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eputy Mayor McDougall spoke of Richard Harrison at the beginning of this week's meeting of South Frontenac Council (April 7). Harrison, died recently, “on the job” McDougall said, at Community Caring in Hartington. For many years, Harrison has been an active supporter and organizer at the little community thrift shop in Hartington that through the sale of donated goods, mostly clothing, returns many thousands of dollars to the community every year. “He will be missed.” said McDougall. Johnston Point (Continued) Johnston Point is the name of a condominium proposal which would create several large waterfront housing lots in an area adjacent to some environmentally sensitive wetlands on the eastern arm of Loughborough Lake. Local residents and most members of Council feel there are still too many unanswered questions about the relationship of these proposed properties and the neighbouring wetlands for this proposal to be forwarded to County Council, which is responsible for final approval of the proposal. (The Township has been delegated by the County to gather initial information on the application, and make recommendations to County.) Two motions, one asking for a peer review of the environmental assessment, and the second listing ten questions that the present proposal does not address, were deferred until Planner Lindsay Mills presents his final recommendations at the next Council meeting. Mills assured Council that this final report will reflect feedback he has received from community members and Council. Meanwhile, the developer has appealed his plan of condominium to the OMB, on the grounds that more than 180 days have elapsed without his receiving a decision from the County. South Frontenac Rides: Council accepted Frontenac Rides (a group established to encourage participation in cycling) as a Committee of Council: this will provide liability coverage for the group and its activities, and facilitate partnerships with Frontenac County, the OPP, the Fire Service and the Public Health Unit. Fire hall sub-committee turned down Council decided not to form a sub-committee of the fire chief and three councillors to make recommendations on possible locations of fire halls. Instead these issues will come to Council as a whole. Council did approve a motion to have staff and the mayor ‘examine suitable locations for a new fire station within 2 km of Perth Road Village” and make recommendations to Council. New Roads and Lane Standards Policy Council agreed to replace the Roads and Lanes Standards Policy of 2006 with an updated and clearer version as presented by Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth. 2005 Tandem Truck needs New Engine Segsworth reported that one of the Tandem Dump trucks has had sand entering the engine through an improperly seated turbocharger intake pipe. This has resulted in damage so extensive that the engine will need to be replaced. Council agreed with his recommendation that they apply the $50,000. that had been budgeted for portable hoists to the purchase of a new engine for the truck, which is in otherwise good condition. The hoists will be deferred to next year. Hartington Cleanup Proving Costly Segsworth updated Council on the environmental remediation of the Township-owned property at the corner of Holleford Road and 38. Soil contamination was much more extensive than anticipated when the fuel tanks were removed, and local people say there may be still more abandoned tanks to be discovered. The $50,000 budgeted in 2014 for cleanup has already been exhausted. Council approved an additional $100,000 for demolition, asbestos abatement and soil remediation. Segsworth noted that the cost would have been “substantially higher if we were not permitted to dispose of this material at our own waste disposal sites.
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nyone walking in to the waiting room at the Lakelands Family Health Team in Northbrook last Wednesday, April 1, might have thought someone had served some bad tuna at a joint council meeting. Four members from each of the Addington Highlands and North Frontenac Councils were sitting or standing, waiting to be called into the clinic. However, none of them seemed particularly under the weather; they were only waiting to spend some money and secure another physician for five years. Each of the townships has committed $15,000 per year for five years to help pay the medical school expenses of Dr. Matt Dumas, who in turn has committed to remaining at the Family Health Team (FHT) for at least that length of time. This is the second time that a physician has been encouraged to practice at Lakelands in this manner. In July of 2012, Dr. Anne Wilson began accepting patients in Northbrook to fulfill a similar five-year commitment, which runs until July of 2017. There are currently five doctors affiliated with Lakelands, including Doctor Tobia, who started the practice decades ago, Dr. Peter Tam, and the venerable Dr. Alan Elliott, who works two days a week. Lakelands Family Health Team is part of the North Kingston Family Health Organization and Dr. Dumas heard about the Northbrook clinic when he was working on a short term contract at the Sharbot Lake Family Health Team in 2014, after graduating from Queen’s Medical School earlier in the year. What Matt Dumas found, when he visited Northbrook, was a location that seemed somewhat familiar to him. “The landscape around here is pretty similar to where I grew up, in North Bay. It has lots of lakes and swamps. The Canadian Shield wilderness," he said. Matt Dumas lived in North Bay for most of his youth. He is a member of the Dokis First Nation, and he spent some of his summers on the French River, which runs between Lake Nippising and North Bay, staying with family on the Dokis Reserve. He is entering into this agreement with the Lakelands FHT with some experience, as he has been working for them on contract since late in 2014. “The staff and the other doctors here have been more than
welcoming, and there is a lot of knowledge in this community that helps me as I pursue a career in Family Medicine, which is what I really enjoy.” In addition to providing service in Northbrook and one day a week at the Denbigh satellite clinic, Dr. Dumas is also maintaining ties in Kingston by teaching a course with the Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s, where he is an associate professor. According to Janice Powell, the executive director of Lakelands, Dr. Dumas has been well received by the patients he has been serving over the last few months. “He is good at listening carefully to what patients say,” she said. “One patient in Denbigh came up to me as they were leaving the clinic one day, and said ‘you have a good one there, you’d better not let him go.’ And now we don’t have to, thanks to the townships.” The townships of North Frontenac and Addington Highlands have been involved in medical services for a number of years. The townships began looking at putting money aside for doctor recruitment 10 years ago, and when Doctor Tobia was considering turning his practice into a Family Health Team, which came to fruition in 2010, the townships were involved in the transition. Addington Highlands now owns the building in Northbrook where the Lakelands headquarters is, and provides space to the FHT in the Denbigh Community Centre. The townships have continued to put money aside for recruitment over the years. With this latest investment, each of them will have spent $150,000 on direct recruitment. Dr.Matt Dumas
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Detachment commander explains operational changes by Jeff Green here isn’t much that I can do about the cost of policing, except come here and be a messenger,” said Inspector Patrick Finnegan, the Detachment Commander of the Napanee Detachment (with responsibility for the Kaladar satellite detachment) to Addington Highlands Council at a meeting on Tuesday, April 7. “I guess that’s why you carry ...” said Councilor Bill Cox. “Right, that’s why I carry a gun,” said Finnegan. Staff Sergeant Greg MacLellan accompanied Finnegan to the meeting, which came about in response to a letter from Reeve Hogg that raised issues about the status of the Kaladar detachment. Finnegan confirmed that the administrative position at Kaladar has been transferred to Napanee, and that there is no longer a sergeant (community officer) assigned to Kaladar. He explained both decisions. In the case of the administrative/clerk position, he said that although it was good public relations to have the office open to the public, there were fewer than 10 visits from the public per week, and the most sought after service, criminal record checks, is about to be outsourced to a private company and will no longer be handled by the OPP. As well, as the result of some high profile events last year, particularly the attacks on Parliament Hill, the OPP has instituted new policies about security at police detachment offices. “The buildings are to be closed to the public unless there is an armed officer in attendance,” said Finnegan, “so if a clerk was housed in Kaladar they would not be able to serve the public 80% of the time, while officers are out in the field.” The advantages of moving the position to the Napanee headquarters to join with other administrative staff are numerous in terms of efficiency, Finnegan added. So when the long-serving staff member at Kaladar retired, the position was moved. “Until the background check system changes, we are working with the township to see if at least the intake can be done here at the township office,” he added. As far as a sergeant being assigned to head the Kaladar detachment, Finnegan said it was a good idea in principle, but never worked that well in practice. By utilising the sergeants under his command throughout the range of the Napanee detachmen, he said he would be able to have two sergeants working at all times, which would improve supervision across the entire detachment. In the end this will bring benefits to Addington Highlands. “We will be able to send a sergeant to Addington High-
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Addington Highlands Council April 7 by Jeff Green URCA Housing inda Hume, the long-serving board chair of URCA Housing, a not-for-profit corporation based in Flinton, came to Council this week for two reasons. One was to seek a bit of support from the township, and, as part of a campaign to raise the profile of the organisation, the second reason was to make sure the new council is aware of what URCA does and how it operates. The first thing that she did was to explain URCA’s name. URCA was formed in the late 1980s to address a need for rent-geared-to-income housing for senior citizens. In order to be eligible for government funding a community-based corporation had to be set up to sponsor a building project. “The organisation in Flinton that sponsored us were the three churches. That is where we got our name ... U for the United Church, RC for Roman Catholic and A for Anglican,” she said. URCA was also required to build rent-geared-to- income units for families as well as the seniors’ units, and that is why they operate eight seniors’ apartments and eight family units. The good news about URCA’s operations was delivered by Larry Pick, the part-time property manager who oversees the buildings. Between the rent paid by tenants and the limited operating dollars they receive, URCA has been able to maintain a small operating surplus and has a limited amount of money in reserves for capital needs. “We have put new roofs on the buildings in recent years and have replaced about half the furnaces,” said Pick. The less good news, according to Linda Hume, is that the public profile of URCA is low, as is community support, and it is difficult to maintain a board of directors. “A number of our board members have served for a long time and would like to retire from the board, but if we cannot get new people on the board we may have to make some major decisions,” she said. To have the URCA properties run by a service manager out of Napanee would make it “harder to maintain the ‘curb appeal’ and would be more difficult to manage,” Hume said. She asked Council to help URCA generate more interest in the community. She then made two requests. First she asked if Council could pass on information that comes to the township about social and affordable housing, including information about grants. Secondly she asked for the use of the basement of the township hall for the URCA Annual General Meeting in June, rent free. Deputy Reeve Helen Yanch said that since she is now sitting on the housing committee at the county she would make sure the URCA Board is aware of what is happening on that level. Council also approved the use of the township hall for free for the URCA Annual General Meeting. Isaacs hits a nerve Paul Isaacs delivered a submission to Council that was
by Wilma Kenny he Point” park in Sydenham, a popular century-oldswimming and picnic area, is eroding at an alarming rate. For many of the past sixty years, truckloads of sand have been dumped every spring to create artificial beaches for swim areas on either side of the tip of the point. And every year, storms blowing down the lake from the east have washed the sand away and undercut the railway ties meant to hold the shoreline in place. The Cataraqui Conservation Authority warns that this dumping of sand cannot continue. The ties are now rotting and full of splinters. This year, at the recommendation of the South Frontenac Recreation Committee, Council has budgeted a sizeable amount toward a major project to restore the front shoreline and beach area. Riggs Engineering has drawn up a proposal for stabilizing the shore and replacing the sand with sturdier material. This plan is posted on the Township’s website. A Public Open House is scheduled for Thursday April 16, from 7-9 pm at the Township Hall. Come and see the plans, express your ideas and concerns, find out more about the advantages of pebble beaches. You can even bring your best suggestions for discouraging geese.
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sparked by a meeting with a senior in the township who is facing a particularly difficult time making ends meet, a situation that is made worse by the fact that the man and his wife are not “in the best of health” in Isaacs’ words, and they had to deal with frozen pipes this winter. “Council has an obligation to provide public presence to address these difficulties, whatever they may be, of its constituents,” Isaacs said. But it was in the final paragraph of his submission, where he said “Council has no initiatives in place with respect to seniors. Council is showing no interest at all in its most vulnerable constituents” that Isaacs sparked a response from Councilor Tony Fritsch. “I don’t agree with that statement at all,” said Fritsch. “Not only do we make our halls available for seniors programming for free, we support Land O’Lakes Community Services with an annual grant; we support the Family Health Team both in Northbrook and in Denbigh. Our fire chief keeps a list of vulnerable people in the township, so we know who to check in with first in case of an emergency. To say we ‘show no interest’ in vulnerable people is unfair.” Public meeting tonight re proposed wind project A public meeting is set for tonight, April 9, at the Community Hall in Denbigh at 6:30 pm, to discuss a proposed wind project. Members of council will be in attendance to hear public comment, and a representative from the proponent, NextEra Energy, will be on hand as well.
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FCFDC presents ideas and options to NF Council by Jonas Bonnetta Anne Prichard from the Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation (FCFDC) made a presentation to North Frontenac Council at their meeting on Tuesday, April 7 explaining how the non-profit organization operates and how the services they provide can benefit the residents of North Frontenac. She also pointed out that both Mayor Ron Higgins and Councilor John Inglis have served on the FCFDC board in the past. The FCFDC offers many different tools to help the local business owner, from grants and low-interest loans, to workshops and mentoring. Prichard outlined a few of the key focus points of the FCFDC: encouraging local business growth, attracting small scale food and beverage businesses, and expanding the supply of tourism accommodations. She also explained that the organization aims to “stimulate the community and economic development throughout the Frontenacs” and has recently helped attract Back Forty, an artisanal cheese maker, to the area. Back Forty is currently setting up their operation and will soon be making their awardwinning cheeses in North Frontenac. Mariclaro, a design company that makes high-end bags and fashion accessories out of recycled material in Snow Road, has also benefited from support from the FCFDC. As of a few months ago, approximately 25% of FCFDC loans went to the tourism and accommodation industry, 23% to the retail industry, 14% to the service industry, and 14% to the food production industry. The food production sector is expected to grow and represent a larger portion in future. Prichard encouraged the council members to point local business owners, or people looking to start their own businesses in North Frontenac, towards the FCFDC. For more information visit frontenaccfdc.com.
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Lisa Harvey, a field officer from the Office of the Fire Marshall and Emergency Management (OFMEM), spoke about the province's emergency management plan and North Frontenac's emergency protocol. She explained the intricacies of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA), which states that every municipality and every ministry in Ontario must develop an emergency management program. She assured the Council that North Frontenac has a “really good emergency management program...and a very good Community Emergency Management Coordinator (Fire Chief Steve Riddell).” The EMCPA requires that the municipalities have a series of tools in place to assist them in a time of need. These include, among others: forming an emergency program committee; doing a hazard identification and risk assessment (HIRA); creating a report on critical infrastructure; designating an emergency operations centre (EOC); annual training;
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by council and how the EMCPA allows the head of council (Mayor Higgins) to make executive decisions. Language in the EMCPA defends council decisions, made during an emergency, as being the best they could make based on “the information that the group had at the time” she said. The EMCPA also gives the municipality the power to circumvent their normal by-laws, as long as they're not in violation of the law. Harvey explained how this might expedite an emergency response. For instance, in a situation where “you don't have time to get three quotes to purchase a piece of equipment that might save a life”. Mayor Higgins asked Harvey in what situation he should declare an emergency. “If you're ever asking yourself, 'should we declare?', do it,” Harvey said.
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n the back page of the March 19th issue of the Frontenac News was a Letter to the editor. This is unusual I thought, and I noticed it was written by my neighbour, Jule Koch, so I read it. I am very glad that I did even though it left me feeling unsettled and uncertain as I head into my “golden years”. The fact that the letter appeared on the back page, in fact, speaks volumes. Jule’s question was: “Why have there been no protests or marches in response to the Supreme Court's decision on Feb.6th this
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n order to get re-elected to reduce investments in health care, education and veteran’s support; to cut all environmental protections, to spy on you and protestors, and to subsidize big oil; the Harper Government needs to buy votes. So if you have a child under 18, he will give you some money – not much – in exchange for your vote. His bribe will cost all of us $7 billion. Despite the fact that this cheque will be sent out in July, it still hasn’t been voted on by Parliament. Even government sources say that over half the people who get it will not use it for daycare, and many high earners won’t even need it. Alternatively, elect Liberals who will see that all Canadians are able to access affordable, high-quality child care spaces in every region of the country. Or elect the NDP with their $5 billion plan for a childcare program for working parents with small children. What’s your vote worth? - Ken Fisher
year to legalize doctor-assisted suicide?” This is what I believe. When we opened the Pandora’s Box and allowed legalized abortion at the beginning of life, would it not be reasonable to assume that before long legally killing a person at the end of their life would soon follow? The implications and possible applications of this new law are numerous and frightening as the letter suggested. Are you a lonely voice crying out in the wilderness Jule? No, I think what we are seeing here is another example of apathy. There are others who would agree with you but remain silent rather than stir things up. Every night on the evening news we are confronted with the culture of “death” at work everywhere in the world. Have we become desensitized by the constant bombarding of gruesome images? I think the answer is yes. As I contemplate my “ golden years” I have to wonder, “What kind of world am I leaving for my grandchildren?” - Pamela Giroux
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· There will be an open mic and potluck at Northbrook Lions hall on April 10 at 7pm, $6 each, entertainers $2. · The Euchre tournament for the Golden Sunset Seniors will be held April 17, 7pm at the Lions Hall, Northbrook. The next one will be in June. · On Wintergreen Road, someone is dropping off beautiful cats and kittens. This puts hardship on the family pets locally since these animals are hungry. They become food for foxes, coyotes and wolves. Two have been adopted but there are more. Please stop this!
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· The Kennebec Recreation Committee would like to thank everyone who was involved with the Children’s Easter Party on April 4. Parents and kids alike took part in crafts and games, and the Easter Egg hunt was, as always, a popular part of the party. A hot dog lunch and homemade cookies rounded out the day. Thank you to all of the volunteers and donors who made this party a success. · Please call Circle Square Ranch at 335-5403 and make your reservations for the Thurs. April 9, fundraising Roast Beef dinner. Tickets are $20 per person with “Spring” as the theme. This camp provides a great array of activities and a solid moral atmosphere for children of many ages. Please show your support for this worthwhile organization. · On Friday, April 10, the Ladies Auxiliary of the Arden Legion will be hosting an all you can eat Spaghetti dinner, 4:30 to 6:30. The dinner includes Caesar salad, garlic bread, dessert, tea and coffee for an adult ticket of $10; youngsters 12 and under $5. Please call the Legion at 335-2737. · If gambling is your fare, join the group on the Gananoque Casino Bus trip, Sat. April 18. The cost is $27 per person; the bus leaves Arden at 9 am and returns approximately 4:30 pm. There are limited seats so please call Sue at 335-6768 or Cindy at 335-3553 to sign up. You must be 18 or older and the casino requires photo ID. · Also Sat. April 18 there will be a fundraising Benefit dinner for Don Knight at the Kennebec Community Centre. Along with the Roast Pork dinner, with all the fixings, there will be a Silent Auction. The dinner begins at 5 pm and ends at 7 pm. As a community, we have the ability to support many causes, so let’s rally around this family who is need our assistance. If you would like to help with the dinner in some way, or have an item to donate for the silent auction please call Kathern Scott at 335-2931 or Rachel Hertendy at 613-650-7446. · Don’t forget the spring session of Fit n'Fun, Tuesday mornings 9 am, and beginners Tai Chi 9:15 am, both at the Community Centre in Arden.
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· A Youth Dance will be held for public school aged children, April 17 from 7-9:30pm at the Golden Links Hall; cost is $6. Call Sharon 539-6676 or Wayne 358-2533 for details. · Also at the Golden Links Hall, a Beef Super sponsored by the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, April 19 from 4:30-6pm; cost is $13, children under 6 are free and a family rate is available. Call Brenda at 372-2410 · The Piccadilly Pickers and the Old Hims will be performing at the Hartington Community Church, April 24 beginning at 7pm. Free will offering and refreshments to follow. For information call 374-2178. · Tickets are available for the Harrowsmith Women's Institute's Vintage Fashion Show, April 26 at St. Paul's United Church and can be purchased at Trousdale's General Store, Leonard's Fuels, Nicole's Gifts or and WI member. Proceeds go to New Leaf Link www.newleaflink.ca.
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· This Saturday April 11, Elphin Presbyterian Church is having a ham & scalloped potato supper from 5 to 6:30pm. Adults are $12, children $5. All welcome, see you there. · A huge crowd turned out on Good Friday for Coffee Break. The hosts were Ann & Allan Massey and they had a table full of goodies. Nice to see Sylvia Lynch out enjoying a cup. · Fred Fowler is hosting an art workshop on April 11 & 12 from 10am to 4pm. At the Snow Road hall. For more information call Fred at 613-278-0441. · More happenings at Snow Road hall: “Anything Goes – Ancestry and more”, Mon. April 13, 2-4pm. Get together at the hall and bring a friend – bring a project: crafts, knitting, crochet etc. Join Ancestry – use the Wi-Fi. Anything Goes – come out and see what it’s all about. · Put this on your calendar: Music Night at Snow Road on Thursday April 30 with the Jim Dix Trio: Eric Labelle, Mark Hannah, Jim Dix, 7-9pm. Light lunch served. · Get well wishes to Willis Crain. · Some birthdays I missed last week: Delbert Cook, Willis Crain, Pastor Jack Bradley, Grace Vaders, Nat Vaders, Geri Frechette, David Riddell, Bob Riddell. · Once again there was a huge crowd – 171 people - at Snow Road Snowmobile Club’s fundraising breakfast. Two cheques were given to the Alzheimer’s Society for $433.50 each. The next breakfast is April 18, 8-11 am and is a fund-
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raiser for the Relay for Life. · Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter with lots of turkey and chocolate. · Twenty members of my family all got together at Wheeler’s Pancake House to welcome Ginger Gardiner from Calgary, my niece, who was here for a week’s holiday. it was great to get together and nice to see Ginger again. · Smile: When Gratitude is your wrapping paper, everything is a gift.
MOUNTAIN GROVE Marilyn Meeks
613-335-4531 email: marilynarchie@sympatico.ca
· Our deepest sympathy to the family of Glenn Fox, who recently passed away to join his beloved wife June Fox (McCumber) as another angel. Rest in Peace, Uncle Glen. · Sympathy to the family of Gwen Leonard (Campsall) wife of the late Keith Leonard. She had resided at Arbour Heights. · Sympathy also to the family of Frank Harper; he was the husband of Norma Harper · Happy Anniversary to Christine and Sandy Scott, Marty and Kelly Cowdy, Ron and Beverly Ruttan, Ray and Faye Whitelock · Happy Birthday to Bill See, Deb Stacey, Judi Fox, Ross Clow, Ella Arney, Leonard Bryden, Susie Bryden, Sabiastian Daye, Suzanna McGregor, Richard Benn, Karen Tryon, Gordon Struthers, Caron Conway, Merrill Hamilton, Shelby Plumridge, Ericka Sorthberg · Family members gathered at the home of Judi Fox on April 5 to help her celebrate her 70th birthday, some coming from as far away as Yellowknife. The delicious dinner was catered by Debby Hartwick. Judi's grandchildren enjoyed an Easter egg hunt after dinner. Many more birthdays to you, Judi. · Thinking of Leigh and Lois Scott, Pearl Barr, Lorna Gray, Louise Meeks, Melville Lapointe, Dora Scott, Bill Powers, Vera Steele, Jean Steele, Ellard Stitt, Barbara Ellesworth · It is great to see some of our snowbirds back from the sunny south. Welcome back Howard and Lois · There will be an open mic and potluck at Northbrook Lions hall on April 10 at 7pm, 6$ each. A great social time · While driving along our country roads we noticed many paper cups, pop cans etc. that are littering our beautiful countryside. Too bad it was just an April Fool's joke last week - it would be a good thing for police to look for fingerprints and fine these persons. Then maybe these same people will STOP dumping their trash. · Words of Wisdom: If God wanted me to touch my toes he would have put them on my knees.
PARHAM-TICHBORNE Colleen Steele Christine Teal
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· Kathy and Dave King helped their family celebrate the March birthdays on Mar. 8. Celebrating in the month were Brendan (Dave's youngest son), Annie (Kathy's daughter), Dave, Bennett ( Dave and Kathy's grandson) and Bonnie (Dave's sister). Spaghetti and birthday cake were enjoyed. · Parham has been saddened by the loss of another one of its own. Sympathy to the family of the late Glen Fox. Glen was a long time member of the Mayflower Lodge in Parham as well as the Encampment in Kingston and the Oddfellows in Parham; also of the seniors group. He was a past District Deputy Grandmaster a few times and an avid supporter of the Eastern Ontario Rally, which ironically takes place this weekend. He was a past superintendent of Parham United Church. He contributed so much to the upkeep of the IOOF Hall and thoroughly enjoyed having all the musicians come to the hall and entertain. He will be missed not only by his own family, the community and his friends, but also by his
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Fraternal family. · Calling all Rebekahs & Oddfellows to the Eastern Ontario Rally at the Golden Links Hall in Harrowsmith on Saturday April 11 · Greater Kingston is starting a free "sit and be fit" exercise program at Verona. If you are interested in this please call 613-634-0130 x3414 · A bus trip to the Gananoque casino is being planned for on Saturday April 18. If interested please call Sue Hoadley, 613-375-6768 for more information. · The Sharbot Lake Lions Club is holding a Music Jamboree and Dance on Sunday April 26 at 1 pm at the Land O'Lakes Public School in Mountain Grove. · Thinking of you to Kim Harper and Gordon Hole · April is cancer month so canvassers will be calling at your door. · If anyone has extra coat hangers (plastic or metal) the Frontenac Arena needs them to hang up the hockey jerseys for storage till next season. Give either one of us a call and we will arrange for pickup and delivery. · Central Frontenac Minor Softball Association is looking for ball players - specifically Junior Men in order to have a team this season. Please have your money and forms handed into any member of executive by Friday April 10 in order to secure your place on a team. We are also hosting a pitching clinic - if you are interested please send an email to cfminorball@hotmail.com · Happy Birthday to Mark Howes, Tori Neumann, Connie McVeigh, Jack & Claire Willis, Dorothy Cowen, Derek and Nolan Teal.
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· A Diabetes Education Session will be held Thursday April 16 at the Verona Medical Centre, 9 am to noon. Whether you have just learned that you have diabetes or have had it for many years, this will be a chance to share your experiences, ask questions and learn from each other. Anne MacDonald, Registered Dietitian will be in attendance to discuss various aspects of diabetes management. Please contact Anne MacDonald at (613) 544-3400 x 3589 if you plan to attend. · They're back! The LaSalle Causeway Band is coming to BellRock to celebrate the renovations to the BellRock Hall. This swing band features saxophones, trombones, trumpets, clarinets, keyboard, and percussion. Their musical selections span several decades--from Gershwin to contemporary music. The toe-tapping dance music is sure to blast the winter cobwebs from your hearts. BellRock Hall. Saturday April 18, 7:30 pm; cost: freewill or food bank donation. www.bellrockhall.ca for more information · BellRock Hall is hosting the VON Seniors' exercise program at the hall. The very popular seniors' exercise program, run by the Victorian Order of Nurses is being offered in the BellRock Hall. At no cost to participants, the classes will be running on Monday and Thursday mornings. It features a gentle exercise session which is tailored to the needs and abilities of the participants and is especially focused on the needs of seniors. For more information and to register, contact the VON at 613 634-0130, ext. 3414. · The Women's Drop In-Group is held every Tuesday at the Verona Medical Centre 1:30 - 3 pm. Light refreshments are served. A free drop-in support group, no registration required. A confidential, non-judgmental space to talk, connect and support each other to talk about issues women face. For more information, call Kim at 613-549-7850 or email. Information e-mail: kalbano@k3c.org Website: www.k3c.org · Twenty years and going strong! The next Verona Cattail
PAGE 5 Festival meeting will be held Tuesday April 21, 7 pm at the Verona Lions Hall. Plans are being made for the 20th annual Festival. We always welcome new volunteers. For more information call Wayne Conway 613-374-3807. · Bellrock Hall Cycling invites you to join their informal cycling group as soon as the roads are clear. Easy, quiet bicycle trips starting at BellRock Hall every Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. (they may start earlier, once the weather gets hotter). Trip duration is about an hour, along quiet country roads. Conversation and an easy pace are important features of these trips. If you have questions or want to confirm that the cycle trip is on for a particular day, call Virginia at (613) 374-2344 or Debbie (613) 374-1704. For information e-mail: bellrockhall@gmail.com or visit: www.bellrockhall.ca · Frontenac Women's Chorus presents a concert of their favourite songs from 20 years of music-making! Come and help them say Thank you to Trinity United Church and Verona, their supportive community and friends on Sat. April 25, 7:30 PM at Trinity. Admission is by free-will donation, but please bring a food bank item as well!
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· Wing Night tonight, Thursday April 9 at the Legion. Everyone welcome, 5-8pm. · Sunday April 12, Picket Fences will be playing a Sunday afternoon dance at the Legion from 1pm-5pm. Your $7 admission will also get you a light lunch. Gather up you friends and come out to hear this lively mix of new and old country songs - perfect for dancing! · The 1st Sydenham Sparks, Brownies and Guides will be selling the original Girl Guide Cookies in the village on Saturday April 11 from 9am to 1pm. You can pick up your cookies at the Loughborough Public School parking lot or Trousdale's Foodland. Don't miss out on these delicious cookies at $5 per box. When they are gone - that's it!! · Grace Arts and Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCSC) are pleased to welcome the talented trio, Sheesham Lotus & Son to the Grace Centre on Saturday April 25. Don't miss this one time only performance of ragtime, high-stepping, good-time music. You won't be disappointed. Show starts at 7:30 and tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door. Get your tickets at SFCSC on George St; at Trousdale's Home Hardware; One Stop or Memory Lane Flowers. Call for other options 376-6477. · Income Tax season is in full swing now. If you qualify, you can have your taxes done through a joint effort by CRA and South Frontenac Community services. Call to book and appointment or get more information on qualifying for this program. 376-6477.
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Photo at right: the children enjoyed numerous activities at the Easter party at the Denbigh hall on April 4
TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH FRONTENAC PRIVATE LANE UPGRADING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM The 2015 Private Lane Assistance Program applications are now on the Township website. The objective of this program is to improve access for Emergency Vehicles. Please note that Council has increased the amount available for subsidy in the 2015 approved budget.
SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDER Sale of Land by Public Tender will be held on May 13, 2015 at the South Frontenac Municipal Office, 4432 George Street in Sydenham Ontario. For further information regarding this sale and a copy of the prescribed form of tender, visit: www.OntarioTaxSales.ca. Tender packages are also available at the Municipal Office, at a cost of $10.00+HST. Queries can be directed to taxsale@southfrontenac.net.
OPEN HOUSE – THE POINT – SHORELINE RESTORATION on April 16th, 2015 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm- Council Chambers Come out and learn about the proposed plans to restore the shoreline and beach area at the ‘Point’ on Sydenham Lake. View the conceptual plans and provide your input to staff.
PITCH-IN CANADA WEEK - APRIL 19TH TO 25TH The results of the long, cold and windy winter are being seen in our ditches, roadways and trails. As the snow recedes the garbage appears and it’s the time of the year for us to get out there and clean up our Township. Get your bags early to ensure collection during the Pitch-In week. Information on where the bags will be available is coming next week. For more information call 613 376-3900 X 4330 As always, please keep safety in mind.
BE A PROUD PART OF THE SOLUTION! 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 Summer hours have resumed at the Depot will be open every Thursday from 3 – 8 pm. So remember us when you start your spring painting and oil changes! See our website under ‘Living Here/Solid Waste/Recycling’ or for more information call 613-376-3900 Ext 4330.
COUNCIL MEETINGS The next Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. The next Committee of the Whole meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. 4432 George Street, Box 100, Sydenham ON K0H 2T0 1-800-559-5862
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· In April at the New Apostolic Church, every Friday from 7 to 9pm, is Family Activity Night, for the young and young at heart, with movies, music, sports and games. On Saturday, April 18 is a Men's Breakfast Meeting from 8:30 to 11am, fellowship, guest speakers and presentations geared towards men. On Sat. April 25, there will be a day trip to Wheeler's Pancake House and Sugar Camp.
Please contact Rev. Sprague for information at 333 9777; robertjsprague@gmail.com. · On Sunday, April 26 the annual Daffodil Tea will be held 1-3pm, hosted by the Denbigh Griffith Lions Club in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. Lunch will be served, with music provided by local musicians. $7 per person. · April 10 to 30 is the Daffodil Cancer Campaign, with door-to-door canvassing in Griffith, Matawatchan and Denbigh in a limited area. Receipts will be given for all donations and canvassers will have proper I.D. Please give generously.
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lose to 30 youngsters attended the annual Easter Party on April 4 at the Kennebec hall in Arden. The event was organized by members of the Kennebec Recreation Committee, who had their Easter ears on especially for the event. The children, who were accompanied by their parents, enjoyed a free lunch and home made cookies and chocolate cupcakes and took part in a number of games including bean bag toss, Crokinole and more. Numerous Easter themed craft activities that Nevaeh and Riley with Wanda Harrison included beading, bracelet making, and a special party bag craft were enjoyed by the youngsters. meet and socialize with one another while Wanda Harrison, chair of the Kennebec giving us a chance to do meet them as well.” Recreation Committee, said that the annual Ten volunteers helped put on the event, event encourages members of the commu- which continues to be a highlight of the holinity to “come out on the holiday weekend, day weekend for young and old alike.
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n an exhibition titled “Every Green Tree – Portraits of the Wood, both near and far”, artist Gwen Frankton will be exhibiting her work for the entire Month of April at the MERA (McDonalds Corners / Elphin Recreation & Arts) Schoolhouse in McDonalds Corners. On Sunday, April 12 from 2 - 5 pm her vernissage will be held and all are welcome to meet the artist. Every Green Tree is a collection of tree portraits – acrylic paintings and pen-and-ink drawings and it will be hosted at MERA from April 2 to 28. Blogging about one of her paintings she said, “... this painting is really a portrait, a tree portrait; a portrait of a friend.” Trees “Burr Oak” by Gwen are her friends. Gwen spends a Franktown lot of time walking among and under them, as she has a deeply-engrained love for the natural world. She will also be treating vernissage-visitors to her fabulous gingersnaps and her son’s amazing sticky buns, which alone would be worth the time to come. Gwen will also be at MERA twice per week, on Tuesday and Saturday afternoons from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. to work on her pen-and-ink mural. The mural, a work in progress, will be about 4 feet tall and 12 feet wide when completed, and portrays a scene from a trail-walk she takes near McDonalds Corners. Gwen lives with one foot on sea and one on shore, dividing her time between Maitland, NS and Ottawa, ON. She has a BFA from the University of Windsor.e You can follow her blog at www..gwenfrankton.com or follow her on Twitter at @gwenfrankton
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or the past few weeks students at NAEC have been preparing for the annual Limestone Skills Competition, held at St. Lawrence College. This competition tests the knowledge, in theory and practice of students for the skilled trade event that they have chosen. Nineteen students at North Addington Education Centre stood up and accepted the challenge. In 2D Animation, Team of Two, Lucas Parks and Nickolas Wood won bronze medals for their excellent animation. In the Digital Photography competition, Haily Whitelock, Summer Andrew and Bree Gillingham completed an editing test and then a photography task, finishing strong and with beautiful photographs. In the Graphic Design Presentation event, Natalie Reynolds, Emma Fuller, Cassidy Wilson and Ryan Cruickshank presented posters and postcard design advertising the Ontario Skills Competition that they created beforehand along with their portfolios. In the Electrical Systems event, Matt Crigger and Shane Arney competed wiring outlets and other electrical tasks. Shane won a bronze medal in this event. In the Graphic Design Studio Production event, Shannon Delyea, Brittany Wood, Terri-Lynn Rosenblath and Brittany
Delyea competed by creating a package design for a product as well as a full page advertisement for this product. Brittany Wood won bronze, Brittany Delyea won silver and Terri-Lynn won gold. In Small Engines, an event that tests mechanical, technical and electrical skills, Jarrett Malcolm won bronze, Andre Tryon won silver and Wyatt Keller won gold. In the Work Place Safety event Kameron Armstrong had to present a brochure on a safety issue and go on a workplace safety inspection. Kameron won silver.
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Wyatt advances to the Regional Qualifier Competition at St. Lawrence on Saturday, April 18for Small engine repair. Terri-Lynn and Kameron automatically advance and will represent Team Limestone at the Provincials in Waterloo, May 4 to 6. North Addington Education Centre community is very proud of all of the students who competed.
“Litsie’s” Susan Billinghurst sews her way home pers allow for easy opening and closing. All Litsie bags are hand sewn by Susan herself. They boast what seems to be an endless number of colourful, elegant and playful patterns that include lady bugs, elephants, birds, helicopters, alligators and more. They are sold separately as well as in sets. Susan is a big fan of the designers Charlie Harper and Amy Butler, as well as Parson Gray and Michael Miller, the latter of whom design with older buyers in mind. A grant that Susan recently acquired through the Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation in Harrowsmith allowed her to purchase a brand new Bernina Quilting Edition sewing machine, which has enabled her to add baby quilts and quilted Christmas stockings to her inventory. A year ago and with the help of her son, Susan opened up Litsie's online Etsy store and also launched her own website where she sells her bags and other products. She also sells at a number of local craft shows and her creations are also available locally at Nicole's Gifts in Verona and Go Green Baby in Kingston. Like most artisans, one of the challenges of running a successful business is finding enough time to actually sit
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down and sew. Working from home does make things easier but still she said, “Finding the time to sew is a constant challenge. At one show I sold out on the Saturday and had to rush home and sew pretty much all night long to have enough inventory for the next day.” Some of the things she enjoys most about owning her own business are shopping for fabrics and meeting her customers and other artisans both on line and in person. Her products range in price from $8 to $150. To see more of Susan's Litsie Creations visit her on Etsy or at www.litsie.ca
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SOCIAL NOTES OBITUARY
IN MEMORIAM
BIRTHDAY
BIRTHDAY
Flieler: William Garnet
In loving memory of my husband
Happy 80th Birthday
Brent VanLuven
At Friendly Manor, Deseronto; on Sunday April 5, 2015. Bill Flieler formerly of Fernleigh in his 94th year. Husband of the late Tena (Marshall). Father of Gordon (Linda), Fernleigh; Gail (Fred) Bryer, Fernleigh; Howard (Maribeth), Morvan and Mark (Arika), Cloyne. Brother of the late Beatrice Shonauer. Loved by his 9 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the McConnell Funeral Home, Tweed from 2-4 & 7-9 Thursday where funeral service will be held on Friday April 10, 2015 at 11:00 am. Interment: Ardoch United Church Cemetery. Donations: Alzheimer Society or charity of choice. (www.mcconnellfuneralhome.ca)
FOX, GLEN (December 1, 1925 - April 5, 2015) Passed away peacefully at Smiths Falls surrounded by the love of his family on Sunday April 5, 2015. Predeceased by his loving wife June and his sons Roger, Jeff and daughter Valerie. He leaves behind his children Sharon Price (Joe), Joanne Brownrigg (Ted), Rose Lapointe (Joe), Merrilie Gray (Dale), Bill (Tammy), Janice Johnston (Greg), Heather Monk (Chris), Terry (Meghan) and Bob (Amanda). Also survived by many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Rested at Goodfellow’s Funeral Home, Parham. Friends were received on Wednesday April 8th, 2015 from 6 to 9 pm. There was an Oddfellow and Rebekah Lodge service Wednesday starting at 6 pm. Funeral service will be held in the Funeral Home, on Thursday April 9, 2015 at 1 pm followed by cremation. Luncheon at the Parham I.O.O.F Hall following the service. Donations to Camp Trillium cancer camp for Kids or Bedford Jam. Camp Trillium was something Dad was an avid supporter of and Bedford Jam was an open Mic that happens every other Sunday. Both he and Mom loved those Sundays and were a great supporters of this event too. On line condolences at goodfellowsfuneralhome.com
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LesSard, Fae In loving memory of our wife, mother and nana who passed away on April 19, 2011. God called you so softly That only you could hear And no one heard the footsteps Of angels drawing near It broke my heart to lose you But you didn't go alone For part of me went with you The day God called you home Every time I think of you, Fae I seem to hear God say Have faith and trust my promise We will meet again some day. Love Cecil, Brent, Carmel, Todd, Braden and Gavin
CARD OF THANKS Thank You - Dupuis There are no words to describe what a tremendous loss our family has endured with the passing of Joey; beloved husband & father. We would like to thank Cindy Hannah, Kelly Lowery, Tina Howes and Jim Lowery for all the beautiful words and stories spoken about Joey. The pall bearers Stuart Howes, Don Kraftchick, Bob Lowery, Derrill Hannah, Will O'Grady and Ron Kraftchick. No doubt that was a difficult task. To all our family & friends who visited Joey in the hospital, made memorial donations, phone calls, flowers, cards and brought food and crafts for the kids; we truly appreciate everything. Thank you to Greek for all your help around the house, daily visits & soccer games with the kids. Also Mike Thompson for your daily phone calls "just checking in". To Colleen Lavergne for being by my side during the most difficult moments of my life. To my mom Charlotte Osborn for staying with us to help get through the first holiday. David Goodfellow for all your guidance, assistance and your watchful eye - yes I noticed. Last but not least to the Quinn family, especially Jessie. You are always my rock and the kids and I don't know what we would do without you. We continue to struggle but will get through with the amazing friends, family and community we have! Tammy, Kaden, Kale & Sage
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Books for children and the environment
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arch 28, 2015. 8:29 pm. Computer? Off. Television? Off. Lights? Off. We powered down for the ninth annual Earth Hour, hoping that our symbolic acts of replacing brightly lit streets and homes with flickering candles will unite individuals across six continents, 120 countries and 24 time zones to voice concern for planet Earth. But whether it’s Earth Hour or Earth Day, which falls on April 22, we know that hope for our environment depends on something that lasts longer than one hour or a single day. It will depend on our ability as individuals, businesses and politicians to respect and love our natural world. For those of us who are parents, grandparents or caregivers of children, this respect and love is easy to share with our youngest global citizens. Children are born with curiosity and fascination for our world that is enviable. Without a single lesson, children know how to make mud pies. They are captivated by birds’ nests and sing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” with gusto. By exploring the natural world together outdoors, and by thinking, talking and reading about nature, children learn to treat the world kindly. There are many great children’s books to help us celebrate and talk about nature with young children. · If You Find a Rock by Peggy Christian is all about skipping rocks, splashing rocks, climbing rocks, and wishing rocks. Photographs and poetic words explore the wonders of rocks and the mysterious places in which children find them. · Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis uses
simple illustrations to capture the imagination of a child who, when holding a stick, can magically conduct an orchestra, paint a masterpiece or slay a dragon. · The Earth Book by Todd Parr uses bold colours and simple drawings to help children think of practical ways we can care for Earth – from planting a tree, to saving energy, to reusing old things in new ways. · The Curious Garden by Peter Brown is about a little boy named Liam who discovers a struggling garden. He decides to take care of it. The garden thrives and spreads, transforming a dark, gray city into a lush, green world. The illustrations become increasingly vibrant as the garden grows. Liam (who has red hair) is hidden somewhere on every page, making it a fun seek and find book too. · The Lorax by Dr Seuss is a rhyming tale about Once-ler, who came across a valley of Truffula Trees and Brown Bar-ba-loots. His harvesting of the tufted trees changed the landscape forever. The Lorax helps readers see beauty in the natural world and helps us talk about our responsibility to protect it. · Morning on the Lake by Jan Bourdeau Waboose captivates readers with words and illustrations that describe a young boy’s peaceful day in the woods with his grandfather. Grandfather’s gentle guidance helps the boy respect the ways of nature and understand his own place in the world. Igniting a flame of passion for our environment may start with a candle. It may also start with the knowledge and love for our earth that we explore and share with, and for, our children.
NFLT presents "The Music Man" by Pat Fisher he excitement is building. Rehearsals are underway. North Frontenac Little Theatre is at it again and this time in a very big way: big cast, many costumes, great sets, and much music. They are getting ready to perform "The Music Man" on May 1st and 2nd and May 8th and 9th at 7 o'clock and on May 10th for a final matinee at 2 at the Granite Ridge Education Centre. The cast is made up of 43 people. Seven of them are under 12 years of age, seven are teenagers, and they are our friends, relatives, and neighbours. If you meet the members of the cast and ask them about the play they will smile and say how much fun it is. They especially like the dance warm-up that starts off each night's practice. That's when you hear Tim White calling out above the music, keeping the beat. The stage is crowded with people moving. Barbara Agnew is playing the piano. Christina Wotherspoon directs the music. John Pariselli looks on with his director's eye. While that is going on, Peggy Muldoon is
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at the back of the gym with boxes and more boxes of costumes that have been used in previous productions. She is masterfully assembling outfits for all 43 people, many needing changes for different scenes. She relies on accessories and about 5% newly created costumes. Parents of young members of the cast are there, some with their tiny children. The youngest is 11 months old but there is a 21 month old, enthralled by the action. In the music room down the hall, assistant director, Carol Belanger is working on a specific part of the play with two cast members. The whole place is alive. I asked a question to many people: what is one word to describe this production and your experience? The answers: brilliant, amazing, impressed, lovely, chaotic, beautiful. Tim summed it up. He said all the people gathered and worked together and something great happened and is continuing to happen. He is thrilled. "It just wants to burst my heart". Save the date that suits your schedule, invite your family and friends. You will be glad that you did.
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LIMESTONE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD Request for Quotation RFQ #15-21 Grass Cutting at Various Locations The Limestone District School Board is requesting quotations from property maintenance providers interested in the provision of grass cutting of various locations throughout the Board’s district. Request for Quotation documents may be obtained in person at: Limestone District School Board Education Centre, Reception Desk 220 Portsmouth Avenue Kingston, Ontario K7L 4X4 Quotations must be submitted to the address above, prior to the closing date and time of Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 2:00 p.m. local time. Quotations should be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked on the outside “RFQ #15-21 Grass Cutting at Various Locations”. Request for Quotation documents can also be obtained through www.biddingo. com/ldsb for download and printing. For assistance obtaining documents, please contact Biddingo.com customer service. A complete description of the deliverables and instructions governing the submission process, along with important dates and times, are detailed in the Request for Quotation document. Amendments will only be communicated by addenda through email to those who have registered by obtaining documents directly through either of the aforementioned methods. Brenda Hunter Director of Education
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This column by retired mathematician and seasonal Maberly resident, Edward Barbeau, is for your mathematical amusement. Its author is very happy to correspond with readers about mathematical matters, and hopes that the column will turn out to be a dialogue with readers of the Frontenac News. His email address is barbeau@math. utoronto.ca.
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athematicians are among other things, scientists. Their areas of investigation are numbers, shapes and various abstract structures. Like other scientists, they make observations, observe patterns and try to account for them, coming up with theories that tie together what may seem to be diverse things. Here are two things for you to play with.
Protection for Salmon River shoreline
submitted by Land Conservancy KFLA hanks to three generous donors, two beautiful wild stretches of the Salmon River will remain in their natural state from now on. The 12.5 hectare (32 acre) Lee Nature Reserve was donated to the Land Conservancy for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington by Steven Lee. It has 914 meters of shoreline. Dr. Gray and Aileen Merriam donated a conservation easement on their 13.8 hectare (34 acre) property at the start of the Salmon River. The conservation easement limits any further development of the property and protects 990 meters of shoreline. The property is habitat for about 400 species, including eight species at risk. Dr. Gray Merriam is a renowned landscape ecologist and says that he is very pleased to have the easement in place. “Aileen and I have lived here for over 20 years, watching natural processes and appreciating our surroundings. It gives us great joy to know that it will remain a place for nature forever.” Dr. Merriam is the guest speaker at the Land Conservancy KFLA annual meeting to be held on Wed. April 15, 6:45 p.m. at the Ongwanada Resource Centre, 191 Portsmouth Avenue, Kingston. His illustrated talk is titled “Beauty in Natural Processes”. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event.
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(1) Start with any number except 1. Form a new number found by dividing one more than the number you started with by one less than that number. For example, if you started with 7, you would form 8/6 = 4/3. Repeat the process with this new number. Do you notice anything? If so, is it part of a general pattern and how would you know? (2) Form a sequence of numbers as follows. Take any two non-zero numbers in order. The third number is the second number plus one, divided by the first. For example, suppose you start with the numbers 5 and 8. Then the third number is 9/5. To get the fourth number, add one to the third number and then divide by the second. For our example, you would get (14/5) ÷ 8 = 7/20. Continue the sequence by adding one to the last number and dividing by the number before that. (If zero appears, we have to stop, so we forget about this situation.) What happens? - continued elsewhere in the paper
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Thursday April 9 ARDEN - CIRCLE SQUARE RANCH, community dinner, Roast Beef, $20 per person, fundraiser to send kids to camp DENBIGH - WIND POWER PROJECT COMMUNITY MEETING, community hall 6:30pm, all welcome LAND O’ LAKES GARDEN CLUB Pine View Free Methodist Church, Cloyne, 7pm, topic: “Microclimates & pushing boundaries of what we can grow + pruning/topiary”
Friday April 10 ARDEN LEGION SPAGHETTI DINNER, hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary, 4:30-6:30pm; $10, 12 & under $5; 613-335-2737 DAFFODIL CANCER CAMPAIGN April 1030: Door-to-door canvassing in Griffith, Matawatchan and Denbigh, in a limited area. Receipts for all donations. HARROWSMITH - FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, Social & Athletic Club, 7-8:30pm, free admission, Children must be accompanied by an adult - Canteen; door prize NORTHBROOK - OPEN MIC & POTLUCK Lions hall 7pm, $6, entertainers $2, all welcome; info, Lionel 613-336-8142. SHARBOT LAKE – DINNER at the Legion. 5:30–7pm, ham & scalloped potatoes SNOW ROAD SNOWMOBILE CLUB Meeting, 7pm, 1106 Gemmills Road
Saturday April 11 ELPHIN - SPRING HAM & SCALLOPED DINNER, Presbyterian Church, 5-7pm; $12, 6-12yrs $5; proceeds to the church PERTH ROAD MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL, 9:30-3PM; $8; Children $4; under 3 yrs free!; farm & sugar house tour; community Hall Craft Sale; children’s games, pony rides 11am-1pm; info: Vera 613-353-2470 (Sponsored by the Perth Road Sunday School Hall Board) SHARBOT LAKE LEGION – JAM SESSION, Country & Bluegrass, 1-4pm, $5 at door; fundraiser for Legion SHARBOT LAKE – SPRING FLING DANCE, with “One Busted Ego”, 8pm, Oso Hall; 19ys & up, $10pp, buffet 11pm, sponsored by Oso Rec Committee SYDENHAM - GIRL GUIDE COOKIES sold by 1st Sydenham Sparks, Brownies & Guides, $5/box, 9am-1pm at Loughborough Public
School parking lot or Trousdale’s Foodland. WILTON - CROOKED WOOD & TURPIN’S TRAIL Concert, 7pm community hall, $10, 12 & under free; info: Jane 613-386-3673; sponsored by Wilton Community Association.
Sunday April 12 DENBIGH - MUSIC IN THE HALL, 1pm community hall; refreshments available; call Mark, 333-9462 to provide entertainment ENTERPRISE JAMBOREE community hall, 1pm; guest entertainer Dallas Daisy & many others, $8, performers free; sponsored by Newburgh-Camden Lions; 613-530-5859 or 613-379-9972 MCDONALDS CORNERS – JAMBOREE, Agricultural Hall, music begins 1pm, dinner @ 5pm, $15; info: 613-278-2362. MCDONALDS CORNERS - Artist Gwen Frankton’s vernissage, MERA Schoolhouse 2-5pm, all welcome www.gwenfrankton.com WILTON - GOSPEL SING w/ the Frizzells, 7pm, Standard Church, refreshments, freewill offering, all welcome; info: 613-386-3405
Monday April 13 SHARBOT LAKE – FOOT CARE CLINIC, seniors’ centre, appointment: 613-279-3151 SYDENHAM WOMEN’S INSTITUTE, meeting 7pm at library. Election of officers.
Tuesday April 14 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, Ompah Hall. For those 50+, $10, reservations 613-2793151
Wednesday April 15 LAND CONSERVANCY KFLA ANNUAL MEETING, guest speaker Dr. Gray Merriam, topic: “Beauty in Natural Processes”, 6:45pm, Ongwanada Resource Centre, 191 Portsmouth Avenue, Kingston, all welcome to attend this free event. OMPAH - BIRTHDAY BASH & COMMUNITY POTLUCK, 5:30pm, community hall, games after, all welcome PORTLAND DISTRICT & AREA HERITAGE SOCIETY General Meeting, ‘Old Limestone School’ in Hartington, all welcome. SHARBOT LAKE DINERS, noon, for those 50+, $10, reservations requ’d: 613-279-3151 SHARBOT LAKE - TAOIST TAI CHI, Open House Beginner Classes, Oso Hall, 10am noon; info: 279-2662 or kingston@taoist.org SYDENHAM DINERS, noon, Grace Centre, for 55+yrs, $11. Reservations required 613376-6477
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Friday April 17 HARLOWE - OLD TYME FIDDLERS, 7:30pm, community hall, $6 non-members, $5 members, entertainers $2, lunch, prizes. All welcome 613-336-2557 HARROWSMITH - YOUTH DANCE for public school children, Golden Links hall 7-9:30pm, $6 call Sharon 539-6676 or Wayne 358-2533 Sponsored by Odd Fellows & Rebekahs NORTHBROOK - EUCHRE TOURNAMENT for Golden Sunset Seniors, 7pm, Lions Hall. PLEVNA - YOUTH DANCE, 3-4:45pm, $4, Clarendon Central PS. PLEVNA – BINGO FUNDRAISER for ClarMill volunteer firefighters, 7-9pm, cash prizes, Clar-Mill hall SHARBOT LAKE – EUCHRE, noon, Anglican Church hall, $5 includes lunch, proceeds to the church, all welcome SHARBOT LAKE - YOUTH DANCE, Oso Hall, 6-9pm, Grades 5 to 8; $6; sponsored by Northern Frontenac Community Services, 613-279-3151
Saturday April 18 ARDEN - FUNDRAISING BENEFIT DINNER for Don Knight, community centre, silent auction, 5-7pm, info: Kathern Scott at 335-2931 or Rachel Hertendy at 613-650-7446. BELLROCK - LASALLE CAUSEWAY BAND, Gershwin to contemporary music, community hall, 7:30pm, freewill or food bank donation. www.bellrockhall.ca ENTERPRISE - LAND O’LAKES CRUISERS DANCE, community hall, 7pm; $12.50 single, tickets at door; sponsored by Tamworth & District Lions Club; info 613-358-2720 or 613379-2952 MABERLY – MAPLE FESTIVAL & PANCAKE BRUNCH, 10am-1pm, community hall, $10, under 12 yrs $5; toddlers free. Also sale of home baking, maple syrup, to donate baking: Holly 264-9521 or Nancy 268-2960 PLEVNA - JACK’S JAM, Clar-Mill hall, 2-9pm; potluck supper 5:30pm; all welcome and all musicians, singers, dancers welcome to participate; sponsors: Clar-Mill Community Volunteers SNOW ROAD - FUNDRAISER BREAKFAST for Cancer - Relay For Life, Snowmobile Club, 8-11AM, 1106 Gemmills Road, all welcome.
Sunday April 19 BEDFORD OPEN MIC & JAM, 1-5pm, Bedford Hall 1381 Westport Rd, Bluegrass, Country, Gospel & more, $2, 613-374-2614 HARROWSMITH - BEEF SUPPER Golden Links Hall 4:30-6pm, $13; under 6 free; family rate available; Brenda 372-2410; sponsored by Odd Fellows & Rebekahs
Monday April 20 CLOYNE & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY features Dr Gray Merriam speaking on the importance of Cloyne to the Salmon River; 1pm at the Cloyne Hall, all welcome. MCDONALDS CORNERS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY GENERAL MEETING, 7pm, 194 Cameron Road; info Sally: 613-259-3480 PLEVNA – FOOT CARE CLINIC, Clar-Mill Hall, appointment: 613-279-3151.
Tuesday April 21 KENNEBEC DINERS, noon, Arden community hall, for those 50+, $10, reservations required: 613-279-3151 KINGSTOWN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH - BLUEGRASS CONCERT Bill White & White Pine opening for Sideline, 7pm, $25; call June White 613-877-4040, 540-1485; proceeds to Kingston General Hospital
Thursday April 23 HARROWSMITH DINERS, noon, Free Methodist Church, for 55+yrs, $11. Reservations required 613-376-6477 SHARBOT LAKE - CENTER STAGE CAFE w/ Feral Five, at Legion, 7–9:30pm; $5
Regular Happenings AA & AL-ANON 41 GROUP - Cloyne Hall. Wednesdays 8 pm. All welcome. AA MEETINGS - SHARBOT LAKE, every Monday, 8:30 pm, United Church C.E. Bldg. AL-ANON: Hope & help for families of alcoholics, 12 weekly meetings in greater Kingston area. Please call 384-2134 for meeting information. We care. SNOW ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE: Moms & Tots Tuesdays 9:30-11:30 am; Seniors fitness Mondays & Thursdays 9:30 -10:30am; Fridays, Coffee Time 10am-noon, Bridge 1-4pm, info: 613-278-1007 SYDENHAM – VON SMART EXERCISE PROGRAM for 55+, free, please register 613634-0130 x 414 SYDENHAM - FUN DARTS, every Tuesday, 7 pm, Royal Canadian Legion. Mixed teams, $2 per person. All welcome TAMWORTH LEGION – Shuffleboard Sundays 2 pm $2pp; Tuesday Night Darts - 8 pm $2pp; Thursday Night League Darts $2pp; Seniors’ bridge & euchre Fridays1:30pm TOPS Take Off Pounds Sensibly Sharbot Lake Wednesdays weigh-in 5pm, meeting 5;30pm, North Frontenac Telephone Co., downstairs, guests welcome; sharbotlaketops@gmail.com VOLUNTEER DRIVERS WANTED by the Canadian Cancer Society, please call 613-3842361 or 1-866-877-0309. WESTPORT - SENIORS’ EXERCISE CLASSES, at Legion hall Tuesdays 3-4pm & Thursdays 9:30-10:30am; at North Crosby Hall Wednesdays 9:45-10:45am. info Vivienne Fotheringham, : 1-800-465-7646 x 2054
Snow Road breakfast benefits local Alzheimer Societies
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ver 170 diners attended the most recent Saturday morning breakfast fundraiser on April 4 at the Snow Road Snowmobile Club (SRSC). Following the meal, the club’s president, Ruth Wark, presented two cheques of $433.50 each to representatives from the Lanark and the Kingston Frontenac
Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Alzheimer societies. The annual fundraiser was started years ago when a member of the community, the late Colonial St. Pierre, whose wife had passed away from the disease, asked if club members would be interested in raising money for the Alzheimer Society. The SRSC has been fundraising for the Society ever since. Wark said that the fundraisers have become a focus for the club due to the fact that so many members of the club have had loved ones with Alzheimer’s. “All of us here have had people in our lives who have been diagnosed with the disease and this is our way of giving back to the community.” Vicki Poffley, executive director of the Al-
zheimer Society of KFL&A, who was present at the club to receive one of the cheques, said that she and her staff very much appreciate the donation and that community fundraisers are a big part of how they are able to support those affected by the disease in the local community. “About 75% of our budget is raised through events such as this as well as from other fundraisers and donations by members of the community. These funds are used not only for the services and supports we provide but also to raise awareness that the society is here in the neighbourhood to help support individuals and their families.” Following a diagnosis, the Alzheimer’s Society offers education and supports to individuals and their families to enhance their quality of life and to encourage their continued social interactions. Poffley explained that the Alzheimer's Society's satellite office, which was up and running in Sharbot Lake from 2008 to 2011, was closed down due to cost concerns. However, the Kingston office continues to service the area. “We found that a lot of the support that we were providing in the community here
by Julie Druker
was home-based so we are continuing with that support even though the office has been closed.” The Kingston office continues to offer a community Alzheimer support group at the United Church in Sharbot Lake, which takes place regularly on the first Tuesday of the month at 1PM. The support group was discontinued for a while but has now started up again. Those looking for more information about the supports that the Alzheimer’s Society provides can call 613-544-3078 or visit www.alzheimer.ca/kfl&a Cheryl Bingley, a board member with the Alzheimer Society of Lanark County, also attended the fundraiser and received a cheque and was equally thankful for the donation. She stressed the importance of having funds available to spread awareness and support the existing services available at her office. “There is a significant aging population in this area and it is very important that people are made aware of the services that are available to them.” Lanark residents wanting more information about the supports offered at the Lanark office can contact Louise Noble at 613-264-5060.
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april 9, 2015
Frontenac Farming Life Profile: Sonset Farm A
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s I drove up Sonset Farm's laneway, I noticed an odd structure sitting near one of their barns. There were stacks of straw bales forming four low-rising walls, and a wooden frame supporting a flat, plastic covering. While I could not see through the opaque film, I imagined greens flourishing in spite of the slush and snow that surrounded them. My guess was right: farm owner Andrea Cumpson said they were growing spinach and arugula in the warmth of aged compost. This is not an ordinary farm and Andrea and Orrie Cumpson are not ordinary farmers. While Sonset is a typical dairy farm at its core, over the years it has taken on layers, which have allowed it to be more self-sustaining and, ultimately, more resilient. While it is common for farmers to buy inputs year after Charlie, Orrie and Andrea Cumpson, photo used by permission year from suppliers and then ship their products off, essenThe flour that the Cumpsons mill on the farm is another turnaround tiallyThe leaving a clean slate for the next year, Sonset operates with principles that create loops rather than end points. In a important addition to their overall income. "With the uncertainty of supply management, it's not putting all of our eggs athematicians arecrops among other things, scientists. Their areas inof investigation nutshell, are grown to sustain animals, and animals, in one basket," numbers, turn, shapes andfertility various abstract structures. Like other scientests, they she says. provide to crops. management, a long-standing marketing system This observe is centralpatterns to organicand agriculture, one of several framee observations, try to account for them, comingSupply up with in Canada that requires that dairy farmers own quota in orthat inform how theseem farm to functions. ries that works tie together what may be diverse things. Cumpson joined her husband, Orrie, 31 years ago on the der to produce commercially, is another framework within ere are two forowned you towith play landthings he then hiswith. mother near Inverary and there which the farm operates. While supply management provides security of income for dairy farmers, it has attracted sought to work towards organic at a time when ) Start with any number except 1. Formpractices a new number found by dividing one few resources were available to help farms transition. When widespread criticism for inhibiting competition - controlling that theanumber youecological started with by one did lessemerge than that number. theexample, amounts produced domestically and limiting imports course on agriculture in the early For highnew tariffs. With a couple of trade agreements likely to u started1990s, with 7,the you would form 8/6 = 4/3. Repeat the process with pair enrolled and it gave them the confidence to withthis takeand effect in the coming years - namely the Canada-Europe "Orrieanything? could see that theisland was improving. It was ber. Do begin. you notice If so, it part of a general pattern how plowing up so much more beautifully and the tilth was bet- Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership d you know? (TPP), neither of which has yet been ratified - farmers are ter," she says. ) Form a sequence of numbers as follows. Take any two nonzero numbers inchanges in regulation and competition. They had the land itself certified as organic in 1996, mo- anticipating is possible r. The third number the by second number plus one, by the Itfirst. For that supply management would eventually tivated in largeispart their plans to market theirdivided spelt crop. be repealed. Cumpson notes, "I've heard stories of people, Spelt you has been isolated5addition their farm's mple, suppose start more withthan the an numbers and 8. toThen the thirdbefore number is supply management, being sent back when they output. It provides much of the nourishment for their pigs and To get the fourth number, add one to the third number and then divide by chickens, which they market from their farm gate, as well as brought their milk to the local dairy." econd. For our example, you would get (14/5) ÷ 8 = 7/20. 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One of the main challenges with trade agreements is how local and national governments balance honouring trade policy with citizens' social, environmental, and economic interests. Cumpson, a former president of the local National Farmers Union (NFU), is concerned about the scope and lack of transparency of CETA. "It's so comprehensive and could be detrimental to what a lot of farmers are doing. It's very secretive and there are suggestions that the wording is not in favour of farmers in general," she explains. The NFU released a report in December 2014 outlining its views on CETA. It states, “From the farmer’s point of view, export market growth has not delivered promised prosperity,” noting that, over the past four decades, as agri-food exports have risen roughly twenty-fold, half of Canada’s farms have folded. This reality has prompted some farms to go in the opposite direction - to a local focus. Cumpson is not only among the vanguards of the local organic community, she was co-chair of the Feast of Fields committee, which organized events to promote local food starting in 2004. Sonset has become one of the best-established direct-to-consumer farm operations in the region. Local food remains a niche market, but while government policy has not been supportive of small, community-focused farms, a segment of the consumer population has grown wary of the food industry’s practices, seeking direct relationships with farmers in order to have more knowledge about how their food is produced. Cumpson sees this continuing to grow. “I feel strongly that we're just at the beginning," she affirms. Meanwhile, the greens that were growing unseen when I drove in will serve as early vegetables in a spring that is about to begin, and with spring comes the green blades of spelt. There is a lively spirit to the farm, in spite of the weather, as it gears up for another season. Jonathan Davies is a farmer himself, and operates Long Road Eco Farm near 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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“Walk of the Cross” held on Good Friday in Sharbot Lake was a great success as believers from different churches came together to carry a cross and a banner created by Angelo DiCintio. They walked through the village reading scripture, singing hymns & choruses and praying along the way, returning to St. Andrews Anglican Church for coffee, tea and hot cross buns. A Walk of the Cross was also held in Arden.
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Maple weekend
by Julie Druker ver the Easter weekend over 450 visitors curious about making maple syrup in Central Frontenac visited two farms located on Bell Line Road, where two local families have been producing maple syrup for generations. The first ever Maple Weekend, designed to promote local syrup makers and their products, was organized by the Lanark and District Maple Syrup Producers Association. The farm of George and Darlene Conboy and Sons was one local hub of activity where guests were invited to take a horse drawn wagon ride through their sugar bush courtesy of Bill Lee and his team. They were able to collect buckets of sap and add them to a large outdoor boiling pot located near the family’s state of the art evaporator house. The Maple Weekend attracted many local families as well as families and individuals from as far away as Toronto, Ottawa, and Morrisburg. Guests also included visitors from Germany and Florida, some of whom were visiting family and friends for the Easter holiday weekend. Just down the road, Mel and Joyce Conboy, with the help of their son Clayton and daughter Lindsay, were offering up similar tours and sample tastes at their generations-old farm. Joyce said that the Maple Weekend did exactly what it was designed to do: “educate people about what we do and how we do it and everyone who attended seemed to thoroughly enjoy the experience.” Joyce said that leading up to the event they had no idea what to expect and that she was both surprised and thrilled at how successful it was.
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