive roles as well as the head of several committees. Says President Coffin, “Over the course of my presidency, the PCH Foun-

dation will be facing some challenging, but exciting campaigns that will only improve our hospital. I look forward to leading our team over the next 3 years and to the challenges ahead. I am confident in our caring communi-ties and their support of the Prince County Hospital Foundation, our hos-pital, and the patients it serves.”

Prince Edward Hospital Foundation Announces New

Executive Committee

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Grad ActionProm tickets are on sale

this week. The theme is “Under the Sea” and the date has been confirmed as June 1.

Special RecognitionThe“KISH Stands UP

“group organized a great week of activities for our students hoping to spread the message that “Bully-ing Stops Here”. Staff members were encour-aged to catch students do-ing random acts of kind-ness throughout the week. Tuesday morning started energetically with a Mo Mo in the cafeteria which involved song and a video presentation. Wednesday was “Pink Shirt” Day, and

started with a Bully Fact and Song on the PA before school. A school assembly was held and a school pic-ture was taken of the sea of pink t-shirts, followed by an informative anti-bul-lying video and message from the “KISH Stands UP group”. On Friday, March 1, Diversity Day celebrated our uniqueness. Students wore multi-colours in recognition of this. A big thank you to teacher advi-sors and the” KISH Stands UP” group.

KISH Science FairCongratulations to the

following students who will represent the school at the provincial fair in April:

1st – Abby Donald”Does Organic Matter Matter?”

2nd – Chloe Champion – Sodium Loaded

3rd – Mary Kate Pick-etts “Do You Want Fries With That?”/ “ Veux –tu les frites avec ca?”

4th - Patrick Corcoran/Noah Rogerson – Sound Barriers

5th - Brielle Clark/ Lauren Cassisdy - “Les Ef-fets sur les plantes

Congratulations also to Brittany Powell on her PowerPoint presentation at Credit Union Place to 200 of her fellow peer help-ers. Brittany spoke elo-quently on the subject of Autism and was very well received.

Athletics Congratulations to the

following student athletes on being named All Stars Basketball season, Emma MacLean, Aidan Har-rington and Jake Reyn-olds.

High school hockey is back! High Schools across the Island are participat-ing in a hockey tourna-ment from March 25-30. Tickets are on sale at the high school and can also be purchased the night of the games. Be sure to show your support!

We are looking for 5 Kensington Alumni Hockey players pre 1991 who would be interested in playing in an Alumni

game between the two High School championship games on March 30th. If interested, please contact Maribeth Rogers 836-8901

Parents For French are promoting several activi-ties for students in the French Immersion pro-gram at KISH to expand and encourage student in-terests and use of French in several ways.

On April 5th, Mau-rice Bernard is offering a sculpting Class in French at KISH after school. Ses-sion will be approx. 1hr and 30 min long. There is a cost per student which will include the cost of Maurice’s time and sup-plies. Please email Tara

Davison taradavison2@msn.com to register.

There is a French Tu-tor at KISH available to students. She is a Grade 12 exchange student named Victoire Barbe. She will be tutoring from her home (there is a cost per hour). If you are interested please contact her directly or Lori Coulson at roblo@islandtelecom.com

Upcoming •March 25th – March

30th – Senior High Hockey Tournament (Boys and Girls)

•March 28th– John Mitchell presentation for grades 7, 8 & 9.

KensingtonIntermediate Senior

High School News“Knowledge, Inclusion Success, Health”

KISH STANDS UPBullying Stops Here

MARCH BREAK

March 18th – 22nd

Enjoy a

well deserved break!!

GOOD FRIDAYMarch 29thNo classes

EASTER MONDAYApril 1st

No classes

Schedule •Tuesday March 26 Girls

@ 3pm and Boys @ 430pm•Wednesday March 27

Boys @ 430pm and Girls @ 6pm

•Thursday March 28 Boys @ 3pm and Girls @ 6pm

All games are at Com-munity Gardens (champi-onship games are in Char-lottetown on Saturday March 30)

Tickets are available at the school or at the door (6 years & under are free)

In recognition of the 35th anniversary of the 77-78 Kensington High-school team winning the Island Championship there will be an on ice cer-emony at 530pm on Thurs-day March 28 before the women’s game. The team members are invited to join us at Community Gar-dens for the ceremony

Any highschool hockey alumni interested in play-ing in an alumni game can contact Maribeth Rog-ers at KISH at 836-8901 or

mb.h.rogers@googlemail.com

Photo right shows hock-ey players selling ticket to former player, coach, and principal.

L-R: Mitch Murphy (as-sistant captain of 77-78 Island Champs), Mikayla Clark (Women’s team play-er), Nathan Burt (high-school men’s team player), Garth Campbell (assis-tant coach of 77-78 Island Champs), and Michelle Beaman (KISH principal)

Highschool Hockey Tournament - all money raised comes back to the school

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In support of the KISH Female Track & Field Team travelling to a national event

The NIKE Grand Prix in Toronto in May.

at KISH

with Jessica CormierEach WEDNESDAY in April

(3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th) at 7:00pmSmall cost or donation applies.

in the gym

Team Members are L-R: Emma MacLean, Ashley Harding,

Shannon McFadden, Johanna Reid,

Bryanna Leclair, and Ellen Murray.

The girls will be travelling to the Naional Nike Grand

Prix Track and Field Event in Toronto in May.

club’s season showcasing the skills and techniques the skaters have learned.

‘A Salute To The Beat-les’ included solos, duets and large group numbers with skaters ranging from the CanSkate pro-gram to the senior skat-

ers.This year’s theme of-

fered fabulous music, colorful costumes and fun numbers that skaters performed for family and friends.

There is a tremendous amount of time, work and effort that goes into making an ice show a success.

Coaches Bonnie Wood-side and Cindy Stavert go through an extensive list: choosing a theme, mu-sic selections, costumes ideas, ice routines, back-drops, lighting and many hours of ice show prac-tice.

On behalf of the exec-utive, Diane Huestis, Ice Show Chair, expressed

photo leftWith guitars at the

ready 9 skaters perform to

The Beatles classic “While My Guitar

Gently Weeps”, written by George

Harrison and first recorded by the Beatles in 1968 for

their album ‘The White Album’.

Ice Showcont’d from p. 1

Lindsay Ramsay, Kensington Area Figure Skating

senior skater, sets up a jump for a Ice

Show number.

a heartfelt thanks to the club’s Sponsors, the staff of Community Gardens for all their assistance, the tireless coaching from Bonnie Woodside and Cindy Stavert, KAF-SC skaters, parents and, the countless number of dedicated volunteers who helped make this year’s show such a success.

See You Next Year !

Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional, and mental states.

-Carol Welch

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Through the Scotiabank Community Hockey Program, Cindy Doucette, Manager Customer Service of Kensington Branch presents cheques to the Kensington Midget A Girls IceCats (top photo) and the Kensing-ton Bantam A IceCats Teams. Scotiabank proudly supports the Minor Hockey association each year through this program.

Scotiabank - Supporting Community Hockey Programs

On Monday, March 11 in Slemon Park, the 1231 Kensington Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps pro-moted its newest member. Army Cadet League Vol-unteer Lori Pearce, was sworn in to the Canadian Armed Forces, Cadet Instructor Branch and is now Officer Cadet Lori Pearce. OCdt Pearce has been vol-unteering with the unit for two years and is excited to start her Basic Officer Training Course in June.

Army Cadet Corps Promotes One of Its Own

Captain Tracy Enman

(left), Commanding

Officer of the 1231

Kensington Army Cadets,

at the swearing in ceremony for

volunteer Lori Pearce.

Dawn Marie McGuirk has been diagnosed with T-Cell Lym-phoma cancer and is presently undergoing treat-ments and is un-able to work.

A Benefit Auc-tion will be held at the Kensing-ton Legion on Sat-urday, March 30, 2013 at 7pm. Auc-tioneer is Allison Smith with mu-sic by Undertow

Benefit AuctionDawn Marie McGuirk

of KensingtonSaturday, March 30

at Kensington Legion

(Mark Wall).

If intereted in donating items for the benefit they can be dropped off at the Kensington Legion or Fam-ily & Friends Restaurant.

An account has been set up for Dawn Marie at Malpeque Bay Credit Union in Kensington.

Contact for further info: Charlene Gill 902-836-4626 Cindy McGuirk 902-836-3007 Stacey Homes 902-598-8017

1231 Kensington Army Cadets

The Cadet ExperienceFUN - CHALLENGE - FRIENDS

Kensington Midget Girls IceCats

Kensington Bantam A IceCats

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Hosted by PEE WEE ‘AA’ At The Kensington Arena March 22-24

DEADLINE8th Annual

Tree Planting Ceremony

is taking place at The International

Children’s Memorial Place Scales Pond

South FreetownSunday, May 5th

at 2:00pmParents who have lost a child and wish to plant a

tree in their memory,should contact

Gus or Rhonda Houston @ 902.892.3267

or email ghouston@pei.sympatico.ca

before March 31st.For more information check the web-site www.icmplace.com

Edith Perry of Mill-view sent the following letter: “ A White Breasted Nuthatch has begun to visit my feeding site. I haven’t seen these perky little mites at the feeders for several years though I know they were around in the wooded area of the yard. This is the first time it has visited the feeders this winter. It even picks up seeds from the bottom of the wicker basket I’ve hung from the clothes line. Each time it gathers a seed it hops up onto the rim to pick it apart.

There has been at least one Tree Sparrow as a regular feeder this win-ter - the first time I’ve noticed this type of song bird over the winter. Of course a group of 6 gold Finches have wintered here for several years. The Pine Siskin pair were not around this winter though they have been for several winters before. Lots of Juncos and some of them even use the hanging bas-ket to feed from.

I was alarmed that no Woodpeckers were around even with suet out since the first snow fall. Lo and behold last week a pair of Downys appeared. No sign of them all winter and then, bingo, here they are.

A huge flock of Mourn-ing Doves have been regu-lar feeders. But, tragedy struck early this week. A Hawk caught one and ate it right on the spot. I am not sure if it was a Coo-pers or a Sharp Shinnec.

It flew off so quickly when my cat came to investigate that I wasn’t able to check the shape of its tail.

About 8 Blue Jays are regulars. I am sure that this is the same family expanding each year. Of course 6-8 Chickadees visit every day and likely nest around the yard.

I have had a huge flock of Cedar Waxwings oc-cupy the apple trees when they were beginning to bud. They stayed in the several apple trees for two days. Other times they feed in the Ash trees, usually in the fall. But they never seem to hang around.

Red Polls and Purple Finches have been fairly regular visitors summer and winter. None sighted here this winter though.

And, I have a whole “tribe” of squirrels. My cat keeps them at bay from inhabiting the house so they come scurrying from various parts of the trees and shrubs around the yard. They chew the bark off the branches of the sumac shrubs near the feeder site. I hope this won’t cause the sumac to die off.

A pair of foxes and some raccoons call my

acreage home too. I be-lieve that wild rabbits manage to survive as do some grouse. The latter enjoy the apple tree buds too and, once in a while in the winter, when it has been mild, I will see them “harvesting”.

The “murder” of crows have called Millview home for years but very seldom visit my feeders. Too much food elsewhere since farm-ers began growing corn.

So Nature continues to entertain me.”

Thank you, Edith, for a very interesting and informative letter. I, too, have an acreage, albeit a small one, but when it comes to wildlife, there’s nothing here like you have. Possibly along the creek at the back there’s more action but I don’t get to see it. However, considering the shortage of trees in the immediate area, I do consider my-self to be very lucky with the assortment of birds that visit our feeders.

Murray River Read-er Reports...

I recently received a let-ter from Carolyn Strick-land of Murray River area. She tells us that she still has a song sparrow visiting her feeders but she hasn’t heard it sing yet. That will likely come when the warm weath-er arrives. A Northern Flicker arrived at the feeders at the same time as the song sparrow. The flicker eats cracked corn off the ground. It doesn’t seem to like to eat with the other birds.

Carolyn also has 4 red squirrels that she finds fun to watch - they will even chase a crow away. And indoors? Her ama-ryllis had 7 beautiful blooms. Mine had only 6 - 4 on the first stalk and 2 on a later one.

Carolyn ended her let-ter on a very positive note, namely encouraging us to “Think Spring!”

A good questionI had a query this eve-

ning from a reader who wished to remain anon-ymous. She wondered about a flock of birds that she had seen and, as

Millview Bird Watcher Has a Busy and Interesting Backyardshe didn’t manage to get a photo, she sent a word picture. She described the bird as medium gray in color with a splash of yellow and a tuft on its head. There aren’t many birds around here with a tuft on the head so my guess it is a cedar wax-wing and they usually travel in flocks.

Reports Readers, we’d like to

hear what’s going on at your bird feeders, be it much or little. Soon our redpolls and tree spar-rows will be heading north and dozens of spe-cies that were south for the winter will be head-ing back here. Yes, let’s “Think Spring!”

Bird watching or Gar-dening comments or questions? Drop me a line at 471 New Glasgow Road, Ebenezer, PE, C1E 0S8 or bcobb06@pei.sym-patico.ca

Thurs. March 21

Thurs. March 21 Fri. March 22

Sat. March 23

Sun. March 24

Schedule of Events

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Kensington United Church

Spring Chicken Salad

Luncheon(two settings)

11:00am and 12 noonTake out Available!

Hope to See You There!!!

Saturday, April 20th

Our Community ChurchesEvents

Calendar

KensingtonNew London

Presbyterian ChurchRev Alan Stewart

Kensington United Church of Canada

Rev. Robert McCarthy

Where: Mt. Zion Masonic Lodge

Victoria StreetKensington

Every Sunday Evening at 6:30pm

Pastor Gene CarsonRR1 Kensington, PEI, C0B 1M0Tel: (902) 836-5220CSSM Ministries

Kensington Community ChurchPastor Gene Carson

•Worship Meeting: Sunday 11:00 a.m.

•Adult Study and Discussion Group Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Kensington Nazarene Community Church

47 Victoria St., Kensington

Pastor Ray Hinchey

Anglican Parish of New London

Rev. Margie Fagan

Margate Pastoral ChargeRev. Anne Dalziel Singer

Princetown United ChurchSouthwest River United Church

new church office: 58 Victoria St. East

“All are welcome, all are welcome in this place.”

Lauretta Balderstonfree-lance writer

“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my

soul, and forget not all His benefits.” Psalm 103:1-2 (NKJV)

Oh How Deep!

Palm Sunday: 9:30 am-Princetown11 am – Southwest

RiverMaundy Thursday:6:30 pm-Southwest

River (pot luck supper & worship)

Good Friday:7 pm-PrincetownEaster Sunday:9:30 am-Princetown11 am-Southwest River PASTORAL CHARGE

DINNERMonday, April 15, at

Lotus Garden. Supper at 6:30, entertainment by Rodney Savidant. Tick-ets available.

Happy EasterMarch 24

Palm SundayKensington Worship &

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.New London Wor-

ship & Sunday School 11a.m.

March 31 Easter SundayKensington Worship &

Sunday School 11a.m.New London Worship

& Sunday School 9:30 am

March 249:30 Handbell Practice10:30 Worship Service Wednesdays Feb. 20 – March 20 Lent-

en Midweek Communion Service at 7:00 p.m. in Amy MacKay Parlour.

For updated informa-tion and to view all our programs,check out our website at:

www.kensingtonunit-ed.ca <http://www.kens-ingtonunited.ca>

This has been a week of challenge for myself and my faith, putting my words into sharper focus. My husband was admitted to hospital with double pneumonia and, naturally, I was worried about all the things that could go wrong. Should the children come home? Am I being careful to relay all the necessary facts about their father to them so as not to worry them too? The ICU can be a scary place! For a little while I let my mind wander aimlessly from one weary thought to the next. Then I opened my Bible and saw these words, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name.” Psalm 103:1 NKJV

My mind rested after I allowed the impact of this verse to flow through me and cover me. I didn’t have to worry about to-morrow or even the next minute- God was here with me and with Ira. He was with the children so far away from us. God was, and is, with us and He knows our needs far better than we do! My faith was challenged to put my beliefs into prac-tice and allow the grace of God to give us rest in this storm of life we are passing through.

Then my mind went back in time and I re-membered as a child go-ing with my Dad to get his paycheque on Satur-day mornings. He was a coal miner and they had to pick up their pay each week. I was always left outside to wait for him so I would wander over to the large encased well of water. It was surrounded by a large wire fence to keep inquiring people,

(kids mainly, I guess!), from trying to get too close to the water inside. I would throw stones in and listen very carefully for them to drop. I never heard the drop- the stones seemed to go on forever. I asked Daddy why there was never a sound of the stone dropping and he told me the water was too deep- it went way, way down too far for the sound to ever come back for us to hear.

For some unexplained reason this image came to my mind this week at the hospital. That deep, deep well of water that I could see only on the surface gave me a fresh understanding of how deep God’s well of love, care and strength are- He never tires of our insecu-rities and questions. He never wearies of our con-stant needs and prayers for help and hope. He is always available and ready to supply all our needs no matter what the circumstances of life. “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear.” 1John 4:18 NKJV

“When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, your consolations delight my soul.” Psalm 94:19 (New American Standard Bible)

My husband is still re-covering! My faith too is recovering and has been secured in God and in the precious promises found in His Word! The journey of life, and our faith, has many curves, and some-times potholes too, but I know He knows the way. We will find in Him all we need to keep on keep-ing on!

“I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.” Philippi-ans 4:13 NIV

Palm Sunday March 249am - St. Mark’s; 11 am - St. Stephen’s &

St. Thomas’Maundy Thursday

March 28 – St. Mark’s 7pmGood Friday March 29St. Thomas’ – 12:00 pmEaster Sat.Vigil of

Easter and Holy Baptism: March 30 - St. Stephen’s

– 7:00 pmEaster Sunday 7am – St. Thomas’ 8:30 am – St. Mark’s 10am – St. Elizabeth’s 11:15am-St. Stephen’s

A snapshot of the March calender denotes a busy month for WI members as the centennial year of Women’s Institute unfolds into the next set of tra-ditional and celebratory events. A nutrition chal-lenge is also issued for this month.

Individual Institute Branches members will join together at various WI District conventions across PEI this month. Close to one hundred Branches in seventeen Districts under the Women’s Institute um-brella in PEI will play host to a variety of themes, ac-tivities and information sharing across the Island until March 31. Branch Members are reminded to join in on the Convention in their respective dis-tricts, and for women in-terested in learning more, please contact the WI of-fice for information on the convention meetings in your area.

A provincial wide Cen-tennial history book event will take place in late March. The book “Rec-ognizing...Reflecting...Responding... A history of the Federated Women’s Institute of Prince Ed-ward Island 1913-2013” will be officially launched by the PEIWI Board and Author George Doughart on March 21, 7pm, at the

Farm Centre in Charlotte-town (Storm date March 22). All are welcome to attend and listen to some of the highlights of the publication’s research and memorable content. The historical edition will be available for purchase the evening of March 21 and in the PEIWI Office.

Several other publica-tions have also become available this month. The recently published Cen-tennial Cookbook brings the best of 100 years of recipes in one spiral bound offering. An inter-esting blend of recipes and tips were included from members, previously printed WI cookbooks and to those used in kitchens today. Also available at the WI office is the Exhibition Handbook for this year’s Handcrafts, Horticulture and Arts Show of the Pro-vincial Exhibition.

Join dignitaries and WI members at the Founding Gala event at The Confed-eration Centre of the Arts on the evening of April 2 at 6:30pm (Storm date: April 3). The evening features guest speaker The Honour-able Marion Reid. During the evening history will be unveiled through decades of fashion and histori-cal images. We encourage members of WI and com-munity members to RSVP

by March 22 to 368-4860 to ensure availability of seat-ing. To complete the fes-tive atmosphere dressing in Period Costume is most welcome.

The PEIWI Board of Di-rectors is also delighted to announce the 13th Annual ‘Spring Is in the Air’ Gala Dinner will take place Sat-urday April 20, 2013 at the Holland College Tourism and Culinary Centre. Pro-ceeds will be divided be-tween the Souris Hospital and the Kings County Me-morial Hospital. Tickets are available by contacting Provincial Board members or from the WI office (a charitable tax receipt for a portion will be available). Deadline for ticket sales, and donated auction items is April 10.

Lastly, for students pre-paring for their fall studies a complete list of awards and scholarships are avail-able at www.peiwi.ca or by contacting the WI Office.

In the meantime, deadline for the Women in Agricul-ture Award and Adelaide Hoodless Award of Honor deadline is March 31.

Lastly, as March is nu-trition month an eating healthy initiative has been launched from WI’s national body of FWIC titled “Growing a Healthi-er You”. For Take 10 Tips for this month check out www.fwic.ca. Highlights include - eat a new ‘green vegetable’, try a new veg-etable recipe, plant seeds, enjoy a potluck, volunteer at a food bank or make a donation, and buy local produce.

This article is prepared by Ellen MacPhail, Ex-ecutive Director for the PEIWI.

For more information on the PEI Women’s In-stitute, visit www.wom-ensinstitute.pe.ca, phone 368-4860 or email wi@gov.pe.ca.

Women’s Institute District Conventions, History Book Launch and Founding Gala

Preparations

St. Mary’s Holy Family Roman Catholic Parish

Kensington Father John Molina

Masses:Saturday: 7:00pm Sunday: 9:00amSt James Church (Summerfield)Sunday at 10:30amClinton View Lodge:Every first Friday.Prayer Service At Clinton View Lodge

every second Wed. at 1pm.

Fellowship: Last Sunday of the

month following Mass in the parish centre.

Meetings:Knights of Columbus:

Second Monday of the month at 8pm.

Catholic Women’s League: Second Tuesday of the month at 7pm.

Spiritual Meditation: Each Monday evening 6:00 to 7:00pm

All are WELCOME.

For more information please call:

902-836-4823 or email: kmccrentals@

gmail.com

•Centrally located at 17 School St.

•Affordable, and comfortable wheelchair

accessible facilities•Ideal for small or

large meetings and social events•Breakout rooms

available

Hall RentalsDo you have a special

event, meeting or gathering coming up?

Why not rent the Murray Centre or Amy MacKay Parlour.

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Fundraising Committee for Jenna Rogerson and Children

Last year, as the rest of us were celebrating Valentine’s Day with our loved ones, Jenna (Murphy) Rogerson lost the love of her life; her husband Ryan Rogerson. His death was sudden and left Jenna with two small children and a third child on the way. It was a shock to all of us.

Ryan was a loving husband, father, brother, son and friend to many. He never hesitated to help with his time or give to others. He left behind a wonderful family and now they need our help. Jenna has returned to school to upgrade her education and moved back with her parents while she raises three small children.

You have the opportunity to help with a donation of an item or a service that can be auctioned for this very worthwhile cause at 7pm on April 13th at the New London Community Complex. A member of the fundraising committee will be in contact with you to ask that you give generously.

Thank you for your support.

Committee Members: Alan Brennan 888-9890, Carla Campbell 432-0089, Bill Drost 303-2767, Josh Gill 315-3150, Matthew MacKay 439-5257,

Todd Murphy 432-4113, Victoria Roberts 439-7758, Ryan Simmons 432-0985. Donation Drop-Off Location: Trailside Plaza, Rt 2, Kensington, PE, c/o Bay Winds Auto Sales.

Kensington Scouting Groups

Recycle Drive

Got Recyclables and can’t be bothered to take them to the Depot? No Problem!

Saturday April 6th. Beginning at 9am the Kensington Scouting Groups will be doing a Recy-cling Drive in your area, so leave your recyclables outside your door and we’ll pick them up for you and you’ll be helping out our groups as part of our fund raiser towards programs and camps. If we’ve missed you please call: Tara Davison 836-3235 (leave voice mail if needed), Shelley Cole 836-5108 (leave voice mail if needed), Roscoe Pendleton 836-3233 (leave voice mail if needed). Just a few examples:

*Pop/Juice cans *Sealed Juice Cans(large)*Plastic bottles Canadian Tire money*Juice Boxes sm and Gable top beverage cartons

(ie- tomato, orange or pineapple juice cartons).

Saturday April 6th

The L.E.A.P. Program Open House was held on March 13 from 1-3 p.m. at the Senior’s Centre, Kensington to display the Swedish Weaving pieces made by the ten participants under the leadership of instructor, Audrey Glover.

Ruby Cousins, coor-dinator of the program welcomed Hon. Robert Henderson, Minister of Tourism and Culture for PEI as well as the 30 in attendance. She gave thanks to the Town of Kensington for the space provided to the seniors to hold their various activi-ties, to the County Line Courier for the publicity of this course as well as other activities of the Senior Surfer’s Club, to Audrey Glover for her very capable instruction of the course and to the participants who made the course so much fun by gaining new friend-ships as well as learning a craft which it is hoped will give them many hours of enjoyment in future weaving and the gift to teach others to do

the craft.Ruby introduced Min-

ister Henderson telling the attendants that the L.E.A.P. program was funded by Minister Hen-derson’s Department and the program was sponsored by the PEI Seniors’ Federation. We were delighted to know that our application was accepted for the project and that we would be looking to doing future programs funded by his department. After Min-ister Henderson spoke to the group he passed out 8 certificates to the partici-pants present. (Lourdes McGrath and Maria Kowalski were unable to attend).

Gerald McCarville, President of the Senior Surfer’s Club comment-

ed favourably on the work done by the group. Later in the p.m. Rowan Caseley, Deputy Mayor of Kensington and Sis-ter Norma Gallant, of the Senior Citizens Fed-eration of P.E.I. brought greetings as reps from the Town of Kensington and the PEI Senior Citi-zens Federation.

Grace MacLeod and Mary Hickey presented gifts of appreciation on behalf of project group to Audrey, instructor and to Ruby ,coordinator of the project.

Lunch provided by the participants of the proj-ect was enjoyed as well as a social time ended a successful afternoon and a great project.

Seniors’ L.E.A.P. Program Open House

Front L-R: Virjene Cole, Ruby Cousins, Audrey Glover, Pearl MacCallum, Grace MacLeod. Back L-R: Gerald McCarville, Hon. Robert Henderson,

Lois Brown, Mary Hickey, Iva Schurman, Barb Connick and Joan MacGillivray.

In every community, there is work to be done.

In every nation there are wounds to heal.

In every heart, there is the power to do it.

- Marianne Williamson

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