South Mountain rider participates in third Great Cycle Challenge Canada

Canadian children are diagnosed with cancer every year,” said Jamie Lamont, Director of Special Events at SickKids Foundation. “Thanks to riders like Ron, we’re fueling groundbreaking research to save lives and give kids the brighter future they deserve.”

submitted by Ron Porteous

When it comes to fighting childhood cancer, Ron Porteous is a familiar face. A resident of South Mountain, Ron is planning to ride 1,250 kilometres and raise $5,000 during the month of August for The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in support of its 8th annual Great Cycle Challenge Canada.

Founded in 2016, Great Cycle Challenge Canada has grown to become one of the biggest cycling events in the

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country. In just seven years, over 115,000 riders from all provinces and territories have ridden 20.1 million kilometres, raising more than $39.4 million for research, care and the development of better treatments and cures for childhood cancer. This year, SickKids Foundation hopes that more than 15,000 riders will take part to support kids’ cancer research.

“Cancer is the largest killer of Canadian children from disease and over 1,400

“This is the third time I have participated in Great Cycle Challenge,” said Ron Porteous. “During those years, I rode 2,520 kilometres and raised $11,055.53. This year, I am aiming to raise $5,000 and ride 1,250 kilometres.”

To learn more about Ron’s Great Cycle Challenge Canada and to make a donation, please visit greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/ RonPorteous. To participate in Great Cycle Challenge Canada, visit GreatCycleChallenge.ca.

About Great Cycle Challenge Canada

Great Cycle Challenge Canada encourages cyclists across Canada to challenge themselves and set their own personal riding goal throughout August to fight kids' cancer. Riders fundraise to save lives and give kids the brighter future they deserve. For more information, visit greatcyclechallenge.ca.

About SickKids Foundation

Established in 1972, SickKids Foundation raises funds on behalf of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and is the largest charitable funder of child health research, learning and care in Canada. Philanthropy is a critical source of funding for SickKids – one of the world’s foremost paediatric health-care institutions. For more information, please visit sickkidsfoundation. com.

40th Anniversary Celebration

South Nation Archery Supply/Club invites you to join Kathleen and Larry to celebrate 40 years serving the needs of archers and bowhunters in eastern Ontario, western Quebec and northern New York State. On Saturday, August 26, 2023, there will be cake for everyone, national and provincial medal presentations to our indoor target archers, and 5% off in-store items. Drop in any time between 9am and 4pm to help us celebrate.

We look forward to seeing you.

11667 Holmes Road, Winchester

by Mz. Penny

A few years ago, the Post Office took away their recycling bins. One of the reasons given from head office was the risk of personal identification theft. Now to my mind, if a person is foolish enough to drop something personal in a public recycling bin, that’s their problem. But I guess that Canada

Post thinks differently.

Whenever I collect my mail, I see a pile of flyers just dumped on the floor, and I think to myself, what prompts people to dump their so called junk mail on the floor? Are they trying to make a political statement to the post offi ce, to local businesses who send them out (and remember many of these businesses support our community), or are they just uncaring, with no regard for others, including the staff who are left to pick it up? Remember, whatever your aim is to dump this on the floor, it was not the staff’s decision to eliminate these bins but they are left to clean up after you.

I don’t have the answer to what kind of people do this. Are they the same ones who dump their coffee cups (or whatever) out their car windows? Not my problem? For the past 20 years, I have observed the same couple going up and down Pinehill Road in Kemptville, picking up the garbage left behind by careless people coming out of the fast food places in the Mall at the end of the road. And there is a lot of it.

There are many ways to make a political point, but when doing so, have some respect for the people who have to clean up after you. For you, it may be a political statement, although throwing your garbage out of a car window has me just gobsmacked. Perhaps it is due to the garbage bins being removed from the fast food stores? For that action, I was told that people were bringing in bags of garbage from their homes and dumping them in their bins.

Let’s try to think about our actions more carefully and who we are hurting the most. And kudos to that couple who take the time to pick up after you, up and down Pinehill Road.

2023 Summer Concert Series

July 23 7:00 pm The Rhinestone Plowboys

July 30 7:00 pm Eddie and The Stingrays

August 6 6:30 pm Hillbilly Highway

August 13 6:30 pm Capital Beatles

August 20 6:30 pm Marlene Fawcett and Mountain Breeze

August 27 6:30 pm Chris Coyea and Alex Fleuriau with The Music Guys

Join us every Sunday evening from June 25 to August 27 at the Kinsmen Amphitheatre on the St. Lawrence River, Prescott, On