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The Great Canadian Kilt

Whistle Stops
Whistle Stops Skate: Home Edition

The “Team” has just completed Issue # 98, and as By Victoria Klassen after photographing the event.
always, I would like to thank Lynn (Graphic Design), Carrie
“More friends would have been
(Editor), Bernadette (Website), our writers, Molly, Victoria, n our cold Canadian winters, invited, however COVID-19
Thom, Casey, Jim, Melanie, and Christine. Thanks to our Ipeople generally wear lots restrictions kept us to minimum
editorial columnists, Jim, Jorge, Dave, Peter, Justin, Perry, of layers when they go skating. participants,” MacLennan
Nikolai, Janeen, Alex, and Roxee. Cheers to The Sports Panel: Rory MacLennan and Allan explained.
Peter, Jake, and Jim. Appreciation goes out to our neighborly Wilson did just the opposite Their Home Edition of the
advice columnists Brian, Mike, and Max, as well as our when they participated in the Kilt Skate went from 11:30
Great Canadian Kilt Skate, an
distribution manager, Rene, our ad salesmen, Gord and Robert, a.m. until 2:30 p.m., complete
our distribution locations, our advertisers, and of course the annual event where participants with campfire hotdogs and adult
wear a kilt while they skate.
people who are featured in our stories. I hope you enjoy # 98. libations of Scottish origin after.
When MacLennan heard the MacLennan said it was nice
I must admit, I was not surprised when Marc Bergevin event was going virtual this year,
fired Claude Julien as Head Coach of the Montreal Canadians. he decided to sign up. He knew to be able to participate at a
convenient time and place.
I was more surprised when Kirk Muller was included in the his residential front yard pond
sweep. I think Muller had to go to give Dominic Ducharme in South Stormont would be the “Although the temperature
the opportunity to become Head Coach without there being a perfect place to participate in the hovered around -10 and the skies
strong Head Coach candidate like Muller in the background. Home Edition of the Kilt Skate. were overcast, I was surprised
Participants had from December how skating bare kneed was not
The QMJHL has been playing most of this season, 31 to February 28 to complete as frigid as one would think,”
while the OHL and WHL have not yet returned to play. Must their skate. said MacLennan. “The Scots
be tough on the players involved in the leagues not playing. MacLennan and Wilson obviously knew how warm six-
held their skate on Feb. 15. eighth yards of woolen plaid
Here’s hoping lacrosse, football, baseball, softball, and
MacLennan’s wife, Kathy and tartan would keep them with
soccer can commence again this summer, with real games.
Wilson’s wife, Bonnie looked knee high kilt hose.”
I was recently invited on Your TV’s, I Begg Your
Pardon TV Show. I always enjoy sitting with host Ron Begg
and co-host Bill Makinson. Thanks for inviting me.

I would like to see the odds makers call this one. I
recently looked at the ad Mike Vander Meer is running in this
month’s edition of Sports Energy News. The right hand side
of the ad features my mom’s house. The house on the left-
hand side of the ad was my parent’s old house that we lived
in before we moved to the house she presently owns. I’m sure
both my mom and dad are looking down and getting a good
chuckle over that.

This just in: GOOD NEWS! Cornwall Wildcats
Football, Cornwall Celtics Lacrosse, and Cornwall Baseball
have posted information on their Facebook pages about a
return-to-play as early as the end of March. Sports Energy
News will be reaching out to these organizations for updates
for the April edition.

I can’t wait for the day I see kids on all three pads and
on the field house floor at the Benson Centre, at the same time.

Shoutout to Gary Woods and his staff at Big Ben Ski
Centre. The hill looks amazing and conditions are excellent.

Other than visiting friends, family, and my favorite
restaurants (Cornwall BBQ and Harv’s Diner) on a regular
basis, COVID restrictions have not impacted my wife and I
much. I do however miss my Thursday night Colt’s games.

Winners Never Quit, and Quitters Never Win, Photo Submitted

‘Signing out until next month,’
Mike Piquette, Publisher