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Local olympians earn hometown honours
in the eyes of their families, friends and neigh- bours just for becoming part of Team Canada. Brianna Jennett-McNeill and Patrice Dagenais will be wearing Canada’s colours when the y join their fellow athletes in the 2012 Paral ym pics Ga m es in London, which follow right after the Ol ym pics, also taking place in London this su m - m er. Before the y go for the gold in England, the y alread y have a m edal to hang around their necks with pride fro m the hands of Ma y or Jean-Paul St- Pierre and Russell Township council. “You’ve reached levels which no one in this roo m has ever seen,” Ma y or St-Pierre told Jen- nett-McNeill, during a special presentation cer- e m on y before the start of the June 18 regular council session. Jennett-McNeill will co m pete in the Paral ym - pics as a m e m ber of Canada’s swi m tea m . She specializes in freest y le swi mm ing and is ranked in the top 10 in the world in her class after sev- eral y ears of national and international co m peti- tion. “The Russell Pool was her second ho m e dur- ing the su mm er holida y s,” Ma y or St-Pierre noted, reading fro m notes provided b y Jennett-Mc- Neill’s fa m il y and trainers. Dagenais is part of the Canadian wheelchair rugb y tea m co m peting in London at the Para- l ym pics this y ear. He was awa y at a m atch in B.C. and was not able to attend Monda y ’s presenta- tion event. Both athletes were honoured with Certificates of Merit and the Russell Township Medal.
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
EMBRUN | They haven ’ t left for the 2012 Olym- pics/Paralympics in England yet but two Rus- sell Township athletes are already champions
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Photo Gregg Cha m berlain
Brianna Jennett-McNeill (centre) is a winner in everyone’s eyes in Russell Township council as the m ayor and council presented her with the m unicipal m edal of honour for her achieve- m ents in swi mm ing, which have earned the young athlete a berth on the Canadian Oly m pic/ Paraly m pic tea m at the 2012 Ga m es in London, England this su mm er.
Monthly transit pass sees slight increase
The two-dollar increase on the m onthl y passes is what riders have to pa y instead of an $8 inc- rease if council had allowed the entire OCTrans- po charge to appl y . Instead the township is absorbing three-quarters of the charge to keep transit rates fro m going up too m uch. Russell Township’s public transit service is linked to the Cit y of Ottawa’s OCTranspo as part of the co mm uter connection between the township and the other m unicipalit y . OCTranspo has created a new regional transit pass s y ste m for its own bus service and all regional partners. This m eans that the old colour-coded Russell Transit passes will beco m e obsolete and invalid at the end of June. For the township the changeover m eans a budget saving of $230 a m onth or $2760 each y ear. Council has agreed to have ad m inistration look at appl y ing an y cost savings in the m uni- cipal transit s y ste m ’s operation to reducing an y increases to m onthl y pass fees.
G REGG C HAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
EMBRUN | Fares will go up just a little bit this year for some riders using Russell Township ’ s public transit connection with Ottawa. But the increase amounts to just a couple bucks. Council approved the final changes to the new transit rate s y ste m during its June 16 regular m eeting. The changes are based on a report to council during a special session on June 5. One change m eans the township will absorb al m ost all of the cost added on to the regular m onthl y and student m onthl y passes because of OCTranspo’s m andator y pass charge. As of Jul y 1 the regular one-wa y ticket is $12, the 10-ticket booklet $80 and the regular m on- thl y pass increases to $232 while the student m onthl y pass is $176.
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