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elcome, readers from Inverary, Perth Road, Sunbury, Battersea, Howe Islands and Wolfe Island. As part of a project inspired by the 150th Anniversary of Frontenac County, this edition of the Frontenac News contains a special section containing stories based on interviews with people who have lived the history of Frontenac County. The section begins on page 7 and continues until page 11. We hope you enjoy the articles. Regular readers of the News may have a sense of déjà vu, as some of the articles have appeared in earlier editions this year. We will be putting out compilation editions on a monthly basis this year.

Mary Lake to retire after 27 years as director of care at Fairmount Home by Jeff Green

he one constant at Fairmount Home, through all its renovations and changes, from a 96-bed municipal home for the aged, to a Class D and then a Class A nursing home with 128 beds, has been the smiling face of Mary Lake. As director of care, Lake has watched over the residents at Fairmount through all those years, and she will retire at the end of this week. “I literally grew up in long-term care,” she said in an interview on Monday. Not only has she worked in long-term care for over 40 years, she started working summers in a nursing home when she was a young teenager. “My grandmother owned the Picton Manor, and as soon as school let out each summer I would head over there to work. I changed beds, did cleaning, whatever was needed.” A lifelong Frontenac County resident, Mary Lake was raised at Elginburg (in what was then Pittsburgh Township), where she at-

tended public school. She went to Sydenham High School, and then studied Nursing at the Kingston General Hospital (KGH) School of Nursing. After graduating in 1972, she took a job at KGH. In 1974, she started working as a longterm care nurse, and aside from a short stint at Kingston's Prison for Women in 1984 (as a nurse not an inmate) she has remained working in long-term care ever since. She took on the job of director of care at the municipally owned Fairmount Home for the Aged in 1987. She has seen a lot of changes at Fairmount over the years. When she first started

there, the home was licensed, and funded by the Ministry of Community and Social Services, not the Ministry of Health, which now oversees all long-term care facilities under a single set of rules under the Long Term Care Act of 2007. “We were a country home, and we served the residents of Frontenac County mostly, at that time. The care we delivered was always excellent, but the facility was not what it is today,” she said. All of the rooms at Fairmount had two beds, and the rooms did not have private bathrooms or showers. It was more of a dormitory-style facility with a single dining room for all 96 residents. Improvements to the level of care came with new standards of care in the 1990s. As director of care, Lake was in charge of operations at the home, including nursing and personal support workers as well as all of the support staff in the home. The administration of Fairmount was taken care of by Frontenac County. She helped the home maintain its reputation as a caring facility, for families and residents to feel safe and well supported. When municipal amalgamation took place in the late 1990s, Frontenac County decided to keep Fairmount Home, even though its location was becoming subsumed by the City of Kingston when it annexed Pittsburgh and Kingston Townships. The Chief Administrators of the new county, first Bob Foulds and later Elizabeth Savill, became parttime administrators of Fairmount Home, giving Mary Lake someone to report directly to. When all long-term care facilities started to come under the same set of standards and regulations, Fairmount was designated as a Class D facility because of the physical limitations of the home. It was faced with a choice to upgrade or close, and this led to a long, sometimes difficult, set of negotiations with the City of Kingston and the province, funding partners of Fairmount, over plans to renovate. The $17 million upgrade eventually got underway in 2003, and this led to a challenging period for Lake as director of care, ensuring that residents were well cared for and as well

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Polar Bear Plunge- better late than never by Julie Druker

The proceeds from the event will fund numerous local causes, which include programs at the Child Care Centre, the school council at Granite Ridge and the Alzheimer’s Society. This year’s Plunge brings the total raised by the event over five years to close to $40,000. Other plungers recognized this year included hula dancer Linda Harding-DeVries, who won for best costume. The youngest plunger was 11-year-old Osten Gibson who joined his dad Darren, and the oldest plunger was Karen Burke. The event continues to attract more and more plungers every year and Mark Montagano made mention of the many key players whose efforts allow the event to take place. They include Bill Young and his team of fire fighters and paramedics; Richard, Gill and Dawn of the Sharbot Lake Marina; staff of Central Frontenac Township; Cox Bus Lines and of course the many brave plungers and their enthusiastic supporters.

or those adverse to the idea of plunging into icy Sharbot Lake in February, reversing the old adage of “better late than never” to “better never than late” might fit the bill more. But that was not the case for the 32 Polar Bear plungers who leapt from the docks of the Sharbot Lake Marina on February 22 into the frigid waters below at the Frontenac Heritage Festival’s fifth annual Polar Bear Plunge. The Plunge was originally scheduled for February 15 but had to be rescheduled due to bitterly cold weather that day. Paddy O’Connor and Janet Gutowski emceed the event and announced the winners in a number of categories. Head Polar Bear Mark Montagano, who heads up the Plunge, raised the most funds ($1300) and Liberal party candidate for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, Philippe Archambault and his wife Melanie, who were dressed to the nines in the Liberal party colours, together raised $1020. Art Holloway raised $870 and by the end of the day a total of $8,000 was raised.

North Frontenac Council February 20, 2015

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One of the unique aspects of this specific plan is the ecological sensitivity of the property, which contains a large wetland. Gallivan explained that this wetland is home to “...the only heron rookery, according to the [Ministry of Natural Resources] in Eastern Ontario.” Gallivan said that the developer is “prepared to reduce the number of lots on the water and in particular the lots that are close to the wetland and the lots that are more challenging to develop” which would mean beginning the construction of condominiums on the west end of the property first and putting those to the east in a “holding zone”. These sites would allow for the necessary 30 metre setback from the waterfront and

rontenac County planner Joe Gallivan provided council with an update on two contentious issues at last Friday’s (February 20) meeting in Plevna. First up was his presentation on the proposed 34-lot plan of condominium on Ardoch Lake. This development plan has been in the works for about seven years and has been through many changes since it was first submitted. With each change, the number of waterfront lots permitted has been reduced. At a well-attended public meeting on August 27, 2014 a number of concerns were raised about the impact of this development on the lake.

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Court report

Verdict deferred in 'over 80' case over time delay defense Sharbot Lake Criminal Court - February 23

by Julie Druker incent A. Ring, 52, pled not guilty to the charge of driving with a blood alcohol level in excess of 80mgs/100ml. On November 2, 2014, Mr. Ring, who was driving a pick up truck with one passenger on Cruze Road in the Township of North Frontenac, was stopped by police at 12:55AM. His vehicle had been observed making a u-turn at the approach to a RIDE program that was set up on Road 509 near Ompah. OPP Constables Donald Kirk and Leanna Hawley stopped the vehicle a short time later on Cruze Road. Ring admitted to having consumed some beer previously at the Trout Lake Hotel in Ompah. Constable Kirk testified that Ring was “visibly intoxicated.” After failing a roadside breath test, he was arrested without incident. After a lengthy delay by the roadside following his arrest, Ring was taken to the OPP detachment in Sharbot Lake where two breathalyzer tests were taken. The readings were 125 mg and 121 mg respectively, both over the 80 mg/100ml of blood limit. The two main issues in the case were the length of the roadside delays and a possible breach of Mr. Ring’s rights to obtain counsel in a timely fashion. Regarding the first issue Ring’s lawyer, Anna Brylewski, argued that the over two-hour delay that resulted while the constables were waiting for a tow truck to arrive at the scene to tow Ring’s vehicle was not reasonable. She said the constables could have either opted to move the vehicle to a safe location or driven it to Ring’s hunt camp, which was close by. Provincial Crown attorney Megan Williams argued that driving Ring’s vehicle would have posed other liability and search warrant issues. Ring’s lawyer argued that the constables never at any point during their lengthy road side wait asked Ring if he had a cell phone so he could call counsel. It was established in testimony that neither constable had offered Ring their personal cell phones to use. When asked during their testimony, the constables said that offering a personal phone is not proper protocol and that cell phone reception in that area is sketchy. The Crown argued that given the circumstances the constables acted in a reasonable manner. Judge Giffin wondered how, with the constables’ prior knowledge of the lay of the land in North Frontenac and knowing the delays involved in getting towing services there, that they might have been able to react in a more timely

fashion and that if they could not, then, at the very least they might have been able to give Ring more timely access to counsel while waiting at the roadside. Judge Griffin stressed the importance of the constables being able to deal with intoxicated drivers in the north country in a timely and suitable fashion. He said he will return his verdict on March 30.

First Appearances Garnet Kavanaugh, 83, charged with unauthorized possession and careless use/storage of a firearm on November 28, 2014 had his charges withdrawn. He was given a one year firearm prohibition order and his firearm was seized. David J Brandon, 52, charged with the unauthorized possession and use of a firearm on December 14, 2014, pleaded guilty to the charge and was granted a conditional discharge 12 months probation. He is prohibited from possessing firearms for 12 months and was ordered to transfer the ownership of the Winchester rifle that he was charged with unlawfully possessing. David Riddell, 21, charged with unauthorized possession and careless use/storage of a firearm on December 29, 2014, will return to court on March 30.

Christopher Laforest, 25, charged with possession of an illegal substance on December 11, 2014, is arranging for a diversion and will return to court March 30.

Guilty Pleas Olivia Clarke, 23, pled guilty to operating a vehicle with blood alcohol over 80mg/100ml of blood. After noting that she had made a $1,000 donation to the local humane society, she was given a 6-month driving suspension and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.

Ongoing Dale Whan, 64, charged with two counts of the careless use/storage of a firearm, had a trial date set for April 20. Jennifer Scott, 37, charged with careless use/storage of firearm is expected to have the matter resolved on March 30. Jessie Teal, 27, charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm will return to court on March 30. Joseph Archibald, 30, charged with impaired driving causing bodily harm and with operating a vehicle with blood alcohol over 80mg/100ml of blood, will return to court March 30 to either plead or set a trial date.

Editorial

'Planning' a robbery in Glenburnie by Jeff Green or about a year, and certainly since the most recent municipal election, Frontenac County has been a relaxed, even docile place. That might change. In a decision last week, six council members, who represent 42% of the population, out-voted two members who represent 58% of the population. The decision, about planning services offered under contract to the three smaller Frontenac townships (see Frontenac County to provide free planning ... on page 3) amounts to a cash benefit for residents of those three townships at the expense of residents from the fourth, which is South Frontenac. The amount of money involved is not really significant. What is more important is the fact that South Frontenac Council, which is already wary of the way the county operates, will have no choice but to take what happened as a kind of highway robbery. Essentially, councilors from the other three townships

used their majority to extract money from the ratepayers in South Frontenac. In the past, when the county spent federal gas rebate dollars on the K&P Trail, which runs through South and Central Frontenac, council members from Frontenac Islands and North Frontenac cried foul, and insisted that for every dollar spent on the trail, a proportionate amount, based on population, be set aside for projects in their townships. A lot of work has been done to foster an all-for-one, onefor-all attitude at Frontenac County in the past year or so. But it seems that this planning matter is a case of the smaller townships taking an advantage just because they could do so. It might turn out to have been a foolish money grab. South Frontenac has been the sleeping giant of Frontenac County for a number of years, while muttering softly to itself about how the county spends money. That muttering will likely get louder in the future.

nicipal Board (OMB) and once that happens the municipality would lose their ability to control the process. Gallivan exwould provide enough space to install septic systems behind plained, “The board starts brand new and the board makes the residences, creating a further setback from the shoreline. the decision and it’s a time-consuming and expensive proPending successful water quality tests and bylaw compli- cess.” ance, the developer would then be given the green light to Councilor John Inglis asked Gallivan “Do you have a sense continue with the adapted project in phases. whether we are getting near a tipping point [from the devel“If the systems are working the way they’re supposed to be oper’s side] in terms of viability of the project?” Gallivan rethen this potential holding zone could be lifted and they could sponded “Yes.” proceed with developing [the area closer to the wetland]” “They’ve got to reduce the [number of] lots...and make sure Gallivan said. The developer proposed to install a new “high- there is protection,” Gallivan said. “I had a really good discusend septic system,” which is currently being quality-tested sion with their planner and he understands this. He heard the in Quebec, but Gallivan said there is no absolute guarantee public meeting loud and clear as well... It’s an evolution...it that these systems won’t cause problems in the future. continues to improve in terms of its impact on the lake.” Councilor Fred Perry wondered about the possibility of Private lane development crucial for growth in the skipping over building lots during the first phase of develop- Frontenacs ing the western part of the property. “If we staged lots 1, 3, Joe Gallivan also briefed Council on restrictions that are be6,...leaving holes in the centre, during [phase 1] would that ing proposed by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing not help? If something fails then at least you’d have room (MMAH) on the County’s Official Plan (OP) regarding develto manoeuvre with development down the road.” Gallivan opment on private lanes. Gallivan said County Council has agreed that it was a good suggestion and would relay that given him the go-ahead to do a study on this issue in hopes idea to the applicant’s planner. that it will “provide some planning tools and some legal tools There is a worry that imposing too many restrictions will to look at allowing development on some private roads. push the developer to appeal the matter to the Ontario Mu- The position of the ministry is, in my professional opinion, too black and white. There needs to be an understanding that there is potential, depending on the length of the road, the topography, the capacity of the lake, to allow us to continue [developing].” The County has done Insurance Specialty some analysis. The total valInsurance Matson Insurance Group s KingstonSpecialty ue of property assessment in Group s Kingston the County is $5 billion and Brokers of that, $2 billion is on private O/B Insurance Specialty Group Home • Auto roads. Home • Auto • Farm “Development on private Farm • Business roads means a lot to the fiBusiness • Bonds • Boats nancial stability of the townBonds • Boats ships,” he said. Cottages Cottages “We’re going to take the New Location: 1021B Elizabeth St. ministry on,” Gallivan said. P.O. Box 41, Sharbot Lake If the MMAH will not yield 613 on these policies Gallivan Insurance Specialty 613 279-2925 844s Gardiners Matson Insurance will be recommending that Group Kingston Rd. council appeal the decision Kingston 1-888-340-3541 Brokers to the OMB. He hopes that Insurance Specialty his study on private roads will be a new tool to fight On your side. Group s Kingston Your best insurance is an insurance broker the decision with. He is sug-

gesting that North Frontenac Council maintain its stance on private roads in response to the MMAH’s revision of its own draft Official Plan. Once the County’s OP is approved, which Gallivan hopes will be by the end of 2015, any plans or amendments to the township OP goes to County Council for final approval instead of the MMAH, which Gallivan said would be “a positive thing.” Gallivan expressed confidence that if the private lane issue goes to the OMB, the county will win. Councilor Wayne Good wondered if it would be beneficial to the County to work with neighbouring counties in opposition to the MMAH’s proposed restrictions. Gallivan said Lanark Highlands has taken the MMAH to the OMB over the same private roads amendment to their own Official Plan. “Lanark Highlands is standing alone right now against the ministry ... It really needs to be challenged from a regional perspective. “We’re counting on you, Joe” Councilor Inglis said. “I’m prepared to take them on,” Gallivan replied. “It’s very frustrating. The positions the ministry takes sometimes are a blanket position that they’re applying across the province the same way and that’s just not right.”

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Free planning services, courtesy of Frontenac County by Jeff Green

oliticians from South Frontenac had been waiting for a year to find out if their ratepayers would be subsiding planning services for residents of the three other townships in Frontenac County. At a Committee of the Whole meeting of Frontenac County Council last week (February 18) the representatives from South Frontenac were the only ones who opposed a plan whereby all municipally generated planning work done under contract between the county planning department and North and Central Frontenac and Frontenac Island township would be done for free. The Frontenac County planning department provides service to the county, and, as of last year to local townships as well. It is funded through the corporate services budget of Frontenac County. Because it has the largest population, South Frontenac ratepayers pay 57.8% of that budget. South Frontenac Township does not benefit from the free planning services because they have their own busy planning department already in place. In a report to the Committee of the Whole,

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the County Manager of Planning, Joe Gallivan, outlined several options for payment for the services that are being provided to three of the four townships. The one that is in place, called the incremental cost model, calls for no charge for day-to-day planning work and land use policy work generated by the townships. However, all privately initiated applications (e.g., minor variance, severance, rezoning) for which the applicants are charged a fee by the townships, will result in a charge from the county. Councilor John McDougall from South Frontenac said that he favoured a “full cost recovery model, which is the fairest way to do this. But in place of that we are willing to accept some sort of flat fee arrangement. South Frontenac pays for our own department and we pay into the county department as well, I must point out,” he said. Current Warden and Frontenac Islands Mayor Dennis Doyle said, “The planners are already being paid. Any money that is raised from privately initiated planning applications will help cover those salaries, and South Frontenac gets the most benefit from that. It really is a win-win.”

Letters to the editor Dump Amnesty Load is cheap public relations

he dump amnesty load and the cost of maintaining the various Township Halls are budget deliberation footballs every year in Central Frontenac. Taxpayers in Central Frontenac see little enough justification for their property tax bill every year. It should be considered basic common sense to throw the people a bone once-in-a-while even if it's just a free load of landfill once a year that they can use at their own discretion. I was an inaugural member of the Central Frontenac Waste Management Committee from May, 2007 - March 2011. In that time

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n excellent letter was submitted by Jule Koch Brison in your Feb. 12 edition. Are we a Nation of Sheep? Having worked in the health care system (R.T.) and also in a related field for over 40 years, I never heard of, or had a patient or anybody ask to die or end their own life. Losing many members of my family in five years, they all passed away with peace, on medication and on their own terms, with the grace of God. Why was this not an issue 10, 15 or 20 years ago? Perhaps we had a brighter generation. Death is a natural event of life, but this choice is only made once. Are we saving children, only to kill the grandparents? This issue was started in the Scandinavian countries – Norway, Sweden. Are we a Nation of Sheep? Remember, governments cannot LOVE. Thanks to Jule Koch for the wakeup call - Marie A. Collier

the ‘dump amnesty load programme’ was debated several times. One such debate led to a report that I did for the Committee in 2010, which was forwarded to the Council of the day, in which I showed that while none of our neighbouring Townships specifically offer a dump amnesty load they arguably have much better incentive/reward programmes for their residents: 1) They all have a clear bag requirement with owner affixed bag tag. 2) Tay Valley Township offers a free bag of landfill for an equal sized container of recyclables PLUS 40 free bag tags every year. 3) South Frontenac Township provides curbside pickup PLUS 50 free bag tags per year. 4) North Frontenac has a swap system - one free bag of landfill for an equal sized container of recyclables, and if the recyclables exceed the amount of landfill then a tag is issued to be used on a subsequent bag of land fill. Tags can be combined for use on a large item. Central Frontenac Township Council might not be willing to adopt a swap system or annual free bag allotment (which we used to have both before and after amalgamation) but judging by reported usage, and if it’s all about bean counting, the amnesty load is still much less expensive public relations than the more elaborate rewards/incentives that the other townships are offering. It’s hard not to observe that our neighbouring townships seem much more interested in encouraging their residents rather than punishing them. - Patrick Maloney

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South Frontenac Mayor Ron Vandewal did not see Doyle’s logic. “I hate to say this but if we don’t have enough work for the people we have then we might consider looking at staffing levels to save money. To me, if any service is going to be offered by the county to one or more townships it should be paid for. Otherwise it’s not fair to taxpayers in the townships who do not use the service,” he said. Central Frontenac Mayor Frances Smith

said that when the county offered to do the planning for Central Frontenac, it was on the basis that the township would be getting “free service and only private applications would be billed. If that changes then we will have to look at our options again.” When it came to a vote, all six council members from the three townships who stand to benefit from the policy supported it, and the two from South Frontenac voted against it.

Draft Central Frontenac budget calls for 2.5% levy increase by Jeff Green arly this year, Central Frontenac Council gave township staff instructions to bring in a budget with an increase of no more than 2.5%. This translates to an increase of $158,465 in the levy, the total amount that Central Frontenac ratepayers will collectively pay this year in township taxes. Treasurer Michael McGovern prepared a budget that hit those numbers, and if Council ends up approving the draft budget that McGovern presented on February 20, all but $5,000 of the increase will be going to cover an increase in OPP costs. As part of an effort to bring in a new funding formula, the OPP is billing most of the small rural townships more than previous years, and some larger towns such as Carleton Place and Smiths Falls are seeing a decrease. The $153,807 increase in the bill for Central Frontenac ratepayers does not end this year. An equal increase is set for 2016, followed by a smaller increase in 2017, when policing costs in Central Frontenac will have risen to over $1.2 million per year. The draft budget includes money for the

completion of the $3 million plus upgrade to 5th Depot Road, which is covered by a grant from the province, as well as a $1.17 million project to eliminate the bridge over the former rail-line on Road 38 in Sharbot Lake that will be paid for by a federal grant if, as is expected, a federal grant is secured. In terms of road projects being paid for entirely through taxation, the only roadwork that is included in the budget is a 1.3 kilometre stretch at the northern edge of Frontenac Road and the adjacent Mill Road that joins Frontenac Road with Mountain Grove, at a total cost of $388,000. There is also $225,000 in the budget for a new tandem truck and $120,000 for a trac-

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quantities are limited. You can pick up your trees in April. Prince Charles is a certified EcoSchool at the Gold level for its environmental programs. · Lennox Theatre in Selby still needs to fill three roles for their upcoming play “Murder in Bloom”. They need a nurse, a young nervous girl, and a young detective fellow. Car pooling is available. Contact Doug MacIntyre at 613-900-8115. · The Verona Community Association Annual General Meeting will be held Wed. March 11 at the Verona Lions Club, 7 pm. Discover what the VCA is all about. What does the organization do for Verona? This meeting is open to the general public and will be held at the Verona Lions Club. · The Prince Charles Public School Cookbook is a great idea for a gift or a welcome addition to your own cookbooks. The cookbook is a collection of favourite recipes collected from students, parents, and grandparents and published by the Parent Advisory Council. All proceeds will go to playground improvements. The cookbooks are $10 each and are available at the school and local businesses.

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613-561-1094 rideauraingutter@yahoo.com · Come out to the Legion on Sunday March 1 and be entertained by Picket Fences. They will be performing country and rock songs from 1-5pm. Admission is $7 per person and a light lunch will be available. · Spaghetti Night is done now at the Legion for the season. Dinner nights will be starting up again later in the year. · If you are interested on being on the entertainment committee for the Legion - helping to organize and plan events and parties - then please contact me by email. · Attention Gardeners!! Don’t miss "Investing in Your Garden", a free presentation by Master Gardener and HGTV host, Denis Flanagan, on Sunday, March 8 from 2 pm to 4 pm at the Verona Lions Hall. Admission is by free advance tickets; email Karen.MacLean@investorsgroup.com, call 613384-8973, or pick them up at Memory Lane Flowers & Gifts or Southern Frontenac Community Services in Sydenham. Donations will be accepted for the food bank.

MISSISSIPPI Pearl Killingbeck 613-278-2127 · We got together on Thursday to celebrate Ellen Raeburn’s birthday and to say goodbye. Ellen & Bill, we will miss you very much. We’ve been told we can visit but maybe not all at once. · It was a great meal and heart bingo on Feb 18 at Diners. Caterers Aimee and Paul do such a great job on the meal. Olive Allen won the free dinner. · A big crowd was out for coffee break on Friday morning. Karen & Glen Paterson were the hosts and Karen had a table full of to-die-for desserts. Nice to see Sheila Suess out for a coffee. · There were 164 people fed at the Snow Road Snowmobile Club's breakfast. The next one is March 7. · Anyone who plays bingo and would like a free bus ride

FEBRuary 26, 2015 from Perth to Ottawa, the bus leaves Perth at 10:30am and returns at 7pm (weather permitting). Call Donna Middleton at 613-278-1110 for more information. · Congratulations to Sue Swoworski on passing her Seniors' Fitness Instructor's exam. We now have three qualified instructors in Snow Road. · Happy birthday to Alexa Gilchrist. · Some great prizes have been donated for the "Ride for Dad", which starts at the Snow Road Snowmobile Club on Sat. Feb. 28. Volunteers have been very busy setting up this run for prostate cancer. Come out and ride or pledge one of the participants. · Smile: It used to be that someone who saved money was a miser. Nowadays they're a wonder.

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· Condolences to the family of Dorothy Knight, long-time Arden resident, who passed away last Saturday. · This Saturday, the 28th is the Big Gull Lake Fishing Derby, sponsored by the Frontenac-Addington Trappers. The $10 ticket is available at Kaladar Auto Parts, Bishop Lakes Outdoor Centre and Hooks’ Castle in Cloyne. You can also call 613-335-2695, 613-336-8359 or go to www.trapon.org for ticket or prize information. Prizes are won by weight or random draw with the scales open at 8 am. · On Saturday, March 7, the Arden and Community Wesleyan Church starts their 2015 fundraising events. The ham dinner with all the fixings begins at 5pm at the Kennebec hall. Bring your appetite and a free will offering to this scrumptious meal. The dinner is always excellent as is the company. · Henderson United Church will host the Union Service for the Pastoral Charge, Sunday Mar. 1. After a two-month closure, the church will resume their Sunday morning worship. · There has been much talk about line dancing since the Heritage Festival’s Variety Show. For those of you interested there are classes in Arden Monday morning, 9:30 – 10:30 am at the Kennebec Community Centre and in Sharbot Lake 9-10 am at the United Church hall, next to the Seniors’ Centre. These classes are for fun and a little exercise. No skills are required and everyone is welcome, so get up and get moving. It will do you the world of good.

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· The Lennox Theatre in Selby is looking to fill three roles for their upcoming play "Murder in Bloom". The roles are for a female nurse, a nervous young girl and a young male detective. Contact Doug MacIntyre at 900-8115 and check out their website www.lennoxtheatre.ca for more details. · A World Day of Prayer service will be held at St. Paul's United Church, Harrowsmith, March 6 at 7pm. Enjoy a hymn filled service followed by refreshments and social time. This event is in collaboration with St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Railton; St. Paul's Anglican Church, Sydenham; Holiness Movement, Sydenham, and Harrowsmith Free Methodist Church. · Also at St. Paul's United Church, a turkey supper with all the trimmings on March 7 from 4:30-6:30pm; adults $15, children $6; under 6 free; family (parents and school aged children) $35. Call the church at 372-2525 for information. · A Youth Dance for children in public school will be held March 6 from 7-9:30pm at the Golden Links Hall. Cost is $6. Call Sharon 539-6676 or Wayne 358-2533. · On March 28 there will be dancing with Jeff Code band at the Golden Links Hall from 8-12pm. Cost is $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Call Brenda 372-2410 for tickets. · Words to live by: Your value does not decrease based on someone's inability to see your worth.

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· Don't forget the Trappers' Fishing Derby this Saturday Feb 28 at Big Gull Lake and get those advance tickets. · Churches around the world will celebrate World Day of Prayer on Friday March 6 with material prepared by the people of The Bahamas. Interestingly the pink flamingo is the national bird of that country and some churches will be planting pink flamingos out in their snow banks or church entrances to cheer everyone up. Also, to identify with the Bahamas some will be wearing summer attire and sun hats. · Deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the late Dorothy Knight, of Pine Meadow Nursing Home and formerly of Arden, who died this past week. Dorothy will be remembered for her love of family and her son John, wonderful baking, service to the area churches, love of life and dedication to God. Dorothy was wonderfully cared for at Pine Meadow and enjoyed her final days residing there.

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613-335-4531 email: marilynarchie@sympatico.ca · Our deepest sympathy to Joan Wyatt on the sudden, unexpected passing of her beloved husband Bradley. · Sympathy to the family of Phyllis Kellar (Marshall), beloved wife of Delbert Kellar. · Our sympathy to Teresa Scott on the passing of her brother Doug Miller · We are sorry to hear that Dorothy Knight has passed away. She was a resident of Pine Meadow in Northbrook. · Happy birthday to Randy McCullough, Jim Kelly Junior, Bernard Brown, Shyanne Daye, Hilda Baker, Emily Thompson, Heather Hughes, Sylvia Gray, Percy Burke, Marion Hart, Maddie McDonald, Alex Hawley, Jackson Mosher. · Thinking of Daisy Haw, Shirley Noonan, Nancy Fobert, Carol Patterson, Donny Knight, Clark Gaylord, Dora Scott,

Julie Lott, Ellard Stitt, Bill Powers, Joey Dupuis, Betty Tarney, Barbara Ellesworth, Verna Cowdy. · On Friday March 27 at 5pm there will be a spaghetti dinner & pie auction fundraiser at the Land O' Lakes Public School. Free will offering; proceeds to the Grade 7-8 school trip. · Come and support the Sharbot Lake & District Lions Club at their breakfast on February 28, 8-11am, $7pp, at Oso hall in Sharbot Lake. · There will be an open mike, music jam and potluck at the Harlowe Community hall on February 28, 2-8pm; free will donation. A fun time for all. · The pastoral charge will have an union service on March 1, 10am at Henderson church. There will be no service in Mountain Grove or Arden that Sunday. · We enjoyed the euchre game on Feb. 20, hosted by Sharbot Lake Anglican church beginning with a delicious lunch. $5 each includes cards and lunch. · A big thank you to Jennifer Matson and the Arden youth group for all their work in making their annual pancake supper a success on Feb. 17 · Parham Happy Travelers met on February 18 at the Parham Free Methodist church hall. Hostesses were Brenda Warren, Barbara Dawson, Wendy Hartwick, who had the hall decorated for Valentine's Day. After a delicious potluck lunch the seniors enjoyed the contests and door prizes. The next meeting will be March 18. If you are over 50 come and enjoy a social time .

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· World Day of Prayer will be held in Parham United Church CE Building on Friday March 6, at 7pm. The women of the Bahamas invite you to join them praying under the theme, "Jesus said to them, 'Do You Know What I Have Done to You?'" Christians in more than 170 countries around the world and 2,000 communities across Canada will gather to learn more about the culture and heritage of the Bahamas. · On March 21, local rockers HD SUPPLY go to Toronto to show them how's it's done! They have entered a contest to have the chance to win a free recorded album in L.A! But they need to bring fans! That is part of the deal! So who wants to go?! They have the tickets now and are renting a bus to bring people. The bus will be free! Let Jordan or Jay know if interested! 613-375-6630 · Thanks to the generosity of W.A. Robinson Asset Management Ltd. Central Frontenac Minor Softball Association is hosting a raffle for three amazing prizes!!! First prize - 2 tickets to see the Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals on April 4, includes parking pass, $100 restaurant certificate and $50 gas card! 2nd Prize - Hockey Jersey - winners' choice ($100 value) and 3rd prize $50 gas card. Tickets are $5ea draw will take place March 28; please see any member of the CFMSA Executive. Thanks for your support. · Don't forget the 4 on 4 hockey tournament at Tichborne rink this weekend - we have 12 teams participating and all proceeds are going to Central Frontenac Minor Softball Association. We will also have our CFMSA raffle tickets on

· Despite the cold, wind and snow, some warmly dressed, hearty folk came out to take part in Family Fun Day on Saturday. The kids (and some adults too) had fun sledding down the hill to see how many pylons they could knock down when they reached the bottom. There were races on the rink with snow saucers and then with dog sleds (manned entirely by humans). After hotdogs, a drink and a yummy cupcake for lunch, it was back outside for a scavenger hunt to find a beach ball buried in the snow. There was more sledding too. This time, the contest was to find out whose sled could go the farthest. Everyone enjoyed marshmallows and s’mores

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Sing ‘N Strings leaves concert goers smiling A round 70 people turned out to the Kingston Christian Fellowship Church on February 20 for an evening of songs and the stories - both poignant bits of history and humourous trivia - behind them. With 18 singers from Verona and Harrowsmith United Churches and 40 string musicians with Kingston Community Strings in addition to the audience, the event made for a cozy refuge on a cold evening. Repertoire included a range of styles, from lively string instrumentals by contemporary English composer John Rutter, to sombre medieval French sacred music, to AfricanAmerican spirituals, some rousing, others wistful. Wayne Tindale, musical director for Kingston Community Strings and conductor for Friday's concert noted that while his ensemble has done joint concerts before with other choirs, it can be a challenge achieving a balance between choir and orchestra, especially when singers are outnumbered by their instrument-playing counterparts. Another issue with bringing these particular groups together was finding time to rehearse together prior to the event, given the distance of their respective rehearsal venues. A dress rehearsal Thursday and pre-concert run-through gave them an opportunity to iron out rough spots and helped mesh the efforts of weeks of separate practices. The results were well received. As choir director Annabelle Twiddy noted, “everyone in the audience was very animated and lots of people had big smiles on their faces,” as the con-

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cert finished with “Bridge over Troubled Water,” which showcased the orchestra and choir, with Twiddy on Piano. Choir member Deborah SpaarMueller presented the song, offering a bit of lesser-known trivia (the line in verse three “Sail on silver girl” was inspired by Paul Simon's then wife Peggy Harper's first grey hairs.) A mid-concert highlight was a mellow, soulful rendition of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” which, along with spirituals like “Goin' Home” and “Amen,” served to commemorate Black History Month . Gail Robertson presented the piece, describing the symbolism of the lyrics. The line “swing low, sweet chariot” is said to be a reference to the underground railroad swinging low to the south, “coming for to carry me home,” with home being the refuge that Canada promised Black slaves. It remains to be seen whether another joint concert between the two groups will come together, but both Twiddy

and Tindale hope one does. In the meantime, the Trinity-St.Paul's choir is gearing up for another collaboration with several local church choirs for Easter performances of John Stainer's “The Crucifixion,” while Kingston Community Strings will be performing with Orchestra Kingston on May 8 at the Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts at Queen's University.

Frontenac Farming Life Profile: Growing for Seed in Verona P at Joslin doesn’t call what he does “farming” so much as “homesteading in a village.” Joslin, along with his wife Kate, owns Bear Root Gardens, which began operation in 2014 from their backyard plot in the center of Verona. An Environmental Studies graduate, he has been in the agricultural field in various forms for the past three years and his current focus is on intensive growing, primarily for seed, with the balance going to market vegetables. The intensive focus is particularly important to Joslin, given the small scale of land he currently has, and it is an approach that is gaining ground, particularly among young farmers and homesteaders with limited space. “Sustainable farming means many small farms versus a few huge ones,” he says. However, sustainability in food production is not merely a matter of which system, whether small or large-scale, diversified and organic, or conventional mono-crop, works most efficiently and ecologically. The question of financial sustainability for the farmers themselves is also pertinent in an age where more and more small farms are going out of

business. A recent article in Salon magazine entitled “What nobody told me about small farming: I can’t make a living” sheds light on the realities of running a farm business. The author, Jaclyn Moyer, notes that according to USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) statistics, about 90% of American farms rely on outside income to stay afloat. Likewise, Statistics Canada’s most recent data shows that over three quarters of the average Canadian family farm’s income is gained off-farm. Joslin is happy with his location and the challenge of using his yard effectively, and he is happy with the progress they have made thus far. “We’re showing what you can do on about a third of an acre,” he says. They are in close proximity to the Frontenac Farmers Market – mere blocks away – which served as Bear Root’s main vending point in the 2014 season. Perhaps most importantly, they are a reasonable distance from Kingston, where Kate works full-time for a seed technology company. Pat, meanwhile, will be entering his second season working at the Kitchen Garden, a certified organic vegetable farm in Wilton this coming spring. While Joslin hopes to be able to devote himself fulltime to his own business down the road, he sees value in having the kind of steady, assured income that off-farm work brings. The threat of crop failures combined with worries about marketing opportunities, which are sometimes sluggish, lend credence to this view. While working at the Kitchen Garden has helped him gain knowledge and experience that will translate to building a better farm business, he admits that working long days on another farm can mean little energy at the end of a long day for his own gardens. “Our farm always suffers first, ” he says. Asked if he has any concern that the business will

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by the fire. Congratulations to Jasper Keller and family for their first place win in the Snow Sculpture contest, and to Lily Quade for winning the jelly bean guess. Thank you to Denbigh Recreation for hosting the day! · An International Women's Day Celebration hosted by the Blue Bench Cafe will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 10am to 1pm, in the gymnasium at the Addington Highlands Community Centre. There will be a guest speak from Land O' Lakes Community Services on women's mental health and wellness. Lunch will be soup, salad, sandwiches and sweets. Cost is $10, $2 of which will be donated to LOLCS. Please RSVP to Joan before March 5, by calling 613-333-9713.

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never achieve its potential, given the temptation to leave the weeding to another day or give up after a hard frost when vital income is not at stake, Joslin says that his passion for farming will drive the business forward. “Creating our own model, we can still have our non-farming lifestyle,” he says. He has the option of going camping in August when most farmers would not dare, and the mantra, “farmhands often make more money than farm owners” currently favours him more than it works against him. Joslin’s approach gives food for thought to farmers and aspiring farmers alike. Certainly, the quest for quality of life at the sacrifice of financial certainty is a difficult balance for most anyone getting into agriculture. “For now, if we look at it as a hobby that we make money at, it’s awesome,” he says. “I’d like that to change, but what we are getting out of what we are doing is more than if we were not doing it.” Jonathan Davies is a farmer himself. He operates a small farm at Harrowsmith with his partner X.B. Shen. Jonathan is contributing a series of articles called Frontenac Farming Life, which profiles the lives of local farmers who are trying to make a living through farming, navigating struggle and hope. If you would like to have your story considered, please contact Jonathan at longroadecofarm@gmail.com.

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FRONTENACTHE COUNTY - 50 STORIES FRONTENAC NEWS / 150 YEARS

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his year, Frontenac County marks the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1865. To mark the year, we have embarked on a multi-media project. Our intention is to publish stories about people, places, groups and institutions from the past and present that are unique to this corner of the world. A number of these stories will be based on interviews with some of the county's elders, who can give us a picture of our local communities 50 and even 75 years ago. We hope to keep these articles varied, and that they will stand alone as historical pieces while at the same time building a rich picture of Frontenac County. In the dedicated anniversary section of our website, frontenacnews.ca/frontenac-150th-anniversary, which is up and running, all of the articles are being posted as they are published. We are also planning to gather other historical material in digital format to enrich the section. To that end we are putting out a call for submissions from the public. Material

in digital form can be sent to nfnews@frontenac.net (please write Frontenac 150 in the subject line), and if there is material that needs to be digitized please let us know by calling us at 613-279-3150 or emailing us and we will endeavour to make it happen. The project has been up and running in our weekly editions of the News, but in order to bring the material to all residents of Frontenac County we are gathering the articles in a special section of the paper in the last edition of each month and those editions are being distributed to all postal addresses in Frontenac County, including Inverary, Sunbury, Perth Road, Battersea, Wolfe and Howe Islands, an addition of 3,700 over our normal weekly distribution This week's edition includes articles on four diverse people, one from each township. The interviews with Lee White (January 8), Gary Hawley (January 22), and Phil Leonard (February 4) are being reprinted, and there is a new article based on an interview with former Wolfe Islands reeve and

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first ever Frontenac Islands mayor, Jan Hassler. A new article about the Bedford Township Historical Society can be found in these pages as well. Finally, an article on the political history of Frontenac County, originally published on January 15, is included. The project is ongoing and we are still looking for people with interesting stories to tell. We are looking for the names and contact numbers of people who would make good interview subjects. We are also seeking financial support through sponsorship opportunities in order to dedicate more of our resources to making this project as full and rich as possible. Our title sponsor is the 150th Anniversary Committee of Frontenac County Council, who will be putting on a major event of their own to mark the anniversary in late August at Centennial Park in Harrowsmith. We hope to build interest in that event through our newspaper and web content.

Dutch immigrant makes his mark on Wolfe Island W

hen Jan Hassler was 19 years old, he decided to leave his native Holland and seek a new life in Canada. One of the reasons he left was that after living through World War 2, he was facing the obligation to join the Dutch army and be deployed to Indonesia to defend Dutch colonial interests. Instead he applied to come to Canada, and that led him to Wolfe Island. At that time, in order to migrate to Canada, sponsors were needed. A Wolfe Island fishing lodge owner, Jack Campbell, needed a hired hand, so Jan Hassler was sent to work for him. After one year he had fulfilled that commitment and he was free to make his life in Canada. Although he did travel around the country he ended up making his life on Wolfe Island, even if he knew from the start that Wolfe Islanders took family history on the island pretty seriously. “Wolfe Island is Wolfe Island, and the residents here - they thought they were the only Wolfe Islanders. A couple of them told me, you know, you'll never be a Wolfe Islander unless your grandparents are buried here. So I said, I'll tell you what I'll do. If I like it and stay here, then maybe I'll have them shipped over,” he said, during an interview from his house in Marysville on a cold, blustery day this past January. In 1962, he was working in Kingston in financial services when he was drawn back to the Island to work with his brothers-in-law at the General Wolfe Hotel, which he managed until 1977. At that time he purchased a fishing lodge, Hitchcock House, which he ran until 2010. After establishing himself as a Wolfe Island resident, raising a family, and becoming part of the business community, he was approached to join Wolfe Island Council, which he did in 1985. He served a term as a councilor, a term as deputy reeve, two terms as reeve and a term as the first ever mayor of Frontenac Islands between 1998 and 2000. He was the warden of Frontenac County in 1997, the year before municipal amalgamation. That put him into the middle of a lot of different political debates on the island, and throughout the County. “A lot of things were shaken up in the 1990s. One was the

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idea of making Wolfe Islanders pay for the ferry. It was Gilles Poulliot [Minister of Transportation under the Bob Rae NDP government] who first came to us and asked if we would mind paying a bit of money for the ferry, maybe a loonie or a toonie. We said that might be ok but what if it goes up to $5 or $10 in a few years? A number of ministers came and went and we kept saying we didn't want it of course, but the idea didn't go away. In fact I think they even printed up tickets. They're probably in a warehouse somewhere in Kingston still. Then I got a call from Tony Clement, minister under Mike Harris, asking me to come to Toronto, where he said ‘I have good news for you, the fee is not coming in.’” When municipal amalgamation was forced on Ontario townships, Hassler and the Wolfe Island Council had some decisions to make. The question of whom to join was paramount “We talked to Pittsburgh Township about joining with them and forming a new township, and the idea of Howe Island joining with Gananoque also came up. But when Pittsburgh joined with Kingston we were left with a choice between they are with a family member (grandchild, sibling, or spouse) who has been in a car accident or seriously injured. They typically tell the senior their loved one is ok however they are in jail and require a certain amount of money to be wired via Western Union immediately to bail them out. According to the victims, the scammers are persistent and demanding. It's not always easy to spot a scam, and new ones are invented every day. If you suspect that you may be a target of fraud, or if you have already sent funds, don't be embarrassed - you're not alone. If you want to report a fraud, or if you need more information, contact The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre toll-free: 1-888-495-8501

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Kingston and remaining with Frontenac County,” he said. His fear about Kingston was that Wolfe Island, or even all the islands together, would become a single ward in the new City. “That would have left us with one vote out of 12 on Council, and no independence,” he said. “As far as I was concerned that was not an option.” In the end the Frontenac Islands were the last to sign on to join the Frontenac Management Board (which became Frontenac County again a few years later.) “At the end everybody had agreed but I hadn't agreed. If I had decided Wolfe Island is not going to go for it, the whole thing would have fallen apart. I said yes as you know. It wasn't a perfect marriage but I don't think there are any perfect marriages. I think we made the right choice.” One project that he still looks on with pride from his years on Council was the construction of the new Wolfe Island branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library, which was built under his watch and was recently dedicated to his predecessor as reeve of Wolfe Island, the late Timothy O'Shea, who served for 33 years from 1959 to 1991. Jan Hassler is retired now, but he continues to keep an eye on comings and goings on Wolfe Island, and when pressed, he is still gets animated about a topic that is a perennial controversy on the island, the possibility of a bridge to Kingston. “You never thought about a bridge?” I asked as we were at the end of our interview and thinking about timing our return to the mainland to meet the afternoon ferry schedule. “Don't ask me about a bridge,” he said. “It's been years since I thought about this bridge business. When we looked at it years ago, it would have cost $50 million to build a bridge and it was costing almost $10 million each year to run the ferry. Anyone who studied math even a little bit can tell that a bridge is cheaper in the long run, and it would not take that long to pay off, but someone has to invest in the first place. “Even it a bridge costs $100 million it will still pay off. They are talking about spending $75 million on a bigger ferry. But I never could get anyone to take a bridge project seriously, and there are those on the islands who are opposed and will always be opposed. So I don't think about it anymore.”

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Frontenac County, how did we get here? Phil Leonard remembers amalgamation talks by Jeff Green hil Leonard conducts business from behind a desk in his garage. The house is across the courtyard from the garage and the grounds of his home outside of Harrowsmith are neatly tended and full of plants and flowers, courtesy of his life partner, Deb Bracken, who died earlier this year. For Phil Leonard, the loss was (and is) acutely felt, but he is not one to dwell on it. Although he left municipal politics 11 years ago, he remains a key figure in the political life of South Frontenac. I interviewed him back in September, a couple of days before the nomination deadline for last fall's election. He had signs for two of the candidates for mayor on his lawn, and I asked him if he would put up a sign for the third, if asked. “I don't see why not,” he said, laughing, “it's not even up to me; the signs are on the road allowance anyway.” Then when asked about a potential political comeback, he said, “If that's ever going to happen, you'll know pretty soon.” Phil Leonard did not run for office last fall, but the candidate who won, Ron Vandewal - as well as everyone who has made a difference in South Frontenac politics in the post-amalgamation era - has spent time in Leonard's garage talking and listening. “I ended up telling Gary Davison that he was welcome to come and visit, but not to talk politics anymore because he would sit and listen and then do whatever he was going to do in the first place,” he said. Phil Leonard has municipal politics in his blood. His grandfather, Ray Babcook, was reeve of Portland Township five times, back when there was an election at the town hall at the beginning of January each year. His father was on the school board, and his uncle Keith was reeve as well. “I've had uncles run against uncles over the years, that sort of thing; someone was always running for something,” he said. In his own municipal career he sat on council for two terms and then was reeve of Portland Township for five terms, before becoming the first mayor of South Frontenac. Leonard served two three-year terms, between 1998 and the end of 2003. He also served as warden of Frontenac County on five different occasions. And although he has been out of politics since 2003, he still remembers clearly the politics of the mid-90s and beyond, when the Frontenac townships were dragged into an amalgamation process that he describes as a “shotgun wedding”. One of the key components to the entire negotiations, aside from working out how the Frontenac townships were going to amalgamate between themselves, were the negotiations with the City of Kingston. “The City first wanted to expand west, to Loyalist Township,

but when that didn't work out, they looked to the north,” he said. “But if they thought we would give them everything on a platter because we were country bumpkins, we showed them that wasn't going to happen,” he said. The big prize for the City were Pittsburgh and Kingston townships. Typical of modern urban centres, the population was growing in the suburbs, but the work was in the City, as well as infrastructure costs so it was clear that those townships would have to become part of the new City. “We negotiated payments for downloaded roads and we negotiated that the City had to provide service to the County at cost, because they were getting all that assessment from the two townships that they were swallowing,” Leonard said. “They didn't want that but they did want Pittsburgh and Kingston townships so they had no choice.” One of those services that South Frontenac looked at, and the other townships may have been able to make use of as well, was policing. “We had a big public meeting scheduled at Sydenham High School - this was after amalgamation. The City of Kingston Police Department was going to make a presentation, as was the OPP and we were going to decide which way to go, and we knew the City was going to make a lower bid. The day of the meeting I got a call from Gary Bennet, who was the first mayor of the new City, and he said the City was not going to bid on the contract. He told me why but I agreed not to repeat it,” said Phil Leonard. The meeting went ahead that night, and Leonard recalls that he asked the OPP to make their presentation first. “They made their offer and then we announced that the City wasn't going to make a counter-offer. It was a better deal than we would have gotten if the OPP knew they were the only bidder. I will say this, however; we have been really well served by the OPP in South Frontenac.” “The Minister of Municipal Affairs, Al Leach, said we had to work something out or they would do it for us, but they also said something, and it was Premier Mike Harris who made the commitment, and I was at that meeting. He said that they were going to take the Education tax off the municipal roll, and that is a large part of the tax THANK YOU! bill. They never did it, but that The Loughborough Christmas & Emergency Relief Committee (LC&ERC) would like to extend would have made it easier for a sincere thank you to the following 91 individuals and families who so generously donated to our us.” recent fund-raising campaign as well as the 135 others who have chosen to remain anonymous. As far as the horse tradWith their help the LC&ERC was able to provide Christmas baskets of food and gifts for 72 famiing that brought about South lies in Loughborough District. Frontenac, Leonard recalls Dave & Sheila Almas Reg & Anne Genge Lew & Mabel Lowther Lyle & Jean Smith that from the point of view of Linda Andeson Ruth Gordon Tracey Mallen & John Glenn Snook Portland Township, it was a Joanne Ankers Warren Gossage & Kemp Bruce & Eleanor Stuart risky business. Nicole & Lynn Arthur Shirley Bertrim Reg & Connie Manuel Spencer & Helen Storms “We were in a strong posiPeter Aykroyd Irene Gray David & Sheila Stan Teeple tion in Portland. We had rePaulette & Scott Batson Karl & Arleen Hansen McCracken Judy Tetlow & Dale serves, paved roads, a dump, Stephanie Baxter Jim & Patsy Hase Steve & Terry McKenna Midwood everything. Loughborough Christine & Paul Bell Alfreda Heath Beverly McNeill Rose Thorne was in debt, and Storrington Paul & Cara Blais Mavis & Colin Higgs Jennifer McNeill & Dan Alice & Les Tippin Steven Blostein Linda Hunter Stinson Paul Tohill had money, but they had no Dr. Peter Boag & Laurene Juliet Huntly & Micheal Jim & Marlene McQueen Brian Trickey dump because the City of Ratcliffe Cook Suzanne & Henry Eileen & Gerry Kingston had filled it up. BedAlicia Boutillier & Brent Gerald Hyndman Meulenaar Vanderzwan ford wasn't sure where they Raycroft Steve & Sharon Jones Stephen & Megan Ron & Nancy Vandewal were going to go. At one point Les & Valerie Buchan Lanny Kamin & Carol Nicholson Alfred VanKoughnett the boundary was going to Nancy Carr Sparling Wayne & Gwen Orr Denyse VanRhyn be Westport Road. South of Dr. Bob & Sue Clinton Alex & Abbi Karanovic Carl & Jean Pritchard Errol & Iris Wallingford the road was going to go be Todd Colbourne Jim & Bev Kelly Lois Purvis Vivian Walsh in South Frontenac and north Judy Compton Cam & Wilma Kenny Dr. Paul Radford Chris & Christine Ward Cathy Crawford Ian Kilborn Dr. Jack & Joan Raleigh Scott Watson was going to be in Central. Dennis Dillman Rhonda Kristensen Alan Revill Shaun & Jessica But as I said it was a shotgun Diane Dolansky Dave Kuhn Judy Ross Whitman wedding; a lot of things were Bernard & Lianne Finn Ingrid Lacis Ann & Michael Savage Carol Whyman being negotiated.” Carole & Doug Foo Daniel & Laina Lees Peter Skensved Robert & Kathryn Wolsey In the case of South Jack Fox & Brenda Phil Leonard Eleanor & Neil Smith Lynda & Alan Wolsey Frontenac, the solution to Hunter Jennifer & Dave Linton Helen Smith Patricia Workman the vast differences in finanKen & Ruth Wright cial standing and levels of The LC&ERC also offers our heart-felt thanks to the following businesses and groups who service in the four townships supported our fund-raising efforts with donations of money, goods, time, and other resources. was to institute an area-rating Catholic Women's League OPP Veterans Assoc., Chapter 9, Sydenham Pet & Farm Supply system whereby each would Clinton Dentistry Kingston Sydenham Post Office have its own tax rate and serDogwatch of Southeastern Portland Community Caring Sydenham Women's Institute vice standards set. Ontario Royal Bank, Sydenham Sydenham One Stop “We needed that until we Don’s Satellite Service Royal Canadian Legion, The Beer Store - Sydenham could bring all of us to the Frontenac Dairy Producers Sydenham Tom Revell, Jamie Deline & same level,” said Leonard of Committee St. Patrick's Catholic Church Bauder Road the arrangement that lingered Harrowsmith Tiffany Gifts St. Paul’s Anglican Church Trousdale's Foodland Knights of Columbus, St. Patrick South Frontenac Municipal Office Trousdale's General Store until 2010 when it was finally Council Southern Frontenac Community Vision Soup - Leslie Reade & eliminated entirely. Loughborough Public School Services Josey Steele As far as setting up the staff & students Sydenham Holiness Church Wilton Cheese Frontenac Management MCS Mechanical Sydenham Drugsmart Pharmacy Wilton Pottery Board in place of a full-fledged Mill Street Pizzeria Sydenham & District Lions Club county, Leonard said that the The tradition of generosity so evident in our community has allowed the LC&ERC to help all idea was that the townships those who needed assistance. The success of this fundraising drive will also ensure the continued would run their own show and things would stay pretty provision of emergency relief aid when needed. Your support is in the true spirit of neighbours simple. helping neighbours! If you have a need for assistance or wish to offer assistance you can contact “We talked about running the LC&ERC at 613-572-6004. Just leave a message and someone will get back to you shortly. it as country townships. We

keep a small staff and hire locally when we needed work done. That was what we all wanted to do. But now there are more people working for South Frontenac than there were for all four townships combined. That wasn't supposed to happen,” he said. In fact, the amalgamation order, which was signed on January 7, 1997, stipulated that the budgets of the new municipalities being created as of January 1/1998, including the new City of Kingston and the Frontenac Management Board, had to be lower than the combined 1996 budgets of the former municipalities that were being amalgamated to form them. The stipulation did not extend beyond 1998, however, and as any resident of Frontenac County can attest, the 2014 taxation is a measure higher than it was in 1996. When the first election for South Frontenac Council was held in 1997, Phil Leonard was elected as mayor, and what he was greeted with at the start of 1998 was something that no one could have envisioned - an unprecedented natural disaster, the ice storm of 1998. “We had some people in place, and even a disaster plan from Portland, but we certainly weren't ready for what happened. No one was. Thank God for our volunteers and volunteer firefighters.” he said. Leonard stayed at the Keeley Road Public Works office until late into the month as fire crews and volunteers led the effort to make sure everyone in the township was safe and the roads could be cleared and power lines restored. “We were the fifth municipality in Ontario to declare a state of emergency. At one point the minister came in a helicopter, with Adrienne Aresenault from the CBC, and they asked me to go with them because I knew the territory. All you could see was ice everywhere you looked, and a lot of trees down, and those wild turkeys, because they were black. They wanted to see one of our emergency centers so I called over to Burridge and asked Arnold Quinn, who was the chief back then, if there was a place there big enough to get the chopper down, and he said yes. As luck would have it, just after we got there a call came in that a lady up the road had had a heart attack. So the helicopter left us standing there, and landed in her back yard and took her on to Kingston. We had to phone the road crew to come and get us.” With all of the changes that have taken place in South Frontenac since amalgamation, Phil Leonard is no longer sure that as reeve of Portland he shouldn't have stood his ground and refused, as his friend Bill Thake had done in Westport, which never joined with any others and remains an independent village to this day. “I just think that we have moved too far towards an urban service model, which was never necessary. We should have remained a country township as far as I'm concerned,” he said. However, he does not regret changing Frontenac Management Board back to Frontenac County because, “The province never recognised the Management Board and we were being bypassed for grants, so we had no choice there." He also thinks that bidding, and winning, the contract for ambulance service, was necessary and important. “Do you think, if the City had it, they would have paid attention to the rural areas and built bases in Sydenham and Ardoch Road? No way. We have to look after the City but they wouldn't have had to look after us in the same way.” But he thinks adding four more members to Frontenac's County Council, which happened in 2010, was a bad idea. “All that can do is cost money, and make it harder to make decisions, that's all,” he said.

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by Jeff Green he Frontenac County offices are located in what county staff call "The Old House", which is at the southeast corner of a horseshoe-shaped building complex that includes the Fairmount Long Term Care Home and the new Rotary Auditorium. The site is located in what was once Pittsburgh Township, which was part of Frontenac County before 1998 but is now part of the City of Kingston. The fact that its offices are located in a neighboring municipality is one of the many quirks of Frontenac County, but more on that later. In the basement of "The Old House" there is a hallway leading to the offices of the county-run Frontenac Paramedic Services. The walls are full of photographs of Frontenac County wardens. The photos don't quite go back to the beginnings of the County in 1885, but they do go back about 100 years. The photos are predominately of men in the 50 and over demographic, and they demonstrate a change in facial hair fashion over the 20th Century. Moustaches, mutton chops and full beards grew less and less common as the century wore on. Still, very few women have served as warden. Exceptions were Isabel Turner – later the mayor of Kingston for one term, Frances Smith and most recently, Janet Gutowski. The roots of the name Frontenac County go back to Sieur de Frontenac, an early governor of New France who established Fort Frontenac (a.k.a. Fort Cataraqui) at the mouth Frontenac County Council and Officials, photo taken between 1910 and 1914. Back row: John Purdy, David Purdy, R.H. Fair, P.J. Wensley, Wm. Toner, of the Cataraqui River in 1673. The fort was destroyed and A.H. Muir, Abbot Thompson, James Halliday, J. W. Bradshaw. Middle row: C.G. McKnight, R. McVeigh, Joseph Hawkey, C.W. Sleeth, John Gray, Benrebuilt several times, and still functions to this day as the son Coulter, L.D. Parks, C.H. Corbett. Front row: Dr. Wm. Spankie, J.E. Freeman, Charles Truscott, J.A. Kennedy, H.A. Calvin, W.J. Donaldson, W.J. Canadian Army Staff and Command College. Franklin. Photo courtesy of Bill Bowick In the early 1800s, as what was then a colony of England was working towards self-government, the establishment of inKingston, Loughborough, Olden, Oso, Pittsburgh and Howe Is- province would step in. As a result of the ensuing negotiadividual townships and the overarching Midland District, which tions, Frontenac County essentially ceased to exist in 1998. land, Portland, and Portsmouth. encompassed what are now the City of Kingston and the CounOf its 15 townships, two (Kingston and Pittsburgh townWhile the City of Kingston was, and has remained, distinct ties of Frontenac and Lennox and Addington, took place. from Frontenac County, there have always been a number of ships) became part of the amalgamated City of Kingston. In 1850, the City of Kingston was established as its own institutions tying the city and the surrounding county together, The other 13 became the four Frontenac townships (North, legal entity, and the United Counties of Frontenac and Lensuch as the Frontenac County Courthouse and the Kingston- South, and Central Frontenac and Frontenac Islands). The nox and Addington were also established. Frontenac Public Health Unit. Other connections between townships were designed to be able to handle all the reOver the next 14 years, events took place that resonate to Kingston and Frontenac are symbolic, such as the Kingston sponsibilities formerly taken up by the county. In place of the this day in determining the borders of townships and counFrontenacs hockey team and the location of Fort Frontenac county structure the Frontenac Management Board, made ties. In 1855, representatives from Barrie and Kennebec up of the mayors of the four townships, was set up to overwithin the boundaries of the city. wards requested that they be attached to Lennox and Over time, the city has also swallowed up county territory. In see the Fairmount Long Term Care Home and the Howe IsAddington, and in 1857 Kennebec residents requested unity land ferry and act as a intermediary between the townships, 1952, Portsmouth Village was annexed by the city. with Kaladar township. To make matters more complicated, Pressure from the provincial government to amalgamate the City of Kingston and the province. The city was charged changes to the Municipal Act permitted withdrawal from a townships and institute a regional system of government with providing social services to the Frontenac townships county simply by passing a county bylaw. That same year, under a local services re-alignment (LSR) agreement. started to build in the 1960s. the United Counties moved into the newly built county courtAt the same time, the Frontenac Public Library and the In 1969 Frontenac County Council sent a letter to local MPP, house, which was (and still is) located in the City of Kingston J.R. Simonett, advising him that the county rejected any sugges- Kingston Public Library amalgamated to become the Kingson Union street at the north end of City Park. tion that a regional government study be conducted for Frontenac ton Frontenac Public Library. In 1860 two contradictory events took place. First, former In 2004, partly because the Frontenac Management Board County. In 1970 a second letter was sent. “Frontenac County United Counties Warden Roblin, who was by that time sitting does not wish at any time to enter into any form of discussion subsequently took on the responsibility of providing land amas a member of the provincial legislature, introduced a bill to to consider any form of amalgamation or Regional System of bulance service for the Frontenac townships as well as the separate the counties. Later, a motion to keep the counties Government. We have operated well and economically ... and City of Kingston and also embarked on a major re-developunited was passed by the local council by a vote of 20-6. ment of the Fairmount Home, the Frontenac Management we wish to continue with the same system,” the letter said. By 1863 United County Council had swollen to 35 memThat seemed to hold the forces of amalgamation at bay for 30 Board members decided to re-establish Frontenac County. bers. A motion to investigate the possibility of separating was In 2010 Frontenac County Council was expanded to eight years, but everything changed in the mid-1990s. approved by an 18-11 vote, and a further motion reaffirming The Conservative government, under Premier Mike Harris, members (two representatives – the mayor and a council unity was also approved, but only by a vote of 17-13. mandated municipal amalgamation, telling local politicians appointee - from each of the four townships) Within a year, the document of separation was signed that if they did not come to an acceptable arrangement the by the last warden of the United Counties, S. Warner, in front of 34 of the 35 council members. The date was September 17, 1864. The new Lennox and Addington Council met shortly thereafter, but the first sesProAlliance Realty, Brokerage sion of the New County of Frontenac did not take place Direct Line: 613.336.1737 until January 25, 1865. 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Lee-Anne White turns 100! by Jeff Green t was in late August that I went to interview Lee-Anne White at her home on Road 506 at Fernleigh, which at one time was a full-fledged hamlet with a post office, a store and a school, but is now only a clutch of houses around a crossroad. I was accompanied by Jesse Mills, the videographer for the Frontenac County 150th anniversary project, and when we arrived Lee-Anne had a bandage on her leg and was limping when she opened the door for us. “The nurse was just here this morning,” she said, “to change the dressing on my leg.” She had hurt her leg by dropping a piece of wood on it as she was feeding the box stove in her basement to take off the morning chill a few days earlier. But though her leg was slowing her down, she still had a basin overflowing with bread dough in the kitchen and was de-frosting five pounds of ground beef to make meatballs for a family reunion that was coming up on the weekend. Aside from her leg, something else was bothering her. Her car, a 2010 model, was in need of some work. “They tell me that I don't drive it enough. That's why the linkage needs to be fixed and it needs new tires. I haven't told my son yet but I think I'll trade it in on a new one rather than bother with it,” she said. Lee-Anne Kelford was born at Ompah on January 9, 1915, and she remembers the kinds of efforts that were required

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and seven sisters, father and mother and hard-bitten grandmother Jane Kelford, never had a lot of money, they were certainly not the poorest family around “We were better off than those that were further down the line, I'd say. We always had enough to eat; we had cows and sheep and a big garden and a root cellar and mother was always baking biscuits or something, so we had no complaints,” said Lee Anne. She still talks about her father's capacity to build things and make things work on their property. Although he could not read or write, he managed to build a steam-powered sawmill, a smithy and whatever the family needed to get by. However, he may have taken on a bit much when it came to orthopedics. When Lee-Anne was seven years old she fell out of an apple tree in an old orchard where she was picking apples with her mother. Of course there was no 911 to call. As she recalls it, she had driven the horse-drawn wagon to the orchard while her mother held her baby sister Elsie. Since her arm was broken and the bone was sticking out, her mother popped Elsie on Lee-Anne's lap and tied the baby to her so she wouldn't fall off. Her mother then drove home. When they got back to Lee-Anne's father's wood and smith shop back at Ompah, he looked at her arm quickly and decided it needed to be set. So, “he took an old cedar block, about 6 inches long, that was lying around,” in Lee-Anne's words, cut it and augured out the centre, then cut it again and split it to fit her small arm. He put her arm in and tied it together snugly with string, forcing the bone back into place at the same time. The next day her brother Sam got into a fight with another brother, Wyman, and Sam's wrist ended up being broken. Their father set that wrist as well. The children then had to immerse their arms in a barrel of ice water repeatedly over the next two days, presumably to keep the swelling down. The treatment was successful in both cases - to a point. Lee-Anne was able to use her arm afterwards, but could not raise it all the way up to the top of her head, and her brother developed growths on his wrist. At the time and to this day, after 93 years have passed, Lee White supports everything her father did that day. “A neighbour said he should take us to a doctor but there was no doctor close by and we didn't have money to pay for a doctor anyway,” she said. Her father lived a long life as well. He died at the age of 97 in 1977. When Lee-Anne was older she took a job at a new lodge on Kashwakamak Lake that was opened up by an Ahr family from the United States. The lodge, which became known as the Fernleigh Lodge, is open to this day. She worked there for seven years, cooking and cleaning for over 100 guests at a time, and in the winters she worked at the Trout Lake Hotel in Ompah. It was at Fernleigh Lodge that she met her husband, Melvin White, who was a guide in the summer and fall and trapped in the winter time. Melvin was from Plevna, and although he ran away from home at age 16, when the couple got married, Lee-Anne ended up living at Melvin's taking care of Melvin's parents and their farm for at least one winter during the 1930s, when she wasn't drawn back to Ompah to help her own family get by. Eventually, Melvin was given a one acre piece of land on what is now Road 506 and the Whites built a 23 x 14 foot shack for themselves. Afterwards they built the house where Lee-Anne still lives on the same property (Melvin died in 2009). “We scratched I tell you, but we never borrowed a cent in our lives. When we were building our house, with help from his half brother and uncle, I said to Melvin I'd rather eat one meal a day than go into debt.” The couple had three sons, George, Andy and Danny. Lee-Anne ended up taking a job drawing mail from Fernleigh to Cloyne, a job she kept for 38 years. At her 100th birthday party at the Clar-Mill Hall on January 3, her sons were all there, as were her grandchildren, daughters-in-law, nieces and nephews and long-time friends. Sitting at the front with her, among the certificates from the governments of Ontario and Canada and one from Queen Elizabeth, was her aunt Agnes, who is 101 and still lives near Ompah. When it came time to take a family picture, both women pulled themselves out of their chairs, even though Agnes recently had an operation, and they walked over to be

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FRONTENAC NEWS/ 150 YEARS FRONTENACTHE COUNTY - 50 STORIES

Gary Hawley keeps at it by Jeff Green ary Hawley celebrated 65 years as the church organist at St. Andrew's Anglican Church in Sharbot Lake last summer. He didn't have far to go to get to church on that day or any other of the Sundays when he has provided music for the worshippers at the church. Hawley lives with Helen, his wife of 57 years, in a house on Road 38 just south of the causeway in Sharbot Lake. The house where he was born in 1931 is just next door to where he lives now. He was in the 4th generation of Hawleys to live on or around Sharbot Lake. His great grandfather, William Hawley, was one of the early immigrant settlers on Sharbot Lake, coming from England, working his way through Quebec on farms until he came to Sharbot Lake in “the middle 1800s” and established a farm on Sharbot Lake, on what is now known as Hawley Bay. His son, Gary's grandfather Robert, established a farm on the east side of Road 38, near the spot where both the K&P rail line headed south to Kingston and the Canadian Pacific line turned east towards Toronto. Gary's father built a house on the other side of the road, where Gary was born and raised. “Sharbot Lake was a lumber and railway town when I was young,” he recalls, “and our lives were made up of family and our neighbours.” Road 38 was a dirt road in the 1930s but the floating bridge that had been built in the 1880s was replaced with a causeway and in the 1940s the road was paved. Although there was little money available in the 1930s, everyone in the area

still went out every Saturday night to the Oso Hall for dances. “They did square and round dancing and the band came from Perth to play for us. My mother invited the piano player to have dinner with us before the dance and asked if he could give me some lessons to see if I liked it. I was about 6 or 7. I liked it well enough that she bought a piano, which I still have, and he taught me how to play,” Gary said. When it came time to go to high school, it meant a 90minute bus ride each way to Sydenham High School where he made some lifelong friends. “Our grade 11 class has met for a reunion once every five years, because we got along so well,” he said. He was still in high school when Sharbot Lake High opened and he attended there for grades 12 and 13. In the 1930s and 40s, the Sharbot Lake kids played hockey all winter, at a rink that was maintained on the west basin of the lake just off the beach, the location of the Sharbot Lake Snow Drags these. “Every day we shoveled off the snow and played hockey; that was the winter activity,” he said, “and in the summer there was baseball. Each village had a team or more and we played against the other villages. I was a pretty good pitcher; no one seemed to be able hit my

slow pitch.” he said. A few major events took place in Gary Hawley's life in the late 1940s that set the stage for the rest of his life, a life that still includes family, work and church responsibilities. In 1947 or '48 he started playing the old pump organ at the church. For a year or two he learned the songs and how to squeeze the bellows with his thighs, work the pedals with his feet and press the keys with his hands - “It was a full body effort” and in 1949 he became the official organist at the church. Even though the pump organ is long gone, and 18 ministers have also come and gone, Gary Hawley is still playing the organ each and every Sunday. “It is a fair bit of effort preparing the music each week and being ready to play, but it is something I really enjoy, and I've sort of gotten used to doing it,” he said. Also in the late 1940s he started working for J.R. (Jack) Simonett at his auto dealership and repair shop, Simonett eventually became the MPP for the local riding and became a long serving member of the provincial cabinet between 1964 and 1971. The business was based at a former creamery in Sharbot Lake, and it included a showroom and a repair shop as well as a body shop. Gary Hawley came on as an assistant in the parts department, and worked in various jobs at Simonett's for over 20 years. Gary Hawley moved on from Simonett's to work for a car dealership in Napanee, and he still works there a couple of days a week.The next milestone for Gary Hawley is another big one. In three years he will have been married for 60 years. “We certainly want to hang in for that one,” he said.

Lee Anne White - continued from page 10 in the picture. Back in the summer, we left some of our equipment at Lee-Anne's house when we recorded the interview. When I dropped back to collect it a few days later, I found her leaning into the back seat of her car, reach-

ing over, with a vacuum cleaner going. “I'm tying to get it ready for sale,” she said. One thing that Lee White did not do was drive to her own 100th birthday party. The weather was pretty stormy that day so she took

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The Madden family of Burridge, l-r brothers Matt, John, and Jimmy with father Jim pointing out the concession where their ancestors, who were some of first settlers in the district, ended up.

lose to 100 history buffs attended the annual Bedford District Historical Research Centre’s open house at the Glendower hall near Godfrey on February 21. The event included numerous displays of archival information, historical photos, maps and more. In addition, 10 local vendors and collectors set up booths advertising their wares and services. The open house offered local residents the chance to delve into not just their own family histories but also the rich local history of the area. The Bedford Historical Committee has been actively preserving that history for roughly 15 years, when the center’s former chair and founder, June Quinn (who since passed away), began collecting, preserving and cataloging local artifacts. Gerald Stinson, who has been chairing the committee for the last four years, said that the aim of the annual open house is to promote the center and the local artisans and service providers in the area. The historical displays included in depth histories of close to 40 local families, beginning in 1861, such as the Babcooks, the Corcorans of Godfrey, the Kellys of Fish Creek Road and others One display included a history of the various cheese factories in the area, along with numerous photos and information about the 11 former schools located in Bedford district. None of them

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In loving memory of our parents Mike Powley Sr. - January 24, 2012 Dixie Powley - February 26, 2009 Dear Mom & Dad. We thought of you today, but that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday and days before that too. We think of you in silence, we often speak your names. All we have are memories and pictures in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake from which we'll never part. God has you in His arms; we hold you in our hearts. Love, Mike Jr. & Laura

In memory of June Marie, My Angel My heart is full of memories With pride I speak of you Though life goes on without you It will never be the same Always loved and missed, Your husband, Glenn

Glenys and Adrian O'Connell, of Mountain Grove, are pleased to welcome grandson, Caleb Adrian O'ConnellHolmes into this beautiful world. Caleb, weighing exactly 8 pounds, was born in Belleville, on Monday, February 23 to proud parents, Louisa O'ConnellHolmes and Jeffrey D. Holmes and was welcomed by delighted aunt, Rosalind O'Connell, and uncles, Chris and Garth O'Connell. Thanks to all for your good wishes.

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Knight, Dorothy At the Lennox and Addington Hospital in Napanee, on Saturday, February 21, 2015. Dorothy Adelia Jean Knight (nee See) of Arden at age 87. Predeceased by her husband Jack Knight and her parents Nelson See and Isabella Gendron. Dear mother of John Knight of Arden and sister of the late Marguerite Monds (Wellie). Aunt of Bob Monds of Trenton. The family received friends at the HANNAH FUNERAL HOME in Tamworth on Wednesday, February 25 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Service in the Chapel on Thursday, February 26 at 11:00 a.m. Spring Interment Arden Cemetery. Memorial donations made to the Pine Meadow Pine Nursing Home or the S.P.C.A. Napanee would be appreciated. Online condolences at www.hannahfuneralhome.com

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It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of Phyllis Doraleen Kellar (nee Marshall) on Sunday, February 15, 2015 in her 76th year. Beloved wife and soul mate of Delbert Kellar, Kingston, of 56 wonderful years (previously long-time residents of Verona). Beautiful Mother of Greg (Kelly) and Angela Lecain (Mike) both of Verona. Cherished Nan to Stephanie (Tyler) and Jacob Lecain. Survived by her step-mother Eileen Marshall of Harlowe and siblings Ronald Marshall of Kingston, Steve Marshall and Wanda Marshall both of Toronto. Predeceased by her father Arhur Marshale. In keeping with Mom’s wishes, cremation has taken place and there will be no funeral service. As an expression of sympathy, donations in Mom’s name to the Canadian Lung Association would be appreciated.

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In loving memory of a dear mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, who passed away March 2, 2012. We won't forget the way you smiled Or the words you used to say, The many things you did for us In your own loving way. Of all that life has given us And all that's left to do, One of life's greatest gifts Are the years we had with you Loving you and missing you always, Sharon, Joanne, Rose, Marilee, Bill, Janice, Terry, Heather, Bob, and their families.

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Bedford Historical Society - continued from pg. 11 Madden settled 50 acres that were located on Burridge Road and Firehall roads. Though the original farm burned down in the late 1800s, at that time John’s son, also John, moved into an adjacent property, formerly the Edward Leary property. He built the home that Jimmy’s father, Jim Madden, grew up in and where Jimmy currently lives with his family. The Maddens also took time to peruse a copy of the Bedford Township Census from 1861-1911 and came upon some new information about a previously unknown member of their family. “We just found out today about Mary, a sister of our great, great grandfather, who was born in 1841 in Burridge and who lived there until her early 20s. However, then she disappeared from the census for what could be any number of reasons.” Jimmy Madden mused about the fact that he and his family members continue to this day to live and work off the land where his ancestors also did the same. “We (the Maddens) are very much the products not only of our ancestors but also our environment and it’s amazing to think that our livelihoods are still to this day sourced by the local environment.” The Maddens’ findings on Saturday demonstrated how the Bedford Historical Research Centre contains countless hidden treasures that are just waiting to be uncovered by local residents who take the time to dig into the rich history of Bedford District. For more information email Gerald Stinson at stinson@rideau.net

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eoff and Jewel say that they can communicate by ESP, mental waves that emanate from one to the other. To demonstrate this ability, Geoff asks you to draw from a regular deck five playing cards at random and hand them to him. He gives four of them to Jewel, who then tells him what is the fifth card retained by Geoff. You, of course, are suspicious and suspect that Geoff is somehow coding the answer in the cards he passes. You realize that he can determine the order in which Jewel receives the cards. Since there are 52 cards in the deck and Jewel has four of them, there are 48 possibilities for the fifth card. However, there are only 24 ways in which Geoff can order the four cards that he passes. You then note that Geoff has another degree of flexibility. He can determine which four cards he passes to Jewel. So here is how the trick is done. Given any five cards, there must be at least one pair of them with the same suit. Geoff fixes on such a pair. Adopting the convention that A = 1, J = 11, Q = 12, K = 13, he imagines the face of a 13-hour clock. He looks at the ranks of the two cards; it is always possible to count from one to another around the face of the clock taking no more than six steps in the clockwise direction. For example, if the two cards are 3 and 9, then we can count six steps from 3 to 9; if the two cards are 3 and 10, then we can count six steps from 10 to 3, going through J, Q, K, A, 2. Geoff will retain the end card of the two in the count and pass the other card first. This will establishthe suit of the card retained. Now he needs to pass the remaining three cards in an order that codes how many steps need to be counted up from the card passed. Think of the cards of the deck linearly ordered like the letters of the alphabet. The ordering is by rank, and within each rank, by suit in alphabetical order: A♣, A◊; A♥, A♠, 2♣, 2◊, 2♥, 2♠, ... K♥, K♠. The three remaining cards can be thought as “letters” that can be made to form three-letter words in six possible ways. Let these words in dictionary order

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SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Re: 2015 Budget

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Fishing Derby Sat. February 28, 2015 Don't miss the fun, food & prizes For details vist www.trapon.org or Frontenac Addington Trappers' Council on Facebook Phone 336-8359 or 335-2695

TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the Corporation of the Township of North Frontenac will hold a Special Council Meeting on March 16, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., at the Clar-Mill Fire Hall, Upstairs Meeting Room, 6648 Road 506, Plevna, Ontario; PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Council to consider adoption of the 2015 Budget and the By-law that will set the estimates for the sums required to be collected from Property Taxation during the year 2015; and to provide for the adoption of tax rates. Dated this 26th day of February, 2015. Jenny Duhamel Clerk/Planning Manager Township of North Frontenac 613-479-2231 Ext. 225 clerkplanning@northfrontenac.ca

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code the numbers 1 up to 6. Suppose that Geoff passes in order the cards 4♠,Q♣, 9♣, 9◊. What card has he retained? Jewel notes from the first card passed that Geoff holds a spade. The remaining three cards in “alphabetical” order are: 9♣, 9◊, Q♣. The words made from these “letters” in dictionary order are: 9♣9◊Q♣; 9♣Q♣9◊; 9◊9♣Q♣; 9◊Q♣9♣, Q♣9♣9◊; Q♣9◊9♣. The order in which Jewel received the cards was the fifth one of these, so she counts five places up from the four and deduces that Geoff has retained 9♠.

Northern Frontenac Community Services Executive Director Permanent Full-time - 40 hours/week Northern Frontenac Community Services (NFCS) is a community agency delivering a broad array of critical social services for adults and children to the residents of Central, North and parts of South Frontenac Townships. NFCS works in collaboration with a number of other agencies in the provision of these services. We are a charitable, non-profit organization. Our funders include the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, the Ministry of Community and Social Services/Children and Youth, Ministry of Education, the United Way and the City of Kingston/County of Frontenac. Job Summary • Provide leadership in developing program, organizational and financial plans with the Board of Directors and staff, and carry out plans and policies authorized by the Board. • Administer the funds of the organization according to the approved financial plan and monitor and enhance the financial stability of the organization • Determine staffing requirements (volunteer and paid staff) for organizational management and program delivery • Research funding sources, oversee the development of fund raising plans and write funding proposals to increase the funds of the organization • Establish good working relationships and collaborative arrangements with community groups, funders, politicians, and other organizations to help achieve the goals of the organization • Work with staff and the Board in developing strategies, financial plans, service programs, and organizational policies and procedures Requirements • University degree in a relevant discipline is preferred. • Minimum of 5 years’ management experience preferably in the not-for-profit sector • Effective leadership skills, with a strong focus on mentoring and motivation of a skilled and enthusiastic team of employees and volunteers. • Strong knowledge of fiscal management and responsibility, business finance, capital funding, contracts, and partnerships. • Sound understanding of risk management. • A well-defined sense of diplomacy, including solid negotiation, conflict resolution, and people management skills. • Experience creating and managing financial plans • Valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle • Knowledge of rural issues Please indicate salary expectations with application Only successful applicants will be contacted Closing Date: Noon, Friday, March 6, 2015 Submissions will only be accepted in electronic format (MS Word or PDF files Only) and may be sent to lchappel279 @hotmail.com Subject message – Executive Director Northern Frontenac Community Services Box 250, Sharbot Lake, ON K0H 2P0 613-279-2565 (fax) 613-279-3151 (phone)

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Friday February 27 MOUNTAIN GROVE: Spaghetti Dinner & Silent Pie Auction Fundraiser, Land O’ Lakes Public School, 5-8pm; free will offering; proceeds to Grade 7/8 class Grad trip NORTHBROOK - EUCHRE TOURNAMENT Golden Sunset Seniors, 7pm, Lions hall info: Cecil, 613-336-2289.

Saturday February 28 BIG GULL LAKE - TRAPPERS COUNCIL FISHING DERBY, tickets $10, 12 & under free; great prizes; random draw from all tickets: info 613-336-8359; www.trapon.org; proceeds to conservation projects ENTERPRISE - BREAKFAST at Stone Mills Pentecostal Church, $5, 9am, all welcome 613-374-2377 HARLOWE - OPEN MIKE & MUSIC JAM, 2-8pm, community centre, potluck supper 5:30pm, all welcome 613-336-2557 KINGSTON CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, Women’s Conference, February 27 & 28; 2621 Road 38, speaker: Heather Moran; registration $30 info: Claire: 613 766-6207; tiffanyklloyd@gmail.com MABERLY - CONTRA & SQUARE DANCE, community hall 7:30pm w/ Sheesham & Lotus, $10; under 14 free; no partner or experience needed, all welcome SHARBOT LAKE - BREAKFAST, Oso Hall, 8am-noon; pancakes, sausages, eggs, bever-

ages, $7; $3 ages 6-12; sponsored by Sharbot Lake & District Lions in support of vision screening in local schools. SNOW ROAD SNOWMOBILE CLUB “Ride For Dad” - Fighting Prostate Cancer; register at RideForDad.ca or 8-10am at Clubhouse, 1106 Gemmills Road; lunch stop on ride; prizes; free registration for riders w/ pledges of $100 or more.

Sunday March 1 SYDENHAM - RECEPTION & ARTIST TALKS, Grace Centre, 2-4pm; refreshments, exhibit of works by Elaine Farragher, Jill Harris and Virginia Lavin continues to March 26; all welcome SYDENHAM LEGION DANCE w/ Picket Fences Country Band, 1-5pm; spot dance, door prizes & lunch, $7pp

Monday March 2 RAILTON - BINGO, St Patrick’s church, 7pm

Tuesday, March 3 VERONA - WOMEN’S DROP IN GROUP, Medical Centre on, 1:30-3pm; free drop-in support group, no registration required; topic is: Looking at our relationship patterns; info: Kim 613-549-7850; www.k3c.org

Wednesday March 4 SHARBOT LAKE - POVERTY LUNCHEON & LENT DEVOTIONS noon-1pm Anglican Church; free will offering for food bank, all welcome SNOW ROAD – FOOT CARE CLINIC, community centre, appointment: 613-279-3151.

Thursday March 5 DENBIGH - RETIRED TEACHERS & FRIENDS: Luncheon at The Blue Bench Cafe, 11:30am. To attend phone 613-479-2837 by Mar. 3 at noon. SHARBOT LAKE - SPAGHETTI SUPPER, United Church hall, 5-7pm, fundraiser for El

The Sedores of Flinton

Herbert Sedore and Isabel Robinson, likely their marriage photo circa 1901

t their monthly meeting at the Barrie hall in Cloyne on February 16, Shirley Sedore presented a talk on the roots of the Sedore family in the Flinton. Shirley' s husband, Ronald Sedore who passed away in 2002, hailed from a family whose roots go back multiple generations in Flinton. Shirley began with the founder of Ronald's family, one Coonradt Sedore who was born in Germany in 1734. It is believed that Coonradt arrived in the United States sometime either in 1754 or 1755 and documents show that he enlisted in the New York militia in 1758. Other records dating from 1755 from the Old Dutch church of Sleepy Hollow, (now known as the First Reform Church of Tarrytown, New York), show that Coonradt Sedore married Antje Boeckhout, the latter, a native of Philipsburgh, N.Y. who was baptized in Tarrytown, N.Y. in 1733. Both Coonradt and Antje are thought to have lived until about 1810. In her presentation Shirley noted that there exist various spellings of both names, Coonradt and Sedore but that the family founder used the original spellings (used here) until the end of his life. The 1758 enlistment records show that Coonradt's occupation had been as a “taylor” and it is believed that he likely learned the

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tailoring trade prior to leaving Europe. The couple had eight children, all born in New York State. It is believed that the family moved to Canada sometime in the early 1800's. One of their sons, John, who was born in 1784, married Margaret Thompson in Richmond Township in 1807. One of that couple’s sons named Issac lll moved from Richmond township to Kaladar, Ontario and married Hannah Yorke in Lennox and Addington. Shirley noted that Issac lll died at the age of 91 in Kaladar Township and Hannah died there also at the age of 80. Isaac lll and Hannah's youngest son, Jonas, was born July 10, 1839 and he was the great, grand father of the present days Sedores. He was Ronald (Shirley’s husband) Sedore’s great grandfather. Jonas married Jane Clark in 1862 and they had 11 children. Their son Herbert married Isabel Robinson and together they had 8 children. Joseph

Salvador missions trip, $10; $30 family; info: Pentecostal Church, 613-279-2267

Friday March 6 HARROWSMITH - YOUTH DANCE for children in public school, Golden Links Hall 7-9:30am, $6; call Sharon 539-6676 or Wayne 358-2533 SHARBOT LAKE – DINNER at the Legion. 5:30–7pm, pork chops SNOW ROAD COFFEE TIME, community centre, every Friday 10am-noon, come and visit with your neighbours WORLD DAY OF PRAYER Service written by the women of the Bahamas; interdenominational services, all welcome: Ardoch 2pm, St. Kilian’s Catholic Church; Flinton 11am at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church Harrowsmith, St. Paul’s United Church 7pm. Parham United Church 7pm.

5pm, $15; info: 613-278-2362. MCDONALDS CORNERS - CONCERT w/ New Country Rehab, MERA Schoolhouse, 2pm, single concert advance ticket $22; $55 for three concerts; 613-485-6434 or www.ticketsplease.ca VERONA - “INVESTING IN YOUR GARDEN” Free presentation by Master Gardener and HGTV host, Denis Flanagan, Lions Club, 2-4pm; advance tickets needed: available from Asselstine Hardware; Revell Ford Lincoln; 613-384-8973 or Karen.MacLean@investorsgroup.com

Monday March 9 SHARBOT LAKE – FOOT CARE CLINIC, seniors’ centre, appointment: 613-279-3151. SYDENHAM WOMEN’S INSTITUTE meeting at Sydenham Library, 7-9pm; new members welcome.

Saturday March 7

Tuesday March 10

ARDEN - DINNER, Kennebec Hall, sponsored by Arden & Community Wesleyan Church, ham & scalloped potatoes, 5-6:30pm; free will offering, all welcome CLOYNE - SPAGHETTI DINNER, hosted by Land O’Lakes Community Services, 4–7pm, Barrie hall, all you can eat. HARROWSMITH - TURKEY SUPPER, St. Paul’s United Church, 4:30-6:30pm; $15, over 6 $6, under 6 free; family $35; info 613-3722525. SNOW ROAD - BREAKFAST, 8-11am, Snowmobile Clubhouse, 1106 Gemmills Road. all welcome.

FOOT CARE CLINICS, Verona Medical Center 9am-noon; Sydenham Grace Centre 1-4pm, by appointment call Bob: 613-3766477; 1-800-763-9610 NORTHERN 5 DINERS, noon, Plevna, For those 50+, $10, reservations requ’d 613-2793151

Sunday March 8 BEDFORD OPEN MIC & JAM, 1-5pm, Bedford Hall 1381 Westport Rd, Bluegrass, Country, Gospel & more, $2, 613-374-2614 ENTERPRISE JAMBOREE, community hall 1pm; w/ Kelli Trottier & many other entertainers; sponsored by Newburgh-Camden Lions; info: 613-530-5859 or 613-379-9972. MCDONALDS CORNERS – JAMBOREE, Agricultural Hall, music begins 1pm, dinner @

was that couple’s eldest son born in 1903, one of 3 boys and 5 sisters and Joseph was Shirley's father-in-law and her husband Ronald's father. Shirley herself grew up in Mountain Grove and met Ronald Sedore in 1953. She noted that at that time only one brother and two sisters of her father-in-law Joseph were still living. Shirley and Ronald had seven children of their own, six of whom are living. Researching a family history never comes easy or without its own special mysteries. One that Shirley uncovered was the question of one Abraham Sedore, who is definitely a relative though it is yet to be determined exactly how he is related. Whatever the case, it is known that Abraham Sedore was nicknamed “Bromie” and it is thought that he had no less than 31 children with three different wives. It takes a lot of work to trace one's family back so many generations and it was generous of Shirley Sedore to share what she has found with members of the Cloyne and District Historical Society and guests.

Bedford Historical Research Centre - this was one of the photos on display at the open house - see the article on page 11

Wednesday March 11 HARROWSMITH - SOCIAL & ATHLETIC CLUB MEETING, 7pm, for all members & anyone interested in attending, 4041 Colebrooke Rd, Membership - family $20/yr., single $10/ yr.; info: Laura 613-888-0077. SHARBOT LAKE - POVERTY LUNCHEON & LENT DEVOTIONS noon-1pm United Church; free will offering for food bank, all welcome SNOW ROAD - POTLUCK SUPPER, community centre, 5:30pm; all welcome VERONA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Annual General Meeting, Lions Club, 7pm; the general public is welcome

Thursday March 12 VERONA DINERS, noon, Lions Hall, for 55+, $11. Reservations required 613-376-6477.

Silence - take time to listen Poem by Marion Hart (taken from Psalm 46:10) Silence – take time to listen To the soft gentle voice of a fire’s glowing embers The turning of a page of a well-known Book Softness of an old sweater The comfort of a home-made quilt Jack frost on the window panes Slowly etching its beautiful design Quiet rustling of a wee mouse In the corner cupboard Scratching of the quill pen As it makes its mark on the paper A tall glass of pure spring water As it waits quietly near your side And you listen to its beckoning The busyness and noise of life Has led you to a quiet peaceful place Where the only sound is the beating of your heart Be like the little ones, close your eyes And savour the perfume from the spring flowers While they wait to emerge from the drifting snow Soon soft breezes whispering through the pines Tell of a shelter for God’s creatures Of new life emerging and renewal. In the silence and stillness of the evening dusk and morning light I find the thoughts and words that bring me peace The lonesome call of the morning train as it passes through, beginning another day, brings me back I find our world under the grip of a winter storm The winter moon now hidden by the sounds of the swirling wind As spring awaits

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cott White, a transplanted painter and car- subject of another painting where he cap- or visit him on Facebook at ScottWhiteFineArt. Appointments can be made to visit his studio penter originally from Newfoundland and tures the historic architectural charm of one by emailing him at scottwhite67@hotmail.com. now residing with his family near Westport, older building located there. Old vintage cars are often front and center said that if it were up to him, he'd be painting in White’s canvases and in one painting he full time. White, who is primarily a self-taught artist, has been painting for over 20 years. He said he fell in love with painting back in high school. A number of his canvases were INVITATIONS TO TENDER on display at the Glendower · PW-2015-03 FOR ONE (1) 2015 MODEL 4X4 BACKHOE hall near Godfrey on February 21 as part of the historical · PW-2015-09 FOR CRACK SEALING PROGRAM society’s open house there. Sealed submissions must be received by 1:00 p.m., March 11th, 2015, Attention: Wayne White's preferred medium Orr, CAO, 4432 George St, Sydenham, ON K0H 2T0. is oil and his subject matter is diverse. He is particularly Official documents may be downloaded from the BIDDINGO.COM website or picked up: drawn to historical buildings Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 5:00pm, Public Works Department, 2490 Keeley and landscapes, both local Rd, Sydenham, ON K0H 2T0 and some in Newfoundland, as well as antique and vinScott White and “Norris Point” tage cars. TREASURY DEPARTMENT NEWS His works, especially his landscapes, seem depicts a red 1934 Ford emergency vehicle. Interim Tax Notices will be issued to all property owners beginning March 2, 2015. to capture the drama of his eastern Canadi- “I love painting older vintage cars since they The Interim Tax notice amount is based on 35% of the annualized 2014 tax rate and have certain characteristics that you don't ofan birth place. His Newfoundland landscape assessment value. The 2015 assessment values will be reflected on the Final Tax titled “Norris Point” is a particularly enticing ten get to see and I chose to paint them partNotice issued in June 2015. If you haven’t received your Interim Tax Notice by March 13, ly as a way to preserve their uniqueness.” canvas with deep and bright hues that make 2015 you should contact the Tax Department at 613-376-3027 ext. 2200 or email us at the expansive white house perched on the White paints at his home and has set up a taxes@southfrontenac.net. rocky shore seem to glow from within. White studio in his garage where he works in the also paints local landscapes and he said he warmer months. He moves the studio into Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) Deadline is approaching - if you feel was fascinated and inspired by the buildings his home in the winter time. your assessed value as of the legislated valuation date or property classification is not Asked if his carpentry in any way informs and geography at Bedford Mills, which is the correct, MPAC will review it free of charge. For the 2015 tax year, your deadline to file a his art work, White said that while carpenRequest for Reconsideration (RfR) with MPAC is March 31, 2015. Visit MPAC’s website try can sometimes be a creative outlet, esfor more information at www.mpac.ca or contact MPAC directly at 1-866-296-6722. Local pecially when designing certain prescribed MPAC office is located at 64 Dalton Avenue in Kingston. Ensure you bring all your docuspaces, painting offers him a totally different kind of freedom. “When you are painting you mentation with you when you visit the MPAC office to facilitate your request. don't have to follow any rules at all. The options are endless and the challenge is that RECREATION & ACTIVITY GUIDE - Available Now! hear and read many complaints about the you can turn a blank canvas into anything state of the roads in Central Frontenac you like.” He said that he will often paint from Keep an eye online at www.southfrontenac.net or in the Frontenac EMC, February 26, 2015 Township, but I’d like to put in a good word. photos especially when depicting an actual issue. The guide will also be available for pick up at the township office (4432 George St. I usually take Ducharme Road as the fast- place but he also takes creative license to Sydenham) or at the Frontenac Community Arena (4299 Arena Boundary Rd, Godfrey) est route from my home on Long Lake Road make his paintings more interesting and The Recreation & Activity Guide provides information about many of our local community into Sharbot Lake, except in the winter when dramatic. As an example, in one landscape groups and organizations that offer a variety of programs and services in the Township of I have found it too snow-covered and icy. he added a snowy owl perched on a fence South Frontenac. This year has been markedly different. Duc- post, which he said was not actually there. In harme Road has been promptly cleared and some cases he will first create a number of sanded every time I have needed to use it. sketches and then paint from those. COUNTY OF FRONTENAC-APPLICATION FOR PLAN OF (It has been even better groomed than Long White's work is currently hanging at the CONDOMINIUM -OPEN HOUSE - TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2015 Lake Road. Hint! Hint!) Having had my first TAG Art Gallery in St. Catharines and his accident in 40 years on the first snow day paintings can also be viewed at the Sharbot TAKE NOTICE THAT the County of Frontenac and the Township of South Frontenac will of this winter due to ice on Bell Line Road, I Lake Country Inn. He is planning to apply to be holding an open house on, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., at the sincerely appreciate the efforts of the crews a number of summer art shows this year inCouncil Chambers 4432 George St. Sydenham, Ontario. At 6:30 p.m. Council will receive who work day and night to make our roads cluding the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibit. Anyfive (5) minute delegations from the public on the subject prior to the start of the regular as safe as possible. one wishing to view Scott White's work can agenda at 7:00 p.m. The purpose of the open house is as follows: - Janina Fisher visit www.2-scott-white.artistwebsites.com Application for Plan of Condominium - Johnston Point in Part of Lots 23 & 24, Concessions VI and VII, District of Loughborough. The proposal is to develop 14 residential units and one block (for common parkland use). The units would have water frontage on Loughborough Lake or on Long Bay. The lots would be accessed by a private lane that is already constructed off of North Shore Road. The open house will permit the public, Council members, or any other group or individual to informally review displays of the proposed development and ask questions of staff. The meeting will provide attendees with an opportunity to offer input or feedback.

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Letters to the editor Kudos to CF roads maintenance crews

Additional information about the application is available through the County of Frontenac at http://goo.gl/mrkJM3 or at the Township of South Frontenac municipal office.

COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS Submissions for the Community Project Grant Program are now being accepted. Not for profit community organizations including charitable organizations and unincorporated groups who meet the project guidelines can apply until March 31st. For more information and to access the related forms, visit our website at: www.southfrontenac.net/ communitygrants

2015 DOG TAGS – PRICE INCREASES MARCH 1 Dog tags can be purchased for $15.00 per tag until the last day of February. The fee increases to $30.00 on March 1st. See our website for locations to purchase.

2015 RECYCLE CALENDARS Please retain your current 2014-2015 Recycle calendar for use until the end of August. There will NOT be one in your March tax bill package. As the Township will be entering into contract negotiations this year, we will NOT be issuing a new Recycle calendar until the summer of 2015. Thank you for your continuing commitment to recycling.

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DEPOT The Household Hazardous Waste Depot now operates on winter hours. The depot will be open on February 26, March 12, and March 26 from 3 pm – 7 pm. See our website under ‘Living Here/Solid Waste/Recycling’ for more information or call 613-376-3900 Ext 4330.

COUNCIL MEETINGS The next Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. The next Committee of the Whole meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.. 4432 George Street, Box 100, Sydenham ON K0H 2T0 1-800-559-5862

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Hydro One donates $10,000 for play equipment at Parham by Jeff Green on Roberts from Hydro One’s Kingston office presented $10,000 to the Hinchinbrooke District Recreation Committee and Central Frontenac Mayor Frances Smith on Tuesday. The money comes from the Hydro One Power Play granting program, and will help pay for a play structure in Parham. “We operate equipment in almost every town in Ontario,” said Roberts, “and all of our employees ... are committed to making Hydro One a good corporate citizen. Hydro One invests in our communities to build and maintain safe, healthy places for healthy, active lifestyles.” Power Play is a granting program that was established by Hydro One in 2008 to support and enhance sports and recreation facilities in Ontario.

The Hinchinbrooke Recreation Committee has raised $10,000 on their own towards the project, and there is $15,000 in the draft 2015 township budget as well. With the additional $10,000 from the Power Play grant, the committee is now planning to purchase a $33,000 play structure and spend a further $2,000 on either wood chips or sand to go under the new structure. The township public works department as well as Rec. Committee volunteers will be doing site preparation in the

AMNESTY LOAD PROGRAM

Excerpt from a Report to Council from the Public Works Dept. on this program: The Amnesty Load program has run for a number of years with the original intention of giving residents an opportunity to clean up their properties for free so clutter and garbage did not build up and become unsightly. This program has incurred a high cost without necessarily meeting expectations... Read full report to council at www.centralfrontenac.com. Does it make good business sense to continue this program? You decide! Your Council representatives want to hear from you. Please tell us what you think. Email: township@centralfrontenac.com

SUMMER STUDENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Position Title: Public Works Labourer (4) Duration: May 4 – August 28, 2015 (start date negotiable) Position Title: Waste Site Assistant (3) Duration: May 4 – August 28, 2015 (start date negotiable)

(L to R) Jon Roberts from Hydro One; Mayor Frances Smith; Bob Teal of the Hinchinbrooke Rec. Committee; and Barrie Stanbury from Hydro One posing with a ceremonial $10,000 Power Play Cheque at the Central Frontenac Township office on February 24.

Mary Lake - continued from page 1 prepared as possible for the changes that took place. “Through attrition we dropped to 78 beds, and when the new section was completed, the residents all moved there as the old section was completely retrofitted. In 2004 everything was complete and we became the 128-bed facility that we are today,” said Lake. Once the new state of the art facility was complete, a new challenge faced Mary Lake. “We had to get used to the change, and change is difficult, even positive change. We lost our culture of care for a while when the new Fairmount opened. Our staff took some time to transition, but we worked hard at it and we got it back. It took about a year,” she said. Aside from the physical changes in the early 2000s, the home also acquired a full time administrator. Under the regulations, Class A municipal homes must have a full time administrator and a full time director of care. “If I ever wanted to be an administrator,” Lake said, "I would have been one, but I always wanted to be involved in the service end of things. I never wanted to have any other job than the one I kept.”

Eligible students must be between the ages of 15 - 24 years and have been in attendance at, and are returning to, a full-time course at a recognized secondary or postsecondary institution. Interested candidates are invited visit our website and fill out the Summer Student Application, or submit a resume and cover letter by March 20, 2015 at 12:00p.m. (noon) to: Township of Central Frontenac Attention: Donna Longmire, Executive Assistant P.O. Box 89 Sharbot Lake ON K0H 2P0 Fax: 613-279-2422 E-mail: dlongmire@centralfrontenac.com We thank all applicants who apply, but only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, personal information is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act S.O. 2001, and will only be used for purposes BUSINESS CARD SIZE of candidate selection.

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tor/brusher mower. The budget also includes $185,000 in taxation for a new fire hall in Parham, which is slated for construction this year, and $40,000 to complete a new ball field near Land O’Lakes Public School in Mountain Grove. In sticking to a 2.5% increase, township staff have deferred a number of road projects. These include: $230,000 for work on Arden Road; $160,000 for Zealand Road; $20,000 for Medical Centre Road; and $208,000 for the stretch on Henderson Road between Highway 7 and the bridge over Kennebec Lake. These are listed as options in the budget, and if Council decides to do them all this year, the budget increase will balloon to 12.23%. Council spent six hours last week going over the budget in detail without recommending changes, and the document will be back before them at their regular meeting on March 10. At that point they will have the opportunity to make revisions if they so choose. Ironically, however, that is the role she is retiring from. She has been filling in for Julie Shillington, the full time administrator, who has been on a leave of absence for health reasons and will not return until later this year. As Lake looks back at her career, she says that while tightened up regulations were a good change in long term care, the ministry has gone too far, leaving homes with more concerns about rules and less time for care. “They have really gone too far with regulations, because there isn't enough staff available to cover all the requirements and still provide the kind of care that we all want to provide. That is why we came into long term care in the first place, not just to comply with regulations but because we want to provide care,” she said. Another issue faced by the home is the push for ageing at home, which Lake said is a good thing. However it has meant that people do not come into care until they are at a point where their needs are greater. As well, there is pressure on Fairmount, and other homes, to provide care for patients with mental health issues that are more severe than the home can handle. “There is a gap in the health care system for these people and they get shuffled around,” she said. One of Mary Lake's major professional and volunteer interests is providing service to those suffering from dementia. Many of the residents at Fairmount have dementia of varying forms and levels of severity. The home has a wing devoted to those with advanced dementia. She has been a board member for years with the Alzheimer's Society and has volunteered with Southern Frontenac Community Services to run Alzheimer's support services. “It is very trying on families, on other residents at Fairmount, and of course on those with dementia themselves and the staff who care for them,” she said, “but we have learned. The drugs are better and the techniques for helping people have advanced over the years,” she said. While she said she has no plans for retirement other than a summer at the cottage, it will be impossible for her to stay completely away from her calling. She expects that by next fall she will be looking for a part-time volunteer role doing something. Knowing Mary it will involve caring for people in some way or another.

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spring as soon as the ground is ready to be worked. The entire project has been costed out at $35,000 in cash, plus up to $15,000 in volunteer and township labour. “On behalf of the Township of Central Frontenac, I want to congratulate the Hinchinbrooke Recreation Committee for all their hard work and many hours of fundraising in order to provide new playground equipment to be placed at the ball field in Parham,” said Mayor Frances Smith.

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