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Creativity and therapy at Bayfield Manor
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Art students Dorothy Joyce, Edith Swail, Mavis Piper and Jean Unruh with volunteer Tammy Keith
by Hilary Thomson If you walked into the living room at Bayfield Manor on a Wednesday morning, you would be met by the silence of artists engrossed in their work, mixed with the fits of laughter of a group of women having fun. The art program at Bayfield Manor has been running for seven years and has become a staple in the lives of many of the residents on both the retirement and nursing side of the home. Dr. Barbara Bagan, a professor of expressive arts therapy at the Ottawa University
in Phoenix, Arizona, writes that recent clinical research has validated what many people who have worked with the elderly have known for years – creating art has significant health benefits, including helping to reduce the anxiety and depression that comes with many chronic diseases and disabilities that affect senior citizens on a daily basis. She also states that other research suggests that the “imagination and creativity of older adults can flourish later in life, helping them to realize unique, unlived potentials.” This is certainly the case for the residents at Bayfield.
If you had the opportunity to sit down with the ladies who participate in the art program, it would be impossible not to see how important it has become in all of their lives. Many of them had never picked up a paintbrush before starting the class, but, with the guidance of their much loved teacher, they have been able to create paintings of everything, from picturesque landscapes, to hummingbirds feeding on beautiful flowers. “You improve with every painting,” says Mavis Piper, who has been participating in the art class since its inception. Jean Unruh, who is almost 97 years old, men-
tioned that it has also given them an opportunity to learn something new about themselves. Each of the women have a style of painting that is unique to them. “I’m a dobber,” she says of her short brush strokes, which are reminiscent of Monet. Many of the women have significant disabilities to work through when it comes to painting. Ruby Leach has very little feeling in her hands; Edith Swail only has one eye; and Dorothy Joyce is legally blind, yet you would never know it by looking at their paintings. Art helps the cont’d on page 2
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Art Therapy cont’d from front page residents let go of the limitations they face in their daily life and to live in the moment. “You lose yourself and your troubles,” says Tammy Keith, a volunteer who has been working with the art program for about 2 years. Tammy is no stranger to physical limitations. She is recovering from a serious accident and is adamant about how much volunteering with
the program has done for her recovery. “I appreciate the fact that [as volunteers] we are doing something good for them, but the return is way more. Art and hanging out with these ladies are two of my favourite things. I learn so much from them.” Joanne Schonauer, one of the activities directors at Bayfield, says that the program is equally well received on
the nursing side. It runs on the second Tuesday of every month and, while many of the residents cannot paint by themselves, they really appreciate the social aspect of the group. One of the residents, Bert Hoffman, surprised everyone by really taking to art and painting a beautiful rooster. “It brings out parts of the residents that you don’t see
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on a daily basis,” Joanne says. The art program is in need of volunteers, particularly on the nursing side, to give the residents the one-on-one attention they need to keep them engaged and having fun. It is also an opportunity to meet the interesting women and men who live at Bayfield and play with something that connects us all: Art.
12th Annual Book Fair stacked up for success North Grenville residents will soon be browsing through mountains of books at the O’Farrell Financial Book Fair at The Ferguson Forest Centre on August 28, 29 and 30 looking for that perfect book. Sorters are already sorting over 40,000 books for book lovers to dig through. Visitors will see some changes to this year’s Book Fair. The hours have been extended once again, due to the incredible number of book donations and shopper demand. The sale will begin on Friday, August 28, from 9 am to 8 pm, and both Saturday and Sunday, August 29 and 30, from 9 am to 5 pm. In addition, this year the youth centre is adding a special Early Birds and Bookworms Wine and Cheese Event on Thursday evening, August 27 from 7 to 9. Book Fair volunteers and sponsors will be invited to the grand opening where they will enjoy a symbolic barrier moving, showing the obstacles that youth have today and the benefits of having a youth centre in our community. After recognition of our very generous sponsors, everyone will enjoy a chance to purchase books. Tickets will be available at the door for book lovers who would like to join us for this Book Fair launch at $10 each. The Youth Centre is still looking for volunteers to sell books and restock shelves for all of these hours and in the days leading up to the event: August 17 to 27. Volunteers
interested in helping out can call 613-258-5212, email kevinsavoy@actioncoach.com, or drop by to lend a hand in restocking and selling books. Volunteers will be given book sale coupons to purchase their favourite books as a thank you for their time. Book donations will also be taken during the sale. “Sorting through all of these great donations has brought back so many memories of great times with great books,” says Robin Heald, working from the Ferguson Forest Centre warehouse. “There is no other place like it for book worms like me. There is so much opportunity to devour a new book that someone else has enjoyed before me. It’s a great opportunity to have a book take you away to different places.” KYC’s partner, O’Farrell Financial will be supporting the book fair again this year and will be title sponsor for the event. “The partners and staff of O’Farrell Financial Services are heavily involved in many different community initiatives. The Kemptville Youth Centre is one of those initiatives that we feel passionate about. Today’s youth need to be given every opportunity to thrive, because they are the future of our community. We love that the KYC encourages an attitude and behavior of service from the youth by having them give back to the community, just as the community gives to
them. We believe this is one of the cornerstones of creating and maintaining a strong and prosperous community,” explained Dermid O’Farrell, Managing Partner, O’Farrell Financial Services Inc. The sale will once again be at the Ferguson Forest Centre, thanks to their sponsorship. “The Ferguson Forest Centre is happy to continue providing a location and logistic support for the book fair and look forward to working with the Kemptville Youth Centre in making this and future book sales a great success,” said Ed Patchell, Chief Operating Officer at the FFC. This year Country Walk by Urbandale Construction will be the checkout sponsor. Table sponsors include Total Move Management, Mr. Mozzarella, M5 Digital, In the Moment Event Planning and Design, Styves Photos, the Law Office of Connie Lamble, Dr. Rahimkhani Dental Clinic, North Grenville Business Builders, Workshop Dance Studio, Canadian Tire, The EMC, Cranberry Hill Animal Hospital, Kemptville Fabric Shoppe, Twice the Fun Games, Sigma Computers, Friends of the Library, DBL Container Services, Kemptville Transportation, and Canadian Paint and Wallpaper. Snacks and water for our volunteers and patrons will be provided by Dr. Rahimkhani Dental Clinic. We will have a great BBQ Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday sponsored by the North Grenville Times and B&H Grocer. Then, to warm hearts a little, Grenville Mutual and JM Automotive have sponsored the event this year in a very meaningful way. Thanks to them, KYC will be able to sell all children’s and teen books at 25¢ each. Having their support in promoting literacy with children and youth is a wonderful gift from them to the community. The rest of the books will be sold for $2 until Sunday when the prices will go down to $1. Last year, KYC began a new travelling book fair with the leftover books from the sale. These books went via Youth Centres Canada to three locations, being sold and replenished along the way, and have returned to us thanks to the commitment of Total Move Management. All of the youth centres that joined in this partnership will be signing on with others in the year to come to keep this new tradition going. The goal of the Book Fair for many years to come will be to raise the annual $12,900 needed to pay for KYC’s annual mortgage costs. Your book donations, volunteer time and purchasing power will make the difference in the lives of our youth by paying for a space to play, learn and grow for our youth.
Bishop’s Mills Women’s Institute celebrates with Victorian Tea The Bishop’s Mills Women’s Institute has been actively involved in the community since 1985, which means we are celebrating 30 years this summer! The celebrations include a Victorian Tea on Sunday, August 30 from 1-3 pm. The Tweedsmuir books will be on display and the servers will be dressed in period costume. If you are interested in attending, please contact Patricia Habberjam, 258 3683 or by email pmjh@snowie.ca, The WI has been documenting the history of the village and encouraging positive change. The Bishop’s Mills Women’s Institute holds monthly meetings and welcomes new members interested in meeting their neighbours and getting involved in their community. For information about attending local meetings, please contact President Sheryl McKim 613-926-2472 or Jeanne Lambert at jmlambert@tdgraham.com If you are interested in finding out more about WI, see the provincial organization’s website: www.fwio.on.ca . August 19, 2015
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Last Thursday, local entertainer George Buys supplied the music at the weekly OPP BBQ. Susie McIntosh, Calvin Hodges and Jefferey Murray of Friends of NG Public Library, celebrating their 13th Anniversary, served some delights to a hungry throng, including our Fire Chief Paul Hutt and newly appointed Deputy Fire Chief Randy Urslak . The good folks of our community supported the cause to raise funds for Adult Library Programs to a tune of $975. See you next week.
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Talks to avert school strikes continue Two days of talks between The Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) and representatives of the government and Catholic trustees have failed to reach a resolution. Further talks are scheduled for August 20, 21, 24 and 25. OECTA are in a legal strike position as of last Monday and its members will begin Work to Rule action on their first paid day of work, which begins next week for teachers in some northern regions. “We remain confident that an agreement can be reached before the majority of our members go back to school,” said OECTA President Ann Hawkins. “But we continue to take a stand against unfair conditions that would have a negative impact on teachers and classrooms.” This week, OECTA launched a website called TeachersMatter.ca where Ontario parents can find a
clear overview of the bargaining issues, including the collection of student data, fair workloads, fair wages and fair hiring. More than 6,000 people voiced their support for teachers during the first three days of the campaign, asking for a fair deal for teachers. OECTA members have been without a contract for more than one year, and if an agreement is not reached they will not participate in activities that fall outside of their contractual duties when they return to school this fall. “We understand that work to rule is hard on students – it’s hard on teachers too,” Ms. Hawkins said. “But it’s important that parents know there are bigger things at stake in these negotiations, and we can’t accept a deal at any cost to the quality of public education.” After nearly three months of nothing but crickets at the bargaining ta-
ble, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) has agreed to resume talks this week with school boards and the province. The meetings come just three weeks before students return to class under threat of a boycott of after-school programs by high school teachers. OSSTF made the decision Tuesday after meeting informally with a provincial mediator and the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association and representatives of the Ontario government, said OSSTF President Paul Elliott, who would not elaborate on the return to talks. The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) walked away from talks in May and has instructed members not to plan field trips for the fall or take part in professional development. It is expected to consider further possible work-to-rule measures at its annual meeting next week.
ETFO members refused to write comments on yearend report cards as a labour action, and also declined to input students’ marks into school computers, prompting boards to hire managers to work into the summer to input the data themselves. Each of the unions has said it would not return to bargaining unless the school boards and government removed demands they saw as concessions. OSSTF has opposed boards’ desire to make caps on class size more flexible by calling them “guidelines.” ETFO has opposed boards’ move to give principals more say over what teachers do on their prep time. Michael Barrett, president of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association, said, “We are at the table and we will stay to get a deal that is good for students and respectful of the teachers who work in our classrooms.”
Delays in new Public School by Hilary Thomson You may have noticed while driving along County Road 44 a large plot of empty land, cleared and waiting for the construction of a new building for Kemptville Public School. The Upper Canada District School Board was awarded funding for the construction of two new schools, slated to open in September 2016: one in Kemptville and the other in Cornwall. Jeremy Hobbs, the Superintendent of Human Resources and Operational Services at the School Board, says they worked closely with the Municipality of North Grenville to choose a piece of land that would be appropriate for the new school. The Municipality suggested that it be built along County Road 44, close to the new developments planned for the Northwest Quadrant and Equinelle. The location of the school has caused some controversy because of its proximity to the main road. There are no side-
walks along County Road 44, which would make walking to school dangerous for students and their parents. This being said, Chief Administrative Officer Brian Carré points out that money has been allocated in the Capital budget to put in a three metre-wide asphalt walkway from County Road 43 and continuing past the school site. The site plan control application, which needs approval in order to start construction, was submitted to the municipality in mid-June, with the Board hoping to break ground this summer. The approval process has taken longer than the School Board expected and they are concerned that this will impact the September, 2016 opening date for the new Public School. Jeremy Hobbs also mentioned that the Board feels the municipality have not been very open about why the approval process is taking so long. But that is simply not the case, according to the CAO. Brian says that the length of time it is taking to get through the approval process is not
that, with the School Board’s cooperation, the site plan control application will be given approval soon. “I can confirm that we have accomplished most of the work on this file and anticipate completing our review and issuing approval once we receive all of the revised information from the Board.”
unusual at all, especially in this situation. With projects of this size, it takes up to 90 days to review and approve a site plan application. The School Board submitted their final application on June 15, without any pre-consultation with the municipality (which companies often do to make sure there are no issues in the approval process). If the Board had consulted with municipal staff before submitting their application, things might have progressed more smoothly. The municipality sent a letter to the School Board on July 10, outlining their concerns with the application. According to the Board, the tender for the construction of the school went out six weeks ago, which would be around the time they submitted their application to North Grenville. As far as the School Board is concerned, they are ready to go, but the project must now wait on the approval process to be completed. It is still up in the air as to whether the school will be ready for September 2016. However, Brian is optimistic
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Premier Kathleen Wynne called union and school board leaders to her office last month and urged them to try to find agreement before the fall. “Following that meeting, we have been actively engaged in discussions with all partners to return to the table and resume talks as soon as possible,” said Nilani Logeswaran, spokesperson for Education Minister Liz Sandals. “There are meeting dates now set with our various educational partners, including OSSTF and OECTA to resume central bargaining. “We want our students and teachers to start the school year without disruptions and with full programming, and that is why we remain committed to bargaining throughout the remaining weeks of summer to reach an agreement.”
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Ontario not happy with EnergyEast project by David Shanahan The Ontario Energy Board has released a report of an investigation into TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline project, which it is planned to route through part of North Grenville and under the Rideau River. The project has generated a great deal of controversy within the municipality, as residents debate the pros and cons of transporting oil via pipeline or by train. The nature of the product to be sent through the Energy east pipeline, over 1 million barrels per day of tar sands crude, has added to the concerns of many residents, given the potentially devastating impact of a spillage in the Rideau, or on the regional aquifers upon which we depend for our water supply. These concerns appear to be shared by the provincial Ministry of Energy. In commenting on the report, which was released last week, Rosemarie Leclair, Chair and CEO of the Ontario Energy
Board, said: “The primary concerns of Ontarians are about pipeline safety, and the impact of Energy East on their lakes, rivers and drinking water in the event of a spill”. Ms. Leclair echoed concerns raised by the NG Municipal Council in regard to the technical quality of the pipeline itself. Council had demanded that guarantees be made by TransCanada that the installation would meet the highest technical standards for such pipelines, and the OEB report raises questions in that regard also. “We cannot state that the project meets the highest available technical standards, as the proponent, TransCanada Pipelines Ltd, has not yet filed a complete application”, said the OEB Chair. The involvement of the North Grenville public, which has been significant in this matter, is also endorsed in principle by the OEB. Ms. Leclair recommends that TransCanada ensure communities near Energy East
have an ongoing role in the operation and construction of the proposed pipeline. “Community engagement should be seen as another aspect of the life-cycle approach for operating Energy East”. The OEB’s fundamental objection to the Energy east project, however, is that its possible economic benefits seem to be outweighed by the problems it poses. The OEB has determined that “there is an imbalance between the economic and environmental risks of the Project, and the expected benefits for Ontarians. The OEB’s advice set out in this report is intended to ensure a better balance between the risks and benefits for Ontarians”. TransCanada have responded to the OEB report by claiming that their public consultations across Ontario (“TransCanada has hosted 40 open houses in Ontario communities attended by more than 3,000 local residents”) have resulted in “accelerating the development and roll out
of emergency response plans with local agencies along the Energy East pipeline route and has already held approximately 20 emergency response meetings with local officials to begin program planning”. The future of Energy East may be decided by falling oil prices worldwide, rather than by any provincial or even federal reports. There have been a number of oil sands projects cancelled over the past six months because they are no longer economically viable, and large numbers of workers have been laid off in the oil industry as a result of falling prices. The current cost of producing a barrel of oil from the oil sands is simply too high, given the price on the market. The National Energy Board is currently studying TransCanada’s application for approval of the Energy East pipeline project, but it is unclear when their judgment will be handed down.
UPDATE UPCOMING MEETINGS COUNCIL Monday, August 24th at 6:45 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Monday, August 24th at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre.
2015 BURN PERMITS In accordance with By-Law 33-12, a Burn Permit is required to conduct open burning on property located outside of the urban area. Burn Permits for 2015 are available at the Municipal Office or at the Fire Hall at 259 County Rd. 44 for a fee of $15. Please contact the Fire Hall at 613-258-2438 ext. 5 for conditions prior to burning.
GARAGE SALES Garage sales in North Grenville are regulated by By-Law 10-03. No licence or fee is required, but there are regulations which you must follow. Signage is NOT permitted in traffic circles or attached to traffic signs. Please ensure signage is removed after your sale. Before having a garage sale, please obtain a copy of this by-law from the Municipal Office or website at www.northgrenville.ca/files/10-03.pdf.
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Lock 17 in Burritts Rapids is pleased to present the first annual fundraising event for The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and Team Adelaide on Saturday August 29 Lock 17 in Burritts Rapids is pleased to present the first annual fundraising event for The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and Team Adelaide on Saturday August 29. Team Adelaide is a fundraising team made up of family and friends who have seen first hand how much CHEO can change lives. They have been walking to raise funds for five years – and conducted their first solo venture on August 1, 2015. To date, they have raised $4,288 and are 86% of the way to their goal of $5,000. Let’s help them get there! Lock 17 has booked Ottawa area duo “Jonesy & The Byrd” to entertain and delight patrons with their acoustic versions of popular cover songs, rock & roll style. Cover is free, but will be collecting donations if patrons wish to do so – all proceeds will go to support CHEO and Team Adelaide. Lock 17 will donate a portion of select meals to CHEO, and match patron’s donations (up to $500). Last year there were 6,692 admissions to CHEO, and 72,428 emergency department visits. CHEO currently has 167 inpatient beds, 20 in the NICU, 10 in the ICU and 73,800 sq.ft of research space. The hospital employs a team of 672 nurses, 256 physicians, and 500 volunteers. CHEO is very fortunate to have the support of a loving and caring community. The money raised goes to help fund research, buy equipment, train staff and add to the pediatric nature of the hospital. Show your support while enjoying a great meal and listening to some awesome live music. The show runs from 8 – 11 pm and reservations are recommended. Call 613.258.7166 to secure your spot or visit www.lock17.ca for more information.
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Come Sing with Us! The North Grenville Concert Choir is excited to start preparing for its new season starting in September. Do you love to sing? Come join us! We rehearse every Monday evening at St. John's United Church in Kemptville and we have a lot of fun. We are a very diverse group of people who simply love to sing, so if you love singing - just for the joy of singing - come try it out. Our young and talented Music Director, Phillip Konopka, keeps it light but he still manages to bring the best out of us. For more information, please call 613-258-1281 or email rublifam@sympatico.ca. We would love new members to join ... or former members to return!
Province Funding Infrastructure in Eastern Ontario Residents of Smiths Falls and Rideau Lake will benefit from important infrastructure investments thanks to funding from the government of Ontario through the Small Communities Fund. Smiths Falls will see the installation of new sanitary and storm sewers, as well as an upgraded water main on Foster Avenue. These developments will increase efficiency and reliability, improve fire protection, and reduce water leakage, among other benefits. A number of renovations will be made to the Rideau Lakes solid waste management site to make it safer, more user-friendly, and reAugust 19, 2015
duce environmental impact. The existing entrance will be widened, with the recycling area being relocated, and a second weight scale being added to the facility. Ontario is investing $367,231 in the two projects, but the applicants will be responsible for a portion of the cost of their project. This funding is part of the largest infrastructure investment in Ontario's history -- more than $130 billion over 10 years, which will support more than 110,000 jobs per year on average. The Small Communities Fund provides funding for priority public infrastructure projects that deliver on local
critical infrastructure. This funding can then cover up to two-thirds of a community’s eligible project costs. A Conference Board of Canada report estimated that Ontario’s public infrastructure investment would add more than $1,000 to the average annual income of Ontarians in 2014 and lower the unemployment rate by about one percentage point. Any proposed project must be located in, and for the benefit of, communities with less than 100,000 residents. Applications will be accepted until September 11, 2015.
needs. Through the program, Ontario is providing $272 million to support projects in communities across the province with fewer than 100,000 residents. The federal government will match Ontario’s contribution to the Fund. This funding will help address local priorities, support job creation and economic growth, and help local residents to sustain a high quality of life for years to come. Through the Small Communities Fund, the provincial and federal governments partner to fund priority infrastructure projects in communities. This includes highways, major roads and other
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Back-to-school season is the time STEO Web Site and Busing Hotline Information to organize our lives (NC) For many Canadian families back-to-school season is the time to organize our thoughts and lives. Clarity and preparation starts at home as a clean and organized home sets the tone for everything we do. One common item many families will come across when fall cleaning their home is old cell phones. While used cell phones are extremely common and are gathering dust in drawers across Canada, many of us do not know how to properly dispose of them.
Starting this month, information on busing for the upcoming school year will be just a click or a phone call away, for parents and students in Eastern Ontario. Student Transportation of Eastern Ontario (STEO) is the transportation consortium for the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO), and the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB). General Manager and Chief Administrative Officer, Ron Cotnam, stated, "STEO has developed a web site where parents and students can access important information including pickup locations and the name of the contractor serving their area."
Recycle My Cell is Canada's free cell phone recycling program. The program accepts many different items for recycling, including smartphones, pagers, cell phone batteries and accessories. After your device is received, it is sent to a processor where it can be refurbished or broken down. All items recovered are recycled or refurbished in accordance with Canadian e-waste laws.
Parents and students can visit the STEO web site at www.steo.ca. Parents can then click on the “Find My Bus Stop� button and fill in the required fields to access individual busing information such as pickup location and times. The site also offers information on school locations, guidelines for parents, bus cancellations, contractor information, bell times, and frequently asked questions. In addition, a school bus safety section has been developed which provides valuable and informative resources.
Canadians can visit www.RecycleMyCell.ca and enter their postal code to locate the drop-off locations closest to them where their old wireless devices will be accepted, regardless of brand or condition. If you can't get to one of the drop-off locations in your neighborhood, the web site offers a printable postage-paid label that can be used to mail the device back to Recycle My Cell at absolutely no cost.
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STEO will also make it easier for parents and students to check on transportation information by maintaining a special busing hotline. The number 1-855-4411589 will be active from August 17 up to and including September 18.
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Get into a healthy routine for the school year ahead (NC) New and demanding routines on those first few days back at school can be intimidating for both parents and kids alike. To assist, the Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA) offers some tips to help your little ones start off the school year feeling strong: Play and exercise for better sleep – Research shows that exercising helps you fall asleep faster and stay asleep for longer. This is especially true for kids. Unfortunately, studies show that only seven per cent of kids in Canada get the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity each day. Make sure your child gets enough sleep every night by encouraging physical activity during the day. Go organic – Teaching our kids about the benefits of organic foods is almost as important as making sure that they eat breakfast every day. When you buy organic foods, you're investing in your health and the health of your family, and you're supporting environmentally sustainable practices. These are all important messages we should be teaching our children.
Add a multivitamin to your mix – Mornings can be busy and hectic. Sometimes kids just don't have time to eat a full, healthy breakfast to get all the nutrients they need. Supplementing your kids' diet with a multivitamin might be a good idea to ensure they are getting all the essential nutrients. There are multivitamins formulated for every age, ranging from kids to adults. Speak with your health care practitioner to determine which multivitamin is best for every member of your family. Pack a brain boosting lunch – Packing the right food for lunch can also play a role in boosting your child's brain power. Foods that contain poly-unsaturated fats are good for brain health and provide energy. If possible, try to slip avocados or pumpkin seeds into school lunches. Add omega-3s for brain health – The long-chain omega-3 fats in fish oil have been shown to improve cognitive performance, including improved behaviour, memory, and reading. Getting the right amount of
healthy fats during pregnancy and childhood has shown to have a number of benefits for children, including increased intelligence and visual acuity. Omega-3 supplements are available in different forms for children and adults. Don't forget about vitamin D – In September, the days get shorter and back-to-school means more time indoors, both of which can lead to a decrease in vitamin D. Children and toddlers need vitamin D to absorb calcium and form strong teeth and bones. It has also been linked to increased immunity and disease prevention. Consider adding a vitamin D supplement formulated for children. When adding supplements to your child's diet, it is always a good idea to speak with your health care practitioner. Visit chfa.ca for more information on how to help your child thrive and enjoy a healthy transition back to school this September. www.newscanada.com
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Chamber of Commerce planning for the future
The North Grenville Chamber of Commence has been busy over the last few months planning for the future by acting as a coordinating body for existing organizations representing business within North Grenville. The current Board has worked on a Strategic Plan for the Chamber, identifying priorities over the next years, and overseeing a move to new premises and a new mandate. The Chamber has been through a period of relative stagnation, with few activities or projects being undertaken within the community. However, a new Board of Directors has helped to reenergise the organisation and provided a fresh look at what the role of the Chamber of Commerce should be in North Grenville. One central focus of the Chamber is to represent all business in the community, not just members, and to communicate and share that message effectively through a visible and active participation in the business life of the municipality. The Chamber web site and Facebook page, invaluable and essential aspects of any modern organisation, are being upgraded and enhanced to reflect this new era in the Chamber’s history. There is no doubt that, to be successful in its mission, it is necessary to reach out to the community, especially the business section, and show them that the NG Chamber of Commerce is an organisation that can provide valuable services and networking opportunities, not available elsewhere. This also means working closely with various business groups in North Grenville, such as the Kemptville Business Improvement Area, Kemptville Women in Business, and the North Grenville Business Builders, and exploring the potential working relationship with the North Grenville Business Retention and Expansion Alliance [BR+E]. The BR+E represents ten business organisations in the area and operates through the Municipality’s Economic Development DepartAugust 19, 2015
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ment. Talks have already taken place between the BR+E and the Chamber, exploring ways in which duplication can be avoided in a more dynamic partnership between the two groups. The North Grenville Chamber of Commerce, in its Strategic Plan, commits itself to “seek to expand its membership to include the majority of businesses operating in North Grenville”. There is an honest awareness on the part of the Board that the Chamber needs to regain lost ground, convince former members that it is of benefit to them to return, and show to those who have never been Chamber members that it is able to deliver valuable services to them. For, after all, there has to be a reason for the Chamber to exist, and the Board are convinced that it has a unique role to play in the future business development in North Grenville as a whole. That conviction is the reason why some of the community’s most respected business people have dedicated their time and energy to joining the Board of Directors of the North Grenville Chamber of Commerce. Business leaders such as Gerald Tallman, Harry Pratt, Diarmid O’Farrell and Cathy Shep-
pard have joined NG Times Editor, David Shanahan, Melissa White of Royal Bank, and John Gray of Re/ Max Connections Realty Inc., to direct the future development and expansion of the Chamber. The Chamber hold regular gatherings as a way for people to meet and interact in an informal setting. The Chamber-After-Hours provides you with the opportunity to exchange business ideas, meet business connections, and generate new business leads. The next event takes place on Tuesday, August 25, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at O’Farrell Financial Services Office, 292 County Road #44, in Kemptville. Members and Non-Members are very welcome. There are refreshments available and admission is $10 at the door. The NG Chamber of Commerce is back and thriving, ready to work actively towards maintaining and retaining existing business while promoting and attracting new business and to promote the economic development and the social well being of the entire community of North Grenville.
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New organic yogurt a return to history
Brothers Rudi and Josh Biemonds by David Shanahan Upper Canada Creamery have just launched their new organic Yogurt line, Biemonds local on-farm, whole milk, organic, grass fed, probiotic and with no additives. That’s a lot to boast about, but it is quite historic too.
This is really the model for all future local initiatives in the dairy industry, the beginning, perhaps, of a return to the days when local food was produced by local people, locally. Josh, Ellen, Jennifer and Rudi Biemond own the New Care Farm located on Wad-
the most rigorous standards of cleanliness and the latest technology in producing the yogurt that bears their name. It has not been easy to get the requisite permits and licenses to open the Creamery. As organic milk producers, the Biemonds had to get the agreement of all organic dairy farmers in Ontario, before they could go ahead with their plans. They had to agree to continue selling their milk to the Dairy Farmers of Ontario, then buy it back to use in the yogurt production process. Then they had to buy tanker trucks to move the milk from the dairy barns at New Care Farm to the facility at the Creamery - a distance of one quarter of a mile. But the entire process seems to have paid off for the Biemonds. It is one of their proudest boasts that their yogurt cartons includes the logo of the blue cow, the guarantee that theirs is a completely Canadian-made product. The entire project
dell Road in South Dundas, which has been a certified organic dairy farm since 1996. But now they’ve ventured out into a new enterprise: Upper Canada Creamery is based in a 8,200 sq foot, $1.5 million plant, which received its license by OMAFRA in July. After a marathon of red tape, regulations and inspections, the new facility held its Grand Opening on August 15. Visitors to the facility were given a tour of the immaculately hygienic factory, with a novel addition: a viewing area where visitors and shoppers can look through a window on to the production floor and watch the yogurt being produced right before them. This is a far cry from the days when every hamlet in the region had its own cheese factory, producing millions of tons of cheese for the local and international market. The Biemonds ensure that the Creamery measures up to
is built on the organic farming techniques which have been followed at New Care for the past thirty years. The herd of cows based on the farm have been grass-fed in a most innovative way. While visiting Australia some years ago, Josh Biemond came across the practice of “rolling fences”, a way to constantly move cows from one area of pasture to another, thereby avoiding loss of grass, and allowing various types of grass to develop. By targeting the pasturing of the cows, Biemonds increased their organic milk yield by 30% per acre. This kind of vision and imagination has brought them to the point of launching Biemond organic yogurt, a launch that has begun here in North Grenville. Jim Beveridge, owner of the B&H in Kemptville, has become the first retail store to sell the new product. The Biemond family acknowledge Jim’s support for the enterprise
from the very start. “He’s been incredible. He’s supported us since before we broke ground and he was the first one to come to the store to pick up the product and have it in his shop.” The yogurt line will be marketed through the Two Rivers Food Hub, but Jim got in, as it were, on the ground floor, and the Biemonds were very happy to have such a respected promoter of local foods be a flagship for their product. The Upper Canada Creamery hope to have their products in many stores throughout eastern Ontario and beyond, as time goes by. But, less than a week after their Grand Opening, it is already making fans. Hopefully, it will also inspire other local food producers to look into the possibilities of processing and marketing locally. Our community can only be healthier as a result.
hacks are incapable of rendering. Instead, let's improve our current system to ensure more democratic governing by making our parliament more responsible. Reducing the power of Political Parties over individual members would be a great place to begin. Suspending a member from the Party Caucus for holding dissident views, for instance, renders too much power in the hands of a Prime Minister, as is the fact that only he can sign Party member nomination papers.
As for the fixed election date, that should go the way of the Triple E Senate and PR proposals. Another question that has always bothered me is why are mostly lawyers elected to parliament? Some countries have sections in parliament to include representation by various occupations as well as cultural and minority groups. This type of Sectional representation would be far superior to Proportional representation. Perhaps that option would be a better way to choose Senators!
Fixed date elections and other issues by Brian Lonergan Steven Harper has introduced the policy of a Fixed date in this current Federal election for the first time in Canada's history. As a result, Canadians are experiencing the longest campaign ever. Are we perhaps moving toward American style television debates and long drawn out party leader selection also? The problem with a fixed date election is that it limits options when a minority government is in power. Should a minority government lose a non-confidence vote in parliament, do fixed election dates mean it can continue governing in spite of being defeated ? Harper has also been a strong advocate for a Triple E Senate. That is, elected, equal, and effective. Again, Harper is copying aspects of American style governing gridlock. USA is a bicameral system which means it has two Houses that approve legislation. If one House disagrees with the other, the bill is defeated. Canada and Britain also have bicameral systems but only one of the governing Houses holds real power, technically acting unicamerally. The Canadian Senate was designed as a sober second thought to amend and August 19, 2015
revise aspects of House of Commons legislation that may have been lacking or missing. However after three readings in the House, the bill becomes law and Canada's Senate cannot further block enactment of that legislation. On the positive side, the end result of unicameral systems is that they govern more efficiently. By having an equal senate, Canada would have a less effective government, subject to gridlock by competing Houses. Many also advocate Proportional Representation as a fairer and more democratic way to elect people to parliament. The original concept of democracy that began in Greece was to send representatives from specific areas of the country to speak for them in the country's Assembly. PR does away with that by focusing on a Political Party leadership committee who select people within its organization to be placed on electoral lists. Many of these candidates may not be familiar with the area they would represent. In other words, the Party leader under a PR system would say "Well, I'm going to Parliament and I have selected twenty other of my cronies to go with me". That creates a Party oligarchy that is focused on its own interests and leader, rather than on the people's interests they are
supposed to represent. Party loyalty and advancement of their cause becomes their primary focus. The link between voters and those who represent them is destroyed, and furthermore, makes them unaccountable and even inaccessible. Under PR, fringe parties and minority groups often disrupt the will of the majority as they focus on their own particular issue that may often not be considered important by the voter mainstream. They can make governments
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fall if they do not get their way. It becomes government by minorities, not majorities. If we look at countries that have adopted PR, their time in power is not often a long one. As an example, Italy has had close to 60 different governments since 1946, many lasting only 100 to 200 days. Fixed election dates under PR would be impossible. In sum, first past the post guarantees representatives that are directly accountable to constituents, something an "at large" group of Party
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Most of the Time by David Shanahan The twentieth century was hard on the human race. The previous century had been, in general, one which built us up and provided us with an outlook that seemed to promise great things. Evolution was a concept applied to more than biology, it ruled every aspect of life. Mankind, as we were known, was going somewhere: progress was the ruling principle of all society. The spread of democracy, the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of education and literacy, the abolition of slavery and child labour, the rise of the Nation state; all of these things, happening through the century, and capped off by Darwin’s theory that we were on an upward journey - the Ascent of Man - made people believe that things were becoming more civilised, more advanced. The negative aspects of this progress were seen as inevitable and temporary transitions on the way to Utopia. Long before Hippies and love-ins, communes and communal living were attempted in the 1800's. Poets like Walt Whitman and William Blake prefigured the Beats and the troubadours of the Folk scene, like Dylan and Phil Ochs. Society believed that progress was inevitable, a sign of evolutionary inevitability, of their own personal and national, even ethnic, superiority over the past. Philosophers and academics began to believe that God was dead, because Man no longer needed him, no longer was tied to superstitious belief in the transcendental. Some believed, in fact, that Mankind was the true transcendental element in the Universe. Most believed that Mankind itself was on the way to divinity.
But the world of the Utopians collapsed about a hundred years ago, most effectively between 1914 and 1918. The reason the Titanic disaster in 1912 was, and is, such a traumatic event, is that it had seemed an impossibility. Science and technology was supposed to have got beyond that kind of thing in the progressive West. But the statesmen of Europe were in tears as they declared war on each other in 1914, because their technology and schedules were forcing them into devastation. Or else they rejoiced that their technology was going to be used in a triumphant proof of their nation’s superiority. The Twentieth century brought us World Wars, Depressions, Holocausts, genocide. And it seemed that, for every incredible advance in science, there was a dreadful price to pay in unseen side effects. Possibly the bloodiest century in human history revealed that we were not, perhaps, as civilised as we thought. Religion could not be blamed, after all, for every war and injustice. Progress was beginning to poison our atmosphere and choke our rivers, lakes and oceans. We were forgetting how to grow our own food. Food itself was less real and more damaging to our systems, which were developing allergies and illnesses to blight our longer lives. The Sixties seem, in retrospect, to have been a time when younger people reacted, looked for something more than the material Utopia of the post-war world. Peace and love and freedom seemed like fresh, new ideas, no matter how many times they had been “discovered” in previous generations. It was not naivety, or mindless idealism: it was hope. But two Ken-
nedys and a King later, after Vietnam, Watergate, IranContra, and so many other disillusions, came the Great Distractions: video games, the Internet, Apple and Microsoft, to insulate us, isolate us, allowed us to retreat into a personal universe where we no longer know the names of our neighbours, no longer allowed our children to play outside, no longer believed that schools were actually educating, or that governments were really interested in our concerns. The prevailing philosophy of our society, and one with which we were indoctrinated, was that all that mattered and was real was whatever we could see, touch, smell and hear. Everything was relative now, no more absolutes to fail us, no more truth applicable to all. God was whatever you decided he/ she/it should be. In fact, everyone could have their own god, lots of gods, or no god. It didn’t matter, because none of it was ultimately real. As a result, we live in a society that is falling apart because, if everything is relative, if truth and values are what you want them to be, then nothing has real value. If everything is equally true, then nothing is truly true. Words lose their meaning. But what if this is all wrong? There have been so many times like this throughout history, when a general malaise seemed to fall on the world, and everything seemed threatening and out of control. We live such short lives that we don’t really have the perspective that allows us to see our own times clearly. I know, this hardly seems like a “religious” article. Hardly the kind of thing a Christian should be saying. But that is precisely what Christians have been saying for two millennia:
that the world is broken, and in need of serious TLC. But also, that there is Good News: there is a reason why we feel lost and need to make up our own philosophy to survive. We should reject the pie-inthe-sky answers of “religion”, science or whatever, and be satisfied with nothing less than Reality. We need to ask serious and honest questions and stop being satisfied with second-hand ideas. One of the characteristics of this disillusioned and lost generation is that we have taught ourselves to believe in contradictory things. We have accepted theories and philosophies that seem profound, but are, on examination, nothing but assumptions and based on nothing but abstractions. We take our stand on certain statements of principle that have no foundation in reality, and don’t even notice, because we simply accepted them without thinking them through. For example: to those who say they don’t believe there is anything beyond what can be empirically proved by scientific means, I say “Prove it”. By definition, you can’t. If there is a reality outside what we can observe with our senses, then we cannot disprove its existence through observation by our senses. This may seem academic, but look around you. These assumptions and theories have had an effect on how we live, how we act, how we connect, or fail to connect with each other. They are slowly destroying us and the world in which we live. How many of us would like to swop places with our children, or grandchildren, and live in the world we see coming to them? That says something, doesn’t it? This “progress”, this Descent of Man, is inevitable unless there is something more,
something that transcends and gives real meaning and purpose. So here is another thought: by definition, there can be only one Supreme Being (which we call God). You can’t have two Supreme Beings, because then they are not supreme. If you want to have many gods, then each one cannot be Supreme, or God. The question then becomes: is there one Supreme God? Isn’t this worth thinking about? Isn’t this even more important, ultimately, than politics, sociology, psychology or hockey? This is not
pushing my beliefs: if it were, I’d be telling you how to live, what to believe, etc. This is simply asking questions, and suggesting that there may be answers worth looking into. Christianity is not, perhaps, what you’ve always thought it was. It is not going to church, it is not having a particular political bias, and it is most certainly not about power, position or titles. Most of the time, we can live with things as they are. But sometimes, we need more. There is more. He is there, and he is not silent.
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Forest Legacy, Forest History, Forest Health Saturday August 29, 2015, 10 – 11:30 AM Back by popular demand! Part II of what grows in Ferguson Forest, led by veteran forester Alf Campbell, and hosted by the Friends of the Ferguson Forest Centre. This is a second opportunity for an entertaining and enlightening tour on forest land use encompassing a variety of both natural and planted trees. The guided walking tour on tree identification will follow the central branch of the Forest Management Trail, from the main forest track to Honour Way, approximately 1 km. This is a free event and open to the public. For further information or directions, email chair-fffc@outlook.com.
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Legion Golf Tournament: Shot gun start at 10 am at the Nationview Golf Course. Registration $70 per person which includes green fees, golf cart and dinner at the Legion. Hole in one – trip for 2 to Las Vegas – Charity Hole – closest to the pin. To register, call Chico Horricks at 613 978 7828 or register on the Legion facebook page or at the Legion. Aug 25 The Chamber-After-Hours, 6-8 pm at O’Farrell Financial Services Office, 292 County Road #44. Members and Non-Members are very welcome. There are refreshments available and admission is $10 at the door. Aug 28-30 The Kemptville Youth Centre (KYC) is hosting Book Fair, Ferguson Forest Centre, 9-5 pm. Book donations will be accepted on August 8 at the Ferguson Forest Centre from 10 am to 2 pm. Volunteers are needed to help make this event a success. For more information, please call 613258-5212. Aug 30 Victorian Tea from 1-3 pm, Bishop’s Mills Community Hall, hosted by BMWI. $5 adult, $3 child; contact Patricia Habberjam: 258 3683. Sept 8 The Ferguson Forest Centre will be pleased to welcome the public to visit its greenhouses from 4 pm to 6 pm. See what it takes to make a seed into the young tree you may plant in your yard. Sept 12 Oxford-On-Rideau Bird Club Sale at South Mountain Fair Grounds. Doors open at 9 am. For more info, call 613-258-2080. Sept 19 MS 50th anniversary of Leeds Grenville Chapter dinner. Brockville Memorial Centre. Reception 5 pm, Dinner 6 pm. Entertainment. Tickets $50 per person, table of 8 $400. For info contact Margaret Mohr, 613-258-2626, or lionelmohr10@gmail.com
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Kemptville 73’S Junior & Midget Training Camp Opens!
Some of the hopefuls looking for a roster spot! @rinkrat The Kemptville 73's held their Main Camp July 10-12 with over 75 players in attendance at the North Grenville Community Centre. Several of the veterans,as well as draft selections and prospects, were in attendance. The 73s had approximately 8 or 9 spots to fill. The camp started on Friday and all the players played 3 games. After the games, players were selected to play in an All Star game on Sunday afternoon. The All Star game was the last chance for many players to show what they had and why they deserved to be on this year's team. As expected, it was a fast paced, exciting game. As the cliché says – “They left it all on the ice.” General Manager, Terry Nichols, said the team “was extremely pleased with the weekend and that several players have been signed for the upcoming season.” The
73's also signed several 17 year old players that were draft picks in previous seasons. Also among the signings were several 18, 19 and 20 year olds from the Toronto area as well as the U.S. The 73's will be opening their training camp on August 20 at the North Grenville Municipal Centre, and will be on the ice almost every day. There will be two home exhibition games on Sunday, August 23 at 6:30 against Smiths Falls and Wednesday, August 26 at 8:30 against Brockville. All information about practices and games can be found on the team's website, www.kemptville73s. com.The regular season starts on Labour Day weekend with the CCHL's annual Showcase. Kemptville will be playing three games over the four day event. Once again, if you are interested in being a billet, the 73's still have a need. Being a billet parent can be
a very rewarding experience, enriching both the families and players alike. As a billet, you have the opportunity to provide a stable and supportive environment to a blossoming student athlete. These relationships can last a lifetime. More information can be obtained by emailing kemptville73s@yahoo.ca or calling Terry Nichols at 613282-8310. In other news, the Midget AAA profile is changing. Hockey Eastern Ontario (HEO) has made the decision that Midget AAA hockey will have only one division, combining Minor and Major in one group. At the AAA level, there will be 12 local teams, each operated by a CCHL team including one by the Kemptville 73's. They will all be playing in the new HEO Midget AAA league. The program is to create a development path with more opportunities for players aged 15, 16 and 17 of AAA caliber. In a collaborative effort, the players will benefit from a revised catchment area model, which will allow more players to play as close to home as possible, reducing travel and cost for families. The teams participating in the league will operate under the current ODMHA Minor Hockey rules and discipline codes. Games will be hosted through showcases on Monday nights and Saturday’s to increase the players’ exposure to scouts for future opportunities in
Junior, NCAA and OHL. Kemptville 73's General Manager Terry Nichols is excited by the new league and that it now puts the responsibility on the teams to develop the players they drafted. Historically, the drafted players played on 10 to 12 different teams, making it difficult to monitor their progress or have any input. Now the majority of their young players will be on one team operated by the Club. The 73's have hired Kemptville resident Terry Kehoe to be head coach for the
team. Kehoe has an extensive history coaching with minor hockey and the Upper Canada Cyclones. The players for the 73's Midget team will come from their drafted players along with free agents that were not protected by any other CCHL team. It is hoped that many area players who have not tried out for AAA in the past due to the travel will now consider it, since all practices will be held at the North Grenville Municipal Center. The league regular season will begin on
Labor Day Weekend and run all the way through the first week of March. The Midget 73's begin their training camp on August 19 with four scheduled exhibition games. If you are a midget aged player interested in participating in the tryouts for the Kemptville 73's team, you can get more information by calling Terry Nichols, 613-282-8310. For ice times and pre-season game info visit www.kemptville73s. com. Catch the fever! Hockey with edge!
Donations for CHEO to buy a new cardiopulmonary or lung bypass machine to help Kemptville’s baby Adeline and others will be accepted.
Ladies League Player of the Week also tried out the short-stop position. She has great speed and is learning how to steal bases. When she's not playing ball, Meggin enjoys spending time in the great outdoors. Some of her hobbies include horseback riding, hiking and camping. She also plays guitar. Maybe we can convince her to compose a theme song for the Sugar Belles, something we can all sing to distract the other team, while she steals second. Keep up the great work Meggin! Submitted by Captain Nicole Hodges Meggin-Leigh Roberts plays left field for the yellow team (sponsored by Sugar Belle Bake Shoppe) in the Kemptville Recreational Ladies Softball Ladies League. She has just moved to the North August 19, 2015
Grenville area and decided to join the league as a way to meet new people. Meggin is a relatively new ball player, having only played a bit as a small child. She is one of the yellow team’s back-up catchers and has
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Leslie Hall
Leslie Hall, pre-1950’s, made with local Dominion Concrete blocks.
were designed to complement the stone of the main church building, they were not nearly as resistant to weather, and the exterior of the Hall had to be repaired in the 1950's. Today, an inspection of the building shows the need for further repairs. The new Leslie Memorial Hall was originally intended strictly for church activities. No secular events were to be permitted. However, this intention was soon amended, in part because of the $6,000 mortgage on the building, quite a large sum in 1908. Although the debt was made up of interest-free loans, and creditors had waited patiently and had, in most cases, forgiven part of the amount owed, the debt on the Hall, coupled with extensive renovations to the main Church building itself, was a serious drain on the parish finances for almost twenty years. Fundraising efforts included a lottery in which the prize was 100 acres of land in Carleton County. By 1921, the debt had been halved, but the problem was solved through the very generous involvement of Albert Langstaff, who agreed to pay off much of the money owing to the Dominion Concrete Company. In 1924, with yet more pomp and even greater joy, the mortgage was paid off and the mortgage papers ceremoniously burned by the Anglican Bishop. In a reference to the cornerstone ceremony, the Bishop declared the mortgage “well and truly burned”. In an awful coincidence, the very same night the Hall caught fire and was badly damaged. It was a bad blow to the parishioners who had la-
by David Shanahan Leslie Hall has served the community for over one hundred years, opening its doors to the most varied collection of activities one could imagine, from funerals and church services, to rock concerts and plays. It was, for many years, the main venue for such events in Kemptville, and for groups and gatherings of people from all over North Grenville. Although its use has been curtailed of late because of electrical and other issues, many of these have been addressed and the Hall remains in use. The Anglican Church of St. James had been erected around 1828 on land donated by “Squire” William Bottom. In 1829, a petition to the Bishop from the leading members of the congregation asked him to officially dedicate the building. The petition noted that: “William H. Bottum Esquire has granted to Trueman Hurd, Lyman Clothier Esquire and Abram Beach Gentleman, Trustees for the purposes of erecting a church at the village of Kemptville in the Township of Oxford a piece of land near the said village containing three fourths of an acre more or less to serve as a site for a Church and also as a Burial ground for the inhabitants of
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the said Township for ever”. The wood frame church served until 1879, when the present stone church was opened, and the older building was removed. A Hall and Sunday School building had operated in a frame building until it was decided, in April, 1907, to build a larger Hall on land purchased in 1904 from S. E. Walt, founder of the Kemptville Advance newspaper. It was to be named in honour of Robert Leslie, who had served as Lay Reader, lay delegate to the Diocesan Synod, Church Warden and, for more than fifty years, as Superintendent of the Sunday School. Robert Leslie had a very successful career after he arrived in Kemptville in the mid-1830's. He had worked at first as a tinsmith, before working under Squire Bottom as Assistant Post Master. He took over as Post Master, and the Post Office was located in what was called the Leslie Block, now the parking lot of the Moonlight Restaurant on Clothier Street. He also served on the Kemptville Town Council. The foundation stone for the new Leslie Hall was laid with great pomp and ceremony on October 8, 1907 by the Grand Master of the Masonic Order. Leslie himself had been instrumental in bringing
the Masons to Kemptville, and both the Reeve, Albert Langstaff and the Vicar of St. James, W.P. Reeve, welcomed the Grand Master as “Your Worshipful Sir”, a strange address at a church ceremony. Masonic rites were then carried out and the stone itself was sprinkled with corn, had wine poured over it, and was finally “anointed” with water. The cornerstone was declared “well and truly laid”. After a lunch in the old Parish Hall, the crowd adjourned to the Oddfellows Hall down the street where speeches were made into the afternoon, including one by local politician G. Howard Ferguson, who remembered attending Sunday School under Robert Leslie. The day was crowned with a great concert at the Oddfellows Hall. The Hall was built with concrete blocks made by the Dominion Concrete Company, who had a factory between Riverside Park and Prescott Street. Although the blocks
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boured so hard to pay off the original mortgage, but, over the coming years, the Hall was repaired and renovated. A steam heating system was installed in 1928. In the 1950's, Leslie Hall was attached to the water mains, washroom and a new electrical lighting system were installed. In 1978, for the centennial celebrations of St. James, Leslie Hall was the site of meetings and concerts.
Since then, Leslie Hall has seen many celebrations, many vital fundraising events, weddings, funerals, birthdays and music. The Kemptville Players used the Hall as their home for many years. The current weekly Friendship Lunches are a major part of the outreach of the parish to the community: a fitting expression of the original intention behind the building of this treasured landmark.
Body and Sole Foot Care Clinic renovate to serve you better by David Steen Putting their best foot forward Body and Sole Foot Care Clinic reopened last week after a short break for their renovation project. The clinic has expanded to include an additional treatment room. The new room facilitates 25% more appointment openings each week, accommodating the growing foot traffic in our community. Both Body and Sole's Chiropodists, Melanie Atkinson and Brian Woo will be increasing their hours and taking on new patients starting in September. "We are delighted to have also added an additional receptionist position to support our expanded clinical hours", says Melanie Atkinson, Body and Sole's founding Chiropodist. "We were impressed by the quality of candidates CSE consulting were able to match us with. Now as well as Nancy's familiar face, our patients will often be greeted by Tina's welcoming smile." Body and Sole have been providing professional foot care and orthotics in North Grenville for five years. Services at the clinic include ingrown toe nail surgery, custom made foot orthotics, diabetes foot assessments and laser therapy along with care of common foot issues such as callus, nail problems, fungus and warts. In addition to professional foot care services, Body and Sole carries a variety of foot care products from cracked heel cream to orthopedic shoes. Chiropodist services are covered by most extended health care plans. New patients can self refer, no doctor's note needed. Don't let embarrassing foot problems or foot pain slow you down, relief is only steps away in Old Town Kemptville! Just call for an appointment 613 258 5508 or stop by the clinic at 212 van Buren street.
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Cancer support group fund raiser by Marguerite Boyer This past weekend, the Kemptville Cancer support group held a live and silent auction with all proceeds going to Ovarian Cancer Canada. The event was held at Nestle Down B&B. It was a hot and muggy day, and yet people came out in aid of this worthy cause. The amount of donations that came streaming in was more than she could have imaged, according to Ellen Miller, owner of Nestle Down B&B. “We raised over $4,700 so far but not all totals are in yet.” Ellen was overwhelmed by the generosity of our community and the many volunteers who made all this happen. The Knights of Columbus provided two tents for the event, and volunteer workers Al MacEachern, Ted Scrivens, Steven MacPhee, Gord Robins, Fred MacDonald, Neil Wright and Allison Miller installed, dismantled and moved all the furniture into the tents, while Arcand Tents donated thirty chairs for the music tent. Special thanks to Paul McGahey for providing insurance coverage for the day; and to the musicians
– The Keltic Knights (Pat Maloney, Ted Scrivens and Al MacEachern). Free printing of eighty Ovarian Cancer Canada notices was provided by the North Grenville Times; and Phillip Seymour and his wife Joanne updated the material and delivered notices around French Settlement. The use of a golf cart was provided by Randy Rose. Valley Sanitation made a generous donation of two portable toilets – delivered and picked up. Over two hundred items were donated by the people of our area, plus an assortment of baked goods. Again our many thanks! A huge thank you to Claudette Scrivens and her sister Bernadette, Fran Picard and granddaughter Kira, Lorena Miller and friend Vivian Howe, Monica Scrivens and Rob and Lynn Mann, Sandra Sloan and her sister Diana, Gillian Pancirov, Bev Kirkpatrick, Liz O’Rourke and Dorothy Leader, Florence Fnukal and Diana Fitzpatrick., Marjorie Chajkowski, Elaine Pratt, Elaine Allen and Ann Rahm, Barb and Em Lajoie, Edith Gray, Nicolle Kilfoyle and Darrell Miller, Patty Paterson and Joyce Blackburn, last but not least to Norma Fisher and
Flo Burnett. Our Auctioneer for the day was the incredibly entertaining Harry Pratt, who had help from Fran Thompson, Doug Thompson and Jean Kilfoyle. Harry’s performance alone was worth seeing. He was relentless in his pursuit of selling off all items, pitting neighbours and friends against each other. It was quite something to behold. On a special note: Jim Beveridge of the B&H Your Community Grocer in Kemptville is making September the Month of Ovarian Cancer. Customers will be invited to donate $2 to Ovarian Cancer Canada. B&H and Beking Poultry Farm will add an extra $0.50 each for every $2 donation. This is very appropriate, as the egg symbolises the ovary. Such a long list of people to think about shows just how dedicated our community is to such a good cause and a worthy event. Another important day for cancer support in North Grenville, and another gift to the community from Ellen and Allison Miller and friends.
Ellen Miller with Harry Pratt in full flow in his role as Auctioneer
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This picture of an Orange Hawkweed was taken with a fisheye lens to make it pop out of the surrounding white flowers. Photo by club member Justin Durocher.
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