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â€"â€"-â€""h“«â€"%_‘_ un ns N rreg s $ Pressrun 22,800 32 Pages Optional 3â€"week delivery $3/$1 newsstand Wednesdcy, December 17, 2008 r Mividaiecti dob rdncirici BR . b d i8 Teen always e > put family first \ h By Michael Todd A / j Sal MVR A ' flls mtodd@indynews.ca »ll | im w d 5 {erwerirage se B Bsns & VostauretrcAns seeas h us tg\ 8 6i [ NORTHUMBERLAND â€" A Colâ€" <° . afelt | " . ‘ # hE U en d ] â€" borne boy will be remembered for e 3“.-1 uts y + y k t s 4 i 3 always putting his family first. "" Ga LN es ; : + ( [ Mitchell Ferguson, 14, a Grade 8 e 4 q mextt . ‘ s { student at Colborne Public School .. ' ( 4 y > eP _ kh + § (CPS), died Friday, Dec. 12, when | 4 lAz 5> / 2 \‘{ > ; he and a few friends were tobogâ€" f j g (‘*“5‘ ie ’.~‘74,. . : soucure brlpaitad + 1 ; aning down a popular hill on 3 | V M saiing * $ ol c t â€" en * 1 Elgin g[reet W. in Colborne. While | o LA + ‘:e_.;;‘,; sA {,Zs %%fiy * r _ riding tandem, Mitchell tumbled + f en * ced ho en i . * . io aoone ts y R Â¥ ( from a GT Sno Racer and struck a t __ / U S~~ é ’;E j "‘%’:3 se © We u4 tree. h y _ 1. i: fls 4 t s : M "Accidents happen," said Mike Facebook photo JP .;,. a < &13;3' \:3’ * a5ce meo... i 4 Berguson, Mitchell‘s uncle. "I grew MitcheM Ferguson, 14 PPA IBK 26 c fe P l ouened in .ce . j up in this town and my Dad and Dec. 12 afterrgl‘:e‘;fl:‘.tlnfiev‘:i?;e { .i\w“ * i PmA )L* ,;»"-'/: f‘_;.. -. l R . | _ 1 hent dtown that hill a th015000 . | oopnegoning with friondto, / ©7 7. MA 1 e lz ag is icz j 4 / > h y ‘ia i. Acreg DLE aâ€"Sr, When Mitchell‘s Dad Darryl, a Bill Tremblay/The Independent Y i7 a 4 ( ez _,_!â€"f‘f Jpe /\ M y Sis n § f longâ€"distance truck driver, was . P" / id ol c / n ce k i working, his son served a fatherly _ right, Flowers have been placed at yA i 4 dA NN esn % j I role to his Mom Robin and sisâ€"â€"â€" the base of a tree that claimed the rarAlV / / / \>}‘<‘,\ / ReRougs f ¢ ter Andrea, who attends East Norâ€" _ life of 14â€"yearâ€"old Mitchell Ferguâ€" f / d‘ / P 5 Ee /_:,/) hoii AyA ks <= ( 1 t thumberland Secondary School _ son Friday night, P o ( ’\/-’x- e Pn tss ‘orh 4y( ; (ENSS). i { s ' e "He called his Mom every day _ have rushed to the Ferguson home, But he often prioritized famâ€" _ table emotional shock weighed on Twoâ€"hundred students from from school," Mike said. Mike said, with constant visits from ily matters, his uncle said, unlike _ the: tightâ€"knit community when _ Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 Mitchell‘s â€" online _ memorial _ CPSand ENSS students, family and _ many teenagers. Mitchell‘s online.â€"class resumed Monday morning. attend CPS. $ paints a picture of a responsible _ friends. 8 memorial describes his greatest "We have two school board "It‘s a small community," Ms. 23 4 young man, who loved his family. "We have enough food here to gift as being his ability to make â€" _ councillors who will remain at the Maifara added, "and people there "He was his dad‘s trucking buddy .. feed the entire town," he added. everyone around him laugh. school as long as needed," said â€" stick together." { R and together during his summer Mitchell‘s academic prowess "He has left us with so many _ Judy. Malfara, communications In lieu of flowers, his family has ; % break, they logged thousand of _ matured in recent years and last _ memories and classic oneâ€"liners _ officer with Kawartha Pine Ridge requested donations be made to } miles together," the memorial _ month he earned the CPS Student to keep us laughing for years to _ District School Board. "Teachers the CPS jazz band to help cover the t states. "He was the love of his . of the Month award along with an _ come," the memorial states. explained to the intermediate stuâ€" _ costofthe Montreal trip in April for ; mom‘s life and when his dad was _ Author of the Month distinction. Mike said Mitchell‘s passing has _ dents that it‘s OK to grieve and that _ his fellow band members. $ : away he was the man of the house At lunchtime, Mitchell favoured _ even shakenthe family‘s three dogs _ people grieve in different ways." Visitation will be held on Friday, looking after his mother and sisâ€" _ dining on poutine at Vito‘s Resâ€" _ as they‘ve recognized the absence Staff designated the school‘s _ Dec. 19, from 2â€"4 and 7â€"9 p.m. at 1 ter" 9 taurant and Pizzeria in Colborne of his habitual return home from library as a temporary "quiet place" the MacCoubrey Funeral Home, Mike said the Fergusons were _ to share a laugh with friends and _ school. for students to mourn the loss. 11 King St. W., Colborne. Mitchell‘s j going through a difficult time on _ classmates. Along with playing .. "The dogs are having a hard time "The gym has been set aside for _ funeral will take place on Saturday, f | Monday afternoon as they made _ trombone (a recently adopted pasâ€" _ now," Mike said, "because Mitchell _ students who feel they need to _ Dec. 20, at 2 p.m. at the Colborne { P funeral arrangements, but the > time) and drums for the CPS Jazz _ has cuddle time with them everyâ€" burn off energy," Ms. Malfara said. United Church.Donations can be strength of the community has _ band, Mitchell enjoyed playing â€"_ day after school." "There have also been quite a few _ made through the funeral home‘s F overwhelmed them. Residents hockey and badminton. ~_ CPS staff braced for the ineviâ€" parents coming in _ . website at www.maccoubrey.com. > , \Js ; «