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On a busy yet seemingly normal Saturday night, Scott Burns was working away, making and selling pizzas while providing catering for two separate weddings.

Then, two-thirds of the Ghostbusters walked through the door.

Around 9:30 p.m., Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray came into The Pizza Place in Harrowsmith to order up some of the most highly revered pizza in the area. Aykroyd, who owns property in Sydenham, has frequented The Pizza Place for about 25

years, Burns said, but this was the first time he’d brought along a friend – a friend who just so happened to be Bill Murray, Aykroyd’s Ghostbusters co-star and fellow Saturday Night Live alumni. It was a pleasant surprise for a Saturday night, Burns said. The two men ordered pizza, lasagne, salad and some drinks.

“Bill Murray is a big [Chicago] Cubs fan, and the Cubs game was on, but I had the Leafs and Habs game on,” Burns recalled with a laugh. “He asked me to turn it over for him, so of course we did and the Cubs were winning, so he was happy with that.”

Burns said he couldn’t recall exactly what the comedic duo ordered on their pizza, or what Aykroyd’s topping preferences are. For Burns, who has worked at The Pizza Place for as long as he can remember, serving Aykroyd is the norm, not an exception.

“He doesn’t really have a favourite order,” Burns said of Aykroyd.

“I can’t even say for certain what he’s ordered because it’s different every time.

Formerly called ‘Papa Pete’s,’ The Pizza Place on Highway 38 has been owned and operated by Linda Irish-Burns and her two sons, Scott and Sean, since 1990. The family live in the building, and Scott recalls working there since before his family purchased the business.

“I used to sweep the floors and fold boxes for the previous owner,” he said.

The family owned and operated business has become a go-to favourite for area residents and cottagers alike, who frequent The Pizza Place not only for the pizza, but their full menu, which includes subs, lasagne, panzerotti and more. And as an added bonus, there’s a chance The Pizza Place’s loyal customers might bump into none other than Aykroyd himself, as the Blues Brother drops in to place an order.

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The regular meeting of South Frontenac Council held Tuesday, Oct. 17 can easily be described by the cliché ‘short and sweet.’

Coming in with a total time of just over 16 minutes, the meeting was undeniably short, prompting jokes between councillors as the meeting drew to a close.

“Do you think we could stretch it out a little bit longer, just to make Councillor Roberts’ 25-minute estimate?” joked Councillor Mark Schjerning, referring to Councillor Norm Roberts’ guess that the meeting wouldn’t take more than 25 minutes.

So, what exactly did get covered over the 16 minute meeting?

It started with the ‘sweet’ part, as Mayor Ron Vandewal took a moment to wish Councillor Ron Sleeth a happy birthday. Later in the meeting, Vandewal said he wouldn’t publically state Sleeth’s age, but joked “I believe he is now collecting his old age pension.”

“He was already collecting that!”

Sleeth responded to a bout of laughter around the horseshoe.

The meeting then proceeded to deal with actual agenda items – of which,

only a few items required any discussion.

Council voted in unanimously to approve the order of 50 Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) units and 150 spare cylinders. Council had previously received the recommendation at the Committee of the Whole meeting held on Tuesday, Oct. 10. At that meeting, the recommendation was supported

by Council, who learned that the Township fire department had submitted the request to replace the SCBA units and spare cylinders. The fire department submitted a $680,000 request for the replacement gear in the 2018 capital budget, according to the report to Council.

That report noted that the current stock of SCBA is in need of updating – the purchase of the current stock was approved by Council in 2006, and funded in 2007.

The request for the replacement units and spare cylinders asked that the $572,991 purchase be funded from the 2018 capital budget. The report explained that, so long as the order is made

by Nov. 30 of this year, the Township could take advantage of some major cost savings by partnering with The City of Kingston in their purchase of SCBA equipment – an estimated cost savings of $114,000 to $135,000. The report indicated that North Frontenac Township has already decided to take advantage of

the opportunity, and the Townships of Frontenac Islands, Napanee, and Loyalist are presently reviewing their own budget submissions to decide if they, too, can take part.

“If all proceed this would mean that the Mutual Aid Partners would be using the same apparatus, which allows for interoperability,” the report noted.

The meeting also included a number of small formalities. Council voted in favour of reappointing Councillor Alan Revill and Councillor Ross Sutherland to the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority, and they also voted in favour of to pass a bylaw appointing members to the ‘Harrowsmith Beautification Committee,’ which is now a formal committee of Council. Councillor Brad Barbeau will act as the council liaison on the committee.

“They are very enthusiastic,” Barbeau noted.

Lastly, Council voted in favour to donate $1,000 to the Harrowsmith Public School Parent Advisory Committee’s fundraising efforts for the newly installed playground equipment at the school. Similar to the fundraising campaign currently ongoing at Loughborough Public Continued on page 5

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Following the announcement of the death of Tragically Hip lead singer Gord Downie on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 18, the City of Kingston organized what was initially a small commemoration event involving the mayor laying flowers at the Hip stone in Springer Market Square a book of condolences for fans to sign.

It wasn’t long, however, before they needed a bigger book – rather, a banner, spread out across the ground in the square, where fans and community members expressed their condolences and shared cherished memories of Downie and the Hip. By evening, thousands of people had been by the square to pay their respects. Many sung along to the music that played on loud speakers, or even brought along their own guitars to strum their favourite Hip songs and pay tribute to the beloved singer, poet and Canadian icon, who died at the age of 53 after a long battle with brain cancer.

As night fell on the 18th, the stone that commemorates the Hip’s famous final concert at the Rogers K-Rock Centre on Aug. 20, 2016, as well as the live CBC broadcast of the concert that brought tens of thousands to the square, was surrounded by hundreds of flowers, and glowed in the light of dozens of candles.

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Debbie Johnson has loved the music of the Tragically Hip since 1983, when they played a concert in her hometown of Brockville.

“I’ve been a fan of them ever since,” she said as she waited to sign the book of condolences on the sunny Wednesday afternoon. “I tried to see them every year if I could. I went to Bobcageyon to see them.”

Johnson can’t say for sure how many Hip shows she’s seen in total. “Easily more than 20,” she remarked. “I’d have to go home and count my ticket stubs.

Rebecca Rutledge, a young woman who also came down to pay her respects, discovered the Hip through her boyfriend, Kenny Turcotte, and his father.

“He grew up his whole life listening to the Hip,” she said of Kenny. “He introduced me when we started dating.”

Since then, the couple attended all of the band’s shows in Kingston.

“We were here last year for the last show,” Rutledge says, remarking that Downie’s death is “heartbreaking.”

“I think he’s accomplished a lot in the last couple of years of his life,” she added.

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School, The Harrowsmith Public School Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) has been fundraising since 2016 to ensure play equipment be installed at the school this year after being told one of the old play structures was being decommissioned. Funds provided through the Limestone District School Board and/or the Government of Ontario do not include playground replacements, which means replacing the play structures and the funding to do so is left to the school community. The new structure is already installed at Harrowsmith Public, and according to the PAC’s correspondence with council, the structure and installation came with

a $31,517.36 price tag. According to the PAC’s correspondence with Council, $15,758.68 of that has already been paid, and the PAC is currently fundraising for the remaining $15,758.68.

The remainder of the meeting involved reports for information, all of which required very little (if any) discussion.

The meeting ended with birthday boy Sleeth thanking Vandewal and the other councillors who attended the Battersea Pumpkin Festival, as well as Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth and his team for all of their hard work. Sleeth indicated that approximately 4,000 to 5,000 people attended the festival, which raised about $10,000.

“I think it was certainly a success,” Sleeth said.

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‘They’re not just a band here, they’re family’: remembering Gord Continued from page 5

Rutledge remarked that the song Wheat Kings is a particular favourite of hers and Kenny’s, and that Downie’s memory will live on for them through his music.

“We’ll remember him just by doing what we always do — listening to his songs around the campfire.”

Mayor Bryan Paterson has some special Hip memories of his own.

“They’re not just a band here, they’re family,” he said of the band and their hometown of Kingston. “What you’re seeing here today is a family come together to show their love for family, friends, for the band members and to reflect back on all the memories from the past.”

Paterson said that the Hip’s final concert last summer is an important memory for him personally.

“The memory that I have that is most vivid as my time as mayor was of that evening, when thousands of people in our community came together to celebrate, but also to show support for Gord and for the band.”

Of course, for those in Kingston, the memories extend far beyond the final concert.

“I can’t help but reflect on … all the things that Gord and this band have meant to our community,” Paterson said. “All the things they’ve done to support so many great causes here. There’s no question in my mind that every person in Kingston is reflecting and mourning that loss.”

Family’s statement Downie’s death was initially announced to

the public by a statement from his family on the morning of Oct. 18.

“Last night, Gord quietly passed away with his beloved children and family close by,” the statement read.

“Gord knew this day was coming. His response was to spend this precious time as he always had — making music, making memories and expressing deep gratitude to his family and friends for a life well-lived, often sealing it with a kiss ... on the lips.”

In the statement, the family noted that Gord said he lived many lives.

“As a musician, he lived ‘the life’ for over 30 years, lucky to do most of it with his high school buddies. At home, he worked just as tirelessly at being a good father, son, brother, husband and friend. No one worked harder on every part of their life than Gord. No one.”

The family thanked the “kind folks” at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) and Sunnybrook Hospital, as well as Gord’s bandmates, management team, friends and fans.

“Thank you for all the help and support over the past two years.”

They also thanked fans and the public “for all the respect, admiration and love you have given to Gord throughout the years — those tender offerings touched his heart and he takes them with him now as he walks among the stars.”

Prime minister’s statement Downie and the Tragically Hip have contributed significantly to Canadian culture over the decades. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who famously embraced Downie ahead of the Hip’s final concert in Kingston on Aug. 20, 2016, tweeted Wednesday morning:

“There will never be another one like you, Gord. Rest in peace my friend. Canada’s identity & culture are richer for Gord Downie’s work.”

Trudeau issued a statement on his website later that morning, expressing that “for almost five decades, Gord Downie uncovered and told the stories of Canada. He was the frontman of one of Canada’s most iconic bands, a rock star, artist and poet whose evocative lyrics came to define a country.”

The prime minister praised Downie’s profound command of language. “He painted landscapes with his words, elevating Canadian geography, historical figures and myths. When he spoke, he gave us goosebumps and made us proud to be Canadian. Our identity and culture are richer because of his music, which was always raw and honest — like Gord himself.”

Trudeau noted that after his diagnosis, Downie fought even harder for causes he believed in: social justice, environmentalism and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

“Before passing, he shined his light on the story of 12-year-old Chanie Wenjack, who died from hunger and exposure after trying to find his way home from a residential school.

For his work raising awareness of Indigenous issues, he was inducted as a member of the Order of Canada in 2017.”

He said that Gord’s commitment and passion will continue to motivate Canadians for years to come.

“On behalf of all Canadians, Sophie and I offer our deepest condolences to Gord’s family, friends, bandmates and crew members, and his many, many fans. He will be sorely missed.”

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Here’s an example from one of my faculty colleagues, Derek Smalls: after working as a partial-load faculty member for two semesters he had to move back to Sarnia to work in construction for four months. There were no contracts for him to work at St. Lawrence College over the summer. Few parttime staff work during the summer. Thus, from May through August, there is no income, so faculty have to find other work to tide them over the summer. In 12 months, Derek moved four times. He lived with a friend's family in their basement and then hopped between four month sublets before he finally felt financially secure enough to sign a twelve-month lease.

“The nature of being contract faculty and living four months at a time was incredibly stressful. My living situation was as, if not more, precarious than that of my students,” he said.

If you are in that situation, what is the first thing you are going to do? In many cases, you are going to hunt for the stability you’ll find in full-time employment.

That creates a precarious learning environment for students who may lose their professor at any moment.

These brilliantly talented people who teach could leave with two week’s notice to head to a much more secure full-time position. And they do. Bless the hearts of those who stay because they love teaching and love working with the students.

Already, less than two weeks into the strike, I have spoken with one partial-load faculty member who is going to give up his career at St. Lawrence College. He’s talented, skilled and wants to work hard, so someone else has scooped him up and offered a full-time position elsewhere. What happens to the students he's taught since September? I guess they’ll have to adjust to a new professor, who will have to adjust to the already-existing learning plan.

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The only time it’s good to hear the work “strike” is when the opposing team’s player is at bat, especially during the World Series.

As a faculty member of St. Lawrence College, I am currently on strike. I do not want to be on strike. Neither does anyone else I’ve spoken with.

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Do I like my work? I love my vocational calling to teach. I love the learning environment in which I teach. I get along brilliantly with my colleagues and my supervisor, the associate dean, who is one of the most supportive people I’ve ever worked for and with. I love working with students in the classroom or online. I love the sense of teamwork in my job. In many ways, it’s an ideal job.

But there are flaws with the college system itself as it currently exists.

In the case of this strike, I’ve rarely seen a situation where philosophical concepts are so important.

I’ve been deeply moved by the personal situations of colleagues who are out there in support of one another. There are strong bonds and emotions evolving.

When I see a colleague who is not only a professor, but also a brilliant scientist, artist, business marketer, medical professional, or skilled tradesperson come back limping from walking a four-hour shift carrying a picket, it touches my heart. This is highlighted by the fact that I know they’ll be out there again the next day doing the same thing. Probably some ibuprofen or acetaminophen in their system, just to get through their strike shift.

What’s really on the line? This one is not about money, yet money is at the forefront of the political perceptions being played out.

Many see this one as a strike of historic importance, for the outcome radically affects the future. The strike includes teaching faculty, counsellors, and librarians.

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Today I chatted with a pregnant colleague, Sarah Lewis. She has no idea if she’ll have a job to come back to after her baby is born. She worked enough hours at her previous position to be eligible for employment insurance.

“At this point, if all I had was this job, I wouldn’t have full EI,” she said. “I’m walking [on the picket] so other people don’t have to go through what I did when I had my son.

Ideally, the college system would prefer professors with experience teaching and they’d stop bringing in new part-timers. [The college system] should start using people who know how to teach. Try to give us a little more notice on what you want us to teach.

Sometimes I don’t know until August. Don’t ask anyone to go sessional when that goes against contract. No coordinator should be part-time. They need to be there constantly for their students. I am very fortunate that my husband can support our family.”

It's fortunate that she has already found a full-time job that starts next Monday. But it’s not clear if she’ll have time for her parttime teaching.

“I would have preferred a full-time job at St. Lawrence College. I’m invested in the college. When we teach we have an impact.

Hopefully, I’ll be coming back to teach.

Many part-time teachers can only fit in teaching after 5 p.m. That’s not setting up students for success. They never have to get up in the morning for classes. What happens when they graduate and have to be at work in the morning but they’ve never trained themselves to do that?”

Full-time professor Frank Armstrong said: “Historic is an apt way to frame this

strike. This is all about the sustainability of college education. What colleges are doing to faculty ratios reminds me of what newspaper corporations did to newspapers: they slowly chipped away at newsrooms for short-term gains so that their long-term self-destruction was a near-certainty. Hopefully, this strike will prevent the same thing from happening to our colleges.”

There are other issues on the table regarding things like academic decision making. The government would like people to think the strike is about money and they keep focussing on the fact that they’ve offered 7.9 per cent over four years. Not surprisingly, not a single faculty member I’ve spoken with has mentioned money. This is about deeper issues, ones that will affect the structure of college life for many years to come. Issues that will affect my children and their own children’s education.

While I may not want to be out on strike, nor necessarily even agree with all the issues, the fact is that I and my colleagues work as a team. We continue to do so during a strike. Thus, I work as many hours as I can in support of the team. In the end, every member of the team has much to gain or lose. Those who choose not to support their colleagues during such action will still gain from our efforts.

Not only do we faculty (and counsellors and librarians) have much to gain or lose, so do our children and your children. It is painful to each of us regarding our present students. I have a son and a daughter in college. They are missing out on the learning opportunities that should be theirs right now. There is nothing that college faculty would like more than to be in the classroom teaching rather than out in the sun or rain, heat or cold practising this right to strike, which is guaranteed under Canadian law.

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I will never understand why people enjoy being scared Halloween is coming, and as everyone prepares for the spookiest night of the year, I can’t help but wonder why people enjoy being scared on this or any occasion?

I’ve never been a big fan of Halloween. I mean, I enjoy the candy (who doesn’t?) and dressing up is fun — or it was when I was a kid — but I do not enjoy the scary part of this holiday.

Ever since I was a kid, scary things have not been my cup of tea. When I was five, my parents took me to Disney World. I was so excited for all the rides and meeting my favourite characters, and then we came to the haunted house. I wanted to go in, or at least I thought I did. But, when we got to the front lobby and the spooky music started playing, I freaked out. I made my mom take me out.

A couple years later, we went back to Disney World with my two grandmothers. I was a bit older, so I thought I could handle the haunted house this time. But, when the time came to enter, I freaked out again — and of course, I asked my mom to take me out. To this day, she still holds it over me that she never got to see the haunted

house because of me. I feel bad about it, but I just didn’t like the fear of entering, and to be honest, I still don’t.

As I got older, I tried to like scary things. I put up a good front when my friends wanted to watch scary movies, and I even went to the amateur haunted house in the small town I grew up in each year, but I never really enjoyed it. I didn’t like the scary music and the prospect of people jumping out at me. It just didn’t appeal to me.

Fast-forward to this year, I am 33-year-old adult. I am still the same fraidy cat I always was. Recently, Hollie asked me to go to opening night of Fort Fright to take photos for the paper. I was excited at first, and I convinced myself that it was just a haunted house, and it couldn’t be that bad.

I convinced Korey to come with me, because I thought it would be fun. It was for him, but not so much for me.

Don’t get me wrong, Fort Henry does a fantastic job. The props and setup are fantastic, and the scare actors do an incredible job at jumping out and scaring people, especially me. I’m not sure how

many times I screamed over the course of our journey through Fort Fright, but it was a large number and I think Korey laughed at me every time. Even if I knew it was coming, it still freaked me out — and shout out to the guy with the chainsaw; he scared me the most.

I know that it is all a set-up and just for fun, but I really do not enjoy the feeling of not knowing what or who is around the corner and knowing that it will likely jump out at me when I least expect it. I guess people enjoy the thrill of it and the fact that it makes your heart race. But, for me, that feeling is just awful. I don’t get the same high from it that some people get.

I simply get scared and then annoyed that I put myself in that situation.

So, this Halloween, as people sit down to watch horror movies in the dark or trek out to Fort Fright, I will be happily sitting at home watching Hocus Pocus or an equally non-scary movie and eating Halloween candy. And for me, that is the perfect way to celebrate this holiday.

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What we can all learn from Gord Downie In 2009, Gord Downie remarked that: “It would be hard for me now, at this age and stage, to leave a song without a glimmer of hope ‌ I always like to have a glimmer of hopefulness, even in collapse.â€?

Six years later, Downie lived up to these words after he was diagnosed with brain cancer in late 2015. Despite living with a terminal illness and knowing that his life undoubtedly would be cut short in the very near future, Downie continued to create, inspire and bring comfort to fans across the country and around the world until his death on Oct. 17.

He also continued to advocate for causes he believed in, especially Indigenous reconciliation. His terminal diagnosis did not stop Downie from finishing his Secret Path project: a studio album, graphic novel and animated television film that tells the story of Chanie Wenjack, a young Anishinaabe boy who died in 1966 as he tried to return home after escaping a residential school.

Downie didn’t hesitate address Prime Minister Justin Trudeau directly on this issue, either, famously calling on the PM to take action on behalf of Canada’s Indigenous people when he (Trudeau) attended The Tragically Hip’s final concert in Kingston.

Indeed, the mere fact that Downie embarked on the final 2016 summer tour with his bandmates is a testament to his strength of character.

While he surely felt the temptation to buckle under the weight of a terminal illness, he pushed on and accomplished all he possibly could in the time he had left.

And, we haven’t seen the last of Downie’s work yet.

In the two years leading up to his death, Downie created an album called Introduce Yerself, set to be released Oct. 27, according to the Toronto Star’s Ben Rayner. It was recorded, says Rayner, over two four-day sessions in January of 2016 and February of 2017, both of which were conducted after Downie received his brain cancer diagnosis.

New York Times writer Simon Vozick-Levinson compared the album to David Bowie and Leonard Cohen’s recent album-length “farewell letters� — Blackstar and You Want it Darker. He describes the 23 tracks as “detailed love letters addressed to friends, family members, old flames and other key figures from his life.�

Two weeks before Downie’s death, the album’s producer, Kevin Drew, told the New York Times: “There were still songs to be sung. And he really did pull off what he wanted to do, which is take that anger and turn it into love ‌ he could have just kept writing and writing and writing. If it was up to Gord, he would be recording as we speak, right now ... “We were documenting how he was feeling, very quickly. There was an urgency that pushed us to create as much as we could. We knew that we needed to focus on pressing record.â€?

Vozick-Levinson calls the album “a strikingly intimate record of an artist processing the shock of his own mortality.�

Anyone who has ever been terminally ill can relate to what it’s like to stare death in the face, and the profound emotional responses this experience this elicits.

In truth, however, none of us knows how much time we have left. At any moment, our lives may be struck down or cut short by illness, accident or war; let’s use this reality as an excuse to do what Gord did, and make the most of every second we have left on this earth.

Let’s each take what we do best — be it music, art, science, activism, caring for others, or whatever your talent may be — and turn it into a gift to the world. Let’s all try to pay it forward and inspire others, just as Gord inspired us.

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BY PATRICK KENNEDY

Retired newspaper journalist Patrick Kennedy wrote, then delivered the following introduction of the 1967 Ontario senior champion Lakeview Indians baseball club at a recent banquet saluting the 50th anniversary of three provincial senior title-winning Kingston teams, including hockey's senior A Aces and Senior B Merchants.

In sport, the term ‘greatest ever’ is too often tossed around without thought or consideration to accuracy or merit, and can then be further complicated by the overlapping of generations. Who can unequivocally state, for instance, that Ali, the self-proclaimed Greatest, would beat Joe Louis in his prime or Iron Mike at his most menacing.

Hockey’s best-ever? Howe, Orr, Gretzky, Lemieux, Crosby? Who’s to say.

One game, one quarterback, his team narrowly trailing in the final two minutes. Who do want behind centre? Manning? Montana?

Brady?

There are of course no definitive answers, which are all subjective. And remember this: Memory, a trickster by nature, gets trickier with age, conveniently blurring the passage of time.

So it’s impossible, therefore, to proclaim the 1967 Kingston Lakeview Indians as the finest amateur baseball team to come out of this city.

However, any serious talk on the topic surely must place that bunch high on the list.

In the eyes and fading recollection of this impressionable fan, though - someone who turned 14 that Centennial year and was still occasionally entertaining ever-diminishing hopes of a baseball career, who studied the game far more fervently than, say, Grade 10 calculus there can be no debate. That Indians team was tops, blurry memory be dammed.

The ball club, at least to us north-end kids who walked or biked to games at the Cricket Field, seemed the coolest, closest thing to a professional team. None of us had ever seen a pro game unless you count those summer Saturday afternoons when Curt Gowdy, Peewee Reese and Dizzy Dean appeared on our TV screen with CBS Game of the Week – the only televised game that week.

The club’s practices were similar to the big league workouts we’d read about in Baseball Digest. The uniforms looked big league, too, not unlike the work clothes donned by Rocky

Colavito in the outfield for those other Indians in far-off Cleveland. Like the major leaguers, the Kingston players were grown men, save for a 17-year-old bespectacled rookie nicknamed Camel. (Monikers, by the way, were the norm on that squad: Woody, Crunch, Mac, Nick, Jed, Coff, Weesey, Lefty, Slugger, Squirrel, Knobber, Junior, Gilly, Goody and Goose.)

The team even had its own general manager, statistician, official scorer, travel secretary and beat reporter, all in the person of Bob Elliott Jr..

Like the pros, our Indians were all business between the white lines, playing as if their day jobs were at stake. Infield practice was so smoothly conducted, we imagined this was how the Cubs took infield at Wrigley, the Giants at Candlestick, the Cardinals at Crosley.

When first baseman Guy White stretched to take a throw on a close play, we figured that’s the way Boog Powell was doing it in Baltimore, Norm Cash in Detroit. When middle infielders Ron Earl and Bob Gilmour combined with Nick White on a double play, it was like listening to the Yankees radio broadcaster describe Kubek and Richardson turning two with Moose Skowron. On the other hand, when hard-hitting third baseman Don Goodridge fielded a ground ball, then took a crow hop or three before throwing to first base too late or just in time to nip the runner, we knew that was NOT how Clete Boyer was doing it in New York or Dick Allen in Philadelphia. “When Goody took those crow hops, we wondered if he was ever going to throw the ball,” recalled Squirrel Earl.

For pure drama and excitement, you couldn’t beat the sight of big Charlie Pester swinging from the heels with two strikes, whether he missed entirely or hammered a pitch off the fountain across Lower Union Street. The Goose’s strikeouts were often as riveting as his prodigious clouts. He was our Ruthian-like character: outspoken, fan friendly, talkative, brash, personable, sublimely skilled, confident and above all fiercely competitive. If Goose was pitching and Grandmother Pester was crowding the plate, he would not hit her, but five will get you 10 that Granny’d be on her fanny, dusting herself off.

Grizzled pitchers Keith Weese and Art Leeman, age 35 and 34, respectively, that summer, seemed like pensioners in our minds, yet they demonstrated time and again that there was so much more to their craft than the ability to throw hard and fast. We were lucky to have been tutored in the rudimentary elements of the art

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form by the father of neighborhood pals Ken and Ed Jarrell. Having their pop, Arnie Jarrell, explain the science of pitching was like getting investment advice from Warren Buffet, a sixgun lesson from Wyatt Earp, star-gazing with Gallileo. You were wise to clam up and pay attention, and in 1967 we witnessed, firsthand, as Arnie’s theories on pitching were put to the test and proven over and over. Weese, Leeman, and Pester showed us that deception, location and fluctuating speed were as paramount to success as a blazing fastball, which happened to be the go-to pitch of Indians southpaw Doug McIlroy, our fellow Swamp Ward native.

To us, manager, Bob Elliott Sr., the beat reporter’s white-haired pop, seemed as serious, as wily, as unflappable and, yes, as ancient as old man Stengel himself. Elliott and Cliff Earl, Ron’s dad, had resurrected a senior city all-star team in the spring of ’67, then peopled it with players from the disbanded Kingston Baseball Association. Having these die-hard hardball men at the helm was like having Willie Shoemaker as a riding instructor, Einstein as a physics tutor, Ann Margaret as…well, as anything.

In defending any best-ever argument, statistics weigh heavy at the evidence table, and in this case exhibit A was the team’s record. The Indians posted a dazzling 22-5 regular-season won/loss record before flying through five playoff rounds winning 10 and losing just twice.

Exhibits B, C, D and E consisted of eyepopping pitching stats. Weese, off a farm in Centreville, carded an unblemished 8-0 mark to go with a 1.87 ERA. Leeman, from a large Glenburnie clan peppered with ballplayers, was 11-2 with a microscopic 1.24 ERA. Pester, arguably this city’s greatest all-around athlete and easily its most entertaining, sported a 2-0 record with an even 2.00 ERA, a shade higher than McIlroy’s stingy 1.62, and included a nohitter, one of a record four the Goose recorded in Kingston flannels.

On offence, seven Kingston players hit .310 or higher that year, including a trio who produced at a clip of .400 or better. Pester, who like Leeman and Weese had played pro ball as a young man, topped the team with a .421 average. Teenage outfielder Clyde Harris, the aforementioned Camel, hit an even .400, kick-starting a long, memorable senior baseball career, in two cities, that would not wrap until age 45.

Prior to 1967, the last Kingston team to cop an OBA pennant was the ‘35 Ponies. Jim Arniel, was on that club, and 32 summers later, his son Doug, a.k.a. Slugger, won Game 1 of the best-of-three provincial final with a two-

run, ninth-inning home run that dented a roof in Orillia. They, along with Bob Gilmour and sons Rob and Pat, remain the only father-son duos to capture Ontario senior A baseball crowns.

My favourite moment from that season was one I never saw or really fully appreciated until one day twentysome years later when, in the course of researching a story on Kingston’s 100th anniversary in baseball, I visited Artie Leeman at his Glenburnie home on Unity Road. Among other things that day, Art talked about the no-hitter that he twirled in the penultimate game of the ’67 playoff run, a 2-0 victory that came achingly close to being a perfect game. How close? One pitch, a full-count fastball with two out in the bottom of the ninth – Ball 4. Art described that missed strike call as if he’d thrown the pitch that very day instead of decades earlier. The passion and competitive fire that fueled the cagey old righthander in his playing days were on full display in the Leeman living room that day, and I was left to wonder about the competitiveness and passion that consumed pitchers like Leeman in games where something was on the line.

Kingston’s best amateur ballclub? Clearly the Lakeview Indians possessed more than enough talent, garnered more than enough accolades, to be strongly considered in any local best-ever poll. They could hit, hit for power, pitch, catch and throw. Most importantly, they won. As a team.

They could also, on occasion, fracture an unwritten baseball rule. Like the time pitcher Elwood Johnston, then a city cop, spent part of a police shift helping to steal signs from an opposing team.

The story goes that Woody, who later served in the RCMP as well as with CSIS, our country’s intelligence-gathering unit, was observing his team’s game from a position well beyond centre field. In a nearby squad car sat the late city detective Bob ‘Duster’ Joyce, binoculars in hand, picking off the lone signal being put down by the catcher some 400 feet away. Duster relayed to Woody what pitch was coming and Woody signalled his teammate at bat. “Arm straight up for a fastball, nothing for off-speed,” the retired spy recalled, laughing.

“What a ballclub that was,” he added.

Indeed it was, Woody. Some might even suggest the city’s greatest ever.

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BY BILL HUTCHINS

Kingston’s 170-bed Rideaucrest seniors home will be managed by a city-appointed administrator for the first time in nearly a decade.

The high-profile management job was contracted out to Extendicare Canada in 2010 following a series of political concerns about ballooning budgets, declining resident care and poor managementemployee relations. A performance review, done by KPMG, confirmed many of the concerns raised by unionized staff, residents and their families.

As a result of the review, Extendicare was hired by council — at a taxpayer cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars — to bring in its own management and consulting support to make Rideaucrest right again. The privately-owned, for-profit Extendicare owns and operates 34 nursing homes and provides management support to about two dozen others in Ontario.

City officials say the outside expertise has led to “significant progress” on all fronts of the operation, and they’re now ready to scale back Extendicare’s involvement.

“Rideaucrest has also benefited from the strong leadership of the home administrator who has played a key role in the recruitment and development of the management team,” said a report by community services commissioner Lanie Hurdle.

The nursing home’s budget has also stabilized. The city’s tax-funded share of the home’s operation is $5.4 million this year, up slightly from $5.3 million in 2016.

Council renewed Extendicare’s contract in 2013 at a total cost of $342,000 a year, including consulting and management fees

and the home administrator’s salary and benefits. In 2016, a further two year contract extension was approved until May 2018.

However, the contract has been cut short.

Councillors approved a staff recommendation to terminate the remaining term of the deal with Extendicare with the aim of bringing the management role inhouse.

“These changes include a City of Kingston staff member in the position of the home administrator, which has been provided by Extendicare since 2010, and some amendments to consulting support services.”

Extendicare will play a reduced role at Rideaucrest in a new three-year contract at a reduced cost of $144,000 a year to continue providing consulting services from now until November 2020.

The city can extend this contract for a further two years at its discretion.

“Although Rideaucrest has made some significant progress in the past years, staff still believe that it is critical to continue to obtain support from Extendicare as the long term care field is complex and it continues

to evolve with new regulations and provincial programs,” Hurdle explained.

She says Extendicare will remain in a reduced capacity to provide advice and guidance, training, quality initiatives and compliance-related expertise.

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Kingston’s War of 1812 shipwrecks recognized as National Historic Site

BY MANDY MARCINIAK

“They are indirectly accessible by the public through drawings, publications, websites and museum disThe most powerful British warships during the plays like the one here at the fort. We are trying to War of 1812 were built right here in Kingston and get the story of these wrecks to the non-diving pubon Oct. 18, a plaque was unveiled at Fort Henry lic and this designation helps with that effort.”

Each year, Canadians are invited to submit recognizing them as National Historic Sites.

The HMS Prince Regent, Princess Charlotte people, places and events to the Historic Sites and and St. Lawrence were built in dockyards in Kings- Monuments Board of Canada that they believe ton and launched in 1814. After serving their pur- deserve historical designation and, according to pose in the war effort, they became shipwrecks in board chair Dr. Richard Alway, the shipwrecks of Kingston’s Harbour — with Charlotte and Regent the War of 1812 were an easy addition.

“I can tell you that compared with the dozens residing in Deadman’s Bay and the St. Lawrence of others received across the country, this is indeed off the shores of what is now the Tett Centre.

While these ships remain underwater, they are a very worthy addition to Canada’s family of naaccessible to recreational divers and snorkelers tional historic importance,” he said.

Alway emphasized the importance of these hisand, according to Jonathon Moore, an underwater archeologist, work continues to make the pres- torical shipwrecks in continuing the sharing of the history of Canada. ence of these ships known above land too.

“How we remember our past is important be“They are tangible links to the past,” said Moore during a presentation at Fort Henry on Oct. 18. cause it does help define exactly how we think of ourselves as a society,” he said. “The straight fact is that history is to the nation as memory is to the individual; it gives meaning and context and identity and without it we simply cannot know ourselves.”

The HMS St. Lawrence is recognized as the largest and most-heavily armed warship of its time serving on freshwater. Its appearance on the waters of Lake Ontario gave the British control of the lake without having to fire a single shot in anger. Alway believes that knowledge of these ships and their impact is very important to pass along to future generations.

“These shipwrecks are symbolic of something quite unique in the history of our nation and if not The plaque designa tion the War of 1812 marked and remembered for future generations, shipwrecks as National Historic Sites on Oct. will simply be lost in old pictures and archives,” he 18 in Kingston. said. “Future generations will better understand mandymarciniak@metroland.com

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The historical designation of the shipwrecks also comes in the same year Canada celebrates 150 years since Confederation and National Historic Sites celebrates its centennial. While Alway acknowledged that these are important milestones, the local impact of this designation is even more

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“While July the 1st had a national focus, it is smaller gatherings like this one all across the country that really connect Canadians at a personal level to the significance of our shared heritage,” he said. “I encourage every Canadian to come out here and see these shipwrecks and learn about them; they are such a vital part of our history.”

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On a normal day in London, Quan Ngoc Minh (Jackie Chan) takes his daughter, Fan (Katie Leung), to buy a dress. She runs to the store while he parks the car. An explosion sends Quan through the air. Fan is killed instantly.

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The IRA claimed responsibility for the bombing. This leads Quan to question Irish minister and former IRA member Liam Hennessy (Pierce Brosnan). Hennessy says he's just a politician, and doesn't know anything. Quan doesn't believe him, but Hennessy brushes him off as just a harmless grieving old man.

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Quan will not be placated until he has the names.

I was talking to a friend who said Netflix has ruined movies for him. How can a movie compete with a series like Breaking Bad in terms of depth of story and character? While there's some truth there, I believe there's real art in connecting with an audience and drawing them in inside the medium of film. The Foreigner is a perfect example. We don't see Fan for very long.

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2 tsp (10 mL) Dijon mustard 1/4 tsp (1 mL) crushed red pepper flakes 1 tbsp (15 mL) maple syrup Preparation instructions In large non-stick skillet, over medium heat, cook pancetta for three minutes. Add shallot and cook, stirring until softened, about 2 minutes.

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THINGS TO DO EVENTS CALENDAR Check out the events calendar on the home page of our website for community events happening in South Frontenac.

PUBLIC SKATING AT FRONTENAC COMMUNITY ARENA Invite a friend and come out to the Frontenac Community Arena and enjoy a leisurely skate every Wednesday from 10:00 to 11:00 am and Sundays from 1:00 pm to 2:20 pm The cost is $2.00 per person and a CSA approved helmet with screen is recommended. For more information see their website www.frontenacarena.com. Come out for our “Halloween Skate” on Sunday, October 29 at 1:00 pm – first 100 kids in costumes receive a treat bag. (Must be able to see clearly through costume and not obstruct ability to skate).

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2018 BUDGET INPUT Council invites residents to provide input for the 2018 Budget. The 2018 Budget document will be tabled on Tuesday, November 7. Those interested in presenting to Council on Tuesday, November 14 are encouraged to contact the Clerk’s office at Extension 2222 to be placed on the agenda. Alternatively, written submissions may be forwarded to the Clerk’s Office via admin@southfrontenac.net. Requests to present to Council and/or written submissions must be received by noon on Thursday, November 9th, 2017.

MARKING CANADA 150, ONTARIO 150 WITH COMMUNITY TIME CAPSULE PROJECT- ITEMS WANTED As a way to commemorate this historic year in Canadian history, the Township of South Frontenac is putting together a time capsule to be buried at Centennial Park in Harrowsmith. The time capsule will be opened in 50 years on Canada’s bicentennial. Residents of South Frontenac are invited to submit items to be included in the time capsule. Items should be significant to this year in South Frontenac and be around the size of an average adult’s fist. Residents are encouraged to get creative and reflect on highlights of the year. Items like USB sticks will be accepted, although be mindful that in 50 years, that technology maybe obsolete. Photographs, newspaper clippings, local sports memorabilia, diaries, favorite recipes, ticket stubs and similar items are encouraged. Anything organic or that can erode, rubber, metal paper clips, staples and anything with an internal battery that cannot be removed are discouraged. The items need to meet some requirements for preservations purposes and will be returned to the sender if they do not fit the requirements. Items will be collected from now until December 21st and can be dropped off at Town Hall in Sydenham in the Recreation Department.

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For the past six years, Scott Hallman and his hotdog cart, Scottie’s Dogs, has been an integral part of the weekly market on Queen’s campus. Then, on Oct. 14, he was abruptly informed that he could no longer be a part of it.

“It was totally out of the blue,” he explained. “I got the email on a Saturday night and it was incredibly vague. It informed me that they would be revoking my licence for the Farmers' Market because my stand did not ‘fit their purpose’.”

Hallman did some research to find out what that ‘purpose’ was and he learned that Queen’s Hospitality Services, which runs the market and has since its inception, has plans to rework the market itself.

“Basically, they say that they want the market to be producers of local products and not re-sellers,” said Hallman. “I was surprised because I do everything I can to be local and I’m not really sure they understand that.”

At his weekly cart at the market, Hallman explained, he uses sausages from Quinn’s Meats, based in Yarker, locally-made Breadman bakery buns, and he works hard to locally source condiments from farmers in the area.

“I do whatever I can to support local businesses and this was really shocking,” he said. “The market really struggles as it is

and I was surprised that they targeted me.”

According to Brent Griffiths, executive director of housing and ancillary services at Queen’s, these struggles are exactly what inspired changes to the market.

“It has been tougher and tougher to get vendors out over the years and last year we didn’t run the indoor winter market because of that,” he explained. “We started looking at whether or not we were truly doing what we intended to do at the start and that was to have local producers come out and sell their locally-produced products and interact with students and educate them about where their food is coming from. We were losing that opportunity.”

I care less about the money and more about not being able to be on the campus and interacting with students. People are really excited to come to the stand and chat, and that can’t happen anymore.”

Scott Hallman runs a hot dog truck in Kingston and on Queen's campus at their weekly market.

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Queen's students start petition after hotdog vendor told he no longer 'fits the purpose' of market Continued from page 19

Hallman took to Facebook after his email from Queen’s simply to inform students that he would not be at the market on Wednesdays, and shortly after a petition was started.

“I don’t even know the student personally, but the response has been incredible,” Hallman said of the over 1,000 signatures generated in just a few days. “The comments are really great and it shows me that I am really a part of the Queen’s culture and I really didn’t expect that. The responses were so heartwarming and surprising.”

Even with the petition and several personal student emails, Griffiths stands by the decision to rework the market and instead he hopes that Hallman will be open to other opportunities to sell on campus.

“We have fundraising opportunities with students where they can have a food truck come onto campus and help them raise awareness and funds for their group,” said Griffiths. “In that case, 10 per cent of the profits would go to that student group and it is kind of like a bake sale, but without all the work from the students.”

Griffiths is hoping that Hallman, who also sells his product at Confederation Basin, will be open to this opportunity. He says that the decision to remove him from the market had nothing to do with on-campus food company Sodexho and the suggestion that Hallman’s truck was competition.

“I think it is important to remember that we started the Farmers' Market and a former member of the management team from Sodexho was a big part of that,” he said. “We support students in getting their bake sales too, but the purpose of a Farmers' Market is different — it is not a carnival or a yard sale type of thing, it is about connecting local producers with members of the campus community.”

Hallman couldn’t help but notice this past week that one food re-seller is still present at the market, and he is hoping that was simply an error and that he is not being personally targeted. Griffiths clarified that all vendors are being re-evaluated.

“What this situation has also prompted is making us look at the whole vendor list. This may not be the only adjustment that we have to make,” he said. “I am aware of the other vendor and they are being assessed as well. We are really trying to get back to the original intent of the market.”

Hallman isn’t sure what the next steps in the process are, but he is sad to not be at the market weekly and not just because of the money.

“I care less about the money and more about not being able to be on the campus and interacting with students.” he said. “Some of them refer to Wednesdays as ‘Weiner Wednesdays’ and people are really excited to come to the stand and chat, and that can’t happen anymore.”

To sign the petition to support Hallman and his cart, visit https://www.change.org/p/angelafrancis-get-sodexo-to-bring-back-scott-hallman-hotdog-vendor-extraordinaire-to-queens-campus/

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Few things are as comforting as a warm blanket on a cold day. But, for some members of the Kingston community, a blanket may be hard to come by; that is where Urban Barn comes in. For the past six years, the company has been working to Blanket the Country in Warmth, and in Kingston, that means helping local emergency shelter In From the Cold.

“The idea is to give back to our community and really help members of the community, too,” said Urban Barn store manager Dawn Dalton. “This fundraiser is always a really big deal for us, and last year, we donated over 400 blankets.”

Blankets are purchased through donations from customers

Urban Barn Kingston store manager Dawn Dalton (right) and assistant manager Cassandra Blackwell with the blankets that can be purchased through donation at the store until Oct. 29.

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in the store, which can be as little as $5. The donation also allows community members to sign a card with well wishes for the recipients.

In the past six years, Urban Barn has donated more than 58,000 blankets across Canada. This year, they hope to add another 15,000 to that total.

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“It really showed me the need and the impact that the blankets make locally,” she said. “We don’t get out in the community enough, and to be able to help anybody in need is so important, and to make more people aware of the needs in our community — I really enjoy that we can give back and get the word out there.”

Farrar echoed these sentiments and he hopes that community members will take notice and give to the campaign if they can.

“We do serve a large population and the impact is felt,” he said. “A blanket is a simple thing, but it can definitely help our clients in a big way.”

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Kingston filmmakers Brent Nurse, Steven Spencer and Curtis Campsall of BNICE Films love telling stories together and later this month they will be able to share their latest story with a much larger crowd.

The trio’s latest project, Boneyard,

is part of opening night at New York City’s FEARnyc horror film festival.

“We applied for the film festival and they accepted us fairly quickly and they also slotted us into the opening night slot and that was really exciting,” explained Nurse, producer and co-director of the film. “It is a very dark film, but it is really strong

and we are excited to share it.”

The locally produced film was filmed in Kingston, Battersea and Seeley’s Bay in 2016 and it tells the story of a couple that retreats to a family home in the woods after the husband, a university professor, is accused of some inappropriate behaviour. The woods turn out to be a

Left to right: Kingston filmmakers Curtis Campsall, Steven Spencer, and Brent Nurse preparing for the first scene of their new film Boneyard (it was a messy one).

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full of evil things and the husband, as expected, turns out to be not such a great guy.

“Steve (Spencer) wrote this one and he was inspired by the Jian Ghomeshi trial and that is where this came from,” said Nurse. “He also owns a private school and he was so outraged with the whole situation and he wanted to tackle it a bit. For this film we really tried to step up our game a bit and make it more interesting, too.”

Previously, the trio worked together on a couple of YouTube videos, and local films 21 Brothers and Five Years After the Fall, another horror film that was actually picked up by a Hollywood production company.

“We’ve been lucky and had some good successes and this festival in New York actually gave us a positive review for our previous film, too,” said Nurse. “I think that is why we got such a prime spot at the festival.”

The film will screen on Oct. 27 at 9 p.m. in Time’s Square and the filmmakers have also been invited to introduce the film.

“The three of us have never been to New York and this gave us a good excuse to go,” said Nurse. “It is also considered a world premier and we did a screening at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival this past spring, but that was more of a test screening.”

The film was well-received in Kingston and Nurse describes it

as more of a thinking movie and one that doesn’t have a clear path throughout.

“It is a darker film that jumps around a bit in terms of timelines, but it’s good,” he said. “The saying goes ‘when you make a movie a bit confusing, more people like it’ and I think that is true here."

The film also stars local Kingston actors Helen von Bretzke, Jason Bowen, Steve Vanvolkingburgh and Sue Del-Mei, and Nurse hopes it will give their local talent some exposure, too.

“They were so great in the film and last year and the year before, every feature film at the festival was signed to a movie deal and that is good for us and the actors,” he said.

“We are hoping for the best.”

After their big trip the team will continue working on their next project that they hope to have ready for the Kingston Canadian Film Festival in the spring. They want to continue to focus on showcasing all-Kingston talent.

“Our next project will be more of a comedy and commentary on Kingston filmmaking and it will be a bit of an experiment and a bit of an ad-lib project,” he said. “We really just want to continue showing Kingston and what we can do.”

For more information about BNICE films and their work visit http://www.bnice.ca/.

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

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

Every Thursday is “Tasty Tall Boy Thursdays�. 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.

Octo. 29 – Sunday Breakfast - 9-1.

Harrowsmith Free Methodist Church is looking for venders for their annual craft fair, “Christmas in the village� on Saturday, Nov. 18 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m..

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Craft & Bake Sale Worthington Park (103 Worthington Way, off Weller Ave) Saturday, Oct 28, 9 a.m. - noon) A great time to do your Christmas shopping. Big things, small things, warm things, yummy baked goods.

Kingston Interval House: Please join us for our Annual General Meeting. Thursday, Nov. 2, 5 p.m. Registration, 5:30 p.m.

Business Meeting. Guest Speaker: Deborah Sinclair, MSW, PhD(c), RSW speaking on “Still a Movement After All These Years-Critical Conversations for Ending Violence Against Women and Children

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Reformation@500 Hymn Festival Sunday, Oct. 29, 4 p.m. Join in the great hymns of heritage and Christian faith.Christian Reformed, Lutheran, Presbyterian and United congregations together. Held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Princess at Clergy. Additional information, 613546-6316 or www.standrewskingston.org Live Wire Music Series presents David Woodhead’s Confabulation on Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Octave Theatre (Sir John A. Macdonald and 401, with Special Guests: Turpin’s Trail. Tickets: $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Available at our Kingston sponsors, Brian’s Record Option (381 Princess St) or Tara Natural Foods (81 Princess St), or online www. livewiremusicseries.ca.

Newfoundland kitchen party, Oct. 28 Golden Links Hall Harrowsmith. Doors open at 5, traditional food & dessert served at 6. Music, dancing and silent auction. $20. For tickets call 372-2410. Come kiss the cod!

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WW is a support and social group for widows and widowers. If you or your friends are widowed there is a welcome awaiting.

The larger, more diverse our age range the more we are able to do for each other. We meet at 7 p.m. every second Thursday at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 560, 734 Montreal St. Ask the bartender where the Widowers are meeting and she will point you in the right direction. For information call: Raymond at 613-767-2367 or email Barb at rwilde4@cogeco.ca.

Rideau Trail Club of Kingston-Saturday Oct. 28 Frontenac Challenge - Cedar Lake Level 2, moderate pace, 15 km. Hike this circular route enjoying rolling terrain and many ponds. Depart Canadian Tire Parking Lot along Bath Rd. at 9 am. Gas $4 plus park fee. Leader: Peter 613 634 1877.

39 Club of Kingston dance Friday, Oct. 27 from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at RCL Branch 631. 4034 Bath Rd., Collins Bay. Music by Texas Tuxedo. Admission: $12, Members $10. Lunch at 11 p.m. Everyone welcome. Info. call Crystal Gurnsey at 613-544-5100.

Animal and book lovers can support the Kingston Humane Society on Friday, Oct. 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Ongwanada auditorium for a book launch and reading by local author Sally Barnes. Forty per cent of sales of her book “Unleashed� will be donated to the Kingston Humane Society to support animals in need.

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Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be served and a free will offering will help fund a new church roof.

Paradise Club dance - every Sunday lunch and dance from 6 - 10 p.m. at RCL Beanch 560. Cost is $10 per person. For more information, call Shirley Skinner at 613-634-1607.

2nd Annual Fall Fest at the Armouries in Honour of 2587 Army Cadets. Sunday, Oct. 29 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. 100 vendors, face painting, children’s area, UDIÀH EDVNHWV IRRG WUXFN &RPH VWDUW your Christmas shopping early.

Zone G1 Fundraising Halloween Dance hosted by Royal Canadian Legion Bath & Area Branch 623 on County Rd. 4. Friday, Oct. 27 8 p.m. to midnight. Music By DJ DCS Entertainment. $5 per person. Prizes for best male & female costumes. Light lunch will be served later in the evening. Everyone Welcome Attention all crafters! Earn extra money for Christmas! Rent a table at Holy Family Parish, Kingston, for our ninth annual Holly Jolly Christmas Craft Sale, Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 2 & 3 at St. Francis of Assisi School, 114 Wiley Street, Kingston. Limited spaces available at $20.00 per table, paid in advance. Tables will be supplied. For further information and to book your table, contact Sandy at 613548-3761.

Grandmothers By the Lake - Thursday, Oct. 26 at the Sydenham Public Library, come hear Carol Little speak of her trip to Zambia and South Africa as part of the international Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign.

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Sydenham Legion - Oct.28, Halloween dance, music by Trilogy. Tickets $10 each doors open at 8 music from 9 – 1 a.m. prize for best dressed couple and single costume. Join us for a spooky night of fun.

Saturday,, Oct 28 - Children’s Hallowe’en Party 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. @ Harrowsmith Social & Athletic Club, 4041 Colebrook Rd., Harrowsmith.

Games, contests, prizes. Canteen Available. For info call Pam 613372-1578.

RCL Branch 560 -Friday, Oct. 27 Poppy campaign starts.

Friday, Oct. 27 - Showman’s Karaoke will entertain from 8 to 12 with $2.50 cover for non members. Be sure to wear your poppy in support of our fallen veterans. Everyone welcome.

Saturday, Oct. 28 -Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 560 present: A “Halloween Party with Smith & Brady� that starts at 8 until 12. No charge.

Prizes for best costume-male, female and couple. Munchies and treats will be available. Everyone welcome.

Friday Night Baha’i Fireside – Oct. 27 Discussion: “Reverence�. 7 p.m. at 99 York St. All are welcome. Further info:bahais@kingston.net.

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Kingston’s mayor talks tough to stamp out Homecoming street parties

BY BILL HUTCHINS

Kingston Mayor Bryan Paterson had some choice words for people who keep spoiling the official Homecoming party at Queen’s University. He says the city is now talking about introducing a public nuisance bylaw to enable police and other municipal authorities to issue hefty fines, without laying charges, during unsanctioned street parties.

Here’s an edited portion of his questionand-answer interview with Kingston Heritage following Homecoming 2017: Heritage: What is your reaction to the street parties that broke out during Homecoming?

Mayor: I was very disappointed. There were a number of behaviours that occurred that

were completely unacceptable in our community. That needs to be said. At the same time I know the majority of Queen’s students are just as appalled and embarrassed by the behaviour of some of the party goers and so I think we need to update our approach.

Heritage: Street parties have been described as tamer in recent years. What changed this time?

Mayor: There’s no question the weather played a key role. Queen’s is committed to holding Homecoming as late as possible in the year so it’s always mid to late October. If you look at the last couple of years in mid to late October, it’s cold, it’s rainy. Unfortunately this particular year it was as late as Homecoming could be and unfortunately it was a fairly warm day and that contributed to the fact you saw a lot of parties that started early on in the day.

Heritage: Why not ask Kingston Police to do a bigger crackdown on this type of behaviour?

Mayor: I think the police are doing everything they can within their power. It’s just not practical to arrest 3,000 people at once.

Heritage: So what is your solution?

Mayor: That’s to introduce a nuisance bylaw. It’s not meant to target students. It’s meant to target behaviours like public intoxication and out of control house parties, for example.

What it does is it gives the city powers to impose large fines both on the individuals engaging in the behaviour and potential fines to the landlords of properties where these parties are happening. It was something the city looked at a number of years ago and decided not to move ahead with. It’s now something we are going to revisit.

Heritage: Does Queen’s still cut the city a $100,000 cheque every year to cover policing costs?

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It is enough to cover the costs of policing.

That being said, I think when you look at the strain that was imposed on the hospital and some other emergency services I don’t think it’s enough to sit back and say because of that contribution we shouldn’t be doing anything else.

I think clearly we need to take more pro-active steps. It’s not just the city, it’s Queen’s and the student body working together to ensure we don’t see what we saw this past weekend.

Heritage: Will you seek extra money from the university?

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Audrey refused to wear anything that had come within 20 feet of the cow byre, saying it didn’t matter how much of Mother’s cologne she put on, you could still smell cow! As happened every Halloween, the school was decorated, parents brought enough lunch to feed all of Renfrew County, and someone was put in charge of a program. The minister from the United Church was always the judge of the best, or most unusual costume,

and fair to a fault, he made sure the winner wasn’t a member of the church. Which Cecil said was grossly unfair. His family were devout Uniteds. Those who couldn’t afford store-bought masks, had their faces smeared with stove black, or the soot from inside the coal oil lamp.

By the time the date rolled around, of course, the cold weather had set in, which meant underneath whatever we were wearing was a pile of long underwear and a couple of sweaters.

Often before the school party started, neighbour children would stop at farms along the way for a handout of homemade candy, or if they were lucky, a box of cracker jacks, which cost a whole nickle at Briscoe’s General Store.

Mother laid out all the things she thought we five children could choose from to wear as costumes. Mostly, it was old overalls, windbreakers that had seen better days, and an assortment of straw hats that should have been thrown out long ago. Audrey wouldn’t have anything to do with a thing on the bed! Instead she put on a silk dress that had come in the hand-me-down box from Aunt Lizzie, and of course was much too big for her. She tied a silk scarf around the waist, and vanished into Mother and Father’s bedroom where Mother kept what little makeup she wore.

Audrey came out looking like she belonged in one of those side-shows from the Renfrew Fair, where children weren’t allowed, and any husband worth his salt ignored. I thought she was gorgeous. It didn’t take long for the

boys from the Barr Side road to spot her, and I was amazed at the change in my sister, all because of a silk dress that come in the handme-down box from Regina!

There was Marguirite, with her storebought costume, the silver shoes she raved about, and her hair done up high on her head, but I couldn’t see anything that looked like a diamond anywhere.

There were games, bobbing for apples, musical chairs, and fiddle music, and the school heated up like a night in July all because of the many bodies crammed into the one room.

Finally, the United Church Minister clapped his hands together, quieting everyone down, and said he had chosen a winner. Marguirite got out of her chair, ready to bolt up to the front of the room for the prize, so sure was she her name would be called. The minister made a long speech, just as if he were preaching a sermon, and then announced that Audrey Haneman was the winner! Ev-

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“I’ve worked in bars and restaurants for 10 years now. I started when I was 14 and I started experiencing sexual harassment then… and it kind of hasn’t stopped,” Donovan said candidly, noting she has worked in over five different bars and restaurants in Kingston while attending Queen’s University, and worked with a number of different community groups and organizations.

“I’ve had the luxury of having certain places that I feel like are safe spaces, but I know that that is not the case for a lot of people,” she said.

“I know that, even with me feeling safe, the people around me may not, and the co-workers I have don’t know what to do if they do feel like somebody is in a vulnerable position.”

Her experience in the industry and her community partnership with the

Sexual Assault Centre Kingston put Donovan in the perfect position to deliver The Safe Bars Project here in Kingston, but it was a conversation with that friend that moved her to ensure the project came here, she expressed.

“The final catalyst was having a friend of mine report to me that she had been sexually assaulted after being at a bar where she’d asked staff for help,” Donovan said, adding that the incident occurred at an establishment she personally would normally be comfortable in.

“It was a wakeup call that we can do better. That was an instance I genuinely believe could have been Larissa Donovan, community lead for The stopped with very mild in- Dandelion Initiative, holds a poster for The tervention.”

Safe Bars Project inside The Mansion.

So far, Donovan has Tori Stafford/Metroland received positive responses from the bars and restaurants she’s approached with the project, Project is not about discouraging people with well-known and popular establish- from drinking, nor is it meant to make ments already on board to undergo the anyone feel like a perpetrator or a victim.

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