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ach year the Limestone District school Board gathers thousands of students together for a dance party known as the Celebration of Dance. This large gathering of students (which was held at Old Fort Henry again this year) provides an opportunity to celebrate movement and expression through dance.

"Celebration of Dance helps students to increase their levels of physical activity while having a lot of fun," said Lara Paterson, a physical activity specialist with KFLA Public Health and the Limestone District School Board, in a statement.

All LDSB elementary schools are invited to apply to have a dance team lead one of the dances each year.

This year, Land O' Lakes Public School was lucky The Land O' Lakes Public School team included: Anderson Bateman, Maddy Tryon, Elayna Jackson, enough to be chosen to en- Audrey Bateman, Ryder Mallett, Issy Tryon, Katie Tryon, Dalton Sargent, Parker Thompson ter a team and choreograph schools). All schools participating have practicing their dances for the past several a routine. Nine students worked diligently in the fall to learn their used these YouTube videos to teach the weeks and the school was an empty place dance. They were videotaped and added selected dances to the rest of the students on Tuesday, May 9th, as almost the entire to a YouTube link (along with the rest of the in preparation for the big day. The students student population traveled by bus to Old dance teams who were chosen from other at Land O' Lakes Public School have been Fort Henry to participate in this year's Cel-

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After 12 years, Marco gets his flag

by Jeff Green Marco Smits, the communication’s officer with Frontenac County, is also a proud transplanted canadian of Dutch heritage. When he became a Canadian citizen in 2005, someone told him that the flag that that is raised over the Peace Tower each day is only used for one day and is given away. He looked into it and found out that Canadian Citizen’s could put in a request for one of the flags. So he wrote a letter to the appropriate Ministry, asking for a flag.

Then, he heard nothing, not even a confirmation that his letter had arrived.

12 years later, early in the new year, he received a notice from the Canadian goverment which began "In response to your letter dated May 2005 we are..." and two months later a package arrived in his mailbox, containing a flag and a letter from Judy Foote, the Minister of Procurement and Public Works, which said, in part, “it gives me great pleasure to provide you with the enclosed Canadian Flag, which flew over the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on March 29, 2017 ... the flag is also a symbol of what people of diverse faiths, cultures and linguistic backgrounds can accomplish, and is a reminder of the responsibilities that

Public Consultation for South Frontenac Heritage Committee Committee of the Whole - May 9

by Wilma Kenny ommittee of the Whole has been discussing the creation of a new Heritage Committee to advise and assist with matters related to the community’s heritage.

Prior to formalizing such a committee, Council has asked Forbes Symon, Manager of Development Services, to arrange for public consultation.

Symon has proposed that a notice be put in the township’s weekly newspaper banner outlining the proposed role and duties of such a committee, and directing residents to the township website where they could indicate whether or not they thought that a Heritage Committee would be a good idea. Results of this survey would then be passed to Council via the Development Services Committee and then Committee of the Whole.

McDougall and Barbeau both suggested that some form of public meeting might draw out broader feedback from the community. Barbeau also asked if a text box for comments might also be added to the simple yes/no question, and CAO Orr suggested a separate open house for further community information and response might be preferable to adding another agenda item to a summer COW meeting, which usually has a full agenda.

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Mayor Vandewal said it will also be important to look at whether the community would be in favour of directing some financial resources to such a committee.

CFDC Proposed Project In the 2017 budget, Council approved a $20,000 grant for the Frontenac CFDC (Community Futures Development Corporation) to undertake an economic development initiative for South Frontenac.

It is anticipated that this grant could be leveraged to secure additional funds from other sources. Discussions have focussed on designing a project that would advance South Frontenac’s local food economy.

A number of food processors in Southern Frontenac have identified gaps in the infrastructure and services they need to grow their businesses.

The Frontenac CFDC has drawn up a proposal to work with the Township to survey South Frontenac producers and processors for needs and resources, and look at ways connections could be made, and needs addressed.

Councillor Sleeth warned that the focus should be broad enough to include not only organic food producers, but also ‘ordinary farms’. Symon said that the term ‘local’ was very broad, and had many meanings. COW members agreed that this project should be

sent on to Council for final approval.

Enforcement of Residential Tenancies Act As of July 2018, the province’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) is handing down the enforcement of the Residential Tenancies Act to the local municipalities. Currently, South Frontenac budgets $2,000 to pay the costs of this work by the MMAH, and it’s estimated that this should be sufficient to cover purchasing enforcement services from our present municipal by-law enforcement service providers. The township will review the actual cost of enforcement for 12 months and adjust the annual budget accordingly.

Township Road Closures Due to Flooding: Not! Mayor Vandewal and several Councillors agreed with Public Works Manager Segsworth’s recent comment that the phones had been “eerily quiet” this past week in regard to flooded roads and washouts.

There was general agreement that this was a very positive result of the preventive maintenance that has been carried out in recent years by the Township’s Roads Department.

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As you can see from the photo, it is a very large flag.

For anyone who thinks they might put their name in for a flag, there is good news and bad news. The good news is the application is now a very simple online form. All it asks is name, street, town and provincial address, postal code, phone number and email address. It’s as easy as the short form census.

The bad news is that a lot of people have taken the 60 seconds required to fill in the form and it will take a long time for the flag to arrive. The estimate noted on the website is 63 years. Don’t want to wait that long? Other parliamentary flags are available. They are smaller, 4.5’ by 9’ as opposed to the 7.5’ x 15’ Peace tower flag but the wait is shorter, only 50 years.

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Final thoughts on the Srigley inquest

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he coroners inquest into the death of Robert Srigley took place two weeks ago in Sharbot Lake. It finally revealing some of the details around the sequence of events that led to his death. The jury that heard all the evidence will be submitting its report, with recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths in the future.

Before the inquest, I wrote that there are some unanswered questions about the case that the public has a right to know. One was what happened when the police arrived, and the second was why only uniformed police responded to what was clearly a mental health crisis for a man who was known to hate the police.

On the whole, the inquest answered those questions. Essentially, when police called out his name, Mr. Srigley ran out of his trailer, picked up what looked like a hunting rifle and aimed it at them. And they shot him. Did they need to shoot him as often as they did? Why did so many of the bullets hit him in the back? These questions were not completely answered, but it was clear the officers who shot him did so to protect each other from a viable threat to their lives. Police are trained to shoot until there is no more threat to themselves or the public, and in an incident that unfolded in seconds it is impossible to sit in judgement of the police officer who was in that situation after the fact. And the police testimony at the hearing was credible, and at times poignant.

Police also answered the question about mental health workers, by saying that when there is an incident like this where there is a potential for danger, only they are trained to

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handle the situation. A mental health worker or team could have been with them as backup but not at the scene. Given the description of events, this is also a credible answer to that question.

From the testimony of Srigley's brother and the one officer on the scene who had met and dealt with him before, it was clear Mr. Srigley was known to social services and mental health services in the region, and going back many years in other locations. Much can be said about the inadequacies of the system, in relation to him, but on that day in July it was too late to address those problems. Mr. Srigley's circumstances had deteriorated to a point of no return and he met a tragic end at the hands of police officers who were doing their job.

But that does not mean that the coroner's inquest was a wholly satisfactory airing of the issues. In my view the counsel, Peter Blaine, set about framing a narrative about what happened right from the start and no one challenged that narrative. He had gone through all the reports, knew much of what each witness was going to say, and asked leading questions on a number of occasions, and seemed to be trying to do the jury’s work for them at times, even suggesting wording for the jury to consider in their report and recommendations.

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“I did not hear him say anything about wanting to die” the Paramedic repeated. When the other paramedic, who drove the ambulance, took the stand, Blaine asked him if he heard Srigley say anything about wanting to die. He said he did not hear much, except “you guys are lousy shots”.

Later in the hearing, at least two of the police officers who testified recalled Srigley saying “just shoot me now” and “I want to die”. As I said before they were very credible witnesses. But why did Mr. Blaine, whose job is to present the facts of the case to the jury, repeatedly push this line. Indeed, he was pushing a “suicide by police” theory thoughout.

The Srigley family was not rerepsented by a lawyer, which may have mande a difference. There was no one trying to tease out any details to challenge the dominant narrative, no one poking at any of the loose ends in the testimony This was not a criminal trial, and was not intended to be a confrontational process, but the supporting witnesses who were called in to explain OPP initiatives as regards mental health and the general tone of the questioning by Mr. Blaine suggested an attempt to make sure that, in the end, the entire matter can be filed away neatly in some cabinet somewhere, never to be referred to again.

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rom what I keep reading in the papers, Frontenac County is keen to market itself to visitors from outside our borders. The separate townships are coming up with tourism hooks based on geographic features that define them, like cat-tails, dark skies or limestone outcroppings.

However, what everyone has so far overlooked is the ubiquity of ditch litter. I'd like to propose a Frontenac Litter Festival, where we can market the area based on the colourful accumulation of roadside waste products. We can invite visitors to come in early spring to enjoy the colours before the grass covers it up for another year. The reds of the Tim Hortons cups are really vibrant now, as are the yellows of McDonalds. There are also the variety of colours from the logos on pop and beer cans and bottles. Let's not forget the festive glitter of the silver wrappings from candy bars and cigarette packs! While a price on grocery bags means that there are fewer of these ornaments adorning our roadsides now, there are still enough left from past years to add their kinetic flapping in the bushes and tree branches. There's currently a particularly stunning display on the Loughborough/Portland Boundary Road. And the uncollected recycling blown out of blue boxes has added another deep dimension--the vibrant whites of styrofoam meat packages, the translucent reflections from plastic clamshells.

The good news is that this stuff costs the township nothing--the good citizens of the county just keep adding to it for free! And, what doesn't get chopped up by the township ditch mowers to reappear as glitter next year, just remains to be added to year after year. So, with any luck at all, the festival's main attraction will just get bigger and better year after year!

As a final bonus, this stuff is thoughtfully being diverted from our landfills, extending their lifespan. So, help put Frontenac County on the map. Toss that stuff out of your cars and trucks and help our economy by attracting tourists to come and see the Litter Festival! How about InFrontenac InGarbage InSpring as a tagline?

I can't wait to add the remains of my next fast food take-out lunch to the community effort!

Stephen Dukoff

Canadian flag - Continued from page 1 “I’m proud to receive this flag and I do consider it a reminder of the responsibilities that come with citizenship in this great country.”

One of those responsibilities now includes flying the flag and that might not be so easy.

“I do have another challenge ahead of me and that is how to fly it,” he said, “the minimum recommended height for the flag pole is 45 to 50 feet!”

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caused by environmental pollution including the chief villain, second hand smoke. I have never smoked myself. When I am in contact with second hand smoke, my condition is exacerbated and I am smothered, nauseated, and if the concentration is heavy, I have severe headaches. Smokers affect my physical health, yet if I react in any way to them, I am considered the rude one.

Two weeks ago, I was part of the NFLT production at GREC. You would think this would be a safe haven as there are large signs prohibiting smoking anywhere on school property. Prior to the play and during intermission we were in the second floor music room with the windows open for some air. Due to air currents, smoke was drifting into the room, and I had to vacate.

I have been advised by my doctor to avoid second hand smoke, and with our so-called tough laws, you would think it would be easy.

However, unless I were to become a hermit, it is not easy. I can never go to an outdoor event as there I cannot avoid second hand smoke. I know smoking is an addiction that is hard to break, and most smokers have tried to quit.

The science is well documented regarding the effects of second hand smoke and I would ask that smokers be more aware that their smoke may be affecting many more people than me.

Greg Morris

Re – Desert Lake Family Resort

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'm worried about our Mayor. At the last Council meeting the Desert Lake Family Resort was given permission to extend a number of its musical presentations beyond the normal bylaw hours. Desert Lake residents - and I am one, are not happy about that. However, my worry about the Mayor has to do with his memory. He stated that he was unaware of any problems regarding the resort over the years.

He's no spring chicken and neither am I. So I write things down to help me remember. The Mayor, happily, has a bureaucracy to write things down for him in the form of agenda minutes from both Council and Committee meetings.

Over the past ten years or so the Mayor and Council (and the bureaucracy of the day) have received notice of concerns regarding the Resort's shortcomings relating to over capacity at its camp sites and septic system, the expansion of camping sites and septic system, noise levels past bylaw hours, and even an initiated OMB complaint. Continuing concerns exist over the causeway park-

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appreciate your continuing coverage of the electoral reform issue, including your February outline of MP Scott Reid’s sensible comments, and a story last month about about the idea of “weighting” votes in Parliament rather than incorporating proportionality into the actual electoral system.

On the surface, the notion of “weighted” votes might seem attractive, but once the MPs were elected, it would be a nightmare in Parliament itself. Not only would it be a perpetual fountain of confusion and discord, with some MPs having many times the voting clout of others, but it would undermine the whole basis of parliamentary democracy.

As my father, the late Senator Eugene Forsey regularly pointed out, “Parliament is not just a voting place, it is also, pre-eminently, essentially, a talking place – a parlement. Parliamentary government is not just a matter of counting heads instead of breaking them. It is also a matter of using them.

It is government by discussion, not just by majority vote.”

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With the system Mr. Hart and his group are promoting, that representation would remain grossly un-proportional. Would parliamentary discussion be “weighted” as well as the votes? How? To what end? Would party discipline dictate the members’ votes regardless of the points raised in the discussion?

How would that be determined? Etc. And those questions and objections barely scratch the surface. The “weighted voting” proposal is simply a very bad idea.

Instead, let’s break the current impasse around electoral reform by holding a simplified referendum during the 2019 election, in which people would choose between just two options: keeping the “first-past-the-post” status quo or moving to a more proportional system. This proposal, from Democracy Alert in St. John’s, offers a way to move the issue forward – and incidentally, save face on all sides.

Up till now we’ve been tying ourselves up in knots trying to define a new system in all its details – a task that is far from simple and needs more time and work. What we need first is confirmation (or otherwise) of the consensus the multi-party Electoral Reform Committee found: that most Canadians want greater proportionality in our voting system.

Let’s confirm that through a simple referendum in 2019, and then do the rest of the work, choosing or creating the best possible system to put in place for the election after that.

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He has heard a number of these concerns while attending our annual lake association meetings. I can dig up the original letters, submissions and email exchanges for him.

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• The beginning of May brings Arden’s Open Mic back into summer mode with their Pot Luck supper beginning at 5pm and music to follow. There is a $2 admission price for the audience but well worth the money if you enjoy music and dancing. Everyone is welcome, so come out with your dancing shoes.

• Try to attend the last NFCS diners luncheon for the season.

Ali and Mike will be serving Chicken Cacciatore, broccoli with a lemon raspberry pound for dessert. I’m sure there will be some last minute gossip you can catch up on, and maybe join into a game or two. This is the last time you’ll be able to be evaluated by a paramedic before diners takes a break for the summer. Join the crowd and come out at noon to the Community Centre. If you’re not registered give me a call.

• Land O Lakes Annual Fun Fair will be held Thursday May 18, 5 pm to 8 pm at the school. This year there will be a Celtic jam session and participation is expected from the crowd, plus a balloon twister and bouncy ball castle with West Winds providing a petting zoo, pony rides, giant sling shot, OPP radar challenge, silent cake auction and much much more. Central Frontenac Firefighters will have their famous poutine and there will also be a BBQ. Please come out to this fundraising event and support the School council which fundraisers to improve the playground equipment.

• Circle Square Ranch will be holding a BBQ Community Dinner, Thursday May 18. The Camp has suggested that your admission be $15 pp. The dinner begins at 6 pm with a pie auction following the meal.

• As in May, so is the May 24 weekend, this year beginning May 20. The Kennebec Firefighters will be at either end of town on Saturday morning with their annual toll. At dusk, the Kennebec Recreation Committee hosts their annual Victoria Day fireworks display, at the Park, with a free donation at the gate. The canteen will be open and popcorn, candy and beverages will be available. The fireworks will be accompanied,

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Some people who run for exercise end up with bad knees and are unable to run like they used to. A possible alternative would be working out in the water. Going to a pool and “running” in the water will mimic the running feeling without impacting the knee joint. This can be done with a waist floatation device in deep water, walking quickly in the shallow end or simply treading water for a couple minutes. Great workout!

Women who have a very treatable form of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ, do not have an increased risk of early mortality. As with any cancer, early detection is the key to survival, so women are strongly encouraged to get regular mammograms which can pick up tumours in their early stages.

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as always, with some great music. Come out to this Canada 150 Event and help celebrate Canada and Queen Victoria at the same time.

• On Sunday May 21, after the regular Arden service, Reverend Eric Barr will officiate in 2 dedication ceremonies. First, through a generous donation by the Beechey family, a handicap washroom will be dedicated in memory of Val Beechey, and secondly, through a donation made by the Steele family, the audio system at the church will be dedicated in memory of Ralph and Vera Steele. Both the Steeles and Beecheys were important members of the Arden United Church family, and the three are greatly missed but always remembered.

• Rebekah Miles comes to Arden on Sunday May 21 to share her stories about a mission trip she made to Israel. Hebrew music and a hebrew worship dance team will round out the bill of entertainers. Come to the Wesleyan Church at 6:30 and join into “An Israel Gathering”. Your free will donation sponsors the young adult mission group “Arise”. This evening is cosponsored by the Arden and Community Wesleyan Church and Arden’s Canada 150 Committee.

• On Monday May 22 the Henderson United Church will help you start your week with a delicious breakfast of pancakes, French toast, sausages and beverages. The breakfast will be available from 8 am to 11:30 am, for a free will donation, in the Henderson Hall.

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• The Garden Club hopes to see everyone this evening, Thursday May 11th to listen to Sue Leduc from Kingston share her expertise with “Alpine Trough/Hypertufa Gardens +plants suitable for rock gardens.”

• It is not too late to get your team of 4 ready for the Lions first Pub Trivia Night at the Lions Hall on Friday May 12th beginning at 7:00pm. Bring your tablet, smart phone, etc. along with $10 per person and a plate of goodies for a great night of fun with trivia. Bar snacks will be provided and your special dish will be added to the others for a mid-evening pot-luck. You must be 19 years of age or older to participate in this event. To register your team or for more information call Debbie at 613-336-8502 or email: lionsspecialevents@ gmail.com. Doors will be open at 6:15pm. This event is a Social Digital Event for the ASITT project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

• The Cloyne District Historical Society is holding their general meeting on Monday May 15th beginning at 1pm at the Barrie Hall. For more information, check out their website pioneer.mazina.on.ca.

• WOW only one week away for the Parent Advisory Council’s 1st annual Fun Fair at N.A.E.C. on Thursday May 18th from 5-8pm. This fun-filled evening includes Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo, face painting, balloon animals, cake auction, silent auction, pony rides, fantastical costumes, and a BBQ. Proceeds from this amazing event will enable our children to complete their studies using up-to-date technology.

• The May long weekend is fast approaching and we know what that means: time to get out and visit the many yard sales in our communities. The Land O Lakes Community Services Annual Yard and Bake Sale is set for May 20th from 8am – 3pm. The Mammoth Yard Sale for the Cloyne & District Historical Society will be happening on Saturday May 20th at the Barrie Hall. Gently used items for the sale can be dropped off on Friday May 19th from 9am to noon. Through the Roof Ministry will be holding their garage/bake sale on May 18th- 20th. Check out these yard sales as all monies raised go back to the community through programs etc.

• It takes a great deal of energy to get through the many yard sales. Let the Army Cadets help you renew your energy to carry on to the next yard sale. Drop by the Foodland parking lot for their BBQ/Bake Sale on Saturday May 20th.

• A great way to end a day of yard sales is with a visit to the sky gazing pad of the North Frontenac Township Dark Sky Preserve. Bring your lawn chair and thermos of tea to their opening event of Jupiter Rising on May 20-21. Come see the spring constellations and “The Realm of Galaxies.”

• Anja and Rick Cameron are sad to tell the community of the closing of the Sears catalogue department of their store.

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• The Cloyne and District Historical Society is presenting a tour of its archives on Monday, May 15, at 1pm. Meet at the Barrie Hall and proceed to the museum. Margaret Axford will provide a comprehensive guided tour of our community’s best preserved and treasured artifacts. Refreshments will be served back in the Barrie Hall.

• A most beautiful Mother’s Day to all our mothers and mother figures in the community.

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• Sunday, May 14th is the annual Sister Appreciation Dinner at the New Apostolic Church. There will be a special service starting at 10:30am, followed by dinner cooked up by the guys at 12:00pm. All of the ladies in the community are invited. Contact Rev. Robert Sprague robertjsprague@gmail. com.

• Only one week away now till the 1st Annual Fun Fair hosted by the Parent Advisory Council at North Addington Education Centre, Thursday, May 18th, 5-8pm, featuring Fun & Games, Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo, a BBQ, Funtastical Costumes, a Cake Auction, Face Painting, Balloon Animals, and a Silent Auction. A great night out for the family while supporting NAEC! • If you ordered a Good Food Box for May, you can pick it up Thursday, May 18th at Vennachar Free Methodist from 2-5pm. You can also place an order for the June delivery on that day. Info Angela 613 333 1901.

• There will be a Yard Sale at the Vennachar Free Methodist Parsonage, 357 Matawatchan Road, Saturday, May 20th, 9:30-11:30am. This is the final sale. Come and make a deal.

More info Bill Snider 613 333 5127.

• Our sincere condolences to Joe Boomhower and family on the passing of Hilda Gregg. Keeping you in our thoughts and prayers.

• “Moms are like buttons - they hold everything together” Anonymous. Happy Mother’s Day!!

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• The Harrowsmith S and A Club will be hosting a Euchre Night, May 13 beginning at 7pm. Non competitive play, with light refreshments and prizes. Cash bar. Cost is $5 per person. RSVP Marilyn at 372-0917.

• Perth Road Village Sunday School Hall is the site for an annual Yard Sale and Indoor Flea Market, May 19 from 9am6pm. Call 353-1690 for item pick up and donations.

• A Community Yard Sale will be held at the Harrowsmith S and A Hall, May 27 from 8 am-2 pm. Free BBQ. Table Rental - $5./members $10./non-members. To book your table, please call Marilyn at (613)372-0917 or mgoodberrysanda@ gmail.com.

• Words to live by: Never lose sleep over something that isn’t worth staying awake for. Have a great week.

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• This week we have lots of funerals to report; the death of Mary Lightstone of Arden, the Rev. Mark Fleming of Kingston who was well known in our area and the former first female Moderator of The United Church of Canada Dr. Anne Squire, who died this past week at age 96.

• Henry Veley came home to attend his nephew Rodney Meeks funeral, child of the late Walter and Carrie Meeks,

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and special companion of Gail Bryden. Our thoughts and prayers to all who are grieving.

• On a happier note - Leta Parks brought in her 90th birthday at the Harlowe Hall with a wonderful community gathering of friends, and family and of course yummy food and fellowship.

• Special thinking of you to our own Lional Grimard, one of this year’s inductees into the Land O’Lakes Bluegrass and Country Music Hall of Fame happening on Sat. Aug. 5 at 3:00 at the Flinton Hall and park hosted by George York.

The committee wanted to acknowledge and affirm Lional’s musical talent, songwriting, and promoting of musical festivals, jams and jamborees within the Land O’Lakes Tourist and Tri-County area. Other inductees will include Lional’s brother-in-law Bill White, Neville Wells, Ross Clow and Sheila Calthorpe. One of the organizers Bob Taylor, a wealth of knowledge, told me so many good stories about all of these musical folks including that Sheila Calthorpe wrote a song called “The Church by the Side of Bed” referring to winter time at her Island home when folks couldn’t get to church, so worshipped by praying beside their bed. Bill White recorded and often sings that very song- so let’s watch and listen for that in our musical travels to area jams. Also the late Bob Goodberry, whom we remember with fondness will also receive an award posthumously, along with several other folks.

Special thanks to the committee who does all the work to create this annual musical happening (Labour Day weekend) with a note that Ken Hook is currently developing a web site for the organization and then we will all be connected and up to date on happenings. Stay tuned.

• Thursday May 18 looks like a fantastic and yummy time at Land O’Lakes Public School from 5:00 to 8:00 PM with the annual Fun Fair happening. It will feature the Kingston Irish Folk Club with Irish Dancers, Celtic bands and even a jam session so folks can play or sing along. Also a spiritedly balloon twister and bouncy castle are on site, along with a petting zoo, BBQ and my personal favourite - poutine created and sold by the Central Frontenac Firefighters Association.

This is a really yummy item made of french fries, gravy and cheese curds, making this a must attend event with thanks to all organizers.

• Henderson United Church will host a formal meeting on Tues. May 16 at 2:00 in the Henderson Hall to discuss the deteriorating Church windows and sills and to prayerfully seek solutions. Anyone can attend the meeting that will be supervised by the Rev. Eric Barr. The windows and rotting frames are over 100 years old.

• My word, we’re fairly “rained out” here and cabin fever is setting in - thought it had gone away with the snow!!.

MABERLY-BOLINGBROKE Karen Prytula

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• Friends of the Tay Watershed Association; Water Guardian Bursary is pleased to announce the provision of a $1,000 bursary for students living in the Tay watershed. This bursary is provided through the generous support of the Little Stream Bakery in Glen Tay and is open to both new high school graduates and continuing post-secondary students.

Applications may be submitted through high school guidance teachers or directly to the Friends of the Tay, by email or Canada Post. The deadline for applications is May 31, 2017. The winner will be announced by June 15, 2017.For more information about the bursary and for application forms please visit www.taywatershed.org or E-mail: friends@taywatershed.org For further information contact Carol Dillon 613-264-0680 mcdillon@storm.ca.

• Maberly lost a dear friend when Joan Fleming recently passed away. Condolences to her family. A celebration of her life will be held in Maberly on June 9, but still to be confirmed. More details to follow in next week’s column.

• Perth & District Historical Society: Public Meeting Thursday, May 18. Topic: Clara’s Rib: The True Story of a Young Girl Growing up in a Tuberculosis Hospital, a book by Anne Raina. TB was the most serious challenge to the health of early Canadian families (even right here in the Maberly area). While Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary, we are cognizant of the fact that health care has changed dramatically in the past 150 years. Known since early Greece, TB (aka ‘Consumption’) was the leading cause of death in Canada in 1867. Anne Raina and husband Grant Cameron, own a four-season cottage on Black Lake near Perth, where they spend as much time as possible, and treasure their friends and neighbours. Please join her for this presentation at Perth’s Royal Canadian Legion, 26 Beckwith Street E., Perth, at 7:30pm (Toonie donation for admission).

• The Perth Museum is inviting the public to an open house at the Museum, on May 28 (2 - 4pm), to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the move to the Matheson House; 11 Gore St. E. - for more information please call 613 267 1947.

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Old Brooke Rd. Fieldwork invites visitors to the opening of SOUNDWORK – a never heard before exhibition. Installations include: Apidictor Symphony by Ottawa artists Annette Hegel and Debora Margo, Erratic Grass, a sound sculpture created by Mixed Metaphor Designs - the duo of Jesse Stewart and Matt Edwards, Nicola Oddy’s Singwalk, and Doug Van Nort’s Genetically Sonified Organisms. Fieldwork is open for the public to explore, free of charge, all year round.

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• Karen and Glen Paterson hosted Coffee Break last Friday morning. 29 people attended. Lots of coffee and treats for everyone. Gordon Sly from Kingston attended, getting information about “Life in The One Room Schoolhouse” for Canada’s 150th anniversary.

• On Sunday April 30 at Sharbot Lake United Church, 3 ladies received their life membership pins and certificates from the United Church of Canada; Olive Allan, Irene Hawley and Margarey Fossey. Lorna Duncan got hers earlier this year.

• Jo-Elle Hubner Mclean is launching her new Young Adult book, Corvus and Me – the Indigenous Spirit in the middle of July. Whoever is interested in purchasing the new book can either call Joelle at 613-278-0958 or email joellemclean@ sympatico.ca. The Book Nook in Perth will also have the book in July.

• Don’t forget the Elphin Yard and Bake Sale on May 19th, from 2-7 pm.

• Sylvania Lodge in McDonalds Corners is open Thursday evenings until Sunday evenings. Bingo has started up on Thursday evenings.

• Next Saturday, May 13, you are invited to drop in for a tea at Knox United Church honouring Lois Stewart in celebration of her 90th birthday. Church services next week, May 14, will be in Elphin at 9:30.

• Don’t forget Diners at Sharbot Lake United Church on May 17 at noon. Mom’s famous chicken cacciatore, garlicky steamed broccoli and lemon raspberry pound cake will be served. This is the last Diners of the season.

• I want to wish each and every mother out there a Happy Mother’s Day. Here is a poem for you all.

There’s magic in a mothers touch and sunshine in her smile.

There’s love in everything she does to make our lives worthwhile.

We can find both hope and courage just by looking in her eyes.

Her laughter is a source of joy, her words are warm and wise, There is a kindness and compassion to be found in her embrace And we see the light of heaven, shining from a mothers face.

• Sympathy to the family of Rod-

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ney Meeks, twin brother of Roger Meeks; the family of Mary Lightstone, who had been ill for a while, also our sympathies to the family of Dorothy Elkington. Happy birthday to Maddie Tryon, Blake Hawley, Betty Fransworth, Thomas Fox, Mary Lynn Lafratta, Evelyn Gray, Marjorie Willett, Kourtnie Rochefort, Joan Moore, Cayleigh, Mackenzie Rose, Christian Matson, Emerald Fox, Mary Howes.Happy Anniversary to Don and Doris Ritchie 67 years, Keith and Betty Gaylord, Barry and Sheila Cathrope, Earl and Donna Brown.Thinking of Joe Borg, Irene Monds, Lionel Grimard, King Stinchcombe, Diana Meeks.

• On May 20 the Parham Happy Travellers will host a BBQ, bake sale, yard sale at 11am-2pm beside Parham Post Office. A fundraiser for the seniors.

• As a member of the Land o Lakes I would like thank everyone that came to our 150 Canada event on April 29, the ham and scalloped potato supper, and all the helpers.

• On May 5, Friday a great country and gospel concert took place at the Hartington Community Church. This event featured entertainers Sam Jarvis, Roger Hermer, Mark Hannah, Mark and Sharon Alton and their friend Ruth. A fundraiser for the church roof.

• On May 5 the Hartington Equipment held an open house with “Matty and Big G” from 93.5 radio. Everyone enjoyed the lunch provided by “Tim’s Catering “service. Many people came to view some of the new heavy equipment. A big thank you to the staff.

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PAGE 5 • Many people came to the Bellrock Community hall on May 4 to play euchre. This is the first card party since last fall when people went to Enterprise for the winter months. The next one is May 18 with potluck at noon and cards at 1pm.

• Thursday May 18, 5 pm to 8 pm is the Land O Lakes Public School Annual Fun Fair. There will be a Celtic jam session, plus a balloon twister and bouncy ball castle with West Winds providing a petting zoo, pony rides, giant sling shot, OPP radar challenge, silent cake auction and much much more. Central Frontenac Firefighters will have their famous poutine and there will also be a BBQ. Please come out to this fundraising event and support the School council which fundraisers to improve the playground equipment.

• On May 21 7-9pm there will be a gospel sing at the Wesleyan church with various entertainers performing.

• Mountain Grove United Church welcomed Rev Rick Magie and his daughter, Sarah and also his granddaughter Emma to the pulpit on May 7 • On May 22 there will be a wonderful breakfast at Henderson hall Cost is a free will offering 8-11:30am fundraiser for the church • “Rain, rain go away as people want to plant their crops Have a good week hopefully we will see the sun soon.

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• Anyone driving through Ompah will have been watching the development of the Scenic Route Rest Stop, across from the Community Hall. It was certainly full of vehicles during the weekend of the Annual Spring ATV run. On Saturday the 13 there will be a “Grand Opening”. This celebration will also include the unveiling of the Murals which were commissioned by the Township from 5 local artists. These 4 by 8 paintings will eventually be installed at all of the North Frontenac Community Halls. Festivities begin at 10 am.

• The annual Mother’s Day Breakfast will be served at the Ompah Community Hall on Sunday the 14th between 8 and 10.30. This is always a delicious meal featuring local maple syrup, and is a good way to honour any mother’s in the community. Breakfast is cooked by the firefighters.

PARHAM-TICHBORNE Colleen Steele 613-375-6219 Christine Teal mrsteal2u@hotmail.com 613-375-6525 • Location Change … Please note that the North and Central Frontenac Relay for Life will be held at the St. James Major Catholic Hall in Sharbot Lake on May 19. Please join us for Opening Ceremonies at 6:30 - which will include our Survivor walk. Survivors are being notified this week of the event and for your personal invitation!!! Watch your mail boxes!!! Luminaries are still available for sale for $5 and will be lit for the evening. There will be a donation of $10 at the door, we will have spot dances, 50/50 draw, silent auction and a lot of fun while raising money for a great cause.

Our entertainment line up features Steven Goodberry - Elvis Impersonator, Zach Teal and HD Supply - what a great line up - you can dance the night away!!

• Mark the date: Land O Lakes PS Annual Funfair Is May 18th from 5-8 pm. Kingston Irish Folk Club are coming out.

They will be bringing Irish Dancers and Celtic bands with them. It will be a Celtic Jam session meaning anyone can play and sing with them. Orbital Talent Inc. has provided us with a balloon twister and bouncy castle to be on site. West Winds will be providing a petting zoo, the ponies and the dog with the sling shot again this year. There will be BBQ and poutine by the Central Frontenac Firefighters Association, and much more. Keep your eyes open for the poster.

• Due to the rain, District #4 Recreation Committee members and friends will be out this week collecting for their Earth Day Cleanup. If you are interested in helping out along the roadside please get in touch with Mary Howes.

• Every Tuesday there is a coffee hour in Parham at the Free Methodist Church from 10 to 11:30 and also there is a tea and toast in Sharbot Lake from 9 to 10 at the United Church.

• On May 14 Parham United Church will celebrate Mother’s Day & Canada 150 with an old fashioned hymn sing worship service at 11:30, and on May 17 the Parham United Church hosts a smorgasboard Dinner.

• Resulting from the survey that seniors filled out last fall, there will be a “focus Meeting” at St. Andrew’s Anglican

Parham continued on page 6

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Parham continued from page 5 Church Hall in Sharbot Lake on Friday May 12 at noon. Everyone is invited (for more info call 613-279-3151) • Mother’s Day Manicures, Friday May 12 from 4:30 to 8 pm at the Olden Hall in Mountain Grove. Call Nancy 613329-3255.

• Don’t forget to make your reservations for the Parham Diners on May 29 for “Here’s to Mom” menu consisting of Chicken Cacciatore, Garlicky steamed broccoli with lemon raspberry pound cake. This will be the last one until the fall.

Call 613-279-3151.

• Sharbot Lake United Church joined with Parham on Sunday for a special service and welcomed Charlotte Hoy of Four Rivers Presbytery who lead them in a joint congregational meeting following the service. Everyone enjoyed the “hot soup” and goodies luncheon which followed.

• Sympathy to the Struthers family on their loss also to the family of the late Ken Brown.

• The Seniors of Parham are holding a BBQ/Bake sale at the Post Office Yard on May 20th.

• Don’t forget District #4 Recreation Committee is holding their annual Flea Market on Sunday May 21st at the Parham ball field. Bring your items to sell and set up shop. The Rec Committee will have the canteen open for business so we ask that there be no concession vendors, but bake goodies are always a hit! The event will run from 10 am to 2 pm. Bring your own table and goods to sell.

• Looking for someone to take over writing this column, if you are interested please drop us an email.

• Baseball season starts this week for the Peewee, Bantam and Junior Men age groups! Good luck to all involved - let’s hope the rain holds off for a bit!

• Happy Birthday to: Suzanne Meulenaar, Brooke Raymond, Nicki Hearns, Kourtnie Stencell, Joye Wagar-Boals, Mary Raymond, Mason Lowery and Jan MacPherson.

Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms!

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• The Clarendon Senior Class was very busy at the Spring ATV Run with their ATV Wash and Bake Sale! They raised $703 to go towards their year end trip to Toronto!

• Clarendon Central School Council will once again host their annual Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction this Friday, May 12th from 5:30 – 7:00 pm! As always the cost to get in is a goodwill offering. Students from our guitar and ukulele clubs will be showing off their talents for all to enjoy!

• Thank you to all who came out and helped to make the Clar-Mill Community Archives “Lodges: Past & Present” a great success!

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• A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan • Trinity United Church is holding a Mother’s Day BAKE SALE on Saturday, May 13 from 8:30 to 11:30 am. Lots of goodies, pies, cakes, bread, candy, squares and more.

• The Frontenac Farmers Market kicks off their 12th season on Saturday May 13 with a Seedling and Plant Sale. They will be open every Saturday 9 am to 2 pm from May 13 to Oct 28 in the parking lot of Prince Charles Public School • Do you have a hidden talent? Verona wants to see and hear you. The Verona Free Methodist Church is presenting Verona’s Got Talent on May 19, at 7 pm. It’s not a contest, but an opportunity for family friendly fun.

Admission is a non-perishable item for the Community Cupboard. For more information or to register to perform (maximum of 5 minutes), please call 613 374-2703 • Trinity United Church will be having a Quality Garage Sale on Saturday, May 27 from 8:30am to 11:30am.

There will be items for the garden and kitchen, linens, toys, tools, antiques, appliances, electronics, jewellery and more.

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The third Monday of April just happened to coincide with Easter Monday this spring. Not being certain of how many members or guests might attend our monthly meeting, we planned a program of general interest. "Bring an Item and Tell a Tale" was a hit. Some of the more interesting items included the following: A tiny safety razor in its own leather case that would have been issued to military. It was made small to fit into a soldier's breast pocket.

A Victory Bell said to be made from the metal of a downed WWII German fighter plane and embossed with the faces of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin.

A five year diary from the early 1940's with writing ever so small and written in real ink! Each page was full to the edges with births, deaths, events and activities.

A wooden coffee grinder that was once used exclusively as a pepper mill.

A radiator cap from an old Buick, complete with it's own built in thermometer, dating to a time before automobiles were built with a heat gauge.

An original copy of "Mary Melville, Psychic" , a story about her sister, written by Flora MacDonald with a notation, in Flora's own hand.

Pioneer hair curlers(strips of rags). Women once used these to create curls or ringlets in their hair for special occasions.

A collector's issue of "Susannah, A Little Girl with the Mounties", written by Muriel Denison. We have a full collection of the Susannah books in the Pioneer Museum.

Another interesting book about the road building in this area and the homesteading it created, called "Footpaths to Freeways."

A fascinating pair of handmade snowshoe miniatures made exactly to scale from thread and preserved with layers of varnish, the only pair in existence.

A geologist's rock hammer, used locally in early mining sites to chip out rock samples. In today's terms, its weight and pointed end make it quite the weapon!

The most giggles of the presentations were generated by a complex unit of electrodes, from 1925, complete with instruction manual and professing to cure headaches, toothaches, intestinal issues, sore feet and every ailment you might imagine. Just change the attachment, plug it in and apply to affected area, with supposedly guaranteed results!

Our next meeting will be on Monday May 15 at 1:00p.m. at the Cloyne Hall.

We will meet in the Barrie Community Hall and then proceed to the nearby Cloyne Pioneer Museum and Archives.

Curator Margaret Axford shall provide a comprehensive guided tour of our community’s best preserved and treasured artifacts. The Museum is now officially an Archive for family histories, documents, and records. As such, it provides a window to this district’s rich past history. You will learn how to search for family histories, events, old collections, ledgers, and clippings. You are welcome, whether this is your first or one of many visits to the Museum. Refreshments shall be served back in the Barrie Hall.

More information on our website www.cloynepioneermuseum.ca. Be sure to come and learn details of our annual gigantic yard sale. The Museum and Archives will be open for business for another season on June 24. That's also the date for a Sesquicentennial celebration at the park in Cloyne, right beside the museum.

This is a special day, designed to celebrate Canada's birthday but also the revitalization of the park, complete with entertainment and food! There will be more information on posters and ads coming to you very soon!

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Notorious Sharbot Lake criminals finally get their due from Leos

by Craig Bakay so Hall in Sharbot Lake often functions as Provincial Court but last Saturday, it became a slightly different ‘Court’ as the Sharbot Lake Leos Club held its first ever Jail ’n’ Bail to raise funds for the Food Bank.

President Annika Putnam, who also served as ‘judge,’ said the idea came from a brainstorming session where club members tossed out fundraising ideas.

“This one seemed the most feasible,” she said.

“We thought it was unique.

“The Mayor (Francis Smith) was the first one we thought of to arrest.

Lion Leslie Smith-Merrigan said the ideas were all from the Leos but “sometimes you gotta shake up the town. “(But) we try to let them make the rules.”

So, beginning around 10am, prominent local ‘criminals’ started being ‘arrested’ and sentenced to an

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hour behind bars phoning friends, family and anybody else they could think of to pledge funds and get them out of jail.

At the end of the day, they’d raised about $5,600 for the Food Bank.

They had a lot of help, such as OPP Aux. Const.

Nicole Greenstreet and Ilya Medovikov who apprehended the criminals, Brian Robertson of North Frontenac Little Theatre who assembled the ‘jail,’ John Richter who made a special maple and cherry wood gavel and block just for the occasion, as well as numerous parents and Lions Club members who donated to the Leos’ bake sale table and canteen (proceeds of which will go towards funding Leo activities).

Bailiffs were Abby Beattie, Braidey Merrigan, Zack Kaillam, Christian Armstrong and Riley Merrigan.

Smith-Merrigan said anyone 12-18 who’d like to join

the Leos can do so by contacting her, and Leo or Lions Club member.

The following is a list of the criminals apprehended and the crimes they commited: • James MacDonald: Orderly conduct and Driving while under the influence of education • Tom Corneil: Felony planking, Attempted retirement and Possession of shorts and attempting to wear them year-round • Wayne Robinson: Generosity in the first degree • Marcel Giroux: Excessive volunteering and Stalking and contributing to every needy cause • Connie McLellan: Grand selflessness with excessive positivity • Robert Moore: Possession of caffeine with intent to sell and Distribution of Community Spirit • Bill MacDonald: Aiding and abetting aggravated salting of township roads

Jailbird Wayne Robinson seemed to really enjoy being behind bars with fellow inmates Marcel Giroux, Tom Corneil and James MacDonald. Photo/Craig Bakay and Attempted assault on an innocent pine tree • Francis Smith: Attempting honest politics and

Break & entering into office • Dave and Dawn Hansen: Disturbing the peace with the Lions roar and Pos-

session and trafficking of pins worldwide.

“CLAWIOWA” Classroom Without Walls

by Wilma Kenny n a well-planned departure from school routine, four Loughborough Public School grades 1-3 classes, their teachers and a variety of parents and community volunteers spent two weeks in Frontenac Park, participating in a “classroom without walls”. The children were divided into two groups, a week apiece, so the whole adventure covered the last of April and the first of May. Each day followed a theme: people and the land, plants, geology, animals, and reflection on what they were learning. Park Manager Ben Chabot welcomed them to the park, and gave

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a tour of the facilities. Park ‘Friend’ Jerome McDuff showed and explained the remnants of earlier settlement that remain in the park.

The children were given artifacts such as seed planters, kitchen gadgets, muskeg horseshoes and milk pails, to examine, sketch and describe in their journals and guess their use. Wilma Kenny told stories and showed pictures of roadbuilding crews, modes of travel, schoolhouses and daily life activities of the settlers. Dale Kristensen talked about the botany of the park, and plant adaption to a variety of environments from rocky ridge to swamp. Heather and John

Jamieson, both geologists, led a hike to a mica mine, and used a cake with icing to illustrate the layering of limestone over granite. A highlight of Sharry Martin’s description of animal adaptation was the chance to dissect owl pellets. Ed Fletcher and (the other) Heather Jamieson were on hand throughout to take pictures and help explain the artifacts, many of which were on loan from Darryl Silver’s antique shop.

Games, hikes, storybooks, picture-making and quiet times for reflection rounded out the busy days.

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Learning Curve in Arden: Growing Sustainably

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“We were working in Algonquin Park as wilderness instructors with youth at risk,” Hale told me. “We had worked in the States for a long time and had been headhunted to start a program in Canada and just hit the wall.”

“For some reason I always wanted to not be in a city, or indoors too much,” Cole, who grew up in San Bruno, a suburb of San Francisco and who previously had worked as field biologist and sound engineer, explained.

What started out as a few strips of garden with a small tiller, and Sue selling vegetables locally out the front door, eventually blossomed into Learning Curve Gardens.

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Hale pulled out a copy of Ben Falk's book 'The Resilient Farm and Homestead' as they talked strategically about farming techniques they could use to fine-tune their practice, like planting clover between their rows of vegetables to keep weeds down.

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“Sustainable, both for us as individuals and the landscape,” Cole added. “We're committed to no synthetic or chemical inputs.”

“No fertilizers, no pesticides, no herbicides,” she said. “That limits us in all the best of ways.”

“It's going to get easier, it's going to get more productive, if we're careful,” Hale said.

Learning Curve has plans to grow more perennials like raspberries, hopes to expand their market within the village of Arden, and is also excited to explore growing mushrooms.

“Would we like to continue to grow our market?”

Hale asked. “Absolutely!

But we're limited by the space.”

“At most we're going to have a couple acres of cultivatable space,” he said.

“That's more than enough.”

“If I had a greenhouse that was heatable I could easily grow twice as many plants and be a functional early season nursery for people,” Cole explained.

“The long term intrinsic value of what we grow and being nourished by the land, and by being nourished by the community that we're feeding, is important,” Cole said. “I don't want to grow so big that I lose that perspective.”

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Dreams outweigh fears for this Canadian family bound for New Zealand

by Catherine Reynolds

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or a family in South Frontenac, life is either a great adven- ture?”

Pausing slightly, he sums up his feelings, “We worry about ture or nothing.

“We can stay and have a good life or go and have a great the old ones and the young ones.”

Listening quietly to the conversation, their eldest daughadventure,” says Vanessa Neven about moving her family ter Reilly, 17, remarks with a smile, “I worry about my lugfrom Canada to New Zealand.

Sitting beside her husband, Jeremy, in his parent’s house gage.”

“I worry about sharks,” adds their youngest daughter, in Sharbot Lake on a rainy night in May, the mother of four doesn’t dwell on what she’s losing. She only sees what’s Sydney, 12, with complete sincerity.

Just as the laughs outweigh tears in this family - dreams she’s gaining.

“I’m excited, happy and sad, all at the same time,” says the outweigh fears.

Auckland is a vibrant city with spectacular landscapes.

43-year-old about her departure in a few weeks.

“It’s taken us six months to get to this point. I’m happy Located in a country that takes a mere five hours to cross on foot, it boasts a sunny climate that is the background rhythm we’re moving forward.”

For the family, the unknown is greater than the known.They of a Polynesian culture. It is built on 48 volcanic cones that know they will be closer to Jeremy’s job as a Senior Build- hold historical, spiritual and cultural significance.

“It’s a very demanding country to enter into,” explains ing Surveyor with the Auckland government. His last day as Chief Building Official for Central and North Frontenac Town- Vanessa about the endless stream of forms they had to ship is May 12. He departs for New Zealand on May 25 and complete for visas and a work permit. “I think the biggest challenge has been the paperwork. It’s been an epic adstarts his new job in early June.

“It’s very freeing. I’m relieved,” says Jeremy about selling venture.”

“We had to close everything here and start over again,” most of his possessions, including the family hobby farm.

Located in a remote part of South Frontenac Township, the adds Jeremy about their bank accounts, investments, etc. family walked out of their custom-built house on April 28 with their dishes and furniture still inside. They have sold, or are selling, almost everything they own.

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It’s not the first time the family has taken on a challenge.

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What makes a modified with tightly attached stor“It’s not like we have to go, we have a great life here,” Vanstem? A stem is made up of age leaves. There are also essa explains. “But this is a great opportunity for the kids. three parts. First the stem or bulbs with a slightly different The kids are growing up. This was a chance to give them an branch, then the node and at makeup like lily bulbs. These adventure. Also, I have a wanderlust. I love to travel. I like each node is usually one or bulbs are scaly not tunicate to see other cultures and be immersed in it, not just travel more leaves and buds. The and have no outer covering. through it.” bud is the required part be- The scales of these bulbs Watching the hockey game out of the corner of his eye cause without it there can be are large and leaflike. Bulbs while listening to the conversation around him, Jeremy takes no new growth. These modia minute to describe what he’ll miss in Canada. fied stems are compressed “The outdoors,” he acknowledges solemnly.. “I’m going to or very short. Take a look miss the wildlife and the pristine lakes.” at an onion. It comes with a “Our parents and friends,” adds Vanessa quickly. “Just losbasal plate which practically ing those supports is hard.” has no internodes. From this The family also had a hard time parting with their animals. basal plate all the usual parts Horses, pigs, cows and dogs were relocated to good homes. of the stem are there. The Is it clear this family is following their dream and believes life is measured by experience, not money. But every venture has a risk, and they know they could experience 6723 Main St. Verona 613-374-2851 hardship along the way.

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Stewardship Foundation retreat hears that climate change is not coming ... it's already here

by Jeff Green

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he Frontenac Stewardship Foundation held it annual retreat at the Queen’s University Biological Station (QUBS) this year. The location, on Lake Opinicon, is emblematic of Frontenac County in that it sits at the edge of the Canadian Shield, having one foot in the fractured limestone and another in the hard granite of the shield. The station is not located in Frontenac, however, being just over the border in Leeds Grenville, 20 km from Perth Road on the scenic, winding Opinicon Road.

The conference provided an opportunity for a dozen or so groups and organisations that are involved in stewardship activities on the four watersheds that intersect in Frontenac County to update each other on their activities and look for ways to work together in the future.

Frontenac County was well represented at the event.

Newly hired county community planner, Megan Rueckwald delivered a presentation on the relationship between stewardship and land use planning in the Frontenac Official Plan, Communications Officer Marco Smits sits on the Foundation Board as well and was at the retreat, as were Councillors John McDougall and Dennis Doyle.

Professor Stephen Lougheed, who is the QUBS Director and a self described “simple country geneticist” spoke about the long term studies of pond frogs with a focus on the 200 km x 200 km region surrounding the centre have demonstrated changes in the local climate over an 80 year time frame, going back to 1930. During his own research career, song metres have been installed at locations throughout the region, which turn on 15 minutes after sunset and stay on for an hour. They have gathered invaluable data for the research done by him and his students and colleagues from around the world.

He said that since 1970, the average temperature in the region in the month of March has risen by 2.8 degrees.

In his own research this is seen as a causal factor in a change in the date when frogs are first seen each year. He also tracks the date when frog songs, one the harbingers of spring and the marking point of the end of syrup season in Frontenac County, are first heard.

“The average first sighting of the American Toad has changed from day 115 after the start of the year [late April] to day 95 [early April]. Data of first calling has shifted from day 140 to day 120. The Leopard Frog has shifted even more, 37 days earlier,” he said.

“Another change has been in the pattern of rain. We are seeing less rain in April and early May [this year being a notable exception] and more rain in early June. This has implications for amphibians.”

The climate change information from the scientific community around the world is irrefutable, in his view, but the specific implications for individual species is hard to pin-

Things are generally worse and more complicated that we initially imagine point because we don’t know all the factors at play. He uses his own studies of frogs as an example.

“We know almost nothing about 95% of the life cycle of the frogs we study. Once they leave the pond we don’t know where they go or what they do or how they live. We don’t know how the climate change effects that part of their life cycle at all.”

Professor John Smol is a paleo - limnologist. He studies the sediment at the bottom of lakes, which holds a wealth of information about the last 12,000 years in this region, the time when the ice retreated and the lakes were formed.

In his talk, entitled History Matters, Smol said that it is important to know as much background as possible when trying to figure out what is going on. He said it is like dealing with a medical patient.

“If you get a certain reading it can mean different things depending on the patients medical history. It can be a cause

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for alarm, if it is a sudden change, it can be the marker of a gradual change, or mean nothing because that is the patients normal level,” he said.

One of Smol’s research initiatives has to do with developing better ways to gather data from lake sediment. While the sediment representing ancient times is easier to analyze because it is more solid, more recent sediment is looser and easier to disturb. Smol is one of the developers of a relatively simple tool for the job, and is able to segment out thin layers representing small increments of time. All of this enriches the library of data that can be analysed.

That does not mean, however, that the implications of environmental changes are easy to predict, however, as factors that may be relevant or even crucial are not always apparent.

The example he chose to illustrate this principle, is of interest to people who live on or near local lakes, particularly canadian shield lakes.

Smol said the problem that “he cut his teeth on” as a scientist was that of acid rain. The ph levels on the Canadian Shield lakes that he studied was dropping and it was making the water unsuitable for the plants that were the base species of the aquatic food chain.

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And ph levels have recovered in most lakes that were affected. But, as Smol pointed out, the story does not end there.

One of the effects of acid rain was a decrease in calcium levels in canadian shield lakes.

Based on some of the limnological research, scientists have found that calcium levels in Shield lakes has been pretty steady for thousand of years. As Smol explained, it is not easy to bring up calcium levels once they drop. The one major source for lakes comes from trees dying and decomposing and leaching calcium into nearby lakes, which is hindered by development and logging.

“Our lakes are basically suffering from Osteoperosis” he said. About 2/3 of Shield lakes have levels of Calcium under 2mg/litres and about 1/3 are below the threshold of 1.5mg/litre.

The 1.5 mg threshold is important because that is the level that one of the larger and more common aquatic species Daphnia (water flea) requires in order to survive and multiply.

There are two implications from this. One is direct. With the decline of Daphnia, another species has moved in to take its place. That species is called Holopedium, which are of similar size to Daphnia but have different characteristics.

One is that they are covered in a jelly like substance, which makes them harder for other species to feed on and it also makes them a problem for water intake pipes because they can clog them. They have led to what some have called the “jellification” of local lakes.

Holopedium are also much less effective at grazing on algae than Daphnia, and this might be associated with the Algae blooms that have become common in recent years in some lakes.

“It’s pretty much counter intuitive to think that acid rain, which killed off algae, can be part of a chain of effects leading to the development of algae blooms, and while scientists are not saying that decreased calcium levels are the cause of algae blooms, it shows there are many implications from each change that takes place,” Smol said.

As to the low calcium levels, he said there is no obvious solution to the problem, since adding calcium directly to lakes is an expensive proposition. The only case where levels went up appreciably in the lakes that Smol has studied was in a lake that is surrounded by a gravel road that is treated with calcium carbonate each summer as a dust suppressant.

In summing up his talk, Smol talked about two of the les-

A handful of Holopedium. Less desirable than Daphnia as food, as a control for algae, and they clog intake pipes, but they thrive in low calcium environments

sons learned in his career. One is that ‘there is a recurring pattern of unintended consequence’, and the second is that “we tend to be overly optimistic. Things are generally worse and more complicated that we initially imagined.”

Smol said that he does not exactly have a reputation as an optimistic in the scientific community but even he has been overly optimistic over the years.

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Olden waste site may have 25 years remaining by Craig Bakay Central Frontenac Council May 9

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he Oso (Crow Lake) waste site probably won’t last much more than five years but with proper management and diversion techniques, the Olden site could last 17-35 years, with 25 years being a reasonable estimate, David Bucholtz of Environmental Services, Cambium Inc. told Central Frontenac Council at its regular meeting Tuesday in Sharbot Lake.

“A new operations plan is being completed (for Olden) and we’ll have a better idea once it’s submitted to the Ministry from review and approval,” he said.

Currently, the Olden site has a remaining capacity of about 92,000 cubic metres and an average annual fill rate of 2,100 to 4,200 cubic metres. The Oso site has a remaining capacity of about 10,000 cubic metres with an average annual fill rate of 2,000 metres.

He said both sites as well as the Hinchinbrooke transfer station and the two closed sites (Arden and Wilkinson) are monitored for both ground water and surface water contamination and once a “minor action” was taken care of at Oso, all are satisfactory. The Township will need a closure plan for Oso, he said.

One plan in the works that could help is a potential agreement between all County members to increase diversion (in all likelihood in conjunction with the City of Kingston).

North Frontenac Council has rejected the plan, South Frontenac has accepted it and Central voted to accept it as well.

“And I’ll be voting for it at County Council,” said Mayor Francis Smith.

“I’ll be supporting it as well,” said Coun.

Tom Dewey, the Township’s other representative on County Council.

• Council approved a new half-ton truck at a cost not to exceed $40,000 for new Fire Chief Greg Robinson. The vehicle is not in the 2017 fire budget and will be financed through reserves.

“It is normal accepted practice for municipalities to provide a vehicle to full-time fire chiefs so that they may respond quickly and safely to emergencies when required, both from home and while on duty,” Robinson said.

Mayor Francis Smith said they had discussed using one of two other pickups in the fleet for the chief but Robinson said both were already assigned to other duties at their respective fire halls.

Robinson said there was another aspect to the vehicle request that would have to be discussed in camera.

When Council announced its intension to go into closed session, it gave the reason of discussion of an identifiable individual.

• Public Works Manager Brad Thake said all the rain lately has kept his department busy inspecting, diverting and cleaning out culverts.

“Water is really weighing on my mind but I think we’re in pretty good shape other than 2nd Depot Lake Road,” he said. “I can’t say when that will reopen.”

“We did a lot of work on that road a couple of years ago,” said Coun. Phillip Smith. “Did we not get what we contracted for?”

“We won’t know until we get the engineer’s report,” Thake said. “But if it should have been done differently, then we may have some recourse.”

And speaking of recourse, Coun, Sherry Whan noted the number of guardrails that need replacing and asked if there was some recourse for that.

“Yes, if the incident was reported to the police, we can recoup some of the cost,” Thake said.

• Jerry Ackerman, despite making a compelling argument to change the name of the road he was born on several decades ago, was turned down by Council.

Ackerman made the case that the road, which runs from Tamworth to Parham is known by many names including Wagarville Road when it leaves Parham to 5th Lake Road to Carroll Road to California Road.

Ackerman made the case for Tampar or Partam Road, as well as simplified signage. If successful in Central Frontenac, he planned to take his proposal to adjacent Stone Mills Township.

However, several Council members, while sympathetic to his arguments, pointed out that there are several reasons road names don’t get changed very often.

“Jerry, as much as I sympathize with you, there’s a domino effect that happens when you change a road name,” said Coun. Bill

MacDonald. “Everybody along the road has to change their mailing address on everything including their driver’s licence and all the maps in Ontario have to be changed.

“And the number of people who take ownership of a road name is amazing and they would all have to be consulted.”

“There are many roads like that such as Henderson Road which becomes Arden Road which becomes County Road 15,” said Coun. Cindy Kelsey. “And there are costs involved with every change of address and that can get expensive.”

Council did however make it part of its resolution to have the Public Works Manager look at ensuring adequate signage on the the road, at least that part in Central Frontenac.

Mayor Francis Smith introduced the new Chief Building Official, Shawn Merriman (l) and Manager of Emergency Services/ Fire Chief Greg Robinson to Council at the May 9 meeting.

Kings Town Tenors rock Bellrock Hall by Craig Bakay guitar, Doug Smith on drums, Chris Petersen on bass and Brandon Amey on guitar, (think Three Dog Night setup) the Tenors rolled out an evening of familiar tunes and endless banter, most of which was courtesy of Francis.

For example, while singing and dancing was encouraged, when they did Michael Buble’s Home, Francis quipped “If you like singing along The Kings Town Tenors, Danny Young, Tim Torgersen and Jack . . . don’t.”

The Tenors first got Francis, rocked Bellrock Hall last weekend. Photo/Craig Bakay together about six years ago during a They did do Puccini’s Nesell, they weren’t Luciano Pavarotti, Placido sun dorma (None shall sleep) Kingston production of The Domingo and the other guy, from the opera Turandot (“to King and I, which featured but in this case, that turned prove we have some chops Torgeersen in the title role.

“We are really baritones in that area”) but mostly it out to be a good thing.

“We’re a classic rock was ‘stuff’ like CCR’s Have with a couple of extra notes,” group that does some tenor You Ever Seen the Rain, Francis said. “Except for stuff,” said Jack (The Happy Jim Croce’s Bad, Bad Leroy Danny.

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FORM 6 MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001

SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDER

THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH FRONTENAC TAKE NOTICE that tenders are invited for the purchase of the land(s) described below and will be received until 3:00 p.m. local time on the 8th day of June, 2017, at 6648 Road 506, Plevna, Ontario.

The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day at 3:30 p.m. local time at the Municipal Office.

Description of Lands: Part of Lots 2 and 3, Concession 1, being Part 2, 13R-9672, geographic Township of Clarendon, now in the Township of North Frontenac, County of Frontenac. PIN 36186-0005(LT) (File No. 12707-499) Minimum Tender Amount: $6,056.61 Lot 37, Concession 11, east of Skead Creek, geographic Township of Miller, now in the Township of North Frontenac, County of Frontenac. PIN 36197-0003 (LT) -andLot 37, Concession 11, west of Skead Creek, geographic Township of Miller, now in the Township of North Frontenac, County of Frontenac. (PIN 36197-0015(LT) (File No. 12707-495) Minimum Tender Amount $5,147.92 Part of Lot 29, Concession 8 as in FR553305 (Thirdly) SRO lying SW of Sunday Lake, geographic Township of Palmerston, now in the Township of North Frontenac, County of Frontenac, s/t PD2298. PIN 36204-0068(LT) (File 12707-494) Minimum Tender Amount $16,603.92 Part of Lot 19, Concession 8, being Part 1, 13R-9622, Township of North Frontenac, County of Frontenac. PIN 36187-0137(LT) -andA 1/8th interest in part of Lot 19, Concession 8, being Part 2, Plan 13R9622, geographic Township of Clarendon, now in the Township of North Frontenac, County of Frontenac. PIN 36187-0145(R)(File No. 12707-470) Minimum Tender Amount $4,779.34

Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a deposit in the form of a money order or of 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.

Except as follows, the municipality makes no representation regarding the title to or any other matters relating to the land to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchasers.

This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001 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 HST, if applicable.

The municipality has no obligation to provide vacant possession to the successful purchaser.

The land does not include the mobile home situate on the land, if applicable.

For further information regarding this sale and a copy of the prescribed form of tender contact: Sandra Lessard, Deputy Treasurer The Corporation of the Township of North Frontenac 6648 Road 506 Plevna, Ontario K0H 2M0 613-479-2231

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The view on Clearview is anything but

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esidents of Tay Valley Township have been fighting a spraying program that has been underway on County roads in Lanark County for two years, and similar concerns are now being expressed by the Lennox and Addington Stewardship (L&A) Council over a similar program set to start up in L&A this month.

In both cases the roads are being sprayed with Clearview, which is an approved herbicide, and the target species is wild parsnip, which has been associated with painful burns among some people who have been exposed to its toxic juices.

While at least two Lanark County Townships have opted not to spray (Tay Valley

SOCIAL NOTES OBITUARY Monds, Irene

At the Smith’s Falls and District Hospital in Smith’s Falls on Monday, May 8, 2017.

Edna Irene Monds (Kellar) of Arden at age 96. Beloved wife of the late Earl Monds.

Sister of Fred Kellar of Bowmanville and Cora Brown of Orangeville. Fondly remembered by several nieces and nephews and many friends. The family will receive friends at the Arden United Church on Thursday, May 11, 2017 from 1:00 p.m., followed by service at 2:00 p.m. Interment Arden Cemetery. Memorial donations (by cheque please) made to the Diabetes Association or the Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family. In the care of Hannah Funeral Home, in Tamworth (613-379-2997).

Online condolences at www.hannahfuneralhome.com

BROWN, Kenneth Levi

Passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at Providence Care on Monday, May 8, 2017, in his 81st year.

Beloved husband, soulmate, and best friend of Vera (nee Warren) of 61 years. Brother to Lois Goodberry (late Arnold). Dear father of Steven (Cheryl), Richard (Heather), Wendy Paulette (Stephen) and Paul (Lynn). Loving grandfather of 12 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren.

Kenneth loved his garden and generously shared its bounty with friends and family.

Kenneth’s battle with cancer was fought with bravery and dignity.

In keeping with Kenneth’s wishes cremation has taken place, with private interment at Verona.

Friends and family will be received at a Celebration of Life to be announced at a later date.

Sincere thanks to Compassionate Care from CCAC and especially Dr. Stewart, Dr. Fischer and Angela RN. In lieu of flowers, donations will be gratefully accepted to the UHKF – Cancer Clinic.

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We see that picture when the sun sleeps You are the brightest star in the sky.

One day we will be shining stars In the night sky, shining beside you.

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The Conservationists of Frontenac and Addington would like to thank the following people who made our recent Beef BBQ possible. Northbrook Foodland assisted us to get the necessary supplies for the meal. The students of North Addington Education Center peeled, sliced, served and helped clean up. The members of COFA and many supportive community members spent several days working to provide , serve and clean up. Most of all we thank the many people who came to enjoy the meal and support our organization. We thank you all.

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May 11, 2017

by Jeff Green

and Mississippi Mills) the county roads in those townships were sprayed last year and will be sprayed again this year. Last year, residents living along those roads who were opposed to spraying had the option of putting up “no spray” signs and township crews would avoid their properties.

This year, the protocol has changed, and that has led opponents, such as Sonia Cirka, to voice further opposition. In place of the opt out sign program, those who wish to avoid spraying need to join the “Adopt a Road” program in Lanark County. Taking its cue from previous programs wherein informal residents groups and community clubs “adopt” a section of road by removing lit-

by Gray Merriam After many years of informed concern by conservationists, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has finally made it illegal to hunt snapping turtles.

Snapping turtles have been listed as species of Special Concern both Federally and by Ontario but that gave them no protection and OMNR continued to state a limit of two turtles in their list of game animals.

Mortality is critical to snapping turtles because their earliest reproduction is delayed for up to 20 years. Even then only 7 out of 10,000 eggs survive to adulthood.

These characteristics of their reproductive life history combine to mean that, on average, female snappers must live until they are at least 25 if the population is not to decrease.

Egg-laying females search for sandy, south-facing slopes to dig nests for their eggs. Our roads often cut through turtle habitat and females dig nests in the gravelly road shoulders. Many more snappers, both females and hatched young, are killed on roads than were ever killed by hunting.

Conservationists have a victory in their fight against snappers being on the game

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a) To consider amendments to the Fees and Charges By-law, more specifically to review proposed amendments to the Waste Management – Landfill Tipping Fee Schedule; and to include a Schedule for Application and Annual Fees for Encroachment/Licence Agreements; and

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b) To review the proposed changes to the Ward Boundaries for election purposes, more specifically the Mayor being elected at large and two Councillors being elected from Ward 1 and two Councillors being elected from Wards 2 and 3 combined. The Councillor who receives the highest number of votes will be the Deputy Mayor.

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ter and trash build up on the roads, the new program provides for further options, from “spotting and reporting invasive plants and noxious weeds, to hand pulling/spading of invasive plants and noxious weeds” Anyone who wants to opt for an “adopt a road” commitment in place of roadside spraying, must commit to managing the invasive plants and noxious species through other means” Sonia Cirka, one of the activists opposing the spraying program, feels that the county is employing the adopt a road program to make it harder for residents to stop the spraying along their property lines.

Dated this 9th day of May, 2017.

Tara Mieske Clerk/Planning Manager 613-479-2231 Ext. 225 clerkplanning@northfrontenac.ca

list but the bleak future of snapping turtle populations is in the hands of drivers.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - TO FILL A VACANCY -

Administrative Assistant To The Fire Chief,Clerk And To Assist With The CLSP

The Township is seeking resumes for a vacant position from a highly motivated, experienced, hands-on person to join our municipal team as Administrative Assistant to the Fire Chief, Clerk and to assist with the Crown Land Stewardship Program (CLSP).

Working under the direction of the Deputy Treasurer/Administrative Financial Coordinator, the incumbent will perform municipal office administrative duties and provide assistance to the applicable Managers and for the Crown Land Stewardship Program (CLSP), while following guidelines established by the policies of Township Council and/or the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and in accordance with Legislation.

The salary range is $19.08 - $22.68 per hour and the normal work week is 37.5 hours. Hours may vary and overtime may be required to meet the job requirements.

For a copy of the Role Description or further information, please contact Sandra Lessard, Deputy Treasurer at (613) 4792231 ext. 226 or email deputytreasurer@ northfrontenac.ca.

Information gathered relative to this position is done so in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and will only be used for candidate selection purposes.

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. The Township of North Frontenac is an equal opportunity employer. We would be pleased to provide accommodations, upon request, throughout the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities to ensure equal participation.

Please apply with a detailed resume by Noon local time on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 clearly marked “Confidential - Administrative Assistant” to: Cheryl Robson, AMCT CAO Township of North Frontenac 6648 Road 506, Plevna, ON KOH 2M0 Phone: (613)479-2231 Ext. 221 Fax: (613) 479-2352 E-mail: cao@northfrontenac.ca

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AUTOMOTIVE

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EMBROIDERY & ENGRAVING

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2012 BLACK LEER TRUCK CAP, fits 20092015 Ford F-150 truck, 61/2 foot box, Thule rack system, one owner, $800. Call 613-3722350 CENTRAL BOILER OUTDOOR FURNACES Spring REBATE with a savings up to $700. Call for more information. Your local Dealer, Wood Heat Solutions, Frankford, ON, 613-398-1611; Bancroft, ON 613-332-1613. www.chesher.ca SHIPPING CONTAINERS: Seacans Storage Containers, 7ft 10ft 20ft 40ft 45ft Steel garden sheds call 613-354-8744 or online http:// IngeniousStorage.com.

GARAGE SALE

DOWNSIZING - MAY 13 yard sale: catering, cake decorating supplies, household, baby, stuffies, small appliances to name a few. 3741 Daley Road, Sydenham.

HELP WANTED

COTTAGE CLEANERS REQUIRED Saturday mornings, now until October. Upper Bobs Lake, Badour Road off of Crow Lake Road.

2 person team or couple preferred but individuals accepted. Contact Mary, info@ cedarhavencottages.com. 613-850-5951 FISHING LODGE on Crotch Lake, looking for Full Time Cook. Basic home cooked meals.

Experience preferred but not necessary. Will train. Call 613-279-2530.

HOME CLEANING SPECIALIST: Looking for that perfect candidate, for 20-30hrs per week with a professional attitude, and a love for cleaning to compliment our honest, reliable, hardworking and fun loving cleaning team.

A valid drivers’ license and vehicle required.

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HUNTING

FIREARMS COURSE – June 2 and 3, and Hunter Education Course, June 9 and 10, Tamworth. Call Bill, 613-335-2786

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PUMP REPAIR: Licenced well technician on staff with 10 years experience. Call Mark, Verona Hardware, 6723 Main St., Verona. Ph. 613-374-2851 ROB’S WINDOW CLEANING. We clean the windowpanes, screens, tracks and casings of your window. Call today for a quote. 613-2439661 ROOFING, SHINGLES – STEEL, 25 years experience, serving Elphin, Snow Road, Sharbot Lake & area. Contact Todd Gursby for estimates, 613-278-1300

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UPCOMING EVENTS

MOTHER’S DAY MANICURES. Friday May 12, 4:30 – 8pm. Olden Recreation Hall, Mountain Grove. $10 for tickets to reserve a spot as space is limited. Call Nancy: 613-329 3255 SPONSORS FOR SWIM-ATHON on May 31st

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Arden Legion Planning Memorial Booklet for 2017 Rembrance Day

When the clocks all strike 11:00 am on November 11, 2018, it will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One, the supposed “War to end all Wars.”

By November 11, 1918, it has been estimated that there had been approximately 8 million military/service deaths and up to 21 million wounded around the world.

Arden Legion, Gordon Gaylord Branch #334, is hoping to have ready for November, 2018, a booklet listing all members, of all services from the area including Arden, Mountain Grove, Henderson, Harlow, Kaladar, and locations in between who fought and died for Canada.

The Legion is hoping to collect knowledge on every known participant including any photographs, history, personal information and current descendents.

Obviously, to achieve this, we need to appeal to the general public and make this booklet a community effort. We are also requesting information from anyone who had grandmothers or great grandmothers who served as nurses etc., or who served in the forces. Also, if any now local residents had relatives who served, we would love to hear from you.

To get the ball rolling, we have prepared a list of all service members’ names taken from the cenotaphs and plaques currently in both Arden

URCA Housing Corporation Request for Proposal:

Property Management Services URCA Housing operates 16 non-profit units in Flinton, On Requirements for Position • Property Manager is responsible for all aspects of the management of the portfolio.

• Manager will prepare all reports required by the Service Manager and the Board of URCA and will meet with the Board on a regular basis.

Qualifications • Working knowledge of Quick Books Small Business Accounting System • Must have knowledge and experience working in field of Property Management • Must be able to communicate effectively with Service Manager, Board, Tenants, and community at large.

• Knowledge of Residential Tenancy Act, Housing Services Act, and working of the Landlord and Tenant Board.

Interested Individals or Firms are requested to obtain RFP package by calling 613-336-8965 or email urca@ sympatico.ca. Package is also available at site meeting Friday, May 12, at 1:00 p.m.

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AD SALES REPRESENTATIVE

The Frontenac News is looking for an ad sales representative to sell print ads for our weekly newspaper and specialty publications, and electronic ads in our online products as well. Must enjoy working with the public, have own vehicle and valid drivers license. Familiarity with Windows operating system and email programs is an asset. This is a permanent 1/2 to 3/4 time position, hours are somewhat flexible. We pay an hourly wage and mileage. Submit resume to Jeffgreen@ frontenacnews.ca or call 613-279-3150 for further details. (Position to begin in late spring/early summer)

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North Frontenac

Transition Age Youth Support Worker Community Living-North Frontenac has an opening for two Transition Age Youth support workers to complete our circle of support in assisting a young man with an intellectual disability.

The successful candidates need to be good communicators, enjoy being around young people, have patience, be energetic, resilient, a good role model and connected to community. They need to be dedicated to providing support in a manner that maintains dignity and respect.

Be available to work days/evenings/weekends and on a call in basis.

Starting Rate: $17.74 per hour Qualifications: DSW or equivalent Current CPR & First Aid Valid Driver’s license Vulnerable Sector Check If you think you are the right person to fulfill these needs please submit your resume to Deb Ryckman, Manager Supports & Services at dryckman@clnf.ca or drop off at 1025 Elizabeth St.

and Mountain Grove. They are as follows: Arden: Andrew Hayes, Roy Loyst, John Monds, Russell Monds, Ernest Mouck, Manley Wood, Milton Woodcock, Harry Alexander, Willard Boomhower, Allan Detlor, Dow Fraser, Charles Gaylord, Sandford Gaylord, Oscar Hayes, William Hogan, James Hughes, Norman Hughes, John Kellar, W.C. Morgan, Rockwell Newton, Benson Scott, Earl Scott, Sandy Scott, Curtis Selman, Frank Shorts, Durland Steele, Morris Thompson, Wellington Thompson, Edward Wilkes, Edward Wood, Oscar Wood, Ervin Woodcock, Murray Woodcock, Ellias Wormworth, E. Barker, W.J. Gaylord, F. Hugh, A. Hughes, A. Parker, C. Parkes and L. Woodcock.

Mountain Grove: H.R. Abbott, A, Lewis, H.R. Cronk, E.P. Lewis, G.E. Snider, C. Parker, J.M. Wood, R.M. Barr, G.F. Beverley, T. Beverley, B. Bradly, R. Bradly, G. Conboy, J. Dawson, C. Drew, A. Enbry, R. Flynn, A. Godfrey, T. Godfrey, W. Grant, H. Gray, J. Hawley, R. Hawley, O.A. Hayes, J. Kellar, Z. Kellar, C. Lockwood, D. MacCrimmon, D. MacDonald, S. Mills, E.R. Price, l.E. Raymond, C. Shorts, A. Smith, F. Smith, O. Smith, F. Soles, H. Somers, F. Tryon and J. Veley.

These are the names being used for the Legion's starting point. lf anyone recognizes a name of a great grandparent, grandparent or other relative, please contact one of the following: Malcolm Sampson (613-335-3664), Ronda Noble (613-335-4517), Marilyn Meeks (613-335-4531) or Jean Brown (613-336-2516) or call the Legion (613-335-2737) and leave a name and phone number.

It is also very probable that at a later date, more volunteer help will be needed, so if you are interested in helping out, please let one of the individuals listed above know.

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North Frontenac

Summer Student Position In Sharbot Lake If you are a Post-Secondary Student returning to your studies in September and under the age of 30, you may apply for this exciting summer work experience.

You will be working mostly out to our second hand store The Treasure Trunk, where you will learn not only retail but also working and supporting people with intellectual disabilities.

We are looking for someone who demonstrates professional attributes and great customer service. Our Mission, Guiding Principles and our Vision are the cornerstone of our agency.

We have a great orientation and mentoring program.

You will work 30 hours per week, some evening and (Saturdays 9 am till 3 pm) The rate is $17.25 per hour From June 27th till August 27th, 2017 Preference will be given to individuals who is studying in the Developmental Services field, visible minority, aboriginal, or a student with a disability.

Students in another Human field will be considered.

Driver’s license and Vulnerable Sector Check will be required.

Résumés will be accepted until 12 noon on Wednesday May 17th, 2017 Drop off your résumé at Community Living – North Frontenac at 1025 Elizabeth Street Attention: Marcel Quenneville Fax 613-279-3732 or email mquenneville@clnf.ca

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FRONTENAC PROVINCIAL PARK – WILDERNESS navigation 9am-4pm $25 plus parking info 613-376-3489 TICHBORNE - BIKE RIDE on the new K&P Trail, from 10 to noon. Bring the family to this CANADA 150 event. Ride 10 km on a prepared surface with flat terrain. For more information, call 613 279-2144 (re scheduled from May 6) VERONA – SEASON OPENING DAY of Frontenac Farmers Market 12th season, Prince Charles Public School parking lot. 9am-2pm – seedling and plant sale. (Market runs Saturdays until October 28)

Thursday May 11

LAND O’ LAKES GARDEN CLUB Pine View Free Methodist Church, Cloyne, 7pm, - speaker: Sue Leduc on "Alpine Trough/Hypertufa Gardens + Plants suitable for Rock Gardens." info: yram@golden.net.

VERONA – DIABETES EDUCATION GROUP, 9am to 12 pm, Medical Centre upstairs. Info: Anne MacDonald RD CDE 613-544-3400 ext. 3589

Sunday May 14

SYDENHAM - SELECTED WORKS OF FIBRE ART by Phillida Hargreaves – Official opening 1-4 pm, artist talk, 2 pm. Grace Centre, 4295 Stagecoach Rd.. 613-376-6477 BEDFORD OPEN MIC & JAM, 1-5pm, 1381 Westport Rd, audience $2; entertainers free; refreshments avail; info: Judy 374-2317, Wilhelmine 374-2614.

HARROWMSITH - OLE TIME FIDDLERS Open Mic at Golden Links Hall, 1-5 pm, followed by dinner $10. Info 372-2410 sponsored by Odd fellows and Rebekahs in support of Camp Trillium MCDONALDS CORNERS – MICHAEL COSTELLO plays Chopin and Mozart MERA Schoolhouse. 2 pm. $25 For tickets call 613-485-6434 DENBIGH - ANNUAL SISTER Appreciation Dinner at the New Apostolic Church. Service at 10am dinner at noon. info. robertjsprague@gmail.com.

OMPAH - MOTHER’S DAY BREAKFAST 8am10:30am, Ompah Community Centre, presented by local firefighters.

Friday May 12

SHARBOT LAKE LEGION SUPPER, 5:30 PM – Stuffed Pork, $12 SYDENHAM – MELODIA MONDAY - eclectic performance by a cappella chamber choir.

7:30pm $15 order online www.sfcsc.ca/gracearts or call 613-376-6477 MOUNTAIN GROVE HALL – Mothers day Mani event 4:30pm to 8pm, $10 call 613-375-3255 HARROWSMITH – GOLDEN LINKS Hall – Youth Dance. 7 – 9:30 pm. $6 – call 613-3722410. Sponsor - Oddfellows and Rebekahs HARROWSMITH – WEMP AND SMITH Open House 12-4pm, free BBQ. 4153 Road 38, 613372-1234 NORTHBROOK – POT LUCK and Trivia Night at Lion’s Hall, 7-10pm $10, call 613–336-8502 PLEVNA – CLARENDON PUBLIC School Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction. 5:30 -7pm. Admission, good will offering.

Monday May 15

Saturday May 13

PLEVNA – FOOT CARE CLINIC, Clar-Mill Community Centre, appointment: 613-279-3151 CLOYNE AND District Historical Society tour of archives and general meeting, 1pm, meet at Barrie Hall and proceed to Pioneer Museum

HARROWSMITH - EUCHRE NIGHT at the S and A Club, 7pm. $5 per person. Prizes, refreshments and a cash bar. Call Marilyn at 3720917.

ARDEN - OPEN MIC – 5-10 pm, entertainment, pot luck at 5pm, music starts at 6pm Kennebec Recreation Centre, $2 MABERLY – FIELDWORKS 10TH SEASON, featuring Soundworks, 6 new, interactive installations 2-5pm 2501 Old Brooke Road 613-2682024 OMPAH – GRAND OPENING of scenic route rest stop, and mural unveiling, 10am Ompah Community Centre – 10am 10200 Road 509 VERONA – MOTHERS DAY BAKE sale at Trin-

Tuesday May 16

ARDEN - KENNEBEC DINERS, noon, Arden community hall, for those 50+, $12, reservations required: 613-279-3151 HENDERSON – UNITED CHURCH meeting to discuss crumbling windows, Rev Eric Barr to preside. 2pm.

Wednesday May 17

SHARBOT LAKE DINERS, noon, for those 50+, $12, reservations requ’d: 613-279-3151

Controversy of wild parsnip spraying - con't from 12 “One councilor said [at a council meeting in March] that the signs were ‘too political” and looked like a ‘campaign’,” she said, “so they came up with a plan that makes people accept the spraying or pull the weeds themselves. This ignores the fact that the spraying causes environmental damage and is not even effective.”

Dr. Paula Stewart, the Medical Officer of Health for Lanark and Leeds Grenville, presented a report in April of 2016 wherein she identified wild parsnip as a hazard and Clearview as an effective and safe control.

“There is a human public health risk of severe burns from exposure to the sap of wild parsnip. There is no research evidence of a health risk to humans with controlled spraying of roadside ditches with Clearview,” her report concluded.

However others have expressed different

perspectives on both questions.

“This is an agricultural Class 4 herbicide that is similar in its action to 2,4D. Clearview isn't approved for use on our lawns, so why would we be putting it on our roadsides?” said Dr. James Coupland, an entomologist who lives in Mississippi Mills township. Coupland also questioned the effectiveness of the treatment: “there isn’t enough incidence of interaction with wild parsnip to merit such a huge outlay of herbicide. All the information we need to know is on the Clearview label.”

Concerns about the impact of Clearview on pollinator species have also been expressed by opponents of the spraying program.

In Lennox and Addington, the local Stewardship Council has expressed similar concerns, pointing out as well that the residents of Addington Highlands living along county

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Thursday May 18

CLOYNE – NAEC FUN FAIR 5-8 pm Little Ray’s Reptiles, auctions, face painting, costumes, BBQ, etc. Proceeds to IT at North Addington Ed. Centre.

MOUNTAIN GROVE - LAND O LAKES PS annual funfair 5-8 PM featuring the Kingston Irish Folk Club, Orbital Talent, petting zoo. BBQ and more.

VERONA – MONTHLY MEETING of Grandmothers and Others by the Lake, 11:30am – in support of HIV/AID sufferers in Sub-Saharan Africa SYDENHAM – LEGION OPEN MIC 7 to

10pm. $6.00 Entertainers free. Proceeds to Branch 496 Legion. 4361 Amelia St. Info 613-546-3451 ARDEN – CIRCLE SQUARE RANCH BBQ Community Dinner 6 pm $15pp suggested donation, pie auction

FLINTON -GARAGE/BAKE sale at Through the Roof Ministry, (continues on May 19 and 20)

Fri. May 19 - Sat May 20

PLEVNA STAR PARTY: Jupiter rising. Spring constellations and "The Realm of Galaxies" Begins at dusk 5816 Road 506. See NF township website for updates

Friday May 19

SHARBOT LAKE LEGION SUPPER, 5:30 PM – Chicken in Orange Sauce, $12 HARLOWE HALL – OLE TYME FIDDLERS 7:30 pm. Prizes, lunch, $6 non-members, all welcome - players, dancers, listeners and newcomers PERTH ROAD – ANNUAL YARD SALE and indoor flea market, 9-9, Perth Road Village Sunday School hall. Call 613-353-1690 for item pick-up / donations PARHAM – BBQ, BAKE SALE, flea market 11am to 2 pm – sponsored by Parham Seniors VERONA’S GOT TALENT - an evening of family-friendly fun, 7pm Verona Free Methodist Church admission, non-perishable item for Community Cupboard. Call 613-374-2703 to register to perform ELPHIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH – Yard and bake sale, 2-7pm. Proceeds to the church PLEVNA – BINGO FUNDRAISER for North Frontenac volunteer firefighters, 7-9pm, cash prizes, Clar-Mill hall NORTH & CENTRAL FRONTENAC RELAY FOR LIFE, St. James Church hall, Sharbot Lke, 6 pm midnight; music, team events, challenges; call Christine Teal 613-375-6525 or mrsteal2u@ homail.com

roads will be subject to spraying even if Addington Highlands Council decides not to spray.

County roads in L&A include: Road 29 which runs from Hwy. 41 through Flinton to the Hastings County border, the section of Hwy. 41 south of Hwy. 7 to the border with Stone Mills, and Road 30, Buckshot Lake Road which runs from Hwy. 41 south of Denbigh to the border with North Frontenac Township.

In a media release earlier this week, the Stewardship Council said the following: “The main concern for the Lennox and Addington Stewardship Council is that the herbicide selected, Clearview®, is highly soluble in water and could easily enter our waterways through the ditches next to our roads.”

They referred to the opinion expressed

by James Coupland that “Clearview takes a long time to break down, and it can travel through a water system for months dam-

Saturday May 20

CLOYNE & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Giant Yard Sale at the Barrie Hall in Cloyne.

9a.m. Donations of previously enjoyed items can be dropped off at the hall on Fri. morning.

SHARBOT LAKE AND DISTRICT Lions - All You Can Eat Breakfast. Soldiers Memorial Hall (OSO Hall) 8 - 11 am. Adults $7, children 6-12, $3, under 6 Free. In support of CF swim program.

PLEVNA – JACK’S JAM Clar-Mill Hall, 1-5:30 pm. Pot luck to follow. All welcome.

LAND O’LAKES COMMUNITY SERVICES Annual Yard Sale 9am-3pm, 12497A HWY 41 (Northbrook) 613-336-8934 VERONA – GOODBYE TO ED and Sandy Botting, 7:30pm Lion’s Hall, Verona Sand Road.

Light refreshments, all welcome NORTHBROOK – BBQ AND BAKE SALE, Foodland Parking lot 9am-4pm, sponsored by 640 Army cadets. Info Donna 613-336-9480 SHARBOT LAKE FARMERS MARKET opening day, 9am-1pm Oso Beach, Plant Sale, crafts, baked goods, local produce, meats & more. info@ sharbotlakefarmersmarket.ca (every Saturday until Thanksgiving) ARDEN – FIREWORKS at dusk, Recreation park, sponsored by the Kennebec Rec. Committee VENNACHAR - YARD SALE at Free Methodist Parsonage, 357 Matawatchan Road, 9:30-11:30am. Info: Bill Snider 613 333 5127.

Sunday May 21

HARROWSMITH - TURKEY DINNER Golden Links Hall 4186 Colebrook Rd, $13 4:30 to 6 info call 372-2410 Sponsored by the Odd Fellows & Rebekahs ARDEN – WESLEYAN CHURCH, Rebecca Miles to present on her Missions trip to Israel, 6:30pm SHARBOT LAKE DAY OF THE PIG Food Festival, Sharbot Lake Beach, Sharbot Lake. Artisan meats, cheeses etc.; gourmet food prepared by great chefs; $15 advance $20 at the gate info seedtosausage.ca PARHAM – YARD SALE PRESENTED by District 4 rec committee, ball field. 10an-2pm. Canteen. Bring a table and sell for free

Monday May 22

HENDERSON UNITED CHURCH BREAKFAST 8am – 1:30pm. Pay by donation to help out the church. Info 613-336-2467

Wednesday May 24

VERONA - LIVING WELL WITH CHRONIC DISEASE – first session of 6 week workshop 1:30 – 4 pm. To register, contact Annie Campbell RN 613-374-2077 (see article on page 15)

aging or killing native plants (including milkweed) and threatening our pollinators.

Clearview is highly toxic to aquatic organisms in particular.”

Lennox and Addington residents will have the option to post “no spray” signs on their property but the Stewardship Council is concerned that people are not aware of this and the spraying will take place soon. Also, similar to the situation in Lanark, there are strings attached.

“The landowner must sign an agreement to manage all noxious weeds on their frontage,” said the Stewardship Council release.

In addition to a disagreement over the impacts of spraying on human health and agriculture, the two sides also disagree about Wild Parsnip. Proponents of spraying call it a public helath hazard and opponents call it a nuisance whose impacts can be managed.

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hey had to break out the extra chairs as a capacity crowd filled Clar-Mill Hall in Plevna last Saturday to celebrate the rich history of lodges in North Frontenac.

The afternoon began with guests invited to browse the various exhibits before CMCA coordinator Brenda Martin welcomed the crowd with her opening remarks.

Martin pointed to the various exhibits spread around the hall showcasing all 63 lodges that have existed within the boundaries of the Township and a couple from without.

“We’ve covered all 63 and even went slightly outside of the Township because of the connection with Plevna,” she said. “These lodges have provided economic benefits for years and many are over 100 years old.

“Twenty-four of the lodges are historic but 39 are still active.”

Martin said the project follows on the history of general stores and the materials collected will be donated in binders to the Clarendon and Miller Community Archives and the plan is to also create a booklet from the material.

“The displays will be available to active lodges,” she said.

Martin acknowledged the 11,000 hours of student help as well as a Township grant that got things up and running and the hope for a federal grant to buy computer equipment to digitize the project.

“We’re all about community,” she said. “When we asked for help, boy did we get it.”

“Preserving our heritage

BUILDING SEASON The Township of South Frontenac requires building permits for all structures greater than (108 sq. ft.) 10 sq. m. in area; additions or renovations to existing structures (including decks); installation or alteration of a plumbing system (including septic systems); installation or alteration of a heating or ventilation system and any material alteration to a structure (including new pools). Please contact Building staff prior to starting work to ensure your investment is secure.

IT’S TIME TO DUST OFF THE PLANT POTS! It’s a wonderful time of the year, with the trees greening and the daffodils and tulips brightening our gardens. So a gentle reminder for this upcoming gardening season is that most of your plant cells and plastic pots up to 12 “ in diameter or 1 gallon in size are recyclable in your plastics week. They must be clean though! Take a hose to them then ensure they don’t fly out of your recycle box. Check with the retailer when you are purchasing your bedding plants as many of them will take the plant cells, trays and pots. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Happy Gardening!

PRIVATE LANE UPGRADING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM The deadline for applications for the 2017 Private Lane Assistance Program is June 9, 2017. Application forms and details available on the Township website – see Living Here/Road and Parking/Public Road/Private Lane Standards.

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DEPOT Summer hours are now in effect at the Depot - Open every Thursday from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm Please remember that accepted items are hazardous materials, small electronics and bale wrap only. A full listing of accepted materials may be found on our website under Living Here/Solid Waste/Recycling/Household Hazardous Waste.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WEEK – MAY 7-13, 2017 Neville Wells at the Lodges: Past and Present celebration at Clar-Mill Hall in Plevna last Saturday. and history is paramount to remembering for future generations,” said Mayor Ron Higgins. “It is our building of pride of ownership in our community that will attract visitors.”

Higgins also announced they’ve been approved for a Community Foundation of Kingston grant but couldn’t give any details until the ‘official’ announcement May 15.

Jere and Marianne Motto presented donated the original land titles documents for Marble Lake Lodge and perhaps the most poignant moment of the afternoon came when Ed Geffen of Tumblehome Lodge read a poem read a poem by Skip Moyst, who couldn’t attend because of flooding.

Then it was time for “special guest” and keynote speaker/

entertainer Neville Wells, who “grew up in Ompah” at the Mosque Lake Lodge.

Wells, who was the Country Music Person of the Year in 1984 for the Canadian Country Music Association told stories about “growing up in the lodge environment” when $6 a day bought accommodation, three meals and a boat as well as his 35 cents/hour wages “contributing heavily to the local economy.”

Wells told of the Ompah dances on Saturday nights where “Neil (fiddle) and Flora Perry (slide guitar) were the orchestra.

“I don’t care what people say, it was better in those days.”

“The cute little stories are what we remember,” said Martin.

Living well with chronic disease.

By Jeff Green n conjunction with the Kingston Community Health Centre, Registered Nurses Annie Campbell (Verona) and Meredith Prikker (Sydenham) offer 6 week courses in the spring and fall for Frontenac County residents with chronic diseases and chronic pain.

The spring course, Living Well with Chronic Disease, is aimed at people with lung or heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, those who have suffered a stroke or have another long term condition.

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Anyone can attend, no doctor referrals are needed.

“The course offers coping strategies, it deals with the emotional, physical and social aspects of living with a chronic condition, and is also useful for caregivers,” said Meredith Prikker.

The workshops, which will run on 6 consecutive Wednesdays from 1:30 to 3:00 starting on May 24 at the Verona medical clinic, are being offered by Annie Campbell.

The workshops were de-

signed by Stanford University in order to bring people together to help find ways of coping with their challenges.

Registration is on a first come, first served basis and up to 12 people can be accommodated. For further information, contact Annie Campbell at the Verona clinic by calling 613274-2077.

Living Well With Chronic Pain will be offered in Verona again September, and a series may be offered in Sydenham once the new clinic is up and running.

The Frontenac News Larger Print Telephone Directory will be published July 2017.

To advertise your business in the Business Directory contact us: 613-279-3150; info@frontenacnews.ca Listings start at $40. Advertising Deadline: June 16, 2017 Call us for new listings, or for corrections to residential listings.

Emergency Preparedness week is an annual event that takes place during the first full week of May. The 2017 theme is Plan. Prepare. Be Aware. It is meant to help Canadians take action to protect themselves and their families during emergencies. Make sure your family has a plan in place as emergencies can strike anywhere, anytime. See the Township website for more information.

TOWN HALL UPCOMING MEETINGS Council Meeting – Tues, May 16, 2017 Committee of the Whole – Tues, May 23, 2017 Committee of Adjustment – Thurs, May 11, 2017 Public Services Committee – May 18, 2017 @ 8:30 am (Keeley Road Boardroom)

INVITATION TO TENDER No. PW-2017-22-CONSTRUCTION OF HARROWSMITH INTERSECTION & ROADWORKS ALONG ROAD 38 & WILTON RD Sealed tenders, on the forms supplied, will be received at the Township of South Frontenac, 4432 George Street, Sydenham ON, K0H 2T0 UNTIL Wednesday, May 17th, 2017 at 1:00 PM Contract specifications and tender forms may be obtained Monday to Friday between 8:00 am to 4:30 pm at the Public Works Department, 2490 Keeley Rd, Sydenham ON, K0H 2T0 commencing Wednesday, May 3, 2017.

INVITATION TO TENDER No. PR-2017-03 – 2017 ROADSIDE WEED SPRAYING Sealed submissions must be received by 1:00 pm on May 17, 2017, Attention: Wayne Orr, CAO, 4432 George St, Sydenham ON, K0H 2T0. Official forms detailing the general specifications and requirements may be downloaded from the BIDDINGO.COM website or picked up from Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm at the Public Works Department, 2490 Keeley Road, Sydenham ON, K0H 2T0

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION No.PR-RFQ1-2017 for SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION of GARAGE DOORS at HARTINGTON PATROL YARD & KEELEY PATROL YARD Sealed submissions must be received by 1:00 pm on May 24, 2017, Attention: Jamie Brash, Box 100, 4432 George St, Sydenham ON, K0H 2T0. Official forms detailing the general specifications and requirements may be picked up from Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm at the Public Works Department, 2490 Keeley Road, Sydenham ON, K0H 2T0

VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION – NOMINATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED Nominations for the 2016 Volunteer Recognition are now being accepted. Deadline for submitting is May 15, 2017. Nomination forms and detailed instructions can be found on the website – Town Hall – Volunteer Recognition.

THINGS TO DO SUMMER CAMP/SWIM PROGRAM Registration is now open online and in person on May 1. See our website – Things to Do - Recreation Activities/Swim and Daycamps. For information on the programs contact the Camp Coordinator at 613-376-3027 Ext 2231.

Open for Business COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN Attention Harrowsmith Residents: For details on financial assistance to improve building conditions and land use, see the website - Open for Business/ Planning and Development/Community Improvement Plan. This includes façade improvement such as cladding materials, windows and doors, reports to masonry and brickwork, façade restoration, painting and cleaning, signage.

News & Public Notices THANK YOU ALL FOR PITCHIN IN! A HUGE thank you to all the residents, organizations, groups and associations that took time once again this year to wade into ditches, swamp and shorelines following the elusive garbage trail. It takes a lot of concerned and conscientious residents to gather together to ensure the beauty of our Township shines through. Suggestions on how to improve our Pitch In efforts are always encouraged so please email ideas/comments to fswsupport@southfrontenac.net.

Again Thank You, you know how you are! Enhance, Conserve & Protect our Environment.

TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF TOWNSHIP OFFICES All Township offices and garages will be closed on Thursday, May 25, 2017 from 12:00 noon until 1:30 pm for a Staff Recognition luncheon.

NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSING - PART OF LOT 10 BETWEEN CONCESSIONS XII AND XIII; LOUGHBOROUGH 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 transfer ownership of part of a Township-owned road allowance. This matter will come before Council on June 6, 2017 at 7:00 pm. For more information see our website under “News and Public Notices” or contact Lindsay Mills, Planner at Ext 2221

NOTICE OF NAMING A PUBLIC ROAD – ROBINSON ROAD Council will be considering a by-law at a public meeting on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 7:00 pm regarding a proposed name for a newly constructed public road in Part of Lot 7, Concession IV, District of Portland, connecting Colebrooke Road on the north with Wilton Road on the south within the village of Harrowsmith. The by-law would name the road“Robinson Road”in honour of the late, long-serving Councillor Bill Robinson. For more information see the website under “News and Public Notices”or contact Lindsay Mills, Planner at Ext 2221.

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Married for three years, the couple has been quietly building an apple orchard in Battersea with the trees of their ancestors.

Often found working late into the night at their kitchen table or outside early in the morning with headlamps to guide them, the friendly pair dreamed big as they spent the last two years planting 500 trees of 37 varieties of heritage apples.

“It’s been an interesting experience for us,” says Amanda over a cup of tea on a wet spring afternoon in early May. “We learned of different varieties (of apples) we had never heard of before.”

“A lot of these are cherished varieties,” adds Geof.

Named Harvest Mill Farm after milestones in the couple’s life, the orchard started with a tree from Geof’s great grandfather’s farm located near Rideau Ferry.

“I started to get into this because I wanted to save the last tree that blew down (on the family farm) during a storm,” says Geog about his ancestor, a horticulturalist from Scotland.

“We started a nursery there to keep the line,” he notes. “That line was able to produce small trees.”

Using dwarf roots from British Columbia, the couple attached a branch to each root and placed it carefully in the ground.

“Each branch just needs a few buds,” explains Geof about the grafting process of attaching a branch to the root with tape, wax and a label.

Spread over approximately six acres, the trees are from Geof’s ancestor and fruit trees not commonly found anymore. The orchard is a mix of nature and nurture.

Last year, the trees were subjected to drought-like conditions. This year, they are enduring a historically wet spring. Through it all, the roots are mapped with precision, subjected to organic practices, and documented as they progress.

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Since starting the orchard in 2015, the couple has lost 70 of their 500 trees. The loss was anticipated.

“You always have some loss with brandnew roots,” says Geof, 41, a Water Researcher at Queen’s University.

Bright and kind, Geof is proud of the 143acre farm he purchased in 2013 from Russell Clark. In time, he will use a flock of sheep to help manage the apple orchard. The animals will help with weed control and fertilization.

For now, he is building the orchard the way he is living his life: on a solid foundation that respects the past and anticipates the future.

Smiling at his young daughter, he notes wisely, “That’s important to us. This really is a family thing we’re doing here.”

“The neat part is, it’s a learning experience for us too,” adds Amanda, an Occupational Therapist at Providence Care in Kingston.

“These are apples we have never had experience with. We’ll be trying the apples with everyone else.”

“Some of these varieties have amazing tastes,” she explains about the fruit that will be ready in three to four years. “For us, it’s bringing back our heritage.”

Originally from Barrie, Amanda talks about the farm and the community with the soft tones of a woman in love.

“We were looking for two years to find this farm,” says the 34-year-old. “We’re honoured to live here and carry-on the memories. We love it here. Everyone has been so welcoming.

We have not come across someone who has not wanted to help us in one way or another.

Battersea is a really special community.”

The couple continues to invest in their future by expanding the farm at a sustainable pace. Working at their kitchen table and

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Amanda and Jeff surrounding the real apple of their, daughter Lily investing what they can afford, they plan to add 70 new trees annually to the orchard until they reach 2,500. When the orchard is producing, they will advertise the operation as pick-your-own.

“This year, if we can have a non-drought summer, that would make us happy,” says Geof about the challenges ahead of them.

“Right now, we could also use a week a week of sun and no rain.”

“We’re really encouraged by what we’ve seen this year,” says Amanda about their fledgling apple trees and small vineyard planted off to the side. A pumpkin patch will be added this summer.

Looking around the farm that is thriving thanks to careful planning, hard work and perseverance, Amanda seems pleased with the results.

“It’s more meaningful for us to do it this way,” she says about the orchard they are building, one branch at-a-time. “There’s something kind of neat about knowing you created that tree.”

To learn more about planting an apple orchard, please join Geof and Amanda Hall at their farm in Battersea on June 10. Details on this one-day course can be found at www.harvestmillfarm.ca or by emailing harvestfmillfarm@outlook.com

NAEC Vikings travel to Toronto to compete S

hannon Delyea and Emma Fuller travelled to Toronto on May 1st to compete in the Provincial Skills Competition as members of Team Limestone. Delyea competed in the Photography contest, where she presented one printed photograph, a digital portfolio of twenty photographs, and photographed and edited twenty polished images of all of the competitions happening at the Toronto Congress Centre.

“It was a great experience and I recommend the Skills Competition to everyone. It was an excellent challenge,” Delyea said.

Emma Fuller competed in the Graphic Design Studio Production event, for a second year, where she designed a menu, a logo and a triangular shaped box using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator the day of the competition. “The Ontario Skills Competition has been a great learning experience and it has taught me a lot of valuable skills. I recommend that students give this competition a try!” said Fuller.

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