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Owners saddened by loss of house in Flinton to fire Concerned over the well-being of tenants as well by Jeff Green

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wo families of five lost all their belongings and were left with nowhere to live when a grease fire got out of hand and quickly swept through a 150-year-old home in Flinton on December 21.

A quickly organized community effort ensured that the families had places to stay, clothes to wear, and presents under a Christmas tree just three days after the fire levelled the home.

Since then one of the families is living in Napanee and the other is in Northbrook. They have already received clothing and many other necessities but there may be a need for furniture in the future.

Janis Douglas, who lives across the road from the house, and whose son Brady went into the burning house to save one of the cats, is helping to collect donations for the families at her home at 3651 Flinton Road. Pastor Thomas Eng of Pineview Free Methodist in Cloyne is also taking donations for the families.

The building’s owners, George and Carolyn Powles, live on a farm just outside of Flinton.

“When I got the call from Janis saying the house was on fire, I thought she was joking,” said George this week of how he first heard about the fire. “She said no, it was no joke, and I jumped in the car but by the time I got there it was already pretty much gone.”

The Powles are not sure what they will do, as they are still waiting for the final insurance settlement on the building.

They are considering the option of re-building but right now they are still getting over the loss of a building that they purchased 10 years ago and lived in for five years before turning it into a rental property. They moved to an 80 acre farm with a smaller house near town.

“I loved living in that house,” said Carolyn, “it had so much

This week's snow covered up the pile of rubble that is left of a heritage home in Flinton history to it. It was one of the first houses in Flinton, as far as I know. I can’t believe it’s gone.”

The original house was about 1,200 square feet and was built around 1874. It was owned by generations of the Casey family and was still known as the Casey house. It may have been used as a bank or even a municipal building in the early years of the 20th Century, and when the Casey family owned it they sold Avon and operated a sort of coffee shop as well. In the late 1960s an addition was built, which turned it into a 2,500 sq. ft. building.

“We have done a lot of work to the building since we bought it, and quite a bit more when we decided to turn it into rental property,” said George Powles.

It took a couple of tries to find good renters for the building, and this led to it going up for sale last year. However, the two families who moved in last fall were the kinds of tenants

that George and Carolyn wanted.

“They were excellent; two young families that could take advantage of the house. It was good for them and it was good for us to have the rental property generating an income. We were about to take it off the market and looked forward to the next few years. It’s hard to believe all that history is gone,” said Carolyn.

The couple are considering rebuilding on the same site but are waiting until the insurance claim on the house is settled before making any decisions.

“Right now we are still concerned with the well being of the two families. They did not have renters’ insurance and were wiped out by this. But the community has been great and we want to make sure that the Leewens [one of the families], who really want to stay in this community, are able to find a place and get it furnished,” she said.

L&A County staff call for closure of Denbigh ambulance service “W

e always said that county staff wanted to close the Denbigh base, and now we have proof,” said Addington Highlands Reeve Henry Hogg at a meeting of AH Council on Monday night, January 11.

His comments referred to a report that he received last Thursday from Lennox and Addington County staff in preparation for a working meeting of Lennox and Addington Council this week.

Hogg, along with Deputy Reeve Helen Yanch, sit on L&A Council along with two members each from Loyalist and Stone Mills townships and the City of Napanee.

The proposal in the report to L&A Council from Chief of Emergency Services Mark Schjerning calls for the transfer of the remaining 12-hour day shift at the Denbigh base to a new 12-hour night shift at a base in Loyalist Township. It also calls for the establishment of a new service based in Centreville, in Stone Mills Township, noting that average response times in Stone Mills are higher than anywhere else in the township.

The report also notes that average response times were up by 12 seconds county-wide in 2014 as compared to 2013.

One of the arguments against the continuing existence of the Denbigh base is the calculation of the price per service call. Since staffing costs per shift are the same no matter how many times the ambulance is called out, the busiest station, in Napanee, has a cost of $743 per call, while the Denbigh base, with only 190 calls per year, has a cost of almost $4,200 per call.

To make the finances even worse, a high percentage of Denbigh calls, 44% (84) are cross-border calls, mostly to Renfrew and Frontenac County, and the compensation paid by neighbouring municipalities for cross-border calls is low, only $350 per call. Ultimately the result is that 44% of the

calls to the Denbigh Ambulance generate only 3.5% of the $800,000 cost of operating the base, of which the provincial government provides just under half of the money. L&A ratepayers pay the rest.

“The problem with the way ambulance service is delivered is that dispatch is done on a seamless basis, but there are boundaries where funding is concerned,” said Councilor Tony Fritsch, who added that he has contacted local community activists in Denbigh to let them know that the closing of the Denbigh base is back in front of L&A Council.

When the fate of the Denbigh base hung in the balance in 2012, politicians from Addington Highland were joined by their compatriots from Renfrew County in an attempt to find a regional solution, because the removal of the Denbigh service would create a geographical gap. It presently fills the gap between the Renfrew base to the north-east, the Bancroft base to the west, and the Northbrook base to the south. Nothing came of those efforts, and the base was downgraded from a 24-hour a day operation to a 12-hour a day operation at that time.

“County staff wanted to close the Denbigh base in 2012, and it was all we could do to convince them to keep the base open at all. So it does not surprise me that they are trying again, not at all. They pointed to a study by the IBI group back in 2012,and said they were only following the study’s recommendations. There has been no new study so we know that this is something that the staff want,” said Reeve Henry Hogg.

In the report, staff list four options for enhancement to ambulance service in the county. The options are listed in order of priority. Number 1 is to increase the Loyalist coverage to a 24/7 service; number 2 is to establish a 12/7 daytime service

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Central Frontenac Council has received a letter from Kingston Frontenac Library Board Chair Claudette Richardson, which sets out the way the library sees the future of the Parham branch. The letter was based on a meeting held between Mayor Frances Smith and library staff and Board members on December 11.

Not only does the letter outline who will pay for what as the branch is set up in an extra room that was built into the new Parham fire hall, it also makes it clear that the branch will only stay open if it meets “performance benchmarks” set by the library board.

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The report says, “Staff believes that these enhancements are a higher priority than maintaining coverage at the Denbigh base.”

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Editorial

Is the Denbigh ambulance service doomed?

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n 2008, politicians in Lennox and Addington (L&A) County were faced with the option of closing the Denbigh Ambulance Service and re-allocating resources to the south end of the county to satisfy an ever-increasing demand. At that time they resisted.

In 2012 the same issue was before Council and that time they cut the Denbigh service in half, opening a new base in Loyalist Township and allocating one of the Denbigh shifts to the new base.

Now, county staff recommend making Loyalist a 24-hour operation, and closing Denbigh. They also propose to start up a service in Stone Mills within a year or two. The arguments are the same now as they were in 2012.

The Denbigh ambulance was called out 190 times last year. Meanwhile there were 542 calls for service from Loyalist Township during the 12 hours a day when the Loyalist base was closed. On one level moving the shift looks like a better allocation of limited resources.

There are other factors, however. Those night calls in Loyalist were handled mostly by nearby Kingston-based paramedics from the Frontenac County service (80%) or from L&A paramedics in Napanee. The service would be quicker if they came from Loyalist, by a matter of minutes.

If there were no Denbigh service, most of those 190 Denbigh calls would be answered by paramedics stationed in Northbrook (20 minutes from Denbigh), unless they are out on standby somewhere or on a call of their own. In those cases the ambulance will need to come from Renfrew or Bancroft (40 minutes away) or the Frontenac base in Robertsville (60 minutes away).

The time factor is dramatically different Moving the shift would save five minutes or so in the response time for 542 calls to Loyalist, but could increase the response time by 30 to 75 minutes for calls in the large Denbigh catchment area.

Which is more important?

Once again, as happened in 2008 and 2011, municipal politicians are faced with these kinds of life and death decisions that should never be forced on politicians at this level.

Another factor is at play in the staff report.

Closing the Denbigh base is being proposed as the first link in a chain of changes that would result in improved service in Loyalist Township, Stone Mills, and the City of Napanee. Politicians from all three of those jurisdictions would be working against the individual interests of their own constituents if they support the Denbigh service over these enhancements.

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In order to make an impression, there needs to be community support from Denbigh for Hogg and Yanch when they make their pitch for the Denbigh service to L&A County Council.

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by Julie Druker

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n separate but related delegations to Council, Rev. Jean Brown and Brenda Martin made a request to put aside $50,000 in their 2016 budget to help cover the estimated $112,000 cost of replacing 11 windows at Pine Meadow Nursing Home (PMNH) in Northbrook.

Their request came about because Frontenac County Council turned down a request to fund the $112,00 project back in November of last year. North Frontenac Mayor Ron Higgins and Central Frontenac Councilor Tom Dewey both voted no to the request, as did the representatives from Frontenac Islands. At a later meeting of North Frontenac Council, $25,000 was allocated to help fund the project, after being proposed by Mayor Higgins. Brown and Martin are both hoping that that Central Frontenac Council will follow suit.

“North Frontenac Council has voted to fix their mistake and we are here requesting that Central Frontenac Council do the same”, Brown said, adding that “Central Frontenac has given nothing to the PMNH and it’s time that we get started here.”

Brown said that 50% of residents of the home come from North and Central Frontenac.

She further asked the council to “examine their budget with regards to nursing homes that are supported” and to publish the report in the Frontenac News. Lastly, she asked Council to encourage County Council to re-table their no vote on the issue. Prior to the meeting Brown had sent 600 letters out to local residents of Central Frontenac outlining the issue and inviting readers to write letters to CF council members asking for their support in the matter.

Brenda Martin, chair of the family council at the PMNH, then addressed Council. She said, “The decision at the county table has spurred the family council to take action as well”. Martin said the request to the county represented “a very reasonable 0.014% of their 2016 budget”.

Councilor Tom Dewey said he had not supported the project at the county level “for fear of setting a precedent”.

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After the presentations were complete, Dewey put forth a motion to support the project as a one-time expense and to consider the request at Council’s upcoming 2016 budget deliberations. Councilor Bill MacDonald agreed. Councilor Victor Heese said that senior care is the responsibility of the county and not of the lower tier councils.

“My concern is that if we support this, which is not in our mandate, we will get similar requests all of the time”, he said.

Reverend Brown replied, “We are asking for this as a way to fix a mistake made at the county level”.

Mayor Frances Smith said that although she agreed with Heese that seniors’ care is the responsibility of the county, “municipalities do have the ability to make a grant to anybody, anywhere for anything.”

Mayor Smith closed the discussion by requesting that Brown and Martin make their presentation to South Frontenac and the Islands and make a presentation as well to County Council again in the new year.

In a motion following the delegation, Council agreed to consider the $50,000 request in their 2016 budget deliberations.

Proposals for Tipping Fees on Hard Plastics

Public Works Manager John Badgely recommended that Council consider introducing tipping fees for hard plastics at the township waste sites. Hard plastics would include lawn furniture, toys, laundry baskets and more. Currently there are no tipping fees required for these items. Badgley said there has been a build up of them at local waste sites as the result of a weakened market in hard plastics because low oil prices are making these items cheaper to make new than to recycle.

“Tipping fees would allow us to look into options like grinding these items down and making more room in our landfills,” Badgley said.

Council passed a motion requesting that the waste management committee bring more information on the matter back to Council.

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That fight has been focussed on Hogg and Yanch in particular and is by no means over.

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“The fact is that many residents here, many of whom are summer residents, are using the program to clean up their homes and yards, so really what is happening is that we are taking Toronto’s garbage, Ottawa’s garbage and everyone else’s garbage in our sites.”

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The library will supply all computer equipment and related costs, and will cover the costs of Internet and phone service, library materials and staffing for six hours a week.

Richardson said that not only will the board set benchmarks that need to be met

by Parham branch users, they will also set out a timeline for those benchmarks to be met. She said they would close the branch and transfer the hours to a new branch in Mountain Grove if those benchmarks are not met. The fact that a new branch in Mountain Grove has not yet been approved in any Central Frontenac budget is also referred to in the letter.

“If the Mountain Grove branch is not built within the time frame specified, the Library Board will work with the township to determine the next steps,” Richardson wrote.

Finally, the letter gives the library board an option to remove service from Parham, perhaps even if the usage benchmarks are met.

“The continued operation of the Parham branch will depend on the availability of resources and funding within the budget targets imposed by our funders,” said Richardson

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urther to my concern (letter of December 8, 2015) with respect to the Central Frontenac purchase of Sharbot Lake and Parham schools, despite having no plan for their use. Thanks to Jeff Green’s report in the FN issue of January 7, 2016, we now learn that not only did CF acquire the two schools for $220,000, but that it will cost a further $150,000 to demolish at least one of them because it is unsafe and uneconomic to retrofit for re-sale.

One can only express profound dismay, even shock, by this seeming cavalier approach to managing CF tax dollars.

CF may have every right to acquire and dispose of properties in the pursuit of efficiencies and progress. However, in light of current information, CF appears not to have had any justification to undertake speculative investments of this magnitude. It raises questions: 1) Why did CF decide to assume the burden of ownership from the school board, whose responsibility it would have been to maintain or dispose of the properties?

2) Did CF analyze the structures and prepare a due diligence briefing for Council prior to its decision to acquire them? If not, why not?

3) Unless CF had a statutory requirement for these properties, why would they undertake such a speculative investment without a plan?

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At a meeting of Central Frontenac Council on Tuesday (January 12) Mayor Frances Smith said that the shelving that needs to be SINCE 1970 put in place will cost about $28,000 and that a drop box will cost another $3,000.

She said that the meeting that took place in December had been a good one, and that “the library board is really trying to establish a reasonable target for usage given the size of the community and other factors. We will be able to engage with them on the benchmark and our two county representatives on their board, John Purdon and Annie PeaceFast, will play a role in monitoring how the library handles the matter.”

She added that it is a “beautiful space” that has been created for the library at the back of the new Parham fire hall.

“I'm not convinced they haven't already made up their mind and are just stringing us along,” said Councilor Philip Smith.

Councilor Bill MacDonald said that in his recollection it was the Library that provided shelving when the branch in Sharbot Lake was upgraded in the 1990s.

When the Frontenac Public Library was originally established, each of the Frontenac townships committed to establishing a branch, and when four townships (Olden, Oso, Hinchinbrooke and Kennebec) amalgamated to form Central Frontenac, the new township inherited four branches.

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n reference to the most recent article in the News concerning the municipal purchase of the old Sharbot Lake Public School site. I voted for this council in the last election and with that vote I gave the mayor and her council the mandate to make good decisions on my behalf. I personally think the old school site is a very valuable piece of real estate for the long term life of this village and I cannot believe that the mayor and council in their due diligence believe differently.

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bility of the Parham branch, the reference to supporting a “new facility in Mountain Grove” is the first sign of a long-term commitment to a third branch in Central Frontenac.

Mayor Smith said that if the Parham branch is forced to close, the new shelving can be used for an upgraded Mountain Grove facility.

The commitment to a branch in every former Frontenac Township was broken by the KFPL Board when they closed the Ompah branch in the former Palmerston - Canonto township five years ago.

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Since then the Arden branch has been upgraded and is included in the long term plans of the library, while the existing Sharbot Lake branch has remained busy; but the status of the Parham and Mountain Grove branches has been precarious.

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parently someone might be interested in the use of one building, but most likely not when it becomes clear the upgrade and maintenance costs. The other building is slated for demolition, leaving five empty building lots that almost certainly would not sell for what the township invested in them.

What scares me even more is Jeff Green's suggestion that as township money was spent on this disaster, more public money should be spent to make it worse, by turning the Sharbot Lake property into another government building. By my count, so far my tax dollars have gone to building a new fire hall, new medical centre, new school, new and enlarged township office, public washroom, railway museum, major trail, farmers' market, major road improvement, all of which benefit those in and around Sharbot Lake, and me almost not at all. Enough already!

I have a better idea. Maybe township staff should sit down with somebody who can give competent advice as to how it can best cut its losses on these useless properties. And the money to build another public building maybe could be used instead to repair what's left of the Arden Road.

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• I hope everyone is careful walking and driving where there is ice caused by the flash freeze. Looks like winter is here.

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Interested folks can deposit funds into their TCO Agromart account in Selby to help feed the animals. They are also in need of hay.

• Set aside the third Fri. morning of the month (Jan. 22) for a musical time at Spill the Beans Coffee in Northbrook. Local musicians really play up a storm and it's fun to be there.

• Our own Lee White celebrated her 101st birthday with family coming home, and a big dinner. George and Marie took her to Belleville for Chinese food, complete with a cake followed by card playing around the kitchen table at home, with lots of laughs and remembering the good old days. Also it was the birthday of our departed Elvis Presley- causing many, including this old reporter to get “all shook up.”

• Eleanor Meeks, who was at one time a Frontenac News reporter for Cloyne, celebrated her birthday this past week and her spouse, Frank, celebrated on Dec. 29. We wish

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• Vietta McInnes is turning 95!! Vie was our long time Plevna columnist for many years, in a time before the convenience of e-mail. I remember when I first took over the Plevna Column from Vie in 2004, she would share stories with me about mailing in her column to the paper. Such a delightful lady!!

Please see the social page for details of a birthday celebration for Vie. • Jack’s Jam is happening again at the Plevna Hall on Sat. January 16 from 1pm - 5:30pm, when the potluck supper begins. All musicians and performers are welcome to participate. For information please call Ed, 479-9909 • If you've been noticing some commotion at Clarendon Central School lately, it’s because they are having new windows installed.

• I noticed on the envelope of my last hydro bill, that there is help for low-income households. You may be interested in checking out the website: OntarioElectricitySupport.ca

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• Please attend this important meeting of the Verona Cattail Committee on Tuesday January 19. This meeting will discuss the future of festivals in Verona for the coming years.

The Cattail Festival has been successfully running for the past 20 years. Several committee members have indicated a change is needed and creative new ideas would be welcomed. The committee is seeking additional community volunteers to manage and operate the festival to ensure its survival. Your presence is requested for the meeting on Tuesday January 19, 7 pm at the Verona Lions Hall.

• Drop by Trinity United Church for a "Winter Weekend Wake-Up Breakfast" this Saturday, January 16. The Verona Community Association and Trinity United Church are hosting this event. Enjoy your breakfast from 8:30 to 10:30 am.

There will be eggs, sausage, ham or bacon, toast and home fries, coffee, tea, juice and muffins. Payment by donation.

• Come out for Games Night at the Verona Lions Club on Wednesday, January 20. This event will be held every first and third Wednesday in January, February and March. The fun starts at 7 pm. There will be euchre and crib card games, prizes will be awarded; $2 per person.

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People that are truly allergic to gluten have celiac’s disease. A component of gluten, called gliadin is what causes the main problem. Researchers in Alberta are working on a supplement which will bind with gluten in the stomach and prevent the symptoms of celiac disease. The hope is that the product will be available in about three years after further testing is done.

With so many smartphones cameras in pockets or purses today, it is very easy to snap a picture of a medical condition like a rash or mole. Even a short movie can be taken, then shown to your doctor, particularly if the problem comes and goes. It’s a good example of how taking a “selfie” can be of benefit to your health.

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• On Monday January 18, 1pm at the Barrie Community Hall, the Cloyne & District Historical Society will host Evelyn Petzold and Evelyn Inwood, who will share the early history of the Denbigh area.

• The Robbie Burns Supper will be held on Saturday Jan. 23 at the Lions Hall in Northbrook. A social time will start at 5pm; the supper is at 6pm. Tickets are $35 (charitable receipt for $15), available from Gordon Sparks at 613-336-0157. Sponsored by the Cloyne & District Historical Society

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613-335-4531 email: marilynarchie@sympatico.ca • Happy birthday to Levi Teal, Joyce Burke, Colleen Steele, Norman MacCrimmon, Morgan Cowdy, Marg Whan, Kimm Gray, Will Goodberry, Bruce Hartwick, Janice Barr, Jenny White, Evelene Cooke, Paula Warren, Tavish Pollok, Owen Tryon, Bonnie Brown, Penny McGonegal.

• Happy Anniversary to Mike & Jennifer Mahoney, Helen & Martin Hoogsteen, Norman & Velma McIntosh.

• Thinking of Bill Haynes, Ken Clark, Ellard Stitt, Jean Steele, Vera Whan, Carol Patterson, Diane Nicolson, Irene Monds, David Fox, Bill Powers, Janice Fox, Clark Gaylord, Joanne Robertson, Janice Fox, Clark Gaylord, Joanne Robertson, Randy Hole.

• Deepest sympathy to the family of Gerald Howes, husband of Miriam. Gerald was a long-time resident of Parham and passed away on Sunday.

• The pastoral charge welcomed back minister Darin McKinnon after his vacation with his parents in PEI. Darin will be leading the services on January 20 at Pine Meadow Nursing Home in Northbrook, at 10:30am.

• Circle Square Ranch will be resuming their monthly community dinners tonight, January 14, 6pm "Pay what you can".

Also, bring your talent and take part in the "jam"; e.g. play an instrument • Every Tuesday morning, coffee hour will be held from 10am - 11:30am at Parham Free Methodist church hall No charge; snacks are available and everyone is welcome • Euchre has started up again Tuesdays 7pm at the Arden Community hall $1. Everyone welcome and it's a great social evening. On Thursday cards are played at Arden Legion 7:30pm $1. Again everyone is welcome.

• Our family enjoyed the visit with my brother's family from Montreal. Great memories were shared.

• The first Bellrock euchre in 2016 will be held in the Enterprise hall Thursday, January 14 with a potluck at noon

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• It looks like winter is finally here. The township is asking all motorists to help assist their crews in their winter control efforts, the parking of vehicles on township roads and village streets from 12 midnight to 7 a.m. is not permitted from Dec, 2015 to March 31, 2016.

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and cards at 1pm. Bellrock hall will be closed for the winter months.

• We enjoyed the first Bedford Jam in 2016 on January 10 as we listened to many talented entertainers performed.

Thanks to the ladies in the kitchen for making snacks for the break. Thanks also to Judy and Homer for being the MC. • "A Morning Wish " An understanding heart

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• The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs are sponsoring a Roast Beef Dinner, January 17 at the Golden Links Hall from 4:306pm. Cost is $13 per person.

• Adult Crafting continues every Sunday from 11am-4pm at the Harrowsmith S & A Club. Bring your project, work on some group activities or just come and enjoy the company.

Cost is $3 for members and $4 for non members.

• Words to live by: A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often, dream big, laugh a lot and realize how blessed you truly are. Have a great week.

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• With sadness, we say farewell this week to our Godfrey columnist Nicki Gowdy. We thank Nicki for all her work in reporting the news over the last few years and wish her all the best in the future. If anyone is interesting in taking on the role of reporting the Godfrey & area news, please contact Jeff or Jule at 613-279-3150; info@frontenacnews.ca

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• A lovely crowd at coffee break last week and great to visit with friends and neighbours. Anne & Al Massey were the hosts and provided a lovely array of goodies. Nice to see Irma Millar out enjoying a cup.

• January birthdays: Ruth Jackson, Robin Riddell, Monika Lacosse, Zack Campbell, Dana Tooley, Steve Riddell, Ron Gilchrist, Shaun Riddell, Glen Paterson, Joelle & Don McLean, Sue Sworowski.

• Sympathy to the Fleury family on the death of Clayton.

• Country Music Night at Snow Road Hall is Thurs. Jan. 28 featuring K.E.W.T., Kathryn Briggs and Terry Tufts, 7 - 9pm, tickets $10 in advance; $12 at the door. For tickets please call Don McLean at 278-0958 or Karen Paterson, 278-1458.

• Congratulations to Harriet, who became a great-grandma again when a baby girl arrived for Christina & Mark Edmonds of Renfrew, a bundle of joy weighing 7 lb. 4 oz., a sister for

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• Perth and District Historical Society Meeting is January 21, 7:30 pm; topic: “Finding the Settlers’ Trail”. The society begins our bicentenary celebration with a visual presentation

by Ken Watson about how the first settlers found their way from their over-wintering post in Brockville to their new home in the Perth Military Settlement. On April 17, 1816, the first group of settlers arrived in the newly founded community of Perth. You do not have to be a member to attend this meeting; it is open to the public. A voluntary “Toonie Fee” (donation) is suggested. Perth Legion, 26 Beckwith Street East.

• Another piece of history: It was 119 years ago that some mills on the Tay River began generating electricity for the Town of Perth. Bowes Mill, located on the Tay, began generating electricity for the owner’s own farmhouse prior to 1896, and the mill on the Tay in Glen Tay, was powering electric lights in that hamlet by 1866.

• We hope to hear that Nancy Barrett is on the mend after a dangerous slip and fall during our first snowstorm of the season.

• Please stay off the ice. Although we had a couple of days at -30 we had a whole month of above 0 temperatures before that. We need several days of freezing temperatures in order for the ice to thicken enough to hold people and their snowmobiles.

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• Residents of Arden were awakened early Saturday morning to the shrill of sirens. When the firefighters arrived, a small house on Railway Street was ablaze. Neighbours were evacuated for their safely, and the crew did what they could to save the house. Fortunately, the homeowner was away for the weekend and suffered no injuries.

• Reminding everyone about the Circle Square Community Dinner, tonight, Thurs. January 14, 6pm at the ranch. The dinner this month is Lasagna, with a salad bar and homemade dessert. A free will offering will be your payment for dinner. Please contact the ranch at 335-5403 or arden@csranch.ca for reservations.

• PHONE SCAM: Last weekend I received a rather alarming message from a friend. Apparently she had received a call, from someone with the 335 Arden exchange, informing her about some fraudulent charges on her Visa bill. The caller wanted her to give her Visa number so he could verify the fraudulent purchases. When she asked him who at Visa he represented he told her it was every bank which sponsored Visa. She refused to give her number, and at that point he hung up on her. When consulting her bank about the call,

• Heartfelt sympathy goes out to several families on the loss of loved ones. To the Hannah family on their recent loss of Vivian Hannah's great-grandson, Keith, who had been living and working in Australia. We would also like to offer condolences to the family of the late Johnny Hickey, who was from the Tichborne area; also to the family of the late Eileen Scott formerly of Parham. Sympathy also to the family of the late Betty Hannah, daughter of Jim and Eleanor Hannah, and to continued on page 11 the family of long time Parham resident and businessman, Gerald Howes. Thinking of you all at this sad time.

• Rain and snow made things a little slippery recently and a number of folks suffered falls. Be careful when out and about.

• Thinking of you to Randy Hole, JoAnne Goodfellow. in • The Annual Meeting of the Parham Agricultural Society is tonight, Thursday January 14, 7 pm at Wendy Parliament’s place, 1192 Wagarville Road. Everyone is welcome to come and hear what’s up for this summer's Parham Fair. They are • Purchase and Sale of Property looking for a secretary and perhaps a treasurer. The volun• Property Transfers for: Severance - Estate - Family teer commitment involves time mostly the week before and the day after the fair, and the society would love to have your • Wills & Probate - Large & Small Estates help. If you miss the meeting, for further information please • Corporate & Business call Wendy at 613-375-6443.

• How are your New Year's resolutions coming along? Keep Stephen G. Duggan, up the good work and stick to them.

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Box 189, Sharbot Lake ON K0H 2P0 www.stephenduggan.ca • The Hamilton clan gathered at the CE building for a be613-279-LAWS (5297) beachlaw@frontenac.net lated Christmas dinner that had to be postponed because of inclement weather.

• Tamar, Bobbi-Jo and Lily Hannah were up visiting relatives in the area, and we all enjoyed their time spent with us.

• Aubrey Rachel and Jacob Harry, children of Jacob and Leah Neadow, were baptized at the Anglican Church on Sunday, with Rev George Kwari officiating.

• Because of the colder weather, church services for Parham United will be held in the CE Building. All are welcome.

• Thanks to one and all for a great day of volleyball on Saturday in support of the Junior Girls Volleyball team at GREC. Lots of fun was had by all and some great games were played - we really do have some very talented members in our community! Congratulations to Riley Teal and gang on winning the tournament, followed closely by the Neadows and Skyler Howes' gang and Tina Howes' crew. Can't wait for the next tournament!!!

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Long time tech takes over the reins at Verona Computers C had Newell, the long-time technician at Verona Computers, has recently taken over the reins as the business’s new owner.

The business was opened in 1995 as Verona Computer and Satellite by Tom Revell, who owned and operated it for nearly a decade before selling both the building and the business to Colin Bowe and Don Cox, who ran it as partnership. After some years the partnership dissolved and Bowe became sole owner.

Chad Newell began working at the store in 1998 as a grade 11 co-op student and has been working there ever since. When I interviewed him earlier this week, he joked that he has spent over half of his life working at Verona Computers. He also said that becoming its new owner was something he had been considering for some time.

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the business, had been wanting to sell it to me for years so this is something that I have been considering for a while.”

Newell's interest in computers began when he was a grade seven student and got his first computer. He said it was gaming that motivated his interest into understanding how they operate. “Gamers are always upgrading their computers in order to play the newest, latest, and greatest games and over the years I spent a lot of time working on my own computers to do just that. So what started off as a hobby has become my passion.”

Newell said he is excited to be Verona Computer’s new owner. “Financially, it will eventually be a bigger pay cheque for me once I get the business paid off, and the fun thing for me will be having control of the business and being able to improve certain aspects of it.”

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

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Streamlining service and service charges and keeping quality and service high going forward is what Newell is aiming for. “Our strength has always been our service and it is usually faster and better then most big box stores. Our turn around on service calls is usually in the range of a day or two, where at other larger stores it can take one of two weeks.”

Not everyone is aware that Newell custom builds new computers, which he says cost a little bit more than most brand names due to using higher quality parts. However, this results in computers that last a lot longer than most name brand computers.

He sells both new and used desk top and lap top computers and his custom tailored desk tops are a big draw for customers. “Our new computers are built to spec to what people need, and not more. If what you need is a basic computer to get on the computer and do email, you really do not need all of the things that just look good on paper. With that in mind, we don't try to up sell to our customers; instead we aim to target people’s specific needs.” The business also sells a wide range of peripheral and add on components like printers, routers, networking tools as well as battery back ups, speakers, keyboards, mice, flash drives, video cards and more. The main focus, though, is on service and clean ups, upgrades and repairs, which are a big part of the service aspect of the business.

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has won over a number of loyal customers over the years and he said that “good word of mouth” is how he keeps customers coming back and also how he attracts new customers. “I really appreciate our loyal customers; without them there would be no Verona Computers. My belief is that when one customer is convinced of what our service is worth, they will spread the word and that means a lot more to me than anything else.”

Finding a good and trustworthy computer technician is comparable to finding a good and trustworthy mechanic, especially when owners are ignorant of the inner workings of their machines - and especially these days when people are relying on their computers not only for their everyday work but for their everyday communications. “Anything that is sufficiently complicated is kind of like magic to someone who doesn't know anything about it and that is where people can be taken advantage of. I am not that kind of person and people know that and that is why they keep coming back.”

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Gossage, who lives in Ottawa and has a summer house in the area, has been taking photographs since she was a young child at summer camp, Abigail Gossage with “Movie Extras” first with an old Teco camera. together, eight years ago formed the collecThis show harkens back to photographs Gossage took in 1958 as an tive Studio 255.

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considerably more dense skull of a T-REX that was on display took 12 hours to print.

Fenlon had brought other printed objects to show to patrons, included an intricate interlinking bracelet, a Terminator head, a rocket ship and a cookie cutter. He also had on display a reference book titled “High Tech DIY Projects for 3D Printing”, which introduces children and adults to the basics of 3D printing and shows them how they can create their own objects.

The technology has been around since the 1980s, and Fenlon said that over the years the printers have become less expensive and more streamlined, and eventually will likely be more affordable to average people. Fenlon himself deLin Hannah and Emily Baillargeon learn about 3D printing from Derek Fenlon signed and printed out a miniature replica of the iconic yellow scanners used in Walmarts in the US by customers who use submarine from the Wes Anderson film “The Life Aquatic”. the scans as the basis for designs.

Regarding practical applications of the technology, he said The technology also lends itself to the need to create obhe helped one patron design two replacement knobs for his jects in remote locations, like in outer space or in the military, barbeque and another patron, an engineering student at Fenlon said. However, regarding the issue of printing guns, Queen’s University, used the printer to print out a prototype Fenlon said that tech staff will refuse to print any dangerous for a surf board fin. or inappropriate objects.

Fenlon said that 3D printing extends well beyond hobbyFenlon said that while many people have heard about 3D ists and DIYers and spoke of edible food items and useable printing, that it is not until they see the printer and how it objects in wax and metal that are being made. Scientists are works that they begin to understand its potential. That proved currently exploring the possibility of printing human organs true when one visitor to the Sharbot Lake branch, Bryan Biusing live cells. To date the technology has also been used ondi of Mississippi Station, wondered if Fenlon could create to print skin grafts and to make prosthetics for amputees. a cookie cutter in the shape of his beloved pet shepherds.

Fenlon said that the technology is also currently being used Librarian Sara Carpenter quickly found silhouettes of the by business people who use the hobby printers to make varspecific dog breed online, which Fenlon said could be used ious saleable plastic objects and he also knows of full body as the basis to create a design for such an item. “I have a lot of time on my hands”, Biondi said, “and I love to bake and I thought, wouldn't it be great to bake cookies in the shape - continued from page 6 of my dogs.”

For those who missed the presentation at Sharbot Lake, if I were put into the these same situations again, I would text the result can be eerie and strange. future presentations will take place at the Storrington branch take the same exact same pictures. My eye, I think, has Composition comes easily to Gossage, who said that on Thursday, January 21 from 6 - 8pm; the Hartington branch stayed the same and a lot of these photographs still really these pictures were not cropped but were printed as is, on Saturday, February 13 from 1 - 3pm, and in Sydenham on appeal to me.” from the original negatives, making them truthful to what her Saturday, February 27 from 11am –1pm. For more informaWhen asked to explain her style, Gossage said, “I wander young eye saw. The photographs are all printed in the same tion about this service visit the KFPL's website at www.kfpl. and I react. I am not the kind of photographer who has spesquare format on 20” by 20” cotton rag paper, which makes ca or call 613-549-8888. cific projects in mind beforehand. Back then and still now I the show hang together nicely as a unit though the subject BUSINESS CARD SIZE like to wander and discover the art in what I am seeing as I matter is diverse.

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The show attracted many locals, some of whom have As an example of this, one photograph in the show titled visited Mexico, and Gossage easily engaged with them in “Movie Extras”, was a scene Gossage came upon by acconversations about the changes that have taken place in cident where cast members were taking a break while San Miguel since her first visit there. “It is now a lot more shooting a film on the street. The scene is both relaxed yet busy, full of cars and so many more tourists but behind all somehow unnatural. An extra in fancy attire looks bored with of that, the buildings and the scenery have not changed.” his hand in pocket while the soldiers on horseback seem Gossage is currently working on a show that will open on Features: Features: tense while waiting for the camera to roll. Similarly, her night March 17 at the Trinity Gallery at the Shenkman Centre in t 409 titanium enhanced stainless steel t 409 titanium enhanced stainless steel time market scenes have a certain intimacy and directness, Ottawa. The working title for the show is “Disused Spaces” t Rocker grates and ash pan t Rocker grates and ash pan and their soft focused lighting makes them seem like imand the photographs will include photographs of abandoned t Forced air adjustable blower Financing t Forced air adjustable blower Financing maculately designed stage sets, with their multiple layers of available. commercial manufacturing sites no longer in use. The show t Limited lifetime warranty available. t Limited lifetime warranty objects and dense amount of detail. Another photograph will include photographs taken at the Howard Smith Paper Highway 511 Heating Solutions shows two seemingly decapitated ceramic clowns (which Highway 511 HeatingQuebec, Solutions Domtar in Gatineau, and the Mill in Beauharnois, 14406 Hwy. 7, RR#6, Perth ON K7H 3C8 14406 Hwy.factory 7, RR#6, Perth ON Henri K7H 3C8near Montreal. To see more Gossage thinks were perhaps piñatas), sitting on stone Babcock in St. Phone: (613) 264-0874 www.heatmasterss.com Phone: (613) 264-0874 www.heatmasterss.com stairs. The effect is other-worldly, and the viewer wonders work by this artist visit her website abigailgossage.ca what the particular significance of these heads may have been. The piece perhaps demonstrates how when certain customs and cultures of other places are taken out of conMany who have heard of the mind boggling capabilities of 3D printers had a chance to better understand the technology thanks to a public service offered by the Kingston Frontenac Public Library.

Derek Fenlon, a tech tutor with the KFPL's Central branch in Kingston, was in Sharbot Lake on January 9 sharing the wonders of the Ultimaker 2GO printer with patrons. “I want to A board game knight made by the 3D show people the potential printer of 3D printing services that we offer with the hopes that they will utilize this service that is offered to all of our patrons.”

Patrons of the KFPL are being invited to find 3D designs for models online or, alternatively, they can use a number of free online design tools like Tinkercad to design their own 3D objects. These can in turn be emailed to the library’s main branch where tech staff will print the objects for a minimal materials fee and make them available for pick up at the patron’s own branch.

Fenlon said that patrons can also meet with techs at the library's main branch, who will assist them in designing their own objects for printing.

When I visited the Sharbot Lake library branch, Fenlon was explaining to visitors that the printer works by feeding a thin line of plastic filament through an extruder, which heats up the plastic to a temperature of 200 degrees Celsius. Once the plastic has reached the proper temperature, the nozzle at the end of the extruder then moves rapidly and precisely back and forth, and left and right, building up tiny layers of the object. A small silver knight measuring about 2 inches in height, which was in the process of being printed, took the printer about two hours to print. Fenlon explained that the time required for printing depends not only on the size of the object but its density as well. For example, a seven-inch and

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SOCIAL NOTES CARD OF THANKS

Thank You ~ Barr Many thanks to all who came to my 90th birthday party on December 13 at St. Paul's United Church in Harrowsmith.

Thanks for all the cards, food for food bank and donations to the church.

Thanks to the United Church group for the lovely luncheon. A special thanks to my children for all their hard work and organizing the party.

Sincerely Mary Barr

BIRTHDAY

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Gone are the days we used to share, But in our hearts you are always there, The gates of memories will never close, We miss you more than anyone knows, With tender love and deep regret, We who love you will never forget.

Always in our hearts & never forgotten, Dad, Mom, Tyler, Misty & Balkar

OBITUARY

Burnette, Douglas Passed away suddenly in his 79th year at Trillium Ridge on January 8, 2016. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Sadly missed by Brian, June, Gord and Louise as well as many nieces and nephews.

HICKEY, John Arthur Peacefully at The Bridge Hospice, Warkworth, with his family by his side in his 77th year on Tuesday January 5, 2016, John Arthur Hickey of Codrington.

Survived by his wife Mary Gillespie, daughter Sharon (John), son Patrick and grandson Henry (Heather), grandaughter Hailey (John) and great grandchildren Olivia, Lucas and Nikolai. Will be missed by many nieces and nephews.

Predeceased by his parents Thomas and Viola and siblings Mary Ellen, Lavine, Charlette, William, Margaret, James, Joseph, Katherine, Donald and Carl.

A Celebration of Life for John will be held at Goodfellow’s Funeral Home, Parham. Friends will be received on Monday January 18, 2016 from 12 pm to time of service at 2 pm. Donations to The Bridge Hospice, Warkworth would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences at goodfellowsfuneralhome. com.

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Thank You - Sharbot Lake Community Christmas Dinner The Christmas Dinner Committee would like to thank all the businesses, organizations and individuals for their generous contributions to the 12th annual Christmas Day Dinner: Community Living-North Frontenac Coaty, Linda Cota Country Catering & BBQ Cottage Country Outdoor Supplies Cox, Ilona Crow Lake Community Association Frontenac News, Jeff Green Giant Tiger, Perth Gibson’s Garage Gray’s Grocery Dawn Gillam Hagel, Tim & Marg Lake District Realty Maples Restaurant Matson Insurance Mike Dean’s Super Food Stores North Frontenac Food Bank North Frontenac Telephone Co. Olmstead, Bob Pariselli, John Primitive Catering Ram’s Esso Sharbot Lake General Store Sharbot Lake Home Building Center Sharbot Lake Pentecostal Church Sharbot Lake Pharmacy St. James Major Catholic Church Subway The Treasure Trunk W.A. Robinson & Associates Thanks also to the many anonymous donors; to all the wonderful volunteers for their hard work; and thanks to everyone who came!!

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IN MEMORIAM

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Mom and I want to thank everyone for their well wishes, emotional support and prayers while I was going through this very difficult time.

Special thanks go out to Mindy & Janette for being there for me on the day of my surgery; to Terry Godfrey for taking care of Randy while I was away; to Linda Lessard & Marion Carrier for offering to drive me to my appointments so Mom wouldn’t lose work; to Debbie & Jennifer whose emotional support is unforgettable and who took up a collection for us; to Dr. Morell, Dr. Turner and 2nd floor staff of the Perth Hospital for their wonderful care. Thanks also for the cash donations, phone calls, gifts, flowers and cards while I was in hospital. Your prayers were answered; I’m cancer free and recovering at home.

Thanks so much & God bless you all, Susie Herns

OBITUARY

SCOTT, Illeen Fern Peacefully at Waterford Retirement Home in Kingston on Wednesday January 6th 2016 in her 86th year. Illeen (nee Earlandsen), beloved wife of the late Douglas E. Scott; loving mother of Randy L. Scott (Elaine), Shauna L. Scott\Hector\Good (John), Paul D. Scott (Joanne), Bryan E. Scott, Paula Scott (Victor) and Tom Bryant. Sadly missed by 8 grandchildren and 3 great grand children and many extended family.

Predeceased by her parents Verma Illeen Earlandsen\Gostlin (nee Fairman), and George Gunder Earlandsen, step father Ralph Gostlin. At this time there will be no service. Cremation has taken place.

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OBITUARY

Howes, Gerald Roy P e a c e f u l l y, surrounded by the love his family, Gerald went to be with the Lord in the early hours of Sunday, January 10, 2016. Born April 17, 1939 in Wagarville, on the family farm, Gerald is survived by his wife of nearly 55 years, Miriam, nee Taylor.

Miriam and Gerald had two children, Connie Howes (Murray Robertson) and Darren Howes (Donna), 4 grandsons, Quinton Howes (Heather), Lucas Howes (Jen Miller), Nicholas Howes and Curtis Howes and great-grandchildren, Brayden, Noah, Henry and Grace.

He was also much loved Grandpa to Aaliyah.

Gerald was pre-deceased by his sister, Marion and her husbands, Nial Wagar and Silas Cooke.

He is survived by his brother-in-law Brian Taylor and sister-in-law Julie Taylor as well as their children and grandchildren.

Gerald worked many jobs over the years, starting at the Woodland Dairy in Parham and then on the CP Railroad.

He also worked at DuPont in the yarn works. He did a stint at Canadian Tire (wining sales awards) and was a township councillor and the municipal clerk/treasurer.

He eventually worked in the Frontenac County Registry Office and became the Treasurer for the County of Frontenac.

While in municipal politics he was instrumental in getting Hinchinbrooke Public School built (so his kids wouldn’t have to attend the one room school house he did). He helped get grants to build the arena in Picadilly.

Dad owned the garage in Parham, selling Alouette snow mobiles, and mercury outboard engines, gas and oil and having a fuel delivery business.

He farmed the farm of his grandparents, Annie and Everton Cronk, raising everything from cattle to goats to ostriches. And as a farmer, he was a huge supporter of Parham Fair and the plowing match.

Mum and Dad had a store and chip truck in Parham for several years, too.

He was one of the first to have a cell phone and sold them also.

He dabbled in Amway, Wilex and NuSkin, all multi-level marketing.

One would think he fancied himself a salesman. And then he got into modular homes and sold many of them.

Gerald liked a good deal, a good job and meat and potatoes. He met with courage, any problems that arose to challenge him. He was a can-do kind of guy. From moving a cottage on a haywagon to fixing the lawn mower, there wasn’t much he didn’t turn his hand to.

But his most important job was as a husband, Dad and Gramps.

We will miss his humour, his stories and his determination. He sometimes gave in, but he never, ever gave up.

Visitation will be at Trousdale’s funeral home in Sydenham on Friday, January 15th, from 1-3 and 6-8pm.

The Funeral will held Saturday, January 16th at 1pm at Trinity United Church in Verona. Interment to follow in Parham Cemetery in the family plot.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Mary’s of the Lake, Palliative Care, Sheeba’s Haven (Dog rescue) or Trinity United Church.

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by Dale Odorizzi, Lanark County Master Gardeners

or some time now, you have been dreaming about vegetables grown, harvested and eaten from your own little plot of land.

To make this happen, first think site selection.

To be productive, most vegetables require lots of sun, a minimum of six hours per day; eight hours is better. Take the time now to study your yard and record the amount of direct sun each area receives. A flat space is better than a slope but if the slope is sunny and flat areas are shaded, it is possible to work the slope to your advantage.

Beware of a location at the bottom of a slope. Water runs downhill and your nice, sunny, flat garden plot might be flooded before spring is over. Frost tends to be more severe in low lying areas so be prepared for an early frost. My good news is that for the past 15 years, my vegetable garden has thrived in a low lying area. I have built up my beds so they are no longer a muddy mess in the spring and the benefit is I rarely have to water my garden all summer long.

Vegetables do not like a lot of competition from weeds or tree roots. Roots from a tree will extend well beyond the drip line (the outermost circumference of the tree canopy).

They are greedy feeders and will take the nutrients planned for your garden. Once established, your vegetable garden will be producing for a long time and trees continue to grow. Weeds will be an ongoing problem.

Size is important. How big do you want your garden to be? The answer to this question depends on a lot of things. How much land is available? How much time and effort is available for the garden? What types of vegetables and fruits do you want to grow?

How many plants do you want to grow? My advice to a new vegetable gardener is to start small. It is better to have a garden that is too small than to have one that is abandoned because of all the work involved creating and maintaining it. 10-20 square metres will produce a lot of food!

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Lanark County OPP are warning the community of an ongoing telephone scam where callers identifying themselves as “Canada Revenue Agency” agents state that the victim owes the government money and that “action” will be taken unless a payment it is made immediately. The amounts demanded range from hundreds to thousands of dollars. Government agencies DO NOT deal with any “owed monies” by phone call, or

PAGE 9 e-mail contact. Investigation has established that the calls originate from automated call centers. The scam was active in the 613 area code zone prior to Christmas and has returned as the criminals once more rotate through auto dialing. Many members of our community have received these calls, including police officers and Revenue Canada employees.

For peace of mind and financial security, never provide personal, banking or Social Insurance Number information to any unsolicited calls. Never agree to meet any caller or their “representative” anywhere. If you are directed to do so, immediately report the incident to police, who will want to make the meeting on your behalf.

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Aftermath - Palindromic

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

Running it Backwards re-visited

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n a column last year titled “Running it backwards”, which was published on December 3, 2015, I drew the attention of readers to the equation 3516 x 8274 = 4728 x 6153 where the digits on the right side appear in reverse order to those on the left, and challenged them to come up with other examples. J. Kerry Skipper rose to the task, fired up his computer, and discovered no fewer than 615 pairs of four-digit numbers that exhibit the same phenomenon.

If one of the numbers is 3516, there are eighteen other mates beyond 8274. One of them is the obvious 6153. The others are 2121, 2331, 2541, 2751, 2961, 4032, 4242, 4452, 4662, 4872, 6363, 6573, 6783, 6993, 8064, 8484, 8694. (Elementary teachers wishing to add a little spice to an otherwise mundane multiplication exercise may ask their pupils to check that these work.

Secondary students can be asked to make an efficient computer program that will churn these examples out.)

The job of finding pairs with two digits each can be accomplished without a calculator by using a little algebra. Let the two numbers be 10a + b and 10c + d, where a, b, c, d are single digits and a and c are not zero. Then we set up the equation 0 = (10a + b)(10c + d) - (10d + c)(10b + a) = 99(ac - bd) and arrange that the product of a and c is the same as the product of b and d. In this way, we can get, for example, 62 x 13 = 31 x 26.

It is also possible to find pairs with one multiplier having two and the other three digits. The product of 12 and 231 is a palindrome, 2772, so we can run the digits backwards to find 12 x 231 = 132 x 21.

To see why this works, write out the complete multiplication algorithm for each product. We can derive other examples by multiplying either factor by a digit that does not introduce carries: For example, 24 x 693 = 396 x 42 = 2 x 3 x 2772 = 16632.

Other examples are 13 x 682 = 286 x 31 and 28 x 451 = 154 x 82 For a bit of icing on the cake, Skipper produced the intriguing equation: 1596 x 6951 = 2793 x 3972 = 4 x 9 x 49 x 331 where each side is a palindrome.

Solutions to holiday puzzles:

In the December 17, 2015 issue, readers were given five numerical puzzles to solve over the holidays.

1. The first was to find a number whose third and fourth powers used all ten digits, each exactly once. A single-digit number would not have enough digits for these two powers. So the fourth power would have more digits than the third power. Since the cube of a three-digit number has at least seven digits, we conclude that the number we are looking for has exactly two digits.

Now argue that its cube must have four digits and the fourth power six.

At this point, we need some inspired guess work. The square of 17 is less than 300, so its fourth power is less than 90000, and so has at most five digits. So the number we are looking for is at least 18. The square of 23 is greater than 500, so its cube is greater than 10000, and so has more than four digits.

Thus, we are looking for a number between 18 and 22 inclusive. We can rule out 20 and 21 immediately, and so need to check only 18, 19 and 22. Indeed, 183 = 5832 and 184 = 104976.

2. The second puzzle was to find three numbers in the ratio 1:3:5 that used all the non-zero digits, each once. Again, we start by narrowing down the search, and I will sketch the reasoning. First, the smallest number, call it N, must have exactly three digits. Secondly, it must be less than 200.

Thirdly, since the largest number, 5N, must end in 5, neither 3N nor 5N can begin with 5, so that N lies between 120 and 166. Thus N must be a number within these bounds that ends in one of the digits 3, 9. (7 is ruled out since 3N cannot end in 1.) Without too much arithmetic, we are led to the answer N = 129, with 3N = 387 and 5N = 645.

We will discuss the remaining three holiday problems in a future column.

Note: readers can access past Aftermath columns at Ed’s website http://www.math. toronto.edu/barbeau/home.html or in archived issues of the News at issuu.com/ frontenac_news

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ARDEN - COMMUNITY DINNER, Circle Square Ranch, 6pm, “Pay what you can”; call 335-5403.

PARHAM AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY GENERAL MEETING, 7pm, come & find out about the 2016 Parham Fair, new volunteers welcome; info: Wendy 375-6443 SHARBOT LAKE LEGION Darts, 7pm; $3

OMPAH - BIRTHDAY BASH & COMMUNITY POTLUCK, 5:30pm, community hall, games after, all welcome SHARBOT LAKE DINERS, noon, for those 50+, $12, reservations requ’d: 613-279-3151 SYDENHAM DINERS, noon, Grace Centre, for 55+yrs, $11. Reservations 613-376-6477 VERONA - GAMES NIGHT, Lions Club, 7pm; euchre and crib card games, prizes; $2pp.

Friday January 15 HARLOWE - OLD TYME FIDDLERS, 7:30pm, community hall, $6 non-members, $5 members, entertainers $2, lunch, prizes.

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Saturday January 16 PLEVNA – JACK’S JAM, Clar-Mill hall, 1pm; potluck supper 5:30pm; all welcome and all musicians, singers, dancers welcome to participate; sponsors: Clar-Mill Community Volunteers, info: Ed, 479-9909 SNOW ROAD - DINNER & CHINESE AUCTION, Snowmobile Club, 5:30pm; 1106 Gemmills Rd.; all welcome.

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Sunday January 17 HARROWSMITH - ROAST BEEF DINNER, Golden Links Hall, 4:30-6pm; $13; call 3722410; sponsors: Odd fellows & Rebekahs.

Monday January 18 CLOYNE & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1pm, Barrie Hall, topic: early history of the Denbigh area; all welcome.

PLEVNA – FOOT CARE CLINIC, Clar-Mill Hall, appointment: 613-279-3151

Thursday, January 21 STORRINGTON LIBRARY – 3D PRINTING DEMONSTRATION 6-8pm; info: 613-5498888; www.kfpl.ca

Friday January 22

SNOW ROAD SNOWMOBILE CLUB General Meeting, 7pm; 1106 Gemmills Road.

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by Cloyne & District Historical Society; $35; reserve: 336-0157 SHARBOT LAKE – ROBBIE BURNS DINNER, Oso Hall 6pm; tickets $25, 279-3341; bowickbill@gmail.com; sponsored by Frontenac Masonic Lodge & CF Fire Dept.

SNOW ROAD SNOWMOBILE CLUB Fundraising Breakfast, 8-11am; 1106 Gemmills Rd., all welcome.

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At his semi-annual report to Addington Highlands Council, Detachment Commander Pat Finnegan of the Napanee/Kaladar detachment said that based on a four-year rolling average of statistics there is nothing standing out in Addington Highlands.

“None of the categories, such as Break and Enters, Domestic Assaults, etc., indicate any significant changes,” he said.

He did say that as the result of a six-month investigation by a drug unit made up of members of the detachment and others, into an alleged crystal meth operation, arrests were made this year, including that of one resident of Addington Highlands.

“Apart from that it has been quiet; nothing special has gone on aside from two fatalities from motor vehicle accidents, including an ATV collision and a tractor trailer accident in the fall,” he said.

He also said that as the result of consolidating the administrative team at the detachment headquarters in Napanee, which resulted in the Kaladar detachment no longer being open to the public, waiting lists for things like criminal checks have dropped dramatically, in some cases from a threemonth wait to same-day service.

“I would also like to let Council know about a new program we are undertaking. We will

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be meeting once a month with professionals in social services, addictions, mental health, and others to see if we can't identify individuals and families who are at risk of getting into a situation that may end up involving police or other emergency services. By following a protocol and identifying families that are in that precarious state, we can approach them, as a group, and make them aware of the services that are available from all of us.

The idea is to get upstream from situations.

By the time police are normally involved they are way downstream. We will have more about this in the future. There is a similar program in Frontenac County,” Commander Finnegan said.

Massive Yard Sale on Canada Day

Councilor Fritsch informed Council that a group is planning a Highway 41 yard sale on Canada Day. People with properties along the highway will be encouraged to hold yard sales, and some larger lots will be used for groups sales as well.

“The plan is to run this all along the length of the highway, from Pembroke to Napanee,” Fritsch said.

Official Plan amendment

The township's planning consultant wrote

DROP-IN, Tuesdays, Lions Hall, 9:30am-3pm, drop-in free, home-cooked style noon meals available for $7, all welcome, info: LOLCS, Pam 336-8934 x 229 NORTHBROOK – CRAFT & SOCIAL GROUP FOR WOMEN, Wednesdays, Land O’ Lakes Community Services, 9:30-11:30am.

Free. Info: Jeannie, 613-336-8934 OMPAH - DROP-IN MORNING COFFEE CLUB, Community Centre, every Wednesday 9 – 11 am. All welcome OMPAH – FITNESS, Community Centre, 9-10am, M, T, Th, F. $2/session or $12/month All welcome ONTARIO EARLY YEARS PLAYGROUPS Mon - Healthy Beginnings Sharbot Lake, Harrowsmith playgroup 9:30-11:30am; Tues – Verona playgroup, Sydenham playgroup 9:30-11:30am; Wed. Sharbot Lake playgroup; Thurs- Storrington playgroup 9:30-11:30am.

PARHAM SENIORS meet every third Wed. at Free Methodist Church in Parham. Potluck, noon-2:30. All seniors welcome PARHAM – V.O.N. SMART Program free exercise classes for older adults 55+, Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:30-10:30am, United Church; please register: 613-634-0130 PLEVNA – LADIES DROP IN any time on Thursdays, Clar-Mill Hall, 10am-4pm, for coffee or/and crafts, all welcome, info: Lois 613479-2562 RECREATIONAL BADMINTON, Thursdays, 7-9pm, Granite Ridge Educational Centre; $5 semester; fun & exercise for adults, children 14-17 with adult supervision only SHARBOT LAKE - LINE DANCING, 9am10am, United Church, opposite Mike Dean’s, $1pp SNOW ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE: Seniors’ Fitness Mondays & Thursdays 9:3010:30am Info 278-1007; Low Mobility Fitness Tuesdays & Thursdays 11am-noon Info: 278-0216; Fun Darts Wednesdays 7-9pm Info: 278-1458; Coffee Morning Friday 10noon

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to Council about a last-minute working change the Ministry of Municipal Affairs is seeking for the township's Official Plan update.

To a section limiting the creation of new lots to two new ones from a single large lot, unless a plan of subdivision process is undertaken, the words “As a general rule” are to be taken out.

“That means that even if someone owns a 200 or 500 acre lot, they can only create two new lots, and there will be no way around it,” said Reeve Hogg. “I don't think we want to do that.”

“What's the alternative if we say no to this?” said Councilor Fritsch.

“We have to appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board,” said Hogg. “We need to find out how much that will cost.”

Staff will talk to the planner and get a sense of what it might cost if the township does not go along with the ministry demand and launches an appeal.

Too much roadwork?

A question came in to Public Works Manager Royce Rosenblath from Councilor Kirby Thompson about the activity by the roads department on the paved Matawatchan Road last Saturday, when there was a mix of drizzle and freezing rain in the forecast.

“The truck passed by the road repeatedly, even though the road was bare,” said Thompson.

Rosenblath was anticipating the question.

He handed out a copy of a document called Minimum Maintenance for Municipal Highways from the website of the Government of Ontario.

The document outlines the standard for the prevention of ice formation on roadways “preceding an alleged formation of ice on a roadway”.

Roads departments are expected to monitor the weather and “treat the roadway to prevent ice formation,” it says.

“But the road was clear,” said Thompson.

“And the crews were out to make sure they stayed that way,” said Rosenblath.

“I suggest that we need to communicate to the public that the crews are doing their job in these kinds of circumstances; that they are not out trying to get overtime pay when they are not needed,” said Councilor Tony Fritsch.

“The crews would rather be home with their families, I can assure you of that,” said Rosenblath, “but then again I would rather hear that the roads are too well maintained than that they are not maintained well enough.”

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What Is A Disability?

by Independent Living Centre Kingston Resources and Support for People with Disabilities

P

eople often ask, “What is a disability?”

And some say, “I’m not sure that applies to me.”

Many people today aren’t getting services they could be getting because they have mistaken information about disability.

One reason for the confusion is that people use the word in different ways. Government programs, agencies, doctors and insurance companies have different definitions that go with different situations.

Some people use the word to mean only a severe barrier or limitation.

Sometimes they have in mind a particular kind of disability or condition. For instance, they might know about the blue accessibility sign with the little person in the wheelchair and have a sense that “disability” is about that kind of challenge – only physical.

Another reason for confusion is that “disability” is often considered simply negative and people want to stay away from that. It seems to many of us like something is broken or missing. In the case of extreme disability people often have a feeling that they should avoid the person with the disability or that sympathy is the only kind response.

Talking and thinking about disability, in this case, isn’t likely to happen.

Another one is that sometimes people want to avoid being “labeled disabled” so they won’t be treated as part of a group that doesn’t get some job, opportunity or service. There can be stigma or even fear.

At the Independent Living Centre, we take the time to work through with you how various governments, agencies and programs view disability. This can be an important stepping stone to getting services like Canada Pension Plan, Ontario Disability Supports Program or the Opportunities Fund.

For more information about disability, accessibility, empowerment and Independent Living, please visit our web site at www.ilckingston.com or call 613-542-8353.

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Arden - continued from pg 6 they confirmed that it was a fraudulent company and a scam. Please, please be aware of these scammers trying to get personal information from you.

• On January 11 & 12, the North Frontenac Little Theatre, held auditions for Pinocchio at the GREG stage. Call Brian Robertson at 279-1335 for more information.

• Kennebec Diners is starting up again, Tuesday January 19 with a Lasagna dinner, green beans, garlic bread, Caesar salad and carrot cake for dessert. If you wish to reserve, please call me at 335-3186 and I’ll make sure you have a place at the table.

• The first meeting of 2016 for the Central Frontenac Economic Development Committee, will be held February 2, at 9 am at the Robinson Asset Management building, 14216 Road 38, Sharbot Lake. The meetings last about 1½ hours.

• Just a reminder to everyone who was involved in the Paramedic Wellness program which began in November; the paramedics will return to Arden on Tuesday January 19 around 11:30 am.

Arden Winter Camp

by Mike Procter

Mike giving tomahawk lessons at a recent winter camp

T

he Frontenac Heritage Festival will once again sponsor an overnight camp on Friday, February 12 at the Arden Community Hall.

Bob Miller and Mike Procter will set up a re-creation of a trapper’s camp in the field beside the hall and we extend an invitation to anyone wishing to try a night of winter camping to join us.

The camp will begin after supper and the heated hall will be open through the night for washrooms and to warm up if needed. Firewood will be available to keep a fire going or to cook marshmallows, make hot chocolate or taste Bob’s infamous camp coffee. Both Bob and Mike are experienced winter campers and have lived to laugh about camping in -35 degree weather (more cringing than laughing).

Winter camping is something everyone

should experience at least once, one item off your bucket list. The secret to a successful camp lies in the preparation and equipment.

Forget about cotton T-shirts and summer sleeping bags, dressing in layers and wool blankets are the keys to a memorable camp and some of the newer synthetic long johns are quite useful. Also, having layers under you to insulate from the cold ground is essential. We have some extra blankets and mats available to lend on a first come basis and we will be happy to provide information about what you should bring. In the morning breakfast will be provided to all campers.

There is no cost for the entire camp.

Campers must pre-register quickly as space is limited. Please contact Mike at 613-2792572 or 279-3151 to register or for further information.

South Frontenac Eisstock stars headed to world championships T

by Jeff Green he Kingston and Area Ice Stock (or Eisstock) Club, which plays the Austrian game that is kind of a cross between Bocce Ball and Curling at Centennial Park in Verona, has grown in leaps and bounds over the last three years.

Now, three of the league's players, who are all South Frontenac residents, have been chosen The Ritten arena in the shadow of the Italian Alps to join Team Canada for Vankoughnett. They will be part of a Canathe upcoming world championships to be dian team that will compete in the “B” diviheld in the Italian Alp community of Ritten sion of the championships, where developlater this winter. Ritten was part of Austria ing nations in the sport prepare themselves before World War One and has remained a to take the final step to compete in the elite hotbed for Eisstock.

“A” division.

The three South Frontenac Eisstockers The event takes place between February are Jamie Babcock. Paul Blais and Tasha 17 and 28.

Happy New Year to Everyone Smitty’s Appliances wants to wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous new year in 2016.

We want to thank all the people who have supported us in the past 42 years in our business of buying and selling appliances. And, yes, we plan to keep doing what we are doing now for another 20 years. Smitty says that the business and staff are growing. At this time, Smitty wants to thank his staff for all their hard work.

Smittly says that after 42 years, repeat customers are returning and that is the sign of happy customers.

We want to thank friends, neighbors and relatives who have passed the good word on to other people. We never advertise red tag sales, midnight sales, anniversary sales, Boxing Day sales or January sales. We just have everyday low prices of high quality appliances. With Smitty’s being the exclusive dealer we can give better pricing and warranties. Remember, the Frigidaire product we sell has a very long established name behind it.

Every Woman Loves her Fridge, Stove, Washer and Dryer.

We don’t have fancy showrooms, music piped in or plush carpet to walk on. We run a warehouse operation that allows us to sell with the low prices that we offer. Smitty pledges to always have the lowest prices.

We are community oriented and we have donated fridges to churches, food banks, weddings, plowing matches, etc. Smttty says it is his way of repaying the community for their business with us.

Smitty’s Always Making New Friends.

Smitty does things differently than big stores. Even on Christmas Day he received three calls from people who didn’t buy their stoves from him who couldn’t get their ovens to work, while trying to cook the Christmas turkey. As a goodwill gesture Smitty went to help them, free of charge too. Smitty says it’s the little things the public appreciate. We like to think of ourselves as one big family in the community. We are always here to help any day or hour. Smitty says the customer must be happy after the sale.

Always Shake the Customer’s Hand Smitty says the only people he can’t please are the competition. Smitty guarantees that as long as he is in business he will do his best to give the customer the best service and prices, and we guarantee that Smitty will still be in business to back these words up.

Please come and see for yourself what we have to offer. We have our own financing, the same as the big stores, but with no interest charges or gimmicks. There is always same day delivery too. Customers come first at Smitty’s. Looking forward to serving you for another 20 years, Thank you!

The Little Businessman with the Big Heart

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SF Township offered historic Mill on Napanee river Councilors keen but mayor is sceptical by Wilma Kenny

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n considering Chris Kerr’s application to sever two residential lots on the Napanee River at Petworth, the Committee of Adjustment suggested Council might wish to consider asking for parkland instead of cash-inlieu in order to acquire the remains of the Petworth Mill building for preservation and possible future renovation.

Councillor McDougall spoke of this as “a wonderful opportunity” and said that building inspector Gas had described the stonework as “an outstanding example of old world craftsmanship”, noting the masonry and de-

sign of the lower waterflow arches was “a phenomenal piece of work”. (see note, below.) Most of Council was interested in the idea of acquiring the mill, but Mayor Vandewal expressed strong opposition because of liability issues, and the cost of restoration if the site should become designated as historical. McDougall said the Township had no historical architecture committee, it could not be declared historical in the way buildings in Kingston are designated. Planner Mills reminded Council that the southern wall of the structure could be said to already

belong to the township, in that it is on the road allowance. He also said that the Official Plan placed a heavy emphasis on “maintaining cultural heritage”. CAO Orr agreed to do a legal enquiry about liability, and a risk analysis.

Note: McDougall gave a brief history of the Petworth Mill, the second oldest in Portland: it was built as a grist mill in 1845, and for most of the 1800s it processed large amounts of grain, helping make Petworth a thriving little town. Some time prior to WW1, the mill stopped production. By 1919, upstream Verona was experiencing problems with the water level of the Cameron Swamp, so local farmers took six cases of dynamite down to Petworth, where they blew the dam and ‘improved the swamp drainage a bit.’

CRCA Response re Applewood Docks Two representatives of the Cataraqui Conservation Authority, A.Schmidt and T. Beaubiah, came as a delegation to discuss their inspection of a recently-built dock at the Applewood subdivision site (Loughborough Lake). This was in response to a letter of concern from local resident Matt Rennie.

They found the dock in question to be 28 feet longer than the approved 120 feet, and the water depth in and around the dock was less than specified in the permit. However, Schmidt said that these differences did not affect the control of flooding or erosion, nor interfere with the natural features of the wet-

land or the lake bottom. Therefore, the dock structure was acceptable as it still met the intent of their regulations and policies.

He said that when the original permit had been issued in 2011, the CRCA had an agreement with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to “review proposals in consideration of the fish habitat provisions under Section 35 of the Fisheries Act” (which includes destruction/alteration of fish habitat).

Now, due to recent changes to the fisheries Act, the CRCA no longer has an agreement with the DFO, so all future concerns relating to fish habitat should be directed to the DFO.

Fitzgerald Quarry Planner Mills brought an information report on the proposal to permit deeper extraction of the Bedford site. In response to concerns expressed by neighbouring property owner Stephan Duerst, a hydrogeological report states that the activity “is not expected to impact the wells (in the area) nor is it anticipated to affect the creeks observed on the site,” as it will not be removing water, or “dewatering”. Also the operation is not proposed to be expanded, only continued.

Road Closure Public Works Manager Segsworth announced that Anderson Road in Bedford was damaged Sunday by water from a collapsed beaver dam, and will remain closed for an indeterminate time.

Community service agency grants

by Jeff Green ust before Christmas, the Community Foundation of Kingston and Area (CFKA) announced they were awarding a record $251,000 in grants to support 23 different programs.

Of those, 21 were located within the City of Kingston and two in Frontenac County.

The largest grant in Frontenac County was a $21,702 grant to Southern Frontenac Community Services.

In announcing the grant, the foundation described the grants' scope: “Southern Frontenac Community Services will purchase, move and retrofit three former school portables to its new Grace Centre site in Sydenham, Ontario, allowing the organization to reduce costs associated with operating two sites, increasing organizational efficiency, and ultimately, providing more and better health and social services to seniors, at-risk and low-income families in need.”

The second grant in Frontenac County went to Northern Frontenac Community Services (NFCS), which is facing an aging vehicle problem.

The CFKA granted NFCS $7,500 to help them purchase a used vehicle.

“This capital request for funding for a replacement vehicle will provide outreach playgroups and youth recreation programs to residents of the many small hamlets and villages throughout Frontenac County,"said the foundation in announcing the grant.

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Central Frontenac - con't from page 2 Councillor Bill MacDonald said he is on side for canceling the program “I have never used the program and I know what it costs to close a landfill and how difficult it is to open a new one. I also know that once these sites are full we may have no choice but to pay to ship our waste elsewhere.”

Councilor Dewey said he supports the program. “I am not buying the fact that summer residents are taking advantage of this.

I know of summer residents who bring their garbage back to the city with them and I also think that the taxes they pay easily balance out the cost of running this program.”

Badgley’s recommendation was received for information.

Ad Hoc committee formed for 150th Anniversary A motion was passed to create a committee to get plans started for a Canada 150 celebration in the township.

“If we are going to do something for this we need to start planning now”, said Mayor Smith. Councilor Victor Heese volunteered to sit on the committee and a second member will be appointed once plans are under way.

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Early this week it was announced that NFCS has received a $45,000 grant from the Trillium Foundation for a new vehicle to be used by staff serving seniors, adults, youth and children who use the services of the agency, NFCS staff travel 5750 kilometres a month throughout the 3150 square kilometre County.

“With this grant we will be able to replace one of the aging 2006 vans that we have. We will be purchasing a seven-seat van so we will be able to transport clients as well as staff.

The van may also enable us to enhance the services offered by Frontenac Transportation Service, which is one of our programs,” said Louise Moody, executive director of NFCS.

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