Avalanche.Morerecently,whentheOlympic
Is your glass half-full or half-empty?
Torch came through Hawkesbury prior to
Everyone has a different outlook, eh?
the Vancouver Winter Olympics, we were
Consider why we are talking about
thrilled, and frozen, to see ordinary people,
Michele Picard and Hubert Pucacco.
folks from here, bearing that famous icon
Both are passionate people who are not
thatremainedlitdespiteastrongfrigidwind.
afraid to speak out.
We were excited; we wanted to share our
As coordinator of the C’est ta
experienceswithcompletestrangers:“Isyour
communauté/Communities That Care
face frozen, too? Wasn’t that great? Want to
program, Picard, a Hawkesbury resident, is
Life from both sides
become Facebook friends?”
familiarwiththebrightanddarksidesofthe
As Picard observes, when a person is
human condition.
constantly battered bymisfortune, a person
Hubert Pucacco, who lives in Ste-Anne-
influence the collective psyche.
families struggle with poverty, a lot of
tends to retreat into a protective cocoon.
de-Prescott,hashadituptoherewithpolitics
In 1976, when the Olympics were held in
people have addictions, and economic
“There is so much bad news, people are
and politicians. Both irascible and likeable,
Montréal, the Olympic torch was carried
uncertainty always hangs over the place
scared. There are so many families living in
Pucacco let loose at a recent all-candidates
through this area. Spectators were thrilled
like a dark cloud. At the same time, Picard
silos,” she says. We have to be wary of
meeting, railing against fakes and takers. In
to see locals, ordinary people from here,
isfortunatetoworkbesidesomewonderful
strangers. Yet there is a fine line between
venting his frustration, Pucacco no doubt
proudly bear that international icon along
dedicated people fromall layers of society.
vigilance and fear. “People mind their own
spoke for many who are fed up with The
ourstreetsandroads.Wewereontheworld
WhenMichelePicardcontactedusafew
business.Iftheyseeapersonintrouble,they
System.
stage, if only for a few fleeting moments.
weeks ago, her tone was all up-beat.
maynotdoanythingtohelpbecausetheydo
But Picard also speaks for a large group,
And we were in the news for a positive
”There are folks in our community who
not know how to approach a stranger.”
people who quietly do the right thing.
reason. When the old CIP mill in
are doing great things,” she said. She
Or perhaps they are like Hubert Pucacco
According to the official description of
Hawkesbury shut down, the entire region
mentioned three individuals who warrant
whose disdain for politicians grew out of
the program, CTC’s “prevention approach
wasstunned.OnBlackWednesday,theday
recognition.Weintendtoprofilethemsoon.
disappointment.Politiciansareallthesame,
promotesthehealthydevelopmentandwell-
themillclosurewasconfirmed,towncouncil
Picard points out the newspapers tend
they say one thing, do another, he insists.
being of our youth. Research findings
members appeared on the cable TV station
to accentuate the negative.
While at the all-candidates meeting,
support that comprehensive, community-
tocomfortthenervousmasses.Donotpanic,
She notes that there are many unsung
Pucacco came across as an angry man, he
wide interventions are one of the most
the council members advised the
heroes out there who through deeds and
actually can be funny.When he dropped by
promising approaches for preventing drug
townspeople. Of course, once the word
cheques are making a positive difference.
the newsroom recently, he regaled us with
and alcohol use, youth delinquency, teen
“panic” was uttered, people really got
But, wait a sec – when virtue becomes
somehilariousyarns.Heisapleasantperson,
pregnancies,schooldrop-outandviolence.”
worried. But life went on.
news, when Good Samaritans become the
but don’t get him started about politicians.
CTC uses “community mobilization to
Outside media still use the old CIP as an
exception, we are in trouble, folks.
Picard avoids politics if she can. In her field,
reduce risk factors and increase protective
examplewhenthetownisdescribedasbeing
However, she asserts that if the papers
she must be diplomatic. But she does not
factors in the community.”
a “hard-luck community.”
are always full of doom and gloom, the
mince words when she speaks about
In other words, the program employs a
You can hear hand-wringing whenever
mood of a town and an entire region can
volunteersandthepeoplesheworkswith.“I
form of that “it takes a village to raise a
thereistalkofanyfactoryclosing,orlay-offs
turn gloomy. Is the power of the press that
see so much potential in kids. There are so
child” concept to try to keep kids off drugs
looming. But remember when Bob Hartley
lethal?Canadarkheadlineaffectaperson’s
many people doing such wonderful things
and out of jail.
brought the Stanley Cup to town? That
headspace?Doesthissoundlikea“Sexand
here, people who get no recognition.”
Picard sees some sad cases. Hawkesbury
beautiful mug – the trophy, not Hartley –
The City” monologue?
Some kids are all right. They pick up
has its issues, but what town doesn’t?
sparkledinthebrilliantsunasitwasparaded
Itistruethatsomeeventscanreverberate
garbage,theyvisitstreetpeople,theysupport
We know that many kids are “at risk,”
throughthestreets.Everyonehadaswagger
far beyond those directly affected, and can
worthycauses.Thethingiswedonotalways
that day. People strutted around as if they
catch them doing something good.
had personally clinched the victory for the
Photo Richard Mahoney
Motorists can occasionally ruffle some feathers when travelling along rural roads. A
small flock of Canada geese got into a flap when it was disturbed by a vehicle near
Hawkesbury this week.
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