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Tim Horton’s Hockey Cards

release. was the best touch of all. For years,
By Staff Writer
Like all of the card producers over there have been hints of Horton in the
or a company named after an the years, there was the base set and restaurants, but more, recognizing
Ficonic hockey player, it sure took numerous inserts, making for a 172 the original founder who started
them long enough to come up with a card master set. Also very tough to our coffee and donut tradition, are

set of hockey cards, but the wait was find were 87 signed Crosby cards showing up.
well worth it. wearing his now famous Tim Bits If you do not have a set of Tim
In October, the release of the 100 sweater. Horton’s hockey cards and want one
card set took the card market by Along with being lucky to score an as a Christmas gift, they can be found
storm in Canada. Focusing on star insert or two, depending on how many on eBay and in hobby stores. A
power, the set offers a wide variety packs you purchased, there were also master set is going to cost you close
of the game’s present stars. redemption cards for signed cards to $300, but a base set may be more
Covered in a foil wrapper depicting and pieces of sweaters which became affordable at $30 - $50.
Sidney Crosby, the three card packs very popular in the hobby around the We card collectors hope to see
were expensive, but that didn’t seem mid-to-late nineties. these again next year, with a set that

to bother collectors, young and Perhaps the first card in the set, Tim will include Connor McDavid, which
old, from buying the early season Horton (the only throw-back card) this year’s set did not

James Fawthrop Takes on the Role as Cornwall’s

New Parks and Recreation Manager

By Molly Kett from the engineering field but will
allow me to become more involved
ames Fawthrop has been hired and oversee the same community
Jon as Cornwall’s new Parks and
recreation programs which were so
Recreation manager after Christine beneficial to me while growing up

Lefebvre’s retirement. Fawthrop in this community. I think it will
worked in Toronto for a year after be very rewarding to have a hand
graduating university and says that
in the delivery of the programs that
while in Toronto he “became very are so beneficial to the children in

aware that I had taken for granted our community.”
the accessibility of the recreation
programs and opportunities in Fawthrop has some big goals
Cornwall, in relation to a major already has the new manager. He
city center like Toronto.” says, over the years, pressure to

find savings to help maintain or
“Toronto was great, but my time
reduce taxes has led to cutbacks
there made it clear to me, that when on recreation programming, such
I start a family of my own, that I as the city’s outdoor tennis lesson
wanted to raise them in Cornwall,
program that was cancelled, as
so that my kids could access the well as the removal of aging

same programs that I benefited outdoor pools. “I think that finding

so much from as a child,” says
the necessary funds to deliver
Fawthrop. “While growing up in these services to the community
Cornwall, sports always played a is a major challenge that all
major role in my life.” municipalities are facing,” says

Formerly, Fawthrop held the Fawthrop. “This fi scal pressure is
position as the city’s Design the current reality, so we are going
and Construction Engineer. He to need to be creative about fi nding
had been involved in various alternative funding sources and fi nd
Parks’ projects and had gotten to effi ciencies within the delivery of
know much about the Parks and these programs in order to maintain James with son Dean. Photo Submitted
Recreation Department. He was or hopefully enhance the services able to take advantage of these new some community members to begin
ready and willing to take on the that are offered.” facilities. As well, there are some the process to look at the feasibility

new position. Fawthrop says it’s an exciting really terrific potential projects on of replacing the City’s skateboard

“I have spent the first 15 years of time for his new department. The the horizon, like a new Arts and park.”

my career working as a municipal city has a new Aquatic Centre and Culture Centre, where a feasibility
engineer in Cornwall and the the Benson Centre, which both study is currently underway to It sounds like Fawthrop is ready
surrounding region in both the public enhance the city of Cornwall. “My determine the community needs to bring even more good change
and private sector,” says Fawthrop. wife and I are continually saying and develop a design concept, as for the city of Cornwall.

“This new position is a departure how fortunate our kids are to be well, discussions have begun with