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The gallery at the South Frontenac Council meeting held Tuesday, Oct. 3 had more members of the public than usual, most likely due to a blog entry made by Councillor Ross Sutherland regarding an item on the meeting’s agenda.

On Sept. 30, Sutherland shared his blog entry on social media regarding the water meter services report that was to come before council at the meeting. That report recommended the council amend an agreement with Utilities Kingston that would see new water meters installed throughout the township. It also recommended Utilities Kingston should then take over the meter reading services for the township.

Sutherland’s blog entry indicated that it was unknown whether the $470 per new water meter would be a cost for property owners, or one absorbed by the township. This caused a spike in social media posts regarding the issue, with many members of the public The KCVI Blues defeated the visiting GREC Gryphons 52-12 in KASSAA junior girls’ basketball in Kingston indicating they would attend the meeton Tuesday, Oct. 3. Here, the Gryphons’ Paris Wilson (left) is challenged by the Blues’ Emily Flake during lasting to voice opposition to the idea.

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necessary, especially since the current system isn’t posing safety issues. “Could we not phase this in However, when the item came before coun- more slowly?” he asked.

“The sky is not falling,” Segsworth responded. cil, it was noted that the cost of the new meters “I just prefer to be proactive.” would not be applied to property owners, and Councillor Sutherland urged councillors to Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth urged council to consider adopting the practices of consider putting of the move to the new system.

Utilities Kingston. The water meters currently He noted that funds from reserves are not free used in the township are “somewhat obsolete,” money and need to be replaced, and also stated Segsworth said, and have proven increasingly that the new meters Segsworth was proposing are in fact ‘Smart Meters,’ which haven’t had the best problematic during readings.

“We’ve got to do something at some point,” track record. He indicated that better technology Segsworth said, noting that more and more wa- would be available in a few years, and he moved ter meters are unreadable or malfunctioning each to send the recommendation back to Public time the Staff carries out the readings and have Works in order to be brought back to council in been problematic as long as he has dealt with three years or “if there is a serious public health them. The current water system was introduced concern.”

That motion failed, with Sutherland as the in the township 12 years ago, and Segsworth said that every three months, staff fi nd one or two only councillor voting in favour. Sutherland then more meters that are not working properly, de- moved for an amendment to have the new meters funded out of water reserve funds and not added spite having fixed many of them in the past.

“I think we need to standardize and improve to public water rates. That amendment was carour system,” he said. “We have issues with our ried with only Councillor John McDougall voting against it. Council then voted in favour of the water supply system.”

Segsworth indicated there was some reserve recommendation, which means South Frontenac funding that could be used for the project, and Township will soon see new water meters and a that the $50,000 in funding needed for the project new water system, all under the management of would be part of the 2018 capital budget discus- Utilities Kingston.

sion if council voted to move forward with it.

Stalled Fermoy Hall work readdressed Councillor Alan Revill asked Segsworth to After Public Works recommended in July that expand on what the issues are with the current no action be taken to do repairs to Fermoy Hall, water meters, and Segsworth reiterated that the Segsworth brought the issue before council again meters are increasing failing. after staff met with the Bedford District RecreAlthough Councillor Mark Schjerning said ation Committee. It became evident at that meethe supported the idea of using Utilities Kings- ing that there is “a strong interest in restoring ton, he asked if implementing a new system was and enhancing Fermoy Hall,” Segsworth said in Continued from page 1

his report to Council.

Segsworth recommended that Council endorse the use of the $30,000 earmarked in the 2017 capital budget for use at Fermoy Hall. As opposed to using it for repairs as originally intended, Segsworth recommended the funds be used for asbestos removal and other clean-up costs – the reason no repairs could be done in the first place.

“In hindsight, what we should have recommended at that time was that that money be used… basically what we’re recommending today, in that we need to do the clean-up,” Segsworth said. “[The hall] is a diamond in the rough… and it’s got to be cleaned up regardless of what happens next.”

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Councillor Pat Barr expressed that she would defi nitely support the recommendation, noting just how much the Bedford Rec. Committee had invested in the hall prior to amalgamation.

“There is potential here for a number of things,” she said.

Council voted in favour of using the funds for asbestos removal and clean up, which Segsworth indicated was the necessary first step in deciding what should be done with Fermoy Hall.

“Once the clean up is done, we can have a better assessment of the structural integrity of the building,” he said.

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Frontenac Paramedics chief receives province-wide award of distinction TORI STAFFORD

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For over 40 years, Paul Charbonneau’s career has taught him to expect the unexpected, so there are very few times he finds himself completely astonished.

“I am not very often surprised,” said Charbonneau, chief of Frontenac Paramedic Services.

“This was a complete surprise! It was totally unknown to me.”

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held at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa on Sept. 28, speaking with colleagues and old friends when his wife, Heather, came to find him and steer him back to his table. Heather, like many of the staff members from Frontenac County in attendance and the current OAPC president, Neal Roberts, had somehow kept the award a surprise from Charbonneau. And that element of surprise made the presentation of the award that much more exciting for all involved.

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“It’s always just felt like the next natural thing to do. There was no grand plan,” he at the discretion of the OAPC president to any said of how his career took him to James Bay, person for their significant service in advancing Thunder Bay, and then into this neck of the woods. On top of being the past-president of the discipline of paramedicine.

Charbonneau is the third recipient of the OAPC, Charbonneau is also the past-president award, joining Jim Price, former executive di- of the Paramedic Chiefs of Canada and the rector of OAPC and highly revered paramedic past-president of the Association of Municipal chief, and Lt.-Gen. Richard Rohmer, Canada’s Emergency Medical Services.

“Things just seemed to evolve, and it just most decorated war veteran and honorary seemed to be how it all fell in together,” CharChief of the Ontario Paramedic Association.

For current OAPC President Roberts, selecting bonneau said.

With over 40 years under his belt, CharCharbonneau to receive this year’s award was bonneau shows no signs of slowing down. His an easy decision.

“Honestly, he’s been an unrelenting sup- work with Frontenac Paramedic Services has porter of paramedic services in Ontario for led to a number of improvements for the crew over four decades,” Roberts said of Charbon- he leads, many of which are aimed at the health and well-being of paramedics. But his work is neau.

“To be quite honest, there are very few peo- far from over, he indicated. ple who have done more to advocate for paraCharbonneau has his sights set on a number medicine, especially in Ontario, than Chief of projects and initiatives he’s looking forward Charbonneau.” to, he said. Frontenac Paramedic Services recently hosted two days of training on the ‘Just 40 years of service Culture’ program, a progressive management Just one week prior to receiving the OAPC style that’s been adopted by Frontenac ParaPresident’s Award, Charbonneau received a medics. Charbonneau said he looks forward certifi cate of recognition for his 40 years of to continuing to push that mandate, which he service from the Paramedic Chiefs of Canada. describes as “managing risks rather than layCharbonneau, who began his career in para- ing blame.” Additionally, Charbonneau said he medicine in 1975 as an ‘ambulance driver at- is looking forward to continuing to work with tendant’ working in Toronto, said he really Kingston Fire and Rescue as they roll out the believed that he would spend his entire career 10-year Urban Station Plan, which sees parain the city at the time. But the path his career medics and fi re and rescue services cohabit at actually took seemed to happen organically, urban stations — such as the Woodbine Fire Charbonneau expressed.

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But, perhaps more than anything else, Charbonneau plans to continue his work to increase and improve mental wellness programming for paramedics.

“I really want to focus on the mental wellness of fi rst responders, and particularly the paramedics that I am honoured to lead,” said Charbonneau, who considers himself lucky to be able to create dialogue about the subject with politicians in Ottawa. Charbonneau recently spoke on the subject at a House of Commons

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“I think we’ve just cracked the door open on mental wellness and really understanding what this job does to people who see the worst of the worst — and sometimes see it three or four times in a day — that a citizen may never see any time in their life,” he said.

“I have no problem getting face to face with the premier or, if I ever had the opportunity to, with the prime minister, to really plead the case on mental wellness,” he continued.

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Battersea writer published in Chicken Soup for the Soul books twice in one season TORI STAFFORD

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Dalia Gesser can still vividly recall images from a dream she had over 22 years ago.

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I find it kind of cathartic. I just the head carpenter on her “I don’t know if I’ve friend’s project – and her had another dream like started writing in about 2005, future husband. that, when I think about and I haven’t stopped!”

It was Dave that Gessit.” er had envisioned in her In the dream, Gesser DALIA GESSER dream, and it is Dave saw “the figure of a large, AUTHOR that she is still married to muscular man,” she now, over 22 years later. wrote in the story.

It’s a cute, funny and interesting story, and “His face was blurry, but I could distinguish one that may have had a hand in shaping how that he had dark features. His warmth and af- Gesser’s son, Lee, would move forward in his fection were very comforting, and his presence career. was homey.”

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Now a grown man, Lee is a stonemason who owns and operates Stone Worx Masonry. “It’s pretty neat how that worked out,” she said of how her son’s early fascination with construction work paralleled her finding the love of her life.

But this isn’t the first time a story Gesser had published in a Chicken Soup for the Soul book referred to an event in the early lives of one of her sons that mirrored their eventual careers. The first time Gesser was published in a Chicken Soup book was in 2011, in an edition subtitled ‘O Canada.’ That story details her son Nathaniel wanting to perform in Kingston’s Busker’s Rendezvous.

Gesser’s lifelong profession has been in the performing arts, specifically in mime, mask and circus performance. For years, Gesser toured Ontario performing at schools, libraries

and festivals, and when Nathaniel discovered Buskers’ Rendezvous, he, too wanted to try his hand at performing. Gesser put together a performance for the two of them to do, and, as the story goes, her husband continued to slip money into their hat during their performances. It wasn’t until weeks later he revealed that it was him who put the money in the hat, but the results of his kind-hearted gesture found Nathaniel thrilled with the $30 or so he had earned performing.

That anecdote is the basis for her story ‘A Small Start to Something Big’ and also the starting point for her son’s career – Nathaniel is now a professional magician and circus performer touring the world and performing on cruise ships and at festivals.

“It’s nice that the story led to that,” Gesser said.

Since her story was published in the ‘O Canada’ edition of a Chicken Soup

for the Soul book, Gesser was published again in 2012 in a Chicken Soup book subtitled ‘I Can’t Believe My Dog Did That!’ where she tells the story of her dog hijacking one of her performances at a school years ago. And this summer alone, Gesser was published in two more of the series’ editions: the aforementioned ‘Dreams and the Unexplainable,’ and another dog-centric themed edition subtitled ‘My Dog Really Did That?’ It’s been an exciting summer for Gesser, who now teaches performance arts at area seniors’ residences and re-

tirement homes. But short story writing isn’t a passion Gesser always held close, she explained.

“I wasn’t the greatest academic. I would never have imagined in my wildest dreams years ago that I would love to do this,” she said, noting she developed a love for writing while helping her two sons with school assignments during their high school careers.

“But I really love both the writing and the editing process. I find it kind of cathartic,” she continued with a laugh. “I just started writing in about 2005, and I haven’t stopped!”

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A tale of two gun articles Two articles have become incredibly popular in the wake of the recent Las Vegas concert shooting, the deadliest in US history.

The Onion's "No Way to Prevent this: Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens" perfectly encapsulates the dystopian, quasi-religious logistical headspace that the nation enters on the heels of each and every mass shooting tragedy it experiences. Other countries simply do not share the scale of these mass shooting tragedies, and it is obviously directly tied to the deadliness of the weapons readily available to the psychopaths who seek to inflict maximum carnage.

The other is a contrarian Washington Post opinion piece by statistician Leah Librisco, which attempts to recast the essential debate away from gun control and "towards narrowly tailored interventions to protect subtypes of victims." Instead of looking at mass shootings, the article takes a statistician's view of the nation's annual 33,000 gun deaths and finds that there's not much that can be done from a gun control perspective, and so we should instead focus our energies on 'interventions' to prevent the suicidal, domestic abusers and at-risk youth from having access to arms.

There's undoubtedly truth to this, particularly as it pertains to domestic abusers, as that's almost always a precursor to wider social violence. But domestic violence is a very complex social phenomenon as well, and more often than not goes unreported, which makes us skeptical that an interventionist approach would work.

We also feel that while gangland murders and suicide by firearms are terrible, they do not inspire the same level of jaw-dropping terror as words like Sandy Hook, Columbine and now Las Vegas massacre, in the world at large. The US isn't mocked and derided internationally because it has difficulty handing a burgeoning drug trade - that's hard work - it's derided because it can't figure out how to prevent madmen from terrorizing its populations with fearsome weapons of war.

Librisco also casually advances one of the gun lobby's favoured arguments that since a skilled shooter can change magazines quickly, it doesn't really matter if legislation is enacted to ban them. But it begs the questions: How many mass casualty shooters are actually accomplished marksmen, and how many are cold blooded-monsters looking for the quickest and easiest way to achieve notoriety as the most evil human ever to wield deadly arms? We aren't FBI profilers, but we would guess that there's more in the latter camp.

Now, US senators appear to be lining up to sponsor legislation that will outlaw 'bump stocks' - accessories that allowed the shooter the convert 12 of his assault rifles from semi to virtually fully automatic. We think that's a good start. But real change won't come until the country outlaws all assault-style weapons, and large magazines which permit the monsters among us the ability to indiscriminately take dozens of lives in minutes.

We know America probably won't change any time soon. But it can, and should, do more.

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of the High King of Ireland, were spectacular on a clear late afternoon.

Newgrange, along with Knowth and Dowth, My son Craig and I are just home after spending nearly two weeks in Ireland (south are UNESCO World Heritage sites. Newand north) and England. This was our second grange stands out because of its age. The strucfather-son overseas getaway in as many years ture dates from 3200 BC meaning it predates although this excursion was far busier than our both Stonehenge in England (which Craig and I visited last year) and the Egyptian pyramids.

2016 junket to England.

Knowth and Dowth, although impressive The morning after our arrival home I was in the kitchen brewing tea. I could hear Kathleen examples of this type of construction, date from between 2500 and 2000 BC. Ireland has asking her son about his experiences overseas.

“If you were going to choose the best thing more than a thousand Megalithic tombs which you did during the trip what would it be,” she fall into four different categories. It is really quite remarkable and attests to just how long inquired.

Craig didn’t have to think about it. “The people have inhabited the island.

Most incredible of all is the construction visit to Newgrange. That was my favourite,” he capabilities and engineering skills of those anquickly replied.

Unless you are into Neolithic history it is cient people. Using what we today would conunlikely you have ever heard of Newgrange. sider rudimentary tools, combined with brute It is a so-called “passage tomb” that was con- strength and endurance, they have built monustructed in what is now County Meath in the ments which are impressive by any standard.

The scale of Newgrange, which over the Republic of Ireland. The prehistoric monument stands high above the River Boyne some course of many centuries became buried in five miles (eight kilometres) west of the City of the Irish countryside, is awe inspiring. It was Drogheda. By road it is an hour north of the rediscovered in 1699 by a land owner who had ordered his farm labourers to excavate what, at Irish capital Dublin, where we were staying.

Newgrange is the best known among the the time, appeared to be a large mound on the numerous passage tombs in Ireland which also hillside.

Site restored include nearby monuments called Knowth and Over the course of more than 200 years Dowth. Other sites located in the Boyne Valley are Fourknocks, Loughcrew and Tara. The lat- and culminating with major excavations led ter, located high atop the Hill of Tara near the by Irish archeologist and professor Michael J. Town of Navan, was also a stop on our tour the O’Kelly in the 1960s and early 1970s the entire day we visited Newgrange. It’s a much smaller structure was revealed and the front restored. tomb but the impressive views from the Hill of The large mound is approximately 80 metres Tara, which according to tradition was the seat (262 feet) in diameter. It’s believed the origijeff rey.maguire@rogers.com

nal mound stood 11-13 metres high. The base is surrounded by 97 large “kerb” stones. The most impressive of these is the highly decorated entrance stone. The site is also ringed by a wider stone circle. In total the mound contains an incredible 200,000 pounds of material. The only open sections are the entrance passage and the inner burial chamber.

Because we took an organized tour from

Dublin, Craig and I and our fellow passengers were actually able to enter the massive structure. Just 24 people at a time are permitted inside due to the close confines. We entered in single file amid cries of “mind your head” from our tour guide.

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Our demonstration was done using electric light but it was intriguing none the less.

If you’re claustrophobic Newgrange isn’t for Studies completed in 1972 revealed that the you. The long passage isn’t only low, it is also Winter Solstice orientation of the site was so very narrow. One place is so tight that you have sophisticated that Newgrange could be used to to turn sideways to get through. People of ample determine the exact day of solstice. dimensions are advised to remain outside. Electric lights were added in the 1950s to allow visiNewgrange and many other burial tors to find their way along the passageway. mounds in Ireland are truly remarkable Excavations have proven Newgrange was a burial place. But sadly because it was wide open examples of ancient engineering skill and for so many years (the site wasn’t formally proconstruction methods. tected by the government until 1882) much of what was originally inside the chamber was carried away by souvenir hunters.

The roof box is built in such a way that it maxThere were 43 people on our tour and we were imizes the accuracy and length of the light beam in the second group to enter the more than 5,000 entering the chamber. year old structure. In typical Irish fashion, what Similar to Stonehenge in England the large had been a sunny day suddenly turned nasty. The stones used to complete Newgrange came from wind carried a sharp shower across the green, many miles away. It’s believed they were floated rolling, rural landscape. Our rainwear and um- on rafts using the country’s river system and then brellas were put to good use. We were glad to be hauled bodily to the site. It has also been detersummoned inside. Once we navigated the pas- mined construction of the mound would have sageway and stood in the chamber our guide taken a workforce of 300 people up to 30 years to demonstrated what archeologist O’Kelly discov- complete. Little wonder my son was impressed! ered in 1967. He uncovered the so-called “roof Newgrange and many other burial mounds in box” which is perfectly aligned so that at the time Ireland are truly remarkable examples of ancient of the Winter Solstice in December the light of engineering skill and construction methods. the rising sun enters the roof box and penetrates They are well worth a visit. the passageway, shining onto the floor of the inIf you have a comment or question for Jeff Maner chamber. The sunlight illuminates the cham- guire he can be reached by email at: jeffrey.maguber for just 17 minutes. ire@rogers.com Continued on page 9

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Vital Signs 2017 Left to right: Tina Bailey, executive director of the Community Foundation for Kingston and Area, Michael Bell, project leader for the 2017 Vital Signs report, Dr. K. Jennifer Ingram, Seniors Physician Lead, Central East Local Health Integration Network, Chief Paramedic Paul Charbonneau of Frontenac Paramedic Services and Sarah Webster, Project Resource Consultant, Centre for Studies in Aging & Health, Providence Care at this year's Vital Signs report launch on Oct. 2.

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Annual Vital Signs report focuses on aging in Kingston an aging population and data shows mandymarciniak@metroland.com that by 2026 there will be 47 per cent In 2016, census data in Canada more senior Kingstonians than in revealed that the senior population 2016.

To help aid with this growing outnumbered those under the age of 15 for the first time in the survey’s his- population, services like paramedics tory. This historic data inspired the are stepping up to see what they can Community Foundation for Kings- do and Chief Paramedic Paul Charton and Area’s (CFKA) annual Vital bonneau of Frontenac Paramedic Signs report for 2017 and on Oct. 2 Services was on hand at the Vital they presented their fi ndings at the Signs launch to explain the emerging field of community paramedicine Seniors Centre.

“The data has a lot of implications and show how it will assist citizens as for things like services, healthcare, they age.

“The whole reason we are interesteducation, and where people are going to be housed,” explained Michael ed in community paramedicine in the Bell, past president of CFKA and County of Frontenac is because we project leader for the 2017 Vital Signs have to reduce our reliance on 911. A report. “We wanted to look at how lot of people, and we are seeing this we are aging, planning for aging and more and more, are just calling 911 also whether or not we are dying well because they just don’t know where else to go,” he said. “They don’t in the community.”

The senior population has al- necessarily need an ambulance, they ways been high in Kingston and Bell need to be referred to a family physipointed out that Kingston actually cian or they need another service to reached the state of seniors outnum- help them.”

To help with this problem, Charbering children in 2008 – eight years bonneau and his team have been before the rest of Canada.

“You can see that impact in the working with the Local Integration city too,” he said. “As a municipal- Health Network (LIHN) to establish ity, Kingston has focused on being an wellness centres to form collaboraage friendly community with work on tions between community services. sidewalks, adding benches and mak- This past spring, they received federal funding to keep their work going. ing curbs more accessible.”

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Fallen fi refi ghter honoured with memorial in Amherstview pa HOLLIE PRATT-CAMPBELL

als whose lives he saved. I've heard about how steadfast and professional he was as a correctional officer.

In July of 2016, Loyalist TownI knew fi rsthand how much he reship firefighter and former Canadian spected the science and the mystery Forces member and corrections ofof fi re and his thirst for knowledge fi cer Patrick Pidgeon was tragically in this new endeavour. But what I rekilled in the line of duty at the age of ally think about is the man I knew.

45 while battling a fire at an AmherQuiet. Humble. Mischievous. Strong stview apartment building.

— both physically and in spirit.”

Now, his memory lives on in the Green said she grew up in Amhertown of Amherstview. stview and was happy to return to the In the southeast corner of Loyaltown in 2006 to raise her own family. ist Park — in proximity to both the She noted that Patrick, a newcomer fi re hall and to where Pidgeon lived to the area, was skeptical at first but with his wife, Karen Green and son, was really beginning to embrace the Patrick, a commemorative plaque, spirit of the town — taking up garbench and tree were unveiled on dening and woodworking, joining the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 4. the fire department and even driving The memorial is a combined effort [Left to right] Mayor Bill Lowry unveils the commemorative plaque through town as Santa on a fire truck between Loyalist Township and the to Patrick Pidgeon in Loyalist Park, accompanied by councillors Ron one Christmas Eve. local Lions Club.

“Someone once told me, none of “It is impossible to adequately Gordon and Jim Hegadorn, Deputy Fire Chief James Feeney and Karen us is guaranteed a long life,” she said. sum up the contribution of a single Green.

- Hollie Pratt-Campbell/Metroland “We each have a set number of days. life with a plaque or a bench or even It’s what we do with those days that a tree,” remarked Loyalist mayor Bill too short life of Patrick Pidgeon. It is among us.”

Lowry. “Yet these will represent, to a stark reminder that we never know Green also spoke at the dedica- matter. Patrick lived a long, exciting, the people here today and to the citi- for certain just how much time we tion, noting that at the time of Pat- and incredible life in his 45 years. It zens of Loyalist Township in the fu- will be given to enjoy our lives and rick’s death she was too distraught to was indeed a life well lived. And alture, reminders of the vibrant and all most importantly the people who are write a eulogy, and was grateful for though it is hard to live here knowing this opportunity to say a few words, where and how he died, we cannot and try and convey her gratitude for imagine living anywhere else. Espe“this incredible memorial to my hus- cially now.”

She extended a heartfelt thank band, best friend and life partner.”

“I've heard stories of his bravery you to the township and the Lions in Afghanistan,” she said. “I've wit- Club “for ensuring that Patrick and nessed testimonies from individu- his contributions and sacrifice to this community are not forgotten. hpratt-campbell@metroland.com

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He noted that the incident is still under investigation by the OPP, explaining that the fire department diligently has the standpipe systems in the apartments they serve cleaned every six months; the system in question was cleaned just the previous December, Stephenson said.

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“It's a beautiful gesture,” said Green.

Fire Chief Fred Stephenson and members of the department were also on hand for the dedication.

“He loved to be outside,” Stephenson remarked after the ceremony.

“Patrick and Karen just lived a couple blocks over from here, so [Patrick Jr.] will love this spot.

Stephenson said Pidgeon’s death was “extremely hard” on the local department. “But they’re a strong crew,” he remarked. “We’ve lost no one because of it. Some of the younger firefi ghters had a lot of pressure to leave the service after this happened, and every one of them stuck with us.”

Pidgeon was killed when the standpipe system he was using to put out a fi re on the fourth floor of an Amherstview apartment building became plugged with debris, stopping the flow of water through the hose.

“It fl ashed so rapidly that once they realized they had no water it was too late,” Stephenson said.

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Kingston Penitentiary will, once again, play a starring role in the local tourism scene in 2018.

City council has renewed a partnership with Correctional Service Canada (CSC) and the St. Lawrence Parks Commission to continue the hugely successful public tours of the once-notorious maximum security prison. This marks the third season the shuttered prison, often referred to as ‘Canada’s Alcatraz,’ will be open to the public.

“Kingston Penitentiary really has a national brand, an identity almost like Alcatraz in the United States,” said Ronald Holgerson, general manager and chief executive officer of the parks commission.

He says visitor attendance through the first two years of operation makes Kingston Pen, as it’s called by locals, one of the hottest tickets in town for sightseeing.

So far this season (which started in June and ends Oct. 29), more than 100,000 tickets have been sold to people who want to go beyond the looming doors of the 1835 penitentiary, compared with 60,000 visits last year.

“Tickets for the Kingston Penitentiary tours are currently selling at a rate of 400 to 500 per day,” according to city staff.

Tourism experts predict those numbers will continue to grow in 2018, as the curious seek a glimpse of prison living conditions for the likes of notorious killers like Paul Bernardo, Mohammad Shafia and Clifford Olson — who all served time in the prison before it was closed by the former Conservative government in 2013.

“I think people are intrigued if you watch lots of movies, from Shawshank Redemption to I don’t know what; that they’re interested in the confi nement and the actual conditions of being in a prison,” explained Holgerson.

The fi lming of the TV miniseries Alias Grace behind the limestone walls will only enhance the prison’s attractiveness, he added.

Under the renewed agreement, the city will pay CSC the token sum of $1 for the keys to Kingston Pen, but its day-to-day tour operations will be run by the St. Lawrence Parks Commission, which lists Fort Henry and Upper Canada Village as some of its other mainstay attractions.

Holgerson says in just a few short years, Kingston Pen is now attracting almost the same number of annual visitors as the venerable Fort Henry, which, ironically, was built during the same period nearly two centuries ago. “The two are very close (in attendance).”

In addition to rising online ticket sales, the prison is expected to net a tidy profit of about $1.6 million this year. “It will be shared, with 50 per

tended use at this time.”

One reason why is because the long-term future of the prison property remains in limbo.

This past summer, the city and federal government approved a high-level vision for the future redevelopment of Kingston Penitentiary and nearby Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, built to host sailing events during the 1976 Summer Olympic Games. The vision includes keeping the northern portion of the limestone prison for ongoing tourism and heritage uses, while portions of the southern section are

earmarked for potential highrise residential development, commercial and other uses. However, it could take years to take effect.

The vision involves transferring ownership of the prison from CSC to Canada Lands Company, the government’s real estate arm, for potential sale. The renewed partnership includes the caveat that public tours could end on short notice. “It is understood that the tours would be discontinued should the property be disposed of prior to the end of October 2018,” the staff report noted.

An image from one of the tours inside Kingston Penitentiary.

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cent to the United Way and 50 per cent for the marketing of Kingston as a tourism destination.”

The seasonal prison tours also employ about 100 people, a mix of students and former correctional workers.

Holgerson expects 2018 will offer roughly the same packages as this year, including a standard 90-minute guided tour for $35 per ticket or a premium extended tour package featuring smaller groups and more sights led by a former correctional staffer.

The tour season is also expected to run from May to October.

There has been talk of offering new attractions such as overnight stays, haunted walks, ‘movie in the Pen’ nights or winter tours, but Holgerson says those options remain on hold.

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Public Works seeks funding for unbudgeted expenditures during Point Park enhancements The fi nal Public Works recommendation to come before South Frontenac Council at the Oct. 3 meeting saw Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth recommending that the $51,000 of unbudgeted improvements to the Point Park be funded from the parkland reserve budget. Although the Township entered into a 50/50 agreement with the Limestone District School Board in 2015 to upgrade the football field at the park, that work did not include necessary drainage for

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Councillor Norm Roberts said he had a problem with the funds coming out of parkland reserves, a sentiment echoed by Vandewal. Council recently discussed the waning funds in the parkland reserves at a previous meeting.

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Councillor Brad Barbeau moved to amend the recommendation to reflect just that, and Council voted unanimously to have the unbudgeted $51,000 funded from Public Works reserves.

“I think we are aging well, but you can always improve on that,” he said. “More and more the collaboration of organizations is necessary. We are not here to compete with anybody, we want to see where we can help and we want to figure out what services need to be provided and we want to fill the gaps in the system.”

The overall focus of this integration of services is to allow seniors to age in their homes and plan for their futures, a point that was further emphasized by speaker Dr. K. Jennifer Ingram, seniors physician lead at the Central East Local Health Integration Network and a specialist in internal geriatric medicine.

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As promised, Clement and Rankine had their heads shaved in front of the entire school by staff member Tricia Smith, and five teachers — Kathleen Dorsey, Melanie

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“That was the most fun thing I’ve ever got to do as an administrator,” she laughed.

“I hope they’re not chasing me after — I said: ‘Do I need to run now?'”

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The land of Ninjago is a land of mysticism and technological wonders. Yet the city is under constant threat of attack by the evil Lord Garmadon (Justin Theroux). Every day Garmadon and his army strike out at Ninjago from his volcanic island base. And each day the five mysterious ninja in their fierce robotic mechs stop him.

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The real charm of the film though is its ability to pivot. It gracefully goes from the outrageousness of absentee father and evil warlord Garmadon to plucking at the heartstrings as Lloyd and his father reconnect.

Our cast is not the original voice actors of the TV show, but they're pretty good. It's hard to be upset when Jackie Chan is cast to voice the ninja master and teacher Master Wu. Then we have Fred Armisen, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Pena, Abbi Jacobson, Zach Woods and Olivia Munn. Again, it's hard to be upset with this kind of talent.

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Ninjago is full of silly goodness, but it also has some real heart. That's the beauty of these Lego movies.

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for Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Wilcox Sat., Oct. 21 @ 10 am 25 Kerry Pt. Rd. Mallorytown From Thousand Islands Parkway west of Mallorytown and east of Thousand Islands Bridge, take Narrows Lane Rd. to Kerry Pt. Rd. Guns: Remington, Browning, Mossberg, 12 gauge shotguns; Ruger 22; Browning 308; Marlin 35; Ducks Unlimited Edition Marlin 22; Herters 6mm; Winchester 32 lever; gun cleaning kits etc.

Outdoors: 2001 Honda Foreman 4x4 four wheeler, 360 kms like new!; gazebo; IH 354 gas tractor with loader; small Bush Hog 3 pt hitch mower; 3 pt hitch grader blade; ditcher; Stihl weed eater; Stihl chainsaw; Stihl leafblower; White 19 hp riding mower; cart; Toro heavy duty push weed eater; snowblower; fiberglass fishing boat, Johnson outboard motor, trailer; vintage Chrysler, Johnson, Evinrude outboard motors; duck boats; working duck decoys; moose head; fishing and hunting supplies & equipment; clay pigeon thrower; tools; bandsaw; tablesaw; scrollsaw; Beach toolbox; Stanley 500 amp battery starter; bench grinder; wheelbarrow; logging chains; garden tools; old wash tubs; old cistern pump; antique iron wheels; vintage Coleman lanterns; antique toboggans; old radio; lumber; steel roofing; cement blocks; I beams; plus more Household: Antique wicker furniture; vintage bear & duck lamps; bedroom suite; couches, chairs; freezer; glass, china; kitchenware; linens etc.

Terms - Cash, Debit, MC, Visa Canteen For pictures & full list see: www.joyntauction.ca 613-285-7494

5568 HIGHWAY 62, ROSSMORE ONT PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY SATURDAY OCTOBER 21ST AT 10:00 AM Immediately SOUTH of Belleville Bay Bridge on Highway 62 VEHICLES & TRAILERS 2006 Ford F450 diesel pick up truck with crew cab and dump box, 156,000 miles- good running condition; 2001 Ford F250 with snow plow attachment , 440,000 kms- running condition; 2000 Ford F 550 truck cab and chasis, standard transmission ; 1987 International S1900 triaxle dump truck- farm use- running condition; 1996 GMC 6.5 l diesel cube van with Unicel fibreglass box-60,000 kms- running condition;, 2005 48 ft Red River live bottom material handling trailer- needs belting; 1996 Flow Boy 40 ft live bottom material trailer; 2005 Miska 8 ton tandem dump trailer, 2002 16 ft tandem axle landscape trailer, tandem axle equipment trailer, 24 ft Beaver tail tandem axle , dual wheel trailer; 48 ft 30 ton double drop equipment trailer, tri axle pup trailer , 12 ft steel dump box, EQUIPMENT AND MISC Bobcat 322 mini excavator, 800 hours – good running condition; Bob Cat angle snow blade, Bob Cat hoe ram, Pro Screen portable soil screening plant with 15 hp Honda gas engine, Trackless 4 ft snow blower, several material compactors, jumping jacks, Cub Cadet riding lawn mowers, Hyster fork truck – not running; Snap On air compressor, gas powered wood chipper, Myers snow plow blades, Fisher snow plow blades, gas powered snow blower, power mowers, roto tillers, Honda motors, diesel slip tanks, Munroe 2 yard sander, quantity of interlocking brick, armour stone, tool benches, BOAT 1987 Doral “ Citation� 24 ft pleasure boat with E-Z loader tandem axle trailer- restoration project; numerous other articles.

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REAL ESTATE PLUS ESTATE AUCTION SALE CHILDHOOD MEMORABILIA. COLLECTIBLES. JD 40S GAS TRACTOR. 28 FT PROWLER LYNX TRAVEL TRAILER. ANTIQUE HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS. APPLIANCES. from the village of Athens take Cty. Rd. 5 north & turn onto Lake Eloida Rd to # 20 Deir Road for the late Hubert & Maureen (Minnie) Deir on Sat., Oct. 14/17 @ 9 am Property to be sold @ 11 am Firearms to be sold @ 11:30 am Prowler Trailer to be sold @ 12 pm

~ 2 Parcels Selling as 1, Countless Opportunities ~ This block of land is very appealing. Reason being?

Because large farmsteads nowadays have diminished in size being split & sold off. This large parcel consists of hayfields & bush & is still severable. The property is diverse & rich in location having a 5 min. drive to Athens or Eloida Lake boat launch. Parcel 1 - 60.6 acres (+/-) c/w 5 detached metal roof clad bldgs. Century clapboard house w/ kitchen, sitting room, bedroom, parlour, pantry, 2 & 4 pce baths. 2 stairwells lead to upper 3 bedrooms & useable attic. On well & septic. Legal - Conc 11 Pt Lot 13 subject to hydro pole line easement, Athens Twp. Zoned Rural. Taxes $915.55 (+/-). Parcel 2 - 134.9 acres (+/-).

Legal - Conc 10 part Lots 13 & 14 Athens Twp. Zoned Rural. Taxes $360.96 (+/-). Property to be sold w/ a very reasonable reserve bid to settle the estates. For private viewing, terms & conditions please call our office at 613-267-6027.

This is a huge, delightful nostalgic auction sale. Why? Because of the diversity of the items & their connection to local history, literature & folklore. So come & take a stroll down memory lane at this 3rd generation farmstead.

Bring a lawn chair & participate in the bidding to settle the estates. Numerous photos on website.

Terms on Chattels; Cash or Cheque Only Catering

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A regional roundup of the events going on within the Greater Kingston Area

Seed-saving work bees, Mondays, Oct. 2, 16 and 23, 6:30 to 8:30 pm, at St. Vincent de Paul, 85 Stephen Street, Kingston. A joint project of Kingston Area Seed System Initiative (KASSI) and Loving Spoonful. Help add to KASSI’s seed commons -- locally-adapted vegetable and grain seeds available for distribution in the Kingston area -- and contribute to food security in this region.

Whatever your level of experience in seed-saving, your participation is welcomed. For more information, contact <kassinitiative@gmail.com> or call Dianne at 613-546-0869.

for free. Dine in or Take out. In support of council charitable efforts.

Bath Legion Every Wednesday morning -Legion Breakfast, 7 a.m. - 1 p.m. - everybody welcome!

Every Thursday is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tasty Tall Boy Thursdaysâ&#x20AC;?. Tall Boys will be $4.25 all day Thursday plus buy one meal get the second for half price (must be an entree, dine in only, drinks not included) Come enjoy lunch with a friend.

Every Friday come join us for lunch at the Legion.

Oct. 14 -Meat spin 1 p.m., $2

Food for the Soul - Wednesdays 5:30 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7:30 pm St. Markâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church, %DUULHÂżHOG 6LPSOH VXSSHU SURYLGHG community gathering, discussion on how the Bible speaks to our lives. Please join us as we feed the Mind, Body and Soul!

For more information please call 613-5463386.

Harrowsmith Free Methodist Church is looking for venders for their annual craft fair, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmas in the villageâ&#x20AC;? on Saturday, Nov. 18 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m..

Tables are $20 each and homemade craftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and artisans creations are welcome. If inWHUHVWHG SOHDVH FDOO WKH &KXUFK 2IÂżFH # 613- 372-1238 and speak to Michele.

You are invited to a Fall Craft Show at Holy Cross (1085 Woodbine Rd., Kingston) from 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14. Items are all hand-made and include candles, woodworking, acrylic art, pottery, hand-knitted goods, and so much more. Get your Christmas Shopping done early. FREE ADMISSION. The sale is hosted by members of the Holy Cross Jamaica Mission Team to raise funds for their upcoming Mission Trip to Kingston, Jamaica. See you there!

Kingston Horticultural Society meets Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ongwanada Resource Centre, 191 Portsmouth Ave., Kingston. The featured speaker is Deanna Groves about the Quinte Botanical Gardens Project. Non-member admission is $3. New members welcome. For more information: www.ikweb.com/khs or email kingstonhortsoc@gmail.com .

Melos Choir and Period Instruments presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Tea and Recital: Virtuosic Vocals 12th - 18th Centuriesâ&#x20AC;?. Trace the remarkable evolution of western Bel VON Mad Hatter Gala - The Victorian Canto singing from the monastery to the Order of Nurses, Greater Kingston site Baroque opera house. Tea with goodies ZLOO EH KRVWLQJ WKHLU ÂżUVW IXQGUDLVLQJ HYHQW served with this afternoon musical deto celebrate their 120th anniversary. The light. Saturday October 14, 2017, at 3 pm, Mad Hatter Gala will take place on Friday, in St. Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral Great Hall, 129 Oct. 20 at the Ambassador Hotel and in- Wellington Street, Kingston. Tickets $25, cludes a buffet dinner, live entertainment students $10, available at Novel Idea and from Ambush, and a silent auction. Tick- 6W *HRUJHÂśV &DWKHGUDO 2IÂżFH DW WKH GRRU ets are $120 per couple ($60 per person). or online at https://kingston.snapd.com.

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634-0130 and press 9. ,Q *RRG 7DVWH LV D ÂżQH GLQLQJ H[SHULHQFH Annual parish spaghetti dinner, sponsored for single seniors and will meet at Mileby Knights of Columbus Council 9652. stones, 27 Princess St, Oct. 13 @ 5:30 Saturday, Oct. 14, 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7 p.m., St. Paul the p.m. If interested to attend, please contact Apostle Parish Hall, 1111 Taylor Kidd Norma at 613-542-3622 or Nicole at 613Blvd. Tickets Sold after Massesâ&#x20AC;ŚSept 634-1966.

30/Oct 1â&#x20AC;Ś Oct 7-8 & also at the door on Oct 14. $10 each or $25 (for Family â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 6 The Probus Club of Kingston â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Limemax), Children 12 years & under â&#x20AC;&#x201C; eat stone welcomes new members. PROBUS

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provides a friendly social environment for its members by having regular meetings with interesting speakers, outings and special events. We meet on the third Wednesday of the month at 10:00 a.m. in the upstairs lounge of the Gordon Tompkins Funeral Home (West Chapel) at 435 Davis Drive in Kingston. Our next meeting is Wednesday October 18th at 10 a.m. at the Gordon Tompkins Funeral Home (West Chapel). This month our speakers come from a Syrian family that was sponsored by the Writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Group of Kingston.

Crafters Tea and Sale Saturday, Oct. 14, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come to The Seniors Centre to browse through beautifully handcrafted items such as jewellery, cards, toys, dolls, knitted items, and more! 56 Francis St: 613.548.7810.

Rideau Trail Club of Kingston-Saturday, October 14 International Adventure, Wellesley Island State Park and Thousand Islands Park Community in New York State Level 2, slow to moderate pace, about 10 km. Hike trail system with some hilly, muddy and rocky sections to and from the unique cottage community of Thousand Islands Park. Passport mandatory, travel insurance recommended.

Depart Canadian Tire Parking Lot along Bath Rd at 9 am or by arrangement before international bridge. Gas $8 plus contribution to small one-way bridge toll and possible park fee. Leader: Bob 613 544 9222.

Wednesday Walkers - Ideal for people interested in healthy exercise walking at a comfortable pace with some social interaction. Walks depart every Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 pm. For details, contact Helen at hkramer@outlook.com with your name and phone number. %HQHÂżW FRQFHUW IRU 6W $QGUHZÂśV 3UHVE\WHrian Church - Turpins Trail in concert. at St Andrews Church, 130 Clergy @ Princess, Kingston 7 p.m. Freshly returned from an East Coast Tour, headlining the Brimstone Head Folk Festival in NL. Comprised of 5 veterans of the Kingston music scene.

Come and enjoy an incredible evening of music. Call 613-546-6316 to reserve tickets or (info@standrewspresbyterian.com). $15 in advance or $20 at the door or stop LQ DW WKH RIÂżFH DQG SLFN XS WLFNHWV 39 Club of Kingston dance Friday, Oct. 13, from 7:30 - 11 p.m. at the Royal Cana-

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dian Legion, Branch 631, 4034 Bath Rd., Collins Bay. Music by Swinging Doors.

Admission: $12.00, Members $10. Lunch at 11 p.m. Everyone welcome. Info. call Crystal Gurnsey at 613-544-5100.

Bath United Church will be having an all \RX FDQ HDW ÂżVK GLQQHU ZLWK DOO WKH Âż[LQJV on Monday, Oct. 16.Continuous serving DV IUHVK ÂżVK EHFRPHV DYDLODEOH ZLOO EH done from 5 - 6.45 p.m. Adults $16, children 6-12 $8.

Monday, Oct. 16 & every following Monday - Exercise program sponsored by V.O.N. 12:30 pm - 1:30 p.m. @ Harrowsmith Social & Athletic Club, 4041 Colebrook Rd., Harrowsmith - All welcome to join in at any time. For information, email Nadine @ npartridge@live.ca or Cindy @ Cindy.Weatherhead@von.ca Birthday Lunch - Friday, Oct. 13, 12 noon.

Celebrate your Birthday with friends in Hatterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cove. Enjoy garden salad, chicken in mushroom sauce with buttered noodles, followed by birthday cake. $14.50/ person; free for members (advance tickets only). Sponsored by St. Lawrence Place and Briargate. The Seniors Centre, 56 Francis St: 613.548.7810.

Chris Murphy and Jon McLurg in concert at Inverary United Church(4681 Latimer Rd) Sunday, Oct. 15 7 p.m. Freewill offering with all proceeds to the Mission and Service Fund. Light refreshments.

Br 631 Saturday, Oct. 14 1-5 p.m. Music

by Neil Carter music loversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; charge $5, info 613-389-6605. Everyone welcome Big Euchre Sunday, Oct. 15 1-5 p.m.

Bring your own partner $10 per person.

100% payout, registration noon to 12:45 p.m. Each table must have 4 people, Contact 613-384-4982 The Bath Gardening Club and Horticultural Society will meet on Monday, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. at St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall, 216 Church Street in Bath. Annual General Meeting plus speaker Adrian Cooper from the Ontario Horticultural Association. Further info at www.bathgardeningclub.com.

RCL Branch 560 - Fri. Oct. 13 - â&#x20AC;&#x153;Showmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Karaokeâ&#x20AC;? will entertain from 8 to 12 with $2.50 cover for non members.

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Tuesday, Oct. 17 - General Membership Meeting commencing at 7:30 pm. All members are urged to attend.

Music West presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deep Silenceâ&#x20AC;?, a concert featuring Sharlene Wallace, harp and George Koller, bass, playing Celtic, South American & original works. This takes place on Friday October 13, 7.30pm, at St. Andrews by theLake United Church, 1 Redden Street (Front & Days Roads), Kingston. Tickets: $20, $15 students/seniors 965+), $10 children under 13yrs. Available from the FKXUFK RIÂżFH ZHHNGD\V EHWZHHQ DP noon, & at the door.

Living Waters Anglican Network church joining in with the Seniors centre on Saturday October 14th for their Craft & Bake sale â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Francis Street (near St. Lawrence College) from 9am â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til 2pm. Lots of Christmas crafts â&#x20AC;&#x201C; great for presents.

Friday Night Bahaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;i Fireside â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Oct. 13.

Discussion: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Detachmentâ&#x20AC;? Friday, Oct 13 at 7 pm at 99 York St. All are welcome.

Further info:bahais@kingston.net.

Kingston Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Connection - Ladies & gentlemen are invited to our Annual Guest Night&Dessert Buffet,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Harvest Bazaarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on October 17/17@7pm@ Gibson Hall,990 Sydenham Rd. Fundraiser with new and re-gifted items for sale;a Silent Auction and Door Prizes. %ULQJ DQ\ ÂżUVW WLPH JXHVW WR HQWHU D GUDZ WR ZLQ D JLIW FHUWLÂżFDWH IRU Minos Village! Speaker:Rick Lamothe from Calgary;Music:â&#x20AC;?The Sonsationsâ&#x20AC;? from Belleville. $8. @ the door.For reservations call:June 613 389 5571 or email:judycobham@sympatico.ca Blessed Sacrament Oktoberfest dinner/ dance Saturday, Oct. 14 6:30 p.m. in Church Hall 3 Briscoe Street, Amherstview. Music provided by Tim Hallman, $20 / person. Call For Advance Tickets Lyle @ 613-384-3949 or Paul @ 613384-2671

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Ethel was just one of the many people who came to visit the farm in Northcote, and no one was ever sure how she was connected to the family.

The fi rst time she came, suitcase in hand, Father said he never saw her before in his life. And certainly Mother, who hadn’t been on the farm that long, didn’t know who she was either. However, she came bag and baggage one day in the early Fall, claiming to be related on Father’s side of the family. She wasn’t about to give particulars, just saying, “we’re kin you know...and we go way back.”

Ethel claimed to live in Pembroke. But Father said he was pretty sure he didn’t have any relatives there. However, none of that seemed to matter.

Ethel was here, and she planned on staying.

I was delighted. I loved company. The only problem was my sister Audrey and I had to give up our bed, and sleep on the creton couch in the kitchen. It was too narrow to sleep side by side, so we had to sleep foot to foot, which didn’t please Audrey one bit.

It was soon pretty obvious to everyone Ethel hadn’t spent much time on a farm before coming out to Northcote. It was a warm day for Fall, and Mother had the kitchen window wide open, looking out onto the grape arbour. When we sat down for supper, Ethel wondered what that strong smell was. We all looked at Father. He took his merry

time to reply, chewing what he had in his mouth fi rst. “That’s plain manure. We spread it out on the fields. What did you say your name was again?”

“It’s Ethel, as you well know, Albert. And does that smell go away?” Father said, “Yes, when the snow comes.” Ethel just picked at her food, and more than once took her hanky out of her sleeve and covered her nose, pretending to wipe.

And then there was the question of the Gerry pot under her bed. She had two choices, use it when the need arose during the night, or pick her way downstairs, out through the summer kitchen and over to the outhouse. She told Mother she couldn’t imagine anyone not having a bathroom with a flush-toilet. Of course, she also commented on the old copy of Eaton’s catalogue that hung from a nail inside the outhouse. Mother told Ethel it took some getting used to when she moved from New York too, which didn’t help the situation one bit!

Ethel was used to laying in bed in the morning, she told us when she climbed the stairs. Well, she was sure in for a surprise when Father could be heard in the kitchen starting the fire in the Findlay Oval the next morning. Mother said later, he did it on purpose. But he banged the stove lids, hit the poker against the wood box, and made so much noise you would have had to be stone deaf to sleep through the racket. Ethel had no choice but to get out of bed with the rest of us.

It wasn’t a good start to the day. Ethel smoked cigarettes, which I thought gave her a touch of elegance. And after breakfast was cleared away, she headed outside, “To take a look around,” she said.

Well, you could hear the screams in Admaston.

Mother rushed to the door, to see Ethel tearing across the yard heading for the back door, and the

old gobbler hot after her. He was a mean one alright, and so he was seldom let out of the pen. He would chase anyone who came within a country mile of him, and he could run like the wind. Ethel decided she had better get back to Pembroke, and if Father would just drive her to the station, she’d be on her way. To me, he seemed only too delighted to oblige. Her long-stay visit lasted exactly one day and one night.

When Father got back, Mother wondered how the old gobbler got out of the pen. Father blew smoke out of his pipe, pushed his straw hat to the back of his head, and said, “I knew that old bird would be useful some day. Even the turkey hens will have nothing to do with him. And he must have fi gured out how to open the pen gate all on his own.” And he threw back his head and laughed.

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Topic of electric cars once again up for discussion or six years, yes Krown rustproofing is a good idea. And yes that process should be repeated annually on any vehicle to maintain the protection and the warranty.

“Hello Brian, I just bought a 2017 Honda Accord. I was wondering if you recommend getting the car Krown rust-proofed? Also last year I rust proofed my 2008 Honda Accord.

Should it be done again? Thank you.

I enjoy reading your articles.”

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“Hi Brian, Great to see you’re getting questions on EVs (electric vehicles)!

I’m not sure the author of the question would be interested, but maybe fellow technicians would. I understand that the air conditioning system in an EV is powered by an electrical compressor off of the high voltage drive battery. I’ve heard this can lead to potentially dangerous situations if incorrect compressor

oils are used since there is more voltage required to push its way through an oil that is more conductive.

I have found that the AC in my EV car is really efficient - all of my range records are set with the AC enabled. Heat, though, that impacts my range. You’re correct about dressing for it to reduce the load on cabin heating. Owners can also ‘precondition’ their EVs while they’re still plugged in, to warm everything before heading out and help minimize the range loss. Finally, the heat and AC are also used to keep the drive batteries happy in many EVs, which a driver has no control over; again the range reduction can

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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).

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Kingston mom wants answers after puppy killed in alleged hit and run TORI STAFFORD

tstaff ord@metroland.com

On Sunday, Oct. 1, Riley Smith was celebrating his ninth birthday in his backyard with his family, friends and his golden retriever puppy, Blu. The next morning, as Riley was getting ready to leave for school, Blu pushed open the kitchen door into the garage and ran out into the road. There, Riley looked on as a half-sized bus struck and killed the six-month-old dog.

“I was at the stove cooking some breakfast when I heard these squeals from Riley,” recalled Kim Smith, Riley’s mother.

“I thought ‘that’s not my normal son. That’s not how he screams.’”

Riley came rushing back in the door screaming frantically, Smith said. She went to the front door of her home on Hillendale Avenue and saw their dog lying lifeless in Continued on page 23

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“She was gone,” Smith said.

As Riley rushed to his dog’s side, Smith ran after him. There were neighbours outside, presumably getting their own children ready for the bus to pick them up for school.

“I said ‘Where is the person who hit her?’” Smith said.

She looked down the road, and there was a half-sized bus sitting at the corner of her street.

“My neighbour told me that the driver didn’t even slow down. She didn’t even acknowledge that she hit a 70 lb. golden retriever,” said Smith, who was told a female was driving the Martin’s Bus Services bus.

“I have a full-sized Jeep, and if I hit a stick in the middle of the road, I feel it. I know I’ve hit something.”

Smith said that there is no way the driver of the bus was unaware they’d hit the dog. Not only was Blu far larger than a squirrel or even a raccoon, Smith said, but the bus had pulled over to the side of the road at one point, and would have had to see her son holding his dog in the middle of the road as they checked their mirrors to pull back onto the road.

“I can’t get that image out of my head,” Smith said.

“Even if the driver had children on that bus, she could have dropped those children off at school and at least returned to say sorry.”

Smith said she called Kingston Police, but was told there was nothing they could do because it was a dog that had been struck by a vehicle. She then decided to call Martin’s Bus Services directly.

“I said ‘that could have been my child that that school bus hit. My dog weighs more than my son. My son only weighs 55 lbs., my dog weighs 70 lbs. That could have been a child,’” Smith said, adding that Blu was hit between 8:36 and 8:37 a.m. – She had just looked at the clock and realized she needed to get Riley’s lunch packed.

“I haven’t heard back from them.”

There are 19 children spread between fi ve homes on her street alone, Smith said, and École Élémentaire Publique Madeleine-De-Roybon elementary school is just a block from her home.

Smith said she approached a halfsized bus the next morning and took a photo of it so she could provide the bus’s number to Martin’s. When she tried to speak with the female driver of that bus, the woman refused to open the bus doors, Smith said.

Martin’s Bus Services Napanee Detachment confi rmed that they’d received a report of a dog being struck by one of their buses, but refused to comment further.

“For confidentiality reasons, I can’t comment, ma’am,” said Bill Cunningham, manager of the Napanee detachment for Martin’s Bus Services.

“I was speaking with someone, but there are some discrepancies involved with the GPSing (sic) on the bus and what some of the facts were, as they

were relayed to me. So I’m just hesitant to comment.”

For Smith, that doesn’t provide any of the answers she is looking for.

“I just want answers. I cannot believe that someone could hit a dog and just keep driving. I can’t believe the driver wouldn’t at least say ‘I’m sorry,’” Smith said.

“I’m not looking for sympathy or money, I’m looking for some acknowledgement and answers.”

As for her son, Smith said Riley is “coping” before she let out a large sigh.

“It’s so unfair that my son had to go through this. He’s got high-functioning autism and ADHD, and Blu knew when something was wrong with him or something was bothering him,” Smith said, noting that although Blu was not a therapy dog, Blu and Riley had very clearly bonded and their relationship was proving beneficial to her son.

“Blu was like the neighbourhood dog. Everybody knew her, she was the only dog in the neighbourhood, and the kids used to take turns walking her and playing fetch with her.”

Compounding the pain of the situation is the fact that Smith had to spend $500 to have Blu cremated. On top of that, Riley keeps asking her for another puppy.

“I keep telling him ‘I’m trying,

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Honey,’” said Smith.

“I’m a single mom. I do everything I can to support my son.”

By late afternoon on Thursday, Oct. 5, Smith had managed to find another golden retriever puppy and was thrilled when her nephew agreed to drive to London, Ont. and back to bring home the new puppy.“I had to do it,” Smith said.

“It’s just too quiet here without Blu.”

Nine-year-old Riley Smith hugs his golden retriever puppy, Blu, in her younger days. Blu was unfortunately struck and killed by a bus that didn’t stop, according to Riley’s mother, Kim. Neither the bus driver nor the company, Martin’s Bus Services, have apologized to the Smiths.

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