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Cornwall’s Touch A Truck Event
By Francis Racine us to reach Cornwall families and to
really deliver an important message
Cornwall’s Touch a Truck event is — that we, as a city, are there for
coming back August 24! them,” said General Manager of
Want to get a closer look at a Fire Human Services and Long-Term Care
Truck or a City of Cornwall plow — Mellissa Morgan. “We always look
then here’s your chance! The City of forward to hosting Touch a Truck.”
Cornwall’s popular Touch a Truck As in previous years, the city’s
event — which saw thousands of biggest sprinkler will also make an
visitors attend last year and learn appearance, thanks to the Cornwall
more — will be hosted on August 24. Fire Service. “It’s always a pleasure
The free event will take place seeing all of the smiling faces that
right in front of the Cornwall Civic attend our Touch a Truck events,” said
Complex, from 5:30 p.m. until 8 Cornwall Fire Services Deputy Chief,
p.m. A sensory-friendly portion of Leighton Woods. “We thoroughly
the event will again be hosted from enjoy being able to deliver our safety
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. “Our Touch message all the while having fun.”
a Truck event is an excellent way This year’s Touch a Truck event
for Cornwall families to learn all will once more conclude with a free
about the important services that are family movie at Lamoureux Park’s
offered to them by our city,” said bandshell, complete with free bags of Photo Submitted
Communications Officer Francis popcorn (limited supply.) The movie
Racine. “I invite everyone in will start at 8:15 p.m. The title of the It Is What It Is • ESPN Layoffs
Cornwall to attend this great and free movie will be released closer to the
event!” In addition to being able to event date. By Peter Collins is hitting at a .410 clip? We know
get a closer look at many of the City A vendor will also be on site to by watching him that Cale Makar
of Cornwall’s vehicles, such as plows, sell food and drinks leading up to the is an outstanding defenceman. Do
police cruisers, street sweepers, movie. we need to know that his “Corsi” is
ambulances, and more; residents will For more information, please 56.8? It seems like Disney, which
also have the opportunity to learn contact the City’s Communications owns sports network leader ESPN,
more about various city departments. Officer, Francis Racine at fracine@ ’ve often wondered why the large has realized that enough is enough,
“An interactive event like this enables cornwall.ca. IAmerican and Canadian sports
networks decided to over-employ and and last February laid-off 7,000 staff
over-cover televised sporting events members. Now in June they ‘ve
in professional sports. To fill pre- followed up by laying off twenty
game, post game, and intermissions, on-camera positions. These layoffs
they parade out an endless supply included long time employees;
of experts, ex players, and sports Suzy Kolber, Jalen Rose, Max
personalities to explain to us what’s Kellerman, and Jeff Van Gundy.
going on with the game. The NFL These downsizings will save Disney
may be the worst of the offenders, upwards of 5.5 billion dollars, and
with as many as five talking heads potentially save our brains from more
trying to explain the game during a superfluous information. I long for
fifteen-minute halftime intermission. the simpler days of Duke and Dave
Do we need to know that when it’s announcing Expos games, Foster
minus 10 degrees at Lambeau Field Hewitt talking about the Leafs,
in December Aaron Rodgers record or maybe Don Chevrier waxing
is twelve wins and four losses? Do poetically about the CFL. Let’s just
we need to know that on Mother’s talk about the game, that should be
Photo Submitted Day Mookie Betts of the Dodgers enough!
