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Clare Swinton and Emma Giugovaz had their faces painted by Kay of K’s Klubhouse at the Verona Lions Chili and Games Day event.

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oungsters and their families enjoyed a day of fun and games courtesy of Verona Lions Club who set up a variety of children’s activities and a free lunch for all at their first-ever Chili and Games Day at the Lions hall on April 5. Darlene Slack, who headed up the event that included numerous board, card and interactive games, and face painting courtesy of Kaye Traynor of

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K’s Klubhouse said the event was initiated as a way to bring members of the community together. “We wanted to let the community know that there is a place where they can come, where they can get together, and do something a little bit different.” Slack is hoping to make the event an annual one in the Verona community.

North Frontenac tax levy to go up by 3%

ntil March 14, Kelly Pender was the Chief Administrative Officer in Huntsville. On that day, he tendered his resignation, citing family reasons.

“The Pender family is seeing a lot of changes in their lives, with our oldest getting married and our youngest graduating from university,” he said. “It’s time for the Pender family to think about its future,” he told Allison Brownlee of the Huntsville Forester at the time. He also said that he had no “immediate plans” to leave the municipality and speculated about working on his garden and sharpening his golf game.

Those plans seemed to change 10 days later, when Pender was in Sydenham for the final stage in the search process for the CAO post in Frontenac County, and then on April 2, Frontenac County announced that he had been hired to oversee Frontenac County and its $40 million plus annual budget.

While the budget of the town of Huntsville is much smaller, around $13 million last year, Kelly Pender oversaw over $32 million in infrastructure spending in the lead-up to the G8 summit, which was partially held in Huntsville in 2010.

Pender was compensated to the tune of $144,000 in 2013, and while his compensa-

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Bulk of increase devoted to long term needs

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hile the levy to ratepayers in North Frontenac is going up by 3% this year, the operating budgets of township departments have been trimmed.

As part of the asset management strategy that Council took on late last year, North Frontenac has set aside 2% of the money they raise from taxation to put in a fund to cover replacement costs for all roads, bridges and buildings that the township owns.

That left a tax increase for township operations of $53,214 (1.06%) even as a number of fixed costs went up.

“There was some new spending, including $15,000 as part of our doctor recruitment commitment for the Lakelands Health Team and $54,000 for playground equipment which will only be spent if we get a grant that we have applied for,” said township Chief Administrative Officer Cheryl Robson, “and in order to keep from a larger increase in the levy each department was asked to find cuts, which they did. There were no cuts to service, but it will be a lean year this year.”

The townships draft budget, which will include a total levy of $5.2 million to North Frontenac ratepayers, was approved in principal at a meeting of council on Monday (April

7) and will be presented for public meeting at the begining of the next council meeting on April 28.

It is anticipated that the budget document will be approved by bylaw at that time.

The two other components of the tax bill that goes to North Frontenac ratepayers, county and education taxes, are each up by about $35,000 this year, for a total increase of $125,000 to be split among all the township's ratepayers.

No fix for Pine Lake mess It's been almost 8 years since members of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation occupied a piece of public land adjacent to boat launch at Pine Lake, off Ardoch Road. The small property, which is managed by the Ministry of Natural Resources, (MNR) has continued to be used as a boat launch and there is a small road running over it between Ardoch Road and the lake.

Back in 2006, the Ardoch Algonquins asserted an aboriginal claim to the property by cutting trees and putting up a metal potable building. Their stated intention was to establish a band office on the property.

But nothing has happened on the property for a number of years, except that brush has

Kelly Pender tion package as CAO of Frontenac County is not public knowledge, last fall Council approved a 6-tier salary grid for the CAO position, with wages ranging from $142,000 to $157,000 plus cost of living increases each year. At the time, the consultant who recommended the adoption of the grid said that it was likely that a new CAO would be located at least a few steps up from the lowest tier grown where the trees had been cleared.

The portable building has remained but has not been used at all.

In February, the township authorized CAO Cheryl Robson to the MNR asking that the portable be removed.

“Council requests that MNR remove this derelict portable from this property, at your earliest possible convenience,” said Cheryl Robson in a letter to Michael Gatt of the Bancroft ministry office.

Last week a letter of response came from Suzy Shalla, Resources Management Supervisor in Bancroft.

“I did want to respond to thank you and the Council for bringing forward your concerns regarding the structure located near the boat launch at Pine Lake. MNR is aware of the structure that is located there, however we

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Township Office remediation update Township staff remained housed in portable offices as well as a temporary office in the Clar/Mil Fire Hall as Service Master and Concord Engineering continue to work on the heating oil spill that took place in early February. Council received a report from Concord Engineering which says that their is no evidence that the ground under the building has been contaminated, but a number of walls and some flooring has been removed as part of ongoing clean-up efforts.

There is no time frame for the completion of repairs, which are all covered by the townships insurance policy.

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When contacted, Frontenac County Warden Bud Clayton said that Kelly Pender was the unanimous choice of the hiring committee, which included four members of the council.

“We are confident that Kelly will be able to work with Council to fulfil its vision and strategic goals,” Clayton said in a press release that was posted on April 2 on the Frontenac County website.

Kelly Pender is not new to Eastern Ontario.

Before taking on the top job in Huntsville, he was the CAO of the Town of Perth for seven years before he left for Huntsville in 2008.

Former Perth mayor, Dennis Cordick, who was a member of the committee that hired Pender for the Town of Perth, had only good things to said about him.

“Frontenac County is very fortunate to have hired him. He is very knowledgeable, and very congenial. His sole purpose is to meet the needs of the council and the taxpayers as well. He is adept at dealing with the multi-faceted situation that he will be dealing with at Frontenac County,” said Cordick in a telephone interview.

Pender’s personal connections to the region extend to his educational background.

He attended both Queen’s and St. Lawrence Colleges as well as the University of Toronto and Carleton University.

While there had been no indication, at least to reporters covering Huntsville Council, that Pender was going to leave, there had been tension between him and council in 2013 over a decision by Huntsville Council to scrap $60,000 in performance bonuses for town staff, and a decision to freeze wages this year. However, he told the press when he left that the wage freezes had nothing to do with his decision to leave.

The only hint about what may have been said behind closed doors is a cryptic statement by the Mayor of Huntsville, Claude Doughty, after he said he would not comment on Pender’s decision to resign. “I can’t comment on why I can’t comment,” Doughty said.

Kelly Pender will start his tenure as CAO of Frontenac County on Monday, May 5. The County has been overseen by Treasurer and interim CAO Marian Vanbruinessen since the departure of Liz Savill on November 15, 2013.

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Quebec and Ontario elections and that odd lawsuit A

mong other things, the Quebec election demonstrated that a poor campaign by one party can shorten the attention span of the electorate.

The massive corruption scandal that forced the retirement of Jean Charest and sent the Quebec Liberals into the penalty box of the opposition benches has been lifted after only 19 months.

This happened even though a commission of inquiry has been dishing out revelation after revelation about kick- backs and other payments of all kinds to operatives connected to the Quebec Liberal Party over many years.

How did this happen?

The Parti Quebecois allowed the focus of the election to stray from the corruption scandals that would have secured their election, to talk about a referendum on sovereignty, and voilà, they received the lowest level of support since the first election the party ever contested in 1970.

Meanwhile in Ontario, Premier Kathleen Wynne must be thinking that if the Quebec Liberals could somehow create a case of collective amnesia about the recent past, why can’t she?

Tim Hudak has one huge advantage in the coming campaign. The Liberal government that Kathleen Wynne inherited laid waste to over $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to buy two seats in the last election, and then in a move of staggering cynicism, Dalton McGuinty delivered a two-minute speech in which he not only quit the premiership but shut down the legislature for over six months. His party was willing to sacrifice the needs of the province in favour of a hasty retreat from public life for an embattled premier.

Hudak needs to hammer this fact home during the coming campaign. It is in this context that when police investigating the gas plant scandal revealed a couple of weeks ago that some hard drives in the premier’s office at Queen’s Park were wiped of information just before Wynne came into office, he pounced.

In a press conference on the day of the revelations he said that Kathleen Wynne “oversaw and possibly ordered the criminal

destruction of documents to cover up the gas plant scandal. I mean, what more do you need than to change government?”

The problem for Hudak is that he has not produced any evidence for his claim about Kathleen Wynne’s involvement, and she has called his bluff by suing him.

This has put him in a difficult position.

If he retracts his statement he will have a hard time making the gas plant scandal an

election issue.

If he does not back down, Kathleen Wynne will proceed with a lawsuit as quickly and publicly as she can.

If the talk of the campaign is the lawsuit and not the gas plant scandal, Hudak may be forced to start talking about something else during the campaign, and he doesn’t want to do that. For him, the ballot box question should be the integrity of the Ontario Liberals. The electorate needs to be thinking about Kathleen Wynn’s role in the McGuinty government or else Hudak is in

by Jeff Green

trouble.

When McGuinty resigned in October 2012 I wrote that no matter how long the Liberals delayed before coming out of the shadows and facing the voters in an election, they would be tossed out of office.

Partly because of Kathleen Wynne’s impressive ability to control the public agenda during her first year in office, and partly because of Tim Hudak’s miscalculations, but also because these days everything becomes ancient history in the blink of an eye, I’m not so sure anymore.

Court orders testing of non-existent water T

by Jeff Green

he Greenstreet family, which owns the former gym at Road 38 and Clement Road, as well as Goodfellow’s Flowers and a wine-making store that are operated by Michelle Greenstreet, has been in a two-year battle with Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health over the testing requirements for water at the gym, which the Health Unit classed as a commercial water system when they first visited the facility on April 19, 2012.

According to Rick Greenstreet, who lives upstairs from the gym, which was being operated by his daughters Nicki and Michelle, the health unit inspector, Joan Green, said at the time that since there was no data about the well at the site, monthly testing would be required at a commercial lab at the gym’s expense.

In response, the Greenstreets disconnected the sink in the bathroom of the gym and replaced it with a towelette station.

“But that wasn’t good enough because the toilet was still there and people could possibly drink from it, according to the health unit,” said Rick Greenstreet.

The last dealings the Greenstreets had with KFL&A Public Health at that time were on May 22, 2012.

“We officially closed the gym, and made it a residential space. I am permitted to run a

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karate club out of my own home, which I do in that space. My daughters teach classes to local kids twice a week. The kids are all members of the club and they are all registered with my insurance company,” he said.

In addition, he said that the toilet in the gym was removed and the kids who attend classes drink water from a rented cooler and go to the bathroom outside.

On June 26, 2012, the Greenstreets received a letter from Joan Green saying they were non-compliant with water regulations.

“I told them the space was a private recroom and it has no water and if they wanted to check it out they could get a warrant,” he said.

Nothing happened for over a year.

Then, on August 12, 2013, another simi-

NF Council - continued from page 1 Ompah fire and community halls back to square one Council soundly rejected two proposals for upgrades to the Ompah fire hall/community hall property.

The first proposal, which came in response to a tender for repairs and upgrades, would have cost $360,000. It was supported

by Councilor John Inglis and rejected by the rest of Council.

The second proposal, which was put forward by Councillor Wayne Good, would have capped spending on upgrades at $50,000, inclusive of a $10,000 accessibility

lar letter arrived, this time from Joan Green’s supervisor, Ed Gardiner. Rick Greenstreet sent the same response. Again, nothing happened.

Then last week, on April 2, the Greenstreets were served with a court order from Tausent Freund, a Kingston-based Ontario Supreme Court Judge, ordering water testing under threat of a $25,000 fine.

“We were never informed about the court hearing and thus had no opportunity to point out to the judge that there is no water to test in that location and that it is a private space,” said Greenstreet.

The matter is now in the hands of the Greenstreets’ lawyer, James Bond of Perth.

expenditures that is mandated by the Province of Ontario The proposal was proposal was supported by himself, and no one else.

Councilor Betty Hunter then proposed that $180,000 be spent on the hall, and that the Ompah fire hall task force, which came up with the proposal that led to the $360,000 tender, be brought back together to figure out how to spend only $180,000 on the building, and do so this year. Her motion was accepted.

An additional $50,000 has been pledged by the Ompah volunteers, and there remains an additional $10,000 available for accessibility features.

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Snyder family to donate fence to honour Bill:

by Jeff Green haron Snyder, the widow of recently deceased long-serving councilor, Bill Snyder, sent a letter to Council last week. In it she said that she would like to pay for a new fence for the Piccadilly cemetery, a project that Bill had tried to get council to buy into a couple of years ago.

In her letter, Sharon Snyder said she had a price of $14,795 from Foster Fencing. Township staff would have to remove the existing fencing and since the cemetery is township property the township must approve any work.

Deputy Mayor Frances Smith, who was chairing the meeting, suggested that the letter be forwarded to staff to report back on what will be required on the township end for the project to proceed.

Mayor Gutowski, who was not at the meeting this week, talked a few weeks ago about some sort of memorial to Bill Snyder to be located at the cemetery, but she said the township could not afford to put up the fence that Bill had been looking for.

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The cold winter weather has had an impact on construction starts. Permits for a paltry $66,000 in construction were taken out in March, for a total of $262,000 thus far in 2014. the year-to-date total at the same time last year was $450,000.

Water water everywhere Public Works Manager Mike Richardson said the township roads department is “kind of running around in circles” trying to keep up with the impact of the warmer, wet weather on township roads.

“We received 20 calls today, for example,” he said.

Residents are encouraged to call the public works hotline to report washouts, flooding, and large holes in roads (613-279-2936 ext. 5) but Richardson said it would be best if people were specific about the nature of the problem. “There is a difference between a washed out road and a flooded road,” he said, “You can drive through a flooded road but not a washed out road,” he said.

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don pointed out that even though Council has decided to look into closing the Piccadilly Hall, there are issues to be considered, including the fire truck that is housed in the building.

“While we consider what to do, the hall remains open for rental, and the public should know that,” he said.

Grant application The township is applying to Frontenac County for a $10,000 small project sustainability grant from Frontenac County to cover a portion of the cost of upgrading a section of the K&P trail in the hamlet of Sharbot Lake.

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n Jule Koch's letter about an assisted suicide bill, she mentions that Aspirin was only marketed in 1900. She supposes that before aspirin, people just stoically suffered without help or hope, or at least that's the way I read it. I have been a chronic pain sufferer my entire adult life. I have had to rely on a variety of painkillers, both prescription and non, and I have often had to beg different practitioners for relief as I am neither a stoic nor a silent sufferer. Several people in the recent past have made comments about what we did before we had the oxy drugs and other well-known prescription meds to alleviate pain, and now Jule mentions Aspirin as the beginning of pain management in1900.

To readers who don't know how pain sufferers managed in "the old days" let me say, LAUDANUM...first named by Paracelsus, the liquid opioid was further refined by a Doctor Thomas Sydenham in the 1600s and is still available by prescription in some of the United States!

LAUDANUM is .highly addictive but very effective in the relief of traumatic and/or chronic pain. Please note that the abuse of prescription medications should not skew the statistics of the effectiveness of any drug. Chronic drunks drink Listerine, but that doesn't mean that the bottle in my meds cabinet is any temptation or danger to me. And no, I don't want any Laudanum, thank you.

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am responding to the ongoing thread in regards to the issue of gay couples raising children. If you go to one good reference friend “Google”, you will find the following: A Cambridge University's Centre for Family Research study found that "Overall we found markedly more similarities than differences in experiences between family types." http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/ health-and-families/health-news/children-in-gay-adoptions-at-no-disadvantage-8518004.html A George Washington University same sex adoption study showed that “Overall, children start exhibiting gender behaviour during the preschool years, with girls wanting to play with toys like dolls, and boys wanting toys like trucks and cars. This study found that all the children showed similar gender behaviour as their same-aged peers, whether they were raised by same-sex parents or by heterosexual parents.

The study did find that, as with any family, the outcomes of the children hinged on: parenting abilities overall; the stresses in the family; and the satisfaction of the parents' relationship. And, the study found that heterosexual and same-sex adoptive parents

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The piece of trail is a wooded section between the public beach and the government dock at the edge of the railway park across from the township office. The park has been under development for a number of years.

Phase 1 of the project, which is budgeted at $28,000 includes brushing and leveling the trail, applying granular M stone and stone dust, a wood chip buffer, and the installation of gates and bollards at both ends of the section in addition to safety signage.

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exhibited these success factors equally.” http://www.goldencradle.org/how-do-children-same-sex-adoption-fare University of Texas, Mark Regnerus concludes: “Do children need a mother and father to turn out well as adults? No, if we observe the many anecdotal accounts with which all Americans are familiar.”

As John Adams so aptly put it: "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." http://www.policymic.com/articles/83281/ what-the-research-really-says-about-gayparents-and-kids If I am convinced of anything, it is that a good life for all is to adhere to one golden rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. - Jocelyne Steeves

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“Isn’t the fair going to be one day shorter this year?” asked Councilor Jeff Matson.

“Maybe they don’t need as much money.”

“If it is shorter then there will be less revenue and they will need the grant even more” said Frances Smith.

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Billa Flint, who founded the villages of Flinton and Actinolite, was a magistrate, a member of the Legislative Assembly (pre-Confederation), mayor of Belleville, and senator. Hear the amazing stories of this local pioneer, entrepreneur and politician. Everyone is welcome. · Starting April 18 there will be Open Mic & Potluck at the LOL Lions Club in Northbrook on the 3rd Friday of every month from 7-11 p.m. Admission is $6, entertainers $2. Bring your talent and your potluck. Everyone is welcome for a great evening. For further info, call Lionel at 613-336-8142. · Canada Geese have been returning with a suntan to our lakes a bit late, but it is a sign of warmer days ahead!

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Your attendance at this fundraising dinner will help them budget accordingly, and will also allow you the opportunity of meeting the new interim director Andrew Douglas. For more information on this dinner, donation pledges or camp registration please call the ranch at 335-5403. · April Diners at the Kennebec Hall features Cabbage Rolls,

carrots, garlic bread and home made tarts for dessert. After a hot and hearty lunch prepared for us by Paul and Aimee, we are always entertained by a new game or puzzle. If you are 50+ and enjoy socializing with a fun loving group come out and join us, April 15 at noon. Call me and I’ll make sure a spot is reserved for you. · Cake raffles and a bake sale, at Mountain Grove School, will take place April 15-17. This is another fundraising event to contribute to the 7/8 trip and graduation. · Easter weekend, April 18, begins with a Cross Walk from the Matson Farm at 1:45 pm to the Arden United Church, followed by a service. On Easter Sunday, April 20, the annual “Sonrise” service will begin at 6:30 am, at Big Clear Beach, with services at the three churches at the regular times. · On Saturday April 19, the Kennebec Recreation Committee will host their Annual Children’s Easter Party beginning at 10am with games, crafts and a hot dog lunch for the kids.

We are also hoping a special guest will make an appearance. More news of the special guest next week. · Monday, April 21, the Kennebec Rec committee will hold their April meeting at the Community Centre beginning at 7pm. Everyone is welcome. · Tune in to TVO on Wednesday April 23 at 9pm & midnight, as the film “The Lost Highway” will be featured. Many Ardenites have cameo appearances in this film and trailers can be viewed on line. I’m told there are appearances by Howard Gibbs and the Glee Club, among others. Take a look at an outsider’s peek at our community.

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• On their doctors’ advice, many people take a baby Aspirin daily if they are at risk of heart attack or stroke. If you also take anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen or naproxen, take your Aspirin at least one hour before the NSAID to avoid an interaction that will lower the Aspirin’s ability to reduce heart attacks.

• Do you get CVS? That stands for Computer Vision Syndrome brought on by extended use of a computer. Symptoms include headaches, blurred vision, dry eyes and neck and shoulder pain. To avoid CVS, blink frequently, take your eyes off the screen and give them a rest every 20 minutes or so and ensure your text size isn’t too small. And get up, stretch and walk around periodically.

• A recent government report comparing health statistics in 34 countries showed that Canada leads in the number of women dying of lung cancer. It’s 47 per 100,000 women. The reason seems to be that women were slower to adopt a non-smoking status due to the “light” and “slim” cigarette promotions of the 60s and 70s. Today, only about 14% of Canadian women smoke. It’s never too late to stop.

• Having said the above about women and smoking, women are more likely to reach the age of 100 than men. Currently, for every 100 females who reached the age of 100, there are only 21 male centenarians.

In the developed countries, Japan has one of the highest number of centenarians.

• There are some drug interactions that are more serious than others. Our pharmacists will attempt to let you know those that could be serious so you will know how best to take your medications. You can count on us.

family. Call the St. Paul's United Church office at 613-3722525 or Marni at 613-374-9929. Advance tickets preferred. · A cash bingo will be held April 15 at Golden Links Hall.

Early bird 7 p.m. Books $7-15. Call Brenda 613-372-2410. · Also at the Golden Links Hall, a Youth Dance, April 18 for ages 9-15 from 7 - 9:30 p.m. Cost is $6. Call Sharon 613539-6676 or Wayne 613-358-2355. Sponsored by the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. · Rev. Oscar Simpson presents "Country Church" at the Hartington Community Church, April 25 beginning at 7 p.m.

Music provided by "The Old Hims" with special guests "Old Habits". Freewill offering and refreshments. For information call 613-374-2178. · The Harrowsmith Social and Athletic Club will once again host their "Chinese Auction", April 26 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $12 for members and $14 for non-members. Advance tickets only. Call Pam at 613-389-3180 or Michelle, 613-9298506. · Also on April 26, The L & A Ridge Runners Snowmobile Club will be holding a fundraiser at the Odessa Fairgrounds Hall from 8 p.m. - midnight. Dance to the music of "Free Beer". Cost is $15 per person. Proceeds of this fundraiser will help to repair the groomer and ensure well-maintained trails for next season. · Words to live by - Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same.

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· It’s Easter Bunny time! The Denbigh Griffith Lions Club is selling chocolate Easter bunnies again this year. Please contact Tony and Gail Fritsch 613-333-2224 or one of the other Lions Members if you would like a chocolate bunny.

Your support of Lions activities is always appreciated. · This Sunday is Music in the Hall, 1pm at the Denbigh Hall.

To entertain us, contact Mark 333-9462 or Paul 333-2776.

Food bank donations gratefully accepted. · Denbigh Recreation's Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, April 19, 12 noon to 2pm at the Denbigh Hall. There will be children's games, crafts, egg colouring contest, and an Easter egg hunt. Lunch will be provided to the children for free. Refreshments will be available.

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· A Dinner, Dance and Silent Auction will be held April 11 at the Verona Lions Hall to support the family who were left homeless when their home was destroyed by fire. A roast pork dinner will be served at 6 p.m. and live music begins at 7p.m. A silent auction and fundraising games will run throughout the evening. Tickets are $15 a person or $35 per

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Just a reminder that Jack’s Jam has been moved to April 26 because the regular date falls on Easter weekend.

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· Welcome to the new owner of The News (he looks remarkable like a cleaned-up version of the old owner!) Happy April foolishness. · The next Birthday Bash will be held Wednesday, April 16 at the Ompah Community Centre. Bring a potluck dish to share and stay to play cards after. All are welcome. · The Ompah Community Library will be open once again on Saturdays from 12 noon to 2 p.m. beginning May 3. As of May 4, the library will no longer be open on Sundays.

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· Our sympathies and prayers for the family of Sandy and Bernie Wood at the sudden passing of Sandy's brother Patrick Wilson, in Edmonton at the age of 43. His brothers Adam, Michael, and grandparents Lorna and Don will miss him · Congratulations to Roger and Sharon MacMunn for being first time grandparents of twin grandsons Mason and Cooper. Parents are Lindsay and Ed Robson · Happy birthday to Harold Warren, 80, Chandler Goodberry, Zach Matson, Brenda Steele, Suzanna McGregor, Doug Scott, Tyyel Flieler, Janet Gibbs, Brandon Fobert, Tori Neuman, Grace Noonan, Valerie Fobert, Claire and Jack Willis (twins). · Happy Anniversary to Ron & Beverley Ruttan, Joan & Brad Wyatt, Marty & Kelly Cowdy, · A good social evening is held at 7pm at the Arden Community hall to play euchre every Tuesday .and 7:30pm at the Arden Legion every Thursday night .Come and have some fun. · On the week-end we had the privilege of hearing the new

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13-year-old superstar, Abby Steward, sing and play .She is sensational and can be heard on the country radio station. · Now that hockey season is over, many young people are signing up for baseball and soccer. The playing area needs to experience warm weather and dry up first · Music of the Easter Season will be sung at the Community Church of God at Petworth on April 13, 2pm. Everyone is welcomed by Rev Ruth Ann and Don Paul · Now that the Easter Season will soon be celebrated I strongly recommend watching the new movie, "Heaven Is Real". It is supposed to be playing on the Easter week-end in a Kingston theatre. The movie is based on a true story and I have read the book. · Please let me know of anyone that we need to be thinking of · Saying of the week: Living on earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun every year!

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· OK, this is not funny. I aged visibly when I read the news on the front page of last week’s Frontenac News. The News had been sold. How could our wonderful paper sell out to someone out of town? Heck - out of province! Someone who doesn’t know our wonderful country homey paper and even wants to impose a dress code. No matter what assurances the new owner gave, I knew our paper was going to change.

Sick feeling aside, I continued to read the paper. Then on page two I read how spring had been delayed due to non-removal of winter decorations and then I knew that once again I had been flummoxed. Come on, Jeff have you no shame?

I swore two years ago that this would not happen again; that I would not fall prey to your devious April Fool’s prank and yet you got me again, hook, line and sinker. OK that’s it, I’m ready for you next time (until of course, the next time.) · ZUMBA Fitness classes are now in Verona. ZUMBA is a Latin dance inspired fitness class for all ages, where the participant can modify and simplify each move as their body dictates and no dance or fitness background is required.

Classes run every Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Verona Lion's Hall with registration beginning at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $10 per person and children ages 12-16 are $5. Comfortable fitness shoes and workout clothing, a large water bottle, a small towel, and a smile are required. For further information, contact Lori at 613 -374-3518. · The Grade 8 Parent Committee is holding a Ham Bingo on Tuesday, April 15. Doors open at 6:30, games start at 7 p.m.

Prince Charles Public School. · The next Verona Cattail Festival meeting will be held Tuesday, April 15, 7 p.m. at the Verona Lions Hall. Plans are being made for the 19th annual Festival. We always welcome new volunteers. For more information, call Wayne Conway at 613-374-3807. · Frontenac Farmers Market is back with their Annual Easter Market on Saturday, April 19. All your favourite Market Vendors will be on hand with lots of tasty treats. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Verona Lions Hall.

There will be a dinner, dance and silent auction on Friday, April 11 at the Verona Lions Hall to a family who were left homeless when fire destroyed their home. A roast pork dinner with all the trimmings including homemade pie will be served at 6. Live music bands and dance will start at 7 p.m.

Ongoing silent auction and fundraising games. Tickets are $15 per person or $35 family and are available from the St. Paul's United Church office 372-2525 or Marni Pedersen 374-9929.

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lovely spring flowers. Next Keenagers – first Tuesday of May at 2 p.m. Come and join us. · There were 182 people fed on Saturday at the Snow Road Snowmobile Club breakfast. · Welcome to the new folks at Snow Road – John and Molly French. · Happy Birthday, Scott Gemmill. · I want to welcome the new people who moved in behind me in the fall. The man’s name is Chris; sorry I don’t know your names yet. So welcome to Mississippi Station – both of you! · The Snow Road Snowmobile Club’s fundraiser breakfast for Alzheimer’s on April 5 raised $780, which will be split between the Alzheimer societies of Lanark and Frontenac counties. In addition, the generous breakfasters also made extra donations to the Alzheimer societies, which totaled $300.

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· This Friday April 11 there is a fundraiser at the Verona Lions Hall to benefit the family who lost their home to fire near Harrowsmith. This night will feature a roast pork dinner with all the trimmings and home baked pies. A silent auction will follow and then dancing with music supplied by Bellfonix, Brielle Leblanc and Drop Down Mama. Tickets are $15; family $35. Doors open at 5pm; dinner served at 6pm and music starts up at 7pm. Call 372-2525 for tickets. · This Sat. April 12 the Legion is hosting a Potluck and Euchre night. Come at 5pm with your favourite dish and cards begin after dinner. This event generally winds up at 9pm and is a great way to play some cards with old friends and new. · If Euchre is your game then don't forget the Harris Memorial Park Club House in Perth Road Village hosts four handed euchre every Thursday night at 7:30 pm. Your $5 fee includes sandwiches and dessert. · Next Thurs. April 17 is Wing Night at the Legion. What a great kick off to a long weekend - bring the whole family for some delicious wings and try out the new deep fried pickles.

Wings are served from 5pm - 8pm so come early. · Spring means Girl Guide Cookie Time!! Saturday April 12 the 1st Sydenham Sparks, Brownies and Guides will hit the village armed with the original vanilla and chocolate cookies for $5/box. If you miss the blitz you can head to Video Home Rental (beside One Stop) and pick up a box there. · Are you interested in volunteering with Southern Frontenac Community Services? They are looking for help in many different areas including Food Bank, Bingo, Transportation, Community Garden just to name a few. Training is provided and drivers are reimbursed for their mileage. If you would like to help out our local seniors please call 376-6477. · Please feel free to contact me with your upcoming events.

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· Our own Howard and Melanie Gibbs will be featured in the up-coming TVO documentary “The Lost Highway”, premiering on April 23. It looks at Highway 7, which was built in the 1920s and 1930s and offered incentives for businesses, ho-

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tels, gas stations - like Gibbs' Garage and Gas to get started in the depression years. The documentary looks at some of the tough, and at times, forced decisions that led to the demise of the businesses and tourist trade, most notably the building of Highway 401 in the 1950s. This cancelled out the original plan to make Highway 7 a multi-laned super highway. As well, the discontinued Canadian Pacific rail caused a lot of decline. Be sure to watch this documentary or check it out on line. Howard is a real celebrity and he sure does, as the old song says "act naturally in the movies." · Lionel Grimard, a noteworthy local musician from our area, is starting an Open Mike and potluck at the Lions Hall in Northbrook on the third Friday of the month, 7 to 11 p.m. The potluck will happen at 9:30 p.m. once folks have built up an appetite from all the music, talking, dancing, and socializing.

Give Lionel a call to get the details and the cost of admission as this will be a fun time and a good supplement to the local cafe music jam on the last Friday of the month in the morning hours. We sure have lots of swell musicians in our area. · It's great to see Ken and Doreen Black home from the sunny south. · The three United Churches are selling Easter eggs, which are symbolic of the new life of Jesus Christ, resurrected from the dead at Easter time. The egg is symbolic of the tomb in which the body of Jesus Christ was laid after crucifixion.

Easter Sunday is April 20, so please find a spiritual home in the area where you can celebrate. · We sure hope “The News” wasn't sold to a company that has a dress and cleanliness code - was that an April Fool's joke or do we need to buy a new wardrobe in order to write the news and visit the Sharbot Lake office?

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· The Althorpe-Bolingbroke Community Association has received a Trillium Grant. Over the next two years several projects will unfold to help reduce the ABC Hall’s operating costs.

Expect to see the oil furnace and air-conditioning replaced; upgrades to the exterior of the hall and a paved driveway and parking lot. These are only a few of the projects planned.

Thank you to Bryon Turner who was instrumental in preparing the grant application, and thank you also to volunteers Pat Hough, Rob Boyer, and David Pollard. Don’t forget to visit the ABCA website at abchall.ca · Yoga for Gardeners, April 13, 2 – 5 p.m. Before you dig, join instructor Jill Dunkley at the ABC Hall, and learn effective yoga practices to help prepare you for gardening safely. · I understand Tom Dooley spent the weekend visiting friends and neighbours. · April 17 - Perth Historical Society presents historian Claudia Smith who will relate the story of her spirited grandmother, a nursing sister who served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps in WW1. Also showing is Perth resident Frank Mahon with his unique seaman’s travel desk and contents that had a connection to Captain Cook. 7:30 p.m. at Perth’s Royal Ca-

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nadian Legion, Home of the Remembrance Hall, 26 Beckwith Street E. (Toonie Fee). For more information, call 613-264-8362 or 613264-0094 – or visit www.perthhs.org . A great night out for only $2! · The 22nd Annual Maberly Maple Festival Pancake Brunch will be held at the Maberly Community Hall on Saturday, April 19. Be there and be ready for a Sweet Easter Weekend treat! 10 am to 1 pm. Adults $10, kids under 12 - $5, toddlers – free. For more information, contact Margaret French at 613-2682102. There will be home baking for sale as well as maple syrup products. Hosted by the Maberly Agricultural Society.

PARHAM-TICHBORNE Colleen Steele 613-375-6219 Christine Teal 613-375-6525 mrsteal2u@hotmail.com · Don't forget to bring your children to the Easter Drop in on Saturday at the CE Building in Parham from 11 until 1. The theme is ‘Come have lunch with the Easter Bunny’.

The Party Faerie will be on hand to do face painting and balloon art. There will also be a couple of crafts. After a hot dog lunch there will be cookies to decorate for dessert. · Calling all Rebekahs & Oddfellows: the annual Eastern Ontario Rally is on April 12 at Harrowsmith. Come out and show your fraternal pride. Anyone interested in joining this order can give me a call as both are looking for new members or reinstated ones. · Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Joel Gray, who exchanged vows on Saturday. All the best in your next chapter, Joel, Ashley and Liam! · Thank you to all those who came out to register for the upcoming ball season - it may be hard to believe with all the snow around but it will be here eventually! If you missed out on Saturday's registration, please send an email to cfminorball@hotmail.com with the ages of the children involved. · It was great to see the GREC double gym

in use on the weekend as students participated in the co-ed volleyball tournament, even facing off against a teachers' team!!

Congrats guys and gals - what a great day! · Please join us for the Roberts family's dedication ceremony at the Habitat for Humanity House in Tichborne on April 26 at 12 noon. The event is open to everyone. · The Good Friday Church service will be held at Parham United Church at 11 a.m.

There will also be a Passion Walk on Good Friday at 8:30 a.m. from the Anglican Church in Sharbot Lake, and an Easter Sunday Sunrise Service behind the Simonette Building in Sharbot Lake at 6 a.m. · The Sharbot Lake Lions Club is having a Music Jamboree on April 27 at Land o'Lakes Public School in Mountain Grove. I hear there will be some great local talent! For tickets please call Dave and Dawn Hansen at 613-375-6318 · Join Relay for Life Team Kylie on April 26 at the Sydenham Legion for their second annual dance and silent auction. Doors open at 8pm, live entertainment by Shawn and Dave Mccullough; $10 a person or $15 a couple. · Happy Birthday to Mark Howes, Tori Neumann, Connie McVeigh, Jack & Claire Willis, Dorothy Cowen, Derek Teal and Nolan Teal. · Thinking of you to Helen Raymo, and Kim Harper. · Congratulations to Billy Young and Amanda England, who will be exchanging vows later this month. · Volunteers for the Canadian Cancer Society will be going door to door this month to collect for Cancer. · Congratulations once again to Lucas Steele on making it to the finals in his hockey game this past weekend - great job to the team. · It is with mixed emotions that we see the high school being torn down. Definitely lots of memories - oh if those walls could talk!!! It is a piece of history and a piece of the community but we need to embrace the new school and all that it can do for the kids in our community. · North Frontenac Little Theatre is present-

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Friends of Salmon River free shoreline program D submitted by Susan Moore

oes your shoreline property have a Natural Edge? A shoreline of trees, shrubs or flowering plants is a thing of beauty and a refuge for many animals and plants. Landowners with waterfront property anywhere in the Salmon River watershed may take advantage of the Friends of the Salmon River shoreline program. The watershed includes all areas of land that drain into the Salmon River, from just south of Mazinaw Lake (north of Cloyne), southeast to Arden, and from there, southwest to Shannonville, where it empties into the Bay of Quinte. The system includes our abundant lakes, wetlands and tributaries.

This program will help create or expand vegetation buffers along the water’s edge.

Natural buffers of shrubs, trees, ground covers, grasses, and aquatic plants provide essential services: they filter water, stabilize stream banks, reduce erosion, and improve wildlife habitat . The Friends of the Salmon River in partnership with the Centre for Sustainable Watersheds, the Eastern Ontario Stewardship Collaborative, and Quinte Conservation are offering landowners free site visits this spring, from mid-April to mid-May.

Following a site visit, project staff will create a customized planting plan If views of the water are a priority, there are low growing species available. The goals and wishes of the landowner are tailored into the plan, and the landowner decides what is appropriate for the land. Participating landowners will be asked to sign a stewardship agreement (agreeing to take reasonable care of the plants) and to make a small financial contribution. The Centre for Sustainable Watersheds will arrange the ordering, delivery and planting of all the plants. Planting will take place in the fall of 2014. Community volunteers may participate in the plantings. Training workshops will be available to demonstrate planting techniques and the benefits of healthy shoreline habitat. This project will not only improve your shoreline, but it will also empower community members – young and older – to take positive environmental action. To book your free site visit, contact Friends of the Salmon River (friendsofsalmonriver.ca): Susan Moore at 613-379-5958; susan@moorepartners.ca OR the Centre for Sustainable Watersheds, 613-264-1244. Visit www.watersheds.ca and look for The Natural Edge.

NFLT plays coming up N orth Frontenac Little Theatre is excited to present two one-act plays by Norm Foster at the end of April. Norm Foster is our group’s favourite Canadian comedy writer. We’ve performed several of his plays before: Maggie’s Getting Married, The Foursome and Opening Night. He has a way of making us laugh and sneaking in a warm, fuzzy message that stays with us.

Imagine what would happen if that little voice inside your head – the one that tells you how to behave and what choices to make – suddenly took on a life of its own?

“My Narrator” is a sweet romantic comedy with a twist. Lacy (Kathy Bateman) is a struggling artist with poor taste in men. Miles (Noel Bateman) is a bumbling but sweet loser. The two hardly seemed destined for a romantic future together until their own personal internal narrators—embodied by Andrea Dickinson and John Stephen—discover a mutual attraction.

In the second play, When John bargains with the Angel of Death for a second chance at life, he quickly discovers that fixing the mistakes of your past is difficult, and that perhaps his destiny is not yet etched in stone.

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Since the Granite Ridge Education Centre stage isn’t ready, NFLT will present its production at the Oso Hall in Sharbot Lake on Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 27 at 2 p.m. For the first time, we will also be performing our Dinner Theatre package at the Sharbot Lake Country Inn on Friday, April 25 at 5:30 p.m. For dinner theatre tickets, please contact Nina Jenkins at 613-279-2945. Saturday and Sunday tickets can be purchased at Gray’s Grocery and Sharbot Lake Pharmacy.

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mpty Bowls Perth will once again be held at the Festival of the Maples on Saturday, April 26, outside Riverguild Fine Crafts.

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Cellar/Bistro 54/Barnabe’s/Coutts & Co. and the Masonry. Best of all, Scotiabank will match your donation, dollar for dollar! If you can’t make it to Perth but would like to donate, visit www.emptybowls.ca/donations. html. Since 2002 our friend and colleague Jackie Seaton spearheaded this event in Perth. We dedicate our efforts in Jackie’s memory. Participating potters in 2014 are Glenn Gangnier, Ali Ross, Rita Redner, Susie Osler, Krystyna Chelminska. Margaret

purchase the bowls and enjoy the food before taking them home. The bowls are a reminder that food is more than a commodity but a right, and that hunger persists in our community. In Perth, soup, artisan bread and locally roasted coffee will be provided by these Perth restaurateurs: Mex &Co/ Sunflower Bake Shop/Fiddleheads/Stone

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Vernissage at Land O’ Lakes PS celebrates student artists T he 24 student artists and members of this year’s Land O' Lakes Art Club wrapped up the results of their 10-week course at the Land O' Lakes Public School on April 2 in a very arty celebration. The students gathered in the school’s main pod, which was transformed into a gallery space where the paintings were on display, each on its own easel.

Parents of the students helped to make the occasion one to remember. Linda Tremblay, owner of Nomad's Rest Bed and Breakfast in Mountain Grove, whose son Boris participated

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COUNCIL MEETINGS Special Council Meeting, Frontenac County Strategic Plan, April 15, 2014 at 9a.m. at the Soldiers Memorial Hall, 1107 Garrett St. Sharbot Lake, ON. April 29, 2014 at 4p.m. at the Soldiers Memorial Hall, 1107 Garrett St. Sharbot Lake, ON. May 13, 2014 at 4p.m. at the Soldiers Memorial Hall, 1107 Garrett St. Sharbot Lake, ON.

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Gabriel Hull and Aurora French with their paintings Aurora’s have a more realistic, classical feel.” Hall added that all of the students were very enthusiastic and at each class, after receiving instruction they happily set to work on their paintings. Hall said that he hopes to continue the art club next year. The club has been able to run at the school thanks to a grant from the Limestone Learning Foundation that covers the cost of all the materials for the club.

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LOLPS teacher and acclaimed artist, Lee Hall, was the instructor of the group, who focused on figure painting this time around. Their model, which the students appropriately named LOLA, stood in the midst of the displayed works.

Young grade four artist Gabriel Hull said it was his first time participating in the club. He said that the fabric folds on the model LOLA were some of the most challenging parts for him. Grade seven student Aurora French joined the art club for her second year and she said she loves making art.

She said that getting the shape of Lola's face and her shoulder right was difficult, as was painting the fabric folds. She said that she enjoyed painting from a model and the fact that “there was always something there that you could constantly look back and forth to.” She explained how she achieved her colourful textured background by dabbing the paint onto the canvas with her brush.

Lee Hall was impressed with the work the students created and he explained how individual works exemplified many different artistic styles. “I am really pleased with the variety of work that we have here. There are works that remind me of Matisse with their big broad patches of surreal colour and there are others, more blurred and abstract that remind me of the works of Francis Bacon. Others like Gabriel’s and

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Two noteworthy community concerts coming up for Easter T

he fact that music can be more emotionally moving than words alone is a good reason to make note of two special upcoming concerts on Easter weekend. The first will be a free concert at St. Paul's Anglican church in Sydenham at 3:30pm on Good Friday, April 18 by a community choir comprised of 35 singers, ages nine and up from numerous local churches along with singers from the nearby surrounds. The choir will perform Sir John Stainer's popular oratorio titled The Crucifixion.

The piece, described by its composer as “A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer,” tells the story of Good Friday using narration, passages from the Bible and exquisite vocal and instrumental music that begins the story in Gethsemane and ends with the crucifixion. Under the direction of Brad Barbeau of St. Paul's Anglican church in Sydenham, who directed the same piece two years ago, this performance will include the 35-member chorus, many of whom will be singing it for the second time. The organist will be Ed Norman formerly of St. George's Cathedral in Kingston. Renowned soloist, baritone Phil Rodgers of Kingston, will sing the part of Jesus, and tenor soloist Jerod Buchmayer, a Queens University student and former singer from the Men and Boys Choir of Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa, will sing the narrator's part.

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The Crucifixion was written in 1887 and Barbeau describes it as music that is “familiar, inspiring, dramatic and exciting with loads of energy and some beautiful solos and duets that are stunning to hear.”

Guests are invited to bring a free will offering in support of Southern Frontenac Community Services in Sydenham, who offer a myriad of programs for seniors in the community.

The second concert, a one-hour early morning concert titled Son-Rise, will take place at Trinity United Church in Verona on Easter Sunday, April 20 at 7am. It will include members of the community choir, under the direction of Annabelle Twiddy and the choir will sing a wide-ranging repertoire of Easter songs in various genres, Brad Barbeau rehearses with the community choir including the gospel song "Rise Up Easter Shibley, who will sing "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth".

Morning", Honegger's energetic Latin piece titled "Laudate The concert will end with Handel's Hallejah Chorus and Dominum" (Praise the Lord), Bach's "Sheep May Safely guests will be invited to the stage to sing along. In addition to Graze" featuring Brad Barbeau on organ, an arrangement of the community choir, local country/gospel trio Vocal Legacy the hymn "This Joyful Easter Tide", as well as a solo perfor- comprised of Ron Snider, Evelyn Snider and Terena Grice mance by renowned soprano and local singer/actor Connie will be performing a number of songs that will also celebrate Easter in a different style and genre complementary to the season. The group, who have a big following, are well known

by Julie Druker for their harmonies and their very eclectic sound.

This concert is also free and guests are invited to make a of new sod or re-seed with grass seed.” For donation to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, an organization seeding Lawrence recommended a fine-bladed that began in 1983 as a partnership of 15 different churches grass called creeping red fescue mixed with and church agencies who have been working together to 25% Dutch white clover: “That mix will tolerate fight global hunger. To date the Foodgrains Bank has provery dry conditions and full sun but also shade vided half a billion dollars in assistance to people in over 80 and because of the clover you will never have countries around the world. to feed the lawn.” How to keep squirrels away from bulbs? Lawrence advised using blood meal since squirrels are vegetarians. However, it needs replacing after every rain. Another opRD. 38, Godfrey, ON K0H 1T0 tion is using a highly perfumed soapy detergent mixed with water since they do not like the taste or smell. Another option is chicken wire weighted down over the bulb site and cut to six inches larger. The wire can be removed after the ground freezes and put back in the fall.

Other pointers for this time of year? To avoid compacting the soil, keep off the lawn until no foot prints are left when walking over the ground. He addressed mealy bugs and 613 OR Dual Fuel scale on house plants, how to best separate dahlias, how to Models Avalailable spruce up old Christmas cacti and peonies, and what to do with a lime tree producing too small fruit.

Regarding how to keep deer out the garden without using a 10 foot fence, Lawrence suggested a few sprays, one called plant skid, made from putrefied eggs, or a spray made with a heavily perfumed detergent. He mentioned that Leonard Lee of Lee Valley Tools hangs CDs on a line, which kept the deer out until harvest time but added that a combination of the smell and sight deterrents might work for deer. He suggested hanging one-foot lengths of triangular material spaced 10 of 15 feet apart on a line strung 4 feet off the ProAlliance Realty, Brokerage ground. An artist friend of his had success with this method.

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Gardening guru Ed Lawrence in Verona A dele Colby, chair of the Grandmothersby-the Lake chapter of the Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmother to Grandmothers Campaign, knew Ed Lawrence, Canada’s leading gardening expert from when she used to work at Rideau Hall, and she conceived the idea of asking him to speak in Verona as a fundraiser for the group.

Tickets for the event quickly sold out and on April 5, 160 people packed Trinity United Church to soak up words of wisdom from their favourite gardener.

Ed Lawrence has advised gardeners for 32 years on CBC radio, and worked as the chief horticulturalist at Rideau Hall in Ottawa for successive governor generals from the 1970s until 2005. At the Verona event Lawrence began by addressing one of the commonest queries of gardeners, spring pruning. He advised using by-pass hand pruners as opposed to the anvil-styled ones, which will damage plants.

Like all effective teachers Lawrence used humour and also repetition and throughout his presentation he stressed the two basic rules of pruning: 1) cut with the blade closest to what you are keeping, and 2) cut at the node, keeping it intact so that it can heal, seal and continue to grow. He listed the five D's to direct you when pruning. Cut out the Dead, Damaged, Diseased and Dangerous, and prune for the Desirable. He reminded over-zealous pruners to never remove more than 25% of a plant. “If the dead material makes up 25% of the plant, quit pruning until the following season.” He offered up tips like taking a picture of the pre-pruned plant to give a record of its size and flowers or fruit in case you get carried away. When to prune? After flowering occurs, so that you can see what is worth keeping and what is not.

Lawrence answered questions that guests had written down on cards beforehand. Grandmothers group member Barb Rodgers picked the cards from a hat and read them out. Numerous topics were covered, including how to encourage more flowering on a Japanese silk lilac shrub. Lawrence advised pruning only after flowering, providing more sun by pruning nearby vegetation, avoiding moisture stress, offering proper balanced feeding of the soil, and of course, “eternal hope”.

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ver the past few months, Margaret Anderson, Education Coordinator at Pine Meadow, has been busy trying to organize a Supportive Care Resource Team for staff, residents and their families. Our team is made up of employees and community partners of Pine Meadow that are passionate about Supportive Care and providing the best end-of-life care possible to the residents of the home. Supportive Care is providing care to all people, regardless of age, who have had a life-altering, life-changing diagnosis. Our focus is on “resident-centred

TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH FRONTENAC VOTER INFORMATION To prepare for the October 27th Election, make sure that you are on the Voter’s List.

Please see www.voterlookup.ca or look on our website under ‘Town Hall/Elections/Voter Information’ to confirm and/or update your information.

PHOTO CONTEST! We are interested in photos for use on our website and other South Frontenac publications. Share with us how you see South Frontenac! Consider photos that depict activities and events throughout the four seasons. Please see our website for further details under ‘News and Public Notices.’

EASTER WEEKEND CHANGES TO GARBAGE PICKUP Regular garbage pickup on Friday, April 18th will be picked up on Saturday April 19th.

Regular garbage pickup on Monday, April 21st will be picked up on Tuesday, April 22nd.

There will be no changes to the rest of the week.

2014 PRIVATE LANE UPGRADING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM The Township will pay up to 50% of the cost for Private Lane Upgrades that will improve access for Emergency Vehicles. Applications will be received until June 13, 2014 and can be found on the website under ‘Roads and Parking’.

SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDER Take notice that the Township will be having a sale of land by public tender on April 23, 2014. For further information regarding this sale and a copy of the prescribed form of tender, visit www.OntarioTaxSales.ca or if no internet access is available, tender packages can be purchased at the Municipal Office, at a cost of $10.00 + HST, located at 4432 George St., Sydenham beginning March 17, 2014.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL • REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FD-2014-02 Computer Program for both the Fire & Building Departments Sealed submissions must be received by 1:00 pm, April 10, 2014. Attention: Wayne Orr, CAO, PO Box 100, 4432 George St., Sydenham, ON, K0H 2T0. Please see our website under ‘2014 Tenders’ for required specifications and further information.

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DEPOT - HOURS Spring/Summer hours began on April 3rd and every Thursday from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

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care”, which aims to relieve suffering and improve quality of life for the residents and their families. One of our goals is to raise money for our wish program, where we try to make residents’ wishes come true for them. We will also focus on life stories in collaboration

with families, to help us better understand and get to know the residents on a more personal level. We are very excited and eager to get started, for at Pine Meadow, the happiness and well-being of each and every resident is what matters the most!

Beaver Colony Clean up by Mark Schjerning

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embers of the 1st Sydenham Beaver Colony got an early start to “Pitch-In Week” at their regular meeting this past Monday.

Despite the wet weather, the Beavers spent time picking up garbage around the parking lot and grounds at Loughborough Public School, where they meet every Monday.

A total of three of the special yellow “PitchIn” garbage bags were filled. South Frontenac Township is holding “Pitch-In Week”, April 22 to 26. Special garbage bags are available from all Bag Tag distributors and at the Public Works office located at 2490 Keeley Road. Additional

information can be found on the Township web site (www.southfrontenac.net) and in the Recreation Guide. Beaver Scouts provide a wide range of activities for boys and girls aged 5 to 7. Photo by Addy Schjerning

Lyme disease talk in Arden A talk on Lyme disease was sponsored by the Frontenac Addington Trappers Council on March 26, and close to 60 listeners filled the Kennebec hall in Arden, hoping to better understand the disease.

Myra DeCou of the Lyme Disease Association of Ontario, who gave the presentation, knows first hand both the facts and fictions about the disease. In June 2013 her daughter Alicia, who had been seriously ill for over a decade, was finally diagnosed with Lyme’s after taking a test, which is available in the State of California and costs $1300.

According to DeCou, Canadian doctors and the Canadian medical establishment in general lag far behind their US counterparts in “taking the disease seriously and offering the right kinds of tests and treatments to fight it.”

Lyme disease is often called the great imitator, as those who contract it often present with a huge variety of symptoms, making a positive diagnosis difficult. However if left undetected and untreated, the disease can create major health problems.

In Canada it is the black-legged tick (a.k.a. the deer tick) that is believed to carry the disease but DeCou’s advice was to get any tick that has bitten you tested.

Ticks can begin infecting their hosts when they are still at the nymph stage of development and are the mere size of a poppy seed.

They attach to the host and feed on the latter’s blood, and the disease is transmitted when the bodily fluids of the two come into contact. Though it is believed that infection can only occur with an extended feeding period that lasts upwards of 24 hours, DeCou said that certain cases show that the disease has been transmitted in as little as 20 minutes. Her advice to the listeners is to go through the process of getting an attached tick tested no matter how long you think it

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Myra and Alicia DeCou has been feeding.

Those who find a tick on their person should remove it immediately (head and all), using gloves and tweezers or forceps. There are also a number of tick removal accessories available. The tick should be put into a jar with a tight-fitting lid and labeled with your name, date, address, the type of tick (if known), where it was found on the body and also the name of your family doctor. It should be taken to a Public Health Unit to be tested and DeCou stressed the importance of requesting the results of the test. If the tick remains alive after it is removed, a dampened piece of cotton can be put in the jar with it to keep it alive. For ticks that cannot be so easily removed, a medical doctor should be seen. After a tick is removed, the bitten area should be immediately washed and disinfected.

Signs of infection only appear in a small percentage of people and these can include a bulls-eye shaped rash, a lymphocytoma (a raised swollen lump) or reddening around the bite area. DeCou stressed that not every person will show these reactions and testing should still be sought.

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Hickory Dickory Dock; Poems for children rock!

By Susan Ramsay, Early Literacy Specialist

(sramsay@klandskills.ca) Hickory dickory dock; A mouse jumped in my sock.

He wiggled his nose And tickled my toes, Which gave me quite a shock!

(Excerpt from “Mary Had a Little Jam” by Bruce Lansky) Children’s poet Bruce Lansky has modernized many traditional nursery rhymes into playful verses for young children.

Lansky writes poetry for children because he loves it, he’s good at it, and because poetry is an ingenious tool for children’s learning.

Poems help children learn vocabulary. Long or complicated words flow rhythmically through poetry, and help children to understand and say unfamiliar words. Reading or singing poetry together can support children who struggle with reading fluency (reading smoothly and expressively).

Poems often use words that sound the same but have different meanings. Because of this, children must use the poem’s context - all the words and clues in the rest of the line or verse - to understand the word’s meaning, pun or humour. Poems are often structured in ways that prod children to think in more complex ways.

Humour and other emotions expressed through poetry help young children understand themselves and others better too. The emotions and feelings expressed and triggered through poetry, chants and songs can nurture social skills and relationships. Think back to skipping rhymes or chanting schoolyard games you played with friends during recess, or the fun you had sharing a clever new verse to “Down By the Bay” with family or friends.

Repeated phrases in poems build children’s memory skills, strengthening their ability to sequence ideas and words into a specific order. This not only impacts reading skills; it supports mathematical thinking too.

Many children’s picture books are written in rhyme because poetry helps children distinguish the sounds in words – rhymes, syllables and beats. The ability to hear the sounds in words is foundational to learning how those sounds link to letters for reading and writing.

Poetry books by Bruce Lansky and other well-known children’s poets such as Shel Silverstein and Jeff Moss are valuable to share often with children. A newly published book by Margaret Wise Brown (author of “Goodnight Moon”) is similarly sure to please children and parents alike.

“Goodnight Songs” by Margaret Wise Brown is a beautiful book of poems to say or sing with children. Each poem in this book has been stunningly illustrated by a different artist. A CD of musical renderings of each imaginative poem is included with the book as well.

There are many reasons why, in 1999, the League of Canadian Poets declared April as National Poetry Month and why Canadians have continued to celebrate poetry each April since that time.

Whether recited as a traditional or modern nursery rhyme, shared as a bouncing rhyme or finger play, sung as a lullaby or familiar tune, spoken as a limerick, or told as a story, poetry is a beneficial and lasting gift we can give our children.

Aftermath - The birthday cake This column by retired mathematician and seasonal Maberly resident, Edward Barbeau, is for your mathematical amusement. Its author is very happy to correspond with readers about mathematical matters, and hopes that the column will turn out to be a dialogue with readers of the Frontenac News. His email address is barbeau@math.utoronto.ca.

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he children had enjoyed the afternoon birthday party.

The games had been played, the meal finished and the candles blown out. Now it was time for the children to share the cake. Mother had made a beautiful square cake and had iced it across the top and down the sides, and now it had to be shared among the nine children. She wanted to be completely fair about it, and ensure that each of the children had the same amount of cake and the same amount of icing. She also wanted the entire cake to be distributed in a single serving with each share in one piece. How does she do it? ************************************************ ************************** One might think that the method is to make cuts parallel to the sides and split the cake into nine smaller square pieces.

But the child who gets the middle piece will be terribly unhappy while those getting the corner pieces will get more than their share of the icing. The mother might have wished that she had only eight children, for then she might have cut the cake from the centre to the four corners and the four midpoints of the sides. Can this be adapted to nine children? Or

Lyme disease - continued from pg 10 contracting the disease. DeCou advised wearing lightcoloured clothing to better see any ticks, to tuck pants into socks, and to wear long sleeves and closed shoes whenever in wooded, grassy, shrubby and bush-covered areas. Leaf piles and mowed lawns can also be tick friendly. DeCou also pointed out that ticks can survive the winter months when the temperature does not go below freezing.

Anyone who comes into contact with animals of any sort are at a higher risk of being bitten, as are those who have occupations and hobbies that put them in the outdoors. Ticks do not fly or jump but cling to vegetation and await a warm blooded host that they can latch onto. DeCou advises people to carefully check every single time they have visited a tickfriendly environment and to check themselves again after showering. House pets can contract the disease though it is believed that they cannot transfer it humans; however, they can bring ticks into the home environment.

Human to human transference is not thought to be possible but DeCou also feels that not enough studies have been done to know any of these facts 100%. Hunters should know that deer who may be carriers cannot infect humans directly through contact with their meat and organs.

Currently there is no blood test for Lyme disease in Canada and DeCou is surprised by the fact that though it is recommended that blood donors with the disease not give blood, officially there is nothing to stop them. DeCou said that she

can you adapt the solution for a circular cake?

Actually, it turns out that there is quite a mathematical theory behind cake cutting. Suppose that we wish to slice a uniform cake (same consistency throughout, with no icing) among several people so that each is convinced that he is getting a fair share. For two people, the process is as follows.

The first person slices at a place that he feels divides the cake fairly into two. The second person then selects one of the portions, leaving the other for the slicer. The first person should be happy, as he feels that both portions are of equal worth. The second is also happy, as he feels that if the portions are different, he has selected the larger one.

Around 1960, mathematicians began to wonder whether there was a method of dividing a cake among three or more people in such a way that there are a finite number of slices and each is satisfied that she has at least a fair share. In fact, one might try to impose a stronger condition, that the division be envy-free in that each recipient not only feels she has received at least a fair share, but does not believe that anyone else's share is preferable to her own.

This has given rise to an area of mathematics with all sorts of practical applications, from divorce settlements to splitting of assets and distribution of inheritances.

I will not go further into this; you can google it under "Fair division". However, you might think about how you would divide a cake among three people. This problem is solved by the "Selfridge-Conway Fair-Division Procedure" which you can also google. and her association believe that the disease is spreading 10 times more rapidly than stated by Public Health Canada (PHC).

DeCou was insistent that getting treatment early is key and she went as far as to say that getting doctors in Canada to take the disease and treatment seriously is her primary concern. “Personally if I found an engorged tick on myself and began to show any symptoms at all, I would not wait to have it tested but would go to a physician and ask to be put on a lengthy (60 day) course of antibiotics, something that most physicians are not willing to do”.

DeCou said that there are better tests and treatments available for Lyme disease in the US and that most Canadian information dates back to 2007. While DeCou did not dissuade listeners from seeking out more information from Public Health Canada, she did say that her organization has more up to date information about the disease.

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For more information or to register contact the Sharbot Lake Resource Centre at 1099 Garrett Street (613)545-3949 press 3 or email essl@sl.on.ca

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april 10, 2014

SOCIAL NOTES OBITUARY

OBITUARY

OBITUARY

BIRTHDAY

YOUNG, Stanley Arthur

BERTRIM, EVELYN BERNIECE (ARMSTRONG) Evelyn died suddenly but peacefully at Rosewood Retirement Home, Kingston, on Wednesday March 26th, 2014 in her 95th year with her special “adoptive kids” by her side. Evelyn was the beloved wife of the late Willard Bertrim and the only daughter of the late William and Luella Armstrong. Evelyn was also predeceased by brothers Harold and Elmer Armstrong and is survived by her sister in law Marjory Armstrong, Aunt Evelyn will be missed very much by her dear niece Janice Konrad (Doug), nephew Grant Armstrong (Karen), great nephews Tyler and Christopher Armstrong as well as many nieces and nephews on the Bertrim side of the family. Evelyn will always be fondly remembered by Donna and Earl Brown and Pat and Betty Pettifer and their families. Evelyn was very grateful for the many friends and relatives that visited her both at Sharbot Lake and during her time at Rosewood.

Evelyn was a remarkable lady who felt very blessed to have the love of family and friends and she treasured every single visit with you all. Family and friends were received at Goodfellow’s Funeral Home, Parham on Saturday March 29, 2014, followed by interment at Parham Cemetery. On line condolences at goodfellowsfuneralhome.com

Esford, Allan Leslie

Come Celebrate

1923 - 2014

It is with great sadness that the family of Stan Young announces his death on April 3, 2014 in Perth, Ontario. Stan was the youngest child of the late James George and Sarah Louisa Young. Stan is predeceased by all his siblings: Jim, Jack, Robert, Anne, Eleanor, Louise and Elizabeth. He leaves in mourning his loving wife/soul mate for 70 years, Shirley Elizabeth (née Mitchell); his children David (Jane), Donald (Kathryn), Dianne (Christopher Payne) and Ellen (Peter Hrziwnatzki); his grandchildren Jennifer, Ted, Neil; Robert, Dawna, Scott, Janet, Lyndsay; Mischa, Petra, 17 great grandchildren, one great great grandson and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Stan was born in Ottawa and grew up in the Westboro area.

He attended Ottawa Technical High School. In 1942 he enlisted in the RCAF and completed training to become a pilot. Stan married Shirley Mitchell on August 5, 1943 in Halifax where they honeymooned until he embarked by ship overseas where he completed an extended tour which included 35 sorties out of Tholthorpe, England with Snowy Owl Squadron 420. Stan returned home to Canada in 1945 and settled into civilian and married life once again. He was first employed as a manager for Central Mortgage & Housing Corp., in Trenton, Guelph and Kitchener, Ontario and later became very active in the Ottawa construction industry. Stan had a great love for the outdoors. He was always building something or helping others complete their projects. His greatest joy was when he worked with his grandsons, teaching them the tricks of the trade along with the benefits of a strong work ethic. Stan and Shirley spent many cherished years at their country home on Palmerston Lake, where they eventually retired before recently settling in Perth, Ontario. Stan will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Friends paid their respects at the Blair & Son Funeral Home, 15 Gore St. W. Perth on Sunday, April 6th, 2014 from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. Funeral service was held in the Chapel on Monday at 10:00 A.M. In remembrance, contributions to Ompah Fire & Rescue would be appreciated. Branch # 244 Royal Canadian Legion will hold a Veteran's Service of Remembrance on Sunday at 3:45 P.M.

FUNERAL SERVICES

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FREEMAN, Beuford “Bob” Irwin Timothy, suddenly at the Kingston General Hospital on Sunday, April 6th, 2014 at the age of 82.

Predeceased by his wife Melrose (2010). Beloved father to Debra (Rob) Pasch of Mississauga, Sharon (Arnold) Bradley of Calgary, Kimberley McLeod (née Freeman) of Kingston, Kevin Freeman of Toronto and Wendy (Frank) Milligan of Kingston. Cherished grandfather to April, Allen, Korey, Justin, Tiffany, Steven, Hayley, Shelby, Madyson, Kayley and great-grandfather to Reegan and Makenna. He will be dearly missed by his siblings Fleta of Verona, Janet of Verona, and Eric of Napanee and by many relatives and friends. Predeceased by his parents Albert & Criss (née Hoppins) and siblings Evelyn, Orval, Maitland, Helen and Ralph. Family and friends will be received at the TROUSDALE FUNERAL HOME, Sydenham on Thursday, April 10th, 2014 from 1~3 & 6-8 p.m. Funeral Service will be held on Friday, April 11th, 2014 at 11:30am in the Funeral Home. Interment to follow in Sandhill Cemetery, Battersea. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Storrington United Pastoral Churches or to the South Frontenac Fire Department in memory of Beuford “Bob”.

IN THE CARE OF TROUSDALE FUNERAL HOME 4374 MILL STREET SYDENHAM ONTARIO K0H-2T0 (613)376-3022 www.trousdalefuneralhome.com

Passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at home on April 4, 2014. Beloved husband of Andrea (Abrams).

Dear father of Peter (Rosie) of Kingston, and Mike (Cindy) of Bath.

Survived by his 3 grandchildren Gabby, Jacob, and Maxwell; his brothers Doug and Bob; and sisters Glenda, Joanne, Janet, and Dawn. Loving godfather a.k.a.

Poppy Al to Aleyah Lindsay. In keeping with Al's wishes cremation has already taken place. A Celebration of Life will be held at Piccadilly Hall in Godfrey on May 3 from 12-3. Donations made to the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario would be greatly appreciated by the family.

IN MEMORIAM WaynE Lowery d. April 11, 2012 Those we love don't go away, They walk beside us every day...

Unseen, unheard, but always near Still loved, still missed and very dear.

Lovingly remembered, Linda, Don, Sherry, Dave, Jared, Logan

Barker In loving memory of my darling husband Ron, who left us April 15, 2009.

It's not how he died, but how did he live?

It's not what did he gain, but what did he give?

These are the units to measure the worth, of a man as a man, regardless of birth.

It's not what was his church or what was his creed, but had he befriended those really in need?

Was he ever ready, with word of good cheer, To bring back a smile, to banish a tear?

Not, what did the sketch in the newspaper say, but how many were sorry when he passed away?

Loved and missed every day, Lauretta

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FUNERAL SERVICES

Milestone Funeral Center Derek Maschke Northbrook Chapel Funeral Director 11928 Hwy. 41 613-336-6873 Northbrook, ON K0H 2G0 www.MilestoneFuneralCenter.com

80th Birthday Party & Dance for Jim Amell Sat. April 19, 8-12pm McDonalds Corners Agricultural Hall Best Wishes Only

80th Birthday Party

Joan Flieler Northbrook Lions Hall Saturday April 19 1PM to 4PM Best Wishes Only.

ANNIVERSARY

Helen & Elwood Reynolds

Celebrating 60 Years of Wedded Bliss April 17, 2014 Join them in Celebrating April 13, 2014 from 1-3 at the Harrowsmith Free Methodist Church. Best wishes only.

Land o’ Lakes Community Services

• Workshop – “Living Well with Chronic Disease” This free, six-week workshop helps people to actively achieve their best health and wellness while managing one or more ongoing conditions like arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, kidney disease, depression, lung disease, and others. To be held in the Land O’Lakes Community Services Board Room on Wednesdays, April 30 to June 4 from 1:30 – 4pm. You will receive a free copy of the book “Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions”. Refreshments will be provided. Please register by April 23 by calling Pam Lemke at 613-336-8934 ext.

229. Spaces are limited so register today!

• Have you lost a Child? Would you like to speak with others who have lost a child?

A meeting will be held at Land O’Lakes Community Services on Tuesday, April 29, from 5-7pm. For more information, please call Pam Lemke @ 613-336-8934 ext.

229. Land O’Lakes Community Services is located at 12497 Hwy # 41, Northbrook.

A Promise for You " The Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end." Isaiah 60: 20b

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THE FRONTENAC NEWS

april 10, 2014

The Classifieds Ad Rates: Classified Text ads: $8.85 + HST per insertion for 20 words & under; 20¢ each extra word.

Deadline: 4 pm Monday; Ph: 613-279-3150, Fx: 613-279-3172; nfnews@frontenac.net

AUTOMOTIVE KALADAR AUTO RECYCLING. We sell cars for under $1990 safetied & E-tested, low kilometres. We have good winter tires. We take trade-ins. 11520 Hwy 41; 613-336-9899; 613885-8644 KINNEY AUTO WRECKING Station Road, Kaladar. 4x4 trucks & parts for sale. Scrap cars, stoves, fridges wanted. 613-336-9272.

EMBROIDERY & ENGRAVING UPPER FRONTENAC GRAPHICS – Custom Embroidery, Imprinting, Trophies, Awards & Engraving. Caps, jackets, golf shirts, hoodies, teamwear & more. 613-539-6340; dwedden@ aol.com; ufg@hotmail.ca

FOR RENT 3 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE, Northbrook area, newly painted - $850 plus utilities; and bachelor apartment, $650 all inclusive; 1st and last required. 613-336-8378 3 BEDROOM UPSTAIRS APT. in Arden, $900/ month inclusive. Bob Hawley 613-335-3878 COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE located on Hwy. 7 just east of the Junction of Hwy 38 and Hwy. 7. For further information, contact Ram at 613-279-2827 HOUSE FOR RENT OR SALE, 2 bedroom house close to Sharbot Lake, $725 monthly plus utilities. Available May 1st. No pets, call Mark 613-929-2961 KALADAR: 2 bedroom apt., fridge and stove, heated, $475 per month; 1st & last required.

Available immediately, call 613-336-9429 STORAGE UNITS for rent in Mountain Grove.

Bob Hawley, 613-335-3878

FOR SALE CENTRAL BOILER OUTDOOR FURNACES 2014 Winter Rebate. Save up to $700.Call for more information. Your local Dealer, Wood Heat Solutions, Frankford, ON, 613-398-1611; Bancroft, ON 613-332-1613. www.chesher.ca EASTER CHOCOLOLATE: bunnies and eggs.

Spring toys, assorted skipping ropes, paddle balls etc. now in stock. Verona Hardware, 6723 Main St. Verona. Ph. 613-374-2851 GET YOUR PUPPIES FOR SPRING: 1 ShihPookie, $500 ea; Bichus $250 ea. 3 petite, adorable Shih-tzus $500 ea. Please call Carol or Ken 613-479-0252.

HOUSE IN MOUNTAIN GROVE and Duplex in Arden. For further details, call 613-335-3878 or 613-213-3055

FOUND FOUND – CAT, long hair, orange, Snow Road.

Call 613-214-1414 FOUND – MALE HUSKY, black & white, Mountain Grove area, 613-335-3658

GARAGE/YARD SALES

GARAGE SALE, April 12 & 13, 8am-5pm, Moving & downsizing, 3907 Ardoch Rd., formerly Holiday Haven; antiques, sailboat, windsurfer, garden tractor, odds & sods, etc.

MOVING SALE, weekends, 16225 Road 509, Clarendon Station. Tools, furniture, garden tools, too many items to list, 613-279-2801.

SPYGLASS COVE, 1016 Schoolhouse Rd. Clarendon, Hwy 509. Open Tues – Sat. 9am5pm. New selection of videos, toys, glassware and books. Free Easter gift with any purchase.

NEW AND USED APPLIANCES USED REFRIGERATORS

Stoves, washers, dryers, freezers, dishwashers. 3 months old and up. Sold with written guarantees. Fridges $100 and up.

NEW APPLIANCES

At the lowest prices in the area. Trade-ins accepted on new appliances. Big selection to choose from. We Sell Gas Refrigerators

PAYS CASH $$$

For good used appliances in working order or not, but no junk please. VISA and MASTERCARD accepted. We have our own financing also. Shop at our competitors and then come see for yourself quality at low prices.

Open evenings & 7 days a week. We deliver

Smitty’s “KING of APPLIANCES”

Open Evenings & Seven Days a Week - River Road Corbyville, Just North of Corby’s (613) 969-0287

MUSIC LESSONS TOM’S MUSIC STUDIO is now accepting students for drums, guitar, bass guitar, piano, beginner banjo and theory; repairs to all stringed instruments. Tom 613-539-4659

SERVICES DRYWALL AND PLASTER REPAIRS. Professionally trained. Drywall installation, old fashioned quality, three coat hand finishing.

Free estimates. Call Rick at 613-375-8201.

HOMESTYLE WEDDINGS. Minister Judie Diamond helps design your ceremony and performs the marriage at location of your choice. 613-375-6772 KEVIN’S HANDYMAN SERVICE. Lawn Maintenance, Trees Cut, Woodsplitting, Snow Removal, Winter Roof Cleaning, Junk Pick-up & Disposal, Minor Building Repairs. Call Kevin 9am - 5pm, Monday-Friday. Please Leave a Message, 613-279-1901; 613-453-5896 PET SITTING in Mountain Grove. Going away? Let us help. Dogs, Cats, etc. Spacious, individual accommodations. Long walks. By appointment only. Laura Mills 613-335-3658.

Evenings are best or leave a message.

SYLVIA’S FOOT CARE. Providing Nursing foot care in the privacy of your own home.

Registered with Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs to provide foot care to veterans who qualify. For further information call Sylvia at 613-3352940.

TAX RETURNS TAX RETURNS. At Seeds & Company, our price covers more than just a tax return; it includes our many years of experience too.

Our fee starts at $59.99 and we want to take the stress out of filing your tax return. Call us at 613-279-2625 or drop into the office 1110 Elizabeth Street Sharbot Lake.

TOWING B’S RADICAL RIDES Towing & Recovery.

James Mills owner/operator. 613-335-5050

WANTED TO BUY

LOOKING TO BUY USED FIREARMS (rifles & shotguns) non-restricted. Please call 613-3362311 between 8am - 5pm with information.

STANDING TIMBER, firewood, pine, cedar, bush lots. Free quotes, cash paid. Call 613279-2154.

HELP WANTED HOME CLEANING SPECIALIST: Looking for honest, reliable persons, with great customer service skills and a love for cleaning to compliment our dedicated staff, who strive for a job well done. Position is 15-20hrs per week off season and 20 – 35hrs per week in season. A current CPIC, driver’s license and transportation required. Please email resume to housecleanerinfo@gmail.com LOOKING FOR FULL AND PART TIME HELP. Excellent pay, friendly atmosphere.

Please leave message at 613-279-2414 or email Tumblehme@aol.com

HUNTING & FISHING FIREARMS & HUNTER ED COURSES. Harrowsmith: Firearms Course – April 25 & 26, Hunter Education Course – May 2 & 3. Wild Turkey license examinations. Call Bill at 613335-2786 HUNTER SAFETY AND FIREARMS COURSES. Turkey Examinations.

Please call for course dates and details. Call Richard 613-336-9875.

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The Lost Highway coming to TVO A

by Jeff Green couple of summers ago Toronto-based fimmakers Derrick Roehmer and Neil Graham interviewed a number of people in the Arden area for a film called The Lost Highway. The inspiration for the film was the number of derelict motels that the two saw at the side of Highway 7 in the stretch between Kaladar and Mountain Grove. Taking their cue from former Olden and Kennebec Township Reeve Howard Gibbs' gas station, which was on the point of closing, the filmmakers starting looking around.

They ended up with a film that is as much about some of the people who live in the vicinity of Arden as it is about anything else.

In a review of the film before it had a showing in Toronto on April 4, Nathalie Atkinson of the National Post said, the film-makers may “initially have hoped to tell an affecting (but predictable) story of hardscrabble rural revival. The unexpected – and at times, uncomfortably intimate – tales of family dynamics that unraveled ... are far more engrossing –

“The Seed of the Story” workshop

A

re you an aspiring writer? Know anyone who is? Then join KFPL’s Writer in Residence, Patricia Robertson, for The Seed of the Story, a workshop designed for people who want to know all about taking an idea (or “story seed”) from its very beginnings and developing it into a full-fledged story, memoir or prose piece. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, April 29, 1 – 3 p.m. at the North Frontenac Telephone Company in Sharbot Lake. This workshop will use short guided exercises and readings to help you recognize the images that trigger the writing process. Anyone 16 years and up can register and space is limited to 15 participants.

You can register online at http://events.kfpl. ca/evanced/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=18977, or by phoning any branch. This workshop has already been held in Kingston, and in Sydenham, each time to very enthusiastic response.

The Township of North Frontenac The Township of North Frontenac is seeking proposals from qualified Contractor / Firm(s), for the following:

TWO REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) RFP No. 2014-02 - Articulated Variable Horsepower Motor Grader 2014 or 2015 Model Year AND RFP No. 2014-03 - Tandem Plow Truck with U-Body Dump/Spreader 2014 or 2015 Model Year Proposal documents and the prescribed Submission forms, which include the Minimum Requirements and schedules, shall be obtained at the Municipal Office, 6648 Road 506, Plevna, Ontario.

Please direct any specific inquiries to Jim Phillips, P. Eng. Public Works Manager publicworks@northfrontenac.ca or (613) 479-2231 Extension 230.

Lowest or any proposal submission may not necessarily be accepted.

FOUND 9" bolt found outside the Frontenac News office. Please call 613-279-3150.

Township of Addington Highlands Public Notice Addington Highlands Council will meet in the Council Chambers, 72 Edward St. Flinton ON at 09:00 on Monday, April 14, 2014 to discuss waste management issues including waste management issues involving the Kaladar waste site.

Contact the Township office at (613) 3362286 for information.

The Township reserves the right to cancel the Request for Proposal at any time up to the notification of Award.

sad, funny, perplexing and downright weird.”

The Lost Highway will be aired on April 23 at 9 pm and midnight, April 27 at 1 pm, and April 29 at 9 pm on TVO. There is an event planned at the Arden Legion on April 23 to coincide with the television premiere. Look to next week's edition of The Frontenac News for a review and interview with the film-makers.

LIMESTONE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

Request for Quotation Sealed quotations, clearly marked as to content, will be received for the following project: RFQ #14-06 – Grass Cutting at Various Locations Specifications for the above noted project may be obtained from and shall be submitted to The Limestone District School Board, Facility Services Department, 220 Portsmouth Avenue, Kingston, Ontario K7L 4X4 prior to the closing date of Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. local time for all quotations.

Quotations are to be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked on the outside “RFQ #14-06 - Grass Cutting at Various Locations”.

Request for Quotation (RFQ) packages can also be obtained through www.biddingo.com/ldsb. For assistance obtaining documents, please contact Biddingo.com customer service.

The Board reserves the right to accept any Quotation. The lowest Quotation will not necessarily be accepted. The Board may cancel this RFQ process at any time.

Brenda Hunter Director of Education

Laurie French Chairperson

The Township of North Frontenac REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) RFP No. 2014-04 - Engineering Consulting Services – Bridge and Culvert Replacements – Various Locations The Township of North Frontenac is seeking proposals from qualified consultant engineering firms to perform all required engineering services for the replacement of several structures, including; one bridge and four culverts, at three different locations.

Firms must have current WSIB coverage and appropriate Liability insurance as indicated by Request for Proposal documents.

Proposal documents and the prescribed Submission Forms, which include the Minimum Requirements and schedules, shall be obtained at the Municipal Office, 6648 Road 506, Plevna, Ontario.

Please direct any specific inquiries to Jim Phillips, P. Eng. Public Works Manager publicworks@northfrontenac.ca or (613) 479-2231 Extension 230.

Lowest or any proposal submission may not necessarily be accepted.

Submissions shall be submitted to the undersigned, on the prescribed form, in a sealed package, clearly identifying the document as: “RFP No. 2014-02 Articulated Variable Horsepower Motor Grader 2014 or 2015 Model Year” OR “RFP No. 2014-03 Tandem Plow Truck with U-Body Dump/Spreader 2014 or 2015 Model Year” on or before 2:00 PM local time on Tuesday, May 6th, 2014.

The Township reserves the right to cancel the Request for Proposal at any time up to the notification of the Award.

Cheryl Robson, A.M.C.T. Chief Administrative Officer 6648 Road 506 Plevna, ON K0H 2M0

Cheryl Robson, A.M.C.T. Chief Administrative Officer 6648 Road 506 Plevna, ON K0H 2M0

Submissions shall be submitted to the undersigned, on the prescribed form, in a sealed package, clearly identifying the document as: “RFP-2014-04 Engineering Consulting Services Bridge and Culvert Replacements Various Locations” on or before 2:00 PM local time on Tuesday, May 6, 2014

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The Crucifixion

By Sir John Stainer

A Meditation On The Sacred Passion Of The Holy Redeemer Singers from Sydenham, Harrowsmith, Verona, & Kingston

Northern Happenings Northern Happenings listings are free for community groups, and will be published for two weeks. Other listings are paid or are taken from paid ads elsewhere in the paper. The News makes every effort to be accurate but details of events should be independently verified by readers.

Wed - Fri. April 9 -11

Jeans Classical Music series, $25 plus surcharge, (613) 485-6434; www.ticketsplease. ca VENNACHAR - EASTER CELEBRATION Free Methodist Church 11am, plays, special music, all welcome WILTON – GOSPEL SING w/ the Frizells, Standard Church 7pm, freewill offering, refreshments, all welcome, info 386-3405

Monday April 14

CLOYNE - NAEC BELLES & BEAUS GRAD CLOSET, free formal wear shop for graduates. Donations of formal wear, jewelry, shoes, purses, belts, etc. welcome, drop off at the school, or call Sarah 613-336-9608 for pick up.

ARDEN LEGION – Northbrook Dart League, 7pm, $5 to play, all welcome SHARBOT LAKE – FOOT CARE CLINIC, seniors’ centre, appointment: 613-279-3151

Thursday April 10

LUNAR ECLIPSE, starts at 12:53am, totality starts 3:06am and ends at 4:24am

LAND O’ LAKES GARDEN CLUB Pine View Free Methodist Church, Cloyne, 7pm, “Heritage Trees”, identifying & protecting them

Friday, April 11 ARDEN LEGION, Open Darts, $3 to play, 7pm, all welcome SHARBOT LAKE – DINNER at the Legion.

5:30–7pm, chicken VERONA - FUNDRAISER FOR FIRE VICTIMS, Lions Hall, 5pm-1am, roast pork dinner; dance w/ several music bands; silent auction; advance tickets preferred, $15pp; $35 family, 372-2525; 374-9929.

Saturday April 12 ENTERPRISE - DANCE w/ Land O’Lakes Cruisers, community hall, 8pm; $12.50 pp; sponsor: Tamworth & Distr. Lions; info: 613358-2720 or 613-379-2952 LANARK - FIRE FUNDRAISER to rebuild Tony Walsh's blacksmith shop, Civitan hall BBQ 5:30pm $10; children $5; music by Sullivan & Sullivan, Mark Hannah & Friends, Vic Tysick & Friends, raffles. Tony 259-2452 PARHAM - EASTER DROP IN for 12yrs & under, 11am-1pm,, lunch with Easter Bunny, face painting, balloons, crafts; United Church, sponsor: Distr. #4 Rec. Committee, SYDENHAM – ART & NATURE TALKS by Owen Clarkin, Fred Schueler, Grace Centre 1-3pm, free; info 376-6477 SYDENHAM LEGION Potluck & Euchre night, 5pm.

Sunday April 13 ARDEN LEGION – Sunday Darts 1pm, all welcome DENBIGH - MUSIC IN THE HALL, 1pm at the hall; entertainers please call Mark 333-9462, Paul 333-2776; food bank donations gratefully accepted.

ENTERPRISE - COUNTRY JAMBOREE, 1pm, Enterprise Hall, w/ guests Jessica Wedden, Abby Stewart, Paige Rombough, Brielle LeBlanc; house band; $8, Open stage, entertainers free; sponsors: Newburgh-Camden Lions; info 379-9972, 530-5859.

MCDONALDS CORNERS – JAMBOREE, Agricultural Hall, music begins 1pm, dinner @ 5pm, $14; info: 613-278-2427 MCDONALDS CORNERS – “ONE PIANO, FOUR HANDS” Concert by Val Leavitt and Brad Mills, MERA Schoolhouse 2pm, Blue

Night of April 14th - 15th Tuesday April 15 HARROWSMITH - CASH BINGO Golden Links Hall, early bird 7pm, sponsored by the Odd Fellows & Rebekahs, Brenda 372-2410 KENNEBEC DINERS, noon, Arden community hall, for those 50+, $10, reservations required: 613-279-3151 VERONA - HAM BINGO Prince Charles Public School, doors open at 6:30pm, sponsored

by Parent Committee VERONA CATTAIL FESTIVAL meeting 7pm, Lions Hall, new volunteers welcome; info Wayne 613-374-3807.

Tuesday & Thursday April 15 & 17 PARHAM - VON SMART (Seniors Maintaining Active Roles Together)® free exercise class for 55+, United Church hall 9:30-10:30am; register: Joanne, 613-634-0130 ext.

414 or 1-800-301-0076 ext. 414; joanne.irvine@von.ca

Wednesday April 16 ARDEN LEGION Wednesday Cribbage $3 to play, start 1pm; Ladies Auxiliary Darts 7pm, all welcome, $3 to play BEDFORD DINERS, noon, community hall, for those 50+. $10, reservations requ’d: 613279-3151 INVERARY DINERS, noon, United Church, for 55+yrs, $11. Reservations 613-376-6477 OMPAH - BIRTHDAY BASH & COMMUNITY POTLUCK, 5:30pm, community hall, games after, all welcome PORTLAND DISTRICT & AREA HERITAGE SOCIETY General Meeting 7pm, ‘Old Limestone School’ in Hartington, all are welcome.

Thursday April 17 DIABETES EDUCATION SESSIONS, Verona Medical Clinic, guest speaker from the Canadian Diabetes Association, 9am-noon, free, please register: Anne MacDonald 613544-3400 x 3589.

FLINTON - Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper, St. John Catholic Church 7pm.

HARROWSMITH DINERS, noon, Free Methodist Church, for 55+yrs, $11. Reservations required 613-376-6477 MABERLY – Maundy Thursday, Dinner & Eucharist, community hall 6pm (sponsored by the Anglican Church) SHARBOT LAKE - CENTER STAGE CAFÉ

The cost of success S

outhern Frontenac Community Services (SFCS) has been facing a number of financial challenges in recent years, some of them related to the purchase and renovation of the Grace Centre, which has become a public space and is also home to many of the services the agency offers to seniors.

The basket of services for seniors that are funded primarily by the Southeast Ontario LHIN (Local Health Integration Network Community Support Services) includes a program called the Adult Day Program.

The Adult Day Program is provided primarily to seniors who fit broadly into the category of “frail elderly.” Participants include individuals facing physical challenges as well as some dealing with isolation and some with dementia issues. It provides activities, a

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noon meal, and time for socialization in the friendly confines of the Grace Centre. In addition to providing a day away for seniors, the program also provides respite for caregivers.

SFCS has been offering the Day Away program since 2005, and since the agency moved into the Grace Centre in 2011 and became able to offer the service every week day, the program has literally taken off.

Currently there are over 20 participants. A couple of people come five days a week, and some only one day. All told there are currently 43 total day visits by clients of the program, and most days there are nine Day Away clients in the lower floor of the Grace Centre.

“We also have a wait list,” said Kim McCaugherty, the director of seniors’ services with SFCS. The people on the wait list, which in-

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Good Friday 18 April, at 3:30 pm

St Paul’s Anglican Church, 4336 Mill St., Sydenham

Phillip Rogers, Baritone

Edward Norman, Organist

Jared Buchmayer, Tenor

Brad Barbeau, Conductor

A free will offering will be taken in support of South Frontenac Community Services Ad space provided by Trousdale’s Home Hardware

at Legion w/ Feral Five, Brian Robertson, Rob & Nancy Moore, 7–9:30pm, $4.

SHARBOT LAKE – St. James Major Catholic Church, the Lord’s Supper 7pm.

SHARBOT LAKE – Maundy Thursday Service, United Church 7:30pm SYDENHAM - TAOIST TAI CHI Open House, 1-3pm, Grace Centre, www.taoist.org/kingston 613-544-4733 SYDENHAM St. Paul’s Anglican Church Maundy Thursday, 7:30 pm -- Communion with contemporary music & foot washing; allnight vigil

Friday April 18 ARDEN – CROSS WALK 1:45pm from Matson Farm to United Church; service at 2:45pm.

ARDOCH – St. Kilian’s Catholic Church Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion, 10am.

BEDFORD – Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church; Way of the Cross 10am; Passion of the Lord 3pm DENBIGH - New Apostolic Church Good Friday Service 10:30am FLINTON St. John Catholic Church, Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion, 3pm FLINTON Community Good Friday Service held at Recreation Centre, 6pm; all welcome FLINTON St. Paul’s Anglican Church 11am HARROWSMITH - Good Friday service 10am, Free Methodist Church HARROWSMITH - YOUTH DANCE, Golden Links Hall, 7-9:30pm, for ages 9-15, $6, sponsored by Odd Fellows & Rebekahs, Sharon 539-6676 or Wayne 358-2355 NORTHBROOK – Good Friday Service for Land o’Lakes Emmanuel United Church 11am, Lions Hall NORTHBROOK - OPEN MIC & POTLUCK, Lions Club 7-11pm; $6, entertainers $2, all welcome; info Lionel at 613-336-8142 PARHAM Free Methodist Church - Good Friday service, 10.30am, refreshments PARHAM United church 11am - Good Friday Service, PLEVNA - Holy Trinity Anglican Church 3pm.

SHARBOT LAKE – WALK OF THE CROSS, leaves from Anglican Church 8:30am, nondenominational, for the whole community, all welcome to participate SHARBOT LAKE St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, 10am SHARBOT LAKE - St. James Major Catholic Church, Way of the Cross 10am SYDENHAM - John Stainer’s oratorio “Crucifixion” performed by a community choir, 3:30pm at St. Paul’s Anglican Church. Donations benefit Community Services.

VERONA - SCOUTS PANCAKE BREAKFAST fundraiser, 8-11am, Trinity United Church, $8; 5-12yrs $5; under 5 free; family $20.

Saturday, April 19 ARDEN – CHILDREN’S EASTER PARTY, 9am-2pm, community hall, games, crafts, hot dog lunch; sponsor: Rec Committee BEDFORD – Easter Vigil 8pm, Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church DENBIGH - EASTER EGG HUNT, noon-2pm, Denbigh Hall, games, crafts, contest, free lunch for children, sponsored by Rec. Com-

cludes five individuals requesting 13 days of programming, all do attend the program at least one day a week but are in need of more days.

“The Community Care Access Centre handles all the referrals for service, but once the CCAC approves someone for the Adult Day Program, we work with the individual and their family to try and give them the number of days that they require,” she said.

The problem that comes with the growing success of the Adult Day Program at the Grace Centre is all about funding. “We receive funding from the LHIN to provide 32 spaces, but our board has made the commitment to provide all the service that our clients are eligible for. This has caused a financial shortfall for our agency,” said SFCS Executive Director David Townsend.

In order to achieve financial stability, SFCS has started a $50,000 Enhancement Campaign to provide for the extra staffing

mittee FLINTON - Holy Saturday Mass of Easter Vigil, St. John Catholic Church, 7:30pm MABERLY – MAPLE FESTIVAL & PANCAKE BRUNCH, 10am-1pm, community hall, $10, under 12 yrs $5; toddlers free. Also sale of home baking & maple syrup, to donate baking: Holly 268-2243, Nancy 268-2960 PLEVNA – EASTER EGG HUNT, 10am, Clar-Mill hall, sponsored by Community Volunteers SNOW ROAD - FUNDRAISER BREAKFAST, for Cancer, Relay For Life, Snowmobile Club, 8-11am, 1106 Gemmills Rd. SYDENHAM Contemporary celebration of Easter, 6pm, St. Paul’s Anglican Church VERONA - FRONTENAC FARMERS MARKET Easter Market, 9am-1pm, Lions Hall.

Sunday April 20 ARDEN – “SONRISE” SERVICE, 6:30am at Big Clear Beach, all welcome BEDFORD OPEN MIC & JAM, 1-5pm, Bedford Hall 1381 Westport Rd, Bluegrass, Country, Gospel & more, $2, 613-374-2614 ENTERPRISE - EASTER CANTATA “Love Is Alive”, 6:30pm, Free Methodist Church, all welcome NORTHBROOK – Land o’Lakes Emmanuel United Church Service 10am, Lions Hall SHARBOT LAKE – EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE, 6am, behind Simonette building, all welcome VERONA - SON-RISE CONCERT 7-8am Trinity United Church, w/ Community Choir and gospel music group Vocal Legacy, donations to Canadian Food Grains Bank.

VERONA Free Methodist Church, Easter musical presentation “Love is Alive”, 10-11am; coffee & muffins 9:30am.

Monday April 21 CLOYNE & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1pm, Barrie Hall, topic: “The Life and Times of Billa Flint”, local pioneer, entrepreneur and politician.

Tuesday April 22 LAND O’LAKES QUILTERS meet 9am, Pineview Free Methodist Church, Cloyne (lower level). new quilters welcome; lolquilt@gmail. com SHARBOT LAKE - EARTH DAY SPRING FLING, 11am medical center, outdoor fun & potluck (please bring dish & cutlery). Guided Nature Walk w/ Shirley Peruniak & Kathy Martin; Zumba with Tim White, noon, please register in advance.

Wednesday April 23 “THE LOST HIGHWAY”, documentary about Highway 7 & local communities premieres on TVO: April 23 at 9pm & midnight; April 27 at 11pm, April 29 at 9pm; www.thelosthighway.ca PLEVNA – FOOT CARE CLINIC, Clar-Mill Hall, appointment: 613-279-3151.

SHARBOT LAKE DINERS, noon, for those 50+, $10, reservations requ’d: 613-279-3151

April 30 - June 4 NORTHBROOK – “LIVING WELL WITH CHRONIC DISEASE”, please register by April 23, free 6-week workshop, Land O’Lakes Community Services, Wednesdays 1:30–4pm; Pam Lemke 613-336-8934 ext. 229.

of the Adult Day Program that is required to maintain the service and add enough capacity to eliminate or curtail the wait list.

“For the frail elderly, we have a policy of one staff member for every three clients, and that creates a $30,000 in shortfall for us to serve the needs of the community,” Townsend said.

The long-term solution to the funding shortfall would be increased funding from the LHIN or another funding source, and Townsend thinks that a successful fund-raising campaign will give him a boost in seeking further government support for the program.

The Enhancement Campaign was launched in February and it has brought in $16,000 to this point. Events are planned in the coming months to help that campaign reach its target, but the easiest way for the public to help out is to go to the SFCS website, www.sfcsc.ca and click on the donate button.

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Boxcar Boys and Sullivan light up MERA

L-r, Karl Silveira, John Williams, Nicolas Buligan, Justin Ruppel, Ronen Segall, Laura C. Bates

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t the MERA Sunday Schoolhouse Concert in McDonalds Corners on March 30, ticket holders said to heck with the snow and filled the schoolhouse for a sold out show.

Local fiddler/singer Jaffe Sullivan took to the stage first and played three ballads, accompanying his exquisite voice with an accomplished bow. His first tune, “Geordie”, was a suspenseful ballad that instantly captured the ears (and eyes) of his listeners. In his second, a Scottish ballad called “Tam Lin”, Jaffe played a bowless accompaniment and gave his very theatrical voice a chance to shine. His third and final tune, “O' Shaughnessy's Lament” was the most challenging of his choices and demanded his very close attention to its tuning and time.

The five-piece band, the Boxcar Boys, comprised of John Williams on clarinet, Laura C. Bates on fiddle, Karl Silveira on trombone, Ronen Segall on accordion, Justin Ruppel on the washboard, and fill in Nicolas Buligan playing tuba for Rob Teehan, were an instant delight. The band opened with an original waltz that set a playful and accomplished tone for the show. The original tune demonstrated each player’s skills as soloists and immediately captured the listening ears and hearts of the full house.

The band’s repertoire is mainly inspired by 1930s New Orleans jazz music but with

additional elements of Klezmer, gypsy music, and American folk. Uplifting, accomplished, celebratory and funny, their rapid-fire originals and classics made listeners crave for a dance floor, which is appropriate since the band’s circusy sound makes their music so very danceable.

Most of the bands members have stud-

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ied either jazz and/or classical music at various schools and it shows in their individual mastery of their instruments. Their vocal talents are also impressive, with Bates, Williams and Ruppel taking turns at the mic. Many of the band members also play in the Lemon Bucket Orkestra, whose repertoire focuses on Eastern European folk music from Romania and the Ukraine.

Playing together for just over three years, their gigs have included outdoor weddings, which clarinet player John Williams said “makes the perfect venue since our instruments are portable and we can parade around the audience and venue.”

To date the band has put out two CDs, the first in 2011 titled “Don't Be Blue” and the second, “Rye Whiskey” in November 2012. They've begun recording their third, which is yet to be named and which Williams said is more of a pared-down recording. “We've found that the best way to record the band is with everyone crowding around a single microphone.”

The band will be playing the Tranzac Club next in Toronto on April 26. For those who love the sounds of old world jazz the Boxcar Boys are a must see. Visit theboxcarboys.ca.

Outdoors Observations

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i a n e Herns of Ardoch Road was lucky to catch photos of some sandhill cranes after they flew into a nearby pond that was still iced over.

They stayed a couple of hours before taking off to the west. They normally don’t come so far east on their way to Hudson Bay from Florida.

2014 MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS & SPECIAL WASTE Municipal Hazardous & Special Waste (MHSW) items are collected for FREE at the MHSW Depot located at the 506 Waste Site, 3444 Road 506, Cloyne, Ontario

506 MHSW Depot opens May 28th until September 24th.

2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month – 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and the 1st Saturday of each month – 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

DROP OFF FOR RESIDENTS OF THE TOWNSHIPS OF NORTH FRONTENAC & ADDINGTON HIGHLANDS

AUTOMOTIVE – Automotive Antifreeze used for coolant, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems.

Used motor oil and liquid fuels such as gas, diesel, camp fuel; Oil Filters – used in hydraulic, transmission or internal combustion engine applications.

Autobody filler; glazing and spot putty.

CONTAINERS – Aerosol containers such as hairspray, spray paint, etc. Oil Containers including hydraulic fluid and transmission fluids; Antifreeze Containers; Pressurized Containers such as seamless and welded cylinders and tubes and insulated cylinders such as helium, Freon, acetylene, propane, nitrogen, oxygen and other compressed gases; Fire Extinguishers.

Catherine Tysick of Community Support Services presents the Volunteer of the Year Award to Bob Young

NFCS volunteer appreciation O

by Jeff Green ver 100 volunteers, some accompanied by family members, who help run the many activities of Northern Frontenac Community Services (NFCS), packed St. James Catholic Church on Monday night for a turkey dinner that was prepared by agency staff, who worked from early in the morning to get the dinner ready by 5 p.m.

After dinner and cake, the volunteers were entertained by the Sage Age Players, an improv group made up of seniors from the Almonte area.

“We do improv for a good reason,” one of the players said. “We wouldn't be able to remember our lines if we had a script to follow.”

The players took a light-hearted, and sometimes salty approach to growing old.

Even a tearful graveside scene in one of the dozen or so skits they performed descended into irreverence and hilarity.

They received a standing ovation when they were done.

The evening culminated in the awarding of the volunteer of the year award to Bob Young, a long-time member of the Oso Fire department who has become a key member of the team that delivers the NFCS Adult Day Program for the frail elderly. Bob Young said that he has always enjoyed being involved in community life and that volunteering for NFCS is a good way to keep active

GARDEN – Pesticides - such as fungicides, herbicides and insecticides; flea/tick collars; insect repellants; weed killers; pest control products; sanitizers and disinfectants containing fungicides; pool chemicals containing herbicides, pesticides, fungicides (eg., algae removers; Ph reducer); and fertilizers, such as lawn, rose, shrub and tree; multipurpose and potting soils which contain fertilizers.

HOUSEHOLD – Paints, stains, coatings, primers (latex and alkyd) and their containers; solvents such as thinners for paint; lacquer; contact cement; paint strippers; acetone; degreasers and their containers; Single use dry cell batteries; Rechargeable batteries; Cell Phones; Pagers and Two-way hand-held radio batteries; Irritants such as cleaners; corrosives such as chlorine, drain openers, ammonia; stain and scale removers; silicones; drywall compound; Foundation coating; roof repair cement; spray foam insulation containers; Fluorescent light bulbs and tubes and compact fluorescent lamps (whole, not broken).

MERCURY DEVICES – Thermometers (fever & non fever); manometers, hydrometers, barometers.

Mercury Switches - such as those found in vehicles, appliances, float switches; temperature switches; flame sensors, bilge pumps; pressure switches; tilt switches.

PERSONAL CARE – Non-prescription/over-the-counter medications for humans and pets; orally ingested medications such as cough and cold remedies, stomach remedies, vitamins; topical antibiotic and anti-fungal creams (eg., acne preparations) pills, capsules, analgesics.

PLEASE REFER TO Ontario Medications Return Program (OMRP) and Ontario Sharps Collection Program (OSCP) to determine accepted items and where to take it. www.healthsteward.ca/returns/ontario or ask us for their “Don’t Throw it Out” pamphlet. www.healthsteward.ca/returns/ontario or ask us for their “Don’t Throw it Out” pamphlet.

“Space provided through a partnership between industry and Ontario municipalities to support waste diversion programs.”

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Lions seeking help: Addington Highlands Council - April 7, 2014 M

arylin Bolender, president of the Land O’Lakes Lions Club, came to Addington Highlands Council, cap in hand, seeking a sizeable grant to help to keep the hall up and running for the next year, to allow the club time to come up with a longer term solution. The Lions are asking for $20,000 this year, of which $3,368 could come as relief from the municipal tax levy on the property.

“The hall has been a community asset for 31 years, at no cost to the township. Unfortunately we are finding it increasingly difficult, as a small Lions club, to provide this facility in a cost effective manner. We believe that as the township provides community halls in both Flinton and Denbigh, it might also support a hall in Northbrook, the major population centre in the township,” said Bolender.

The Lions have never made a profit running the hall, but they are facing steep losses now, and Bolender pointed out that part of the problem is that township halls, which are heavily subsidized by ratepayers, can undercut the pricing at the Lions Hall.

Council expressed sympathy but were not clear how they could go about granting money for the operation of the hall, particularly if it requires support year after year.

“I don’t know what options we have,” said Councilor Tony

Fritsch.

“You could buy the hall and we’ll rent it back from you,” said Bolender.

“We are already the largest landowner in the township,” said Deputy Reeve Bill Cox. “The very best we can do is bring it some consideration during the budget,” said Reeve Henry Hogg.

Through the Roof Ministry – Reverend Bruce Kellar and members of the Through the Roof congregation asked Council for approval in principle for an addition to the Through the Roof Building in Flinton. Permits will be required from the township and the county will be involved as well because the building is located on a county road.

“You do recognize that parking may be an issue,” said Clerk Jack Pauhl. “ We see that even in our current use,” said Kellar. “We know there are many approvals that we need, but it starts with the council today.”

Council gave the approval.

Kennel woes: Amos Shire, a breeder of hounds, asked the township to broaden its regulations regarding kennels in the township. Currently kennels must meet zoning requirements and be registered with the Canadian Kennel Club.

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Shire is attempting to build a small kennel to breed a variety of hound.

“The problem is that the Canadian Kennel Club does not recognize most breeds of dog, including almost all breeds of hounds, but other major kennel clubs do,” Shire said.

“Basically you are asking us to change our bylaw,” said Deputy Reeve Bill Cox. “What if it said ‘Canadian Kennel Club or an equivalent’?” said Reeve Hogg. “I suggest we direct staff to look into some new wording.”

New furnace for Denbigh hall: One quote was received for a new oil tank and oil line for the Denbigh hall. The quote is just under $1,900. Reeve Hogg said that at least one more quote, even a verbal one, needs to be found before the existing quote can be accepted. The matter will be revisited next week.

Budget meeting: Budget deliberations will continue next Monday, April 14 at 11 a.m. at the township office (Flinton Recreation Centre – lower level)

South Frontenac Committee of the Whole April 8 by Wilma Kenny Hartington Hydrogeological Study A hydrogeological study required for the proposed Hartington subdivision has been completed and forwarded by the county to Malroz Engineering for a peer review. The initial review has been completed and some concerns have been raised. Presently the developer is revising his proposal and is in discussion with Malroz. Planner Lindsay Milla said this further review is expected to take three months. When the review is finished and he County has advised the Township of Malroz’s assessment of the study, the planning departmen will make the documents available to Council. Mills agreed to ask Malroz to specifically address Council’s question about what adjustment has been made to account for lower water levels in the summer.

Building Department Fees: Brian Gass, Chief Building Official, said the current permit fees were set 16 years ago, and no longer cover the actual costs of the building inspections.

Council agreed: this change to the fee schedule requires a public meeting, which will be held at the May 20 Council meeting.

Seniors Housing: Councillor McDougall spoke of the increasing need for affordable housing, particularly for seniors, and the current lack of financial support for this from provincial or federal governments. Citing the fact that both the Sydenham branch library and the Ambulance base were possible because when funding became available, the Township had project-ready plans and available land, he recommended that the Township work along with the County to develop a housing strategy.

Sydenham Open House Thursday, April 17, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Grace Centre, 4295 Stagecoach Rd. www.taoist.org/kingston ● 613-544-4733

Westport Open House Friday, April 25, 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

North Crosby Community Centre

Sharbot Lake Open House Wed. Apr. 30, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

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