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4 - The Canadien Champion, Friday, September 3, 1999 Pl .mbe to obmuw Smd obey te ptdustilan owlks. Congratulations to the Ontario Steamn & Antique Preserver's Association's 39th Annual LABOUR DAY WEEKEND Welcome to ail visitors and participants ON .LINEI Prince S*ro t Emiau1dom, Boua, 8.mes mmd W«mam, Cimfrud" #99-109-1 Thrills and chilis for cadets; one freks Europe, other glacier REMEMBER... You must stop in both directions when you see a school bus red lights fiashing. t ram HARD on page 4 tory-soaked region that brought Mary Queen of Scots and William Wallace (and okey, Sean Connery, too) to intemnational attention. Both tripe were free for the cadets, who were even given a training bonus in the deel. Academic standing, renk and training history were ail factors in the selection of the pair for the summer programs. "The course is like e reward for previous training- for the top cadets in Canada," said Kevin. He is a Chief Warrant Officer, which is the highest rank in the Milton cadets. This summer he ettained new heights with his tiret visit to the Canadien Rockies. The action begen with a hike along a glacier big enough to scere juet about anyone, except meybe army cadets. And it seered some of them, too. "We sta rted off right et the bottom. You could look up and see it, this massive white thing," said Kevin. "We were roped to eech other because there tended to be some holes in the ice." He got that information the bard way - by falling through one. "We'd just flnished climbing one of the mountains and I felt my legs go down. 1 went down to my waist," seid Kevin. "It was about 100 feet but we were aIl roped together." So instead of tumbling to an icy grave, he just hoist- ed himself out of the hole while his neighboring cadets weited petiently. Getting up the glacier mey have been tough, but going down it was enough to stop e heert. "Going up was physicelly strenuous so you weren't reelly concentrating on the height," he said. "We'd ail seen heights before but it was pretty seery." When they weren't out battling the forces of nature, the cadets were bunked down in style et a brand new Alberta training camp. Meanwhile, John was scaling his own heights in Scotland - only there, it was considered sightseeing. "There were tons of castles with tons of stairs," he observed darkly. Aside fromn a two-week stay with the British cadets in England, observing the past was the theme of the trip. The group even spent a day in France's Vimy Ridge. "There's a lot of history in the places we went to," said John. And everyone was friendly - at least once they were assured the team was Canadien, he said. "Everywhere we went, people asked us if we were Canadian or Amnerican," said John. "When we said were Canadien, the response was much different." Both teens have long had their sights set on a mili- tary future. Kevin, who aspires to be an infantry officer, said he has been waiting ail his life to join the army and the cadets were a good place to start. "It is incredible how much I've leamned, like social akilîs," he said. "It gives you confidence and leader- ship akilîs." A family steeped in the military first whetted John's appetite for the armed forces. And joining the cadets helped heat it Up. "It teaches a lot of self-discipline. That' s probably the biggest thing." he said. "I was kind of a punk before 1 joined." He alto hopes to attend the Royal Military College and becomne an infantry officer. Sex abuse help there for many The Halton Centre for Childhood Sexual Abuse in Oakville provides various services related to sexuel abuse treatment. They include crisis intervention to cope with recent disclosures by children and adoles- cents of sex abuse, group therepy for men, women, teens and children and a non-offending parent support group. For information and registration caîl Jolene at 825- 3242 or 1-800-663-9888.