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Lachute native opens Games Scocha
Friday night’s concert headliner will be Scocha. Foot- stomping, sing-along, rous- ing, emotional, heart-pounding, a Scocha gig is packed with the feel-good factor and people from all over the world are begin- ning to join the Scocha party. Scocha was born when Lain Scott and David Chapman got together to share their love of music and song. Both are from Hawick, a town in Scotland with a long- standing fine tradition in song. With wide- ranging appeal, Scocha’s music crosses all borders with tight vocal harmonies, gui- tars, bass, bagpipes, whistles, bodhrans, bouzoukis, and much more. Traditional Scottish and Celtic music and song with a rock ‘n’ roll attitude. It’s impos- sible to listen to Scocha without instinc- tively stomping your feet. Big surplus HAWKESBURY | The Hawkesbury and District General Hospital remains in very strong financial condition, according to the institution’s financial statements. In fact, during the last fiscal year, the HGH increased its surplus by $171,000. When the hospital’s last fiscal exercise ended March 31, the hospital had recorded a sur- plus of $3,571,380. The monetary position of the HGH has been healthy for the last number of years. After recording a surplus of $2,136,685 during the 2008-2009 fiscal year, the hospital saw this amount climb to $2,432,276 during the financial exercise that finished March 31, 2010. In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, the hospital recorded a surplus of $3.4 million. During the 2011-2012 fiscal year, expenditures increased from $45,486,000 $ to $48,432,000 but revenues also in- creased, from $48,886,000 to $52,003,734. The province paid $23,163,079 in sub- sidies for patient care, compared to $21,719,801 in 2010-2011. Under the “other funding” rubric, the HGH received a sum of $20,427, 600, up from $18,974,132 in 2010-2011. The “other funding” section includes payments for out-of-province patients. Québec residents account for about 35 per cent of the hospi- tal’s caseload. The expenditures linked to hos- pitalized patients increased from $11,489,000 to $11,929,687 while out- patient care cost $11,500,475, com- pared to $9,675,286 in 2010-2011. Expenses for diagnostic and therapeu- tic services climbed from $8,301,000 to $8,471,609. Support services went from $5,529,000 $ to $6,096, 339. Administrative costs decreased from $5, 215,812 to $5,202,152.
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MAXVILLE | RCMP Commissioner Robert Paulson will preside over the 65 th edition of the Glengarry Highland Games in Max- ville Saturday, August 4. A Lachute native, Paulson became the 23rd Commissioner of the RCMP Novem- ber 21, 2011, capping a long and impres- sive police career. Beginning Friday, August 3, the gather- ing of the clans features the North Ameri- can Pipe Band Championships, a display of music, dance, sports, fiddling, pageantry, and tradition. Visit www.glengarryhighlandgames.com for details. Since the first Games were held in 1948, the people of Glengarry have extended close to a million welcomes to visitors who come to see what is believed to be one of the largest Highland Games in the world. In the course of the day August 4, more than 60 pipe bands are put through their paces to decide the North American Pipe Band Champions, more than 200 dancers defy gravity in the Highland Dance com- petition and giants hurl telephone pole- sized cabers and 50-pound iron hammers around the infield. Games President Jack Yourt states that it is most fitting to have Commissioner Paul- son attend the 65th Games as the event salutes the many fine police pipe bands in North America performing in this year’s Games, including the RCMP’s own pipe band.
Rant Maggie Rant will perform Saturday at the Highland Games in Maxville. Pageantry, pipes, plaid newsroom@eap.on.ca
and the lesser known Isle of Mann, Galicia (Spain) and Brittany (France), as well as from the Maritimes, a legion of new Celtic music listeners and fans are drawn to Rant Maggie Rant’s fusion of World influences, including Latin, Middle Eastern and African hand percussion and rhythms. Rant Mag- gie Rant brings together five superbly tal- ented musicians: Mark Fletcher (whistles, tenor mandola, accordion, Scottish small pipes, guitar, bodhran, background vocals), Lindsay Schindler (fiddle, background vo- cals), Glen Dias (lead vocals, recorders, per- cussion), Rob Larose (percussion - drum kit, cajon, djembe, dumbek, congas, back- ground vocals) and Barry James Payne (guitars, harmonica, background vocals).
MAXVILLE | Rant Maggie Rant, described as one of Canada’s most exciting Celtic fusion ensembles, will perform at the annual Glengarry Highland Games in Maxville August 4 at 5 p.m. Audiences always have a rousing good time at Rant Maggie Rant concerts. The band likes to mischievously colour outside the prescribed lines. During their concerts, the quintet will deliver a beautiful tradition- al ballad, chase it up with an Appalachian- style groove and end with a killer jig or reel. Traditionalists love their approach, as they respect the time-honoured styles. Draw- ing on the music from the seven Celtic na- tions of Ireland, Scotland, Cornwall, Wales,
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