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Vol. 1, No.8
The Voice of North Grenville
$6,000 Donation for Library Programs from Friends but the post-Christmas spirit was ever present. Left-over refreshments were donated to the Youth Centre. The food donation to the Salvation Army was minimal at best. Cookie bakers this year were Lou Munz and Marie Gouthro with dough provided by Butler’s Victorian Pantry. Giant Tiger donated fruit drinks. Library patrons are reminded that this is membership renewal month for Friends. Income tax receipts, along with a newsletter, will be mailed at the end of January. Jeffrey Murray agreed to continue as co-chair of the Tenth Annual North Grenville Book Fair. Community Living North Sue Higgins, Library CEO, proudly accepts a $6,000 from Barb McDerby, TreaGrenville should be namsurer, Friends of the NG Library. Presentation was made in the children’s section. ing its co-chair in the near future. Jeff mentioned that Grenville Book Fair. The $350 for two book clubs 85 boxes of books have alPatrick Babin $10,000 raised through ready been donated. These (Tween the Lines and Book the sale of books at Fer- books will be stored in The highlight of last Chat) guson Forest, the largest Oxford Mills for the time $200 for the ER Fund Friday’s meeting of the amount ever, was shared being. The membership Executive Committee of (books CDs, and DVDs the Friends of the North celebrating music and enter- with Community Living report, submitted by Ivan North Grenville, partners Russell, showed a 16% Grenville Public Library tainment) growth in membership in was the presentation of $150 for Adult Literacy Ma- in this endeavor. P. Babin, Chair, report- 2012. a $6,000 cheque to the terial (Golden Books, Good ed briefly on this year’s The phenomenal sucLibrary CEO Sue Hig- Reads, and Rapid Reads) 11th Children’s Holiday $200 for photocopying and cess of Youngsters of gins by Barb McDerby, Concert, held during the Yore, attributed to the arwebsite updating. Treasurer. Many of the aforemen- storm of the decade on duous (but fun) involveThat amount can be tioned programs would December 27, 2012. ment of Jean Kilfoyle, itemized as follows: not be possible without Again this year, the Fran Thompson, and other $2,400 for Sarah’s Circle, the financial support pro- ER Quartet provided an Friends volunteers, was $1,700 for Drop-in Story vided by Friends. A ma- exciting program that cap- underscored. The ExecuTime, jor portion of that $6,000 tivated every Mom and tive was impressed at the $1,000 for the TD Summer was realized as a result child. Attendance, due to variety of presentations Reading Program of the 9th Annual North heavy snow, was sparse at these weekly Thurs-
day meetings held at the Norenberg Building. It is still the only place in town where high tea and gourmet desserts are served on a weekly basis, with the exception of the Victorian Pantry. The Literacy Project, involving Friends, St. James Church, and Rotary International, was discussed. Last October, Friends donated $200 for the purchase of children’s books for the benefit of the Salvation Army’s Christmas hampers. There has been no follow up to this project. The next meeting is scheduled for February 15, 2013. Sue Higgins had been asked by George Buys, program chair, to provide an update on the 11th Literary Follies, scheduled for March 3, 2013, at Leslie Hall. The program, to be finalized in a few weeks, will be published in early February. Volunteers are needed for the refreshments centre. Please email magboyer@ magma.ca to get on our weekly email list for updates on what’s happening in North Grenville
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January 23, 2013
Tragic House Fire in Oxford Mills During the short power outage on Sunday, it seems a gas explosion caused the death of Marg Rupert at her home in Oxford Mills. The explosion, which led to the blowing out of a downstairs window, and caused a huge wall of flame to shoot out onto Maplewood Avenue, was seen and heard by neighbours who tried bravely to get into the house to rescue Marg. There was, however, no way for them to gain access, and when firefighters arrived on the scene, they found her inside. The emergency workers, who arrived in number and included a fire truck from Merrickville, tried CPR, but without success. Marg Rupert was a very familiar figure around Oxford Mills for many years. After a long teaching career, Marg had suffered a stroke and retired to her home in the village. She was to be seen every day, her cap on her head, walking her dog - often down the road rather than on the path. She went doorto-door through Oxford Continued on page 2