March 2015 – Page 4 – Morrisburg Leader

Beulah Jean Coughler

March 11, 2015 Editor

Beulah Jean Coughler of Morrisburg passed away peacefully at Longfields Manor, Ottawa on Sunday, February 22, 2015. She was in her 92nd year.

Beulah lived on Alice Street in Morrisburg, for many years. As a young lady she worked at the Civic Hospital. She baby sat many children through the years, and as her parents aged she took care of them as well.

Beulah was an excellent seamstress; being self-employed was how she made her living. She never married and family and her church were of prime importance to her. She moved in later years to Longfields Manor in Ottawa to be closer to her church family.

Beaulah was the loving sister of Denelda McKoy and Joyce Bellefontaine, both of Cornwall.

She was cherished aunt of Sheila and Wayne McHaffie of Morrisburg, and she will be sadly missed by numerous nieces Rita, Linda, Aileen, Louella, Barbara, nephews Raymond, Marshall, John and cousins.

Beulah is also survived by many great nieces and nephews as well as many great-great nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her parents Andrew and Pearl (nee Froats) Coughler, sisters Aileen Coughler, Lillian Brunet, brothers Miles, John, Nelson, Basil and Wendell Coughler, nieces Shirley, Marlene, Yvonne, Patsy, Anna and nephew Charles.

Family and friends were received at the Parker Funeral Home, 28 Sir James Morris Drive, Morrisburg on Thursday from 2–4 and 7–9 p.m.

The funeral service was held in the chapel on Friday, February 27, 2015, at 11 a.m. The Officiant was Wayne Van Den Dries and the organist was Anna Crandlemire. The hymns sung were ‘My Saviour Bids Me Sing His Praise’ and ‘In Lowliness the Saviour Came’.

Spring interment will be at the Finch Community Cemetery. Memorial donations to Winchester District Memorial Hospital will be gratefully acknowledged.

Condolences may be made at www.parkerofmorrisburg.com

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Atom B House Lions lose semi-final series to Rebels

March 11, 2015 Editor

The South Dundas Atom B House Lions’ bid for the UCMHL playoff crown came to an end in game three of their four point series against the Char-Lan Rebels on Morrisburg ice, Tuesday, March 3 with a 3-2 loss.

The semi-final series kicked off in Morrisburg, on Saturday, February 28 with a 4-2 win by the Rebels.

The series travelled to Char-Lan for game two, where the Lions put it together with a 6-1 win and push the series to the third game back home in Morrisburg.

“Usually the odds are in your favour when you score the first goal, but it turned out to be a curse in this series,” said coach Brian Shaver. “The team who scored first in each of the three games ended up losing that game.”

“We carried the momentum from game two (6-1 win), and got off to a good start in game three,” said Shaver.

Dryden Buter opened the scoring at 6:15 of the first from Cam Shaver and Jack McCann. That’s the way things would stay until 5:09 of the second when Monty Dejong put the Lions up by two, assisted by Spencer Barclay.

Then things took a turn for the worse when the Lions got themselves into some penalty trouble.

The Rebels’ Riley Tessier cashed in on the power play with 2:39 left in the period, assisted by Harry Rozon and Avery Teodoro, to pull within one.

The Lions spent the last minute of the second and the first minute of the third killing off another Rebels power play.

The Rebels used the momentum built up from the power play to tie the game 2-2 early in the third period and it remained tied despite both teams trading power-play opportunities.

Then with just 1:06 remaining the Rebels Tessier broke in on a breakaway and made a perfect shot upstairs to give the Rebels their first lead of the game, 3-2.

With goalie Quade Mullin pulled for an extra attacker in the dying minute, the Lions threw everything they had left at Rebels goaltender Michael Chaput. The frantic action included a post from Shaver, and a goal line stop on Sean Nicolaassen.

The Rebels got their final goal into the empty Lions net.

Despite the disappointment of losing the series, the Lions are proud of their accomplishments this year. This includes a first place East Division regular season finish, being the second highest scoring team in the league, and winning the Perth tournament.

The Lions are now looking forward to ending the year on a positive note at the Kids for Kids tourney in Kingston at the end of the month!

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EDP doles out road compensation funds to South Dundas, SDG and North Dundas

March 11, 2015 Editor

EDP Renewables will pay almost $2.7 million to compensate for road deterioration caused from the construction of the South Branch Wind Farm.

South Branch project manager Ken Little and South Dundas council and staff gathered Monday at the South Dundas Municipal Centre in Morrisburg to announce the figures determined through an extensive road user agreement between EDP, the United Counties of SDG and the municipalities of North and South Dundas.

As a result of the agreed upon formula, SDG will receive $1.697 million.

“This money provides fair compensation for the deterioration to the roads,” said Benjamin de Haan, County Engineer, United Counties of SDG. “The Counties appreciate the cooperation and corporate responsibility shown by EDP throughout the evaluation process.”

“Today’s settlement with EDP has enabled us to protect our county and municipal roads system. We wanted to make sure taxpayers in SDG were compensated for any damaged roads and infrastructure during the construction, and this agreement does just that,” said Eric Duncan, Warden, United Counties of SDG.

According to United Counties councillor, South Dundas deputy mayor Jim Locke, it is intended that those funds will go towards counties roads infrastructure in South Dundas.

However, it will be up to Counties council to determine where best to allocate the settlement funds.

The Township of North Dundas will receive $118,590 for local roads compensation.

The Municipality of South Dundas, where the bulk of road use occurred for the Brinston-area wind project, will receive compensation of $868,500.

According to South Dundas mayor Evonne Delegarde, those funds will go into South Dundas reserves, until council receives a report, including recommendations from public works manager Chris Bazinet about how the money is best spent.

Bazinet said that Irish Headline Road received the most damage during the wind farm construction, he revealed that his recommendations for expenditures, will be based on the details of the asset management plan.

Ken Little said that this amount of payout for road use is probably higher than normal for a project the size of the 30 mW South Branch Wind Farm, but it is reflective of the length of road they needed to use.

“This was a long delivery route,” said Little.

The South Branch Wind Farm delivery route encompassed about 35 km of Counties roads, 23 km of South Dundas roads and 3 km of Irish Headline Road, which is a boundary road shared between North Dundas and South Dundas.

The allocation of the money received is at the discretion of council, not necessarily meaning immediate roadwork to the delivery route routes.

This week, work on one of the northern turbines of the South Branch Wind Farm is taking place, with the replacement of a main bearing.

EDP is working towards future wind farm projects in North Stormont and South Dundas.

Little said that if capacity is available, they are looking at an area east of the South Branch Wind Farm.

Available capacity will determine the size of the project proposal.

Next week, a committee formed to make recommendations to council regarding the $30,000 annual South Branch Community Fund will hold its first formal meeting.

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Marie Bosman

March 11, 2015 Editor

A resident of the Brinston area for the past 60 years, Marie Bosman passed at the London Health Sciences Centre on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. She was 98.

Marie was born in Elst, The Netherlands, on December 3, 1916, to her parents Hendrik and Maria Vink. She was the oldest of 11 children, and she worked hard on the family farm. She got her papers for milking cows and worked for various farmers in the area of Elst.

Marie met her future husband Johan Bosman at her sister’s place. Johan told her he was going to Canada, and he would send for her which he did in 1950. Marie immigrated to Canada in November 1950, and they were married in Renfrew just two weeks after her arrival. Following their marriage, Johan and Marie were blessed with three children, Rita, John and Henry.

With their family complete they worked hard on their farm west of Brinston. Their home welcomed many visitors and Sunday morning church attendance was mandatory. Marie was a faithful Christian lady, and she shared this faith with all of her family and friends.

Marie did not like it when men helped in the kitchen. She believed kitchen duties were to be completed only by ladies.

Over the years, she helped to clean the Timothy Christian School and the Church. She actively supported all church related functions by either volunteering at the event or by making food. Her specialty was making raisin bread for the Timothy Christian School Bazaar

Marie and Johan visited Holland on several occasions to visit with their family and friends there and celebrate special birthdays and anniversaries. They always had a huge garden, and they were happy to share their produce with their neighbours.

Marie is survived by her children Rita Jeninga (Harry) of London, John (Debbie) of Ingleside and Henry (Susan) of Brouseville and by her siblings Grada, Metjie, Corrie, Diny, all of Holland and Agnes VanDodewaard of Iroquois.

Maria will be fondly remembered by seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband Johan in 2002, her parents Hendrikus and Maria Vink, her sisters Jo and Elly, her brothers Wim, Broer and Gerrit, her sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces and a great-nephew.

She was a loving Tante to her nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, and she is survived by many cousins.

Friends called at the Marsden and McLaughlin Funeral Home, Williamsburg, on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service was held at the Williamsburg Christian Reformed Church on Tuesday, March 3rd at 11 a.m. with Rev. John Noordhof officiating.

Pallbearers were John Bosman, Henry Bosman, Harry Jeninga, Rodney Jeninga, John Bosman Jr. and Noel Hayes.

Spring interment will be at New Union Cemetery, Williamsburg.

Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or Timothy Christian School would be gratefully acknowledged by the family.

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Perspectives by Rev. Geoff Howard

March 11, 2015 Editor

Clergy, lunch and so much more…

Last Wednesday, I had lunch with a group of clergy. Clergy are an interesting bunch.

On the first Wednesday of each month the ministers and pastors of South Dundas get together. Over lunch we do some business, discuss issues of concern to all our churches, plan events and actives that we do together and enjoy each other’s company.

We share concerns over the state of the church in the world today and commiserate about congregational challenges.

We laugh. We shake our heads. We share stories of struggle and faith, and we celebrate the power of Jesus Christ to bring hope and new life. We see it happening in our community and world even today.

For me, the great joy and inspiration that comes from our time as clergy together is a profound sense of hope and encouragement.

I can tell you the ministers and pastors in our communities deeply care for people and passionately give themselves in the service of Jesus Christ.

And for me that gives rise to a tremendous sense of hope and encouragement.

And as I was thinking about this, I was struck by how we all need hope and encouragement, and how we can all be hope and encouragement to others.

The Season of Lent is about half way through. Lent is a season of preparation for Easter. Lent is a time of discipline and commitment. We know well of the Lenten tradition of giving something up. In Lent accompanying the self-denial of giving something up the ancient church encouraged people to replace what was given up with some sort of spiritual activity.

And maybe half way through this season of Lent, we can give thanks to God for the hope and encouragement that comes to us in many ways. And maybe we can commit ourselves to be agents of hope and encouragement.

So why not give ourselves to offer an expression of encouragement to someone each day up until Easter. A word of grace, and act of kindness, a gesture of love, a simple expression of encouragement is all it takes.

We all know what such things have done in our lives. Imagine what such things can do in the lives of those we meet during the next month or so.

So there’s the challenge. It is not too late to take something of Lent into our everyday lives and bring hope and encouragement to others. And in that they and we will come to experience the presence and the blessing of God in new and exciting ways.

For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ/who died for us, so that we may live with him/Therefore encourage one another and build up each other…

1 Thess 5:9-11 NSRV

Rev. Geoff Howard, Knox

Presbyterian, Iroquois

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Midget Bs take southeast, stopped by Glens

March 11, 2015 Editor

After winning their South East Division against the South Grenville #2 Rangers in two straight games, the South Dundas Midget B House Lions, were stopped by the Alexandria Glens in their pursuit of the East Division Championship and the right to advance to the UCMHL championship final.

The Lions played four games of hockey in five days.

In the first two days, Thursday, March 5 and Friday, March 6, they put together 3-2 and 3-1 victories over the Rangers to win their South East Division Championship.

They saw action against the Glens on Sunday, March 8 in Alexandria, (4-2 loss) and on home ice Monday night, March 9 (7-3 loss) for the Eastern Championship.

The Glens came out solid in the series opener on Sunday. They went up 2-0 in the first period on goals by Nick Hansen and Nathan Currier.

Alexander McMaster made it 3-0, Glens in the second period.

The Lions got one back early in the third from Kody Arsenault, assisted by Noah Picotte and Jonathan Mayhew, but a Jordan Dunny goal again stretched it out for the Glens with 7:16 left in the game.

The Lions counted their final goal with just over two minutes left, from Trevor Nicolaassen assisted by Ewen Baril in the 4-2 Glens win.

The Lions needed a win to stay alive in game two of the four point series Monday night on home ice, and they hung tough through the first two periods.

The Lions were first on the scoreboard with an unassisted Picotte goal, and they held on until the final minute of the frame.

In that final minute, Brandon Lavern and Nick Leroux both counted to give the Glens a 2-1 edge heading into the second period.

The Glens stretched their lead to 4-1 early in the second, but the Lions charged back in the last two minutes with a pair of goals from Trevor Nicolaassen to keep it close at 4-3.

Just over 3:13 into the third period the Glens’ Laverne counted to make it 5-3. He added two more as the Glens skated to the 7-3 victory and the East championship series win.

The Lions claimed their Division (southeast) championship in two straight games against the South Grenville #2 Rangers.

The series kicked off Thursday, March 5 in Cardinal, with a 3-2 Lions win.

Tyler Nelson had a big night, scoring all three of the Lions goals while Logan Hummel provided an assist on each. Trevor Nicolaassen helped out on goal number one and Cassie Hummel earned an assist on the second.

After a scoreless first period, Nelson put the Lions up 2-0 in the second period

The Rangers charged back in the third to tie it 2-2, with goals from Austin Mott and Zach Illingworth.

That set the stage for the winner from Nelson with 1:39 left in the game.

Game two was played in Morrisburg on Friday night, with the Lions claiming a 3-2 win to wrap up the series.

Again it was a scoreless first period.

Austin Mott got the lone Rangers goal midway into the second period, but his effort was quickly cancelled by a Logan Hummel goal assisted by Nicolaassen and Nelson.

Action settled down and it wasn’t until the final five minutes of the game that the Lions were able to break away from the 1-1 tie.

Austin Robinson, unassisted, made it 2-1 with 4:39 left in the game and Nelson, assisted by Logan Hummel added the insurance with 1:26 left.

The series win put the Lions against Alexandria for the East Division championship.

The Midget B House playoff setup saw the top three teams in each division get a first-round bye while the fourth and fifth place teams played for fourth spot.

After they sat out their first round bye, the Lions defeated NGS2 in a three point series

That win put them against South Grenville 2 for the Southeast Division championship.

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Community opens its heart to Britton family

March 11, 2015 Editor

“This community is fantastic,” said Bill Britton, as he greeted people at the fundraiser held for his family on Saturday, March 7, at the Morrisburg Legion. “All these people have come out to show that they care, and it’s just overwhelming. Many of these are people Ethel and I don’t even know, but they have called us and mailed notes and donations to us. Thank you is just not enough for this kindness. We are very thrilled.”

Bill and Ethel Britton lost their barn in a fire on January 27, an accidental blaze which also claimed the lives of a lama and several breeding angora goats. A horse, other goats, pot-bellied pigs and lamas were rescued at the time. There was no insurance to cover the loss of the live-stock and the structure.

At this point, Kim Lalonde and Lindsay Wells, co-workers of Ethel’s at the Woodland Villa, stepped up to organize a fundraiser called Help the Brittons, which took place at the Morrisburg Legion all day Saturday, March 7. With the help of many other co-workers and volunteers, the event was five weeks in the planning and featured live entertainment, a silent auction, a yard sale, baked goods, a home-made chili dinner, raffle tickets and a table for donations. Saturday’s event raised $12,229.30 towards the cost of a new barn on the Britton property. However, funds are still coming in, and donations can still be made at gofundme.com/10yk64.

“Ethel and Bill are really kind-hearted people who have always given to others,” said Kim Lalonde. “We felt that it was their time to receive.”

The organizers were also overwhelmed by the response to their fundraiser. “It’s been an unbelievable turn-out. And the support from the community was just amazing. We had 140 auction items given to us by businesses and individuals, and there were all kinds of things at the yard sale. The generosity of the community just blew me away. We are thrilled with the support shown to this fundraiser. Everything we raised will go to the barn building fund.”

There were several entertainers on hand throughout the day. Marc Rivette did an Elvis tribute, John Mondoux provided karaoke, Graham Jacques and The Sons of Gord entertained with songs live on stage. “The entertainment was terrific,” Lalonde said.

Ethel Britton found it hard not to have tears in her eyes as she talked about the fundraiser. “The organizers of this event are angels,” she said. “Small towns are just great places to be. What a wonderful community.” She hopes that the foundations of the old barn are still good, but the burned remains on the site will have to be buried. “We are really hoping for a spring start to re-building,” she said. “Actually, everyone we’ve talked to wished that the community could turn out for an old-fashioned barn raising.”

The rescued animals are all doing fine, the Brittons said. They are currently keeping six bottle baby angora goats in their home. Friends and neighbours took in the Britton animals following the fire.

“The pigs went to Kemptville, the horse and sheep to Toy Storage. The male goats are at the Tuxedo Llama Ranch, the females at Greg DeJong’s. Some of our animals were taken in by the Vanderland Petting Zoo,” explained Bill Britton.

The fundraiser brings the hope of a new start in the spring for the Britton family.

“I’m still overwhelmed,” Ethel said, tearfully. “There has been such kindness and love shown to us, with people constantly saying, what can we do for you. We’re going to have a lot of ‘paying it forward’ to do in the future.”

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Bantam C2 Lions scrape past Rideaus

March 4, 2015 Editor

After a tough, four-game opening round playoff series against the North Leeds Rideaus, the South Dundas Bantam C2 House Lions are finding themselves in a tough semi-final series against the regular season first place Athens Aeros.

That series is tied at a game apiece with the Lions winning the opener 6-2 and losing game two in Morrisburg on Sunday, March 1, 2-1.

Game three is on the road tonight, Wednesday, March 4 and if a fourth game is necessary, it will be back in Morrisburg on Thursday.

The regular season saw the Athens Aeros and Kemptville 2s finish even with 35 points. Third place went to South Grenville, while the North Leeds Rideaus were fourth with 20. The Lions were next with 16 points on eight wins and Smith Falls finished last in the six team West Division with eight points.

For the playoff setup, Athens and Kemptville sat out a round-one bye, while North Leeds and the Lions squared off and South Grenville and Smith Falls met, both in four point series.

The quarter-final series wins put South Dundas against Athens and South Grenville against the Kemptville 2s.

The winners of each series will advance to the West Division Championship.

The Lions and the Rideaus opened their quarter-final series on Morrisburg ice on Tuesday, February 17, and played to a 3-3 draw. The Rideaus led 2-1 after the second period, and the Lions charged back in the third for two goals to the Rideaus one to keep it even.

Thomas Rae had two goals for the Lions with Kendrew Byers assisting on the first and Will Dejong adding his help on the second. It was Dejong’s unassisted goal at 9:05 of the third period that tied the game 3-3.

The Lions were on the road to Westport, for game two on Saturday, February 21. The Rideaus won this one, 5-3.

They led 2-1 after the first period, and then mounted a three goal second period on their way to the two-point, 5-3 win.

The Lions got a pair of goals from Brody Smail, the first assisted by Trinity Hanes at 12:14 of the first period and the second, unassisted, just 36 seconds into the second period.

Aden Casselman collected the Lions third goal early in the third period with Kendrew Byers assisting.

Game three was back on Morrisburg ice, Monday February 23, and the Lions stayed alive with a very convincing 9-1 win. They scored three goals in each period.

Lions goaltender Brett Froats gave up the lone goal of the game in the last second of the first period to the Rideaus Kohle McCulloch.

Brody Smail scored four times for the Lions and added two assists, while Max Garlough counted twice and helped out on three others. Singles goals were scored by Trinity Hanes, Thomas Rae and Hunters Wells. Hanes, added three assists to her game performance.

Noah Keeler had a big game with four assists, while Maddi Hummel helped out on two goals.

The Lions hit the ice flying in game four in Westport on Wednesday, February 25. They went up 3-0 in the first period on goals from Brody Smail (from Max Garlough), Kendrew Byers (unassisted) and Trinity Hanes (from Max Garlough).

The Rideaus managed just one against Brett Froats early in the second period from Bryce Wilson.

The Lions counted two more in the third period from Brody Smail, unassisted and Hanes, from Julenea Barnhartd and Maddi Hummel for the 5-1 win.

The win gave the Lions the series, five points to three, and earned them a spot in the West Division semi-final against first place Athens.

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Lions trail Demons in Novice B series

March 4, 2015 Editor

The North Dundas Novice B2 Demons gained the upper hand here Saturday, when they claimed a close 2-1 victory against the Lions.

The win puts the Demons, who finished the regular season in first place in the UCMHL Novice B House East Division, up three points to one in the semi-final, four-point series.

The series opened Friday night in Winchester, with a 2-2 tie, and continued Saturday, in Morrisburg. Game three was set for last night, Tuesday, March 3, at 6 p.m. in Chesterville, but details were not available at press time.

The Lions who finished the regular season in fourth place (nine wins in 24 regular season games) have played two good games against the Demons (19 wins in 24 games).

The Demons were first on the scoreboard Friday night, with a goal from Ashton Holmes early in the first period.

Early in the second period, Nick Connors, from Mason Hummel, scored to even it at 1-1.

The Lions gained the lead early in the third period, with Connors scoring his second goal, assisted by Terrence Mudde and Hummel.

Two minutes later Dawson Coleman tied the game 2-2.

The series resumed in Morrisburg, on Saturday and this time it was the Lions who were first on the scoreboard with a Ben Radley goal, assisted by Hummel,

The Lions held on until midway into the second period when Markus Bols and Drew Sleeth counted goals, one minute apart, to put the Demons ahead 2-1.

Despite opportunities in the third for both teams, the 2-1 score held.

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Good marks for Morrisburg skaters at EOSIC

March 4, 2015 Editor

wo of 11 skaters representing The Morrisburg Figure Skate Club at the 2015 Eastern Ontario StarSkate Invitational Championships (EOSIC) earned the right to advance to the Skate Ontario Championships, in Brampton, March 13-15.

Alexis Engwerda and Trina Dykstra-MacPherson put together some fine skates at EOSIC, February 13-15 at the Nepean Sportsplex and both are working hard on their programs for the upcoming All-Ontario.

In addition to the second place podium finish for Engwerda and Dykstra-MacPherson’s fourth place, the other nine Morrisburg Club skaters had some good personal results and skated away from EOSIC with valuable experience.

“It was great to have 11 skaters represent MDSC at EOSIC this year,” said Morrisburg club president Julie Van Hoof. “All our skaters skated their best, and the club is very proud of all of them for the hard work and dedication that goes into their skating.”

“Our coaches are very supportive of each of their skaters and help them work through the nerves which is often common at a competition this big!”

“MDSC is very proud to have two of our skaters representing Eastern Ontario at the All Ontario’s in March.”

Following is a list of the EOSIC skaters with comments from their coaches.

Abigail Jordan: 13th, Star 5 (over 13 category) – Coach Allison Scott

Abigail skated with great effort and poise throughout her program, to her captivating music “Seniorita” composed by Bond.

Abigail’s program consisted of two spins (a camel-sit-change sit combination and a flying camel), six jump elements, two of which were axels and one double jump, and a spiral sequence. She completed the axels, was rewarded points for complete rotation on her double jump, and skated fluently and persistently focusing on one element at a time.

Alisha VanHoof: 9th, Ladies Gold–Coach Louise Dimmick

For Ali’s last year competing at EOSIC before going away to school, she chose to skate to selections from the movie Love Actually. This has been a favourite selection of music for her and fittingly her program is elegant and expresses her love of skating.

After over 10 years of working with Ali, it’s been a pleasure to see her grow through the levels, challenges and successes.

She opened her program at EOSIC with a beautiful combination spin followed by a great double flip double loop jump combination. Her program was filled with double jumps, spins, and difficult footwork and transitions. An especially nice highlight was her impressive death drop sit spin.

Cameryn Broad: 6th, Star 5 Ladies-Coach Danielle Napier

Cameryn had personal goals set going into EOSIC (to land her double Salchow for the first time in competition, get full marks for a three position combination spin and skate as clean as possible). She met and exceeded her personal goals. Not only did she land one double in her program, but she landed two doubles for the first time in competition. Cameryn received full points for her combination spin. She skated well with only a few minor areas for deductions and finished with a personal best score of 15.76.

Erika Jordan: 1st Star 4 (under 13)-Coach Allison Scott

Erika had an awesome program and she completed a clean skate. She completed all eight elements, which included two spins (a camel-sit spin combination and backspin), five jump elements, (two of which were axels the most difficult jump in her program) and a spiral sequence. Erika skated to the dynamic and lively music “Libertango’ composed by Bond with great speed and attack, had good height in her jumps and quality rotations and positions in her spins.

She achieved gold status in five of eight elements and three silver, for first overall! An amazing EOSIC accomplishment!

Gracie Fairbairn: Star 2 Ladies-Coach Danielle Napier

Gracie skated at her first EOSIC at the Star 2 Ladies level in which she received a bronze marking. Gracie skated very well. She landed the five jumps in her program and completed two spins. Her highest jump is a flip, which she landed very nicely and received a silver marking on. Overall, Gracie was very pleased with her performance.

Katie Buter: Junior Bronze Coach Veronica Whyte

Katie moved up to the Junior Bronze level for the first time and had a good skate at her first EOSIC. Skating to a beautiful piece by Yani, Katie attempted a double salchow for the first time at EOSIC which is a great milestone. Katie grows as a skater at each competition.

Kristyn VanHoof: Sr. Bronze,

8th-Coach Danielle Napier.

Kristyn met the goal she set for her qualifying event which was to place top four in her flight to advance to the final group.

Kristyn had a strong qualifying event and for the first time in competition landed her double flip. Her program is very demanding with two double/double combinations, an axel combination, three spins and three double jumps.

She finished the qualifying program flight in first place with 22.05 points to advance to the final where she had a strong skate but lost marks on her flying spin. She finished in eighth place with a total of 21.20 points.

Mikaela Furo: Star 3, silver Coach Veronica Whyte

This was Mikaela’s second time to skate at EOSIC, this year skating at the Star 3 level. Mikaela had a good skate and received her silver status. During her performance, Mikaela showed how much her spins have improved.

Xandra Furo: Star 3, silver Coach Veronica Whyte

Xandra had a good skate for her second experience at EOSIC to receive her silver status. It was an exciting event for Xandra who showed how much power and flow she has in and out of her jumps.

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