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communautaire Le lien community link The Casselman Le 26 juin à 19 h, dans le cadre du Festival de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Prescott-Russell, un bingo sera orga- nisé par les Chevaliers de Colomb de Casselman, 15 parties régulières et 5 parties spéciales. Coût de 25 $, Ferme Drouin, 1230, route 400 est, Casselman. Tél : 613-764-0314 Camp catholique de Casselman, du 22 au 25 juin inclusivement, 13 h à 16h30. Quatre ateliers : sport, musique, récit biblique et bricolage. Lynda Leroux, 613-443-1777. Festival de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste les 26, 27 et 28 juin Le 26 juin : whist militaire à 13 h. Réservations auprès à Gisèle Séguin, 613-764-5559. Bingo à 19 h. Pour informations : Casey Devocht, 613- 764-2092. Le 27 juin : Jamboree Country. Pour informations : Lise et Gilles Fortier, 884-4606. Le 28 juin : Messe à 10 h 30 suivie d’un pique-nique familial et brunch. Gala folklorique, célébration du dra- peau canadien et musique folklo- rique sont à l’horaire Embrun Journée à St-Sauveur le 13 août. D épart 13 h, temps libre pour maga- sinage ou autre, souper au Bâton Rouge (choix de 5 plats), pièce de théâtre (Sacrée Famille). Retour vers minuit 30. lorraine.dicaire@gmail. com, 613-443-5637 ou jeannebris- son29@gmail.com, 613-443-3144. Sortie du jeudi 24 septembre prochain à St- Eustache : cueillette de pommes et méchoui, Famille Constantin. Réservation : Lorraine Dicaire, 613-443-5637, lorraine.di- caire@gmail.com,ou,Jeanne Brisson, 613-443-3144, jeannebrisson29@ gmail.com. Russell Please help the Russell Lions Club collect craft supplies to donate to Camp Banting in 2015 (camp for children with Type 1 Diabetes) so that the money normally used to buy these supplies can be used elsewhere. All donations are wel- come. For information or to donate, Janice, 613-370-0555, or Peter, 613- 821-3096. Limoges Comité des citoyens de Limoges : souper fèves au lard (macaroni et pâté chinois), le 26 juin, 17 h. Centre communautaire de Limoges, 205, Chemin Limoges / Limoges Citizens Committee: baked bean dinner (macaroni and shepherd’s pie), June 26, 5:00 p.m. Limoges Community Centre, 205 Limoges Road.
Hot times at the Firefighters Combat Challenge GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Saturday saw perfect weekend weather for getting out and enjoying the sunshine. Though maybe the couple dozen firefigh- ters gathered outside the Embrun Arena might have wished for some cloud cover and cool breezes as they suited up in full “bunker” gear and prepared to race through the Combat Challenge as part of this year’s SummerFest. The Combat Challenge is a series of speed, strength, and skill exercises that are used at many fire stations as both a training program and, when a station stages a recruitment drive, amethod of showing would-be firefighters just how rigourous the job can be. The Combat Challenge began in 1975 as part of a physical skills and performance research project at the University of Maryland’s Sports Medicine Centre. It became an official sport, the firefigh- ters’ equivalent of a pentathlon, in 1991 and has spread all over the world with national and international competitions every year. The five events in the Combat Challenge include carrying a 40-pound coil of hose up several flights of stairs on a scaffold, then hois- ting up by hand another coil of hose attached to a rope to the top of the scaffold. Firefighters can run up the stairs two at a time if they want,
Simon Charbonneau from Embrun station hammers away at the «kaiser», showing the strength needed to break down doors during a building fire rescue situation.
carrying the first coil of hose. But coming down the stairs, they have to take the steps one at a time or suffer a five-second penalty on their time for each stair they miss. The time penalty emphasizes the safety aspect of being a firefighter, who has to rush into danger but also has to be careful inside of a burning building. After coming down the scaffold, the fi- refighter in the Combat Challenge grabs a sledgehammer and whacks away at the «kai-
ser», an iron block fitted on a friction slide. The idea is to knock the block from one end of the slide to the other as fast as possible. It takes more than one hit with the hammer to move the block all the way back, demonstra- ting how strong a firefighter must be to break down doors or clear away obstacles trapping people inside a burning building. Next comes a short obstacle course run around hydrant-shaped pylons and then grab- bing a live full-pressure hose and dragging it straight back to a bullseye target near the scaffold.The intent here is to aim straight the water jetting out of the pressure hose. Some spectators sitting close by may enjoy a little refreshing backspray during this event. Last is the «dummy drag», which involves hoisting a 180-pound deadweight dummy under the arms and dragging him or her the length of the competition ground to the finish line, which is right beside a large inflatable mattress for firefighters to collapse onto at the end. Because anyone taking part in the Com- bat Challenge does so wearing full «bunker» gear, from boots to helmet and a face mask and oxygen tank. Firefighter Stéphane Séguin is the ramrod behind this year’s Embrun Firefighters Com- bat Challenge. He grins at the thought of wat- ching his fellow firefighters sweat it out under the sun, but notes that it is all in good fun because it’s to entertain residents and visitors to Embrun during SummerFest.
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