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Last Friday's Walk for Eve in Westport saw close to 300 people walk around the village streets, adorned with banners and lights in support of Eve Ewart. The evening itself brought in $15,600 plus a number of gift cards. As of Tuesday, the toal had risen to $21,705 plus gift cards. Eve Ewart was feeling ill before taking a serious turn on Jan. 16 at their Cty. Rd. 10 home. She ended up in Ottawa at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario where they discovered a mass in her liver. The grade 8 RDHS stu- dent was then moved to Toronto where she is wait- ing for surgery. "They still don't know when the surgery will be, but she is not on any machines," said family friend Becky Adrain who was in Toronto earlier in the week where Eve's par- ents Brian and Kim and younger brothers Wes and Will have been at her side. "She is resting up to gain her strength for surgery. "Last week they were going to give her a week or two, but nothing is writ- ten in stone," Adrain said Tuesday. Organizers were cer- tainly happy with the turnout. "A small group of us girls got together just a week or so before the event and the amount was pretty much raised all in one night," Adrain said. Donation jars are set up at a number of Westport businesses. You can also donate to an account opened at BMO in West- port or you can donate online through Paypal at www.wickedstyles.ca/eve. html. Members of the North Leeds community deal- ing with the serious ill- ness of one young teenager are now rallying around a teenager facing a cancer diagnosis. Sam Eastman, the 17- year-old captain of North Leeds' Major Midget Rep team, was still at Kingston General Hospi- tal early this week to determine the extent of his non-Hodgkin Lympo- ma. The team was hoping to have a night in support of Sam at Monday night's game but the snowstorm forced South Stormont to cancel. The game has been re-sched- uled to this Monday at 7:30 p.m. It appeared Sam was going to be able to make it to the original- ly scheduled game but he may be starting chemotherapy before Feb. 9. The team would still like to see a big crowd out to support Sam. His fellow students from Sydenham High School plan to bring a crowd to Westport Arena Monday night. Sam lives at Devil Lake with his stepfather Steve and mother Libby, the daughter of the late Jack and Mert Hearn of Westport. His father Larry Eastman lives in Kingston. Justin Martin President 613-530-0773 RR 2 Westport, ON K0G 1X0 jtmartin@kingston.net 4 Septic Systems 4 Excavating 4 Landscaping 4 Road Work 4 Rock Excavating 4 Trucking 4 Residential & Commercial Snow Plowing & Sanding 4 Damp Proofing LTD. 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Public skating at the arena is part of the fun while out- side includes pony rides, a petting zoo and outdoor games including snowman making, nail driving, log sawing and eight-person team tug-of-war. Activities take place from 11:00 to 4:00 and an out- door canteen will be available. This weekend features carnivals in Delta and Seeleys' Bay. See inside for more on those and watch next week's Review-Mirror for more details on Westport's Carnival. By Howie Crichton The Review-Mirror The Westport Rideaus will find out in the coming weeks whether close to 50 years of Jr. B hockey his- tory will come to an end with this season. A movement that start- ed last winter, to turn the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League into a farm system for the Cen- tral Canada Junior Hockey League (CCHL), is report- edly going to result in the loss of six of the EOJHL's 22 franchises. Akwesasne and Que- bec-based franchises Shawville and Gatineau already know they aren't coming back next season and Gananoque looks to be returning to the Ontario District after decades in the Eastern Ontario league. That leaves two of the remaining 18 looking at a bleak future. "It has all been kind of cloak and dagger. "We were supposed to know last Thursday, and now we have to wait two more weeks,' said Head Coach/GM Mike 'Bundy' Seed. Westport, along with other EOJHL teams applied to become mem- bers of the new league Mirror The Review Thursday, February 5, 2015 Serving North Leeds and area since 1893 Vol. 123, No. 5 $1incl. tax North Leeds hockey team rallies for captain facing cancer Rideaus will find out their fate soon as new Jr. loop eliminates six teams Grade 8 student awaiting liver surgery in Toronto Community raises over $21,000 so far for Ewart family •Continued on page 11 Banners, lights, signs and fire trucks were all part of Friday's Walk for Eve as close to 300 people made their way through Westport's streets on a bitterly cold night. Continuing a 30 year tradition serving North Leeds - Delivery & Set Up Available Call 359-5660 53 Main St., Elgin duncan s TV & APPLIANCES

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