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Looking Ahead with the Glengarry Pipers

By Victoria Klassen year is to bring in local talent
and add some size and speed.
he Glengarry Pipers, a I could say we are making
TSenior A Hockey Team changes so that the Glengarry
in the Eastern Ontario Super Sports Palace is a hard place
Hockey League (EOSHL,) is for opposing teams to play in,”
looking forward to the season said Goulet.
ahead. Gerry Goulet, general The EOSHL has expanded
manager of the team, says there to sixteen teams and the level
has been a complete overhaul
of hockey rises every year.
with the team for this season.
Goulet said it is important for
Ownership elevated Goulet local hockey players who have
from assistant coach to the finished their professional
general manager position. or junior careers to have a Photo Submitted
He brings experience in place to continue to play at a encourage hockey fans of all Glengarry Pipers on Facebook
team ownership and general competitive level. ages to come check out and for the latest information on
manager duties with the “Piper fans can look forward cheer on the Pipers this season. the season schedule, season
Maxville Millionaires. Go Pipers Go!”
to a much-improved team this tickets, team merchandise, and
“My focus for the team this season,” said Goulet. “I would Piper fans can follow the player signings this summer.

“Livin’ The Dream”

pull off its Houdini act, leaving us an eternity of sunny delight. But lo how it manipulates our perception
huddling around the firepit wishing and behold, as we begin to enjoy our of time. It starts slow, like the
in vain for a few extra weeks of new surroundings, we find ourselves lazy yawn of a cat on a sunny
poolside relaxation? asking, “Wait, wasn’t it just the start windowsill. We lull ourselves into

Summer springs to life so of the trip a moment ago? Where did thinking that we have all the time in
half of our vacation go?” Summer the world to lounge by the pool, sip
suddenly. Even before the remnants fruity beverages, and bask in the
of snow have melted entirely, has a peculiar way of speeding up warm embrace of the season. But
fresh herbs and veg, asparagus, time when we least expect it, as if
it’s sharing a secret chuckle at our then, like a speeding bullet train,
and fiddleheads, and tender chives
By Janeen Wagemans appear to tantalize our tastebuds. bewilderment. summer picks up the pace, leaving
us gasping for air and wondering
We know that they are harbingers Of course, summer’s craftiness how it all went by so quickly.
of bounty to come. But then, in the extends to the endless to-do lists we
h, summer, the elusive en- So, before this summer vanishes
Achantress that sneaks into our blink of an eye, corn starts to tassel, meticulously create. The moment into history, let’s defy the Houdini
lives with a flip-flop-clad swag- and tomatoes ripen. Delicious. And we jot down all the fun activities
yet, sure signs that summer will and projects we plan to accomplish, of seasons and make the very best of
ger, only to disappear like a skilled it. Let’s make the memories, share
magician’s rabbit in a hat, leaving melt away faster than the ice cream summer seems to go, “Challenge
at the chip stand. accepted!” and proceeds to zip the laughs, savour the lemonade,
us scratching our heads and won- through the days, leaving our lists and the buttered corn, and the
dering where the time went. It’s as Summer’s talent for disappearing tomato sandwiches. If we can’t
if summer has mastered the art of becomes evident during family woefully incomplete. It’s as if slow the clock, we can at least fill
the disappearing act, leaving us all vacations. As soon as we pile into summer enjoys watching us scramble the time with all that summer, the
wondering if we blinked too long, the car, armed with maps, snacks, to catch up, all the while giggling greatest magician of all time, has to
or if time itself decided to play a and sunscreen, we embark on a like a mischievous imp. offer before it magically disappears
prank on us. How does summer journey that seems destined for Perhaps summer’s greatest trick is
in a puff of smoke.