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Local cadet corps receives top honours

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BY SARAH MURRELL

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The members of the 613 Lincoln and Welland Regiment Royal Canadian Cadet Corps recently posted a version of the song “We are the champions” to facebook, and with good reason. On Wednesday, Oct. 24 the local cadet corps was presented with the Lord Strathcona Award, for the third year in a row. The Lord Strathcona Award is presented yearly to the top cadet

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unit in the Western Ontario area for their successes during the past training year. It is awarded based on cadet retention and attendance, participation in local and regional training activities and competitions, as well as community involvement. “I’m excited. I’m proud of these cadets,” said Commanding Officer Lynn Giovenazzo of the win, noting she’s not aware of any other corps that has won the award three years in a row. Please see THIRD/page 2

613 Cadet Corps Commanding Officer Lynn Giovenazzo and RSM Adam Waskawich accept the Strathcona Award from Major Lloyd Sainsbury. Sarah Murrell /Voice Photo

Riehl’s death inspires skate park idea BY SARAH MURRELL

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

The tragic death of Isaac Riehl a week ago has galvanized this community into creating a skate park in his honour. The 14-year-old was struck by a car on Foss Road on October 17 while skateboarding. On October 22 he was taken off life support and died. “What happened to Isaac can’t be put into words. It was not something that should have happened,” says Mariah Bunz. “We need a place for

skateboarders, longboarders and bike riders to be safe.” Bunz, a 17-year-old E.L. Crossley student who knew Isaac through student council and was friends with his older brother Jacob, said the Riehl Skate Park will be that place. Bunz said she was watching T.V. on the day Isaac died and saw a commercial for Aviva Insurance and the firm’s community fund. She said the school had participated before, for a rowing project, and it just came to her that a skate park in Reihl’s memory would make a great

community fund and would be a great way to remember Isaac. A facebook page and an idea page on Aviva’s Community Fund website have garnered a great deal of attention in the past week. Bunz says there are more than 7,000 votes for the Riehl Skate Park on Aviva’s site, which puts them in first place to go to the finals and possibly win a donation from Aviva to build the park. “It’s amazing,” says Bunz on the support the idea has gained. “It’s really inspiring how the community and school came

together to look for something positive.” Not a skateboarder herself, Bunz says it’s tragic that something like Riehl’s death had to happen before the community opened its eyes to the need for a skate park. “It’s a need,” she says, not just something kids want for fun. To support the Riehl Skate Park and help the community win Aviva’s donation, visit www. avivacommunityfund.org and search for Riehl Skate Park. Supporters can vote each day, up to 15 times. Voting ends on

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Monday. “Basically just spread the page,” said Bunz on how the community can help, noting by asking friends and family to support the idea the park will receive more votes and a better chance of winning. Even if the idea does not win Aviva’s Community Fund grant, up to $150,000, Bunz says Isaac’s friends and school mates still want to build a skate park in his memory and so other kids like him have a safe place to skate. “I want to thank everyone for their support,” says Bunz. “It’s touching.”

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