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What may have been a barrier to participation in the Winchester District Memorial Hospital Foundation Heel n’ Wheel Fundraiser has been removed.

The event had featured mandatory minimum fundraising amounts for participants but Friday it was announced that those mandatory minimums have been removed.

“The minimum is deterring people who want to participate from signing up. So, we removed it,” said Christina Enright, WDMH Foundation Manager of Community Engagement.

“Our hope is that people will sign up to walk or cycle from one of the seven starting locations and se their own fundraising goal at their comfort level,” she said.

The registration fees of $25 per adult and $10 per child still apply, but they can be applied to go towards your fundraising goal.

The event will be held on September 7, 2013, with walkers leaving each of the seven starting locations (Greely, Osgoode, Russell, Crysler, Finch, Morrisburg, South Mountain) at 8 a.m., and cyclists leaving between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. 

This event is open to all ages to participate, and families are encouraged. 

The Heel ’n Wheel will wrap up with a celebration BBQ in front of WDMH, complete with musical entertainment, children’s activities, and a presentation of awards. To find out more, visit heelnwheel.ca

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“I believe that Hospice care is an extremely important part of any community,” said Hanna Rycroft, who turned the Basket Case, a Morrisburg business she co-owns, into a live radio satellite station on Saturday, November 3. 

“People can freely go to the hospice when they have the need. And families can be with their loved ones day and night, not in a hospital setting, but instead in a caring and home-like environment.”

Rycroft volunteered her business to be a local focus for the 4th Annual Telethon for Hospice on November 3. She also offered  people who dropped in to the Basket Case, and made a donation of at least $5, soup and cake.

The Telethon was organized by TVCogeco in conjunction with Variety 104.5 The goal set for the November 3 Telethon was $80,000. Rycroft hoped that area residents would help the Telethon make that goal.

“Hospices receive very limited provincial and federal funding,” Rycroft said. “Most of their funding comes from events like this one.”

“Many people may not know this,” said Angie Baker, general sales manager of Corus Entertainment, the parent company of Variety 104.5, 101.9 CJSS and the CornwallDaily.com, “but the Cornwall Hospice actually supports the people in this area. Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, as well as Russell, are served by this hospice. It is really a vital part of this community as it is the only hospice that is near to local people. The next closest hospice is actually in Ottawa.”

This is the first time since the Telethon began that organizers have set up a satellite location during the fund raiser. 

“Because many local people cannot get TVCogeco, where the fundraiser is broadcast live, we decided to set up a radio connection here in Morrisburg. We hope people turn out to support us.”

On hand, broadcasting from the Basket Case was Courtney Chambers, the midday announcer of Variety 104.5.

Also on site were volunteers from Scotiabank.

“Scotiabank has made a $5,000 donation to the Hospice cause,” Hanna Rycroft said. 

The volunteers were on hand to greet the public and to help people complete donations forms. 

Rycroft hopes that awareness and understanding about the importance of Hospices is raised during the Telethon. 

“We had one lady visit today whose husband passed his last days in the Cornwall hopice. She told me that he said that hospice was like paradise. The people who work in hospice care are kind and good. They welcome those who need them.”

Rycroft particularly hopes that young people educate themselves about how important quality hospice care is for any community. 

She has also has a challenge for area businesses and individuals.

The Basket Case has pledged to donate $100 a month for the next 12 months to the Cornwall Hospice. She hopes that others will also make pledges so that the work of hospice care can continue. The telethon surpassed their goal, raising over $107,000, with the Morrisburg location contributing $5,000 to the total. 

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 New anniversary, new season, new shows, new seats! There’s a lot that’s new at the Playhouse this Season.

The Playhouse has kept its eye on the pulse of what audiences want: top-notch productions of popular and entertaining shows featuring some of the country’s best professional actors, singers, directors and designers. 

“We have an unwritten agreement with our audience to give them shows that are well-produced and shows that entertain them, make them laugh, make them tap their toes and sometimes make them think about life itself,” says artistic director, Donnie Bowes, “but always through a comic eye.”

The 30th anniversary season comes hot on the heels of last year’s record attendance of over 43,000. The Playhouse continues to be a significant contributor to the local economy and tourist trade, bringing hundreds of visitors to South Dundas.

 To celebrate its 30^th anniversary in 2013, UCP recently installed new seats for the comfort of its ever-growing audience. However, Bowes states, “The most important way we’re celebrating this landmark year is by continuing to give our audiences the shows they really want to see. ”

The 2013 season starts April 23 to May 5, with Wichita Lineman, featuring the music of Glen Campbell, a show created by Playhouse favourite Leisa Way and her band. It stars Aaron Solomon, who has wowed Playhouse audiences, along with co-stars Leisa Way and Randall Kempf. Songs range from Bobbie Gentry to The Beach Boys.

The Playhouse’s Summer Comedy Series follows with four brand new shows never before seen on the Playhouse stage.

 The hilarious Whose Wives Are They Anyway? runs June 6-30. Buddies John and David, enjoying a golfing weekend, are confronted with a boss who demands to meet their spouses: comic confusion quickly ensues. 

Next up, July 4-28, is the mad-cap comedy Murder at the Howard Johnsons. a production filled with thrills, suspense, surprises and a ton of laughs.  

The hysterical farce No Sex, Please, We’re British hits the stage August 1-25. A desperate couple sends away for some glassware and instead receives shipments of adult material they frantically try to hide. Naturally all goes hilariously wrong.

The summer series wraps up September 5-29 with the comic and touching production of The Cemetery Club.  Audiences will love Ida, Lucille and Doris, three widows who meet once a month to visit their husbands’ graves. 

The Playhouse also plans a busy fall featuring the return of Marshall Button’s wonderful creation, Lucien, October 3-6. 

Vegas Knights brings Big Band music alive when that spectacular production takes the stage by storm, October 18-23.  

The wonderful holiday family classic, Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, ends the Playhouse’s 2013 season, featuring a huge and multi-talented cast.

Flex Passes for the summer series are on sale until June 6: regular priced tickets are available all year. For information, tickets and brochures contact the Box Office at 543-3713, 1-877-550-3650 or www.uppercanadaplayhouse.com.

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