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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

Pommier Jewellers presents

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.”