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Lanthier (right) and with Honorary Colonel Julie Lange in the background (in civilian attire) looking on, after the squadron received the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre Commander’s Commendation on Nov. 16. See the full story and another photo on page 2. Fifth annual CFB Trenton Pond Hockey Classic set for Jan 29-31 Organizer hoping for 180 guests at Puck Drop dinner, 32 teams participating at Batawa event By Ross Lees Captain (Capt.) Jeff Moorhouse, Canada and the Trenton Memo- CFB Trenton and a familiar face er. Jeff you should be so proud the man who came up with the rial Hospital Foundation. returned to the event this year in of what you’ve done. I certainly t started out as squadron idea originally and who con- Last year the tournament fea- the form of 8 Wing Commander am!” Col. Keiver said at the Isports day and has now grown tinues to nurse it through each tured 30 teams and 150 guests Colonel (Col.) Colin Keiver. press conference launch of the into a highly anticipated annual growth spurt. at the Puck Drop dinner. This Col. Keiver was the man Capt. annual event. iconic event. This year, he hopes to have year, Capt. Moorhouse hopes to Moorhouse first went to as Com- Col. Keiver laid the success of The fifth annual Canadian32 teams playing on the three attract 180 guests for the dinner, mander of 436 Transport Squad- the event squarely at the feet of Forces Base (CFB) Trenton Pond outdoor rinks at Batawa backed which does not have a confirmed ron with the idea of a sports day. Capt. Moorhouse. Hockey Classic just continues to up with a spare rink and, in the guest speaker at this point. “He came to me with the idea “It is entirely Jeff Moorhouse grow and improve its fundrais- process raise $50,000 for the two The event could not happen and I whole-heartedly endorsed who has been the backbone and ing goals thanks to the efforts of recipients – Wounded Warriors without the support of 8 Wing/ it and here we are five years lat- Continued on page 13 NumbersTalk! RealTrendsTop 200 Report Highlights“137 of the top 200 Brokerages in Canada are Re/Max Brokerages”.We are proud to be a part of this elite group.Whether moving across the street, across the country or across the world. RE/MAX, serving you in 85 countries around the world! 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Asked by the Kinsmen Club of Trenton to help IT’S EASY TO with their annual Toy Drive, 32 members of 8 AMS showed up and helped move 532-plus Christmas gift SELL YOUR STUFF! packages in a mere 27 minutes, a task the club ad- mits would have taken them perhaps “numerous THE CLASSIFIEDS man-hours” to complete. DELIVER! Kinsmen club of Trenton President Paul Thomp- son was effusive in his praise of the men and women CALL: 613-392-2811 from 8 AMS in a letter he sent to them after the event. or 613-966-2034 “This has been another successful Toy Drive and EMAIL: [email protected] thanks to the squadron’s generous donation, we were able to reach our goal and provide toys to 532 children that were registered with our program,” he noted. Squadron Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Ted Poper relayed the letter of thanks to his personnel and ex- tended his own thanks for their spirit and effort. Showing up before work, the men and women car- ried gift bags from the basement storage room up into the main hall, a task that would sometimes take the Kinsmen six to eight hours to accomplish, ac- Dr. Mike Steen cording to CWO Poper. Dr. Fiona Gilchrist “Well done to all those that came out to pitch in,” Dr. Adrianna Sage he stated.