Sunday, Mar. 24th - South Dundas' Gracie Ortwein, pictured above with Stephanie Youngdale who represents Epilepsy Ottawa, were presenting an awareness workshop at St. Mary St. Cecilia school on Friday as part of Sunday, Mar. 24th's Purple Day, an International Epilepsy Awareness initiative created by Nova Scotia’s Cassidy Megan when she was 9 years old.

In June 2012, the Canadian government passed The Purple Day Act, declaring March 26, “Purple Day”, the official day for Epilepsy Awareness across Canada. 

        Participation and excitement spread quickly representing the more than 50 million people world-wide who have epilepsy (in more than fifty per-cent of the cases the cause is unknown) and today the Month of March is considered Epilepsy Awareness Month. Everyone is encouraged to wear purple today, Sunday, Mar. 24th, and to take part in helping raise awareness and/or staging bake/jewelry sale, open mic/concert, run/walk/dance/skateathon, photobooth, paint/flower/terrarium night and more to raise funds to support the science for understanding epilepsy.

        Gracie Ortwein and her family are in Ottawa today, for Epilepsy Ottawa’s Purple Day Celebration at Ottawa City Hall. They plan to participate in  hand-crafted midway games donated by Ottawa City Woodshop, a beginner-friendly ukulele workshop, a pop up painting party, snacks, and the chance to win a travel voucher from VIA Rail and a family membership to Ottawa’s three National Museums (Canada Science and Technology Museum, Agriculture and Food Museum, and Aviation and Space Museum)! And of course to lend a South Dundas hand in supporting International Epilepsy Awareness Day.

Tuesday, Mar. 26th - Irene Vero, far right, was in for securing a saxy person to share Seaway's Prom Night and what better locale to present her message than the 4th-game of the Upper Canada Minor Hockey League Midget Rep Championship series at Winchester on Monday evening. Clever signage works particularly well, especially when displayed over very appealing backgrounds, and the message was clear and aimed. The 'saxy person' being sought was apparently fellow student Jayden Rowe, who just happened to be playing hockey for the North Dundas Demons on this night, and who just happens to play saxophone in Seaway High School's 'Almost Synchronized' jazz group. In spite of losing the game, Rowe came out the big winner overall, agreeing to escort Ms. Vero, one of Seaway's exchange students, to the Prom.

Sunday, Mar. 24th - Over the past three days Morrisburg's Arena has been jammed with hockey fans the like which hasn't been seen in some 40 years or more. The Leo Boivin Midget AAA Hockey Classic, organized by a huge coordinated effort on the part of the Prescott Minor Hockey organization, drew thousands of people and was eventually won by the Ottawas Junior Senators who topped the Newmarket Redmen late Sunday afternoon. More than 200 action and presentation photos have been posted . . . View all of the high-quality action photographs from the Leo Boivin Classic here . . .  

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One-and-a-half-year-old Gavyn Hartle Poirier and his Mom Karie share laughter with the students at St. Mary St. Cecilia on Thursday, Mar. 21st, World Down Syndrome Day. The day of awareness and understanding is celebrated world wide, and in Canada is strongly promoted by the Canadian Sown Syndrome Society. See the notes and photos here . . .

The South Dundas Novice C-1 House Lions stole the league title from all the challengers on Friday evening at Kemptville, becoming the first South Dundas team to score an Upper Canada Minor Hockey League 2018-19 Championship.

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Thursday, Mar. 21st - Summer in South Dundas is near a natural wonder to behold and in recent years the Canada Goose population has become the largest group to enjoy it. In the past week hundreds of thousands of the annual visitors have landed and soon will be seeking nesting spots, and the cycle rolls on. The St. Lawrence Seaway opens in a week, the ships will be moving shortly after that official opening and the geese will be leading strings of goslings across the water . . . 

Wednesday, Mar. 20th - the grand opening of the Leo Boivin Midget AAA tournament is scheduled for tomorrow - but the Ottawa Senators alumni game filled the arena on Wednesday evening with Chris Neil and Spartacat being mobbed for photo ops and autographs - Stay posted and check out all the photos here . . .

Tuesday, Mar. 19th - The village of Iroquois is the fortunate recipient of commercial investment as two new businesses have opened their doors in the local plaza. Goodridge Leatherworks opened their doors for business at the west end of the plaza, around the corner form the pizza shop, and Almost Paradise recently opened for business immediately east of the Foodland outlet.  The openings are a positive commercial note for South Dundas.

        Dave and Wanda Goodridge are the owner/operators at the Leatherworks and specialize in 'heavy sewing', which includes leather (purse) straps, belts, boat upholstery, equestrian and working horse tack, shoes, etc. The business also offers repairs to clothing, zippers, heavy materials of near any type, canvass and more.

        "We're accepting the orders here and taking them to our place to do the actual work," says Dave Goodridge, "We have all the equipment in the building at home and that's where we complete the jobs." 

        Taught in the "old school ways"  of working with leather and being creative with his hands, Dave does the "heavy work", adding, "Both my grandfather and my father were upholsterers and I guess they passed it along to me."

        Goodridge Leatherworks is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, noon thru 6:00 p.m. and on Saturdays 9:00 a.m. thru noon.

Close to the other end of the commercial strip of outlets in the Iroquois Plaza is the recently opened Almost Paradise Esthetics & Tanning, a venture under the direction of Kelly Keeler and Danielle Mueller. These ladies are offering everything available in the line of personal comfort, including mini pedicures (no massage) all the way to the 'Spa' version; manicures, facials, massages and more.

        "We have the full line of personal comfort and fashionable care," Ms. Keelers says, "And we've combined package deals so that everything can be taken care of at a scheduled time and day that fits in comfortably with our clients schedules."

        Almost Paradise also offers tanning packages and a full waxing service,  ensuring that both feeling good and looking good satisfy their clients. Introductions are invited and an Open House is planned for Saturday, April 13th, 2019.

        Almost Paradise Esthetics and Tanning is open 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Monday to Wednesday inclusive; 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Saturdays.

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