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BY MARGARET CALDBICKNews Staff

The real-life story of MonicaGrundmann and her handsome Morabstallion, Excalibur Legend, would makean exciting and inspirational movie.

Last June, the Bainsville horsewomanembarked on what she felt certain was herlast competitive equestrian event. Onlyfive months earlier, after two years ofunexplained and troubling symptoms andepisodes of excruciating pain, Ms.Grundmann underwent a partial hys-terectomy. During the surgery it was dis-covered that she had a severely inflamedappendix and an appendectomy was per-formed. Six weeks later she was told thata biopsy had revealed Goblet cellCarcenoid cancer (GCC), a rare tumour ofthe appendix.

Despite the news, Grundmann regis-tered for the 40 km (25 mile) OCTRA-sponsored Stormont Competitive TrailRide in Finch on June 10, 2012, winningthe event with no penalties, earning firstplace in the Lightweight and Part-Arabdivisions as well as being called up as theday’s Champion. OCTRA is the OntarioCompetitive Trail Riding Association.

“That ride was so poignant because mydad Otto finally got to witness a competi-tion from start to finish,” says Ms.Grundmann. “My youngest son Carl wasthere pit crewing for me, and my husbandSteve was there, so we were three genera-tions for what I thought was my last com-petition.”

Ms. Grundmann dedicated her ride totwo nonprofit organizations, the U.S.Carcinoid Cancer Foundation and theCarcinoid-NeuroEndocrine TumourSociety of Canada. By happy coincidence,Monica was wearing bib No. 1 on thatwinning day.

As it turned out, Stormont would not beher last event. In one of those twists offate, on July 5 Ms. Grundmann returnedto her specialist to hear the news that nocancer cells had been found in the seriesof tests she had undergone including atwo-day octreotide scan that can detectcertain types of neuro-endocrine cancers.Preventative surgery was recommended,including a partial bowel resection andthe removal of nearby lymph nodes.

“Would you mind if I compete for therest of the season,” she asked her doctor,

hoping to postpone the surgery until thefall. “There is something I need to do thissummer.” The doctor looked at her,thought about it, and then agreed, saying,“But you have to promise to come back.”

What she had in mind was to pursue thenext phase of training and competitionwith the goal of taking Legend to thehighest level of endurance competition.

Unlike competitive trail rides in whichthere is a minimum and maximum time in

which to finish, endurance riding is a con-trolled race, up to 100 miles (160 km) long,with the first horse across the finish linethe winner if the horse meets after-racecriteria for soundness and recovery.

After a summer of training and compet-ing, on Sept. 2, 2012, in their first interna-tionally recognized FEI (FédérationEquestre Internationale) internationalchallenge, Ms. Grundmann and Legend

Just when you thought the annual Quigley Wiggly couldn't get more fun, this year's instalment featured TheGlengarry Bhoys, Glengarry County's Celtic-punk-fusion band, back on stage here at home for the first time in 12years. Here, during the first of their two sets, Graham Wright, co-founder and leader of The Glengarry Bhoys, fid-dler D'Arcy Furniss and Steve McIntosh on pipes rip through a tune. Adam Lalonde in back was on drums. For moreon the event, see page A3. MARGARET CALDBICK PHOTO

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BY ANGELA BROWNNews Staff

North Glengarry residents have another chance to take back summer this year bystamping out that nasty milfoil.

The township is once again focusing its attention on a program to help knockdown theEurasian milfoil weed build-up, as part of the Loch Garry and Mill Pond Water QualityImprovement Project.

Last year the township purchased a supply of weevils for Loch Garry and Mill Pond inan effort to try to eliminate some milfoil weed. The invasive milfoil tends to clog up thewaterways and can also pose problems for the use of recreational watercraft.

“We have amended the budget slightly, and we are hoping to get approximately 50 percent of the funding (to introduce) weevils in the Garry River watershed,” said CAODaniel Gagnon. “We are also thinking that it might be more beneficial.”

As a result, in order to purchase and deposit more weevils for this year’s program, thetownship will be applying for a provincial grant through the “Great Lakes GuardianCommunity Fund,” which offers grants up to $25,000 for community projects aimed atpreserving the ecological health of the St. Lawrence River Basin as well as the GreatLakes. The full cost of the township’s project is estimated at about $50,000.

It is expected in June or July, crews would be introducing the weevils to the water sys-tem.

In 2012 the Loch Garry Lake Association applied for the $25,000 grant to purchase theweevils on the township’s behalf. But their request was denied.

“So we thought this year we might have better chances if we applied directly as thetownship of North Glengarry,” said Mr. Gagnon.

Council gave its approval for the township to submit an application for the grant.

NG beefing upforces vs. milfoil

Cancer survivor blazingahead in endurance riding

WINNING HORSE: Monica Grundmann of Silhouette Stables in Bainsvilleposes with Excalibur Legend, “Leggie,” her purebred Morab stallion, one of thefounding Morab stallions in Canada. Horse and rider had a outstanding 2012 intheir endurance endeavours including first place Canadian at their first FEI 1*International endurance race in September. MARGARET CALDBICK PHOTO

The Glengarry Inter Agency Group (GIAG) organized an electronic wasterecycling day in Alexandria on Saturday which came as a great relief to peo-ple who missed the first E-Waste day in town earlier this month. Helping outhere are Melanie Lebrun, GIAG youth centre program supervisor, and GIAGyouth program facilitator Gary Hicks. The event was a fundraiser for theGIAG youth program. MARGARET CALDBICK PHOTO

Electronic recycling:

BY SCOTT CARMICHAELNews Staff

Although she’s not in the running for theposition full-time, the interim Stormont,Dundas & Glengarry OPP detachmentcommander is nonetheless looking forwardto the challenge of leading the local unit.

“I’m happy to be working with the PoliceServices Board and the United Counties,local residents, and of course, all the goodmen and women (police personnel) inSD&G,” A/Insp. (Acting Inspector)Stephanie Patterson told The News recent-ly.

“They’re a wonderful, professional groupof individuals who are all about making thecommunity safe, and it’s great to be a partof that.”

She assumed the reigns of the localdetachment on April 15, succeeding Insp.Mike McDonell, who left the previous weekto take a position as the lead security plan-ner for the 2015 Pan-Am Games in Toronto.

A Metcalfe native who, along with herhusband and two teenaged sons, still callsthe village (a rural part of the City ofOttawa) home, A/Insp. Patterson has almosttwo decades of service with the provincialforce, most of which has been spent on thelocal front.

“I started with the OPP 19 years ago, inLong Sault, and I was (t)here until around

the end of 1995 or ‘96,” she explained.“Then I was in Winchester for about 10

years...and I was detachment manager inNapanee for almost two years.”

A/Insp. Patterson then returned to SD&Gin 2011 – where she and S/Sgt. BrendanMacDonald split the duties of detachmentmanager, under the command of her pred-ecessor – before another secondment.

“I was back here for about a year, then Igot reassigned again (as a staffing advisor atEast Region Headquarters in Smiths Falls),and now I’m back, holding down the fortuntil they select a new detachment com-mander,” she added.

“And it’s good to be back...It’s nice to seeall the familiar faces again.”

Although A/Insp. Patterson – who willresume her previous rank of staff sergeant(S/Sgt.) once a full-time detachment com-mander has been chosen, likely by the endof May – wasn’t aware if her appointmentas regional ‘top cop’ made local history, along-time member of the detachmentbelieves it did.

“This is my 31st year here in SD&G, andlooking back, I would have to say that she’sthe first female detachment commanderwe’ve had,” said Const. Pete Robertson, thedetachment’s media relations officer.

And while her time at the SD&G helmwill be brief, the interim commander appre-

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crossed the finish line twoseconds behind the winner,so close she and the race win-ner, Krista Alderdice ofJericho, Vermont, claspedhands as they crossed the fin-ish line. The 80-km race earnedLegend his first FEI starwhich qualifies him to com-pete against some of the besthorses at home and interna-tionally. All FEI-recognizedcompetitions are rated on the"star" system. Endurancehorses must successfully com-plete a 1-Star level (for en-durance riders training forlonger distances) before mov-ing up through the categoriesto a 3-star, or 160 km race.There were other top en-durance finishes last summerincluding first place andChampion on the first day atan 80 km race. “Legend is along distance horse and theplan from now on is to spe-cialize in endurance,” saysMs. Grundmann. Legend consistently climbsone position higher withevery race he enters, and inonly four years Ms.Grundmann has soared fromRookie to Novice to Open toInternational.On Oct. 19, Ms. Grundmannkept her word and returnedto Ottawa for the recom-mended surgical therapy.“Before I went under, the doc-tor asked, ‘So, did you dowhat you said you were goingto do?’ I said yes, and that wewere the top Canadians at my

first international and onlytwo seconds from first place,a dream I never thoughtwould come true.”In January at the 2012 OC-TRA awards banquet held inCobourg, Monica Grundmannwas named 2012 Athlete ofthe Year. “That night and theaward are very special to me,”she says. “It wasn’t becauseof the cancer, it was a nomi-nated award based on thework I have done withLegend over the year.” Last week, Legend, an un-deniably handsome boy, cel-ebrated his 13th birthday tosome fanfare on the internet. “Happy 13th BirthdayLegend! Lucky 13! Here's tolooking to ‘our’ future!” wroteMs. Grundmann on herFacebook page. The birthdaywishes were posted above aphoto of her on her dark baystallion about to take victoryat the 40 km competitive trailevent last June. Meeting Legend atGrundmann’s SilhouetteStables is a treat. He comesout of his stall calm and politeeven though his mare is inthe next stall. He’s curious and gentlytakes an apple from yourhand, and then on command,nods up and down and de-livers a kiss. He has manners, spirit andbeauty, and is so representa-tive of the Morab breed stan-dard that in 2006, out of theblue, author Mary Lou Wellscontacted Grundmann to askif she could publish a photoof Legend on the cover of"The Illustrated Guide To TheMorab Horse." And there heis, immortalized on the coverand in several photos inside

with Grundmann on his back.Ms. Grundmann andLegend have a full year aheadof them including another in-ternational race in September,2013, After that, dependingon the sponsorship she needsto stay in the sport,Grundmann hopes to travelto Florida in December for theNorth American EnduranceTeam Challenge, a 160 km FEIcompetition.Her biggest dream is theWorld Equestrian Games inBromont, Quebec, in 2018.“It’s the Olympics for eques-trian events and would be aonce in a lifetime opportu-nity,” she says. “Leggie will be eighteenthen and endurance horsescan compete well into theirtwenties, but it’s pushing theenvelope a bit. But thenagain, if we’re in good shape,who knows?”In the stall next to Ms.Grundmann’s tack roomwhich is festooned withLegend’s ribbons from overthe years, is the heir and thespare, Silouette’s Amour,Legend’s ten-month son. The colt is a liver chestnutsecond generation CanadianMorab. His mother across the aisleis Gypsy LadyinGold, anAmerican Palimino purebredMorab, and in another stall isSilouette’s Intrigue, a beauti-ful three year-old filly who isfor sale.For a finale, Ms.Grundmann sweeps up Latte,a rescued barn cat with somepedigree of her own.Grundmann places theSiamese-mix cat on Legend’sback and the two settle incompanionably.

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