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“Pommier Jewellers February

Sports Mom”

Jennifer Chalette

February’s Mom of the Month is Jennifer
Chalette. Jennifer is in her 40’s and is a While quantities last.
mother to 3 children. She is a former soft-
ball player, and although she no longer
participates in an organized league, she
has passed her love of the sport along to

her children. They often spend time as a
family playing catch, and Jennifer says Card
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Thank You For Your Service

...Interviewing Jim Devine

By Casey Leger 42 years of service. says. “I thought, ‘That looks like
“I served as an infantry soldier for fun!’ so once I was old enough, I
39 years, attaining the rank of Chief joined the Glens.”
Warrant Officer, the highest non- Captain Devine has lots of favourite
commissioned rank in any unit. In memories of his time in the infantry,
2015, I commissioned, and I retired
including watching his son getting
as a Captain three years later.”
sworn into the Glens by the Prime
Captain Devine served with the Minister in 2006, and organizing and
SD&G Highlanders, and the Glens, executing a Freedom of the City of
deployed on operations twice with Cornwall parade in 2010, the first
The Royal Canadian Regiment, once since 1968.
with the Royal Canadian Dragoons “I remember teaching young
and he spent a summer on Parliament soldiers in Petawawa when I was a
Hill with the Governor General’s Sergeant,” the Captain recalls. “One
Foot Guards. young fellow was a particularly
Originally from Montreal, Jim difficult student. After the course’s
Devine moved to Cornwall with his graduation, I was approached by a Photo Submitted
Photo Submitted large and intimidating man who asked
family when he was thirteen. He’d Devine much. “I still work full-time
“I enjoyed the dangerous been a member of the air cadets in if I was Sgt. Devine. He introduced as a firearms instructor for Canada’s
exhilaration of life in the infantry in Montréal, so he joined Cornwall’s 325 himself as this soldier’s father and second largest law enforcement
the field. It was hard work, under Air Cadets. “While at the Cornwall stated that he believed I’d given his agency,” he says. “I am also very
extreme conditions, but I’d do it all Armoury one day, I saw members of son a pretty hard ride. Then, he shook active with the Cornwall Handgun
again in a moment…if I were 40 years the SD&G Highlanders, the Glens, my hand and said, ‘Thank you for Club as a member of the Board of
younger,” says Captain Jim Devine. doing infantry training, unarmed straightening out my kid.’” Directors, an instructor, and action
Captain Devine retired in 2018 after combat, and bayonet fighting,” he Retirement hasn’t slowed Captain shooting competitor.”