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or members of the Portland District and Area Heritage Society, August 15, 2015 is a day that will go down in history and one that marks a new era for history buffs interested in the history of the Township of South Frontenac. The day marked the official grand opening of the brand new South Frontenac Museum in Hartington, an idea that was birthed by the Portland District & Area Heritage Society and which has been in the works for over a decade now. Members of the society, dressed in historical garb, along with numerous dignitaries and history buffs, gathered on the lawn beside the new museum for its official ribbon cutting ceremony. The museum is located in Hartington’s former oneroom limestone school house, which for years had been the home of the clothing depot Community Caring – Hartington. The building is newly restored and is now home to a diverse collection of historical artifacts and archives from the four former districts of the township. The wide collection is meticulously organized and displayed and will be enjoyed by visitors into perpetuity. South Frontenac mayor, Ron Vandewal, opened up the celebrations by congratulating South Frontenac staff, past and present members of council who supported the idea, the County of Frontenac whose accessibility grant allowed for the building to be made wheelchair accessible, and members of all of the local historical societies in the township whose efforts have “preserved the township’s history”. Barb Stewart, president of the Portland District and Area Heritage Society, also spoke, thanking former mayors of the township, Phil Leonard, Bill Lake, and Gary Davison as well as the current mayor and members of council, most of whom were in attendance, and the many members of the local heritage groups who also contributed to setting up the displays and preparing the building for its opening day. Public works manager for the township, Mark Segsworth, also spoke recognizing the work of architect David Jefferies of Norr Architects, lead contractor Wemp and Smith and the two sub-contractors NCDD Wood Working of Inverary and Christmas Steel, the latter of whom did the steel railings, David White of D. J. White Restoration of Hartington, who built the new large vintage windows for the building, and the township’s public works staff who worked on the project. Following the ribbon cutting, Barb Stewart recognized the original charter members of the society, Bill Asselstine, Inie Platenius, Enid Bailey and Jim Reynolds, who first met at a cottage in the area in 2001 to discuss a possible museum and who formed the Portland District and Area Heritage So-
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Members of South Frontenac Council and staff along with members of Portland District and Area Heritage Society cut the ribbon at the official opening of the South Frontenac Museum ciety later in 2002. In June 2008 the society became a committee of the council of the township and in September 2012 was contracted to manage the soon to be restored museum. Since forming, the society has fundraised for the project and also approached the township for financial support. Stewart said members of the group feel “just great about all that we have accomplished.” The displays included a chesterfield and chair from the former McMullen house in Verona, a typewriter and books by Verona writer, Mrs. Dorothy Sliter, including a first edition of her book about Verona titled “The Friendly Village”. Other displays included one titled “Frontenac County at War”, a detailed display from the collection of Doug Love-
grove, which was also arranged by him. Other displays included a historic school display, a historic post office display, historic furniture, various name quilts, adult and children’s clothing, a wide variety of kitchen utensils, old clocks and radios, an old clothes wringer, as well as old books, signs and photographs, toys, a gorgeous wooden spinning wheel and much more. The event was attended by long-time members of the community, many of whom came from as far away as Sarnia, including three sisters of the Genge family who made the trip to Hartington especially to attend the event. The museum will officially open again on August 28 as part of the County’s 150 anniversary celebrations, which will take place on August 28, 29 and 30.
Agnes Thomas - a long , good life of farming in Donaldson and Lavant A
gnes Morrow is 101 years old, and when she was born on March 9, 1914, World War One was still six months away; oil had not yet been discovered in Alberta; and James P Whitney was the Premier of Ontario. When historians look at the 20th century, 1914 is seen as a pivotal year, because it was the start of the war that profoundly changed the political landscape around the world and in Canada, and left millions dead and millions more displaced. But in the community of Donaldson, where Agnes Morrow was born in the farmhouse of Louis and Julia Morrow, the third of eight children, world events had little impact in those years. Donaldson, which is now merely an access road to a small number of properties, was at that time a community made up primarily of Morrow family farms. “There were around 39 Morrows living within five miles of one another. Uncle Neil had a farm; Uncle Louis had a farm; Uncle Henry had a farm; Elmer Morrow had a farm; they were all little farms,” Agnes recalled when interviewed this week from her home near Lavant Station, a few kilometres from where she was born. Among the first things that Agnes remembers, besides the death of her sister at the age of five, six months after an appendicitis operation left an incision that did not heal properly (the rest of the family lived into their 80s and 90s), was the day in 1919 when her father got his first team of horses,
greatly expanding the family’s prospects. One of the things her father did with the team was clear a swamp on the farm in order to create a small hay field. “But like a lot of the work done to clear land it has gone back to the way it was over the years,” said Agnes. When Agnes was very young, six or seven years old, she started helping to milk the 13 cows that her father, Louis, kept. The cream was delivered to a cheese factory at Lavant Station or the creamery at Snow Road, and in the 1920s there was a bread truck and a meat truck that came around on a weekly basis. Some of the other memories that Agnes has are about the food that her mother, Julia, prepared for the family. “Mum and dad were good providers, and mum was an awful good cook. She could take an old hen and make it taste like a spring chicken, and she made the best apple pie. We had an orchard and we picked berries in season, but the apple pie was the best. I made pies all my life, many pies, but never like she made.” In addition to the orchard, the Morrows grew fields of turnips and beans and other vegetables for fresh eating and for winter storage. “My oldest brother Alfred was very good to us little ones as well,”Agnes recalls, recalling one event in particular. “One day mum and dad were off to Perth and Alfred was home with us. A storm came up and it was a bad one. Hail
came with it and was laying on the ground in sheets, there was so much of it. Alfred had the little ones gather it up and he got a ten gallon syrup pail and had them pack it with the hail and added salt to keep it frozen. He put a pail of cream in the middle and I flavoured it with vanilla and we started stirring it and shaking it one way and another. It never quite made it to ice cream but it tasted good all the same. We cleaned up and put everything away and thought that was the end of it. But at supper time my little brother John said he wasn’t hungry and mum asked him what was wrong. He said he was still full from the ice cream, and then we had to answer for it.” Agnes attended school at both Mundel’s school near Donaldson and at the Lavant School. When she was 17 she met Archie Thomas at an event at
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lose to 50 guests gathered at the Northbrook’s Jimmie Clarke Legion Branch # 328 to celebrate the 90-year anniversary of the Canadian Legion. Padre Harry Adringa opened up the ceremony with a prayer that was followed by a welcome by Legion president, Mike Powley Jr. Past president Cecil Hawley then introduced vice president and poppy chairman, Steve Michaud, and vice president, Bill March. Comrade and veteran Doug Wood spoke about veterans, who he said represent all kinds of family relations, all ethnic groups, and that are made up of rich and poor. Some veterans may be “strong, broken, sick, remembered, and some forgotten”. He called veterans “peace keepers, peace makers and warriors’, and “simple, ordinary people who were honoured to wear Canada on their shoulders”. Past zone commander Dan Bush made two certificate presentations, the first to past president Cecil Hawley, who served for 18 years as president at Branch 328, and the second to Cecily Matacheskie, who sold tickets at the branch for years before moving to Belleville. The band Big Clear Sound performed for guests, after which lunch was served. I have included below a history of the Canadian Legion that was part of the anniversary celebrations at the special celebrations in Northbrook. The Royal Canadian Legion was formed in 1926 following the unity of various World War 1 veteran organizations and is Canada’s largest veteran support and community service organization with over 300,00 members in more than 1400 branches across the country. The Legion advocates on behalf of veterans, including serving military and RCMP members and their families and provides essential supports to communities across Canada. Prior to WW1, the Armed Forces in Canada were represented by regimental associations, scattered units of various types with one dominion organization
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here is good news and bad news these days for Frontenac Transportation Services (FTS), which provides rides to medical and other appointments for residents of North, Central and South Frontenac from its base in Sharbot Lake. The good news is that the agency, which is managed by Northern Frontenac Community Services (NFCS) and provides rides for clients of Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCS) as well, has improved its reach all over the County (with the exception of Frontenac Islands) and has seen ridership increase throughout. “Our ridership has increased everywhere, and one of the biggest increases has been in the area of medical rides for seniors in the former Storrington District of South Frontenac,” said Gail Young, the co-ordinator of FTS. The bad news is that this has put a burden on its corps of volunteer drivers. “We need more drivers throughout the county, but the need is more pronounced in South Frontenac and it is acute in the Inverary area,” she said. Young added that volunteer drivers all receive training when they sign on to FTS and they also receive compensation in the form of mileage to cover fuel costs. “We are looking for people who are willing to donate the gift of time, and we don’t want them to have to go out of pocket in order to volunteer,” said Young. “Anyone who is interested can give us a call and we can go over all the details. It can be a very rewarding way to volunteer because transportation is one of the most important factors for people who really want to remain living in their own communities as they age or face medical or other challenges. Many of our drivers have been with us for years and have developed strong bonds with our clients.” The precursor to FTS, Rural Routes Transportation Services, was set up by Northern Frontenac Community Services to help residents access medical and social services. In 2009, th with the promise of stable funding of $80,000 annually from Frontenac County to cover administrative costs, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Northern and Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCS) in order to establish FTS. FTS now serves clients from both agencies and also provides rides for the Limestone District School Board, Ontario Disability Support Program,
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amily and Children’s Services of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington is looking to recruit new members for the Board of Directors. We are a Children’s Aid Society - a notfor-profit agency that protects children from abuse and neglect. We receive funding and our mandate from the Government of Ontario. We’ve been serving this community since 1894, making us one of the oldest continuing charities in Southeastern Ontario. Many CASs, like ours, are known as Family and Children’s Services. Every family needs help. We’re there when families can’t cope. We support them, and help them stay together. Sometimes, children come into our care. When that happens, we try to reunite them with their birth family or with their extended family. In some cases, children can’t go back. We take care of them through foster care and try to find them a new permanent family through adoption. The role of a board member is critical to the work we do. The Board of Directors provides high-level leadership and governance for the agency by providing oversight of the agency’s operations, performance and outcomes. Board Members are expected to attend regular meetings and serve on committees. They are also encouraged to attend agency events and participate in the life the organization. What we are looking for: The agency strives to have a broad mix of skills, experience and demographic characteristics on the board. At this time we have identified the need for board members who fit one or more of the following criteria (in order of priority): - Residents of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington outside of Kingston - Visible minorities - Experience in one of the following sectors: Justice, Education, Social services, business management, general public sector, experience in Board of Director governance practices, fluency in French. All applications are welcome - you may still apply even if you do not meet these criteria. Requirements - To be a member of the Board you must be 18 or older and live or work in Frontenac or Lennox and Addington counties, Ontario. You must also undergo a Criminal Reference Check (Vulnerable Sector Screening). Members of the Board cannot have an undischarged bankruptcy. No employee or spouse or immediate family, nor those under direction of the Agency, are eligible. Deadline - Applications must be received by Friday, September 11, 2015. How to apply - Go online to www.JoinOurBoard.ca
Letters to the editor Industrial scale solar fields – SF needs a plan
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spent a day cycling through Prince Edward County recently, and I can't help thinking that this is a community that appreciates and understands the value of their rural heritage. They’ve done a great job of preserving their rural environment and developing tourism without ruining their inheritance. Unfortunately, here in South Frontenac we have no real plan that spells out how we will achieve sustainable development that will leave our heritage intact. The “Strategic Plan” listed on the council’s website is really a strategic vision – and, it’s a good vision; but we don’t have a followon plan in place that defines how to develop and implement that vision. A true strategy requires that we define the secondary objectives, pertinent restrictions and opportunities that will ensure that we achieve our vision. All that detail is missing, and this is what’s truly alarming about the current approach to David J. Orser installing industrial scale solar fields in South owner/operator Frontenac. One councillor I spoke to thinks we should address the industrial fields issue one Orsersolar Farm project at a time - which appears to be how council is now handling requests for installing Septic Tank Pump ing industrial scale solar fields. ThisInc is a recipe 1059848 Ontario for disaster. It’s an approach that ignores the RR#1, Bellrock RD industrial scale reality that4490 pressure to install Verona, ON fax/phone:that 374-2031 solar fields is a new development threatemail: delta@kingston.net ensK0H the 2W0 rural character of South Frontenac and demands a clearly defined management plan. We haven’t got one. If we want examples of well-managed rural development, we can look to the British, (and the French, the Italians, the Germans, the Danes and the Swedes…) They have all done a fabulous job of ensuring that the heritage of their countryside has been preserved and maintained for future generations. They fully understand that development doesn’t necessarily mean unfettered commercial exploitation and growth. They understand that progress has to be carefully groomed according to a vision that’s married to an implementable and enforceable plan. If sensible strategic planning is conducted in accordance with the established and
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hile I enjoyed the article about Tom Neal (July 30) and knew and respected Tom for many years (seven as an employee of Frontenac County) I feel I must correct a couple of things in the article. The article states that Tom served on County Council for 34 years from 1967 until 1998. This is only 32 years. Also in 1989, 1990 and 1991 William Van Kempen was reeve of Barrie Township. When he retired in 1991 my father, Tim O'Shea, had served on County Council as reeve of Wolfe Island for 33 consecutive years from 1959 to 1991, serving as Warden in Canada's Centennial Year 1967. As I said I have tremendous respect for Tom Neal's Council legacy, however Tim O'Shea was the dean of County Council . - Terry O'Shea
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mistake. Uncritically adopting the criteria for a mid-sized city, as opposed to the needs of a rural township, doesn’t address our unique requirements or goals. Before Council goes forward on deciding whether or not to approve any more industrial scale solar fields, it absolutely needs to define the following: how many of these industrial scale fields do we want in South Frontenac, how large can they be, what is the exact criteria for where they can and cannot go, and what public input will be allowed in these matters. Sadly, none of this is in place - and council has already started approving Industrial sized solar fields. Time to rethink the game plan! - Michael Goodspeed
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HARlowe Marie White · My, my it’s warm, but we need it to ripen tomatoes. The nights have been too cool for them. · Sympathy to the family of Martha Meeks on her passing this past Monday morning at the Pine Meadow in her 65th year. Also, sympathy to the family of Colin Haggart on the passing of dear friend and partner, Connie Mae Wenkl, who recently passed away at her home in Denbigh. · We had a Whiteman reunion in Picton at the Sandbanks yesterday, a nice crowd with some people I never knew and cousins I hadn’t seen for years. · A big thank you to all the people who came out and supported our luncheon at Henderson recently, with proceeds going to the little United Church. Good turn out. · We will be back again with a Pancake French Breakfast on Sept 5, 8-11am. We look forward to filling your tummy again. · This Friday night, Aug. 21 starting at 7:30pm we will have the Ole Tyme Fiddlers Party in Harlowe; admission $6, nonmembers $2. Entertainers, prizes and lunch later. · The Harlowe Open Mike & Music Jam will be held on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 22, from 2pm-8pm. Potluck dinner at 5:30pm, no admission. All are welcome at both parties. If you sing, dance or play, bring it all with you for lots of fun.
Lois Webster with her dancing friend, Charlie the Chicken • The Ompah Community Centre was full of fiddle music, song, and an enthusiastic audience last Thursday. The fiddling was wonderful but Lois Webster, as always, stole the show with her quirky costumes, dance, and home-made instruments. A good time was had by all. Thanks to all who contributed to the very successful evening and especially to Fiddlers and Friends. The group will also be playing on Aug. 30 at the Frontenac County 150th celebration at 10:30am
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• Sat. August 29, Denbigh-Griffith Lions Club is having their 8th Annual Show & Shine Classic Car Show from 10am to 3pm at the Lions Hall in Griffith. There will be door prizes, dash plaques (first 100) and People's Choice Awards, music, BBQ, 50/50 draws, special attractions, Lions market, book sale etc. Admission for spectators and vehicles is by donation. Rain date is Sun. August 30. All vendors and exhibitors welcome (bring your own tables). Jan at 613-333-1748. • Countryfest is just a little less than a month away, Sept. 18-20! The Arts & Craft Fair, plus contests for all ages, will be held Sat. Sept. 19, 10am-4pm at the Addington Highlands Community Centre. For the kids (there are no entrance fees) there is a Plant Competition: funniest shaped fruit and vegetable, a Wildflower bouquet (dried or fresh), and a DIY bird feeder. For adults a $2 entrance fee per category applies in the “Flowers from your Garden” Arrangement Contest - Dried or fresh, Pie Baking Competition (Pie to be donated to dinner) and a Preserves Competition. There is a Photography Contest open to everyone with a $2 entrance fee, to feature local wildlife pictures: birds, reptiles, deer, etc. Please contact Alice at 613-333-9542; ali10madigan@gmail.com.
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• 133rd Annual Maberly Fair - The Maberly Agriculture Society is hosting the 133rd Annual Maberly Fair on Saturday, August 29. This year’s theme is "Sheep and Goats"! Come and see the clowns, family horse show, livestock and homecraft exhibits, heritage demonstrations, parade, horse draw and pony pull, zucchini races, bands, entertainment & more. Not sure if the cottagers and campers get copies of this paper, so be sure to spread the word to your summertime neighbours! For more information call 613-492-0139 or visit: www.maberlyagsociety.ca. • Saturday, August 29, 4pm, Crow Lake School Community Association will be holding their annual general meeting at the Crow Lake School House. For more information please contact Donna, 613-279-2936. You can also find them on Facebook: facebook.com/crowlakecommunityassociation. • Monday Night Community Potluck, Aug. 31, 6pm, at the Crow Lake Schoolhouse, 1867 Crow Lake Road.
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• This week's column is dedicated to my daughter, Amy Watkins! Nine years ago today her dad, big brother and I were blessed with a beautiful little baby girl and we are so happy to have her complete our family! Happy Birthday, Amy! • Plevna LCBO customers may be interested in hearing that together we raised $1081 for United Way this summer! Thank you all for your generous support! Our store will be returning to winter hours after Labour Day, Tues. - Sat. 10-6. • The firefighters’ Bingo in Plevna is tomorrow night (Aug 21) at the hall. Hope you can make it out and enjoy a great time and maybe win some money, if you are lucky! • The Plevna Star gazing party is also meeting tomorrow night at the star gazing pad and for any info you can visit www.northfrontenac.com. I read the Lunar X will be visible; sounds exciting! • If you don’t want to dirty any breakfast dishes, don't forget the Community Volunteers’ next breakfast at the hall is Thurs. Aug 27, from 7-10am and the cost is $8 for adults, children 5-12 cost $4. Ages 4 and under will eat for free. • The Frontenac County's 150th Anniversary will be Aug 2830 at the Centennial Park in Harrowsmith. Free admission! Midway rides, live music and fireworks are just a few things that are lined up for this weekend of fun! For more information, you can visit www.FrontenacCounty.ca/150.
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· Happy birthday to Judy Eardley, Joan Wyatt, Jessie Antoine, Bob Fox, Bryan Fox, Elizabeth Meyers, Stephen Fox, Randy Fox, Theresa Reynolds · Thinking of Bill Lee, Harold Gray, Marion Hart, Doris Forbes, Verna Cowdy, Bill Powers, David Fox, Pam Larmon, Carol and Jack Patterson, Shirley Noonan, Jean Steele, Nancy Fobert. · Happy Anniversary to Tom & Marge Graham; Glen & Betty Matson, 50 years; and to Ross & Donna Clow, 60 years. · We have a gifted painter in our community, Arlene Uens, who has painted a beautiful picture of a crow surrounded by sunflowers. It is fastened to the gate at my son’s garden in Parham. She had dedicated it to her daughter Becky, who feeds the crows around her house and many sunflowers are growing in the garden. Arlene has also painted another picture of loons in a lake, which is hanging at the community hall in Mountain Grove. She is also responsible for many
flowers around her village. Arlene, you are truly gifted · It was an fun-filled evening at Arden hall at Tuesday euchre as a "lone hand" prize was passed around to each person who had a lone hand. The last person to get a lone hand got to keep the prize, which was won by Sam and donated by Robert. The Arden Legion also has euchre on Thursday nights at 7:30pm. · On August 11 the Henderson church ladies held a tea and bake sale with sandwiches and desserts. Thanks to all. · We enjoyed the euchre game at Bellrock in the community hall every other Thursday with a potluck at noon and cards at 1pm. A great social afternoon · We attended the Northbrook "Open Mic and Potluck" evening held on August 14 in the Lions Hall. A great bunch of talented entertainers. We visited many residents at Pine Meadow Nursing Home first. We talked to Andy and Ann, Harold, Doris, Verna, Barbara and others.
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• Sympathy to the family of the late Tom Hannah, formerly of Tichborne. Tom's parents owned the house now occupied by Rick & Cathy Goodfellow. Also sincere condolences to the Smail family on the loss of Doug. • Thinking of you to Don Henry, Brianna Drew, also to Gerald Howes, Bruce Teal, Lynda Wolsey, Vi Hole and Bill Lee. • I am happy to report that Bill Lee is doing so much better thank you for all your phone calls, cards, hugs, prayers and kind words. He is truly a special man and he has a whole
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PAGE 5 community and then some pulling for him. He is strong and will get through this with your support, so from the bottom of our hearts...thank you. • Family and friends helped Dan & Cheryl Hole celebrate their 25th Wedding Anniversary and also a special gathering for Burt Hannah as he celebrated his 50th birthday. • The fairgrounds may be empty of ball players but folks are preparing for the Parham Fair. Be sure to bring your dancing shoes to the fair grounds on Saturday night at 8 pm where you will be able to dance and sing along to our very own Shawn and David McCullough as they rock the stage with their musical talents. • Happy Anniversary to Wally & Melanie Wisteard; also Happy 56th Anniversary on August 22 to Eric & Muriel Wagar. • Happy Birthday to Laurie Love, Holli Millar, Cody McLellan, Becca Lafaso, Jessica Neadow, Wally Wisteard, Scott Love, Jen Wolfe, Beth Lowery, Bob Fox, Lindsay Beattie, Shyann Northmore, Bob Northmore, Aaron Keefe, Tracie Goodberry and Jorja Steele. • Sharbot Lake & District Lions Club Community Breakfast is on Sat. Sept. 5 at Oso Hall, 7:30 to 11 am. All you can eat breakfast $7, in support of “The 39th Annual Seniors Night”.
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tween Kingston and Perth to buy knitting and crochet supplies so I decided to open up my own shop.” The 650 sq. ft. store is located at 6667 Highway 38 in Verona just next to Verona Convenience and it fronts onto Walker Street. It is bright and airy and has ample parking. Inside, a long stretch of shelving across one large wall displays a veritable rainbow of coloured yarns. Woodyard stocks a wide variety of yarns and wools including Paton's and Bernat and also offers everything from sock and baby yarn to bulkier yarns as well. She sells merino wool and alpaca blends, and will also be carrying fine hand-dyed yarns from Fleece Artist and Hand Maiden of Nova Scotia. Along another wall hang a wide assortment of knitting and crochet needles as well as a variety of patterns designed for hobbyists at various levels of ability.
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eather Woodyard, who has resided in Verona for just three years, never expected that she would enter the retail business. But as the saying goes, when one door closes, another one opens. It was a lack of jobs in her specific field of study that led Heather to open Verona's newest yarn store, called Ewe Can Knit. Heather returned to school at Loyalist College in Belleville to become a community and justice services worker, but after graduating with a diploma in 2012, she and her 90 other fellow graduates got the news that the Kingston penitentiary would be closing, which meant that hundreds of students would be vying for fewer jobs. After having no luck at landing a job in her field, Heather decided to create work for herself and was determined to “do something that I love and am really passionate about”. She looked to the past and the years she spent in Toronto working at Lewiscraft, where she had learned to knit and crochet, pastimes that she continues to be very passionate about. “After coming to Verona I realized that there is nowhere be-
august 20, 2015 Heather said that that she will also be happy to order other items that customers might want. “I know that people like different things so I am happy to stock different items that customers might request.” She has plans to also offer a variety of all-ages knitting and crochet classes in the near future. Though the store officially opened on Tuesday, August 4 and is currently open for business, Heather is planning a special official grand opening on Saturday, Sept. 12 from 10am - 6pm. Guests will be able to enter a draw for a gift basket and cake and refreshments will be served free of charge. The store is currently open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am - 6pm and on Sundays from 11am - 3pm. For those who have never knit or crocheted, Heather encourages them to give it a try. “It's a lot of fun and an excellent hobby to start. If I can do it, having taught myself, I am sure that anyone can learn.” For more information call 613-374-3000.
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for some reason almost disappeared. It was when I moved to Gould Lake and saw the dust collecting on my dad’s old stocks that I became interested, and encouraged my dad to get out his stocks and play with me”. The gaining popularity of the sport was evident in a recent Canadian Ice Stock Federation tournament at Harrowsmith Centennial Park on August 16. Hosted by the Kingston and Area Ice Stock Club, whose membership has gone from 20 to 40 members, five teams participated, including three outof-town teams from Barrie, Cambridge and Kitchener. The sport, which combines elements of bocce ball and Canadian-style curling, originated in Bavaria, Germany. Both Karl’s father, Karl Sr. and his sister Tasha Hammer played at the Sunday event. In fact Tasha Hammer, who herself has only been playing the sport for a year and a half, and long time player Kata Zaric, were teammates on the women’s Canadian national team and won gold when they competed against Brazil at the 2015 America’s Cup, which took place Local: 613-336-9804 in Barrie, Ont. earlier this year. Kara also participated in Sunday’s tournament and Tasha said the team is hoping to com1-888-226-Move (6683) pete in Ritten, Italy at the World’s Cup in February 2106. Fax: 613-336-8932 Real Estate Brokerage Tasha and Kara were not the only well-known players on Sunday. Ronny Horvath, president of the Canadian Ice Stock 1025 Lancaster Lane, RR #2 Cloyne, ON K0H 1K0 PO Box 285 Federation, competed at the world championships in 2012 in Sharbot Lake, ON K0H 2P0 613279-2657 Bavaria, Germany as part of the Canadian national team, who placed tenth out of 42 countries. He said, Broker of Record “The game is unique because unlike curling, the Fax - (613) 279-2657 target moves throughout Email - mimi@antoinerealestate.com and the players have to be www.antoinerealestate.com able to shoot left and right, ProAlliance Realty, Brokerage long and short. Certain tacDirect Line: 613.336.1737 tics come into play that give competitors more chances Email: chriswinney1@aol.com to outwit their opponents.” www.landolakesproperty.com Horvath said that he is 12309 Hwy 41, aiming to make the game Chris Winney Northbrook, ON K0H 2G0 better known to all CanaBroker dians. “Why not make ice stock an all-seasons sport? We play hockey and go ice Mark Montagano fishing on the lakes so why Sales Representative L a ke Di s tr i c tRe a l ty . co m ● I n f o @L a ke Di s tr i c tRe a l ty . co m not play ice stock out on the Limited Brokerage “The Polar Bear Guy” 1 42 02 Roa d 38 , Sha r bo t L a ke ● 6 13 -2 7 9-2 10 8 ● 1 -8 6 6-2 79- 2 10 9 lakes in the winter months Direct: (613) 279-2886 as well?” Horvath also said Cell: (613) 532-9405 markmontagano@sympatico.ca that the game is perfect for www.markmontagano.com the whole family. “If you join WATERFRONT COTTAGE - $349,000 a club, you can make up a team solely of family members of different ages so it is a great game if you want to spend time with the whole family and socialize with players of all ages.” Over 30 players ranging in age from 11 to over 70 and at PRIVATE & QUIET. Escape the city to this 6 yr a wide range of abilities parold, very nicely finished cottage. With lake intake, ticipated in the Harrowsmith composting toilet & gas generator this cottage is tournament. Anyone inter3 bedroom cottage on Sharbot Lake completely off-grid! Fishing, small boating, ested in trying out the game excellent water and a great view from canoeing & kayaking are all perfect on this private can join the Kingston and 3 decks and the dock. Jump off the lake. The interior is absolutely charming with a Area Ice Stock Club, who dock or wade in from the sandy beach play regularly every Thursquality cottage feel. 295’ of lakefront; only 20 min area. Open concept, renovated, lovely screened in porch. Faces west, day on the tennis courts at to the village of Sharbot Lake. excellent sunsets. Well treed, terraced lot. Easy access from a townCentennial Park starting at ship road. Only 90 minutes from Ottawa. Take the virtual tour! MLS 6pm. Karl encourages anyExperience a NEW approach to Real Estate. 668572 “More Photos” one interested to come out. A group of professionals working together to ensure the sale of your property. For more information email 40 Main Street, Westport, Ontario 613-273-3187 hammerkg@limestone. on.ca he sport of Ice Stock (or Eisstock) has steadily been gaining in popularity, especially in the Township of South Frontenac. This is likely because a number of enthusiastic and players from the area have recently taken up the sport. Karl Hammer Jr. is one such player. Just a few years back he discovered the sport through his family’s German heritage. “My father and grandfather both played the sport, which was popular in the area up until the early 1990s but
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Frontenac County 150th Anniversary Event Co-ordinators Dan Bell and Pam Morey
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s the 150th anniversary of Frontenac County was approaching, a committee was formed to organize events to mark the occasion. They realized that the best way to mark a year-long event such as as this was to have an event to provide a focus. So the planning began for a three-day celebration from Friday to Sunday, August 28 to 30. The location at Centennial Park in Harrowsmith was an obvious choice. Not only is it located on Road 38, the artery that links three of the four Frontenac townships, it is also the largest community park in the county, easily hosting over 1,500 people on Canada Day each year. However, the decision to locate the celebration at Centennial Park brought more into play than just a location; it also brought the Harrowsmith, Sydenham and Verona-based service clubs, the Portland District Recreation Committee and the public works department of South Frontenac township into the mix. Pam Morey and Dan Bell came forward to co-ordinate the event, and the first people they met with were the public works department of South Frontenac. “The park needed some work done to be able to handle the crowds, and to host all the events,” said Dan Bell, who, in addition to his role with the anniversary celebration is the chair of the Portland District Recreation Committee. “We had plans for upgrades to the park through our local Rec Committee and we were also fortunate enough to receive extra help for other improvements to Centennial Park from South Frontenac Township. The public works department, led by Jamie Brash and Mark Segsworth, did a wonderful job, and Harrowsmith will enjoy the benefits of the upgrades to the park for years to come. It will be one of the legacies of the anniversary.” This is only fitting because the park itself was a Centennial project from 1967, and thanks to the 150th
anniversary of Fronenac County, it will be in fine fettle to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Canada in two years’ time. The upgrades to the park include a brand new parking lot, a brand new playground, better integration with the K&P trail, and improved facilities throughout. In order to put together a varied program of events, Bell and Morey looked to the community, and found that everything they needed was just around the corner. They wanted to have a vendors’ market, so they went to the Verona Community Association and the Verona
“One of the rewards of working on this event has been the co-operation with Frontenac County staff members Anne Marie Young and Alison Vandervelde,” said Morey. “Between them, South Frontenac and the local community, we are sure this event will be a huge success” The local flavour of the event extends to the performers who will take the stage throughout the three days. A few of the bands come from Kingston, but most of them are Frontenac County acts. There is no charge to enter the festival grounds all weekend. Apart from the Heritage Ball on Saturday night at the Golden Links Hall, a nominal fee for the VCA train, which will run though the site, and food vendor purchases, the celebration events are free to the public. Among the highlights of the three-day celebration will be a large-scale historical re-enactment on the Sunday afternoon, featuring the Brockville Infantry. The group, which has been active for 25 years, takes its inspiration from the original Brockville Infantry, which was founded in 1862, when the pre-confederation communities sought to protect themselves from potential incursions by the Fenians from south of
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Lions Club, who collaborate on events all the time, and have expertise with vendors from the Verona Garlic Festival and other events. “They know what to do and to make it work and STORIES when they agreed to take it on it was a real load off our shoulders,” said Pam Morey, who is also the president of the Harrowsmith Social and Athletic Club Similarly the Sydenham Lions are handling parking; the Harrowsmith S&A (Social and Athletic) Club the canteen and beer tent; the Oddfellows the Heritage Ball, and the list goes on. “It is really an old-time community gathering, sort of like a fair or a picnic. Really a chance for us all to look at what we have built and enjoy each other’s company,” said Dan Bell.
the border. The Fenians conducted raids on Britishheld lands in Canada in order to pressure the British government to withdraw from Ireland. The re-enactors dress in identical British bright red tunics, carry and fire fully functional replicas of the original Enfield rifles with bayonets, and perform the same precision drill manoeuvres that their counterparts did over 150 years ago. In order to present this polished image of precision, the re-enactors practice these drills on a regular basis throughout the year. They will not only be presenting a full re-enactment from 1:00 until 2:30 on Sunday (August 30), they will be camping in the park all weekend and will also present a “short skirmish” in Dan Bell’s words, on Sat. Aug 29 from 1 to 1:30pm at the south soccer field.
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be performing. Abby, who first performed in Frontenac County at the Golden Links Hall, Harrowsmith Old Time Music Festivals in 2010 and 2011, played on the Upcoming Artists stage at the Boots and Tickets $20 each Hearts Festival in 2014, and a few weeks ago she Tickets available from Nicole’s Gifts in Verona, Nellie’s Gas Bar played the main festival in Harrowsmith and Pam Morey at 613-372-1578 at the Front Porch Stage and was featured on the n keeping with festival poster. the great tradition She will be followed at of music in Frontenac 1:30 by Sydenham-based County, the performers Big ‘Mo and the Blues who will be performing Mission, whose up-tempo all weekend are made rock ‘n blues sound is up primarily of artists familiar throughout the who live or come from region. They play local Frontenac County, events and are mainstays supplemented by some at the Limestone City Rob Carnegie Rudy & Saddle Up from nearby Kingston. Blues Festival as well. On Friday night, Kingston/Nashville based Rob At 2:45, Rudy and Saddle Up will bring their high Carnegie will take the stage at 6pm, following the energy country sound to the stage. opening ceremonies, which start at 5pm. Rob is a Later, after the plowing match winners are announced, singer songwriter in the country music tradition. He Bellfonix are playing at 5:15pm. Heather Bell got has been making a name for himself as a songwriter her start singing at Canada Day and other events in and performer in Canada and the United States, with Harrowsmith and Sydenham as a teenager and with his 2014 release “Unwind”. the Bellfonix, she performs her pop-rock repertoire Also on Friday night, a family movie, Big Hero 6, often at popular bars in Kingston. will be screened at 8pm, followed by fireworks.
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The Golden Links Hall, on Colebrooke street, will be the site of the Frontenac Heritage Ball. This is the only ticketed event of the weekend. Participants are invited to wear heritage dress for the ball, which costs $20 and features the eight-piece R&B sensations, Soul Survivors. Tickets also include a light buffet and the ball is a licensed event.
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On Saturday, the festival swings into high gear with a parade at 10am. Across the road from the festival site, the Frontenac County Plowing Match also starts at 10 am and runs until 3 pm. Meanwhile, on the site, mini-putt, midway rides, a strong man competition, heritage equipment and numerous other events are running all day. On stage at 12:15pm, 14-year-old Abby Stewart will
The final musical performer of the day at the festival stage, at 6:30, will be Chris Koster, a Kingston-based performer and songwriter. Chris’ music has an emotional edge and a contemporary alternative rock feel. Although Centennial Park closes down at 8 pm, there is one more event scheduled for Saturday, one that promises to be a highlight of the celebration.
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While people may be dressing like it’s 1865, the dancing will be more like it’s 1975. Tickets are available at Nicole’s Gifts in Verona, at Nellie’s Gas Bar in Harrowsmith and by calling Pam Morey at 613-372-1578. There will also be limited numbers of tickets available at the door, but buying them in advance is recommended. On Sunday morning, Fiddlers and Friends from North Frontenac and neighbouring Lanark County will be on stage at 10:30. With fiddles, piano, and guitars they play tunes from the 1940s on, and always entertain. The final band of the event is After the News from Verona, featuring Lee Casement and vocalist Lisa Menard, at 11:45. This project has been supported by the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program, Department of Canadian Heritage and the Frontenac CFDC
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by Jeff Green The Frontenac County offices are located in Glenburnie 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. 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 1865, 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, the first being Dorothy Gaylord from Kennebec Township, followed by Barb Sproule from Palmerson Canonto. Later Frances Smith from Oso Township served as warden, as well as Kingston Township’s Isabel Turner. After Kingston township left the County and joined the City, Turner eventually served as mayor of Kingston for one term after amalgamation. The most recent woman to serve as warden, the only one in the postamalgamation era, was Janet Gutowski from Central Frontenac. 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 of the Cataraqui River in 1673. The fort was destroyed and rebuilt several times, and still functions to this day as the Canadian Army Staff and Command College. In the early 1800s, as what was then a colony of England was working towards self-government, the establishment of individual townships and the overarching Midland District, which encompassed what are now the City of Kingston and the Counties of Frontenac and Lennox and Addington, took place. In 1850, the City of Kingston was established as its own legal entity, and the United Counties of Frontenac and Lennox and Addington were also established. But the union was never quite accepted in either county and a number of efforts at separation took place. In 1860 two contradictory events took place. First, former United Counties Warden Roblin, who was by that time sitting as a member of the provincial legislature, introduced a bill at Queens Park to separate the counties. Later, a motion to keep the counties united was passed by the Frontenac/L&A council by a vote of 20-6. By 1863, the United County Council had swollen to 35 members. A motion to investigate the possibility of separating was approved by an 18-11 vote, and a further motion reaffirming unity was also approved, but only by a vote of 17-13. The writing was on the wall, however, and the document of separation was signed 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 session of the New County of Frontenac did not take place until January 25, 1865.
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, A.H. Muir, Abbot Thompson, James Halliday, J. W. Bradshaw. Middle row: C.G. McKnight, R. McVeigh, Joseph Hawkey, C.W. Sleeth, John Gray, Benson 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. Franklin. Photo courtesy of Bill Bowick.
That’s why although L&A County celebrated their 150th anniversary last year, the 150th anniversary of Frontenac County is being marked in 2015. Although there was talk of revisiting the county borders when municipal amalgamation was mandated by the Province of Ontario 130 years later, in 1997, the province said the 1865 boundaries could not be altered. In 1865, Frontenac County was made up of the following townships: Barrie, Bedford and Palmerston, Clarendon, Hinchinbooke, Kennebec, Kingston, Loughborough, Olden, Oso, Pittsburgh and Howe Island, Portland, and Portsmouth. While the City of Kingston was, and has remained, distinct from Frontenac County, there have always been a number of institutions tying the city and the surrounding county together, such as the Frontenac County Courthouse and the Kingston-Frontenac Public Health Unit. Other connections between Kingston and Frontenac are symbolic, such as the Kingston Frontenacs hockey team and the location of Fort Frontenac within the boundaries of the city. Over time, the city has also swallowed up county territory. In 1952, Portsmouth Village was annexed by the city. Pressure from the provincial government to amalgamate townships and institute a regional system of government started to build in the 1960s. In 1969 Frontenac County Council sent a letter to local MPP, J.R. Simonett, advising him that the county rejected any suggestion that a regional government study be conducted for Frontenac County. In 1970 a second letter was sent. “Frontenac County does not wish at any time to enter into any form of discussion to consider any form of amalgamation or Regional System of Government. We have operated well and economically ... and we wish to continue with the same system,” the letter said. That seemed to hold the forces of amalgamation at bay for 30 years, but everything changed in the mid1990s. The Conservative government, under Premier Mike Harris, mandated municipal amalgamation, telling local politicians that if they did not come to an
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acceptable arrangement the province would step in. As a result of the ensuing negotiations, Frontenac County essentially ceased to exist in 1998. Of its 15 townships, two (Kingston and Pittsburgh townships) became part of the amalgamated City of Kingston. The other 13 became the four Frontenac townships (North, South, and Central Frontenac and Frontenac Islands). The townships were designed to be able to handle all the responsibilities formerly taken up by the county. In place of the county structure, the Frontenac Management Board, made up of the mayors of the four townships, was set up to oversee the Fairmount Long Term Care Home and the Howe Island ferry and act as a intermediary between the townships, the City of Kingston and the province. The city was charged with providing social services to the Frontenac townships under a local services realignment (LSR) agreement. At the same time, the Frontenac Public Library and the Kingston Public Library amalgamated to become the Kingston Frontenac Public Library. In 2004, partly because the Frontenac Management Board subsequently took on the responsibility of providing land ambulance service for the Frontenac townships as well as the City of Kingston and also embarked on a major re-development of the Fairmount Home, the Frontenac Management Board members decided to re-establish Frontenac County. In 2010 Frontenac County Council was expanded to eight members (two representatives – the mayor and a council appointee - from each of the four townships) Frontenac County provides a number of unique services for County residents, including economic development, communications and regional planning services (and all planning services for three of the four Frontenac Townships) The County provides funding support for Frontenac Transportation Services, Kingston Frontenac Renovates, and is in the midst of developing a new role in the delivery of social services. A years-long effort to completely transform the rail bed from the former K&P railroad into the multi-use K&P trail is set for completion in 2017.
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SOCIAL NOTES ANNIVERSARY
th Wedding Anniversary
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The family of Ross & Donna invite you to join the Celebration at the Free Methodist Friendship Hall, Verona on August 22, from 1-3 pm. Best wishes only. See you there!
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In loving memory of a dear husband and father, Danny, who passed away August 20, 2006. We cannot bring the old days back When we were all together But secret tears and loving thoughts Will live with us forever Love, Cheryl, Brandon & Travis
CELEBRATION OF LIFE Celebration of Life:
Dale (Rosie) Ritchie
· On Sat. Aug 22, the Arden Legion will be hosting a Chicken BBQ from 5 - 8 pm. Adults are $10 pp; 5 – 8 years are $5 pp. For more information please call the branch at 335-2737. · Again, at the Arden Legion, Mon. Aug. 24 at 1pm, there will be a Jamberry Nails fundraising event, hosted by Laura Smith. Everyone is welcome, men and women. If you would like to check Jamberry out, visit www. laurasmith201.jamberrynails.net. There are some pretty neat products available. · On Sat. August 29 the Arden United Church is hosting their Annual Auction. Brekki of Peameal & egg on a bun will be available from 8 am so everyone can get their strength up for the auction, which will begin at 10 am. Please get in touch with one of the stewards to donate something. I’m told that there is a speed boat up for auction this year. · The Sharbot Lake and District Lions are holding their bottle drive Sat. & Sun. Aug. 29 & 30 at the Beer Store on Hwy. 7 to collect your empties. The money from your donation will help support community events. · A reminder from the Rec. committee, that all events are still available throughout the summer months: line dancing Monday morning; Tai Chi Wednesday morning; Euchre Tuesday evening and Kids Klub Thursday, all held at the community center, and if you have any questions please give me a call.
MISSISSIPPI 50th Wedding Anniversary Please join us for the celebration in honor of Glen & Betty Matson Saturday, August 22, 1:00-4:00pm Arden Community Centre Hosted with love by their family.
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Thank You ~ St. Kilian’s On behalf of the Altar Society of St. Kilian’s Church, Ardoch, we wish to say thank you to all our volunteers who helped prepare on Friday and a big THANK YOU to all who helped to serve on Saturday at our annual Turkey/ Ham Supper. All the help was greatly appreciated, whether you worked in the kitchen, outdoors or served on the floor, and/or sold raffle tickets. We also appreciated all who came out to enjoy the meal. Thank you to all who donated and participated in the Silent Auction. The raffle prizes were won as follows: lst: A Garden Bench - won by Wendy Hermer of Ardoch; 2nd: Double Bed Quilt - won by Mrs. Rebmann of Gowanda, N.Y.; 3rd: Cuddle Quilt by Cheryl Volk won by Alyssa Jackson of Mountain Grove; 4th: $100 won by Marlene Manion of Napanee, Ont. Thank you to everyone who donated raffle prizes, or helped in any small way to help make it another very successful fund raiser for St. Kilian’s Church. FUNERAL SERVICES
Please come and join us as we celebrate the life of Dale Ritchie with country music, fiddlers, foods, friends and family on Saturday August 29, 2015, at the family farm. 544 Narrows Locks Road (County rd 14), Portland. The celebration will start at noon and take place all day and go into the evening. This day will give us time to reflect on how Dale touched our lives. There will be a stage and anyone who wished to play in his memory is welcome! Bring your camper or tent to stay the night! We hope to hear many memories of Dale and that everyone that knew him could make it! For those who wish to play or participate with music contact Norine (613) 4498830 or Mary Jane (613) 272-2064.
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Thank You ~ Harper I would like to express my sincere thank you to my family, Cindy & Dwayne, Lynne & Lyle, Deb & Joe, for planning my 80th birthday celebration. Thanks for all the gifts, cards, calls and birthday wishes. God bless, Joyce Harper
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a great evening, thanks Ompah. • A great coffee break Friday morning with hosts Sheila and John Kittle. Lots of goodies and coffee, nice to see Jeannie and Jimmie Millar out having coffee. • On Sat. Aug. 29 at Snow Road Community Centre, a chicken BBQ will be held from 5pm ‘til 7pm, put on by F.L.A.G.S. in support of the firemen, adults $12. Don’t forget to bring the pies, girls (Molly).
SYDENHAM Anita Alton 613-561-1094 rideauraingutter@yahoo.com • It has been sad to hear of the various acts of vandalism that have been going on in the village lately. In my experience kids that lash out committing senseless acts - are often looking for direction. These kids are often "leader" types and just need a cause. If you have any insight as to who is committing these acts - please let the authorities know. • There is a Benefit Concert in support of the Craig Johnson family at the Perth Road Sunday School Hall on Saturday 22 Aug, 7-9 pm. Music is provided by "Mill Creek", Light Lunch, Free Will offering. • Also in Perth Rd there will be a One Day Flea Market on Saturday Sept 5 from 8 am 2pm. If you have any gently used items you would like to donate please call 353-1690. • And don't forget the huge event happening in Harrowsmith August 28-30 - a celebration of Frontenac County 150th Anniversary. Something for everyone - young and old.
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Re: North Frontenac Municipal Office Building Options TAKE NOTICE THAT Council will be holding a Special Council Meeting on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., at the Clar-Mill Fire Hall, 6648 Road 506, Plevna, Ontario; PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Council has three options it is considering for the Municipal Office Building in Plevna. The intent of this meeting is to discuss these options with the Public and provide an opportunity for the Public to provide comments. Council will also be hosting a tour of the current Municipal Office at the end of this meeting. Dated this 12th day of August, 2015. Jenny Duhamel Clerk/Planning Manager Township of North Frontenac 613-479-2231 Ext. 225 clerkplanning@northfrontenac.ca
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COTTAGE CLEANERS: energetic & responsible persons needed for cottage cleaning, $15 hr. We will provide all the training and supplies. Mostly all Saturdays in July and August plus days during the weeks for spring and fall. To schedule interview please call: 613.335.5333
Arena Attendant (Two positions available)
HUNTING & FISHING FIREARMS & HUNTER ED COURSES. Tamworth, Firearms course: Sept. 11/12; Hunter Ed: Sept. 18/19. Wild Turkey license examinations. 613-335-2786; email billsee@ bell.net
MUSIC LESSONS TOM’S MUSIC STUDIO is now accepting students for drums, guitar, bass guitar, piano, beginner banjo and theory; repairs to all stringed instruments. Tom 613-539-4659
SERVICES ANYTHING METAL: fridges, stoves, washers, dryers, free pickup, call 613-375-6377, leave message DRYWALL AND PLASTER REPAIRS. Professionally trained. Drywall installation, old fashioned quality, three coat hand finishing. Free estimates. Call Rick at 613-375-8201. KEVIN’S HANDYMAN SERVICE. Lawn maintenance, Garbage clean up & Disposal, Minor Building Repairs. Call: 613-279-1901; cell: 613-328-1187 PET SITTING SERVICES AVAILABLE. All you need to know at www.petsittinginmountaingrove. com Phone Laura Mills at 613-335-3658 or Text 613-583-3658 ROB’S WINDOW CLEANING. We clean the windowpanes, screens, tracks and casings of your windows. Call today for a quote. 613-2439661 SYLVIA’S FOOT CARE. Providing Nursing foot care in the privacy of your own home. Registered with Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs to provide foot care to veterans who qualify. For further information call Sylvia at 613-335-2940.
TOWING B’S RADICAL RIDES Towing & Recovery. James Mills owner/operator. 613-335-5050
This is a part time seasonal weekend position commencing early September 2015 and concluding at the end of March 2016. Approximately 500 total hours for the season. Hours of Position: Saturday & Sundays. 7am-3pm and 3-11pm alternating shifts with an average of 16 hours per week + additional hours for training/ orientation and special events Rate of Pay: $16.65/hr + 4% in lieu of vacation. Application Closing: August 31, 2015 A detailed job description is available upon request. Please contact Tim Laprade, Arena Manager to discuss interest in this position. 613-374-2177 Frontenac.arena@bellnet.ca
Mortgage Brokerage Licence #10119 Mortgage Administrator Licence #11209
Our team is expanding! We are seeking an individual that is computer literate, has good written and verbal communication skills, an ability to prioritize tasks, works well under deadlines, and has an excellent attention to detail. Pillar Financial Services Inc. has an immediate opening for a Fulfillment Clerk for our busy mortgage operations department, located in Sharbot Lake, Ontario. The successful applicant will be responsible for maintaining client files, collection and verification of documents related to mortgage approvals, working with outside law firms to fund mortgages, as well as updating and maintaining reports as some of their key duties. The successful applicant should have a post-secondary school education with 1 to 2 years of work experience in an office setting; possess a personality and values that align with a company culture that values professionalism, trust, loyalty, high ethical standards, adaptability to change and growth, and co-operative teamwork. Our team works to be the best at what we do and achieve sustainable but challenging goals and growth targets while maintaining a work\life balance in a small town cottage country setting. If this sounds like you and you would like to work with a team of mortgage professionals where there are exciting career opportunities, please submit your resume to resumes@pillarfinancial.ca or go to our website at www.PillarFinancial.ca We wish to thank all who apply; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Posting Closes: August 28, 2015
FORM 6 Municipal Act, 2001
SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDER THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF CENTRAL FRONTENAC TAKE NOTICE that tenders are invited for the purchase of the lands described below and will be received until 3:00 p.m. local time on the 27th day of August, 2015. The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day at 3:30 p.m. local time at the Municipal Office, 1084 Elizabeth Street, Sharbot Lake, Ontario. Description of Lands: Roll No.10.39.030.010.43915; Part Lot 15, Concession 9, Kennebec, Part 15, Plan 13R157, Central Frontenac PIN 36167-0078(LT); (File No. 12986-204) MINIMUM TENDER - $2,710.90 Roll No. 10.39.010.030.03965 - Part of Lot 17, Concession 3, Kennebec, being Parts 4, 5 and 6, 13R7158, s/t and t/w FR628713, s/t execution 99-0000673, if enforceable; Central Frontenac PIN 36171-0084; (File No. 12986-236) MINIMUM TENDER - $30,522.44
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Roll No. 10.39.010.030.03960 - Part of Lot 17, Concession 3, Kennebec, being Parts 1, 2 and 3, 13R7158, s/t and t/w FR628714, s/t execution 99-0000673, if enforceable; Central Frontenac PIN 36171-0085; (File No. 12986-237) MINIMUM TENDER - $32,269.63
28-FOOT TRAILER WITH SLIDE-OUT, must be moveable. Phone number 613-372-2981. STANDING TIMBER, firewood, pine, cedar, bush lots. Free quotes, cash paid. Call 613279-2154.
Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a deposit in the form of a money order or a bank draft or cheque certified by a bank or trust corporation payable to the municipality and representing at least 20 per cent of the tender amount.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The municipality makes no representation regarding the title to or any other matters relating to the lands to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchasers.
All persons having claims against the Estate of ASTRID THONIGS, late of the Township of South Frontenac, in the County of Frontenac, who died on or about the 2nd day of September, 2014, are required to file proof of same with the undersigned on or before the 12th day of September, 2015, after which the Estatewill be distributed having regard only to the claims of which the undersigned shall then have notice. DATED at Kingston, Ontario this 10th day of August, 2015. THOMSON & GOWSELL, LLP Barristers & Solicitors 863 Princess Street Suite 401 Kingston, ON K7L 5N4 Solicitors for the Estate Trustee
The land does not include the mobile homes situate on the land, if applicable. This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001, Chapter 25 and the Municipal Tax Sales Rules made under that Act. The successful purchaser will be required to pay the amount tendered plus accumulated taxes, the relevant land transfer tax and Harmonized Sales Tax, if applicable. The municipality has no obligation to provide vacant possession to the successful purchasers. For further information regarding this sale and a copy of the prescribed form of tender please visit ontariotaxsales.ca or contact: J. Michael McGovern, Treasurer The Corporation of the Township of Central Frontenac 1084 Elizabeth Street P.O. Box 89 Sharbot Lake, Ontario K0H 2P0
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Thursday August 20 NORTHERN FRONTENAC COMMUNITY SERVICES SUMMER BBQ, free; Oso Beach, Sharbot Lake 5-7pm; air castles, wagon rides, music, fun for whole family, all welcome; info: 279-2244 or 279-3151
Friday August 21 HARLOWE - OLD TYME FIDDLERS, 7:30pm, community hall, $6 non-members, $5 members, entertainers $2, lunch, prizes. All welcome 613-336-2557 PLEVNA – BINGO FUNDRAISER for ClarMill volunteer firefighters, 7-9pm, cash prizes, Clar-Mill hall PLEVNA STAR PARTY: LUNAR X VISIBLE. North Frontenac Star Gazing Pad; (rain date August 22); visit www.northfrontenac.com in case of cancellation or update; events start at dark; 5816 Road 506. SHARBOT LAKE LEGION, BBQ Chicken supper, 5:30pm; $10. SYDENHAM - CAMPFIRE CREW CHILDREN’S CONCERT at the Library, 10:30am, free admission
Weekend events – Aug 21-23 PARHAM FAIR. Fri – Sun. August 21, 22 & 23. Music, Midway, Horse Pull, Cattle Show, Lawnmower Races, Displays, Oxen Rides, Wagon Rides, Critter Corral, Miniature Horse Show, Country Fair Games; Demolition Derby. Fun for the whole family; $5 /day Fri & Sat; under 12 yrs free; $10 Sunday for Demolition Derby; info: www.parhamfair.ca. SHARBOT LAKE – BENEFIT GARAGE SALE, all proceeds to NF Food Bank; Sat. & Sun. Aug 22 & 23; 9am, 14564 Hwy 38, opposite Dollar Store
TackleShare Program, 1-4pm; Amphitheatre & Bon Echo Creek. Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters teaches kids fishing, identification, water safety, etc.; fishing gear provided; park admission applies. www. BonEchoFriends.ca ENTERPRISE - FUN-FAIR & FUNDRAISER at Stone Mills Pentecostal Church, 10am-3pm; BBQ, all welcome. FARMERS’ MARKETS – Local farmers’ markets held every Saturday, 9am-1pm at: McDonalds Corners MERA schoolhouse; Sharbot Lake Oso beach; in Verona at Prince Charles Public School. All markets feature local fresh produce, crafts, baked goods & much more. HARLOWE - OPEN MIKE & MUSIC JAM, 2-8pm, community centre, no admission fee, potluck supper, all welcome 613-336-2557 PERTH ROAD - BENEFIT CONCERT in support of the Craig Johnson family, Sunday School Hall, 7-9pm; music by “Mill Creek”, light lunch, free will offering. PLEVNA - NORTH FRONTENAC SPECIAL EVENTS DAY, Clar-Mill community hall, 10am North Frontenac War Memorial Grand Opening; Memorial Dedication to the late mayor, Bud Clayton; Official opening of new playground, walking track and pavilion at Clar-Mill Hall – balloons, face painting & more; Essential Services Fair 11am-3pm, displays, public education, free popcorn; BBQ hot dogs, hamburgers for sale. SHARBOT LAKE – RAILWAY CABOOSE OPEN, Saturdays in July & August; 11am3pm, Railway Heritage Park, Elizabeth St. Free, all welcome
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Saturday August 22
BEDFORD OPEN MIC & JAM, 1-5pm, 1381 Westport Rd, audience $2; entertainers free; refreshments avail; info: Judy 374-2317, Wilhelmine 374-2614 MABERLY - FRAMEWORK - WORDS ON THE LAND at Fieldwork, 2501 Old Brooke Rd., 3pm; readings by 10 writers inspired by a weekend on the land; tickets $20 at writersfestival.org/events/spring-2015/frameworkwords-on-the-land
ARDEN LEGION – CHICKEN BBQ, 5-8pm, $10; under 10 yrs. $5; info: 613-335-2737 BON ECHO PROVINCIAL PARK - OFAH
SHARBOT LAKE – FOOT CARE CLINIC, seniors’ centre, appointment: 613-279-3151.
Monday August 24
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Tuesday August 25 LAND O’LAKES QUILTERS meet 9am, Pineview Free Methodist Church, Cloyne (lower level). new quilters welcome; lolquilt@gmail. com
Wednesday, August 26 SHARBOT LAKE – COMMUNITY LIVING NORTH FRONTENAC Annual General Meeting, Maples Restaurant; Continental Breakfast 8:30 am; meeting 9am; all welcome.
Thursday August 27 CLOYNE: SENIORS’ CO-ED SOFTBALL, Thursdays 9am, ball field, all skills welcome. Don 336-2452; Lauder 336-2998 PLEVNA – BREAKFAST BUFFET, 7-10am, $8, 5-12yrs $4; under 5 free, Clar-Mill Hall, info: Ed 479-9909; sponsor: Clar-Mill Community Volunteers
Friday, August 28 NORTHBROOK - EUCHRE TOURNAMENT for Golden Sunset Seniors, 7pm, Lions Hall.
Weekend events, Aug. 28-30 FRONTENAC COUNTY 150TH CELEBRATION, Friday – Sunday August 28, 29, 30 Harrowsmith Centennial Park, see centrespread for schedule SHARBOT LAKE - LIONS BOTTLE DRIVE Sat & Sun. August 29 & 30 at the Beer Store. www.sharbotlions.com SILVER LAKE POW WOW. Silver Lake Provincial Park. Sat & Sun. Aug 29 & 30, Gates open 10am, grand entry at noon; admission $4. Info/contact: Trudy, 613-375-6356.
Saturday August 29 ARDEN UNITED CHURCH AUCTION, peameal bacon & egg on a bun breakfast 8am; auction 10am, community hall, CROW LAKE SCHOOL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AGM at Crow Lake School House, 4pm; info: Donna 279-2936 DENBIGH-GRIFFITH LIONS SHOW & SHINE Classic Car Show, 10am-3pm, Lions Hall, Griffith, music, BBQ, draws, Lions market, book sale; admission by donation. Rain date Aug. 30; vendors, exhibitors welcome (bring tables); Jan 613-333-1748 ELBOW LAKE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTRE Invasive Species Community Seminar, 9am-3:30pm; free, registration by August 21 recommended: carolyn.bonta@ queensu.ca; 613-353-7968. ENTERPRISE - BREAKFAST at Stone Mills Pentecostal Church, $5, 9am, all welcome 613-358-2637
They are $33 when purchased at the fair, so it pays to be early. The Parham Fair is a great place to take a family, and show off your musical talents, crops, art and animals! If you wish to enter your pet into the pet show, registration starts at 5pm Friday night before the opening ceremonies. Bands set to play Friday night are Gilbert Riddell’s old time country band, Old Habits, at 7pm and rock band, HD Supply, at 8:30pm. Saturday bands are local country/rock stars One Busted Ego and country music aficionado Shawn McCullough. There are contests tfor every age and hobby, including but not limited to: crafts, art, knitting, singing, quilting and children’s writing. For gardeners bring your veg-
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MABERLY FAIR, 133rd annual fair, theme: Sheep & Goats: parade 10:30am, horse pull, music, zucchini races, children’s games, petting farm, exhibits, demonstrations & more; $5; youth $3; 6 & under free; info Rosetta McInnes, 613-268-2548 SHARBOT LAKE LEGION - BOCCE BALL, registration 11:30am; $10 with cash payout; food available. SHARBOT LAKE – CADRE DRUMMERS (award-winning Canadian Associates Drumming Rudimental Excellence); FREE; 3-5pm, Sharbot Lake Country Inn, all ages welcome SNOW ROAD - CHICKEN BBQ by FLAGS (to benefit firefighters), 5-7pm, community center, $12 Adult
Sunday August 30 HARROWSMITH - CELEBRATION OF FRONTENAC COUNTY 150TH Vesper Service of praise & thanksgiving, St. Paul’s United Church (originally the Canadian Methodist Church), 7pm service will be reminiscent of the era of 1865; all welcome. MABERLY - LAIDLEY’S UNITED CHURCH CEMETERY memorial service (rain or shine) 2pm; all welcome. Old hymns sung, chairs provided- info Jim Buchanan 613-268-2854 NORTHBROOK – PINE MEADOW NURSING HOME, 10am, Memorial Service & Dedication of altar built by Bill Tibble. All welcome, please call Rev. Shirley Shouldice to have someone remembered, 613-848-8684
Tuesday September 1 NORTH FRONTENAC GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP CLUB meets at the Plevna Clar-Mill Hall 1:30pm; all welcome SHARBOT LAKE - ALZHEIMER SOCIETY SUPPORT GROUP, 1-2:30pm, United Church hall, 613-544-3078 SNOW ROAD – KEENAGERS, 1-3pm, community centre, music, inspirational message, all are welcome
Wednesday September 2 SNOW ROAD – FOOT CARE CLINIC, community centre, appointment: 613-279-3151.
Thursday Sept 3 CLOYNE - RETIRED TEACHERS & FRIENDS: Luncheon at Marble Lake Lodge, 11:30am. To attend phone 613-479-2837 by Sept. 1 at noon. MABERLY - DINNER & EUCHRE by St. Stephen’s Church at community hall, noon VERONA - DIABETES EDUCATION SESSIONS, Medical Clinic, 9am-noon, free, please register: Anne 613-544-3400 x 3589
etables, fruits, grains, flowers, pumpkins and herbs to see if you can win bragging rights. Do you cook? There are contests available for Honey, Maple Syrup, Jams, Jellies, Bottled Goods and Baking so come out and show them what you’ve got. The weekend promises to be sunny and warm. Bring your lawn chairs for the shows, park your cars for free at the liberty of Darryl & Gail Fox and Randy McCullough, and get ready for local charm and great entertainment. The Parham Fair has been celebrating local talent and farmers for 123 years, so come and show your support! For more information visit www.parhamfair.ca
NFLT presents The Miracle Worker
The Constantines at Wolfe Island Music Festival This is our kingdom. Saturday night. A time machine on Wolfe Island. Back to feeling 16 years old again. Pumping fists in the still night air. Roaring like young lions on the brink with hundreds of the other “new” teenagers caught in the wave. Voices echoing out over the baseball field. Hands up to the sky. Sun falling into the trees. Hard feelings. Soaked in the bright
lights. Nostalgia anthems. Hats tipped towards youth. Paeans to the carefree. The last day of every summer. The party ferry home to the mainland. Time can be overcome. (Ontario's revered The Constantines headlined the main stage of the Wolfe Island Music Festival on August 8 to a packed audience and a smitten Frontenac News journalist -Jonas Bonnetta)
by Carol Belanger “The Miracle Worker” is an ‘interesting, absorbing and moving’ play, says the NY Post. It is also an intense and emotional drama about family dynamics and the unique challenges associated with raising a sensory-deprived child. In this case, the child became the famous Helen Keller, who eventually graduated, tirelessly and successfully promoted schooling and training for the blind worldwide, and befriended many persons of influence along the way. However, in her early life it was far from easy to imagine these results, when as a child, she lacked discipline, understanding, and three main senses - seeing, hearing and speaking. Enter Annie Sullivan, a seeing-impaired person herself who underwent multiple eye operations, not before, however, she lived a
destitute life with her critically ill brother in a state institution for the poor. Her fear-based yet tough-as-nails approach earns her a hard-won place among the proprietary family of Helen at their Southern home in Alabama. With widely differing opinions on the raising of Helen, family dissension is strong, and many strong exchanges take place as a result. It is a fantastically crafted play of a segment of these real lives, set in the 1880s, just after the American Civil War whose own theme juxtaposes nicely with the tumultuous family dynamics. The timelessness of family values and the needs for change, growth and expression can be related to by all. The North Frontenac Little Theatre's production of The Miracle Worker will be performed the last two weekends of November. For more information visit www.nflt.ca
august 20, 2015
THE FRONTENAC NEWS
In search of ... the K&P rail and trail a great commercial but also a manufacturing centre.” Then first step was to secure the support of the community of Pembroke for the K&P over a line that was coming that way from Brockville, which was accomplished, and the second The first K&P locomotive, at Kingston Locomotive works in 1901 was to convince the communities t's a curious title for a book, “In search of along the line that a train would be of benthe K&P”, as if the one time 112 mile rail efit. Public meetings were held in many of line from Kingston to Renfrew (it never made the communities along the Frontenac route, it to Pembroke as originally intended) was including: Harrowsmith, Hartington, Verona, Godfrey, Parham and Sharbot Lake. Busisome kind of mythic entity. The title is explained in the preface to the ness leaders from each town talked about book, which was published in 1981. The writ- the potential benefits for trade and the comer, D.W. McCuaig, recalls that when he first munities; all supported the K&P. Frontenac moved to the Ottawa Valley in the 1950s he County even put $150,000 towards the line. However, there were a number of setbacks was taken for a drive on a back road in Lanark County and came upon a train pushing as the line was being built, mostly because of finances and geography. though the bush. The first contractor that was hired was GB Phelps and Co. who were also investors in the company. Work proceeded slowly, and a worldwide economic depression that started in 1873 did not help matters at all. Phelps “I vowed I would travel on that train,” he recalls, but never got the chance because defaulted and disappeared and four years the line closed down shortly thereafter. The after that rosy editorial, there were tracks in book was written as an attempt to recapture place but no train had ridden them. In 1875, GW Flower from New York enthe reality of a train that had attained a kind tered the picture, and by June of that year of ghostly status for him. In the almost 25 years since “In Search if the first train had travelled from Kingston the K&P” was written, those who remember to the Glendower mine near Godfrey. By the line, which has now been gone for over the following spring, the line had reached 50 years and was in its heyday long decades Sharbot Lake, and by 1878 it had made it to before that, are also becoming a vanishing the Mississippi River. A series of setbacks, including labour disbreed. Building a rail line to link Kingston to Pem- putes, vandalism, accidents causing seribroke was just an idea in the minds of some ous injuries and death to workers, steel rails businessmen in Kingston in the late 1860s. sinking in the St. Lawrence, and other probIt was only mentioned publicly in newspaper lems caused problems for the construction accounts in 1870 and by April of 1871 it was of the line as it progressed through more and chartered. Unfortunately the enthusiasm more difficult terrain towards Calabogie and over the line did not translate into instant beyond. Somehow, however, by 1884, the K&P success when it came to building it. It took had reached Renfrew, which was destined 12 years to complete 112 miles to Renfrew. But in the beginning there was wild enthu- to be its farthest reach. Over the next 30 years, while it was still siasm in the business press of the day over a rail line that would be able to deliver goods an independent railroad, the K&P fulfilled, in from Kingston to far-flung markets, and bring some measure its promise as an economic driver for the communities along its route, ore and lumber to Kingston for processing. An editorial in the Kingston Daily News, bringing goods and services from the south published on January 7, 1871, saw opportu- and delivering iron and other minerals as nity: “The prospect of a railway to Pembroke well as lumber to Kingston and beyond. And in 1891, on June 11, the K&P delivis so promising to the interests of Kingston that it deserves to be well agitated and con- ered its most famous cargo, the remains of sidered ... If we can by means of railways Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. communicating with the interior, feed the Macdonald, from Sharbot Lake Junction to commerce of the harbour, Kingston would his home in Kingston. Macdonald had been grow and prosper, and might not only become involved in the building of the K&P, in a discreet way, and his law partner in Kingston,
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Motorized vehicles prohibited on Cataraqui Trail
All users of the Cataraqui Trail are reminded that motorized vehicles are not allowed on the trail. “Recently we have encountered a young person regularly driving a dirt bike on the trail in the Sydenham area,” said Robert Gerritsen, Conservation Lands Coordinator. “There have been numerous reports of this person driving very fast on the trail. Operating a motorized vehicle on the trail puts other users at risk as well as the driver himself.” The person is described as 16 to 17 years old, male, wears a helmet and motorcross type boots and jacket. The bike is a Honda with red fenders and the number “88” on the sides. Anyone having information on this driver is asked to contact the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority or the OPP.
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by Jeff Green
Sir Alexander Campbell, was very public in his promotion of the line in the early 1870s. “In Search of the K&P” describes that ride in the following manner: “The train travelled very slowly, as it passed through Parham, Verona, and all the rest of the locations
along the K&P. Farmers working in the fields stood 'at in hands with bowed heads' as the train passed them, and the Kingston Whig of the day tells us that 'crowds at all the stations begged vainly for flowers from the funeral car as a memento. They had to rest content with breaking off scraps of similax from the outside of the car.'” (In part 2 we will look at the CPR years)
TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH FRONTENAC NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSING Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the Township of South Frontenac proposes to pass a by-law to stop up, close and sell part of two Township-owned road allowances between Lots 30 and 31, between Concessions IX and X, District of Bedford. Reason: The owner of property abutting the road allowances on the west and north sides wishes to close the road allowances to add to his land. The proposed road closing will come before Council for consideration at the regular meeting to be held in the Council Chambers, 4432 George St, Sydenham, on September 15, 2015, at 7:00 PM. For more information contact Lindsay Mills, Planner, Ext 2221
PUBLIC WORKS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE The Public Works and Fire Departments will be hosting an “Open House” on September 12, 2015 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Public Works site at 2490 Keeley Rd. Public Works employees will be hosting a BBQ with the proceeds going to the United Way. Donated non-perishable food items will be accepted for Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation. The Household Hazardous Waste Facility will be open to receive household hazardous waste and electronics. The Keeley Road garage will be open for the public to tour and to view township equipment. Children will have the opportunity to sit on the equipment.
2016 BUDGET INPUT Council invites residents to provide input into setting Priorities for the 2016 Budget. Those interested in presenting to Council on Tuesday, September 8 are encouraged to contact the Clerk’s office at Extension 2222 to be placed on the Agenda. Alternatively written submissions may be forwarded to the Clerk’s office via admin@southfrontenac.net. Requests to present to Council and/or written submissions must be received by noon on Thursday, September 3.
CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE OF STUDY- HARROWSMITH The Township through their consultant, AECOM, is undertaking a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment study to examine the opportunity to improve traffic operations at the intersection of Road 38 and Wilton Rd, Colebrook Rd and Ottawa St and the intersection of Harrowsmith Rd and Road 38. For more details on this study see the township website under “News and Public Notices”
NEW OFF ROAD VEHICLE BY-LAW Council has passed By-law 2015-40, to regulate the operation of off road vehicles. The new by-law reflects the changes made by the Province which expands the type of off road vehicles and all- terrain vehicles allowed on provincial highways and municipal roads. To view the by-law see the township website at Townhall/By-laws.
NEW NOISE BY-LAW Council has passed By-law 2015-41, to regulate noise within the township. The new bylaw includes the discharge of fireworks within the township. To view the by-law see the township website at Townhall/By-laws.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED COUNTY OF FRONTENAC’S 150TH ANNIVERSARY Volunteers are needed for the County of Frontenac’s 150th Anniversary celebration to be held August 29 to 30 at Centennial Park, Harrowsmith. Volunteer positions include parking attendants, canteen, program distribution. Call 613-372-1910.
THE POINT FOOTBALL FIELD
CROW LAKE ROAD CLOSURE
The Point Football Field has been taken out of service for Drainage Improvements and Field Rehabilitation. The field will be out of service until September 2016.
Crow Lake Road will be closed August 24th, 2015 from 7am to 5pm at the rail crossing for repairs.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT NOTICE
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN A Community Improvement Plan (CIP) Open House will be hosted at the Soldiers Memorial Hall, 1107 Garrett St. Sharbot Lake on September 1st, 2015, at 4:30-6 PM, with a presentation at 5PM. The purpose of the meeting will to be review the potential of expanding the CIP to other areas in the Township, and to update the terms of the incentive programs in the plan.
Please be advised that anyone wishing to meet with the Township Planner should make an appointment beforehand. By making an appointment, the Planning Department can be prepared for the meeting and have an adequate response ready for the meeting – this will streamline the process for moving any development approvals forward. Appointments can be made with either Lindsay Mills (the Planner) at Ext 2221 or Jenny Kapusta (Planning Assistant) at Ext 2224
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DEPOT
COUNCIL MEETINGS
The Depot is open every Thursday from 3 – 8 pm. See our website under ‘Living Here/ Solid Waste/Recycling’ for a listing of what is accepted or call 613-376-3900 Ext 4330.
Regular Council Meeting September 8, 2015 at 4p.m. at the Soldiers Memorial Hall, 1107 Garrett St. Sharbot Lake, ON.
COUNCIL MEETINGS
Regular Council Meeting September 22, 2015 at 4p.m. at the Piccadilly Community Hall, 1025 Oak Flats Road, Godfrey, ON. 1084 Elizabeth Street, PO Box 89, Sharbot Lake ON K0H 2P0 613-279-2935 www.centralfrontenac.com
The next regular Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 7:00 pm. The next Committee of the Whole meeting will be held Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 7:00 pm 4432 George Street, Box 100, Sydenham ON K0H 2T0 1-800-559-5862
Website: www.southfrontenac.net
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Agnes Thomas continued from Page 1 the Lavant schoolhouse. There was a man who had a bear that did tricks and people had gathered to see his show. Archie was the youngest of a family with 10 children in Ompah. In 1933, when Agnes was 19, the couple married. They both started working on a farm near Agnes’ family farm that was owned by the Ferguson family. Two years later the elder Ferguson died of a heart attack while checking on his cattle, and in 1938 the Fergusons offered to sell the farm to Charlie and Agnes Thomas.
101-year-old Agnes Thomas, at home
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13586 Hwy. #41 Between Northbrook & Cloyne To this day Agnes lives on that farm, in the farmhouse, built in 1840, which she has now looked after for 77 years. In 1938, when they bought the farm, eggs sold for 11 cents a dozen; butter for 15 cents a pound; and syrup went for $2.90 a gallon. While she does not remember World War One, the Second World War had an impact on Agnes’ life, and that of the local community. Dozens of local men went to war; a number
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came back injured and several died overseas. The biggest improvement on the farm took place in May of 1949, when it was hooked up with electricity. “We had all the wiring done for lights in advance, so we were ready for it. The first thing we bought was a washing machine. One of the cottagers sold fridges and he had a second-hand one that he sold to us. I was in hillbilly heaven when we got that washer. Then, when we could afford it, we added a refrigerator. Before that we had an ice box, and had to go to Sunday Lake in the winter to cut blocks of ice, haul it home, and store it in sawdust for the summer. The refrigerator was a big, big improvement.” Archie died a number of years ago, and the children are living away from the farm, although one of Agnes and Charlies’ daughters, Shirley Whan, lives in Sharbot Lake. But Agnes has never seriously considered leaving the farm. “I wouldn’t have lived here for so long if I didn’t like it here,” she said. “I’ve had a good life in this house.” She has slowed down, of course. In place of the large garden she used to keep she now has a “box garden with cucumbers, beets, tomatoes and carrots” and the house is still surrounded by flowers, including her favourite double impatiens and begonias. She walks with the help of a cane and uses a speaker to help her hear better, but with the help of relatives and friends, and six hours a week of housekeeping help, Agnes says “I thought about leaving but I decided to stay here for another year.” She said that one of the secrets to her long, relatively healthy life, has been the fact that she never drove a car. “I saved all that stress, and here I am,” she said.
OPP reports
Verona drug bust
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n August 5 members of the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) and Emergency Response Team executed a Controlled Drug and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant at a residence in the Verona area of South Frontenac Township. Officers seized methamphetamine and drug trafficking materials. Sandra Snyder, 48 and 27-year-old Tyler Bulach have been charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking of a Schedule One substance and will appear in Ontario Court of Justice, Kingston in October 2015.
Vandals in Sydenham
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ometime during the night hours of August 10 to 11 unknown persons caused damage to several properties in the town of Sydenham, South Frontenac Township. Culprit(s) climbed to the roof of the Loughborough Public School and ripped the skylight and vent off. The skylight was tossed onto the ground on the east side of the building and the vent was left on the roof. A light was also broken near the back of the school. The temporary fencing erected around the football field near The Point in Sydenham was pulled down and damaged caused to some of the fence and stands. There was a side mirror broken on a Kubota tractor that was parked inside the fencing. A cement parking block was placed on the hood of a silver Honda Accord causing damage to the hood. The windshield wiper blades were both bent and side view mirror removed. Flowers were also removed from a planter box and soil left along the sidewalk. Residents were canvassed and some loud noise was heard shortly after dark and again at approximately 4am. A small vehicle was observed leaving The Point shortly before midnight.