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Council gives official support for Sharbot Lake outdoor rink project

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News — Council gave its support to the proposed outdoor rink project for Oliver Scott Memorial Park in Sharbot Lake at its regular meeting last week.

Manager of Developmental Services Jeremy Neven told Council that the old canteen has been demolished and there is a proposed surveyed location for the rink and building provided by the District 3 Oso rec committee.

Neven said he had been concerned about parking but “the committee has verbal assurance that they can use the parking lots at the Granite Ridge Education Centre (adjacent to Oliver Scott Memorial Park) during off-school hours. “I told them to get it in writing.”

Neven said that fundraising has been underway for some time but “efforts will be amplified once Council support is achieved for the project.

“In addition to the rec committee’s fundraising efforts, plans are being made to engage Township staff to ensure funds are collected and receipted appropriately, setbacks and building codes are met and public works are not affected,” he said.

Changing hats during his report, Neven told Council that to date in 2016, the Township has received three Zoning Bylaw amendment applications, which have been approved, 15 minor variance applications of which 12 have been approved and three were coming forward to the Nov. 10 Committee of Adjustment meeting.

There were also nine consent applications

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five of which were approved, two were abandoned, one was deferred pending a Zoning Bylaw amendment and one is coming to a December meeting.

And, he wants a boat.

Neven told Council that he’d like to have a boat for the building department to access island and water-access only properties and that the cost could be shared with North Frontenac Township.

“Both municipalities have entered into a shared services agreement in the building departments which has been successful,” Neven said. “Purchasing a boat will assist in the delivery and enforcement of the Ontario Building Code for those water access properties.”

He said that in the past he’s been offered rides from property owners that just weren’t acceptable.

“It’s a safety issue,” he said. “I have at one time refused to cross in what the person was calling a boat.

“And we have asked the fire department to use their boat but that puts us in a situation where it may be unavailable if there’s a fire emergency.”

Neven said he’s priced out small boats (ie 14foot with 20-25 HP motor) at about $8,500 plus tax. “That would be split between both municipalities with a maximum cost of $5,000 each,” he said.

He said the average number of water access building permits per year is between four and six, with an average of four inspections per permit.

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Central approves three more non-rooftop FIT solar installation News — Second time was the charm for Icarus Power.

At the Oct. 25 meeting of Central Frontenac Council, representatives for Icarus Power were not allowed to make a presentation as they had not applied to be on the agenda in time and Council wanted a staff report on the proposal for three Feed In Tariff (FIT) projects in the Township.

This time, however, at the Nov. 8 regular Council meeting in Sharbot Lake, all the I’s were dotted and the T’s crossed and the projects approved.

Two of the projects will generate 500kw of power and the third 250 kw.

Chief Building Official Jeremy Neven said the projects met all zoning requirements and setbacks.

“Most important from my perspective is all setbacks have been respected and there is visual screening where recommended,” he said.

The three projects are on Road 38 near Parham, on White Lake Road and on York Road.

Council approval is worth two points on the Independent Electricity System Operator approval system, but they’re very important points, said James Calnan of Icarus Power Generation.

“Icarus Power Generation recognizes the importance of being a ‘good neighbour,’” he said. “We’ve reached out to neighbouring

landowners and secured their support for the construction and operation of our projects.”

Calnan said non-rooftop projects must be located on Class 4-7 lands, ie non-prime or marginal agriculture growing sites and an environmental activity report is required before a notice to proceed is granted to IESO.

“Icarus Power Generation recognizes the importance of being a ‘good neighbour,’” he said. “We’ve reached out to neighbouring landowners and secured their support for the construction and operation of our projects.”

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There are benefits to a municipality, he said.

“Project sites will pay the industrial property tax rate to the municipality, not the farm/agricultural rate,” he said. “And, there are employment opportunities focusing on

new technology (solar) deployment as well as the use of local contractors for construction, mechanical installation, electrical connection, landscaping and ongoing local maintenance.

Calnan said these three projects came in nine days after the last time Icarus had been to Central Frontenac Council and “IEOS doesn’t seem to understand municipal business cycles.”

That prompted Coun. Brent Cameron to reiterate the need for a policy on solar installations.

“We are looking at a policy,” Cameron said.

“We seem to get informed two weeks before

the deadline is approaching which doesn’t leave much time for public input.

“And we’re looking to inform the public more.”

“It’s good that you’re looking at a policy,” Calnan said. “We have to spend time going out looking for capacity on the grid and soil types so it would be good to know what municipalities need from us.

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Central Frontenac culvert needs attention before next spring CRAIG BAKAY

News - Central Frontenac Council voted to dip into next year's roads budget to fix a culvert at its regular meeting last week in Sharbot Lake.

Interim Public Works Manager Mike Richardson told Council he had "just become aware of the critical state of the culvert" on 4th

Lake Road, between 3rd and 4th Lakes.

Richardson said that the drought conditions exposed areas that otherwise would have been covered by water. In this case the bottom of the culvert was visible and when road crew members went in to have a look, the extent of the decay was evident.

"I went in to see it myself and I kind of wish I hadn't," Richardson said. "The bottom is in a severely decayed state and I don't think it will survive spring flooding."

He said that if the bottom of the culvert goes, it would allow water to seep out and erode the dirt around the culvert.

"That would lead to a washout," he said.

Richardson said he planned to finance the operation from reserves, which would then be replenished in the 2017 budget.

"It just means I won't be able to do another road project I had planned to do," he said.

Richardson also asked Council to wave a requirement in the Procurement Bylaw to advertise for engineering services because of the time factor.

"Technically, this culvert is a bridge and so it requires engineering," he said. "But advertising takes about a month so I'd like to contact three engineering firms we've worked with in the past for quotes.

"That way, although I don't expect we'll get started on it before December, it will be a winter project."

He said they could have "interesting dilemmas" with school bus routes but he didn't see any alternative.

Treasurer Michael McGovern said that under section 5.19 of the Procurement Bylaw, the Mayor and CAO could authorize the engineering services on an emer-

gency basis.

"Because of the low water, are there other things we might not have otherwise noticed?" asked Coun. Brent Cameron.

"Your concern is noted and we will act on it," said Richardson.

Richardson also said that the Ardoch and Arden pits have been brought into compliance with the MNR deficiency report and that the winter sand project went well.

He said the Township rented a screening plant for $63,747 and when $91,572 for Township vehicle and equipment costs (which is just an account entry in and out), the total of $155,320 came in almost $5,000 under the $160,000 budgeted.

Richardson also recommended that the landfill sites amnesty program not be limited next year to two periods, rather stretched out over the summer which, he said, would be easier for landfill site staff.

This past year, 187 vehicles took advantage of the amnesty at the Olden site and 178 at the Oso site.

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The iconic band's memorable August 20 Kingston concert is already going to be immortalized in a commemorative stone marker engraved with the Hip lyrics 'Everybody was in it from miles around' - and placed in Springer Market Square.

And, the soon-to-be unveiled stone is also one of five landmarks showcased in the 2016 collection of Christmas pewter ornaments.

"I think it's going to be a popular seller with the possibility of reaching beyond Kingston," said Michele Langlois, general manager and marketing director of the Downtown Kingston Business Improvement Area (BIA).

The other four sites chosen by the BIA this year with input from

the Frontenac Heritage Foundation and the public are: -Portsmouth Tavern at 96 Yonge Street, built in the 1860s, -St. John the Apostle Catholic Church at 88 Patrick Street, constructed in 1941, -Vandervoort General Store at 77 Princess Street, constructed in 1820, -RCHA Club at 193-195 Ontario Street, built in 1848.

This marks the 23rd year the BIA has replicated five local landmarks in a series of limited edition pewter ornaments, which have become a holiday staple.

"I don't think any of us expected it to go past five years but we just keep finding interesting architecture and stories, and we've been able to extent it this long," said Langlois, who's the sister of Hip guitarist Paul Langlois.

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He says the ornament campaign speaks to the depth of Kingston's culture, heritage and architecture.

"It makes a lot of people appreciate, even buying into, our mission to make Kingston a liveable heritage city."

Langlois says approaching the 25th anniversary the BIA may consider dusting off some popular ornaments of the past. "I think the 'best of' would be a great idea. It'll be tough to choose those."

Tough, indeed.

Over 100 landmarks have been depicted so far, from the familiar City Hall and Kingston Penitentiary, to the offbeat Gaskin Lion, Time sculpture and Town Crier.

"The Gaskin Lion was, without a doubt, the most popular of those 'out there type' ornaments. We had people in tears when they couldn't get one," explained Langlois.

The life-sized iron statue was installed in 1909 in Macdonald Park, and showcased as a holiday ornament in 2010.

Langlois added: "We're hoping the Hip brick will have similar appeal."

A different holiday ornament will go on sale every week for the next five weeks, starting with Portsmouth Tavern on Nov. 14, St. John the Apostle Church on Monday, Nov. 21, Vandervoort General Store on Monday, Nov. 28, RCHA Club Building on Monday, Dec. 5, and The Tragically Hip Commemorative Stone on Monday, Dec. 12.

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Central continues to fund youth activities with $15,500 grant to NFCS CRAIG BAKAY

News - Central Frontenac Council voted to approve a $15,500 grant to Northern Frontenac Community Services (NFCS) for its Youth Programs at its regular meeting last week in Sharbot Lake.

That's the same amount the Township gave NFCS for the same service last year.

NFCS Executive Director Louise Moody gave Council an account of how its money was used at the meeting.

"With the $15,500 in funding from the Township, we provided afterschool programs in three

schools in Central Frontenac and our Summer Day Camp," she said.

She said there were a total of about 45 participants in the program, about nine at the Granite Ridge Education Centre/ St. James Major program on Mondays, about 24 at the Land O' Lakes Public School program on Thursdays and about seven at The Child Centre program on Fridays.

"The summer day camp was offered during July and August, twice a week at The Child Centre from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for children aged 6-10 years," she said.

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"In the afternoon, they went swimming at the Sharbot Lake Beach thanks to a partnership with Central Frontenac who provided a life guard."

She said there were 22 participants in the summer day camp.

"With the funding from the Township for the afterschool program and summer camp, we are able to build on the programs and secure funding for additional programs," she said.

"These include 22 youths enrolled in the Steps of Success Leadership program, funded by United Way, the Red Cross Babysitting Course, the Home Alone course and the LIT training program."

She said they also had 10 student volunteers this year.

"They volunteered at special events in the community and throughout or organization," she said.

"One highlight this year was the partnership between the Food Bank and NFCS for a project called Toilet Pape the Town, to obtain personal hygiene

products for the Food Bank."

She said they had 13 people go to the Frontenacs Game in February this year and 30 to the Blue Jays game in August as part of their family trips program.

They also had a Kids Fit Sports program at Land O'Lakes with 17 participants and a Kids Fit-First Nations Initiative Traditional Sports program funded by the Sports and Recreation Healthy Communities Fund.

They were able to purchase lacrosse equipment as well as snow shoes and even held a traditional snowshoe making workshop for families during the Heritage Festival.

In 2017, they expect to continue the Kids FitFirst Nations Initiative with a four-week lacrosse league and a snow shoe lending library at NFCS and have submitted a gran proposal with the Community Foundation of Kingston for a 16-week project called From Gaming to Games aimed at encouraging youths to be physically active and reduce screen time to mitigate risks of addiction issue and obesity.

Tearing up the Crossing

Frontenac’s own Jessica Wedden joined multi-instrumentalist/guitar legend J. P. Cormier on stage at The Crossing Pub in Sharbot Lake last weekend and blew the doors off the place. Mind you, it helped having a guitar player of Cormier’s calibre backing her up.

After all, how many pickers can do Yankee Doodle and Dixie at the same time on one guitar? It was also a rare night too in the fact that Cormier engaged the audience with more stage banter than we’ve seen him do in the past. Turns out, he’s pretty good at storytelling.

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The day after the U.S. presidential election, people all over social media were losing their minds.

Perhaps some of you people need to be reminded of guys like Richard Nixon and George W. Bush.

OK, so maybe Donald Trump isn’t the best person available from a country of 325 million people. But he did win and that should tell you a lot.

Trump’s presidential win is less about the man than it is about a rejection of the Washington establishment, which, if nothing else, is about to get a shakeup. Just what that shakeup will entail is anybody’s guess.

the epitome of competence and virtue. Hell, Hillary Clinton was as much a part of the establishment as anybody. That, as much as anything was probably her undoing.

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m certainly not defending Trump nor do I think he’s going to be any good in his new job. It’s just that I think there’s a high probability he’ll shoot himself in the foot and be gone long before he gets the chance to screw things up too badly.

If he doesn’t implode, surely the world can hang on for four years when there’ll be an opportunity to vote him out of office.

It’s unlikely he’ll be able to forward any kind of meaningful agenda because the real power in U.S. politics lies in the Congress and even though the Republicans essentially control both houses, they don’t seem to like him much either and will probably stonewall any cockamamie ideas he comes up with.

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When I needed a grounded perspective on the world, Boots was one of the people I sought out.

I’ll never forget his frequent lament “somebody drank Bob’s drink� when he needed a refill of rye and Pepsi.

He used to frequent the Sharbot Lake area back in the day as he had a special gift for finding ginseng before it came under the Endangered Species Act. We both used the same model of .308 Winchester for deer hunting as well and could count on each other’s support when the inevitable “whichgun-is-best� debates began.

Boots could spin a yarn with the best of them and was a helluva farmer to boot.

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Take a shot (or two) before the holiday season Editorial – One thing most of us can count on every winter is ending up on a couch for a few days with a box of tissues and a mug of something warm as we try to ward off a nasty illness. So before the real cold actually sets in, now is the perfect time to consider having some shots – and we don’t mean the sort that inspire that festive feeling.

Here in Ontario, the flu shot is available, free of charge to anyone over five years old at a variety of pharmacies and at the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health. In fact, there are over 30 pharmacies in Kingston and the area that offer the flu shot, and for children six months to four years old, a family doctor or paediatrician can advise on and/or schedule a vaccination. The flu shot is recommended once annually for all adults, especially those who are at high risk, or who spend time with high-risk individuals – health care providers and teachers, we’re looking at you!

And while the flu shot may affect children differently than it does adults, young children, particularly those under five, are at higher risk of serious illness and even death from the flu, according to the Government of Ontario. All children over six months old are advised to get the flu vaccine annually unless there is a medical reason not to, and even pregnant women are able to get the shot, protecting mom and baby through the first six months of baby’s life.

While you’re getting ready to roll up your sleeve, there are other vaccines you might want to consider if you’re over 60. Vaccinating against pneumococcal disease (pneumonia) is recommended for those 65 and over, and the immunization for herpes zoster (shingles) is also available for those over 50. However, the shingles shot is only free for those aged 65 to 70 through the province’s publicly funded immunization program. The cost of the vaccination is currently $210, according to KFL&A Public Health, and is available through your family doctor or the walk in clinics at the Public Health building.

Sure, taking a shot to the arm (so to speak) doesn’t necessarily fill one with holiday cheer, but neither does ending up sick in bed while everyone else is celebrating the season – or worse, in hospital.

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Local citizens file appeal with OMB over South Frontenac Township bylaw amendment

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News – The legality, intent and wording of a bylaw amendment passed earlier this year in South Frontenac Township is being called into question before the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB).

The South Frontenac Waterfront Coalition, a group of citizens from throughout the township, filed an appeal into the recently amended Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw, the final wording of which was passed on June 7, 2016. The amended section deals with the reconstruction of buildings within the 30 metre setbacks from the waterfront the Township had already created to ensure no new construction could negatively impact the health of lakes and water quality.

While those structures within the 30 meters of the water are considered grandfathered, and therefore exempt from these restrictions, the Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw deals with the restrictions and guidelines surrounding the maintenance and reconstruction of said grandfathered structures. The area of the bylaw being amended specifically pertains to what property owners can and cannot do with grandfathered structures, and the Waterfront Coalition feels the Township has “over stepped their authority” in amending the bylaw to read “Reconstruction

of the building is prohibited” in reference to the grandfathered structures, said Jeff Peck, Steering Committee member of the South Frontenac Waterfront Coalition.

“Our problem with this is twofold. The first problem is that the new bylaw specifically says ‘reconstruction is not allowed.’” Peck expressed.

“The second part is that, if you want to object to that for whatever reason, you have to go to the Committee of Adjustment.”

The bylaw does allow for renovations, repairs, and up to two walls of an existing structure to be torn down and rebuilt at a time, but that doesn’t help those who’ve been advised by engineers that a complete rebuild would be more cost effective than repairs, Peck pointed out.

Still, South Frontenac Township Mayor Ron Vandewal says the bylaw amendments do not mean that residents cannot reconstruct a grandfathered building.

“They can’t be fully reconstructed, if that’s what somebody is wanting,” Vandewal said, noting that the original wordings of the amendments were far more restrictive than the wording council finally passed.

Vandewal pointed to the fact that property owners have always been able to fix up their buildings, rebuild walls, and renovate, saying that because of this, no buildings

should reach the state of disrepair that would require complete tear downs.

“You could always… no one ever stopped anybody from maintaining their property to 100 per cent. So if they actually did that, it never would be an issue anyway, of having to move back, because the cottage [or structure] would be always in good shape,” he said, referring to the accusation some

opponents have voiced that the amendments are intended to make it nearly impossible to maintain a grandfathered structure, and that the Council of Adjustment almost always recommends moving structures back from the water.

“The people that are opposed [to the amendments] are saying they should be allowed to tear it down completely, remove it, and rebuild on that footprint. And

we’re saying no,” said Vandewal.

“Because if it’s their choice to tear it down completely and rebuild… if they really wanted to do it, if that’s their choice, it’s not because it burnt down or blew down, or whatever, then it is because they didn’t maintain it,” he continued.

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November hours will be November 10th & 24th from 3pm – 7pm. Open dates will be published monthly in this banner. Please remember that accepted items are hazardous materials, small electronics and bale wrap only. A full listing of accepted materials may be found on our website under Living Here/Solid Waste/Recycling/ Household Hazardous Waste.

THINGS TO DO 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. There is ice time available for private rental – conferences, wedding receptions, reunions, concerts, dances and parties. For more information see their website www.frontenacarena.com

TOWN HALL UPCOMING MEETINGS

Council Meeting – Tuesday, December 6, 2016 • Committee of the Whole – Tuesday, November 22, 2016 • Committee of Adjustment – Thursday, December 8, 2016

POLICE SERVICES BOARD ANNUAL MEETING

The South Frontenac Police Services Board Annual Public Meeting will be held on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 7:00 pm Council Chambers, 4432 George St, Sydenham. This is your opportunity to meet the members of your Police Services Board and to discuss policing priorities for the year 2017.

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The County of Frontenac is seeking nominations for the 2016 Access Awards. If you know an individual or business in the Township of South Frontenac that you wish to nominate, please refer to our website at www.southfrontenac.net or the County website at www.frontenaccounty.ca.

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Province’s investment in chronic pain clinics aims to prevent opioid abuse

BY TORI STAFFORD tstafford@metroland.com

News – “I just hurt all the time. It was not fun and, in the last five years, I did want to die. I just didn’t want to do it anymore. But my kids kept me going,” said Cheryl Pryce, who is now happy she kept searching for answers in dealing with her chronic pain, which led her to the Chronic Pain Clinic at Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH).

“When I came here, I was taking 16mg of dilaudid a day, 60mg of morphine a day, as well as 75mg of Effexor. I had to be on high blood pressure medication and medication for sleep,” Pryce said.

“I now am down to 12mg of morphine a day – that’s it.

All of my other medications are gone. And between my exercises, learning to help pace myself, visualization, relaxation, and, of course, magnesium… It’s changed my life.”

It’s stories like Pryce’s that the Ontario government is

Cheryl Pryce (left) discusses how the treatment she received at the chronic pain clinic at Hotel Dieu Hospital changed her life as part of an announcement from MPP Sophie Kiwala (right) on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Kiwala announced the province is investing $1,655,219 in the chronic pain program this year, as part of a $17 million investment in the Ontario Chronic Pain Network annually, which is aimed at preventing opioid abuse.

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Kiwala, who was joined by Pryce and a number of representatives from the hospital, addressed the media regarding the Province taking action to prevent opioid abuse.

“We’re seeing patients becoming more and more addicted to their pain medications, and we’re also seeing a rise in prescription opioids being used for recreational purposes by people who are struggling with addiction,” Kiwala said.

“In fact, opioid use has become the third leading cause of accidental death in Ontario – the third leading cause.”

Kiwala explained that the Government of Ontario began working with experts in the field of chronic pain in the spring of 2016 to develop a plan on “how our healthcare system could better care for patients that are struggling with opioid addiction.”

“The team agreed that we needed to take a more holistic approach,” said Kiwala.

“Our plan was designed to ensure a coordinated and evidence-based holistic approach to pain management, and it’s going to cover the entire spectrum of the patients’ needs, from the earliest signs of chronic or acute pain to helping patients manage pain on their own, and then providing high-quality patient-centric care for those patients who develop an opioid addiction.”

Kiwala said this initiative will improve and expand the information patients receive when they are prescribed opioids, and that the Province is developing a patient guide to include all of the information a patient needs to know. The expanded program will work to ensure patients have an indepth assessment, treatment, follow-up care, and prescription monitoring where applicable. With this kind of program in place, more patients struggling with chronic pain will have the opportunity to find solutions without becoming dependent on opioids – like Pryce has.

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“I finally felt no pain anywhere in my body,” she said, noting that, while she still has bad days, they are few and far between and pale in comparison to those bad days she used to experience.

“My daughter just said to me this summer ‘Mom, this is the first time I think I’ve ever got to know you.’ I had the grandkids up to the beach, and we were throwing rocks in the water and laughing and running around… I hadn’t been able to do that in 10 years, not at all,” Pryce expressed.

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President Trump? Really?

Like many Canadians, and apparently many Americans, I sat and watched the presidential election results role in on Nov. 8 and early into the next day in shock.

The night before, I had a conversation with my mom about how Trump would never win the election and it was just ridiculous to even think that he could; Hillary was going to win. Similar conversations, I’m sure, were had by many others leading up to the election. And why wouldn’t we all think that? Many of the polls forecasted Clinton as the winner weeks before Americans even went to the polls and they presented the data to back it up.

So what happened? That is the question everyone was asking on Nov. 9, including professors at Queen’s University.

Months before the election, Professor Jonathan Rose was approached to organize a panel of professors to come together post-election and discuss ‘Hillary’s victory’, as he put it. He thought it was a great idea and proceeded with the panel. Four professors from the Political Studies department at the university signed on for an evening of discussion aptly entitled ‘What Just Happened? Explaining the U.S. Election’. But none of them expected that they would be discussing a Trump victory.

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So what happened? That is the question everyone was asking on Nov. 9, including professors at Queen’s University.

Throughout the evening, they presented their assessments: Berman pointed to issues surrounding class, rural versus urban voters and the long history of the Republicans demonizing the Clintons that Trump continued to build on; Conaghan pointed to the state of the Democratic party itself and the fact that the party continued to lose ground throughout Obama’s presidency and while Clinton was able to capture the popular vote in the election, it wasn’t enough; Haglund took a more historical approach and looked at past presidencies that were seen as surprising as a way of explaining what happened and also questioned the polling data that was produced by so many pollsters and news networks; and Merolli focused on gender, race, the fact that Clinton was painted as a corrupt candidate and pointed to the idea that Clinton

was not a good candidate because she was a woman.

Following these opening remarks, audience members were invited to ask questions, and there were many.

Some participants wanted to further discuss the issues that were brought up by the panelists, but others seemed to be at the event as a form of therapy.

Some asked what to do about family members who supported Trump and his platform and one participant was nearly in tears as she asked about ‘White-Lash’ in reference to Trump.

The panelists responded thoughtfully and in many cases they had some of their own questions that they asked somewhat rhetorically throughout the night. It was clear that they were still coming to terms with it all too.

In the end, the panelists shifted to looking forward and at what a Trump presidency will in fact look like, or at least their predictions at this point. Rose asked them all to speak about what they thought would be the biggest challenge for Trump and many pointed to the fact that he just isn’t going to be able to do all the things he said he would throughout the campaign. They also wondered how Trump was going to be able to meet with world leaders and be taken seriously.

For me, the evening was certainly helpful in terms of processing ‘what just happened’. I still can’t believe that there is a President Trump and this really does feel like the darkest timeline, but there is nothing that can be done.

There will surely be many questions moving forward and some of the panelists pointed out that some Americans who voted for Trump may feel regret in the coming months and years, or maybe they won’t. Only time will tell now.

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The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has laid out a three-year schedule to finish the last phase of widening the busy highway through the city, adding three lanes in each direction around Highway 15.

"The work involves the widening of Highway 401 from 500 metres west of the Cataraqui River Bridge to one kilometre east of the Highway 15 Interchange, the replacement of the Cataraqui River bridge on Highway 401, and the installation of overhead signs between Sydenham Road and Gardiners Road," according to city commissioner Lanie Hurdle.

The work is scheduled to start in the spring of 2017 and last until the spring of 2020. The project will complete nearly a decade of almost annual highway construction activity to expand the highway through Kingston - between Gardiners Road and Highway 15 - and reconfigure several of the interchanges.

"I think it's a great project for Kingston.

Having those three lanes through Kingston is important for traffic flow," said Mayor Bryan Paterson.

However, the mayor was quick to add that expanding the provincial highway does not lessen the need for building a city-owned bridge over the Cataraqui River. "It's also very clear that that doesn't in any way reduce the need for a third crossing. I think you need both. You need three lanes on the 401 and a third crossing."

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Councillors approved a noise bylaw exemption between 10 p.m. on Sundays to 7 a.m. on Fridays for a total of 111 nights spread over the three-year construction period. The contractor will also be allowed to work from 11 p.m. on Friday to 5 p.m. on Sunday on one weekend only during this time period, according to staff.

"The construction work will require the use of traffic control vehicles, milling machines, hot mix pavers, tack coat trucks, hauling trucks, line painting trucks, excavators, backhoes for lifting and placing concrete barriers, large cranes for placing girders in the vicinity of the Cataraqui River, cranes for placing overhead signs, temporary lighting equipment, portable generators and portable variable signs," said Hurdle's report to council Nov. 1.

Pile driving equipment will also be used for the installation of shoring at the Cataraqui River bridge over the Rideau Canal, which will be replaced with a wider structure.

It's not the first time council has waived the overnight noise restrictions to accommodate widening work on the 401.

Between 2008 and 2016, council approved five applications for noise exemptions. Two of these exemptions covered a time period of four years, between July 2008 and October 2012, and in phases between June 2013 and July 2017, although the recent widening phase east of Montreal Street was completed one year early.

The MTO is also planning two more big highway-related projects in Kingston; reconfiguring the Highway 15 and Gardiners Road interchanges, each at a cost of about $25 million, to improve safety and ease congestion. A timeline to begin this work has not been announced.

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Kingston Remembers

“They could always keep it fixed, and they could always keep it there.

But if you tear the whole thing down, then it’s what they wanted, then they have to go through the COA, and then if there’s a better location, then that’s what they’re going to tell them they have to go to.”

Peck and others with the South Frontenac Waterfront Coalition say the Township’s amended bylaw is in violation of the Ontario Planning Act in saying property owners cannot rebuild a grandfathered building.

In Part Five of the Ontario Planning Act (Land Use Controls and Related Administration), under section 34.9, the Act reads: “No by-law passed under this section applies… to prevent the use of any land, building or structure for any purpose prohibited by the by-law if such land, building or structure was lawfully used for such purpose on the day of passing the by-law, so long as it continues to be used for that purpose…”

“In our opinion it’s unlawful. South Frontenac Township’s whole authority to make bylaws is found within the Planning Act… And it specifically says that grandfathered structures are protected, essentially,” Peck said, noting that he and the Waterfront Coalition agree with many of the points the Township has made thus far with regard to water setbacks and not allowing construction outside of the footprint of a grandfathered structure.

“This is not a fight, it’s a disagreement, and we just want resolution,” he

said.

“At the end of the day, I honestly don’t think that the Township has the authority to put the bylaw in place.”

Mayor Vandewal, however, said he does not “feel threatened” by the filing of the OMB appeal.

“At the end of the day, I guess if the OMB says well no, we’re taking a right away that I guess they didn’t actually have before, even, then that’s their choice,” he said.

The OMB hearing is tentatively scheduled for February of 2017.

A large crowd gathered at the Cross of Sacrifice for the City of Kingston’s annual Service of Remembrance on Nov. 11.

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Events - Pancakes will be flipping at Kingston Literacy & Skills (KL&S) during their Pancake Breakfast and gently used book sale, between 7:30 - 9:30 a.m., on Friday, Nov. 18, The event has been organized as a fundraiser for the United Way KFL&A. But, attendees will also get to tour the site at 16 Bath Road, and have an opportunity to meet the new executive director - and master pancake chef - Charles “Chuck” Dowdall.

Originally from the Town of Perth, Chuck completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees in business at Queen’s University, and worked in the financial sector for 20 years. He then transferred into the non-profit sector holding various senior positions throughout the province in work related to housing, addictions, mental health, justice and employment.

Four months into his new position, Dowdall notes, “The collaborative spirit of this community to work together and support each other is truly exceptional and I

am honoured to be part of this strong collective voice.”

The main area at KL&S, supported by the United Way, is the Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) program.

“The United Way provides us with critical support for our one-to-one adult tutoring service, as well as for programming at our remote sites in North Kingston and L&A,” explains LBS Manager Martha Rudden. “We would be hard pressed in these areas without their assistance. The United Way also offers helpful training programs, networking opportunities and of course, lots of volunteer help through their Day of Caring.”

“An important thing to remember about the United Way KFL&A, as well, is that they provide support for agencies all across the region.”

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Expressions of interest called for seniors apartments on Wolfe Island to remain on the island.

Senior Housing was chosen as a priority by Wolfe Islanders a number of years ago. Public meetings were held throughout Frontenac County to determine need, and Marysville was chosen for a first seniors housing project under the auspices of Frontenac County.

This week the Township of Frontenac Islands issued a call for Expressions of Interest (EOI), to DesignBuild Contractors for the construction of a Seniors Apartment (5 unit) on Wolfe Island, a first step in the contractor selection process.

The second step requires a response to a Request for a Proposal (RFP). According to the call for EOI’s , the building project will ‘incorporate significant energy saving features with contractors experienced with building standards such as Passive House, LEED, R2000 or comparable energy initiatives, likely to be ranked higher in the evaluation process. One contract will be awarded to one design-build firm for the project.’

What residents said they wanted was a facility that was affordable, in the village, operated locally and offering safety, independence, socialization and the opportunity

“This project goes back eight or nine years to a time when Councillor Wayne Grant, Walter Knott and I conducted a community survey that confirmed strong interest in senior accommodation on Wolfe Island,” according to Mayor Denis Doyle .

“Three years ago when Frontenac County Council was working on its Strategic Plan, one of the top three projects that we decided to focus on over a five-year period was to build one five unit seniors apartment building in each of the four townships in Frontenac County. This led to County Council approving the hiring of a consultant to help us to decide how to move forward and subsequently we approved $335,000 for (each of) North, South, Central and Frontenac Islands(Wolfe Island) Township,” Doyle added.

Doyle noted that a committee of very knowledgeable and dedicated citizens was formed to finalize the building design and construction schedule for the Wolfe Island project and that for the past couple months they have met almost weekly and will con-

tinue to do so, “so that the next step, the RFP proposal, that will outline in some detail the type of building we are looking for can be issued by mid- December. This has been more work than I think the members expected and I thank them for their effort and hard work.”

Committee members include Mayor Doyle, Councillor Wayne Grant, Brian Scovill, Kathy Horton, Mikaela Hughes, Walter Knott, and Darlene Plumbly, secretary, with advisor, Patrick Thompson.

“As a preliminary step we have sent out a document looking for expression of interested from contractors who want to bid on this contract. In that document we asked for those companies who have experience in building similar buildings and who will finalize the design and drawings based on our specifications, Mayor Doyle said. “In the expression of interest document we did not get into much detail other than state that the building must be energy efficient, approximately 4,500 square feet, with four onebedroom units, one twobedroom and a common area for people to meet and socialize in.”

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There are workers who are not in the position of feeling “called” to perform their daily tasks. Fortunately, many people, especially those in caring professions and those in education and the arts do have a sense of vocation.

The Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com) takes us back to the Latin root of the word vocation: vocationem, which means a calling, a being called. Later, the Old French vocacion referred to “calling, consecration, profession.”

Two professionals I spoke with recently certainly followed their hearts to use their brains and skills in their care for animals.

Dr. Hillary Esdon, veterinarian, and Emily Spencer, Registered Veterinary Technician, who work at Lakeshore Animal Hospital, each reflected on their career choices—caring for animals.

“When I was growing up, I loved animals a lot,” said Spencer. “Every small

thing, I loved it. My parents would not let us have a pet. My mother and father did not want an animal in the house.”

She said she spent her childhood wanting a pet.

She went to university and obtained her degree in history degree and realized but realized in her third or fourth year that this wasn’t the path she wanted.

“I talked with my mother about my interests and then researched my options,” said Spencer. “St. Lawrence College was right here and I checked it out and went to the open house. Becoming a veterinary technician just seemed like the right fit. It wasn’t like I’d known since I was 13 I was going to be a vet tech. It kind of evolved that way.”

Similarly, Dr. Hillary Esdon said she’s always had an affinity for animals.

“I don’t know where that came from,” she said. “It came out of nowhere. I grew up with my cat Elwood.

I bugged my parents to build a little menagerie. I’d spend Saturday after karate class going to the Humane Society and hanging out with the dogs and cats there.”

Today, Spencer and Dr. Esdon each has pets. No surprise there. As we chatted in their clinic, Dr. Esdon’s nine-yearold Yorkshire terrier, Molly, sat on her lap. She also has a 16-year-old German shepherd/beagle cross, Oliver, she got as a young teenager at the Humane Soci-

ety, and two cats in her life. Spencer has a nine-year-old West Highland terrier.

The training for each profession is rigorous. To become a Registered Veterinary Technician requires the completion of a three-year college program, the completion of a professionalism and ethics course, the successful completion of the Veterinary Technician National Exam, followed by registration. To maintain registered status, ongoing continuing education is required.

To become a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) requires the completion of an undergraduate university degree with certain courses mandatory, prior to entering the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College.

Getting into veterinary school is statistically much more difficult than getting into medical school, because you have to go to a school in the province in which seats are sponsored. There is only one veterinary school in Ontario.

Once in veterinary medical school, the DVM candidate is looking at another four years of university training beyond her or his undergrad degree.

“In the first three years, everyone has the same curriculum,” said Dr. Esdon. “In the fourth year, you are able to stream into either small animal, mixed small and large, or food animal. I streamed into mixed as my goal at the time was to be a rural

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Following completion of the graduate degree, the doctor must then successfully complete the North American Veterinary License Exam, which involves both theoretical and practical components.

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In fact, our initial interview had to be rescheduled due to emergency surgery that demanded the team’s time.

“Sometimes plans go out the window,” said Spencer. “And a lot depends on time of year. This time of year there can be a lot of skin and ear problems. Same for spring. In the winter, cats don’t get scratches and nicks from being outdoors. But we could be looking at administering a vaccine one minute and then suddenly have to deal with an incoming trauma.”

Dr. Esdon agreed. “Sometimes there will be fairly routine appointments all day long, then maybe there’s a more involved case and you’re on the phone with a cardiologist or other specialist.”

There are numerous situations that require unique medical skills.

“For example, we treated a dog with a corneal ulcer,” said Spencer.

“If you’re dealing with a human you can have a friend help give eye medication. But if you are trying to apply eye medication, a dog is not going to be overly receptive, so you have to creatively figure out a way to make

Registered Veterinary Technician Emily Spencer, right, holds Yorkshire terrier Molly while Dr. Hillary Esdon demonstrates a typical wellness examination at Lakeshore Animal Hospital. Mark Bergin/Metroland

it work.”

She described a case of a cat with a corneal ulcer.

“The owner had to pin the cat in the sink,” said Spencer. “It was the only place where they could get him to not move.”

The most difficult aspects of careers in animal medicine involve financial issues and end-of-life decisions.

“Everyone in this profession is drawn to it with compassion, but it’s a business and we have to cover costs,” said Dr. Esdon. “We try to work between people’s love for their animals and financial restraint.”

Emily Spencer also works parttime at the local emergency afterhours clinic for animals.

“When there is an accident or an unexpected illness, the clients are sad and hate seeing their animals like that,” she said. “People have no idea how expensive medical care can be. We are lucky in Canada that people don’t have to pay for their own medical care. But it also means they have no idea of the costs until it involves their animals.”

“The companionship that animals provide to people is really important,” said Dr. Esdon. “It’s pretty heartbreaking when we are unable to do what’s best for the animals because the finances aren’t there. We try to offer the best treatment possible within financial restraints.”

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“The veterinary profession is in a unique place,” said Dr. Esdon. “Right now we are the only people in a medical field able to provide end-of-life services. It often involves counselling people when in a real grey zone on whether to proceed with euthanasia.

It is never an easy part of care.”

A good indicator of vocational satisfaction is whether a person would walk the same path again.

“I’d do it again,” said Dr. Esdon.

“As a veterinarian I am not pigeonholed. In my first year I worked with mixed small and large animals. Now I’m in a small urban clinic. There’s also the option to become involved in research and development, and conservation. A veterinarian can also specialize in internal medicine or become a surgeon. I enjoy clinical practise.”

Likewise, given an opportunity for something different, Emily Spencer would not change her career.

“I love my job and the challenges of what I do,” she said. “Every day is different. It’s not my personality to sit and have an office job from nine to five. I absolutely love what I do.”

If she had to change anything about her career, it would be to increase the public’s awareness a Registered Veterinary Technician’s many skills.

“A lot of people don’t know how much training we have,” she said.

Dr. Esdon added: “When you spend any length of time in a clinical setting and you get to watch a Registered Veterinary Technician at work, you’d be amazed at all the responsibilities and skills involved.”

Both Dr. Esdon and Spencer agreed that a good way to prepare for either field is to get as much experience in the field as possible. A young person hoping to enter an animal medicine career should volunteer in a clinic.

“A lot of people think you’ll be cuddling puppies and kittens all day,” said Spencer. “You need to know the multi-tasking involved. You also need to be prepared for a great deal of study. This is a science career and you have to have an aptitude for that along with solid study techniques.”

If your goal is a career in animal care and medicine, you’ll be dealing with animals and humans.

“Our goal is promoting the human/animal bond,” said Dr. Esdon.

“When we have clients visit the clinic, our goal is to promote patient health as well as making the person attached to the animal feel good and happy about how their pet is cared for.”

To find out more about veterinary care and Lakeshore Animal Hospital, visit lakeshoreanimalhospital.ca.

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News – Designed to reflect the income necessary for a family to live comfortably with everyday basics, the living wage is calculated based on the cost of living in a specific community.

Here in Kingston, the living wage is calculated at $16.58/hour for both parents of a four-person family, Living Wage Kingston announced on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at a media information session held at the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul.

Up 29 cents from the previous calculation of the living wage for Kingston of $16.29 in 2011, the updated rate reflects both cost-ofliving changes, and the new federal Canada Child Benefit. While the small increase might seem to indicate the cost of living in Kingston has risen very little over the past five years, that’s not the case – according to Living Wage Kingston Update October 2016 Report, “The significant increase in the Canada Child Benefit has off-

set much of the cost of living for those making modest incomes.” “$16.58 is what [the living wage] is for our sample family, which is a family of four,” explained Cam Jay, a social justice advocate and member of Living Wage Kingston.

Jay noted that the formula used to calculate the living wage is one used nationally, and one that takes into account the basics necessary for a two-parent family with two school-aged children.

“That $16.58 is for both parents working full time, so basically around $32,700 is the living wage income [annually] that both parents would have to make to meet what we have calculated as sort of a basic lifestyle.”

While the average total income in Kingston at $48,204 seems like a fairly solid figure, that, too, can be a little misleading, Jay explained.

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Trumped: a plea for calm Since the election of Donald Trump, I’ve seen an abundance of hate from all sides. Leading up to the election, I must have read 75 editorials in different papers—all (justifiably) condemning Donald Trump.

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placed my prediction in a sealed envelope: Trump. That was NOT my vote; but it was my prediction. There was a feeling that change was in the air. As I travel around I’ve felt a resentment for the status quo that was more intense than I’ve felt anywhere in my life.

I know people are screaming racism, sexism, and every other “ism” in the wake of this shocking election.

And those factors are in there. But they are the ugliness on the surface.

There is a deep pain called hopelessness below the surface.

An intense resentment of the establishment that Hillary and Bill Clinton

represented burns in people’s hearts.

That was obviously no reason to elect a total buffoon and a representative of rape culture, to say the least. But hatred of well-oiled political machines is intense. The public remembers that it was a Clinton who dumped the Glass Steagall Act, thus allowing banks off the leash. We all know how well that turned out as millions lost their homes and life’s savings.

I think highly of the American people; but they were blinded by a hatred of the status quo and failed to see the cliff off of which they were diving.

Many of them could not even bring themselves to vote.

In the aftermath of the election, it is clear that life will not be normal for some time.

Frankly, I’m not even sure it is clear who will become President of the United States on January 20, 2017. I know Donald Trump was declared victor, but other factors are coming into play. The Left

was aghast when it was suggested that Trump would not accept the results if he was not elected. So what happens?

Trump gets elected and the Left does not want to accept the results.

The sanest response I saw on Facebook came from my friend Paul O’Brien, who, within 72 hours of the election, posted the sweetest photograph of a tiny platypus, accompanied by the caption: “Here’s a baby Platypus.

Chill the heck out.”

Shortly after Trump was declared the winner, I sat in my living room writing. *** Let the hand wringing begin. As I write this around 5 a.m., a mere two hours after Donald Trump was declared President of the United States, I’ve been seeing the Chicken Little responses en masse with hysterics over Donald Trump’s win.

A healing process is needed. Yes, I saw the hatred in many Trump followers portrayed in the media. But right now I’m sensing hatred everywhere, from everyone toward everyone.

Hatred never produces great results.

Hatred clouds all sane judgment.

Yes, I’m shocked at the outcome.

And if this isn’t a whiskey tango foxtrot moment, I don’t know what is.

Is there a positive in this? The first thing that comes to mind is that there has never been a more opportune time for the Democratic Party to clean house and face itself in the mirror. It, like the Republican Party, is a nest of billionaires. They allowed the Clinton machine to boot Bernie Sanders in the slimiest of ways.

We definitely live in interesting times.

Am I worried? Of course. We are in uncharted waters. Violent and stormy waters. At the helm is a captain who doesn’t seem to know how to treat his crew or passengers.

Late in the evening, as it became clear that Trump was going to win, and as I watched the hatred growing on Facebook, I posted this: A philosophical, metaphysical even, question....inspired by all the doomsayers I’m seeing on FB: Does one only believe in democracy when your candidate wins?

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to data from the Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO) for 2015 – over 65,000 Kingstonians earn less than $30,000/year, with more people earning $20,000 – 29,999 annually than any other income bracket.

“Kingston has an average wage, based on last year’s figures, of $48,204, but it’s a bit of a trick in the math, because almost half of all Kingston workers make less than $30,000 a year,” Jay said.

“So, what we have is have a group that are making a lot of money, and then a smaller group that’s kind of in the middle, and then this big group that’s making not much money.”

Furthermore, Kingston’s largest working sector is in retail trade, with nearly 11,000 Kingstonians in the retail workforce, which is typically made up of part-time, minimum wage positions. “Kingston’s Job market is now moving

solidly towards a precarious work environment,” the Living Wage Kingston Update October 2016 Report states.

Living Wage Kingston, however, offers a means of addressing this issue. As part of a larger organization, the Ontario Living Wage Network, the team aims to raise the number of employers paying their workers a living wage.

In fact, the Network has over 150 Living Wage Employers already, whom have signed on and pledged to ensure each of their employees makes the calculated living wage in their community.

“The Ontario Living Wage Network is a network of 30 communities and community organizations and businesses that are working to promote the living wage across Ontario,” explained Greg deGroot-Maggetti, co-chair of the Ontario Living Wage Network.

“Doing the calculations [of the living wages for different communities] was the first step, but the goal is not just to have a calculation, the goal is to invite employ-

ers of all sorts – for-profit busi- Additionally, employers who have nesses, not-for-profit businesses, committed to paying a living wage public sector business – to imple- have reported improved morale in the workplace, higher customer ment living wage.”

There are a variety of benefits satisfaction, and increased emrelationships, to employers and their businesses ployee/customer added deGrootwhen they imMaggetti, noting plement the liv“Kingston has an that in the UK, ing wage, not the average wage, based where the living least of which is knowing their on last year’s figures, wage movement began, there are employees can live comfort- of $48,204, but it’s a bit over 3,000 emwho’ve ably, make ends of a trick in the math, ployers implemented the meet, and still have enough because almost half of living wage.

“There are pocket money all Kingston workers real benefits to to go to a movie every now and make less than $30,000 organizations of all sorts to imthen or sign the a year.” plementing livchildren up for ing wage because little league, the – CAM JAY, CO-CHAIR, LIVING WAGE KINGSTON it’s a wage that group explained. reflects the actuEmployees who are paid a living wage are more al cost of living in this community, productive, and come to work and when workers can meet their ready to work, Jay expressed, and daily expenses, they can come paying a living wage also leads to to work ready to work and not employee retention, and therefore stressed out wondering if they’re lowered hiring and training costs. going to be able to pay their rent,

or the grocery bill,” he said.

Living Wage Kingston invites local employers interested in finding out more about the Living Wage Employer Program and the benefits of implementing a living wage to contact them for more information. Those interested can contact Cam Jay at 613-328-2901 or camjay2001@yahoo.ca, or look up Living Wage for Kingston on facebook.

“We recognize that we’ve got a challenge ahead of us, but we’re not backing down from it,” said Jay. “It’s about time that we turn the corner on this in our city and start realizing that we’re going to have to start looking after our own.”

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Trumped: a plea for calm cerned and cautious about the left’s sanctimonious righteousness.

Admittedly, I’m usually more will still be great when the sun rises comfortable with street people, working in a homeless shelter or sharing a in the morning. It’s about the people.

I’ve seen just as much prejudice coffee with a stranger in a New York over the past few hours as I have City park than I am in social situathrough the entire campaign. What I tions in my supposed “circle.” *** was about to write suddenly showed Now, I write this a couple of days up in my feed, penned by a friend: “To my Facebook friends who are after the election and it feels like the heaping hate on all Americans: I be- world has gone completely crazy. Exlieve that’s called “prejudice,” and I’m amples of racism abound on Facepretty sure it’s a large part of what just book. Some were debunked as “setgot Trump elected. Thinking one’s ups” faked by Clinton supporters who self superior to an entire population wanted to make Trump look bad (for has not proved to be a favorable posi- heaven’s sake, he doesn’t need our help to look bad!). Doing this is just as retion, if one knows one’s history.”

I have to admit that there’s an pulsive as the ugly real racism that’s annoying arrogance to the political disgustingly evident.

And can everyone please stop left. There’s a sanctimonious sense that hovers over any gathering. I comparing America to 1930s Gerhang out with the elite. I am in the many and Trump to Hitler. That is very blessed state of having graduate an insult to the suffering of Jews evand post-graduate degrees. I mix and erywhere. It’s a powerful metaphor mingle with the left. I am always con- that is being used inappropriately.

As for Hillary Clinton, I do believe the United States of America is ready for a woman President, just as they were ready for a man of color to be President. But this woman came with a history and baggage that many Americans—Republicans, Democrats and independents—found themselves unable to trust. I don’t know how many times I heard in pubs, “I’d love a woman President, Free Admission! just not that womLunch, Exhibitors, Door Prizes an.”

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shows up in hard copy everything that Leonard Cohen had passed away. rich may have changed again. And again. Bowie and Cohen within the same 12That’s how it goes All I know for sure is that it’s a long month period. The gods must be crazy.

Everybody knows way from today until Inauguration At the moment I learned that Everybody knows that the boat is Day and like I noted in my March Leonard Cohen had died, I was listen- leaking 24 column “Are we about to get ing to Chris Botti’s (jazz horn player) Everybody knows that the captain Trumped?”, anything can happen. rendition of Cohen’s Hallelujah. And lied Know-it-all politicos kept saying, I’ve been singing Cohen’s “Everybody Everybody got this broken feeling “Trump will never get past the first Knows” in my mind since the elecLike their father or their dog just primary,” “Trump will never be the tion. If you don’t know the words: died….” candidate.” I kept saying, “That’s “Everybody knows that the dice This is haunting and far too synwhat you said at the last step.” are loaded chronistic.

So, when I placed my prediction in Everybody rolls with their fingers I can no longer contain the confusion the sealed envelope, I can’t recall ever crossed and pain in my heart over what’s haphoping so strongly that I was wrong.

Everybody knows that the war is pening in the USA. Cohen’s death was If he lasts four years, he will not over the breaking point. Tears flow down my get re-elected. He’s already been exEverybody knows the good guys face. Life will go on, but at the moment, posed as just another politician. His lost it all seems too much to take in. transition team is being stacked with Everybody knows the fight was Where’s my baby platypus? the insiders and lobbyists he vowed fixed Mark Bergin on Twitter @ to oust from Washington.

The poor stay poor, the rich get markaidanbergin As for those who immediately headed for the Canadian border when Donald Trump was declared elected, I again ask why you desert your country when it needs you most?

The best comment I saw in the 48 hours following Trump’s election came from a dear relative, Erin Rice, in California: “Last night taught me I have a lot of fight left. Today I acted defeated, tomorrow I will act inspired. I ask myself, how can I play my part?” No cowardice there. She’s ready to fight.

For now, can we all chill the foxtrot out!? Let the dust settle. There will be lots of time to fight the battles, and there are lots of battles to be fought. Might not be a good idea to run madly over the cliff without even knowing how high the cliff is.

I search for hope. I can only hope that the Presidency will temper Trump as it has changed others throughout history. As a start, his winning election speech offered hope.

Beyond that, the American system really does have a lot of checks and balances.

Hope is all I have at the moment. *** As I tried to write the closing words Many in the United States and around the world, shocked by the outto this column and come up with some come of the American election, are unsure about the implications of a meaningful words, I received the news

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Artist Tana Gordanier’s fall show to be held in century-old family home

BY ROB MOOY

Events - Artist, photographer and now designer of wooden furniture Tana Gordanier is not one to sit still.

Known for her amazing photographic works of art, Gordanier is these days focusing her talents on something new - creating one-of-a-kind furniture constructed from reclaimed weathered antiques, old windows and building products.

“Being a high energy artist person I seem to continually find new projects that allow me to create in a totally new direction,” she says.

She loved attending auction sales as a teenager, but got away from it when she started watercolour painting and then switched to photography. Recently she purchased some old doors to display her art work. Gordanier fell in love with the result and decided to turn them into headboards.

Still in love with her photography, these days

she’s shifted her focus a bit creating furniture such as coffee tables, hallstands, sofa tables, end tables as well as head boards, with the help of carpenter Mike Bailey.

“My next project will be making wall shelves out of old chairs once I find the appropriate chairs,” she said.

But photography is still her main passion.

“Just give me colour, a slice of nature and a private area (no crowds) and I am in heaven,” says Gordanier, who started out as nature photographer.

After watching TV shows on animals in East Africa the aspiring photographer decided to go on her first safari. Since then, she has traveled far and wide to capture those rare photo opportunities.

Gordanier was introduced to photography some 30 years ago after painting in watercolours for over a decade. It provided a way for her to have reference material for her paintings. Soon she fell in love with the camera and ended up “divorcing”

her paint brushes, she explains. Her photographic skills were acquired mostly from reading books and through trial and error. That meant a lot of wasted film back in the non-digital age.

Gordanier’s photography has developed over the years into a unique and spectacular art form. She loves colour and says her art show this year will be a testament to that - bright fall colours with oranges and reds.

“I enjoy seeing people’s reactions to my pictures when they are printed on canvas and look more like actual paintings than photographs,” says Gordanier. “This year I will have the added enjoyment of sharing my enthusiasm of creating unusual one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture with everyone who attends.”

She also enjoys looking at her work herself.

“I get a good laugh when I look at my pictures. I can’t believe I actually created them.

Sometimes most of the people I know can’t believe it either. They think all I can do is cook in the Colonnade kitchen and make my famous baked beans. So we have a lot of laughs at my open house art show with ‘Show and Tell’.”

This talented artist always has words of encour-

agement to share with aspiring photographers.

“To me the most important thing for an artist to keep in mind is to shoot, paint, or create whatever turns our own crank,” explains Gordanier. “Don’t create for others. The process of creating is what makes me giggle like a little girl playing with her dolls. It’s the journey not the destination that is important.”

Each year at this time Gordanier opens her home to showcase and sell her wonderfully bright and warm images. This fall the show will feature works from her new found passion of rustic furniture made from antique doors and old windows. These new items will be on display, alongside her photographs, in her century old red-brick house, located on the grounds of the Colonnade Golf and Country Club Her fall art and furniture show runs from 3 to 8 p.m., Thursday and Friday, and from 10 a.m.

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Nearly all of the food we eat starts with seed.

Consider a red pepper crop.

The harvest is dependent on soil, water, and farmer labour, but the ultimate potential of any crop is within the seed. How large or flavourful is the fruit? How many days after planting until the crop begins to ripen? Is the plant resistant to dry spells or fungal infection?

A variety that thrives in one region may fail in another, which is one of the reasons that a local project is developing new varieties suited to our area, in a joint project between farmers and plant scientists.

“Farmers actually make really good plant breeders,” said Kathy Rothermel of the Kingston Area Seed Systems Initiative (KASSI), a non-profit.

Rothermel is one of four farmers in Ontario working to develop a new variety of sweet red pepper; a short season pepper suited to our growing conditions.

Their research partner in the project is Dr. Michael Mazourek, a professor of plant breeding and genetics at Cornell University.

According to Rothermel, most commercially available seeds are not well-suited to ecological farmers. For large seed-breeders, the focus has been on standardization, producing vegetable crops that look uniform and that ripen at the same time for mass harvesting.

While some of these changes have increased yields, they’ve also made those yields dependent— as Rothermel points out—on heavy inputs like synthetic fertilizers and pesticides (inputs manufactured and sold by the same agrochemical companies that breed many seeds, such as

Monsanto).

Locally adapted varieties— crops selected to match our soils, our growing season, and our rainfall—can thrive without as many expensive inputs.

One problem with most commercial seed breeding now is that farmers are cut out of the loop. New varieties are bred, selected in experimental plots, and trialed at a research stations by scientists or seed companies.

Farmers are involved only after a new variety has already been commercialized and released.

Rothermel and others are taking a new approach: it’s called participatory breeding.

“I’m really interested in reinvigorating the relationship between university breeders and farmers,” she said.

In participatory breeding, researchers and farmers work together. To start with, farmers and researchers identify

existing varieties with desirable characteristics—say one carrot that is very sweet, and one carrot with great storage qualities. They would cross-breed those existing varieties, and then grow out a variety of offspring to find some that have both qualities.

That’s the stage the red pepper project is at now, explained Rothermel: “We’ve grown out peppers in our locale, and we’ll make selections based on what we want to grow in our fields.”

Their results this season will be sent back to Cornell University, and through collaboration new local varieties will emerge over time. Growing out test varieties at multiple locations will also help build some of the genetic diversity that many commercial varieties lack.

“It’s important because we’ve lost a lot of the genetic heritage, the genetic breadth,” said Rothermel. “We’ve lost a

lot of varieties. We have to take what we have left and breed new varieties for today.”

In particular, the changing climate is a threat that we need new varieties to adapt to.

“We are very vulnerable,” says Rothermel.

Localized seed breeding is an agricultural necessity, but it also has a lot of culinary potential.

Rothermel suggests that we could develop new varieties of different crops like squash or tomatoes for use in restaurants in Kingston, or even for particular recipes.

And she encourages eaters to learn more about the diversity of varieties that already exist, and that we eat without considering.

“I want our citizens to ask farmers at the farmers market, ‘what’s that variety of green beans?’” she said. “And I want local chefs to know that there is a range of winter squash varieties for culinary use.”

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Spanish influence found in apple almond custard tart Almonds are an important crop in Spain. A frozen pie shell saves a step, but if you prefer, make and bake a tart shell. This is best served the day it is made.

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1 egg 1/4 tsp (1 mL) almond extract 2 tbsp (25 mL) all-purpose flour 3 cups (750 mL) thinly sliced peeled apples, such as Ida Red (two to three depending on size)

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Fall fun at Little Cataraqui Creek (Left) Avery Dumbleton, 9, feeds chickadees at Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation area, Nov. 6. Avery and her mom Amanda Wilson were participating in a scavenger hunt, one of several activities during Family Fun Day at the park. Families enjoyed a beautiful fall day, hiking the trails, making crafts in the outdoor centre and taking part in an ‘eyes only’ scavenger hunt. The afternoon ended with S’mores around a campfire.

(Right) Liam Robert, 6, colours a turtle he made during Family Fun Day at the park. Families enjoyed a beautiful fall day, hiking the trails, making crafts in the outdoor centre and taking part in an ‘eyes only’ scavenger hunt.

The afternoon ended with S’mores around a campfire.

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Manufacturing – Quality Assurance Lab Leader – Full-time – Belleville, Ontario Immediate Need – Job # MFG00005353

Join the AMAZING team at Helen Henderson Care Centre in Amherstview and help us provide exceptional care for our residents!

We are currently hiring: Cook – Full-time and Part-time!

Registered Practical Nurse – Retirement lodge Registered Nurse – Nursing home Residential Aide Dietary Aide We care about your quality of life - As such, we offer STABLE employment in a rewarding environment with a competitive salary. This is a family business that will help you succeed.

To apply for a position, please upload your resume to our website at www.gibsonfamilyhealthcare.com Or, contact Angela Gibson, Assistant Administrator at: Helen Henderson Care Centre 343 Amherst Drive Amherstview, ON K7N 1X3 Phone: 613-384-4585 Fax: 613-384-9407 angelagibson@gibsonfamilyhealthcare.com Celebrating more than 50 years of family care

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184 Wellington St. Kingston

SMART SERVE CERTIFICATE TRAINING November 21, 2016 – 9a.m.-12:30p.m.

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Job Posting 2016-06 Treasurer

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The Township of Lanark Highlands is seeking a qualified person to assume the full-time position of Treasurer. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk and Council, the Treasurer is responsible for the management of the corporate financial services of the Township of Lanark Highlands. The Treasurer will be responsible for the general accounting requirements of the Corporation and manage and co-ordinate the responsibilities of the Finance Department. Provide professional opinions, advice and guidance to the CAO and Council regarding revenue optimization, control of expenditures, purchasing guidelines, investments, short and long term financing, insurance coverage and asset management. Provide support to the CAO in the administration of the collective agreement and human resource management. Deliver timely and reliable financial information and innovative strategies to ensure the management and delivery of services in order to achieve the Township’s strategic priorities.

The Township offers competitive remuneration in the range of $69,966 to $81,120 as well as an excellent benefits package and OMERS pension.

A copy of the job description and specific qualifications can be found at www.lanarkhighlands.ca on the “Career Opportunities� page.

If you are interested in this challenging career opportunity, please submit your detailed resume and cover letter in PDF format by email to: CAO@lanarkhighlands.ca by 4pm on November 2

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Nottinghill Ave. - 890 to 989 Ambleside Cres. – 890 to 1021 Woodbine Rd. – 823 to 871

Limeridge Dr-6-80 Point St. Mark Dr-4-68 Bernadette Crt. – 9-30 Medley Crt-100-Unit 10 to 73

Route AH001(75 papers) Route AA013 (65 Papers) Kildare Ave. – 1 to 68 Kidd Dr. – 2 to 78 Jordyn’s Crt. – 100 to 137

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Make sure to tell your real estate agent to advertise on HomeFinder.ca, your comprehensive guide to real estate in the Greater Kingston Region.

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The purpose of this role is to provide leadership, technical and quality assurance expertise to one of the site lab which supports a key operation at the Belleville, Ontario site. The Lab Leader will be responsible for the management of the lab to comply with QA Laboratory Controls policies and relevant market regulations while executing and overseeing the execution of the required analytical and physical testing required for daily release and operations support.

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ROB STREET AUCTION SERVICE LTD.

-AuctionAntiques, Collectibles For The Estate of the late Wayne Boyd You will not want to miss this third and final auction for Mr. Boyd’s estate. to be held at Hands Auction Facility 5501 County Rd 15, R R # 2, Brockville, ON Saturday, November 19 @ 9 a.m.

Mr Boyd, for many years, was an avid collector of only the finest glassware, china and collectibles. This auction is a testament to his discerning eye for quality, the unusual and for stylish excellence. You will not want to miss this auction! Please visit www.handsauction.com click Online Bidding Button to view full descriptive catalogue and HELP WANTED Online advance bidding opens Saturday, photographs.

November 12 @ 9 a.m. and closes Saturday, November 19 @ 7:30 a.m. The choice is now yours, bid online or as always we are delighted to see you at the live auction.

Visa, MasterCard, Interac and Cash accepted

5501 County Road 15, RR #2, Brockville, ON K6V 5T2 Phone: (613) 926-2919 E-mail: auction@handsauction.com www.handsauction.com

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Featuring: Estate downsize and closing of collectable shop of Blane & Carla Bender of Perth.

Tecumseh 10 HP Snowblower 30" cut (electric start & snow cover), Honda Generator (electric start - just tuned up), Tonka Toys including a mint grader, large Quaker Oats Crate, Post Cards, Cast Iron Mail Wagon & Horse, Violin & Case, Large Wooden Churn, Grandfather Clock. See website for full listing. Large Amount of Furniture: including a Queen Size Sleigh Bed, 3 Drawer Dresser/ Wardrobe in Light Oak. We are still unpacking two units - expect some fantastic surprises.

Canteen on site Owner and Auctioneers not responsible for loss or accident.

Terms: Cash, Authorized cheque with ID, Debit, Visa or Mastercard.

Rob Street Auction Services Ltd. Auctioneers: Bev Street and Rob Street 24 Family Lane, Lombardy, ON Corner of Hwy. 15 S and Bay Rd (4 miles south of Smiths Falls) 613-284-2000 streetfleamarket@hotmail.ca See our website for ALL info, details and pictures. www.streetfleamarket.net

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MASSIVE AUCTION - Last Auction this year!

Carrie Hands, CAI, CPPA, Auctioneer & Appraiser Jason Hands, Auctioneer

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016 Preview 5:00 pm Sale 6:00 pm

LET’S CONNECT ON FACEBOOK!

Call 613.546.8885 to place your Business Directory ad Deadline is Wed. at 4pm.

Collette ~ Ireland, Italy & more • Wednesday, Nov. 2nd Join us for our Travel Evening • 6:30pm - 8.00pm Isabel Turner Branch of the KFP Library 935 Gardiners Road - Just behind the Cat Centre

Collette tours and vacations are one�of�a�kind.

Please RSVP! 613-389-8170 • clocktower@maritimetravel.ca Or drop by our office at 835 Norwest Road - Clocktower Plaza

FREE ESTIMATES SHELLEY HOME IMPROVEMENTS

613-376-6496

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UNRESERVED REAL ESTATE AUCTION PLUS SHEET METAL & MACHINING PRODUCTS for Evenson Heating at 87 Madawaska St., Arnprior, ON K7S 1S2 on Sat., Nov. 26/16 @ 10 am Property to be sold at 10:30 am

~ Prime Location w/ a Successful History ~ Evenson Heating has been Arnprior’s choice for Heating & Air conditioning service for over 40 years. This 2nd generation family business is now retiring. They have valued your loyal patronage & have appreciated your confidence over the years. They take this opportunity to Thank Everyone. Featuring a 75’x75’ lot (+/-) w/ a frame bldg w/ steel roof. Showroom, office, workshop & storage. Services include 100 amps on fuses, Heil central air conditioner, natural gas F/A furnace (’05). On town water/sewer. Detached steel sided/ roofed 20’x30’ (+/-) garage. Circular drive. Zoned MUC (Mixed Use Commercial). There is a ton of potential w/ this property. With a small amount of remodelling you can own/operate your own lucrative business.

Taxes $ 5364.00 (+/-). Plan 7E Pt Lot 1. The seller has agreed to accept the highest bid without reserve, regardless of price. For private viewing, terms & conditions please call our office at 613-267-6027 or 613-326-0461.

Manual Bead & Crimp machine w/ attachments. 36� pipe seamer. 36� bar folder. 36� roller. 20� adjustable bar folder. 36� shear. Cunningham 120v threading machine (needs refurbishing). Brown Boggs 24g, 110v lock former. Pump pressure gauge. Thermostat. CAD cell tester. Transformer tester. Beckett Transformer repair kit. Combustion oil test kit. Gas analyser kit. Hand held 110v PinsPotter w/ attachments. Magnehelic 15 psi gauge.

Refrigeration gauge. 3 tinsmith anvils. Several hardings.

Pipe turning machines. Ridgid pipe threaders w/ various heads (1/4� to 2�). Rigid pipe vise on stand. Bench grinder. Bench vise. Antique leg vise. Hole saw. Hilti gun.

Makita hammer drill. Misc. hand & elec. tools. Flaring tools. Hepa air clean h/e air cleaner (new). Cozy 15,000 BTU propane heater (new). Superior 45,000 BTU radiant tube propane heater (new). New black iron fittings. Qty steel pipes. Underground gas & oil piping. Plastic drain line tubing. 12�x12� ceiling diffusers. Furnace parts & filters. New Whirlybird turbine vents. New duct work.

Steel racking. Step & alum. extension ladders & many other articles too numerous to mention‌‌

Terms on Chattels: Cash or Cheque Only - No Catering “Clip & Save, Short Notice Only Next Week�

ROOFING

METAL ROOFING SPECIALISTS

AUCTIONS

Whether you are a professional or hobbyist, this auction sale offers good tinsmithing & sheet metal tools to outfit your shop. Note: Cash or Cheque Only.

Choose from a wide variety of amazing travel destinations.

ADVERTISE IN THE BUSINESS DIRECTORY FOR AS LITTLE AS $29.99 PER WEEK +HST

AUCTIONS

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Auctioneers & Qualified Appraisers JIM & TREVOR HANDS: THE VOICES OF EXPERIENCE Phone: (613) 267-6027 or (613) 326-0461 www.jimhandsauction.com

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REGIONAL ROUNDUP

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

39 Club of Kingston Friday, Nov. 18 Music by Heartland Country at Matt’s Place, Legion 631, Main Hall at 4034 Bath Rd. at Collins Bay. 7:30 to 11:00 p.m. Singles and couples welcome. $10 ($8 for members) Become a vendor at the 2nd Annual Craft Fair at Bayridge Public School on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10a.m. to 3 p.m. Tables are $20. All funds JHQHUDWHG ZLOO EHQHÀW VFKRRO DUW SURgrams. Contact Jen at jrmccreedy@ hotmail.com to book your spot. ,Q *RRG 7DVWH LV D ÀQH GLQLQJ H[SHULence for single seniors and will meet at will meet at Greco’s, 167 Princess Street, November, 18 at 5:30 p.m. If interested to attend, please contact Norma at 613-542-3622 or Nicole at 613-634-1966 Annual Parish Spaghetti Dinner, sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council 9652. Saturday, Nov. 19, 5 to 7 p.m. St. Paul the Apostle Parish Hall, 1111 Taylor Kidd Blvd. Tickets sold at the door. $10 each or $25 (For IDPLO\ ² PD[ &KLOGUHQ \HDUV and under – eat for free. Dine in or Take out. In support of council charity efforts. Everyone Welcome!

A French Info Fair for Seniors will be held on Saturday, Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Mille-Iles Secondary School located 72 Gilmour, Kingston.

There will be informative workshops and kiosks as well as a free hot lunch.

Admission is free and participants must register with ACFOMI at 613546-7863, or toll free at 1-800-5614695 The Kingston Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will meet at the Kingston Seniors Centre, 56 Francis St., on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 10 a.m.

Joyce Fingland will speak on “DNA: Which Test and Why�. Visitors welcome. Further details at www.ogs. on.ca/kingston Legion 560: Friday, Nov. 18 - Donna’s Goodtime Karaoke will entertain from 8 to 12 with a $2.50 cover for non members and guests. All welcome. Saturday, Nov. 19 Hallman and

Hoffman will entertain from 8 to 12 with $2.50 cover for non members and guests. All welcome.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 631 - Nov 19, 1 to 5p.m. Music by Sam Jarvis - music lovers charge Ladies $X[LOLDU\ %UDQFK 1RY %LJ Euchre 100 per cent payout Reg 12 to 12:45 p.m. (try to be there earlier if possible to ensure a spot) Play at 1p.m. $10 per person Bring your own partner Everyone welcome Info 613-384-4982

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The Amherstview Lions Club is holding their annual Christmas Craft and Gift Sale in the Amherstview Community Hall ( 108 Amherst Drive, Amherstview. ) on the Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please plan to join us for great gifts and gift ideas, including carving, pottery, knitting, jams and jellies, kiddies clothes, mats, and more. Free admittance. Complimentary Coffee. Breakfast and Lunch available. For more information please call Al Beatty 613 352 5220 or email allanbeatty@hotmail.com

The St. Andrew’s Society of Kingston Celebrates 176 years of unbroken recognition of all things Scottish. Sunday, Nov. 20, the Society will mark St. Andrew’s Day, (Nov. 30th.) with their 176th Anniversary Dinner at The Renaissance Event Venue, 285 Queen Street . There is no membership fee, Scottish attire is optional, otherwise VPDUW FDVXDO QR MHDQV ZRXOG VXIÀFH There will be Rob Roy Scottish Dancers and a Piper, and there will be live after dinner musical entertainment ZLWK D &HOWLF à DYRXU IHDWXULQJ 5RJHU James.Cost is $70.00 For tickets call Meikle Turner at 613-542-7744

Ham Supper, Battersea United Church, 2217 Wellington St., Battersea, ON Saturday, November 19, 5 and 6:30 p.m., $15 Please call Roberta Smith at 613-353-2846 to reserve a seat

Kingston Shrine Club Roast Pork Dinner - Nov. 18, 5 to 7 p.m. Adults $ 15 Children Ten Years and Under $ 8 To be held at the Shrine Club 3260 Princess St at Collins Bay Rd. Tickets available at the Door, Everyone welcome.

Kingston Shriner’s Christmas Cakes are now available for purchase from any Shrine Member or at the Shrine Club. Hours at the Club - Thursday and Friday 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until the end of November

Dressed to the Nines. The Gananoque and District Humane Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s %D]DDU IRU JHQWO\ XVHG SDUW\ DQG Ă&#x20AC;QH clothing and jewellery is being held at Christ Church Hall, 30 Church St. Gananoque, on Friday Nov. 18 from 4 to 7 p.m. Treat yourself to a little preChristmas indulgence while helping raise funds to keep our shelter doors RSHQ <RX¡OO Ă&#x20AC;QG KLJKHU HQG ODEHOV and great fashion and quality in menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing and lots of cosWXPH DQG Ă&#x20AC;QH MHZHOOHU\ WRR &KDQJH rooms. Licensed cafe. Cash only. For more info: arleneamassey@gmail. com, 613-923-1953.

Inverary United Church Christmas Tea and Sale - Saturday, Nov. 19 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tea and Light Lunch $5 There will be crafts, baked goods, preserves, timeless treasures, books and Sunday School crafts Christmas luncheon and sale hosted

by St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church, 4333 Bath Road on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come enjoy home baking, crafts and stay for lunch.

The Bath Gardening Club and Horticultural Society will meet in St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall in Bath on Monday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. Penny Stewart, District 3 Director of the Ontario Horticultural Association, will speak on Great Ideas for the Holiday Season.

Visitors welcome. Further details at www.bathgardeningclub.com

Crossroads United Church, 690 Sir John A. Macdonald Blvd (across from Loblaws) is having our annual Christmas Bazaar Saturday, Nov. 19. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Featuring our famous shortbread, preserves, baking, deli, candy, gifts, knitting, crafts, jewellery and much, much more. Lunch Homemade soup, breads, desserts, tea/coffee only $6. Free admission

Saturday, Nov. 19 from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. at Bath United Church Fall Tea and Sale. Lunch $6 per person. Bake table, sewing, knitting, books and puzzles. New this year Denim Bags

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Cookeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-Portsmouth United Church â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 200 Norman Rogers Drive . Stock up your freezer, take a meal to a friend with delights freshly cooked and baked by our church members. Cost is $5 per meal.

Rev. Oscar Simpson Presents: Country Church â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Christmas Homecomingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hartington Community Church Friday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m. Special Guests: Chris Murphy & John McClurg & Old Hims Free will offering with refreshments following Information:613-374-2178 Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s University Lifelong Learning (QUILL) Series - Sunday, Nov. 20 - The Topic is: The Armenian Genocide: Causes, Consequences and Lessons. The Speaker is Alan Whitehorn, Emeritus Professor, Political Studies, Royal Military College of Canada. It takes place in Goodes Hall, Rm 101, Queens University, 143 Union St. For More info call 613 549 1910.

Friday Night Bahaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;i Fireside Discussion: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unity in Diversityâ&#x20AC;? Friday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. at 99 York St. All are welcome. Further info:bahais@kingston.net 613-6340767 The Hotel Dieu Hospital/St. Maryšs Cathedral Coat Drive is looking for GRQDWLRQV RI FOHDQ GRZQ Ă&#x20AC;OOHG VW\OH coats and ski jackets. Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s large DQG H[WUD ODUJH FRDWV DUH SDUWLFXODUO\ needed. Items can be dropped off at the Sydenham St. entrance of Hotel Dieu Hospital during regular business hours, weekdays. For more informaWLRQ FDOO H[W Glenburnie United Church Musical Evening: Gospel, and Country Favourites from Steve Palmer on Thursday,

Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, Children 12 and under free.

St. Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral Advent Concerts begin on Thursday, Nov. 24 from 12:15 to 12:50 p.m. with a performance by the Kingston Ceili Band.

The concerts continue on Thursdays through Dec. 15. Admission is free, with a voluntary offering collected.

The Cathedral is at 270 King St. E. (at Johnson) in Kingston. Call 613-5484617 or visit www.stgeorgescathedral. ca or www.facebook.com/StGeorgeConcerts. Join us for a mid-day musical interlude!

Nov. 19 dinner/dance Golden Links Hall Harrowsmith Italian dinner at 6 with dancing to Bit of Nostalgia to follow at 7:30. Cost $18 pp in advanced or $20 at the door call 372-2410 Sponsored by Odd Fellows & Rebekahs.

Nov. 20 Beef dinner Golden Links Hall Harrowsmith 4:30 to 6 p.m. cost $13.00 call 372-2410 sponsored by Odd Fellows & Rebekahs.

Bath Legion branch 623 : Every MonGD\ 6KXIĂ HERDUG S P SHU play, Every Tuesday is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tasty Tuesdaysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; -Buy one meal, get the second meal 50% off. (must be an entree, dine in only, drinks not included) Come enjoy lunch with a friend! Every Wednesday - Legion Breakfast. 7:00 am - 1:00 p.m. Every Friday- lunch at the Legion, Good food, good company, 11:30am to 7:00pm, Every Friday - Friday night euchre, play starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov 19 - Big Euchre, registration starts at 11 a.m., play starts at 12 p.m., $20 per team, Bath Legion - Everyone welcome Creative Brushes, a group of Kingston and area artists who gather weekly to create pieces in their chosen medium, are holding their annual art show and sale. The theme this year is Journeys 7KURXJK WKH 3DLQWER[ &RPH DQG VHH how our artists have interpreted this journey on Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St Paul the Apostle Catholic 1111 Taylor Kidd Blvd just west of Bayridge. There will be a free draw of original art and admission is free. For more information please call Susan at 613 386 3589.

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Mary feels blessed for magic and miracles of Depression years It was hard for me to figure out the difference between magic and a miracle. My sister Audrey said they were just about the same thing. And yet I knew in my heart, that a miracle was an act of God. Hadn’t our Lutheran minister said so?

But both miracles and magic were all around me on our farm in Northcote, and I was hard pressed to tell the difference. It gave me plenty to think about.

It was surely magic how Myrtle the telephone operator knew exactly where everyone was at any given time in Northcote. Many was the time our phone would ring and it would be Myrtle to say someone’s barn was on fire, and the whole community would be in a turmoil. Or she would announce that the Saturday night house party was at the Thom’s. Now, how she would know all this to me was pure magic.

And a miracle happened, or maybe it was magic, every single night right in our summer kitchen. The

fresh milk was brought in in milk cans, I thought bluish in colour, and some miracle happened during the night. By morning, when I was sent out with the strainer and the big brown bowl, the entire tops of the cans would be yellow with cream! Now how the cream came to the top, without the help of anyone’s hand, to me, was pure magic.

And how, if I fell asleep on top of someone’s bed while visiting at a Saturday night house party, without my even being aware of it, I would be moved, and I would waken in my own bed in the morning! Now, how could that be? Magic? I thought so.

More often than by sheer chance, my Uncle Lou always seemed to appear when we needed him most. Mother would be lonely, missing all that she had left behind in her beloved New York, and there would be Uncle Lou’s big black Buick with the gold eagle on the hood coming in our long lane. I called our Uncle Lou our miracle.

Or when Mother’s egg money failed to meet our everyday needs, and there wasn’t enough money to even buy coal oil for the lamps, a letter would arrive from Uncle Lou, and tucked inside would be an American $20 bill. I knew that was a miracle, and not magic.

And of course, the fact that both

Mother and Miss Crosby knew what was going on around them without as much as raising their eyes from whatever they were busy at, to me was magic. I often closed my eyes and tried to figure out what was happening a few feet away, and could see absolutely nothing! No, with Mother and Miss Crosby, that had to be magic.

And one of the biggest miracles of all to me, was when winter had settled in, and even with the snow banked against the outside walls of our house, stockings crammed into the frames of the windows, the old log house was still drafty and cold. Even the Findlay Oval was no match for the cold of the winter’s blasts.

And yet, when I would go to the stable with Father at night, as I often did, the barns would be as warm as toast. There was no stove, no stove pipe, nothing to bring in heat, and yet the cows were warm to touch, and the horses, at one end of the barn, were toasty warm too. Was that magic, or a miracle? It was a question with no answer.

But surely the biggest miracle of all was that we were able to survive the Depression raging all around us.

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Helpful hints on selling your used vehicle “Hello Brian, We are in the market for buying a new car but would really like to avoid the usual no-win hassle with the dealer in trying to get a fair price for our trade-in.

We have a six-year-old car in great shape with low kms, which we intend to sell privately. Do you think this is a good idea and do you have any of your usual sage advice on how to avoid possible pit falls in making a private sale?”

Thanks, J Thanks for the question. Selling cars privately can be a hassle, but worth the effort only if your dealer isn’t offering enough money for your trade. I’d suggest doing a little online research to see what the market value is for your vehicle. Autotrader.ca has the most listings and make sure you compare apples to apples. Get an average asking price of the same year, make, and model with the same equipment and mileage in

nearby regions.

Once you have an idea of asking price you will know if your dealer is offering fair value. Remember online used car ads are listing retail asking prices and dealers will usually drop $1,000-$1,500 or more off that for their trade-in value offer. It’s also important to know that the marketplace doesn’t care what you paid originally for your car or how great its shape is.

If you decide to sell privately you can get free ads on kijiji.ca but autotrader.ca reaches a much wider audience. Never let anyone road-test your vehicle without you in the passenger seat (with an additional family member in the auto if you’re nervous) and make sure they provide a driver’s license so you know who you’re dealing with and that they are registered to drive. Only take cash or a certified cheque for payment and if it’s a cheque, take it to the bank it was drawn from to confirm it and deposit it before you release the vehicle. Certified cheque fraud is more common than you think and sometimes it can take days for a bank to move the funds, that’s why cash is preferred.

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that you must verify the ownership transfer is completed before the car leaves your possession. If not, any illegal activity done in that car will come back on you and your insurance. The vehicle will have to pass an Ontario MOT safety inspection and emissions test to transfer ownership.

A professional cleaning/ detailing service can be well worth the money if you’re selling privately.

“Hello Brian, My issue is over torquing of wheel nuts. My belief is that plus/ minus 5-10 ft/Lbs is probably just careless; when I see over torquing in excess of 60 ft/Lbs I believe that this is far worse.

Recently my compact hybrid just returned from having a brake job and the lug nuts were torqued in excess of 140 ft/lbs. I have not actually loosened them because I intend to take this up with the shop. My wrench measure ends at 140 ft/lbs; more leverage is needed to remove them. The wrench that is supplied with the car is about half the length of my torque wrench and would be of no use removing these nuts. My wife knows how to change a tire but would never be able to under

the circumstances. Many other drivers would be in the same boat.”

Regards, K First there is a difference between the torque required to apply any fastener and the force required to remove it (also known as break-away torque). And simply using a torque wrench to remove a nut doesn’t really give anyone a true value of the force used to apply it in the first place.

Torque wrenches are basically designed to provide a value of tightening force. That being said, the days of technicians simply using their air-operated socket guns, (without a torque-limiting adapter), to install wheel nuts are pretty much over. If you ever see a tech applying this method, you should definitely take your auto service business elsewhere.

For proper reinstallation of any wheel on any vehicle, a tech or DIYer should never use an air-gun or even an electric hammer-socket wrench to tighten the wheel nuts without a torquelimiting adapter. These torque sticks, as they’re commonly known, are designed to stop the application of tightening force after a predetermined level is

reached. Most techs will have a set of six or more, each with different ratings to cover the vehicles they work on. Even with these tools, wheel nuts must be rechecked before the vehicle leaves the shop with a calibrated torque wrench. Any tech worth their salt will know that after a torque wrench is used, its settings must be turned back or relaxed before putting it away to keep it accurate. That means every time it’s pulled out of the toolbox it must be set to the setting required by the carmaker.

It’s easy to examine a wheel stud or bolt to determine if it’s been drastically over-torqued.

The threads will develop uneven gaps indicating that the stud/bolt has been stretched and a good wheel nut won’t spin on by hand easily.

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. Yours in service Brian Turner

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