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It was a year of exciting ups and dev-astating downs in West Carleton, begin-ning in January with the sledge hockey team’s quest for gold at the Paralympic Games and ending in November and De-cember with a bitter family fi ght among Progressive Conservatives.
However, after much consideration – and, at times, much passionate debate - by the editorial team, the top story and top newsmaker of 2010 are ready to be announced.
They are: the Constance Bay beach ownership dispute; Todd Nicholson re-tires from Canada’s sledge hockey team.
A line was drawn in the sand when the City of Ottawa declared, in early May, that property owners can assert their privacy rights on portions of the Con-
stance Bay beach. The immediate reac-tion was one of outrage, and it didn’t subside to any great extent throughout the summer. A Facebook page called Friends against privatizing Constance Bay Beaches has over 2,500 supporters; the property owners have enlisted the help of the Ontario Landowners Asso-ciation.
The issue has simmered for decades, with each side producing documents to show who owns the beach: property owners or the general public.
In most jurisdictions outside Ontario, it is clear beaches are public property open to any and all.
Many who bought homes in Constance Bay believed they had beach access. Oth-ers, many of whom live on Lane Street, argue the partiers are out of hand.
Photo by Derek Dunn
HOCKEY DAY IN THE HARBOURTuesday was a good day to be at the outdoor rink in Fitzroy Harbour. As a work crew busied itself with upgrades to the community centre’s wheelchair ramp, hockey players Derek Andrechek and Dana Felhaber, centre, were about to start a hockey game. Ready to cheer them on is Tanya Andrechek, who with a bump in her belly, didn’t risk venturing onto the ice.
Top newsmakers include Todd Nicholson and Greg Leblanc; beach ownership takes top story
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City’s green bin program hits fi rst-year targets
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The city’s green bin program hit its expected target of divert-ing 53,000 tonnes of organic waste
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But it still leaves taxpayers on the hook for around $2.5 million. That’s the amount of money the city paid for organics collection it didn’t use in 2010. Under the city’s contract with Orgaworld, Ottawa pays the company $93.40 per tonne to collect 80,000 tonnes of organic waste each year of its 20-year con-tract.
As for when the city could actually use its full 80,000-tonne collection amount, McRae said, “We can’t predict the year if we don’t change some of our behaviour.
“We’ve been very successful so far to get residents participating in the program, but if we want to boost our overall diversion, we have to take it to the next level,” she said. McRae, who was recently elected to lead the city’s environment committee, repeated her desire to continue discussions with resi-dents to fi nd ways to encourage greater use of the green bins.
“Last term’s council I don’t think went far
enough in having the debate,” McRae said.The green bin program helped boost the
city’s diversion rate from 32 to 41 per cent this year, which puts Ottawa on par with large cities such as Toronto (which had a 44 per cent diversion rate in 2009).
The province’s goal, which the city also adopted, is a 60 per cent diversion rate. Since Ottawa collects and average of 280,000 tonnes of residential waste annually, it would have needed to divert 170,000 tonnes of organics and recyclables from landfi lls to hit that target.
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If you live in an apartment, you might be getting a green bin in the new year.
The city will launch a pilot project to introduce organic-waste collection in high-rise apartment buildings starting in January. While only three to fi ve apart-ment buildings will be included in the four-month pilot project (at least one of them in Centretown), the city hopes to have the results of the pilot completed by the end of 2011.
However, rolling out the program to all 100,000 of the city’s apartment units in 2011 would be “a challenge,” said Marilyn
Journeaux, manager of solid waste man-agement for the city.
Almost all of the city’s 220,000 single-family homes and 30,000 townhomes have received green bins this year, Journeaux said. Apartments are next on the list.
Apartments are a challenge because they often don’t have space for the bins and educating residents is diffi cult be-cause of the high turnover in many build-ings, Journeaux said.
The city had originally hoped to im-plement its green bin program in 2008, Journeaux said. McRae said the city was “embarrassingly slow” at getting the pro-gram going.
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They are simply trying to regain some semblance of privacy they are forced to take strong measures such as erecting No trespassing signs and even fences.
While there was talk of bringing in a mediator, it, along with having the court settle the dispute, has proven cost prohib-itive. It looks as though the issue will heat up again next summer.
Todd Nicholson has been a mentor and hero for many in West Carleton. He has given motivational speeches to countless secondary students across the city, along with other groups. The Kinburn native stands taller than many as an athlete, a loyal community member, a devoted friend and strong family man. And he does it all while sitting in a wheelchair.
It started out as a great year for West Carleton’s top newsmaker. Hundreds of friends and neighbours came out to show support for Canada’s sledge hockey team, the team he led to victories around the world. It was for a scrimmage game in Carp, attended by all the players from the national capital region, including fellow West Carleton resident Shawn Matheson. It was a great send-off for the team as it headed to Vancouver for the Winter Para-lympic Games.
But gold wasn’t to be. The slightly-fa-voured Canada team, with what some would later say too many veterans on its roster, lost in the semifi nals to Japan. The score was 3-1.
It was huge blow to Nicholson, who made many sacrifi ces and trained in-tensely for gold.
It was the end of a dream. And while Nicholson has overcome setbacks time and time again – multiple surgeries, re-lentless pain throughout – he came to the realization that time and ambition had taken its toll on his 41-year-old frame. It was time to make the announcement.
“I had an amazing ride and some expe-riences I will never forget,” he said in late August. “My dreams have now become re-ality, and reality is telling me – along with my shoulders – that it is time (to retire).”
For the paraplegic who always said his high school promo night accident was the best thing to ever happen to him, life after sport holds much promise. Still in West Carleton, living in Dunrobin, Nicholson’s focus now is raising his children while working full-time in the federal govern-ment.
HARD NEWS
Twenty-ten was a nightmare for a hand-ful of individual families in the region. In one eight-day span alone, three car crash-es claimed two lives and left one young woman fi ghting for hers. A teen suspect-ed of texting at the time was killed after her car slammed into a pick-up truck on County Road 29, near Galetta Side Road. Then another teenage girl was seriously injured as she tried to turn onto Dun-robin Road from Murphy Side Road. Fi-nally, a Carp man died after his minivan struck a pick-up near where the Vaughan Side Road connects with Donald B. Mun-ro Drive.
There was also the tragic death of a family man and pilot whose Carp air-port-registered plane went down north
of Belleville. Another blow came when a man was killed while snowmobiling. The death of a little girl in Albany, N.Y. with a West Carleton connection touched many who donated to a walkathon in her name.
Among the year’s most inspirational stories was that of a father, who after fall-ing on the ice and hitting boards during a rec hockey game, was left bedridden for months. The community outpouring of support was overwhelming, his wife said.
Another inspirational story came from a young hockey player whose family fought for what they believed was right for him: to play hockey against other kids of his maturity level, not simply with those of his age level.
SOFT NEWS
The annual winter carnivals in commu-nities such as Fitzroy Harbour was nicely offset by summer festivals in Carp and elsewhere. However, the big one in 2010 was the inaugural Swampfest in Kinburn. The promotion was galvanizing, the mu-sical lineup, venue and historic displays top notch; and the volunteers were daunt-less. The one setback? Could have been more people. However, organizations are acting on positive feedback and promise to bring Swampfest back again in 2011.
Another wonderful fi rst, though it won’t be annual, was the huge dinner for the West Carleton Minor Hockey Associa-tion. Hundreds came out the rink in Carp for dinner, entertainment and awards for dedicated volunteers such as Sherry Mal-loy.
The year in statistics also had its ups and downs: maple syrup production was down; the bird count was down; crime was down; but deer accidents were up. So, too, mercifully, were donations to the an-nual Babs Harcourt Friendship Memori-al Golf Tournament. In just its third year, the all-women golf day raised $11,000 for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.
RUNNERS-UP
Following closely behind Nicholson
for 2010 newsmaker of the year Greg Leblanc. The Carp business improvement area president was named Citizen of the Year by the Kanata Chamber of Commerce, and his plan to build a massive retirement residence in the vil-lage met with the city’s approval. Construction is slated to begin in 2011.
The story that drew the most reaction in terms of letters to the editor, along with various media in the city picking up it after the West Carleton Review, was the coyote kill contest sponsored by a local gas station/hunting outlet.
Giant hogweed also frazzled some nerves, especially after we showed a photo of Carp woman’s shoulder with blistered lacera-tions. On the other hand, the mu-nicipal election didn’t seem to get many voters blood boiling in West Carleton. Eli El-Chantiry easily returned to his council seat, de-feating anti-establishment candi-date James Parsons and policy-enthusiast Alexander Aronec.
The more interesting story in politics is the ongoing battle to see who will represent the Pro-gressive Conservative party lo-cally in next fall’s provincial elec-tion. The West Carleton Review broke the most local stories that later went city-wide and beyond again in 2010, but it was the PC infi ghting story that continues to have legs and shows no signs of stopping.
MacLaren’s Landing’s own Jack MacLaren left his role as head of the Ontario Landown-ers Association to challenge Tory stalwart Norm Sterling for the chance to win the party’s nomina-tion. It started out with MacLaren having signed up many members. Then he tried and failed to have the riding executive replaced. Now he and Sterling will battle for the nomination in a spring membership vote.
With numerous ongoing issues left unresolved at the end of 2010, the promise of fascinating stories in the West Carleton Review is high for next year.
Tragic vehicle accidents mar 2010
Dunrobin’s Todd Nicholson retired this year after a phenomenal career in sledge hockey. He played in four Paralympics.
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Editorial
Another year on the calendar looms ahead and our thoughts naturally turn towards making a New Year’s resolution.
Quit smoking, work less, lose weight, get active, take a vaca-tion or go back to school.
A good resolution that many forget about is scheduling “you time.”
It’s important take the time to recharge and refresh your-self; a healthy work-life balance demands time out.
All work and no play is a recipe for mental and physical disaster. So if you have trouble freeing up time to do the things you enjoy, write time regularly into your schedule to “meet with yourself” and stick to that commitment. If you won’t invest in yourself, who will?
If you’re like most people, you spend lunch time on the phone or trying to catch up on
paperwork. You try to fulfi ll your family commitments and other obligations. You fi t in a few more hours of work in the evening, or even pull an occasional all-nighter when a deadline looms.
And you feel especially stressed because there’s never enough time, no matter how hard you work.
It’s not the amount of time that matters, but our perception of it and that depends upon our attitude.
We can all remember occa-sions when time seemed to pass so excruciatingly slowly it was frozen, or weeks that seemed to whiz by.
Time is fi xed, but our percep-tion of it isn’t.
Our basic biology is also fi xed. Most people need a period of time each day to recharge themselves. They need a certain
amount of time to refl ect, to enjoy, to energize, or to simply pause - to do something that gives them respite or plea-sure so they can deal with the stresses of the day.
So think about yourself. What is it that you like or need to do that will refresh you and allow you to return to the fray with a clearer head and more energy?
Whatever it is, schedule it into your day, as you would any business-related activity.
Think of it as a meeting with yourself.
And stick to it just as reli-giously as you would if it was a meeting with a client. That daily half hour or hour that you schedule for you will more than repay the time invested.
It will make you better able to cope with stress, more produc-tive in your work, and better tempered.
Schedule ‘you time’ in 2011
Since it is extremely risky to predict what will happen in the year ahead, more prudent predictors like to predict what won’t happen. Sticking oneself way out on a limb, here goes.
In 2011, the following won’t happen:— The tunnel won’t be dug under
downtown Ottawa. This is partly because of the most recent revelations about bed-rock, soil or whatever it is and partly be-cause people looked at the estimated four years of construction and concluded that four years of Albert Street was margin-ally better than four years of no Albert Street. But it is mostly because people are thinking: “A tunnel? Under downtown Ottawa? Are you kidding?” Upon learn-ing that Albert Street is not going to be a tunnel, certain people will demand that it become a bicycle path.
— Gasoline prices will not hit $2 a litre. They will stop at around $1.98. Those who hoped that higher gas prices would cause people to drive less will be disappointed. This is because people will be driving all over town trying to fi nd gas that costs less than $1.98.
— There will not be great disappoint-ment over the non-construction of the Albert Street tunnel. An exception will be those who hoped most of the buildings on
Albert Street would be put underground as well.
— The Lansdowne Park development won’t happen. Neighbourhood pressure might be a factor. And with the CFL, you never know. They might decide to expand into Latin America instead of Ottawa. But the main factor will be the Ex. No matter what anyone says, the Ex is never leaving Lansdowne Park. And no one wants to live in new housing that has a ferris wheel outside the window.
— The Senators will not win the Stan-ley Cup. There’s a shocker.
— The four-laning of Highway 7 between Carleton Place and Ottawa won’t be fi nished. Once it’s fi nished the provincial government will have to take down all those signs about how hard it’s working for us. Highways are always
more politically useful while they’re be-ing built than when they’re fi nished. So it’s important to keep the work going as long as possible. They’ve done a good job of it so far.
(As a special bonus, here’s a prediction about what won’t happen in 2012: Once the highway is completed, the traffi c won’t be any lighter. This is in line with the principle that says the more lanes are available the more cars will fi ll them. No one know where those extra cars come from, but there may be a secret factory somewhere.)
— Lawn chairs won’t be banned at Bluesfest. It is diffi cult to overstate the importance of lawn chairs to the lo-cal economy. Not only do people invest heavily in lawn chairs, but they also buy larger vehicles to carry them around and, needless to say, look for venues to take them to. Fortunately, the Bluesfest organizers realize this.
—Drive-thru doughnut shops will not be banned, despite concerns about air pollution from idling cars. To the con-trary, the drive-thru trend will continue. The latest: drive-thru taxidermists.
— In a related development, moose will not be banned from suburban streets. City council will consider enacting a
bylaw to this effect. But animal experts will dissuade them, saying that most moose do not read signs well and those that do will just become angry, which no one wants. As a consequence, council will decide that moose will be allowed to roam the streets as long as they have a permit.
— Mayor Jim Watson will not attend every public event in the city. A duplicate bridge tournament in Highland Park will somehow escape his attention and he will unaccountably be absent from a tribute to Citizen columnist Randall Denley. Every-thing else he’ll be at.
— The NCC will not allow further construction on LeBreton Flats. Asked about the vast acreage of empty space, a spokesperson will say: “We’ve only been at this since 1960. Don’t rush us.”
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A hidden gem in West Carleton is touted as a great way to keep the whole family fi t and enjoying the great outdoors this winter.
The trails at Fitzroy Provincial Park have ex-panded by one-third this year, to 15 kilometres of fairly even paths through charming woods and pic-turesque vistas. Some say they are the best in the national capital region and they are available to everyone in West Carleton.
“They’re much nicer than Gatineau Park. There are fewer roads and much more time in the bush,” said Tammy Meagher of the West Carleton Nordic Ski Club.
“It’s a long park with one challenging hill. But it’s not like you’d need a chair lift to get back to the parking lot.”
The club, in its 17th season, is volunteer-driven by those who simply enjoy the outdoors and spend-ing time with family and friends. It offers both clas-sic and skate skiing through the lovely forested trails for an annual membership fee of $85 per fam-ily. A donation of $5 per skier could be made at the
box located near the parking lot of the province-owned park.
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Membership fees remain the same as last year:
• Adults $30;• Youth $15 (under 18 on Dec.
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parents).“We’d like to see more mem-
bers,” Meagher said. “The city’s contribution toward grooming the trails is based on the num-ber of registered users. So we encourage people to take out a membership and sign in before they start out.”
The record year for members was 119.
The grooming machinery is top-notch, Meagher said, and will be put to use on every trail after about fi ve centimetres of snowfall. It is usually done on a Friday evening in anticipation of a busy weekend.
There is also a small cabin for rent for anyone looking for a weekend away. A special rate is available to members. Skiers are also asked to let the club know if they want to use the barbe-cue and washrooms at the club-house.
To fi nd out ski conditions or learn more about the club, log onto wcnordic.com.
Photo by Derek Dunn
Tammy Meagher much prefers the trails here in West Carleton to those in Gatineau and elsewhere. Better forests, fewer cars, what more could an outdoors enthusiast want?
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In two days, I will join my family for Christ-mas. It is a time to spread goodwill where we can, and celebrate that for which we are thankful.
While I’m there, I hope to see my parents’ old friend, François d’Orglandes.
François is an artist whose family is known for taking in less fortunate strangers for din-ner on Christmas Eve. They personify the “kindness of strangers”. They make it easier to build healthy, secure, vibrant communities.
In the same way, The Ottawa Hospital ben-efi ts from remarkable community support.
What our community leaders, philanthro-pists and, in many cases, your neighbors have achieved this year is impressive.
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s 20/20 Campaign raised $24.5 Million for a new Cancer Centre at the General Campus, as
well as the Irving Greenberg Family Cancer Centre at the Queensway Carleton Hospital. The community’s contributions have made a meaningful difference.
They have allowed the centralization of nine radiation machines at the General Cam-pus; added 15 new chemotherapy chairs, for a total of 50, to the cancer program; offered more natural light and comforting clinical en-vironments to cancer patients; and provided them and their families with easy, comfort-able access to outdoor areas. All of this will help the recovery process.
There’s more. Our community has do-nated over $2 million dollars to research at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Most recently, they have made possible the acquisi-tion of CyberKnife, a revolutionary radio-sur-gery system that can eliminate the need for invasive surgery in many cases.
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Firefi ghters, police help driver avoid the hotseatOn Friday, Dec. 17 at around 11 a.m., Ot-
tawa police were dispatched to the area of 3220 Barlow Cres. for a report of a ve-hicle fi re.
Firefi ghters were tending to the small pickup truck fi re when police pulled up on scene.
According to the owner, the fi re started minutes after he started driving along Barlow Crescent and was likely caused by a hot propane heater that was placed on his backseat of his truck.
On Dec. 18, emergency services were called out to a barn fi re on Upper Dwyer Hill Road at around 3 a.m.
A City of Ottawa snow plow operator fi rst noticed the blaze as he was making his way north along Upper Dwyer Hill and initially thought it was a brush fi re of some sort.
Quickly realizing that it was a barn that had become fully engulfed in fl ames, the driver started honking his horn and banging on doors to alert the homeown-ers of the blaze.
THEFT
Wildmeadow Circle, West Carleton: Sometime between 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18 and 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, an un-identifi ed person entered into a com-plainant’s unlocked vehicle and stole 10 music CDs, a pair of prescription sun-glasses, a calculator, a baseball hat, and a
wallet containing the vehicle’s insurance and registration cards.
Greystone Drive, West Carleton: Short-ly after 1 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, a complain-ant was alerted to suspicious sounds coming from his driveway. Upon looking out he observed two unidentifi ed males rooting around inside of his unlocked vehicle.
Yelling out to his brother to call police, the complainant chased after the cul-prits but ended up losing them as they sped away in an unidentifi ed vehicle.Nothing was reported stolen.
2825 Carp Rd. West Carleton: At around 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 22, unidenti-fi ed culprits broke into a secured com-pound at George’s Marine and Sports and stole a Triton Snowmobile trailer.The culprits forced their way into the compound by cutting a padlock.
TRAFFIC
Old Carp Road, West Carleton: At around 9 p.m. on Dec. 18, four ATVs were observed racing up and down Old Carp Road. After noting the address of the driveway where the ATVs went into, the passerby reported the incident to police.Police spoke to the ATVers and warned them about racing and driving ATVs on the roadway.
Bayview Drive, Constance Bay: At around 10:30 a.m. Dec. 23, a loud, yellow
ATV was noted driving up and down Bay-view Drive. The plateless ATV was driv-en by a white male in his 20s.
At the time he was wearing an old black jacket with fl uorescent trim.
DEER COLLISION COUNT
Last week West Carleton reported nine deer-related collisions while Rideau-Goulbourn reported three. The score now stands at 48 to 32 in favor of Rideau-Goul-bourn.
Patrol offi cers in the West Carleton area responded to 45 general calls for service from the public for the reporting period of Dec. 17 to 23.
In addition to the calls for service, pa-trol offi cers are also proactively enforc-ing Highway Traffi c laws, responding to false 9-1-1 and alarm calls, and assisting the Ottawa Fire, Paramedics and Bylaw services.
MAKE THE RIGHT CALL
The West Carleton Police Centre is lo-cated at 5670 Carp Rd. and can be reached at 236-1222, ext. 2982. The centre is a “com-munity problem-solving centre” and is responsible for the delivery of the Ottawa
Police crime prevention programs. It is important to note that the West
Carleton CPC is not an emergency re-sponse centre and that we do not dispatch cars to complaints or crimes in progress.
When these situations arise, it is im-portant to know the numbers to call for an appropriate response:
• 911 – for life-threatening emergencies or crimes in progress;
• 613-230-6211 – other emergencies, i.e.: suspicious incident or disturbance;
• 613-236-1222, ext. 7300 – the O.P.S. call centre, to report a theft, missing person or stolen vehicle;
• 311 – for Bylaw Dispatch Services.All of these numbers along with other
useful information can be found in the red pages at the front of your residential directory.
If you have any information regarding any criminal activity, call Crime Stop-pers at 613-233-8477 (TIPS), or toll free at 1-800-222-8477.
Finally, if you are ever in doubt as to whether or not you should call police, or you cannot remember the non-emergen-cy numbers, call 9-1-1.
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Farmwife-in-waitingThe lambing pens are
lined with hay, waiting for our Christmas babies to arrive. The rams obviously did some work before we locked them up in August, because there is a ewe or two with a distinctly swell-ing udder. They are “bag-ging up”, as the Farmer says. That is a rather indelicate way to describe the situation. Most of our ewes are due to lamb in April.
Our cows are also due to give birth any day now. Ginger, Betty, Julie and Mocha each took turns dancing with Young Angus when he arrived last spring. However, accord-ing to the Farmer, they are not bagging up. But that doesn’t mean anything. Betty didn’t bag up the last time she gave birth to a huge calf either. She just let out a long, low mooo one morning and twenty minutes later she was licking her newborn clean.
In order to make things as comfortable as possible for our four bovine mothers-to-be, the Farmer has closed them off in their own fi eld on the far side of the barn, There they have their own water supply, an open pasture and part of the barn for shelter.
This weekend the Farmer decided to cut the huge beams that make up the half-wall in the turkey pen.
This large, open room is ideal for the cows, and now they can get in. Within half an hour of the Farmer’s renovations, Gin-ger and Julie had moved in to the new space. They are the smart ones, I think.
The cows are feeding now on wrapped hay that smells like whiskey. The fermentation process has left the silage rich and scented. They chew slowly, savouring the fl avour.
So we will go out in the morn-ing and evening now to check on the animals. I hope they don’t all give birth at once. I hope things go without complications, as planned. We selected a bull that would produce smaller calves that grow quickly after birth. I don’t want to deal with any calves getting stuck during birth
when I’m the only one at home. It would be just my luck to have this sort of thing happen.
Misty is supposed to be pregnant, but we still don’t have that confi rmed. Perhaps when we have the vet in to assist with the cow births, we will get him to do a preg check on Misty at the same time.
I have to go to Rooney’s to stock up on calf bottles and milk replacer. I keep this at the ready in case a ewe gives birth to multiples. In-evitably there will be a runt lacking the rooting instinct, and I will have to feed it with the bottle. During the fi rst 24 hours, that milk must be colostrum straight from the mother, or the
chance of survival is very slim. As much as I try, however, I cannot get enough milk from a ewe to fi ll an eye-dropper. The Farmer has to climb into the pen, tackle the mother and steal her milk. He can get an inch or two of colostrum in no time, and then I fi ll the big syringe to feed the baby.
Ideally, after a week or so, the runt will regain his strength and catch on to the routine of feeding from his own mother. If he doesn’t, I have to train him to feed
from the bottle that I strap to the side of the pen. This method has worked, in the past. We are in the business of growing healthy sheep here.
If the cows need help feeding their ba-bies, we will supplement their feedings also. I will buy my supplies, and wait. They can come now – I am ready.
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Securing biodiversity a major theme in 2010OLE HENDRICKSON
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The diversity of life on planet Earth and its critical importance to human well-being has been in the spotlight for much of this year.
On Oct. 4, scientists completed an ambitious 10-year census of marine life, exploring little-known areas such as por-tions of the oceans 5,000 meters deep.
They found life everywhere they looked, discovering over 6,000 new and sometimes bizarre species capable of living “even where heat would melt lead, seawater froze to ice, and light and oxy-gen were lacking.”
Using DNA sequencing techniques, sci-entists concluded there could be up to 100 times more kinds of marine microbes than previously thought.
Bacteria may comprise as much as 90 per cent of the mass of living marine creatures.
To quote from the Census’ highlights report, “the continually rising number of known kinds of life reinforces the conclusion that the Age of Discovery has not ended.”
The term “biodiversity” includes va-riety of ecosystems as well as genes and species. In Canada, federal, provincial and territorial government scientists
just released a major new report entitled Canadian Biodiversity: Ecosystem Status and Trends 2010. It documents change - often dramatic - in Canada’s forests, grasslands, wetlands, lakes and rivers, coasts and oceans.
This new report gives special attention to ice and its large-scale disappearance: “Ice is a defi ning feature of much of the Canadian landscape and many plants and animals are adapted to seasonally or permanently frozen environments.”
Loss of sea ice affects seals, polar bears, Arctic cod, and Arctic foxes. Fro-zen peatlands are changing to wetlands as permafrost thaws throughout the North.
Another major event in 2010 was the successful conclusion of a United Na-tions “biodiversity summit” in Nagoya, Japan.
At a meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity 192 national govern-ments agreed unanimously on more than 40 decisions aimed at sustaining Earth’s ecosystems and the benefi ts they provide for human well-being.
They adopted a new international protocol on access to and sharing of the benefi ts from the use of the genetic resources of the planet.
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LAURA MUELLER
The city is calling on tech-savvy residents to compete for cash – and bragging rights – for the most useful mobile application, or “app” that uses the city’s data.
From fi nding fun Saturday-morning activities for children to locating the best dog parks in the city, the applications that will be developed during the contest will bolster resident’s ability to use the city’s new “open data” policy.
These developers are taking sets of digital infor-mation about the city and spinning them into han-dy tools for people to use on their cell phone and computers and entering them online as part of the Apps 4 Ottawa contest (www.apps4ottawa.ca).
While creating these intricate techie tools doesn’t appeal to everyone, the apps can be used by anyone who has access to a smartphone or computer – and the city is hoping that gets residents interested in the initiative.
The contest closes on Jan. 3 and after that, it’s up to the public to weigh in on what they think are the best apps. Voting will take place online at www.apps4ottawa.com from Jan. 4 to Jan. 28 to choose the peoples’ choice award. There is also a panel of judges – including developers, researchers and librarians – who will dole out the rest of the cash prizes: $50,000 in total.
Last spring, the City of Ottawa began a process of making its information available to the public as “open data” – a philosophy that certain govern-ment data be openly available in a digital format. The move is meant to increase transparency at city hall and remove barriers to information to allow people to fi nd innovative uses for it, and perhaps spur on community involvement and economic de-velopment.
The app contest isn’t just a way to get developers and residents interested in how open data can help them – it’s also a way to show city employees how useful it is and convince any remaining skeptics that it is worth their time to convert data into an “open format.”
It takes a bit of work, but the city’s information technology staffers have yet to come across a city department that has said “no,” said Robert Giggey, one of the IT staff members who is working on the project.
“Our hope is that the contest will also do that – help drive home that message,” said Giggey. “Show-ing them the apps may spark that interest.”
FRIENDLY ‘HACKERS’ PITCH IN
The popularity of open data in Ottawa wouldn’t be nearly as high without the involvement of ad-vocates like Tracy Lauriault and Edward Ocampo-Gooding, Giggey said.
“This group has been very active,” Giggey said. “They are like-minded individuals who have helped out since the beginning.”
Lauriault, a Carleton University researcher, and Ocampo-Gooding, an open data advocate and devel-oper, have worked with the city’s information tech-nology subcommittee and IT staff to bolster the
initiative.Ocampo-Gooding was one of
the organizers of two “hack-athons” held at city hall in 2010, the most recent of which was on Dec. 4.
The events bring together members of the public, research-ers, designers and developers to create useful apps and encour-age the city to create data sets to make the apps work.
On Dec. 4, hackathon partici-pants put their ideas for data sets and apps down on paper, and now that brainstorm is something city staff and the information tech-nology subcommittee can use to fuel the initiative.
Events like the hackathon are helping guide city staff as they navigate which sets of data are in the highest demand and which will be most useful to residents, Giggey said.
A couple of the ideas that came out of the hackathon were an OC Transpo bus locater powered by GPS information found on 90 per cent of buses, a community equipment lock locator and an idea to pool resources and share equipment like snowplows with-in a neighbourhood.
One of the issues that will face the creators of apps for the con-test is how to keep their creations going over time.
Apps need updating and they need to be hosted online for peo-ple to download, and that takes time, effort and money. At some point developers providing the apps for free will likely give up on the pet projects.
In the contest rules, the city en-courages developers to keep their apps available for six months after the contest. But Ocampo-Gooding said he would like to
see more incentive for creators to keep the apps up. He’s proposing the city take a look at how it hands out contracts and consider changing the rules to make it easier for developers – many of whom do this work during their free time – could
qualify to land an app-creation contract with the city.
More information can be found on the Google Group (www.groups.google.com and search “Open Data Ottawa”) or by fol-lowing @opendataottawa on Twitter.
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Pakenham educator wins water conservation awardDESMOND DEVOY
Though she’s big on the green movement, Patricia Larkin en-joyed a golden moment this fall, accepting one of the Tri-Valley Conservation awards.
Larkin’s Nature Works Learn-ing won in the business category at the awards gala held at the South Nation Conservation head-quarters in Finch, Ont.
“I was excited to win the award. It’s always nice to be recognized for the work that you do,” said Larkin.
The conservation awards are handed out by the Mississippi Valley and Rideau Valley Conser-vation organizations, as well as the three conservation authori-ties in the Mississippi Valley, Rideau Valley and South Nation.
They celebrate the work done to protect local waterways and foster understanding of the eco-system.
Larkin was nominated by the Mississippi Valley Field Natural-ists.
“We’ve been developing some special environmental educa-tion programs in schools in La-nark County,” Larkin said of her company’s work. “We’ve created
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Patricia Larkin, founder of Nature Works Learning, and a resident of Pakenham, accepts the business award at the Tri-Valley Conservation Awards Gala at the South Nation Conservation headquarters in Finch earlier this month.
outdoor education programs in Gemmill Park (in Almonte) … (as part of) the water resources
unit for the Ontario Grade 8 (cur-riculum).”
Some of her curriculum plan-
ners have already been utilized as part of the Grade 9 biology class at Almonte District High School.
Her company started as a vol-unteer-run initiative in 2001 and expanded over the years. While she admits she does not have a teaching background, degrees in geology and environmental stud-ies have enabled her to lay out adaptable lesson plans.
“It’s a lay-person’s approach (to teaching), but it is curricu-lum-based,” said Larkin.
One new pilot project will see Grade 8 students help test out new curriculum.
Larkin is in the midst of ex-panding a similar program to two Perth schools, St. John Cath-olic High School and The Stew-art School.
“This time, it’s funded through the Royal Bank of Canada’s Blue Water program,” she said of the Perth programs. “We’re just in the middle of it right now.”
The new program looks at ground water and surface water issues.
“The kids will be developing a water action plan for their school,” Larkin said. “I return in the spring to do a second review to see what improvements have
been made because of their ac-tions.”
As part of the program, some students have organized assem-blies to raise awareness of water issues at their schools. A school in Carp even opened one of these assemblies to the wider commu-nity, and ended up raising more than $1,000 for the Ryan’s Well charity.
There are a number of areas that students have discovered, much to Larkin’s delight.
“There has been a terrifi c ef-fort made,” she said of the in-school program.
Some kids address the issue of leaking toilets, the use of salt on the roads in wintertime, and even proper paint storage.
“They’ve put up signage ask-ing kids not to run the tap longer than they have to,” she said.
Even students who live in more rural areas are given help on how they can take the safe wa-ter message home with them.
“They are given resources on how to keep their water clean as well,” said Larkin.
She is also applying for a grant to bring her programs to Beck-with Public School, but she is still awaiting the outcome of that application.
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MFNC hosts members night
The Macnamara Field Naturalists Club will hold a members night at their Jan. 4 meeting.
All members and in-terested people are in-vited to Arnprior Dis-trict High School at 7:30 p.m. for the monthly meeting.
The January speakers will be the club’s mem-bers. They are urged to bring their favourite
identifi cation guide, photo or specimen and share it the other mem-bers.
People with up to 10 digital photos to share as a slideshow are asked to bring them on a fl ash drive.
Members who don’t bring anything to share will be asked to pay a $1 fee (admission for non-members is $5).
Event is Jan. 4 at ADHS
LAURA MUELLER
Recent scrutiny of the Ottawa Police Service will not spare it from city coun-cil’s tax-increase limit.
As members of the Ottawa Police Ser-vices Board heard about measures be-ing undertaken to address allegations of prisoner abuse, the service was also grappling with council’s recent direction that will force the police budget to trim $6 million.
City council adopted Mayor Jim Wat-son’s election promise of a 2.5 per cent tax increase limit for the 2011 budgets, as well as all departments – including the police.
After the police services board meeting on Dec. 20, acting police chief Gilles La-rochelle said hitting that target will be a challenge for the service.
“It’s going to have an impact to our or-ganization and ultimately to the commu-nity,” he said. “So we’re trying to see what we can do to work with the city and the direction of the board to meet that goal.”
Larochelle was fi lling in for Chief Vern White, who was out of the country for his wedding and honeymoon.
Next year’s draft police budget called for a 5.6 per cent increase, which will have to be trimmed to 2.5 per cent. Wat-son, who now sits on the police services board, offered the additional help of the city’s treasurer to help fi nd savings.
Watson said the police service isn’t unique, and all city departments have been instructed to tighten their budgets.
“The police budget will increase by several million dollars. It won’t increase as much, because we’re all living in a post-recession world and we have to show a degree of restraint,” he said.
“There is no question it’s going to be diffi cult for every group to come in at that level,” Watson said. “We have some belt tightening to do,” he said, adding that there is no public appetite for growing tax increases.
“It’s not going to be easy, we never said it was,” he said, adding that the 2.5 fi gure matches recent infl ation rates.
ABUSE ALLEGATIONS
At the same time the police force grap-ples with slashes to its budget, it will also
be under intense scrutiny.The police services board signed off on
an agreement that will see the OPP step in to investigate allegations of prisoner abuse in cellblocks following public fu-ror over security videos showing offi cers roughing up prisoners.
In addition to the OPP investigation, which will also involve the Special Inves-tigations Unit (SIU), an independent con-sultant will prepare an audit of cellblock procedures. Watson and members of the board wanted timelines on the reports.
Larochelle said there are no timelines attached to the investigation, but he said he hoped it would be concluded “sooner than later.” But some changes – includ-ing audio recordings on cellblock videos – will start as soon as possible in the new year, Larochelle said.
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DECEMBER 31• The Constance Bay New Year’s Eve Party: A Masked Ball, takes place at the Commu-nity Centre. The evening includes a gourmet dinner, midnight champagne, dancing, and a free ride home if needed. Contact Anita Kamps (613-832-3559) or Penny Johnson (613-832-4490) to buy tickets and reserve tables of 8 if you want. Tickets are $40 per person. Proceeds will go to “Vets, pets, and kids” (The Legion, The Human Society, and local youth programs).
JANUARY 2• On Sunday at 1:30 p.m. people will be meeting in the Ecowellness Centre parking lot and heading out into the woods for a Winter Adventure. They will be tracking animals in the snow. What they are doing, and what are they fi nding to eat? They will be search-ing for holes in snow banks. Discovering bird dropping under evergreen trees where grouse or wild turkeys spent the night. Twigs chewed by deer or rabbit look different and their trails are different but are easy to tell apart when you know what to look for. Porcupines also gnaw on tree branches. They will fi nd stories everywhere. Clues to winter residents and their dens are easy to fi nd by trails in the snow. What animals have scurried through the underbrush? Where did all those cool mushrooms and fungi go? They will gather at the end for tea. Come dressed for the weather and bring a snack.
JANUARY 4• An Afternoon of Adventure with Kiliman-jaro Granny, Liza Badham will be held on Tuesday. Come to the Carp branch of the Ottawa Public Library to hear Liza Badham discuss her book Kilimanjaro: A Purpose-ful Journey. As an added bonus, we will be showing a movie about Kilimanjaro before Liza’s visit. Movie at 1 p.m., author visit at 2 p.m. For more information, cal 613-839-5412.
JANUARY 6, 13, 20 AND 27• Kinburn & District Seniors are hosting a se-ries of six-hand euchres on Thursdays in Janu-ary at the Kinburn Community Centre Time 1:15 p.m. Cost $4. Prizes and Refreshments. Everyone welcome. For more info contact Judith Waddell at 613-839-3400.
JANUARY 7• Pakenham Square Dance upstairs in the Stewart Community Centre 8 to 11:30 p.m.Local musicians, door prizes and light lunch
provided. Everyone welcome. For info, call 613-256-4126.
JANUARY 9• The January Valley Singles Lunch will be held at JR’s Restaurant in Almonte at 12:30 p.m. For info, call Fay at 613-256-8117 or Johanna at 613-432-762.
JANUARY 21• West Carleton Seniors’ Council invite you to a Winter Wonderland Candlelight Dinner and Dance at the Kinburn Community Centre on Friday at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $30 per person. Live Band Music by Monty. Catered buffet dinner. No tickets at door. For more info con-tact Bill Duncan at 613-832-4516.
JANUARY 27-30• The Fitzroy Winter Carnival runs four days at the Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre and other venues in the area.
DAILY• Fundraising for The Arnprior & District Hu-mane Society runs all year. Please drop your wine, beer & liquor empties at the shelter 490 Didak Dr., Arnprior. For more see website www.arnpriorhumanesociety.ca.
MONDAYS• West Carleton Country Knitters, Donate your skills to a good cause by helping us to knit and crochet items for local charities. Can’t knit or crochet? We will teach you one-on-one. We also welcome any donations of unused yarn and needles. Our knit-alongs are held on alternate Mondays in the Carp/Dun-robin area. For more information call Paula at 613-832-2611. Find us using Google search, type wccknitters. We look forward to hearing from you!
WEDNESDAYS• A parent-run playgroup at the Corkery Community Center at 3447 Old Almonte Rd.Structured arts and crafts, play dough, play-time, songs, dancing and stretching as well as story time for ages 0-4. Come and meet with other parents and caregivers in the area. Share ideas and advice, enjoy a complemen-tary coffee or teas. Please bring your own nut-free snacks.
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DECEMBER 31• New Year’s Eve Dinner and Dance at the Arnprior Curling Club from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., buffet dinner 7:30 p.m., champagne at midnight, entertainment by Jesse the DJ. Tickets $35. For information, call Keith Bucholtz at 613-622-0415 or Gail Gray at 613-623-2292.
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Continued from Page 8They also set 20 global
biodiversity targets for the year 2020, agreeing to at least halve and where feasible bring close to zero the rate of loss of natural habitats including forests; to devote 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water areas and 10 per cent of marine and coastal areas to biodiversity conservation; and to take action to restore at least 15 per cent of the Earth’s degraded areas. Protecting biodiversity starts at home. National government offi cials gathered in Nagoya endorsed a plan of action to involve local authori-ties – “districts, counties, municipalities, cities, towns, communes, etc” – in efforts to achieve the new global biodiversity targets.
They called for aware-ness campaigns on the im-portance of biodiversity and ecosystem services at
local level with participa-tion of business, youth, non-governmental orga-nizations and indigenous and local communities; including through cel-ebrations of the Interna-tional Day for Biological Diversity (May 22) and the Green Wave tree planting initiative.
They also encouraged local authorities “to integrate biodiversity considerations into public procurement policies and urban infrastructure investments (parkways and green transportation systems, public buildings, vertical gardens, water treatment and distribu-tion, convention and con-ference centres, housing
projects, waste manage-ment, etc.)”
The fate of the Earth’s diverse species and eco-systems - and ultimately, human societies - depends on the willingness of ordi-nary people to act.
The Convention on Biological Diversity does not impose strict penalties on countries that fail to achieve global targets and objectives.
It encourages business-es, consumers, govern-ments and civil society to work together to ensure that there are places where species can thrive in the absence of human development pressures.
This makes good economic sense and adds beauty to our lives.
Watershed Ways is a publication of the Ot-tawa River Institute www.ottawariverinstitute.ca a non-profi t, charitable organization based in the Upper Ottawa Valley.
Convention encourages working together on biodiversity
Protectingbiodiversitystarts at home
Recommendations will follow auditsContinued from Page
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portant to help under-standing what occurs in a cellblock.
“(It) will help offi cers articulate as well what’s occurring, because right now we just have simple video,” he said.
Following the cellblock audits, the police force will also receive recom-mendations on how to train offi cers who work in cellblocks, as well as an audit of use of force com-plaints.
Also recently, lawyers acting on behalf of Sta-cy Bonds fi led a lawsuit
against the police services board with regards to her arrest and treatment in a cellblock, as shown in a video.
Watson said he couldn’t comment on a case before the courts, but said, “Ob-viously, the police servic-es board will fi le a defense within the due time.”
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Happy New YearNews
Deer-related collisions continuePETER JOEN
Ottawa Police Service
On behalf of the Ottawa Police Service and all of the volunteers at the West Carleton Commu-nity Police Centre, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy New Year.
All regular police services, except for the community police centres, will be available as usu-al over the holiday period.
Continue to report all criminal and suspicious activity to police by calling 911 or 613-230-6211.
Over the Christmas holiday, the West Carleton CPC will be closed until Wednesday, Jan. 5.
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
Not the 1983 movie directed by James L. Brooks, but the real life ‘deer vs. machine’ drama that goes on throughout the year in West Carleton and Rideau-Goul-bourn.
In the past week, two deer-re-lated collisions were reported in the West Carleton area while seven were reported in Rideau-Goulbourn.
The score now stands at 39 to 29 in favor of Rideau-Goulbourn.
Over the Christmas holiday, keep a sharp eye out for Santa’s reindeer and continue to steer clear of them.
Remember to scan the road ahead from shoulder to shoulder, use high beams at night where possible, stay in control by watching your speed, take ex-tra precautions when driving at night, brake fi rmly if the deer is standing on or crossing the road, stop as safely as pos-sible if a deer is crossing the road, and, if possible, avoid driving during dusk or dawn.
GUNSHOTS
Vances Side Road, West Car-leton: Shortly before midnight on Friday, Dec. 10, police were dispatched to Vances Side Road and Tor-wood Drive for a report of gunshots being
fi red. Information on the call stated that someone discharged two rounds from a blue pick-up truck and was searching in the ditch with a fl ashlight.
Arriving on scene, police spot-ted tire tracks in the freshly fall-en snow and a set of footprints leading into the bush; offi cers’ located a patch of fresh blood and deer hair about 30 meters from the roadway.
Based on the evidence, it was determined a poacher shot a deer from the roadway and then walked into the bush to drag it out.
MAILBOX DAMAGED
3500 block of Dunrobin Road, Woodlawn: A complainant re-ported that his mailbox was knocked over sometime during the overnight hours on Saturday, Dec. 11, by an unidentifi ed vehi-cle. Tire tracks were observed in the area where the mailbox once stood.
PICKUP STOLEN
Porcupine Trail, Dunrobin Village: A Dodge Ram pick-up truck that had been stolen from the owner’s driveway sometime during the overnight hours on
Thursday, Dec. 9, was found wedged between two trees on Ridgetop Road at around 8 a.m. Friday, Dec. 10. A homeowner on Ridgetop reported being stirred from her sleep at around 3 a.m. by the sounds of a revving en-gine. And, the owner of the truck stated that someone had entered his garage during the night and took his keys.
Riverwood Drive, MacLaren’s Landing: An unlocked door to a residential garage was used to gain access to a vehicle sometime at around 1 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11. The unidentifi ed person rummaged through the vehicle but nothing was reported stolen.5000 block of Dunrobin Road, West Carleton: At around 4 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, sur-veillance cameras captured a hooded fi gure, dressed in dark clothing, walking away from the complainant’s gated property and disappearing down an unlit pathway, leading to MacLaren’s Landing.
A laptop and a box of Cuban Cigars were reported stolen from the unlocked vehicle.
Patrol offi cers in the West Car-leton area responded to 52 gen-eral calls for service from the public for the reporting period of Dec. 10-16.
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CONSTANCE BAY BASKET WINNERThe Arnprior Shopping Centre celebrated extended holiday shopping hours Nov. 27 and Dec. 11 by having a draw for two beautiful gift baskets. The entry ballots were pub-lished in The Arnprior Chronicle-Guide and The West Carleton Review. The gift baskets are full of items and gift certifi cates from participating merchants in the Arnprior Shop-ping Centre. Mall manager Peter Mosseau presented the baskets to winners Ria See-gobin, left, of Arnprior and Gwen Whyte of Constance Bay.
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Happy ending for Bailey the dog
SHERRY HAAIMA
It’s a wonderful life for Bailey the Chihuahua mix.
When the community learned that Bailey’s life was in danger, they came through in a big way to sup-port the little dog who had severe problems after years of neglect. Now he’s sure to have one heck of a happy new year, says Arnprior and District Humane Society shelter manager Stephanie Cantrell.
Bailey came to the Arnprior shelter extremely overweight, with overgrown toenails, parasites, a tumour in his mouth and bladder stones.
After being put on a diet and ex-ercise programs and with proper care, Bailey began to improve.
In December, shelter offi cials worked to raise funds to provide surgery that would remove the stones and ultimately save Bailey’s life.
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Rare birds tallied at Boxing Day bird countClassic winter conditions pre-
vailed on this year’s Boxing Day Pakenham-Arnprior Christmas Bird Count.
It was cool (-10°C at dawn, -8°C at mid-day) and windy (north-west, 15–25 km/hr). Yet, condi-tions were quite pleasant due to the prevalence of sunshine.
All large bodies of water were frozen; creeks were also mostly ice-covered but not to the point of supporting a person (just ask Ryan Zimmerling!). This resulted in a low diversity of waterfowl and a complete lack of gulls.
A poor conifer seed crop was responsible for a lack of fi nches in the woods, and woodpeckers were once again recorded in low numbers.
But not all birds were hard to fi nd; Wild Turkeys and Mallards were found in record numbers (806 and 162, respectively).
And then there were excit-ing fi nds. A female Red-bellied Woodpecker in Pakenham, discovered initially by Ray Hol-land, was the third ever for the count, and a female Red-breast-ed Merganser in the Madawas-ka River, found independently by Bruce and Ben Di Labio and David Ridgen, was a fi fth
record. Single Hoary Redpolls were spotted in fl ocks of Com-mon Redpolls near Arnprior and Blakeney; it was the eighth time this northern species was recorded.
My highlight came late in the day while looking for ducks in the Madawaska River. The pigeons that roost under the bridge were nervously fl ying in circles.
I looked for a hawk but none were vis-ible. But then I scanned the St. John Chryso-stom Church.
There, perched on a cornice, was an immature Peregrine Fal-con. Its back was pale brown, a feature of the northern tun-drius race.
This exciting raptor was a new species for the count, which has roots going back to 1913.
With the falcon, the all-time list now stands at 119 species of birds!
The following is a full summa-ry of the Pakenham-Arnprior Boxing Day count.
Signifi cant species and num-bers are highlighted: Canada Goose 2; American Black Duck 7; Mallard 162; Common Gold-eneye 73; Common Merganser 3; Red-breasted Merganser 1; Ruffed Grouse 17; Wild Turkey 806; Bald Eagle 11; Sharp-Shinned Hawk 1; Northern Goshawk 1; Red-tailed Hawk 9; American Kestrel 2; Per-egrine Falcon 1; Rock Pigeon 708; Mourning Dove 230; Great Horned Owl 4; Barred Owl 2; Red-bellied Woodpecker 1; Downy Woodpecker 67; Hairy
Woodpecker 79; Pileated Wood-pecker 19; Northern Shrike 4; Blue Jay 413; American Crow 667; Common Raven 114; Horned Lark 4; Black-Capped Chickadee 1353; Red-breasted Nuthatch 68; White-breasted Nuthatch 146; Brown Creeper 13; Golden-crowned Kinglet 2; American Robin 1; European Starling 565; Bohemian Waxwing 890; American Tree Sparrow 171; Dark-eyed Junco 200; Lapland Longspur 2; Snow Bunting 1250; Northern Cardinal 22; Red-winged Blackbird 1; Common Grackle 2; Pine Grosbeak 2; House Finch 36; White-winged Crossbill 11; Common Redpoll 696; Hoary Redpoll 2; Pine Sis-kin 20; American Goldfi nch 598; Evening Grosbeak 219; House Sparrow 148.
The Peregrine Falcon will likely remain here for the win-ter, roosting each night on the St. John Chrysostom Church. What an appropriate place for a bird of ‘pray’!
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