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16           May 2017 Issue #54                                                             www.sportsenergynews.com



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        Cornwall Lunker Club Upcoming Events



        By Todd Anderson                      in coordination with the St. Lawrence
                                              River Institute of Environmental
            he Cornwall Lunker Club has  Services.  The first clean up will be at
        Tseveral exciting events coming  Cornwall Harbour on May 13 from 9
        soon.  On May 27 the club hosts its  a.m. to 1 p.m.  Interested volunteers can
        annual Cornwall Lunker Club Walleye  call 613-936-6620 or email kcooper@
        Classic which is based at the RCAF  riverinstitute.ca
        Wing Launch and runs 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.     Also, the Lunker Club plans to spend
        Registration for the event takes place  another day with the local Cornwall
        at Fence Depot until the morning of  Bird Watchers this summer.  Each year
        the  event  when  eager  fishermen  can  local  fishermen  invite  bird  watchers
        sign up at the RCAF ramp.  The event  onto their boats and take them out
        registration is $25 per person with an  to  observe  the  birds  that  inhabit  our
        option of $20 per boat for the big fish  local river and islands.  The fun day is
        prize.  There are plenty of prizes for  followed by a pot luck lunch at one of
        mystery weight.  For more information  the Lunker Club members’ cottages on
        check out the Cornwall Lunker Club  the river.
        page on Facebook or contact Luc          “They get to observe the birds and   Cornwall Lunker Club member Joe Arthur, back, is joined by Cornwall Birding
        Richer at 613-551-0521.               we learn new potentially good fishing   Club members Paolo De Marchi and Madeline Van Der Zweep during a joint
                                                                                    excursion between the groups two summers ago.  The groups are looking to
          The Lunker Club is also excited to  spots,” says Lunker Club member Joe   plan another outing shortly where the fisherman treat the bird watchers to a
        coordinate another river clean-up day  Arthur.                              day observing birds which inhabit our rivers and islands.    Photo Joe Arthur

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          MOM of the month







                                                           Pam Hutt

                                     As an early childhood educator teaching kindergarten with the Catholic
                                     District School Board, Pam Hutt enjoys a life of impressing positive
                                     values on young children.  As a sports mom, she shares some of these
                                     same philosophies with her daughter Taryn, 15, and son Rylan, 9, as they
                                     travel from sports event to sports event.
                                     “As children  grow up  and  go on  to  high  school,  college,  university,
                                     and the work force, they need tools to survive in society, to socialize,
                                     to function with other individuals,  and to respect other people of
                                     authority,” says Hutt.  Sports and extra-curricular activities play a big
                                     role in supporting kids this way.  I’ve always told my kids to try their
                                     best and have fun.  Once they have joined something, they have made a
                                     commitment to their team.”
          Pam and her husband Rick, who live in Monkland, have been busy trucking Taryn to her Seaway Valley Blazers
          soccer games and Cornwall Typhoons hockey games, as well as Rylan to his Air Gliders Trampoline events.  They
          wouldn’t have it any other way.
          “It’s important that kids keep active,” says Hutt.  “It’s important for them to learn passion, commitment, and what
          it is like to work hard for something.  Most of all they need to learn how to have fun doing all of the above.
          Their reward is the valuable friendships and connections they make along the way and the confidence they find in


          themselves.”
          Hutt says her children have really shown support towards each other.  That means a lot to her, as evidenced by her
          response when asked what her favourite sports memory is of her children.
          “Packing up the car and leaving the house at 4 a.m. for a long winter drive to a hockey tournament and looking in
          the backseat at my son half asleep and snuggled up in his blanket all to support his sister.”
          Hutt grew up with three younger brothers who were all sports fanatics.  She says she had no choice but to play
          sports, too.  She played most sports growing up and continues to enjoy soccer and baseball mostly.
          Now she’s able to enjoy sports from the sidelines as she cheers on Taryn and Rylan.
          “I’ve always loved dance and watching my daughter express herself on the stage always gives me goose bumps.
          Then watching my son jump on the trampoline all the way up to the sky with a smile from ear-to-ear makes me
          so happy for him.  I try not to miss too much of their activities.  I’ve had help from my brothers, the grandparents,
          and other parents from the teams.  When your child is part of a sport for a long time, the other parents become like
          family to you and that helps a lot.
          As busy as life gets, I appreciate all of the memories we’ve made and are still making.  I keep telling myself,
          “they’re only this age once and we won’t always be this busy.”
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