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The Lucknow Sentinel, 2014-02-26, Page 1The Luck www.Iucknowsentinel.com n 9.50 HST included PM40064683R07656 ow Sentine i Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Music in The Fields Lineup will be announced Mar. 5 Aitmmb Nine-year-old Jeremy Pope was one of many kids who took part in the Ripey Winter Carnival last weekend. For more photos, turn to page 5. Laura MacDuff edito Former Kincardine woman to be keynote at Women's House International Women's Day Celebration Former Kincardinite Jessie Thomson will be the keynote speaker at this year's Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey International Woman's Day celebration. www.Iucknowsentinel.com The event takes place on March 8, 2014 at the Lakeshore Recrea- tion Centre in Port Elgin, a former Kincardine resident who has trav- elled to remote parts of the world, providing emergency assistance with CARE and Red Cross and other organizations. "She was suggested to us by a community member because she is a home -town girl who can really speak to the topic this year, 'Inspiring Change;" community and fund development coordina- tor Tiffany Love said in a media release. "We welcome this won- derful woman back into our community and can't wait to hear what she has to say." Thomson joined CARE Canada in 2011 as an Emergency Response Program Manager. Since joining CARE she has been deployed to Chad, Mali, Kenya, and Turkey as part of the Horn of Africa Regional Team. Prior to joining CARE, Thom- son worked as a Protection Dele- gate with the International Com- mittee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Pakistan. She has also worked as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Humanitarian Affairs and Disas- ter Response Group at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, leading the development of Cana- dian policy related to UNHCR (United Nations High Commis- sioner for Refugees), refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). Thomson was also a Senior Pol- icy Advisor in the Refugees Branch at Citizenship and Immi- gration Canada. Thomson began her career with the United Nations High Com- missioner for Refugees (UNHCR) CONTINUED > PAGE 2 F Justin Field arrested The search is over Aitmmb Nine-year-old Jeremy Pope was one of many kids who took part in the Ripey Winter Carnival last weekend. For more photos, turn to page 5. Laura MacDuff edito Former Kincardine woman to be keynote at Women's House International Women's Day Celebration Former Kincardinite Jessie Thomson will be the keynote speaker at this year's Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey International Woman's Day celebration. www.Iucknowsentinel.com The event takes place on March 8, 2014 at the Lakeshore Recrea- tion Centre in Port Elgin, a former Kincardine resident who has trav- elled to remote parts of the world, providing emergency assistance with CARE and Red Cross and other organizations. "She was suggested to us by a community member because she is a home -town girl who can really speak to the topic this year, 'Inspiring Change;" community and fund development coordina- tor Tiffany Love said in a media release. "We welcome this won- derful woman back into our community and can't wait to hear what she has to say." Thomson joined CARE Canada in 2011 as an Emergency Response Program Manager. Since joining CARE she has been deployed to Chad, Mali, Kenya, and Turkey as part of the Horn of Africa Regional Team. Prior to joining CARE, Thom- son worked as a Protection Dele- gate with the International Com- mittee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Pakistan. She has also worked as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Humanitarian Affairs and Disas- ter Response Group at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, leading the development of Cana- dian policy related to UNHCR (United Nations High Commis- sioner for Refugees), refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). Thomson was also a Senior Pol- icy Advisor in the Refugees Branch at Citizenship and Immi- gration Canada. Thomson began her career with the United Nations High Com- missioner for Refugees (UNHCR) CONTINUED > PAGE 2 F Fun in the snow Ripley school celebrates Aitmmb Nine-year-old Jeremy Pope was one of many kids who took part in the Ripey Winter Carnival last weekend. For more photos, turn to page 5. Laura MacDuff edito Former Kincardine woman to be keynote at Women's House International Women's Day Celebration Former Kincardinite Jessie Thomson will be the keynote speaker at this year's Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey International Woman's Day celebration. www.Iucknowsentinel.com The event takes place on March 8, 2014 at the Lakeshore Recrea- tion Centre in Port Elgin, a former Kincardine resident who has trav- elled to remote parts of the world, providing emergency assistance with CARE and Red Cross and other organizations. "She was suggested to us by a community member because she is a home -town girl who can really speak to the topic this year, 'Inspiring Change;" community and fund development coordina- tor Tiffany Love said in a media release. "We welcome this won- derful woman back into our community and can't wait to hear what she has to say." Thomson joined CARE Canada in 2011 as an Emergency Response Program Manager. Since joining CARE she has been deployed to Chad, Mali, Kenya, and Turkey as part of the Horn of Africa Regional Team. Prior to joining CARE, Thom- son worked as a Protection Dele- gate with the International Com- mittee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Pakistan. She has also worked as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Humanitarian Affairs and Disas- ter Response Group at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, leading the development of Cana- dian policy related to UNHCR (United Nations High Commis- sioner for Refugees), refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). Thomson was also a Senior Pol- icy Advisor in the Refugees Branch at Citizenship and Immi- gration Canada. Thomson began her career with the United Nations High Com- missioner for Refugees (UNHCR) CONTINUED > PAGE 2