Dundas Youth Centre seeing success at Morrisburg sites

“For someone who’s just over three feet tall, and born with a rare bone disease, life is always a work in progress,” says Jaime A. Adams, the little girl who was born in 1977 and raised in Iroquois.

Jaime, remembered by so many as the subject of community support efforts throughout the 1980s when the small town rallied around the daughter of Glen and Lorraine Adams with Morquio Syndrome, has written a book about her life, from her perspective.

In “Mommy, when can we go to church?”, a 60 page autobiography, Jaime tells her story of how faith and determination have helped her reach milestones, no one ever thought possible.

Jaime’s parents were told that she had a short life expectancy, maybe 10 years.

This story is not one of lofty achievements, but rather the ability of someone, who despite the odds, continues to move forward, no matter how difficult.

“Writing my autobiography wasn’t all that easy,” Jaime tells The Leader. 

“I wanted to write a book to help people who are going through similar issues. Whether you are a little person or not, we all have difficulties, young or old.”

The book follows Jaime, from procedure to procedure, but shows the impact of these from the perspective of a young child.

“I wanted readers to feel like they were there with me. In order to do that I had to go back there in my mind and re-live those experiences. That was tough.”

“Writing this book has helped me to analyze my childhood emotions,” says Jaime. 

Through dealing with two emotional breakdowns, and coping with much anger, Jaime discovered, that through everything her faith in God had gotten stronger, not weaker.

“My health today is great,” says Jaime. “Stronger than ever.”

Jaime now lives in Brockville. She has degrees in business administration, marketing, medical terminology and is working on web design courses, but remains unemployed. 

Jaime hopes to find employment to help her afford a vehicle so she can continue working towards getting her driver’s licence.

She plans to write more books, but says that too takes money.

Jaime is selling her book for $25 directly. Anyone interested can contact her on her personal Facebook page or on Adamsflash Facebook to purchase a copy. It is also available through Amazon.ca

Mommy, when can we go to church? was published by Word Alive Press, December, 2014.

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Lakeshore Drive United Church is now accepting pre-sale orders for a Truckload Rain Barrel Sale scheduled for Saturday, May 18 at 19 Lakeshore Drive, Morrisburg from 8 a.m. until noon.

Rain barrels are being sold for $55 each, and funds raised will support the church’s family program, Messy Church and education sessions on environmental awareness.

The sale is sponsored the Stewardship Committee.

Rain barrels at Lakeshore Drive United Church provide the public with a reasonable priced, recycled product that invites one to discover more ways of wise use of water resources and other non-renewable resources.

Messy Church aims to create the opportunity for adults and children to enjoy expressing their creativity, sit down together to eat a meal, experience worship and have fun within a church context.

Messy Church was started by Lucy Moore in Britain and there are now over 500 Messy Churches in the UK.

The first Canadian messy Churches were started in 2007 and, since that time, Messy churches have sprung up in almost every province across Canada.

Rain barrels capture and store rain water collected from roofs through downspouts.

They provide chlorine-free and fluoride-free water which is ideal for flowers, vegetables, lawns, shrubs and trees.

Collected water has a number of other uses including washing cars, cleaning floors, laundry and more. These many uses can provide cost savings and conservation opportunities for every homeowner.

Purchasers have a choice of colours and each rain barrel comes equipped with all the parts needed for the set up.

These environmentally friendly products were once used to transport fruits and vegetables and have been refurbished and re-purposed to offer years of reliable service as rain barrels.

All orders must be placed online, in advance at www.RainBarrel.ca/LDUC or by calling Morrisburg and district coordinator Ed Hanson at 613-543-3551.

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Ontario Power Generation advises hunters, anglers and recreational boaters on the St. Lawrence River that ice booms will be installed in narrow stretches of the river starting Monday, November 14, 2011. 

These booms, which will be placed in the river off Galop Island, in the North Channel, near Johnstown and at Prescott, are chain-and-wood devices used to assist the build-up of ice during the winter. 

They ensure an even ice formation on the river, helping to improve power generation during the winter months.

All users of the river should take extra care in the narrow reaches where the work is being undertaken to install the booms.

Ice booms are placed in the same narrow reaches of the St. Lawrence River each November before the river freezes over and removed in the Spring when the ice has melted, before the St. Lawrence Seaway shipping season commences.

Ontario Power Generation would like to remind boaters to take every precaution around its dams and generating stations, and to practice safety on Ontario’s waterways.

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