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Broken boat needed a tow
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
start paddling but the river was too strong.” The boat was close to an islet near the middle of the river between the Ontario and Québec shorelines. Khalil Fidaoui, who was also at Parc Du Moulin that day, called 911 on his cellphone. Another man got into his own vessel moored at the park’s docks and headed down the river after the drifting boat. He said later that he offered to give the occupants a tow back to shore but was told one of them had already called a relative and they would wait for him to arrive to tow them back. Meanwhile, two members of the Cla-
Le Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (CEPEO) a annoncé que 19 de ses écoles ont reçu la certification environne- mentale ÉcoÉcoles de l’Ontario. Les écoles de Prescott et Russell et des environs qui ont reçu la certification Or sont École élémentaire publique Carrefour Jeunesse de Rockland, École élémentaire pu- blique de La Rivière Castor à Embrun, École élémentaire Des Sentiers à Cumberland, École élémentaire et secondaire publique L’Académie de la Seigneurie à Casselman, École secondaire publique Le Sommet à Hawkesbury. ÉcoÉcoles est un programme d’éducation et de certification environnementale provin- cial qui aide les élèves du jardin d’enfants à la Four young people out for a Friday after- noon cruise June 10 on the Ottawa River had to call for a tow. Observers on the shoreline at Parc Du Moulin in Rockland say they heard a bang and watched as a small powerboat with three men and a woman started to drift downstream in the middle of the river. “They were going really fast around in the shallow area,” said Alyx Fidaoui. “Then, we heard a big boom. I saw a couple of them
Des écoles du CEPEO certifiées ÉcoÉcoles 12e année à développer une conscientisation environnementale et des habitudes de vie durables afin de devenir des écocitoyens responsables.
La certification ÉcoÉcoles propose un ensemble rigoureux de critères provinciaux permettant d’évaluer la réalisation de gestes écologiquement responsables et d’appren- tissages en environnement. L’engagement envers ce programme reflète un engagement concret à l’égard de l’environnement dans les six sections sui- vantes : le travail d’équipe et le leadership, l’économie d’énergie, la réduction des dé- chets, le verdissement des cours d’école, les ressources pédagogiques et l’intendance environnementale.
This group of boaters were in good spirits, even though they needed a tow to get back to the dock at Parc Du Moulin in Rockland. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
In the end, the watercraft towed the di- sabled boat back to the park with the rescue boat following along to render assistance if necessary. The occupants in the boat seemed in good spirits as an OPP officer waited dockside to greet themand get details of what happened to their boat for the official police incident report.
rence-Rockland Fire Department had al- ready set off downriver in the rescue boat. A little while after they left, aman arrived at the park and unloaded a personal watercraft into the river at the boat launch. He headed downstream, arriving at the stricken vessel not too long after the firemen had caught up to it in the rescue boat and were preparing to attach a tow line.
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