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On the occasion of his 83rd birthday on Wednesday, Oct. 22, Johnny Leroux of Stittsville is found where he always is on a Wednesday night – serving as a timekeeper and scorekeeper at a Stittsville Town League hockey game at the arena which bears Johnny’s name – the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena in Stittsville.
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News - Johnny Leroux of Stittsville turned 83 years old on Wednesday, Oct. 22 and, as might be expected of a person after whom an arena is named, he spent his birthday evening at that arena. Johnny was there in the timer’s and scorekeeper’s box at the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena on that Wednesday night, doing what he always does on a Wednesday night – serving as the timer and scorekeeper for a Stittsville Town League hockey game. He also spent some time chatting with two of the arena staff in the arena office and then, after the game, he joined some of the players at the nearby Main Street Pub where he was serenaded with “Happy Birthday.� Johnny spends two evenings a week as a timekeeper/scorekeeper for Stittsville Town League hockey games. The Stittsville Town League is an adult recreational hockey league. But it is not just hockey that has been Johnny’s interest in Stittsville over the past five de-
cades. He has also spent years involved in ball programs in the community. The city of Ottawa formally recognized Mr. Leroux’s involvement in the sports life of the Stittsville community by naming the former Stittsville District Community Centre as the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena in a ceremony that took place in 2011. Widespread community support for this tribute to Mr. Leroux not only facilitated this municipal naming process but also was very much in evidence at the naming ceremony attended by mayor Jim Watson. It all began for John Leroux in a family of 13 in his birthplace of Pembroke where his father was a cook in the army and in the lumber camps. John followed in his footsteps, working in Mattawa as a cook and then going on to work in construction in North Bay. He then decided to join the army, a move that he has never regretted. He was to stay in the army for nine years including a stint in the Korean War. But sports were a big part of his life, even as a youngster. See ARENA, page 27
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Halloween costumes in Fairwinds Olivia Hine, left, and James Kondkhaw, right, wear their costumes at the Halloween party at Campobello Park in the Fairwinds community in Stittsville last Sunday afternoon. See pages 37 & 39.
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