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Army Cadet Corps are organizing C ~<% l hR L W Câ€"P" _ 3 how they will cover various locaâ€" ‘w r i k é se p i ie ~ is‘ A tions throughout the Colborne i R\ â€" scy ) f hi‘ J # 1 *I area todistribute poppies, the red ‘, > We J C f /V # ( h. * wok floral emblem that is the official T N A T . M oi o" "% 3 syimbol of Remembrance. . / Eol ] M z. _ Passersâ€"by â€" usually customâ€" 4 2 | N x § j l s £ " sers at businesses close to where € ; +4 Ti ri on * e #@ these volunteers are stationed â€" as V/ 3 s L unin: 2P 25 ; are welcome to pick up and wear NMZAL ‘/ er U3 ; £A L * a poppy inreturn foradonation of m ie J h 4 ““ <Gg 7 s .« theirchoosing. Fundsraisedinthis J l 2 e [z ‘ wayprovide assistancetoveterans f J $ . l : and their families, and the amount 7 C § 4A heie, f collected each year varies. d i ‘ nA 4 Donations seemed to be up last 3 4 & ‘ . year, perhaps because it was the 6 7 year two military men were tragiâ€" ‘ , callylost. d ; ‘ . WarrantOfficer Patrice Vincent, | f * & ; who was stationedatthe 438 Tactiâ€" ‘ ‘ cal Helicopter Squadron in St. Huâ€" > e ‘ | bert, Que., was struck down by a s > ... | cardriven byatroubled young man who had embraced radical Islam, : F 4 4 i Less thanaweeklater, Corporal « SUBMITTED PHOTO : Nathan Cirillo, a reservist from . In preparation for the 2015 poppy campaign, (from left) Colborne Legion president Bill Lutton and poppy chair Gord McDonald recently presented the : Hamilton who was serving with _ first poppy to Second World War veteran Don Prentice, along with warrant officer Bill Chisholm and poppy coâ€"chair Carol McDonald. Poppy trays will be at the Argyle and Sutherland Highâ€" . businesses throughout the:county until Nov. 11. e tAd * landers of Canada Regiment, was . standingon ceremonialsentry duty . crease their contributions to last â€"stone in regards to ending the peâ€" . unteers to be posted outside their Mayor Mare Coombs urged the ! atOttawa‘s Canadian WarMemoriâ€" year‘s Poppy Fund." riod of wearing the poppy. Differâ€" â€" premises Oct. 30 and 31, and again . community to show their supâ€" i~al when a Jihadist supporter killed Typically, Siddall said, the popâ€" . ent Legions follow their own proâ€" on Nov. 6 and 7 â€" The Big Apple, port. himon his way to mountanattack . py campaignbeginstwoweekends tocol," Siddall said. Ultramar, TimHortons, Foodland "It‘s avery importantfundraising 7 inside the Parliamentbuilding. before Nov. 1. In Colborne, they _ "For example, at the Colborne and the LCBO: drive for our local Legion. They do "Both these brave men were. . will set out the poppics starting . Legion after the evening meal, the _ "At the conclusion of this year‘s alotof work throughout the year, ~ struck down in service of their Oct. 30. poppies are removed. In other Leâ€" â€" programitis anticipated thatover especially supporting our local _ country," Colborne Legionnaire The usual period to wear your _ gions, ifyoushouldwalkinto their 3000 poppies willbe distributedin _ food banks and Christmasâ€"hamâ€" Howard Siddall said poppy ends on Nov: 11. Legion still wearingyourpoppyafâ€" . our community,hepredicted. per programs," Coombs said. ~ "There wasasignificantincrease _ InColborne, Remembrance Day . terNov.11, theymay askyoutoreâ€" . And while the generosityof the _ "The monies raised go to supâ€" in the amountof the donationsreâ€" . willincludeparadetothe cenotaph moveit. > community is appreciated, headdâ€" â€" port a lot of local families that =~, ceived during lastyears poppy proâ€" .. for a Service of Remembrance, afâ€" | â€" "The main/idea is that they are ed that poppies are also tokens of â€" need help, especially throughout gram, whichclearlyshows thepubâ€" . ter which the Legion branch will _ off Nov.12." Remembrancethateveryoneis enâ€" . the Christmas season butalso all . ~Tic‘s sorrow with the loss of these . hosta timeoffellowship. Aspecial _ Siddall sharedalist of businessâ€" â€" titledto wear, Anyone unableto ofâ€" yearlong." ‘ _ two soldiers. 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