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LEWISTON ? It could have been a confusing summer for Jordan Kennedy. The Lewiston Maineiacs returning goaltender, who'd logged the most minutes of anyone in camp, watched as the team acquired, traded, and traded for a bevy of goalies.

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Gone was Adrien Lemay, who aged out of the league. In came Olivier Roy. Just as quickly, Roy was gone via a trade. Then, the Maineiacs drafted 16-year-old Antoine Bibeau and traded for 20-year- old Nicholas Champion. On top of that, the team drafted 17-year-old Russian Andrey Makarov in the Import Draft.

All of a sudden, Kennedy, a 17-year-old, was being squished.

But it made the young puck-stopper work harder.

"The only thing going through my head was, I know it's going to be a lot tougher than last year, when I was 16," Kennedy said. "But I just had to work harder, keep after it and play my best."

Kennedy appeared at camp this year visibly more confident in his on-ice abilities.

"My training this summer was a lot harder, I came back in better shape," Kennedy said. "The fitness testing came back a lot better. I was a lot faster and quicker. Knowing that I've already done this, having an idea what I was coming in to, that's helped."

Champion, meanwhile, is embracing his role as the team's primary backstop, and also as a teacher and mentor.

"I'm here to play a role on the team, and I'm here to do that," Champion said. "It's going to be a younger guy on the team, so with my experience, I need to be able to really help them along the way and help them grow as goaltenders."

Maineiacs' goalie coach Reg Bourcier said Friday that this year's crop of goalies may be the deepest he's seen in a while.

Not rookies anymore

One year ago, Sam Henley barely spoke, and even then it was likely he'd been spoken to first. Francis Beauvillier was a top pick, but he, too, was on the shier side.

Not anymore.

These two super sophomores, at the ripe old age of 17, are among the veterans in training camp this year. And they're acting like it.

"I feel more confident," Henley said. "I just feel faster, stronger. I think everyone is stronger and faster, but a year, a whole year is a lot for kids to grow. I don't really know how to explain it."

Henley, who skated ? awkwardly Cartier Fake Handbags at times ? on the fourth line last season, has noticeably improved his foot speed, and his ability to stride forward.

"I was working on that a lot this summer, because I know I was not a fast player last year," Henley said. "It's a fast league now, and I have to improve my skating."

Beauvillier, meanwhile, worked on his game, and let nature do a lot of the rest. He came back at least two inches taller, and appears imposing when he's in control of the puck.

"I feel different, but there are still 20-year-olds out there," Beauvillier said. "They are older than me, so I need to be bigger. I need to practice my quick feet still, too."

Still in need of work, he said, but getting there.

"I feel a lot more comfortable on the ice," Beauvillier said. "I'm not a rookie anymore."

But, he said, there's always stress of some kind.

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Children were encouraged to clap and boo the characters throughout the interactive show.

The show's run lasts for five weeks and thousands of sick kids will get the chance to watch the pantomime, as Starlight has arranged to visit 50 hospitals up and down the country.

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The Ohio Virtual Academy is available to families across the Buckeye state. The school continues to accept new students and will be hosting online showcases and information sessions for interested parents, students and teachers. For a complete list of events and information on enrollment, visit

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I was just so impressed and in awe of the resilience the boy had, said Lacey Barlow, 23, who had gone to the falls to swim with friends. He fought for so long.

Barlow and another woman said the boy had turned blue and appeared unconscious after a large group of swimmers finally used a rope to dislodge his leg from the rocks and pull him from the water.

Rescuers were called to the scene at 12:45 p.m., and the boy, once freed, was airlifted to Southwest Washington Medical Center, according to a bulletin from Chief Criminal Deputy Pat Bond with the Skamania County Sheriffs Office.

The boy, whose name was not released, is a resident of Wilsonville, Ore., and his medical condition at the medical center wasnt known late Friday night, the bulletin said.

Jill Clark, a Portland resident, said shed been at Dougan Falls to enjoy the water with her children on the hot afternoon when she first realized something was wrong.

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