Vol.23 No.01

South Frontenac Talks Doctor Recruitment

By Jeff Green

Dr. Jeanette Dietrich of the Sydenham Medical Clinic is also the lead physician for the Rural Kingston Family Health Organisation.

In that role, she has been advocating with local Frontenac Municipalities for support in developing a coordinated doctor recruitment effort to address the physician shortage in Frontenac County, and the threat that the shortage will become more acute as local physician's retire in the coming years.

Last March, she met with the Frontenac mayors to discuss issues, and this week she made a presentation to South Frontenac Council.

Her presentation outlined the problem faced by local clinics, and some of the pieces that need to be in place in order to address it.

She pointed to two key realities in her presentation. The population in Frontenac County is older than the population in the rest of the province, and that has implications for the amount of medical services that are required now, and into the future. South Frontenac, with 17.8% of the population being over 65, is the closest to the provincial average, which is 16.3%, but Central Frontenac (26.4%) and North Frontenac (36.9%) are well above.

The other problem is the current and pending doctor shortage. The most acute current shortage is in Verona, where Dr. Sabra Gibbens, with help from one part-time contract doctor, cares for 2,600 patients. In Sharbot Lake, Dr. Peter Bell and one full time doctor under contract, Dr. Danny Cunic, care for 3,000 patients, and at the Sydenham Clinic, Doctors Dietrich, Ingo and Raleigh care for 4,000 patients.

There is an immediate need for 1-2 physicians in Sharbot Lake, as Dr. Bell is in his 52nd year of his local practice, and is nearing 80. There is also an immediate need in Verona, as there are too many patients for the available resources. In Sydenham, the need is a bit more long term, but two of the three physicians at the clinic will reach retirement age within the next 5 years.

And there is a lot of competition for a limited supply of doctors.

Dr. Dietrich pointed out that the City of Kingston has put in place a $100,000 incentive for doctors to fill positions in family practice, $20,000 per year for a 5 year commitment, Sharbot Lake has an $88,000 signing bonus from the Ministry of Health, due to its rural designation, and North Frontenac has a higher bonus, and a township commitment on top of that, to help recruit for the Lakelands Family Health Team in Northbrook, which serves the bulk of its population, but there is no bonus in place, in South Frontenac.

A $100,000 bonus would put South Frontenac on par with Kingston, and create a more or less level playing field across the region.

She also asked that the township consider contributing, or hosting, a part-time physician recruiter, invest some money into participating at physician job fairs, and look at expanding their commitment to physical infrastructure.

The township purchased the Verona Clinic a decade ago. The lease for the Sydenham Clinic, which was purpose built for the practice, runs out in 2027, and the most populous district in the township, Storrington, does not have a clinic at all. In Dr. Dietrich's presentation, under clinics, Inverary is listed as “under development”.

Although she came to council looking for financial and human resources commitments, Dr. Dietrich also pointed out in her presentation that South Frontenac has many advantages, when you look at what recent medical school graduates say they are looking for. Affiliation with a Family Health Organisation is identified as a highly important preference by 80% of family medicine graduates in Ontario. Over 60% cite work opportunities for their spouses as a priority and the proximity to Kingston makes South Frontenac attractive in that regard.

(For details regarding council response to Dr. Dietrich's presentation, look to next week's print edition of the Frontenac News or go to Frontenacnews.ca, where an update will be posted after the council meeting.) ■

Frontenac News Columnists Winter Meet-Up

If you are a regular reader of the Frontenac News you will notice that there is a community section that is driven by volunteers who spend their week gathering up bits of news and researching upcoming events to keep their communities ‘in the know’.

Many of us, had never met face-to-face so we thought it was time to meet up over Christmas, share a meal and a few stories, and get to know one another. A common bond is a passion for where they live and the sharing of information to engage their neighbours in local events, activities, and notices. As Christmas came and went, the weeks dwindled, the weather worsened, and schedules did not allow for planning a convenient date for 18 participants. Finally, a date was set and the plan was to meet at Muddy Waters, this time, and somewhere more north, the next.

Here is some insight into your Community Writers who report to you weekly what’s new, what’s upcoming, and what you may have missed:

Arden is Wanda Harrison and she has

By Kelli McRobert

been contributing to the news for at least 5 years, but honestly, she says its ‘hard to keep track’. LOL Tidbits: line dancing, active member of Recreation Committee, and the Arden Seniors Association.

Battersea/Storrington is Amanda Pantrey who joined a few years ago and is an employee of the South Frontenac Township. Tidbits: Outdoor enthusiast, passionate about gardening, makes a mean pickle and salsa, and is an avid fan of fitness kick boxing (high cardio).

Cloyne/Northbrook has Stephanie Regent who is also a newbie to this column, however, not to the area! Tidbits: member of North Frontenac Council, as Councillor for Ward 1, volunteer firefighter, owner of Finnegan’s General Store, retired RN (25yrs), and loves her 9-year-old German shepherd and 6-month-old rottweiler.

Denbigh is kept informed by Gail Fritsch who recently joined the team! She decided to spread the word about her local town, Denbigh, to ensure others were aware of this great community! Tidbits: active vol-

South Frontenac Says Farewell To Staff

By Wilma Kenny

Angela Maddocks and Jamie Brash, two long-time employees of South Frontenac chose to retire at the end of December.

Angela has been with the Township since amalgamation, serving most recently as Township Clerk: Jamie has been with Public Works, most recently Manager of Facilities and Solid Waste Management. Both are highly respected for their knowledge, dedication, skills and ability to remain cheerful in the midst of crisis, and both will be deeply missed. They both knew how to handle the big issues without losing sight of the smaller details. Jamie helped the Museum become fully accessible: Angela, in the confusion of early covid pre-zoom days, still always managed to find a corner at Council meetings for the press.

Angela says she welcomes retirement as a way to continue to serve by participating in the ongoing development of community services in Verona. Jamie looks forward to finally having time to really follow his son's baseball career. Best wishes to both! ■

unteer, cattle farmer, snowshoer, and avid walker.

Godfrey is me, Kelli McRobert, and I have been with them for just over 1 year, as I thought it would be a great way to explore the area and meet new people. Tidbits: pickleball coach, foodie, active volunteer and committed to cleaning up roadside garbage -my pet peeve.

Harrowsmith is Gregg Hamelin who decided recently to get involved to share local events and initiatives. Tidbits: his wife (Adele Day) was once a ‘local’, and they have since returned from Ottawa, 40+ years later. He has been involved in hockey for over 25 years and is a certified coach who continues to pursue his passion for play in Kingston.

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Henderson has Jean Brown who has been doing this since 1999 and would now be considered a ‘local’! Tidbits: newsie who loves to share her local news & needs, retired clergy, active reader, and does ‘ghost writing’ for spiritual publications.

Inverary is updated by Judy Borovskis and her contributions started around 5 years ago. Tidbits: actively involved in the community, president of her chapter of Beta, Sigma, Phi (Women’s International Social & Cultural Organization), and an active runner -365 days a year who can be seen each morning jogging roadside with a friendly wave.

enthusiast!

Rhonda Watkins, Amanda Pantrey, Kelli McRobert, Peter Bird, Jeff Green, Gregg Hamelin.

Thinking About The Long Haul In A New Year

There is a sense that a new year brings new opportunities, and while we all inevitably slip back into the same patterns of work by mid January, it is important to at least note where we have come from and how we can do things just a little differently, or with a different focus, every year.

It always feels like we see more people pass, in the run-up to the end of the year and in the first days of the new year, and statistics bear this out as well. More people die on New Year's Day than on any other day of the year, and January has been the deadliest month of the year in Canada in most of the last ten years, with December being the second.

The death notices that we receive at the Frontenac News start to pile up. By the time the first paper of the new year comes out, there is always a pretty full page. Maybe it is because our normal flow of emails slows down over the holidays, but it seems that notices from funeral homes, and families of people who have just died, are the only emails that we get between Christmas and New Years.

This year was no different. Some were from people who we knew were ill, and some seemed to come as a surprise, but all are a reminder that life has an end for all of us.

The death of Lee Anna White just before her 108th birthday should not have been a surprise. She had lived a very long, productive life. But after living on her own for 107 years, her health was failing last year, and it was a relief to

her family and neighbours when Lee Anna, stubborn as she was, agreed to move into Pine Meadow Nursing Home last winter, where she could receive care that she needed.

What a marathon her life was (see article on page 7) and what changes there have been in the way people live in North Frontenac, from the isolation and deprivation of her youth.

We have a couple of other stories recounted this week that deal with marathon efforts; looking not only at Melanie Vogel, who passed through Sharbot Lake in 2017 on her epic hike across the Trans Canada Trail that she was planning to complete by the end of 2018, and took 4 years longer than that; and the turnover and re-opening of a restaurant in Sharbot Lake that Brad Long thought would take three months, but has taken 5 times as long.

And for us at the Frontenac News, the two-week break from publishing each year has become a marker of sorts of the fact that publishing the Frontenac News each week is also something like a marathon.

So, running stories about marathon efforts seems appropriate for the first edition of the year, I think, and we hope to keep telling those stories and others, in print and digital form, for years to come.

This brings us to what has become an annual request for voluntary donations to the paper, what we call a voluntary

Ompah gets their news from the dynamic duo of Linda Rush and Marily Seitz. Linda and Marily have been writing since the early 2000s and then Marily joined about 10 years later to spread the word. Tidbits: long-time residents (50 years +/-), both recently retired, Marily is passionate about music (violin player), and Linda is an artist who currently is focusing on her painting. Both are enthusiastic gardeners. Parham-Tichborne is not to be forgotten and Christine Teal, and Colleen Steele, update them regularly with their news and views. These gals have returned after a brief sabbatical. Tidbits: Colleen is an active member of the church, loves to play 3-pitch with her grandson, and supports all things senior. Her baking skills are second to none, and rumour has it, her donuts are well known in the area!

by Jeff Green

subscription for a product that we give away each week.

We calculated that it costs about $35 per year (all of our costs are rising, printing being the most radical increase this year) including, printing, admin, and delivery costs to send a newspaper to each of the 12,000+ households where we send the Frontenac News to each week.

Advertisers pay those costs, and the best way for readers to support the paper is to read the paper and to patronise the local businesses that advertise in the paper, and those that don’t advertise in the paper as well, because the stronger the local business community is, the stronger all of us local businesses are.

And, for those who can afford to, and want to, we encourage you to pay for a voluntary subscription to help us cover costs. Some people provide the $35 it costs for their weekly paper, some pay more to cover for others who can’t afford to help, and some provide lump sum donations for various amounts. All sponsorships are welcome, and for every one we offer a free classified ad, at any time during the year, as a thank you.

We thank our readers for supporting us, and are committed to continuing to provide a mix of information about local events and politics, and stories about friends, neighbours and enterprises in our diverse but connected communities, in 2023 and beyond. ■

(Samples please?) Christine is involved with the recreation committee, minor ball, has six cats (my newfound friend?), and loves volleyball!

Perth Road gets it’s news from Peter Bird and he decided to join to support his local community to spread the word. He has been writing for the past 4 years. Tidbits: retired, rebuilding his model railway, sporting 2 new Canadian knees, gardening, and home DIY. Loves to keep busy and is proud to be considered an ‘official’ Canadian now after 50 years of residency!

Moving on to Plevna where enthusiastic Rhonda Watkins keeps everyone in the know. Her contributions have been ongoing for the past few years. Tidbits: She will proudly tell you that she has read over 394 books last year! Wow. She is a local librarian and does admit she is able to read, more often, than most with her workplace settings. Makes sense. Watching movies and paying cards with her family. Pet peeves are socks that fall down in her boots and noisy roosters.

Sydenham just about ends our list and Karen Brawley shares what’s happening in her area. She has been sharing for the past 10 years. Tidbits: loves to fish, active volunteer, reader, and enjoys family time that includes two cats, and a dog. Verona, finally, is covered off by Debbie Lingen for over 5 years.

If you have any news or items you would like to share in your community, feel free to reach out to your local writer to get it published in print and online! Contact details are found on the main page. ■

South Frontenac Council - December 20/22

by Wilma Kenney

Mayor Vandewal opened the meeting by acknowledging that this would be Clerk Angela Maddock’s last meeting before her retirement; “Angela has been a very valuable person (to the Township); she has been with us since amalgamation.”

deputy Mayor

Councillor Ron Sleeth took declaration of office as Deputy Mayor for 2023.

Utilities Kingston Management review report for 2021

Council endorsed the Operational Plan for the Sydenham Drinking Water System: there have been no complaints, and the system has functioned smoothly.

Proposed Official Plan Amendments

A public meeting was held to receive comments on proposed administrative amendments to the Official Plan in order to implement Provincial Bills 13 and 109.

Under Bill 13, municipalities can now delegate decisions dealing with minor amendments to zoning by-laws. These minor amendments would include temporary use by-laws and the removal of holding symbols. The municipality’s official plan must outline the types of by-laws that may be subject to delegated authority, and then they must pass a by-law specifically outlining who is assigned the authority and any conditions associated with it.

Bill 109 attempts to facilitate development by addressing planning processes and timelines. (Eg, it sets penalties -refund of part or all fees- on municipalities for slow decisions.) South Frontenac staff have been meeting with the County and the other three Townships to develop a unified way of addressing the Provincial changes. One proposal is the recommendation that development applications will require a very thorough pre-application process: they will not be officially accepted until they are fully completed: applicants

will be provided with a detailed list of all that is required, and staff will assist where necessary.

Deputy Mayor Sleeth asked about the planning department’s current timelines: the reply was that the majority of applications were straightforward, but it might be helpful if a bylaw could be passed at the same meeting as it was discussed. Mayor Vandewal asked whether an applicant could force the Township to accept an application for development: the answer was no, if the applicant had not provided all the required information.

There were no comments from the public: staff will bring a more detailed report providing a recommendation to Council for adoption of the amendments at a future meeting.

residential tax bills compared to neighbouring municipalities, with an overall excellent level of service; “Some of the comparators don’t have garbage collection,” commented Mayor Vandewal.

Key challenges were identified as external factors such as changes to legislation, reduction in Fed/Prov grant funding, and increases to fuel and energy prices. Shifting service expectations and covid related pressures may or may not continue.

During the development of last year’s budget, five key themes had emerged as needing additional attention and/or resources:• Levels of Service Considerations • Customer Service/Satisfaction • By-law Enforcement • Organizational Capacity • Economic Development/Beautification.

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before the ’23 budget is developed. Mayor Vandewal replied that this was “too much to ask (of Council) right now.” He suggested a strategic planning session would be the time to discuss other themes, which could be incorporated into next year’s budget. Councillor Roberts agreed; “It’s best to go with what we have.”

Frontenac Municipal law Enforcement (FMla): Contract Extension

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appointments to township Boards

Arena: Norm Roberts and Ray Leonard Committee of Adjustment ’23: Steve Pegrum, Randy Ruttan, Doug Morey, Norm Roberts

Police Services Board: Steve Pegrun Cataraqui Regional Cons. Auth: Deputy Mayor Sleeth, Scott Trueman

Quinte Cons Auth: Norm Roberts Rideau Valley Cons Auth: Charlene Godfrey 2023 Budget Schedule

Jan 18/23 Public Services Capital Presentation

Feb. 3/23 Full Budget Document Tabled Feb. 16/23 Operating Budget Presentation

Mar 7/23 (and Mar 21, 2023 if needed) Revisions based on Council direction, budget debate & approval. 2023 long-range Financial Plan

Presenter/Treasurer Shelley Stedall emphasized that this report does not commit Council to the items or figures included within the plan. It is strictly a forecast to help in planning ahead for anticipated future needs.

Overall South Frontenac is in good financial condition, with one of the lowest

Over the previous Council term, Council and staff identified many other policy and/ or service level priorities that were slow to be implemented or were left incomplete. Some of them were: • Shoreline Protection By-law • Improved by-law enforcement • Administrative Penalties • Council/ Committee Structure Changes • Records Management Updates • Climate Change Strategy

• Building and Zoning Enforcement • Subdivision Standards • Short Term Accommodation Strategy • Livestock in Urban Areas Policy • Site Plan Control By-law • Road Closing Policy • Sydenham Water Consultation • Customer Service Improvements • Procurement Policy Improvements • Fees & Charges Updates • Roads-Sign By-law Revision.

Stedall concluded that staff is again recommending that when drawing up the ’23 budget, Council focus on priorities rather than the tax rate, with the understanding that staff will keep in mind the historical target rate, ie maintaining an approximate 2% average ratepayer impact.

Following Council’s endorsement of these budget directions, CAO Fragnito asked whether there were any other themes Council wished to have included

In her report to council concerning bylaw enforcement, CAO Fragnito noted: “It is anticipated that by September, 2023, the Township will be in a better position to understand their needs from a bylaw enforcement standpoint as the new programs will be in place for a full year and associated metrics will be available. Township staff will also have had an opportunity to further assess the required response to address concerns related to short term rental accommodations. Staff will also continue to explore whether there are opportunities to consider joint service delivery with the Townships of Central and North Frontenac.”

Council agreed to extend the contract with FMLA to Dec 31/23, and directed staff to tender a new by-law enforcement contract reflective of the current needs of the Township of South Frontenac by the conclusion of 2023.

Committee Bylaw

South Frontenac Council has 19 associated Committees (Advisory, Legislated and Community) and Boards: the purpose of this bylaw is to implement standardized processes and procedures for all of these within one bylaw. A public meeting will be advertised for January 31, to hear questions and seek Council approval of the bylaw, as presented.

appointment of Clerk and Municipal law Enforcement Officer

Staff has recommended that Louise Fragnito be appointed as Clerk effective December 22, 2022 due to the retirement of Angela Maddocks. Louise Fragnito will fulfill the duties of Clerk until the recruitment process associated with the position of Clerk is completed. Additionally, that James Thompson be appointed as a municipal law enforcement officer for the Township of South Frontenac. Frontenac Municipal Law Enforcement will remain responsible for the day-to-day by-law enforcement services in the municipality. Council agreed. ■

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Mar. 17 irish stew & Biscuits

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COMMUNITY REPORTERS (613)

Arden Wanda Harrison 335-3186

Battersea / Storrington Amanda Pantrey 353-6653

Cloyne / Northbrook Stepanie Regent

Denbigh Gail Fritsch 613-333-2224

Godfrey Kelli McRobert

Harrowsmith Gregg Hamelin 613-376-6665

Henderson Jean Brown 336-2516

Inverary Judy Borovskis 353-1768

Maberly-Bolingbroke Karen Prytula 325-1354

Mississippi Pearl Killingbeck 278-2127

Ompah Linda Rush 479-2570

Marily Seitz 479-2855

Parham-Tichborne ........Colleen Steele 375-6219 Christine Teal 375-6525

Perth Road Peter Bird 353-7303

Plevna Rhonda Watkins 613-264-5325

Sydenham Karen Brawley 376-9848

Verona Debbie Lingen

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Debbie Lingen

debbie@lingens.com

The Verona Community Association and Trinity United

• Church are once again hosting "Winter Warm-up Breakfast" every Saturday in January at Trinity United Church in Verona, from 8:30 am to 11 am. January 14 will feature Meat lovers stuffed French Toast as well as scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs, bacon, ham or sausage, home fries, toast, muffins, juice, tea or coffee. Admission is by donation. Every week there will be a different "breakfast special" item. For take out orders please call 343-422-4110 by 9am Saturday to reserve your breakfast pick-up or email vca@xplornet.ca by Friday by 11am.

Style Revival will be open two Saturdays, January 14 and

• January 28 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 age

ArDEn

Wanda Harrison 613-335-3186

• safe holiday season.

wmharrison070@gmail.com

Today, RFCS is holding a Community Café at the Olden

• Community Hall in Mountain Grove. There will be soup and a social time and the event is free for 60+ seniors. Please RSVP 613-279-3151 x 106.

Joe and Alix Lanigan are pleased to announce the arrival of

• their daughter on December 20, a the KGH.

The Sharbot Lake Family Health Team is offering an 8-week

• on-line program “Deep in the Bones”. The wellness program will be held Wednesdays and Fridays, 9am to 10:30am via Zoom. For more information or to register, please call 613279-2100 or email at programs.slfht@gmail.com.

The Arden Rink is ready to roll. Too bad Mother Nature isn’t

• co-operating.

Please remember that the Kennebec Rec Committee Have

• re-started some of their programs at the Kennebec Community Centre. Euchre Tuesday evenings and Tai Chi Wednesday mornings at 9:30 am. Everyone is welcome.

B ATTE r SEA /S TO rr I n GTO n

amanda Pantrey

613-353-6653

amandapantrey@outlook.com

A very happy birthday to my sister Nicholle! I hope you have

• a terrific day. I can’t wait for tacos and cake to celebrate.

Many thanks to Jeff Green and Kelli McRoberts for organiz-

• ing and treating some of the Frontenac News columnists to a lovey lunch at Muddy Waters on Sunday. It was wonderful to get together with like-minded, community-oriented people. Such a great idea! I am looking forward to the next one.

A message from Marie and Chris over in Sydenham: The

• Sydenham Reunion committee will be hosting a Euchre tournament on Jan. 14th at the Legion in Sydenham to support the upcoming reunion. The cost will be $20 per player, starting around 6 pm. Light snacks after and some music. Contact jer. snider@gmail.com or visit www.shs150.com and let us know if you are attending! Hope to see you there.

Be sure to join in on the fun at the first ever Snow Social.

• This event will be a celebration of the winter season and will feature activities at The Point Park and throughout the village of Sydenham. Dress like a well prepared Canadian and plan to take part in all sorts of winter fun including snow tubing (weather conditions permitting). Admission is free, but plan to bring cash for the vendors. Visit www.southfrontenac.net/ snowsocial for more information. Volunteers are wanted! Email recsupport@southfrontenac.net to get involved.

The scariest dinosaurs were the carnivores, and the least intimidating were the herbivores. But the politest dinosaurs were the por favors.

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Stephanie regent stephanieregent@gmail.com

The LOL Lions Club would like to invite you back to Mon-

• day night Darts, Tuesday night Euchre and Thursday evening Bingo. Come out and have some fun with other community members.

The Cloyne and The District Historical Society meets on

• Monday January 16 at 1pm at the Barrie Hall in Cloyne. The guest speaker is David Savigny who will give a talk about the history of the Northern Emergency Organization (NEO). Everyone is welcome!

DEnBIGH & VEnnACHAr

Gail Fritsch 613-333-2224

tonygailfritsch@sympatico.ca

The Stationary Christmas Parade on Saturday December 17th at Heritage Park in Denbigh was very well attended by all ages, from babies to seniors. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped the Denbigh Recreation Committee set up and take apart as it made the job go by quickly. We would like to thank Rosie’s for coming to the parade and donating the fireworks, which were amazing. Bev Tucker, Bonnie Thompson and Erin Hopewell and family had a special float with lots of Elves watching over Denbigh. Casey Keller Skidding with Klayton Keller driving brought the log truck all decked out in lights. Lucky Dog Grooming with Katrina, Darian and Gracelyn were there to advertise her new business with lots of bright lights. The Denbigh Griffith Lions Club members had lots of blow-ups and lights. Addington Highlands Township brought the road Grader all lit up. Denbigh Fire Department is always a big part of the fun and they brought three trucks lit up with colorful lights, and they also set up and managed the Fireworks. Jenny, Rob and Gracie set up crafts in the rink building which many children enjoyed. And David and Karen diligently managed the bonfire for all to enjoy. And for sure we cannot forget Ernie Berndt who kindly lent the beautiful sleigh for the reindeer to pull around the park. Also, your donations are very much appreciated. We can’t thank you all enough for giving up your time and celebrating Christmas at Heritage Park.

The Denbigh Recreation would like to thank everyone in • the community for taking part in the Christmas Lights Contest. There were a tremendous number of nicely decorated homes in our area, so it was not easy picking the winners. 1st prize went to Jack and Sharon Dore, 2nd prize to Lloyd and Lorna Burgess and 3rd prize to Ronnie and Pam Rosenblath. Hon-

Happy New Year to all. Hope everyone had a happy and

•

GODFrEy

kattgrrrl@gmail.com

Condolences to those who knew our neighbour Doug Fox

• as he lost his battle with cancer on December 30th. He was kind, friendly, and loved to sit and chat in the evenings. You will be missed.

Thanks to the Road Crew for clearing up our streets after

• the Christmas storm

• cessful free turkey lunch for residents on Christmas Day!

Well done to Doug, Joyce, John, and Sheila for a very suc-

• sites!

Welcome back to Norm at the Central Frontenac dump

style, and enjoying special music and choirs from all over with one such being the Vennachar Free-Methodist Church Choir who brought celebratory donuts. Gingerbread house making, touring the light display at Riverhill Farms and enjoying Christmas cards from Mrs. Cassidy's Grade 5 class of Tweed Elementary School and the grade 4 class of Mrs. Grant's at North Addington Education Centre all made for a memorable time.

Odis the sheep from Land O’Lakes Petting Rescue Farm • had a tumour removed along with a visit from the vets. We wish Odis all the best.

Deer hunters please remember that Jan 14/23 is the last • day to submit your mandatory Deer Hunter report. Hunters who fail to submit a 2022 deer report by the deadline will have a $25 surcharge automatically applied to their next deer license purchase or applications starting in 2023!

OmPAH

linda rush lindarush@yahoo.com 613-479-2570

Marily Seitz seitz@xplornet.ca 613-479-2855

Welcome 2023. We hope everyone had a lovely holiday

• filled with fun, food, family and friends followed by some quiet time. 2023 looks to be busier with more events planed after the Covid years.

The next Birthday Bash pot luck community dinner will be

• holiday season, including Annette Wilde and Scott Swain. We are sorry for the loss of the family pet.

Sending out our thoughts to those affected by fire over the

Welcome to the new owners of the Godfrey store on Hwy 38, and I look forward to chatting with you for an upcoming focus piece.

The Verona Community Association and Trinity United

• Church are once again hosting "Winter Warm-up Breakfast" every Saturday in January at Trinity United Church in Verona, from 8:30 am to 11 am. Jan 7 will feature Blueberry Stuffed French Toast, scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs, bacon, ham,or sausage, home fries, toast, muffins, juice, tea or coffee. Admission is by donation.Every week there will be a different breakfast special breakfast item. For take out orders please call 343-422-4110 by 9 am Saturday to reserve your breakfast pick-up or email vca@xplornet.ca by Friday by 11:00 am

H A rr OWS m ITH

Gregg Hamelin

Thanks to Gilmour's at 38 and the Centex Gas Station in • Harrowsmith. In December they collected $398.65 for the local food bank. Way to go businesses and everyone that contributed.

Thanks to everyone who bought the knit and crochet items at Harrowsmith Pharmacy, Sydenham Pharmacy (from Bhavin Patel), the One Stop in Sydenham and Revell's in Verona. We contributed another $160 to our local food bank over the last two weeks of December ($450 in total).

Saturday, January 14th, 2023 is the monthly euchre game

• at the S and A Hall, Colebrook Road, Harrowsmith. Start time is 7pm - Members $5 and Non members $7. For more information email harrowsmithsanda@gmail.com or call Penny at 613 549 2937

On Wednesday, January 18, there is a painting workshop

• with a still life theme from 1pm - 3pm at the Sydenham Legion Hall (4361 Amelia Street). Materials will be provided but bring an apron, paper towels and a sense of fun! There is a $5 donation for beginners to experienced (55+). Please register a few days before with Denzel at South Frontenac Community Services 613-376-6477 ext 310.

Wednesday, January 18, 2023 there is a COVID-19 Vac- • cine Clinic from 12:30pm to 5:30pm at The Grace Centre, 4295 Stage Coach Road, Sydenham. ID is not required for the vaccine.

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The Maberly Agricultural Society

Annual General Meeting

Monday, January 16, 2023 at 7:00 pm Maberly Community Hall

180 Maberly Elphin Road, Maberly, Ont. Please contact Rosetta McInnes at 613-268-2548 or harhayaud@ gmail.com The meeting is open to the public. Regular meeting to follow annual meeting. Volunteers are always wanted.

Folks are looking forward to the Buck Lake Ice Fishing

• Derby on Saturday, March 11, starting at midnight and ending at 3pm. Tickets are now available at Petro Canada in Northbrook, Bishop Lake Outdoors in Cloyne and Milestone Monument & Cremation in Napanee, and cost $15. There are super duper prizes at this fun-filled event.

Our area is bringing in this new year with a big bang and lots of activities for which we thank all the organizers.

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Judy Borovskis borovskis@kingston.net

Euchre Tournament! Sydenham Reunion committee will

• be hosting a Euchre tournament on Jan. 14th at the Legion in Sydenham to support the upcoming reunion. The cost will be $20 per player, starting around 6 pm. Light snacks after and some music. Contact jer.snider@gmail.com or visit www. shs150.com and let us know if you are attending! Hope to see you there.

Open Mic at Inverary United Church Hall on Fridays.

• Food Bank Drive February 3rd. Drop off at the Storrington

• Lions Hall between 1pm and 5pm. Wish list includes hygiene products for men & women, cereal, crackers, bread, milk, cheese, eggs, butter, coffee, tea, hot chocolate and peanut free school snacks. Also welcomed are frozen & fresh vegetables, frozen meat, canned & fresh fruit. Whatever you can give is needed and appreciated! Eyeglasses & hearing aides can be dropped at the same time! Thank You.

Winter Parking Restrictions began December 1, 2022. Re- • member! There is no over night parking on Township roads between midnight and 7am.

Rotary Calendars displaying local photography and offer-

• ing 312 chances to win $15,000 in prizes are still available at Inverary Pharmasave, Mrs Garrett's Bake Shop, Neil's Flowers, & Limestone Creamery. For info call Darlene at 613-3531142. Help Rotary to help others!

Join the Storrington Lions Club! Offering fun, friendship and

• a sense of purpose – become a Lion.

• re-opened.

Creekside Bar & Grill Renovations are complete and now

Thank You All! from Inverary Youth Activities. As earlier re-

• ported the Christmas Raffle raised $4635.00 towards the cost of new LED lights and the weekend Bottle Drive December 2,3,4 raised $1458.80. Thank you to The Rope Man for an additional $121.20 in bottles/cans return and thanks to all who continue to drop off empties at Mrs. Garrett’s Bake Shop!

Hall Rentals: Inverary Church Hall – contact Judy Borovs- • kis 353-1768 or cell: 613-545-5017. Battersea Church hall – contact Roberta Smith 353-2846

• held on Wednesday, January 18 at 6pm. There was a good crowd out for the December 'Bash'. Laurie had to be away but asked us to sing Happy Birthday loudly so she could hear it in North Bay so we sang to Laurie, Jeff and Lorrie - yes loudly! Thanks to John, Linda and Leane for leading the carol singing. It ended up being the only community carol sing as caroling around the village had to be cancelled due to the snow storm.

A day to celebrate Canadian diversity will be held on Satur- • day January 28 at the Clar-Mill Hall from 1pm -2pm. The Consuls General from Bulgaria and Romania and North Frontenac Township present a time to talk of our three countries and how Plevna history joins them together. There will be free food and wine and everyone is welcome to attend.

Regularly scheduled Community Centre activities are: Cof- • fee and Chat every Wednesday at 10, exercise Tues and Thurs from 10-11, Birthday Bash every 3rd Wednesday at 6pm. Please put in a toonie for each event to help pay for the hall. Ompah Community Library opens Wed and Sat. from 10am to 12noon. There is no charge to borrow books and, DVD's and to access wifi. The library is run by volunteers and donations of cash and newer books

While the holidays were hopefully a happy time, there is sad • news in the township. Counselor Gerry Martin passed away after a short illness. His Celebration of Life was held at the Clar-Mill Hall on Saturday January 7. The hall was filled with people celebrating the fine man that he was, the love that he had for the area and his service to our community. Our condolences to his family.

LeeAnna White passed away just 12 days shy of her 108th • birthday. Her Celebration of Life was held on Friday, January 6 at Milestone Funeral Centre in Northbrook. The hall was full of well wishers. LeeAnna was a remarkable woman who was a large presence in the community for so many years. Our condolences to her family.

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It’s a new year, and that often comes along with a resolution to be more active. Regular exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle, and a good warm-up/cool-down is an important part of a healthy exercise regimen. Warm-ups are essential to increase blood flow to the large muscle groups and the heart. The gradual increase in blood flow delivers oxygen and nutrients to the tissues allowing them to function optimally at the peak of a workout. Warm-ups also lower blood pressure, reducing the stress to your heart, and help prime the nervous system for exercise. Warm-up 5-10 minutes prior to starting a full workout. The intensity and length of a warm-up should be directly related the intensity of the exercise you are about to do. If the exercise requires high speed, strength and is technically difficult, the warm-up needs to be more intense and longer. A general rule of thumb is that when the warm-up causes you to break a slight sweat and breathe slightly heavier than normal, you are ready to progress into your workout.

Cooling down is just as important as warming up. Cool-downs help decrease heart rate and body temperature, remove lactic acid and reduce blood pooling, which can cause dizziness and fainting. Lactic acid is a waste product of exercise that needs to be removed to reduce muscle cramping and soreness.

A cool-down is best done for 5-10 minutes immediately following a workout and can be a lower intensity version of your workout, such as a slow jog or a brisk walk.

Stretching should accompany your warm-up and cool-down, but it should not be the only activity you do prior to or after exercise. Stretches are extremely important to increase range of motion, flexibility and make for stronger muscles.

orable mentions go to Doug and Shelly Gregg and Brian and Elizabeth Jackson.

Kelli Mcrobert

Jean Brown

Pine Meadow people rocked on at Christmas by mak-

ing their very own Ugli sweaters to celebrate in a fashionable

How can we make the Future a little more Bright?

What can we do? Where do we start?

Well, we can spread joy that comes straight from your heart

Start with a smile turn it into a happy grin

That's the best place for us to begin

It doesn't cost you a penny but it gives such joy Not just to adults but every girl or boy

A kind word or deed woul also help as you go your way

A "how are you? might just brighten somone's day Come on everyone, let's start speading some cheer Let's make 2023 a Fabulous Year!!

• "new fallen snow"

All the best as we begin a brand new year that's as fresh as

On a sad note a lot of folks have lost loved ones since last

• report. Condolences to all those including Betty Badour on the loss of her sister and the Fox family on the passing of Doug.

• works yard. Thanks for the new Sand Hut!

Sure is nice to get sand for your driveway at the Township

Did you catch the Junior Hockey Games? What excite-

• ment! There are some real exciting hockey games at the Frontenac Arena as well. Maybe some up and coming athletes for Canada's future team!

Big thank you to the township for repairing the damage that

• was done to the tombstones at the Parham cemetery. Hopefully those who were responsible for this disrespectful act

have become more responsible for their actions

Come be a part of the 2023 Parham Fair. Our AGM and

• first planning meeting is February 5th at 2pm at 1858 Wagarville Road - the house with the yellow roof. We plan the fair and have a good time too!! Contact parhamfair@gmail.com for more information.

Planning is underway by District #4 Recreation Committee • for the popular Chinese Dinner and Quarter Auction! Stay tuned for more details! We will be looking for businesses or community members for donations to help with the auction part of the event. If you have something you would like to donate please reach out to mrsteal2u@hotmail.com or any member of the Rec Committee and we will be in touch.

Happy Birthday to our January folks: Brandie Abrams, Jen • Cox, Steven Teal, Mitch Barker, Natalie Lowery, Holli Saunders, April Teal, Barb Barker, Sam Lofaso, Penny McGonegal, Brad Quinn, Melissa Hannah, Skylar Howes, Linda Lowery, Jane Knox, Violet Gardiner, Kathleen Goodfellow, Jamie Steele, Joyce Burke, Skyler Peterson, Eric Lusk, Keith Harper, Lenard Gardiner, Lynn Smail, Jessica Hole, Penny Hartwick, Christopher Teal, Colleen Steele, Joy Know, Owen Tryon, Sherrill Hannah, Anne Perry, Sage Dupuis, Jackson Crain, Beth Sproule, Kelly Lowery, Alyssa Teal, Avery Teal, Alanna Running-Adams, Aliyah LoFaso, Jessica & Aundrea Vinkle, Debbie Green, Sydney Drew, Lori Sproule, Mairina Jackson, Jackie Conway, Eileen Whan, Porter Badour, Bill Young,

Walking to Wellness

Bernie Quinn, Carol Belanger, Nicki Gowdy, Phil Fox, Avery Lowery, Ro DeCaire, Paddy O'Connor, Dorothy Verbeek, and Cindy Cox

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Peter Bird 613-353-7303 p.bird@xplornet.ca

Perth Road United Church will continue with pulpit supply

• ministers and run its own services with the Worship Committee until a permanent minister has bee hired.

Events: Perth Rd. Sunday School Hall: Tuesday Lunches

• resume in January. Charge is $8 per person. Great value for home-made soup, sandwiches and desert.

Leland Helping hand, Four Handed Euchre, resumed on

• Thur. Jan. 5th 2023

The Leland helping hand was formed by a small group of

• women in 1960 after the Leland United Church was closed. Recognizing the social needs in the area, these women established a non-denominational, non-profit organization whose primary purpose was to raise funds for their community.

This year, 2023, will mark 63 years of service within South Frontenac County for people who have lost their houses by fire, the Salvation Army, Clothes For Kids, The Heart and Stroke Foundation, and numerous food banks just to name a few.

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rhonda Watkins 613-264-5325 rhonda139@gmail.com

Hello 2023! I invite you to contact me with any Community

• items you would like to see in our Plevna column. events, special occasions, interesting wildlife sightings, anything that you think others in our community would enjoy as well.

If you are planning on venturing out on the ice, please check • it frequently, the ice levels are very unstable right now.

Please keep your eyes open for a beautiful Rottweiler • around Plevna area. Our new neighbour Lorraine Taylor and her husband on James Road have had a run of bad luck this past weekend. Their two year-old Rottie chased a deer off the road may have gone through the ice on Buckshot Creek. They searched for hours, but had no luck. They don't know if he got out of the river or not. His name is Oban, she says he is a big sweetie and is wearing a lime green collar. Please let me know if you see him and I can forward you onto The Taylors. Thank you in advance.

Kingston

Rideau Heights Community Centre

Mondays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sundays from 9 to 11 a.m.

Kingston East Community Centre

Mondays and Fridays from 9 to 11 a.m.

Saturdays from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Memorial Centre

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 to 10 a.m.

INVISTA Centre

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 to 10 a.m.

Napanee

Strathcona Paper Centre

Mondays through Thursdays from 9 to 11 a.m.

Amherstview

W.J. Henderson Recreation Centre

Tuesdays through Thursdays from 9 to 11 a.m.

The Walking to Wellness program provides a safe and accessible opportunity to walk indoors and be social during the winter months. This FREE program starts January 9, 2023 and registration is not required. Bring a friend or meet new people onsite! kflaph.ca/WalkingtoWellness

9 out of 24 people weighed out Jan 8, after a very tough • 9-week weight loss challenge through the holiday season. Congratulations to Betty Hunter! She won the $300 first prize for losing 5.6 pounds and earning a 2.96 percent weight loss. Congratulations, and good luck to everybody that signed up for our next 8 week challenge that runs from Jan 8 to Mar 4. Here is a nice Social and Craft time for the Ladies in the • area to come out and make new friends! It's every Thursday starting at 10 am at the Clar-Mill Hall at 6598 Buckshot Lake Rd in Plevna. Bring your lunch. The group provides the coffee and tea. For more information you can contact Carlie Rainville at 613-479-8023 or just show up. The ladies hope to see you there!

December was a very rough month for many people in our

• community. There were so many that lost loved ones. Deepest condolences to all the family and friends of Merle Lemke, Councillor Gerry Martin, Grace Tooley, Chuck Young, Marian Hertendy, Mel Peters, Ted Moberly and LeeAnna White, who would have been celebrating her 108th Birthday this week.

God bless.

Sy DE n HA m

Karen Brawley 613-376-9848

Welcome 2023! Hope everyone had a great holiday sea-

• son. We may have had a bit of snow to contend to leading up to Christmas but our local crew went above and beyond as usual, to keep our roadways safe. Thank you for all you do.

Don’t forget it’s a new year and Fido needs his 2023 bling • bling. 2023 Dog Tags are now available for purchase. Buy yours before February 28, 2023 and pay just $15 per tag. After that date, the fee increases to $30.Local to us in Sydenham, the wonderful staff at the One Stop can help with your dog tag purchase. Or go to the town hall during business hours.

Join us for the first ever Snow Social! This event will be • a celebration of the winter season and will feature activities at The Point Park and throughout the village of Sydenham. Dress like a well prepared Canadian and plan to take part in all sorts of winter fun including snow tubing, if we get any snow by then. We will have a vendor’s market at The Grace Centre, lots of live music, activities at the Library Community Room, and so much more. Can’t get much more Canadian than that. The events are exciting and Sydenham is gonna even have beavertails for sale, marshmallows around the bonfire and so much more. Check out the posters or Facebook page.

Think you’re a euchre pro? Got lots of practice in High • School, The Sydenham 150th Reunion committee will be hosting a euchre tournament on Jan. 14th at the Legion in Sydenham to support the upcoming reunion. The cost will be $20 per player, starting around 6 pm. Light snacks after and some music. Contact jer.snider@gmail.comor visit www. shs150.com and let us know if you are attending! Hope to see you there."

Budding artist? “Southern Frontenac Community Services • Painting Workshop on Wednesday, January 18th, 1:00 – 3:00 pm at the Sydenham Legion Hall, 4361 Amelia St. 'Still Life' theme for beginner to experienced painters with canvas, acrylic paint and brushes provided for a $5 donation. Bring an apron, paper towels and a sense of fun. Register at least 2 days earlier by contacting Denzel Maradza 613-376-6477 ext. 310 or denzel.maradza@sfcsc.ca"

Memories of Lee-Anna White – a North Frontenac Icon

ack in 2015, when she was not yet 100, we interviewed her as part of our Frontenac County 150th anniversary coverage. That article is reprinted below in her memory)

It was in late August that I went to interview Lee-Anne White at her home on Road 506 at Fernleigh, which at one time was a full-fledged hamlet with a post office, a store and a school, but is now only a clutch of houses around a crossroad.

I was accompanied by Jesse Mills, the videographer for the Frontenac County 150th anniversary project, and when we arrived Lee-Anne had a bandage on her leg and was limping when she opened the door for us.

“The nurse was just here this morning,” she said, “to change the dressing on my leg.”

She had hurt her leg by dropping a piece of wood on it as she was feeding the box stove in her basement to take off the morning chill a few days earlier. But though her leg was slowing her down, she still had a basin overflowing with bread dough in the kitchen and was de-frosting five pounds of ground beef to make meatballs for a family reunion that was coming up on the weekend.

Aside from her leg, something else was bothering her. Her car, a 2010 model, was in need of some work.

“They tell me that I don't drive it enough. That's why the linkage needs to be fixed and it needs new tires. I haven't told my son yet but I think I'll trade it in on a new one rather than bother with it,” she said.

Lee-Anne Kelford was born at Ompah on January 9, 1915, and this week she turns 100. She remembers the kinds of efforts that were required to survive on the Canadian shield farmland in the days before electricity, cars and other modern conveniences. What money her family made came from her father shoeing horses or milling wood, but most of the food they ate they had either grown, gathered or slaughtered from their own herds of cattle, sheep and pigs. For chairs they used burlap bags stuffed with straw or hay. They went barefoot in the summer and in the winter wore gumboots with homespun yarn straight

off the sheep wrapped around them for warmth. When she was coming home from school with her brothers and sisters her mother would meet them with baskets and they had to fill the baskets with wild strawberries or raspberries on the way home. In the spring they would catch hundreds of suckers and salt them for winter eating. In the summer they picked blueberries and apples, worked in the garden and helped harvest hay and grain.

While the large 17-member Kelford family, seven brothers and seven sisters, father and mother and hard-bitten grandmother Jane Kelford, never had a lot of money, they were certainly not the poorest family around

“We were better off than those that were further down the line, I'd say. We always had enough to eat; we had cows and sheep and a big garden and a root cellar and mother was always baking biscuits or something, so we had no complaints,” said Lee Anne.

She still talks about her father's capacity to build things and make things work on their property. Although he could not read or write, he managed to build a steam-powered sawmill, a smithy and whatever the family needed to get by.

However, he may have taken on a bit much when it came to orthopedics.

When Lee-Anne was seven years old she fell out of an apple tree in an old orchard where she was picking apples with her mother. Of course there was no 911 to call. As she recalls it, she had driven the horse-drawn wagon to the orchard while her mother held her baby sister Elsie. Since her arm was broken and the bone was sticking out, her mother popped Elsie on Lee-Anne's lap and tied the baby to her so she wouldn't fall off. Her mother then drove home.

When they got back to Lee-Anne's father's wood and smith shop back at Ompah, he looked at her arm quickly and decided it needed to be set.

So, “he took an old cedar block, about 6 inches long, that was lying around,” in Lee-Anne's words, cut it and augured out the centre, then cut it again and split it to fit her small arm. He put her arm in and tied it together snugly with string, forcing the bone back into place at the same time. The next day her brother Sam got into a fight with another brother, Wyman, and Sam's wrist ended up being broken. Their father set that wrist as well.

The children then had to immerse their arms in a barrel of ice water repeatedly over the next two days, presumably to keep the swelling down. The treatment was successful in both cases - to a point. Lee-Anne was able to use her arm afterwards, but could not raise it all the

way up to the top of her head, and her brother developed growths on his wrist.

At the time and to this day, after 93 years have passed, Lee White supports everything her father did that day.

“A neighbour said he should take us to a doctor but there was no doctor close by and we didn't have money to pay for a doctor anyway,” she said.

Her father lived a long life as well. He died at the age of 97 in 1977.

When Lee-Anne was older she took a job at a new lodge on Kashwakamak Lake that was opened up by an Ahr family from the United States. The lodge, which became known as the Fernleigh Lodge, is open to this day. She worked there for seven years, cooking and cleaning for over 100 guests at a time, and in the winters she worked at the Trout Lake Hotel in Ompah.

It was at Fernleigh Lodge that she met her husband, Melvin White, who was a guide in the summer and fall and trapped in the winter time. Melvin was from Plevna, and although he ran away from home at age 16, when the couple got married, Lee-Anne ended up living at Melvin's taking care of Melvin's parents and their farm for at least one winter during the 1930s, when she wasn't drawn back to Ompah to help her own family get by.

Eventually, Melvin was given a one acre piece of land on what is now Road 506 and the Whites built a 23 x 14 foot shack for themselves. Afterwards they built the house where Lee-Anne still lives on the same property (Melvin died in 2009).

“We scratched I tell you, but we never borrowed a cent in our lives. When we were building our house, with help from his half brother and uncle, I said to Melvin I'd rather eat one meal a day than go into debt.”

The couple had three sons, George, Andy and Danny. Lee-Anne ended up taking a job drawing mail from Fernleigh to Cloyne, a job she kept for 38 years.

At her 100th birthday party at the Clar-Mill Hall last Saturday, her sons were all there, as were her grandchildren, daughters-in-law, nieces and nephews and long-time friends. Sitting at the front with her, among the certificates from the governments of Ontario and Canada and one from Queen Elizabeth, was her aunt Agnes, who is 101 and still lives near Ompah. When it came time to take a family picture, both women pulled themselves out of their

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Harbour Community Kitchen

Habour Community Kitchen supports local food-based businesses to build and grown their enterprise through commercial kitchen access and entrepreneurial support. The kitchen may be booked on an adhoc or regular basis in 4-hour blocks. Dry storage is available for rent and refrigerate space is being planned for 2023. Monthly free on-line workshops are being offered as well. This social enterprise is operated by KEYS Employment and Newcomer Services. For rates, requirements for use, or to book a tour, contact harbourkitchen@keys.ca

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Workshops

Looking to start a business?

This interactive workshop will discuss the 6 questions you should ask yourself when looking to start a business. It will also briefly touch upon business structure, registration, taxes and financing.

Thursday, Jan 19th from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. To register https://bit.ly/3joHtjp

Small Business Roundtable

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Join our panel of experts to discuss all things small business. Our professional panel will introduce discussion topics focusing on common issues facing small business today and provide valuable insights to help you build a successful business and avoid costly mistakes. Q&A to follow. Panelists are Angela Brown, Partner, Templeman LLP; Sam Arraj, CAP, CA, Seeds Chartered Professional Accountants; Jamie Diaz, RBC; and Mark Riley, L&A Mutual Insurance. Thursday, Jan 26th from 5:30 – 7:00 pm To Register https://bit.ly/3jqgjbG

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Excel 101

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Spotlight on Business Kick and Push Brewing

In ten words or less, what’s so special about your products?

Initially, we are focusing on British-styled beers that we brew on-site.

Intriguing. Tell us more

The plan is to be a brewery that associates craft brewing with outdoor activities. We named the business after the K&P trail, which runs close to our building. The K&P trail follows the route of the original Kingston and Pembroke railway that was closed down in the 1950s. People nicknamed it the “Kick and Push” because early trains tended to break down. The trail is popular with hikers, ATVs and snowmobiles during winter. When we started thinking about launching a brewery in Sharbot Lake, we thought this would be a good name.

a construction company, I had a busy job. But during COVID, I realized I wanted to do something different and new with my life. I registered for a brewing technician diploma course and started purchasing equipment to get us started. Once I did that, things began spirallying and then there was so much momentum that there was no stopping.

Where is your business going?

We aim to build a small, local brewery, a sustainable business that adds to the local economy. I want to make this a place where locals and cottagers can meet and we're planning events that will hopefully bring the community together.

Did you receive any help from Frontenac Business Services?

It took me 15 years of thinking about it before I made the jump. I’ve been a home brewer for nearly 25 years and always thought about launching a commercial brewery, but I never had the time. As an engineer with

Absolutely. Frontenac Business Services supported us with the financial aspects and helped us secure the financing we needed. They are great to work with. They are also constantly in touch with information and support when needed, from making introductions to directing us to grant opportunities.

For Daniel's full story, visit FABfrontenac.ca

Congratulations!

Welcome Brent Fehr and Isabelle Hemard to Central Frontenac where Brent has relocated his business “Wine by Brent”. Brent is a wine agent and educator. He represents 5 agencies that sell wine to private clients, restaurants and lodges, from Europe, Australia and the Americas with wines delivered directly to the customer’s door. His wines are not available at LCBO or SAQ. Brent is looking for a venue to host his Wine School with topics like Wine 101, French Wine Basics and Italian Wine Basics. If you’d like to share your first grape love or inquire about his Wine School contact: brent.fehr@ rogers.com or 416.825.8949 or Instagram @winebybrent

Congratulations to Daniel and Laina Lees, co-owners of Kick and Push Brewing who won a gold medal at the Ontario Brewing Awards competition in the “Strong British Ale” category for their Relax Alice beer. For more about their brewery, visit https:// kapbrewing.ca/

Do you have business news that you would like to share in our next newsletter or on social media? Email anne@frontenacbusiness.ca.

Many people dream about starting a food and drinks business. How did you launch yours?

Daniel Lees, Kick and Push Brewing Photo credit Suzy Lamon

A Long Haul for Belong Sharbot Lake

By Jeff Green

Brad Long was first interviewed by the Frontenac News in October of 2021 about his plans for the former Maples Restaurant in Sharbot Lake.

At the time, he said that he planned “to have the restaurant ready for take-away service, a major aspect of the business, by January (ish), with patio service following in the spring and summer.

That statement turned out to be prophetic, but not in the way that he had hoped.

But first to the good news.

Belong Sharbot Lake will be opening in January(ish) of 2023, even if it never did open at all in 2022. One of the final hurdles to opening was cleared just this past Monday when a Hydro One contractor reinforced the Hydro Pole that is adjacent to the fully renovated restaurant.

“All I need now is for Hydro to hook up the power, and then a couple of days work on the plumbing and the electric, and we will be ready to open,” he said later that morning.

He did not know how long it would take for that to happen, but was doing whatever he could to help that process along.

Once the work on the restaurant is done, he said he will open for takeout very quickly, working with his wife and daughter at first, before assembling a staff in order to open the dining room for in-person, later in the year.

“I feel that because of the delays, the bar has only been raised as people have watched and waited for the restaurant to open. I feel more pressure, but that’s ok as well,” he said.

It has been a long hard slog to get to this point, however.

“I had a guy who worked for me in Toronto come up and look at the restaurant, and he said it would be an easy turnaround,

that it did not need that much work. This guy had always been pretty pessimistic in the past, so I figured he was right. But the more we delved into things the more we found that the building had very little holding it together,” he said.

He figures there were 5 of 6 incarnations of the restaurant, continually adding more materials onto a structure that was under-built in the first place.

There were other issues that he had to deal with, including dealing with water use because of the lack of a septic system on the site. He could have put one in, but didn’t, partly because he did not want to change the way Sharbot Lake looks and feels.

“Putting in a septic system would have been very expensive, but what really stopped me was the fact that we would have had to alter the site too much. Removing the hill behind the restaurant would have been necessary, and I felt that would have altered the landscape too much. I’m not here to make the land fit my needs and desires, that’s not what this is all about,” he said.

So, Belong Sharbot Lake will have to use less water than other restaurants.

Even with the delays, there were plans to open for the summer of 2022. A hiring fair was held at the St. Lawrence College Employment Centre in May, and people were hired, but they had to wait.

“I know I inadvertently screwed people over, telling them to wait and wait, and then finally realising that I had to stop. I had to strip the building down and build it up properly. That took even more time.”

A full year after purchasing the building, there was still a dumpster and portapotties on the site, and no hydro in the building, but throughout the fall, all of that

began to change as the external face of Belong Sharbot Lake began to come together.

The design of the dining room will be another surprise for customers, even for Brad Long himself.

“I ended up designing the overhead lighting fixture myself, on the theme of the Canadian Shield, and it has been installed, but without Hydro I still haven’t turned it on to see what it looks like when it is lit up. That’s another reason why I am itching to know when the hydro crews will be coming.”

Not that he lays blame on Hydro, or anyone else he has worked with locally, for all the delays and the expense he has gone to, without starting to cook any food for the local community, 16 months after buying the restaurant.

When Belong Sharbot Lake does open, the vision and the intention that inspired Brad Long to leave Toronto and renovate both a restaurant and an old farmhouse, in a small Frontenac County community, will not have changed.

The food will be locally sourced and made on site, as much as possible. This includes all of the desserts, and most of the bread – Sheryl Brooks, Brad Long’s wife, happens to be a pastry chef.

Flavour, nutrient value, enhanced by cooking techniques geared towards revealing the inherent flavours in all of the ingredients, will be the order of the day. Another key aspect of the restaurant will be its relationship with food producers and with its own staff.

Paying a living wage to all of the workers, which includes a no tipping policy, is another founding principle.

When asked if he is considering the de-

mographics of the local community in designing his menus and pricing, Long said “I have to do that. It does no good for me to open a restaurant and fail in a year or two.”

One of the benefits of spending so much time in the community before opening the restaurant has been meeting a diverse group of local community members, who will now become the market that Brad Long will be serving.

“There is a very complicated community here. There are people with very little money, and people with more money, and I need to make food that everyone wants to eat, and can afford to eat,” he said.

To accomplish the daunting task of producing high quality, well prepared food, without pricing itself out of the market, Belong will need to develop a strong take-out business with the kinds of items people are familiar with, prepared with high quality ingredients.

In addition, a changing menu of full meals in a box will also be available.

Finally, the 30-seat dining room will offer a fine dining experience.

“I see this as a kind of progression from what I started doing when I ran the Food Service at the CN tower, to opening my own restaurant in Toronto with a partner in 2008, and when the opportunity to start a restaurant in a small town, I felt it was something that was right for me to do. It’s been a learning experience already, with all that has happened,” he said.

Soon, very soon, that learning experience will enter a whole new phase, when instead of asking ‘is that place ever going to open’, food fans will be asking ‘what are they serving tonight at Belong. ■

Happy New Year

After over 30 years of practice, Dr. Robert Clinton and the team welcome with open arms, Dr. Yasin Polara! Dr. Polara has been serving the Kingston and Prince Edward County area for over 10 years and is looking forward to serving the people of Sydenham and the surrounding area. With this new ownership comes a new name. Welcome to Sydenham Family Dental! We have worked hard to build an exceptional team of dedicated, caring, and experienced professionals committed to the oral health of your family. We will still be providing the same level of care you have come to expect, with Dr. Clinton providing his expertise in biological dentistry and Dr. Polara providing a wide range of general and specialized dental services. If you need us, we are just a phone call away.

County Takes Lead In Eastern Ontario 5

Year Paramedic Services Review

By Jeff Green

County takes lead in refresh of 5 year Paramedic Services review for Eastern Ontario

The 2019 review of Paramedic Service needs throughout Eastern Ontario projected a 45% increase in call volume in the City of Kingston, and was the basis for plans for increases in the level of service offered by Frontenac Paramedics in the City. Frontenac Paramedics operate the ambulance service for Frontenac County and the City of Kingston. Among those increases in service, is a new 12 hour per day ambulance to supplement the service in the west end of Kingston, that is scheduled for implementation in. A new base has also been constructed at the Frontenac County administration site on Battersea Road, to service the east end of Kingston and Storrington District in South Frontenac.

In a report to Council at the December 21st Frontenac County Council meeting, Chief Administrative Officer Kelly Pender, noted that challenges have “materialised during the 3 years between 2020-2022.”

According to Pender, those challenges include: “Increases in paramedic service demand, more extensive hospital offload delay, longer patient transports, workloadrelated stress, including PTSD and mental-health related incidents, difficulties in recruiting and retaining paramedic staff,

and service delivery costs which have escalated well beyond historical norms.”

In order to address these challenges, Frontenac County is taking the lead among member municipalities of the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus, in contracting with Apexpro, the company that prepared the 2019 report, to provide an update. Apexpro has offered to complete the update for $50,000, to be paid by the 12 member municipalities of the Wardens’ Caucus. The Frontenac County share is $4,163, plus hst.

Throughout 2022, members of OPSEU Local 462 carried out a public information campaign advocating for Frontenac County to increase paramedic services in the City of Kingston, because of increases in call volumes beyond the 2019 projections. Dave Doran, of Local 462, said that the increases in call volumes, in Kingston, has a negative impact on response times in Frontenac County, because ambulances stationed in bases in Parham and Robertsville are frequently redeployed closer to Kingston when Kingston based ambulances are all out on calls.

As well, Doran said, when ambulances from Robertsville, Parham and Sydenham travel to Kingston, they often remain there for the rest of their shift answering calls in the City.

January Meeting Planned To Address Denbigh Recreation Committee Concerns

By Craig Bakay

The community recreation committee in Denbigh was once again front and centre at an Addington Highlands Council meeting, this time the Dec. 20 regular meeting in Denbigh.

Although it isn’t a committee of Council, something Reeve Henry Hogg pointed out a couple of times, it is nevertheless on their radar and this time former committee member Bev Chaisson addressed Council asking for help and guidance.

“I have been asked to represent several families and residents that live in our community,” Chaisson said. I am here to speak about the recreation committee (and) our main goal today is not specifically engage in a conversation about playground equipment but what we can do to further our goals.”

She said those goals are to have a rec club that will provide a safe and happy environment not only for the kids but also for the seniors and adults of the community who feel left out of activities that portend to be for their age group.

She said that in the past the club has hosted a murder mystery, wine tasting and euchre parties.

“There seems to be a rift in the community at this time and I believe we need to come together as a whole or we will accomplish nothing,” she said. “Perhaps Council could offer some sage advice for the rec club.

“I spoke to (Dep. Reeve Fritsch) Tony and he has assured me that, as chair, he will call a meeting in January.”

For his part, Fritsch said he does plan to call a meeting in January but any election of officers will be scheduled for a second meeting.

“This has been a community committee for 15 years or so that anybody can join at any time,” Fritsch said. The only relationship it has with Council is that the Township owns the facilities. The only requirement for joining the committee is that you’re interested in helping the community.”

Chaisson said she was concerned that there would only be six people or so available to vote and Fritsch replied that’s why elections would take place at a second meeting.

“That’s what I wanted to hear,” Chaisson said. “Tony will set it up and we’ll be on our way.”

“Sometimes, it only takes one person to come in . . . that right magic person,” said Coun. Helen Yanch.

aHEad members

Council chose community members for its Properties and Recreation Committee and its AHEAD (Addington Highlands Economic Advisors for Development) committee.

For Properties and Rec, Ken Chatson and Rob Kilby were chosen for Ward 1 (the only applicants).

For Ward 2, Joel Hasler and Terry Wood were selected.

For the AHEAD committee, Ross Large and Jennelle Rosenblath were chosen for Ward 1 (the only applicants).

For Ward 2, Andy Anderson and Bill Cox

nOTICE OF Pu BLIC mEETI n G respecting a Zoning By-law amendment For

taKE NotiCE tHat the Township of Central Frontenac will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 4:00 pm at the Soldier’s Memorial Hall,1107 Garrett Street, Sharbot Lake, Ontario to consider an amendment to the Township’s comprehensive zoning by-law being By-law 2011-52, as amended by 2022-61. The public meeting is being held pursuant to the provisions of Section 34 (12) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter P.13. Interested persons may attend the public meeting in person or via zoom. For zoom attendance, please register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kfuBUPZGTSyFRA99pAjXKg or contact the Deputy Clerk by email or by phone (see contact information below).

tHE PUrPoSE of the public meeting is to correct mapping errors from the recent update to the Township’s comprehensive Zoning By-law #2011-52 as amended by 2022-61 and to receive comments from the public. A previous draft of the mapping (Schedules A1 through A5) was inadvertently included when the by-law was updated on October 25, 2022. This amendment proposes to delete the schedules and replace them with the correct version. Since the by-law amendment affects all properties in the Township, a key map is not provided.

iF YoU WiSH to BE NotiFiEd of the decision of the Council of the Township of Central Frontenac on the proposed zoning by-law amendment, you must make a written request to the Clerk of the Township (see address below).

iF a PErSoN or PUBliC BodY would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of Central Frontenac before the proposed zoning by-law amendment is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

iF a PErSoN or PUBliC BodY does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of Central Frontenac before the proposed zoning by-law amendment is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

For MorE iNForMatioN aBoUt tHiS MattEr, including information about your appeal rights, please contact the Deputy Clerk of the Township at the address below. The proposed amendment and zoning schedules may be inspected at the Municipal Office during regular business hours and is available for viewing on the Township’s website at www.centralfrontenac.com and on the township’s EngageFrontenac 2022 Zoning ByLaw Update project page at https://engagefrontenac.ca/hub-page/township-of-centralfrontenac

Cindy Deachman, Deputy Clerk

Township of Central Frontenac 1084 Elizabeth Street

P.O. Box 89, Sharbot Lake, ON K0H 2P0

Email: zoningupdate@centralfrontenac.com or cdeachman@centralfrontenac.com Phone: 613-279-2935 ext. 237 www.centralfrontenac.com

were selected.

Hogg 5 time warden

Reeve Henry Hogg was chosen Warden of Lennox & Addington County for 2023 at its most recent meeting.

This is the fifth time Hogg will serve as Warden having filled the position in 2003, 2010, 2011 and 2016.

Youtube posting of council meetings

CAO/Clerk-Treasurer Christine Reed said she will consult with the County as to how accessibility requirements are fulfilled when it comes to leaving videos of Council meetings up on YouTube. Currently, the videos are left up for 24 hours but, she said, that could change with an amendment to the procedure bylaw.

New vestibule at Medical Centre Chief Building Official/Facilities manager David Twiddy said they’re working on an inside vestibule/waiting area for the

medical facility to replace the current plastic sheeting.

“We’ve wanted to redo that vestibule anyways because the floor is shot,” he said.

Coun. Helen Yanch asked if there was a possibility of using some of the space that had been used for the dental office.

“That area wouldn’t easily be remodelled because the walls are lined with lead due to the dental x-ray machines,” said Reeve Henry Hogg.

He said barrier free ramps are now installed in both Flinton and Denbigh and the HVAC system installation is continuing in Denbigh albeit slowly because of a shortage of parts.

“But there is conscious attention to maintaining a continuous heat system during the upgrade,” said Dep. Reeve Tony Fritsch.

nOTICE OF Pu BLIC mEETI n G

Official Plan Amendment (Bills 13 & 109)

take Notice that the Council of The Corporation of the Township of Central Frontenac is proposing to adopt an Official Plan Amendment in accordance with Section 17 of the Planning Act, RSO 1990, as amended, to make administrative changes to the Township Official Plan.

The Council of the Township of Central Frontenac will be hosting the statutory public meeting on January 24, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. The public meeting will be held in person and virtually via Zoom. Staff will provide a brief presentation and the Council will invite comments and questions from the public. Please note that there may be more than one public meeting scheduled, and they will be heard in the order that they appear on the Council agenda. The agenda will be available online on the Township’s civic web portal in advance of the meeting (www.centralfrontenac.com).

Public Meeting: January 24, 2023 at 4:00 p.m., in person at Soldiers’ Memorial Hall,1107 Garrett Street Sharbot Lake ON and via electronic participation.

Electronic Participation: The public meeting will also be held virtually as a Zoom webinar. Members of the public can participate by registering for the Zoom meeting by computer, tablet, or smartphone or by calling in. To register, please visit the following link: https:// us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kfuBUPZGTSyFRA99pAjXKg or contact: cdeachman@centralfrontenac.com or 613-279-2935 x237. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar Purpose and Effect: The purpose of the Official Plan Amendment is to make administrative changes to the Township’s Official Plan to implement recent changes to the Ontario Planning Act through Bill 13, Supporting Businesses and People Act, 2021 and Bill 109, More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022. Specifically, the amendment will include policies in the Township Official Plan regarding complete planning applications, pre-application consultation for planning applications, and delegated authority for planning approvals.

Lands Affected: The draft Official Plan Amendment is administrative in nature and applies to all properties within the Township. Therefore, no key map is provided. other applications: Currently, there are no other Township-wide Planning Act applications.

Additional Information related to the draft Official Plan Amendment is available by contacting Township staff at cdeachman@centralfrontenac.com or 613-279-2935 x237. The draft of the Official Plan Amendment is also available online at the following link: www. centralfrontenac.com.

Notice of adoption: If you wish to be notified of the decision of the approval authority (County of Frontenac) on the proposed official plan amendment, you must make a written request to Cathy MacMunn, CAO/Clerk.

appeals: If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the approval authority (County of Frontenac) to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Council of the Township of Central Frontenac before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Council of the Township of Central Frontenac before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

Notice of Collection – Personal information collected as a result of this public meeting is collected under the authority of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Planning Act and will be used to assist in making a decision on these matters. All names, addresses, opinions and comments may be collected and may form part of the minutes which will be available to the public. Questions regarding this collection should be forwarded to Cindy Deachman, Deputy Clerk. dated at the township of Central Frontenac this 15 day of december, 2022.

Cindy Deachman, Deputy Clerk

Township of Central Frontenac 1084 Elizabeth St. PO Box 89 Sharbot Lake ON K0H 2P0

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the township of Central Frontenac

Happy 10th Birthday

Jordyn Ritchie Jan. 3,

2023

Y OUNG, Charles Webster 1933-2023

it is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of charles young on January 3, 2023, with his family by his side. a loving husband, father, grandpa and great grandpa. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, doreen, daughter debbie (earl) and son Bill (Kim), his 9 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. charles is pre-deceased by his daughter angela sproule (darwyn), his parents Harley and charity young, brothers albert (edith), vernon and his sister Betty Lou. He will be fondly remembered by his extended family and friends. friends desiring may contribute to his memory to the Holy trinity anglican church or the North frontenac fire department association.

Gone but never forgotten. a wonderful husband and father.

Norma Leona Cox of Mountain Grove passed away in her 83rd year at perth Hospital on december 29, 2022. predeceased by husband ray; parents samuel & Mabel Maccrimmon; siblings Geraldine cox (fred), donald (doris), Graydon (Laura), dale (ada), Marion MacMunn (Howard), cleo price (Grant), erma Morrow (wilbert). she was the last of her generation. Norma taught briefly at Cloyne Public School before marrying ray, her beloved husband of 57 years. survived by children tammy Miller (scott), rose Marie turner (Mike), scott (ilona) and randy (Jennifer). Grandmother to Mark, peter, daniel, teagan, Keeley and ashlinn. there will be no funeral service as per Norma’s request. if desired, donations may be made to Mountain Grove united church www. ardenpastoralcharge.ca or the Great war Memorial Hospital of perth www.psfdh. on.ca. the family would like to thank the doctors and nursing staff of the Perth Hospital and Goodfellow’s funeral Home for their care and compassion.

B UCHANAN , Edna Elaine nee Blakeman

december 8, 1938 – January 5, 2023 passed away peacefully with her family by her side at the Lennox and addington Hospital in her 84th year.

predeceased by their father: douglas Buchanan.

BOVA, Donald Bruce May 10, 1948 - december 28, 2022 at the Brockville General Hospital, donald Bruce Bova, aged 74, cherished partner of sharon Mcdougall; admired former husband of Heather croner; devoted father of trever (christina); and much loved Grampa to sophie and valerie. don was born in ottawa and is predeceased by his parents anthony ‘tony’ Bova and Bernice Mildred ‘Millie’ (née Montgomery) and his brother-in-law tom Millar. He is survived by his sister frances Millar, and his brothers richard ‘dick’ (carmelle), frederick ‘fred’ and Bernard ‘Bud’ (Berna). He is fondly remembered as ‘uncle donnie’ by many nieces and nephews and will be sorely missed by his friends and other extended family members.

June 27, 1948-December 30, 2022 (age 74)

Suddenly at home in Godfrey following a short battle with lung cancer. Doug was predeceased by his wife Heather (2020), son Darrin (2019), parents Claude and Ada (Raymo) Fox, in-laws Glenn and Jean Campbell, brother-in-law Ronnie Campbell and nephew Cheston Campbell. Loving grandfather of Emma, Chase and Colton. Beloved brother of Debbie (Jim) MacPherson and Steven (Cathy) Fox. Much loved Uncle to Sasha Campbell (Dan Ritosa), Lindsay (Shawn) Fitzgerald and Bradley Fox. Great Uncle to Jeremy Ritosa and Jax and Avery Fitzgerald. As per Doug’s wishes, cremation has taken place. If desired, donations may be made to UHKF Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario at KHSC or Diabetes Canada in Doug’s memory would be appreciated by his family. There will be a graveside Celebration of Life in the spring with internment at Piccadilly Cemetery.

Loving Mother of: ruth (Joe) varrette, robbin shaver, ian (susan) Buchanan. Grand Mother of allan (caitlin) varrette and amanda auriemma. Great Grand Mother of: rachel, ethan, alistair, sophia, and penelope. Many Nieces and Nephews. daughter of phyllis and Harold stephens sisters: Mary ann and Glady, brother: david predeceased By: ellen Mary, Margaret, doris, doreen, Joe and Gerry. celebration of life to be determined at a later date.

Many thanks to the doctors and staff at the Lennox and addington Hospital for their compassionate care and thoughtfulness during the time spent in the hospital.

don was a valued federal project Manager who oversaw surface structure construction at ottawa and vancouver airports and he travelled across canada performing runway skid resistance tests at numerous airfields. He was a quick wit and a gifted athlete, a talented hockey and softball player and an avid bowler. He enjoyed music, sports cars and playing guitar, as well as many outdoor pursuits, including golfing, fishing, hunting, kayaking, cycling and swimming; playing horseshoes with his friends; clearing trails and hiking through the bush with his dogs; spending time with his cats and feeding his horses. the family would like to thank the many medical and home care professionals who offered Don much kind, loving care towards the end of his life. donald’s remains will be cremated and a celebration of his life will be held at a later date at his home in Lanark Highlands. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the alzheimer’s society, or your local animal charity. arrangements are in the care of Blair & son funeral directors, perth.

For further information, visit our website at www.blairandson.com

Lorne Hawley (1956 - 2022) Passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side on Tuesday, December 27, 2022. Loving husband of 47 years to Denise Hawley (nee Elliott). He will always be cherished in the hearts of his children Robbie (Marjorie), Darren (Tammy), Deanna (Tim), his grandchildren Brock, Nolan and great grandchildren Lydia and Athena. Lorne will be sadly missed by his siblings/in-laws Yvonne Hawley Marie Lobb, Lavern Hawley, Allan Hawley, Karen Hawley, Eric Elliott and Elburn Meeks. Pre-deceased by his parents Alyesworth & Nellie Hawley and his siblings/ in-laws Glenn Hawley, Ed Lobb, Earl Hawley, Doug Hawley, Evelyn Hawley, Maxine Meeks and Karen Elliott. Fondly remembered by his nieces, nephews, cousins and friends whom he considered “chosen family”. Following cremation, the family will receive friends at the Milestone Funeral Center, Northbrook on Sunday, January 8, 2023 from 12-2pm. A Memorial Service will follow in the Chapel at 2pm. Interment of ashes will take place at a later date. Friends desiring may contribute in his memory to the charity of your choice. Online memories, photos and condolences can be shared with the family at www.milestonefuneralcenter.com

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Passed away suddenly at home in Cloyne on 2023 January 3 at the age of 86. Glen will be forever missed by his devoted wife Betty (Hutton) of 56 years. Cherished father of Jenny Pearce of Guelph. Beloved brother of Lois Logan of Kingston and Keith Pearce (Vivian) of Medicine Hat. He will be lovingly remembered by his nieces, nephews, friends and many other relatives. Predeceased by his parents Lloyd and Mary Pearce. As per Glen’s wishes his body has been donated to Queen’s University for medical studies. A Celebration of Glen’s Life will be held in the spring on the hiking trails that he made behind Emmanuel United Church, Northbrook. Details to be announced closer to the spring. Memorial donations made in Glen’s memory to Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust www. mmlt.ca or Pine Meadow Nursing Home would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences, photos or memories can be shared at www.milestonefuneralcenter.com.

LeeAnna White (nee Kelford) It is with great sadness that we announce LeeAnna’s peaceful passing at Pine Meadow Nursing Home in Northbrook on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 in her 108th year. She was the last remaining child out of the 14 Kelford children. She will be dearly remembered by her son Dan (Lynn), daughters-in-law Linda and Marie. Pre-deceased by her husband Melvin (2005), sons Andy (2022) and George (2022). Also mourning are her 7 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and extended family. LeeAnna was never one to turn down a good game of cards. She loved her visits from family, friends and the odd stranger that came to the door. She was well known on her mail route she did for 37 years. LeeAnna will be immensley missed for her vast knowledge of local history and great stories of past times. Much gratitude to the staff at Pine Meadow for Mom’s great care these past 10 months. Following cremation, the family will receive friends at the Milestone Funeral Center, Northbrook on Friday, January 6, 2023 from 12-2pm. A Celebration of her Life will follow in the Chapel at 2pm. An interment of her ashes will take place at a later date. Friends desiring may contribute in her memory to the North Frontenac Fire Department with appreciation. Online memories, photos and condolences can be shared with the family at www.milestonefuneralcenter.com.

Douglas Lawrence Fox

Glen Pearce

Love Mom, Dad & Blake; Grandma & Grandpa; Laura, Andrew & Hunter

Jean Armstrong (nee Gruntz) passed away peacefully at the Pine Meadow Nursing Home on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Beloved wife of the late Raymond Sr. Proud and loving mother of Ray Jr. (Darlene), Verna Bernard (Ron), Susan Armstrong (Greg), Dawn Waldie (Geoff) and Lisa Kelly (Robert). She will always be cherished in the hearts of her grandchildren Scott, Charmaine, Corie, Kirk, Barb, Colin, Mark, Douglas and her great-grandchildren Mckinley, Seth, Sydney, Harper, Andrew, Morgan, Maxx, Gabrelle, Wyatt, Layla, Stella, Blair and Brian. Jean is pre-deceased by her parents William & Gertrude Gruntz, her many brothers & sisters and infant sons Douglas and Andrew. She will be sadly missed by her several nieces, nephews, extend family and friends.

The family will receive friends at the Milestone Funeral Center, Northbrook on Thursday from 11am-1pm. The funeral service will follow in the Chapel at 1:00pm with interment at Dempsey Cemetery. Friends desiring may contribute in her memory to the Heart & Stroke Foundation or the Canadian Cancer Society. Online memories, condolences and photos can be shared with the family at www.milestonefuneralcenter.com.

The Lions Roar

What a busy and fun end to 2022! We hosted the hugely successful Santa Claus Parade, the Extravaganza Craft Sale and last, but by no means least, the Santa’s Workshop where there were at least 35 Elves helping the children make snow globes, conveyor belts and decorate gingerbread cookies to name just a few.

These events were so enjoyed and appreciated that I am sure you will see a repeat in 2023. As mentioned in previous articles, the Lions is a Service Club. Often, we are not recognized but in November 2022 Lions International did just that

by Lynn Oborne

by awarding a very special tribute to our own Bob Taylor. He was presented with the Melvin Jones Award for 35 years of service by our District Governor Linda Zwier. Bob, as most of you probably know, is the owner of the infamous Vegetable Stand in Northbrook. Such an interesting man who has done so much for our community. Bob was the backbone of the Ambulance Service in the area and helped to train many of the first volunteers. This was a very moving and emotional event to see how Bob appreciated the recognition. The Lions give back and on November 17th a group of Lions present-

ed a cheque for $1000 to the Alzheimer Society during Alzheimer’s Awareness Week.

Later that month we presented other sizeable cheques to the Land O’Lakes Community Services and our local Pine Meadows Nursing Home. The Lions support various groups by donating 100% of the money that we raise through the Toll Roads, Community dinners and other fundraising that goes on year-round. On behalf of our Club, I would like to wish you all a healthy and happy 2023 and urge you to be kind to yourselves but also to others. You may never know how a smile or a kind word can impact another’s day. ■

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Economic development task Force (EdtF)

request for interested individuals

of Special Council Meetings

Notice

take Notice that the Council of The Corporation of the Township of Central Frontenac will be conducting a Special Meeting of Council on January 19th, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. and January 31st, 2023 at 9:00a.m. for the purpose of reviewing the draft budget.

The agenda for the meetings will be posted by on January 16th and January 27th 2023 respectively, on the Township website at centralfrontenac.com. These meetings will be held in person. The meeting will also be livestreamed via our YouTube channel.

Residents are encouraged to complete a short budget survey in advance of these meetings. The survey is available on our project page at Engagefrontenac.ca, or via this link: https://engagefrontenac.ca/ hub-page/township-of-central-frontenac dated at the township of Central Frontenac this 22nd day of december, 2022.

Cindy Deachman, Deputy Clerk

Township of Central Frontenac 1084 Elizabeth Street, P.O. Box 89 Sharbot Lake, ON K0H 2P0 613-279-2935 x 237

The Township of North Frontenac is seeking interested dedicated and dynamic individuals to potentially join our Economic Development Task Force. We are looking interested individuals who can bring some knowledge regarding Economic Development within the area. This is a volunteer position. Mileage will be paid to attend meetings. Meetings currently take place the third Monday of each month at 9:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Office in Plevna.

This Task Force provides recommendations to Council for consideration regarding economic development initiatives that will benefit all within the Township.

If you are interested in potentially becoming a member of this Task Force please send a Letter of Interest by Monday February 6, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. outlining your interest and the knowledge you can bring to this group clearly marked “Confidential EDTF Member” to:

The Township of North Frontenac Attn: Brooke Hawley, Dipl.M.A., Manager of Community Development 6648 Road 506, Plevna, ON K0H 2M0

Phone (613) 479-2231 Ext. 233 Fax (613) 479-2352

Email: recreation@northfrontenac.ca

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Friday January 13

SHarBot laKE - WiNtErtidE MEltdoWN 6pm. Soldiers Memorial Hall (OSO Hall). Music by Dead Root Revival & Brock Zeman, Beer by K&P Brewery, food by Frenchie’s. Music 7pm Tickets $20 at door, eventbrite or email tomsavagemusic@gmail.com

Saturday January 14

VEroNa - WiNtEr WarM-UP BrEaKFaSt 8:30-11am. Trinity United Church. Meat lovers stuffed French Toast as well as scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs, bacon, ham or sausage, home fries, toast, muffins, juice, tea or coffee. Admission by donation. For take out orders please call 343-422-4110 by 9am Saturday to reserve your breakfast pick-up or email vca@ xplornet.ca by Friday by 11am.

VEroNa - StYlE rEViVal 10am-1pm. Verona Free Methodist Church. Free gently used clothing and footwear for all ages. ardEN - ardEN WiNtEr CarNiVal 11am3pm. Kennebec Hall. Free Event: Food, Games and Activities for the whole Family! Can’t wait to see you there!

SHarBot laKE - FroNtENaC’S Got talENt aUditioNS 3pm. Soldiers Memorial Hall (OSO Hall). Looking for a variety of talent for upcoming Frontenac’s Got Talent Show Fri Feb 17.

SYdENHaM - EUCHrE toUrNaMENt 6pm. Sydenham Legion. Hosted by The Sydenham Reunion committee. $20 per player. Light snacks after & music. Info RSVP jer.snider@ gmail.com or visit www.shs150.com

HarroWSMitH - MoNtHlY EUCHrE GaME 7pm. Harrowsmith Social & Athletic Club. Members $5, Non-members $7. Info harrowsmithsanda@gmail.com or Penny at 613 549 2937

Sunday January 15

HarroWSMitH - taKE-oUt BEEF diNNEr 4:30-6pm. Harrowsmith Golden Links Hall. Advance tickets only, cut off Jan 11. $15.00, Tickets available at gas station in Sydenham, Harrowsmith and Hartington & Asselstine hardware in Verona. Info 613-372-2410

Monday January 16

CloYNE - tHE CloYNE aNd tHE diStriCt HiStoriCal SoCiEtY MEEtiNG 1pm. Barrie Hall. Guest speaker David Savigny, topic history of the Northern Emergency Organization (NEO). All welcome!

VEroNa - CHildrEN’S CoNCErt CHoir 7pm. Trinity United Church.

Wednesday January 18

SYdENHaM - MUltiPlE VaCCiNE CliNiC 12:30am-5:30pm. Grace Hall. Flu and COVID19 vaccine clinic All welcome

SYdENHaM - PaiNtiNG WorKSHoP 1-3pm. Sydenham Legion. Still life theme. Materials provided but bring apron, paper towels and a sense of fun! There is a $5 donation for beginners to experienced (55+). Please register with Denzel at SFCS 613-376-6477 ext 310.

oMPaH - BirtHdaY BaSH Pot lUCK CoMMUNitY diNNEr 6pm. Ompah Hall. SHarBot laKE - FroNtENaC’S Got

talENt aUditioNS 6pm. Soldiers Memorial Hall (OSO Hall). Looking for a variety of talent for upcoming Frontenac’s Got Talent Show Fri Feb 17.

Saturday January 21

SNoW road StatioN - SNoW road SNoWMoBilE ClUB BrEaKFaSt 8-11am. Snow Road Snowmobile Clubhouse. Everybody Welcome

VEroNa - WiNtEr WarM-UP BrEaKFaSt 8:30-11am. Trinity United Church. Admission by donation. For take out orders please call 343-422-4110 by 9am Saturday to reserve your breakfast pick-up or email vca@xplornet.ca by Friday by 11am.

SYdENHaM - SoUtH FroNtENaC SNoW SoCial 10am-4pm. Sydenham. Free admission with live music, a vendor village, and many outdoor and indoor activities planned for all ages.

SHarBot laKE oN - BooK laUNCH aNd rEadiNG WitH MUSiC 2pm. Rock Hill B&B. New works From the Frontenacs Anne Archer - Illlustrated by Martina Field and Serve the Sorrowing World with Joy by Meg Freer and Chantel Lavoie. Published by Woodpecker Lane Press. Books are $15 each, Fundraiser for Sisters of Providence and North Frontenac Food Bank. Light refreshments - free event

Tuesday January 24 NortHBrooK diNErS 11am-1:30pm. Cost - $10 Menu - Cabbage Roll Casserole Please RSVP - Katie 613-336-8934 ext. 229 Free meal draw for next Diner’s in Northbrook Come play some cards before lunch

FliNtoN - FliNtoN diNErS 11:30am1:30pm. Flinton Recreation Centre. Cost - $10

Menu - Italian Sausage Penne Reservation, call Kaite 613-336-8934 ext. 229 Free meal draw for next Diners in Flinton. Come play some cards before lunch

Regular Happenings

dENBiGH - WEllNESS GroUP Tuesdays. Denbigh Community Hall. Drop-in any Tuesday! Info Gail 613-333-2224 to learn more.

iNVErarY - Martial artS 6:30pm Thursdays. Inverary United Church. Kids classes 6:30-7:30 Adults 7:30-8:45. For more info contact Hamid Nam 613-328-6742 or hamidnam24@gmail.com

iNVErarY - PilatES 6:15pm Mondays. Inverary United Church.

iNVErarY - YoGa 6pm Wednesdays. Inverary United Church

liNE daNCiNG — SHarBot laKE 9-10am Thursdays. Sharbot Lake United Church. Sharbot Lake Line Dancing is back! Thursdays $2. Beginners welcome. Proof of Covid vaccination required. Contact 613-279-1268Heather Gowdan ◾ VERONA 9am Tuesdays. Verona Lions Hall. All welcome For more information call 613 372 5431

SHarBot laKE - iNtrodUCtioN to tai CHi 10-11:30am Wednesdays. Soldiers Memorial Hall (OSO Hall). For info John Pariselli 613-279-2662.

SNoW road - SNoW road FitNESS 9:3010:30am Wednesdays. Snow Road Community Centre. Regular Fitness — 9:30-10:30am Tuesdays. Snow Road Community Centre. Free Fun & Fitness classes. Gentle Fit

oMPaH – EXErCiSE 10am-11am Ompah Hall Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Real Estate Round Up

By Dawn Morden, EXP Realty Brokerage

Home prices steadily increased over the last few years because demand was so high; more homes were selling, for more than asking price, and they were selling very quickly. This trend of increase continued into early 2022. Sale prices peaked at all time highs in the spring. As spring turned to summer, things started to change.

These changes progressively permeated the market through the latter part of the year. More than 350 million dollars of real estate sold in our five townships (North, Central and South Frontenac, Addington Highlands, and Stone Mills) during 2022, compared to over 430 million in 2021, which was a record breaking year.

Not as many homes sold during 2022, despite the fact that there were more on the market than during 2021. Changes in the market that happened during 2022 occurred a little differently in different townships. The slowing market was most clearly seen in North and Central Frontenac. Fewer homes sold than in 2021. Average sale prices and the percent of asking price paid for homes decreased, and decreased even more during the last quarter of the year. Homes took longer to sell, and even longer during the last quarter. North and Central Frontenac remain popular areas for waterfront homes despite the slowing market, approximately half of the homes sold in both 2021 and 2022 were waterfront.

Average sale prices increased significantly from 2021 to 2022 in South Frontenac and Stone Mills. Decreases started to appear in the last quarter of the year, but the average sale price still remained well above what it was during 2021. Fewer homes sold in both townships. In South Frontenac, homes took a little longer to sell and the percent of asking price paid for them was less. Stone Mills showed the same trend, but not for the year as a whole, only during the last quarter.

The only facet of a slowing market that

appeared in Addington Highlands during 2022 was that fewer homes sold. Homes sold more quickly, and even more quickly during the last quarter. Average sale price increased, and continued to increase even during the last quarter. The average percent of asking price paid for homes increased as well, although that did begin to decline during the final quarter of the year.

The last few years brought about an interesting change in our market that continued into 2022. The number of homes sold for over a million dollars has been increasing. There were 74 in 2022, and only 70% of them were waterfront.

Here are details about the real estate market during 2022 and (2021) in each of our townships (information is based on MLS system data owned by the Kingston and Area Real Estate Association (January 1, 2021- December 31, 2022). Prices are rounded to the nearest 1000.

North Frontenac: 76 homes sold (110). Average sale price $649,000 ($650,000). Average percent of asking price paid 98% (104%). Median number of days to sell 23 (14).

Central Frontenac. 93 homes sold (162). Average sale price $500,000 ($556,000). Average percent of asking price paid 101% (108%). Median number of days to sell 16 (12).

South Frontenac. 256 homes sold (341). Average sale price $752,000 ($612,000). Average percent of asking price paid 105% (109%). Median number of days to sell 11 (9).

Addington Highlands. 48 homes sold (77). Average sale price $523,000 ($473,000). Average percent of asking price paid 102% (99%). Median number of days to sell 14 (23).

Stone Mills. 133 homes sold (150). Average sale price $678,000 ($580,000). Average percent of asking price paid 106% (106%). Median number of days to sell 10 (14). ■

Frontenac County Council

by Jeff Green

The first business meeting of the new Frontenac County Council took place on December 21st.

There are six new members of council, three of whom having never sat on municipal council at all before. The new council will be holding an orientation session before their next meeting. There were a few items on the agenda that needed clearing up before the end of the year.

Warden Ron Vandewal said it would be appropriate, at the start, for each of the council members to introduce themselves to each other. As if to illustrate that many of the members had never met before, North Frontenac Mayor Gerry Lichty corrected Warden Vandewal’s attempt to pronounce his name, in what ended up being a recurring theme for the rest of the meeting.

“It’s pronounced Lick-T,” but maybe you should call me Gerry, the North Frontenac

mayor said, after several failed attempts by the warden.

Frontenac Islands Mayor Judy Greenwood-Spears asked about the state of labour negotiations. Chief Administrative Officer Kelly Pender said a full-update on the state of negotiations with union locals, representing different categories of workers at both the county owned Fairmount Home, and Frontenac Paramedic Services, will be forthcoming at the January 18 county meeting, during the in-camera sessions.

“When are the contracts up?” asked Mayor Greenwood-Speers.

“They are all up,” said Pender.

The contracts between the county and CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) Local109 (Howe Island Ferry) and Local 2290 (Fairmount Home) have both led to a conciliation process. The county met with a conciliator on December 13 regarding the contract with Local 109, and a meeting is

scheduled for February 1st regarding the contract with Local 2290.

The county is also negotiating with OPSEU (Ontario Public Service Employees Union) Local 462, which represents the Frontenac Paramedics.

Council remuneration for 2023

Council approved their own wages for 2023, in line with recommendations made by the previous council. Warden Ron Vandewal will receive $35,920 this year. Council members will receive $16,320, with Deputy Warden Frances Smith receiving $19,584 (a 20% premium of the pay for a member of council).

All council members also receive a $150 per diem for attending meetings on external boards that they have been appointed to by Frontenac County Council, and for attending special meetings of council, to address time sensitive issues.

When it came to approve the above figures by passing a bylaw, Ron Vandewal cast the only ‘no’ vote. He has voted against the pay structure for county council members

consistently over the last 8 years, arguing that the pay should be lower than it is.

Members of Frontenac County Council also receive payment for sitting on their own township councils

Howe island Ferry disruptions – informing the low-tech population

In response to a request from Frontenac Islands Mayor Judy Greenwood-Speers, Frontenac County Communications Officer Matt Mills will prepare a report identifying options and costing, for media releases to be prepared advising Kingston radio stations, and CKWS TV, when an interruption of the Howe Island Ferry service is about to take place.

Currently, emails are sent out to those who register for the service, as well as twitter notifications, and there is a live webcam at the ferry.

“For people who are not tech savvy, or are visually impaired, these services do not help them,” Greenwood-Spears said. “That’s why I think we should look at some other, low- tech options.”

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lIVING HeRe

THINGS TO DO

2023 Dog Tags

2023 Dog Tags are now available for purchase. Buy yours before February 28, 2023 and pay just $15 per tag. After that date, the fee increases to $30. You can find the form and a list of local retailers selling dog tags until the end of February on our website under Living Here/Animal Control. Kennel Licenses cost $125 until February 28 increasing to $150 for the rest of the year and must be purchased at our office at 4432 George Street.

South Frontenac Recycles

Congratulations to the winners in our South Frontenac Recycles Contest! Winners are posted on our website. Discover why residents are raving about our South Frontenac Recycles app and download it today.

Enviro Mesh Recycling Covers for Sale

Are you tired of having your recycling blown across the roadway? Invest in an enviro-mesh cover for your recycling, just $10 at our Keeley Road location. We also sell composters and extra blue recycling bins.

Household Hazardous Waste Depot

The Household Hazardous Waste Depot located at 2491 Keeley Rd in Sydenham is open the second and fourth Thursdays during the winter months between 3-7 pm (Jan 12 and 26).

Winter Road Restrictions in Effect December 1

Just a reminder, there is no parking on Township roads and village streets from 12 midnight to 7 am until March 31, 2023.

Sand and salt mix available

Residents can pick up sand/salt mix any time of the day, 24/7 from any of these locations. We ask residents to be mindful and just take two 5-gallon buckets at a time.

• 2490 Keeley Rd, Sydenham

• 3910 Battersea Rd, Sunbury

• 5286 Hinchinbrooke Rd, Hartington

• 1389 Westport Rd, Godfrey

Public Meeting Notice

New S & Publ I c N OTI ce S

Take Notice that the Council of The Corporation of the Township of South Frontenac will host a public meeting on January 31, 2023, at 7:00 pm on proposed amendments to By-law 2017-76 which provides for the governing the proceedings of Council, the conduct of members and the calling of meetings. The amendments are related to the proposed implementation of the Committee By-law. Members of the public may review the agenda and register to participate in the meeting via Zoom at https://southfrontenac.civicweb.net/Portal/MeetingSchedule.aspx. Residents may contact the Deputy Clerk, James Thompson at jthompson@southfrontenac.net or by phone at 613-376-3027, x2239 for more information. Any written comments should be submitted to the Deputy Clerk by noon on January 31, 2023.

Snow Social – January 21, 2023, 10 am – 4 pm – Sydenham Village Join us for the first ever Snow Social! This event will be a celebration of the winter season and will feature activities at The Point Park and throughout the village of Sydenham. Dress like a well prepared Canadian and plan to take part in all sorts of winter fun including snow tubing and skating on the lake (weather and ice conditions permitting). We will have a vendor’s market at The Grace Centre, live music at the Legion Hall, activities at the Library Community Room, and so much more! Volunteers are wanted! Call Amanda at 613-376-3027 ext. 4447 or email recsupport@southfrontenac.net to get involved!

Free Public Skating at Frontenac Arena Come out on Wednesdays from 9-10:30 am and Sundays from noon to 1:20 pm for public skating at the Frontenac Arena. It’s free all winter long thanks to a Queen’s Platinum Jubilee grant.

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Meetings • January 17, 2023 – Committee of the Whole – 6:30 pm • January 31, 2023 – Council Meeting – 7 pm

How to Participate

4432 George Street, Box 100, Sydenham ON K0H 2T0 1-800-559-5862

Now Recruiting for Recreation, Heritage and Lake Ecosystem Advisory Committees

are looking for residents to serve on three committees: the Recreation Committee, Heritage Committee, and Lake Ecosystem Advisory Committee. If you are interested in volunteering to serve on one of these committees, please fill out the form on Committees and Boards page under Town Hall on our website. Deadline for applications is January 30, 2023.

8am-5pm. Sun: 9am-4pm

Ready to Rock in Sharbot Lake

The newly renovated Soldiers Memorial Hall will get its first taste of guitar-based Rock n’ Roll on Friday Night (January 13) when Tom Savage, and his band Dead Root Revival, take the stage.

Savage has played in the region before. He is from Westport originally, is based in Kingston now, and has played at “just about every one of the Day of the Pig events” at Seed to Sausage, between 2013 and 2019.

The COVID pandemic put an abrupt halt to live music concerts and bar gigs in 2020, and Tom Savage and his Dead Root Revival band felt the impact as much as any other band. As things have opened up, he has been looking to change the way people see and hear the band play.

“We don’t want people to have to stay up until 4 in the morning to hear us play. We don’t want to stay up until 4 in the morning every night either,” he said.

Savage was talking to his friend Chris Charlebois, one of the owners of Frenchie’s Food Truck, which is located near Sharbot Lake on Highway 7, who suggested they might be able to book the hall in Sharbot Lake for a show.

Grinch Leaves Bag of Sh!t

It was Christmas Eve and Santa and crew were flying over Centennial Park in Harrowsmith when Santa’s earbuds started to ring. It was a message from Rudolph who told Santa that he thought they had dropped the neon yellow bag of coal for the naughty child on the other side of the park. Santa slowed his reindeers just enough that he could reach the little tied

The Township of Central Frontenac was amenable, and Daniel Lees of the K&P Brewing Company was also keen to participate, and the event came together. It kicks off at 6pm on Friday night, when the doors will open and with Frenchies and K&P brewery providing food and drink. At 7pm, an old friend of Tom Savage’s, singer songwriter, label owner and road tested performer (he performed 200 dates a year across Canada and the United States until COVID hit) Brock Zeman, who will be accompanied by Savage on Guitar.

After Zeman’s set, Dead Root Revival will take the stage, joined on keyboards by Toni

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up bag with his special grabbers. All the reindeer looked at each other and then at Santa who had his nose all squished and his beard was a mess.

It was not the little bag of coal, but something worse. Some uncaring person had put a bag of their dog’s poo on top of the garbage container and it had opened and discharged all over Santa.

As he was cleaning up he thought why would someone take the time to use the baggie, almost tie it securely and leave it on the garbage bin. The hardest part had

Silvestri, who performs and records with his own band, as well as performing with other bands, including the Weber Brothers from Peterborough.

The show will run until 10 to 10:30 pm.

“This is something new for us,” said Savage, “and we hope people will want to come out. It’s a chance to break up the winter a little bit, and if it is successful we can make it a tradition. It’s great that the hall is available and affordable for us to try this. We’re really looking forward to it.”

Dead Root Revival play Blues based Rock’n Roll. They have been described by the Kingston Live music site as a band that

been done. It was such a thoughtless deed and deserving of a real bag of coal.

All the children coming to get their mail with parents, and the people who use the garbage container must have been so disgusted.

Well, Santa still had a lot of work ahead, so off he and his crew flew to give everyone else a very Merry Christmas and a hope that in the New Year of 2023 the owner of the little bag of dog poop would resolve to take them home to dispose of properly.

A lot of us who pick up our mail agree with Santa!

- Brenda Crawford

embodies “The spirit of the Delta Blues, the gritty inspiration of the farmhouse jam, the sheer brilliant power of classic rock.”

Tickets are $20, and will be available at the door on Friday Night. Advance tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite, at Frenchie’s, and the Kick & Push Brewing Co.

Doors open at 6pm, and the music starts at 7pm.■

Two week training in an ancient Hawaiian massage lineage known as Lomi Lomi happening in Arden over two weekends January and March. No prerequisite training is required to learn this spiritual healing technique. You will learn energetic healing principles as well as a lymphatic drainagebstyle technique.

EMAIL tawny@woodlandpriestess.com for more details or call 613-240-4080