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A community debate that’s spanned 50 years was finally decided, as city councillors voted to build a bridge across the Cataraqui River. The historic 8-5 vote in favour of the third crossing project was made close to midnight on June 14, following a marathon 10-hour council meeting that spanned two nights. “It’s a day I will always remember. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say this was one of the biggest votes in the history of our city,” said Mayor Bryan Paterson, a longtime champion of the bridge. The mayor says the 1.1 kilometre two-lane bridge — plus a four-metre wide multi-use pathway for pedestrians and cyclists — will benefit the entire city. That message was a tipping point in the debate, he added. “At one point, the third crossing was seen as primarily benefiting just the east end of the city. But, I think the realization took hold of council that this is for the rural area, the east end, the north end, the downtown and the west end.” Pittsburgh Coun. Ryan Boehme, also a staunch bridge supporter, credited public pressure on councillors to build the bridge. “With all the polls, all the public consultation, all the engagement, this was a true effort of ‘yes’ people standing up and making their voices heard.” Coun. Boehme hailed the bridge as a project that will “connect the city” in a way that’s never happened since before amalgamation. He noted the city does not own one urban crossing between the east and west ends, and the other bridges are
operated by either the provincial or federal governments. Coun. George reminded council of the province’s 1998 amalgamation order that puts a high priority on “road linkages” to the former Pittsburgh Township. But, council’s support for the $180 million transportation link remains contingent on receiving one-third funding, or $60 million, from the federal government. Local MP Mark Gerretsen has expressed optimism the federal money will flow. The Ontario government announced on June 13 that it will put up its one-third share. The city will also kick in $60 million through a combination of cash, long-term debt and development charges. Officials said the earliest bridge construction can start is 2019, linking John Counter Boulevard on the west shore with Gore Road on the east side of the river. Those voting in favour were Mayor Paterson, plus councillors Ryan Boehme, Adam Candon, Kevin George, Gary Oosterhof, Lisa Osanic, Liz Schell and Laura Turner. Councillors voting against it were Mary Rita Holland, Rob Hutchison, Jeff McLaren, Jim Neill and Peter Stroud. There was a clear voting line between suburban councillors in favour and central Kingston opponents, a point observed by Coun. Stroud. “The outcome was never in doubt,” he said, adding, “The car dependent citizens outnumber the non-car dependent residents.” But, councillors also heard during the lengthy debate that police, fire and ambulance officials
badly wanted another route across the river in order to improve emergency response times. It was a theme several councillors repeated. “It’s nice to have the options,” said Paul Charbonneau, chief of paramedic services for Frontenac County. He added, “We know the LaSalle Causeway will continue to need repairs, we know the 401 will continue to have accidents, and I’m sure there will be times the third crossing will be a problem as well — but at least we’ll have three options to get people to hospital when we need to.” The landmark council meeting gave residents one last chance to address politicians, while staff outlined the various bridge costs, designs, busi-
ness plans and financial reports before councillors took their turn speaking. The committee of the whole format, offering more relaxed procedural rules, allowed each councillor up to five minutes of speaking time for as many times as they wanted — and many took full advantage. At one point, Coun. Candon noted his colleagues were “beating a dead horse” by pressing ahead with arguments that would not sway the pro-bridge majority. “It’s probably one of easiest decisions I’ll make all week to support the third crossing.” Continued on page 4
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But, bridge critics say they continue to have real concerns about how the city can pay for its share, the impact on property taxes and the possibility of a new bridge generating more traffic and suburban sprawl. “They don’t call this a span to sprawl for nothing,” observed Coun. Hutchison. “We are not ready for this bridge.” He also predicted the city’s capital tax — a one per cent levy that’s attached to annual property tax bills to finance a variety of infrastructure projects — will remain a fixture of tax bills as long as the bridge financing is needed. However, Mayor Paterson disagrees with claims that taxes will rise to pay for the crossing. “It is a lot of money that we have approved, but we’ve been very clear in the direction to
staff that it has to fit within our existing budget. We have already mandated to staff that we will not tolerate an increase in property taxes.” Officials say the city’s $60 million bridge funding share includes $30 million from development charges that have been collected since 1999, plus $15 million in infrastructure money that’s already set aside, and another $15 million through longterm debt financing. A cost-benefits analysis suggested the bridge will produce benefits such as reduced commuting times and congestion, less pollution and enhanced transit activity. It’s estimated the new bridge will draw 70 per cent of its users from Highway 401 and 30 per cent from the causeway. The analysis also found that the average commuter distance will be five kilometres shorter and save eight minutes in travel time by using the bridge.
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It sounded like an exchange between two friends who are avid gardeners, and, while they both garden on a regular basis, the pair aren’t your average gardening-types – Avery and Emmerson are both Grade 7 students at Loughborough Public School, and the gardens the girls are tending are the Community Gardens at Southern Frontenac Community Services’ (SFCS) Grace Centre in Sydenham. But don’t doubt these girls’ passion for the art of gardening. What they’ve learned during their time planting, weeding, mulching, and harvesting they’ve taken home with them to apply to their family gardens, and both girls expressed a love for all things fresh and home-grown. “I used to like gardening, but I didn’t really know how to do it well, so I didn’t really have a garden, but then I came here, and I learned a lot of stuff, and then I made my own garden,” Avery said. “Now we have two raised beds, and then another one that isn’t really a raised bed because it’s brand new, but I really like it now because I know how to take care of it, and it’s yummy.” For Emmerson, the time she’s spent at the Community Gardens has furthered her interest in nature, plants and botany in general, she explained.
“I think helping out here at the garden is probably something that made me want to do my garden at home,” said Emmerson, a self-confessed succulent-obsessed home gardener. “I have three succulent gardens now. I’m really interested in nature and plants, and I think helping out here was something that made me want to continue growing more at my house.” But the science, best practices and art of gardening is certainly not all Emmerson or the other students in Alan Macdonald’s Grade 7 class have learned from their experiences at the Grace Centre. “I think one of the big things you learn here is responsibility, because you have to keep the plants alive. They’re feeding people,” she said. Indeed, the Community Gardens and Green House at the Grace Centre are feeding people, and in more ways than one: The crops harvested from the beds at the Grace Centre go directly to the SFCS Food Services Food Bank, as well as to lunch programs at both Loughborough Public and Sydenham High Schools. Additionally, the students at Loughborough have built three raised beds at the school where they grown salad greens, which are used in the weekly salad bar lunch program that sees Loughborough students join students at Sydenham High School in their new culinary arts kitchen to prepare the salad items
and dressings. The salad bar program serves over 100 students at Loughborough PS a healthy and tasty salad for lunch once a week, Macdonald explained, and the greens the students have helped grow are offset by fresh, local produce they receive from Patchwork Gardens, Wendy’s Mobile Market and Burt’s Greenhouses. “We’ve gotten a grant of $20,000 to do a healthy food literacy program between Loughborough and Sydenham High School,” said Macdonald, explaining the Farm to School Canada grant that’s helped make the program possible.
“And it’s funny, there’s positive peer pressure, in a way. Salad and eating healthy is kind of catching on!” Positive peer pressure or not, the students are genuinely interested in and excited about the fruits, vegetables and greens they’re growing – and eating. “It’s fun, and it feels good because you’re giving people healthy meals,” Avery said. “It’s nice and fresh and juicy, and you know exactly where it came from, so it just feels healthy.” Continued on page 19
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Storrington Public School celebrates 50 years in the community BY TORI STAFFORD tstafford@metroland.com
The bright, warm sun of the late afternoon of Wednesday, June 14 cast a perfect glow to illuminate the two giant, gold balloons placed out front of Storrington Public School to let everyone know what they were celebrating. The shiny, foil balloons spelled out ’50,’ the number of years the school has served as both an educational institution and a hub of the community. Inside the school, the halls were lined with photos the school’s current students and staff dug up from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, paying homage to the staff and students who’d walked those halls before them. The gymnasium buzzed with children, parents, and community members: adults who’d attended the school in their youth; former staff members; and those who still use the building on a daily basis. It was precisely what current Principal Elizabeth Suriyuth and her staff and students envisioned as they began planning the celebration in the fall of last year – one the current students have been rather excited about, Suriyuth said. “They’ve been very excited. The concept of 50 years to them… they’re like ‘What! That’s so long again!’ It’s like ancient history to
Elizabeth Suriyuth (Right), current principal at Storrington Public School, stands alongside members of the school's first staff, (L to R) David Crowley, first principal, Marg Leheup, first secretary, and Bill Lake, first trustee, and the school's 50th anniversary celebration on Wednesday, Jun. 14 Tori Stafford/Metroland
them,” she said with a laugh. Suriyuth pointed to some of the former students and staff in the room, and noted it was particularly special to have some of Storrington Public’s first staff members and
students in the building. Indeed, Storrington’s first principal, David Crowley, first trustee, Bill Lake, and first secretary, Marg LeHeup, were all on hand to celebrate the school’s 50th anniversary, all of whom have
rich, long connections to the school. “It’s pretty amazing that they’re all here to celebrate, and very excited to come back and visit,” Suriyuth said. “It’s really nice to be able to have
that full-circle.” All three of the original staff members spoke at the celebration, each with their own insights and memories of how Storrington Public School began. Crowley was the first to speak, and explained that the school was built in order to close down the one- and two-room school houses in the area and bring all of the students together. Having grown up in a family of rural teachers – his mother taught him Grade 5 in a one-room school house in Ompah, North Frontenac, as did his father for Grades 7-8 in a different one-room school house – Crowley expressed his background and knowledge of the “culture of rural schools” was of benefit to him when he began working at Storrington Public in 1967. “I sort of like to think I carried out that theme when I came to Storrington – the sense of community, the sense of family, those values were not completely lost when oneroom schools closed,” Crowley said. “When we opened this school, and I must say I received tremendous support from the community, from the teachers, from the trustees, from the chairman, and from the kids.” Continued on page 7
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Crowley even produced a list of the students he’d taught in Grades 6, 7 and 8 that first year – one of whom was in the room – and said that he feels the school is in good hands under the direction of Suriyuth. “I’m absolutely delighted to be here on the 50th anniversary,” he said. “I know full well I won’t be here for the 100th, but I’ll do my best to be here for the next one.” LeHeup began working as the school secretary in 1969. She spent an outstanding 32 years at Storrington Public, and retired in 2001. But her connection to the school did not stop there. “I loved every year that I was here, and I’m still involved through my great grandchildren now,” LeHeup said. Former trustee Lake then explained that he had joined the local then-township school board after expressing concern about an area school not having run-
ning water in the mid-60s. That began his work on a project that resulted in Storrington Public School. Like Crowley, Lake began working with the School Board as the area one- and two-room school houses were closing. Lake and his fellow trustees wanted to build a new school where all of the 407 students would come together in a facility the area would enjoy for years to come. With that, the trustees received approval from the Board, and “talked nicely” to the gentleman that owned the property where the school now stands. For $2,000, the Board purchased the land, and for $250,450, they secured an architect and the school was built. “Amazing to think about the bridge that they’re talking about in Kingston. They were talking about it when we were talking about building the school. Just think, if they’d built it then, the money they’ve spent on engineers and studies would have more than paid for it,” Lake said, prompting
laughter from all of those in attendance – the anniversary celebration took place on the same evening Kingston City Council voted on whether or not to build that bridge Lake was referring to. “I was very proud of what we accomplished in four years without consultants and all the studies,” Lake continued. “We knew to get the work done, and we used the people in the communities. They were our consultants, they were our bosses – that’s who we worked for.”
Bill Lake, the first school board trustee for Storrington Public School when it opened in 1967, speaks at the school's 50th anniversary celebration on Wednesday, Jun. 14, as the school's first secretary, Marg LeHeup, and first principal, David Crowley, look on. Tori Stafford/Metroland
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get asked to explain where ‘I came from’ at least a couple times a week. As a newspaper reporter, you ask a lot of questions over the course of a week. The main component of my job is asking questions and as I interview person after person, I inevitably encounter questions from my interviewees. I can’t really blame them; after sitting with me and telling me their story for 10 or 15 minutes, they want to know about the person asking them. Some people ask because they want to know about entering the job market, others ask because they used to be a newspaper reporter – you wouldn’t believe the number of people who used to do this – and others ask simply because they are curious. Sometimes I feel like I am on a date and that I don’t really have time to explain and other times I just feel uncomfortable because I hate talking about myself, but I have realized that it is just something that comes with the job. At the end of each of these question and answer periods I always get the same question: do you enjoy/like your job? This question requires no thought for me, even after nearly four years doing it; I
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After decades of debate, Kingston City Council voted in favour of moving ahead with the construction of Kingston's third crossing across the Catarqui River on the evening of Wednesday, June 14. Council approved the measure by a vote of 8-5. Last week, the provincial government also announced the required $60 million in funding for the project. Should the remaining $60 million be secured from the federal government, it is highly likely this long-foretold project will come to fruition. We applaud all of the councillors and city staff who have worked hard on this issue for so many years, including the efforts of both bridge champions and the councillors who articulated a different vision of Kingston's future. Dynamic debate is what our grassroots, local politics is about. Five councillors forcefully articulated a more cautious vision of our future, and asked us to consider all the alternatives, undoubtedly shaping a more positive, balanced outcome. This was not an easy decision: cost overruns, tax increases, a projected aging and declining population and future technological advancements may well make us live to regret this decision down the road. However, the decision to build the bridge was made and if the many petitions and polls that circulated prior to the vote were any indication, Kingstonians were strongly in favour of this outcome. A staggering 95 per cent of business owners were also found to be in favour of the third crossing; it's these entrepreneurs that will hopefully lead the city to economic growth and prosperity, and we encourage everyone – whatever side of the debate they were on – to try and see the positives. Many Kingstonians have long dreamed of a more connected city - one where an hour or more of traffic gridlock isn't a causeway closure or Highway 401 transport truck rollover away. The new crossing will open up new possibilities for east-west commuting, and in so doing allow for new opportunities for active transportation and transit. Many bridge opponents were concerned about how it might contribute to car culture and climate change, but if the right decisions are made it could have the opposite effect, making it easier for folks to bike and take transit across the city. Let’s all try to embrace the positives aspects of what this bridge can bring to our city, and work together from here to ensure every opportunity to promote bike, transit and pedestrian culture is seized.
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New NFU project brings together local food advocates cian Hugh Christopher Brown, the event was the perfect confluence of farming, healthcare, and education, and exactly the sort of thing Local Food Advocates could be doing. I’m excited to be part of a new project from the NaThe NFU wants to hear from you about this project, tional Farmers Union—Ontario called Building a Netand will be holding kitchen table discussions this sumwork for Local Food Advocates and Influencers. mer for people who want to get more involved. In this project, the National Farmers Union is reachBased on the needs identified in those discussions, ing out to people in fields like healthcare, education, the NFU will help to create new materials for people faith communities, and the arts. People who influence in different fields. For example, a teacher might say: the food decisions that others make. “I love teaching about local food, but I don’t have the Local food advocates in these communities and proright resources.” So the project could help create a lofessions have the power to build a stronger and more cal food colouring book to use in their classroom. sustainable food system in Ontario. Or someone active in a faith community might say: Teachers and educators, for example, influence large “We’d like to host a community garden at our church, numbers of young people and help set life-long habits. but we don’t know how.” We could bring together a Healthcare professionals, including nurses and physibrief guide based on what other groups have done. Or cians, are respected authorities on diet and can also have a person working in an institution like a university considerable influence on institutions. might say “I wish more local produce was served here, Writers, artists, musicians, and performers can build but I don’t know how to make that happen.” We could an emotional connection with a broad audience. And create a fact sheet about how to make that happen and active members of faith communities, for whom community and respect for creation are important values, can Musician David Corley, Janette Haase, and Hugh Christopher Brown how the institution might benefit. The NFU wants to hear what you need to be a more influence both people and institutions. at the Wolfe Island Garden Party, June 17. By working together, we can support local food and Aric McBay/Metrolandeffective local food advocate. It’s easy to get involved. local food—the Sisters of Providence in Kingston are well Get in touch with the NFU or join us for a kitchen table help make our communities healthier, fairer, and more connected. And we can help local farmers to thrive while known for their support of the Prison Farms and for hosting discussion this summer; just email membership@nfuontarthe Heirloom Seed Sanctuary, protecting and sharing irre- io.ca. protecting biodiversity and the climate. Or fill out an online survey to help shape the project: This first part of this project—the part that’s happening placeable varieties of many crops. The Wolfe Island Garden Party, held on Wolfe Island https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6QZSKKJ right now—is about reaching out to potential advocates and You can find more details by visiting nfuontario.ca and collecting success stories. One advocate, Anne Marie Males, from June 15-17, was another great example. Organizers reorganized the cafeteria at The Scarborough Hospital to brought together musicians, farmers, and regular folks for a clicking on “Local Food Network”. The project was made possible by financial support from serve local food because she knew it would help patients to series of concerts, activities, and farm tours. The event was organized to raise funds for the community garden at the the Government of Ontario, in partnership with the Greenget healthier. Other advocates have set up gardens at schools or church- Community Medical Clinic and for the teaching garden at belt Fund. es, or developed songs and arts inspired by farming and na- Marysville Public School. Organized by garden facilitator Janette Haase and musiture. Some organizations have done many things to support BY ARIC MCBAY
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vincial minimum wage — for some, this is offset by tips, but this is not the case for everyone. As a former server, I can personally attest that there are evenings when restaurant workers in Ontario are simply making less than minimum wage, tips included. If you are a worker in a workplace with less than 20 employees in Ontario, your employer has no responsibility to ensure that there is a trained Workplace Health and Safety representative in your workplace. Having such a rep means that at least one worker is informed about possible hazards in the workplace and able to make recommendations to management for improvements to safety policy and protocols. This is legally required in larger workplaces. However, smaller workplaces are exempted. The health and safety of workers is compromised as a result. Lastly, the Liberals' labour law reforms do not address the exclusion of domestic, agricultural and horticultural workers from the right to unionize. Domestic workers, a group comprised almost entirely of
women, are excluded on the grounds that a domestic worker's “special bond” with her employer would be damaged if she had the power to file formal grievances when her employer fails to respect her basic rights. This is dubious. What is certain is that non-unionized workers have less power to enforce their rights in the workplace than unionized workers. The Ontario Liberals recognize the importance of improving the enforcement of Ontario's employment standards. The best protection a worker can have is education and a formal, protected means of filing workplace grievances. While the Liberals have made a good start in supporting working people in Ontario with the minimum wage increase, too many people are still being left behind. Going forward, we need to pressure them to make minimum standards, health and safety protections, and unionization accessible to everyone. No more Swiss cheese! Lesley Jamieson Kingston and District Labour Council
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SHATTERED INTO A MILLION PIECES Submitted by Arthur Laramie
They say when you truly dedicate your heart and soul to something; you can be successful in anything… Back in 2011-2013 my definition of success was very different from what the average Canadian citizen may consider “success”. While other 25 year old guys might consider graduating from University or buying their first house a success, my version was physically surviving 10 months in Afghanistan. I may have been lucky to make it back in one piece physically, but my mind had been shattered into a million pieces; pieces that neither my heart nor my soul had any idea how to put back together again. When I first got back to Canada; if we are being honest, my heart didn’t want to fix my mind because my soul was still lost in the deserts of Kandahar. Over the past 6 years I have come to the realization that I can’t mend my mind without my heart and soul fully committing to the cause. Both have to work together to fight for the person I used to be before my boots hit the hot desert sands. Each time before I left to go on tours my mind was completely fixed on the job I had to do in Afghanistan. On my first tour I was a door
gunner in a Griffon helicopter, and my job was to keep NATO soldiers safe in the Kandahar region. On my second tour I was a convoy ops driver and security for those we escorted through Kabul. For both tours I committed my mind and body wholly and completely to mission success. No matter what I had to sacrifice mentally or physically, I gave it 110% for my friends, my unit and my mission. During both tours I had to do some things and had some experiences that will stick with me for the rest of my life. The kind of stuff that keeps me up at night, the kind that makes me angry and sad at the same time, the kind that makes me want to make bad choices and to be frank; the kind that makes me want to die. When you’re in such a heightened state of mind for long periods of time, it messes with you and makes trying to lead some sort of “normal” life when you get back seem out of reach. After I got back from Afghanistan it took me a while to figure out that things weren’t right, that I was not me. I was more in denial than anything.MypridetookovermyreasonandIsufferedmorethanIknow I should have. Instead of getting the help I needed, I pushed forward, thinking if I stopped to take some time to figure out what was wrong I would be letting my boys down, letting my family down and letting myself down. I didn’t want a label and to be treated like “damaged
goods”. I just wanted to be like the battled-hardened warriors of TF 1-06 and 1-08 that I had come to admire in my battalion. Eventually things got really hard to deal with. My mind was past repair, my heart was crushed and my soul blackened. I knew that the depression, anxiety, paranoia, aggression, anger and deep rooted sadness I had been experiencing was taking its toll on my family. There were many days spent buried under blankets in bed, nights that were spent thrashing, crying and screaming in my sleep, errands I couldn’t run, social outings I couldn’t attend, places I couldn’t go,
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people I couldn’t be around. And it was hard. I hated everything and everyone. I wanted to die. The love of my wife and son wasn’t even enough to save me, that is how far gone I had become. To this day, I remain adamant that the only thing that kept me alive day-to-day was physical fitness. I would spend between 4-8 hours in the gym every single day. It was my safe space, the only place to clear my mind, work out my aggression and not worry about letting anyone but myself down. When I decided enough was enough, with the full support of my wife, I sought out some guidance from the mental health team at CFB Kingston which ultimately led to the diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I finally had that label I had been dreading for years, and it really wasn’t all that bad. I had some semblance of closure and in a way, I felt freed.Things were starting to become clear again, like I had a clearly defined obstacle that was challenging me to overcome it. So I took some time to get my head wrapped around what all of this meant. Let me be clear, this didn’t make everything go away. I still had to battle every day with my symptoms, until I was able to work out what techniques and therapies were right for me. The diagnosis gave me an opportunity to educate myself on making my mind stronger, to function day-to-day, to explore this new person I was and who I could be and who I wanted to be moving forward.
My biggest fear after diagnosis was considering a life and employment outside of the military. I felt my worst fear had been realized, and I was now “damaged” to the rest of society, a society that I knew wouldn’t have any understanding of the experiences I had had, or the skills I possessed, or the contribution I could make. And honestly, it came about like an epiphany. I woke up at 3am one morning, sat up straight, woke my wife and told her I knew what I was going to do with my life. I was going to open a gym where I could share my safe and happy place with others who were going through what I was going through. A place where people could come and yell, scream, cry, smash weights and take it all out on the iron.This gym would encourage military, police, fire, paramedics, corrections, nurses, doctors and those who have experienced trauma in their lives to stay out of the bars, away from addiction and give them purpose. It would give their spouses pieceof-mind that their loved one was safe and in a healthy environment working through their symptoms. And so with the help and support of my wife, we opened The Iron
King Ltd., and we are doing exactly what we set out to do. I have turned my pain into purpose and given others a light at the end of a very dark tunnel. My battle is far from over; it will be a war I will fight until the day I die. I still and will experience many of my symptoms on a daily basis for the rest of my life. I go through really dark times and other times I feel like I have a good grasp on my symptoms. The difference is, I now know my enemy, I know my enemy’s weaknesses, I can manage my pain and with the support of my family at home and my gym family to help bear the burden of my fight, I can battle my demons to live a better life every day. From every experience in life, whether it is a positive experience or a negative one, we must remember that we are NOT “damaged goods”, we are NOT useless, we are NOT “psychos” or crazy or pathetic or weak. We have purpose and meaning. We have so much to contribute to this world and our time is most certainly not done. Create something beautiful out of the chaos; rally your heart and soul to make sense of your mind. Because I’ve learned that to be successful in anything, even picking up all of the shattered pieces of your mind and trying to put them back together, you must, absolutely must, do it with all of your heart and soul.
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POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) Content from www.cmha.ca/ Frightening situations happen to everyone at some point. People can react in many different ways: they might feel nervous, have a hard time sleeping well, or go over the details of the situation in their mind. These thoughts or experiences are a normal reaction. They usually decrease over time and the people involved can go back to their daily lives. Post-traumatic stress disorder, on the other hand, lasts much longer and can seriously disrupt a person’s life. What is post-traumatic stress disorder? Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often involves exposure to trauma from single events that involve death or the threat of death or serious injury. PTSD may also be linked to ongoing emotional trauma, such as abuse in a relationship. Something is traumatic when it is very frightening, overwhelming and causes a lot of distress. Trauma is often unexpected, and many people say that they felt powerless to stop or change the event. Traumatic events may include crimes, natural disasters, accidents, war or conflict, sexual violence or other threats to life or safety. It could be an event or situation that you experience yourself or something that happens to others, including loved ones. PTSD causes intrusive symptoms such as re-experiencing the traumatic event. Many people have vivid nightmares, flashbacks, or thoughts of the event that seem to come from nowhere.They often avoid things that remind them of the event—
for example, someone who was hurt in a car crash might avoid driving. PTSD can make people feel very nervous or ‘on edge’ all the time. Many feel startled very easily, have a hard time concentrating, feel irritable, or have problems sleeping well. They may often feel like something terrible is about to happen, even when they are safe. Some people feel very numb and detached. They may feel like things around them aren’t real, feel disconnected from their body or thoughts, or have a hard time feeling emotions. People also experience a change in their thoughts and mood related to the traumatic event. Who does it affect? While most people experience trauma at some point in their life, not all traumatic experiences lead to PTSD. We aren’t sure why trauma causes PTSD in some people but not others, but it’s likely linked to many different factors. This includes the length of time the trauma lasted, the number of other traumatic experiences in a person’s life, their reaction to the event, and the kind of support they received after the event. Some jobs or occupations put people in dangerous situations. Military personnel, first responders (police, firefighters, and paramedics), doctors, and nurses experience higher rates of PTSD than other professions. Trauma is not always a single event in the past. Some trauma, particularly repeated acts like abuse or trauma during wartime,
can impact a person’s life far beyond the symptoms of PTSD. Some use other terms like ‘complex PTSD’ to describe these experiences. What can I do about it? Many people feel a lot of guilt or shame around PTSD because we’re often told that we should just get over difficult experiences. Others may feel embarrassed talking with others. Some people even feel like it’s somehow their own fault. Trauma is hurtful. If you experience problems in your life related to trauma, it’s important to take your feelings seriously and talk to a health care professional. For Help Contact: Ogwanada - The Family Resource Centre at (613) 544-2886 or Toll Free 1-866-616-6005 OSISS; Peer Support; Veterans Affairs Canada Peer Support Angela Neal, Family Peer Support Coordinator; Phone: 613-541-5010 ext 8365; Tim Duncan, Peer Support Coordinator; Phone: 613-541-5010 ext 4393; Primary Executive Tom Martineau, Regional Coordinator - Ontario; Phone: 613-541-5010 ext 4294 Mental Health Helpline 1-866-531-2600 Frontenac Community Mental Health Services 613-544-4229
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Fresh, local cheeses, cured meats, beers and wines all set against the backdrop of the beautiful Mississippi River with traditional Appalachian music dancing with the breeze: it’s an idyllic summer scene, and it’s exactly what Back Forty Artisan Cheese is offering up to kick off the season. On Saturday, June 24, Back Forty will open up their cheese factory and shop in Mississippi Station and invite the community in. A gem in the heart of North Frontenac, Back Forty Artisan Cheese’s Jeff Fenwick creates hand-crafted artisanal cheeses using old world methods and natural, unpasteurized sheep’s milk. Made in small batches and aged from two to nine months, Back Forty’s five varieties of ewe’s milk cheeses have become favourites for local foodies, cheese fanatics and some of the province’s premier chefs. And they want everyone to try them. That’s why Jeff, along with his wife, Jenna, will open their doors and welcome in the public for their season opener cheese celebration. Featuring local artisan deli meats and sausages from Seed to Sausage, the event will offer a barbecue, and charcuterie boards with perfectly paired meats and cheeses. The Fenwicks have also invited local beer and wine makers to join in the day, and will have Carleton Place’s Stalwart Brewing Company on site with a variety of different beers. KIN Vineyards from Carp, Three Dog Winery from Prince Edward County, and Scheuermann Winery from Westport will bring a selection of reds, whites and sparkling ciders to the table as well, to whet the whistle and compliment the foods on offer.
And with local musicians Luke Mercier and Chris Culgin performing traditional Appalachian-style music, Back Forty’s Season Opener promises to be a party that is uniquely local and delicious. “It’s mostly just about having a good time with the community: have some great food, have some drinks, have some cheese… It’s a bit of a celebration, and we’re putting it on because people seem to really enjoy it last year,” Jeff said, referring to the grand opening of Back Forty’s new shop and cheese factory that happened last summer. The Fenwicks bought the original operation in 2000 and slowly grew their business before moving to their new farm in Mississippi Station in 2016. “This year, we’re going to try something different: I’m going to make a nice, fresh batch of our sheep cheese curd, and then we’ll also do some Wisconsinstyle deep fried cheese curds,” he disclosed. The day will also offer tours of the Back Forty factory to offer some insight into what goes into traditional artisan cheese making, so the public can see precisely how the cheeses on offer came to be. “A lot of people don’t really understand how cheese is made,” Jeff said, noting that the tours are family-friendly and that the entire event is free of charge. “It gives people a chance to come in, have a tour of the artisan cheese facility, see the different aging rooms, and get an overview of the process.” Back Forty Artisan Cheese’s Season Opener takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at their 1406 Gulley Rd. location. It’s a day to discover new local tastes, socialize with the community, and celebrate the start of summer, Jeff said. “It’s quite scenic here on the river, so hopefully we’ll get some nice weather and people can just come out and relax!”
Jenna and Jeff Fenwick are the couple behind Back Forty Artisan Cheese in Mississippi Station, where five varieties of cheeses are hand crafted in small batches using old world methods and natural, unpasteurized sheep’s milk. Back Forty hosts their Season Opener on Saturday, June 24.. Submitted photo
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Garbage - As the country celebrates its 150th anniversary, July 3rd will be a statutory holiday for most of us. Only those residents with a regular Monday garbage collection will have their garbage picked up on Tuesday, July 4nd. Collection for the rest of the week remains normal. Recycling – There will be NO changes to the Recycle schedule. With the festivities, comes extra recycling, so please remember to crush your cans and bottles and don’t bag or overflow your recycle bins. Remember that South Frontenac residents can take excess recycling to the city of Kingston Recycling Centre for no charge. Both Portland and LoughboroughWaste Disposal Sites will be closed on Saturday, July 1, 2017. Loughborough Waste Disposal Site will be open on Monday, July 3rd from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.Have aWonderful Canada Day, Have Fun, Keep Safe and Remember to Recycle!
FINAL TAX NOTICES
FinalTax Notice for Residential, Managed Forest and Farmland tax bills were issued the week of June 5, 2017. If you have not received your FinalTax Notice by June 15, 2017 you need to contact the tax department. It is important that you retain your tax bill until September in order to make the second instalment payment. No further bills/reminders will be issued. For those properties that have a Commercial, Industrial, Multi-Residential or a combination of Commercial/Industrial/Multi-Residential and Residential and/or Farmland, these will be billed in August 2017. For further information please email taxes@southfrontenac.net or contact us at 613-376-3027 Ext 2200.
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TheTownship of South Frontenac requires building permits for all structures greater than (108 sq. ft.) 10 sq. m. in area; additions or renovations to existing structures (including decks); installation or alteration of a plumbing system (including septic systems); installation or alteration of a heating or ventilation system and any material alteration to a structure (including new pools). Please contact Building staff prior to starting work to ensure your investment is secure.
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If it’s not the neighborhood dogs and cats having a smorgasbord on garbage day, then it’s the crows and ravens coming to taste what goodies you have discarded! Foil these airborne nuisances by either putting your tagged garbage bags in a garbage container or simply throw an old blanket or piece of carpet over the bag(s). Just ensure the collectors are still able to determine that there is garbage to be collected. Remember that the collection workers are not required to clean up garbage from ripped bags or strewn recycling. Remember – This is our Township, our Home, Let’s Keep It Beautiful!
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DEPOT
Summer hours are now in effect at the Depot - Open everyThursday from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm Please remember that accepted items are hazardous materials, small electronics and bale wrap only. A full listing of accepted materials may be found on our website under Living Here/SolidWaste/Recycling/Household HazardousWaste.
TOWN HALL UPCOMING MEETINGS • Committee of theWhole – June 27, 2017 • Council Meeting –Tues, July 11, 2017 • Committee of Adjustment – July 13, 2017
INVITATION TO TENDER NO. PW-2017-09 – CONSTRUCTION OF MUNICIPAL FIRE HALL – PERTH ROAD
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HERITAGE COMMITTEE - OPEN HOUSE
Council is hosting a public open house on June 22, 2017 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the Council Chambers.This is an opportunity to hear from anyone interested in discussing the formation of a Heritage Committee.We want your input see our website – Home Page – Heritage Committee icon – take the survey.
THINGS TO DO SOUTH FRONTENAC MUSEUM – OPEN FOR THE SUMMER!
The museum will be open on Monday,Wednesday and Saturday weekly from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm and by appointment. Please contact Amanda Pantrey, Public Education Coordinator for more details at publiceducation@southfrontenac.net.
CANADA DAY EVENTS Canada Day and Canada 150th Celebrations can be found on the website. See the“150th”link on our home page.
SUMMER CAMP/SWIM PROGRAM – IN PERSON REGISTRATION Registration is now open online and in person.Visit recreation.southfrontenac.net. For information on the programs contact the Camp Coordinator at 613-376-3027 Ext 2231.
OPEN FOR BUSINESS COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN
Attention Harrowsmith Residents: For details on financial assistance to improve building conditions and land use, see the website - Open for Business/ Planning and Development/Community Improvement Plan.This includes façade improvement such as cladding materials, windows and doors, reports to masonry and brickwork, façade restoration, painting and cleaning, signage.
NEWS AND PUBLIC NOTICES ZONING AMENDMENT – NEW PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES REGARDING MINIMUM DISTANCE SEPARATION
The Council of the Corporation of theTownship of South Frontenac will be considering the following amendment to the Comprehensive Zoning By-law at a public meeting to be held onTuesday, July 11, 2017, at 7:00 p.m., at the Municipal Offices Council Chamber, 4432 George St. Sydenham, Ontario. New Provincial Government Policies Regarding Minimum Distance Separation. Following from newly-issued guidelines from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Planning Department is proposing an amendment to the Comprehensive Zoning By-law dealing with residential development on existing vacant lots near agricultural facilities (ie. barns).The new zoning would permit development but would require the residence to be located away from the adjacent barn in an attempt to reduce possible nuisance issues resulting from odours from the farm operation.The amendment would also deal with setbacks for proposed new barns near rural cemeteries. For more information see the website – News and Public Notices or contact Lindsay Mills, Planner at Ext 2221.
NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSING – BETWEEN LOTS 18 & 19, CONCESSION I; STORRINGTON
Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of theTownship of South Frontenac proposes to pass a by-law to stop up, close and transfer ownership of part of aTownship-owned road allowance.This matter will come before council on July 11, 2017 at 7:00 pm. For more information see our website under“News and Public Notices”or contact Lindsay Mills, Planner at Ext 2221.
SEPTIC SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
All development (residential, commercial and institutional) in South Frontenac have a septic system which is designed to treat wastewater which goes down the drain (toilets, showers, dishwashers, washing machines, etc) A septic system includes a septic tank and a leaching bed - both hidden below the soil. It is critical to your health, the health of neighbours, the health of the ecosystem and your property investment that your septic system is working properly. It is your responsibility to make sure your septic system is in good working order. See our website for more details – Living Here/ Building/Septic Systems.
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The world of dance
I’m forever impressed with the effects of dance on the young men and women who discipline themselves with years of devotion to reach the level of skill required for performance. Behind these dancers are teachers who selflessly pour their hearts into their students’ development. Over the past two weeks, I took in performances by Arabesque Academy of Dance, TK Danceworx, and the Kingston School of Dance. For those sitting in the audience, the hundreds of hours of work are invisible. The teachers behind it all remain in the psyche’s of their young dancers forever. Below the main stage of New York City Ballet exists a labyrinth of offices, lockers, practise halls, and storage areas. A few years ago, principal dancer Sara Mearns kicked back after a few hours of morning rehearsal, and we chatted. Considered by many to be the best dancer in the world, she maintains a fondness for her first teacher, whom Sara refers to as Miss Anne, AKA Anne Brodie. That a principal ballerina with NYCB would still refer to her first teacher as Miss Anne is indicative of the importance that the teachers play in the lives of all dancers. “Miss Anne was my teacher from the age of three until I was 12,” said Sara Mearns. “I became so comfortable on stage because she had us perform hard stuff at the young age of 10.” By that age, thanks to the inspiration, encouragement, and discipline of this teacher, Sara was en pointe, a tough, brutal technique for any age. A world full of Miss Anne-type teachers goes into the shows that the public witnessed in Kingston over the past couple of weeks.
In 2018, Kingston School of Dance will mark its 50th Anniversary, quite a feat for what started as a little community ballet school in 1958. In the following year, TK Danceworx celebrates 25 years in the community, a major achievement for a private dance studio. This year, Arabesque Academy of Dance, completed its first year on the Kingston scene and somehow managed to pull off a full dance production, complete with costumes, despite having the rug pulled out from under them by its rented performance space cancelling at the last minute. “It takes a tremendous amount of work,” said Erin Tackaberry, the artistic director of Arabesque. “The planning essentially starts a year before, trying to lock down a suitable venue for the performance.” That didn’t exactly go as planned. “Then shortly after that, we need to begin to think of a concept that would work for students of all ages. We must collaborate with our teachers to make sure the vision for the show makes sense to everyone. Then there is, of course, the time spent in the studio with regard to technique classes, choreography, and rehearsing.” Older dancers and volunteers all help out, but the major responsibilities rest with the artistic staff. At TK Danceworx, director Tina Kyle has a number of costumes stored for performances, but for a major end-of-year show, many costumes have to be created/ordered. She also has to create the show program, music set lists, and decorations. “I search for fun music and decide on the theme,” she said. Vacation is not a word in her vocabulary. The day after last weekend’s performance was spent at the studio creating a music video. Over the next two weeks, preparations are under way for dance exams. Immediately after the exams, the school takes part in the Canada Day Parade and then a performance at the Tall Ships in Bath. At the Kingston School of Dance, two days after the end-of-year show, preparations were under way for next year’s 50th anniversary performance.
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Dancers from TK Danceworx perform in the end-of-year production, Beach Slam, at the Ambassador Conference Centre last weekend. Mark Bergin/Metroland
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Like every year, costumes play a big role. “Costume decisions are based on intended artistic effect—what shapes, lines, movements, colour palette you are trying to create—characterization needed, what is flattering on the dancer, what is pragmatic from the perspective of allowing the choreography to be performed safely and well, what the dancer needs in terms of speed/access in and out of costume,” said KSD teacher Melissa Mahady Wilton. To put the preparations in perspective, Mahady Wilton noted that: “The general rule of thumb is that every minute of choreography on stage took about an hour to create, and that does not include lighting, costuming, music editing, rehearsal….” For their 28-minute section themed from The Wizard of Oz, not only did costumes have to be sourced, “students dyed (red) and embellished by hand, with many hours of sewing, all of the coloured, rhinestone pointe and ballet shoes.” The hours of teaching time in the ballet studio are but a small fraction of the work (much or most of it unpaid) that teachers and other staff put into the dancers’ training. According to all the professional dancers, students, and dance teachers I speak with, time and energy pay off.
“We love seeing the changes that happen with our students,” said Erin Tackaberry. “They build confidence in themselves, but also trust with one another. They truly build friendships and learn to work as a team, both on and off stage. We also see them work so hard for their moment to shine on stage.” Tina Kyle sees many benefits for her students. “The show definitely creates confidence for the dancers,” she said. “I feel like competitions are more stressful; however, a lot of dancers find recital stressful because of more family and friends being there to watch. Our year end shows are such a great feeling for all the dancers. [We have] so many wonderful dancers at TK Danceworx, and in Kingston.” Is all the work worth it? The teachers say it is. According the Melissa Mahady Wilton: “There is an enormous beauty and privilege that comes with teaching when you see a student start to see in themselves what you see in them; when their self-concept and ideas of what is possible blossom. They inspire each other and they inspire me every day. This is what education in the arts fosters: creativity, self-expression, discipline, patience, teamwork, compassion, bravery....It allows people to find their authentic voice and share it.” Mark Bergin on Twitter @markaidanbergin.
Ballerina Holly Crowson performs as the Wicked Witch during the Wizard of Oz section of the Kingston School of Dance year end production at the Grand Theatre on the weekend. Mark Bergin/Metroland
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The students are learning to appreciate different vegetables and the process of growing them, as well. “The turnips are really, really good, actually,” said Sam MacLeod as he washed radishes alongside classmate Alex Millard. The students planted the radishes just over a month ago using a method Community Garden facilitator and founder Janette Hasse taught them, which involves planting four radish plants together as opposed to individually. “Spring turnips are really good, especially the small ones… they’re the sweetest,” Alex said. “Yeah, normally people get the turnips that aren’t really very good, so they get a terrible impression of them the first time,” Sam agreed. “But they’re actually really good if you grow them properly!” Learning to plant, grow and harvest their own produce isn’t all the students are learning during their weekly visits to the Grace Centre. Each morning when the students arrive, Haase and Macdonald split them into four different groups: One group spends their time tending to the gardens; one group goes to pitch in at the SFCS Food Bank, where the students weigh, sort and prioritize food orders for the Food Bank’s clients; one group helps out at the Good Graces Café, a non-profit café which serves as a meeting place for seniors and other community members; and the last group spends their time talking, playing games and sharing stories with seniors participating in SFCS programs at the Grace Centre. It is the latter activity that many of the students enjoy the most. “Spending time with the seniors is my favourite,” said Caitlyn Pothier. “I really enjoy just talking to them and listening to them, and they have good stories.” Her fellow student Grace Silver agreed. “I just like talking with older people,” she said. “And I think they enjoy us coming in.” It’s the entire program with its many facets that allows the students to explore opportunities they’d otherwise not have, and to expand their sense of community. For student Lillian Stanton, the best part of that is helping out at the Food Bank. “It’s not like they need the help, but I think they definitely enjoy it,” she said. “I especially like working in the food bank because it just feels good to know that you’re making a difference, and feeding families.”
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Kids and community members celebrate First Capital Day at City Park BY MANDY MARCINIAK
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Each year, on June 15, Kingston celebrates its unique role in history as the First Capital of United Canada. To celebrate 176 years as Canada's first capital, hundreds of area school kids gathered at City Park on June 15, 2017 to learn about the history of the area. The day celebrates thenGovernor General Lord Sydenham's declaration that parliament was offi cially open in Kingston in 1841, and students have the opportunity to dress up in period clothes and learn about ropemaking techniques, medical practices, First Nations traditions, and more.
Students learn about sword fighting techniques at First Capital Day celebrations in City Park on June 15.
Left to right: Students Natalie Forbes, Emma Tadeu, and Finley Plata dress up in period clothing to celebrate First Capital Day at City Park on June 15.
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A colourful new shop has popped up in Fort Henry’s trade square and the seven local artists behind it hope both locals and tourists will come check it out when they’re up on the hill this summer. Ye Olde Art Shoppe at Fort Henry opened for the first time last summer and originally featured the work of painters Carol Jackson, Cookie Cartwright, and Susan Swackhammer, as well as wood sculptor Nelson Freedman. “I did it mainly to get exposure to the public,” says Jackson. “I was really intrigued being able to come to Fort Henry because of the variety of tourism that comes through.” Her paintings, which she says are inspired by “anything that I find attractive in nature”, ended up being sold to buyers from around the world, including Ireland and Germany. “That was exciting,” she notes. “I was really happy about that. I wanted to see whether or not there were people who were interested in my work. I enjoy doing it, but I do it mostly for my own pleasure. Being able to actually get out there and share
(Left to right) Artists Barb Simard, Peggy Lum-Brouillard, Susan Swackhammer, Cookie Cartwright, Nelson Freedman and Carol Jackson, as well as Gillian Car (not pictured) are showing their works throughout the summer at Ye Olde Art Shoppe in the Fort Henry trade square. [Insert] Peggy Lum-Brouillard’s work on display at Fort Henry. Hollie Pratt-Campbell/Metroland
it with other people makes me feel good when I know that people like what I’m doing.” This year, the original four artists have been joined by glass
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Lum-Brouillard describes her style as “oriental” in nature, a nod to her Chinese ancestry. She’s painted everything from peacocks to koi to Siddhartha (Buddha), and even reproduced
some of the works on little lanterns, which are also for sale at the shop. She decided to join the group at Fort Henry this year as a way of getting back into creating art. “I’ve been involved in sponsoring a Syrian refugee family for a while and that took up a lot more time than what I expected,” says Lum-Brouillard. “I still am involved with the family, but things have kind of stabilized so I can do some other regular stuff.” Ye Olde Art Shoppe at Fort Henry will be open Wednesday to Sunday from June 16 — Sept. 4, with extended hours on Wednesdays for Sunset Ceremonies and other special events and appointments. “We hope that people come and have a look at what we do,” says Jackson. “There’s a large variety, from paintings to fabric sculpturing to photographs to woodturning. It’s a small venue but it offers a lot.” To learn more, check out the Ye Olde Art Shoppe at Fort Henry page on Facebook.
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Fred Penner hopes to perform for multiple generations of ‘Fred Heads’ at Skeleton Park Arts Festival BY MANDY MARCINIAK
a bit of a summer tour and he will make a stop in Kingston on June 24 as part of the Skeleton Park Arts Festival. At 70, Penner is still eager to share his Fred Penner has been writing, recording, and performing songs for more than 45 music and while he is mindful of his time years and while his fan base ages, he contin- and energy, he loves performing and engagues to welcome new ‘Fred Heads’ year after ing with fans. “As long as I still feel that connection and year. “Certainly, when I began doing any of as long as the phone keeps ringing and the this I had no idea how far it might go,” said festivals and theatres are still interested in Penner, who just released his 13th studio al- having me perform, I am very excited to do bum, Hear the Music, earlier this year. “Part that,” he said. “At this point, there is such a of the purpose of continuing to make music wide foundation that has been created that is connecting with the generation that grew has connected with multiple generations up with me who are now parents themselves that the range of work now is working in and connecting with their kids and now schools occasionally, working in soft seat grandparents too. There is this lovely organ- concerts, working with symphony orchesic process and connectivity with a couple of tras, and working in summer festivals too.” Penner is looking forward to returning to generations now.” This time around, Penner decided that Kingston, and he has fond memories of perhe wanted to work with some of those kids forming at the Grand Theatre and even at who watched him when they were younger Kingston Penitentiary. He also remembers on his new album. He presented material to performing a show in Kingston that was for producer Ken Whitely and they started to an important cause. “I was part of a benefi t concert for saving think about who Penner could work with to the prison farms with Sarah Harmer and make each song. “A couple of the songs were clearly tunes that was great to be a part of,” he said. “The that someone like Ron Sexsmith would be farms were such a great opportunity for the good harmonies with and then we thought inmates and it was sadly taken away, but I about Basia Bulat, Alex Cuba and the was happy to help with my time and voice.” This time around, he hopes to delight genGood Lovelies and just this wonderful collection of talented people came together,” erations at Skeleton Park and he also looks explained Penner. “We made the calls and forward to catching up with old friends in everyone was delighted to be a part of it and Kingston. “Festivals are great for connecting with we even had to turn some people down unfortunately, but maybe that means there will friends and other musicians too," he said. “Every performance, there is always some be another album like this.” For Penner, the experience was one that connection that comes from the audience he fi nds hard to describe and one that he that goes a bit deeper than I expect, and those moments spike the delight of persees as incredibly humbling. “Knowing that these people that I abso- forming. It always goes deeper for me and lutely revere in their talent are excited to be that is what keeps me coming back.” Penner will perform at the Skeleton Park working with me it is gratifying, to say the least,” he said. “It is humbling as well and Arts Festival at McBurney Park on Saturclearly an opportunity to extend the music day, June 24 at 11 a.m. For more information about the festival and a full list of perforwith both the artists and the fans.” With the album, Penner is embarking on mances, visit http://skeletonparkartsfest.ca/
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Theatre with a Meal brings joy of performing and performance to community members BY MANDY MARCINIAK
their time to this,” he said. “A lot of the folks that are participating are on disability for one reason or another, mental or physical, and (their) social Six years ago, Randy Johnston life is in soup kitchens and they make realized that something in his life friends through that. This is another needed to change. opportunity for them, and one that is “I decided to write a bucket list a bit more creative.” and No. 5 was to sing in a musical,” Johnston himself experienced a the Kingstonian explained. “I purtime where he frequented soup kitchsued that and I got a part, and for ens, and it is that time that inspires over four years, I sang in musicals him to keep going and run Theatre and plays. I loved it so much. It is with a Meal. that feeling that I want to bring here “I got to know everyone and one to Theatre with a Meal and that is of the things I noted when I was what inspired me.” there was that there was very little Theatre with a Meal is a weekly to do that involved input directly or program that runs out of the Next sparked creativity,” he said. “I creChurch on Colbourne Street in ated this place for people in those Kingston. As the name suggests, situations to come to, and sometimes the idea is a theatrical performance we discuss mental health and life and and a meal, but Johnston set it up to it is more serious. Other times we are serve a specific group of community The Theatre with a Meal performance crew. members. Submitted photo just silly and have fun, and I think that is great for them.” “I had the idea to bring theatre For Sarrah Cook, performing to people who may not have the op- and it was successful, and we have They aren’t obligated to come the next week, but Johnston has found with the theatre group was a bit inportunity to experience it,” he said. been going ever since.” Johnston wanted the structure that a core group has been formed. timidating at first. She actually start“I started out in drop-in centres and “When you start something, you ed coming as an observer, but now soup kitchens and building stages to be very loose, and he invites perwherever we were, and then the op- formers and patrons to come as they don’t always know where it is going she performs each week. “I started about two months ago,” portunity to do a meal with the show want. Each week, a group of any- to go and your vision may be differcame about through a church that where between 10 and 16 performers ent; but, people started to show up she said. “I had watched a few times, closes down each summer for two meet at the Next Church and come to perform, and they keep showing and then I was encouraged to get up and a half months. We tried it out up with ideas for the show that week. up week after week, and they give and participate, and I loved it. I find
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that I am bored when I don’t come and it really has inspired me.” In terms of audience, Theatre with a Meal sees about 50 to 60 people each week. According to Johnston, some come just for the free meal, but others come more for the performances. “We have a lot of elderly people that really enjoy the shows and they just love it week after week,” he said. “It is a group I didn’t really think about, but they don’t often have access to theatre experiences, either.” Johnston hopes to keep the program going, and he recently received a grant from the Community Foundation for Kingston and area to help improve the stage and lighting. He loves seeing the impact it is making on the community and even himself. “Ultimately, when you want to help people, you also want to help yourself, and you want to do things that are fun and creative and have an open door to let people join,” he said. “We have that here, and it is so wonderful to see and be part of each and every week.” For more information about Theatre with a Meal, visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook. com/TheatreMeals
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Canadian Crystal event to showcase local student talent BY MANDY MARCINIAK
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Celebrating and enhancing the experiences of Limestone District School Board (LDSB) students is what the Limestone Learning Foundation (LLF) is all about and this year they are also focusing on celebrating Canada with their annual fundraising event. On June 13, members of the LLF, parents, students and board members gathered at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts in Kingston to announce the Canadian Crystal. “This special event is a three act gala performance evening celebrating Limestone District School Board students and graduates and their incredible talents onstage,” explained Kath Leverette, chair of the LLF. “The evening is going to be magical. Canada’s next 150 years will be in the hands of these powerful and confident students and we look forward to seeing everyone there to celebrate them and Canada.” The black-tie event, taking place Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Isabel, will include food
“We are so excited to be producers for this event this year,” said Mundy, a local music and arts educator and one of the Canadian Crystal’s producers. “This is a fabulous group that came out for two rounds of auditions to get here today. It was a difficult process at times, but we did it.” The students, with the help of Tim Stiff on piano, performed the Tragically Hip’s song Ahead by a Century at the event announcement and although they only recently came together, Mundy was encouraged by what she saw during the performance and ahead of it. “This morning we came The 37 students from 14 schools that will perform an all-Canadian conhere for rehearsal and [the cert entitled ‘Ahead by a Century’ at the Canadian Crystal on Nov. 4. Mandy Marciniak/Metroland producers] had to step out to get organized, but we heard pairings from coast to coast to LDSB students and this year, singing coming from the coast in the form of canapés; 37 students from 14 schools rehearsal hall. We weren’t sure a special concert showcasing will perform an all-Canadian what was going on and we the talent of LDSB students; concert entitled ‘Ahead by heard a piano too,” she said. and a special performance by a Century’ — a 60-minute “We snuck back over and all Lil Magic and the Wise 5, an multimedia show featuring 37 students had spontaneously up and coming Kingston band original music and Canadian broken into song — it was like fronted by Reid Cunningham, classics. Students will perform a real-life musical. It was such a graduate of the LDSB. with the help of mentors and a confirmation for us and we As with past events like local musical professionals really realized how incredible the Crystal Ball Gala, the including Alexandra Mundy, this group of students is.” The Canadian Crystal event evening will focus on talented John Abrams, Tim Stiff and will also feature an auction Greg Runions. prior to the evening and a
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live auction, of sorts, during the event; local artist Evan Sharma, a student at Calvin Park Public School in the Challenge Program, will be painting a piece that night interpreting the themes of the LLF and Canadian Crystal event. The piece will then be auctioned off live later that night. The event will raise funds for the LLF and will help fund special education projects in the areas of literacy and numeracy, science and technology, the arts and innovative practices. To date, more than $1.72 million has been granted to over 601 projects throughout the area. “We are very excited for this year’s event," said Leslie Myles, managing director of the LLF. “It will create opportunities for students to create and develop their talents alongside professionals, but with a unique twist in this amazing space. We are really looking forward to it.” Canadian Crystal will be held Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $150 per person and available for purchase now.
Kingston girl’s wish granted BY MANDY MARCINIAK mandymarciniak@metroland.com
For many kids, the dream is to go to Disney World and for one lucky nine-year-old in Kingston, this dream is becoming a reality thanks to Pita Pit and the MakeA-Wish Foundation. “We decided a few months ago that we wanted to adopt a wish and that meant we had to raise $10,000,” explained Marina Leos, senior director for special projects at Pita Pit Canada. “We have three corporate stores in Kingston, but we reached out to other stores too and together 14 stores sold stars in the stores during April to raise funds.” The stores reached their goal and exceeded it, raising $12,000. Last week, they received the name of a wish recipient in Nine-year-old Allison Vallier is going to Disney World thanks to MakeKingston — nine-year-old Alli- a-Wish and Pita Pit Canada. Factory–built homes don’t get wet. son Vallier. Mandy Marciniak/Metroland To help make the reveal speIt’s just that simple. Our homes are built inside, cial, the Pita Pit at the corner out of the rain, wind and elements. If you stop of Princess and Division Streets to think about, it makes a lot of sense. If you’re in Kingston organized a special celebration on June 13 for Vallier building this year and would like to know more including cupcakes, family memabout this and the many other advantages of bers, a big reveal and of course pitas. choosing a Guildcrest Home, come see us, “We are really excited,” said we’ll be glad to tell you all about it. Leos. “We know that she has an idea that something special is happening, but she isn’t sure exactly what it is.” Vallier was diagnosed with Leukemia in January of 2015 and after nearly three years of treatment, she is now finished and ready to take on Disney. As she arrived at Pita Pit to A division of learn about her wish she was overwhelmed, but following the gifts and photos, she was quick to express her excitement. Alison Vallier with stafffrom Pita Pit and Make-a-Wish in Kingston on “I am really excited to meet www.kingstonregion.com/kingston-on-news June 13. all the characters," she said, alMandy Marciniak/Metroland though she insists she doesn’t have a favourite. “All of this just makes me feel very special.” Her mom, Tracy, was also excited and the family plans to take the trip just after Christmas this year. “This was her first wish and we are so excited it has been granted,” she said. “She is excited now, but when she gets home and she realizes it is all real, she will be pretty ecstatic and so are Great we.” A division of
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Library loaning passes to help Kingstonians explore local provincial parks and conservation areas BY MANDY MARCINIAK mandymarciniak@metroland.com
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Deanna MacDonald with one of animal tracking, as well as binocuthe new Park Packs available on lars. “They are all a little customized loan from the Kingston Fronetnac to the park,” said MacDonald. “And Public Library for Canada 150. Mandy Marciniak/Metroland
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we are also working with Frontenac County to brand them and promote them, too.” There are 10 packs in total — two each for Bon Echo Park, Frontenac Park and Sharbot Lake; and four between Little Cataraqui Creek and Gould Lake. Some of the passes can be used for multiple locations. “With the provincial park packs, the passes can be used at any of the three parks and the same works with the other two sites, too,” said MacDonald. “The only problem we are running into is availability.” In just the fi rst week, each pack already has at least 20 holds on it. “If I can say anything to patrons, it would be to please return the packs as soon as you are done with them,” said MacDonald. “You can return it to any branch and we really want everyone to have an opportunity. Summer in Canada is short, so that is a challenge, too.” The library also can’t guarantee that people will have the passes at a certain time, so MacDonald urges people not to plan excursions with the idea that they will have the passes. “You will get it eventually, but we can’t guarantee a time.” The library also launched museum passes with the same idea earlier this year, which have also been very popular, and MacDonald is happy to see the idea taking off so well. “It is wonderful to see and a great way to celebrate our country,” she said. “We have some amazing local parks and this just gives more people an opportunity to explore them.” For more information about the park packs and the museum passes, visit https://www.kfpl.ca.
In which we wander through an old boneyard …. and discover a leafy gathering place for kids, dogs and everyone else ent. They lived in a neat brick house right across Balaclava Street. Claude was a longtime city councillor and community leader who headed up an early 1970s Neighbourhood Improvement COLUMNIST Project (NIP) in the near north end. The NIP gave rise to better parks, affordable housing and an early public pool at nearThis is for Skeleton Park and those by Artillery Park. who live here: Gratitude and Inspiration. Go further back in time to examine a Steve Heighton dedicates his recent 19th century obelisk, the Barclay Monunovel The Nightingale Won’t Let You ment. It’s dedicated to a clergyman who Sleep, suggesting a powerful notion of succeeded in getting dead Presbyterians place. A sense of just how much this vital into the ground alongside Catholics and Kingston landmark means to so many. Anglicans. The latter had wanted no part I’m not sure whether other books have of it, so parochial was old Kingston. been dedicated to funky neighbourhood In new Kingston, the cemetery evolved parks. But I do know why Steve did. He’s into a fine Victorian square with streets passed endless hours walking his late on three sides. Its paths provide a popudog, the fluffy Isla, beneath the canopy lar thoroughfare for people walking and of old silver maples. And long enjoyed cycling downtown. playing shinny at the rink. When I moved to these parts in the The former burying ground — hence late 1980s, many a realtor was still sniffthe common, skeletal name for Mc- ing haughtily at the neighbourhood, reBurney Park — is a very cool place. Its garding it as undesirable for middle class understated, friendly vibe makes it the clients. I’ve recently heard tell of house centre of a dynamic neighbourhood. It’s hunters being forced by high Skeleton also sodden with history, a gritty past Park area prices to buy in the traditionthat transcends officially-sanctioned ally pricier precincts south of Queen’s. Heritage. Why the popularity? Old-timers tell some bizarre tales. Of course, it’s partly location. ProximBack in the days of wringer washers one ity to downtown and major employers, mother heard a rattling sound as she the hospitals and the university. hauled her kids’ clothes from her maThe park itself works as a people magchine. One juvenile rapscallion had been net. Providence Manor residents can get out gathering human teeth from the old out to enjoy the scene. Teens play basketboneyard. (Archeologists and civil ser- ball. Young children cavort on the play vants call bones “artifacts.”) Many of structures. Picnickers picnic. Frisbee our forebears still inhabit the Skeleton tossers toss. Dog walkers discuss pets Park. and who-knows-what-else. Wander over to the park’s north side and you’ll find a young tree flourishing Continued on page 16 beside a plaque the neighbours installed to recognize Marie and Claude Clem-
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In which we wander through an old boneyard …. and discover a leafy gathering place for kids, dogs and everyone else Continued from page 9
Neighbourhood people collect garbage or tend the central planter or the south side flower beds. Skeleton Park has become an popular spot for Kingston gatherings. The Pride Parade now starts there. Ditto the Labour Day gathering. And sundry other public demonstrations. Then there’s the spirited, citizen-organized Halloween gathering, as many grown-ups as kids arrive to show off their costumes. Hundreds parade around the park behind a raucous group of musicians: New-Orleans-on-
the-Cataraqui. Of course, Skeleton Park is home to the ever-bigger Skeleton Park Arts Festival, http://skeletonparkartsfest. ca, coming up right at the solstice this month. It started with a modest McBurney Park Neighbourhood Association solstice gathering featuring a lemonade stand, bake sale, three-legged races and a tug-o’-war. Over the years, it’s morphed into one of Kingston’s coolest arts happenings, a five-day extravaganza featuring music, crafts and food. Yoga and storytelling and a porch jazz parade (see New Orleans, above). And, yes, the lemonade stand and old-
fashioned, picnic style games. With all of this, many continue to wonder why Official Kingston generally neglects Skeleton Park. By the start of the second week in June, the four brutalist planters around the Barclay Monument were still empty of flowers. Indeed, the only flowers in sight were modest beds that have long been carefully tended, not by the city but by a Clergy Street gardening enthusiast. The central planter features a few forlorn hostas and other perennials planted by neighbours. Skeleton Park is an afterthought in comparison to other city green spaces. For many years I’ve been cycling past
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Churchill Park, a formal but largely unused public space, watching busy city horticultural crews carefully tending the formal beds, planting out flowers. This formal park’s principal use, as far as I can tell, is for wedding photos. Why such negligence, disregarding a vibrant, popular public space in favour of a scantily used ornament? Who knows? But I guess it doesn’t really matter. What really does matter is autonomous public activity that persists in spite of city hall shrugs. I’m with Steve, grateful and inspired by the park, its neighbours.
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Antiques, Collectibles, Modern Furniture, China/Glass, Deep Freezer, H.D. Wood Working /Shop Tools HELD FOR MR. & MRS. JIM PERRY Miles to John F. Scott Rd. On Left, or from Hwy. 15 Lights North ½ Mile to Codes Corners, Right on John F. Scott 1 Mile to Sale Site #1371
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HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS. ANTIQUES. HONDA CIVIC CAR. PADDLE BOAT. @ 307 Otty Lake Side Rd. Perth, ON K7H 3C5 for the late George & Mary Norris on Sat., June 24/17 @ 10 am Vintage 8 pce oak dining room suite (draw table has 2 pull out leaves, turned legs & stretcher). Side by side china cabinet/buffet. Walnut china cabinet. Mahogany round dining room table. Pine kitchen table. Roxten coffee table. Matching love seat & chesterfield set. Love seat. 2 wicker sets. Queen Anne side chair. Victorian buttonback tub chair. 2 antique rockers. Antique footstool. Modern pine roll top desk. Magazine stand. Hall tree. 2 hope chests (1 cedar lined). Chest of drawers. Matching armoire & double mirrored vanity. 2 bar fridges. Water cooler. Elec. furnace. Accent & stand lamps. Everyday dishes. Sm. kitchen appliances. Crocks. Cast floor grates. Prints (incl. Mary de Wolfe). Antique cultivator. 3 water tanks. Milk cans. Upright set of scales. Pressure washer. Shop vac. Elec & plumbing supplies. 2 table saws. Jointer. Wooden work benches. Horse harness. Qty of hand & power tools. Bar clamps. Husqvarna 61 chainsaw. Blacksmith tongs. Qty brick & cultured stone. Push gas lawnmower. Stihl gas weed eater. 22 rifle. Paddle boat. 2002 Honda Civic (sold as is). Featuring many other articles too numerous to mention….. Join us for a nice clean auction sale. Expect surprises. Bring a lawn chair to settle the estate of George & Mary Norris, well renowned founders of Norris Sand & Gravel. Terms on Chattels; Cash & Cheque Only - Catering
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So we are working with the Historical Society to organize and launch a fundraising campaign to build the ‘Old House Museum’ up to snuff, so that it can become the permanent home for these artifacts. We are hoping to have a followup feature event of photos of these artifacts hosted by the WI Historical Society, and encourage people to contribute so that they can get their collection management system together to bring the artifacts home.” Harrison identified the remaining weeks as Week 4: Identity (July 14 — July 20) ‘How has Lake Ontario
shaped who we are?’ Lake Ontario Waterkeeper Retrospective Wednesday, July 19. Week 5: Protection (July 21 — July 27) ‘How do we protect Lake Ontario for Generations to come’? That will include water sampling workshops. Week 6: The Future (July 28 — Aug. 3) ‘What does the future look like for Kingston, Wolfe Island, &amp; Lake Ontario?’ Week 7: Celebration (Aug. 4 — Aug. 12) ‘The Wolfe Island Music Festival: Waterkeeper Showcase — Pledge Campaign in Kingston Aug. 9 ‘. Working with Trail Head, they have planned a Lake Ontario Explore Town event challenging people to go out, walk, paddle, hike, cycle, any-
thing but drive, to different parts of Kingston and Wolfe Island, and take pictures of the lake and post them often, for draws. There will be prizes. “And that,” she said, “ is just a short list of what we hope will bring people to Kingston and Wolfe Island,” A full schedule of events will be unveiled at the festival launch on June 23. Watch for details. I will have more about Frontenac Islands Council next time. Around Town; the sign in Kingston still indicated Big Sandy Bay is “Closed Due to Flooding”. Slight lowering of water levels since outflow at Cornwall. Cafe Tenango — Coffee &amp; Tea — Main Street, Wolfe Island opens June 23.
Check Shanti Retreat for upcoming programs. The WI Waste Site is open Monday, Wednesday and now Sundays (till the end of summer). WI Crafts opens June 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily (behind town hall). Coming Events: Severance restrictions meetings. — Tuesday, June 20 at 6:30 p.m. Howe Island Municipal Building; Thursday June 22 at 6:30 p.m., WI Town Hall. The Kingston &amp; Wolfe Island Culture Festival: June 23 to August 12. Wolfe Island Classic Race &amp; Kiddie kilometre Sunday July 2. Visit wolfeisland. com. Canada Day Pancake Breakfast July 1 WI United Church Hall 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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Councillor Bruce Higgs. Councillor Higgs shared a letter with Council he had received, from food bank president Joanne Lancaster, extolling the efforts in undertaking a Food Drive on their behalf. “The food bank is grateful for all their effort and the product,” she wrote. “We service over 100 people a month, and all this will certainly benefit the Gananoque and Area Food
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I could sense Mother’s fear. She moved from the stove where she was working, to take a quick glance out the window to the West Hill. I sat on the creton couch holding one of my favourite dolls which helped the nervousness I felt because of Mother’s growing concern over what she saw beyond the river to the back reaches of the farm. Black clouds were coming closer, and thunder could be heard in the distance, like a heavy barrel being rolled across
the kitchen floor. Even though it was the middle of the day, Mother lit two coal oil lamps and set them in the middle of the table. For some reason, she felt safer if the kitchen wasn’t so dark. There wasn’t much Mother feared. She could work amongst the livestock as well as someone born and raised on the farm, and often at night, when it was blistering hot, she would take a kitchen chair and sit outside on the back stoop, alone in the darkness. But an electric storm had her blood run cold. And one was coming, there was no doubt about it. She was sure it was just a matter of time until our old log house was struck by lightning and everything we owned would be burned to the ground, and unless we took extreme precautions, we as well. Fire and an electric storm, I knew were the only real fears Mother had.
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And that day, the storm sweeping towards us had turned the sky black as pitch, and by the time it hit the barnyard, the rain was pelting down and you could scarcely see beyond the pump. Father, of course, was in the barns, and there he would stay. Not to escape the lightning, but the rain. Father had no fear of a storm, even though we once lost 11 cows when the big maple tree on the West hill was struck by lightning. But that day was never far from Mother’s mind whenever a storm hit. Those of us in the house had to sit on chairs in the middle of the floor. No being near an outside wall or a window! It wasn’t unusual, if the storm seemed to be a real dilly, for Mother to hang a blanket in each of the two kitchen windows to shut out the storm, and she fully believed that by doing so, could actually keep out the lightning. She also thought if we had something made of rubber in our hands, that too was a safeguard, and so there sat my sister Audrey, who thought it sheer nonsense, sitting inside the house with our feet stuck into two pairs of rubber boots! If we could get our hands on a rubber ball, so much the better. And if the phone rang off the wall, we were forbidden to go anywhere near it! And that day, our number rang two or three times, and we just sat there and looked at it. Now the storm was raging. Mother counted the seconds between the lightning flash and the clap
of thunder, which she said was a sure way of telling how close it was. At that young age, I caught the fear of an electric storm from Mother. Hiding under the covers in my bed was no solution, because it was vital that I be downstairs in case we got hit. Of course, if a storm came in the middle of the night, we were all ordered out of our beds, and made sit in the middle the kitchen until it blew over. Father of course, never moved a muscle, and slept through the most raging storms as if they were happening in some other country. But he would hear again from Mother how electric storms were much worse in Renfrew County than they were in New York City. Living beside the high buildings, she said, shielded her from the fierceness, but out in the country, there was nothing to stop the roar of the thunder or the cracking of lightning. The storm was over almost as soon as it came, and all I could hear was the distant rumbling of the thunder, as it headed away from Northcote. The lamps were blown out, the windows opened to daylight, and Mother’s Rosary put back in her bedroom. We survived yet another raging electric storm in Northcote. Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to https://www.smashwords.com and type MaryRCook for ebook purchase details, or if you would like a hard copy, please contact Mary at wick2@sympatico.ca.
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IIHS shines the light on SUVs As I’ve mentioned in previous columns the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) of the US has started testing and rating vehicle headlamp effectiveness. They began this last year and have been working through the various groups of passenger vehicles and light trucks. This month they revealed their ratings of SUVs. Vehicles that don’t receive a good or acceptable rating on their tests can’t receive the IIHS’s coveted Top Safety Pick Plus award, meaning carmakers are definitely sitting up and taking notice. The tests are performed on a closed road-track equipped with photo-meters and lights are measured in terms of their effective illumination distance on straight-aways as well as on corners and as to the amount of blinding glare they emit to oncoming vehicles. Being able to see down the road at night is becoming increasingly more challenging for aging drivers and those affected with vision problems; a demographic that is growing at an alarming rate. The IIHS tested 37 different midsized
mainstream and luxury SUVs and only two received a good rating. They were the 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe and the Volvo XC60. Twelve got the acceptable score and a whopping 23 were found to be marginal or poor. "As a group, midsize SUV headlights perform slightly better than the other SUVs and pickups we evaluated last year, and that's encouraging," says IIHS Senior Research Engineer Matt Brumbelow. "Still, we continue to see headlights that compromise safety because they only provide a short view down the road at night." The IIHS decided to complete these tests because of the growing number of complaints from drivers and because few consumers ever road-test vehicles at night before deciding to buy them. Also about half of all traffic deaths occur in the dark or at dawn or dusk. Fancy high-tech lighting doesn’t necessarily make the grade, according to IIHS testers. While Volvo’s XC60 had optional high-intensity discharge (HID) lights that swivel with steering wheel input which earned them a good rating, the Kia Sorento equipped with the same type of lights got a poor rating. The Volvo could light up the road for 315 feet while the Kia was only rated at 148 feet. The testers did evaluate different types of lighting offered on the models they tested. More than half of the 79 variants of SUV lights tested
emitted too much glare to oncoming vehicles. "Managing glare can be more challenging for taller vehicles like SUVs and pickups because their headlights are mounted higher than on cars," Brumbelow says. "Better aim at the factory can minimize glare." How does your ride stack up on the IIHS light list? In the 2017 model year luxury SUV category (with the best optional light packages available), the acceptable award went to Acura MDX and RDX, BMX X5, Buick Envision, Infiniti QX70, Lexus NX and RX, and Mercedes GLF. Marginal ribbons were awarded to Audi Q5, BMW X3, Cadillac XT5, Infiniti QX50, Lincoln MKT, and Volvo XC90. Poor ratings were bestowed on Infiniti QX60, Lincoln, MKC, and Lincoln MKX. The non-luxury SUVs that were found to be acceptable were Honda Pilot, Jeep Cherokee and Grand Cherokee, and Toyota Highlander. The marginals were Chevrolet Equinox, Dodge Durango, Ford Flex, GMC Acadia, Nissan Murano, and Pathfinder. Those in the poor category were Dodge Journey, Ford Edge and Explorer, GMC Terrain, Jeep Wrangler, Kia Sorento, Toyota 4Runner, and Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (not to be confused with the Santa Fe). You can learn more at iihs. org. If headlamp performance is impor-
tant to you, make sure you complete at least one demo drive at night on a road without street lights. And be very careful when considering upgrading the lights on your existing ride. There are now laws in Ontario forbidding the installation of HID headlights on vehicles that weren’t equipped with them at the factory and some LED bulb kits can overheat wiring harnesses. This Saturday, June 24th there’s a 2-for-1 deal happening in Picton with the ¼ Mile Armdrop Drags, Car &amp; Bike Show and The County Tractor Pull all at the Historic Picton Airfield. It’s open to all cars, trucks and bikes (no bike racing) and the gates open at 9:30 a.m. There’s a $5 spectator fee and food vendors will be on site. And on the same day the very popular Wheels on the Mississippi Car Show returns to Riverside Park in Carleton Place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you have any questions, opinions, or stories on anything automotive please drop me a line, [By email to bjoeturner@hotmail.com listing ‘Question for the Car Counselor’ on the subject line or by post to Record News Communications, 65 Lorne St., P.O. Box 158, Smiths Falls, Ont. K7A 4T1]. When using regular mail, please supply a phone number if you seek direct contact (due to volume I can’t always promise replies). Yours in service Brian Turner
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