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French drain touted to solve park flooding
First transgender vigil marked in Perth
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“What… is a French drain?” asked Coun. Jim Boldt. And why is it needed? For community services director Shannon Baillon, it could very well be the solution to a dryer Stewart Park. “The objective is to have a dry park,” she said during a presentation to Perth town council’s committee of the whole meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10. “I think it is really important for us to have a dry park,” especially for the upcoming 200th anniversary celebrations. According to a presentation by Baillon, the regular Desmond Devoy/METROLAND flow around Haggart Island is that the Little Tay carries 40 per cent of the water, the remainder 60 per cent on the Perth Mayor John Fenik sets a good example by making the first donabig river. The interim solution, between now and early in tion at the Salvation Army’s kettle campaign kick-off at the Perth Giant See DRAIN page P12
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The Salvation Army’s 2015 kettle campaign kicked-off at the Perth Giant Tiger store on Highway 7 on Friday, Nov. 20. The Salvation Army helps the community throughout the year, from the Christmas hamper program, which helps families in need get toys, clothing and food during the holiday
season. “This is like the tip of the iceberg,” said Major Sharon Rowsell. “We are so pleased we can serve the people… We thank God for the opportunity.” Her husband, Major Owen Rowsell, agreed. “It’s a privilege to be able to reach out to others,” said Owen. “(We) ask God’s blessing upon what we do,” in helping families who are “struggling with financial difficulties.”
One should never suffer because of who you are – or who you deeply feel you really are. As the late fall sun set over Stewart Park on Friday, Nov. 20, dozens gathered in the twilight to remember members of the transgender community, who have either been killed, or suffered, because of their identity. The event was the premiere event of the local Queer Connection group. The Day of Remembrance was held at the band shell at Market Square, behind the town hall. “It’s hard to describe this as a vigil, but, a challenge not to,” said Erin Lee, executive director of Lanark County Interval House, preferring instead to call it an evening “honouring” the community. Lee stressed that the transgender community not only faces discrimination, but also violence as well. “Nearly every two days, someone is killed in the world for expressing gender non-conformity,” said Lee. They are killed by people “who are intolerant of their gender variance.” Nov. 20 was chosen as the transgender community’s day of remembrance since it marks the 16th anniversary of Rita Hester, a transgender woman killed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1999. But Lee stressed that this should not be an entirely sad occasion, but one that prompts action. It’s “not simply to cause sadness, (but) to raise the roof, to raise awareness.” She wanted to see a world in which these types of vigils are no longer necessary. The evening’s keynote speakers were a mother-and-son duo who were not always thus – since the son was born genetically female. See TRANS VIGIL page P4
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