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Al Pixley - Longtime Volunteer Hanging Up His Skates Submitted by Frontenac Minor Hockey wo weeks ago, Frontenac Minor Hockey (FMH) celebrated the contributions of it’s long time president Al Pixley who recently stepped down. Al is a life-long resident of the area growing up playing hockey at the Frontenac Community Arena. When his son Jack started playing it was only natural that Al became involved as a coach and a board member of the Frontenac Minor Hockey Association. For the last 8 years, Al has been the president of FMH. Under his leadership the Association has provided affordable and outstanding hockey programming for Frontenac families. There are thousands of kids who have benefited. His successes can be measured in many different ways. First, he has developed a top-notch development program that is modelled by neighbouring centres. Second, he has organized a fantastic group of volunteers that help bring community hockey to Frontenac. Finally, through his enthusiastic fundraising efforts FMH remains one of the most affordable hockey programs in the area. In fact, next year is the first time rates have been increased in recent memory. I think the true measure of success can come in those late March games as our teams have advanced deep

into the playoffs and the Arena is packed with Frontenac Families. After eight years Al has passed the torch to Jeff Peck. Jeff has been a part of FMH for the past 8 years serving most recently as the Vice-President. Peck is quick to praise Pixley: “I can’t say enough about Al’s contributions to Frontenac Hockey. When I started to get involved with the Association I was so impressed with the enthusiasm and commitment he had for community hockey. Al is uncomfortable with the attention and praise preferring to deflect the attention to our other long-term board numbers such as Debbie Donevan (Teasurer) and Heather Hasler (Registrar). However, we all agree that Al has been the driving force. Our community owes him our thanks” In recognition of his leadership, last week FMH unveiled the Al Pixley Award. This is will be awarded each year to one player from each representative division who beat exemplifies the true spirit of hockey; hard work, sportsmanship, leadership, commitment and having fun. In true Pixley fashion he is not going very far. He continues to serve on the Board but is looking forward to letting other volunteers make decisions and deal with the early morning phone calls. ■

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Wolfe Island Ambulance Service Hit Hardest By “Downstaffing” By Jeff Green ale Chevalier, the Chief of Paramedic services for Frontenac County, said this week, in an email, that “due to pandemic-related demands these past two-plus years, we have not met our staffing schedule on Wolfe Island as planned.” She said that “The paramedic base on Wolfe Island is normally scheduled for eight hours of day shift followed by 16 hours of on-call.” In recent months, Frontenac County Paramedics, which serves a population of close to 170,000 residents of Frontenac County and the City of Kingston, has faced challenges “because paramedics are unavailable to work, due to pandemic illness or isolation requirements. It is an issue affecting paramedic services everywhere,” she said. This has resulted in “downstaffing”, a circumstance that occurs when a shift in a specific location is not staffed. Eighty five percent of downstaffing has affected the paramedic base on Wolfe Island, Chevalier said, adding that this is being done because call volumes on Wolfe Island are that much lower than they are in the rest of the system. According to union officials, days when the ambulance shift on Wolfe Island has been staffed have been rare over the past few months. Chief Chevalier did not provide exact numbers of shifts that have been missed. She talked about making best use of limited resources, however. Frontenac Paramedics have responded to approximately 150 calls to Wolfe Island per year in each of the last five years. So far this year, there were 14 calls to Wolfe Island in January, 15 in February, one in March, and one in April,” she said. “We are less likely to receive calls there than we are in areas of higher population density. It’s just not safe or fair under pandemic conditions to have a crew sitting idle on Wolfe Island while we are short Paramedic resources in Kingston.” Frontenac Paramedic Services receives about 23,000

calls per year throughout the entire system. Dennis Doyle, the Mayor of Frontenac Islands, and current Warden of Frontenac County, reiterated Chief Chevalier’s point. “When there are shortages, you need to send the services to where they are most needed,” he said. “We do get pretty good service from the ambulance in Kingston, because when there is a call, the ferry will turn around and go back to pick up an ambulance if one is available from the City. The wait times in places like North Frontenac are still higher than ours.” According to Dave Doran, the Acting President of OPSEU/ SEFPO (Ontario Public Service Employees Union) Local 462, which represents the Frontenac Paramedics, the situation on Wolfe Island is not isolated, but is one indication of a staffing shortages that pre-date the impacts of the Omicron COVID wave on the service, and have also had impacts on service throughout Frontenac County, driven by ever increasing call volumes in the City of Kingston. He said that indicators such as Unit Hour Utilization (UHU), a measure of what percentage of time paramedics spend directly on calls, as well as response time targets for urgent calls, also indicate that the service is over-extended, and has been for a while. Frontenac County has increased service in Kingston recently, adding a 12-hour ambulance shift in 2021, with another 12-hour shift planned to come on stream in 2023. And the service has hired 20 new paramedics this month. But this is not enough, according to Doran. “The new people who are coming on are only going to cover for shortages and retirements that we are facing already” he said, “and the new service coming on in 2023 is not going to address the situation. The investments in the service need to be larger.” Doran said that when UHU reaches 0.35, it is considered enough to require additional resources.

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“And the UHU is now 0.55” In the Paramedic Deployment Plan that was presented to Frontenac County Council in March of last year, there were 5 items that were listed as “What we should not compromise” in order to achieve a balance between budgetary limitations and the provision of paramedic services. The first item on the list of things Frontenac Paramedic Services would not consider as a cost saving measure was to compromise “rural service – achieving efficiencies by reducing rural response”. Other cost saving measures that were considered unacceptable include any that would: slow response times, divert funds from other areas of county responsibility, delay investments in the service, and finally, compromise the health of the paramedics who work for the service. “Increased call volume will have an adverse impact on paramedic health,” the Deployment Plan concludes. Chief Chevalier said, “Pandemic conditions aside, Frontenac County and Frontenac Paramedics is sticking to its plan to grow Frontenac Paramedics over the coming years as the population in the area, including on Wolfe Island, grows larger and grows older. That plan includes staffing the Wolfe Island base to plan, adding more ambulances, more equipment, more staff, and new facilities. It’s a matter of public record.” According to Dave Doran, however, the current reality is not just the result of the pandemic, and reflects a long-term problem. “The staff does not feel supported,” he said, “they are pretty upset about it. It affects the mental well-being of paramedics when we can't respond to calls the way we should. The system needs more resources.” ■

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A Crowd On The Left, And On The Right By Jeff Green s of Monday, there were 7 registered candidates for Member of Provincial Parliament in Lanark Frontenac Kingston. Four of them represent the four parties with members in the legislature: Amanada Pulker-Mok represents the Liberals, Drew Cumpson, the NDP, John Jordan the Conservatives, and Marlene Spruyt the Green Party. The presumptive front runner in the local election is John Jordan, of the Conservatives. Although he is a first-time candidate, the Conservative Party has held this riding since the riding came into being in 2013, with at least 45% of the vote each time. The three centre or left centre parties; Liberals, NDP, and Green's, have split the rest of the vote each time. It may not make a big difference, since they are very new, but two parties to the political right of the Progressive Conservatives, also have candidates in Lanark Frontenac Kingston. Neither of them are represented by MPP Randy Hillier, who was elected as a Conservative the last time around. He announced in December that he would be a candidate in this election as the leader of the Ontario First Party, but he later an-

nounced that he is not running and the Ontario First Party seems to have dissipated. But two other parties, both led by former Conservatives, are running candidates in the riding. Thomas Mulder is a candidate for the Ontario Party, which is led by former Federal Conservative MP Derek Sloan, and Marcin Lewandowski is a candidate for the New Blue Party, founded by the team of sitting MPP for Cambridge, Belinda Karahalios, and her husband Jim Karahalios, who is the party leader. Belinda Karahalios, Randy Hillier and Derek Sloan and all share the distinction of having been elected as Conservatives, and later being removed from caucus by their party leader. And Jim Karahalios has the distinction of being declared ineligible for leadership positions in both the provincial and federal Conservative parties. The Ontario and True Blue parties reject a wide spectrum of liberal causes, from discussions about race and colonialism to the promotion of LGBTQ rights. The True Blue Party says it will get rid of “Critical Race Theory” from our school system, and the Ontario Party is more explicitly tied to a fundamentalist message, with its slogan “freedom, faith, family”.

The Ontario Party’s leader, Derek Sloan, is the most closely associated with Randy Hillier, and his attitude toward COVID restrictions mirrors that of Hillier. Sloan was also an enthusiastic supporter of the socalled “freedom convoy” that resulted in an occupation in the City of Ottawa , and was eventually put down by police in February. While Belinda Karahanios was ejected from the Conservative Party Caucus in 2020 over the government's COVID response, it was because of her objection to what she called an “unnecessary overreach” in Bill 195, The Re-opening Ontario Act. "By transferring away the ability for Ontario MPPs to consider, debate, and vote on how emergency powers are used on Ontarians, Bill 195 essentially silences every single Ontario MPP on the most important issue facing our legislature today," she told the CBC, at the time. Both the True Blue and the Ontario parties strongly oppose the carbon tax policies, and they both are happy to associate Ontario Premier Doug Ford with Prime Minister Trudeau, telling voters that a vote for the Doug Ford Conservatives is support for left wing causes.

In Lanark Frontenac Kingston, three parties to the left of the Conservatives have been sharing up to 55% of the vote. This has left the Conservative Party with easy wins as long as they can retain their core vote of 45% of the electorate. The prospect of two parties to the right of the Conservatives eating up some of the Conservative vote could potentially create a more competitive race this time around. That all depends, however, on how much support there is in LFK for the messages that the two new parties are promoting. Randy Hillier supporters who believe that the COVID vaccine is a failure, at best, and that the Ottawa Occupation was indeed a “freedom convoy”, may be drawn to the Ontario Party, while those Hillier supporters and others on the right who see the Conservative Party as an anti-democratic force, may support the True Blue Party. Votes for either party will come from the Conservative base, however, and if each of them attracts a few thousand voters, they could create a competitive riding, in 2026 if not in 2022. The other side of the equation, the left vote, would still need to coalesce around a single alternative to make that happen, however. ■

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• Welcome back to all our local cottage neighbours as they start to open up their seasonal homes over the upcoming weekends. • May 14th at 10 am is the Giant Flea Market & Vendor Event at the Parham Fair Grounds. • Thanks to the Township of South Frontenac for sealing and putting down the new pickle ball lines at Glendower Hall. There are also pickle ball nets available to use on-site. Two courts are ready to go and the tennis court has also been re-lined. Looking forward to the final court resurfacing next year at this location for all of us pickle ball enthusiasts north of Verona! • Shout out to all the May birthdays! • Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters: If you’re talking to someone less familiar with Ontario’s wildlife, it’s not a bad time to remind them not to move deer fawns. While they

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• The United Churches of Arden, Henderson and Mountain Grove and their student clergy Kaitlyn Ostrander participated in a fantastic Youth and Family Trash Bash event at the Arden site on May 7. They picked up garbage around the church and the park safely using gloves and garbage bags to do so. Free juice boxes, granola bars gave energy along with a coupon from C4 Country Convenience giving each person participating a coupon for a free fry and pop! They all did us proud. • Mother’s Day brought many families and folks home to celebrate and to place flowers on their Moms' graves at the cemetery. It was old home week, for sure. As well, it was a free fishing weekend in Ontario with no fishing licence required. The next free wishing weekend is June 18, 19. • Congratulations to our neighbour Brenda (Cowdy) Martin on receiving the Ontario Invasive Species Centre 2022 Leadership Award for her efforts to monitor and manage invasive species in the lake community, served by Malcolm & Ardoch Lake Landowners Association. Brenda, who has taught many in our area, continues to learn and to help make the world a better place. • Our Kennebec Recreation crew, who are super duper, are hosting fireworks on Sat, May 21 at the Arden ball diamond behind the post office at 9:00pm. A free will donation box will be located nearby. Rain date is Sun, May 22- same time and same place. • Folks are putting up their humming bird feeders- hope these little birds eat up the black flies- don’t you?

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• Cheese Fundraiser 2022 – If you ordered cheese from the ABC Hall, your cheese order will be available for pick-up at the ABC Hall on May 14 from 9 – 11am 3166 Bolingbroke Rd. There will also be a bake sale happening on the same day when you pick up your order. For more info, contact Lynne Lang lynne.lang1410@gmail.com or call 613-273-8834. • Heartfelt sympathy goes out to The Patterson and Sargeant families in the loss of their brother, Rob Patterson, and brother-in-law, Stanley Sargeant, husband of Lorna. Also, sympathy is extended to Jeannie McQueen on the loss of her husband, Don, and to former Maberly resident Doris Parks on the death of her husband, Cliff Elford.

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• I hope all the Mothers had a lovely Mother's Day. • Our world has turned green since the rain last week. The trees are in bud and they look fuzzy. Catkins have broken out on the Poplars. When walking in the woods, I see many Trillium with buds but not yet open. They can stay in bud for a long time as, in Ompah, when they flower the black fly hordes appear. I've been repairing a rock wall and received one black fly bite. Now the screened bug jacket is at the ready. • This column was written on Sunday morning. By Monday morning, there are still no blooming Trillium but the black flies are blooming - and biting. Bring on the bug jackets!

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• Hello, warm weather!!! Sure feels like it’s here to stay. We’re holding off on putting some of our delicate plants in the ground until after the last full moon in May, as we had that hard frost last year and lost a bunch of our hot pepper plants that we had waited a long time for their arrival. • Certainly time to be extra mindful of kids riding their bikes and playing on the road. Careful on the windy and hilly backroads as a little one can pop up out of nowhere. • Arlene Kennedy is having a garage sale, May 14 and 15, from 8am until 3pm at 1085 Neadow Road in Parham, just off of Long Lake road. • Have a wonderful week and a Happy (belated) Mothers Day to all Moms out there.

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• Perth Road United Church Announcements: In-person services continue - Sundays at 10am, 5614 Perth Road Crescent. Everyone is welcome. Masks are still required and Covid-19 protocols are still in place. At present, we are going through the search process to hire a new minister but will continue with Supply/Lay Ministers or personnel until a suitable candidate is found. Perth Road Sunday School Hall, Perth Road Cr. is hosting a Bake, Craft, and Plant Sale. Fri, May 20, 2pm-6pm & Sat., May 21, 9am-12pm. Crafts, home-made jams, fresh pies and other baked goods will be available, as well as a variety of plants. You can donate baked goods and plants/ bulbs on Thursday evening or Friday morning. Money will go to support the Sunday School Hall. • Leland Helping Hand are looking for new members. Please contact Peggy Newport 613-353-2635. Perth Road Crafters meet every Wednesday: 9:30am – 11:30am at Harris Park Hall, 5612 Perth Road Cres. Cost is $2.00. If you’re a first timer, check us out for free. Please contact Cheryl Bird 613-353-7303.

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To view the magazinee, you can visit annkullberg.com/products/cp-hidden-treasures-volume-7. Congratulations to you both! • Do you love being on the lake? There is a summer student position available through the Crown Land Stewardship Program with the Township of North Frontenac. You can apply on the Township website: northfrontenac.formbuilder.ca/ employment-application • Did you know why libraries are so great? They are the only place you can go where you don't have to spend any money, but you can always go home with something new! If you don't have a library card yet, you are invited to come into the Plevna library to sign up and start enjoying all that Kingston Frontenac Public Library has to offer! Hours are Tuesday and Thursday 2-4 and 5-7 and Friday and Saturday 10-1. For more information, you can call 613 479-2542.

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• Village-wide yard sale Saturday, May 21, 8am til whenever you wish to close yours up. Gather up your sale items and get planning. Not close enough to village? Ask a friend if you can set up there. A local business has offered their parking lot to set up, obviously first come basis. Quite a bit of space to share with others. The last one was a huge success prior to Covid, so let’s do it again. Email me if you wish to know more at karenofsyd@bell.net or if you may be able to print and put a sign up somewhere, that’d be great. Mark this date on calendar, all you yard sale enthusiasts. In the event that it’s terrible beyond hope weather that day, rain date will be June 11. But let’s stay positive. • The members of the Sydenham Women's Institute invite you to their Spring Craft and Bake Sale. Showcasing a variety of local vendors on Saturday, May 14th, 9am to 2pm at the Verona Lions Hall, 4504 Verona Sand Road. Free admission. Masking is a personal choice. Lunch will be sold. Oh Canada… Our Canada day committee needs your help. Volunteers are needed. The festivities are always amazing, so if you are able to help out in any way, please attend the event planning meeting on May 18th in the community room at 7pm at the library. 2 years has been too long, let’s do this loud and proud. We can do this. • The amount of tick presence lately is a friendly reminder to protect not only yourselves when enjoying the outdoors, but your 4 legged friends as well. • The blooms are starting, spring is here. Can’t wait to see everyone’s gardens this year. If there’s one thing people have taken away from our “Covid times” it's appreciating nature and all the beauty that comes with it.

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• The Sydenham Women's Institute members invite you to their Spring Craft and Bake Sale. Showcasing a variety of local artisans on Saturday, May 14, 9am to 2pm at the Verona Lions Hall. Free admission. Masking is a personal choice. Lunch will be sold. • Style Revival will be open Saturday, May 14 from 10am to 1pm. It will also be open, as usual, Wednesdays from 10am to 1pm. Style Revival, which is located in the Verona Free Methodist Church at 6804 Hwy 38, offers free, gently used clothing and footwear for all ages. • South Frontenac Community Services are holding another Diners Lunch in the Grace Hall , Sydenham on May 18 at

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• The Kennebec Recreation Committee would like to thank everyone who turned up for the Annual Trash Bash, Thursday, May 5. No doubt, you saw lots of folks climbing hills and diving into ditches to collect garbage discarded by many. After a 2-year lapse, there was a considerable amount to be collected. But if there was trash, our group picked it up. Everyone is reminded that this is their community. Please respect it. A special thanks is sent to Barb and Derek Matson of C 4 Convenience. All Trash Bash volunteers were gifted with a complimentary order of french fries and a pop, when the Chip Truck opens this month. Derek also donated his time and truck to pick up any full bags. Thanks is also sent to the Township of Central Frontenac for their support and supplies requested. I had the pleasure of meeting new folks who volunteered their time. It was great to meet you. Thanks, again, to everyone! • The Sharbot Lake and District Lions Club is reminding you that they are hosting an “All You Can Eat” breakfast at the Oso Hall this Saturday, May 14, 8am to 11am. Adults $10.00, kids 6-12 $6.00 and kids 5 and under free. All proceeds are to benefit childhood cancer. • Please don’t forget the Community Yard Sale at Springwood Cottages in Arden, Saturday, May 14, 9am to 1pm. Anyone interested in a table should contact Judy Kennedy at 613-335-3606 or jakennedy002@hotmail.com. There is still room for you. • Did you know that fishing Ontario is offering free (no license required) dates for the Family as follows: June 18 and 19, and July 2 to 10? This would be an excellent opportunity to see if fishing could be a part of your families’ future. • Connections, Adult Learning is again offering free programs to enhance your computer knowledge. These programs can help you prepare for college or on-line learning, or planning your garden planting. There are so many programs available to everyone and they are all for free. Get in touch with them at 613-279-2499 or e mail, sharbotlake@ ncalc.ca and I’m sure they can find a program for you. • Sending prayers to Edith Nitsche. • Trust is like glass. Once broken, it will never be the same.

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• The Dog and Cranberry Lake Association is hosting a native plant sale! Visit their website at www.dogandcranberrylakes.ca for ordering information. The deadline is Thursday, May 12th. • Have you heard of the new concert series happening right here in Battersea? Leopard Frog Barn Concerts presents Juno award winning songwriter Lynn Miles on Saturday, June 18th at 2:30pm. Tickets are $30, you can reserve your spot and get more information by emailing Ellen at leopardfrogfarm@gmail.com. • Four Rivers Youth Group is holding a FREE, fun meditation and music event on Thursday, May 12 for children 10

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Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. via ZOOM THE PURPOSE OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN UPDATE is to update the County Official Plan and ensure that it has appropriate regard for matters of Provincial interest and is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020. On May 1, 2020, a new version of the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS), issued under the Planning Act, came into effect. The 2020 PPS replaced the 2014 PPS that was issued on April 30, 2014. The current County Official Plan implements the 2014 PPS. In accordance with Section 26(1) of the Planning Act, a municipality is required to revise their Official Plan to be consistent with policy statements issued under the Planning Act. In this regard, the County Official Plan requires updating to be consistent with the 2020 PPS. The County’s current Official Plan was approved by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing on March 15, 2016 and is a long-range planning document that sets out policy to guide growth, land use planning and development approvals in the County to the year 2036. The Official Plan sets out population growth estimate of 9,395 and employment growth forecast of 2,552. The County is engaging the Province, Local Area Municipalities, Indigenous communities, County Council, Conservation Authorities, the public and other stakeholders, to obtain input on the Official Plan update. The updated Official Plan will establish the overall pattern of development and environmental management in the County and sets the stage for more detailed local planning. The Official Plan update applies to the four Local Area Municipalities in the County, which includes Addington Highlands, Greater Napanee, Loyalist, and Stone Mills. THE PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL is to discuss the Official Plan update process and to confirm for Council, the public, and the Province as the Approval Authority, the updates that will be required to the County Official Plan under Section 26 of the Planning Act to ensure that it has appropriate regard for matters of Provincial interest and is consistent with the PPS, 2020. It is an introductory public meeting intended to provide an opportunity for interested parties to offer comments on the revisions that may be required during the Official Plan update process. The Official Plan update includes matters such as the following: • Clarifying policies related to market-based and affordable housing needs; • Enhancing policies on municipal engagement with Indigenous communities through the land use planning process; • Increasing the minimum requirements to accommodate residential growth through designated/available land supply from 10 to 15 years, extending the planning horizon from up to 20 years, to up to 25 years and employment area planning beyond the 25-year horizon; • Permitting partial servicing for new development in rural areas and communal servicing for multi-unit development where services are not available, planned or feasible; and, • Permitting additional residential development on rural lands, including lot creation that is locally appropriate. Throughout the Official Plan process there will be additional opportunities for the public to review draft documents and to provide comments to Council and staff, including an Open House and Statutory Public Meeting that will occur prior to County Council considering the adoption of any proposed Official Plan Amendment(s). This proposed amendment applies to all lands that are within the County of Lennox & Addington and for this reason no map is provided with this notice. Any person or public body may watch the Special Meeting of Council and provide a written submission regarding revisions that may be required as part of the Official Plan update. If you would like to speak at the public meeting, please register in advance by calling the County Clerk’s Office at 613-354-4883 extension 3368. However, oral submissions will still be received without registering.

May 12, 2022 your spot early. The cost is $15 per vehicle. You must be registered, and your spot paid for one week before the event. Contact: Janet Wilson via email or Facebook messenger or you call 613-480-5278 or cell 613-243-0125. There will be a BBQ and drinks available for purchase, and entertainment featuring the Pickled String Band and Coop De Ville. • New to the area? Newly retired? Semi retired? Have Tuesdays off and enjoy golf? Come out to the Men’s League at Hunter’s Creek. Starting May 17th, tee off 9am. Or come out to the Monday Mixed League at Hunter’s Creek, starting May 23rd , tee off 3:30pm. See you there! • The Land O' Lakes Garden Club is pleased to let you know that they will be holding their Annual Plant Sale on Saturday May 28th at 1444 #506 starting at 9:00am sharp. They will have a wide variety of perennials for sale at excellent prices, Hostas are their speciality. If you have any plants you'd like to donate so the Garden Club can continue on with their many community projects, please contact lolgardenclubn7@ gmail.com. • The NAEC Parent Council is inviting all on June 2, 2022 for a community fun fair! There will be games, prizes, food and lots of entertainment! This event will be at the Flinton Recreational Centre. For more information, check out their FB page. • Land O’Lakes Community Services is inviting all to join them with the Flinton Diners on June 7th from 12:00-1:00pm to enjoy a great spaghetti lunch for only $10.00! They need a minimum of 15 people to put on this event so do not hesitate and RSVP with Shelby 613-336-8934 x229 ASAP! • The Lions Club of Land O'Lakes will be hosting a dance, "Dancing Through the Decades" on Saturday, June 11, 2022 from 8pm to 1am at the Lions Hall in Northbrook. There will be a DJ, light snack at 11pm, cash bar & door prizes for only $15.00/person (advance tickets sales only-NO tickets will be sold at the door). To purchase your tickets or if you have any questions, please contact Lion Maude at 905-449-2160 or email eventslionscluboflandolakes@gmail.com . • Tickets can also be purchased from Lion Red - 613-3368011, Lion Pam - 613-827-6700 and at the Kuriosity Shop in Northbrook. Time to dust off those dancin' shoes and have some fun! Limited number of tickets to be SOLD... Don't be disappointed. Buy yours NOW! • Congratulations to the Mazinaw Lakeside Resort as they celebrate 10 years of service to the community! On May 5, 2012 we had a celebratory grand opening. On May 7, 2012 we officially opened the doors to the public. Dave and Trudy Deacon were our first customers in the Eatery. It is unfortunate that Lori Ellerbeck is no longer with us to celebrate this milestone. She passed away in 2020. She devoted many hours of her time to enable the growth and success of the business. She is missed terribly. July 23rd we are planning a day of celebration in order to enjoy this important anniversary. We will be hosting a stage event, BBQ and, of course, some birthday cake. Thank you to all our friends, family, neighbours and patrons past, present and future. • News from Pastor Rob Heyman: “Hi, everyone. Our church has made the decision to replace our church pews with chairs. If any of you would like a church pew or know an organization that could use seating, please contact me at 613-243-9661. We are not selling the pews but are asking people to consider a donation towards our purchase of the chairs. The dimensions of the pews are 15 feet long, 2 feet deep and 33 inches tall.”

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By Jeff Green e saw a need and have put in place what is needed to fill it.” That’s how Peter Copesake describes the new business venture that island Marine Construction, a 35 year old family run vconstruction company owned by Greg Fleming, started up last summer on lakes along the Rideau Canal. They used a 40’ x 16’ barge to haul everything they needed to safely pump out septic tanks on island properties in lakes up and down the canal, many that had not been pumped out for decades because there have been no licensed contractors available to provide the service. The company is a busy, full service contracting company, specialising in projects on island properties to they were well placed to offer the service. For Copeland, who describes himself as a “reformed banker”, did a degree in limnology in university and also served in the navy before beginning his banking career, working with Island Marine Construction is a bit of a passion project. “Island property owners develop a particularly strong relationship to the water and the ecosystem that surrounds them, and this is a way, finally, for them to ensure they can enjoy their properties without posing any hazard to the ecosytem,” he said. After one season along the Rideau, doing 38 pump outs, and booking their barge out for the coming season, the company decided to invest in a smaller barge and a float truck that would enable them to serve lakes across Eastern Ontario. That boat will be ready in the coming weeks and they are now looking to offer their services to island property owners on Frontenac County Lakes this summer. But they need cottage owner and cottage associations

to come on board. “Because of all of the costs involved bringing the equipment and crews to a lake, we need to book 5 properties on a lake in order to make it work,” said Copeland. “We require a crew of at least 3 people to do the job safely, and to satisfy all the requirements of our licensing, and we also need to book a septic contractor on shore to pump the contents into their truck for safe transport to ministry approved facility.” The company has made contacts with island property owners on Eagle and Sharbot Lake and are working with those associations to make those lakes some of the first that they get to this summer. “There are a lot of lakes in the region, of course, and we are hoping that the lake associations will help us make the necessary contacts so we can put everything together to provide this service,” said Copeland. The service costs a lot more than a land-based septic tank pump-out, at a cost of around $2,000, because the operating costs are so high, and the new barge that has been constructed is designed to be able to access islands with less than ideal boat launches. To contact Island Marine Construction for further information, call 613-349-9655 or email gregkfleming01@ gmail.com.■

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Area residents who love to buy local and eat local will be happy to know that a community market is returning to South Frontenac. May 14 will be the opening day for the new Frontenac Market, formerly set up at Prince Charles Public School and last year at SFRC, but now permanently housed at Centennial Park in Harrowsmith. “It was a rough couple of years, between the pandemic and moving locations,” says longtime vendor and market treasurer Lisa Amos. “But we are rebuilding with good support from the township, a great group of volunteers, lots of returning vendors, and plenty of interest from new vendors too.” Amos will be there with upcycled wood crafts and baking from her Black Maple Farm. The current vendor list also includes suppliers of local meats, bedding plants, jewellery, picture framing, vegetables, canned goods and condiments, maple syrup and much more. And market manager Mark Revelle is planning his booth featuring homegrown mushrooms and butter tarts. “We’re making the vendor experience flexible and as easy as possible, to encourage more local businesses to get involved,” says Revelle. “And anyone who is interested in being a vendor can just call or text me to get started.” The market recently changed its status from a farmers market to a community market. A farmers market designation requires a majority of the vendors to be farmers, and maintaining that status was challenging for the group in the past. As a community market, there is more flexibility in the kinds of goods that can be sold, but the aim is still to provide a venue for as many agricultural producers as possible. With a bold new logo, and a tagline of “Makers, Bakers, Growers and Neighbours,” Frontenac Market is ready to offer area residents, cottagers, and tourists a great shopping experience. Each Saturday from May 14 through October, market shoppers will find a great selection of local goods, musical entertainment and the simple pleasures of getting to know our local food producers and artisans. For more information about the market or being a vendor, call or text Mark at 613-545-7163. ■

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Zoning Bylaw Meeting Rescheduled For May 18 By Craig Bakay he special Central Frontenac Council meeting regarding the Zoning Bylaw scheduled for May 3 has been rescheduled for May 18 due to planner Glenn Tunnock not being able to connect via the Zoom app. “This will give us more time to go through what we’ve got and fix in our minds what we want,” said Mayor Frances Smith. The May 18 meeting will be held in person at Soldiers Memorial Hall in Sharbot Lake beginning at 4 p.m. It will also be livestreamed via the Township’s YouTube channel. Changes have been made throughout the text of the Zoning Bylaw. The following is a summary of recent amendments which Council may consider in their review. 1. Affordable Housing Affordable housing has been exacerbated by land development and construction costs, covid and shifts in consumer demand. The proposed changes can facilitate the delivery of more affordable housing through: • Provision for additional residential units meaning that a typical single detached dwelling can have an internal apartment and a detached ancillary dwelling unit in the rear yard. The bylaw would also permit the conversion of a storage container to an additional residential unit. • Tiny houses with a floor area greater than 27.8 square metres (300 square feet) would be permitted in certain areas. 2. Recreational vehicles The bylaw currently permits recreational vehicles as both developed and vacant lots can be used for the storage or use of an RV based on the premise that they are a form of temporary accommodation primarily used for leisure. Council may want to provide for broader use of RVs

by adopting a trailer licencing bylaw as a mechanism to generate revenues to offset costs as well as to more fully control the period of use during the year, use for family reunions, etc. 3. Storage containers Containers have become a convenient replacement for a garden shed or storage building. Council has the option to ban the use of containers in residential zones; allow containers subject to controls; extend controls to other land use categories or not regulate containers at all. 4. Live/Work Units The Official Plan provides for live/work units which are essentially a building used for both commercial and residential purposes, with the residence being the predominant use. The live/work unit mirrors the covid-driven trend to working at home, albeit the intent is that the commercial be a full-time, on-site enterprise vs an off-site head office. 5. Short Term Rentals A recent phenomenon is changing the use of seasonal and permanent housing largely but not exclusively in waterfront locations as a mean of generating income. Council options are to ignore the issue and assume the OPP will control unacceptable behaviour; impose zoning controls only or implement zoning and licensing controls accompanied by a review of the costs and human resource implications. 6. Licensed Refreshment Sales Vehicle The bylaw currently specifies that a refreshment sales vehicle (chip wagon) is permitted only with a lot having frontage on Highway 7 or Road 38 in the General Commercial and Business District Zones. 7. Green Energy The bylaw introduces a number of new uses such as green energy industries, geothermal power facility, commercial solar collectors, wind farms, and electric vehicle recharge stations. EV recharge

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stations for example are allowed as an accessory use in any zone. 8. Place of Worship The conversion or repurposing of places of worship to include a residential component is a national trend. 9. Domestic Livestock Provision is made in the bylaw for allowing the husbandry of small animals for food production in the R1, R and LSR with lot area scaled to nutrient units. Council may want to enact a corresponding bylaw under the Municipal Act to govern numbers and exert controls on waste management, noise, fencing, etc. 10. Other Changes • Detached garages may be equipped with sanitary facilities • TSSA standards apply to propane and fuel storage • hot tubs require secure self-locking devices • flood damage reduction is required for buildings or structures permitted in a flood plain • additions have been made to the scope of permitted home-based businesses • standards for barrier-free parking have been updated • schedule for parking has been updated to include a variety of new permitted uses. • list of prohibited uses expanded and/or clarified. ■

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South Frontenac Master Recreation Plan

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by Jeff Green

here are only a couple more days for public comment before the draft South Frontenac Recreation Plan will go back to the consultants for a final report, to be prepared and presented to Council, which will likely happen in June. For Tim Laprade, the plan, and the work that has gone on for over 2 years to get it ready, has been a monster project. The document itself is over 250 pages long and in order to prepare it, every group that provides recreation services in the township was contacted, and public input was sought through print and electronic channels, as well as social media, through surveys and direct phone calls. “The process was slowed down by COVID, especially early on, but we also wanted to make sure that everyone who had an interest in recreation, had a chance to provide input,” said Laprade. The draft plan, which is posted at Engage Frontenac.ca, where comments are being accepted until Saturday, includes quite a bit of background, including a community profile with demographic information. It also includes a section on programs and events that are currently available in the township and others that residents would like to see come about. “The township does not have the capacity to develop and organise events,” Laprade said, “that would require more staff. Much of our focus in that section of the report is to look at what the facility needs are. This will allow for existing

programs and events to thrive and for community groups to be able to bring new programs and events to the township in the future.” Chapters on facilities, parks, trails, and boat launches make up the bulk of the second half of the plan, but the section that will likely attract the most attention when the report comes to Council in June, is the Facilities Recommendations section, which outlines projected costs of recommended upgrades. Recommendations for improvements or alternate uses of each facility are listed, along with a timeline including projected costs. If Council decided to fund every item on the list, it would come to $895,000 this year, and $4 million over ten years. Some of the immediate spending includes projects, such as the Storrington Centre, which are already under construction and have been fully funded. But there is a lot of new spending as well. But Tim Laprade does not expect that Council will start making financial commitments as soon as the report lands on their desk. “The consultants compiled all of the suggestions and recommendations that they heard, put a preliminary price on them, and listed them. When the report is presented in June, and hopefully is accepted, we expect Council to then ask our department to come up with suggestions about which projects are priorities, with a realis-

tic timeline,” he said. “It will then go to the budget process for 2023 and beyond.” He said that one of the major benefits of the Master Plan is that it will provide a basis for evaluating proposals that come forward from the public. “Residents come to our department, or to Council, asking for us to provide facilities or improvements all the time. What the

Master Plan does is provide a background to help us evaluate individual requests that come up, and will help us to make decisions based on what is already available elsewhere in the township, and what the rest of the residents have expressed as their priorities,” he said. “But the real work starts once the plan is adopted by Council.” ■

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF PESTICIDE USE FOR ROADSIDE WEED CONTROL The County of Lennox & Addington and its four Lower Tier Municipalities (The Town of Greater Napanee, Loyalist Township, The Township of Stone Mills and The Township of Addington Highlands) have engaged the services of Wagar & Corput Weed Control Inc. for the application of herbicide to control vegetation at all guiderail locations, and control noxious weeds along the municipally owned right of ways. This pesticide use falls under Public Works Exception of the Cosmetics Pesticides Ban for the promotion of public health and safety. The following rural roadsides to be sprayed are: County of Lennox and Addington: COUNTY ROAD 24/CORONATION BOULEVARD, COUNTY ROAD 1 EAST, COUNTY ROAD 1 WEST, COUNTY ROAD 11, COUNTY ROAD 12, COUNTY ROAD 13, COUNTY ROAD 14, COUNTY ROAD 15, COUNTY ROAD 16, COUNTY ROAD 17, COUNTY ROAD 18, COUNTY ROAD 19, COUNTY ROAD 2, COUNTY ROAD 20, COUNTY ROAD 21, COUNTY ROAD 22, COUNTY ROAD 25, COUNTY ROAD 27, COUNTY ROAD 3, COUNTY ROAD 4, COUNTY ROAD 4 WEST, COUNTY ROAD 41, COUNTY ROAD 5/PALACE ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 6, COUNTY ROAD 7/CHURCH STREET, COUNTY ROAD 8, COUNTY ROAD 9/RIVER ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 10/ DESERONTO ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 26/JIM SNOW DRIVE, COUNTY ROAD 28/MILLHAVEN ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 23/TAYLORKIDD BOULEVARD Greater Napanee: ABRAMS ROAD, APSLEY STREET, ARMSTRONGS LANE, ASSELSTINE ROAD, BATHURST STREET, BAYVIEW DRIVE, BEECHWOOD ROAD, BENN'S POINT ROAD, BRADY ROAD, BRIDGE STREET WEST, BROWN SIDEROAD, BUTTERMILK FALLS ROAD, CHAMBERS ROAD, CHAMPLAIN STREET, CHEESE FACTORY ROAD, COMMUNITY ROAD, COOKS ROAD, DAFOE STREET, DESERONTO ROAD, DRIVE-IN ROAD WEST, FITCHETT ROAD, FRETTS LANE, FRISK ROAD, GALT STREET, GEROW ROAD, GLENNELM ROAD, GOODYEAR ROAD, HAMBLY ROAD, HEMLING LANE, HENDERSON ROAD, HERRINGTON LANE, HICKORY LANE, HOMESTEAD ROAD, HUYCK STREET, JOHNSONS SIDEROAD, KIMMETT'S SIDEROAD, LITTLE CREEK ROAD, LORNA LANE, MANION ROAD, MCKNIGHT'S SIDEROAD, MEACH ROAD, NORTHFORK ROAD, O'CONNELL SIDEROAD, OKE ROAD, OLD BOAT RAMP ROAD, OLD HAMBURG ROAD, OLIVER SIDEROAD, PERRY ROAD, PINE GROVE ROAD, PLEASANT DRIVE, PRINGLES SIDEROAD, RIDGE ROAD, ROAD 1, ROBLIN ROAD, RUUTH'S LANE, SALMON RIVER ROAD, SHERMAN'S POINT ROAD, SHOREY ROAD, SMITH ROAD, SOUTH SHORE ROAD, STAPLES LANE, STOREY STREET, SWITZERVILLE ROAD, THIRD CONCESSION ROAD, TOWNLINE ROAD, UNITED STREET, VANLUVEN ROAD, WELLINGTON STREET, WESTPLAIN ROAD, WOODCOCK STREET Loyalist: ABSALOM ROAD, BIG CREEK ROAD, BRANDON ROAD, CATON ROAD, CHATTERSON ROAD, CHIPMUNK RIDGE ROAD, CLARK ROAD, DOYLE ROAD, EMPEY ROAD, FAIRBANKS STREET, FISK ROAD, FLORIDA ROAD, FRALICK ROAD, FRED BROWN ROAD, GIFT ROAD, GOLF COURSE ROAD, HAM ROAD, HEGADORN ROAD, HOWES ROAD, IRISH ROAD, LOVE ROAD, LUCAS ROAD, MAPLE ROAD, MCCONNELL ROAD, MCINTYRE ROAD, NEWBURGH ROAD, OLD WILTON ROAD, PETERS ROAD, REES ROAD, ROSE ROAD, SCOTLAND ROAD, SHANE STREET, SHARPE ROAD, SIMMONS ROAD, SWITZERVILLE ROAD, THORPE ROAD, VENT ROAD, VIOLET ROAD, WILSON ROAD, WING ROAD, WITHERS ROAD For Roadside Spraying Clearview Herbicide, active ingredients Aminopyralid, present as potassium salt, Metsulfuron-methyl, (Reg. #29752, under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada)) Gateway Adjuvant, active ingredients Paraffinic Oil, Alkoxylated alcohol non-ionic surfactants emulsifiable concentrate, (Reg. #31470, under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada)) For Guiderail Spraying Clearview Herbicide, active ingredients Aminopyralid, present as potassium salt, Metsulfuron-methyl, (Reg. #29752, under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada)) Gateway Adjuvant, active ingredients Paraffinic Oil, Alkoxylated alcohol non-ionic surfactants emulsifiable concentrate, (Reg. #31470, under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada)) Nufarm Credit Xtreme, active ingredients Glyphosate, present as isopropylamine and potassium salt, (Reg. #29888, under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada)) Arsenal Powerline Herbicide active ingredients Imazapyr, present as the isopropylamine salt, (Reg. #30203, under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada)) Commencing on May 24, 2022 (weather permitting) to June 24, 2022. The following areas will NOT be sprayed: • Roadside areas mowed and maintained as a lawn by property owners. • Minimum 10 metre buffer from surface water and freshwater habitat. • Locations requested not to be sprayed by adjacent landowners. If landowners do not want the road allowance in front of their property to be sprayed they must register their request and post "NO SPRAYING" signs at the start and finish of their property. Registration forms are available at the County of Lennox & Addington offices and will require the landowner to enter into an agreement to manage all noxious weeds on the subject frontage. For further information contact (collect calls will be accepted): Wagar & Corput Weed Control Inc. 613-938-2117 or The County of Lennox & Addington 613-354-4883 Further Information regarding weed control is available on the County website: www.lennox-addington.on.ca

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On behalf of the entire Young Family, Don and Kathy Young of Ompah wish to express our heartfelt thank you for all the kind gestures our community members and friends supported us with on the occasion of the sudden passing of our beloved daughter, Lyndsay Young on April 18, 2022. From delicious food deliveries, beautiful flowers and cards, kind emails, texts, messages, phone calls, house visits, hugs from afar, attendance at her ‘Celebration of Life’ service, we are deeply grateful to each and every one of you. Special thanks as well to Pastor Laurie, Alex at Blair and Son Funeral Home, Martin’s Bus Family, out of town family, Lyndsay’s brothers and sisters and their families, grandchildren. We feel very fortunate that our daughter was loved by so many and that our family received so much comfort from our caring community. Thank you. Don and Kathy Young and family. ‘It’s not forever; it’s just for now’

OBITUARY Mitchell, Diane (nee Young)

Diane passed away on Tuesday May 3, 2022, at the Kingston Health Science Centre in her 70th year. Remembered by daughter, Dorothy Hartley and son Randy Mitchell (Lisa). Grandchildren Jessica Mitchell (Jesse) and Damian Mitchell (Tonia), Austin Hartley (Rhea) and her great grandchildren, Tessa, Jackson, Jacob. Siblings Evelyn Bethune (Rick), Kenneth Young (Yvonne), David Young (Susan) Sara Johnson (Ron) and many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by husband Philip Mitchell, son inlaw Mike Hartley and granddaughter Maranda Mitchell, brother Roger Young and parents Norman and Helen Young. Cremation has taken place and a Celebration of Life will follow at a later date. For those who wish; donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation in memory of Diane. In the care of Trousdale Funeral Home 4374 Mill St. Sydenham ON (613)376-3022 www.trousdalefuneralhome.com

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BRUNDAGE, Kathleen “Kay” It is with sadness that the family announce the peaceful passing of their mother Kay (Kathleen) on Thursday, May 5, 2022 in her 99th year. She was predeceased by Don, her loving husband of 66 years. She leaves to mourn her children and grandchildren Mark and Denise Brundage (Cole), Michael and Kristy Brundage (Harry, Carter (Caitlin Farquharson), Anna and Emmett), Anne and Terry Pruner (Lauren (Oscar Alba), Brendan, and Cameron). Kay grew up in Alberta, and while still in her teens achieved the Toronto Conservatory A.R.T.C. in piano performance. She later acquired double degrees from the University of Alberta, and in mid-life, the Business Administration degree at Ryerson College. For 50 years she was an active member of the United Church Women, PEO Chapter B, and the University Women’s Club of North York. While at the University of Alberta she was privileged to be the first accompanist of the newly-formed University of Alberta Mixed Chorus, where she met Don. They returned many times for anniversaries, along with three life-long friends (also “originals” from the Chorus). Kay attended the 73rd annual concert in 2016. She and Don treasured the more than 60 years they sang together in church choirs in Calgary and Don Mills. Kay was an enthusiastic swimmer and skater, writer of letters and emails and a voracious reader of books and newspapers. She enjoyed a lively discussion, as well as using her musical talents playing for soloists and various choirs. She enjoyed camping and travel, and sharing her home and cottage with family and friends, always with warmth and laughter. She was a cottager on Skootamatta Lake since 1979 and was a resident of the lake for the last 18 months of her life at Skootaway the home of Mark, Denise and Cole. Heartfelt thanks to the compassionate doctors and nurses at the Lennox and Addington Country General Hospital Palliative Care Unit for their excellent care in Kay’s final days. A small family celebration will take place at a later date in her beloved Land O’ Lakes area. If you would like to make a donation in Kay’s memory please consider the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Lennox & Addington County General Hospital Foundation - Inpatient Services. Thanks Mom for everything. You will never be forgotten. Kay’s love of family and her sense of greater good will live on. Online condolences, photos and memories can be shared at www.milestonefuneralcenter.com.

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Call or Email Terry Thake 613-353-2460 doristhake@xplornet.ca

May 12, 2022

THE FRONTENAC NEWS

WANTED TO BUY

The Classifieds Ad Rates: Classified Text ads: $10.62 + HST per insertion for 20 words & under; 20¢ each extra word. Deadline: 4 pm Monday; Ph: 613-279-3150, Fax: 613-279-3172; info@frontenacnews.ca

NEW AND USED APPLIANCES USED REFRIGERATORS

Stoves, washers, dryers, freezers, dishwashers. 3 months old and up. Sold with written guarantees. Fridges $100 and up.

NEW APPLIANCES

At the lowest prices in the area. Trade-ins accepted on new appliances. Big selection to choose from. We Sell Gas Refrigerators

PAYS CASH $$$

For good used appliances in working order or not, but no junk please. VISA and MASTERCARD accepted. We have our own financing also. Shop at our competitors and then come see for yourself quality at low prices.

Open evenings & 7 days a week. We deliver

Smitty’s “KING of APPLIANCES”

Open Evenings & Seven Days a Week - River Road Corbyville, Just North of Corby’s (613) 969-0287

APPLIANCES

APPLIANCE REPAIR, 15 years experience. Call Mark, Verona Hardware, 6723 Main St., Verona. Ph. 613-374-2851

AUTOMOTIVE

KALADAR AUTO RECYCLING. Car & truck parts. Used cars, $600 & up. We take trade-ins. We buy farm equipment, tractors, loaders for parts. 11520 Hwy 41; 613-336-9899; 613-885-8644 KINNEY AUTO WRECKING Station Road, Kaladar. 4x4 trucks & parts for sale. Scrap cars, stoves, fridges wanted. 613-336-9272.

Student Employment Opportunity 2 x Crown Land Stewardship Program (CLSP) Staff Students The Township is seeking resumes for two (2) student positions from highly motivated, experienced, hands-on people to join our municipal team as Crown Land Stewardship Program (CLSP) Staff Students. Working under the direction of the Facilities/Recreation Supervisor (FRS), the incumbents will assist the FRS and the Field Supervisor with overseeing and monitoring the North Frontenac CLSP. The salary is $14.10 per hour and the normal work week is forty (40) hours. Hours may vary; weekend work will be required and overtime may be required to meet the job requirements. A copy of the Role Description is available on the Township’s website at www.northfrontenac.com Township Services/Careers and Volunteering or at the Township Office. For further information, please contact Brooke Hawley, Dipl.M.A, Manager of Community Development at (613) 4792231 ext. 233 or email recreation@ 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 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 May 16, 2022 clearly marked “Confidential – CLSP Student” to Cheryl Robson, AMCT CAO Township of North Frontenac 6648 Road 506, Plevna, ON K0H 2M0 Ph: (613) 479-2231 Ext. 221 F: (613) 479-2352 E-mail: cao@northfrontenac.ca

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FLEA MARKET

TONI & JP’S FLEA MARKET – 6107 Road 506 at Ardoch Road. Lots of new stuff. Open until Labour Day weekend. 613-479- 0341

FOR SALE

CENTRAL BOILER Classic OUTDOOR FURNACES can eliminate your high heating bill. Buy NOW and save up to $550! Call today 613-539-9073. www.thefurnacebroker.com CENTRAL BOILER OUTDOOR FURNACES offer the Classic, the Maxim and the New Edge. Your local Dealer, Wood Heat Solutions, Frankford, ON, 613-398-1611; Bancroft, ON 613-332-1613. www.chesher.ca SATURDAYS IN MAY. 8-3, fresh eggs. Veggie seedlings, 6" and 12" hanging flower baskets, raspberry canes. Find us on facebook: HeddieBeths’ Horticultural Homestead and at 1216 Shiner Rd. Mississippi Station. SHIPPING CONTAINERS: Seacans Storage Containers, 7ft 10ft 20ft 40ft 45ft Steel garden sheds call 613-354-8744 or online http:// IngeniousStorage.com

HELP WANTED

REQUIRE CONTRACTOR to install approx. 150 sq ft James Hardie Board cottage Sharbot Lake. email: dkdods@gmail.com 613 6922054

HUNTING

FIREARMS & HUNTER EDUCATION COURSES – Call 613-335-2786

JUNK REMOVAL

JUNK REMOVAL and demolition, etc. 10, 15 and 18 cubic yard box rentals, You load, we load. 613-336-0708, 613-305-3775, synwin06@gmail.com

SERVICES

ANYTHING METAL, FREE PICKUP or drop off just south of 1364 Fish Creek RD: fridges, stoves, washers, dryers, ‘anything metal’. 613375-6377, leave message. ROOFING, SHINGLES – STEEL, 30 years experience, serving Elphin, Snow Road, Sharbot Lake & area. Contact Todd Gursby for estimates, 613-278-1300 WEDDINGS ETC: Ceremonies by Judie Diamond, licenced officiant. judiediamond@ gmail.com, www.judiediamond.ca, 613-3756772.

TOWING

B’S RADICAL RIDES Towing & Recovery. James Mills owner/operator. 613-335-5050; website: bsradicalrides.ca

North Frontenac

Employment Opportunity If you are under 30 years of age, you are invited to apply for this exciting short-term Canada Summer Jobs work experience. There are two positions: The Recreational Activities Consultant will provide direct supports to children, youth, and seniors with intellectual disabilities to participate in the life of their community. The successful applicant will be involved in planning and the delivery of service in all programs offered by CLNF. Customer Service Sales Clerk will be at the Treasure Trunk. We are looking for individuals who are outgoing, dynamic, creative and personable. The pay rate is $18.00 per hour for a 30-hour work week for a period of 10 weeks, start date June 27, 2022. Preference will be given to individuals in the Developmental Services field. Applicants with experience or interest in another Human Service field will also be considered. Driver’s license and Vulnerable Sector Check will be required. Send your cover letter and resume to Estelle DiCintio at edicintio@clnf.ca or drop off at 1025 Elizabeth St., Sharbot Lake, ON by noon, Friday, May 20, 2022.

STANDING TIMBER, firewood, pine, cedar, bush lots. Free quotes, cash paid. Call 613279-2154.

WANTED TO RENT

DO YOU HAVE a long-term rentable home? This senior woman seeks a permanent home. Call 613-279-2833 & leave a message SINGLE WOMAN looking for room/room and board, Sharbot Lake or Verona areas, Call 613279-2276 or 613-264-7923

YARD SALE

1011 EAGLE LAKE ROAD, Saturday, May 14, all day. Tools, etc. BIG, CLEAN YARD SALE. 2583 Harlowe Road, Harlowe. May 21 and May 22, 9am -5pm. Don’t miss this final sale. Everything must go. HUGE YARD SALE, 1539 Harlowe Road, Northbrook. Boat, trailer, portable AC, hunting, camping, snowblower, wood splitter, tools, etc May long weekend, 10am-5pm.

Upcoming

Mega Yard Sale May 20, 21, 22, 9am-4pm 1142 Overton Road (off Buckshot Lake Road)

New & Used

Eureka vaccums - $40, air fryers $30, and much, much, more. Cash or etransfer

the Township of Addington Highlands WASTE SITE CUSTODIAN KALADAR WASTE SITE The Corporation of the Township of Addington Highlands seeks one individual to fill the position of “Waste Site Custodian” for the Kaladar Waste Site. Resumés must be received at the Township Office, Flinton, ON, on or before 16:00 on May 26th, 2022.

SF Council Continued from p3

year. He cited targeting noise complaints; Councillor Sleeth agreed, saying that latenight parties and fireworks were the two issues most often drawn to his attention. Mayor Vandewal said that perhaps Council should review their current noise bylaw; Councillor Sutherland agreed, saying that the bylaw is good, but the problem is enforcement: it’s difficult for a bylaw officer to respond quickly enough to arrive (usually at night in cottage country), while the noise is occurring. Clerk Angela Maddocks said she was already receiving noise complaints (three calls that day). She said that calls often came in on Monday about noise that had happened over the weekend, and added “as well, the bylaw enforcement officer is not always treated with respect when they do attend a call.” She offered to ask the Bylaw officer to submit a report. Revill suggested taking the problem to a Police Services Board meeting. Mayor Vandewal cautioned that there needed to be a balance: a vacationing family with several children will inevitably be noisy during the day. Leonard said the bylaw officer had not responded to complaints about a motocross track in the village. Councillor McDougall suggested that the various Cottager Associations might be of help: on his small lake, having a person who knows the property owner go discuss the problem with them has made a noticeable difference. He noted that this would be a more subtle, less heavy-handed approach than involving the township, and might raise less hostility. Council’s Summer Meeting Schedule: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Tuesday, August 9,2022 Any additional meetings will be at the call of the Mayor. ■

Details may be obtained by contacting the Manager of Roads and Waste at roadsandwaste@addingtonhighlands.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. All applicants are thanked for their interest in applying for this position but only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. The Township of Addington Highlands 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.

The Corporation of the Township of Addington Highlands P. O. Box 89, 72 Edward Street, Flinton, ON K0H 1P0 (613) 336-2286 ph; (613) 336-2847; clerk@addingtonhighlands.ca

Drywall Service Boarding, Taping, Painting & Texture Spray (Free Estimates)

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HELP WANTED

Cashier & Inside Sales positions available. Send resume to ywhc@live.ca

WIN $1000* AND HELP FIGHT LUNG CANCER

Children die from radon induced lung cancer because of Government’s feigned definition of the term “hydrostatic pressure”.

The first person to politely convince any Candidate from any Red, Green, Blue or Orange Party that: “Our Party's Policy is that Hydrostatic Pressure is force applied to a surface area by a fluid (any liquid, any gas), specifically including ground-water and radon-gas acting on foundation walls below grade.”

Party:

Leader:

Candidate's Signature:

As I explained during the Trial: municipal CBOs vent radioactive gas directly into our bedrooms to the tune of 150 dead each year. Premiers or Mayors could enforce the law but, “This could make South Frontenac a less desirable place to construct new homes” CBO South Frontenac. *$1,000 donated to any registered charity in your name, and you will literally save thousands of children from radon induced lung cancer. Please call me for more information and to register. John McEwen B.A. Queen's '84 @ 613-374-5373

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George St, Sydenham

613-376-6666

www.trousdaleshomehardware.com

No Power? No Problem!

24” White Off Grid Propane Range

Match Pair Promotion

Unique propane & Solar Appliances In Stock

Northern Happenings Friday May 13

SNOW ROAD STATION - COFFEE & CONVERSATION Snow Road Hall. Come out & meet your neighbors. SHARBOT LAKE - SHARBOT LAKE LEGION SUPPER 3pm. Sharbot Lake Legion. $15. Supper at 5:30 SYDENHAM - STILL STANDIN’ 8pm. Sydenham Legion. An evening of live music. Light snack included. Tickets $15 at downstairs bar and Sydenham One Stop. 613-376-6808.

Saturday May 14

SHARBOT LAKE - ALL YOU CAN EAT BREAKFAST Sharbot Lake Oso Hall. Adults $10, Children 6-12 $6, under 5 Free In support of childhood cancer. SYDENHAM - FOOD BANK DRIVE 10am-2pm. Sydenham Foodland. Stock the food bank with the 4-H Club. VERONA - STYLE REVIVAL 10am-1pm. Verona Free Methodist Church. Free gently used clothing VERONA - SPRING CRAFT & BAKE SALE 9am-2-

pm. Verona Lions Hall. Hosted by Sydenham Women’s Institute. PARHAM - FLEA MARKET/VENDOR FAIR 10am-2pm. Parham Ball Field. Hosted by District #4 Recreation Committee. Vendor spots are FREE. Spread the word.

Wednesday May 18

SYDENHAM - CANADA DAY PLANNING MEETING 7pm. Sydenham Public Library. Community Room. Volunteers with new ideas appreciated, all welcome. Info Carol Sparling 613-376-3354 SYDENHAM - DINER’S LUNCH Grace Hall. Hot lunch followed by entertainment. 55 or older, $10. Limited seating register 613-376-6477 x 303 or joanne. silver@sfcsc.ca VERONA - PROVINCIAL ELECTION ALL CANDIDATES’ MEETING 7pm. Verona Lions Hall. Learn more about the candidates.

Friday May 20

SYDENHAM - SALT PRESENTATION - HOUSING &

Cut You Hydro Usa r ge!

8 cu. ft. White Direct Vent Propane Fridge

Save up to $600

SOCIAL SERVICES 11:30am-1pm. Grace Hall. Presentation by John Henderson, Housing Program Administrator. Register online or call 613-376-6477. Free Dine-in lunch to follow, take out available. SNOW ROAD STATION - COFFEE & CONVERSATION 10am. Snow Road Hall. Come out & meet your neighbors. PERTH ROAD - BAKE, CRAFT & PLANT SALE 2-12pm. Perth Road United Church. Friday 2-6pm Sat 9-12pm SHARBOT LAKE - SHARBOT LAKE LEGION SUPPER 3pm. Sharbot Lake Legion. Ham & Scallop Potatoes $15, supper at 5:30

Saturday May 21

CLOYNE - TRUNK & BOOK SALE 10am-4pm. Barrie Hall. $15 per vehicle, book early, must be registered. Contact Janet Wilson email, FB, 613-480-5278 or cell 613-243-0125. BBQ, drinks for purchase, entertainment. OMPAH - OUTDOOR VENDOR SALE 10am. 9268 Road 509 (between Plevna & Ompah) Crafts and Direct Sales 10am-2pm

Sunday May 22

GODFREY - BEDFORD JAM 1-5pm. Glendower Hall. Join us for Country/Bluegrass/Gospel Open Mic, 1381 Westport RD. Masks required, except when on stage.

Tuesday May 24

BATTERSEA - SOULFUL SINGING 7pm. All welcome, $10 Info Donna 613-353-2889 or Wendy Luella 613-549-3109 info@wendyluellaperkins.com SHARBOT LAKE - PROVINCIAL ELECTION ALL CANDIDATES’ MEETING 7pm. Granite Ridge Education Centre. Learn more about the candidates.

Wednesday May 25

PARHAM - SALT PRESENTATION - DECLUTTERING & DOWNSIZING 9:30am. Parham United Church. Light refreshments. Register 613-279-3151 or infor@ rfcs.ca by May 22.

Saturday May 28

PLEVNA - COMMUNITY CELEBRATION 1pm. ClarMill Hall. North Frontenac Historical Society & Archives will hold a brief AGM, followed by a community celebration featuring local poets & songwriters Everyone welcome.

Government Regulation Allows Township To Draw Down Surplus By $75,000 By Craig Bakay ddington Highlands Council passed the Township’s 2022 budget at its regular meeting May 3 but before it did that, it took advantage of Ontario Regulation 284/09, which allows a municipality to exclude from its annual budget estimated expenses for 1) amortization, 2) post-employment benefits and 3) solid waste landfill closure expenses. “Does this have any impact?” said Coun. David Miles. “It’s numbers moving from one place to another. “Does it mean anything?” Dep. Treasurer Natalie Tryon said the net result of excluding the above impacts would be a budgeted deficit of $75,000, intended to draw down the general surplus, excluding consideration of capital grants received. “Yes, it will deplete our surplus by $75,000 but our surplus is about $1 million,” she said. “The Township is in good shape but we still need to put money in surplus because there will things like road

work to be done.” The exclusion of any of those expenses has an impact on future tangible capital funding requirements of the Township, Tryon said in her report. The 2022 consolidated budget includes estimated operating expenditures of $6,843,688.59, estimated pre-levy revenues of $1,506,692 and an Ontario Municipal Partnership fund grant of $2,053,400. The net amount to levy is $3,283,596.39 which is an increase of 4.25 per cent over last year. Eastern Ontario Trails Alliance Council decided to hold a meeting with Eastern Ontario Trails Alliance representatives (Addington Highlands board member Bill Cox and General Manager Cindy Cassidy) following a letter from Verona District ATV Club President Marc Moeys asking for access to the Tay Havelock Trail through Addington Highlands. In his letter, Moeys said: “You advised me to negotiate a deal with the EOTA (who) responded with a proposed agree-

PROVINCIAL ELECTION – JUNE 2, 2022

ALL CANDIDATES’ MEETINGS LANARK, FRONTENAC, KINGSTON RIDING WEDNESDAY, MAY 18TH Verona Lions Hall 7:00 – 9:00 PM

TUESDAY, MAY 24TH

Granite Ridge Education Centre 7:00 – 9:00 PM

HASTINGS, LENNOX & ADDINGTON RIDING

Tuesday, May 17TH Napanee Lions Hall 7:00 – 9:00 PM

Wednesday, May 25TH

ment that would allow only Verona ATV club members access to the trail and not the OFATV in general. “This issue and an unfair insurance clause prevent me from agreeing to the proposed deal.” “Instead of hashing this out in open forum, we need to do it as a committee of some sort,” said Reeve Henry Hogg. “I had hoped EOTA and this group would work it out,” said Dep. Reeve Tony Fritsch. “I’m not keen on superseding an agreement we have with one group to the benefit of another. “We need to hear from EOTA so we can understand the politics of all this.” Wind Turbines Council decided to have staff approach the Multi-Municipal Wind Turbine Working Group on the subject of setbacks and “to see if there is anything else we would want to be doing.” “It’s like stepping on a hill of worms,” said Dep. Reeve Tony Fritsch. “It’s like kicking a hornets nest,” said Reeve Henry Hogg. “There are a number of controversies

but I support enhanced provincial setbacks,” said Fritsch. Support Ukraine Four out of the five Council members voted to endorse the Township of Gravenhurst’s resolution denouncing “Russia’s unjustifiable war against Ukraine and supporting the sanctions which the federal government of Canada has thus far imposed on Russia.” Coun. David Miles abstained, thus registering a ‘no’ vote. “My heart goes out to the people who are suffering,” Miles said. “But it’s difficult to choose a side. “The leader in Ukraine, he’s the guy that executed all his opposition.” High Speed Internet When Dep. Reeve Tony Fritsch optimistically touted MPP Daryl Kramp’s letter promising high-speed internet access to the area by 2025 saying “they’re supposed to start soon up our way,” Reeve Henry Hogg had this to say: “Up our way was supposed to start last fall and I haven’t seen a shovel yet.” ■

Decluttering & Downsizing Less Stuff for Less Stress

Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (SALT) invites you to a presentation by Jim Tysick, Connections Adult Learning

North Hastings High School 7:00 – 9:00 PM