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City of Kingston to pay up for Frontenac Paramedic Services and Fairmount Home, but not happily

by Jeff Green he Council of the City of Kingston unanimously endorsed a proposal by Mayor Bryan Paterson to end a dispute with Frontenac County over how much the city is billed annually to cover its share of costs to run land ambulance services and the Fairmount Home.

The proposal effectively ends a two year long debate between the two bodies over how much Kingston ratepayers should be billed for the shared services, which under a 20 year old provincially mandated arrangement, are managed by Frontenac County even though the lion's share of the municipal funding for them comes from City of Kingston ratepayers.

And the proposal also calls for the city to pay whatever the county asks for in the future, without asking for any reporting by the county. The costs will no longer be included in the city budget, and will appear as a separate Frontenac County levy on the tax bills that go out to Kingston residents, starting in 2021.

Paterson said it is a matter of transparency for the ratepayers.

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“Since city council has no say in how much city residents are being charged for those services, it is best to separate the charges out on the bill. They can direct any questions they may have to Frontenac County,” he said.

While they all agreed, city council members, and Mayor Paterson, are not particularly happy about the arrangement.

In a telephone interview with the Frontenac News on the day before his proposal came before city council in the form of a motion, Paterson explained how, in his view, the position he is taking now is consistent with what he said back in early May, in a letter to Frontenac County Warden Frances Smith.

“I indicated in May that while the City of Kingston recognises the authority of the county to set rates for

the two services, there was an expectation on our part that consultation would occur. This dispute is two years old and we tried on several fronts to work out a compromise with the county. It became clear to me that the county wasn’t willing to compromise. This came out in mediation in June as well. They decide how much money we have to pay them,” he said.

He added that the dispute was set to go to arbitration, “which would cost hundreds of thousands in legal fees and take a long time to sort out. I did not want the paramedics and frontline workers at Fairmount Home, who have been working so hard, particularly this year, to go through the stress of that.”

When he spoke to his fellow council members about the proposal, he talked about the initial decision of City Council, from two years ago. At that time council decided that Frontenac County should set the same target that City departments and other entities that the city funds set for themselves, a 2.5% increase.

“But the county has been coming in with an increase of 10%, 4 times our target. We have tried to find some middle ground, unsuccessfully. They have made it clear they are not an agency of the city and are not subject to our budget targets.”

All other agencies and boards which appear before the city during budget deliberations with funding requests, including Conservation Authorities, the public library, and public health, have some representation from the city, either a city council member or a city appointee, on the board that oversees their operations.

“In terms of structure, the county is the only organisation with which we have no control and no say in the final outcome,” said Chief Administrative Officer Lainie Hurdle.

Councillor Mary Rita Holland said “I really hope the province takes note of this. Clearly this was not what the intent was when these service agreements were put in place,” echoing a comment that Mayor Paterson made a day earlier to the News.

“It points to the fact that 20 plus years after amalgamation with these shared services agreements in place, they haven’t worked perfectly.”

Deputy Mayor Jim Neill described the situation as “taxation without representation” and then said “we have public committees in areas where the bulk of the funding comes from the City of Kingston, and we invite the county to come on these committees – library, public health, housing and homelessness. It is unfortunate that the county has taken the stand that they don’t need to include us. If we were really petty and really petulant, we wouldn’t have representatives on those committees, however I don’t think we need to be as small as the county is on this issue. We should request representation on their committees.”

When asked by one member of council, if under some hypothetical circumstances, some time in the future, could this be opened up to a more representative system, Paterson said “I would welcome this, my door would continue to be open for that.”

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Wednesday (August 5) when she received a call from Mayor Paterson shortly before he announced his intention to table the motion in a twitter video filmed outside of Kingston City Hall.

She said, in a telephone interview on the morning of Tuesday, August 11, that she is “certainly pleased that the city is opting not to go down the road to arbitration which would have cost both of us a lot of money in legal fees.

She pointed out that this issue only surfaced in 2019, “when city staff decided to lump us in with service agen-

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cies. They never did that before. Since 1999 there has been no issue. I don’t know why they decided to make that change. We are always ready to explain where the money is going, for our own ratepayers and the city as well, but the agreement does not leave it open to negotiations over costs.”

She said that if any ratepayers, from Kingston or Frontenac County, are looking for information about any item on the county budget, including Paramedic Services and Fairmount Home, “they are welcome to call us, we can show them our budget.”

In June, before the failed mediation between the two parties, Frontenac County Council called for a joint meeting of the two councils to discuss the details of the budgets for the two services. The offer was declined and the meeting never took place.

“We invited Kingston City Council to come to the table and sit with us. They chose not to come. If they had come, we would have shown them, as we had communicated to them before, how the paramedic services increases were tied to a three-year phase in of a new service in the west end of the city, where there has been a lot of growth. It is growth in the city that is responsible for the cost increases, in order to keep response times short.”

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August 13, 2020

Editorial

Can’t you see it our way

by Jeff Green

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ingston City Council was relatively calm, resigned, dissappointed, and a tad, ok more than a tad, self righteous on Tuesday Night when, following the lead of Mayor Paterson, they agreed to turn the other cheek and abandon any attempts to reason with Frontenac County over how much City ratepayers will have to pay each year for land ambulance service and Fairmount Home.

The tad self righteous part came from Mayor Paterson himself when he used the phrase “in the interest of transparency. The more than a tad part came from Deputy Mayor Jim Neill, “this is taxation without representation,” as if he was launching the Kingston Tea Party or something.

The council does have a point. They pay the lions share of the municipal costs for the two services (the province pays about half the ambulance costs and more than half of Fairmount Home costs) Frontenac County pays a much smaller share, but their council sets the budget for the two services.

From what Kingston City Councillors seemed to be saying on Tuesday Night, they would like to have a seat on the board of Frontenac Paramedic Services (FPS) and a seat on the board of Fairmount Home, just like the County sends a representative to the board of the Kingston Housing Corporation, and has four seats on the Public Library Board.

It would be a fair ask, except for the fact that FPS and Fairmount Home are not overseen by boards. They report directly to Frontenac County Council, so that won’t work The other thing that Kingston City Council has been asking for is, essentially, at least the appearance of the ability to bargain.

They feel that they asked for a 2.5% increase, and the counter offer was 10%. City staff then went and found enough money to pay 7%, a pretty good offer if the county was in a mood to bargain.

In response, the county explained why they services required exactly what they were charging for them, which was not really what the city was looking for.

It’s like you are buying a car and when you ask for a deal, the dealer tells you in more and more detail how much work and materials went in to making the car, and does not budge on the price at all. And it as if they were the only car dealer you could by from, and the option of

not buying a car was not on the table.

City Council, like the car buyer, is not interested in detailed information, they want a deal, even a small deal, to feel they are being taken seriously.

When you add the inevitable urban chauvinism factor, the idea that a bunch of hicks are lording some old agreement over the Council of the Limestone City, the former capital of Canada, you can see how this does not sit well with the council.

For Frontenac County Council, the two services make up over half its annual spending, employ the majority of county employees. Without them, the counties’ role would be extremely limited. They are points of pride, and attempts to rein in spending are so rare as to be the stuff of legend The budgets for the two services are explained in detail to Frontenac County Council, but almost never challenged.

County staff do provide comparison costs to other jurisdictions. Frontenac Paramedic Services is in the middle of the pack, in terms of costs, in Eastern On-

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Fairmount is on the higher end, but has a lower per patient cost than Rideaucrest, the facility that is owned by the City of Kingston.

Ironically, this move by Kingston City Council gives them even less input into the funding for these services. They will no longer receive even an explanation about the costs.

With his motion, Mayor Paterson has accomplished a lot, in political terms. He has extricated city staff from having to deal with this issue, he has saved the legal costs for both his and the counties’ ratepayers, and has claimed the moral high ground.

Aside from the not so nice things that were said around the council table in Kingston, this is a big win for Frontenac County. They get the money and don’t have to deal with Kingston City Council on these funding matters anymore.

The City and the County aren’t exactly reconciled, but this dispute is over, at least for this crop of councillors.

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“Even though the surveys all received a good response, many different businesses responded to each survey. Of the 96 responses to this latest survey, 40% were new responses, so we need to treat these as independent snap shots of what businesses are thinking at different times. We can’t consider them cumulative in any real way,” said Richard Allen, Manager of economic development for Frontenac County.”

The 96 responses is a higher number than the May survey but lower than the initial survey in April.

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takeaways from the survey is that the pandemic has had a massive impact on their business in 2020, with over 50% of respondents rated the impact as 7 or higher on a scale of 10, with 40% saying their revenue is 50% lower in 2020 than it was in 2019.

“Those are dramatic results, but we also found, however, that more businesses are saying they expect to survive this, than in April or May. It seems that now that we are fully in it, people are saying that it is really bad but they expect to get through it and are hoping for a better year next year. That might change if there is a second lockdown, but that seems to be where many are at for now.”

In terms of sectors, the largest percentage response was from the accommodation sector (11).

This sector has been volatile through the pandemic, and while Allen said that “the phones were ringing off the hook since early June, new clients brought some challenges because while a lot of the accommodators book for a week at a time in a normal year, the requests this summer have been for shorter stays, but still things seem to have been better than people thought they would be back in early May.” One interesting thing that the survey showed, however, is that even though the major market for accommodations in Frontenac County this

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by Wilma Kenny Continued Closure of Northern Waste Sites ublic Works Director Segsworth brought a recommendation to approve the continued closure of Green Bay, Salem and Bradshaw waste disposal sites for the remainder of 2020, these closures to be reviewed during the 2021 budget discussions. There is one exception: given the number of requests for Green Bay to be at least partly reopened for seasonal residents, it was opened for the Sunday of the long August weekend, and will be open every Sunday until Thanksgiving.

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Public Meeting An online public meeting concerning a proposal to rezone a property on Devil Lake Creek from rural to waterfront residential brought no comments from the public or Council.

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Knox cited ongoing public confusion about burn bans and the Open Air Burning ByLaw, the cost of Fire Department response to burning complaints, especially the high cost of out-of-control fires and the potential of significant fines for residents not complying with open air fire restrictions. So far in 2020, mostly since March, SFFR (South Frontenac Fire and Rescue) has responded to 55 incidents: 11 fireworks, 31 open air burning complaints and 13 wildfires. The Billy Green Road wildfire which destroyed 8 acres of forest, took crews 6 days to bring under control. Four other incidents resulted in over 4 acres of burnt land.

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Fire Vehicle Asset Management Plan Fire Chief Knott presented a plan for reducing the number of large fire trucks, replacing them with smaller vehicles. In relation to Covid 19, three such smaller vehicles had been introduced in March to become primary medical response units. These rapid response vehicles (RRU’s) were 4x4 pickup trucks outfitted with all medical response equipment and woodland firefighting equipment, and are currently located at the stations in Verona, Sydenham and Sunbury.

Between May 15-July 15, they have responded to 41 medical emergencies and 17 open air and woodland fires in place of a full sized FD Pumper Truck.

They have been extremely well received

by SFFR Firefighters because of their versatility and ability to respond quickly and to any location.

Knott proposes selling 3 of the 6 larger Squad Rescue Units, as well as the seldom-used Fire Prevention/Command Unit, and purchasing 5 additional RRU’s, so each of the 8 stations will have one. Also he recommends buying a support/mechanical unit, which would reduce the need to bring all equipment for monthly and annual testing requirements to a single location. He said these purchases could be phased in over the next 2-3 years, but gave no estimates of costs or profits from these transactions.

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Mayor Vandewal said he didn’t think this approach would address the “I didn’t know” reaction, and would be difficult to enforce. Ruttan said that although it was hard to mandate compliance, this looked like a good first step, and data would provide a good means of measuring whether the idea was successful. Vandewal said he would prefer this coming as a resolution, so it could be further discussed. Revill said he could see bottlenecks developing on holiday weekends, if everyone had to notify the Township of their intent to build a campfire. There was no mention of fires built by people coming into the Township for holidays or day use.

CAO Carbone said most new programs were met with resistance, for it can take a few years to educate people and ramp up a program. However, if the burn permits could decrease the number of fire calls, and avoid having to fine people, he felt it was worth a try. Carbone added that fire permit bylaws have been successful in a number of areas.

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• North Frontenac Historical Society & Archives have continued the research about old barns/farms. In the coming week they will be setting up appointments with people in Ardoch and Plevna area; later in the month to visit Snow Road, Mississippi and Robertsville area. If the barn is still standing, one of the Committee would like to take photos and ask a contact person for information. If it is not standing but you have photos from earlier times and information about the site, it will be added to the collection as well. If you have a barn and have not been approached yet, please contact Elaine at (613) 479-2564.

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How we will miss them!! Farewell Sheila, Ron and Belle. Good luck and stay safe.

• David Daski and Linda Tremblay are working diligently on their restoration of Arden’s Anglican Church, across from the Post Office. Everyone is looking forward to the “Grand Opening” and can hardly wait to see inside.

• Even though the Pastoral Charge is now providing “in person” services, the same can still be watched on U Tube, if you are uncomfortable going into the Church.

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• Well we made it. It’s August, and we are sure doing an amazing job at keeping the covid cooties away. Thanks to the amazing people in our community for being so kind and caring, we are all in this together and will continue that way.

• With new phases opening, remember the new normal is new to these people, patience is appreciated. This is a trying time, and it doesn’t take much to say “thank you” to anyone, as we are all essential in one way or another.

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• How’s everyone’s summer been so far? Hard to believe how fast 4 months of pandemic living has gone by once we hit summer. It’s so nice to hear people enjoying new hobbies, sight seeing in different local places.

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• Free high-speed internet access is again available at the Cloyne Library Public internet support hours have arrived at the Cloyne Library on Mondays and Thursdays from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Sundays from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Computer use will be limited to one hour with two occupants permitted in the library at one time. Please take advantage of this service in our community. All are welcome.

• I hope you have marked your calendars for August 22, 2020 to come to spend the day at Bone Echo Provincial Park and watch the many colourful sails to be seen on the Mazinaw when Sail Mazinaw returns for yet another year.

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• The NU2U Yard Sale in Griffith will take place this Saturday, August 15th (with another one to follow on August 29th) from 10am to 2pm at 25991 HWY 41. There are lots of treasures available, with one hundred percent of your purchase dollars going to local seniors programs through the Griffith/Matawatchan Seniors Housing Corporation.

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• Good to visit with Shirley Peterson and her daughter Vicki while they were visiting the Henderson cemetery on Sunday. The cemetery grass is well cut and maintained with thanks to all who are making it look so fantastic.

• Congratulations to entrepreneur Zachary Baker whose roots are in our area. Zachary was awarded a Summer Company Program Grant from the Provincial Government designed to help students aged 15 to 19 years to create their own business, along with mentoring. Zachary who has one set of Grandparents in Fernleigh and one set in Bakers Valley founded ZB Baits that sells soft plastic fishing bait to local shops. From all accounts the product is super duper and facebook reveals many satisfied fishing folks. Congratulations Zachary- you do us proud.

• Our recipe this week is a low fat dip that is yummy in the tummy! “DELIGHTFULLY NON-DECADENT DIP” • 1- 750 gram container of Greek yogurt (fat free plain, no sugar added, 0% MF- butterfat) • 1/2 small package of onion soup mix (40 calories) • Dash of Frank’s hot sauce or Cholula hot sauce- I use a lot as I like it spicey • Stir together-This makes a thick low fat, low calorie dip for vegetables/fruit or to dip in melba toast. It stores well, and provides a tasty, but low fat delight.

• Our second recipe (if there’s room for it that is!) is called PRECIOUS PEARL’S PERKY COFFEE CAKE- FOR COFFEE WITH JUSTIN. Our fantastic Mississippi reporter Pearl Killingbeck along with many others is missing their morning coffee with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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August 13, 2020 So, to celebrate here is a good coffee cake to munch on when watching the many political broadcasts. Add some red colour to the glaze and it’s all systems go. Enjoy • Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened (113g) • 8 oz cream cheese softened (225g) • 1 cup light brown sugar tightly packed(200g) • 1/2 cup granulated sugar (100g) • 2 large brown eggs • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract.

• 2 1/2cups all purpose flour(335g) • 2 teaspoons baking powder • 1 teaspoon cornstarch • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/2 cup buttermilk(120ml) Nutmeg Swirl • 1/4 cup sugar (50g) • 1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg Streusel Topping • 1 1/3 cup all purpose flour 175g) • 1 cup + 2 Tbsp brown sugar packed (225g) • 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar • 4 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon • 1/4 teaspoon salt • 10 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted (140g) Glaze (optional) • 1/2 cup powdered icing sugar(65g) • 2-3 teaspoons milk (if making for coffee with Justin- add some red food colour to the glaze) Instructions • Preheat oven to 350F ( I would use less heat in my hotter than usual oven) and lightly grease and flour a 13x9 baking pan.

• In stand mixer, or using an electric mixer in large bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese.

• Beat in sugars until light and fluffy.

• Add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined. Scrape down sides and bottom of mixing bowl with rubber spatula.

• Stir in vanilla extract.

• In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cornstarch and salt.

• Gradually add flour mixture to wet ingredients, alternating with buttermilk, until all of the flour mixture and buttermilk have been combined.

• Spread about half of the batter into prepared pan (batter will be thick).

• Quickly whisk together sugar and nutmeg for cinnamon ripple layer in a small bowl and sprinkle it evenly over the batter.

• Dollop and plop remaining batter over the cinnamon sugar layer and use a knife to spread evenly overtop. It's OK if you end up shifting the nutmeg sugar layer a bit, it will be a super duper swirl when it bakes. Prepare your streusel topping.

Streusel • Melt butter in a medium-sized bowl on 10 second increments (stirring between) until just melted (you don't want it to be too hot, if it does get too hot allow to cool.

• Use a fork to whisk together your flour, sugars, nutmeg, and salt. Pour melted butter over mixture and use a fork to stir until combined (mixture should be crumbly).

• Sprinkle streusel evenly over batter.

• Bake on 350F for 40-50 minutes (check doneness with a toothpick inserted in center- I would cook it a lower heat for a slightly longer time).

• Allow to cool before cutting and serving.

Glaze (optional) • If desired, make glaze by whisking together powdered sugar and milk. Add red food colouring for Justin! Drizzle over cooled coffee cake. 1 slice has 309 calories. Store any leftovers in an air tight container. It’s yummy in the tummy.

• thickened cottage cheese. Enjoy- it’s filling and fantastic.

Don’t you think Pearl and I should write a book together?

Or how about we do a stand up comedy routine sometime?

INVERARY Judy Borovskis

borovskis@kingston.net

• Fill A Bag Event! 5 pm to 8 pm on Monday August 17th

at Battersea United Church. Support the church and find great deals at an indoor yard sale at Battersea United Church including a fill-a-bag of clothes sale for only $5.

• Storrington Lions Club Food Drive will be on August 21 at the Storrington Lions Hall in Sunbury. Donations can be dropped off between 3 and 6 pm. Struggles still continue and the need is definitely there.

• ½ BBQ Chicken Dinner on August 29th with all the ‘fixins’ & dessert too! in support of the Storrington Lions Club. All yours for $20. Take out only – with Drive Thru pick up at the Lions Hall in Sunbury. Pick up times every half hour beginning at 4 p.m. with last pick up at 6:30 pm. Reservation deadline is August 26th. Call 613- 3532086 to reserve your number of meals and desired pick up time.

• Inverary Book Exchange for all ages – located at entrance to Ken Garrett Memorial Park. Borrow, replace or exchange! Thanks to all who have been exchanging books.

• LCBO Returnables! The trailer is back at 3950 Round Lake Road. Thank you everyone for all the donations!

100% raised from this Bottle Drive will go to the Washroom Campaign. Welcome to our newcomers from Niagara-on-the-Lake now residing on Factory Road, to our new military personnel posted here from Toronto and to my new neighbors from St. Catharines. We are a growing community! Still hoping for the offer of a donor match for this drive which finishes September 30th or even for the first month and perhaps a second donor for the second month.

• Storrington Lions club Hall is now available to rent for functions. In accordance with Public Health guidelines the maximum people inside is 50 and maximum people outside (in patio area and yard) is 100. Please contact the club for details 613-353-6920.

• Keep safe, keep healthy and enjoy your day!

Maberly-Bolingbroke Karen Prytula

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• 100 Years Ago in Maberly – Miss Mae Patterson and Laura Clarke were picking raspberries at Mud Lake and report a good crop. Morris Lepshaw working in an office for hydro-electric power at Nipigon, is at home for the harvest. Holmes Clarke has nearly completed his haying on the Perkins place. [from the Aug 6, 1920 Perth Courier]

MISSISSIPPI Pearl Killingbeck

613-278-2127

• A Guide to Senior Moments: Befuddled, bemused and bewildered – just another senior moment. Have you hit it yet? Those wonderful years called golden years. You know when you have all the time in the world to do anything or you can go anywhere but no one said anything about your brain shrinking or your memory loss. Do you know why women over 50 don’t have babies? They would put them down and forget where they left them! You can live without food, but not without your glasses. When you know all the answers but no one bothers to ask the questions. Some signs of old age- there are three: Loss of memory and I can’t remember the other two. Regular naps prevent old age, especially if you take them while you are driving. The only real advantage to old age is that you can brush your teeth while you are singing! By the time we’ve made it, we’ve had it. Now my memory is beginning to go, the only thing I retain is water. Nowadays, Happy Hour is a nap. I can’t remember a thing and

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Emergencies: 613-376-3618

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We Are Temporarily Closed We will be bringing food and medications once each week - call 613-354-2330 to arrange a pick-up from the clinic.

In case of emergency please call 613-354-2330 14 Bosley Road (at Hwy 41) Northbrook, (613) 336-1608

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I know my secrets are safe with my friends as they can’t remember a thing either. When you see people, the face is familiar but you can’t remember the name. I only need glasses when I am driving the car and trying to find where I parked it. You know you are old when the candles cost more than the cake. At my age, everything is either dried up or leaks. You are smart enough not to take all the garbage out in one trip. When your husband doesn’t care where you go as long as he doesn’t have to go with you.

You no longer can sleep until noon - you probably can’t sleep much past dawn. You may have trouble going upstairs but if you make it you forget what you were going up for. You have a home worth 4 times more than you paid for it. You tend to refer to anyone under 50 as kids.

You are smart enough to pace yourself to finish jobs you start. People start telling you that you are not getting older – you’re getting better and you believe them. You feel like the morning after and you didn’t go anywhere. You keep forgetting. You surround yourself with memo pads, calendars and notes and you still forget. You can finally afford all the things you wanted, but now you no longer want them. Many of the things you threw out years ago turn out to be collector’s items. Your calendar is filled up with doctor appointments. You are smart enough to hire someone to cut your grass and shovel your snow. You look forward to getting into something soft and loose after a day of shopping. People complain about your snoring.

You start to look forward to a dull evening at home. Your back goes out more often than you do. You go to doctors, orthopedics, chiropractors, and surgeons. You change your mattress, your shoes, your posture, your car seat, you lose weight, you wear a brace, you rest in bed, you hang upside down and it still hurts. Now all you people who are under 50 - look what you have to look forward to. Thank you Brenda Martin for your call and the kind words you put in the paper about Coronavirus. I don’t know how people are getting my stories, but I am getting calls from Windsor, Toronto, Brighton and London. So glad everybody is reading and enjoying my stories but I am almost out of stories. Jean Brown – your recipe Bikini Beach Body Blizzard sounds as good as I look with my new bikini beach body. Haven’t tried it yet but I intend to; and the Killingbeck Killer Concoction I tried and loved it.

There must be a story there somewhere. Get well wishes to my son Rick.

MOUNTAIN GROVE Marilyn Meeks

613-279-3209

• Well here we are in our new month of August. We at SLRR have to be tested every 2 weeks by our nurse Wendy Crain which is August 6 Wednesday.

• On July 31, I and others were visited by Sandy Whalen, grief councillor, from Sydenham. She would like to visit us. later on in the month.

• Our sympathy to the family of Doug Hawley, who was married to Carol Flynn of Mountain Grove.

• Our congratulations to Marrietta Parks who turn 102 years. She is the fifth generation including in her family.

She resides at Pine Meadow Nursing Home in Northbrook

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Sharbot Lake

Chiropractic & Wellness

Dr. Gian Kaillon Sharbot Lake 613.279.2100 • Northbrook 613.336.8888 www.sharbotlakechiropractic.ca

Golf: Get in The Game Without The Pain

One key to success on the golf course cannot be found at the pro shop. It is the physical condition of the golfer. Pain should not be par for the course. Stay in the game by protecting your back! When you consider the spinal rotation that goes into a golf swing and the fact that the speed of the club can reach 160 km/hour, it is easy to understand that golf puts significant stress on your body.

Follow these tips to improve your game and prevent the pain: Warm up and warm down: Take a few minutes to stretch before and after your game. Start with a brisk walk — 10 to 15 minutes should do it. Then do some light stretching.

Stay hydrated: Drink plenty of fluids before, during and after your game. Remember that once you are thirsty, you are already starting to dehydrate.

Push, don’t carry, your golf bag: Pushing or pulling your bag and taking turns riding in a cart can help you prevent back injury. If you prefer to carry your clubs, use a double-strap bag that evenly distributes the weight. If your bag gets too heavy, put it down and take a break.

Choose the right shoes: Wearing a golf shoe with good support and the proper fit can help prevent knee, hip and lower back pain.

Take lessons: The right swing technique can do more than improve your game. It can also spare you unnecessary pain. Working with a professional is a great way to learn the basics.

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Southern Frontenac Community Services welcomes four new program coordinators to the Grace Centre.

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As more businesses and services reopen, we must all continue our efforts to protect each other.

elissa Elliott has taken on the position of Volunteer Coordinator. She will recruit, train and support SFCSC volunteers, working to match their skills and interests with various roles across SFCSC programs.

A graduate of Trent University in the Social Sciences, Melissa continued her education receiving an apprenticeship designation as a Child Development Practitioner and is currently enrolled with The College of ECE’s. For the last several years she worked for Ontario Early Years and

Ontario EarlyON Services, serving families and children throughout the County of Frontenac.

“I’m very excited to join SFCSC,” Melissa says. “Volunteers are so important to us, and we are thankful for their skills and the time they put forth to help us deliver essential community services. I am here to help make their volunteer experience a meaningful and rewarding one.”

Melissa lives, works and plays in South Frontenac and looks forward to getting to know current and future

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anice Morrow joins SFCSC as the Hospice Palliative Care Coordinator providing support services within the communities of Addington Highlands, North and Central Frontenac Townships.

A Registered Nurse for 36 years, Janice was born and raised in the area and currently lives in Sharbot Lake.

“I want people to know that I am here to help and that anyone can refer to our palliative care support pro-

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Continue to practice physical distancing, stay two metres apart even in gatherings.

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Wear a face covering where physical distancing is a challenge or where required.

llen Mortfield has taken on the role of Family Services Coordinator and is available to area residents who may need help in the form of groceries from the Food Bank, assistance with rent or hydro arrears, or connections to other financial assistance programs “I am really excited about getting to know more people in the community,” says Ellen, “and finding new ways to collaborate with others who are helping those in need. We are so lucky to live in such a generous and

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aurie-Lyne Troyer has worked with SFCSC as an in-home service provider and has now transitioned to the role of Transportation Coordinator. She will manage rides for seniors and adults with physical disabilities to and from medical appointments and for essential errands like banking and grocery shopping. MaurieLyne will also oversee the new Telephone Reassurance program that provides wellness check calls to clients and seniors.

“I’ve been a part of the SFCSC family for over 10-

charitable region.”

Ellen grew up in Elginburg and went to high school in Sydenham (Ellen Brooks years as a Home Helper, a job that I loved for all the wonderful clients I’ve met through the years,” says Maurie-Lyne. “I am excited about my new role with SFCSC and I look forward to continuing to help and taking care of our wonderful volunteer drivers who are essential to our ability to deliver this service.”

Maurie-Lyne is a Georgian College grad from a threeyear Tourism Management program. She moved to Desert Lake over 21-years ago and has never left because she loves the area so

volunteers. She can be reached at 613-376-6477 ext. xxx or Melissa.elliott@ sfcsc.ca gram, it does not have to come from a medical practitioner,” Janice says. “My goal is to provide effective and compassionate care that allows people to stay in their home for as long as they want to and to help decrease trips to emergency departments.”

Janice is based in Sharbot Lake and can be reached at 613-541-0549 or janice. morrow@sfcsc.ca

back then), and studied public relations and advertising at St. Lawrence College. Diverse work experiences as a radio copywriter, ad agency associate, and magazine copy editor eventually led her to running a not-for-profit environmental organization in Thunder Bay for the past 25 years.

She has moved back home to Sydenham and is enjoying renovating an old house in the village.

She can be reached at 613-376-6477 ext. 203 or ellen.mortfield@sfcsc.ca

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Contact Maurie-Lyne at 613-376-6477 ext. 307 or maurielyne@sfcsc.ca

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summer has been visitors from elsewhere in the province, many of those in the local industry are not that comfortable being exposed to people from communities that have not been as successful as KFL&A in keeping transmission of COVID-19 to a bare minimum (there have only been 14 cases in Frontenac County, none since June.)

35% of the accommodators who answered the survey said they were neutral when asked if they were comfortable renting to visitors from across the province, 50% said they were uncomfortable, and only 15% said they were comfortable.

“Most of the businesses, even though they need that clientele to fill their rooms, were nervous. On this question, neutral

where a lot of us are at,” said Allen.

That being said, the survey showed that most of the clientele, 75%, followed the COVID-19 protocols that are in place.

The key takeaway from the survey, according to Allen, is that businesses now understand what they are facing and that is easier to deal with than the uncertainty they faced in April. “Most are not doing great, but they think they can ride it out.”

In terms of his department, the popular Open Farms event will be happening this year, with a record 14 farms participating.

It is being planned as a virtual event in September and early October, but there may be a live component now that stage 3 is well underway. Details will be released in the coming weeks.

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Time to Revive Buck Lake’s Extinct Mutant Trout

by Johjn Curran s Frontenac County emerges from COVID-19 and we collectively look for creative ways to rekindle any sort of economic flame in our tourism sector, the time is right to reintroduce a mutant trout that once called many of our lakes home.

The lab-engineered species in question is the splake; a hybrid cross of a male speckled (brook) trout and a female lake trout. Back in the 1970s and ’80s as we grappled with acid rain and some waters lost the ability to support large, healthy, self-sustaining populations of native lake trout, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources turned to splake to mitigate the problem. It stocked splake into many lakes including the North Arm of Buck Lake.

Actually first developed in New York state in the late 1800s, the non-reproducing splake in the North Arm provided anglers with a great fishing opportunity and took pressure off neighbouring South Arm lake trout – and they actually grew faster than native trout reaching maturity in as little as two years according to some studies.

Especially in winter, when laker season is closed completely due to the sensitivity of populations at that time, people were still able to go out and jig splake through the ice on the north side of the old Perth Road.

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Though I wasn’t a big trout fisherman back in those days, I do remember catching a few of these over the years. The main difference between splake and lakers was the cut of their tail. The former having a square tail, like its brookie father, while the latter’s tail is forked. To the casual angler, they were virtually identical in every way that maters.

While almost anything is possible in nature, Buck Lake’s last splake likely died out more than decade ago. Meaning all trout fishing is now largely concentrated on the South Arm. Beyond the Buck, natural trout lakes take all the pressure that was once shared by splake lakes.

By most expert predictions, and based on anecdotal information about outdoor recreation gear sold out around the province recently, Ontarians intend to put a renewed focus on enjoying our lakes as long-distance travel to international destinations is now about as popular as a porcupine in an airplane washroom. That pressure on trout populations is only going to increase in this new normal.

Our cabin is located on a point that sticks out into the main reach of the South Arm. It’s prime lake trout territory with deep trenches, rocky cliffs and submerged humps and saddles. I can personally attest to the fact that trout fishing pressure has been brisk this year with many boats

United Way funding for New Leaf Link

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ew Leaf Link (NeLL) the recipient of funding allocated by United Way KFLA and Community Foundation, Kingston & Area serving as intermediaries for the Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund to help charities and non-profit organizations adapt and increase frontline services for vulnerable populations during COVID-19. The Fund was designed to help organizations carry out their vital work to ensure no one is left behind. We appreciate that both local granting organizations were overwhelmed with applications for this emergency funding, and we are incredibly grateful to their dedicated staffs for their support in providing us funding.

The organization has received support for two projects aimed at providing vulnerable community members with increased access to virtual learning programs and activities.

Even before COVID 19, these disabled adults faced social isolation and loneliness, made worse by the challenge of living in remote, rural communities, many without

internet access. For these adults, maintaining social connections during this difficult time, with physical distancing, is crucial.

Their isolation has been underscored and worsened with the coronavirus pandemic.

These two projects will help to reduce isolation of developmentally disabled adults in their rural communities by maintaining and strengthening social connections.

Through our proposed updated website to make it interactive and more functional, and through regular wellness checks, virtual programming and in-person visits (done in accordance with safe social distancing guidelines), we will be able to provide needed support to all of our disabled adult participants and their families/caregivers.

It has become clear from our limited contact these past few months that bonds between our incredible NeLL instructors, volunteers and our participants remain strong. We look forward to reconnecting as a group virtually until we can all be together again.

NOTICE OF TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE Lennox & Addington County Road 41 Please be advised that Lennox & Addington County Rd. 41 in the Township of Stone Mills and the Township of Addington Highlands will be temporarily CLOSED TO THRU TRAFFIC from Erinsville (County Rd 13) to Kaladar (Hwy 7).

This closure is scheduled to commence on Sunday August 23 at approximately 7:00pm and is estimated to be in affect until approximately 7:00pm on Friday August 28th.

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This closure is necessary to permit the replacement of a very large culvert under County Rd 41. The culvert/work site is approximately 9km south of Hwy 7 or 2km north of the Dark Sky Viewing Area.

Please note that traffic WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CROSS OVER THE WORK SITE due to the open excavation.

The detour route is Hwy 7 to Hwy 37 to Marlbank Rd to County Rd 13.

For more information and detour route map please visit: www.lennox-addington.on.ca

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plying the waters between Rider’s Roost and Burnt Point.

While success is never guaranteed, one guy who catches more than he doesn’t is local fishing guide Kevin Buck. Out recently with his neighbour, Buck Lake’s fishin’ technician helped Dean Milner boat a gorgeous 16-pound laker from that same stretch of water which for most would be the fish of a lifetime.

“That’s a baby compared to some of the ones in the South Arm,” insisted Buck.

“I’d say they go up to 30 or 40 pounds on our side of the lake.”

Buck, whose name is just a coincidence, has been on the lake for some 60 years including time spent on the North Arm in his youth where his parents had a cottage.

“We’ve been doing quite well for the trout this year, I’ve got my pontoon boat Kevin Buck f Buck Lake all set up with downrigand take pressure of the natural trout. gers now, we got six trout this past week“I used to have a cottage on Dog Lake end,” he said. “They were mainly three to too and we used to catch a lot of splake six pounds – all on typical Lake Ontario there,” he said. “And we would get them type spoons, Williams Wablers, Northas accidental catches while fishing for ern Kings, that sort of thing… I can’t give pike on the North Arm of Buck in the winaway all my secrets.” ter, they were fun.”

As long as it was in areas where natuIf you’d like to contract Buck and try his ral trout populations don’t do well, such as guiding service in search of your own trothe North Arm of Buck Lake, the long-time phy trout, or any other species swimming professional angler said he’d be in favour of bringing back splake – anything that’s in Buck Lake for that mater, he can be going to increase fishing opportunities reached at 613-353-1213.

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MOUNTAIN GROVE Marilyn Meeks

613-279-3209

• Well here we are in our new month of August. We at SLRR have to be tested every 2 weeks by our nurse Wendy Crain which is August 6 Wednesday.

• On July 31, I and others were visited

by Sandy Whalen, grief councillor, from Sydenham. She would like to visit us. later on in the month.

• Our sympathy to the family of Doug Hawley, who was married to Carol Flynn of

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Mountain Grove.

• Our congratulations to Marrietta Parks who turn 102 years. She is the fifth generation including in her family. She resides at Pine Meadow Nursing Home in Northbrook .

• Happy anniversary to Bob and Brenda Young, Gerald and Norma Price, Dale and Marion Scott, Mike and Johanna Zistra, Eric and Phyliss Barr, Kevin and Lesley Merrigan ,Tom and Marg Graham, and Bob and Christine Teal.

• Birthdays are Hallie and Hannah, Donnie Scott, Jane Covert, Brian Teal, Allan

Birthday

Happy Birthday

Xavier!

August 15

In Memoriam Reed, Emery and Ellerie are happy to announce the arrival of their brother

BENNETT GRAEME ROBSON on July 19, 2020 Proud parents Brad and Chelsea Robson; Grandparents Dave & Marlene Dacuk and Dan & Cheryl Robson; Great Grandma Helen Yearwood

Card of Thanks

Thomas Neil Sargeant August 15th 2013 We miss you. Forever in our hearts.

Love always Robert, Ashley & Amelia

Card of Thanks

Donny Fobert Fundraiser Held July 25th & 26th.

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Linda Rush lindarush@yahoo.com 613-479-2570 • The Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority will bring their "Get to Know the Lakes You Love" road show to the Palmerston/Canonto Beach (locally known as Waites' Beach) on Saturday, August 15.

Drop in between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm to learn how to mitigate water pollution and how to stop the spread of invasive species. Everyone is welcome.

• North Frontenac Historical Society & Archives have continued the research about old barns/farms. In the next two weeks some of the committee will be looking for barns/farms in the Ompah and Canonto areas. If the barn is still standing, one of the Committee would like to take photos and ask a contact person for information.

If it is not standing but you have photos from earlier times and information about the site, it will be added to the collection as well. If you have a barn in Ompah or Canonto and have not been approached yet, please contact Colleen at (613) 4792755.

PARHAM-TICHBORNE Colleen Steele Christine Teal

Doug Potts & Hunter's Creek would like to send out a huge thank you to all the sponsors that contributed gifts for the raffle tickets, silent auction and monetary donations.

Another big thank you to friends, family, volunteers, staff and the community for all of your support, help and contributions.

Thank you to Hunter's Creek for donating the green fees and 2021 membership.

Thank you to Doug Potts for orchestrating and bring it all together!

We love you donny! True Fobert at his finest

Trousdale Funeral home

Scott, Garnet Brown, Jack Nicholson, Carol Wisteard, Noah Hertendy, John Purdon, Lois Barager, Shirley Dewey, Emily Delyea, and Olivia Mann. And … my great grand daughter will be 4.

• The United churches will be open now at their regular time with social distancing by everyone. Cheryl McMurray will be preaching at Arden, Mountain Grove and Henderson • The tornado did much damage at Camden East but luckily for us we only had rain and wind last weekend.

Fresh Flowers for all Occasions • Weddings • Birthdays • Anniversaries • Newborn • Special Holidays • Boutonnieres & Corsages We deliver to Goodfellow’s Funeral Home, Parham & now to Milestone Funeral Centre, Northbrook.

613-279-6446

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• Lois Webster is looking for stories and photos of St. James Anglican Church in Parham as she wants to put together a history of it. Please call her at 613-3756332 - she would like them as soon as possible.

• Congratulations to Roz Decaire on being the winner of the Westport Lions Club Draw last Saturday!!!

• Congratulations to Henry & Suzanne Meulenaar on their 50th wedding Anniversary!

• Hockey enthusiasts must be enjoying the games back on TV. • Sorry to hear about the fire destroying the home of Kathleen White & Dave Whalen I know that particular day the thunder and lightning seemed to be so close and loud!

• Thinking of you to Michael Morrow who upset his scooter and suffered a fractured hip and a broken foot. Hope you heal quickly!

• Be sure to submit your phone number to the Frontenac News Business and Telephone directory for 2020. I know a lot of

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• Congrats to Annie McKinnon bride to be who will be the guest of honour at her bridal shower on Aug. 23 • Thanks to all the folks responsible for prettying up the United Church's CE Building. It was a great time to do this because of the COVID. The church family are very excited to show it off when this pandemic is over and the building can be opened to the public whether it's for family gatherings, exercise, our church suppers, meeting or vendor shows • If you enjoy reading the Frontenac News please consider making a donation. Big or small every little bit helps.

• The next amnesty day load is on Aug. 22 to 28 this is the last one for this year.

• Georgina (Teal) Raymond originally from Parham has taken up residency in the Seniors Apartments in Sydenham.

• The wolves or coyotes with their pups have sure been howling! The doe with her twin fawns, the rabbits and the small turkeys which have been hanging around our place had better keep on their toes this winter.

• Happy Birthday to Brianna Drew, Cathy Goodfellow, Randy Kempe, Ryan Beattie, Janice Teeple, Michaela Hamilton, Amber Asselstine, Burton Hannah, Kris Stencell, Dwayne Meeks, Joelle Parr, and Abby McKinnon.

• Happy Anniversary wishes to Dan and Cheryl Hole • Mark August 29th on your calendar especially if you own a Subaru - Bailey's favourite. Bailey Green Memorial Run Saturday August 29th at 3 pm starting at Harrowsmith Park with final destination Toys R Us Parking Lot - 50/50 draw with proceeds going to Frontenac Paramedics.

What a great way to celebrate Bailey's 23rd Birthday....Let's make heaven hear the rumble!!!

• Kate (Cairns) and her husband Corey Chivers are delighted to announce the arrival of their precious daughter Bennie born on August 6th. Congratulations to all!!!

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Quick Canadian Trivia No. 4 1. What bird replaced the Mounties on the back of Canada’s $50 bill?

2. How many Japanese Canadians were charged with disloyalty to Canada during World War II? 3. What Canadian Province has the longest coast-line?

4. What Formula One race is run at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve?

5. What strait lies between Prince Edward Island and the mainland?

6. What NHL player agent organized the Canada Cup in 1976?

7. What Saturday-night TV show’s theme die Dolores Claman compose in 1967?

8. What Canadian said she wasn’t like other country singers because: “I don’t eat meat and I don’t have big fluffy hair”?

9. What’s Gordon Lightfoot’s documentary song about the sinking of an ore vessel in Lake Superior?

10. How many Canadian capitals are on Central Time?

• Answers to Quick Canadian Trivia No. 3; 1. Westray; 2. Numbered; 3. Social Insurance Numbers; 4. The Bronfman Family; 5. Ontario and Quebec; 6. Member; 7. Brian Mulroney; 8. The Avro Arrow; 9. Martin; 10. The Dionne Quintuplets.

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Arena opening takes shape

by Jeff Green in the stands this fall, and dressing rooms will not be open. Players will be expected to arrive in their playing gear, and will be assigned a spot to put their skates on and leave their shoes. Masks will be mandatory except when on the ice or the players bench. It will also be no contact hockey for all age groups.

It will be impossible to maintain the full two metre social distancing while playing, but Laprade said that the province is calling for no “prolonged or deliberate contact, and we are going to have to figure how that translates to hockey” The arena has a limit of 50 people at a time, not including staff, which will limit who can come into the building at any given time. Players will arrive at their appointed time, and the doors will not open until the previous group has left, through another door, and exposed surfaces door Ad Rates: Classified Text ads: $10.62 + HST per insertion for 20 words & under; 20¢ each extra word. knobs, etc, have been disinfected using Deadline: 4 pm Monday; Ph: 613-279-3150, Fax: 613-279-3172; info@frontenacnews.ca foggers that the arena has purchased.

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he Frontenac Community Arena will welcome hockey players back on September 18th this year. Normally Tim Laprade, who oversees the arena in his role as Arena and Recreation Supervisor for South Frontenac Township would be talking about the capital improvements that have been completed this summer.

They include a new compressor and an ammonia chiller system that will make the arena safer and easier to operate for the next 20-30 years. He would also talk about the grant that has been applied for from the federal and provincial government which could enable the arena board to replace the floor next year to assure the viability of the entire facility for decades to

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But instead the inevitable attention of the arena board and staff have been about how to make the arena accessible to users this fall while complying with provincial directives and recommendations from Kingston Frontenac Public Health.

“It’s a massive puzzle trying to interpret and decipher provincial regulations in order to draft a return to hockey plan,” said Laprade, “and while some might think we are being too restrictive, we would rather do it this way and loosen up the rules as the season goes on, than find we have been too loose and have to impose new restrictions or have to close down.”

There will be no canteen and no fans

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Mayor Vandewal said he couldn’t support this plan as presented, with no costing numbers to back it up. COA Carbone said this was a concept; the question is whether Council supports this as an idea, in which case it could come forward with the budget. Vandewal retorted that he would not support a concept without cost figures, only to have it ‘buried in the budget’. After some discussion, Vandewal called for a recorded vote, and the motion to further explore the concept was passed, with Roberts, Sleeth and Vandewal opposed.

Budget Beginnings A 2021 budget schedule was proposed which would aim to have the budget document in place by the December, but allow for revisions as needed in January. This was accepted, with the addition of a general COW discussion of the budget’s direction in September or early October.

Dis-gruntled Council hit the wall when faced with a simple request to accept four proposed names for lanes in the Shield Shores subdivision, just east of Battersea.

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“We think we have it all in place but until the players come, we won’t know for sure,” said Laprade. “One thing I do know is that kids, everyone, needs to exercise and the arena is important for that through the winter season. As far as the dressing rooms, ours are small compared to other arenas.

And the health unit recommended that we keep them closed, so we are confident it is the right decision to do so.”

The arena is run on a carefully constructed operating budget for the arena, with a mix of users fees, canteen sales, fundraising and advertising revenue, all of which are designed to create a break-even operating budget. “this year’s budget is going to be a bit of a mess,” said Laprade.

Hockey will also be restricted to local teams. Regional travel will be out this year.

South Frontenac is also completing plans to open township halls in September. The township operates Glendower Hall on Westport Road, the Storrington Centre on Battersea Road, as well as the community room at the Sydenham branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library. cier’ and ‘Ladybug’. But ‘Gruntled’? “What is that fourth name?” asked the Mayor.

Councillor Sleeth didn’t like it either, and on the recommendation of Senior Planner Christine Woods, who said a couple of residents in the area had also been unhappy with the idea, the request was deferred pending full agreement between the residents and the developer.

A quick search suggests that ‘Gruntled’ means ‘happy, contented;’ the opposite of ‘disgruntled’. But, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, ‘Gruntle' is an archaic English word from the 1500’s meaning to grumble or complain. The prefix ‘dis’ was sometimes used to intensify, not negate the meaning of a word; thus disgruntled, a familiar term meaning grouchy and out of sorts. However in 1926, a comedian first removed the “dis”, and used ‘gruntled’ for comic effect to mean happy. Gradually people took this seriously, and the word collected its current colloquial meaning…

By now, anyone who’s trying to learn English as a second language has probably left the room in despair.

What becomes of this lane-naming proposal is anyone’s guess. Stay tuned…

Submit Your Number!

The Frontenac News Business and Telephone directory for 2020 is in the planning stages.

This year we are offering an easy way for readers to include their phone number in the Directory.

Frontenac News readers who are no longer Bell Canada or North Frontenac Telephone Company land line customers will not automatically be included in the directory, even if they have retained their phone number.

We have set up an easy online form to fill out at Frontenacnews.ca/submityour-number or just click the link on our home page. All you need to enter is your name, village, and phone number and we will do the rest.

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Council asks neighbours to work it out on old Tryon Road

by Craig Bakay entral Frontenac Council deferred making a decision on closing a road allowance (Williams Lane, aka the old Tryon Road) at its regular online meeting Tuesday.

Council had approved the road closure in principle at its meeting May 24 based on a staff report at the time. The road runs through the property of Glen and Mary Stinson and the Stinsons have been maintaining it since 2006.

However, during the public meeting Tuesday, two neighbours told Council that they use the road regularly and would be inconvenienced by the closure.

“We can’t access our cottage via Leggatt Lake Road during the winter as the hill freezes,” said Larry Wood. “It’s a very big deal to me.

“We’ve asked the Stinsons for a right of way to be registered on title and are quite prepared to assist with the upkeep.”

Blair Sheridan said that while he does have access to his property from Tryon Road, he owns 256 acres, much of which he can’t easily get to and has been using Williams Lane to access the back half of his property.

Mary Stinson told the meeting that they are prepared to work with the neighbours but Sheridan said he’s asked for that in the past and been turned down.

Craig Halpenny, lawyer for the Stinsons, said there’s been a “lot of history” there and told Council that there is significant liability for the Township if the road is not closed.

“This is a public road,” he said.

Mayor Frances Smith agreed that it is

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a Township road allowance but staff confirmed that they couldn’t find any “paper” record of ownership. Still, Smith acknowledged they’d like the matter resolved.

“Is there a way all of the parties can come together in agreement?” Smith said. “As a Council, we’d like to see neighbours getting together.

“But we (the Township) do not want this road.”

Halpenny said he was prepared represent the Stinsons in negotiations with the neighbours who appeared willing to discuss it and come back with a proposal for Council’s second meeting in September.

Generous donation from disgruntled landowner Council agreed in principle to accept a donation of land from Robert and Karen Craigue. The land in question is about (2.95 acres with 440 feet of frontage on Road 509 just north of the Ardoch Road.

Ina letter dated July 31, 2019 and resubmitted July 24, 2020, the Craigues said: “(We) would like to donated 2.3 acres of our property to the Township of Central Frontenac.

“The property was incorrectly zoned wetland and no one at Central Frontenac will take responsibility for the mistake and no one will even look at the property so I can show them how wrong their zoning lines are that were drawn from aerial photos.

“The property touches the wetland in the northwest corner but the area involved is minor. The zoning can be changed only by spending money to go through the rezoning process and it

takes years.

“This has made the property useless and I am paying $150.75 for taxes on it.

No one at Central Frontenac takes responsibility for this error and there is no reasonable fix for this.”

Diesel no more Perhaps it’s a sign of the times but it appears that while diesel vehicles were all the rage a few years ago, the maintenance costs have made gas engines more desirable in this day in age.

That’s why Public Works Manager Tyson Myers asked Council for permission to replace an older ½ diesel pickup with a new gas model and to speed up replacement for two ¾ tons with gas models as supply of gas pickups seems to be short right now.

Myers got the backing of two councillors.

“As a school bus driver, I can tell you that for our smaller vehicles, we’re going back to gas,” said Victor Heese. “The diesel models are just too expensive to repair.”

“And I was at the dealership the other day and they told me they usually have around 50 trucks on the lot for sale,” said Coun. Bill MacDonald. “They had six.”

“Diesel engines last a lot longer but they’re much more expensive to repair these days,” Myers said.

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“The issue is cleaning,” she said. “The Health Unit told us that we don’t have to clean the playground equipment because it’s out in the sunlight but halls have to be cleaned after each use, so it may take awhile before we have that worked out.”

Treasurer Michael McGovern said that while the Township has lost some revenue from not being able to rent out its facilities, it’s been “a wash” because they haven’t been spending on programs such as swimming.

He said there’s a possibility that the Township could lose “up to $8,000” in revenue from not renting out halls.

McGovern said that deferring late payments due to covid-19 has/will cost the Township “about $45,000 in tax revenue.”

Fire calls up Fire Chief Jamie Riddell said the number of calls this year has been “up slightly over last year but about on a par with 2018.

“But that’s the way our curve seems to go. We’ll be down one year and then up again slightly, the next.”

Bridge repair Norbrook Contracting was awarded the tender for bridge repair on Fourth Lake Road for $24,500.

Public Works Manager Tyson Myers said he expects the work to be finished this construction season.

SL Village Update

By Tysen Myers Public Works Manager Central Frontenac would like to start by thanking everyone in the community for their continued support and patience.

The Sharbot Lake Village project is going well. The project is currently on schedule and within the forecasted budget. The Township has incurred some extra costs at the north-end of Elizabeth and Garrett Street due to unsuitable subgrade material. When excavating for the storm water sewer the contractor found a large amount of sawdust and slab wood under the road that was missed during the geotechnical investigation. We have paid extra to have them excavate full depth to the rock to ensure this unsuitable material will not cause any future issues to the new asphalt or concrete.

As of this week all of the underground infrastructure is all installed. The retaining walls are approaching completion and the subcontractors are forming and pouring sidewalks and preparing for the new curbs.

In coming weeks, residents will see even more above ground infrastructure taking shape and can expect communication with the local contractor Crain’s Construction in regards to temporary interruptions to driveways as we work to form and pour concrete and prepare for asphalt.

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owners are positive and excited about the project. It has been busy ever since we shifted the schedule forward by five months, but I am excited that the project will be complete this year rather than the original plan to complete phase two in the spring.

I am also excited to update the community about our newly hired Downtown Revitalization Coordinator. Adriana Barbary began her contract position with Central Frontenac and has since hit the ground running in her new position. Adriana will be entirely focused on organizing, planning, and implementing additional physical improvements that will improve accessibility and enjoyment of the Village for all residents and visitors, while also improving marketing efforts for Sharbot Lake Village and the greater community. She’s already building relationships with the Sharbot Lake Business Group, various stakeholder groups in Central Frontenac, Municipal staff, Frontenac County, and the Economic Development Committee who will be the Management Team working with the Public Works department to plan and execute a successful Downtown Revitalization.

Continue to check www.centralfrontenac.com for updates on the infrastructure project and also the DT Revitalization.

Thanks again for the ongoing support through this difficult season and stay safe!

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Northern (and Southern) Happenings

NORTHERN HAPPENINGS listings are free for community groups, and will be published for two weeks. Donations to offset the costs of publication would be appreciated. Other listings are paid or are taken from paid ads elsewhere in the paper. The News makes every effort to be accurate but events should be independently verified by readers.

Saturday August 15

“GET TO KNOW THE LAKES YOU LOVE” 10am-2pm. The Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority will bring their road show to the Palmerston/Canonto Beach . Drop in between to learn how to mitigate water pollution and how to stop the spread of invasive species. Everyone is welcome.

DENBIGH - NU2U YARD SALE 10am-2pm. Denbigh/Griffith Lions Club.

There are lots of treasures available, with one hundred percent of your purchase dollars going to local seniors programs through the Griffith/ Matawatchan Seniors Housing Corporation.

Sunday August 16

ARDEN - CHURCH SERVICES 10am. Arden United Church. The protocols for worship can be further viewed at the website www.ardenpastoralcharge.ca. Further info is available from student clergy Cheryl McMurray at 613-335-2474.

HENDERSON - CHURCH SERVICE 8:45am. Henderson United Church.

The protocols for worship can be further viewed at the website www.ar-

denpastoralcharge.ca. Further info is available from student clergy Cheryl McMurray at 613-335-2474.

MOUNTAIN GROVE - CHURCH SERVICES 11:15am. Mountain Grove United Church. The protocols for worship can be further viewed at the website www.ardenpastoralcharge.ca. Further info is available from student clergy Cheryl McMurray at 613-335-2474.

VERONA - JEFF NAULT 10am. Verona Free Methodist Church. Special presentation as part of Sunday services. COVID restrictions will be in place.

Monday August 17

BATTERSEA - FILL A BAG EVENT 5pm-8pm. Battersea United Church.

Support the church and find great deals at an indoor yard sale at Battersea United Church including a fill-a-bag of clothes sale for only $5 VERONA - STYLE REVIVAL 10am-1pm. Verona Free Methodist Church.

This, and every Wednesday from 10 am until 1 pm. Social distancing protocols in effect. One person will be allowed in store at a time or 2 from the same family. Bring your own mask, hand sanitizing will be required upon entry.

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INVERARY - FOOD DRIVE 3pm-6pm. Storrington Lions Hall. Struggles still continue and the need is definitely there Saturday August 22 CLOYNE - SAIL MAZINAW 10am. Bon Echo Provincial Park. Watch the many colourful sails to be seen on the Mazinaw when returns for yet another year. Stay tune for more details!

Wednesday August 26 SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORK - WHAT CAN EMPLOYEES DO ABOUT IT 12pm. Free virtual lunchtime workshop - For an invitation, contact The Legal Clinic - 613-264-7153 or Langan@LAO.on.ca

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NORTHBROOK - MEALS ON WHEELS 10am. Land O’ Lakes Community Services. For info contact 613 336 8934.

Friday August 21

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FINAL TAX NOTICES Final Tax Notices were issued the week of August 4th, 2020. If you do not receive your Final Tax Notice by August 20th, 2020, please contact the tax department. Your final taxes are due in 2 instalments: August 31st, 2020 & October 30th, 2020. It is important that you retain your tax bill until October as no further bills/reminders will be issued. For further information, please email taxes@ southfrontenac.net or contact us at 613-376-3027 Ext 2200.

JOB POSTING – FRONTENAC COMMUNITY ARENA The Frontenac Community Arena invites applications for the seasonal position of Arena Attendant. We have both Full Time Seasonal and Part Time Seasonal positions available.

This is a seasonal position beginning early September and concludes at the end of March 2021. Approximately 1100 total hours for Full Time Seasonal position the season and approximately 400 for the Part Time Seasonal position. ​​Application closes: August 14, 2020 ​Please contact Tim Laprade, Arena Manager to discuss interest in this position.

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CHANGES MAY BE COMING TO YOUR GARBAGE & RECYCLE COLLECTION Beginning Monday, August 31st, the Township will be collecting waste 4 days a week with all residents having the same day collection for both garbage and recycling. Not everyone will have changes but please look carefully at the map in your final tax bill arriving soon in your mail. A listing of Township roads and the corresponding collection day may be found at: www.southfrontenac.net/collection-info.aspx WILDLIFE & WASTE – DON’T TEMPT ONE WITH THE OTHER Residents are reminded NOT to put out garbage prior to collection day and to please place it roadside in such a manner that it does not attract wildlife, be it birds, raccoons or bears. Put your garbage out by 7 am on your collection day in a secure container.

To avoid attracting animals: • store all garbage and recyclables inside the garage, shed or secure enclosure until the morning of collection • rinse your containers with a mild soap or vinegar and water solution to reduce odours EXCESS CARDBOARD & STYROFOAM We realize that due to the increase in on-line ordering, there is much more cardboard being accumulated than normal.

Please REMEMBER that any cardboard or packing styrofoam put out for recycle collection must be cut, flattened and tied into bundles no more than 3’ X 2’ X 8” in size. Remove all staples and tape and put out no more than Three (3) bundles per pickup. Any more than Three (3) bundles or loose cardboard /Styrofoam may be left. If you have a stockpile of cardboard, it will be accepted free of charge at either the Portland or Loughborough WDS when open. Alternatively, excess cardboard may be taken to Kingston Area Recycling, 196 Lappans Lane, at no cost to South Frontenac residents.

WASTE FACILITIES The Green Bay Waste Disposal Site will be open on Sundays from 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm starting August 2, 2020 (until further notice) for tagged and bagged garbage and recycling only. Salem & Bradshaw Landfills remain closed.

The Household Hazardous Waste Depot located at 2491 Keeley Rd in Sydenham is every Thursday from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

PLANNING APPLICATIONS For Planning applications - the Township will be utilizing Zoom technology to conduct virtual/electronic public meetings that meet requirements under the Planning Act. Updates about the timing of Committee of Adjustment meetings and how to register to attend electronically will be available on our website: https://www.southfrontenac.net/en/open-forbusiness/virtual-committee-of-adjustment-meetings.aspx PLANNING INQUIRIES We encourage inquiries to be submitted using email (planning@southfrontenac.net) or via our intake forms on our website at www.southfrontenac.net under Open for Business/Planning & Development.

Prior to submitting a planning application, applicants are required to have a pre-consultation appointment with the planning staff. A pre-consultation meeting can be booked by calling extension 2224. Booking a pre-consultation appointment helps us evaluate your application and provides you with important information about the process. Preconsultation meetings will occur by phone or via zoom, and will not be held in person at this time.

TOWN HALL UPCOMING MEETINGS • Council Meeting – September 1, 2020 at 7:00 pm – Electronic Participation • Committee of Adjustment Meeting – August 13, 2020 at 7:00 pm – Electronic Participation NEW – Electronic Participation For those who wish to participate electronically and to address an agenda item (related to a planning matter based on the statutory public meeting requirements) on a Council agenda or Committee of Adjustment agenda, please see our website – Featured Items and/or Calendar for the link to pre-register. Please register before noon on the day of each meeting to ensure you will be able to connect to the meeting.

TENDERS Invitation To Tender No. PS-2020-19 For Hinchinbrooke Road North (High Falls) Culvert Replacement Sealed submissions must be received by 1:00 p.m., August 19, 2020, Attention: Neil Carbone, CAO, 4432 George St, Sydenham, ON, K0H 2T0 clear marked - PS-2020-19- Hinchinbrooke Road North (High Falls) Culvert Replacement.

Official documents may be downloaded from the BIDDINGO.COM website or picked up from Monday to Friday between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm at the Public Services Department, 2490 Keeley Road, Sydenham, ON. INVITATION TO TENDER No. PS-2020-17 FOR ONE (1) 2020 MODEL 4X4 MID SIZE SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE Sealed submissions must be received by 1:00 p.m., August 19, 2020, Attention: Neil Carbone, CAO, 4432 George St, Sydenham, ON, K0H 2T0, clearly marked - PS-2020-17- One (1) 2020 Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle.

Official documents may be downloaded from the BIDDINGO.COM website or picked up from Monday to Friday between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm at the Public Services Department, 2490 Keeley Road, Sydenham, ON.

JOB POSTING # 20-18-PS – FULLTIME LIGHT EQUIPMENT OPERATOR/GARBAGE TRUCK DRIVER The Township of South Frontenac is seeking to fill the full-time role of Light Equipment Operator/Garbage Truck Driver within the Public Services Department. Reporting to the Operations and the Facilities/Solid Waste Supervisor, the Light Equipment Operator will be responsible for a performing a variety of tasks including road construction and maintenance, as well as driving a garbage truck and collecting garbage.

For details, see our website. Deadline for submitting application: Friday, August 21, 2020

THINGS TO DO THE SOUTH FRONTENAC MUSEUM IS SET TO OPEN The Museum, located at 5595 Highway 38 in Hartington, will be open from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and starting August 8th, the Museum will also be open every Saturday from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. all until September 5th, 2020.

SAFE SUMMER IN SOUTH FRONTENAC We want to stay connected this summer! Use the hashtag #SafeSummerInSF when sharing pictures on social media showing us how you are enjoying these unprecedented times. Photos using the hashtag will be entered in a contest to win a prize pack of locally sourced goods valued at over $200. Visit our website or connect with Amanda for more details at apantrey@southfrontenac.net or 613-376-3027 ext. 4447.

SOUTH FRONTENAC TOWNSHIP VIRTUAL SWIM & DAY CAMP We are going to miss our Swimmers and Campers this summer! To help stay in touch, Camp Counsellors Riley and Ann will be featuring a new 2 – 3 minute video every week on our Facebook page with helpful tips and tricks for water safety, as well as activities for kids to try this summer. For more information see our website at Things to Do/Recreation Activities/ Swim and Day Camps. https://www.facebook.com/SouthFrontenacTwp VERONA CAR SHOW Due to COVID restrictions, the Verona Car Show is postponed until further notice.

News & Public Notices COMMUNITY BRANDING EXERCISE – RECRUITMENT FOR STEERING GROUP MEMBERS Details on this project can be found on the township website under News and Public Notices.

Applications are to be submitted to the Office of the CAO no later than 3 p.m. on Monday, August 24, 2020. Submissions can be sent via email to admin@southfrontenac.net, in person, or by mail to: 4432 George St., Box 100, Sydenham ON, K0H 2T0 MUNICIPAL OFFICES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – MASKS REQUIRED Due to Order from the KFLA Public Health Medical Officer of Health dated June 27, 2020, all members of the public (and staff) are required to wear a mask while visiting our office. Please see our website under News and Public Notices for the Public Service Announcement that provides greater detail on what you can anticipate new protocols.

STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARATION: COVID-19 INFECTIOUS DISEASE During this difficult time, the Township is asking everyone in our community to take physical distancing seriously, especially around vulnerable populations and to stay at home to reduce the likelihood of further transmission. This includes: • self-isolation, • maintaining at least 2 metre distance from others, • avoiding all unnecessary travel, washing your hands often, • regularly disinfecting high touch zones in shared spaces in your home.

By acting decisively as a community, we can ensure the safety and well-being of our residents is maintained.

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES UPDATES • Doubles for both Tennis & Pickleball are permitted; • All playground structures within Township parks are now open for use; • Benches and shelters are now available for use; • Sports fields will be available for bookings as of August 4th, 2020 • Indoor facilities will be available for booking as of September 8th, 2020.

Indoor facilities remain closed as Township staff work to ensure safety protocols are in place for each facility prior to permitting public access, including new booking procedures, limitations on use and proper sanitization.

4432 George Street, Box 100, Sydenham ON K0H 2T0 1-800-559-5862 Office Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm • www.southfrontenac.net

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Merritta Parks 102nd birthday under COVID conditions

by Jeff Green hen you reach Merritta Parks age, every birthday is something to celebrate. A lifelong resident of what is now Addington Highlands (the township did not come into existence until she was over 80) Merritta moved into Pine Meadow Nursing Homewhen she was in her mid-nineties. She was surrounded by family when she celebrated both her hundredth and hundred and 1st birthdays, but a couple of weeks ago when she hit the 102 year milestone, it was a different story.

A steady stream of friends and family drove to her. Flanked by Pine Meadow staff, she waved as the cars rolled slowly by, in the mid-summer sun and heat.

“I know we all enjoyed being able to celebrate the day,” said Fern Sedore, Merritta’s eldest daughter, who was one of those who drove by.

“She couldn’t really see faces because of the sun, but the staff were talking to her about who was there and what was going on. They were very good to her all day.

She had a special dinner, with her best

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Bursary Award

he Friends of the Tay Watershed announced the recipient of their annual $1000.00 Watershed Guardian Bursary for 2020. The presentation, made possible through the generosity of Graham Beck and the Little Stream Bakery of Glen Tay, was made to Miss Mairead MacKenzie on Friday, August 7th. The brief ceremony was held by the Tay on Haggart Island at the Little Tay Branch.

Miss MacKenzie is a graduate of St. John Catholic High School in Perth. She plans to pursue further studies at Dalhousie University, Halifax, in Community Design with a focus in sustainability and a minor in environmental sciences. She also hopes to complete a master’s degree in architecture with a focus in environment. The Bursary will help her get started towards her career goal of becoming a professional planner and designer of sustainable communities.

Every year, since 2011, the Friends of the Tay Watershed have extended an invitation to students at local high schools, and, recently, university students who attended a local high school, to submit applications for this Bursary.

Candidates wishing to apply should watch for notices from the Association’s web site, taywatershed.ca or next February in local papers and high schools for application requirements.

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friends at Pine Meadow, and she shared the cake that we dropped off. They made her feel special, which is something she likes,” Fern added.

Throughout the pandemic, Merritta, who has 11 children, 32 grandchildren, 72 great-grandchildren and 37 greatgreat grandchildren (so far) as well as many friends and acquaintances, has missed having visitors come to see her most days of the week, which is what her life was like before the COVID-19 shutdown in March.

“For the first few weeks, before anyone really knew what to do, she did not leave her room at all or see anyone except staff from Pine Meadow. That was really hard on her,” said Fern.

Later on, window visits with family started taking place, and when those were stopped, they were replaced with distanced outdoor visits.

“She likes the outdoor visits because she can see people, but it is hard for her to hear. It’s better to talk to her over the phone, which I do at least twice a week.

That way we can catch up.”

While Fern said that her mother is handling the changes pretty well, particularly for someone who is as old as she is, it has had an impact on her short-term memory and her sense of well-being.

“She has asked when she will be able to get out of prison,” Fern said.

Merritta is no stranger to hardship, having raised 11 children with her husband (who worked on road construction on Hwy 7 and 41 for many years.)

“She worked hard putting food on the table, making sure everyone was fed and

Last year Merritta enjoyed a traditional birthday party for her 101st

cared for, without a whole lot of money to work with,” Fern said, “and we all had chores to do as well. I remember wanting to be able to go with my dad to cut wood.

That was more fun on a Saturday than staying home and washing the chair and table legs, which had to be done once a week.”

Merritta was a church goer and taught Sunday school as well, at the Bethel Pentecostal Church. When the children were older she worked at the Kaladar Hotel until she retired at the age of 65. She then became a committed volunteer for Land O’Lakes Community Services (LOLCS) for many years, at first as a ‘Friendly visitor” for shut-ins and later cooking and

helping at monthly dinners and for meals on wheels. She also drafted her daughters to volunteer. It is fitting then, that she is being cared for now at Pine Meadow, which is an LOLCS owned not-for-profit long-term care facility.

Before COVID-19, she enjoyed outings to Napanee, to the Walmart and other stores, and visits from family and friends.

“Luckily things have opened up a bit and they are serving meals to a few people in the dining hall at Pine Meadow, and the staff know her well since she has been there for 6 or 7 years. She likes to be part of things, and that is so difficult now.”

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