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A Fine Holiday: City rips up $5.5 million in unpaid provincial fines By Bill Hutchins

Rink of dreams or dreams of a rink? Campbell Guthrie, 7, poses for a photo in front of the skating rink in Market Square to represent all the local children disappointed by the spring-like temperatures our region experienced over the first part of Christmas break, eliminating opportunities for skating, skiing or building snowmen. The rink opened briefly in mid-December, only to be closed shortly after when the weather became too warm. Editorial illustration/Hollie Pratt-Campbell

News – Christmas came early for thousands people who haven’t paid their outstanding provincial fines. The City of Kingston is writing off $5.5 million worth of provincial offences tickets as “uncollectible.” Some of the unpaid tickets date back to 1972 when Bill Davis was Ontario Premier and Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister - and city officials told council Dec. 15 that they’ve exhausted all legal means to collect the fines. “It’s old, old stuff that we inherited from the province. Some we collected and a lot of it is just so old there’s no way you can collect it,” explained treasurer Desiree Kennedy. Kingston took over responsibility to administer all tickets issued under the Provincial Offences Act (POA) from the province in 2000. At the time of the transfer there was already $3.7 million worth of uncollected fines that became the city’s responsibility to track down. “Since the time of transfer up to and including year 2005, it has been determined that approximately 19,000 defaulted fines totalling just over $5,500,000 are uncollectable,” said a report by solicitor Susan Nicholson. The city administers the provincial offences court office and gets to keep the ticket revenues, if they can get their hands on the money. But that’s been a challenge. Some of the common POA tickets include speeding or driving without a licence under the Highway Traffic Act, certain parking infractions, excessive noise, trespassing and public intoxication. Kingston employs one collections officer and one collections agency to try and get the outstanding fines

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cessed including six tax sale properties sold and five vested. One of those was the cleaned up corner of Road 38 and Holleford Road and another was the sold property at the corner of Road 38 and Bellrock Road. Also in 2015, the Procedural Bylaw was revised, a Strategic Plan adopted, an Official Plan Update approved and submitted to the Province and there was a shared IT services agreement signed by all four townships in the Frontenacs. South Frontenac was the host site for the Frontenac County 150th Anniversary celebrations. The South Frontenac Museum renovations were completed and

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was expansion of year-round maintenance on partially maintained roads and a new phone system was established with a full-time receptionist allowing for a single point of contact. There was extensive reconstruction in the Hamlet of Bellrock. “I really enjoyed this report,” said Coun. John McDougall. “Now I can go home and tell my wife what we did all year.” “It’s a collective effort,” said Coun. Mark Schjerning. “A lot of volunteers were involved, not just staff and Council.” “I don’t know that I’ve ever seen 74 delegations in one year before,” said Mayor Ron Vandewal.

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City, Feds announce partnership to help shape future of Kingston Pen By Bill Hutchins

News – Mothballed Kingston Penitentiary will be back in the spotlight in the New Year. The City of Kingston has partnered with the federal government to launch a community visioning exercise that will help to shape the future of not only the former prison lands, but also federally-owned Portsmouth Olympic Harbour and the city-owned building at the marina site. “This is a critical first step,” observed Mayor Bryan Paterson. Councillors agreed to spend $50,000 as their share of the community input initiative, noting they had already budgeted $30,000 to do a similar exercise for just the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour building. Now, Kingston Pen will be included in the plans. “I’m really pleased that this is moving forward,” said Coun. Liz Schell. The issue came up for its first council debate Dec. 15 just days after the partnership was formally an-

nounced. Canada Lands Company, the federal government’s real estate arm, will lead the visioning exercise that’s expected to gather input from citizens, heritage advocates, tourism industry representatives, developers and other interested stakeholders. Dates for the public consultation in 2016 have not yet been revealed. “This partnership will give members of the community an opportunity to have a voice in the future plans of significant properties within the City,” according to a report by community services commissioner Lanie Hurdle. Previous unsolicited ideas have ranged from transforming the site into a world class sailing centre, to residential development, and turning the limestone landmark into a tourist attraction described as Canada’s version of Alcatraz North. The government will ultimately decide the terms of ownership and redevelopment when it moves to dispose of its notorious asset. During the public input phase, the city will also suspend efforts to draft

a municipal heritage protection bylaw for the vacant prison property. City officials say they don’t want to “handcuff” ideas that may emerge during the public visioning process. “The intent here is to put on hold the designation while the community visioning exercise is being completed,” Hurdle told council. Some councillors voiced concerns that delaying the municipal designation could leave the prime 8-hectare property open to future development ideas that may not be in keeping with the prison’s historic past. The municipal heritage designation is a tool the city can use to ensure the 19th century prison buildings are protected in any future uses. Kingston Pen is already listed as a National Historic Site. However, city staff assured council that a municipal designation will be introduced before the property is formally listed for sale. “There’s already a federal designation and there will be a municipal designation. That process isn’t going away,” Hurdle explained. Mayor Paterson says it’s impor-

tant to hear all ideas on the future of the Corrections Canada prison property before imposing a municipal designation. “It’s important to get the big picture view of what this entire area could look like.” He expects public input will include a discussion about protecting the heritage elements, noting the future of the former maximum security prison was the issue he heard most about during the 2014 municipal election campaign. “People want to know what’s going to happen to KP.” The 178 year old maximum security penitentiary was shuttered over two years ago by the former Conservative government due to the high cost of running it. The last inmates were moved out in September 2013. City staff revealed that Corrections Canada quietly approached the city last spring, months before the federal election, to discuss future disposal of the site involving Canada Lands Company, which looks after the disposal of surplus federal properties. Staff had a num-

ber of meetings last spring and summer with federal officials at Corrections Canada, Canada Lands, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard to align plans and priorities for the prison site and adjacent waterfront properties including Portsmouth Olympic Harbour. After months of meetings, the two government levels agreed to work together on a community visioning exercise. “City staff are recommending that no major projects related to the subject properties be initiated until the community visioning exercise has been completed and received by Council,” said Hurdle. The mayor had previously indicated the city would not be interested in purchasing the prison lands, with an estimated real estate value of $17 million. City Hall’s role, instead, should be more focused on facilitating a “world class” development that fits in with Kingston’s waterfront vision for public access and economic development, he added.

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Frontenac County looks at live tweeting council meetings By Craig Bakay

••• Frontenac Paramedic Services received 311 calls from Dec. 13-19, 2015 in the City of Kingston and Frontenac County. Of those calls, 13.02 per cent were for general illness/weakness, 7.62 per cent were for muscular/skeletal trauma, 6.35 per cent were for soft tissue trauma/pain/edema (swelling), 5.40 per cent were for transfers, 5.08 per cent were for respiratory distress, 4.13 per cent were for back pain, 3.81 per cent were for ischemic chest pain (restriction in blood supply), 3.81 per cent were for behaviour/psychiatric, 3.49 per cent were for treatment-diagnotic/return, 3.49 per cent were for abdominal pain, 3.49 per cent were for lift assists, 3.17 per cent were for gastrointestinal problems/ pain/vomiting/nausea, 2.86 per cent were for drug overdoses, 2.54 per cent were for syncope (fainting), 2.54 per cent were for altered level of consciousness, 2.54 per cent were for seizure/convulsion/post ictal (after an epileptic seizure), 2.54 per cent were for genitourinary problem/urinary tract/pain, 2.54 per cent were for alcohol intoxication, 1.9 per cent were for no complaints, 1.9 per cent were for stroke/transient ischemic attack and 17.78 per cent were for other reasons including poisoning/toxic exposure, head and brain injuries, confusion and/or disorientation.

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News — Ever wondered if there was a way to keep up with what’s going on at Frontenac County Council meetings when you can’t actually attend the meeting? Well, wonder no more, as the County has plans to begin live tweeting on Twitter, assuming Council approves the Community Engagement Strategy which will be coming to Council in the New Year. Communications officer Marco Smits has been ‘dry-tweeting,’ ie, writing tweets but not posting them for a couple of months now and in a report written by Clerk Jannette Amini, “one aspect of the Community Awareness and Engagement Strategy will identify how the County communicates to the public, including the use of social media such as Twitter with the goal of increasing awareness and profile of the County.” The kind of things to be tweeted include resolutions by Council, information provided by deputations or during briefings and possibly questions by members of Council. No personal comments will be included as parts of the tweets. Tweeting from council meetings is becoming popular with some municipalities. The City of Kingston currently posts with the Twitter handle @kingstonmeeting as does Haliburton County with @haliburtoncty. “Already more than 1,100 people follow the County of Frontenac Twitter account,” Amini’s report said. “These people have made a conscious effort to follow our communications and where appropriate share our messages with their own audience, reaching thousands more.

“Being proactive by tweeting live during Council meetings does not only show that Council is advancing with the use of technology in an effort to communicate with all citizens, it also creates a level of trust that will be beneficial when sending out messages at other times in the future.

TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH FRONTENAC SEASONS GREETINGS The members of Council and all staff wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a safe, healthy & Happy New Year!

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY – ARENA ATTENDANT The Frontenac Community Arena invites applications for a seasonal, part-time Arena Attendant. See the township website under Townhall/Careers for more information. Applications must be received by January 8, 2016.

NEW YEAR’S WEEK – GARBAGE and RECYCLE CHANGES For New Year’s Week: Those residents with garbage collection on Monday, Dec 28th will have theirs picked up Tuesday, December 29th. No changes to Regular Garbage & Recycling Collection for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Residents with garbage collection on Friday, Jan 1st will have their garbage picked up on Saturday, January 2nd. Reminder: Wrapping paper is NOT recyclable. Please ensure that all corrugated cardboard is flattened and tied or taped for pickup. A limit of 2 bundles measuring 2’ X 3’ X 8” is strongly enforced. Please Do Not bag cans and plastics - crush and place in your blue box. A full bag tag must be visible around the neck on all bags of garbage All landfills will be Closed December 25th, 26th, 28th and January 1st. Wishing You All a Very Joyful and Safe Holiday Season

CARDBOARD & STYROFOAM Please REMEMBER that any cardboard or packing styrofoam put out for recycle collection must be flattened and tied into bundles no more than 3’ X 2’ X 8” in size. Remove all staples and tape and put out no more than 2 bundles per pickup. Any more than 2 bundles or loose cardboard/Styrofoam may be left. If you have a stockpile of cardboard, it will be accepted free of charge at either the Portland or Loughborough WDS when open.

WINTER MAINTENANCE To assist our crews in their winter control efforts, the parking of vehicles on Township roads and village streets from 12:00 midnight to 7:00 a.m. is not permitted from December 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016. As well, pursuant to Section 181 of the Highway Traffic Act “No person shall deposit snow or ice on a roadway without permission in writing from the road authority responsible for the maintenance of the road. Please be advised that the Township of South Frontenac will NOT be responsible for damages to mailboxes, newspaper boxes, recycle boxes, garbage cans or parked cars where said boxes or vehicles interfere with the winter maintenance on Township roads.

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HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS Township Administrative Offices will be closed from Thursday, December 24th at 12:00 noon, reopening on Monday, January 4th, 2016 at 8:00 a.m. To reach the Public Works Department, please call (613) 376-3027 Ext 4330/4331. Have a safe and happy holiday season!

WINTER HOURS - HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DEPOT Winter hours have now begun for the Household Hazardous Waste Depot. For the month of January the HHW Depot will only be open January 14 and January 28 from 3pm to 7 pm. Please remember accepted items are hazardous materials, electronics and bale wrap only. A full listing of accepted materials may be found on our website under Living Here/Solid Waste/Recycling/ Household Hazardous Waste

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News – Kingston Transit riders can expect to see major improvements to the downtown’s main bus transfer hub over the next couple of years. City councillors voted unanimously to approve a detailed study that recommends $1.94 million in upgrades to the current transfer point along Brock and Bagot Streets near Hotel Dieu Hospital. “These are very sensible, very positive changes,” agreed Coun. Jim Neill. The city launched a mandatory environmental assessment to address operational deficiencies and improve the physical environment for the 600,000 passengers who use the downtown transfer point every year. Rather than move it, consultants determined the current transfer hub remains the best location to handle more frequent bus service and passengers. “The best place is where it already is provided we produce some improvements and make some changes to make it more accessible for all of our riders,” said Ian Semple, manager of service development for transportation services. The study recommends installing better street lighting, longer bus shelters and street furniture along the north side of Brock Street, between Bagot and Montreal Streets, while reconfiguring both sides of Bagot Street, between Brock Street and Princess Street, to handle more bus loading zones and passengers. Both locations can be configured to handle up to 11 buses at once - five spaces on Brock Street and six on Bagot Street with room to add three more bus stop zones – up from the current number of eight on-street spaces. “This is done by converting some of the parking and turn lanes (on Bagot Street) to transit-only areas,” Semple explained.

A big chunk of the budget is for the total reconstruction of a one-block section of Brock Street across from the hospital to install new underground infrastructure and above-ground transit improvements. Experts agree the current layout of the busy transit hub is too cluttered, chaotic for bus drivers coming and going, and confusing and unattractive for passengers. Many of changes will make the sidewalk space more attractive and accessible for passengers and other pedestrians. Among the planned improvements; reconfigure the five-metre wide sidewalk to create three designated spaces to accommodate pedestrians, street furniture and transit access, plus more signage to make it easier to find express and regular bus connections. Transit officials say the city has invested millions of dollars to launch 15-minute rush hour express routes, and the cramped on-street transfer terminal needs to be more spacious for the additional buses that converge downtown. Reducing some of the street clutter is a key part of the plan. “Replacing shelters and benches and removing some of the clutter will make areas where riders are waiting much nicer and far more accessible,” said Semple. He says passengers with mobility issues will also benefit from the changes. “Current shelters do not meet city’s accessibility standards as they are too narrow and too close to the curb and it’s very difficult for riders with mobility and sight issues to navigate that zone.” The detailed study will now be sent to Ontario’s ministry of the environment and climate change for approval. “Pending provincial approval, we’ll start detailed design work in 2016,” explained Semple.

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Column â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I have a bad feeling about this but . . . With due reverence to my esteemed colleague Mandy Marciniak, whose observations on all things Star Wars were accurate and interesting to the vast majority of people out there, they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really address many of the burning issues that tend to coagulate in the minds of the most ardent fans. But how would I know if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m an ardent fan, you ask? Well, the list of indicators is by no means definitive, but here are a few clues that might suggest obsession. For example, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve actually used the phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;as enthralled as Ewoks listening to C3P0,â&#x20AC;? you may be an ardent fan (apologies to Jeff Foxworthy). If you know that Order 66 (for clones to destroy Jedi around them) was inspired by Hitlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Order 66 (to turn over commandos for interrogation and execution), you may be an ardent fan. If you can name more than four members of the Jedi Council (every-

body can get Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker but only the most die-hard know the names of Kit Fisto, Ki-Adi-Mundi and Yaddle), you just might be an ardent fan. If you know what an Ilum crystal is, well, you get the idea. But the thing is, most people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get how Star Wars changed the world. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good bet that a hundred years from now, there will be doctorate theses on its significance. The world was changing in 1977. It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know it was changing but it was. After the social conscious awakening of the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s and all the soulsearching that entailed, the western world was in dire need of an escape. We escaped into a world of fantasy. Keep in mind what else was happening around the time Star Wars came out. At the time, there were very few sci-fi/fantasy pictures being made (or books being written for that matter). Other than 2001: A Space Odyssey and a few rather cheesy Charlton Heston offerings, there was nothing to be nerdy about. But, In Lake Geneva, WI, two guys named Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson were creating a game system that would become Dungeons & Dragons.

The Brothers Hildebrandt were creating calendars that visually defined the characters of Tolkienâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Lord of the Rings (coincidentally, they also did the Star Wars poster). The reason they were able to do this was because of the quasi-underground â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;legendaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; status LOTR was gaining on university campuses. After figuring out everything that was wrong with the world in the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s and early â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s, we were mentally and emotionally drained . . . and quite ready to succumb to the release of make-believe. Star Wars was the poster-child for this. Through a combination revolutionary special effects, cocky characters and old-time fairy story, George Lucas gave the world exactly what it needed. We jumped on the bandwagon big time. He also opened the door for more sci-fi/fantasy movies (Star Trek: The Motion Picture followed rather quickly), paraphernalia and the gaming industry. We wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have all the computer advances we have without the driving forces in various aspects of the fantasy business. Like it or not, Star Wars changed the world, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continuing to do so.

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Editorial â&#x20AC;&#x201C; It is estimated that 68 per cent of Canadians will make New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolutions this year, but only 19 per cent will keep them the whole year, leaving us wonder why so many of us even bother? New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolutions have been around for millennia and originated when the ancient Babylonians made promises to their gods at the start of each year that they would return borrowed objects and pay their debts. The practice carried over into Roman times with worshippers offering resolutions of good conduct to a double-faced deity named Janus, the god of beginnings and endings. When the Roman calendar was reformed, the first month of the year was renamed January in honor of Janus, establishing January 1 as the day of new beginnings. Now, 31 per cent of women and 23 per cent of men make resolutions each year. Resolutions have evolved over time and are now more about self-improvement and breaking bad habits than anything else. While these seem like good ideas and things that should be easy to achieve, we all seem to fail miserably each year, but why? The biggest issue is setting realistic goals for yourself. Studies have shown that without specific goals most people will fail when it comes to New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolutions especially ones that involve losing weight or doing less of something. If you want to lose weight then set a specific number goal, like losing 10 pounds by a certain date. It may also help to have a resolution buddy that holds you accountable to that goal. Researchers also recommend not waiting until New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day to start your resolution. If you are thinking about it before that then start before that or wait until the middle of January. The key is a commitment to the goal and if the pressure of Jan. 1 is too much then start when it is right for you. In terms of success rates, 19 per cent of people last less than 24 hours when it comes to their resolutions, 15 per cent last a week and 52 per cent last a month. Failing can also be very discouraging, but as the saying goes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if you fall off the horse get right back on. Many people simply dwell on their failure and spiral from there. So if you plan on making a new yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolution, think long and hard about it, make a plan and maybe you will succeed, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get upset if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perfectly normal.

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Kingston is unique in North America with its poten- Lakes boats, boat taxis, floating casinos, etc. During tially great waterfrontÂ and its historic downtown.Â In the summer season people could be constantly fillArnprior Chronicle-Guide those respects, it is like some of Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most ele- ing the downtown area (to the point where European gant mid-sized cities.Â TheseReview incredible assets should downtown streets are closed off). This influx would alWest Carleton not be forgotten in the effort to placate developers who low downtown stores to be unique and even high-end. want more money and a more modern city.Â We should Entrepreneurs could count on summer income to tide Carleton Review beWest fearful of killing the goose that lays the golden them over the slower winter season - allowing citizens egg.Â Our primary assets should be recognized, cel- too a bit of respite.Â And with the Internet, tourism and ebrated, expanded and promoted. If Kingston were to awareness would grow each year.Â Those who travel to follow the European example it could create a great Europe understand this.Â Wake up Kingston! waterfront without having tall buildings. The waterway with a deep water port at the Marine Museum could J. Santos bring people in on boat-line cruises, Vice chartered Great DISTRIBUTION INQUIRIES President & Regional Publisher Mike Mount

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Top 10 stories from Kingston city hall in 2015: KEDCO, School & Hi-rises spending – a long list of strategic priorities. There isn’t much they don’t want to accomplish, from investing infrastructure and creating a smart economy to supporting a liveable city, vibrant waterfront and open government. Some of the measures are feel-good priorities that remain works in progress and may not get accomplished this term, while others have concrete action plans. An ambitious to-do list.

Every council wants to have a legacy project to claim as its own. Extending the K&P walking trail and expanding Norman Rogers Airport will be two big projects this term. Council will invest $16 million to extend the airport’s north-south runway and expand the passenger terminal, plus $3.4 million to bring the K&P Trail from Binnington Court to Doug Fluhrer Park, a distance of 6.5 kilometres. While one project will promote an active community and the other is touted for economic development potential, both should be finished in time for Canada’s 150th birthday on July 1, 2017.

9) RFP Fairness

The city’s request for proposals (RFP) process was called into question. Len Corcoran got the contract for Princess Street’s Big Dig 3 even though it was a million bucks higher than the lowest bid, and J.L. Richards’ bid to complete the third crossing bridge design is also one million dollars higher than the lowest bid (a final decision on this will be made in January). In both cases, staff argued the more expensive firms were also better qualified to do the complex work. RFPs, they argue, allow the city to put experience and creativity ahead of price. Regardless, the process put councillors in a difficult position to award contracts and justify the fairness of it all.

8) Priority Plan

The new council came up with a game plan in 2015 to govern its policies and tax dollar

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Last October’s federal election that resulted in a Liberal landslide and Trudeaumania 2.0 also swept former mayor Mark Gerretsen into office as the riding’s new MP with 55 percent of the vote. Gerretsen became the first local politician in nearly a century to move from Kingston mayor to MP (Conservative Arthur Ross last did it in 1921). As current mayor Paterson remarked, the “stars are aligned,” noting the riding’s Liberal MP and MPP are both on the government side and there may never be a better chance to get funding for a host of expensive municipal projects, such as the third crossing. We’ll see.

6) Transport Plan

Councillors like to hire consultants but won’t always take their advice. Case in point - the transportation master plan. The latest update to the city’s long-term blueprint for roads, sidewalks, bridges and bike lanes was soundly rejected as catering too much to the needs of motorists, while short on public transit and active transportation initiatives. They seized the chance to demand higher transit passenger volumes, and to put the next consultant bidders on notice to follow their priorities, or you won’t get hired.

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News — A severance application for a property on Wolfe Lake was finally approved at South Frontenac Council’s final meeting in December. The holdup on the McCulloch property application had been the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s insistence that the lands in question were prime agricultural land. “These severances are six years in the making,” said Planner/Dep. Clerk Lindsay Mills. “The land was zoned agricultural but the Ministry finally agreed that this isn’t prime agricultural land. “They did impose a 40-metre setback for building on the lots however.” The required rezoning, from Special Recreational Resort Commercial to Limited Service Residential, will allow for the creation of five lots from an original two lots. One of the two lots was a “skinny little lot on the southwest corner.” “It should be noted that the subject land was previously designated Agricultural in the Official Plan,” Mills said in his report. “This would have precluded any severances for the reason that the Province prohibits the fragmentation of prime agricultural land. “However, on March 7, 2014, Official Plan Amendment #14 was approved by the Ministry re-designating the land to Rural,

••• Never let it be said that South Frontenac Councilors don’t go over the bills with a fine-tooth comb, er, pitchfork. Coun. Alan Revill noted a bill for six manure forks on the December cheque registry and, with due diligence, inquired about their usage. “Are these to be strategically located around the Council Horseshoe?” Revill asked. And, always with an eye for detail that only a farmer would have, Coun. Ron Sleeth asked: “Now, would these be four- or fivetine forks?” • • • Harrowsmith is to be the next recipient of Frontenac County’s Community Improvement Program grants. With South Frontenac Council’s endorsement at its final meeting of 2015, the groundwork is laid for Harrowsmith to join Verona, Sharbot Lake, Marysville and Plevna for community improvements. To support the program, Frontenac County has committed $75,000 towards the project over five years. ••• Effective Jan. 1, 2016, management staff

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••• In his summing up for his first year as Mayor of South Frontenac Township, Mayor Ron Vandewal was generally pleased with the way things have gone. “I’ve been more frustrated than most people,” he said. “But at least nobody’s wrung anybody’s neck.”

Top 10 stories from Kingston city hall in 2015: KEDCO, School & Hi-rises Continued from page 9 pal parking garage, but they’ll have a tough job weighing the need to bring more people living downtown while protecting the heritage feel of it. 4) Tax & Spend

Long gone are the days of drama when councillors used to fret over nickel-and-dime budget lines to balance the books. Nowadays, they pre-set property tax rates months in advance and let senior staff do the legwork to achieve them. Budget talks are down to two or three nights with high-level presentations, before tax-and-spend budgets are rubber stamped. Every year they seem to find more fat to trim without cutting services. The 2016 tax increase will be 2.5 percent, which includes one percent to pay for capital infrastructure needs.

3) Prison Vision

According to the mayor, the fate of Kingston Pen was the biggest concern among voters in the 2014 municipal election campaign. As 2015 drew to a close, the city and feds announced they will team up for a public visioning exercise to solicit ideas to redevelop the old prison and nearby Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, both federally owned. Community input could shape the terms of sale, who buys the waterfront lands, and what they will be allowed to build. It’s definitely a step in the right direction to avoid the fate of Prison for Women, closed 15 years ago and still serving no useful purpose.

2) M-Centre School

The city doesn’t build or manage schools but this issue emerged as one of council’s most divisive debates. Despite intense public lobbying to consider locating a new $36 million high school at the city-owned Kingston Memorial Centre grounds, council held firm on its previous position to tell the Limestone school board to keep off the grass. The outcome led some to criticize council for paying lip service to its pledge for open government – only when it suits them.

1) KEDCO Review

Faced with growing public complaints, political pressure and a couple of high profile resignations, the city’s embattled economic development agency announced a sweeping review of the way it does business, the first such review in a decade. A special committee involving citizens, councillors and members of the KEDCO board will examine ways to make the agency more transparent and accountable with recommendations due next summer before the agency embarks on hiring a new chief executive officer. The city invests millions a year into KEDCO, and the office needs to be in touch with the needs of politicians and residents, and ensure its business plan is both realistic and measurable. The passion displayed and amount of political time spent on the KEDCO file make it my pick as City Hall’s top newsmaker of the year.

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Group celebrates basketball’s 125 birthday with Kingston event By Mandy Marciniak

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Events – In 1891, Canadian Dr. James Naismith invented the game of basketball. Now, 125 years later the sport is more popular than ever and to celebrate its success a special celebration is coming to Kingston. On Jan. 3, the Happy Birthday Basketball World Tour is coming to Queen’s and host Quincy Mack hopes to see a full house of enthusiastic Kingstonians in attendance. “We are celebrating and with basketball being a Canadian game and a Canadian celebration it seemed perfect to bring that to Kingston,” said Mack. “Kingston has been great to us and we are really looking forward to the event.” Mack has been working with Nike and the NBA for the past 15 years on his special basketball themed show. As an expert in basketball spinning, trick shots and hosting, Mack travels to schools across the country, showing off his skills and inspiring kids. “We really want to inspire the kids with our shows and raise their confidence levels,” he said. “We show them that everyone is a superstar and everyone can be an all-star, they just need to find what they are good at.” Mack draws on his own experiences to connect with kids; he explains that as a kid he was bullied, made fun of and laughed at on a regular basis. “I grew up in Brantford, Wayne Gretzky’s

hometown, but I am the worst hockey player ever. I always got teased until I found out what I was good at and for me it wasn’t slam dunking and playing really well, it was spinning a basketball and dribbling really well and shooting trick shots. I just try to encourage the kids to try a lot of new things until they find what they are good at.” In the past 15 years, Mack has visited more than 300 schools and shared his message with thousands of students. He hopes to continuing inspiring for as long as he can. “I always wanted to work with kids. This allows me to share my love of basketball with kids and it allows me to really have fun and stay young at heart,” he said. “It is nice to walk into a spot and show kids a lot of things they’ve never seen before and inspire them.” Mack brought a preview of the birthday celebration show to Kingston last week and visited four schools in the area with Justin Darlington or JusFLY – the world slam-dunk champion. Both will be preforming on Jan. 3 at Queen’s University as part of the show, along with many others. “It should be a great show and we’ll have a bit of a dunking competition, some fun tricks, some bat boxing, prizes and much more,” he said. “We just want to celebrate the sport and all it has to offer to younger generations.” The Happy Birthday Basketball World Tour will be at Queen’s University on Jan. 3 with shows at 1 and 4 p.m. For more information and tickets visit www.happybirthdaybasketball.com

Justin Darlington or JusFLY (left) and Quincy Mack and their spinning basketballs after their performance at St. John XXIII Catholic School on Dec. 16. Photo/Mandy Marciniak

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What are you doing New Year’s Eve? The new year can be a time when we try to initiate the change of some habit. There’s an urban legend that it takes 21 days to make or break a habit. The New York Times reported early in 2015 that changing our ways can take a lot longer. According to the Times and research from Britain, the average time to learn a new habit, and, thus, break an old one, is 66 days. Times vary widely, ranging from 18 to 245 days. This varies according to the task involved. Vowing to eat carrots or kefir daily because of the health benefits can take a lot less time than quitting smoking. As for reliability of resolutions, less than 10% of New Year resolutions remain in place the following year. Most are broken before the mid-winter celebration of Valentine’s Day. The greatest roadblock to fulfilling your resolutions is setting unrealistic goals. Instead of vowing to never eat chocolate (what fool would do that!?), promise yourself to become more health conscious in your food choices. Read the labels. Purchase the item with lower sugar content. Instead of saying I will never eat greasy fries again, say once a month I’m going to choose a salad over fries. At the end of the year, you are more likely to be proud of yourself when you’ve set realistic standards. In recent history, there have been some drastic changes in the kinds of New Year’s resolutions we make. According to a Gallup Poll from the late R0013600893

We can thank the Scots for a beloved song heard around the world on New Year’s Eve. Two and a half centuries ago, Robert Burns wrote a poem that included adaptations on previous Scottish works combined with original lines of his own. We know it as Auld Lang Syne or Old Lang Syne and it translates in several ways, with the most literal being “old long since.” So the song is about “In the days of long ago.” It’s a call to remember our past as we say goodbye to the previous year. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne? The chorus is simple: For auld lang syne, my dear for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. It’s one of three most popular songs

played on New Year’s Eve, an honor that also belongs to Frank Sinatra’s New York, New York and Ella Fitzgerald’s What are you Doing New Year’s Eve? It’s Robert Burns who tops the list for songs played at the stroke of midnight. Since 2006, John Lennon’s Imagine has been added to the list as it’s played in Times Square just prior to the ball drop and Sinatra music. So, to quote Ella’s song, what are you doing New Year’s Eve? Are you using it as a time to party or to reflect upon the past and hope for the future. I don’t do parties. Period. Ever. Whether in New York City or Kingston, I like to spend New Year’s Eve completely alone or with family or a friend. Last year, I’d moved into my studio at the Tett Centre a couple of days before the end of 2014, so spent New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in my studio, working with ballerinas, including my daughter, Maureen, in photography sessions. There’s a melancholy feel to the approach of a new year. With good memories, it can be hard to leave the past behind. But there’s also hope for the future and new beginnings. With bad memories, there is hope that something painful is over.

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character traits with promises like improve my disposition, live a better life, and devote more time to my home life. Seven decades later and there have been drastic changes. According to statisticbrain.com, today’s number one resolution is to lose weight. Also up there are resolutions to live life to the fullest and learn new skills. We’ve become more selfish in our wishes. Losing weight is fascinating in its symbolism. Some point out that it’s a reflection of how fat our culture has become with obesity being rampant. Others argue that, from a feminist perspective, women’s bodies are weighed down with social expectations, and the emphasis on losing weight is associated with the hope of gaining an elevated social status of having a more socially-acceptable body. The number of people who make resolutions, also according to statisticbrain.com, is 45%. The number of people who are successful in meeting their stated resolutions: 8%. On the other hand, people who explicitly make resolutions are ten times more likely to achieve their goals than those who don’t make specific resolutions. If you wonder why we bother to celebrate the New Year, you have to travel back through the millennia. We’ve been doing it for at least 4000 years. But the New Year is not always marked on January 1. There have been many forms of calendar throughout history. We can thank Julius Caesar for instituting January 1 as New Year’s Day. For the Babylonians, the New Year began on the first new moon after the spring equinox, a time of equal light and dark in the day. The oldest occurrence of making New Year’s resolutions

is found in Babylocomparison to tonian culture. There, day’s giant, lighted the resolutions were sphere that weighs made in hopes of 12,000 pounds and pleasing the gods. can be seen from a Chinese New great distance. In Year is still celebrataddition to those ed with the coming on the ground, it’s of the second new estimated that a bilmoon after the winlion people around ter solstice. That the world watch the date varies each ball drop on TV or year. streaming on the InSome people ternet. say New Year’s You can watch Day is a day just commercial-free like any other, coverage at www. and they are corustream.tv/2015. rect. But it’s also There’s a great histoa day unlike any ry and coverage of the other. It’s the beball drop at the http:// ginning of a new www.timessquarenyc. cycle, and it’s the org. perfect symbolic A billion people around My favorite ritual time to make the world watch the ball drop at Times Square on associated with the ball changes. New Year’s Eve. Simultaneous with the ball drop drop is the New Year’s In most cities at midnight, confetti is dropped. The confetti is Eve Wishing Wall. around the world, made of hundreds of thousands of wishes writ- Throughout the year, at there are celebrathe Times Square Visitions on Decem- ten on small paper squares at the Times Square tors Center, you can Visitors Centre throughout the year leading up to write a wish/prayer/ ber 31. The most icon- December 31. Photo/Mark Bergin hope on a small square ic event is the ball of tissue paper and drop in New York City’s Times Square. More place it on the Wishing Wall. These are collected than a million people, primarily tourists, gather regularly and stored until New Year’s Eve when in midtown, and native New Yorkers avoid the the hundreds of thousands of wishes are released area like the plague. The first ball, made from iron and wood and weighing 700 pounds, pales in

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from high above Times Square, falling upon the crowd as the ball completes its drop and the clock strikes midnight. Locally, many locations will host New Year’s dances and celebrations. Check with your favorite venue for details. The City of Kingston always does things right in a family-friendly (i.e., no drunken idiots as it’s alcohol free) evening that starts at 5 p.m. indoors at the K-Rock Centre and outdoors. Indoors, you can enjoy free skating, but you have to have a ticket to get on the ice. For information about getting your ticket, visit cityofkingston.ca and go to K-Town Countdown under Events. Entertainment will include music ranging from Sonshine and Broccoli, a children’s band, folk, comedy, R&B, and the Georgette Fry Band and Shout Sister Choir. Every hour on the half-hour you can see the Purple Dragon Puppet Show. In addition to skating and entertainment, there are lots of indoor activities for families. Taking a cue from New York’s Wishing Wall, you’ll even be able to make a wish for the new year at the wishing well. Outdoors, you can catch a wagon ride at The Tragically Hip Way, skate in the outdoor rink behind Kingston City Hall, and, at 9 p.m., watch the fireworks. The best viewing location should be Confederation Basin Park. It’s over early enough that the adults can still get out on the town if they want, or be home to comfortably watch the ball drop at home. I wish a happy and peaceful new year to all. Mark Bergin on Twitter @markaidanbergin.

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Christmas has come and gone, and you are excited about the new digital camera Santa left under the tree. But, what now? How do you use this wonderful new toy? If you’re new to photography, the holidays are a great time to test out your skills, but it can also be quite daunting. So here are a few simple tips that will help improve your photography skills, be it a basic point-and-shoot or a state-of-the-art DSLR. First insure that your camera’s batteries are fully charged and you’ve read – or at least skimmed – the manual. Now it’s time for the fun to begin. Take a few photos. Always hold your camera steady. In low light situations use a tripod. Stand with your feet comfortably apart, keep your elbows close to your sides and steady the camera by holding it right up to your eye. Press the shutter slowly and gently so as to eliminate any jerky movements. You’re new camera comes complete with several shooting modes. Read the instruction manual to discover which your model has. I would recommend beginning with the full program mode. All you need to do is decide on your subject, frame your photo and shoot. The camera does the rest. Once you are comfortable with your new camera and all its functions it’s time to experiment with other scene modes. Most cameras have a variety of modes, some of which are ideal for holiday photos. The portrait mode is perfect

for family shots. Action/sports mode will come in handy if we are lucky enough to have snow over the holidays and you want to head outside and photograph children with their new sleds or building a snowman, or capture images of the first snowball fight of the season. Group shots are inevitable during the holidays. But, in many photos gramma has her eyes closed, your cousin looks like the devil with his glowing red eyes and mom is gazing into the kitchen as she keeps an eye on the turkey in the oven. Before you trip the shutter make sure everyone is looking at the camera. Tell them you will shoot “on three” but press the shutter on “two.” Your subjects will be less likely to blink and will probably have more natural smiles on their face. Raise your hand and ask the group to look at it rather than directly at the camera to help avoid red-eye. Using natural light, without flash, will also help eliminate this deer-in-the-headlights look. Don’t just line them up, stagger your subjects instead. Have fun and be creative. You will also want to be included in this group photo so use a tripod and the camera’s self timer. Make sure to have the group leave room for you, click the shutter, and don’t trip over the tripod as you rush to join the fun. Photographing people when they least expect it will result in many great images. Candids make for some of the best photos as they show people engaged in activities, with natural true-to-life expressions. It also helps to get in close to your subject, have details and expressions fill the photo from corner to corner. When photographing young children or pets

get down to their level and try to get their attention. A squeaky toy works great with both young children and pets. Don’t be afraid to turn your camera on its side to vary your horizontal and vertical views, to add

variety to your shots. The possibilities with your new camera are endless. So, experiment a little, take lots of pictures and most of all have fun. Happy shooting.

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rections,” said Wayne Orr, South Frontenac CAO. The report card itself is broken down into eight areas: human resources, planning, corporate communications, council coordination, finance, economic development, emergency planning and information technology/ GIS. The public works managers committee continues to work on landfill operations, road maintenance and procurement. In his report, Pender said that the idea of shared services will help ensure the continued economic viability of the County. While there were no specific financial implications identified in the report, Pender did say: “when evaluating projects, it will be recognized that shifts in expenses may occur that positively or negatively impact the bottom line of an individual municipality. “As such, staff will evaluate the total cost of service delivery along with the assessment of ease and impact.” While many of the above listed items on the record card carry the disclaimer “limited discussion to date,” two areas are active and showing results. North Frontenac, Central Frontenac and Frontenac Islands are currently using County planning staff for a variety of functions (South Frontenac has its own full-time planning staff). An agreement has been approved in the area of information technology and GIS, where shared/integrated information service systems are targeted for implementation in January of 2016 with a service level agreement to developed later in 2016.

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A Christmas season reflection By Margaret Knott

Heritage-A few weeks before Christmas, during Advent as a matter of fact, I read a sign outside a church in Kingston that reminded anyone who read it that Jesus, Mary and Joseph were refugees. I did a double take. I guess I knew that but I had never seen it expressed so directly. Perhaps it struck me even morebecause of Canada’s present focus on bringing into Canada 25,000 Syrian refugees before the end of the year. I am aware that there are more than 25,000 refugees who arrive in Canada annually (Christians, Muslims, Jews, black, white, coloured) from many other parts of the world other than Syria, also in a state of

conflict, many from the camps they escaped to, many of them sponsored, others coming simply in search of work, a better life and safety for their families. Waiting for the ferry home to Wolfe Island I reflected on the concept of this Holy Family. Why were they refugees. What was it that compelled Mary and Joseph to take their new born baby and travel to another place ? I had to think awhile and remember that they had already travelled from their town to Bethlehem to register in a census called for by government. There the baby was born in a stable because the city was crowded and there was no room for them anywhere. Shortly after the baby’s birth as they were starting

home Joseph had a dream where in he was urged by an angel to take Mary and baby Jesus not home but to “flee to Egypt because King Herod was about to search for the child, to destroy him.” And Joseph did just that taking Mary and the baby to a safe place, until the death of Herod at which time they would return home. They went as refugees with nothing to start a new life. Those thoughts of course led to thoughts of my own parents who originally came to Canada as visitors from Europe for a specific period of time to serve others settled here of the same languages and religion as their own. They were victims of the depression of the 30s in Canada during which time

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my brother and I were born.. They did not have the money it took to return “home” at that time. When it became apparent that war in Europe was going to happen they chose to stay in Canada, to take refuge if you will, for the sake of their Canadian children. My father never saw his family again. My mother visited her home at the age of 73. (We never met our grandparents). No family reunification then. It would be easy to speak of the miseries experienced by many who came from elsewhere to Canada. Life was far from easy. Nothing came free. Two world Wars and others followed. Racism was a reality, (religious, linguistic, colour). Strict discipline, even cru-

elty was a part of life. But much has changed, continuously evolving for the better. While all Canadians proudly claim origins that began elsewhere, and either came here or were born here, we all cherish the freedoms and rights that Canada offers the opportunities to live together in peace and harmony regardless of religion, race or skin colour, to work educate and raise our families. The flight of Joseph, with Mary and Jesus into Egypt presents a situation not much different than for today’s refugee offering us all food for thought... and opportunities for good. Thinking of my community with thanks..…. and prayers for Peace on Earth. Happy New Year 2016 to ALL.

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But, after the six months, there was no improvement, and another MRI showed that the problem would be ongoing. Meggi underwent surgery. It did not totally correct the problem. Any hopes Meggi held of one day attending Quinte Ballet School and going further in professional ballet were gone. The creativity she harbours deep inside simply went into overdrive, and she found new ways to express herself. There was an option of more surgery. “Because of where the lesion is, the surgery would be really invasive,” said Meggi. “Recovery the next time would be even longer, more than six months, and there’s a chance it might not work.” She decided against the invasive surgery. “I can’t run now,” she said. “If I do run,

it hurts. I sit out of jumps at ballet. After Christmas, I hope to do open ballet and will sit out when I can’t do things.” To maintain her dance skills, she’s come up with a creative solution. In addition to ballet, Meggi is highly skilled at tap dancing, which doesn’t stress her ankle in the way that cheerleading or jumping does. She’s also organized and creative, so she wants to apply her dance talents to choreography. “I spent a lot of my time looking into the ways culture influenced where styles originated from, and different styles of dance and choreography,” she said. She found a lot of videos of tap dancers Continued on page 22

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Dancer thrives on the art of creating working with musicians and creating music. “I guess I just started mimicking different types of choreo and mixing things by myself. I never had other dancers available for actually turning my choreo into anything. I just had small opportunities like at the Kingston School of Dance year-end show and Mary Poppins.” She explained that she loves the rhythm and beat of tap dancing. “Tap has so many variations,” she said. “When I dance, I feel the music. But when you are tapping, you are also making the music. You are part of it. There are so many kinds of tap. There’s what you see in Riverdance, and Irish dance and clogging.” Her long term goals also involve creativity. She hopes to become an architect. She always has. “I knew in kindergarten that I wanted to be an architect,” she said. “As a little girl, I loved to build with Lego. When they asked in kindergarten what we wanted to be when we grew up, I said architect. There I was wanting to be an architect in the middle of all these kids who wanted to be ballerinas and firemen.” She comes from an environment that supports her dreams. Both of her parents are engineers. “Architecture is fairly artistic, too. Creativity combines with science.” She said she’d love to be involved in designing projects and buildings like Kingston’s Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning. “I love the Tett and the three-foot thick walls. I’d love to work on things like museums, art centres. Designing the building itself is a form of art that demands a lot of scientific knowledge.” Without thinking of it at the time, in hindsight, Meggi sees that much of her life has been a reflection of her vocational calling. She lives her life seeing things in an artistic manner, in ways different than the average person sees things. She interprets the world creatively. What some only dream of, Meggi Graham finds way to express in her work. She’s fascinated by motion—real or implied. She described her work in dance in ways similar to her equestrian and sailing skills. “You feel a connection,” she said. “Whether it’s dance or sailing or riding. When I’m sailing with my skipper, we don’t really talk, or we talk but it’s not related to anything at

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ter under the big tree on the West hill. And I could see Mother’s eyes mist over, recalling the terrible loss, and then seeing neighbours, one after the other, the next day, walk down our long lane, either leading a young heifer or steer to replace what we had lost. “What would we have done without our good neighbours?” she said. It had been an up and down year for the crops, Father said, but by some miracle, the hay mow was full, and the grain bins had enough in them to see us through the winter and into the next cropping. And they reminisced on about the year that had been. Mother talked about the cellar full of vegetables, preserves and pickles, and the sauerkraut barrel in the summer kitchen. “Blessed indeed,” she said to no one in particular. Then they both chuckled, recalling how we five kids all came down with the whooping cough at

the same time. “And nobody died,” Father chuckled, remembering the many trips Mrs. Beam made to stir up her special concoctions bound to cure anyone of everything. “Sure great to have someone like Mrs. Beam around,” Mother said. “And we didn’t have to call old Dr. Murphy out from Renfrew once.” “Yes, its been a good year,” Father said again. “Goodness knows what the next 12 months will bring, but the past 12, even with a few bumps along the way weren’t that bad.” And then they talked about turkey-fair day, just passed. Even though it is called turkey-fair, chickens, geese, homemade butter and soap, and Mother’s special sticky buns, were all loaded onto the flat-bottomed sleigh and driven into Renfrew to sell. “Boy, that was sure a stroke of luck, wasn’t it?” Men wearing white coats over their winter clothes walking up and down Raglan street, stopped at our

sleigh, and bought every goose, turkey and chicken we had brought from the farm. And it didn’t take long to get rid of the other things on the sleigh either! I thought this was a good place for me to add my two cents. “Sure were lucky, weren’t we Mother?” She paused for a few minutes before answering, and then she said. “No, not lucky, Mary. We were blessed.” Father was getting up from the table, having recalled all the good things that had happened to us over the past year, when Mother reached over and held onto his arm. “And Albert, today I had enough money in the sugar bowl to pay Briscoe’s General Store what I owed. My bill came to $2.80 cents. It sure feels good to go into the new year, not owing a cent.” I went to bed that night, just as the year was about to end, with a warm feeling, that didn’t come

only from the feather tickings and the hot bricks wrapped in towels at my feet. I could put the talk of the Depression that often hung over our heads like a black cloud, out of my mind. At least for a while. And before I went to sleep, I prayed that the next year would be as good as the last. Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to https://www.smashwords.com and type MaryRCook for e-book purchase details, or if you would like a hard copy, please contact Mary at wick2@sympatico.ca. And to all my faithful readers, I pray that the coming year will be one of good health, and whatever comes your way, you will be able to meet it with strength. May your cares be few, and your family and friends be a blessing. With my fond good wishes, and sincere gratitude to each and every one of you. Mary

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driving earned an infamous distinction in 2015. It now takes more lives than impaired driving. Every day in almost every region of the country we can witness drivers texting, checking emails, or talking on a cell phone. Carmakers don’t seem to be helping much in their headlong rush to create dashes that have more to do with smart phones or tablets than they do with the safe operation of their products. Convictions for this offence bring large fines, demerit points, and the risk of increased insurance premiums. The law enforcers tell us if the device is in your hand and you’re behind the wheel, they’ll pull you over and issue a ticket. Being stopped at a traffic light or in line at the drivethrough won’t excuse you from the law. When you’re driving there is only one safe place for your electronic device; out of sight and reach. Electric cars still charging. While low fuel prices have slowed electric car sales, more and more carmakers are going ahead with plans for more models of these zero-emissions transports. The recently signed Paris climate agreement and provincial

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Kingston Heritage/Frontenac gazette Year in review, 2015

January - March Sir John A. Macdonald Bicentennial – History came alive in Kingston Jan. 6 – 11 as the city marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Canada’s first prime minister. The event explored everything both positive and negative aspects of Macdonald’s legacy – from the charismatic nation builder to his oppressive treatment of Canada’s aboriginals. The bicentennial prompted a visit from then-prime minister Stephen Harper, who gave a speech at City Hall.

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Kingston welcomes 71 new Canadian citizens - Citizenship ceremonies are typically held in Ottawa, but on Jan. 9 Kingston hosted a very special ceremony organized by the KEYS Job Centre, Kingston Community Health Centres and the Kingston Immigration Partnership as part of Sir John A. week. Many family members, friends, dignitaries and eager new Canadians packed into Memorial Hall for the ceremony.

Olga Leon, celebrates her new Canadian citizenship, with members of Canada Roars - A Musical Taste of Our Canadian Heritage theatrical troupe, including Queen Victoria, played by Naomi Tessler, following a citizenship ceremony at Kingston City Hall on January 9. The theatrical group, from Ottawa, treated the new citizens to excerpts from their 90 minute production, including a special tribute to Sir John A Macdonald. Leon, who immigrated from Venezuela five years ago, was among 71 new Canadians. Photo/Rob Mooy

The birth of the city’s arts hub Members of the arts community and local dignitaries celebrated the official opening of the new Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning at the facility’s iconic malting tower on Jan. 30. Confetti filled the room after Mayor Bryan Paterson presented Tett board co- chairs Anne Kojima and Patty Petkovich with a ceremonial key fob, symbolizing the building’s handover from the City of Kingston to the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning board. The Tett hosts a number of arts organizations such as Theatre Kingston and Joe’s MILL, as well as offices for eight prominent local artists. Queen’s University’s Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts also opened next door around the same time, creating an exciting new “arts hub” for A water-side view The Tett Centre (Right) next to the Isabel Bader CenKingston. Family looks for live liver donations to save twin girls - Johanne and Michael Wagner appealed to the community to find liver donors for their twin girls, Binh and Phuoc, who were born with alagille syndrome, a genetic condition that affects the liver and main arteries. The story went viral and by April both girls had received transplants and were doing well. One of the donors was their father, Michael, and the other remained anonymous.

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Country Café and Bakery opens in Harrowsmith – The village of Harrowsmith got a sweet start to the new year with the opening of the Country Café and Bakery. “The community response has been overwhelming,” Gokhan Cifci is the owner of Tango said owner Lori Nuevo in downtown Kingston. Hamilton. “Ev-

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Kingston Heritage/Frontenac gazette Year in review, 2015 months for residents of both islands, who were stuck with much smaller than needed replacement ferries for the better part of the year.

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Loughborough Public School celebrates 100 years of learning – Loughborough Public School in Sydenham celebrated its 100th anniversary in May. “It really is a pretty rare milestone, especially for schools, and we really want to celebrate that,” said Loughborough PS Vice Principal John Mooney. “The school is an integral part of the community.”

Ambulance of the future arrives in Frontenac County this fall – People got pretty excited when Frontenac County announced that the “ambulance of the future” would be arriving in the fall of 2015. It was described as the most innovative ambulance design in 40 years, putting the safety of medics and patients in mind. New intermediate and secondary school to be built on QECVI property – In April, trustees of the Limestone District School Board selected the 16-acre property at the site of Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute to build a new intermediate and secondary school for central Kingston. Not everyone was happy about the decision, with many claiming the location is too far away from the current KCVI district; however, the board stood by their decision and a motion at Kingston City Council to reconsider the Memorial Centre site (which they had previously said was off limits) was defeated later in the year. Ferry shuffle, 2015 – In April, the Wolfe Islander III travelled to Heddle Marine in Hamilton for repairs and upgrades. Amherst Island’s Frontenac II was brought in as a replacement, and it was a long and frustrating seven

to come out for the 100 year anniversary celebrations on May 1. Photo/Mandy Marciniak Bikers Against Child Abuse launches Kingston chapter with ‘100 mile ride’ – Bikers Against Child Abuse was created in the States with the intent to create a safer environment for abused children; in May, it arrived in Kingston. “Empowering a child by being with them isn’t that difficult and we can be with them,” said member Teach. “We can do things like escort the kid to school or visit them at home. BACA will also pay for therapy and that doesn’t need to be conventional therapy. It could be hockey or horseback riding – anything that makes the child feel empowered and in control.”

Kingston youth named top student photographer in Ontario – Holy Cross Grade 12 student Claudia Pawlak was honoured with the title of ‘top student photographer in Ontario’ after winning gold at both the Limestone and Ontario Skills competitions. “It was really exciting and kind of a shocker because I didn’t expect it at all,” she said of her wins. “I just did my best, put all my knowledge out there and waited for the results.” Downtown Kingston movie theatre slated for high-rise condo, developer reveals - IN8 Developments, a Waterloo-based residential builder, purchased the old Capitol movie movie theatre in downtown Kingston for $2.2 million and plans to construct a hi-rise condominium on the downtown property. Developer Darryl Firsten says his company specializes in building residential units that cater to students and young professionals. The project’s announcement was very well received by Downtown Kingston’s business community, but received mixed support from City Council due to the height. As of the end of the year, approval for the building as designed by the developer had yet to come up at council.

– Aric McBay’s story about a local organic dairy co-operative, Organic Meadow, resonated with many readers. The co-op started in 1989, when farmers got together at kitchen table meetings and shared the knowledge, skills, and capital they needed to be successful; however, it is now in trouble because the milk they produce is being siphoned away by competing corporations to sell under big brand names.

Queen’s grad keeps tradition alive – Spring is always a busy time of year in Kingston for graduations. This year, Mark Bergin’s story about a young Organic Meadow farmer Andrea Cumpson with one of her dairy cows. woman carrying on a century-old tradi- Photo/Aric McBay Let’s connect on tWItteR!

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Babcock, died in her home from gunshot wounds. Babcock’s suspected killer, a 30-year-old Kingston man, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at Kingston General Hospital several days later. Kingston moves ahead with red light cameras at accident prone intersections - The City of Kingston decided to move full speed ahead with plans to install red light cameras at 10 accidentprone intersections including Division & Johnson Streets, Queen & Montreal Streets, Division St. & John Counter Blvd., Perth & Unity Roads, TaylorKidd Blvd. & Bayridge Drive. Council-

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lowed Fort Henry to run all of the programming – including regularly scheduled events like the Sunset Ceremonies – free of charge. Performers include celebrated Canadian singer/songwriter Jully Black, Cuban artist Alex Cuba, contemporary African-Caribbean dance company Ballet Creole, Iqaluit band the Jerry Cans and many more. Anti-abortion activists tour through Kingston - Members of the ‘Show the Truth’ pro-life/anti-abortion group caused quite a stir as made their way through Kingston on July 6 and 7. Confrontations with pro-choice supporters soon began between the two groups and ended when a male demonstrator threw paint at members of the ‘Show the Truth’ group, vandalizing their signs. Throughout the day, numerous Kingstonians used Twitter and Facebook to voice their concerns and comment about the demonstration. Many used social media to follow the demonstrators and warn others about the graphic images they were presenting. Old Nortel factory slated for 1,000-unit subdivision - After months of speculation, a developer formally unveiled plans to build over 1,000 homes on the site of the former Nortel factory in the middle of west end Kingston. Tamarack Homes, a wellknown homebuilder in Kingston, is expected to play a key role in the redevelopment plans.

parsnip growing rampant in Eastern Ontario – Rob Mooy’s story about the dangers of the wild parsnip plant went viral across all of Metroland in July. They may look pretty growing alongside our roadways and trails, but think twice about picking a bouquet of these deceptive yellow weeds. They could burn you, scar you, or maybe even blind you. KEDCO comes under review – Following the departure of two top officials and faced with growing public complaints, political pressure and a couple of high profile resignations, the city’s embattled economic development agency announced a sweeping review of the way it does business, the first such review in a decade. A special committee involving citizens, councillors and members of the KEDCO board will examine ways to make the agency more transparent and accountable with recommendations due next summer before the agency embarks on hiring a new chief executive officer.

Tom Beaubiah, a biologist with the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority, is surrounded by wild parsnips growing at Lemoine Pointe Conservation Area. Beaubiah’s advice to anyone who sees these noxious plants is to stay clear. If you are likely to be in contact Dangerous wild with wild parsnip, cover up. Photo/Rob Mooy

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Woolen Mill building evacuated after art project causes a scare â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Quite a stir was caused at the Woolen Mill building in late August by what was initially believed to be a man with a gun entering the building; the entire building was evacuated by Kingston Police, however it was later confirmed that the suspect was carrying a nonfunctioning replica firearm as reference for art and design purposes. Police said that at no time was there a risk to the public.Â

Verona couple celebrates seven decades of marriage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Verona couple who married as sweethearts at the end of the Second World War celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with family and friends at the Verona Lions Hall on Sept. 13. It seemed as though most of the population of this tiny community north of Kingston turned out to help Bill and Marg Campsall celebrate their anniversary with congratulations, well-wishes and dancing.

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Justin Hunter arrested â&#x20AC;&#x201C; After over a month of searching, Kingston Police located and arrested Justin Hunter, wanted for attempted murder of a female victim whom he allegedly struck with a pickup truck at the intersection of Queen and Sydenham Streets on July 14. Hunter was arrested on 10 counts, several of which were historical domestic violence charges relating to the same victim.

Five arrested in relation to Sydenham Road home invasion, stabbing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kingston Police arrested five suspects in relation to the home invasion and assaults that occurred in the early morning of Thursday, Sept. 17 on Sydenham Road. The attack left a 43-year-old male with multiple stab wounds. While his injuries were not life-threatening the victim did undergo a surgical procedure. The second victim, a 22-year-old male was treated for head injury caused by blunt trauma. All five suspects were charged with

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Best and worst of Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s students on display during Frosh Week â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Multiple street parties were held in the University District over the week of Sept. 7, leaving area streets trashed and resulting in several public intoxication fines. Other students worked hard to clean up the mess left by the parties and some even crowd funded to raise money to repair a car that got damaged during the revelry.

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Prof who posted homophobic remarks no longer employed at SLC - St. Lawrence College announced that business professor Rick Coupland is no longer an employee of the college. Coupland, formerly a full-time professor at the college, came under fire after sharing a video of a pride festival in Florida. Above the video Coupland allegedly wrote â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the queers they should be hanging, not the flag â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a result of complaints about comments made on social media that were brought forward to the College, this matter was investigated internally. Mr. Coupland is no longer an employee at St. Lawrence College,â&#x20AC;? read a statement.

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Kingston Heritage/Frontenac gazette Year in review, 2015 October - December Lee Valley comes to Kingston - Gardeners and DIY-ers in Kingston had something new to smile about in the fall: the Limestone City now has its very own Lee Valley Tools store. The Heritage caught up with president Robin Lee at the grand opening of the store. “One of the things we’re really focusing on is designing for customer experience,” he said of the new store. “As a specialty retailer we haven’t had to really up our game on the customer engagement side, and it’s really about time that we put a little bit more effort onto the overall experience.” Flags of Remembrance - “Flags of Remembrance” were raised in Kingston Oct. 17 along Bayridge Drive from Front Road to Henderson Boulevard. The flags, part of Veterans Voices of Canada’s Flags of Remembrance project, provide a powerful, visual statement to honour our Canadian military men and women. A total of 128 Canadian flags, representing 128,000 Canadians soldiers dead and missing in action from the Boer War to present, remained in place until Nov. 14. Sadly, a total of eight flags were

stolen from the memorial in the first couple of weeks and in a remarkable show of pride and Canadian spirit, the community came together to “stand on guard” by the flags and keep vigil during the night to ensure no more were taken.

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Kingston Heritage/Frontenac gazette Year in review, 2015 Uber launches in Kingston – At 3 p.m. on Nov. 12, Uber officially launched in Kingston. By connecting local riders and drivers through the use of a smartphone application, Uber offers a new way for people to access their cities around the world. uberX is Uber’s low-cost ridesharing option, offering “reliable ondemand transportation choices at the touch of a button”. uberX driver partners are provincially licensed drivers who use their own personal vehicles to give their neighbours a ride. Mail truck collision on Highway 401 – Highway 401 westbound near Mallorytown was closed for most of Saturday, Dec. 5 following an early morning motor vehicle collision involving two tractor trailers. One of the tractor trailers, a mail delivery truck, was split in half, its contents Canada Post employees came to pick up hundreds of thousands of par- strewn across 300 feet of roadway. cels by hand following a collision of a transport truck carrying mail on Canada Post employees arrived on Highway 401 near Mallorytown. Photo/Cris Vilela the scene at approximately 10 a.m.

to pick up the hundreds of thousands of letters and parcels by hand, a job that took most of the day. Kingston Police, OPP joint investigation leads to multiple luring and child pornography arrests - A joint forces initiative between the Ontario Provincial Police and Kingston Police has resulted in the arrest of five men and an anticipated total of 17 charges in relation to child luring and images of child sexual abuse. Police say that through Nov. 18-20, investigators with the OPP Child Sexual Exploitation Unit and the Kingston Police Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit executed search warrants and arrested men in Kingston, Verona and Carleton Place.

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Memorial Centre debate stays closed – The city doesn’t build or manage schools but this issue emerged as one of council’s most divisive debates. Despite intense public lobbying to consider locating a new $36 million high school at the city-owned Kingston Memorial Centre grounds, council held firm on its previous position to tell the Limestone school board to keep off the grass.

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Kingston prepares for arrival of Syrian refugees - As news from Ottawa about Canada’s refugee action plan began to filter in in mid-November, members of the Canadian Forces Base in Kingston were already doing their part. Nearly 500 personnel were asked to relocate in order to accommodate possible incoming refugee families. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the Canadian Red Cross will be the lead organizations working with CFB Kingston on settling refugees. The base has been working with other community organizations to prepare including the Kingston Community Health Centre (KCHC). “We are continuing our efforts to coordinate things,” said Ruth Noordegraaf, coordinator for the Kingston Immigration Partnership (KIP).

Amherstview group lends a ‘helping hand’ to youth this Christmas - The story of an Amherstview group working hard to give every kid in the community the Christmas they deserve really resonated with readers this year. “We discovered there was a real need for kids between the ages of 13 to 18,” said member Leo Ragusa. “Usually at toy drives

the gifts are geared toward young kids and older kids end up with gift cards or are left out completely, so we decided to address that need specifically.”

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Man wanted for sexual assault, forcible confinement arrested in Kingston - Kingston Police said they have arrested a suspect believed to be responsible for a case of serious sexual assault and forcible confinement that took place over a four-day period on Wolfe Island. Police said the man was arrested at Union and College Streets at 12:30 p.m. by uniform patrol after a citizen recognized his face from a social media post. Kingston Police Media Relations Officer Steve Koopman indicated that the suspect was arrested without incident, transported to Kingston Police headquarters and then transferred into the custody of Leeds OPP.

The right combination of diet and exercise is one of the keys to a long and healthy life. While many people find adapting to a healthier diet challenging, that challenge often pales in comparison to the intimidation felt when working out for the first time in years. Exercising after an extended period of inactivity may intimidate people who choose to workout at gyms, where fellow gym members may appear to be in tip-top shape. Overcoming that intimidation factor can be as simple as working out with a friend

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Latest in Star Wars franchise more than lives up to hype By Mark Haskins

Hollywood loves me again. I couldn’t imagine any film being able to live up to the hype that surrounded Star Wars The Force Awakens. Yet it does. It so does. From the ashes of the Empire arose the First Order led by Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis), and his apprentice Kylo Ren (Adam Driver). Their darkness threatens to eclipse the galaxy, but for their rule to be complete they must destroy the last Jedi, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). Luke has been gone a long time. Both the First Order and the Resistance, led by General Leia (Carrie Fisher), have been searching for Luke which is why they have come to the planet Jakku. It’s there that the key to finding Skywalker ends up with a droid, BB-8. It was given to BB-8 by Resistance pilot Poe Dam-

eron (Oscar Isaac) before he was captured. BB-8 has since come into the possession of a scavenger and an ex-Storm Trooper. Rey (Daisy Ridley) lives on Jakku longing for a family she can’t remember, but hopes will one day return for her. She finds BB8. Finn (John Boyega) fought past his conditioning to do what he believed was right. He escaped The First Order, and fate crossed his path with Rey and BB8. Pursed by The First Order the three escape Jakku in an old freighter called The Millennium Falcon. This brings them to the attention of an old smuggler named Han Solo (Harrison Ford), and his partner Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). With the key to finding Skywalker in their possession Rey, Finn, Han and Chewbacca decide to get BB-8 to the Resistance. It’s a journey that will test them. Finn and Rey will be forced to face their fears, and

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