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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

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Message from theMayor

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Dear citizens,We are very happy to welcomeback the spring season. Thisseason is often associated withupcoming renovations, clean-ing and putting away our win-ter gear.As you may already know, thecity has done some renovationwork at the Olympia Park cha-let just before winter. In theupcoming weeks there will be

major renovations at the Central Park chalet. They will in-clude new facilities for the Shamrock Soccer Association andother local accredited organizations.At the library replacing carpets and a fresh coat of paint arebeing done. Furthermore, at the Legion Hall a revamp of theflooring has been done.Besides all of this work going on, we also had the annual grantceremony for the City Accredited Organizations of Deux-Montagnes, at the Annette Savoie Hall in the Deux-MontagnesCommunity Center on February 3. The ceremony presided bythe City Council members honored 32 community organiza-tions which were invited to share a financial contribution of$44 000.

The City of Deux-Montagnes is fortunate to be able to count onthe unwavering participation of numerous community organi-zations without which we would not be able to offer as manyactivities to our citizens. We believe that it is essential to offerour local organizations financial assistance to help them carryout their activities. These organizations help support people inneed, guide young athletes, comfort the elderly, etc. They are theglue that holds us together. By volunteering their time and us-ing their skills and expertise for the good of the population, theaccredited organizations of Deux-Montagnes reflect our city’svitality.”A few reminders:* April 15 is the last day to take down your temporary carshelter* May 28 will be the 11th edition of the Horticultural Day to beheld at the Municipal Garage between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm.As part of the city’s beautification program, this day is an or-ganized activity to encourage residents to take care of theirlawns and gardens and is available for everyone.Deux-Montagnes residents are invited to pick up free boxes ofannuals and perennials to begin their gardening projects. Therewill be an on-site information booth for those who wish toreceive horticultural advice. Finally, it’s also a great opportu-nity to meet your councillors who will cordially welcome you.

We hope to see you soon,Mayor Denis Martin

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The Community Connections TeamThe Community Connections is a 32-page community information magazine publishedin English every two months. Based in Deux-Montagnes, its volunteer writerscover what is happening in the Anglophone and related communities fromKanehsatà:ke to Rosemere.Board of Directers: Heather M, Brown, Doreen Draycott, Pat Glover, Martin HensenT ish Abman, Eric Painter and Gordon Wetmore.Editor-in-Chief, Layout Editor – Dave Byers ([email protected] Editor - Senior write,: Gordon Wetmore ([email protected])Treasurer, Advertising – Martin Hensen ([email protected])Sports Editor – Robert Fordham ([email protected])Church Pages Editor; Church Snoop – Eric Painter ([email protected])Proof reading team – Heather Brown, Raju Cockburn, Gordon Wetmore, DaveByersWebsite Manager – Willy Speeckaert ([email protected])Regular Contributors – Sue Sanders (Sue Chef), Carol Wetmore (Cartoonist), PaulBeatty and Karen Burell, Glenda Esguerra, Ron Kessler, Marge McCord, DaleHammond, Catherine Thériault, Sara Nicholson, Nancy Ryder, Kim Nymark,Margaret Fung-A-Ling, Ryan KennedyStudent Correspondents 2015-2016 – Elizabeth and Jennifer Hua, Bailey Habberfield-SmithPrinters: Hebdo-Litho. Nicole Gagliardi, [email protected] of Directers: Heather M, Brown, Doreen Draycott, Pat Glover, Martin Hensen,Tish Abman, Eric Painter, Bobby Fordham and Gordon Wetmore.

Around the House with Paul and Karen By Paul Beattyand Karen Burrell

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It has been said that the heart of ahome is the kitchen but it is also asource of frustration. Kitchens seemto have an ability to get messy fast!! Coffee filters are wonderful to have onhand as they make great snack hold-ers for treats such as crackers, cook-ies and even popcorn! You can usethem to clean counters, to use as cov-ers when you’re cooking or heatingfood in the microwave. If you havesmall kids or grandchildren, you likelyhave straws or tiny utensils that slipthrough the basket in your dish-washer. Place large glass beads inthe dishwasher basket to keep thoseitems from slipping through. Stopbuying stainless steel cleaners andinstead use baby oil or olive oil. Just asmall dab on a soft cloth will eraseany marks and help prevent new onesfrom forming.

I don’t know about you but I findthe cost of fresh vegetables is gettinga little scary and we are thinking ofstarting a little garden. Worried that

planting your first edibles will turnout to be a fruitless labor? Certainplants are ideal for those who wantto increase their chances of garden-ing success.

Here’s a list of the top 10 easiestvegetables you can grow, regardlessof skill level. Carrots, green beans,lettuce, cucumbers, spinach, toma-toes, radishes, bell peppers, summersquash and basil. If you don’t have alot of space or live in an apartmentwith a small balcony, you can growthese vegetables in containers

The only basic requirements arethat the vegetable container is largeenough to hold the plant and that ithas drainage holes so excess watercan escape.

Vegetable container gardens dobest in full sun (at least 6 hours of di-rect sun per day). When it comes tosize, the bigger the pot is, the better,especially for beginners. The reasonfor this is that large pots hold moresoil — and thus, hold moisture longer

so that you don’t have to water much.Look for vegetable container gardensthat are at least 10 inches wide and12 inches deep. Some vegetables needparticularly large pots to grow.Standard-size tomatoes and vinecrops, such as cucumbers, will do bestfor you in containers 20 inches or morewide. Peppers like pots at least 16inches in diameter. In a pinch, mostwill still grow in a 5-gallon or largercontainer. If your vegetable containergarden does not have drainage holes,you will need to add several. Plantsthat grow tall or produce vines — liketomatoes and cucumbers — will bemore productive when a cage is in-serted into the container at plantingtime.

Watering is the most importantthing for your vegetable containergarden. Inspect your vegetables regu-larly to make sure the potting mixhasn’t dried out. Happy gardening!Enjoy your fresh vegetables and don’tforget to share them!

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1908 Chemin D’OkaLUNETTERIE F. FARHAT

Lionel Pascal

Visiting a high school science fair can bean eye opening experience. Certainly theanimatronic eyes created by LaurenSvendsen at Lake of Two Mountains HighSchool’s event January 14 drew crowdswhen they looked people up, down andsideways and batted their lashes at them.The eyes won a bronze medal for Grade10.

Eyes Opened at Science Fair By Gordon Wetmore

Kailey Tye Nicholas showed that musicdoes more than tame the savage breast. Itcan also inhibit bacterial growth. Afterseeing an article about how sewage plantsin Germany use Mozart to save thousandsof dollars in treatment costs, she grewbacterial cultures and tested results withdifferent types of music. Mozart’s PianoConcerto No. 21 was only middlingeffective, curbing growth to 135 coloniesto white noise’s 193. Hip Hop (Dr. Dre’s“The Next Episode”) was the clear winnerwith only 109 colonies. Don’t go to acountry music festival without lots ofhand sanitizer, though. Johnny Cash’s“Folsom Prison Blues” stimulated thegrowth of 223 colonies. Kailey’s MozartEffect project took silver for Grade 11.

For the Are You Safe? project, the teamof Timothy Eaton and David Owensemployed a laptop and an Internet-available hacking program and showedhow easily a simple password can bebroken and identities and bankinginformation stolen. They typed in“hello123“ – which was broken in 21seconds! They said that eight or morerandom characters employing lower caseand capital letters, numbers andpunctuation would take three or moreminutes to crack, too long to be worthmost hackers’ time. Their communityservice project took gold in Grade 11.

Dylan Darraghand Sierra Dobiehad noticed thatwater from LTM’sfountains oftenhad a strongmetallic taste.They hypothesizedthat the water washigh in iron. Theirtests showed theyhad the wrongmetal. The culpritwas copper – withup to three timesthe recommendedlevel on morningsafter a weekend.“Water You Drink”took bronze inGrade 11. (Photo 4)

Gold for Grade 9 went to theimaginatively titled No Whey. OliviaGreig-Algier, who is lactose intolerant, andAmanda Walsh set out to produce a dairyfree yogurt – and succeeded. Applyingchemistry, cooking and chilling to avariety of products, they ended up withmostly unsightly and unpalatable results– except for coconut milk. It looked right,smelled right and tasted “good!” theyagreed simultaneously.

Other gold medal winners were DylanPalmer and Etienne Poirier (Grade 10) forOrientation, and Cassidy Grande andGeorgia Kaneilopoulos (Grade 7) forLeaves. Silver medalists were Jacob Dion andDiana Nicholson (Grade 10) for FerroMagnetic Switch; Daniel Tracton (Grade9) for Biodegradable Bags; KimberlyPoirier (Grade 8) for Graphite Wires; andDavid Charlebois and Thomas Rondeau(Grade 7) for Dirtiest Places. Bronze medals went to Morgan Grelland David Bentley (Grade 10) for Can YouFeel It?; Frederic De Clercq (Grade 9) forEco-Bike; Amber Kondilis (Grade 8) forTelegraph; and Forrest Schaefer (Grade 7),Electromagnets. There was no prize for funniest projectbut I would nominate the phone holdercreated so that teens could lie in bed andtext, tweet or whatever! without havingto physically hold their devices. Ascreators Katrina Desnoyers and NoahLeduc (Grade 8) put it: “We’ve created awhole new level of lazy for teenagers.” Eyeopening indeed!

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I recently invited the political parties of the National As-sembly to establish a technical committee to study thereform of Quebec’s electoral system.In order to achieve the much-needed overhaul of our demo-cratic institutions, we must first examine the relevance ofour current single-member plurality (first-past-the-post)voting system.With the existing system, the popular will is not respected.Undoubtedly, Quebecers would be better served by amixed proportional representation. With this goal in mind,I proposed creating a transpartisan committee, ultimatelyleading to the adoption of a more democratic system.I also suggested we put a distinct emphasis on regionalrepresentation and gender balance. The advantage ofmixed proportional representation is that the elected gov-ernment actually represents the will of the people. Ourcurrent voting system has led to 9 false majorities in thelast 60 years, that is 9 elections out of 16. Consequently,the outcome of more than one election out of two did notreflect the people’s will.In a study, the Chief Electoral Officer demonstrated thefeasibility of a compensatory mixed proportional repre-sentation. Unfortunately, this report was shelved.Bipartisanship is over in Quebec, and I thoroughly be-

FOR A REFORM OF THE ELECTORALSYSTEM IN QUEBEC

Should you like to share a situation that worries you,please do not hesitate to contact me.Benoit CharetteMember for Deux-MontagnesVice-chair of the Committee on Public AdministrationSecond Opposition Group critic for Canadian intergov-ernmental affairsSecond Opposition Group critic for international relationsand La FrancophonieSecond Opposition Group critic for the reform of demo-cratic institutionsSecond Opposition Group critic for the Laurentides re-gion477, 25th AvenueSuite 230Saint-Eustache, QC J7P 4Y1Telephone: 450 623-4963Facebook : Charette.Coalition

lieve that our institutions must reflect this reality. Thereis a consensus on the issue.

Driving Safety in the “Golden Years”Introducing himself as their “trainer for today,” Jean-PierreLeblanc, retired RCMP and police driving instructor, spentnearly three hours with some very interested older driversFebruary 18 at the Four Korners Family Resource Center inDeux-Montagnes. Mr. Leblanc spoke on behalf of the Quebec branch of theCanadian Automobile Association Foundation on road safetyfor seniors and drivers with diminishing skills. “I’ve always liked driving; I’ve always liked cars,” he said. Itquickly became clear that he also liked people and answeringtheir questions about driving and safety. He began by eliciting the group’s principal concerns: whenwould the government remove a driver’s licence, at what agewould a driver be retested, whether a driver’s permit mightever be returned if lifted for physical causes, and what are signsa driver’s skills may be diminishing. He addressed all of theseover the course of the workshop. “There is no age limit for good driving,” he told the group. Adriver’s capacity is determined by health, not age. By law, anychange in a driver’s capacity must be reported to the Société del’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) within 30 days. Adriver who has experienced a diminution of physical and/orintellectual capacity would undergo an evaluation, he said.

By Gordon Wetmore Mr. Leblanc said that the government wants drivers to keeptheir permits as long as it is safe for them to drive. Certainphysical handicaps can be compensated for by modificationsto vehicles; i.e., moving braking and acceleration controls to thedriving console for people with leg problems. Drivers withcertain vision issues may be required to wear glasses orforbidden to drive at night. After drivers turn 74, the Société de l’assurance automobile duQuébec (SAAQ) sends them a letter with a medical form to becompleted by a health professional. The same thing will occurat age 80 and every two years after. A few drivers over 75 maybe randomly selected to undergo an evaluation. Mr. Leblanc suggested several ways an older driver can assesshim/herself. Pay attention to difficulties that arise in what usedto be easily handled such as with vision when the sun is shiningin the windshield, in shady conditions, at night with anoncoming vehicle. Good vision is essential to safe driving. But more than just physically seeing, safe drivingdepends on visual habits, he cautioned. “You must lookat the right place at the right time.” He reviewed the multiple procedures for turning leftacross traffic on a roadway and at an intersection, for

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By Gordon [email protected]

School Matters

Bill 86 – As if “our” provincial government had notcreated enough hardship and turmoil with its health carepolicies, its contract nastiness with the public service,and its slash and burn withdrawal of finances for socialprograms and daycares, now it’s pushing Bill 86. Bill 86 as it is written now will do away with linguisticschool boards and replace them with regional boardswhose managers (director generals) answer to theMinistry of Education, Leisure and Sport. That is aviolation of the constitutional guarantees to Anglophonesto retain control over their public school education andamounts to taxation without representation. The Liberalcabinet claims the Bill would give real power to parentsand teachers – but all decisions belong to the ministry. The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board administers ahuge territory that, if the Bill becomes law, would bedivided into a number of smaller regions, each containingboth English and French schools. Here are some of myconcerns: Would English schools in areas outside largecities, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts or Sainte-Adéle forinstance, have access to speech therapists, educationalpsychologists, curriculum developers and otherspecialists fluent in English? Would English schools withsmall student populations be kept open? Lake of TwoMountains High School serves an area from Saint-Placidethrough Saint-Benoit and the Mirabel farming district.Would the Ministry keep it open if its student bodynumbers less than 400?

Chairperson Jennifer Maccarone, withCommissioner Guy Gagnon, warned at acitizens’ meeting February 8 that Bill 86 wouldtake away Anglophones’ constitutional rights.“If you give up your rights today, you’ll neverget them back.”

Hearings on Bill 86 began in February. Why not letwhoever is the Minister of Education, Leisure and Sportsnow, Premier Philippe Couillard and other politiciansknow how you feel about having your right to voteremoved, your right to your school boards removed, andservices to your children threatened? Go towww.swlauriersb.qc.ca and look on the website page forBill 86 – Important Information. You will find a letter to

send to the Education Minister withcopies to interested parties. Youcan email your response to SWLSBChairperson Jennifer Maccarone([email protected]) orprint a copy, sign it, and mail it toher at Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, 235 Montée Lesage,Rosemère, QC J7A 4Y6. Ms. Maccarone or CommissionerGuy Gagnon will make copies and send them on.

Have a Look – For different views of what our schoolboard’s students can produce by the time they are oldenough to drive, or nearly, check out these two You Tubeentries. “We are not robots” from Lake of Two MountainsHigh School brings together science, music, creativewriting, 3D printing, technology, drama and videography.It is short, lively, light hearted and seriously good. Theother, “Wells funded by Rosemere High School - HVTOclean water project funded by RHS” shows how goodhearted students transformed health and livingconditions for families half a world away. Just go towww.youtube.com, enter the schools’ names and scrollto the titles. You will be glad you did – and it won’t takelong.

Summer School – Note to the SWLSB: take better carewith selecting summer school teachers. Summer schoolclasses are a serious matter for the students who needthem. Success can save a year in their development andease progress when regular classes return; failure meansthey lose a summer and maybe get to CEGEP or tradeschool a year older than necessary. There are teacherswho prepare courses designed for struggling studentswho must deal with a time frame that covers a term’smaterial in just one week. One such teacher, anexperienced mathematics specialist with a preparedcurriculum, was passed over because the hiring principalsimply took whoever’s application was on the top of thepile. The teacher’s complaint was not about losing thepay; it was frustration that the choice was not made in away to benefit students. From having taught summerschool, I totally agree with her/his aggravation. Theearnest strivers who come to summer school deserve tohave teachers selected by thought, not by the date anapplication arrived.

Fundraiser – Want to gamble on a good time? Lake of TwoMountains High School is holding a Casino NightSaturday, May 28, from 7:00 to 11:00 pm. A $25 ticket getsyou $5000 in ‘funny money’ to play your favourite games.The casino has door prizes and a liquor license. [email protected] for tickets, but only if you are 18 years orolder.


For further information :Jamee St-HilaireLegislative/Executive assistantOttawa – (613) [email protected]

Linda Lapointe

Please contact me at: Ottawa Room 311Justice Building Ottawa OntarioK1A 0A6Tel: 613-992-7330fax:613-992-2602Constituency office 61 Chemin de la Grande-CôteBoisbriand, Québec J7G 1C8 Tel. (450) 420-5525Fax. (450) [email protected] contact us in the office 5 days a weekfrom 9:00 to 17:00

Députée / Member of ParliamentRivière-des-Mille-Iles

Since the election and taking officefrom the Conservatives, ourgovernment has already taken realaction, for example tax cuts for themiddle class, an ambitiousinfrastructure investment plan,public consultations on the nextbudget and Canada’s comeback on theworld stage. Like Ban Ki Moonexpressed when he made a trip toOttawa last month, “Canada is back!”

Indeed, I’m pleased to share with yousome achievements I have alreadymade since taking office last October.

Private members bill: Taking actionon the interchange fees charged bycredit cardsOnly four months have passed sincethe election and I already introducedmy private members bill in the Houseof Commons. In fact, Canadianhouseholds are increasingly usingtheir credit cards for everydaypurchases, and the market share ofcredit card purchases is nearing 40%.These fees can reach 4% in some cases.I have aimed to highlight the issue,which affects the retail industry inparticular, but also non-profitorganizations. If we take a closer lookat practices in other parts of theworld, Australia has capped these feesthrough legislation, as has the

European Union. In 2014, whenConservative Joe Oliver was ministerof Finance, an agreement wasnegotiated with the credit cardcompanies to gradually reduce thesefees to 1.5%. However, this rate hasnot always been fully adhered to inpractice. For me, the bill couldpromote reinvestment in theCanadian economy. I have argued inOttawa that, by capping interchangefees, small merchants could save thefunds they are currently sending tothe credit card companies and usethem to invest in innovation, renovatetheir premises, or hire more staff.Pre-budget consultation held inBoisbriandOn January 29 in Boisbriand, my teamand I held a pre-budget consultationwith the office of Ramez Ayoub,Member of Parliament for Thérèse-deBlainville. This roundtable wasattended by the ParliamentarySecretary to the Minister of Finance,François-Philippe Champagne,Member for St-Maurice-Champlain.The consultations also broughttogether business owners, mayors,prefects and citizens, who were ableto share their ideas to boost theeconomy of Rivière-des-Mille-Iles aswell as Basses-Laurentides. It was animportant opportunity for economicstakeholders in Rivière-des-Mille-Ilesto identify their regional priorities andhave them heard in Ottawa for the2016 budget, which was recentytabled. Roughly 50 stakeholders tookpart in this meeting and maderecommendations that will be studiedby the Finance Department andconsidered in the budget.

Appointment to standing committeesThe House of Commons recentlyannounced its parliamentarycommittees. I’ve been appointed totwo standing committees. I amhonoured that Prime Minister JustinTrudeau placed his trust in me byappointing me to the officiallanguages committee and theinternational trade committee. TheCommittee on International Tradewill tackle several issues such as acomprehensive study of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Canada-Europe Agreement. We already met upto twenty-five witnesses from across

Canada. On the other hand, I am veryproud to be able to represent theFrancophonie in the House ofCommons. The mandate of theCommittee on Official Languages is toensure official languages are respectedin the various Canadian governmentagencies. We expect to build the nextfive - year Canada official languageplan with Heritage Minister, MélanieJoly.

Official opening of the constituencyofficeMarch 15 the official opening of myconstituency office took place. I wasexcited to see so many people that day.I have made it clear that my office ishere to help my community and togive great service to the population ofRivière-des-Mille-Iles. In fact, myteam and I can help you on suchsubjects as the Canada Pension Plan(CPP), Old Age Security (OAS) andGuaranteed Income Supplement (GIS),Veterans Affairs, EmploymentInsurance (EI), Citizenship andImmigration, Canada RevenueAgency (CRA) and Passport Canada.Also, if you’re celebrating a weddinganniversary of 25 years or more, or abirthday of 75 years or more, myoffice can send a congratulatory letteron behalf of Prime Minister JustinTrudeau!

I am absolutely delighted to serve youas the Member for Rivière-des-Mille-Iles. I hope to meet you in the comingmonths and it would be a pleasure todiscuss issues that are important toyou.


In 2014, Ryan Kennedy faced a verybig decision.

He was Supply Chain Director forWesco Distribution Canada, part ofWesco International Inc., NorthAmerica’s largest provider ofconstruction and electrical materials forfederal, provincial and municipalgovernments and large companies likeRio Tinto.

However, a Wesco restructuring wasgoing to move his position to the UnitedStates.

Neither Ryan nor his wife and theirthree children wanted to relocate.Deux-Montagnes is Ryan’s home town.His closest relatives and good friendslive here. Plus he was head coach of theU15 Lions football team, an activity heloved. Since he had made Wesco awarethat he was unwilling to move to theUnited States, it offered him a buyoutpackage, which he took. Decision made.

What to do next? Financial coaching,as it turns out.

In an interview with the CommunityConnections February 8 at his new officeat 1808 Chemin d’Oka, Deux-Montagnes, Ryan explained what ledto his creating Liberty Financial

Ryan Kennedy, Financial Coach By Gordon Wetmore

Coaching: work experience, a desire todo something valuable, the joy oftraining young athletes, and a book hismother gave him when he was 12.

His position with Wesco required hisusing sound financial practices. Heenjoyed meeting its challenges, butcreating more wealth for a largecompany was not truly satisfying.

He recalled when his mother, well-known real estate agent GeraldineKennedy, gave him the book The WealthyBarber and how it hooked him foreveron the artful science of managingpersonal finances.

He said the level of debt carried byordinary people concerns him. Lowinterest rates have encouraged a “don’tsave but borrow” mentality and whathe called “the illusion of prosperity.”

People earning in the $50 000 to $60000 range annually, maybe more withtwo incomes, could be in for tough timesif borrowing rates go up a fewpercentage points. “They might haveRRSPs, a cottage, but they are notgetting ahead.”

Through Liberty Financial Coaching,Ryan will coach clients on how tomanage cash flow, handle debt andinvest. Banks and other financial

institutions may advise, but theirpurpose is to sell their investmentpackages, he said. He will not sellshares, bonds, GICs or anything else.His goal is to have clients learnprinciples and practices to control theirmoney to their own profit. “If you cancombine the ability to help people andmake a career out of it, that’s the best ofboth worlds.”

To that end he offers three modules,each having a fixed fee and lasting fourmonths. “It’s not a crazy financial diet.You keep the same standard of living,”he said. There are no hidden fees, headded.

After a year of applying histeachings, clients should be able torecoup at least the amount paid for theinstruction. If they do not, he willrefund their money, he said. “It’s prettyeasy to save money, but people have toknow where to look.”

The first step is a free one-hour meetingto explore a client’s situation. LibertyFinancial Coaching can be reached byphone at (514)-318-5305 and by email [email protected] www.libertyfinancialcoaching.ca.Services are available in both officiallanguages.

By Ryan KennedyWelcome to this first installment ofthe Coach’s Column. Some of youalready know me as Coach Ryan, asI’m head coach of the Lions footballteam. What you may not know is thatI’ve spent the last 15 plus yearscoaching large corporations on howto save money and become moreprofitable. With this column, I wantto let ordinary families in my homearea know about ways to grow theirfinances and lower their debts. Forthose who want more detailedcoaching, I have created LibertyFinancial Coaching with the expressgoal of offering the very best moneymanagement techniques.The financial knowledge gap -The school system does not offer whatI consider a fundamental need of everyCanadian, knowledge of basicpersonal finance. As a teenager, I hadthe privilege of reading two excellentpersonal finance books: The Wealthy

Coach’s Column – Game Plans for your FinancesBarber, and Financial Freedom WithoutSacrifice. Both of these books givefantastic overviews of some of theprimary areas that all of us shouldknow, such as how to budget, save,handle debt, and create an emergencyfund; the various insurance offerings,mortgages, taxes, mutual funds andRRSPs. I did attend an elective coursein CEGEP that covered these subjects,but I believe that this should be amandatory course in high school.Without this knowledge, how dopeople manage their way through thefinancial minefield? A lucky few mayhave family or friends to mentor themalong the way. Many others rely onbanks and other financial institutionsto take care of their money. But dothese institutions always have thebest interest of their clients at heart?The current financial landscape -While many financial institutionsoffer good products and services, it is

important to understand theirbusiness model in order tounderstand their limitations. First,there is always an immense pressurefor them to sell more products, suchas mutual funds and credit cards. Thisis where they make the most money.Second, they will (obviously) steeryou toward their own brand nameproducts. Is this a bad thing? Notnecessarily, but similar competingproducts may outperform theirs orhave lower management fees. Theimportant thing to understand is thatthe pressure to sell you certainproducts will always result in a biasin the advice you receive from theseinstitutions. (This is why LibertyFinancial Coaching is a fee-onlyconsulting service, guaranteeing thatthe client’s best interest is all that isin play.) Cont’d on p: 9

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Coach’s Column Cont’d on p: 9

The debt cycle -Canadian households are nowstruggling with record levels of debt.Many Canadians have takenadvantage of record low interestrates to increase their debt loads,using cheap credit to renovate theirhouses, buy large ticket items or evengo on vacation. But this leaves themin a very precarious situation, wherea real estate correction or an interestrate spike could put them in a verybad spot. It creates a very tightmonthly budget and leaves peoplefeeling vulnerable and stressed.There is a better way out of the debtcycle. It starts by taking control ofyour budget, and using techniques

such as the Envelope System andSupplier Substitution to free up cashflow. These techniques allow you tosave money without sacrificing yourstandard of living. The freed up cashflow is then put to work to eliminatedebt using a third technique called theDebt Snowball - All of these strategiesare tried and tested and have helpedthousands of people get out of the debtcycle.What is a Financial Coach? - You maybe thinking that it takes both a goodunderstanding of the techniques aswell as a lot of discipline to make themwork. Well, you would be right. Themajority of people do not possess thisdiscipline, and therefore hiring a

financial coach is the best path toensure success. What does a financialcoach do? Much like a personal traineror a sport’s coach, a financial coachteaches clients proper techniques,guides them through the process andsupports them with advice. Thecoach’s goal is to educate andempower clients to take full control oftheir financial future. This is done inan environment that is bothprofessional and confidential.You can find out more by following myblog at libertyfinancialplanning.ca or byreading the next edition of CommunityConnections, where I’ll be introducing thePyramid of Financial Needs.

Looking Forward to a New Football SeasonSpring is always an interesting timefor a football coach. Before the newseason begins, coaches for theyoungest (5-7 years) to the oldestlevels (16-17 years) look forward toreceiving their players list. As ForrestGump famously said: ”You neverknow what you’re gonna get.” Willour veteran players return? Will weget some promising new recruits?This is one of my favorite times, as I’moften pleasantly surprised how somereturning players have matured andsome new kids show a lot of promise. One advantage of footballcompared to some other sports is therelatively easy learning curve facingnew players. As a comparison, hockeyhas a steep learning curve because ofthe difficulties of learning to skate andstick handle. In football, blocking and

By Ryan Kennedytackling skills can be picked up veryquickly by rookies who applythemselves. This allows kids whohave never played before to becomeimpact players in their very first year.My last year’s Defensive MVP was afirst time player. I’ve had some prospective players’parents ask me if their kids were tooslow, too small or not athletic enoughto play. The answer is an emphatic no!Because of the many differentpositions on a football team, we needmany different types of athletes to fillthem. One of the great pleasures I’vehad over the years is seeing youngmen and women that had notsucceeded in other sports becomevaluable and respected members ofour team. Not only do they learn thevalue of physical activity, they also

d e v e l o pimportant lifeskills liket e a m w o r k ,accountabi l i ty,self-confidenceand leadership. One of thechallenges we facein the U15 Lions(ages 12-14) isplayers switchingover to high

school football. In our region, thePolyvalente Deux-MontagnesCenturions draw a lot of players thatpreviously played in the RegionalLeague (ARFLL). The Anglophonecommunity has been a great source ofnew talent for us, as there are noEnglish high school teams in theregion. While playing for their schoolteam can be a good choice for someathletes, I think that the Lions offer agreat alternative for others. Oursmaller team sizes typically allow formore playing time, with some playersplaying bothways offense anddefense. We also offer a bilingual andhighly experienced coaching staff. If your son or daughter has alwaysshowed interest in football or islooking for a new challenge, maybe afootball try-out should be in theirfuture. We have teams from Titan level(ages 5-7) up to Midget (ages 16-17).Practice season is from April to July,while games run from August toNovember. The cost of playing is veryreasonable ($215-$515 depending onage). This includes all requiredequipment excluding cleats andundergarments. Refunds areavailable before the end of try-outs.For more information, please call 514-318-5376 or visit us at arfll.com.


With a smile and an elbow bump (“I’m starting a cold.”),speaker Josephine Piazza met each person entering SalleAnnette Savoie in the Deux-Montagnes CommunityCentre January 27 to attend a conference on the stress ofcaregiving.

Then, commencing her presentation by greeting eachmember of the audience by name, she proceeded with witand warmth to develop her theme that each person’snature “responds with its own vibration” to events. “It’snot the traffic jam. It’s how you react to the traffic jam.”

The conference was sponsored by Proche Aidants, acommittee of local service providers for the needs ofcaregivers. Host organizer 4 Korners Family ResourceCenter, Centre integré santé et de services sociaux desLaurentides (CSSS), Groupé pour personnes aphasiquesLaurentides (GRPAL), Coop de Solidarité Bon-Ménage,Societé Alzheimer des Laurentides, Cap-Emmaus, andLAPPUi Laurentides (Pour les proches aidants d’aines)had kiosks with information about their services andspoke briefly about their organizations.

Ms. Piazza, who described herself as a Type-Apersonality, said that stress is an ancient physical andchemical reaction to threat, and it is instant. In “flashesof a second” the adrenal glands react. Thinking quickens,the heart beats faster, blood sugar elevates, muscles getready to fight or run, capillaries shut down and skin getstougher. Energy burns in the gut while perspiration coolsthe body.

Stress these days comes more from perceived threatsthan physical ones, but the body cannot tell the difference,she said. Caretakers, especially for the “sandwichgeneration” coping with aging parents and dependentchildren, can easily experience stress overload.

Will stress kill you? It can, she said, if allowed to gounchained.

Recovery and regeneration happen automatically,given rest and time. It takes approximately 48 hours forcells to regenerate after being exhausted, she said. “Stresscan get too much if we don’t know how to deal with it.”On the other hand, “if you like what you are living, you’llfind ways to make yourself happy.”

Using her own experience as an example, she recounteda period in her life when she was a corporate executive

Stress of CaregivingStory by Gordon Wetmore; Photo by Eric Painter

responsible for a $33 million department and numerousmanagers who reported to her. She found she cared forthe managers and when she could help them, herhappiness swelled and work was satisfying.

At another time, during a serious domestic problem,“I chose anger over everything.” Its dominance over herthinking showed up in limp, lustreless hair and unhealthyskin tones.

She suggested ways to think (or rethink), breathe,stand, sit, move and communicate, to counteract stresshormones with oxytocin and let the body (“It’s anincredible system!”) rid itself of toxins.

Ms. Piazza said that she has used yoga for 20 years,adding, “You’re doing yoga when you play cards.”

Belly breathing will calm the body and mind. Inhaleslowly through the nose to inflate the lungs fully; thenexhale slowly through the mouth to empty them.Exhaling usually takes longer than inhaling. Sherecommended hunching the shoulders and giving a loud“Huh!” to expel toxins hiding at the very bottom of thelungs. That will also combat calcium build up in theshoulders, increasing mobility, she said.

Walking with a hunch is not recommended, however.“This will kill you slowly.” Movement flushes out toxins.

Stretch every day, do gentle twisting in the mornings,walk three times a week for 10 minutes, and drink a halfcup of water every 30 minutes. When driving or sittingfor a long time, raise and lower each buttock.

She recommended practicing a stable stance with feetspread just wider than the shoulders. Belly breathe andlook slightly in front with a soft focus. “This is yourspace,” she said.

If you can, take the occasional weekend off or get amassage. Massages let blood get to the extremities. Sheparticularly recommended everyone to massage both feetfor 30 seconds twice a day. “Spread the toes. Feet are thenerve points of the body.”

Ms. Piazza left the group with five principles for facinga stressful situation: (1) Believe it can be overcome. (2)Make a resolution that you can prevail. (3) Solicit help:“Often there is no best choice, but there is a choice thatwill be better than not choosing.” (4) Remember peoplewho have overcome. (5) If one choice does not work, tryanother.


I have lived in Quebec now for 29years. I came from New Jersey, wheremy 85 year old mom still lives. I amthe closest relative to her, travellingto New Jersey (NJ) as often as it takesto bring her to doctors’ appointments.Any emergencies that arise, I will bethere. Since technically I live inanother country and 550 kilometersaway, there have been somechallenges.

My sister lives approximately3,000 kilometers away in Seattle,Washington. In spite of the distance,my sister is an amazing team playerfor my mom. She will make all herappointments, pay her bills and takecare of her banking online. Team workhas worked well for us, and for this Iam grateful.

My mom is your standard mom,single (divorced), worked hard herwhole life, now retired. She is blindin one eye, and so doesn’t drive. Sinceher fall a few years ago, she doesn’tventure out like she used to. We haveset up a caretaker for her that comesin five times a week for three hours aday, doing various things like laundry,shopping for food, and any othererrands she might need doing. Thishas been a great relief for us for sure. Ihave on numerous times tried to coaxher to move closer to Montreal, butshe won’t have anything to do withthat. She’s a Jersey girl in the truestsense. My mom has lived in the sameapartment since 1971 and has noplans to leave! Therefore, my sisterand I decided to make her life ascomfortable and carefree as possible.We have had some success, with some

Caregiving and 550 Kilometers By Michael Walkerresistance of course. Like all of us, sheloves her independence, which isdiminishing slowly.

One thing I learned, while I earnedmy master’s degree in counselling onthe topic that I fell in love with, lossand grief counselling. Consider thisfor a moment, we are builders fromthe moment we are born…learningand growing, and developing,dreaming, hoping, working hard atschool, graduating, dating, marrying,and having children and grand-children. Then there is a turn thattakes place. For some it is so gradualyou really don’t notice it. Around 55years old, we start to reverse all thatbuilding and accumulating, and webegin that process of losing. That’sright, we start to lose what we heldon to, our teeth, our health, our hair(well, for me that was a bit earlier).We lose loved ones, be it parents,aunts and uncles, friends andneighbors. We lose our children aswell. This is scary for anyone whenthis takes place!

As primary caretakers, we aretaking care of our aging parents, whoare struggling with losses of all kindof things, including theirindependence. We can assure them,we can comfort them and remindthem of the glorious days gone by. Mywife recently lost her mom todementia right after her mom turned90 years old. A woman who had neverbeen sick, had only been hospitalizedtwice in her life time.

Losses are natural! We fight againstthem, we don’t want to experiencethem, but they are real, and they

happen to everyone. No one is abovelosses. Just look at the Kennedy family.The losses they experienced weremore than anyone could imagine. Butthese losses don’t often happen all atonce. Thank God for that, eh!

As we grow older and becomecaregivers ourselves, especially tothose we love, the best we can do isbest we can! We arrange for helpersthrough services provided by localorganizations, church groups, socialservices, non-profit groups thatspecialize in helping, as well asthrough family members. My sisteris a big help for me, even though sheis thousands of kilometers away.

As we grow into these stages, weare not alone. Those before us havegone through this, and we can learnto accept the challenges, which makesthe process much easier to handle. Wecan’t hold on to what we don’t haveany more, but we can embrace whatis ahead of us when it comes. Family,services and friends make these timesa bit more comforting.

For all those who serve in thiscapacity, thank you!

Married 39 years, the Walkers live in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-lac. Parents andgrandparents, they lost a son in 2014.Michael Walker has pastored a church inVille St. Laurent for 28 years and for 10years also hosted a 15-minute radio programMondays through Fridays on a New Yorkstation. His next venture will involve fourevenings a week in Ottawa working for theU.S. embassy.

Well-known television reporter Aphrodite Salas andcameraman Robert Carrier of CTV Montreal’s news teamcovered the Sunday, January 24, meeting of Équité SantéBasses Laurentides (ESBL) at the 4 Korners FamilyResource Center in Deux-Montagnes.

Their story ran on the CTV webcast and its late nightnewscast on the 24th as well as the noon newscast on the25th. It highlighted how the citizens group has identifiedthat the Lower Laurentians‘s health services are the mostunderfinanced and inadequate in all of Quebec. Here Ms.Salas and Mr. Carrier chat with two of the ESBL leaders,Duncan Hart Cameron and Elizabeth Saccà.

ESBL Makes CTV News


A new family restaurant opened its doors November 23at 1910 Oka Road at the corner of 20th Avenue in Deux-Montagnes. Proud owners Nick Retsinas and StefaniaDermitzaki renovated the site with a crisp, clean blackand white theme and matching artwork. They also closedin the front entrance to keep out the cold.

Nick grew up in Deux-Montagnes and attended St. JudeElementary and Lake of Two Mountains High School. Nostranger to the restaurant business, Nick was entrenchedin the field from the age of 12, starting at his father’sBrasserie Chambord in St. Jerome. He began at the bottomof the ladder washing dishes and at 17 he was in chargeof the restaurant. “My dad taught me everything I knowand stressed the importance of quality!” said Nick. Healso worked at Nickel’s Restaurant.

Nick lived in Greece for several years and opened hisown restaurant called The Crazy Canadian, and managedanother restaurant as well. This was when he met thelovely Stefania from the beautiful island of Crete.Eventually Nick returned home and Stefania joined himfour years ago and became manager of Persil for threeyears, a fruit and vegetable store on Oka Road in Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, where She also did a lot of cookingand baking.

“It’s good to be back in the old neighbourhood. It’s likea big family in Two Mountains. Very homey…feels likeguests coming to our home, rather than clients,” remarkedNick. Stefania added, “Everyone is so excited that therestaurant is open again … and we’re here to stay!”

The couple are equally positive and passionate abouttheir new ‘labour of love,’ Coq Au Vin. Wine and spirits areavailable and easy-going jazz plays in the backgroundproviding a relaxing ambiance. Nick and Stefaniaencourage customers to enjoy their evening and lingerfor as long as they like, not feeling they have to eat andrun.

New Family Restaurant - Coq Au VinBy Cookie Smith

Coq Au Vin is open seven days a week for breakfast,lunch and supper, with the exception of Sundays, offeringbreakfast and lunch only and closing at 3:00 pm. OnMondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4:00 pm toclosing, children eat free from the children’s menu. Nickand Stefania offer parents this opportunity to afford toeat out with their family.

Coq Au Vin’s menu has a good variety at very reasonableprices and their service is fast, efficient and friendly!Stephania always comes to greet you with a warm smile.Another feather in their cap was the inspector’s report,which described their establishment as the cleanest he/she had seen in a long time!

This restaurant offers the best value and qualitybreakfast in town! Myself, family, friends and returncustomers can attest to that. To accompany the deliciousbreakfast, I especially enjoy the side dish of cut fresh fruitwith a drizzle of Stefania’s homemade pastry cream. Nicetouch! They also offer home style comfort food that youdon’t usually find in restaurants: i.e. meatloaf, shepherd’spie, chicken pot pie, in addition to Triple-A Angus steaks,burgers, poutine, club sandwiches, pizza and theirsignature dish, Coq Au Vin. Besides the menu, there arethree specials on the board everyday for lunch, includingsoup or salad, tea or coffee and dessert. Everything ishomemade including their pizza sauce, pancakes, waffles,etc. Nick cooks with fresh olive oil shipped to him fromhis parents’ olive trees in Greece, but the couple only buylocal produce to keep their menu authentic.

The 11 employees and handymen are all from thecommunity. Nick feels their success is thanks to thesupport of the local people, as well as the quality andfreshness of their food.

Nick and Stefania like to pay back by donating to localschools and organizations. They gave 40 pounds ofspaghetti to Polyvalente Deux Montgnes for an event andfive or six vouchers for free meals and discounts to theLions’ Club.

Nick and Stefania have exciting plans for the future:more homemade desserts by Stefania, a delivery service,a ‘terrasse’ on the 20th Avenue side of the building, andhosting BBQs during the summer. They are also planningnew menu choices for this spring, such as seafood, surf ‘nturf, more meat varieties for mixed grills, and fruits andvegetables in season.

Coq Au Vin offers free WiFi, and Nick and Stefania inviteyou to visit their Facebook page at Resto Coq Au Vin. Forreservations, call 450-473-5500. On behalf of theCommunity Connections, we wish Nick and Stefaniacontinued success in their new endeavour!

Nick Retsinas and Stefania Dermitzaki ownersof Coq Au Vin


The Lions’ Den –By Nancy Ryder

We had a very successful Winter Carnival and everyonewho was there seemed to enjoy themselves during thisevent. We were lucky with the warm temperature thatday that the snow was there for the out-door activities.

On Feb 3 we presented the Deux-Montagnes Library witha donation of $2000.00 towards the purchase of large printand audio books for the community.

Seniors Day went very well and the more than one hun-dred seniors who attended had a great time.We will be holding our Harold Vaague Scholarship Bowl-ing fundraiser on April 16 at the St. Eustache ShoppingCentre’s bowling centre from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Thecost is $12.00. Ask a Lion if you want ticketsWe hope to see you at our upcoming events and thankyou all for your continued support.

Is discipline necessary? Tips from C.E.S.A.M.E.

Discipline is often frowned upon, or we do not have the righttools to go forward with it the right way. It’s hard sometimes todetermine if we are too strict or too soft. Disciplining is a long-term investment and is crucial for our children’s education.Here are some tips to help you maintain a healthy and balanceddiscipline with your child.Promote their independence: Make a routine, attribute age-appropriate chores (setting the table, cleaning up their plates,putting the dirty laundry in the basket, cleaning up their toys,folding towels…), encourage their good behaviour (“Good job!,I’m proud of you! Aren’t you proud of yourself?”). Help yourchildren accomplish a task rather than doing it for them. Changetheir “I can’t do it!” to “Can you help me?”Manage your emotions: take a deep breath to calm down andconsider a situation before acting and giving a consequencethat you might regret!Consequences: It is crucial that you give consequences that youwill be able to maintain, and it’s very important that the

By Jessica Pirozzi

consequence you choose is age-appropriate for your child. To beeffective, it’s important to maintain consistency in yourinterventions. Both parents should take the time to discuss andagree on the same rules, because if the parents don’t agree thenit can’t be clear for your children! Did you know that C.E.S.A.M.E. offers discipline workshops?Twice a year, in the fall and winter, we have two of our teammembers who work with parents to teach them and give themtools for better disciplining. The workshops last for 10-11 weeksand are given in the evening from 6: 30 to 8: 30 pm. Daycare isoffered to parents who need babysitting for their kids whilethey do the workshop. You will learn about the different typesof parenting, naming needs, self-esteem, communication andexpressing emotions. You can call anytime to put your name on the waiting list.The next workshop will begin in the fall of 2016. The cost is 50$for one adult or 75$ for a couple.


It is that time of the year again: coldand flu season! Every year, hundredsof thousands of Quebecers are affectedby one or both of them. When you arefeeling under the weather, what ac-tions should you take?

First of all, before attempting to seea doctor, remember to call 8-1-1 forInfo-Santé service. Info-Santé is thebilingual, province-wide telephonehelp line for answers to health ques-tions. If you have a non-urgent healthquestion, your first thought shouldalways be to call Info-Santé. Healthcare professionals are on duty 24hours a day, 7 days a week to answeryour calls.

If you need to see a doctor after con-sulting Info-Santé but are not able toget an appointment at your regularclinic and don’t want to spend hoursat the emergency room, Bonjour-santé (https://en.bonjour-sante.ca) isthe answer. Bonjour-santé is a bilin-gual web service that will look for adoctor within 70 km of your postalcode who is available immediately.Among the search results, you willbe shown the best 3 matches consid-ering the following criteria: the dis-tance, the availabilities and the timeof the request. Since this search serv-ice for a walk-in clinic consultation isa commercial service, a charge of $15+ taxes is payable. Once the paymentis completed, NO refunds will be is-sued. You will not have to pay foryour appointment: all physicians of-fering their appointments online par-ticipate in the RAMQ (Régie del’assurance maladie Québec – medi-

care).

Navigating the Bonjour-santéwebsite is quick and simple. Thehome page offers three main choices:

1. I need to see a doctor today ortomorrow;

2. I need to see a doctor from myregular clinic;

3. I need to see a medical specialist.If you select the first option: you willthen have to enter your postal code,your RAMQ number, your email ad-dress and whether your requestedappointment is related to a work orcar accident. A pop-up will appearsuggesting that you consult Info-santé 8-1-1 for assistance should youhave any doubts about your healthcondition. By pressing continue,search results will appear indicatingup to three choices of possible ap-pointments at various times duringthe day. Then click ‘Proceed’ and youwill be asked for credit card infor-mation. As soon as your payment iscompleted, you will receive details onthe possible appointments and youcan choose the one that is most con-venient. A confirmation email willthen be sent to you.It is as simple asthat, you will havea doctor’s appoint-ment!

Should youwant to see a doc-tor from your regu-lar clinic, you willchoose the secondoption. Again, youwill be asked to en-

ter your RAMQ number, the name ofyour town or the name of your regularclinic. If your regular clinic does notoffer an on-line search service, you willbe re-directed to a consultation in an-other walk-in clinic and will gothrough the same process as in option1.

Option 3: This is a new service andallows any patient with a family doc-tor’s referral for a consultation with aspecialist to visit the website and signup for a centralized waiting list. Assoon as Bonjour-santé finds an avail-able appointment, the registered pa-tient will receive a phone call or anemail to book an appointment. Patientswill be asked the name of the doctorreferring them to a specialist, the per-mit number of the referring doctor andwhat type of specialist is required.

A video on how to use Bonjour-santéis at: www.clinic.bonjour-sante.ca/pa-tients/.Contact: [email protected] for4 Korners Family Resource Center: 1-888-974-3940

Need to see a Doctor?By Kim Nymark

April / May 2016 COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

By Sara [email protected]

It’s April! If you would like to growyour own food this summer, it’s timeto start transplanting if you haven’talready.

When growing food in your ownbackyard, there are two options:grow from seed or buy transplants.Growing from seed will save youmoney, but it will take some time andeffort to start your own seedlings.

If you have a sunny window, youcan easily start some plants indoors.Any seed can be planted directlyoutdoors, but seeds are more likely tosurvive and sprout when you startthem indoors. Here’s why: a) theydon’t have to compete with weeds, andb) the environment (heat, humidity,wind, and rain/water) is morecontrolled. There are also some plantsthat take a while to grow, and oursummers aren’t that long. Youactually need to start some vegetablesindoors before the summer season sothat they have enough time to growto maturity.

Plants to start indoors andtransplant once it is warmer include:asparagus, broccoli, brussels sprouts,cabbage, cauliflower, celery,cucumbers, eggplant, leeks, onions,parsley, peppers, pumpkin, squash,and tomatoes.

*Onions need to be started early(from mid-February to the end ofMarch/beginning of April) in order tobe ready to transplant in the summer.Based on personal experience, it is bestto simply buy them as transplants

rather than starting them as seed onyour own. In the future, I personallyplan to grow only scallions, becausethey can be grown like garlic (plantedin the fall from a bulb) which are easyto grow and don’t take much time oreffort. Laziness is genius they say!

Plants that can be directly seededin the summer include: arugula,beans, beets, cabbage, carrots, corn,endives, fennel, kale, collards,kohlrabi, lettuce, scallions, bok choy,parsnips, radishes, rutabagas,spinach, Swiss chard and turnips(among others).

To know when to plant each of thesevegetables, there is a lovely table atwww.westcoastseeds.com. Look upthe Vegetable Planting Chart forSouthern Ontario and Montreal or e-mail me and I would be happy to sendit to you or tell you when to plantwhat if you have any specificquestions.

There are many places to buy seeds.Some of the smaller, local, organic seeddistributors are: Ferme Tourne Sol, LesJardins de l’Ecoumene and Greta’sOrganics (On). You can go directly totheir websites and order seeds onlineor you can find them for sale at localorganic stores.

In fact, on April 2, Seeds of Diversityis hosting a Seedy Saturday in Dorval(1510 Chemin Herron) where therewill be workshops, seed vendors anda seed swap.

You can also find seeds ortransplants at the Atwater or JeanTalon markets.

If you won’t be growing your ownvegetables this summer, you can

always consider getting vegetablebaskets from a community supportedagriculture (CSA) farm. On the northshore you can sign up to a CSAthrough Equiterre (they connectfarmers to the public). In joining a CSAyou can choose to receive a basket ofproduce weekly or biweekly for either1-2 people or 3-4 people. You normallypay for your baskets up front at thebeginning of the season and receivethem from June through to October.

The 4K center in Deux-Montagnesoffer different sized baskets atreasonable prices all year round.

If you don’t grow your own food orbuy a CSA basket from a local farmer,then you can still eat healthily andsupport local business by doing yourgroceries at local farmers’ markets orlocal organic grocery stores.

I know many of us still shop at IGA,Metro, and Super C and it is not myintention to boycott these stores. Ibelieve they can be part of thesolution. I would simply ask you toremain mindful when you are buyingyour food to think local, think organic.This is for your health and that of theplanet. The more we support smallscale local organic businesses, thebetter off we will all be, physically andmonetarily!

Remember, if you have anyquestions, I am more than happy toanswer them!

The Green Corner


A spectacular mural by students of Lake of TwoMountains High School has brought visions of theirinterconnecting values to life on the walls of theirBreakfast Club community room.

Visionary Art Connects CulturesStory and photos by Gordon Wetmore

Roughing things out

Final Product 2 Busy everywhere

Final product 1

About a dozen boys and girls from all grade levels andthe Power department designed the mural, staff advisorLaurie King said.

Interviewed during the focussed bustle of a paintingperiod, Mohawk cultural advisor Sandra Owen:nakonDeer Standup added that the inspiration for the imageswere generated entirely by the students. “All the ideascame from them,” said Ms. Deer Standup, a former teacherand a third-year Ph.D. student in education at McGillUniversity.

The ambitious scope of the project led to addinganother half dozen dedicated painters. Released fromsome class time, students also worked at lunch periods,after school and on a pedagogical day. Guiding thetechnical production were brother and sister professionalmuralists Melissa-Ann Ledo and Kevin Ledo, who clearlyenjoyed working with the students.

LTMHS English teacher Kimberly Sanchez-Soares wasalso a staff advisor on the project, which was funded by agrant from the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Foundation. In addition,she and Ms. Deer Standup are working on a newcurriculum for the school’s English department that willinclude more Aboriginal works to expose students to therichness of this area of Canadian literature.

Guiding the students: muralists Melissa-Annand Kevin Ledo and cultural advisor SandraOwen:nakon Deer Standup.


A Remarkable Person: Patricia Sachiko Omoto By Gordon Wetmore

With the passing of Patricia (Pat) Omotoon February 15, our area lost another ofits remarkable citizens. Born to Japaneseparents in Vancouver on October 13, 1931,she and her family spent five years in aninternment camp in rural BritishColumbia after the attack on PearlHarbour. All Japanese internees’possessions, including the family’sgrocery store, were confiscated in 1943.After the war ended, they were forced tomove to Quebec One might think that she would bebitter after those experiences, but that wasnot Pat’s way. Conversations with herchildren painted a picture of a person wholived by inclusive values that theyabsorbed. In lean times, she purchased aset of the World Book Encyclopaedia andread to them from it every day to stimulatetheir learning. Even when there was nota lot to eat, she encouraged them topractise proper table manners so theywould learn good etiquette. “There wasno swearing in our house,” said herdaughter Carole Lauzon Cloutier. AtChristmas dinners, they had both

Japanese and traditional French Canadianfood on the table. At her funeral February 19, daughterDiane Lauzon eulogized her mother’sforgiving nature “whose faith in Godwas undeniable, whose love wasboundless and energy unmatched.” Pat’sJapanese culture shone through in “herquiet respectful nature and her devotionto her family.” Pat’s open-minded views were reflectedin the ecumenical nature of her funeral,which took place in Deux-Montagnes atHoly Family Parish, a Roman CatholicChurch. The dignified ceremony waspresided over by Father StephanDiraviam, assisted by Reverend DavidHart, the Anglican priest at All SaintsChurch, and both Catholics andProtestants were invited to takecommunion. In his eulogy, Reverend Hart called Pat“one of the earliest exponents of Christian-Zen, a fusion of two world faiths.” Forher, he said, it was the heart that mattered,and “she saw into a person’s soul… In aworld of prejudice, Pat was ahead of hertime.” Pat was married twice. Her firstmarriage, to Gabrielle Lauzon, had to takeplace in a United Church in Toronto whenMontreal’s Catholic churches refusedthem permission because Pat wasBuddhist. Decades later, then a widow,she married Ken Collins, “the love of herlater life,” also in a United Church. Hepredeceased her a year and a half ago. Multi-talented and communityminded, Pat was an enthusiastic member

of the Forever Young Theatre Company(whose members provided the beautifulmusic at her funeral).She was an artist,seamstress, costume designer, floralarranger, dancer, cake baker anddecorator. She participated in fund raisingand charitable causes for more than 30years and volunteered at Meals on Wheelsfor 15 years. In her final year, ill and in pain, she cameto a meeting of a local citizens group tospeak about problems she hadencountered in getting timely health care,in hopes that her story could smooth theway for others to get attended to better.Later, when friends visited her in hospitalor palliative care, her first concern wasthat they were comfortably seated. Daughter Diane, in her eulogy,described Pat as a giving, compassionateand kind person, yet too humble to acceptrecognition for such qualities. Speakingto Pat directly on behalf of her now grownchildren, she said, “Mom, it will be withall our love and pride that we will speakof you. Thank you for the happy momentswe shared, the love you gave us and theway you cared. You’ve touched us inways that have changed us forever,making us better from knowing you. Tohave had you in our lives was the greatestblessing of all.” Patricia Sachiko Omoto is survived byher children Carole (Rolly), Diane (Michel),Richard (Lyne), and Linda (Alain);grandchildren and great-grandchildren,as well as other family members andfriends.

Driving Safty - Cont’d from p. 5passing on a two lane highway, and forrailroad crossings in remote areas (“rolldown your windows, look, listen”). Hereminded people to check blind spots, usedirectional signals, keep distractions to aminimum, and be alert far enough aheadto observe the “move over” law.

A driver should be positionedcomfortably, be able to check mirrors, seeahead easily and keep track of the car’sposition relative to vehicles around it.Before backing up, use all the mirrors and,if the car has one, the rear camera to besure the way is clear. However, a drivershould turn body and head to actuallylook through the rear window whiledriving backwards.

“Judge by where you are at a specifictime - and check,” he emphasized. “Slow

down, make sure.” He said that defensivedriving means to plan ahead. “To react istoo late.”

He warned that fatigue is a leadingcause of accidents, and fighting fatigue isvery dangerous.

Mr. Leblanc said that the CAA hasuseful brochures and a website wheresenior drivers can evaluate their drivingskills at seniordriving.caa.ca/en. Seniordrivers should also consider their drivingrecord over the past two years for numberof tickets received and minor accidents.

Drivers can renew their knowledge inthe latest Driver’s Handbook and Driving aPassenger Vehicle, both available from theSAAQ and book stores. Taking a refresherdriving course might be a good idea forsome.

What should people do if they believesomeone is no longer capable of drivingsafely? “You must take action,” he said.Report the person to their doctor, anotherhealth professional, a family member, thepolice, a close friend, or the SAAQ at 1-800-561-2858.

“The reported person may have tosubmit to an evaluation,” he said. Havingone’s keys taken away may not be the endof the world, but “that can be hard toface, though.”

One statistic he cited was surprisinglypositive. In 1973, with 2 million vehicleson the road, 2209 people died in roadaccidents; in 2014, there were 6 millionvehicles but just 336 deaths. Betterdesigned cars, more safety equipment,better roads, and driver education madethe difference, he said.


A Look at RosemereBy Marge McCord

April is finally here and with springwe look forward to better, warmerweather. Spring flowers – crocusesdaffodils, tulips, flowering trees, treesin general. Wow. On February 12, the Rosemere Volun-teer Services (R.V.S.) held a generalmeeting with the usual general busi-ness and a great Valentine lunch. Thenext general meeting will be Friday,May 20, at 11:30 am with lunch, andthat day the R.V.S. Boutique will closefor the summer. It will reopen in Sep-tember. They have some very nicemerchandise so drop in and have alook. Local artist Gertrude AntoineBarwick has donated a painting to beraffled off in the month of May. Ticketsmay be purchased at the R.V.S. Bou-tique. Don’t forget Mothers’ Day, which fallson Sunday, May 8. All the best goesout to all you moms. Way back when we moved to Rose-mere in the ‘50s, we had wells and sep-tic tanks. Our well water was so hardthat after a short period we had to renta water softener because it was cor-roding everything. The side streetswere not paved and in the spring tokeep the dust down, the town wouldput oil down – what a mess! Therewas a fair amount of swamp landwhich brought lots of mosquitoes, sothe town would come around andspray with DDT – now illegal. Our phone was a party-line to startbut fairly quickly, we got our own line.We picked up our mail at a post officeat the corner of Grande Cote and Ce-dar. That was fun because we got tomeet new people. In the ‘60s the wa-ter mains were put in and shortly af-ter the sewers. Having sewers dried

up some of the swamp land. Eventu-ally, our streets were paved and mailwas delivered to our homes. Oldfamilies such as Gilmour, Tylee,Labelle and others helped build thetown. In 1922, the golf course wasbuilt with land bought from Gilmoursand Tylees. The Tylees also gave theland to build the Rosemere MemorialUnited Church. The town purchased an old buildingfrom Camp Bouchard, the army campin Blainville, which was our firstCommunity Centre where meetingswere held, the Drama workshop puton plays, and there was a library anda school. Eventually the town gavepermission for a group to open theVictorian Order of Nurses shop, nowthe R.V.S. shop, in a small room atfront of the building. Later the town put up a new build-ing to house the library, the HorizonClub, V.O.N. shop and halls to rentfor different occasions. Later a swim-ming pool was built at the back of thatbuilding for swimming lessons, rec-reational swimming, etc. Now thisbuilding is strictly a Library and thenew Community Centre is where theRosemere Memo-rial Church is, theHorizon Club,where Meals onWheels are pre-pared. Down-stairs is the R.V.S.shop and halls forrent for differentactivities. There are verygood publicschools, Englishand French, as

well as private ones in Rosemere. Thechurches include English and FrenchCatholic, Anglican and United. At onetime food shopping locally was sparsebut today there are many choices inthe area. With many activities, it is agreat town to bring up kids. The trainservice to Montreal is ideal, especiallyif you work in the downtown core. Inthe old days, there were very fewtrains per day. We have enjoyed ouryears in Rosemere and are not sorrywe moved here. Obituaries: In January, Hap Dawson,a long-term resident, passed awayafter a short illness. She is survivedby her husband Tex, daughter Susan(Don), son Bruce, and grandchildrenJeremie and Camille. Hap and Texwere very active in our community.Our sincere condolences go to Tex andhis family. Margaret Finlayson, long- time residentof Rosemere, passed away in Toronto re-cently. She is survived by her son Ian ofToronto, and we would like to give oursympathy to him.There must be news items out there thatpeople would like to hear about. If so, callme at 450-437-5231.


St. James Anglican Church in Rosemere is hosting its 12thused book sale Saturday, May 28. Every year we collectthousands of French and English books, sort them by genre,and open our doors in May and October for two great booksales.

Rosemere’s 12th Biannual Book Sale

That day the friendly “Purple Ladies” and gents of the St.James Volunteer Group don their purple shirts to assist themany bibliophiles that come in search of good literature.We have a very good assortment of books and the prices area steal. Children’s books are only $0.25, regular paperbacksare $0.50, and hardcover and large paperbacks are $1.50.

The book sales started in 2010 when two of the PurpleLadies thought of a way to find affordable books and con-tribute to their local community. While our events aresmaller than our counterpart in Deux-Montagnes, we hold

our sales twice a year. This way people can stock up fortheir summer reading at our May sale, and in the fall do likethe squirrels and stock up for the long winter months. Be-sides books we offer CDs, DVDs, games, puzzles, gift bas-kets, raffle prizes and more. Our hot dog lunch is a great hitalso.

We invite anyone who hasn’t been to our sale before togive it a try. We also welcome our devoted customers whocome from as far as the South Shore and The Laurentians tocome back again this year.

St. James is a small congregation with a big heart, Apartfrom being a friendly church, it serves as a community cen-tre with its Drop-In Centre on Wednesdays, a venue for so-cial events throughout the year, and a gathering place forvarious functions such as AA, yoga, weddings, etc.

We accept book donations year round. The books can bedropped off on Wednesdays between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm,or call Diane at 450-621-6881 or Donna at 514-560-5441 toarrange a convenient time.

We look forward to seeing our old and new friends onMay 28.


Elizabeth Jennifer

On Friday, January 22, four members of the RHS StudentCouncil, along with Mr. Don Palmerella, acceptedLaurentian Regional High School’s invitation toparticipate in a 24-hour fast which would raise funds topurchase goats for families overseas.

24-Hour Fast for Sustainability

Sponsored students from Rosemere High School andSainte Agathe Academy joined others January 22 at hostschool Laurentians Regional High School in Lachute for24 hours of fasting to raise funds and awareness to coun-teract starvation due to poverty and promote sustainablepractices.

After a hearty breakfast, participants brought sleepingbags to school in eager preparation for the night to come.Usual classes were attended, and the temptation of lunchwas conquered through homework and conversation.Once the last bus departed at 2:30 pm, the five-somegathered in the lower foyer to await a taxi that wouldbring them to their westward destination.

The visitors were greetedwarmly by new andfamiliar faces alike. SainteAgathe Academy arrivedsoon after, bringing thetotal attendance to wellover one hundred starving people. Ensuing activitiesincluded a variety of sports and an escape-the-roomchallenge, which kept students occupied until summonswere issued for an assembly in the high school auditorium.There, LRHS representatives hosted a mini WE Day,featuring talented student singers and speakers whoprovided both entertainment and motivation. Afterward,a digital scavenger hunt had teams racing the halls forclues, and two movies, a comedy and a thriller, wereplayed back-to-back for any who wanted to avoid sleep alittle longer. Mats, inflatable mattresses, and sleeping bagswere rolled out in the gymnasiums when students at lastsettled down for the evening. An early start the following morning enticed everyonewith the promise of a warm meal. Food donations werecooked and dished out, as the 24-hour fast came to anend. After bidding farewell to new friends, Rosemereparticipants returned home with the memory of aninspirational, educational, and successful day still freshin their hearts. All funds were donated through the Free the Childrenorganization to supply a sustainable source of food andincome to impoverished families. By experiencing hungerfirst hand, RHS succeeded in raising awareness andbonding with others who were also willing to take actionand make a difference.

You are Important to Me Day Story and photos by Jennifer and Elizabeth Hua,RHS Correspondents

Agente Chantal Lefebvre of the Régie intermunicipalede police Thérèse-De-Blainville with Rosemere HighSchool students for You Are Important to Me Day.

In accordance with Suicide Prevention Week, RosemereHigh School hosted “You are Important to Me Day” onWednesday, February 3. Mysterious posters hadbeckoned students to the lower foyer since the Mondayprior, so when Agente Chantal Lefebvre arrived with anarsenal of clothespins embedded with the name of theevent and instructions to “Pass it on,” enthusiasm wasalready high and pulsing.

During lunch hour, volunteers distributed pegs thatwere in turn presented to supportive individuals whoimpacted student life. People were encouraged toinscribe the names of these and other influential figureson a chart, which was hung by the school entrance doors.RHS would like to recognize the Prévention Section ofthe Community and the Public Relations Division of theRégie intermunicipale de police Thérèse-De-Blainville fortheir financial support and initiative, both of whichproved instrumental in making the day a reality.

Story and photo by Jennifer and Elizabeth Hua,RHS Correspondents


By RHS Correspondents Elizabeth and Jennifer HuaA Shout out From the Cambodian Water Project

Rosemere High School Takes on Les Misérables

Led by Ms. Stephanie Cocking, the Rosemere High Schooldrama club has launched into final rehearsals for whatmany consider the most ambitious project of their nine-year production history.

On April 14 and 15, 30 stu-dents will don the guises ofconflicted 19th century fig-ures as they struggle throughthe epic novel by French au-thor Victor Hugo. Long be-fore Les Misérables wasadapted for cinema, Ms.Cocking was alreadyenamored by the rich andraw tale of ex-convict JeanValjean. Motivated by thepassion of her parents, shevisited theatres across Eu-rope and pursued the dra-matic arts in post-secondaryschool education. Acting as-

pirations were quickly traded for a teaching degree, andMs. Cocking directed her first musical at Lake of Two Moun-tains High School in Deux-Montagnes. Two years later,she transferred to Rosemere where her illustrious careertruly began.

Since then, from the onset of each school year, postersbeckon young actors to the stage. Auditions are open to allgrade levels, and parts are distributed according to pres-ence, relevance, voice, and talent - not experience. Sincemany of the senior students have been recurrently in-volved with the productions, an unspoken mentor-pupilrelationship ties the club together.

“I try to make sure nobody gets bored,” Ms. Cockingexplained. “The teenagers today [tend to] get a bum rap. Ifthey find the right thing, they can be committed.”

Although the rights for each performance are purchasedfrom Music Theatre International, the amount of time, la-bour, and commitment which turns script into reality has

By RHS Correspondents Elizabeth and Jennifer Hua

Les Misérables directorStephanie Cocking

been dubbed “incredibly inspiring” by the RHS students.Practices are held every Tuesday and Thursday afterschool, along with two additional rehearsals on pedagogi-cal days throughout the year. Costumes and props are acollection of reused, purchased, donated, and hand-made

The Rosemere High cast of Les Misérables atrehearsalarticles. While any and all help is welcome, “I’m a sticklerfor the period. If it doesn’t correspond, it won’t be used,”Ms. Cocking stated.

Les Misérables is an experience, like any large project,which will only serve to strengthen the resolve and confi-dence of those involved. Alumni have repeatedly returnedto help with staging and makeup, and current studentshave formed lasting relationships with fellow cast andcrew of each grade and stature. “We are like a family,” Ms.Cocking said.

Aside from the obvious affiliates, techies and six otherteachers bring the drama club to a staggering 50 mem-bers. Each is instrumental for production, whether theirrole be on stage or behind the scenes. With 10 practicesremaining and a crew that far exceeded any expectation,Ms. Cocking revealed, “It was not as hard as I thought itwould be, [but] I will let you know at the end just howambitious it was.”

Ms. Enrica Vani, Ms. Catarina Canto Carreiro, and Ms.Wendy Jocelyn Haas extend a warm thank-you for all thesupport and generosity given to the Cambodian WaterProject. Enthusiastic volunteers and a loving communityhave raised about $2000 in the past year alone, whichmeans that another eight families have access to cleanwater.

In April, the annual Read-a-Thon will commence again.Students will be encouraged to find sponsors willing todonate a sum in accordance to the amount of literatureconsumed or the number of hours spent reading duringthe month. All profits raised will be reinvested in waterwells overseas.

Benevolence has allowed the project to grow, and par-ticipation has become greater than ever before. Althoughtremendous amounts of time, effort and money have al-lowed for the cause’s continued success, help is stillneeded! Prizes for upcoming raffles and more used booksfor lunch-hour sales are greatly sought and appreciated.A better world is a healthier world. Provide opportunity;provide a future. Save the life of a child by donating to-day.

For more information, please contact Ms. Vani([email protected]), Ms. Canto Carreiro([email protected]), or Ms. Wendy JocelynHaas ([email protected]).


Sports Rap: My OpinionBy Bobby Fordham, Sports Editor

[email protected]

No Canadian city’s NHL franchise has won the StanleyCup since 1993. It was the Montreal Canadiens thatdefeated the Los Angeles Kings. Since then only Americancity franchises have won the cup with mostly Canadianborn players on their rosters. We have to come up with asolution to keep these Canadian born players in Canada.All NHL players are paid in US currency so that cannot bethe reason.

One reason might be Gary Bettman. He is American;therefore he promotes hockey more in the USA thanCanada and the American owners open their pocket booksand sign the best Canadian players. Plus in most American

Sports Rap: My Second Opinion

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Older Adult Fitness Specialist - Personal TrainerSpecialist

Tel.: 450-473-5985 / 514-213-6796courriel/email: [email protected]

The Montreal Canadiens have been a defensive mindedhockey team for the past 15-20 years. The REASON is ourhead coaches, Guy Carbonneau, Jacques Martin and nowMichel Therrien were/are all defensive coaches with nooffensive implementation at all. Playing 60 minutes ofdefense with no power plays relates to very little offence.This leaves our goalie to win the game.

Montreal needs a quality offensive minded head coachwith very good assistants. They still have to preach back-checking and positioning, implement a power play systemusing all five players, and select a captain with energythat will lead on and off the ice. My pick would beGallagher. Changes have to be made for this team torealistically win another Stanley Cup. You cannot expectthe goalie to be the only reason to win. This is still aTEAM sport. That’s my opinion, what’s [email protected]

By Bobby Fordham, Sports [email protected]

HockeyOn Jan. 23 at the Olympia arena, Deux-Montagnes in theAtom A hockey division the Deux-Montagnes Panthersplayed the Blainville Bastions. It was a fast paced gameon the part of both teams. It was an action packed gameas they skated to a 2-2 draw. It was a fun game to watchas a fan of young upcoming hockey players. The Panther’sgoalie made numerous great saves. A well earned pointfor both teams and great for parents. Bobbyb

Ringuette

On Saturday, February 27 at 11:00 am the Deux-Montagnes Coyotes played Trois Rivieres in a Novice BRinguette game. Deux-Montagnes lead 4-1 after the firstperiod; then Trois Rivieres scored twice to get within agoal. The Coyotes with tenacious pressure scored threein row to earn a great victory 7-3. Well done Deux-Montagnes

The Deux-Montagnes Benjamine A Team won theprovincial championship and are going to PEI to representQuebec in the eastern championship. Good luck to ourteam.

cities you can play golf and hockey on the same day. In thevery near future there will be expansion and the frontrunner is Las Vegas, not a hockey city, a gambling/tourist24/7 city.

Quebec City a very passionate hockey city with a newfantastic sports complex/arena is second choice. The NHLalready makes a huge profit, they just want more. It isjust pure GREED.

Another potential place would be Halifax/Dartmouth.The metro population is 450,000 with hockey passion andit would be the only major pro-sports team in theMaritimes. They need a team. Twenty-three of the 30teams are in the US. I know pro-hockey/sports is abusiness but expand to Canadian hockey cities. Be fair,they will make money, the existing owners make plenty ofmoney as well as the league. We in Canada have theclimate, passion, support, money and TV coverage to havefranchises. Montreal and Toronto are two of the threewealthiest teams in the league.

That’s my opinion, what’s [email protected]

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April/May 2016 COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Lena Panagiotopoulos and Hovsep Danelian, proprietorsThe aroma of fresh baked bread and croissants drift inthe morning air around the corner of 18th Avenue andChemin d’Oka since Après Vous Café opened their doorson December 20th. As soon as you walk in, trays of Greek and Armenianbaklavas, glistening with honey, are captivating – tradi-tional desserts from the original homes of proprietors LenaPanagiotopoulos and Hovsep Danelian. A variety ofbaklavas are offered; the Greek almond-filled as well asthe Armenian versions with pistachio and walnut fill-ings.

Après Vous Café offers a taste of theMediterranean and decadent desserts By Margaret Fung-A-Ling

Greek and Armenian Baklava

The display case at the entrance is filled with a decadentarray of desserts followed by a section with baskets ofcrusty specialty breads, croissants, a variety of “sand-wich rolls,” and vegetable pies such as onion rolls filledwith olives, cheese, ham and herbs and spanakopita (aGreek spinach pie with ricotta and feta). Greek and Armenian flavours permeate the menu andextend to daily lunch specials, such as “Le Jardin d’Athènes” with spinach, arugula, green onions, andhomemade croûtons, and “La Vraie Moussaka Grecque”.Weekly lunch specials will soon be available on the Café’sFacebook Page.

Meals may be prepared for take-out from individual tofamily-style portions. Taking out even two small choco-late biscuits was a unique experience; they were wrappedwith such refreshing care in an impeccably designed“micro-box”, complete with integrated handle, it felt likeI was taking home a delicate treasure.

On Saturday and Sunday, from 7:30 am to 1:30 pm, a pro-motional buffet breakfast is served ($8.50/person) whichincludes scrambled eggs, potatoes, bacon, homemade sau-sages, mini pizzas, crepes, Aremian and Greek salads andpastries, baked beans and coffee with refills. Unique fea-tures of the buffet are the Greek and Armenian sampledishes, such as Lahmajoun (Armenian Pizza) made withminced meat, vegetables and herbs or simply with justthyme and cheese), giving clients the opportunity to adda touch of Mediterranean flavour to their breakfast. Arecent Saturday breakfast included a sampling of Lena’sfreshly made Loukoumades (or Greek puffs); warm, lightas air, with just a hint of a cinnamon/sugar coating – justsublime!

Message from the Church Snoop


The Church MouseThe Church MouseThe Church MouseThe Church MouseThe Church Mouseby Eric Painter

Church Snoop cont’d p. 25

CHURCH OF GOD815 Rockland St.

450-491-6873Pastors John and Arlene Thévenot(450) 491-6873

All SaintsChurch

248-18th Ave. DeuxMontagnes Telephone:

450-473-9541

Christ Church United214-14 Avenue, Deux Montagneswww.christchurchunited.com

Freedom Baptist Church215 St Laurent; 106-108. St. Eustache

www.freedombaptist1611.org

Spring is in the air, and all the lovelyflowers will soon be in bloom. To thinkthat just one month ago, I had returnedfrom a day up north, where I was help-ing a friend clear snow that was any-where between 5 and 20 feet high. Itwas a beautiful sunshiny day. Whatwe need is a positive attitude everyday, and to help one another, and re-member, if you can’t say somethingnice about a person, then don’t sayanything at all. In this troubled world we can carryon Jesus’ message by our Christianworks of kindness and understand-ing. As simple as a sincere smile, ahelping hand, a look of courage, andthe ability to listen to aching hearts.Through it all, His teaching and wordswere of kindness, forgiveness, and lovefor each other. God bless.The Church Snoop, Eric.

Near corner of 25th Ave., off 640

Sunday worship at 10:00 am, 11:00am, and 6:00 pm Wednesday night prayer meetingand Bible study at 7:00 pm

Greetings in the name of Jesus, thename above every name. As of thiswriting, we are in the midst of a won-derful revival with Evangelist AnitaPearce from Saskatchewan. We havebeen mightily blessed by the presence

of God and by the singing and preach-ing ministry of our dear sister. Wepray that this is the beginning of aneven greater move of God in ourchurch. The exciting news is that ourSunday services have been moved to10:30 a.m. This should make it easierfor some to be able to attend who werepreviously unable to do so. As weapproach the Easter season, the im-portant thing to remember is that Godhas raised Jesus from the dead. (Acts13:30) This one historical event hastransformed the lives of millions ofpeople for over 2000 years. We servea living Saviour, Hallelujah! Pastorand Mrs. Thévenot

Worship Sundayat 11:45 am. Eve-ryone is wel-come. .

“Out to Lunch”for all residents of the area. Come andjoin us for a free lunch at Christ Church(address above) every Tuesday at 12:30pm. until 1:15 pm. N.B. Children must be accompanied byan adult. All donations will be greatlyappreciated. Volunteers welcome. Formore info please contact Christ Church450-473-4784 or Stella Cox450 623-5192Upcoming Services: Apr. 7/ May 5. Dominoes and Laughs1-3 pm. First Thursday of the month.Meet in church hall. Come jointhe fun.Apr. 15/ May 20. Friday Fun. Dominoeswith Judy in the church hall from 1-3pm. Third Friday of the month.Mar. 27: Easter Sunday

Sunday services with Sunday schooland nursery at 10:30 am• 1st Sunday – Morning Prayer• 2nd / 4th Sunday – Holy Communion• 3rd Sunday – Family service (Morn-

ing Prayer)• 5th Sunday- BCPTwo Mountains Community YouthGroup for all high-school aged teens,meets at All Saints Church every Fri-day from 7:30 – 9:30, except for every3rd Friday, which is SPAM (Sportsnight at Mountainview).April 2/May 7 “Food for Body andSoul” monthly breakfast9:30 am- church hallApril 28/May 26 Holy Communionservice at Les Cascades 10:30April 30 Afternoon Tea in the churchhall 2:00, $12e-mail: [email protected]: http://www.allsaintsdeuxmontagnes.caRecently renovated rental space (kitchenand hall) available for group meetingsand activities* Phone Jerry East 450-623-4929 [email protected]

PEOPLE’S CHURCH370 5th Ave, Deux Montagnes

450- 472-4105

Sunday morningworship service11:00 a.m.Two -Words.What wordswould you use to

describe Easter? Chocolate, family,lillies, Spring & warmth.For the Christian, two very importantwords come to mind, ‘Risen & For-given’. Very simply stated if Jesus Christ wasnot raised from the dead, then Hewould not have defeated death andsin, and therefore unable to forgive usof our sins. The Apostle Paul put it thisway, “if Christ has not been raised,your faith is futile; you are still in yoursins” (1 Cor. 15:17), However, thegreatest victory everaccomplished, was the resurrection ofthe Son of God, which leads to thegreatest hope for all who have placedtheir faith and trust in Christ as Lordand Saviour,( eternal life) , “But thanksbe to God. He gives us the victorythrough our Lord Jesus Christ”, (1 Cor.15:57). I trust you have this wonder-ful hope.


The Church MouseThe Church MouseThe Church MouseThe Church MouseThe Church MouseCont’d from p. 24

St. James Anglican Church328 Pine St. Rosemere, QC

Tel: [email protected]

ROSEMERE MEMORIALCHURCH

200 Grande Cote, Rosemere

HOLY FAMILY PARISH1001 Ch. d’Oka, DEUX -MONTAGNES,

Tel. 450-473-2163

E-Mail: [email protected]: www.holy-family-dm.ca

Ste. Francoise Cabrini Church,210 Rue de L’Eglise, Rosemere

HOLY CROSS PARISHROSEMERE

Parish Centre: 555 Lefrancois,450-621-2150 Fax: 450-621-9080www.holycrossrosemere.com

450-437-5560. https://www.facebook.com/.../Rose-mere-Memorial.../We continue our 2 services a month-at 11:30 a.m.Apr. 10 - Lay worship leaderApr. 24 - Communion, with Rev. HelenHliarasMay 12 - Lay worship leaderMay 26 - Rev. Helen HliarasWe hope to have some “good news”by the next issue.

Sunday service9:00 amPlease join us forour St. George’sDay Social tea.2:00

pm to 4:00 pm., Saturday, 23 April. If youhave a “Fascinator ” this is the day to wearit.Tea, Cucumber sandwiches, and pastries. A voluntary quiz on Coronation Street,England, Door prizes and a goodwill of-fering. May 28 10:00 am, Book Fair.....one stopshopping for all of your summer readingneeds at low prices. Hot Dogs served. We have space available for rent, familygatherings, office parties, or large groupmeetings. More information regarding these eventswill be found on our St. James Webpage.

Masses are cel-ebrated: Wed –Friday 9:00 a.m.Saturday’s 5:30p.m.

Sunday’s 11:00 a.m.

Confirmation for the children will beon Saturday, April 16th at 5:30 p.m.Spring is a miraculous experience. Thewhole world comes alive after thewinter in which it seemed that every-thing was dead. The world comesfilled with color and the scent of deli-cious greenery. The world that seemedso dull and cold has come alive onceagain. Little did we know that beneaththe cold hard ground the plants andtrees were preparing for rebirth.Spring gives us hope for rejuvenationin our own lives as well. Spring is atime to renew the excitement and zestfor life that lives inside.No special events are planned for Aprand May. We hope to see everyoneweekly at our services.For Companies wishing to advertisein our Parish Bulletin, please contactthe office: Monday, Wednesday, andFriday 9:30 to Noon.May God Bless You and yours.

April 8, MilitaryWhist ParishCenter, 555Lefrancois.April 20, MovieNight Par-

ish Center, 555 Lefrancois.May Date TBA Garage Sale Par-ish Center, 555 Lefrancois.May Date TBA Bake Sale After9:00 am mass at St. Francoise CabriniChurch

Please call the Holy Cross Parish officeat 450-621-2150 for more details. Thank you, God bless.

4 Korners Family Resource Center, Agapé Deux-Montagnes , Ass. desbénévoles du CHSLD Vigi Deux-Montagnes, Association culturelle deDeux-Montagnes, Carrefour Péri-naissance, Centre d’entraide Racine-Lavoie, CESAME Centre pour l’enfance en santé mentale, Club de pétanquede Deux-Montagnes, Club Lions Deux-Montagnes, Club social Héritage,Comité d’aide alimentaire des Patriotes, Comité de la parade du Père NoëlDeux-Montagnes, Comité de loisir des résidents du Manoir Grand-Moulin,Community Connections, the voice of Two Mountains, Coop. de solidaritédes arts des Basses-Laurentides, Corp. de la Maison des citoyens de Deux-Montagnes, Corps de cadet de la ligue navale D.M. # 107, DépannageSaint-Agapit, Fondation Émile-Z.-Laviolette, Grenier populaire,Guilde de courtepointe des Deux-Montagnes, La Comédie humaine, LeLudusium, Maison des jeunes de Deux-Montagnes, Meals on Wheels,S.O.S. Jeunesse, Société d’histoire régionale de Deux-Montagnes, Sociétéd’horticulture et d’écologie de Deux-Montagnes, Théâtre de la petitecomédie, Women’s Time Out

Annual grant ceremony for the City AccreditedOrganizations of Deux-Montagnes

By Ron Kesseler


Hello, everyone. It is time for anotheruplifting article. I think they keep ask-ing me to do this because they believeI say things that everyone thinks butdo not necessarily say. So now it isgoing to be an article specifically aimedat all of the readers about my age (60s).Is it just me, or does every man, womanand child now have a cell phone? Wesee people walking blindly down thesidewalk texting, or playing a game.We see people in restaurants speakingless to their dinner partner and moreto someone on Twitter. We see driversgoing down the road swaying from onelane to another. Why?. They’re textingsomeone.

Do you remember the days whenyou actually had to pick up a phoneand call someone to make plans foryour evening, or make a meeting placewhere everyone would meet? Wherehave they gone?

My four grandchildren (the young-est is two) all know how to use cellphones and tablets! They correct meat times with a “Hey, Pips, don’t youknow how to do that? Let me showyou!”

Even our cars, now they talk to us,tell us when something is broken,when to change oil. Cameras tell youif someone is behind you, with gadg-ets fit for an astronaut. What hap-pened to the cars that we could changeour own oil in, and use the “chrome”bumpers as a parking tool?

Of course there is the GPS, a gadgetthat tells us when to turn, how far wehave to go, how fast it will take us toget there. What happened to your wifeyelling, “Pull over here. Ask someonewhere we are“?

I turn on my television and it takesme 15 minutes to figure out my PVRand what it has recorded, what it hasnot. Then which of the 250 channels

THE WAY WE WERE

do I watch? What happened to CTV,CBC and the three or four other chan-nels we used to be happy with?

I go to the grocery store and I haveto pass my own groceries over a scan-ner, select the mode of payment, bagthem and out I go. What happened to,“Hello, how are you, did you find eve-rything you were looking for?”

I see videos everywhere from peo-ple that filmed something with theirphone: lightning strikes, tornadoes,animal attacks, funny dancing couplesand the list goes on and on. What hap-pened to trying to explain to someone,something you saw which was shortof a miracle, usingmore adjectives thanyou thought youknew, and somethinking, “Yeahsure, we believeyou!.“

I for one, miss thedays of human con-tact, playing sportstogether, exchangingstories over amilkshake, drivingmy car that I just re-paired myself. Well,you get the mes-sage.

I hope that we,the new “goldenagers,” are able toexplain to ourg r a n d c h i l d r e nwhat it was like be-fore technologytook over our lives,causing us to loseour “people skills,”and forcing us to

constantly update our knowledge ofthe latest life changing apps availableon some phone!

When people ask, “yes, but do theyhave our experience?“ Well, the an-swer is YES, the young generation hasmore knowledge than we “oldies”could ever share. Why, because WEcreated these monsters! Not that Ithink it’s not fantastic that someonecan get the answer to any question ina matter of seconds, but rather the lackof talent to use your brain to figureout a problem.

These are my thoughts, what areyours?


Sue ChefHi again!Here’s to celebratingMom’s! Whatever youserve for Mother’s Daydinner, your Mom is sureto be thrilled. If you arestumped on what to serveyou might want to tryout this menu. This isdefinitely a special

occasion dinner!

MenuBruschetta

Buttered AsparagusPotatoes Dauphinoise

Rack of Lamb with Mustard SauceChocolate Strawberry Delight

(Serves 4)

Bruschetta

2 Tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced 1 cup Fresh basil, chopped 4 Large slices of Italian bread 4 Garlic clove, peeled and halvedlengthwise ¼ cup Parmesan cheese, freshlygrated Salt and pepper

Combine tomatoes and basil in a largebowl. Add salt and pepper to taste.Grill the bread on one side. While thetoast is still hot, rub the garlic all overthe crusty surface. Cut each slice in half.Top with tomato mixture and sprinklewith Parmesan cheese. Serve rightaway.

Buttered Asparagus

1 lb Asparagus, woody stem snappedoff 2 tbsp Butter ¼ cup Chicken broth Salt and pepper

Place asparagus in a large pot of boilingwater. Boil until they are tender butstill firm. Remove from heat, drain, andsubmerge asparagus in ice cold waterto stop the cooking process. Just beforeserving, melt the butter in a large fryingpan. Add the chicken broth andasparagus. Cook over medium highheat until most of the broth evaporates.Season with salt and pepper. Plate anddrizzle the butter over top. Serve rightaway.

Potatoes Dauphinoise

4 Potatoes, peeled and thinlysliced 4 tbsp Butter ½ cup Gruyere cheese, grated Salt and Pepper

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.Butter a baking dish and arrange alayer of potatoes on the bottom. Dot with half of the butter and sprinklehalf of the cheese over top. Sprinklewith salt and pepper and add thesecond layer of potatoes, remainingbutter and cheese. Sprinkle withsalt and pepper. Cover the dishwith tin foil and bake for about 1hour or until the potatoes are forktender. Garnish with a littlesprinkle of paprika.

Rack of Lamb with Mustard Sauce

½ cup Olive oil 2 tbsp Rosemary, dried 2 tbsp Parsley, chopped 4 Racks of lamb Salt and pepper

Mix oil, parsley, salt and pepper.Cut each rack in half. Add lamb tooil mixture and let marinate for anhour in the fridge. Remove fromfridge and let rest for 15 minutes atroom temperature before placingon the BBQ. BBQ over med heat for about 10minutes per side. The outside willbe nicely browned and the insideshould be a pale pink. Serve withmustard sauce, which follows.

Mustard Sauce

2 tbsp Dijon mustard 1 tsp Lemonjuice 2/3 cup 35%cream Salt and pepper

Mix mustard,lemon juice, saltand pepper.Whip in creamwith an electricmixer untilmixture thickens.

Chocolate Strawberry Delight 2 cups Strawberries, washed, hulledand halved 8 oz Mascarpone cheese, roomtemperature 1/3 cup Sugar 1 tsp Vanilla 2 oz Semi-sweet chocolate, melted andcooled 2 tbsp Grand Marnier liqueur ¼ cup Pistachios, finely chopped Mint sprigsBeat together Mascarpone cheese, sugar,vanilla, cooled chocolate and GrandMarnier. Place in a serving bowl in thecenter of a platter. Sprinkle choppedpistachios on top. Arrange strawberryhalves decoratively around dippingmixture. Garnish with mint sprigs. Serveright away with dessert forks or fondueforks. As always, I hope you enjoy! Sue Sanders


How Bad Posture Affects Our Bodies

The importance of good posture canbring up many images in our minds. Mostlikely what your Mother told you to do.Her reminders to straighten up and stopslouching were good advice. These weretrue words of wisdom from amusculoskeletal point of view. When wesit up straight or stand tall in the militaryposition we align our joints the way theyare supposed to be. This reduces jointforces compression and tissue loads(Saunders 1985). The neutral spine is aword we often hear when describing thecorrect alignment of our spines. It is astable efficient alignment that requires theleast amount of muscle contraction tosupport the spinal joints and is ideal forany movements that are made away fromthe body from the extremities. Theseextremities also have an important roleto play, for example, the ankles and theknees can influence our body’s alignmentand impact force production (Starrrett2013). Over pronation or eversion of thefoot is caused by an inward roll of the footwhile walking or running and on howthe foot pushes off during our walking gait.Those who over pronate tend to push offfrom the big toe and second toe. As a result,the shock from the foot’s impact does notspread out evenly and the ankle will havetrouble stabilizing the rest of the body.

This can cause a variety of orthopedicissues such as Achilles tendonitis,runner’s knee, patella tendonitis, plantarfasciitis, shin splints and knee pain. Theopposite of this foot condition issupination and inversion, meaning thefoot leans outwardly away from the body.This puts you at an increased risk of anankle sprain or fall. One method used forcorrection of these biomechanicalproblems is with the use of orthotics. Thiscan improve or completely heal an injuryin about half the cases. Another thing tokeep in mind is how the position of onejoint, whether stationary or movingdirectly affects the joint position aboveand below it. When people over pronate,their knees tend to buckle inward (kneevalgus) which affect’s their ability toproduce force and support joint position.

Much like a car with poor shocks, it is amatter of time before something willbreak down. One of the most commonconsequences of bad posture for peopleover 35 is low back pain. It is ofteninterpreted as a sure sign of aging,

By Dale Hammondalthough it may have been developingsince childhood. Your spine is the basis ofposture. If your posture is bad, your spinecan be misaligned. Spinal misalignmentsmay cause interference in nervefunctioning. When you repeat poorposture every day, your body’s structureslowly changes and adapts to it, resultingin misalignment and pain.

A forward head leaning position withshoulders rounding forward is calledKyphosis or is sometimes calledDowager’s hump. This can be a result of adegenerative disease such as arthritis orosteoporosis where small compressionfractures at the vertebra are weak andcollapse on top of each other. This causesthe spine to roll forward into a stoopedposture, which can lead to chronic pain,improper breathing or pinched nerves.For every inch your neck goes forwardthere is an extra 10 lbs. of weight on yourneck. Most cases of Kyphosis are mild,but some can cause severe pain, breathingand digestive difficulties. Bad posturecaused by slouching can also cause pain,muscle tension in the shoulders and upperback. If continued, poor posture maybecome permanent and contribute tojoint degeneration of the spine. Leaningor hunching over can affect your lungcapacity by as much as 30 percent. Youwill have increased shallow breaths, andnot take in enough oxygenated blood.Your lungs will not be working to capacity.This can affect your heart and brain andlead to heart and vascular disorders.When you lean your head forward whileseated, this may cause you to clench yourjaw and your facial muscles. This can leadto headaches and jaw pain and affect thetemporomandibular joint by wearing itdown. Bad posture caused from sittingall day will cause your hip flexors toshorten and can cause compression on thediscs of your spine. This will result in backpain.

The slouched forward-leaning posturewhile walking can set you up for a fall, asthis puts you in a precarious positionwith gravity pulling you downwards.When walking, it is important to havegood posture as a forward lean can alsoslow the initiation of taking a quick stepforward should you need it. It is safer towalk with good posture, shoulders backdown and relaxed. Look ahead about 10to 15 feet scanning for any possible dips

or icy patches. This will also preventhaving pain in the back of the neck after along walk.

Gastrointestinal problems can bemade worse by poor posture and headforward lean. This can affect the(peristaltic function) movement to pushfood through your intestines, which maycause your gastrointestinal system tofunction ineffectively.

Many of us never think about ourposture and the direct affect it has on ourhealth. I hope this article will lead you totaking a good look at your posture andtrying to correct it on a daily basis. It isnever too late to start.

Here are some tips to help.To help manage postural problems whilesitting at a computer or desk all day, thereare several good sites online to aid in acorrect office set up. You can trywikihow.com, or mayoclinic.org.Remember what you do every day can makea big difference in your health.

When standing, keep your shouldersback and relaxed, pull in your abdomen andkeep your feet about hip distance apart.Balance evenly on both feet with yourknees slightly bent. Try not to tilt yourhead forward or backward.

To test yourself for good posture takethis wall test. Stand with your head,shoulder blades and buttocks touching awall and have your heels about 2 to 4 inches(5 to 10 centimeters) away from the wall.Reach back and slide your hand behindthe curve in your lower back, with yourpalm flat against the wall. Ideally youshould feel one hand’s thickness betweenyour back and the wall. If there is too muchspace, tighten your abs to flatten the curvein your back. If there is too little space,arch your back so that your hand fitscomfortably behind you. Walk away fromthe wall maintaining this posture. This ishow you should maintain your posturethroughout the day.Exercise classes given in Deux-Montagnes at The Heritage Social Club,503 Cedar Ave, Deux-MontagnesRosemere Holy Cross Parish Centre, 555Lefrançois Street or call Dale Hammondat 450-473-5985

April / May 2016 COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

In Saint-Eustache, on February 25 as part of the annual provin-cial tour, Josée Lavigueur and Isabelle Cyr, Opération EnfantSoleil hosts, gave $9,698 to the CISSS des Laurentides – Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes point of service. This grant will fund in partthe acquisition of an electronic thermometer, an air-oxygenblender (a device that distributes a continuous blend of air andoxygen) and a bedside monitor (a device that continuouslymonitors the vital signs of children). Since 2005, Opération En-fant Soleil has given $223,221 to this centre.To date, $975,809 has been given out in the Laurentides regionto provide children with the best possible care and optimalquality of life during hospitalization thanks to the creation ofrecovery-promoting environments.Noah Lefebvre, 5 years old, the Laurentide’s Enfant SoleilNoah has Prader-Willi syndrome, an illness characterized bythe deregulation of several hormones that will need to be sup-plemented for his whole life. From birth, it was obvious thatsomething was wrong. He did not move or cry, and he could notfeed. When he was two days old, he was transferred to the CHUSainte-Justine, where he spent the first month of his life. A sensi-tive and generous boy, Noah inspires happiness around him.He’s a little ray of sunshine that the clouds cannot obscure. The stories of the Enfants Soleil from all regions of Quebec willbe presented on June 4 and 5 during the Opération Enfant SoleilTelethon. The Telethon will be broadcast on the TVA networklive from the Youth Pavilion in Québec and will feature projectsthat have been accomplished all across the province.About Opération Enfant SoleilOpération Enfant Soleil raises funds for the development of high-quality paediatrics for all sick children in Quebec.Donations raised have made it possible to carry out hundredsof projects each year in local organizations as well as majorpaediatric centres, which are equipped with cutting-edge tech-

(left to right) Back : Guy Dumoulin, father of Alexis Dumoulin,Enfant Soleil des Laurentides 2015, Josée Lavigueur,animatrice of d’Opération Enfant Soleil, Luce Pelletier, chefde l’unité des naissances et de la pédiatrie, Hôpital de Saint-Eustache, Lysann Sévigny, mother of d’Alexis, Claire Godin,directrice adjointe au développement et programmesspécifiques à la Direction du programme, CISSS desLaurentides, Isabelle Cyr, animatrice d’Opération EnfantSoleil, Jean-Sébastien Lefebvre et Geneviève Charbonneau,parents of Noah Lefebvre, Enfant Soleil des Laurentides 2016.

nology and welcoming environments in regional hospitals,where children can be treated near their families.Thanks to the generosity of thousands of Quebecers, the sup-port of volunteers and the dedication of our partners, over$190 million has been distributed throughout the province. Tolearn more, visit www.operationenfantsoleil.ca.

Opération Enfant Soleil Gives $9,698 to theCISSS des Laurentides – Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes Point of Service

Source: Jean-Christophe NicolasOpération Enfant Soleil

PIEPER, Jerry (January 2, 1959 -March 4, 2016)

Family and friends of Jerry Piepergathered at All Saints Anglican Churchin Deux-Montagnes Saturday, March 12for a memorial service to remember hislife and mourn his passing. His greatestlove was that which he held for his wifeof 20 years, Elizabeth Smart, and twindaughters Grace and Fawn, and he willbe sadly missed by them. He is alsosurvived by his mother, Helga

Daalwyk Varwyk, his brother Rainer (Giuseppina DeVellis) and sister Sylvia (Jemane Gessesse). He waspredeceased by his father, Karl Pieper. Jerry will beremembered fondly by mother- and father-in- lawYolande and Victor Smart, their family, as well as otherrelatives and friends. Passionate about his trade as amaster plumber and contractor extraordinaire, he was

highly regarded by those in his field and, often goingabove and beyond customer expectations, he held adevoted clientele for decades. Peace, love, and happinessare yours now and forever, Jerry.

If we could write a storyIt would be the greatest ever told

of a kind and loving fatherWho had a heart of gold.

We could write a million pagesBut still be ubable to say, just how

Much we love and miss himEvery single day.

We will remember all he taught usWe are hurt but won’t be sad

Because he’ll send us down the answersAnd he’ll always be OUR DAD.


Birthdays.

Heritage Social Club Events

Memorial

LegionBranch

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Deux-MontagnesLions Club

Maison des jeunesde Deux-Montagnes

The Maison des jeunes of Deux-Montagnesis a non profit organisation that wasfounded in 1991.We are located at Central Park on 13thAvenue next to the pool.

Benoît Lauzé, April, 7Pat O’Neill, April, 17Adam Horwood, April, 18Gerry Kennedy, April, 18Dede Wright, April, 29Dave Byers, May. 6Diane O’Neill, May, 10Sue Flint, May, 13Tony Del Balso, May 14Ian Turner, May 17Bob Ilkiew, May 25Pat Klotz, May 31

Nathalie LyleJoyce RobinsonElayne Stevenson,Pat Le GresleyWally Robinson

May Events!On Sunday May 8, Come join us at thelegion for Mother’s Day Dinner. Free formother’s! Starts at 5 :00 pm.

April 16, 7:00 pmHarold Vaage Scholarship FundBowling Night at St. Eustacheshopping centre, price $12.00 shoesincluded. Door prizes. For tickets callLoraine McKenna (450) 472-0070May 7, 6:30 pm Fundraiser to benefit La Chacuniere.Cornbeef and Cabbage dinner. price$20.00, licenced bar. Door prizes.Veterians Hall 141 Grand Moulin,Deux-Montagnes.

May 28Lions garage sale 9:00 am to 3:00 pmat the Horizon Center (Lions Den) 111- 13th Ave Deux-Montagnes. To rent atable $10.00 call Owen Ryder (450)974-4167

April Upcoming EventsDarts: Monday April 4-11-18-25 Dartsstart: 7:30 pm Serving: Hot Dogs andHamburgersKaraoke: Friday April 1-15-29 Karaoke8:00 pm. Menu: Hot Dogs – Hamburgers– Grilled CheeseCrib Tournament: Sunday April 3 Cost:$6.00. Kitchen opens @ 12:00 pm.Registration @ 12:30 pmTournament starts @ 1:00 pmMonthly Luncheon: Wednesday April13, Cost: $10.00Doors open @ 11:30 am. Lunch served @12:00 pm. Serving: Lemon Chicken &veggies, Dessert, coffee and teaBingo: Wednesday April 16 Cost: $6.50Doors open @ 12:30 pm – Bingo start 1:00pm

May Upcoming EventsCrib Tournament: Sunday May 1 Cost:$6.00.Kitchen opens @ 12:00 pm.Registration @ 12:30 pm. Tournamentstarts @ 1:00 pmMonthly Luncheon: Wednesday May 11Cost: $10.00. Doors open @ 11:30 am. Lunchserved @ 12:00 pm. Serving: Ham & CheeseCrepes with Béchamel sauce Dessert, coffeeand tea.Bingo: Wednesday May 18 Cost: $6.50Doors open @ 12:30 pm - Bingo starts 1:00pm.Karaoke: Friday May 13 & 27 - ‘Pot Luck‘.Doors open @ 6:30 pm. Karaoke starts @8:00 pm

HALL RENTAL All Saints ChurchSpace available for rent for Zumba,yoga, day care, etc.Newly renovated kitchen facilities andlarge hall for weddings, receptions,baptisms, etc. “Large pull down screenfor presentations and movies” Please visit our Facebook page:( w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / g r o u p s /allsaintsdeuxmontagnes/) for more info and pictures.Email: [email protected]: 450-473-9541

Our mission consists of offering an envi-ronment fitting to a teen’s image and pro-viding activities, listening services, sup-port and intervention enabling the youthto better evolve in our society’s presentcontext. We are open five 5 days per week and ourschedule varies according to the season.At la Maison des jeunes you will find apool table, an Internet room, a living roomwith a TV, DVD, Xbox One and a PlayStation. We also have a baby Fooze tableand we can use the soccer field when thereare no games.We offer year long activities such as anouting to La Ronde, a summer camp, awinter camp during spring break, horseriding, and much more.Services are offered in both languages,English and French.To become a member of la Maison desjeunes, a teen has to be between 11 years9 months and 18 years old.Drugs and alcohol are strictly forbiddenat la Maison des jeunes and during alloutings. Being under the influence or inpossession of any drugs or alcohol wouldresult in immediate expulsion.Our staff is there to listen, help and makesure that all teens are safe. Contact us at(450) 491-3958.A membership costs $2.00 per year, and itgives the teens some rebates on our ac-tivities. We only ask teens to participatein our fund raising activities and to re-spect our few rules and regulations. Self-respect, as well as the respect for others,personnel, volunteers, materials used andthe environment are our biggest rules.

By Glenda Esguerra, Paravie,Personal Fitness Specialist


Macronutrients: Proteins, Carbohydrates (or Carbs), Fatsand Water

At Paravie Fitness, we had discussions on how to get ourkids on board with eating better and how to keep makinghealthier choices. With meal preparation, the entire fam-ily can get involved. We need to make sure that everyonecan differentiate between healthy and unhealthy foods.PROTEIN:The job of protein – is to build muscles, and organs. Itrepairs cuts, muscles, bones and more. It makes your bodystrong and well, so you can work and play.Foods that have protein: red meat, chicken, fish, beans,eggs, nuts, milk, cheese, and yogurtCARBOHYDRATES:The job of carbs – these are the body’s fuel, energy source,and food for the body.Foods that have carbs: there are GOOD carbs and BADcarbs. Good carbs are whole grains, fruits and vegeta-bles. Bad carbs are in sugar, soft drinks, cakes and cookiesthat are high in sugar, candies, and even sports drinks.FATS:The job of fats: they act as protectors of our body’s or-gans. Fats keep our body warm in cold weather. Theyalso keep the bones and joints working smoothly. Andfats are our body’s reserve tank for an energy source.Foods that have fats: fish, avocadoes, seeds and nuts andoilsWATER:The job of water: to keep nutrients moving throughoutthe body. It keeps the body hydrated, that means to haveenough water. It also helps all the body systems to workwell.

Nutrition –“Macronutrients 101” forthe KIDS and the EntireFamily

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