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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012
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Inside Manotick farmers’ NEWS
market season extended into fall Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com
Rideau-Goulbourn and Osgoode youth take advantage of an employment program designed to prepare youth at risk for the work place. – Page 3
CITY HALL FEATURE
The Female Firefighters in Training camp had no shortage of enthusiastic young women taking on the challenge of the firefighter experience. – Page 6
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More than $7,000 was raised for Metcalfe’s Live and Learn Resource Centre at the Metcalfe Golf club. – Page 7
EMC news – The Manotick farmers’ market has been extended into the fall, thanks to a positive response from its pilot season. The new market was scheduled to wrap up Saturday, August 25, but will now continue every Saturday until Sept. 29. Market organizer and Roots and Shoots Farm manager Robin Turner said feedback was “really positive” and helped draw visitors from across the Ottawa South area. “It’s been really well received by all the local people in Manotick, and its been a popular destination for people from all over Barrhaven, Greely, Osgoode, Riverside South, and even a few people from Ottawa,” Turner said. Since the market began on June 23, visitors have been impressed with the wide variety of produce and fresh food they can get, as well as the unique setting in Manotick’s historic Dickinson Square, Turner said. As part of a partnership with Watson’s Mill, the market is held outside the heritage building each Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Roots and Shoots offers a wide variety of organic produce, and other vendors provide berries and fruit, fresh cheese, eggs, pork, baked goods, local grains and oatmeal. The Hot Potato Company concession truck sells gourmet baked potatoes using local ingredients. This fall, Oven Berry Farm will sell raspberries and saskatoon berries, and Turner is hoping to include a local cranberry vendor as well. Turner said if the market can continue successfully until the end of September, it will be able to attract more vendors next year – particularly a beef farmer who can offer frozen cuts of beef. Watson’s Mill manager
Isabelle Geoffrion said it has been a “resounding success” for Dickinson Square. “Every Saturday morning it’s been very busy down here, but not so busy that there was traffic blocking people from walking around,” she said. “We’ve noticed that visitors come and actually spend more time in the square than they would have.” The mill’s ongoing used book sale has been “extremely successful” on Saturday mornings, and attendance at Watson’s Mill and Dickinson House has been steady, Geoffrion said. All of these elements add up to a big hit, Turner said, “You can have a delicious snack at the Hot Potato Company, you can get your vegetables, cheeses and baked goods, and you can pick up a cheap book. You can set yourself up for a great weekend,” he said. While Turner would like to see the market continue into October, Geoffrion said this year it’s not an option. The occupation license from the city of Ottawa is only valid until the end of September, she said, and this year the mill will not try to extend that contract any further. “This is year one and when you start a new activity you want to have a pilot and really see how things can work, find out who your audience will be,” she said. “For this year... we’re able to extend through September and we’re very pleased by that.” Geoffrion said she definitely supports bringing the market back in 2013, and more details will be worked out at a market wrap-up meeting in October. For more information visit the market’s revamped website at www.manotickfarmersmarket.com. The website was redesigned for free by Whee Works graphic design company, and the logo was designed by Roots and Shoots farmer Jess Weatherhead.
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Full stream ahead Briar Carriere, 2, takes aim at a pylon with the help of her father, Mike. About a dozen youngsters enjoyed the second annual Water in the Park event at McKendry Park in Metcalfe on Aug. 11 to meet firefighters, play in the water, and try their hand at some firefighting techniques.
Poilievre launches petition to stop wind turbine project Staff
EMC news – Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre has started a petition to halt plans for an industrial wind turbine site in North Gower until a federal health study is completed. On Friday, August 10 the Conservative MP announced that he has started a petition asking Premier Dalton McGuinty to “put the safety of North Gower residents first,” he said in a statement. The petition follows an open letter to McGuinty in July and a public call for a moratorium on the Ottawa South proposal several weeks ago. “Since my public call for a moratorium on the wind
turbine project proposed for North Gower, many of my constituents have been contacting me to voice their support,” said Poilievre in a press release. “The premier and his ministers of health and environment have both agreed to consider my request and I think that a petition will show them just how much support that a moratorium would have from the general population.” The Marlborough Wind Farm, initiated in 2008 by Prowind Canada, proposes 10 industrial wind turbines close to the village of North Gower. In early July, Health Canada and Statistics Canada announced a joint research study that will explore the relationship between wind
turbine noise and health effects on people living near wind power developments. It is expected to be completed in 2014. The petition asks for any development of the industrial wind turbine complex to be put on hold until the study is complete. It was mailed to thousands of households in the village of North Gower and the surrounding areas in early August. Poilievre is also inviting anyone wishing to sign the petition to drop by his constituency office at 250B Greenbank Road, just north of West Hunt Club Rd. Poilievre believes that the majority of the villagers will be supportive of this call for a moratorium.
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