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In Merrickvlle-Wolford, voting can take place by internet or phone between October 17 and Election Day on October 24, when in-person paper ballots will be available.Detailson internet and phone voting in North Grenville will be available on the municipal website in the coming weeks, and will be published in the Times as they are confirmed. To ensure your name is on the Voter’s List, check out www. voterlookup.ca.

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The race is on four years, incumbent Nancy Peckford, and challenger Colleen Lynas. Nine people are in a race for the four Councillor positions, including all four incumbents. A full list of candidates is published in this issue of the Times. Of the four area School Boards, three incumbents are acclaimed to return to their roles, and it is only the Upper Canada District School Board that will have a contested election, where incumbent, Lisa Swan, is being challenged by Heidi Piper-Ward and John electionwillMerrickville-WolfordPalmer.alsoseeacontestedforbothMayorand Councillor roles. Incumbent Mayor Doug Struthers is being challenged by the Deputy Mayor, Mike Cameron, as well as by Anne Barr. All three are well-known and experienced in municipal politics and community activism.The Village is divided into two Wards, one each for Merrickville and Wolford, and these Wards elect members of council to represent them. This year, there are four candidates in each Ward, seeking one of two council positions. The two outgoing representatives for Wolford Ward, Mike Cameron and Stephen Ireland, are seeking re-election, but neither of the outgoing councillors from Merrickville

viting new members to join in. Rehearsals for the organization’s December concerts will begin next month. The NGCC has a rich history in our community. Over 25 years ago, in 1996, the Choir was formed by Jim Watson and the late Lana Pelletier. The Choir has simple values, aiming to fuse a love of singing with a sense of community belonging. For over two decades, the NGCC had a solid routine, with practices for spring or summer concerts taking place in the first part of the year, and practices for a Christmas concern in December taking place in the final months of the year. A comprehensive list of past performances is available on the organization’s website, showing the scope of the songs sung by the Choir. Notable is that two years of performances are missing, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.Oneobvious pattern in the songs sung by the Choir is that Handel’s Messiah (which includes the famous “Hallelujah Chorus”) is performed frequently, year after year. The Messiah was indeed the first piece ever performed in concert by the Choir, nearly 25 years ago in 1997. It therefore seems fitting that after a pandemic hiatus which prevented inperson rehearsals and proper concerts, Handel’s Messiah will be the Choir’s first postpandemic performance this year.Elisabeth Rubli is the Publicist for NGCC. She is hoping that members of the North Grenville community will come out and join the choir this year. “If you love to sing and you have always wanted to join your voice with other voices, here is your opportunity,” said Elisabeth.

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Come sing with the North Grenville Concert Choir!

“The North Grenville Concert Choir is planning the new season with in person rehearsals – hallelujah! The pandemic prevented this from happening for too long, and though there was a short mini-session in the spring to prepare for Canada Day, everyone is very excited and more than ready to sing together again. The choir will be preparing Handel’s Messiah, with concerts being held in December!” New members of the NGCC are always welcome. Rehearsals are held on Mondays from 7 to 9 pm in Kemptville and will start on September 12. Anyone interested in joining the choir or seeking more information should get in touch by email at ngconcertchoir@gmail. com, or by phone at 613258-1281. by Ashley Sloan The North Grenville Poetry Guild would like to welcome everyone back for a new season, starting with the ﬁrst meet and greet on September 15. They are looking forward to a second year of building a community of poets in and around NG. Last year, there was a variety of workshops held to test the waters and see what kind of poetry people were interested in. This year, the focus will be on a monthly get together to share poems and feature a poem or poet each month. There will be a collaboration with other art groups to have some fun workshops, as well as let you know what poetry events are going on. The Guild will also keep you in the know about upcoming contests for awards and recognition. Meetings are open to the public and will be held at the North Grenville Public Library on the third Thursday of every month at 6 pm. If you are not able to attend in person, you can follow us on Facebook North Grenville Poetry Guild. If you would like to be a featured poet and host an evening to share the stories that brought you to creating your poems, email Ashley@experienceartfest.com for any questions or concerns. If bad weather is in the forecast, safety is a priority and a zoom option is available for anyone still wanting to share.

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A brief description of the play online describes it as “A monologue by a middle-aged, working class Liverpool housewife… focusing on her life before and after a transforming holiday abroad.”“Shirley Valentine” will run for two weekends on either side of Thanksgiving weekend. The ﬁrst performances will take place on the weekend of September 30, with evening shows on September 30 and October 1, and a matinee show on October 2. The remaining performances will take place on the weekend of October 14, with evening shows on October 14 and 15, and a matinee show on October 16. When tickets are available, the plan is for them to be on sale online at https:// ngct.ca/.

Actress Jorie Basque, who will play Shirley Valentine in the upcoming production by Brandon Mayer

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After restrictions were loosened, Jorie acted in NGCT’s production, “Ripcord”, and is now excited about having the “huge opportunity and huge challenge” of taking on the role of Shirley Valentine. “To go from doing a part, to now leap into carrying a whole show is pretty intimidating,” said Jorie. “But I really love this character and relate to her.”

The North Grenville Concert Choir (NGCC) is getting back into the groove with in-person rehearsals, and the organization is inThe North Grenville Community Theatre (NGCT) is set to put on a production beginning next month which is sure to captivate audience members young and old. Rehearsals are still underway for the unique one-person play, called “Shirley Valentine”. The star of the show will be local actress Jorie Basque. The production of “Shirley Valentine” is something that has been in the works for quite some time. An initial plan for the play was to use it as an option for small-venue productions during some of the toughest months of for Shirley Valentine! the COVID-19 pandemic. Soon, plans changed when Jorie was cast in the titular role, and the play became the choice for NGCT’s fall production. “Shirley Valentine” is unique in that it is a onecharacter play. “I would say it’s pretty rare,” Jorie said of having a play with only one character. “In my years in theatre, I haven’t seen a lot of this. It is quite an undertaking, for sure.” Jorie explained that much of the monologue consists of Shirley telling her story to the audience. “So there is sort of these moments where she’s sharing of herself and what’s going on for her, and then there are moments when she launches into almost a comedy routine,” said Jorie. Shirley also has different types of personas that she switches between. Preparations for the production are still underway. One of the challenges for Shirley is memorizing her lines. Normally, actors and actresses rehearsing for a play can memorize their lines in order using cues. The lines of the other performers act as a cueing memory aid, but in the case of Shirley Valentine, it is different because there are no other characters with lines for cueing. There is therefore a massive amount of monologue to memorize with no breaks or memory aids in between. “In this script, there are no cues, there is just… talking,” Jorie joked. “The advantage is that I can’t throw off another actor by saying the wrong line, I can only throw myself off!” For Jorie, it feels great to be playing such a key part in the upcoming play. She took about 25 years off of acting after finishing high school and university, and finally got back into it about four years ago through various community organizations. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic set in soon after Jorie got back into theatre, which dampened some of her excitement.

As owner Bob Harlow pulls up, he and his friend Mike crack jokes as they pass out scoops of pure joy, reminding the kids not to drop their cones in the water and asking parents if they've got any smaller bills. It's a feeding frenzy punctuated by shrieks of glee, the makings of core memories as strangers dig out extra change to bail out an unprepared family. For more than 20 years, it's been like this: every day, Bob loads the same six flavours of ice cream into his trusty pontoon and heads to Baxter Beach to sell dozens, if not hundreds, of ice cream cones in less than two hours. "I've been at it so long that some of the kids I served 20 years ago are now bringing their own kids," Bob said. "It's become generational. It's a warm and fuzzy feeling." Bob was a long-haul trucker for many years before switching to more local jobs. Having many hours to think on the road, he'd been dreaming of a way to spend more time on the water. He finally launched his business in 2001 when his son Adam was 9, planning to spend summers on the water with him and maybe even pass the business to him in the future. But the following year, Adam was tragically killed at the age of 10, bringing Bob's world to a grinding halt. He wasn't sure if the Ice Cream Float would continue, but in the end, it kept him afloat."I didn't know if I could continue at first, but I had to," Bob said. His daily work shirt now features a photo of him and Adam on the boat – the first official photo taken of their venture, which was published in the Ottawa Citizen in 2001. "I can't imagine doing anything else in the summertime."

On a hot summer day on Baxter Beach, some interesting activity can be spotted across the Rideau River: a brightly-clad person coming and going off a dock, mysterious buckets lifted into a blueroofed pontoon, flags fluttering in the wind. It's nearing 1 pm and kids in the know are keeping a watchful eye. They can sense it's almost time, and excitement is growing.Then: distant revving wafts across the water, and a ripple runs through the children. Suddenly every kid is on their feet, craning their necks, watching as the infamous Ice Cream Float putters its way across the water to the beach. "He's coming!" they shout as they race to their parents, hands outstretched, looking for Ice Cream Float serves scoops of joy at Baxter Beach toonies and loonies. They scramble to be first in line at the designated parking spot, tossing their shoes indiscriminately across the sand to prepare for their watery walk.

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The joy Bob spreads is undeniable, but he insists the feeling is mutual. "We get back so much from it," he said. "The kids are so happy, the parents are so happy. You're always dealing with happy people."Tocatch the Ice Cream Float, head to the beach at Baxter Conservation Area any day this summer around 1 pm, weather permitting. Bob and Mike will also serve local boaters from the water, and plan to be out on weekends throughout September.Baxter Beach parking is $7 per vehicle. Ice cream cones are $3 each. For more details about Baxter, visit: baxter-cation-areas/fee-required/www.rvca.ca/conserva-https://

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by Peter Johnson “After the second World War, there had been attempts by the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London and Birmingham to form clubs where traditional music could be performed. The clubs were known for the amateur nature of their performances, often including, or even focusing on local ‘ﬂoor singers’, of members who would step up to sing one or two songs. In America, The Lovin' Spoonful is one example of a pop group that started in the folk club world. In Boston, the most famous venue was the Club 47, where Joan Baez got her start.” (Wikipedia)Roughly 10 years ago, on the patio out back of The Branch Restaurant, Bruce Enloe, George Hogan and myself escaped from the crowded, noisy interior. George wanted to introduce us to the concept of 'Folk Clubs', UK style. What came out of that initial discussion was a concept for live performances by Ashley Sloan A cool new food drive is happening on August 29 at Kemptville Retirement Living. Michelle Nel, Program Director at KRL and Darcie Flagg, owner of The Station are teaming up with some local sponsors to hand out Freezes to each person in the vehicle dropping oﬀ donated non-perishable food items. Michelle says: "The Food Drive came to fruition due to residents at Kemptville Retirement Living expressing a desire to assist those who may require a little help in these particularly challenging times.

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MEETING: Thursday, September 8, at the Municipal Centre. Doors open at 6.30. Meeting starts at 7 until 9. Nine candidates for Councillor. More details will be published in future issues. The Origins of The Kemptville Folk Club where performers came up from the audience, to the stage and performed 3 songs. The venue would be a 'listening room'. Any who wished to carry on a conversation would be asked to move their 'meeting' to a side room, or outside. Central to this model of performance was the idea that the performer was the focus of the room. Not having to be in competition with the usual noise of a busy room, they were then free to do their music. And the audience was also able to listen without the distractions from chatty neighbours. I was immediately enthused. I knew well the feeling of performing to a room of people who were more intent on their conversations...I also was familiar with how irritating it could be to have chatty neighbours ruin your listening Iexperience.hadjustretired from 30+ years of teaching. In any 'good' classroom, it is essential that when someone is speaking, everyone else listens. These 'audience manners' promote learning, as well as the sharing of ideas and information. Mentoring and partnerships were another part of a positive learning environment. I wanted to incorporate these concepts into a public performanceBrucesituation.andNicole allowed us to use their facility on a week night when The Branch was closed. Every second week we would gather. A list was made up...a performance schedule on the basis of 'first come, first served'. Our numbers grew. If you were late, you did not get on the list. We had experienced musicians as well as those who had never performed to a live audience before. It was a place where many new collaborations were being tried out and where positive but realistic feedback was encouraged. Within the group at large, musicians shared their talents and joined up in groups of two, three...sometimes more. It was a time of sharing, learning, co-operation and growth. And then, along cameEverythingCOVID. that made the Folk Club what it was, was no longer possible. The Kemptville Folk Club went on a two year hiatus. Restaurants were no longer gatheringDuringplaces.that time, The Branch became the Branch Bistro. As we eased our way out of the pandemic, the building was transformed into The Hyde. The Folk Club has had to adjust. The food and entertainment sector is struggling: both to find staff and to get patrons to return. With this in mind, The Kemptville Folk Club has had to search for a facility that will meet its particular needs. To date the search continues. I am hoping that there will be some good news soon. When we are up and running again, we will make that news known. If this sounds like something you'd like to participate in, or to attend as an audience member, you will be able to contact me through our Facebook page.

Want to trade for a Freeze? some residents were born and raised in the area while others moved here more recently, they all expressed a wish to support, as well as connect, with their community. This connectivity is something the past pandemic years has made challenging for them. Residents are thrilled with the response from businesses and locals who have oﬀered to assist and volunteer their time in order to make this Food Drive at KVRL a success.Residents" are hoping that the community will be able to drop oﬀ items such as baby formula, food or diapers; toiletries like shampoo, toothpaste or feminine hygiene products; and pet food. These are a few of the items needed to help stock the shelves at the local food bank.This drive thru event takes place from 10 am to 2 pm in front of the Retirement building located on Hwy 43. Michelle and Darcie would like to give a huge shout out to the following community supporters who are donating freezes as well as assisting the residents with this event: Starbucks, JJ Shawarma, Chris Wilson, Cranberry Hill Animal Hospital, The Score and Blooming Smiles Dental. The Retirement home hopes to fill vehicles full of donated items and deliver them to the local Salvation Army.

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The hundreds of volunteers who have come together under the leadership of the local organizing committee chaired by Harry Bennett have organized an action packed few days. Mark your calendars between Sept 20 and Sept 24 to take in the action: - The Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Team, The SkyHawks, will put on an amazing display for the crowds below; - Ram Rodeo which will feature very talented cowboys and cowgirls from all over Eastern Canada; - There will be over 40 live entertainment acts such as the Canadian Cowgirls, MudMen, Ambush, Eddie and the Stingrays, Freddy Vinette and the Rhinestone Plowboys, Wayne Rostad, Daisy Train, and many more! - Kemptville College Alumni Day will bring hundreds of former College grads together on Wednesday, Sept 21, 2022 - And of course – lots of horse and tractor plowing competitions!

Something BIG is coming to North Grenville…

5August 25, 2022 The North Grenville Times The Voice of North Grenville www.ngtimes.ca September 20-24, 2022 www.explorenorthgrenville.ca/ipm North Grenville Welcomes the IPM to Kemptville! Rodeo and the Canadian Cowgirls Plowing Competitions Live Entertainment: DW James and The Derringers, Eddie & the Stingrays, Daisy Train, Mud Men Food Galore Hundreds of ParadeExhibitors Fun for the Whole Family!

For those who witnessed the very unfortunate closure of Kemptville College in 2016, which provided crucial agricultural training and related education for nearly a century, bringing the IPM to our community is an unprecedented opportunity to celebrate rural living and the vital role farmers play. Agricultural practices are changing all the time, and it’s crucial that we show future generations where our food comes from and the sophistication of many farm operations today. But you don’t need to be a farming enthusiast to enjoy the IPM. There will be a huge variety of exhibitors focused on rural living and events for the whole family.

You can also show your IPM community spirit by decorating your home or business as part of a Community Beautiﬁcation contest. The deadline to enter is August 31. These will add to the many displays you may be noticing in front of a variety of businesses and localThefarms.IPM will be the largest event that North Grenville has ever hosted in its 230 year plus history! We hope you take in the action and extend a warm welcome to our visitors. Tickets are $20 in advance if you buy before September 6, and $25 at the gate. Youth between 6 – 15 are $5 and kids under 5 areForfree.more info on how to be an exhibitor, to volunteer, or to ﬁnd the schedule - - visit plowingmatch.org/ ipm2022.It’snot too late to lend a hand! Councillor Doreen O’Sullivan and Cathey Shephard co- chair the volunteer recruitment and there is a training day on Sept 11. Let’s get ready to make history.

Something BIG is coming to North Grenville... by Mayor Nancy Peckford In January 2020, North Grenville’s Council was approached about hosting the International Plowing Match & Rural Expo on the old Kemptville College grounds. The Municipality had recently purchased 626 acres of the former Kemptville College in 2018, and we were working hard to bring new life to these Campus lands. The chance to host Canada’s premiere agricultural event and rural expo on the Campus (and on some local farms) was incredibly exciting, despite what we knew would be an immense amount of work. Of course, the pandemic put a temporary wrench in these plans, but in less than a month, between 60 – 80,000 folks over 5 days will visit our community for what has become the largest outdoor agricultural and rural expo in North America since its inception over 100 years ago.

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It is with great sadness, the family of Preston Byrd announce his passing on August 15, 2022 at Kemptville District Hospital. Preston was in his 84th year. Preston is predeceased by his parents, Sanford and Cora Byrd and his wife, Heather (nee Kenney) of 43 years. Survived by his partner Mary Williams. Loving father of Kevin (Dawn), Stephanie (Allan), Brad (Heather), Derrick (Katherine), Dawn (Darryl), proud grandfather of Brandon, Michael, Chris, Jennifer, Zach, Laura, Olivia and William and great grandfather to Melina, Logan, Madison, Adler and James. Dear Brother of Fern (Betty), Ron (Gail) and many nieces and nephews. Preston worked for over 40 years as the Eastern Regional Property Manager for Capital Memorial Gardens. He was an avid hockey and baseball fan and spent many hours supporting his children and grandchildren in their sporting activities, hockey, baseball, ﬁgure skating and basketball.

The statement by the SOLGEN’s oﬃce is in keeping with much of the information coming from that source over the past couple of years, in that it says little or nothing, and adds nothing to the issue. The fact that the request is before the courts is obviously an impediment to any substantial response by the government, and the more important response will come when they oﬃcially respond to the application when it is heard at some point in the future.

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In response to the article in last week’s Times reporting on the application for a Judicial Review of the province’s decision to open a prison in Kemptville, the Office of the Solicitor General submitted the following comment to this office.“We are proud of the steps our government has taken to strengthen our justice system from top to bottom, including by modernizing correctional facilities in the eastern region of our province through the construction of the new Eastern Ontario Correctional Complex in North Grenville. The proposed correctional complex will be the most modern and efficient facility in the province, and will have a special focus on rehabilitation.

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Oxford Village was host to the popular Catch-A-Treat photoshoot fundraiser on Saturday, August 20. Unleash Pet Photography was on site with their mobile photo studio taking hilarious photos while the dogs tried to catch cut up hotdogs.

- Amanda Keyes We were graciously donated a print of local artist Maggie Boyer's painting of local dogs. Raﬄe tickets were available at the event and the artwork caught the eye of many local dog owners. $10 from each photo session was donated directly to Saunders Country Critters.

Oxford Village would like to thank Unleash Pet Photography for coming out to the event, as well as Maggie Boyer for the artwork and all the awesome dogs who came out ready to catch all the treats! We look forward to hosting more community events in the future. To keep up-to-date on our project, visit Oxford-Village.com.

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Oxford Village staﬀ were on site during the event to collect extra donations for Saunders Country Critters. Overall, Oxford Village raised $421 for Saunders Country Critters at the Catch-A-Treat event.

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“The Ministry of the Solicitor General cannot provide any details on any speciﬁc case that is currently before the courts. The Solicitor General looks forward to continuing to engage with residents, municipal and ministry partners on this important issue.”

"I've seen Beth with Unleash Pet Photography do the Catch-a-Treat event in Ottawa and I thought the photos were absolutely hilarious! We thought we had the perfect location to host the event right here in North Grenville. It was a perfect, sunny day and the turnout was excellent!"

Emilie Padbury of Oxford Village Inc. accepting donations for Saunders Country Critters and running the raﬄe for the print of the painting of local dogs by local artist Maggie Boyer

A very special thank you to the caring staﬀ at Kemptville District Hospital. Graveside Service at St. Matthews Cemetery, Oxford Station at 1:00 pm on August 23, 2022. Flowers welcomed or donations to Kemptville District Hospital would be greatly appreciated.

Lewis“Imagineagain: yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first…you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not even seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a diﬀerent house from the one you thought of…You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage, but He is building a palace.”AsLewis implies, some of the changes on becoming a Christian may be fairly minor, while other changes may be serious and painful. It might mean marrying the partner that one has been living with “common law”. Or it might mean giving up a cherished relationship (heterosexual or same-sex) that one is engaged in. I have known someone give up a lucrative casino job because gambling is inconsistent with Christian ethics. And in certain parts of the world, becoming a Christian guarantees state-sanctioned persecution up to and including death. Make no mistake – there is a price to be paid for becoming a Christian. In this regard I have to commend Langenberg for having had the courage of his convictions to leave the church altogether; there is absolutely no point in pretending (like Tolstoy) to be a Christian while rejecting key doctrines of Christianity - that would simply add hypocrisy to apostasy.

7August 25, 2022 The North Grenville Times The Voice of North Grenville www.ngtimes.ca Editorial Mailing Address P.O. Box 1854 Kemptville, ON K0G 1J0 PatAccountingJessop cfo@ngtimes.ca 613-258-4671 OFFICE 613-215-0735 Editor editor@ngtimes.ca 613-215-0735 TIMES Production production@ngtimes.ca 613-215-0735 Staff Reporter Brandon brandon@ndtimes.caMayer The North Grenville Times is published weekly by North Grenville Times Inc. MelissaMarketing/SalesOttenhof marketing@ngtimes.ca 613 329 0209 ISSN www.ngtimes.ca2291-0301the north grenville Letters to the Editor letters cont'd on page 8 • HVAC • CUSTOM SHEET METAL• VENTILATION Jack Lalonde, RSE, President, Operator Serving The Ottawa, Dundas and Cornwall Areas Residential, Commercial VALLEY MECHANICALAIRWAY 613- 915Valleyairwaymechanical5820@gmail.comValleyairwaymechanical@gmail.com Dear Editor, Re. William J Langenberg, The North Grenville Times, August 11, 2022 As a Christian, I read William J Langenberg’s letter with great sadness. I am so sorry that he was condemned to hell at age six by a school principal because his parents were not married; this should not have happened. I am sorry that Langenberg was prohibited from seeing his first girlfriend in Canada by the young woman’s father because of sorryanddifferences;denominationalthiswaspettymean-spirited.AndIamthathefoundhimself condemned by a minister apparently for nothing more than trying to help a local lady with brain cancer; this was heavy-handed and tactless. All that being said however, it is important to note that it does not follow logically from any of these instances, by themselves or together, that the orthodox Christian teaching on human sexual relations is wrong –that would be to make the common mistake of confusing the message with the messenger. So what exactly is the orthodox Christian doctrine on human sexual relations? As C S Lewis explains, “There is no getting away from it; the Christian rule is, ‘Either marriage [traditional sense] with complete faithfulness to your partner, or else total abstinence.’ “ (C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, 1952). It is worth noting that this doctrine was as unpopular in the ancient world as it is in our time – that is why St Paul had to devote a significant section of his first letter to the new Christians at Corinth pleading with them, basically, to stop sleeping around. (1 Corinthians 5).

However, if Langenberg (or anyone else) would be prepared to give Christianity a second chance (or even a fourth chance!) an excellent place to start would be by reading the Gospels (they are really very short) and the Acts of the Apostles. Next to that I would recommend one or more of the following: C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity; William Lane Craig, Reasonable Faith; and Timothy Keller, The Reason for God. But be warned – it could literally change your life!

One important aspect of Have you ever thought about the fact that we regularly engage in revolutionary activity in Canada generally, and in North Grenville in particular? At least, it is becoming more and more revolutionary these days to be able to vote, to choose who will represent us, who will make decisions on our behalf. Even more revolutionary is the fact that we can remove those individuals from office if they don’t live up to their responsibilities. Yes, I know, democracy is not as simple as that, and some people manage to convince others to continue voting for them no matter how much they fail to do their job. But that’s part of the deal, isn’t it? We have started a new municipal election campaign, and we have a couple of months to take a look at the candidates to see what we think of them, of their ideas, and, yes, their personalities. Because personality can make a difference as to how we vote, whether that is a good thing or not. You see examples elsewhere (think of Boris Johnson and Trump) that cause you to scratch your head and wonder why anyone would vote them into positions of power and influence. It is times like that when the downside of democracy becomes obvious - when someone you don’t like gets Thereelected!aresomany ways in which we exercise our revolutionary activity: First Past the Post, RepresentationProportionalinallits many formats, even interviews and appointments when necessary. Whatever the form we use, there is something amazing in the very fact that we have this power. Not long ago, only people with large property holdings had the right to vote. Cliques in society, usually men of wealth, had total control over parliament and the passing of laws, often to their own benefit. Sadly, that can be the case even today. But the fact that we recently celebrated the centenary of women being allowed the vote (note that word: “allowed”), or that Indigenous people were historically given a choice: the vote, or maintaining their cultural identity, all of this points to just how recent this revolution has been. And yet, we take it for granted. Many people don’t bother to vote at all. Some believe their vote makes no difference anyway. Others will vote in federal or even provincial elections, because they think that’s where the power lies, but ignore the municipal level as being irrelevant. Remember that when you complain about property taxes, services like roads and garbage, when you need someone to come and put out the fire destroying your home or business. Municipalities deal with the issues that affect your everyday life, such as Emergency Services, Economic Development, Garbage Collection and Recycling, Long Term Care and Senior Housing, Road Networks, Parks and Recreation, Planning and Development, Social Services, Tax Collection, and Water and Sewage. Quite a list, isn’t it? We in North Grenville will elect a Mayor and four Councillors in October, and we have a choice before us. Nine individuals are running for Councillor positions, and Revolution by David Shanahan two for the job of Mayor of North Grenville. Residents of haveMerrickville-Wolfordasimilarchoice.Allof us have the opportunity to have our say in who those people will be, who will make the decisions on the future of our community and its character and values. In the past, we have seen how the composition of any given Council can affect the community in very serious ways. The very atmosphere of our society can be impacted, for better or worse, by the character, personalities, and attitudes of members of Council. The relationship between Council and Municipal staff is vital to the running and planning of a community. This, too, depends on the approach taken by members of Council: are their working collaboratively with staff, or seeking to impose authority on them. This really does matter for all of us. So, the choice we make is important, it is revolutionary that we even have a choice to make. So many other places in this troubled world are denied that choice. But let’s not be too idealistic about it either. People are people, and no-one is even close to being perfect, so there will always be problems when it comes to governments and governed. It is easier to just ignore elections and the operation of municipal councils and just complain when some issue affects us personally. There are times when knowing what’s going on has been frustrating, irritating, tending to raise blood pressure and even bring about sleepless nights. But enough about me. The NG Times will be holding an all-candidates meeting for those running for the Councillor positions on September 8, at the Municipal Centre, beginning at 7 pm. Details can be found in this and in upcoming issues. It has proved to be very awkward to have both candidates for councillor and candidates for mayor at the same meeting, as there are usually too many people in too short a time to give everyone a fair chance to speak. And issues for mayoral candidates can be different also. It is intended that some form of meeting will be arranged with the two mayoral candidates in October in some format yet to be agreed. More on that in laterInissues.themeantime, get ready for your vote. Think about the issues you want to hear about from candidates, and don’t leave it until after the election to decide if the right people have been elected for the next four years. Questions for the candidates can be submitted to editor@ngtimes.ca before the debate. We also hope to have interviews with each individual candidate available on-line and in print over the coming weeks. Voting is a hard-won and revolutionary act. It’s your turn to join the revolution.

Now at this point someone will say, I thought you Christians taught that Jesus accepts people just as they are, and so we do, and so He does. (Thank God, or there would be no hope for me, with my catalogue of sins). However – and this is really important – having accepted an individual, Jesus does not want to leave them as they were. Oh no, He wants to change them for the better.

Yours Alistairsincerely,McCleery Dear Editor, The internet has made critical thinking more important than ever before. We have a huge amount of information accessible at the stroke of a key, but equally anyone can easily set up a website and publish anything on it.

Nevertheless this has been the position of the catholic church since the time of Jesus, and it remains the ofﬁcial, stated position of the vast majority of Christian denominations, including Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican. It is the position of my own denomination, the Christian Reformed Church, and as an orthodox Christian I am obligated to accept, and do in fact accept this. I should also state clearly that Christian rules are for Christians – there is absolutely no expectation that non-Christians will abide by Christian standards of behaviour or morality. (However prudent it might be to do so).

• Active Transportation Advisory Committee – Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.

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COUNCIL MEETINGS Council meetings will be held in Council Chambers and will be live streamed on YouTube at: youtube.com/user/NorthGrenville/featured and on the Municipality’s website at: northgrenville.ca/govern/governance/agendas-and-minutes.

Looking for an exciting career in municipal government? Visit northgrenville.ca/careers to stay up to date on career opportunities with the Municipality. critical thinking is knowing who authored an article and where their funding comes from. Mr Norman is critical of the fact that I discussed the websites he referenced in his previous letter rather than discussing the claims they made, but knowing that a website is published by a thinktank with a record of receiving funding from the oil and gas industry enables one to be highly skeptical of the information on that website and to disregard it as a reliable source. Of course oil and gas companies are going to try and downplay the consequences of the climate crisis, just like the tobacco industry tried to downplay the health risks of smoking. Exxon were aware of climate change as far back as 1977, according to an investigation by InsideClimate News, and then spent decades and tens of millions of dollars funding denial of climateEarth’schange.climate has changed in the past as Mr Norman suggests, but it is the rate of change we are currently experiencing that is as disturbing as the overall change. Previous changes in climate have taken place in geological timescales of tens of thousands of years, not less than 200 years. A slow, gradual change in climate allows adaptation and evolution to occur, rapid changes do not allow for slow process to happen. Any driver will know there’s a significant difference between slowing down with gentle application of the brakes and having to stop suddenly by slamming the brakes on. Are the models used to predict climate change accurate? All models are inaccurate to some extent, and the more complex the system the more difficult it is to model. Ever increasing amounts of computing power have enabled constant refinement of climate models. Current climate models are inaccurate in as much as they are underestimating the changes that are happening: the heatwaves that happened earlier this year in Europe were not predicted to happen until the 2040s or 2050s. As to the impact of the climate crisis being overstated, I’m afraid Mr Norman is sorely mistaken. Humans require water, food, and shelter to live, and there are upper limits on temperature that the human body can endure. Climate change is not only increasing temperatures, it is also increasing both the amount of water and the amount of energy in the atmosphere. We are seeing dry places getting drier, wet places getting wetter, more destructive hurricanes and tornadoes, and generally more extreme weather.

Committees may be meeting in-person or virtually. Please see the Committee agenda for details on how to attend.

• Heritage Advisory Committee – Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.

year due to extreme heat, and the potato harvest in the UK is forecast to be down by 50% due to drought and many other crops across Europe are predicted to have significantly reduced yields. Reservoirs and rivers in the US and Europe are falling to historic lows, forest fires are raging across the US, Europe, and North Africa. Australia and South Korea are experiencing heavy rainfall and flooding, as has Death Valley and Yellowstone national park. Alpine peaks are losing their snow and ice cover. Freakishly large hail has hit Alberta and the Balearics. The climate crisis poses an existential threat to human civilization because we are dependent on our climate for the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, and the food that we eat.

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• Community and Economic Development Advisory Committee –Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.

• Council Meeting (Open) – Council Chambers – Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 6:30 p.m.

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• Agriculture and Rural Aﬀairs Advisory Committee – Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 4:15 p.m.

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The Municipality is recruiting for various positions for the 2022 Municipal and School Board Elections. Be sure to visit northgrenville.ca/careers or NGvotes.ca for more information on how you can be involved in the election. Training will take place in September or early October.

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by Brandon Mayer The 130th South Mountain Fair went oﬀ without a hitch last weekend, giving locals and tourists a taste of “normal” family fun after more than two years of pandemic life. In fact, this year’s event was the ﬁrst full scale event held in three years, with a cancelled fair in 2020, and a smaller event in 2021.

ALL CANDIDATES MEETING: Thursday, September 8, at the Municipal Centre. Doors open at 6.30. Meeting starts at 7 until 9. Nine candidates for Councillor. More details will be published in future issues.

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Ontario Greens leader and Guelph MPP, Mike Schreiner, has again called on the Ford government to cancel plans for a new provincial prison in Kemptville that will pave over 170 acres of heritage farmland.

SMHO works with Ontario school districts to support student mental health and build student resiliency. This support is provided through evidence-based leadership and coordination, resources, and implementation coaching support. The CDSBEO Mental Health Lead, Michelle Neville, engages regularly with SMHO. Their website contains a variety of resources for families, educators, school administrators and students. To learn more about SMHO, and to view their resources, please visit: www.smho-smso.ca

Healthy communities: Rates of mental illness are four to seven times higher in prisons than in the community. One solution is to address the real problem and shift funding away from the criminal justice system to mental health care services

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“I call on the government to listen to local residents who are going to court seeking a prohibition order that will stop construction of the proposed prison,” said Schreiner.

“Ontario needs policies and programs that drive progress towards more healthy and sustainable communities that take care of their most vulnerable members. Paving over prime farmland to build a prison is the exact opposite of that,” said Schriener.

The weather cooperated throughout the weekend in terms of rain and storms holding off, but the heat was difficult for many, particularly on Saturday. The first aid team was handing out free water throughout the event to help prevent heat exhaustion, but an ambulance had to be called on at least one occasion. Tents and other shady areas became popular for cooling down. As the sun began to go down on Saturday, leaving temperatures tolerable, the party atmosphere came alive. Hundreds of fair goers lined up for the rides, more than willing to wait for a chance to experience a thrill. Snippets of conversations could be heard throughout the night, often beginning with excitement as old friends reconnected after months or even years of not seeing each other. The familiar thump of live music could be felt all over town as the evening went on. There is no doubt that a classic South Mountain Fair was needed and earned after a long period of pandemic life. Until next year, South Mountain!

The majority of older Canadians prefer aging in place over long-term care facilities or moving in with family members. The beneﬁts of home care and aging in place have become even more pronounced lately as home is often the safest place for seniors.

The smell of fried food and tasty treats ﬁlled the air at the Fair, as did the sound of carnival games, excited children, and even excited parents. The Fair was a hub for socialization, with people of all ages gathering to chat, eat, and have fun. The animal barns were in full operation, as were vendors posted near the entrance. Perhaps most exciting, particularly for the children and teens, was the full midway lineup. Fair goers had many rides to choose from, and the price for admission to the fair included unlimited rides for all.

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The project makes no sense for several reasons: Food security: At a time when grocery bills are going through the roof and people are worried about putting food on the table, we should be protecting the farmland that feeds us.

The Ottawa Private Branch provides care in the following catchment area – Pembroke, Renfrew, Arnprrior, Dunrobin, Kanata, Carleton Place, Perth, Ottawa, North Gower, Kemptville, Winchester, Chesterville, Cornwall, Hawksbury and surrounding area.

Logistics: As a small town with limited community services and infrastructure like transit, roads and hospitals, critics have noted that Kemptville does not even meet the site criteria for a new prison.

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For 10 years, from 2011 to 2020, Merrickville’s Jazz Fest (MJF) proudly presented its “little gem of a festival” to enthusiastic audiences from the Village and nearby communities as well as from Ottawa and further out-of-town. For a lot of people, this was their ﬁrst visit to Merrickville, and many of them happily returned every year to enjoy the friendly atmosphere of the Village and the varied program of music. MJF was committed to presenting an almost exclusively jazz program that featured excellent concerts by up-and-coming and established Canadian artists from Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Quebec City as well as by some favourite local musicians. Entirely volunteer-run, and supported by ticket sales, donations and sponsorships, MJF eventually grew Make your Labour Day Weekend one to remember! to become a respected and well-attended event that put Merrickville on the jazz festival map.

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Although the pandemic and other circumstances led to the closing of MJF following the 10th Anniversary virtual presentation in 2020, a small group of MJF volunteer organizers have been working on an idea for a music event in the Village, and are now pleased to announce Jazz In Merrickville, an afternoon of jazz as a formal farewell to our beloved festival, and as a thank you to its many volunteers, supporters, audiences and artists.

More information on the lineup of artists, concert schedule and anything else related to the event, is available on the MJF website merrickville'sjazzfest.comat and on social media.

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Jazz In Merrickville takes place on Sunday, September 4, 2022 from noon until 4 pm. All the performers will use the same stage — the Lions Club Bandstand in Blockhouse Park — and there will be a number of MJF fan favourites as well as some new artists who will perform together throughout the afternoon. The event is FREE and all are welcome. Save the date, Sunday, September 4, 2022, and help us celebrate MJF with a wonderful afternoon of jazz and community.

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Letters cont'd there was a delegate to a climate change conference, who is saying to another delegate “What if this is all a hoax, and we make the world a better place for nothing?” Regardless of if you don’t believe in climate change, should we not be erring on the side of caution? We owe that to our children and grandchildren.

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Furthermore, whereas obesity is a state of being, diseases are downright awful. Take type 2 diabetes, for example. For many diabetics, the pandemic has been particularly brutal, killing many people having “underlying conditions”. But diabetes also has terrible complications of its own, causing blindness, kidney failure, and leg amputations due to gangrene.

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The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit has been monitoring Diseases of Public Health Signiﬁcance (DOPHS) locally and across Ontario for some time. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, public interest in case counts and disease trends related to infectious diseases has increased but care must be taken in protecting individuals’ privacy before data can be released. Surveillance and data sharing is an important way to help raise awareness of the risk of public health diseases.

Unfortunately, many families having lost a loved one think it has been due to coronary attack, stroke, pneumonia, a complication during surgery, or being elderly. But this is to miss the lifestyle factors that culminated over time to set the stage for drama. The death certiﬁcate never lists obesity at the cause of death. The deception is fooling families and the general public too. There is a huge disconnect between what journalists and medical experts report in the news and the corresponding reality for most people. Eye-opening evidence presented by Our World in Data, a scientiﬁc online publication focusing on large global problems, shows that the news provides “a near-instantaneous snapshot of single events”, whereas persistent, largescale trends never make the headlines.

Infectious disease data is now available on our website through a dedicated dashboard called DOPHS (Diseases of Public Health Signiﬁcance). This dashboard will be updated the second Wednesday of every month with information about reported cases, monthly and annual trends, and case demographics. Data will be available for the current year and for years dating back to 2005 to identify trends over time. This information is important to help us target prevention messaging for the public that is evidence based and for health professionals to use when consulting with their clients.

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Ignoring hazards leaves little hope for longevity with sedentary lifestyles. It’s not hard to see. Why do we shy away from a focus on obesity and shine the spotlight instead on heart disease, diabetes or other conditions associated with obesity? In part, it’s because it’s wrong to play the blame game. That, and the medical world is designed to treat diseases, not prevent them.

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I support those who believe that we should have started dealing with this problem decades ago. I also believe that you certainly need to look at who is funding your source of information, particularly when this source are institutions like the Heartland Institute or the Fraser Institute. Both receive their funds from the likes of the Koch Brothers. When oil barons fund reports on climate change, it is somewhat disingenuous to expect that the results wouldn’t be biased toward their clients. Personally, I only trust the reports that have been peer reviewed.Iwon’t pretend to understand those who still think that there are positive effects of climate change, after we have seen, in 2021, no less than 4 major weather catastrophes that killed hundreds of people, displaced thousands, and the cleanup cost for each was in excess of $20 billion. We need to reject the notion of nature as a passive storehouse of resources that we can use as fuel for our growth economy. I believe, as do most indigenous people, of a nature that is an active partner in sustaining life, or, as we are learning to our peril, not sustaining it. We are learning that Earth is not inert and machinelike, but the Gaia bites back with extreme weather and inhospitable climate shifts when we mess with her. The central rule of our ecological survival is not all that dissimilar to that of much of human interaction; what goes around comes around. I am reminded of that cartoon a while ago where

To illustrate, the publication presents data on what caused deaths in the U.S. in 2016, side by side with data on Google searches and media coverage in the New York Times and The Guardian. In fact, 60% of deaths were attributed to heart disease and cancer, while only 0.9% and less than 0.01% of deaths were due to homicide or terrorism, respectively. But in both journals, homicide and terrorism combined for about 60% of coverage, and heart disease got only 2%. (Obesity wasn’t mentioned.)

Health Unit launches public health diseases surveillance dashboard

Dear Editor, I have been watching with interest the back and forth between a supporter of climate change, and a denier. The former I see as accepting the science from the majority of world scientists, and the latter preferring the science from those who want to preserve the status quo. I certainly agree that the climate has always been changing, but the change used to be measured in thousands, if not millions, of years. That hasn’t been the case since the start of the Industrial Revolution, from which point the change began to accelerate. What has happened to our planet since then has occurred in what is just a heartbeat in time. We had warnings of climate change even from the fossil fuel industry. Back in 1965, Frank Ikard, President of the US Petroleum Institute, noted that “carbon dioxide is being added to the Earth’s atmosphere by the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas at such a rate that by the year 2000 the heat balance will be so modified as possibly to cause marked changes in climate”. Before that, in 1959, renowned physicist Eduard Teller, addressing a petroleum conference at Columbia University, warned that “Whenever you burn conventional fuel, you create carbon dioxide. It’s presence in the atmosphere causes a greenhouse effect”. He said that persistent fossil fuel use would eventually cause the melting of ice caps, raising sea levels until “all the coastal cities would be covered”. Yet they did nothing. Aside from the usual mundane reasons of corporate greed and profit, there is the tight connection between the control of carbon as an energy source, and the domination of the global economy. To give up fossil fuels would mean giving up the power that they are enmeshed with, which is something that those in control of the levers of carbon capitalism aren’t in any rush to do, whatever the cost in terms of species survival.

What is the greatest hazard to your longevity? Ask around and you will get a variety of answers: heart disease, cancer, genetics, or humankind’s own folly with warfare and planetary destruction. But it has become taboo to mention obesity. Yet, for decades, this column has stressed that obesity is the greatest health hazard of them all. Amid all of society’s penchants for weight gain, daily unrelenting efforts of individuals to maintain healthy weights would save more lives than any other prescription. Supportive public policies and improved private sector responsibility wouldToday,help.all over the world, people are disturbingly obese and ill. Among the root issues is one simple fact. People are devouring too many calories, too often combined

Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company your audition. Step 6 – Arrive 30 minutes early for your scheduled time. Auditions are being held on Thursday September 29, Friday September 30, and Saturday October 1 (location to be conﬁrmed).

HOW TO AUDITION Step 1 – Familiarize yourself with the Rehearsal and Technical Run Schedule. Carefully consider if you can make the time commitment. As part of their agreement with KYMTC, cast members must commit to attend rehearsals, tech runs, and performances. Step 2 – Read the KYMTC Code of Conduct. Step 3 – You will be required to perform a monologue at your audition. The Matilda Monologues can be viewed and downloaded here. Be sure to memorize one of the monologues and read the tipsStepbelow.4 – Choose a song to sing at your audition. You may choose whatever song you like for the audition, but check our tips below on picking the right song. KYMTC provides an accompanist on piano, so please upload the piano sheet music for your song- you can do that on the Matilda Audition Application (see Step #5). If you submitted your application without uploading your sheet music- please send it as soon as possible to: (e-mail contact information will be provided September 2) Step 5 – Click on the following link to ﬁll out and submit your audition application: Matilda Audition Application (the application form will be available starting September 2). After KYMTC receives your application, the Producer will contact you by email to schedule

AFTER YOUR AUDITION- CALL BACK Immediately after your audition, you may be invited to the Call Back, which takes place from 1:00-5:00 pm on Sunday October 2 (location to be conﬁrmed).

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AFTER CALL BACKGETTING CAST After the Call Back ends on October 2, we’ll send all the applicants who attended Call Back an email with a web page link and a password. Applicants can log into the web page (using the password provided) and see the Cast List for Matilda. If your name is on the list- you’re in the Matilda cast! We won’t be posting any specific roles on October 2- you will be offered your role/roles at Offer Night (date to be confirmed) and you’ll have to commit to the production and sign an Acceptance Letter. If your name is not on the list- we are not offering you a role in Matilda. We’ll provide you with an opportunity to contact KYMTC to receive feedback on your audition- contact information will be provided on the webForpage.more information, go to www.kymtc.org/ audition/

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4. Whisk the ﬂour into 3 or 4 tablespoons of cold water and stir into the relish mixture

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6. Pour into sterilized canning jars (the 1 cup or 250 mL versions are common and work well)

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Seasonal eating means eating with the seasons. Diﬀerent produce is grown and harvested in every season, and consuming produce during harvesting season can have lots of beneﬁts. Because seasonal produce is picked at the peak of ripeness, it tends to be fresher, tastier, and more nutritious. And because produce is more bountiful when it’s in season, it tends to be cheaper and more easily available than out of season produce.

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5. Add the red and green peppers, bring to a boil, stirring often until thickened (so, 5 –10 min)

In August and September, a lot of summer produce is in season, and you also start getting into some fall produce. Apricots, grapes, peaches, plums, pears, a variety of berries and watermelons are just some of the fruits in season. For vegetables, there are beans and peas, broccoli, cauliﬂower, celery, corn, eggplant, leeks, a variety of greens, squash, and zucchini, to name a few. For more information, visit our website at healthunit.org, call us at 1-800-660-5853 or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville For those of you who love sweet corn, this is a great time of year. Canning season is also an opportunity to lock up some of that great ﬂavour in a sealer jar. So, continuing on from last week’s Cucumber Relish, this next recipe makes use of corn kernels, onions and red and green peppers, all great produce that is available from your garden or from your favourite grocery store. You are sure to enjoy Corn Relish as a condiment for a wide variety of foods come the fall and winter.

There are a number of availability guides that you can look at online to ﬁnd out what’s in season. One option is Foodland Ontario’s Availability Guide, which can be found at Foodland Ontario’s website at ontario.ca/foodland. Alternatively, you can check out what’s available at your local farmer’s market, where local farmers sell fresh seasonal produce as it is harvested.

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The Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company (KYMTC) is a nonprofit, volunteer-based, musical theatre group. Youth from Grade 7 to age 19 are welcome to audition for, and participate in, our musical theatre productions, staged at the Urbandale Arts Centre in the North Grenville Municipal Centre. We usually perform our Main Show in the spring.

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7. Leave about a ½ inch of head space, seal and cool till the lids pop This colourful relish can accompany pork and lamb dishes very well and is also nice with Tourtière around the festive season. I do hope you are canning! Best from pcormier@ranaprocess.com.

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End of Summer & Back To School

When you’re driving and a school bus approaches, watch if the bus slows and flashes its overhead amber lights, which means that the bus is coming to a stop to pick-up or drop-off passengers. When you see a school bus with its overhead amber lights flashing: Slow down and prepare to stop whether you are behind or approaching a bus If you are on a road with a median strip, only vehicles coming from behind the bus should prepare to stop.Watch if the bus stops and flashes its overhead red-lights or activates its stop arm. This means that the bus has stopped to pick-up or drop off passengers. It is dangerous and illegal to fail to stop for a stopped school bus that has its overhead red lights flashing or its stop arm activated.Forroads without a median (raised barrier between lanes), vehicles in both directions must stop when the bus is stopped and flashing its overhead red lights or its stop arm is activated:-if you are driving behind the bus, stop at least 20 metres away - if the school bus is facing you, stop at a safe distance to let children get on and off the bus and cross the road For roads with a median, you must stop if you are driving in the same direction as the school bus when the bus is stopped and flashing its overhead red lights or its stop arm is activated. Vehicles coming from the opposite direction are not required to stop. Before continuing on your way you must wait for the bus to start moving, for the overhead red lights to stop fl ashing and the stop arm is no longer activated.

Driving near school buses by Elva Patterson Rutters RSSW Returning to the school circuit brings enormous stress to many families. Some throw out all they have just to start anew. Concerning is the amount of clothes simply put into the garbage when others could use them. Why do you not donate to a thrift shop? Technically a new outfit is nice for the first Tid Bit Musings day, but surely overnight the youngster did not outgrow everything! Mind you, after you wear something once, it is then "used." Ironically, there is a craze by those with money to have "Value Village" shopped, and embarrassment by those on limited funds to do likewise. Explain that logic??? So how did we get into this mind set that a complete new wardrobe is a necessity? How did it become mandatory? Definitely the school supplies are a must, and if you have the cash, buy some extra to donate to the teacher for distribution to those who are lacking. Mind you, a broken crayon colors as well as an intact one. For grandparents, this is an ideal time to buy art supplies for Christmas gifts when prices are slashed. No matter the time, new markers, pastels or crayons are appreciated. Perhaps the clothing falls into the prices slashed category. If you purchase the summer sales for next year, you are aiming for a larger size for sure, but who can beat Giant Tiger's final clearance rack of $3 season closeThisouts?isdefinitely a teachable moment for your offspring. Set a budget and allow them to purchase what they need, not want, to start the school year with. Talk over the budget before you hit the stores, not argue and fight in the store. Humiliation leads to you giving into the tantrum. Remind them you will not "rescue" if they run short. If you choose to supplement with one outfit to start the year, feel free to indulge as a gift and as a surprise. When you reflect on the cost involved, realize those on smaller budgets struggle even more. For those with no children, feel free to purchase supplies and donate to the school in your area. There is an incredible soul, Mike Barkley, who compiles back to school backpacks for those in need in this area. Hats off to him and hats off to you if you can lend a helping hand. Kudos to the parents who use this as a teachable moment!!!

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✓ PPlan: Your commute to work may take a bit longer than it did during the summer months. Allow for extra time on the road to reduce rushed, careless and frustrated driving.

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Welcome back to another exciting school year! The roads will soon be abuzz with school buses and the streets and sidewalks alive with students traveling to and from school.

✓ Stay alert and engaged: Distracted driving is the reason behind as many as 80% of all accidents, so please, leave your phone alone while you are on the road.

At STEO, student safety always comes first. We are asking motorists to be extra mindful of buses and of student pedestrians and to keep in mind the following safety tips on the road. Safe travels! www.steo.ca

✓ BBe patient: Children can be unpredictable, particularly when excited, sleepy and/or new to a routine. Your patience and understanding on the road and around school zones helps to ensure that our tiniest travelers arrive safely at their destinations.

17August 25, 2022 The North Grenville Times The Voice of North Grenville www.ngtimes.ca Dr. C.L.OptometristEamon212VanBurenSt.613.258.7438www.drcleamon.com It is back to school time, have childrenyourhadtheireyeschecked? www.drcleamon.com613.258.7438 Classes start September 10th Register Now! admin@tempodrivemusic.com613-413-0098 "The class environment is well-paced, lled with great learning activities and the presence of a small group of other kids really makes the learning stick.” ® The Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company The Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company (KYMTC) is excited to be staging Roald Dalh’s ‘Matilda’, April 2023 at the Urbandale Arts Centre in Kemptville. CALL TO AUDITION AUDITIONAPPLICATIONSOPENSEPTEMBER2,2022 T: 613.258.3282 2 - 4 Industrial Rd, Kemptville, South Gower Business Park F: 613.258.4391 Penalties If you drive past a stopped school bus with its overhead red lights flashing or its stop arm activated, you can face: First offence fines ranging from $400 to $2,000 6 demerit points Each following offence fines ranging from $1,000 to $4,000 6 demerit points possible jail time of up to 6 months Stop arm cameras on school buses The registered owner of a vehicle illegally passing a school bus that is caught by camera technology may be charged and fined. Reporting drivers who don’t stop You can report a vehicle that doesn't stop properly for a school bus by filing a local Road Watch Report or contacting your local police department.

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Once the business leaders of Oxford-on-Rideau had invested in the Bytown & Prescott Railway Company, work on the line could be brought to a successful conclusion. In 1851, as the first sod was turned in Bytown for the railway terminus there, it was Kemptville resident, Robert Bell, who did the honours. That celebration was led by the Sons of Temperance society. The arrival of the first train into Kemptville Station in August, 1854, was a more jovial occasion, as one correspondent reported: “The whole town turned out and assembled in front of Adam’s Hotel - the White House. There were speeches and the townsmen cheered themselves hoarse, doubtless that they might oil up again inside the White House, and then they would begin their speech-making and hurrahing over again; and ‘the band played’, a fitting climax for such an important event. The future of Kemptville was assured”.

The White House named in that report stood at the south-west corner of Prescott and Clothier Streets, and only half a mile from the railway station on Wellington Street. There was a station on the site until 1975, when, in spite of attempts by individuals like then-Councillor Winston Kinnaird to buy it for $1 on behalf of the community, it was demolished. The tracks were only removed in the last year, with the track bed becoming part of the Trail system, ending a direct link with that far-off day in 1854 when the locomotives pulled the first train into town. Much changed that day. The first train brought with it the first printing press, used to publish the first newspaper in the area, “The Progressionist”, which lasted for five years. The railway revolutionised travel for the people of Oxford and South Gower, bringing distant places such as Montreal, Boston, and New York within reach. Until the tracks reached Bytown in December, 1854, passengers could embark at Prescott every day at 10.30 am, and arrive in Kemptville by 11.45. If they wished to travel on to Bytown, they could transfer to the Rideau Steamboats vessel at Beckett’s Landing via carriage, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Return trains to Prescott left Kemptville every day at 3 pm. By the end of that year, full service between Bytown and Prescott allowed passengers to catch the 6 am train every day, which would arrive in Prescott three hours later, in time to connect with the Ogdensburgh Railroad Train. Passengers were promised that they could leave Bytown and arrive in Montreal “the SAME EVENING” and be in Boston or New York the following day. The fare for a return ticket to Prescott was $2. Trains passing between Bytown and Prescott stopped in “Gloucester, Osgoode, Kemptville, Oxford and Spencers”. The last two stops were new points on the map, identified in 1851 by Walter Shanly when he surveyed the route of the new railway. Spencers became the village of Spencerville, of course. The Oxford stop was named, logically, Oxford Station, and was chosen as a location for a way station by Shanly in his report: “The next point at which I have suggested the construction of a Way-Station is at Mr. Saunderson’s Farm, on the Ninth Concession, of Oxford—a little West of the ‘Johnston settlement.’ It is but 4¾ miles from “Heck’s Corners,” and will be a convenient ‘rallying point’ for the Settlers of the Northern portions of Augusta and Edwardsburgh and the Southern sections of Wolford, Oxford, South Gower and Mountain.”Originally, there was no stop in South Gower, and this had a seriously detrimental effect on the local economy. In time, an unofficial train stop was established at Sabourin Crossing, but this was more of a convenience stop for travellers than a formal station. But in those first few years, more than printing presses and excited passengers passed along the tracks through Kemptville. The building materials, especially the great stones for the new Parliament buildings in Ottawa, some weighing up to nine tons, were carried on specially scheduled trains every day for three years. The Bytown & Prescott Railway Company, soon to become the Ottawa & Prescott, enjoyed great success at first, but the financial pressures which had almost prevented the line from being built in the first place, soon resurfaced as the company strove to increase service to meet demand. By 1865, the company was in bankruptcy and all the funds invested by individuals and municipalities, including Oxford-on-Rideau, were lost. It was re-established in 1867 as the St. Lawrence and Ottawa, before being bought out by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1884. This marked the start of another new era in local railways, as the CPR line was built, crossing the old line at Bedell and establishing yet another new settlement. Along the way, the investors of Kemptville sought protection from the unravelling of the Bytown and Prescott finances and set up as a separate municipality from Oxford-on-Rideau in 1857.

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TR Leger will be hosting an open house on Tuesday, August 23 at the Apprenticeship Centre at Kemptville Campus, 40 Curtis Drive, from 10 - 11 am for anyone interested in learning more about these programs. More information can also be found on the TR Leger website or by calling 1-877875-3437 ext. 0.

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September marks a return to the classroom for children and youth, but it now also means back to school for adults wanting to gain or upgrade skills in the Motive Power Trades.

week hybrid program for individuals who are already registered as apprentices and are looking to complete their Level 1 Commercial Vehicle and Equipment Apprenticeship certiﬁcation as a Truck and Coach Technician, Heavy Equipment Technician, or an Agricultural Equipment Technician. This course allows participants to complete theory lessons online in their own time and attend in-person classes on Fridays and every other Thursday at the newly-established TR Leger Apprenticeship Centre at Kemptville Campus.

The second program in this ﬁeld that will start in September at the same location is the Commercial Vehicle and Equipment PreApprenticeship Program. This program is aimed at adults with some knowledge and experience in the Motive Power Trades who are looking for apprenticeship training, and those who are considering a new career path.What is unique about this program is that individuals will receive the 10-week in-class training for the Level 1 Commercial Vehicle and Equipment Apprenticeship and then have 12 weeks of paid work placements, four weeks in each sector.

Adult Trades Training Program launches at TR Leger Kemptville in September

The Upper Canada District School Board’s TR Leger School of Adult, Alternative and Continuing Education is offering free trades training and apprenticeship opportunities for those interested in becoming a Truck and Coach Technician, Agricultural Equipment Technician or Heavy Equipment Technician.

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“Skilled tradespeople are in high demand and these programs that we have developed with our community and industry partners will help address local labour shortages in the trades,” says UCDSB Chair John McAllister. “These programs will help unemployed or underemployed people get experience in the trades that could ultimately lead them to well-paying jobs.” Both of these adult programs are fully funded by the government, so there are no tuition fees or other costs associated with enrollment. Registration is open with space still available.

"I was pleased to hear that the Rural FASD Support Network was successful in their Family Innovations Scale Grant application through the Ontario Trillium Foundation," said John Jordan, MPP for Lanark— "ItFrontenac—Kingston.hasbeenmyprivilege to witness the dedication and commitment of this Network to support people with FASD and to each other. People with FASD experience many challenges in everyday life and a strong support network is critical to their well-being and quality of life."In addition to improved access to programs and training, the Rural FASD Support Network will be able to expand upon its peer-facilitated support and fellowship and provide additional forums for people with FASD to share their voice and lived experiences. The Network connects individuals with FASD and their caregivers from across Ontario with local FASD-informed service providers and provides evidence-based researched training. And thanks to the grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, people with FASD will be able to access those needed supports to achieve their full life"Thepotential.impact of this Ontario Trillium Foundation grant cannot be underestimated," said Shelley More, Chair of the Rural FASD Support Network. "This grant will allow people impacted by FASD and their caregivers to connect with each other, learn from each other and share their stories within their communities in new and unique ways. Through these connections, we expect to see more positive life outcomes for both people impacted by disabilities including FASD and their caregivers."

The Rural FASD Support Network is a grassroots organization formed in 2019 consisting solely of people with lived FASD experience and whose mission is to help others navigate the complex challenges related to living with FASD. Utilizing the lived experiences and expertise of peers, families, and professionals, we focus on helping those aﬀected by FASD access resources, services, and information that can best support them. If you wish to enquire about accessing our programming, or receiving training, please visit our website at www. ruralfasd.ca.TheYouth Opportunities Fund (YOF) is administered by the Ontario Trillium Foundation on behalf of the Ministry of Children, CommuGame-changing grant for Rural FASD Support Network

nity and Social Services.

OTF is an agency of the Government of Ontario and one of Canada's leading granting foundations. www.otf.ca.

"Individuals diagnosed with FASD experience unique and complex challenges in all stages of life," said Steve Clark, MPP for Grenville-ThousandLeeds-Islands and Rideau Lakes. "It is critical that people with FASD can access the resources and supports they need. I was pleased to support the Rural FASD Support Network in their Family Innovations Scale Grant application through the Ontarian Trillium Foundation. This investment will go a long way in our community to provide the appropriate support for individuals with FASD and their caregivers," he added.

On Friday last, local MPPs Steve Clark and John Jordan met with members of the Rural FASD Support Network at South Gower Park to hear more about the impact that a $500,000 Youth Opportunities Fund grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) has had. The four-year long grant was awarded in 2022 and is designed to help the organization and its organizational mentor group – the Open Doors for Lanark Children and Youth – to expand on their work with individuals with FASD and their caregivers.

Photo: Celebrating the grant were MPP Clark, MPP Jordan, Mayor Peckford, Counselor Wilson, Rural FASD supporters, children and adults with FASD and their caregivers.

YOF provides grants and capacity-building support to grassroots groups and community collaboratives to improve the wellbeing of children, youth and families facing systemic barriers with a focus on Indigenous and Black communities.

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Rural FASD Support Network is using the $500,000 Family Innovations Scale Grant to hire two employees and lease oﬃce space to provide additional support to individuals with FASD and their caregivers. It's also helping with key administrative and rental space costs, as well as purchasing program supplies and technical equipment, as well as communications costs too. The project will be completed in March, 2026, and will give people in the community improved access to programs and training.