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Gazette News — South Frontenac Council passed its 2014 budget at its regular meeting last week in Sydenham, approving an increase in taxation of 2.91 per cent, which results in an increase of about $58 for the average property (when MPAC phased-in assessment is figured in.) The Township is expecting about $10,698,713 in revenues (essentially unchanged from 2013) and expenses of $24,331,229, meaning that $13,632,516 has to be raised through taxation. The expenses represent an increase of $721,251 or 5.59 per cent over 2013. One factor in the 2014 budget is a

decrease in OMPF funding and other government grants totaling $178,024 as well as a decrease in transfers from other municipalities (primarily Kingston) of $120,730. The final cuts to the overall budget to keep the taxation increase under 3 per cent came from the Public Works budget. Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth came up with a reduction of $77,000 by cutting $20,000 from his gravel resurfacing budget, $10,000 from Keeley Yard Building Maintenance, $10,000 from Hartington Yard Equipment Maintenance and $37,000 from the Keeley Sand and Salt Supply budget. “We reviewed a bunch of budget lines and the cuts we’ve made will reduce flexibility for things that crop up from time to

time but I think it’s realistic,” Segsworth said. “It will be incumbent on us to watch our spending more closely and it will reduce the amount of sodium chloride we can put on the roads but we should be able to maintain the status quo.” “I’m quite concerned about the cuts to building maintenance,” said Coun. Cam Naish. “It’s conceivable that a garage door could be damaged or something like that,” said Segsworth. “But we’ll be fine for routine things.” Coun. Del Stowe also expressed some similar concerns but was more optimistic. “If we did have an issue, he (Segsworth) could come back to us for funds,” Stowe said. “I just don’t want to fall too

far behind.” CAO/Clerk Wayne Orr said the Township has applied for some additional grant money and will continue to do so. “If we receive additional grants, he could come back to Council with staff recommendations,” said Orr. “We have a $1.4 million project on Rutledge Road and we’ve applied for a grant that would pay half of that,” said Segsworth. “If we do get $700,000, then we certainly could do some other roads.” South Frontenac expects to spend $9,960,080 on road maintenance in 2014, plus $1,779,466 on winter control, $2,911,058 on solid waste management, $2,017,379 on fire protection, $2,690,317 on police services and $2,845,294 on general government.

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Student undertakes two-year campaign to raise money for cancer research By Kelly Reid Reporter

was buzzed. “Thank you everyone for your donations and for supporting me,” Jackson said during the assembly after having his haircut. “We have a pretty spectacular community here,” said Principal Peterson. “We have on a regular basis some students that step forward and do some extraordinary things.” Jackson was given the school’s Pride Award and well as some spirit items such as a water bottle after the assembly was over. “It was never about money,” says Matt about what inspired the campaign. “But we did set a goal for $500, and we’re going to exceed it. I think we’re going to get $1,000.” Both Matt and Lisa received donations from their workplaces, and many of the kids at Loughborough Public

School made donations as well. Now, the Sargeants’ youngest son, sevenyear-old Harrison, is starting to grow his hair out as well and will perhaps decide to follow in his brother’s footsteps. After the assembly, Jackson was in high spirits. “My head’s cold!” he laughed, and said he felt “weird!” When asked if he would ever grow

his hair long again to raise more money, he said, “Maybe,” and then grinned, “Probably.” Loughborough Public School is still accepting donations on behalf of Jackson’s efforts. To make a donation, contact the school at 613-3763848 or email lough@limestone. on.ca.

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Gazette News - Jackson Sargeant, a 10-year-old student at Loughborough Public School, had a very big day on Nov. 29. That day was the culmination of two years’ work growing his hair out in an effort to raise donations for cancer research. Jackson decided to take on this effort after several of his family members underwent cancer treatment. All of the money that he raises is being donated to the Kingston Cancer Society. Lisa Sargeant, Jackson’s mom, says that the hair will also be donated. “The hair is going to Angel Hair Society, [which donates hair to kids in need],” she says. “Jackson chose that himself.” Kim Harris of Eclipse Salon in Sydenham, who used a ponytail sec-

tioning technique, performed the haircut. “We’re getting every centimeter,” she said. “It takes 10 peoples’ hair donations to make one wig, she explained. The hair cutting took place during an assembly for Anti-Bullying Day. When Jackson’s hair was long past his shoulders, he experienced some bullying himself and was sometimes called a girl, especially during sports. “He’s had to overcome that,” says Matt Sargeant, Jackson’s father. During the assembly though, Jackson received chants and applause throughout the entire cut. Principal Helen Peterson said to Jackson during the assembly, “We are very, very, very proud of you. You exemplify for all of us what it means to make a difference in the world.” Jackson received a lengthy standing ovation after his head

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Frontenac Islands appoints New Howe Island Councillor By Margaret Knott Correspondent

Gazette News- When Howe Island resident Pat Norris, a member of Frontenac Islands Municipal Council resigned his position the township had some decisions to make about filling his position. Should the person next in line from the last election be chosen at this late date? Should there be a by- election? Should members of council ask around in the community for interested individuals? What ever their decision, would citizens step up to the plate to fill the position knowing that if chosen, their term would last only until the next municipal elections to be held in October 2014 , approximately 13 months away? Leaving it vacant would leave the Howe Island Ward with only one direct representative while the Wolfe Island ward has two representatives and the Mayor is elected at large ( by both wards). As it turned out council declared the position of Councillor from Howe Island vacant on October 15th, posted the vacancy and a request for applications to fill

the post no later than Dec. 2nd on the Township’s website (Nov. 7th) and in local papers (Nov. 9th).a request for applications to fill the post no later than Dec. 2nd And within a few days four people did step up to the plate, filing applications and completing the required oath of qualification. The four candidates from Howe Island included : Joseph Beatty; Natalie Nossal; Heather Lippert and Louise Farrah-Watson. Council was delighted with the response. The vote to fill the council position took place at a Special Meeting of Council held Dec. 4th on Howe Island. Each of the present membedrs of council was with each member entitled to one vote among the four candidates, who were named in alphabetical order on the ballot. The candidate who received the most votes was Natalie Nossal. And in accordance with provincial regulations Council passed a by-law appointing her to the vacant position on council. The candidates were to be notified of the results of the vote the following day. The swearing in of the Councillor Nossal is scheduled

to be held at the regular monthly meeting of council Dec. 9th on Howe Island. 2. In other business Council received two reports on its infrastructure. One was combined on all the roads and culverts on Frontenac Islands and the work and costs needed to bring them up to standards as well as maintain them. This was a joint report presented by AECOM’s Guy Laporte for AECOM and 4 Roads Management Services. The second report by KPMG included the information about work and costs resulting from the first reports in the “Asset Management Plan” for the township.. An “Asset Management Plan” is required by the province before any possible discussion of funding. Vicki Leaky, of KMPG, noted both reports are a mass of detail, but concluded in a summary the township would require $55 millions (some $32,000 per resident) to replace the all the township’s assets, including ferries, buildings, and equipment, and this would be in addition to the costs annually of repairing and rehabilitating all the assets over their useful life.

The real pressure is on the 22% of the roads deemed deficient and that some $20.8 millions should be spent to address this infrastructure need, plus annual maintenance. The latter is now at $350,000 but should be closer to $1.8 million a year. The report is intended to give council a clear picture of what is needed and offered a strategy of 4 points....first to expend funds to protect the current level of capital assets ..next to consider a 5 year capital levy of 2%...explore the use of debt as a funds source....and continue to pursue grant programs from senior levels of government. Council accepted the reports as they are required by the province, but did not reach any conclusions or decisions as to a future direction or action. 3. Council will continue its contract with Frontenac County for accounting services excluding budgeting and payroll for 6 months. Items of interest noted by council members: 1. Need to go to tender for planned boat ramp. 2. WI’s Historical Society along with Roly Jensen and his equipment put this year’s very tall Christmas tree in

place at the WI Town Hall. 3. Budget discussions will begin week of Jan. 6th. Council meets next Dec, 9th on Howe Island. Coming events: * Walking program Sacred Heart School, 11:00am - 12:30pm Sunday’s * Christmas Story Retold- WI United Church, Dec. 15th, 7 pm Music with Chris Brown and Tammy Repath -Admission: a non perishable food item *Community Euchre St. Margaret’s Hall. Thursday’s 7 p.m. * The Specimen Collection Centre at the Wolfe Island Community Medical Clinic, operated by LifeLabs. 8-10 am Next Date: Friday, December 20, Bring OHIP card and blood test requisition.

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Gazette Editorial — Where to begin, where to begin? The topic for today, boys and girls, is Official Plans. Believe it or not, an Official Plan, or OP as most politicians and bureaucrats like to call them, is a good thing. In an OP, things like where you can put a dump are outlined. They set down the rules by which municipalities are built, and hopefully, they prevent big mistakes from being made like using up all the farmland for condominium developments. All four townships in Frontenac County have had OPs for years. Generally speaking, they have good ones. In particular, our lakes come in for special consideration with rules like minimum setbacks for building and what can be done on shorelines. Now, as anybody who’s tried to build a home or cottage on the Canadian Shield knows, geology/geography doesn’t always follow the rules of Official Plans. For instance, many lots feature a 30-foot drop to the water and a swamp in behind the property. In other

words, in many areas, there are only just so many ways you can fit a building on a lot. In these cases, it can be quite the challenge to find a suitable building envelope. But often it can be done without impact on the water and we have a number of people in official capacities who’ve become pretty good at determining just when and where the minimum setback rules can be adjusted without any harm being done. In order to do this, however, you have to apply to the Township for something called a minor variance. Generally it will say something like instead of a 30-metre setback, we’ll allow a 25-metre setback just in this case. Assuming all the other environmental standards (septic, etc) can be met, it’s a relatively simple process. You apply, a bunch of councilors and citizens on something called a Committee of Adjustment discuss your application and get advice from their planners, building officials, public works managers, as well as reports from the Health Unit and/or Conservation Authorities. Most of these minor variances are approved (mostly because if there are big reasons why they shouldn’t be, they come out in the inspection process and don’t get to the Committee of Adjustment stage). It can be a pain in the butt, but generally it’s a liveable thing.

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Gazette Editorial - When did Black Friday become so ridiculous? It seems to me that over the past few years Black Friday has become more and more popular. I really don’t remember it being such a big deal, especially not here in Canada. When I was younger, Boxing Day was the big shopping day. Everyone went shopping after Christmas to get the best deals, and even then I never remember those outings including reports on deaths, shootings and shopping related injuries. Apparently, things started to get progressively worse in 2008. There is now a website called blackfridaydeathcount.com that tracks all of the infamous day’s injuries and deaths each year and the increase over the years is a

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Now, enter Frontenac County. The County never had an OP, mostly because the Province said they didn’t need one. Then the Province decided they did need one, so all of a sudden Planner Joe Gallivan had something important to occupy his time. And for the most part, he’s done a good job on the Plan, incorporating all sorts of motherhood statements that make everybody feel like they’re protecting the planet and such. However, for some reason, this County Plan goes a little bit overboard. It includes some hard and fast numbers that already exist in Township plans. Now Gallivan (along with some County Councilors such as Coun. John Purdon) seems to think this isn’t a problem. They’re full of crap. These little details in the County Plan are going to make things very difficult when lawyers get a look at them. All of a sudden, if this plan goes through without amendment, instead of requiring a minor variation from the Township in order to build your dream home, you’re going to need an Official Plan amendment from the County. Essentially, this County OP, as it stands, adds one more layer of bureaucracy to your life. You have until Dec. 18 to let your representative know that you don’t agree with this additional level.

American Thanksgiving. They always go shopping on Black Friday, but they steer clear of the early morning sales and instead hit the malls around noon. This year, they went out on Thanksgiving Day to get some last minute groceries and they saw families camped out in the parking lot of the local Wal-Mart. What a great way to spend the holiday. Is that really what it has come to? All of this insanity also makes me a little disgusted with consumerism in general. Holidays are supposed to be about spending time with family and relaxing, not gearing up for the big sale the next day. Don’t get me wrong, I do love Boxing Day deals, but I would never jeopardize my own health and well being for a discounted item. Maybe this year we should all take the saying “season of givingâ€? to heart. Instead of fighting through crowds for gifts and trying to find the best deal, we should all consider other gift options. Ones that, pardon the clichĂŠ, keep on giving. In the past I have given gifts like this DISTRIBUTION INQUIRIES DISTRIBUTION INQUIRIES

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The delicate art of childcare legislation Gazette Editorial - The heat is on for provincial authorities to better regulate unlicensed daycare in Ontario - this after the deaths of four toddlers in unlicensed care in 2013 alone, two of whom died in a home where as many as 35 children were “under careâ€? at the time. The current allotment for unlicensed providers is five children, not including the providers’ own children. The Liberal government is now proposing to pass legislation that would increase the province’s ability to impose steep fines on such irresponsible providers without having to take them to court, as in the current system. However, in a bid to improve the ration of licensed versus unlicensed home daycares (currently pegged at about one to four) the proposed legislation would also increase the number of children allowed in licensed home daycares to six, while keeping the unlicensed headcount at five; but, it would also put an end the exemption of the unlicensed child care provider’s own children, making it much more difficult for them to take in additional children. The result would leave a great deal of parents in the lurch, without care, and with only financially precarious options remaining. While it certainly seems commendable to propose these changes in the name of child safety, proponents of these measures must realize that the money to fund the programming won’t come be coming from taxpayers – it will be coming from parents. It is true that they believe some savings will be achieved by having more children in licensed care, thereby creating “economies of scaleâ€? that will help some savings trickle down to parents. But they have no way of knowing exactly how much the savings will be, or even when they will occur. We believe there must be a better way to ensure safe, quality, affordable care in the Ontario. QuĂŠbec’s $7-a-day daycare seems like it might have gone too far in the utopian direction, and persuasive arguments can be made that it is not an economically sustainable model. Nevertheless, there must be some way of tailoring daycare costs to a family’s net-income as determined by the their income tax filings, for both licensed and unlicensed alike, much in the same way that the goods and services tax credit or child tax benefit is apportioned. If desired, licensed daycare could be afforded a non-refundable tax credit that would help incentivize increased use of the program, without penalizing the hard-working caregivers of unlicensed daycares who would be left in a severely compromised position under the new legislation. It is true that the current system is in disrepair, but increasing the amount of regulations without offsetting subsidies will only serve to increase the cost of childcare for everyone, hitting Ontario families where it hurts the most. We need comprehensive childcare reform that takes the question of affordability seriously into account.

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KINGSTON Are you a home business? Visit the Kingston and Area Home Business Association monthly breakfast meeting, at Keith’s Deli, Saturday, Dec. 14 at 8 a.m. to learn various aspects of home business operation. Meet other business people in an informal, friendly atmosphere. Additional information at 613389-9705, www.kahba.ca <http://www. kahba.ca/> or email us at executive@ kahba.ca. Kingston Blood Services - Permanent clinic at 850 Gardiners Rd, every Tuesday and Wednesday 3 - 7 p.m. and Thursday 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.

KINGSTON munity Counselling Centre, 417 Bagot St. Kingston, Tuesdays from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Drop-in style group, no registration required. A confidential, nonjudgmental space to talk, connect and support each other. Light refreshments will be served. For additional information contact: Dana 613-549-7850 x 3224 or Stefanie x 3229. Retired from Bell? We’re the Bell Pensioners’ Group (BPG), representing retirees from Bell and its affiliate companies. Our mandate is to protect your defined benefit pension and benefits. BPG will inform, advise, represent and support you. Visit www.bellpensionersgroup.ca and if you’re not already a member, click on the Membership tab or contact us at ottawa@bellpensionersgroup.ca.

Beginner Yoga Classes at 5 Beaver Cres. off of Collins Bay Rd. Wednesdays & Thursdays - 6:45 - 8:00 p.m. & Fridays 9:15 - 10:30 a.m. For more info:Sharon Kingston afternoon Shout Sister Choir at 613 384-1547 or sharonruthprice@ welcomes all new members. We do not audition and learn music by ear. Our repgmail.com ertoire is fresh & fun. All levels of singers The St. George’s Cathedral Advent welcome. Practices Wednesday afternoon Concert Series concludes on Thursday, 1 - 3 p.m. Unitarian Place. 206 Concession Dec. 19 from 12:15 to 12:50 p.m. with St. Kingston. www.shoutsisterchoir.ca. the Caccia flute and guitar duo performing. Admission is free, with a voluntary 39 Club of Kingston Dance Friday, Dec. offering collected. The Cathedral is at 13. Music by Runaway 8 - 11:30 p.m. Col270 King St. E. (at Johnson) in Kings- lins Bay Royal Canadian Legion 631, 4034 ton. Call 613-548-4617 or visit www. Bath Rd. Singles and Couples welcome. stgeorgescathedral.ca. Join us for a mid- Dress Code in effect. day musical interlude! Williamsville Through Artist’s Eyes An The ‘Silver Wings’ welcomes ex-service exhibition of works created during the Sepmembers from all branches. For a fun so- tember plein air artists’ weekend Dec. 4-20 cial afternoon, please join us at 416 Wing, at KSOA’s Window Art Gallery Victoria Kingston, on the third Sunday of every @Princess. Reception Dec. 12 5-7p.m. month at 1 pm. For more details and info www.ksoa.info. please contact Molly at 613-389-6120. Drum Circle. Hosted by Julian Gregory. Kingston Women’s Connection invites Drop into the drum circle at Ben’s Pub ladies to celebrate “Christmas in the Air” (105 Clergy Street) on Sundays, 8-10pm. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 7:30 - 9 p.m. at Gibson No experience necessary. Free. This circle is open to all. Ben’s Pub is family-friendly, Hall, 990 Sydenham Rd, Kingston. all ages, and wheelchair accessible. Bring Are you sick? Depressed? You are wel- hand drums (African, Middle Eastern, Irish, come to Kingston Healing Clinic where etc.), shakers, flutes, and other instruments. trained personnel will pray for you. Every If you don’t have any, we have extra. Come Monday between 6-9 p.m., 999 Sydenham to play, or sit back and watch. Go to www. Rd., Kingston. Third Day Worship Centre. juliangregory.ca for more information. We believe in miracles. Baha’i Faith Conversation Saturday, Dec. Simply Paradise Dance every Sunday, 6-10 14 at 2:30 p.m. - “From Despair to Hope” p.m. at the 560 Legion, 734 Montreal St., All are welcome to this audio-visual devoKingston. Admission includes munchies, tion & discussion sponsored by the Baha’i prizes and a delicious meal. Dance the night Community of Kingston. 99 York St. Furaway to a magnificent selection of music ther info: bahais@kingston.net 613-634by Superior Sound. Singles or couples ages 0767 40-90 all welcome. The dance celebrated its 25th anniversary in April 2010. Contact: Live Vibrantly - Learn strategies for preventative health care and how to do a Shirley Skinner, 613-634-1607. personal health assessment. Fridays Nov. Women Supporting Women - A support 8 to Dec. 13, 11:30 a.m. Topics include: group for women in current or previous Relationships with Food; Whole Food, unhealthy relationships held at K3C Com- Whole Life; Seasonal Menu Planning; Our

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special Holiday support and sharing evening for anyone who has lost a loved one to death. We welcome back Guest Speaker Patti Koeslag (trained Life Celebrant) to host this evening of remembrance. Refreshments will follow. Tuesday, Dec. 17 from 6:30-8:00 p.m, upstairs in the Trillium Room at Gordon F. Tompkins Funeral Home - Township Chapel; Baby Loss Night Wednesday, Dec. 18 6:30 - 8 p.m.: A support evening for mothers who have suffered a miscarriage, stillbirth or death of a baby up to age 1. Downstairs in the Lounge at Gordon F. Tompkins Funeral Home – Township Chapel; Mourning Coffee Thursday, Dec. 19 10 - 11 a.m.: The opportunity to join other bereaved individuals for casual coffee-break chat. For more information, please phone 613634-1230. For all events, please park in the left side lot and use the right side main entrance. “Sally Ann Jam”, a fundraising concert for Salvation Army Family Services, takes place at 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13 at The Mansion (main floor, 506 Princess Street, Kingston). Join us to help raise some much needed funds over the holidays for this great cause with Rae Corcoran, Twelve Hands High, and Strung Out To Dry. This is a free concert, with donations accepted at the event. This concert is sponsored by RealtySource. The Wisdom of Words, a series of journals, being published by new author Cheryl Hiebert, is a collaboration of local talent, including Kingston photographer Stephen Wild and artist Bonnie Brooks. The books can also be purchased and signed personally by Hiebert, Wild, and Brooks on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., at Hiebert’s Christmas Open House, at Sacred Journeys Healing Arts Centre, 654 Barnsley Crescent. For more info please phone: 613-634-8220, email: info@sacred-journeys.ca, web: http://www.sacred-journeys.ca. The Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign is in need of another 50 volunteers to raise funds at Christmas Kettles located in shopping centres throughout the city. Individuals, families and groups including corporations, churches, service clubs and organizations are welcome to take part this Christmas season. The Christmas Kettle Campaign helps support over 9,000 individuals in the Kingston area with nutritious meals, emergency food and clothing, and rent and utility assistance. Volunteering at a Christmas Kettle can mean as little as 2 hours and make a lasting difference in your community. To volunteer please call 613-531-5918 or email: christmaskettles@kingstonsa.

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Winter preparation was a day’s work at the old log house Mary Cook

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Gazette Lifestyle - We knew winter was finally closing in around us. The old log house was getting ready for the cold blasts, freezing days and nights, and mountains of high snow. Soon the twenty acre field would be covered, and Father would have to break a track so that we could still get over to our neighbours, Uncle Alec and Aunt Bertha Thom’s with the sleigh and our team of horses. Father had to wait for the first big dump of snow, and know that it was going to stay, before he got the outside of the house ready. It would take more than a day, but when he was finished packing snow around the foundation, I was sure the house was warmer. But Mother was convinced nothing could take the chill off the icy floors. Inside, she did all she could to prepare us for the long cold days ahead. Blanket-stitched felt slippers, handmade after Aunt Bertha instructed Mother on how to sew them, were at the ready. All the braided rugs had

been taken from under the beds, and laid out all over the house. The front door would not be opened again until spring, regardless who came calling. And in the kitchen the storm door had been attached in an effort to keep out the cold north winds that always seemed to rattle the windows as it swept across the yard and hit our house with force. Mother encouraged us, once the snow was there to stay, to enter the house through the summer kitchen. We were expected to stomp our feet thoroughly on the way in, and once inside we took off our boots and they were lined up like soldiers on still another braided rug beside the wood box that sat next to the Findlay Oval. We all wore felt inner soles, and they were removed and propped against a block of wood to dry out over night. Both the back door and the one coming in from the summer kitchen would have smaller braided rugs rolled tight, and placed tight against the closed doors, in the hope that more of the winter drafts would be kept outside. But the biggest job of all was yet to come. It would take Mother hours. We would go off to the Northcote School one morning, and

come home to see every window downstairs plugged tight with wornout work socks and strips of cloth from the rag bag. Using a butcher knife to cram the strips into the window frame, the windows were made as wind-proof as possible. And as tightly as she could cram in the scraps of material, you could run your hand around the window frame and still feel the draft. Once the winter was there to stay, every window pane in the house would frost up and turn white, and we could no longer see outside. Unless I engaged in one of my favourite pastimes in the winter, and that was taking a nail and scratching designs on the frosted pane, or holding my thumb in the one spot until I had created a small hole, through which I could see a smidgen of the outdoors. The only heat in the house came from the kitchen cook stove, and the silver enamelled pipes that snaked through the kitchen, escaped through a hole in the ceiling, going through what passed for a bedroom shared by my sister and me, and finally feeding out into the chimney and the roof of the house. By the time the pipe reached upstairs, there was very little heat left to do much more than take the bitter chill off the

bedroom. Our kitchen would take on a whole new appearance in the winter as well. The old pine table would have to be moved from in front of the window, over to a side wall, the bake table moved to the space left by the pine table, the wood box moved closer to the summer kitchen door, and the creton couch put at an angle. If this grand exchange did not take place, anyone sitting on the bench behind the table for a meal, would be chilled to the bone from the window, in spite of the effort Mother put into keeping out the winter’s draft. During the winter months, prayers were said in the kitchen instead of upstairs. And we five children all vied for the spot beside the stove pipe upstairs to change into our pyjamas. And it was a fast change indeed. If it was a bitterly cold night, Mother would have put the hot water bottle in my sister’s and my bed, and wrapped bricks which had been heated on the Findlay Oval for the brothers. It didn’t take long for the bottle or the bricks to cool off, but by the time our bodies had burrowed into the feather tickings between the flannelette sheets, we were as cozy as bugs. And the howling winds outside could have been blowing in

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some other county. And the last thing I would hear before I fell asleep would be Father stoking the Findlay Oval. I would hear the lid of the firebox being scraped open, and I could picture in my mind’s eye, Father cramming in a log of wood, and I would hear the crackle as it caught fire. And I would have the most contented feeling of peace as the heat of the stove rose through the silver pipes in our bedroom. It wouldn’t be a great heat, but I knew it would be enough to keep us from freezing in our beds, and would keep warm our morning clothes which Audrey and I had draped on a chair beside the pipe. And I would fall asleep feeling an inner warmth that made everything right in my world. Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to https:// www.smashwords.com and type Mary’s name for ebook purchase details.

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KINGSTON Captain Matthew J. Dawe Memorial Branch 631 4034 Bath Road, in Collin Bay presents New Year’s Eve, 2013 8 p.m. – 1 a.m. Featuring the Monarchs, midnight buffet and party favours. For advanced tickets and more info call the Branch (613)-389-6605.

KINGSTON gy Brouillard’s artwork at the Omega Fit Club, 767 Bayridge Dr., (near Taylor-Kidd Blvd), in Kingston, will be donated to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Peggy’s art can also be seen at the Bath Artisan Gallery at St. John’s Hall in Bath, and (Joanne Gervais’) 1000 Islands Gallery, 125 Water Street in Gananoque. During December, Peggy’s most recent works will be on display during the Bath Artisans December Show in the Wilson Room, Kingston Public Library, 130 Johnson Street.

New Year’s Eve Dance at Odessa Fairgrounds Palace. The Jim Patterson Band. Doors open at 8 p.m. Dance starts at 9 p.m. hot buffet after midnight and bus available. Advance tickets at Savages Home Hardware Odessa and Pop In Odessa. For more informaEuchre – S and A club every Monday tion call 613-386-3592. night staring at 7 p.m. till 9 p.m. evFoot Care Wednesday through Friday. eryone welcome. We are trying to raise On-site assessment, treatment, advice, money for the diabetes association. and education services provided by experienced and qualified foot care Singles Only Club of Kingston events nurses. The Seniors Centre, 56 Francis - It’s Steak Night again on Friday, Dec. 13 at RAXX. Meet Ron and the gang at St. 613-548-7810. 5:30 for dinner with all the trimmings. Looking for great gifts at reasonable We now sit up at the rectangular tables prices in a convenient location? The near the back. Everyone is welcome. Seniors Association has ideas for you: On Tuesday, Dec. 17, meet Ron and books, Christmas & holiday cards, the gang at RAXX again, this time for paintings, and Association t-shirts, a great fish and chip dinner at 5:30. mugs, and gift cards. Visit us at 56 It is the special of the day. We now sit up at the rectangular tables near the Francis (613.548.7810). back. Come and introduce yourself. The Arthur Child Heritage Museum Learn more about our club by comand Gift Shop are now into fall hours: ing to our regular monthly meeting at Open Saturdays and Sundays, 10 – 4 Smitty’s which is located beside Chappm, from Oct. 26 – Dec. 15. We are ters. Go through the restaurant to the available by appointment for booked back meeting room. Dinner (optional) tours or private event bookings. Call is at 6 p.m., and the meeting starts at 7 613-382-2535 or email ivillage@ p.m. All are welcome. cogeco.net. Are you troubled by someone’s drinking? Art for the Cure - From Nov. 1, - Jan. Contact Al-Anon and Alateen at 6138, half the proceeds from sales of Peg- 384-2134 or alanoninfod31@yahoo.ca.

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Hatha Yoga Classes at The Bellrock Community Hall – Monday 4:00 - 5:15 pm – November 4 – December 16 – 7 weeks. Do you experience sore shoulders? Tight hips? Aching back? The practice of yoga helps these issues. It releases tension from the body, and promotes a sense of well being. All level yoga classes with Jackie are fun and relaxing. Yoga classes RONTENAC brought to you by Yoga To Go 613-358Southern Frontenac Community Ser- 9642 yogatogo@bellnet.ca vices Corporation offers a Caregiver Support Drop-in the second Tuesday New Year’s Dance Dec. 31, Golden Links of every month from 9 a.m. to 10:30 Hall Harrowsmith. Music by DJ. Buffet a.m. at Grace Centre in Sydenham. at midnight. Bus ride home is available. This is Southern Frontenac Commu- For tickets call Brenda 372.2410. nity Services Corporation offers a Caregiver Support Drop-in the sec- Annual Christmas Market Saturday. Dec. ond Tuesday of every month from 9 14, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Lions’s Hall, Verona. a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Grace Centre in Finish your Christmas shopping! All loSydenham. This is an opportunity for cally made or grown products. Preserves, those who are Caregivers to enjoy a quality handmade crafts, maple syrup, cup of coffee/tea with other Caregiv- Christmas baking, dog & cat treats, gemers in a safe and supportive environ- stone jewelery, body care products, gift ment. It is possible, with prior ar- baskets, as well as our usual vegetables rangements, to bring your loved one and meats. Coffee and breakfast or lunch with you who will be cared for by from the Lion’s canteen. www.frontencaring and qualified staff of the Adult acfarmersmarket.ca Day Service. For more information please contact Mary Gaynor-Briese, Bedford Open Mike and Jam Dec. Caregiver Support at 613-376-6477. 15, 1-5 p.m, Bedford Community Hall 1381 Westport Road. Bluegrass, Sharbot Lake Festival of Trees at the Country,Gospel and more. Info: 613Oso Community Hall Dec. 12, 13 and 374-2614 or 613-374-2317. 14. “The Songs of Christmas” Info - Linda 613-279-2576 or Ann 613- Harrowsmith - Verona pastoral charge - Sunday, Dec. 15 - Advent 3 and St. 279-2706. Paul’s Pageant and White gift Sunday. Open Mic Night every Friday at the Storrington Centre Fire Hall in Sun- Golden Links Hall Harrowsmith - Youth bury, 7-10 p.m. Old and new country, dance Dec. 13, 7 - 9:30 p.m. for ages nine gospel, bluegrass and more. No cover to 15. Call Sharon 539-6676 or Wayne 358-2355 for more information. charge.

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Gazette Lifestyle - Any number of tourist guide books will get you to the standard sites and sights of New York City. Most of them are fun and worth exploring. But if you want to experience the city like a New Yorker, you’ll be walking a different path. It won’t mean straying far from the crowd. There are lots of exciting places around Manhattan - midtown, even - where tourists don’t seem to tread. For a real feel of New York, walk a couple of blocks west from Broadway/7th Ave. Tourists don’t tend to stray past 8th. Walk one more block over to 9th Ave and you’ll find yourself in the heart of Hell’s Kitchen. It encompasses an area from about West 34th Street to West 60th Street. The name Hell’s Kitchen has nothing to do with a cooking show and much to do with its rough-and-tumble working-class Irish past. The legend of the name of the place dates back to its days as a notorious criminal enclave. Historians claim it was at one time one of the filthiest and most crime-ridden areas, rivaling even Five Points (made famous in the movie Gangs of New York). According to legend, which may well be true, a rookie cop once said to his partner, “This place is hell itself.” His partner replied, “Hell is a mild climate. This is Hell’s kitchen.” You don’t have to worry about gangs these days. But, fortunately, the area is far from gentrified. Today, it’s an area that’s home to many up-and-coming and newly established actors and musicians. You’ll find everything from grocery shops to some of the city’s best (not most expensive, but best food) restaurants and pubs. It’s a community, so expect neighborhood shops: barber, dry cleaner, hardware, food markets, as well as a horde of great restaurants and boutiques. I’d call the area gritty saltof-the-earth, but not dodgy. Look for the flea markets on Saturdays. Further south is the Bohemian and artsy Greenwich Village. Not to worry, it’s not an overpriced sell-out like Toronto’s Yorkville. Greenwich is the real thing. Lots of Off-Broadway theatres, tattoo/piercing shops, psychic readers, gay bars next door to machismo sports bars, jazz and blues clubs. Looking for some obscure recording on vinyl? You’ll probably find it somewhere along Bleecker Street in the heart of the Village. Seeking a 1950s Telecaster guitar? Try Matt Umanov’s Guitars at 273 Bleecker. For a little bit of music

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DAYTRIPPER They’ll start by soaking your feet in hot water filled with herbs. A friend I was with in New York recently has gone for regular massages in Toronto for years. He said the treatment he received at Foot Heaven (he chose an hour long backrub) was the best he’s ever had in the world. I can’t argue. I’m not sure exactly what they’re doing, but their brochure says reflexology, Chinese Tui Na and acupressure back rubs. You can get a full hour foot massage for $40 or backrub for $45. You can get shorter treatments or you can also combine different types. There’s a cute sign in the reception area: Legitimate business. No hanky panky. Okay, the message is clear. Since you’re in the neighborhood, spend the day exploring Chinatown. Michael Shannon is one of my favorite actors, especially in live theatre. He was the bad guy in the movie Premium Rush, involving a bicycle delivery guy getting a payment to a company in China via an address on Doyers Street. Michael Shannon calls Doyers the most badass street in New York. Much of the action in Premium Rush, including the climactic final scene, takes place there. As far as I’m concerned, Doyers and area should be on the must-visit list. It was once the bloodiest street in New York. It’s only one block long, but it’s a curvy block that forms a 90degree angle, convenient for gangs that used to ambush each other.

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There also used to be a Chinese opera house on the street with tunnels and multiple entrances. Gang members could quickly move underground through the tunnels and exit onto a completely different street, evading both other gangs and the police. The opera house is gone, but some of the underground tunnels are still there and you can wander through. For traditional Chinese food, visit Nom Wah Tea Parlor on Doyers Street. It’s been around for almost 100 years. But don’t expect knives and forks at your table. It gets very busy by noon, so go a bit early. Guide books don’t tell you about places like Foot Heaven, Nom Wah or Doyers Street. You have to find them on your own. Another fun way to spend a couple of hours is a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. The easiest route is to take the A-train subway (yes, the one in the Ella Fitzgerald song, but going in the opposite direction from Harlem) to High Street and walk back across the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan. If you really want to see New York, walk, take a bus, ride the subway. Or if you prefer to just rattle your jewelry (to steal a line from John Lennon), you could cab it everywhere. There are some fine restaurants in NYC. We’ll look at some foodie highlights, along with quirky museums and strange (in a good way) spots to explore next week in the The Bitter End in Greenwich Village has been the cutting edge proving ground for many musicians. Bob third and final column in this series Dylan and Simon and Garfunkel got their start there. Today, you’ll hear new sounds from bands like SIRSY on the Bitter End Stage. Photo/Mark Bergin about New York.

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Gazette News - Have you ever thought about what lies below the surface of you friends’ status updates on Facebook? Local author Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang does, and she turned these ponderings into a book of poetry called Status Update. “For me, it was kind of like trying to look behind the curtain,” Tsiang says of the book, which features real status updates from her friends followed by poems inspired by them. “What strikes me about [status updates] is it’s what we choose to share with other people. It’s like this kind of performance. Some of it is so intimate and some of it is so fake, and it just made me want to imagine the people behind it, especially the people that I didn’t know or people that I knew but hadn’t seen physically in years and years.

“I think what I was trying to do was to make it an honest book,” she adds. “I wanted to get beyond the first post and get to that deeper conversation that you get when you’re with a good friend.” Tsiang explains that the book has both happy and sad undertones, and that she tries to convey the genuine, bittersweet experience many people have when they use Facebook. “I’ve been reading a lot [of articles that say] that apparently being on Facebook makes people feel worse about themselves,” she says, noting that she can personally relate to this phenomenon. “As a writer, a lot of my Facebook friends are writers and they’ll friend anyone because they want to sell books. But all you see through your news feed is ‘I sold this book’, ‘I got this international award.’ Nobody posts ‘I got my 27th rejection’ or ‘I’m struggling’… It’s like those Christmas letters people used to

send – Sally got an A in this and Johnny did great in that. You don’t talk about, you know, Johnny getting arrested and stuff like that.” Tsiang also notes that ironically, our society’s obsession with social networking seems to have only made us less social – another phenomenon she considered while writing the poems in Status Update. “I think social media changes our relationships hugely because people don’t seem to interact as much. I teach at a college and one thing that really struck me is when my students wait for the class to open up, they all line up and everybody looks at their own phone. They’re probably doing something social on that phone, but not with anyone else in the class. I remember when I was going to univer-

sity, when we would wait outside of class and everyone would chat. And that’s gone.” The often indirect yet very public nature of communication over social networks, she says, makes our conversations less genuine and meaningful. On the other hand, Tsiang says that the process of analyzing peoples’ statuses and writing the book of poetry had the effect of expanding her perspective on a number of things, and even recalled the writing exercises she always enjoyed doing as a student. Her librarian friend Deb Franke, for example, posted a section

from James Wright’s poem Blessing: “Suddenly I realize/ That if I stepped out of my body I would break/ Into blossom.” “I love that poem,” Tsiang says. “So [the status] made me remember that poem and it made me engage with it in a way that I wouldn’t have unless I was on Facebook and thinking about these things poetically. Each poem was a challenge and each one was different, which I liked.” For more information about Status Update and Tsiang’s other children’s books and books of poetry, visit www.sarahtsiang.wordpress. com.

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Some townships still not happy with County Official Plan

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Gazette News — The new (provincially mandated) Frontenac County Official Plan (OP) dominated discussion at both the regular South Frontenac Council and County Council meetings last week. While acknowledging that much of County Planner Joe Gallivan’s document is excellent work, South Frontenac Council and Planner Lindsay Mills still have issues with what they see as infringing on Township spheres of influence and “adding another level of bureaucracy� to certain functions such as applying for minor variances and zoning amendments. “I think there’s a lot of language in this (second) draft that needs to be taken out,� said Mayor Gary Davison at the South Frontenac Council meeting. “There’s more work to be done.� “This has implications for what we do as a township,� said Mills. “The lead-in sections are really, really well done but the problem I have is that after that, they’re (the County) setting policy. “It tends to involve the County in everything and adds another level of bureaucracy (and) it’s the language I don’t like.� Mills didn’t rule out appealing the County OP to the Ontario Municipal Board if passed as is. South Frontenac Coun. Al McPhail agreed that could be a last resort. “The ace in the hole is that we have the threat of an OMB appeal,� McPhail said. “But we have to be prepared to do that.� Mills reiterated his views at the County Council meeting the next morning. “There’s a lot of overlap (with

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Local artist supports food bank with handmade Christmas ornaments By Hollie Pratt-Campbell hpratt-campbell@perfprint.ca

Heritage News - When Jacqueline Jamieson was growing up in Kingston’s north end, charity was always a top priority for her family, especially during the Christmas season. “My father was an alderman for many years, and he raised money all the time at Christmastime,” Jamieson explains. “As a kid, my parents would put together 12 baskets - long before you had baskets with the Salvation Army and places like that - and my brothers and I would drop them on doorsteps and run, because my parents didn’t want [the families] to feel bad about it.” Now, the ceramic artist and owner of Jac’s One of a Kind on Princess Street is continuing this family tradition of giving by selling Christmas tree ornaments she designed and made herself in support of the Partners In Mission Food Bank. Jamieson explains that this is the first year for the initiative. “I hope to make this a yearly thing and make money for not just this food bank, but other food banks,” she says, noting that she was recently made aware of another local food bank at Queen’s University. Jamieson was moved to start the project by the ever-increasing need she has observed in Kingston over the last few years. “As sad as it sounds, there are work-

ing people that have to use the food bank, and I’m aware of that. There wasn’t a food bank that I remember as a kid, so what does that tell you about our times, that more and more every year rely on the food bank just to get through the winter?” She adds that it’s nice to be able to give people a little something in exchange for their donation. “I personally have found that you can be overwhelmed at Christmastime. You can go into the supermarket and you’re being asked for $2 there. You can go into the liquor store and you’re asked for money there. These are all great charities, but when you give something, it’s nice to get something back, and I think that’s why the Christmas decorations seemed like a good idea.” She emphasizes that the funds will go to support the Partners In Mission Food Bank during January, February and March, the three months that are typically the toughest for the organization. “Christmas comes along and everyone gets excited about helping one another, and it’s sort of like a death,” she notes. Jamieson adds that she made a point of hiring a less fortunate community member to be her assistant when she made the ornaments, giving their pocketbook a little boost as winter arrives. In subsequent years, Jamieson hopes to further personalize the ornaments by incorporating some of her signature

Artist Jacqueline Jamieson with some of the ornaments she is selling in support of the Partners In Mission Food Bank. Photo/Hollie Pratt-Campbell original designs, such as the “dysfunctional snowman”. “That way I can add my own spin and bring my own personal style to it,” she says.

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Meeting street needs with respect “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me.” Matthew 25:35. Heritage Lifestyle - Most of the world’s religions maintain a philosophy that includes caring for the less fortunate. The ethical atheist, agnostic or humanist holds similar views about

the importance of sharing literal and symbolic wealth. Many of those who are on the streets are not there by choice, but by misfortune and less than opportune life circumstances. I’ve always felt at home on the streets. As a teen I was on the road a lot–restless Celtic genes. I ended up in some places that were far from ideal and certainly weren’t comfortable. On

the other hand, by the time I was 18 I’d heard and learned slide guitar from some of the finest blues musicians on the streets of places like Joplin, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee. But I’d also seen things I’d rather not have witnessed on the street. And there was a difference in my life compared to many on the road. I always had a safe home to which I could return....after my parents finished freaking out about me just disappearing again. Later, I did my graduate research on the sex worker trade. My thesis was “A Feminist

Analysis of Prostitution.” I learned quickly that even those we call whores are trying to make the most of their lives with the resources they have. When they had children, I rarely met a sex-trade worker who did not want to be the best parent she could. Are there bad parents among that lifestyle? Of course. But there are doctors, professors and lawyers who are horrible parents too. I mention these things because sometimes people judge those on the streets as “losers” or “ne’er-do-wells,” when actually they’re just people like me. We share humanity and it isn’t right when a fellow human goes to bed hungry. Or cold. Or neglected.

There’s a caring group in the region called Kingston Street Mission, formerly Kingston Street Truck Mission. But they outgrew the truck around the same time it stopped running well. The group, which was formed in 1998 by several churches, was able to negotiate a generous lease to rent space inside St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at the corner of Princess and Clergy Streets. “The Mission runs on a volunteer basis,” says John MacIntyre, the group’s (volunteer) coordinator of services. “We have all kinds of donations that allow us to keep running. We work with several other groups.” Continued on page 18

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The Street Mission is often the last stop for the disadvantaged. Their hours – 8 p.m. to midnight from October to the end of April – means they are open well after other organizations have closed. Compared to the truck they’d been using, their space inside the church is huge. There’s a large social area, men’s and women’s washrooms, a galley kitchen, a room for sorting clothes and extra space for storage. There’s a space where the clients can play cards or board games. There’s a clothing display cabinet where folks can find winter clothing. They also offer a special Sunday meal program, coordinated by Debbie Revelle of Kingston Standard Church. Sometimes out of sight is out of mind. But there are many people on the streets. It’s not just a big city problem. There are homeless people and street survivors in every town and city in North America. When I’m in Kingston, I don’t leave my home much. It’s my nest–my sanctum sanctorum. I renew. Many people don’t have this luxury. When I’m in New York City, when I’m not writing, I spend much of my time on the streets or in the tunnels. I love getting to know the characters who dwell out there. I recently met

a Vietnam Vet named Colin. He sets up a table outside a bakery/cafe and hires himself for odd jobs in Greenwich Village. The bakery welcomes him when he wants to come inside. Colin introduced me to the best oatmeal cookies in the city. He’s down on his luck, but he conducts himself with dignity. Most people on the streets are doing the best they can with the resources they’ve got and the skills they were given. John MacIntyre sent me the Street Mission newsletter, which has stories about about humility and caring. “Our volunteers have learned humility. Each night we feel blessed by God for our quality of life, and the richness of family and friends.” MacIntyre explains that the guiding values for the organization are respect for human life with dignity; respect for our community and its diversity; serving those in need; caring for those who are emotionally hurt; non-judgmental attitudes; and advocacy for the needs of the marginalized.” The centre offers more than material support. “One fellow comes in to socialize,” says MacIntyre. “He just needs some place where there are people. He doesn’t live on the streets. He lives alone.” The centre operates with three volunteers a night.

About 15 to 20 people drop in on the average night. The role of volunteers is to socialize, get up and serve snacks and warm drinks and make sure everyone is safe. There’s a board on the wall listing different settings where people can spend the night. If there’s no place to go, a volunteer can give someone a tarp and a blanket for protection against the freezing outdoor weather. The warm blankets were all made by the Kingston chapter of Blankets for Canada. It’s one of many examples of the groups who work together to provide for those in need. An art group called Mess also works out of the church. Funds from art sales go to the Street Mission. “There are lots of regulars who come in,” said MacIntyre. “They’re really good people. Some come to sit and be quiet and relax in a warm space. Some people are afraid to come in but we want to get the word on the streets that we’re here. We think the official count of how many homeless and street people are in our community is way off, underestimating the actual number.” He said the Mission has had a lot of St. Lawrence College students volunteering, but many are not available at Christmas time when they return to their own homes out of town. He explained that anyone who volunteers with Street Mission has to provide CPIC (Canadian Police Information Cen-

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Gazette Lifestyle - “Good morning, I just finished reading one of your recent columns and was hoping you would have some words of advice on how to proceed with a problem I am having with a 2006 Hyundai Sonata (I am the original owner). It seems the air bag light has come on in the dash display and it is being caused by the passenger side seat. It would also be covered by a recall from “Transport Canadaâ€? as a safety issue and a recall notification sent out by Hyundai Canada (which I didn’t receive).   After taking the vehicle to the dealer and having it scanned and tested, they have determined that it is a repair not covered by the recall. However they refuse to give me the scan codes, and the test drive criteria used to determine that the problem is not caused by this recall, and I am unable to take it to another mechanic to have it evaluated as I don’t have the step-by-step criteria used. I have contacted Hyundai Canada and they have been in contact with the dealer and accept their premise that it is not a recall issue based on the tests done by the test drive.  I need this repair done as it is a safety issue for the passenger side air bag. So I was hoping you could give me some advice on how to approach this issue. Thank you in advance.â€? Joe Â

Thanks for the question. Without knowing all the specifics it’s hard to provide a totally accurate answer but here’s what I can say: 1) Recalls can be very specific to a particular type of failure and component or parts involved. Some campaigns even narrow things down to production dates and/or lot codes of specific parts. A dealer has nothing to gain by refusing to honour the terms of a recall, so I would have to assume their analysis that the problem on your vehicle is not recall-related is correct. 2) If you paid to have a scan and test done, it is only logical that the results of such a test become your property. If the dealership didn’t charge you, then they don’t owe you any such materials. 3) The lack of trouble codes and/ or diagnostic info shouldn’t really be a problem anyway because any tech that has the skills to work on an air-bag system should have access to code-readers and diagnostic charts. If the tech that you are considering taking this problem to does not have the ability to access trouble-codes, then they shouldn’t be working on this type of repair. 4) I’d advise taking this to a qualified tech with the resources to properly identify and repair the problems. I’d also advise checking with Hyundai Canada to see which name and address they have on file for this vehicle to ensure you don’t miss any future recall notices. Some wise words of advice came in recently from a great wheel repair specialist;

“Hi Brian, Do you have a channel to techs? We have a small but steady stream of wheels come in where a torch has been used to remove a seized or stripped lug nut or a wheel lock where the key has gone missing. (We have seen your thoughts on wheel locks - more trouble than value.) In most cases, we can refinish the wheel. However, sometimes the damage to the wheel is so severe it can’t be refinished. The attached pictures are of a Honda Odyssey wheel. Not only is it burnt, the aluminum has melted and the steel insert on which the lug nut sits is missing. As I am sure you know, there are tools available for lug nut removal. $120 will buy a full set (Less online). High end dealers carry master keys for their wheel locks. That can work sometimes. However, an often effective simpler solution is to use a slightly smaller socket, and hammer it on. You have to be prepared to destroy the socket, so a cheap one will do. But a $5 socket is a lot better than a $400 wheel. I may just be venting, but I hate to see a good wheel damaged.â€?

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1951 Singer convertible slalomed and hill-climbed Gazette Lifestyle – Gord Fielder of Windsor, Ontario, passed along this story of a friend he grew up with in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec: “I was one of a group of four neighbourhood boys who owned and worked on old cars. Rodney owned a ‘52 Anglia, George a ’53 Studebaker Champion, I owned two 1953 Hillman Minx cars to make one car (I can’t say a decent one), and Rick Gruninger had a 1951 Singer convertible he purchased in 1963. “In 1961 or ’62, when Rick was 18 and going to school in Ottawa, he wanted to buy an MG TD but they were over his budget. In searching for one he could afford, he came across a Singer not for sale but it really appealed to him because the styling was similar to the MG, except the MG was a 2-seater and the Singer a 4-seater. After he returned home for the summer holidays, his friends told him of a Singer behind a machine shop shed in town. Three brothers owned it and sold it to Rick for $100 minus engine and transmission. The car was towed to Rick’s parents’ house, where he began working on it. “Rick found a wrecked Ford Consul Capri with a 1340 cc engine, 4-speed transmission, drive shaft, and rear end with only 17,000 miles on the odometer. He installed all these parts in the Singer, but had a problem. The Ford transmission was a column-shift but Rick wanted to keep the Singer interior as original as possible with a floor-shift. He solved this problem by going to another junkyard and buying the

top plate and shifter from a Ford Anglia that had a floor shift and installed it on the Ford Consul transmission in his Singer. Now his only problem was that the gear pattern was backwards, and on top of this, the car was righthand-drive. “Next he converted the mechanical brakes on the Singer to hydraulic, including disc brakes for the front. This change necessitated a lot of welding and the brake pedals ended up being pieces of angle iron with hand-made pads mounted on them. He also removed the original d a s h b o a r d and had his grandfather cut The 1951 Singer convertible built in England and owned by Rick Gruninger in Quebec soon after he bought it, minus the a new dashboard engine in 1963. out of plywood on a jigsaw, which gave the car a the backward shift pattern and rightI’m always looking for more story is published in this column custom dash with custom-mounted hand-drive. He entered the car in stories. Email billtsherk@ will receive a free autographed gauges. local slaloms and hill-climbs and it sympatico.ca or write Bill Sherk, 25 copy of my latest book: “OLD “Rick had lots of fun driving the was known around the area as ‘The John St., P.O. Box 255, Leamington, CAR DETECTIVE FAVOURITE car around town after he got used to Sewing Machine.’” ON N8H 3W2. Everyone whose STORIES, 1925 to 1965.”

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Gazette Events – Martha’s Table has been an important part of the Kingston community for the past 16 years, and this year a group of musicians are showing their appreciation. The Annual Holiday Rock Show is celebrating its 19th year and the charity concert has chosen to donate proceeds from this year’s show to Martha’s Table. “They approached us and asked if we wanted to participate. We are really excited about it,” said Ronda Candy, Director of Martha’s Table. “It features a lot of local talented performers and we are really appreciative of what they are doing.” The concert typically supports the Salvation Army, but after an organizer of the event spent some time volunteering at Martha’s, the group thought that they could benefit greatly from the donations. “We knew that they wanted to do some renovations and it was suggested and we decided it was a great idea,” said Luther Wright, organizer and local musician. “They do great work for the community and if we can help them we’d like to. Also, if we can use the event to shine the light on them and what they do then that is great too, especially when we are exposing it to a younger crowd that may not be aware of the services.” The concert, which is organized by Wright, Sarah Harmer and Sean Kelly, will take place on Dec. 22 at Stages. The all-ages evening promises to be a great night of music with seven acts lined up, all with a Kingston connection. “The key draw is obviously Sarah Harmer, but we also have a number of lovely and talented musicians on the bill

this year. P.S. I Love You will be there and they have gone on to great success recently. The big act of the night is Deck the Hall with Balls and Kelly and they always put on a great show that is really fun. We also have Chantal Thompson, Rueben deGroot, Beginners Guide to Endings, Fred’s Lounge and then I will be hosting and joining in on songs occasionally. It should be a great time and there should be something for everyone to enjoy.” Tickets for the evening are $20 with all of the proceeds going to Martha’s. Wright sees the night as one big homecoming for Kingston musicians and that is why so many great acts come out each year. “Kingston has always had a really vibrant music community and that community has always been really good at organizing events, especially around Christmastime and this is one of them. It is a great time of year for all of us to get together and do something for the community. It is our way of giving back to this great community that has given so much to us as musicians and artists.” The funds will go towards maintaining the building, helping out with operational costs and above all will help keep the service afloat. Martha’s Table offers light lunch and snacks and a three-course restaurant style dinner from Monday to Friday to those in need. Last year, they served 47,000 meals to the Kingston community and Candy expects that number to rise this year. “Our numbers could increase even more if more people that are in need of the service would come in. We try to emphasize that we serve with respect and dignity and we don’t judge and we don’t do back-

Performers from a previous Annual Holiday Rock Show. This year’s show will be held at Stages on Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. Proceeds will go to Martha’s Table. Photo/Submitted ground checks, but it is hard to get people who need the service to come in sometimes. I wouldn’t want to see our numbers increase, but I think there is enough need in the community that they could.” Candy also hopes to expand services that are offered by Martha’s in 2014. Currently, clients at Martha’s have access to music and art classes, computer access

and haircuts provided by Morello’s, but Candy would like to see even more. “In 2014, we are looking to get a nurse, lawyer and a dental hygienist in on a regular basis to service our clients. Services that can help with things that may feel uncomfortable or intimidating to our clients. It’s a lot of things to look forward to and plan, but our main focus will always

be on healthy, nutritious meals in the restaurant and drop in center. So funds from the show will support our meal programs and hopefully some other projects moving forward.” For tickets to the Annual Holiday Rock Show are available at Martha’s Table, Stages and the Grizzly Grill, Zap Records and maplemusic.com

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Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference showcases knowledge and optimism surrounding Ontario’s largest business sector By Hollie Pratt-Campbell hpratt-campbell@perfprint.ca

Gazette News - Food processing is currently the largest business sector in Ontario, according to Jan Dines, business development officer at Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO). “They’ve surpassed manufacturing – we hear about plants closing and things,” Dines said. “So because food processing is providing that many jobs and that much investment and it’s growing, it’s one of the key sectors I’m focusing on.” Dines was one of the key organizers of the annual Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference, which was held in Kingston for the first time Dec. 2-3 at the Ambassador. In 2011 and 2012, the conference was held at the University of Guelph’s Kemptville campus. “We thought this year by moving it to Kingston it would be a little bit more central for transportation,” Dines explained. “We wanted to appeal to a wider range of local food supporters, be it restaurants, producers or distributers, and we’ve seen a very good turnout.” The program included a local food mobile tour on Dec. 2; local food-related businesses such as the Limestone Organic Creamery were featured, giving delegates the opportunity to explore food enterprises in the Kingston/Frontenac area. Dec.

3 featured a full day of information sharing and networking, including a talk by keynote speaker Jim Salma, founder and president of familyfarmed.org. “[Salma] is from the US, and they’re usually ahead of us in terms of growth just because [of their larger population],” said Dines. “So some of the examples he was able to give of the growth that they’ve experienced, and then some of the indicators that he sees here in Eastern Ontario, show that we’re on the right mark. So we can take encouragement from the fact that there’s lots of growth to be had, there are ways of getting there and there are lots of tools and support out there to get to the next level.” Other speakers from all areas of the food industry such as chef Clark Day, Farm Girl Food’s Tamara and Peter Bolger the and Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation’s Anne Prichard, shared knowledge and information based on their own respective experiences. Local farmer Ian Stutt talked to the crowd about the use of social media marketing at his farm, Patchwork Gardens, highlighting a key way in which small food industry businesses can make a big impression on the local market. “We’re using different social media platforms to tell our story, to promote our product, to engage community members in these local food themes, specifically our farm,” Stutt said.

“I don’t think it’s for every farm, but within this local food scene a lot of farms are really focused on engaging and connecting with their customers directly. This is a really affordable and easy way to do that - to share content of whatever sort, whether it’s straight promotion or just storytelling. It’s so easy to share and to engage and reach the public that way.” Dines said that she hoped talks like Stutt’s were informative and empowering for those in attendance, most of whom were themselves owners and operators of small food industry businesses in Ontario. Indeed, she noted that these kinds of businesses are the way of the future. “What we’ve seen is a shift away from the really large, really outdated buildings and processers into really niche processers that are on a smaller scale. So I really see a fit for Kingston in being able to attract processers to this area…Any time I’m talking to processers, whether they be in Europe of Brazil, they want to know about the local food chain. What’s the supply like? So we need to be able to show them that we’ve got a great market.” Stutt, who also attended some of the other sessions at the conference, said that it was very motivating and encouraging to have the opportunity to see the industry from a broader perspective. “I think it’s great to draw provincial attention to the Kingston area, but it also provides an opportunity to get together and get a jump start to the coordination part of it all… It acts as a catalyst to get excited and get talking again just here in the immediate area. This is a growth industry. There’s innovation, startups, new ventures, excitement and some longer term traction with these themes and opportunities.”

KCHC continues Capital Campaign in support of new community facility By: Hiba Kesebi Reporter

Gazette News – Kingston Community Health Centers recently launched its Capital Campaign project to raise $1.5 million for its new community facility on Weller Avenue. The 32,000 square foot facility is slated to open its doors in the spring of 2014, and will consolidate five of KCHC’s programs under one roof. It will bring together the Medical, Dental and Allied Health Services program, Better Beginnings for Kingston, Pathways to Education, Community Health Services and Immigrant Services for Kingston Area. “Consolidating all the programs under one roof will reduce barriers for many of our clients, many of whom see two or more of our programs,” explains Sandy Sheahan, Project Manager, KCHC Capital Build Projects. Sheahan notes that, in many cases, clients need to use public transportation or have access to a car in order to travel from one centre to another. Established 25 years ago, KCHC currently has more than 10,000 registered clients and thousands of unregistered clients who turn to the centre for their health and social needs. Through its work, the organization hopes to bridge the city’s Princess Street divide. “Princess Street divides the city in the haves and have-nots,” says Hersh Sehdev, Executive Director, KCHC. “The majority of the people that experience povertyrelated barriers and issues have lived in north Kingston.” KCHC has already secured $5.5 of its $7 million total budget for the facility. Though

the Capital Campaign kicked off to a great start – with the project receiving a $300,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation and $20,000 from B’nai Brith of Kingston in its first week of the launch – there is still a lot of fundraising to be done and the organization is turning to the Kingston community for help. “It’s an opportunity to invest in this community, right here in Kingston and you can see the result of your contribution. Every part of the community needs to be doing well, otherwise the whole community is not going to do well,” notes Sehdev. Sehdev says the organization impacts the lives of Kingstonians daily. “We had a young woman who was pregnant and she had just immigrated to Canada and didn’t have an OHIP number. So we saw her, even though she doesn’t have OHIP.” recalls Sehdev. “Because she was pregnant we referred her to our Better Beginning program, where she got full prenatal care, and because she could not speak English very well we linked her up with our Immigrant Services program, where she made new friends and received help with her settlement issues,” she adds. Sheahan explains that KCHC is not a charity, rather it’s a hand up. It provides people with opportunities and services that allow them feel a sense of belonging and ultimately help them get out of poverty. “When people feel they have a sense of a community then that community becomes a place of centering for them. It’s fertile ground for them to grow in,” she says. To make a donation to KCHC’s Capital Campaign contact sandys@kchc.ca. To learn more about KCHC visit: www. KCHC.ca.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND IN THE MATTER OF the proposed expropriation by The Corporation of the County of Frontenac (the “Expropriating Authority�) of certain lands located in Lot 10, Concession 9, being Part 3, 13R-19867 in the geographic Township of Portland, now the Township of South Frontenac, County of Frontenac, being part of PIN 36143-0304 (LT); FOR THE PURPOSE OF linking two sections of the Frontenac K&P Trail and thereby ensuring its continued long-term viability as a public trail within the Frontenac County Trail System in accordance with the County of Frontenac Trails Master Plan; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been made for approval to expropriate the following lands: (a) Part Lot 10, Concession 9, being Part 3, 13R-19867, in the geographic Township of Portland, now the Township of South Frontenac, County of Frontenac, being part of PIN 36143-0304(LT) - (Registered Owner: Robert Rodney Leonard);

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Ikonen eyes World Juniors with Team Finland Henri,” Gill said. “I am in constant contact with the Lightning scout to see what we can work on with Henri, and they are really happy with his development. He still has a ways to go, but if he continues to work on his game and get stronger off the ice, which he is doing, he should be able to make it.”

In addition to improving his skills, Ikonen has added a leadership component in his second year with the Frontenacs. The team recently named Ikonen an assistant captain. “Henri isn’t going to say much in the dressing room, but he leads by example on the ice,” Gill said. Ikonen serves as a mentor to many of the younger players, including his linemates Bennett and Watson. The trio played together last year and produced a lot of offence for the Frontenacs. With Bennett and Watson both eligible for this year’s NHL Entry Draft, Ikonen feels a responsibility to support their development.

“We have a lot chemistry. They are fun to play with and it’s nice to be part of their big season,” he said. Ikonen temporarily leaves behind his linemates on December 16 for Team Finland’s selection camp. With any luck, Frontenacs fans will be able to watch Ikonen and his fellow Finns take on Team Canada in a pre-competition game on December 20. (TSN will broadcast that game at 10 am). The World Junior Championship takes place in Malmö, Sweden beginning December 26 and continuing until January 5. “It doesn’t matter if you are from Finland or Canada, it’s always great to represent your country. It will also be nice to get home and see some family and friends,” he said. A busy weekend lies ahead for the Frontenacs. After hosting the Niagara IceDogs Friday night, Kingston hits the road for games against Sarnia on Saturday and London on Sunday. Visit www.kingstonfrontenacs.com for more information.

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Gazette Sports - A year after missing the cut, Henri Ikonen wants to prove he belongs on Team Finland at this year’s World Junior Hockey Championship. “I was disappointed, but I understood because I was underage (for the tournament),” said Ikonen, 19. “I am confident (this year), but I still have to go to the camp and make the team.” If his play with the Kingston Frontenacs this season is any indication, Ikonen should have no problem cracking his country’s lineup. He is once again one of Kingston’s leading scorers, playing on the top line with Sam Bennett and Spencer Watson. “Henri is probably our most consistent, two-way forward,” said Kingston head coach Todd Gill. “I can use him on the power play and the penalty kill. I see Henri as a role model for the younger players. I can show them clips of Henri and tell them that’s what I expect.” There are many things to like about Ikonen’s game, according to Gill. “He can be physical, a real ox in the corner digging out pucks. When he wins the puck, he can beat you with a nice pass or a hard shot,” he said. At 6-foot and 190 pounds, Ikonen has the size to handle the more physical brand of junior hockey in Canada compared to Finland. He left home last year to play for Kingston after the Frontenacs picked him in the second round (66th overall) of the 2012 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft. Ikonen opted for the Ontario Hockey League because he believed the Frontenacs could offer him more ice time and better opportunities to develop than his team in Finland. Moving away from home was nothing new for Ikonen. He left his hometown of Savonlinna in 2010 to play at a higher level of junior hockey in Kuopio. However, he didn’t have to learn a new language like he did when he came to Kingston. Ikonen, who now speaks English fluently, picked up the language by attending Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School, talking with the guys on the team and watching television. “Henri was a kid who left his country and only understood some

of the language. But he represented himself very well. He never had any excuses,” Gill said. “He is just a hard worker who loves to be on the ice working on the little things like his stickhandling, for example.” Ikonen’s decision to play in the OHL paid off handsomely last summer. The Tampa Bay Lightning

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sulting just as the conversation wanes. Their remark can clearly be heard at the other end of the building. Brilliant! Dinner at these affairs can either be a treat or a disaster. Large tables are a bonus. Because if the settings are too tight you normally find someone else using your napkin, drinking out of your glass or, worst of all, buttering your roll using your knife. As for the meal itself, if you encounter mystery meat at a Christmas party it is usually turkey. Having table service, something we enjoyed recently, is a bonus. Most of these events feature buffets and usually our table is the last called. Even the mystery meat is gone by the time we reach the buffet! The holiday smorgasbords are also noteworthy due to the number of people who spill gravy on the floor and/or themselves. Running a slippery 100-metre gauntlet of starving party-goers balancing a heaping plate of food, in formal wear with a bun and butter jammed in each pocket is a feat worthy of a medal. Or at the very least a larger bonus! Then you have to do it all over again if you want dessert and a coffee. Brutal! If you survive the reception and dinner you are in for a real treat during the entertainment portion of the evening. At many of these shindigs the boss or manager takes the opportunity to address the masses, thanking them for their diligence, punctuality and contribution to the bottom line. References to the balance sheet are normally accompanied by a cautionary note. Something like, “If you want a party next year you’re going to have to work twice as hard in 2014. Merry Christmas!”

Cue the catcalls. Most such activities conclude with a dance. In many cases budgetary constraints lead managers to hire a disc jockey. There are rare exceptions of course, but usually DJs have a set pattern. First of all they spin a couple of mouldy, oldies (Jerry Mathis or Frank Sinatra) to give the old folks, who usually comprise at least half the crowd, a slow dance or two. That is invariably followed by that infamous DJ question, shouted into the microphone at the top of their lungs, “Are you ready to party?” The music then hits Mach 7 and the roof nearly comes off the building. The rest of the night I am reduced to trying to read lips. Usually the lips are my wife’s or the person seated on the other side of me. It’s a wholly unsuccessful endeavor and I just try to smile, frown or nod in the right places. Is it just me or are DJs really only there to entertain themselves? I mean seriously, who wants to hear “Bat Out of Hell” at a Christmas party! The evening is saved by the aforementioned people watching. With liquid refreshments flowing freely the inhibitions of a lot of folks go out the window. I know we’ve reached that stage when someone tries to lie across three chairs and ends up on the floor. Off come the shoes and with arms and legs flailing like windmills the dance floor is turned into a danger zone. Ah, the office Christmas party. Whatever you do, don’t miss yours! If you have a comment or question for Jeff Maguire he can be reached by email at: jeffrey.maguire@rogers.com.

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