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LOCAL AUTHOR PUBLISHES HISTORY OF MARIONVILLE
CHRISTOPHER SMITH christopher.smith@eap.on.ca
detailing a different facet of Marionville’s history and daily life. The first five chapters deal with the founding of the village, and chapters six to nine detail life within the village, complete with anecdotes about the seasonal habits, the old village, and pictures of historical buildings long gone. Chapters 10 to 12 describe the schools, associations, and festivities within the village; chapter 13 describes village sports; chapter 14 des- cribes accomplishments made by residents of the village; and chapter 15 describes the first settlers of the village. Chapter 16, the final chapter of the book, explores how the village is growing and changing in the present. Gathering together all of this information was a huge undertaking, according to Clé- ment. Not only were there an overwhelming number of potential sources to look through, each source had to be checked to make sure it was trustworthy. “We could not believe such a small village could have so much history,” he said. “We found out that many families were of Acadian descent, for instance, and different family names are in fact related. While writing the book, one of the challenges was to ensure a certain rigor in making sure the information was factual. It was necessary to contact people who you could count on.” The biggest challenge was formatting the book itself. Clément wasn’t familiar with formatting a manuscript, so it was difficult to ensure paging was done correctly. He encourages new writers to research and seek advice about proper formatting before starting to write. Despite this difficulty, he is glad he started the project, as the residents of the village were quite eager to participate in the endeavor. Clément believes that this participation, and making the book available to everyone, will reenforce the sense of
Local author Marcel Clément has writ- ten a comprehensive history of the village of Marionville and the parish. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in February 2020, many people were forced to quarantine away from family and friends for weeks at a time. With all this free time, people picked up new hobbies to pass the time: some people knitted, others painted, and one man decided to write a book. Marcel Clément was born in the Ormond section of Marionville in 1944, near the end of World War Two, to a farmer father and a mother directly descended from one of the founders of the village. When the pandemic hit, during some idle moments, he began to jot down the names of all the families he could remember being from the area. When he hit a memory block, he contacted friends in the village to help him out, and soon a tiny genealogical project had evolved into a full-scale historical biography of the village. The endeavour spanned just under three years of writing, countless hours researching sources and archives, and getting help from friends, family, and residents of Marionville. “In order to write the history and founda- tion of our village and parish, I found an old book of 1910 of the mother parish Embrun, and the jubilee book of 1954 of Marionville,” Clément said. “Friends and family members contributed either a paragraph or complete chapters based on their own experiences. My uncle, a native of Marionville, and my aunt, now living in Sutton, Québec, researched the web and called on many Marionvillers to obtain confirmation of events. We then gathered numerous photos from various sources and finally, we asked Marionvillers to look in their archives for pictures of interest.” The book spans 16 chapters, each
Marcel Clément a passé son isolement pandémique à compiler une histoire complète du village de Marionville. -photo fournie
community and belonging that started the project in the first place. Not only because the book talks about subjects that matter to them, but also because it details around 360 family names that belong to people in the village, including maiden names. The book will launch on December 11, and the village has organized a launch event to
celebrate. Doors will open at the Marionville Community Centre at 1 p.m. Sunday and run until 6 p.m. There will be hors d’oeuvres and a paid bar, and copies of the book will be available for $40. There will also be a door prize of one copy of the book autographed by Clément.
WDMH TO RECEIVE NEW INFORMATION SYSTEM
CHRISTOPHER SMITH christopher.smith@eap.on.ca
Le responsable clinique Michael Paglia et Jennifer Sanger, coordinatrice RAI au WDMH, vérifient un nouveau poste de travail portable. -Photo fournie Some hospital services will be reduced at the time of launch to allow staff to adjust to the new system while still providing optimal patient care. More details can be found on the hospital website and social media. and educational materials will all be available through the portal.
The Winchester District Memorial Hospital is about to get a huge IT upgrade. A new health information system called ‘Epic’ launched at the Winchester District Memorial Hospital (WDMH) and a few other locations in November. Staff and physicians underwent training to make full use of the new features and interface, and look forward to a new way of caring for patients. It is a powerful system that uses cutting-edge technology to securely store, organize, and access patient records. “Epic replaces the current hospital infor- mation systems made up of multiple elec- tronic and paper-based systems containing different parts of a patient’s health record,” said Cholly Boland, CEO of WDMH. “Epic gives the patient’s care team the information they need at their fingertips and is proven to reduce wait times, length of stay in the hospital, and readmission.” WDMH joins a network of nine hospitals utilizing the new Epic system, which allows patients to check their own records through the MyChart portal and app. Medical history, diagnostic test results, upcoming appoint- ments, lists of allergies and medications,
LE CONSEIL DES ARTS DE PRESCOTT-RUSSEL DÉVOILE SON NOUVEAU SITE WEB
ANTOINE MESSIER antoine.messier@eap.on.ca
numérique tâché du design et de la program- mation du site web. « Au nom de la fondation Trillium, félicitation et continuez le très beau travail dans la communauté, affirme Louis Béland, membre du comité de sélection de la fondation. Ça a un très gros impact. » Le nouveau site web a comme but d’aug- menter la visibilité des artistes et artisans de Prescott-Russell pour mieux les servir et mieux servir les personnes s’intéressant au CAPRAC. « Nous trouvions que l’ancien site web
n’était pas très accueillant, explique Zac- kary Gosselin, préposé au développement numérique. Notre but primaire était de le moderniser. » Le site web a des nouveaux ajouts tel qu’une carte interactive pour permettre aux visiteurs de découvrir les membres du CAPRAC. Il permet aussi aux membres du CAPRAC d’éditer leurs propres profils et d’ajouter des évènements au calendrier numérique.
Le Conseil des Arts de Prescott-Russell (CAPRAC) dévoile sa nouvelle plate- forme web pour offrir un espace web plus accueillant pour les membres et les visiteurs. La site web a été conçue avec l’aide de la bourse de 49 200$ de la Fondation Trillium de l’Ontario. La bourse a servi au CAPRAC pour engager un préposer au développement
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