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Kingston Police seize large quantity of drugs, arrest six following raid at new downtown ‘medical marijuana dispensary’

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Sgt. Brad Brooker of the Kingston Police Street Crime Unit discusses the various types of marijuana and marijuana products seized during a raid at a newly opened ‘medical marijuana dispensary’ in downtown Kingston on the night of Thursday, March 9, 2017. Six store employees were arrested.

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NEWS – Six were arrested and a signifi cant quantity of marijuana and products containing THC were seized as the result of a raid at a so-called ‘medical marijuana dispensary’ on the night of Thursday, March 9.

The Kingston Police Street Crime Unit executed a search warrant at the newly opened storefront of Cannagreen at 342 Princess Street at approximately 9:30 p.m. following an investigation, which remains ongoing, Kingston Police said. Five members of the Street Crime Unit, supported by officers working patrol at the time, entered the small store where six apparent employees and three patrons were found inside. The six employees were arrested immediately, and the three patrons were released after being identifi ed, as they were “not a part of the investigation into the sale of the drugs,” said Sgt. Brad Brooker of the Street Crime Unit.

Of the six employees, four were found to be residents of Kingston, while the other two are from the Ottawa area – three of the employees were male and the other three were female, but police would not indicate the genders of those from Kingston or Ottawa. Four of the six have been released with a future court date, and two were held for bail hearings.

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Breakwater Park to get sand beach, other upgrades

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NEWS — Kingston residents will get something they’ve long wanted in the downtown area: a place to put their feet in the sand by the water.

City councillors have endorsed a $5.4 million upgrade of scenic Breakwater Park, the narrow waterfront park on King Street West, located across from Kingston General Hospital. It’s also the setting for the iconic Time statue.

“It’s good we are achieving this sooner than later,” said Coun. Jim Neill at the March 7 council meeting, where the park renovation budget was approved.

The city is putting the facelift in the fast lane after two recent funding opportunities came to the surface; a one million dollar federal government Canada 150 grant, and $500,000 from the environmental organization Swim Drink Fish Canada — commonly known as Lake Ontario Waterkeeper. The grants will allow parkland improvements initially planned for 2018 to begin later this year, with a grand opening scheduled for the summer of

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The larger federal grant is also contingent on the city having “substantially performed” the work by next March.

Enthusiastic councillors jumped at the opportunity to start the park upgrades sooner than they had originally planned.

“This might not have happened during this term of council had it not been for the two grants,” said Coun. Peter Stroud, whose Sydenham district includes the popular public park.

Improving the public’s leisure experience at Breakwater Park was already identified as a priority project in the city’s Waterfront Master Plan.

The $5.4 million investment includes various shoreline improvements, such as a pedestrian bridge connecting the park to a pier behind the water treatment plant, replacing some of the jagged shoreline rocks with pebbles for easier beach access, and a new “upland” sand beach with concrete bleachers that descend into the water. The concept plan will also see improvements to the existing four metre wide multiuse pathway, and installing more trees and lighting.

Councillors wanted to know more about the creation of the sand beach, which the downtown area has been lacking for decades.

“I’m all for sandy beaches in this limestone city,” remarked Coun. Lisa Osanic.

However, staff say it won’t be the same kind of beachfront that’s common on many lakes.

“This is an upland beach. It is not in the wave action. It won’t An artist’s rendering of what the new and improved Breakwater Park will look like.

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All accounts of the event indicated the Kingston Police invited local media to execution of the search warrant was smooth Police Headquarters on the morning of Fri- and peaceful. “[About] 10 cops burst in with a search day, March 10, where all of the seized contraband and paraphernalia were spread out warrant and arrested all the staff,” said one across a large table. Among the items seized of those patrons in the store at the time of were over 430 grams of marijuana; a variety the raid, who wishes to remain anonymous.

“They had a box to pack up all the prodof different edibles believed to contain THC, including rice crispy squares and candies; uct. They handcuffed the staff… The cops consumables, such as canned drinks that re- were polite and professional, pretty much semble soda beverages and bottles of syrups, just doing their jobs. They were calm and exwhich police indicated are likely meant to be plained simply what was happening.”

At the time of the event, some of the arconsumed when mixed with other liquid, like rested employees expressed that they were soda water.

Seized items also included scales, a variety under the impression that the work they were of glass jars containing different strains of doing was entirely legal, and produced text marijuana which were displayed behind glass messages between themselves and someone in the store, and two potent marijuana-based they indicated as the owner of the store to products known as ‘moon rocks’ and ‘shat- back up their claims.

While the federal government has indicatter,’ the latter of which Brooker indicated was ed that it is moving towards legalizing mariparticularly significant.

“Shatter is a very potent form of THC that juana, the buying and selling of marijuana in has to be basically homemade through the a store is still entirely illegal, Kingston Police said. use of butane,” Brooker said.

“So-called medical marijuana dispensaries “It’s a process of pouring butane through marijuana and cooking it, and the residual is are illegal, and they will not be permitted to operate in our city. To be clear, medical very potent THC.” Additionally, $3,500 was seized from the marijuana can only be obtained through regpremises, $1,500 of which is believed to be istered post after being prescribed by a mediproceeds of crime, Kingston Police indicated. cal doctor. That’s the official process,” said While no estimated street value for the seized Kingston Police Chief Gilles Larochelle.

“The federal government is working on items was available at the time, Brooker said that, if the 430 grams of straight marijuana legislation right now to legalize marijuana, seized was to be sold at $10 per gram, that but, like any legislation, it takes time. So in product alone would net $4,300 at low-value the meantime, we’re not going to permit these street cost. Cannagreen was selling marijua- storefronts to operate illegally… We will continue to monitor them, and as soon as the inna for $14 per gram, Police said.

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Councillors responded by approving a motion from the mayor to relocate all of the traditional family-related activities held at Grass Creek Park to the downtown core on July 1.

“There’s an expectation in the community that Canada Day this year should be something special. It should be something different,” said Mayor Bryan Paterson.

He says the idea of pooling together all municipal Canada Day activities in a central, walkable location followed conversations with the Downtown Kingston BIA, Kingston Accommodation Partners, CFB Kingston and the Kingston Immigration Partnership.

He says the music and other familyfriendly events that are normally held at Grass Creek Park will be relocated to various points in the downtown core to make it a full day of celebration.

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Councillors approved the plan at their March 7 meeting, but several ex-

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Coun. Jim Neill says he supports the initiative only because it’s the nation’s sesquicentennial, and Grass Creek Park will get its Canada Day events back next year.

“I appreciate this is for the 150th, and I’m willing to support this for this year,” he said, adding, “As a one-off, I can support this.”

The mayor stressed the plan is not to cram all activities and people into Market Square — like what the city encouraged during last summer’s Tragically Hip concert — but to spread out activities to other parks in the downtown area to enjoy the Canada Day experience.

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The festival came together after a series of conversations Baldwin had with members of the Queen’s arts community and members of the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Baldwin hopes that all of the events featured in the festival will make people think — not only about issues that occur elsewhere in the world, but also about issues that affect our community.

“We are on the land of two nations here and so this is our way to say let’s actually think about the history of this area and the issues here too,” she said. “With the Songs of Sovereignty event (March 28) we are going to be encouraging audience members to actually read the recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation documents so that we can actually become a lot more aware. In this day and age there is no reason we can’t educate ourselves and gain a better understanding of where we are.”

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He also said water pollution was another factor behind the beach’s demise over the years.

Folwell stressed the park revamp will include space on land for kite boarders to ride the waves, a popular summertime activity off Breakwater Park.

The two grants totalling $1.5 million will lower the municipal contribution to $3.9 million. Of that amount, up to $2.5 million will be funded through long-term debt, while the rest is paid through existing capital reserve funds.

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This is my fourth week back at work, and to be honest, it has not been easy.

I love working. I enjoy having goals to accomplish and tasks to do that allow me to use my mind and contribute something meaningful to society. But, working while running on very little sleep for many nights in a row is not the fun sort of challenge.

Take writing these columns, for instance. I told Mandy not to worry about doing one this week, because I was brimming with topics to write about. But now, as I sit here the night before deadline, I can’t remember what a single one of those ideas was.

So, of course, I’m writing about the baby.  Just so we’re clear, our little Everly is ridiculously cute — and believe me, she knows it. All day long, she charms people left, right and centre. Clearly, she is aware of the fact that people love

it when she smiles at them. Everyone — old ladies at the mall, cashiers at Loblaws, teenagers on the bus — makes a big fuss when they see her, and she hams it up every time with her irresistible, gummy grin.

Yes, during the day she is a gurgling, cooing, picture-perfect baby. But at night, she becomes another baby entirely, refusing to settle and fighting sleep with all her might. She tenses up and cries, and the only thing that will get her to settle down is comfort sucking on my breast. If I want to get up and do something else once she’s finally asleep, there’s a 50-50 chance she’ll wake up, then I have to start all over again.

And that’s only the beginning.

All night long, she wakes up every few hours, and Steve and I take turns putting her back to sleep — which means neither of us gets much sleep ourselves. According to my Fitbit, it’s been as little as two hours, and that almost always overestimates sleep time.

Everly has been a light, reluctant sleeper her entire young life thus far, but it’s become worse since I went back to work. I’m not sure if it’s the disruption in her routine in general, or if it’s

maybe a feeding issue. She flatout refuses to take breast milk or formula from a bottle or a sippy cup, which means the only thing she gets during the day is purÊed baby food. For a while, we thought maybe she was having too much solid food for her age (six months) and was having trouble digesting it. But, nothing really changed when we tried cutting back — if anything, things got worse.

I know we will need to try some sort of sleep training soon.

I’m not looking forward to it, but I’d also like my bed, my physical independence, and even a tiny amount of my free time back.

A friend said the other day that Everly is going to be one amazing adult. Already, she’s stubborn as hell, knows how to work people and doesn’t take crap from anyone. I can almost hear her: “Take a nap? No way.

You know I hate sleep, mom.�

Or: “You want me to drink from a bottle? Why would I ever do that when there are two perfectly good breasts right there?�

Someday, these qualities had better pay off big time, because for now, they’re driving her mama crazy.

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From Russia, with malice?

Let's look for real solutions Future historians are going to have a heck time describing what the just happened in the U.S., and indeed is continuing to happen across Western countries. Our bet is on the “First Cyber World War�, but predicting future academic consensus is a fool’s errand.  What's clear is that virtually every single Western nation has had their democratic institutions undermined by nefarious state actors, primarily by Vladimir Putin's Russian Federation. Seventeen agencies have now concluded that Russia waged a campaign of influence designed to undermine Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and aid Donald Trump’s – and some believe we can expect more of the same as we approach our own federal election here in Canada.  Polls consistently indicate that one of two populist candidates - Kevin O'Leary or Kellie Leitch – will become the Conservative Party of Canada's standard-bearer. Leitch in particular echoes many of Trump’s more racist rhetoric with her talk of wanting to administer a “Canadian values test� on anyone who enters our country. Could this ugly, allegedly Kremlin-backed brand of populist propaganda potentially take root here? Let’s not kid ourselves – of course it could. Sadly, racism, xenophobia and lack of education in general are a large part of what draws people to support these populist candidates, but so is the frenetic pace of economic, social and technological change that has left many citizens feeling left in the dust. We believe that addressing these concerns in ways that will truly be effective is the way to overcome many of the problems our society faces in these very strange times. People crave certainty. They do not want to change. Why else would Donald Trump fetishize the mythical return factory jobs?

But it's an impossible dream. Driverless lorries will take over the leading jobs in Trump country, just as robots took over GM's factory floor. It remains to be seen how successful the president will be in shifting the perception of blame onto immigrants and foreigners when he fails to come through on these promises. But there are ways that governments can work toward solutions to the issues faced by the working class without also embracing and encouraging racism and xenophobia or building up false hope that jobs will be brought back to mothballed steel factories.  Governments could make retraining more affordable, for instance, through reduced or even free tuition; they could encourage skilled and unskilled immigration to revitalize the economy; they could and introduce the universal basic income to make it known that the state values the inherent dignity of each of its citizens and recognizes that there will be large gaps in employment – indeed, the average 20-year-old will have four to five different careers in their working lives.  Let’s work to find real solutions that work for those who feel left behind, and let’s do so while keeping in mind that it’s 2017, not 1950 – and thank heaven for that.Â

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Canada Day: Only for downtown? Kingston's municipal government is working well Why did city council pass a motion last Tuesday that directs staff to “ … relocate activities from Grass Creek Park to the downtown area to provide an enhanced Canada Day experience ….”?

Enhanced for whom? Surely not the residents of Countryside and Pittsburgh, because we wish to continue celebrating at Grass Creek.

Grass Creek Park is a special place for Kingston and especially for the districts of Countryside and Pittsburgh. For many years it has been a preferred family location for Canada Day celebrations. The open spaces for picnics, a sand beach, playground, large dog park, free parking and natural beauty make it a welcome alternative to the jampacked crowds of downtown, particularly on July 1.

Residents of the east side — indeed residents from across Kingston — flock here for the free concerts and activities planned for that day. It offers a unique venue to host Canada Day and creates special memories as the place to celebrate being Canadian with our neighbours, friends and families.

As I was sitting in city council chambers observing this motion pass unanimously, I was reminded just how important local represen-

tation is.

I would have voted against it, but I didn’t have a vote. It was clear that without a councillor for Countryside the rest of council were not considering the implications that its decision would have for the residents of Countryside and Pittsburgh districts. It seems terribly unfair to deprive us of the small percentage of funding that Grass Creek receives in order to offer “ … an enhanced and more accessible Canada Day celebration in the downtown core…”

If accessibility is the reason, why not have a shuttle bus travel from Highway 15 to Grass Creek for the day? It’s no different than having shuttle buses from other outlying areas heading downtown for Canada Day. Residents from across Kingston have enjoyed Canada Day at Grass Creek Park as well as in the downtown core. Let’s continue our traditions with celebrations that represent both the rural and urban roots of Kingston rather than taking away from our rural community to add money to the downtown event!

Let’s value and be fair to all of Kingston.

Karen Pagratis Candidate for Countryside District

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John Counter Boulevard and the third crossing Kingston. Princess Street was very busy as it united the Alcan complex and the Kingston Centre at the traffic circle with the downtown and beyond to the base. But the population Jeff Scott grew, and Kingston and Pittsburgh Townships developed urban centres themselves. Princess THE COUNTRYSIDE VIEW Street in the far west became a huge focus for commercial development centred around the For a century now, the road traffic in Kings- Cataraqui Town Centre. The Pittsburgh Comton has travelled along Princess Street to the munity developed the Rideau Town Centre as downtown and across the causeway to CFB its commercial centre on Gore Road. Business

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The traffic pressure in this corridor increased dramatically and it was obvious that John Counter Boulevard was going to need some serious construction work in order to connect Gore Road to Princess Street West. The first work that was done was the realignment of Elliot Avenue so that it connected to John Counter Blvd. at Division Street. This was followed by the widening of John Counter Boulevard from Division Street to Indian Road. The next stage of that project is ongoing and it includes a further road widening, and then a new overpass to cross the C.N.R. line. By the time all of this work has been done, there will have been $75 million spent. Not all of this money came from taxpayers, though. About half of the money is coming from development charges that were levied against new construction projects across the city.

The fi nal part that will complete this project is the bridge across the Cataraqui River.

Although $75 million will already have been spent, the bridge itself may cost $120 million.

This fi gure itself is huge, but it will not all be paid by Kingston tax payers. The cost will be divvied up four ways. One third will be covered by the Federal Government. They have 9,000 employees on the east side of the river at CFB Kingston and Joyceville Penitentiary. They need to be able to have their workers get to their jobs from their homes in the west end of the city and they know that the bottle neck caused by the federally owned lift bridge costs them in lost time. One third will be covered by the Provincial Government. The 401 is the major commercial artery of the province and when it is closed due to accidents, all east/west traffi c between Toronto and Montreal stops, costing millions of dollars in delays. One sixth of the cost will be covered by development charges which are already being collected to help pay for the bridge.

The fi nal sixth, or $20 million, will be covered by the taxpayers of the city. Taxes have been paid for years to improve roads all over the city, whether it be downtown or Unity Road, and the costs have been borne by everyone for the collective good. Besides, there are now 18,000 people living on the east side of the river, yet 97 per cent of the commercial is on the west side.

The people of Pittsburgh cannot buy clothes or even a hammer in their own community.

The work on John Counter Boulevard has already been expensive and it will continue to be so, but it has become a critical link in joining all of Kingston’s communities together, and the bridge will be the final link in doing so.

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Group aims to build residential treatment facility for the 'most vulnerable members of the community'

BY MANDY MARCINIAK

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News - For the past 20 years, Dr. Adam Newman has been caring for women during pregnancy and labour in Kingston and while many of these situations are joyous, some are also heartbreaking.

"It is heart wrenching to be there and have a woman who has just delivered a beautiful baby and then children’s aid has to come in and take the child because of the mother's drug addiction," he explained. "I will never forget the times I have seen this happen and it never gets easier. It is horrible."

In an effort to prevent these tough situations from happening, Newman and a group of 10 volunteers have been working to establish a residential treatment facility in Kingston. Over the past three years the group, made up of doctors, social workers and nurses, has been working towards a centre they call the Kingston House of Recovery for Women and Children (KHRWC), which would function as a therapeutic community for women who have children or are pregnant and are struggling with addiction.

"Currently, what happens is that these women typically don’t have the opportunity or don’t take advantage of the opportunity to get treatment for addiction out of fear of losing their children," explained Newman. "We want to give them an option and a facility that they could come to with their kids, avoiding separation. They’d be able to undergo treatment, receive psychotherapy, and the children would be given services to address the inevitable negative effects that come with drug use as well."

Newman and his group currently run a sort of outpatient program that allows them to help some wom-

en in Kingston through a $25,000 grant from the United Way. They work to help get women to and from therapy sessions or Narcotics Anonymous meetings and help provide meals and transportation along the way, but the money only goes so far.

"What we really want is a space of our own where we can help the most vulnerable members of our community get the help and treatments they need," said Newman.

In an effort to help get the facility going, a friend of Newman's recently set up a GoFundMe page asking the community to help raise $30,000 for the KHRWC. The money would go towards developing a business plan and getting things in order to help the facility open on the soon to be redeveloped Providence Village property.

"It is the perfect spot for us," said Newman. "There will be elderly people living at Providence Manor, there will be people and families at Hospice Kingston, facilities to go with the YMCA, there could be childcare and recreational facilities too and a lot of things that women could take advantage of and it would add to the quality of their lives. It would also be in a safe kind of country scene in the middle of Kingston

that is somewhat secluded too."

Newman estimates that the facility could be up and running in about five years. He emphasizes that there is a lot of work to be done to get to that point, but he feels it will be worth it in the end. The facility would be the first of its kind in Kingston and would only be the second facility in Canada, the other being in Montreal. He hopes that the community is willing to support the project and feels that the more awareness they create about the issue, the more support there will be.

"There has to be buy in from the community. We need people to believe that this is a useful thing and I think all that is required for that is for people to know that programs like this do not exist here," he said. "This facility will make all of our lives better and if we are living in a community where the most vulnerable women and their children are given a better chance of succeeding it will make the community better too."

To donate to the Kingston House of Recovery for Women and Children visit their GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/kickstart-kingston-treatment-house

Dr. Adam Newman is one of 11 volunteers interested in building a residential treatment centre in Kingston for pregnant and parenting moms who are trying to overcome drug addiction.

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Countryside candidate hopes to bring a ‘strong voice’ to the district MANDY MARCINIAK

sues in the district have been ignored by the city, especially in the past few News — When Karen Pagratis months, with no councillor repreran for the position of councillor in senting the area since Coun. Richard Pittsburgh District in the last munic- Allen stepped down.

“I feel that it is time that Countryipal election, she lost by just 46 votes; but she didn’t let her loss dissuade side had a strong voice representing it and someone advocating for it,” her passion for politics.

“It was really disappointing, but I she said. “It is really easy to ignore have continued to be very active and Countryside, and the constituents involved,” she said. “I fully intended there are not the type to go out and to run in the next election, and then make speeches; they just want some the byelection came around, so that basic services and they ask politely, and it is about time somebody liswas even better.”

Pagratis has lived in Kingston for tened.”

One of the major issues Pagratis the past nine years with her family, and at the time of the last election, hopes to focus on is access to highshe lived in Pittsburgh District. Now speed Internet. As someone living she resides in Countryside, and she is south of Highway 401, Pagratis does eager to give the district a new voice. have access to high-speed Internet; “I have the same issues everyone however, many in the district — esin the area has,” she explained. “I pecially those living in the northern live in the southeast corner and we areas — do not.

“High-speed Internet is a big isare paying top dollar taxes. We have septic systems, we live on well water sue. People live by the Internet, and and we don’t have any of the services it is an essential service,” she said. or facilities that come from the city, “The city could help encourage the implementation of high-speed Interbut we still pay the same taxes.”

Pagratis feels that many of the is- net, because the process is going way

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Karen Pagratis is running for the position of councillor in the Countryside District. The byelection for the district is set to take place on May 15.

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too slowly and I want to help with that.”

In addition to the issue of Internet access, Pagratis would like to see transit services in the Countryside district.

“We have no city-run transportation of any kind,” she said. “With all of the investments being made in transit, and the focus on making downtown more accessible, it would be nice to have transit in our area.”

Pagratis is already very involved in a number of organizations in the city. She currently sits on the board of the Frontenac Heritage Foundation and the Kingston Association of Museums, Art Galleries and Historic Sites, and she recently joined the National Farmers Union as an eater member. She feels that these involvements will help her in advocating for her constituents.

“I have really gotten to know the city through these groups, and I feel I can be a strong advocate for people,” she said.

She also hopes to focus on the issue of water tables in Countryside — something she admits she never really thought about before.

“With climate change, and if we have another drought like we did last summer, it is devastating to the area,” she said. “It is something that urban people don’t think about and it is not strictly a municipal issue, but it is something that can be aided by the municipality.”

Pagratis has already started canvassing in the area, and she has been happy with the response so far. She hopes that people will see her as a sincere candidate and one that will fight for the area.

“I will advocate and be a strong voice for the district, and I think it is impossible to ignore me if I set my mind to something,” she said. “I am conscientious and I am real. If someone comes to me with a problem, I will go to bat for them. What more could you want in a councillor?”

The municipal byelection for the Countryside District takes place on May 15. For more information about Karen Pagratis and her campaign, visit her website at www.karenpagratis.ca or look for her on Facebook or Twitter.

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Queen’s Senate celebrates 175 years by acknowledging the past and looking to the future

Queen's University principal Daniel Woolf addresses senate at the 175th anniversary of the first day of classes at the university.

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MANDY MARCINIAK

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NEWS — On March 7, 1842, a group of approximately 12 students started class at Queen’s University in a house located at 67

Colborne St. in Kingston. Now, 175 years later, things are a bit different.

“Queen’s has evolved to be one of the leading research-intensive universities in the country, and

it could be argued, in the world,” said university archivist Paul Banfield before a special senate meeting on March 7, 2017. “It feels pretty awesome to be a part of it all, and to think about what the future holds for the university, too.”

Queen’s University principal Daniel Woolf was also excited to be part of the 175 year celebration at senate, held in Wallace Hall; but for him, the milestone was about much more than the history.

“We are signifying that this is also a beginning for Queen’s, and we are looking ahead to things that will happen in the next 25 or 50 years,” he said. “We are hoping that as the university moves toward celebrating 200 years or 250 years, that they can look at what this generation has done and look back in pride.”

To ensure this sense of pride, Woolf recognized that senate and all events at

Queen’s occur on the land of the Haudenosaunee and the Anishnaabe peoples, and reiterated the commitment Queen’s has made to building good relations

with Aboriginal Peoples.

“Not everything done in 175 years is going to be a success, and things that may have looked like a success at the time may

turn out not to be,” Woolf said prior to the senate meeting.

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The official report from the task force will be released in the next few weeks, and Woolf acknowledged that the historical senate meeting on March 7 was just the first step in moving forward on these issues.

“Today, we are ceremonially marking this transition forward,” he said. “With this coming report, I am personally committed to ensuring that their recommendations are given the appropriate time and resources to be implemented in a manor that ensures they are sustainable over the long term.”

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The Whispering Wind Drum Group performed traditional honour song at the special senate meeting on March 7.

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mothers council in Kingston were invited to attend the meeting; they presented principal Woolf with a friendship wampum to signify their partnership.

Nathan Brinklow, a lecturer in the department of languages, literatures and cultures, spoke on behalf of the two groups and expressed what the gift symbolized.

“It is offered to strengthen the friendship that is developing,” he said. “When you see the belt, remember that it means we are working together, tell the story of our friendship, and when you see it, let peace be in your mind.”

Woolf explained that the wampum will be displayed at all senate meetings going forward.

Following the wampum presentation, members of the Whispering Wind Drum Group performed an honour song for the senate and Woolf concluded his comments following the performance.

“For too long, our country’s treatment and segregation of indigenous peoples has been hidden from view, only to perpetuate to their suffering,” he said. “The Queen’s community can and must change the narrative. By taking steps to ensure that indigenous histories are shared, recognizing that all students can benefi t from indigenous knowledge, and by creating culturally validating learning environments, we can begin to reduce barriers to education and create a more welcoming, inclusive, and diverse university.”

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The ups and downs of water levels

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Following a recent column, that included a notice that the Wolfe Islander III would not be returning to Marysville until water levels came up a bit, and some work that was to be done is completed, I received a reminder from a friend about the passage of Bill 2014. “Are you up to speed on 'Plan 2014'?” he asked. “What is Plan 2104 approved Dec. 2016?”

The International Joint Commission (IJC) approved Plan 2014, a new plan for managing water

levels and flows in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Their intent is to allow water levels to fluctuate (up and down) more naturally in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Before taking this new action, governments of Canada and the USA had to agree on amendments to the IJC’s ‘Order of Approval’ specifying conditions for water flow through the Moses-Saunders Dam, located between Cornwall and Massena, New York.

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of the response I received when I asked in 1990 as a newer islander, “Why do we have such water fluctuations?” “Well Lady,” I was told, “the water goes Up in the Spring, and Down in the Fall. Every year . You can count on it.” And at this point it is safe to say that many Islanders are looking for the water to go up, (checking daily no doubt), anticipating the ferry Wolfe Islander III’s return to Marysville, and businesses, closed for the winter months, to reopen. The up’s and downs of water

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plans during 16 years of study, public engagement, dialogue with governments and considered water uses and affected interests in Canada and the United States, concluding that Plan 2014 allows more natural water levels while minimizing impacts to other interests.

There are those against the Plan 2104 initiative, for instance cottagers, marinas, and ship lines, who fear erosion with high water and dried up docks and shorelines with lower water. I for one would love to see water flowing through the Wolfe Island Canal rather than just the dried-up reeds there now. For more information see the Plan 2014 website: www.ijc.org 2.

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the Family. Following his death Madame Vanier joined her son Jean who founded L'Arche in 1964 for people with developmental disabilities.’ ** The Community Schools Alliance has been working long and hard for a Smart Moratorium, and it's good to see delegations to all the parties resulting in this debate and a call for a moratorium.

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Adaptive Curling Bonspiel invites community members to curl for a cause

MANDY MARCINIAK

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Event - In 2005, Katie Charboneau was in a motor vehicle accident that left her a quadriplegic. The accident changed her life, but it didn’t change the way she feels about helping others.

“My parents always encouraged us to get involved and help out in the community. I started at a young age and I just loved doing it,” she explained. “When my accident happened, my community came together and held a fundraiser for me and that really helped my family. They gave back to me and it came full circle and it made me want to continue to help in any way I can.”

Charboneau attended Queen’s University following her accident and completed her degree there in 2013. During her time at school she organized numerous fundraisers and events, and got involved wherever she could.

She is now the administrative manager for All In, a Kingston-run organization that provides expert information, education, support and opportunity for all individuals and organizations in regard to mobility impairments.

Through All In, Charboneau helps organize events that benefit and help those in the

community that have mobility impairments and in just a few weeks, one of those events will take place at the Kingston Royal Curling Club.

“It is a really fun event that invites absolutely anyone to participate,” said Charboneau of the Adaptive Curling Bonspiel that takes place on April 8. “It is a full day and everyone gets to curl from a wheelchair, so if you are already in a wheelchair, great, if not we will provide chairs for people to participate.”

The event, like all of those hosted by All In, aims to be all inclusive and all informative and there will even be professionals that work in the health-care and rehabilitation fields participating.

“We invite them so they can see fi rst hand what participating in an adaptive event looks like and they can see how their clients would participate in sporting events,” explained Charboneau.

The event is also a fundraiser for Revved Up, a program in Kingston that helps people with mobility impairments stay active; it runs out of both the St. Mary’s of the Lake rehabilitation gym and the Queen’s kinesiology and health studies building.

Participants in the 2016 Adaptive Curling Bonspiel. This year’s event takes place on Saturday, April 8.

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“The spaces are filled with adaptive equipment and it doesn’t matter if people are quadriplegic, paraplegic, people with MS of MD, absolutely anything,” said Charboneau.

“As long as you have some sort of mobility impairment, you can register with Revved Up and use the equipment at a very low monthly fee.

You get partnered with a kinesiology student who will help with the equip-

The ups and downs of water levels

ment, but also help motivate you and track your progress. It is a really neat and unique program.”

Revved Up is entirely funded by donations and Charboneau hopes that an event like the Adaptive Curling Bonspiel can go a long way in helping it continue.

Participants interested in the event can register in teams of four and there are even opportunities for sponsorship if the registration cost is too high. Charboneau attended the event last year and she encourages anyone and everyone to come check it out.

“I tell people who may be nervous about it that no experience is necessary and we are all rookies so there is no need to be nervous,” she said. “It is a great opportunity to come out and meet some new individuals and have a great day together.”

The Adaptive Curling Bonspiel takes place on Saturday, April 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Kingston Royal Curling Club. For more information about registration and the event, check out the All In website event page at https://www.all-in-ontario.com/adaptive-curling.

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Rotary Club grant lets Loughborough students learn in a ‘Classroom Without Walls’ TORI STAFFORD

“It was just the idea of getting past that one-day field trip where the News — There is an undeniable kids are just so spun and excited to sense of excitement for students at- be out of school for the day,” Woogh tached to the fi eld trip experience said, pointing out that, while single— new sights, sounds and surround- day field trips are great learning exings, and, of course, a day outside of periences for students, having a week of classes outside of the school is an the classroom.

But what would happen if a field entirely different experience.

“When we did the week in the fall trip lasted longer than one day?

That is precisely what Andrea at Gould Lake, we found that by the Woogh, a Grade 3 teacher, and her end of the second day, there was this colleagues at Loughborough Public real settling of kids, and getting into School wondered in 2015 as a class deeper learning, deeper understandtrip to Gould Lake wrapped up. ing, making connections, and really That question was closely followed seeing it just as a learning environby that of "Well, why couldn’t we ment,” Woogh explained.

“It was so neat to see how it just have a multi-day field trip?," Woogh explained, and by the fall of 2016, became so normal so fast for them, she and three other teachers at and how good they got at being so Loughborough were ready to take fl exible in where they were learning about 80 kids to Gould Lake five and what they were learning.”

Now, the students at Loughbordays in a row for a new initiative they called the Classroom Without Walls ough Public School in grades 1 to 3 will be spending five days at Fronteprogram.

Now, as those students who got nac Provincial Park. Split into two to benefit fi rst-hand from the out- groups, the students will learn from door learning experience move closer the same curriculum they would norto closing this school year, they will mally study in the classroom, but are be able to take the Classroom With- able to do so in a much more handsout Walls program to the next level, on manner, Woogh explained.

Over the course of a week, stuthanks to a community outreach grant dents will learn about a whole range through the Kingston Rotary Club. tstaff ord@metroland.com

of subject matter, including science, math, history, literature, and environmental stewardship, in a program designed to use their new environment as a teaching tool. For example, while at Frontenac Provincial Park, the Grade 3 students will be learning about early settlements in the area, which is part of their curriculum in the fi rst place. However, the experience of learning about something in its natural environment — as they will be able to do at Frontenac Park — reaps an entirely different set of rewards in terms of education, Woogh expressed.

“One of the neat things we noticed, even more so when we came back to the classroom after a week outside, is how much better the students understood the concepts,” Woogh said, explaining that her Grade 3s learned the same curriculum on soil that she has taught to other Grade 3 classes, but those who had the chance to learn about soil while fl ipping logs, digging under rocks and asking questions about Students from Loughborough Public School ventured outside for an what they saw first-hand had a much entire week in the fall to learn in the Classroom Without Walls program better grasp on the concepts than at Gould Lake, an experience they will have once again in the spring at she’d ever seen with those students Frontenac Provincial Park, thanks to a grant through the Rotary Club who learned in a classroom. of Kingston. submitted by Ed and Heather Fletcher Continued on page 26

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REGIONAL ROUNDUP

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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Up, Cupcake? March is Cupcake month for the Gananoque & District Humane Society. We welcome your help to raise funds by baking and sharing cupcakes with your friends for donations to our shelter. Or order from our baking team. For info and our menu please contact Arlene, 613-923-1953 or arleneamassey@gmail.com.

Walk On is a free, indoor winter walking program that runs from November to the end of March. With six locations in KFL&A, Walk On encourages walking for people of all ages and abilities in a safe, social environment. The program is drop-in, and there is no cost to SDUWLFLSDWH 9LVLW ZZZ NĂ DSK FD IRU WKH Walk On schedule, or call 6135491232, ext. 1180.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 631: Every Friday night 6:30 p.m. - Karaoke by Steve, for a fun night of singing, dancing or just listen. Info 6133896605 Bath Legion branch 623 : Tasty Tall Boy Tuesdays - Tall Boys will be $4.25 all day Tuesday plus buy one meal get the second for half price.

(YHU\ 0RQGD\ HYHQLQJ 6KXIĂ HERDUG 7 p.m., $2 per play Every Wednesday morning - Legion Breakfast, 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Every Friday come join us for lunch at the Legion. Good food, good company, 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The 20th Annual Jayna Hefford Female Hockey School is now accepting registrations for the summer camp from July 17-21 at the Invista Centre. This camp is KRVWHG DQG WDXJKW E\ Ă&#x20AC;YH WLPH 2O\PSLF gold medallist Jayna Hefford and twotime Olympian Lori Dupuis. Other instructors all have experience at the international and elite level. Space is limited at this popular camp.For more information or to register call 613-3841306 or go to www.dupuisheffordhockeyschool. ca.

Kingston Wood Artisans Symposium 2017 takes place on Saturday, April 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Frontenac Secondary School, Bath Road, Kingston.

There will be presentations by prominent Artisans with a gallery of their works and those of Artisan members.

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The Stroke Couples Group meets on the third Thursday of each month to share experiences, information and mutual support. There is no charge to attend. Contact Kathleen Pratt, RSW at 613-634-0130 ext. 469 or kathleen. pratt@von.ca for more information.

Coming this spring - The original (13th year) 3 On 3 youth hockey. Using the full ice surface. Non-contact, non-stopaction with an emphasis on fun! Beginning April 12 at the Invista Centre, Transit ice pad in Kingston.

Cost $160. No deposit required, limited number of spaces. Pre-registration required by phone or e-mail. For information or to register contact Steve at 613-389-1606 or e-mail timmyrevell@gmail.com.

The Kingston Heirloom Quilters welcomes new members. We meet 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church Hall, 41 Church Street in Portsmouth Village. Guests are welcome. Please bring a lunch and enjoy the company of fellow quilters throughout the day. Learn to quilt or improve your skills in a friendly, relaxed group. March 2017 meeting dates: Tuesday March 7 and Thursday March 23. For further information please visit our web site at www. quiltskingston.org.

Seedlings for sale - Attention lot owners. Prince Charles Public School in Verona is once again selling six varieties of seedlings as a fundraiser to pay for new playground equipment. Cost is $2 a tree. Quantities are limited so order early by calling the school at 613-374-2003 or order online on the Seedlings for Sale Facebook event on the Prince Charles Public School page. We will email you when you can pay and pick up for your trees at the end of April. Prince Charles is a certiÂżHG (FR6FKRRO DW WKH JROG OHYHO IRU LWV environmental programs.

Kingston Archery Club - Join us for indoor tournaments, workshops, fun shoots, weekly practice sessions and lessons. The club has indoor and outdoor ranges and welcomes ages 8+, teens, adults, seniors, novices and pros in all styles of archery. Tuesday and Thursday practice sessions currently at the indoor range at St. Lukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church Hall from 7 to 9 p.m.

Non-members are welcome to drop in and shoot for a $10 walk-in fee.

Personal archery equipment is required for club evenings and walkins. Next tournament is Saturday March 25. Located at 236 Nelson St. For more information or to join check us on the web at kingstonarcheryclub.org.

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The Bath Gardening Club and Horticultural Society will meet at St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall in Bath on Monday, March 20 at 2 p.m. Brad Smith and Michele Cole from Herb Haven will speak on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Healing With Herbsâ&#x20AC;?. Visitors welcome. Further details at www.bathgardeningclub. com.

Kingston District Shrine Club roast beef dinner Friday, March 17 from 5: â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. Adults $15 and children under 10 years. $8. To be held at the Kingston District Shrine Club 3260 Princess Street at Collinsbay Road. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Off the Chartsâ&#x20AC;?, a concert celebrating Women of Song to be held on March 26, 2:30 p.m. at ChalmHUV 8QLWHG &KXUFK (PFHH *LOOLDQ Sadinsky and musical guests The Caledonias, Brant Peppley, bassist Keith Barstow, jazz drummer. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Danielle Duchesneau Fundâ&#x20AC;?, established in cooperation with Kingston Interval House, in memory of a young woman who was murdered in Kingston by her ex-boyfriend. The Fund is for women who have been or are victims of violence. Tickets available at Brianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Record Option, info: www. shesings.ca.

The CWL of St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, 88 Patrick St, Kingston is hosting a St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day luncheon on Friday, Mach 17th from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the parish hall. Use the side door on Quebec Street for entry. Cost is $5 per person and includes soup, sandwiches, dessert, coffee and tea. All welcome! ,Q *RRG 7DVWH LV D ÂżQH GLQLQJ H[SHULence for single seniors and will meet at Greek Islands, 331 Bath Road on March 17 at 5:30 p.m. If interested to attend, please contact Norma at 613542-3622 or Nicole 613-634-1966.

Quill lecture Sunday, March 19 2 p.m.

The Architecture of the Vimy Ridge Memorial Seen in Context. The Speaker is Pierre du Prey, Professor Queens, Department of Art History. It takes place in Rm 101, Goodes Hall, 143 Union St. For more info call 549 1910.

St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Dance -Royal Kingston Curling Club is hosting its annual St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Dance on Saturday 0DUFK WK DW SP (QWHUWDLQPHQW

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The Bath and District Lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club is having an all you can eat breakfas Sunday, March 19 from 9 a.m. to noon Saint Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall, Bath The delicious breakfast includes: scrambled eggs, sausages, pancakes, French toast, home fries and beans. $7 per person, Kids 6 to 12 $2.50 - under 6 years free. Take out available. There will be an open mic. and entertainment supplied

by Doug Dodd and Friends and Special Vendors: Local Authors Gloria Alcock and Nalini Warriar.

Local Potter Ann MacLellan. Local Craftmen Perry Ross and Vince Lancia. For more info: Al Beatty

613 352 5220 or allanbeatty@hotmail.com Chris Murphyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Monthly Concert This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme: Irish songs.

Battersea United Church. Sunday, March 19, 7 p.m. Freewill offering.

Kingston District Shrine Club roast beef dinner Friday, March 17 5 - 7 p.m. Adults $15 and children under 10 yrs. $8. To be held at the Kingston District Shrine Club 3260 PrinFHVV 6WUHHW DW &ROOLQV %D\ 5RDG (Yeryone is welcome and tickets may be purchased at the door.

Sea Scouts - New Members Registration, March 20. For boys 11 or older this year. Join the 1st Bayridge Seafarers, a traditional Sea Scout group that includes instruction in boating safety and an opportunity to earn the Transport Canada Pleasure Craft Operator Card, which is good for life.Regular Monday meetings take place from 7 to 8:40 p.m. at Truedell Public School during the school year.

Registration fee is $10 and includes membership and insurance valid until September 2018. website at http://seafarers.dx.am. Info: Lorne Dudley at 613-389-6065.

The Kingston Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will meet at the Kingston Seniors Centre, 56 Francis St., on Saturday, March 18th at 10 a.m. Lesley Anderson and Glenn Wright from Ottawa, will speak on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Creating Ontario: Immigration to Upper Canada and Canada West, 1791-1867â&#x20AC;?. Visitors welcome. Details at www.ogs. on.ca/kingston Pancake breakfast Sunday, March 19 at 11 a.m. $8 per person. All welcome! St. Lukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church Hall 236 Nelson Street, Kingston.

Legion 560 - Friday, Mar. 17 St. Paddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Kingston Ceili Band from 1 - 3:30 p.m.; Runaway Cowboys from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm; Showmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Karaoke from 8 to 12.

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Bartering was another tool for surviving the lean Depression years

“I don’t know what I would do without Bertha Thom,” Mother said for the umpteenth time. We would hear her say that at least three times a day!

Aunt Bertha, as we children called her was no relation, but according to Mother, she had saved her life when she moved from the big city of New York to the backwoods of Renfrew County. It was Aunt Bertha who taught Mother to quilt, make pickles and a host of other trades to make life livable on a farm with no amenities.

And it was Aunt Bertha who came to Mother’s rescue again, and it had to do with bartering,

where we could trade things like butter, eggs or chickens for sugar or fl our. But Mother learned the hard way that bartering had its limitations. She tried to make a deal with Mr. Briscoe at Briscoe’s General Store, and she found out he wasn’t interested in eggs, butter or chickens. He told her the people of Northcote were his customers, and they had their own eggs, butter and chickens.

And it was Aunt Bertha who then told Mother the only place to sell, not barter, her wares were to the people of Renfrew. Door to door. And so, like just about every other farm wife in Northcote, peddling became a Saturday ritual, and the money raised was called “egg money” although it wasn’t only egg money that went into the little blue sugar bowl in the kitchen cupboard.

But Mother still felt she could barter if she put her mind to it. And soon she was trading butter and

eggs for flour at the grist mill.

She then fi gured if she could come up with something no one else had to offer, there would be no end to what she could get in a trade. Something homemade.

And she decided she would master the fi ne art of making buns.

Not just any buns. Special buns no one else would take the time to make. She got out her Boston Cook Book (one of her precious possessions brought from New York), and night after night, she poured over the pages to see what she could make. And there she found the recipe for Chelsea Buns. She wisely thought that was too fancy a name for buns off a farm in Northcote, so she called them sticky buns. It took many batches before the buns were to her liking…in fact, the first few times she made them, they were like bullets! But finally, the sticky buns were ready for Renfrew.

Her fi rst stop was at Ritza’s

Rexall Drug Store. Of course, fresh out of the oven, who could resist the smell of freshly baked buns? Mr. Ritza’s was delighted to take as a trade a batch of still warm sticky buns for cough medicine, a bag of Epsom salts, and our very fi rst can of tooth powder!

It didn’t take long for Mother’s reputation to grow, and the demand for her sticky buns had her trading buns for a trip to the dentist, an eye test for my sister Audrey, and a hair cut for herself at Descharmes Beauty Parlour.

Soon it was my sister Audrey and me who had to get the eggs washed, the chickens trussed up, and the butter wrapped in pounds on a Friday night, while Mother made batch after batch of sticky buns to meet the demand in Renfrew the next day.

The news spread fast, and it came as no surprise that Mr. Briscoe of Briscoe’s General

Store told Mother on one of her trips to Northcote, that he would be glad to try to sell some of her sticky buns for her. Well, Mother remembered the not-so-long-ago day when he told her he didn’t want her chickens, eggs, or butter. And she told him she would be glad to bring in some of her sticky buns, but she would only do so, if he traded the buns for a bag of sugar.

Bartering became a way of life.

It was just another way to survive those lean Depression years, when there was little or no money and so there had to be other ways of putting food on the table, and clothes on our backs. Bartering was the answer.

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“I used to work at a fruit and When we chatted, they were learn a craft. Everyone’s cre- never understood the term party sometime in July. The veggie stand as a teenager. I gearing up for the She Cre- ations are unique.” ‘bet the farm’ until I married a exact date hasn’t yet been detold Rhonda, ‘I could work ates show during International In addition to such tra- farmer. Every year it’s a gam- termined. The public will be here on weekends.’ She didn’t Women’s Week at St. Lawrence ditional things as east coast ble. It’s not a way to get rich welcome to attend. Glocca take me seriously for quite a College. Funds raised were go- rug hooking, they also offer fast. You either love it or you Morra Farms and Farmhouse few years.” ing to be given to a women’s workshops on needle punch, don’t do it. I love it.”

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Studio join Canada in cele- sands of others in the journalstarted. But now they’re teach- opening soon and they’ll be of- hold the 150th anniversary brating a sesquicentennial this ism business, she got laid off. ing and presenting their crafts. fering workshops year.

“I needed a job and Rhon- They offer regular workshops on fairy gardens, In the mid-1800s, an Gorta da hired me to work in the at Farmhouse Studio. custom planters Mór (The Great Hunger) rav- greenhouse, farm market and “We offer a lot of ladies’ and Easter floral ished Ireland. During and af- food truck. Rhonda had alnights,” said Webster. “We centre pieces. ter an Gorta Mór, more than ways been running workshops, don’t restrict it to women, but “We’re open a million people emigrated and we started to run them tothat’s who tends to come. We to doing school from Ireland. Many headed to gether.” do a lot of children’s work- groups and chilNorth America.

Things developed quickly. shops, too. We always try to dren’s groups,” One of those immigrants The tenants who had been livkeep it to old world skills.” she said. “The who came to Canada was John ing in the old Doyle farmhouse Established 1876 Their regularly scheduled kids can also Doyle, who, in 1867, settled had moved out. This freed up workshops are offered on learn about Glocca Morra Farms along the space for the house to beWednesday and Sunday from cows, learn about what is now Highway 15, just come a combined kitchen and Local People providing Local People with 1 to 4 p.m. For $10, you can planting seeds south of today’s Highway 401. studio. join in and try anything they and create a little FARM • HOME • AUTO Since then, six generations of “Rhonda needed a kitchen have going on. planter.” the Doyle family have called for the food truck,” said Web• CONDOMINIUM • COMMERCIAL “It seems to be a magical I asked RhonGlocca Morra home. ster. “One half of the old place when people arrive,” said da Evans if she’d • INSURANCE “John Doyle came from house serves as the kitchen.

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Rotary Club grant lets Loughborough students learn in a ‘Classroom Without Walls’

Students from Loughborough Public School ventured outside for an entire week in the fall to learn in the Classroom Without Walls program at Gould Lake, an experience they will have once again in the spring at Frontenac Provincial Park, thanks to a grant through the Rotary Club of Kingston. submitted by Ed and Heather Fletcher

Continued from page 20 “The students took their own pictures, and when we got back into the classroom, we used those pictures in follow up lessons,” she said. “The depth of their understanding was so much greater, because it’s real.”

Woogh said she and her colleagues at Loughborough chose Frontenac Provincial Park for their next Classroom Without Walls program because it is such an under-used and spectacular resource that’s less than a halfhour away. The students will also have the opportunity to learn from members of the volunteer organization Friends of Frontenac Park, which boasts a membership with a huge breadth of different backgrounds and areas of expertise, from geology to local history. It’s an experience the students and their teachers are excited for, and one that wouldn’t be so easy to administer without the help of the $700 community outreach grant through the Rotary Club of Kingston.

And for the Rotary Club, deciding to bestow one of their 11 community outreach grants to Loughborough Public School for exactly that purpose was a perfect fit.

“The Rotary Club of Kingston launched the community outreach grants in 2015 to help local organizations with a ‘Hand-up’ — a bit of funding that can go a long way. Our goal is to help strengthen our community and to address the needs of children and youth, seniors, and/or the environment,” said Lindsey Foster, chair of community outreach grants for the Rotary Club of Kingston.

“The application from Loughborough Public School met the criteria by providing valuable environmental learning opportunities for children. One particular goal of Classroom Without Walls — ‘students will recognize the impact that humans have on the natural environment and how their individual and community actions can affect it in both positive and negative ways’ — struck a chord with committee members, who believe that encouraging the development of passionate environmental stewards will help our community and beyond well into the fu-

ture.”

Loughborough Public School also received a community-connected experiential learning grant through the Ontario Ministry of Education, and, with both grants combined, the school will be able to offer the program without too much expense for parents, Woogh said.

“It is so exciting that we’ve received these grants,” she said. “Because of this, about 80 kids will get to go spend a week learning outside.”

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Cell: 613-453-7621 Office: 613-384-5500 Email: jhbreimer@gmail.com Website: www.johnbreimer.com

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$216,900

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259 CONACHER DR.

$122,000

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494 PALACE RD

$382,000

Attention first time home buyers and investors! Look at all the features in this super semi, four bedrooms, 3 full and 1 half washrooms, quality laminate flooring on main and upper level.

Walkout to back yard from kitchen, separate side 979 CHANCERYentrance leading to lower in-law suite,home. single Sought after Westwoods/Lancaster School district! 2113 sq. ft.,4bachelor bedroom, 3.5 bath car garage, a/c, on a bus BackingontoBridlepathPark,gleaminghardwood&ceramic,hugemasterretreatincensuite and close to amenities. & walk-in closet, formal living rm, dining rm and separate familyroute rm, finished basement with Appliances woodstove, double car garage updated windows and doors (2012), roof (2013),fenceincluded. & deck MLS® 360610447 (2012), A/C (2014), Appliances included! $419,900. MLS®.

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Nicely updated, well maintained, well priced and loads of room… This 1,586 sq. ft., 1.5 story home 566 ARMSTRONGfeatures RD.a newly updated eat-in kitchen with tons of Attention Investors! This Is A Rare Opportunity To Purchase Threelarge Welldining/living Managed, storage, separate office, three Well Maintained Rental Income Properties (Unit rm., 116-2 Bedrooms, Unit good2 size bedrooms.

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239 KING ST. E

115 BARRETT CRT UNIT #608

$199,900

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Enjoy beautiful views of the Cataraqui River from this wonderful 6th floor unit in the desirable Deerfield condominium, just minutes from downtown. 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom unit. Master bedroom features dual closets and full ensuite. Kitchen has open view to the living/dining area including views to the river. In unit laundry and large in unit storage. Building is loaded with amenities including 2 pools (indoor and outdoor), games room, library, party room with kitchen, guest suite, bbq area and more. Don’t miss this tremendous opportunity!! MLS# 367430066

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MLS# 442480226

Sutton Group Masters Realty Inc. Independently Owned & Operated

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115 HOGAN CRES. AMHERSTVIEW

LOT 6 PAULINE TOM AVE

4343 NOTRE DAME ST

1454 EVERGREEN DR

Oversized Garage

COMING SOON $337,900 MLS#451312444

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