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The North Grenville Council was sworn in on Wednesday Dec. 1 at the North Grenville Municipal Centre. The afternoon ceremony was held in the theatre. The event marked the end of an era for former North Grenville Mayor Bill Gooch. Gooch had been at the municipal helm for the past seven years as mayor, serving three years before that as a councillor. The entire council was returned to the council table with the exception of the mayor. Gooch was replaced by Dave Gordon who took over the reins of the council. Gordon said that the council would be going right from the swearing in ceremony to budget deliberations. There were mostly friends and family in the municipal theater watching the brief ceremony. The affair was light hearted and did not have any political overtones. Each

councillor went up to a table set aside for the ceremony to read their oath and to be sworn in. Coun. Barb Tobin was first up with her husband OPP Constable Shawn Tobin in his uniform. Members of the audience chuckled about her need for security as Constable Tobin watched her read her oath. Coun. Terry Butler made a solo appearance and when was asked where his wife was, Butler said she could not attend but he would not be there if not for her. Coun. Tim Sutton and his family went up together for the ceremony, his daughters and wife looking over his shoulder as he read his oath. Coun. Ken Finnerty’s wife Dianna stood behind him watching as he signed up for another term on council. Mayor Dave Gordon was watched by his son Jason as he read through his oath. After being sworn in, the audience, council and mayor moved into a meeting room for some light refreshments. COUNCIL See page 2

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PARADE OF LIGHTS IN WINCHESTER The 14th annual North Dundas Christmas Parade of Lights took place on Saturday, Dec. 4. The weather was perfect as more than 40 lighted Christmas floats thrilled residents in Winchester. More photos on page 13.

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Recent wet weather, time and an aging culvert have combined to create a problem along Roger Stevens Drive east of Dwyer Hill Road. A road crew from Willis Kerr Contracting was at the road on Friday Dec. 3 trying to prevent a potential disaster.

A blocked culvert and rising water had put the road in danger of flooding. There was a risk of it washing away. Roger Stevens Drive runs through the Marlborough Forest, a 7,226 hectare forest that is flat, low-lying and in fact is part of the prehistoric shore of the Champlain Sea. Roger Stevens Drive is the main road through the area. CULVERT see page 3

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J. Morin Photo/Advance Staff Mayor Gordon said that he The new North Grenville Council 2010-2014, left to right are: Councillors Terry Butler, Ken was happy to have the new council sworn in and close to getting Finnerty, Mayor Dave Gordon, Councillors Barb Tobin and Tim Sutton. down to business. After the break, the council went into the first of their budget deliberations. Mayor Gordon said that he was looking forward to the beginning of the new term. Despite it being early days for the new council, OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY DECEMBER 11, 1-3 PM Gordon had a few items he wanted to work on. He wants to get out into the North Grenville community and keep in touch with all residents. He also wants to raise awareness about what the council is doing. “I would like to see more people coming out for the Committee of the Whole meetings,” he said. 8 CHARLES ST, SPENCERVILLE He said that the council 2 Storey, 3 Bedroom, 1/1/2 Bathroom home close would be looking at ways to atto the Highway 416. Sunroom, Detached Garage, tract light industry to the area. Loretta Ken Finnerty will remain as the Studio, Upgraded throughout. Anderson Sales Representative $198,700 • MLS#0701704007701 Deputy Mayor. He believes that the next term will be busy. “We still have our work to do,” he said. He said that he was looking forward to working with the new mayor. Terry Butler said he was anxious to get to work on economic development. He is also working with the University of Guelph Kemptville Campus as the university moves forward. “It’s business as usual’ Independently owned and operated said the veteran councillor. He feels the transition with the Serving Kemptville, Merrickville and new mayor will be easy. Coun. the surrounding area with all your Real Estate needs! Barb Tobin feels that the council will have to take a leadership role in consulting with the community to focus on what the community sees as its needs and projects. “By prioritizing through an open dialogue and working with municipal staff we will continue to be not only green and growing but a community with set goals and direction,” she said. Tim Sutton feels that being reelected is confirmation that voters like what the council is doing. He said he was looking forward to working with his fellow councilors and the new mayor. “We have accomplished much together and I think that through our experience and understanding of municipal issues we will ensure that we are well positioned for the future,” he said.

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It is located on a large continuous tract of shallow soil over limestone bedrock. The forest is basically flat with undrained depressions containing peat deposits. On the north side of the highway, motorists who use Roger Stevens Drive may have noticed that the water along certain low-lying sections of the road has been creeping up towards the shoulder of the road a few inches each day. The heavy rainfall last week along with a culvert that has probably reached the end of its life span is a perfect recipe for flooding. Dean Kerr was on the site on the morning of Friday Dec. 3, getting ready to tackle the culvert problem. The entire project became a challenge when Kerr considered how much time he had before the accumulated water on the north side of the road pushes its way over to the south side. The existing culvert is not able to handle the flow of water from one side of the road to the other. “The old culvert

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Dean Kerr blocks off mouth of culvert has disintegrated,” he said. Some water has started to trickle from underneath the road - a situation that Kerr has to fix, very quickly. His strategy is to find a way to drain the north side of the forested area. Once the water level has gone down to a level where the road is safe, he will dig up one side of the road, replace the culvert and then dig up the other side replacing the culvert there. The chal-

lenge is that as soon as he begins digging, thousands of litres of water will try to get to the south side of the road in any way possible. Ultimately the rushing water, left unchecked, for even a few hours, could destroy the road. “The first thing we have to do,” he said, “is get the water level down.” As Kerr and his crew cleared some of the debris away from the part of the culvert they had exposed,

the water tripled in volume and started to eat away at the road. On the north side of the road, Kerr managed to force a piece of plywood across the mouth of the other end of the culvert. He had to feel his way along the spot where the mouth of the culvert was supposed to be. It was covered by at least one metre of ice-cold water. After a day or two, the north side of the road should be safe from flooding and the culvert replacement can begin. The new culvert is considerably bigger and will help to prevent flooding in the future. Kerr has only a few moments to get the flow of water under control. He takes a hammer and drives the plywood barrier across the hidden culvert entrance. Next, he goes to the other side of the road and watches as the torrent of water that was ripping away the underside of the highway slows down to a smaller, less violent stream. Now the rest of the work can begin.

UPCOMING MEETINGS REGULAR COUNCIL Monday, Decem ber 13th at 6:30 pm in the Council Cham bers, North Grenville Municipal Centre. For agenda inform ation, please contact the Clerk’s Office or the Municipal web site. COM M ITTEE OF THE W HOLE COUNCIL Monday, January 17th at 6:30 pm in the Com m ittee Room , North Grenville Municipal Centre. BUDGET M EETINGS • Monday, Decem ber 13 th

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W INTER PARKING REGULATIONS Please be advised that parking on M unicipal roads is prohibited between 11:00 p.m . and 8:00 a.m . from Novem ber 15th to April 15th . A vehicle which is parked in a m anner interfering with snow clearing or rem oval operations m ay be issued a ticket and/or rem oved at the owner’s expense at any tim e. Please note that parking in any Municipal owned parking lot is prohibited between 11:00 p.m . and 7:00 a.m . all year round.

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The gloves are off and the arguments are hanging in the air as all of the different groups wanting to use the Osgoode to Ottawa multi-use pathway came together in Osgoode for a public meeting. The meeting, held at the Osgoode Community Centre on Tuesday, Nov. 30, was the first of three being held by the City of Ottawa. It is intended as an information collection exercise. The opinions and points of view that the city will take with them will be sifted and sorted as the city comes up with a pathway usage policy. Dec. 20 has been pegged as the deadline for online, verbal or written submissions. “This is the first opportunity for us to collect people’s opinion,” said the City of Ottawa manager for Transportation and planning, Vivi Chi. She pointed out that the Osgoode pathway was one of the first long pathways in the city. City of Ottawa transportation planner Zlatko Krstulich is looking after this phase of the project. More than 200 people packed into the upstairs meeting room at the community centre. Krstulich explained that the city in the past had issued two –year licenses for snowmobile clubs to use various trails. During the winter of 2009-2010 six different agreements

were in place with snowmobile clubs across Ottawa. He said that no agreements had yet been made with ATV clubs or off road motorcycles. He stated that the issues to be considered were: Safety and speed, the effects on adjacent land, pathway maintenance, enforcement and impact on rural lifestyle. The meeting’s master of ceremonies for the evening was David Sherewood who kept the discussion moving and managed to maintain a light heart-

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Karen Wallace – Graner believes the pathway should be reserved for pedestrian traffic. ed atmosphere in a situation that had polarized groups all pushing for their own agenda. It was clear before the meeting that the Osgoode community was divided. The Osgoode Village Community Association had been part of the original steering committee that looked at the pathway usage. In the end, the com-

mittee recommended that snowmobilers be allowed to use the pathway in return for looking after it. Any other kind of motorized vehicles such as ATV’s and dirt bikes were prohibited on the path at least until the surface was considered stable. Theo Jonsson the president of the Nation Valley ATV club said, “We would like immediate access in the spring.” He said that he was part of the Osgoode steering committee and his 160 member club was available to look after the pathway in the summer. When it came to the debate over who could use the pathway he said, “It all boils down to respect and education for all of the users.” Bruce Robinson the former president of the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs and the Kemptville Snowmobile Club felt that using the pathway was safer than the Rideau River when it came to snowmobilers traveling around the countryside. “I think this is a reflection of the values we hold about recreation and rural life,” he said. “There are a whole lot of things we have not tried,” he said. Robinson was referring to ways of making the snowmobilers more welcome on the pathway. They could have speed bumps, speed limits, even curfews and no stopping zones. PATHWAY see page 5

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The Perfect Storm Every now and again, events, issues and people come together to create a situation that has all the drama anyone could ask for. The Osgoode multi-use pathway debate is one such event. The information meetings regarding who will be using the path are just getting underway. So far, we have the cross country skiers, snowmobile clubs, trail horse riders, hikers, families out for a stroll, ATV clubs and residents telling their side of the story. Each group wants a piece of the 22 km pathway. If there ever was a case of competing interests all laying claim to one piece of ground, this is it. The City of Ottawa has the King Solomon type task of giving everyone something even if what they give is not what particular groups may want. City planners are getting some invaluable experience in listening, negotiating and of course understanding urban-rural sensibilities. Each group involved, feels that they have an historic pattern of use which allows them to make a reasonable claim for at least part of the pathway. Each group, as well, can cite instances where they are currently sharing a pathway in different parts of the city without any friction or casualties between users. At the first public input meeting at the Osgoode Community Centre on Tuesday, Nov. 30 each group had delivered their own justification of why they should be allowed to share the pathway. All of the groups hinted at creating an atmosphere of tolerance and compromise. The Osgoode Village Resident’s Association, (OVRA) was the only group with a clear expectation of having their proposed ban on motorized vehicles carried forward by city staff. Other groups, realizing that they would have to find a way to get anti-motorized vehicle supporters on the same page, were eager to make a deal. The public meeting sounded like a pot of soup laced with many ingredients slowly coming to a boil. The city will have to wear gloves to keep from getting burned by this bowl of contention.

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Laughing all the way to here Have you ever tried to remember all of the small but pleasant moments you may have been part of as you grew up. Regardless of the path you were on, there were always special moments. We all have them. We have all done our share of laughing. The more you do the better you get at it. Regardless of the path I ended up travelling on, it came with a personalized laugh track. I realize now that feeling happy must have been one of my career goals. I am starting to believe that a sense of humour must be genetic. I have always been able to see the softer and sillier side of situations, even the most mundane. Like the time I worked in a darkroom and every day at noon one of the people I worked with would stop processing the film, throw open a ground floor window and feed his personal friend who was a chubby chipmunk. This had become a tradition and even all these years later, I can remember the sound of the win-

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PATHWAY from page 3 Trudy Quinn speaking for the Osgoode Village Community Association said that the association members were at the meeting as residents not as members of the association. She said, “We feel that the multi-use pathway is an asset to the village. Karen Wallace – Graner has been candid in her opposition to snowmobilers using the pathway because of the noise they generate as well as the idea that the pathway was originally presented as a pedestrian pathway and now the city wants to change that by allowing snowmobiles in the winter and ATV’s eventually in the summer. She explained that she was speaking on behalf of the Osgoode Village Resident’s Association, “which includes people who live along the pathway and are most impacted, “ she said. “Many people here will have different opinions, but the impact on those directly affected must be given more weight than the legitimate recreational preferences of snowmobilers and other recreational

motorized groups,” she said. “Residents do not have options but snowmobilers do. They can respect their neighbours and use the alternate routs around built up residential areas,” she said. WallaceGraner explained that noise in quiet neighbourhoods day and night was difficult to live with and even the World Health organization, the Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada and the city of Ottawa are aware of the health effects of air pollution and noise. She said that the city had approved the pathway based on pedestrian usage . George Darouze is the president of the Osgoode Carleton Snowmobiling Club. He explained that his club had safety and ethics as their priorities. “This pathway to us is not a playground, it is a link,” he said. He added, “We have no problem with any of the other users.” He

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explained to the crowd at the centre that the snowmobile season was a very short one lasting only four to six weeks in the winter. There were as many residents and groups in

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Spirit of Christmas alive in Oxford Mills

JENNIFER WESTENDORP Special to the Advance

The children of Oxford Mills were delighted by the appearance of Santa Claus in front of the library on Dec. 3. Moments after the traditional tree lighting ceremony, Santa Claus’s sudden arrival put a smile on every child’s face. Nearly one hundred people braved the frosty weather to attend the event hosted by the Oxford Mills Community Association. A combination of Oxford Mills Sparks and Brownies serenaded the crowd with Christmas carols. “We love listening to kids singing Christmas carols,” said North Grenville Mayor David Gordon. “Kids are the Christmas spirit.” Afterwards, Gordon plugged in the lights, which signified the start of the Christmas season. Following the ceremony, everyone was invited to Maplewood Hall for hot chocolate, cookies and a visit with Santa Claus. The tree lighting ceremony has been a tradition in Oxford Mills for decades. The heart-warming and community oriented event is reminiscent of the true spirit of Christmas. Just like the village, every family has their own tradition – something unique they do to celebrate the holidays. “We have our family dinner on Christmas Eve and open a present,” said Shawn

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The sudden appearance of Santa Claus at the tree lighting ceremony in Oxford Mills illuminated the children’s faces more than lights ever could. As soon as Santa arrived, the children of Oxford Mills circled around him, telling him all their Christmas wishes. Tobin, the spouse of Councillor Barb Tobin. “Then, on Christmas morning, we have a trail of presents leading from our kid’s rooms all the way to the tree. Just little things from the Dollar Store and they’re all wrapped, so they have to open each one before they get to the big gifts.” Sometimes a tradition, such as ordering Chinese food on Christmas Eve, can

seem strange. Others, like cutting down a Christmas tree on the family farm and dragging it out of the bush, are more commonplace. Each family, new or old, can make up their own special Christmas ritual. “It isn’t Christmas if you don’t get socks and underwear,” said Dave Melville, a resident of Oxford Mills.

Some people let their kids open a present on Christmas Eve, which is a little teaser for what’s to come. Everyone is tempted to sneak a peek at the present stash, but sometimes finding the presents isn’t the issue; it’s misplacing them. “I get presents for a few weeks after Christmas,” said Ken Davidson, a resident of Oxford Mills. “You hide them away and forget about them.” A number of people choose to share the holiday spirit by giving back to the community in the form of Christmas hampers and charitable donations. Others prefer to celebrate the historical significance of the holidays. Christmas traditions are universal, but the moments are individual. The important thing to remember about Christmas, putting aside all superficial elements, is appreciating quality time with your family. “On Christmas Eve, I like to sit down in front of the fire with my family and chat,” said Fred Green, a recent addition to the neighbourhood. “I think about all the wonderful things that have happened over the last year.” However, some people prefer to stick to the basics and throw unique traditions out the window. “Our Christmas is just about the same as everyone else,” said Clark Code, a resident of Oxford Mills. “Everybody stuffs their turkey from the hind end.”

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Higgins began playing baseball in thumb.â&#x20AC;? 1937 for the Kemptville Senior Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Higgins said there were too many League. Between 1946 and 1949, he good moments during his involveplayed for the St. Lawrence Senior ment with the tournaments to choose Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s within Leeds and Grenville. a favourite. He had a lot of fun orgaâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Well I started off playing fastball nizing the events and met some amazbefore the war and then went into ing people along the way. the Air Force and played baseball on â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember I was sitting behind the Trenton team,â&#x20AC;? said Higgins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I the backstop and the umpire and I played some hockey too. Believe it or were talking,â&#x20AC;? said Higgins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He said not Oxford Mills had a hockey team â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;that woman in the stands, she was back then.â&#x20AC;? here last week. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s making me nerHiggins continued to play baseball vous, like sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s waiting for me to make for surrounding leagues until 1954. A a mistake.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;you mean the womyear later, he organized the first Kemp- an with the big straw hat?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; He said, tville Major Softball Tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yeah, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the one.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my Over the years, the tournaments have sister-in-law.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? brought in more than 300,000 dollars Higgins said it was very satisfyfor the Lions Club of Kemptville. ing working with kids and watching â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it for recognition,â&#x20AC;? said them â&#x20AC;&#x153;get a kickâ&#x20AC;? out of baseball. One Higgins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did it to have the satisfac- of his sons still plays baseball out in tion of a job well done.â&#x20AC;? Calgary. He said coaching was alright, A large portion of the proceeds but he loved to play. went to funding the construction â&#x20AC;&#x153;This one lad got around to third of the Kemptville Public Pool, the and the coach said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;go home,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said Kemptville District Hospital and the Higgins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The coach looked up and development of Riverside Park. The the lad was gone. He was halfway personal and financial contributions across the field. He was going home. Higgins has made to Leeds and Gren- Talk about not being acquainted with ville are profound. the terminology.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home was always home to me,â&#x20AC;? said Higgins. Higgins said when he built his house in Kemptville it was surrounded by an orchard. Now, the street is lined with houses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There have been a lot of changes in this area,â&#x20AC;? said Higgins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you go downtown now, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know anybody. There used to be a time when you knew everyone. A Submitted Photo stranger stuck Jack Higgins presents Larry Elson with a pitching award folout like a sore lowing a tournament.

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73’s win two of three games last week BRIAN WILSON Special to the Advance

The 73’s hoped to continue their recent point streak but they would have to do so against two of the leagues top teams in three games this week. On Wednesday, Dec. 1, the team travelled to the Nepean Sportsplex to tangle with the Nepean Raiders. Kemptville took advantage of an early penalty to Nepean when Mark Hough scored his fourth goal of the season on the power play just a minute and a half into the game. Setting up the goal was Pat Cameron. Jake Clark notched his tenth of the season, with assists from Nick Duhn and Josh Pitt to put Kemptville up 2-0. The Raiders got one back before the end of the first period. In the second, Nepean tied the game at two on a power play goal. But, less than

a minute later, Brandon Lesway, with his seventh this year, put Kemptville ahead to stay. Assisting on the goal were Pat Cameron and Connor McGrath. Taking a 3-2 lead into the third, Alex Brenton scored his fourteenth of the season with a short handed marker to put the 73’s up 4-2. Then Josh Pitt got his sixth goal of the year from Cameron and Duhn on the power play. The Raiders made it interesting with less than six minutes left to climb within two but that was as much as they could do. The 73’s claimed the 5-3 victory. After facing 45 shots, Kemptville goaltender, Keinan Brown was named the first star of the game. Josh Pitt claimed third star. On to the Brockville Memorial Centre and the Braves for the 73’s next action. After a fast and exciting first period, the game remained scoreless. Brockville ap-

plied lots of pressure but could not solve Kemptville’s goalie, Keinan Brown. In the second, the 73’s drew first blood on the power play as Nick Duhn got his seventh of the season. Josh Pitt recovered the puck behind the Braves net and flipped it out front where Duhn was able to bury it. Unfortunately, the Braves roared back a little over four minutes later and scored twice to take a 2-1 lead. They were able to add to their lead before the period ended, taking a 3-1 lead into the second intermission. Just under a minute into the third, Brockville added one more to take a 4-1 lead and there was no more scoring. 73’s goalkeeper, Keinan Brown faced 43 shots. Earlier in the week, Kemptville’s Brandon Lesway was selected as a runner-up for the CHL’s Rookie of the Month. He was also featured on Cogeco’s hockey magazine program, “CHL Snapshots”. The interview can be found on YouTube. Also of note, former 73, Calvin de Haan, now playing for the Oshawa Generals was among the players invited to the selection camp for Canada’s entry in the world junior hockey championships. Sunday, Dec. 5 saw the back end of the home and home series with the Brockville Braves. The 73’s were determined to take it to the Braves after Friday’s de-

feat in Brockville. The hockey faithful ignored the snowstorm and witnessed some inspired play. Brockville opened the scoring a little over three minutes into the game to take a 1-0 lead. Kemptville’s Ben Hutton evened the score with his fifth of the season on the power play. Assists on the goal went to Jake Clark and Josh Pitt. After a scoreless second period, Alex Brenton tallied his fifteenth goal of the year also on the power play. Setting up the goal were Brock Plouffe and Ben Hutton. Brockville managed to tie the game at 2 just four minutes later. With just over a minute left in regulation, Pitt fed a pass to Hutton who took the puck to the corner in the Braves end where he found Nick Duhn in front of the net and Duhn scored the winning goal, his eighth of the year. Kemptville’s inspired play earned them all three stars. First star was Ben Hutton, with Nick Duhn taking second and Ben Curley third. Curley faced 38 shots from the Braves to earn the victory. Kemptville’s next home game will be Sunday night, Dec. 12 against the Cornwall Colts. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. This will be the 73’s last home game before Christmas. This is your chance to see some exciting young talent such as Lesway and Hutton. Come out and catch the excitement!

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explained McFadden. The subjects covered included: careers with horses and horses and insurance, nutrition, pre-purchase exams, judging, breeding your mare, saddle repair and sponsorship. While education was a key element of the event. “The event is the only one of its kind in eastern Ontario,” said McFadden. “All disciplines and types of horses and horse owners gathered under one roof for this weekend of education fun and networking,” explained McFadden. An educational bursary was awarded to Raleigh Phillips. She is attending the Kemptville College Campus, University of Guelph. Lee Hutten received one as well. The passport contest was won by Tiffany Keone. There was no admission to the event for riders or for spectators. All that the organizers asked was that a food donation be made to their on-site canned food drive. The Knights of Columbus were

McFadden said volunteers made the event a success. “We want to thank the many volunteers and BBRM Equine Program students from Kemptville campus and their instructor Liz Forbes, for their assistance in preparing for this ,” she said.

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Kemptville Campus Mixed Recreational League ZACK FORTIN Special to the Advance

The University of Guelph Kemptville Campus will be accepting registrations on Jan. 7, for sports programs from adults 19 years of age or older. This will give local residents

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Doomsday play offers environmental lesson, arts opportunity for rural kids EMMA JACKSON Emma.jackson@metroland.com

It’s not all doom and gloom for Just Kiddin Theatre in Metcalfe this week, as they prepare for their weekend performances of three doomsday-themed plays collectively known as the Gillian Trilogy. Although the topic is incredibly serious - delving into a doomsday scenario where our environmental mismanagement has left us struggling to reclaim our control of the planet - the cast of kids is still having a laugh. “In the first play, it shows how sloppy us humans are, that we’re not taking as much care as we should. But it’s written to be quite comedic and it’s got lots of interesting characters,” said Andrie Nel, who wrote and directed the trilogy for the kids-only theatre she founded in 2005. Indeed, you can barely tell that the fussy old lady running her church group or the sports-fanatic dad attempting to

discipline his wayward son are actually pre-teens, offering laugh-out-loud quips and one-liners amid an otherwise daunting theme of environmental responsibility. The second play is a little more serious, as the actors tackle the emotions of knowing you’re about to die. Sydney Miller, Nel’s eight-grade daughter, plays Clara, who is trying to convince her sister to contact her estranged children as a planet-killing meteor hurtles toward the earth with only hours until impact. “We wanted to raise the bar for the number of teenagers we have in the group, so we took a dramatic turn and let them struggle with the issue of dealing with death, and how do you deal with the fact that you know you’re going to die,” Nel explained. “It’s been neat in rehearsal as they try to reach that realm of possibility in themselves.” The third play offers a dramatic and thoughtful ending, Nel said, although she

withheld details about what’s going to happen. “The third play is an experiment. It does finally happen and the earth blows up,” she said. “It’s a fantasy-type thing, looking at the “then what?” of the doomsday theme. Are humans wiped out, do they still exist? If so, how?” She said the third play will be a visual treat for the audience, as well as a bit of an education in human nature. “This part is looking at what’s the root cause of our environmental mismanagement, and it comes down to basic human tendencies. We tend to get greedy when we have too much power and control,” she explained. Lisa Brown, the “prop master” for Just Kiddin Theatre who also has two daughters in this year’s play, said that the child actors already have such a good grasp of environmental responsibility that the audience stands to learn much more from the play. “They’re learning about the environment is so much greater than my generation, so if anything we’re probably learning more from them,” she said. “I think it’s just going to reiterate to them what could happen if we as a society don’t take better care of our carbon footprint.” Nel’s youth theatre has been attracting more and more participants from the area every year, which is why they had to create a three-part trilogy to maintain

the theatre’s policy of 15 kids per group, she said. “Our group is growing, growing, growing. We’ve had kids come from the west end of Ottawa in the past, but this time around kids have tended to be from Manotick and the other rural neighbourhoods around us.” Nel started the theatre, which runs out of the old town hall in Metcalfe, to fill a massive gap in the rural areas of Ottawa, where the opportunities for kids to participate in the arts are very limited. She said it’s particularly hard to find programming for kids with special needs, which she encourages to join the theatre. “We make a real effort to accommodate special needs kids. It’s such a wonderful place to feel included,” she said, adding that all kids need these opportunities to discover where their passions lie. “Some kids are there for fun, some discover a new found passion and some decide they want to go to Canterbury school for the arts because they love it so much. In rural Ottawa, there are not enough opportunities to do things like this, so they don’t know that it’s important to them.” The theatre will premiere its doomsday play at the Old Metcalfe Town Hall on Friday, Dec 10 at 7 p.m., with matinees on Saturday and Sunday and an evening performance on Saturday night. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at www. justkiddintheatre.com.

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December 9-20

Metcalfe

Residents of Metcalfe are invited to support Naomi’s shelter by offering a new item from the “wish list”. Please visit www.naomicentre.ca. for more information

December 9-12

Merrickville

The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society present comedic version of “A Christmas Carol” unlike any other. Dec. 9-11 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 12 at 2 p.m. at the Merrickville Community Centre.

December 10

Metcalfe

All are welcome to join the Metcalfe and District Lions Annual Turkey Bingo this Friday at 7:15 p.m. at the Lion Den. For more information please call 613-821-3033.

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Osgoode

The Osgoode Village Voices Women’s Choir presents “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”. At 7:30 p.m. at the St. James Anglican Church, the Osgoode Township High School Jazz Band will perform as special guests for the occasion. Tickets are $10 and children under 12 attend for free. For more information please contact Cathy at catgraham_59@yahoo.com or Kay at 613-821-2174.

December 11,12

Kars

A cookie and candy sale will be held at the Trinity United Church on Main Street from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. For more information please call 613-692-3374.

December 11

Kemptville

The Kemptville Youth Centre will be hosting AGM (10 a.m. until 11 a.m.) and Open House (11 p.m. until 1 p.m.) for all who wish to visit the new location.

December 12

Hallville

Sunday Dec. 12 the Hallville United Church will be hosting the “Blue Christmas Service”. All are welcome to attend the solemn, meditative worship service.

December 12

Metcalfe

The ﬂoat line up for the Metcalfe Santa Claus Parade will take place at exactly 1:30 p.m., and the parade will commence at 2 p.m. on Glen St. in front of the Community Christian School. Everyone is then welcome to the Community Centre. For $2 everyone can partake in ginerbread cookie decorating, hot chocolate, treats and pictures with Santa.

December 17

Greely

The Greely Community Centre will be hosting a Youth Dance for ages 6-12 from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. Admission is $5 and there are many prizes to be won, including bowling and movie certiﬁcates. $10 for the Dinner and Dance package. If parents have plans for the evening, such as Christmas parties, dinner plans, or last minute shopping, feel free to drop your kids of at 6 p.m. For more information please call 613-447-3710

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