The Kingston Whig-Standard from Kingston, Ontario, Canada • 1

Proudly Serving The Kingston Community Since 1834 Kingston Ontario Wednesday August 3 2005 791GST FLOATS LIKE A BUTTERFLY Senator Segal be PM appoints Kingston Tory to upper chamber By Frank Armstrong xnd Mark Bergin -Whig-Standard Staff Writers Kingston has a powerful new -voice in Ottawa Prime Minister Paul Martin announced yesterday that Kingston policy expert Hugh Segal has been appointed to the Senaia Segal was one of five Canadians to receive Senate Brats and is the only one from Ontario He says use his new position to fight fbr the Armed Forces and to tackle the gap between rich and poor 1 am a strong believer hi the Armed Forces I will do everything I can to help the Forces" Segal said last night "Also I care deeply about the gap between the rich and the poor In Kingston I think that gap is too large I want to do everything I can to make that gap smaller" he said Segal's friends said the Queen's University professor is the ideal person fbr the job will not be a quiet or lazy senator you will hear a lot from Senator Hugh Segal and sure going to 'help put Kingston back on the said Sally Barnes a Kingston resident who has known Segal since the 19708 when Bill Davis was premier of Ontario She was the press secretary while Segal was his chief of staff One of best known policy experts Segal has long worked behind the scenes for Progressive Conservatives such as Davis and former Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney for whom he was also chief of staff "Now he will be in a position for the first time to do something Barnes said been teaching at the University schools of Policy Studies and Business since 1993 -something he says he be giving up Please seeTORY Page 7 hn MKAIpkiaTht Whfftendwd yesterday morning to start her 83-klhmetre swim to Kingston Shell using the difficult butterfly stroke on her Journey yi i in this lake afraid of Vicki Keith says Vicki Keith swims out of Oswego Harbor my nothing By Jennifer MacMillan For The Whig-Standard ON LAKE ONTARIO Swimmer Vicki Keith strode down the boat ramp at Landing in Oswego NY yesterday riufrning and without looking back plunged Into the water At 9:15 last night she still looking back 'Instead she was calmly implement- TO DONATE: To give to Vicki Keith's cause chock out her website: wwwpeiigulmcanflyca K-Rock radio 1057 FM Is providing updates throughout the day I Northerly winds from the previous night thunderstorms made for metre- bly hit her fastest speed on the last leg of her swim from Amherst Island to Kingston On Monday Keith said she thought the first part of her lake crossing would be the most difficult To avoid being overwhelmed by the great distance she has to cover Keith said she tries to my head somewhere else and relax" Keith also set interim goals such as making it to the American-Canadlan border Instead of thinking about her whole task at once Moose mo SWIM TEAM Page Kids parents alike praise Vicki Keith's Inspirational work Please see Page 8 official rules of marathon swimming Under those rules Keith touch any boats or people so her food is passed to her In the water Taylor will also certify that Keith does the butterfly stroke die entire way According to Neville Lewis navigating journey across the lake along with her father Keith was expected to swim a flirther five kilometres last night 1 Tonight will be slow because tired" Lewis said Lewis predicted Keith would proba high waves on the lake hard enough doing the butterfly in calm wa-tec" Keith said with a chuckla lng her game plan butterflying In the first 12 hours of her crossing smoothly in the open water toward Keith covered 16 km Every two hours Kingston Six boats accompanied her when she stopped to tread water and Yesterday was a day of slow but eat the Kingston athlete joked and steady progress for Keith In her quest laughed with those providing her easl-to set a butterfly distance record of 83 ly digestible snacks of spoonfuls of kilometres and raise $200000 to build a peanut butter fruit and energy drinks pool where disabled children can swim Christine Taylor was boating along-and train side Keith to ensure Bhe followed the Crash leaves cyclist paralysed charity dream dashed By Tamsin McMahon mother of two teenagers who Trucks always see you Rain Whig-Standard Staff Writer done much biking when she decided makes the road slippery You are soft Elizabeth Woudsma set out on a hrst year that she was going to join a and fleshy the road is hard rough unbaking hot Saturday two weeks cross-country ride in support of the movable and unforgiving You are not ngn hont nn pushing her iwiy jrprt frpr Christian Reform Church's 100th an- invincible" bike as far as they could go niversary in Canada The doctors who tended to Wouds- They went far 150 kilometres from The 10-week tour started in Vancou- ma in the emergency room last Tues-her home on Lakefield Drive in Inver- ver on June 25 Woudsma was due to day morning know just how fragile is ary up the steep hill at Collins Lake loin about 160 riders in Guelph on Aug the body and how unforgiving the as-and along Unity Road toward Odessa 15 and finish the tour on Sept 3 in Hall- phu She pedalled down County Road 6 to Thatday Woudsma was up and out Highway 33 out toward the Glenora torn with detailed maps and words of the door at 6:15 am for a light 30 km Ferry then turned around and came wisdom for every day of the 71-day rida ride near her Inverary home back through Collins Bay Road up On Day 52 when Elizabeth was to She pulled tight the straps on her hel- Westbrook Road over to Unity Road begin the book offers a prophetic re- mot anHrnppprfhwffhnoatntntiu part and home minder for new riders that while aiarfharWinT It was major coup for the 46-yearold such a tour is exciting it can also be St Lawrence College teacher and dangerous: Please see FIGHV Paget Mi PtpU jwtttak PI3 QsdU Pip 25 Mqtm Plf mkxGmmN Pip II IhawdWuM Pip Dads Pip II PMafiNMKk Pip Mural Pip 4 Spot Pip 17 Eremina bp 22 lYM hp2l Hrerep fipM WhrfUp Pip 2 OSPREY IMIA IMG 4 7S WEATHER 29 21 Rfekofthundenhoww-i Detxfoonpagsl MORE INSIDE: Give a little get a little Council votes unanimously to pass a three-year contract for city workers one 89 percent of members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 109 voted to support The mayor says both sides made concessions before agreeing on the three-year contract which includes wage increases and changes to sick-leave provisions -Please see Page 2 Council tells pool pushers' to keep on treading -i Council takes a step toward a new multiplex community centre and teljs pool supporters they won't be along for the ride Just yet Don't hold your breath council says but do "keep the vision keep the enthusiasm" -Please see Page 6 48TN TRAM 1 IM CANADA KINGSTON kommoninsqic I DOMMmnHHT OH MUNMUT 1MMOMVM 384-2531 THE SPECIAL EDITION 2005 SENTRA IS Muritg: Ik CredftMoi CDflNFN hate Sfrira d-HP Eihi Fmr Ucb PM Wndren Pure task Mm Rmats Kiyftss Eitiy red oarel MMflC ALf( MAN Ml gm Nt WMAflpd 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