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Summer in the Upper Ottawa Valley
Articles/News this Month
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photo by Dianne Lemire |
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Sarah Boudens is currently ranked #1 in Canada
and will represent Canada this summer at the
Beijing Olympic Games. In the sport of
Whitewater Slalom Kayaking, Sarah is at the top of
the game.
Sarah started paddling at the young age of 9 with
the
Valley River Runners, a local paddling club in
the Ottawa Valley. In August 1994, she attended her
first race at the
Madawaska Kanu Centre in Barry's Bay and has not
looked back. |
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the women's class in Canada; she was a four-time
Canadian Junior National Champion, and a member of
the Junior National Team. From 1999-2001, Sarah
competed at either the Junior World or Pre-World
Championships. Once entering the senior category,
she joined the Senior National Team program,
competing at various World Championships, World Cups
and Pan American Championships.
It is no surprise that Sarah qualified for the
2008 Olympic Games. Her motivation and desire are
remarkable. Unfunded, she spent this past year
traveling, taking advantage of fantastic training
and racing opportunities in both Europe and
Australia.
If you want to find out more about Sarah or help
support her on her journey to the Olympics. Visit
her website
www.sarahboudens.ca. |
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A darkly comic and
startlingly honest novel,
A Week of This
follows the lives of an
extended family over one increasingly
desperate week. At the centre of the novel
is 38-year-old Manda, a tough, sarcastic
woman who has yet to make peace with the
town she was brought to as a teenager after
her parents’ messy divorce. Her estranged
mother is crazy, her father is ill and in
retreat, her damaged older brother is
growing restless and distant, her
stepbrother is a grown-up teenager without
any real friends, and her husband is a
tight-lipped, depressed store-owner who has
been pressing Manda to have a baby.
Full of barbed dialogue
and hilariously deadpan descriptions of
family dynamics and the kind of awkward
social dances that get performed every day,
A Week of
This is a book for
people who always feel a little out of
place, right where they are. People who are
smart enough to know something has gone
wrong, but can’t figure out how to fix it.
People who know they aren’t kids anymore,
but are not quite ready to grow up.
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Available at the Loon's
Nest in Deep River or through
www.Amazon.ca
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"With his first novel
Nathan Whitlock has definitely found his voice ... any
of the characters could be any one of us on any day of
the week." –
The Ottawa Citizen
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Nathan Whitlock
grew up in the Ottawa
Valley. He was the winner of the
inaugural Emerging Artist in Creative
Writing Award and the Short Prose for
Developing Writers Award, as well as
runner-up for the Bronwen Wallace Memorial
Award.
He is
the review editor of Quill &
Quire magazine.
http://www.nathanwhitlock.com/ |
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Are you ready
for an exciting Canoeing Experience?
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613-586-2562
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The Black
Rooster Bistro
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You are invited to come and enjoy our
aromatic free trade organic coffee (by
the cup or pound) and choose one of
our tantalizing selections from
our healthy menu.
Grab and go or stay and roost for
awhile! Our outdoor patio is the place
to be...our bistro will be open 7 days a
week and is located beside Fraser's
Clothes Shop in the Valu-Mart Plaza.
I look forward to welcoming you at the
Black Rooster Bistro!
Janice Merrill
p.s. 'Wi-Fi' wireless internet available for our customers :) |
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http://www.rotarynr.ca |
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The Rotary
Club of North Renfrew (Deep River) is holding a
competition to find local photos for the 2009 Deep
River and Area Rotary fundraising calendar.
The annual
calendar is very popular as a gift, because it has
beautiful local scenes that result in 500 copies
being sold. Over $4000 is raised each year to help
fund the local Rotary club's service activities.
Colourful shots showing local people, activities or
scenes, in any season, are welcome. Horizontal
shots are better for the calendar format.
We need a
photo for each of the 12 months, plus one for the
front cover.
Chosen photos
will be printed in the calendar with the name of the
photographer, who will also receive a free calendar.
The
deadline for submissions is the end of 2008 August.
Please look
through your photo collections and send electronic
files to
calendar@rotarynr.ca
Call Larrie
Thomson at 584-4577 if you have any questions.
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John and Janey O’Dacre
& the Staff of
O'Dacre Family Funeral Home
Chapel & Reception Centre Inc
welcome you to our
First Anniversary Open House
to be held
at 15 Victoria Street Perth, Ontario
Saturday, June 28, 2008
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Guided tour & Displays
12:00 pm
Ceremony
Refreshments will be served
For further information: Call
us at 613-267-3082
http://www.odacrefamily.ca |
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July
31 to August 3
www.summerfest.ca
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Deep River
Recreation Events
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36th Annual 6x1 Mile
Relay Race Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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54th
Annual Cross River Swim, register by July
30
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26th
Annual Triathlon - 1 km swim, 26.5 km cycle,
8 km rum - individual or team entries -
register by noon July 25
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Saturday afternoon (August
2) of the Summerfest weekend, 2008.
Deep River Yacht & Tennis Club
3:00 to 5:00
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Red Friday June
27
Join us in support of
our Troops. Fun for all, barbeque, balloons for the kids,
face painting, entertainment and draws.
Wise
Move Realty
3468E Petawawa Blvd
Petawawa. All day fun.. come and go and enjoy and relax.
www.wisemove.ca
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4th
Annual Great River Roll Off
Sunday
August 3 1:30
Fundraiser for
the Deep River and District Hospital
Foundation for the new Palliative Care Suite
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