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Morrisburg Little Rock curlers rock in Russell bonspiel

 

They were awesome says Morrisburg Curling Club Little Rocks coach Ian Wilson of his young players who competed recently in the annual Big Four curling competition in Russell and the Ran Wiley Memorial Bonspiel in Winchester. 

The Morrisburg Little Rocks program was represented by two teams in Russell, with one team going all the way to the A final. The second team lost in an extra end in their second game, which had they won, would have put them in the A final as well. 

With just one 11 year old and one 12 year old on the two teams, Wilson, who with his wife Kathyrun the Morrisburg program, says his players did very well in Russell. 

“If these guys stick with it for another couple of years, you can’t help but think how much better they are going to be. In two years, they are going to be fantastic.” 

Wearing the Morrisburg colours and going all the way to the A final where they lost to an older Metcalfe team were Aiden White, Abby Trizisky, Tommy Derikx and Kyra Lewis.

The second Morrisburg team consisted of Ewan Wilson, Martina Lewis, Nolan Belanger and James Szuky.

At the very popular 12-team Ran Wiley Memorial in Winchester, the Morrisburg teams collected third and eighth place finishes.

Teamed for this bonspiel and the third place finish were Wilson, Emily MacPherson, Johnathon Charette and James Szuky.

Playing to eighth were Aiden White, Martina Lewis, Christian Keeler and Kyra Lewis.

The Morrisburg Little Rocks program has one team competing at the upcoming Zone 1 Playdowns. That team includes White, Wilson, Belanger and Lewis.

The Little Rocks Curling at the Morrisburg club will wrap up on Monday, March 18th.

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Morrisburg & District skaters tops at Interclub

 

Some 36 skaters wearing the Morrisburg and District Figure Skating Club colours on Saturday, February 23, put it together with some big skates to bring home the District 4 Interclub trophy with a team total of 176 points. It was a clear-cut victory for the Morrisburg skaters over second place Athens skaters who posted 72 points.

Along the road to the win, the Morrisburg skaters, as a group, collected 20 gold medals and two gold certificates, 11 silver medals and nine silver certificates, eight bronze medals and one bronze certificate. Points were also added to the team total with six fourth place finishes.

Twelve young skaters represented the club at the Canskate level  with each competing in Elements at their respective stages.

Leading their charge were Sarah Stewart and Abigail Smail who both skated to a Gold level certificate in stage 3 Elements.

Silver Certificates: Stage 2-Emma Morrow; Stage 3-Lilly Napier, Olivia Chafe, Miriam Biemond; Stage 4-Marin Morrow, Shianne Johnson; Stage 5-Jesssica Groves, Hannah Biemond, Hannah Warren.

Bronze Certificates: Stage 3-Madison Johnson.

Gold Medals

Team Elements: Introductory-Abby Smith, Xandra Furo and Mikaela Furo; Pre-Preliminary Elements–(Flight 3)-Erika Jordan, Cameryn Broad and Ashley Bouwman–(Flight 1) Reagan Belanger, Katie Buter and Olivia Hart.

Pairs (routine): Pre-Preliminary–Erika Jordan & Reagan Belanger; Preliminary (Flight 1)–Kendra Buter & Cameryn Broad, (Flight 2)–Taylor Pilon & Kaitlyn Stewart; Sr. Bronze–Abby MacMillan & Alexis Engwerda.

Team Spins: Pre-PreliminaryOlivia Hart, Reagan Belanger & Katie Buter; Preliminary (Fl 1) Abigail Jordan, Taylor Pilon & Kaitlyn Stewart, (Fl 2) Trina Dykstra-MacPherson & Kendra Buter; Junior Bronze–Abby MacMillan & Alexis Engwerda.

Shadow Skills: Preliminary-Erika Jordan & Reagan Belanger; Jr. Bronze-Abigail Jordan & Kristyn Van Hoof; Sr. Bronze-Kaitlyn Stewart & Alexis Engwerda.

Shadow Dance: Jr. Bronze-Kaitlyn Stewart & Alexis Engwerda; Preliminary-Erika Jordan & Reagan Belanger.

Gold Medals in Solo Spirals: Pre-preliminary-Erika Jordan; Jr. Bronze-Kristyn Van Hoof; Open-Ali Van Hoof; Pre-Prelimminary-Olivia Hart.

Silver Medals

Team Elements: Preliminary-Kendra Buter & Trina Dykstra-MacPherson.

Pairs: Intro-Xandra & Mikaela Furo; Pre-preliminary-Olivia Hart &Katie Buter; Sr. Bronze-Kristyn Van Hoof & Abigail Jordan.

Team Spins: Pre-preliminary-Cameryn Broad, Erika Jordan &Ashley Bouwman.

Shadow Dance: Junior Bronze-Abby MacMillan & Taylor Pilon (Fl 2); Kendra Buter & Mackenna Kyle (Fl 1).

Solo Spiral: Mackenna Kyle-Jr. Bronze.

Team Spiral: Intermediate. Tied for first place, two teams. Abby MacMillan, Alexis Engwerda, Taylor Pilon & Kaitlyn Stewart; Kristyn Van Hoof, Mackenna Kyle, Kendra Buter & Trina Dykstra-MacPherson.

Silver Medals

Relay: Junior Relay Team-Erika Jordan, Reagan Belanger, Katie Buter, Olivia Hart & Cameryn Broad.

Bronze Medals

Solo Elements: Madison Hart-Stage 6.

Team Elements: Preliminary-Kaitlyn Stewart, Taylor Pilon, Abigail Jordan; Junior Bronze-Abby MacMillan & Alexis Engwerda (Fl-2), Kristyn Van Hoof & Mackenna Kyle (Fl-3); Open-Gillian Beatson, Ali Van Hoof, Alyssa MacMillan.

Pairs: Intro-Abby Smith & Madison Hart

Solo Spiral: Open-Gillian Beatson

Shadow Dance: Jr. Bronze-Kristyn Van Hoof & Abigail Jordan.

Fourth Place Ribbon

Team Elements: Open-Gillian Beatson, Ali Van Hoof, Alyssa MacMillan.

Pairs: Pre-preliminary-Alice Cameron & Katie McCaffrey.

Team Spins: Jr. Bronze-Kristyn Van Hoof & Mackenna Kyle.

Pre-preliminary Solo Spins: Reagan Belanger (Fl-3), Mikaela Furo (Fl-6), Abby Smith(Fl-5).

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Young hero’s keen ears lead to neighbour’s rescue

 

From 9 a.m. Saturday March 2, until 3 p.m. Sunday March 3, 70 year old Elsie Knight laid outside the back door of her home with a broken leg, unable to move.

She laid there until the keen ears of a 10 year old boy heard her calls for help.

Tyler Barkley, Elsie’s neighbour, heard her calls from his County Road 18 home, which is about 100 meters away.

“I was outside shovelling the ditch, looking for some ice,” said Tyler. “I thought I heard her calling her dog, but then I heard it better. I heard ‘Help me please!’”

Hearing that call for help, Tyler got his dad, Rick. The two listened and heard the calls for help. It was then that Rick went to Elsie’s and found her outside on the ground. 

“My dad threw his coat over her. She was soaked because she was right under the eavestrough,” said Tyler.  

It was Rick who called the ambulance. 

Elsie has slipped while shovelling the snow off the back stoop and broke her leg just above the knee.

Elsie was taken to Ottawa Hospital, but is likely to be moved to Winchester Hospital soon. Tyler is planning to visit Elsie there on Sunday.

Tyler credits his ears with making it possible for his dad to find Elsie. “I hunt,” said Tyler. That hobby has obviously allowed him to develop very strong listening skills.

The whole experience hasn’t changed Tyler at all, according to his dad.

Tyler is not sure what to think of all the attention and of seeing himself on the television news. “We got lots of phone calls,” said Tyler. 

His friends at school thought what he did was pretty cool though.

Tyler is in grade four at St. Mary- St. Cecilia Catholic School in Morrisburg.

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Tyler Barkley mentioned in the House of Commons

 

March 4, 2013, Guy Lauzon, Member of Parliament for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry, recognized Tyler Barkley’s heroism through the following statement in the House of Commons: 

“Mr. Speaker, last Friday I received a call from Ivan Whitteker of Williamsburg telling me about his ten year old neighbor, Tyler Barkley, who should be recognized as a hero in the riding of Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry.

That’s correct Mr. Speaker, ten year old Tyler Barkley is responsible for saving the life of Elsie Knight. Due to his keen hearing, Tyler heard Elsie’s cry for help after she had fallen outside her home and was exposed to subzero weather for 30 hours with a broken leg. 

Because of his Boy Scout Training, Tyler sprang into action, summoned his father, and together they saved Elsie. His proud parents are Rick and Carolyn Barkley. His equally proud grandparents are Rick and Greta Roberts and Sylvia Barkley.

And I, Mr. Speaker am Tyler’s proud Member of Parliament.”

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Modest tax increase projected

 

After the first budget meeting for South Dundas council, March 4, it appears that South Dundas property owners can expect to see a modest increase in their taxes.

That increase, to the municipal portion of property taxes, is likely to be around two per cent.

The draft budget presented shows that South Dundas needs about $91,000 more than last year to cover the cost of day to day operations and to go forward with staff-determined priority capital projects in each department. 

Council is now in the process of reviewing the departmental list of capital projects, to determine whether staff priorities fit with council priorities.

Throughout budget deliberations council has been asked to keep in mind some major costs on the horizon, including financing the $4 million Morrisburg Collegiate Institute redevelopment and the need to fund the expansion or closure of its landfill sites which are both nearing capacity.

Council could choose to add some of those costs to this year’s budget to minimize the long term impact.

Council will meet again next week to continue budget talks.

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Fairy tale wedding complete with celebrities

 

The celebration of the wedding of Wendy McGregor to John Burn, February 21, in Antigua, was already a very special occasion for the Morrisburg couple, but a chance encounter with celebrity couple Alley Mills Bean and Orson Bean made it a little more special.

McGregor and Burn went to Antigua, with the blessing of their families to get married in a quiet ceremony.

In addition to the wedding, the couple was celebrating the end of a tough year, during which John suffered from health issues. This included treatments for thyroid cancer and the removal of a benign brain tumor. 

“We were just elated that we were able to make it to Antigua and to get married,” said McGregor.

“After a year of virtual hell, it was such a wonderful experience to be able to lie on the beach and sit in the sun with Wendy,” said Burn. “We went through a lot and the fact that Wendy was there supporting me through all of it made it all bearable.”

The second night that Wendy and John were at the resort having dinner, a couple came and sat at a nearby table. “We nodded and smiled when they sat down,” said McGregor. 

They struck up a conversation. “It was then that we found out who they were,” said McGregor. 

Alley Mills Bean currently stars in The Bold and the Beautiful

Orson Bean is best known for his role on Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, and has had stints on Two and A Half Men and Desperate Housewives.

While McGregor and Burn learned that their new acquaintances were celebrities, the Beans learned that their new acquaintances were in Antigua to get married.

“We asked them if they had friends or family with them and when they said they were all alone, we offered to be their witnesses,” commented Mr. Bean in an article in the Antigua Chronicle. “They were so thrilled, but we felt honoured to be able to do this for them.”

“That’s exactly how it happened,” McGregor told The Leader

“We were so excited about the positive and good times ahead of us, when our day came, to be joined by them, just made it even better,” said McGregor. “They were sincerely excited to be there with us. It was like the cherry on top of an already beautifully decorated cake.”

“The icing on the wedding cake,” said Burn.

“The wedding without them, was already a dream come true, but with them, it was even better,” said McGregor.

“We got to know Alley and Orson and they are absolutely kind, sincere people,” said McGregor. “We didn’t talk about celebrity things, we talked about our real lives.” 

“They were such awesome friends, real down to earth and honest people,” said Burn. “Whenever we crossed paths, they always took an interest in us.”

“They made a point to find us at our wedding dinner on the beach to offer their best wishes, and Alley even came to see us off the day we left,” said McGregor.

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Pre-school collecting ink jet cartridges

 

The Morrisburg and District Cooperative Pre-School is trying to help themselves and the environment with a new fund raising endeavor.

They are collecting used inkjet cartridges, which they will have recycled. 

The recycling company has a program for charitable non-profit organizations like the pre-school whereby they pay a small amount of money to the organization for each cartridge collected.

“Every bit helps, so the more support we get from the community, the better,” said Heather Stirling, president of the Morrisburg and District Cooperative Preschool.

For parents of children attending the preschool, a drop box is available there. 

For the community, drop boxes are already available at Iroquois Foodland and Riley’s Valumart in Morrisburg. Others will be added to new locations in the future.

Funds raised through this ongoing collection will be directed towards programming, supplies and upgrading toys for the pre-school.

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Williamsburg BP Scouts celebrate

 

On Thursday, February 21, 2012-2013, The Williamsburg BP Scouts gathered for their annual Thinking Day Celebration. 

The evening included the presentations of badges earned since the start of the year. Pictured are this year’s four groups. 

 

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Irene Fetterly

A resident of the Hartford Home in Morrisburg for the past five years, Irene Fetterly passed away at the Winchester District Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, February 6, 2013. She was 92.

Irene was born in Simcoe on February 5, 1921, to her parents Fred and Annabelle Beaupre (nee Anderson).  

Irene will be fondly remembered by her late husband Jack Fetterly’s children Donald (Judy) Fetterly of Iroquois and Barbara (Colin) Cope of Otterville and their families.

She was predeceased by her brother Keith Beaupre and her sister Marie Hammond. She will be sadly missed by nieces and nephews.

A private family funeral service was held at the Hartford Retirement Home in Morrisburg on Sunday, February 17th at 1 p.m with Rev. Janet Evans officiating.

For those wishing, donations may be made to the charity of choice. 

Arrangements were entrusted to the Marsden and McLaughlin Funeral Home, Iroquois. 

Online condolences may be made at marsdenmclaughlin.com.  Interment of cremated remains will take place at the Iroquois Point Cemetery later in the spring.

 

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W. Glenn Keyes

The family of W. Glenn Keyes is saddened by his sudden passing on February 15, 2013 from injuries sustained from a fall six days earlier.  

Glenn, a long-time resident of Morrisburg, was well known by many from his years as manager of the Bank of Montreal in Morrisburg and from his community service on the original Old Home Week Committee, the Municipal Mural Project, the Lost Villages Society, the fundraising committee for the expansion of the Winchester Hospital, and as a canvasser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.  

An active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 60 years, he served in many leadership positions in the Church and completed two service missions in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, Kay.

Glenn was born in Kingston, Ontario, on July 3, 1928, to George Wilmer Keyes and Lulu May Orser and was raised on a farm on Wolfe Island.  

He attended high school in Kingston, and after graduation he joined the Bank of Montreal where he worked for 34 years – beginning in Kingston.  

He was transferred to Morrisburg where he met Kathleen (Kay) Markell, and they were married on June 18, 1951.  

They raised five children in Toronto, and then moved back to Morrisburg in 1970.  

In his younger days, Glenn enjoyed hunting, fishing, boating, and curling.  

Glenn was predeceased by his wife Kay in 2006.  In 2008, he married Jeannine Maleau and they enjoyed two and a half years together before Jeannine passed away in 2011.

Glenn is survived by his sister, Doreen Crowder of Calgary, Alberta, his five children, Linda (Wayne) Snook, Kevin (Susan) Keyes, Ian (Cindy) Keyes, Randy (Julie) Keyes and Anita Keyes, as well as his 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.  

His children are grateful to Glenn for his legacy of caring, service, patience and integrity.  We miss you, Dad.

His funeral service was held on February 19, 2013, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cornwall.  

Interment will follow in the spring at Fairview Cemetery in Mariatown, Ontario.  

 

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