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by Gary Boyle, The Backyard Astronomer In our yearly lap around the Sun, Earth is approaching the dusty debris left over from the passage of Comet Swift-Tuttle. This comet produces one of the best meteor showers of the year – the Perseids. We plough through this celestial cloud from July 17 to August 24, with the peak or most meteors seen on the night of August 12/13. This show produces 100 or more meteors per hour. With 71% of the lunar surface still lit, the glow will wash out the fainter meteors. But it is a weekend event. Total Solar Eclipse – The long anticipated total eclipse of the Sun over North America will take place on

Monday August 21. The path of totality crosses 14 states with partial phases seen from all parts of Canada. I cannot emphasize enough, that people should not look at the Sun without proper protection. Dark sunglasses will not protect from direct viewing. Various ways to safely observe the partial event: - Eclipse glasses can be purchased from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. (www.rasc.ca) follow the links. - Baader solar filter for telescopes, binoculars and camera lenses - search online from telescope dealers. - #14 welders glass can be purchased from most local welding supply dealers. Not high enough quality to use

with camera. Use Baader film. - Build a pinhole camera form various web sites. Image safely cast at the opposite and of a shoe box. - Trees produce natural pinhole cameras with hundreds of crescent suns appear in its shadow. On Monday, August 21, 2017, 1 pm to 3 pm, join the Friends of the Ferguson Forest Centre and our expert astronomers, Steve Wendt and Jim Quinn from the North Gower Science Club, in viewing North America’s first total solar eclipse since 2008. They will set up equipment so that you can observe the eclipse as it happens. Come out and grab a pair of eclipse glasses for the best astronomical event of the year! In North Grenville

we can expect to see around 60% of the eclipse. Everyone wanting to experience the eclipse should be very careful about safety rules. People should never view the sun directly. People should NOT use homemade solar filters — they might reduce the VISIBLE light, but still let in the damaging ultraviolet radiation. Follow the signs and meet up in the arboretum, Ferguson Forest Centre, 275 County Rd 44, Kemptville. Bring a chair or blanket to sit on. Info: chair-fffc@outlook.com, or at www.friendsofthefergusonforest.ca, and fb.com/friends of the ferguson forest centre.

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Garbage in, garbage out by David Shanahan

Computers are strange things, aren’t they? I mean, we give them such respect and authority, as if they were somehow more reliable and knowledgeable than mere human. Replacing humans with computers is touted as a very intelligent thing to do. Take away all that human fallibility, all the personalitydriven issues that can warp a decision, or a choice, and - hey presto! - everything is better. Personally, as someone who has yet to even generally grasp how an old-fashioned telephone works (I mean, how does it get through all those wires and possible junctions to find the person you’re calling? Inconceivable!), computers leave me completely befuddled. Microprocessors, what are they? How do they get those little icons that you just click on to open new screens and

possibilities? It is a magical and scary world, the world of computers. Then there are the computer geeks: the ones who claim to not only understand computers, but know how to make them work, how to fix them, and how to get them to play games. Remarkable people, also extremely irritating in their condescension. But, Aha! And also Oho! The superior attitude of the computer-savvy needs to be toned down a bit, I think. Lately, I’ve come across concrete evidence that computers are not all they’re booted up to be. There was the case of the Airbus 320, the plane that was supposed to make the pilot redundant. All computer, all the time, they said, leaving the pilot with a game-style joystick instead of the traditional controls. People on the flight deck (those that were left, that is) would be mere spectators as the plane flew itself, by computer. That is, un-

til the planes started missing runway landings, performing very odd and frightening manouevres in flight, and fighting the pilot when they tried to correct things. My most recent favourite computer story involves an Irish woman in Australia who applied for citizenship in that fine penal colony. Part of the application process required her to take an English language proficiency test, both written and oral. As a native English speaker, with two university degrees (both taken in English), and a career as a veterinarian, you might expect her to have no difficulty with the test. Alas, she failed! It turns out, a computer program set the test, and evaluated it too. There’s some uncertainty about what went wrong, though some think her Irish accent confused the computer. This is in Australia, where the accents are something else again, and the form of English

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spoken sometimes seems like a foreign language. Whatever the cause, it seems computers may no longer be used to evaluate English-speakers' English. Closer to home, in every sense, I have had the experience of computer malfeasance in the Canada Post Corporation. We at the Times spend an inordinate amount of money ensuring that the paper gets to your mailbox every week, and we trust Canada Post with that high and lofty task. I was first troubled when Canada Post returned a cheque we had mailed them to pay for their services. The problem, according to a note on the envelope, was that we had used the wrong postal code. Think about this: Canada Post received our mail, their computer saw that the postal code (for Canada Post!) was incorrect, and sent it back to us. Would an actual flesh and blood person have made that decision, or would they have shrugged and made nasty comments about idiots not

knowing their postal code? But, more fascinating than that is the fact that Canada Post Corporation have now decided that Oxford Mills no longer exists! As commercial customers, we have to have the correct forms prepared to allow our paper to be delivered in the various postal districts we serve. Canada Post have informed us that they have no record of a place called Oxford Mills in Ontario. Your personal letters get delivered because real people in Kemptville know, for a fact, that Oxford Mills has not suddenly disappeared. They are not meant to deliver commercial mail without the proper paperwork. Thankfully, those real people in Kemptville continue to be professionals and do their job, in spite of the computer’s refusal to believe in the existence of Oxford Mills. I await further communication with the corporation on the existential reality of where I live. Of course, it is people who program computers,

etc until they again can no longer take it and then what?? I have another question.....if the bastion of democracy lie in the people...why are they still being ignored? Wendy Stevenson

ment officials, councillors..." in check is to demand their resignation(s)/a no-confidence vote and GET those resignations while at town hall meetings, by petitions or by not re-electing them (easy and continuous money is all they want so we can take their gravy train away). Alas one may say "nothing we say or do has any effect, they just keep on...", possibly true BUT if we demand that each official prior to an election presents a simple, easily read and understood manifest of what they will DO then we can, hopefully, make better choices. Furthermore, if any of those points in the "manifest" are broken, not done or altered without the majority vote of the people then that Official should be charged with Treason, lose their cushy paying job and any future entitlements. Remember ALL government officials/employees work FOR the people! Always getting a pay raise commensurate with the rise in the cost of living, only needing 4 years of "service" to get a pension, having 75% of ones salary TAX FREE...

and it is they who cause much of the hassle we blame on computers. Garbage in, garbage out is the traditional description of these mistakes. So we should look forward without any qualms whatsoever to the days when artificial intelligence (AI) will allow computers to learn to program themselves. Happy days! No need to fear some idiot accidentally deploying bombs, eradicating communities on-line, or miscounting electoral votes. No, it will be a Brave New World. Aren’t you excited?

Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: I can’t stop thinking about how amazing Kemptville Live was this year, topping last year and the year before. Bob Beshara and his team of 300+ dedicated volunteers pulled off one heck of a party. They deserve to be recognized for their efforts. It seemed every detail was looked after and looked after in a professional, respectful way… the security, the facilities, the food vendors, the ticket takers, the refreshments, the parking, the camping and of course the entertainment. This year Kemptville Live put Kemptville on the map, I cannot tell you how many people in Ottawa I have run into who either attended or heard about the weekend

and the lineup. All of whom intend on attending next year. The revenue generated for our little community was a huge! The grocery stores were lined up, the liquor/beer stores were lined up, the restaurants were busy and the shops. Everywhere you looked it did not matter if it was a volunteer or the audience there were smiles! Definitely a sign of a great event. Congratulations Kemptville Live team. Jolene Stover One Happy Camper! Dear Editor: Yet another article about that buffoon Trump. Just a mash up of more words and talk about ONE man and how he's the impetus of all that evil and bigotry and racism etc....

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NO ONE talks about why he got to be there! Why doesn't everyone keep asking and trying to answer the question of why it is that so many voted for him? What was it that people were so sick and tired of that they found him a better evil than the other? Why was the working class so ready to vote against something instead of for something? And here's my favourite question....why aren't the answers to those questions hashed out ad nauseam and in the same manner than the buffoon himself? Without the answers to those questions and to get to the root of why all this was able to happen... the very people that made it happen will continue to be ignored, slammed, belittled,

Dear Editor: Remember ALL government officials/employees work FOR the people! Politicians, Senators, Councillors... are running rampant in spending/wasting our hard-earned monies and there appears to be no lessening of that either unless we band together and let them know they work FOR, OF and BY the people--something they have lost sight of. Remember ALL government officials/employees work FOR the people! It used to be a joke among many that the "two fastest bills passed through parliament were 'tax increases' and 'pay raises for themselves', but that has become a sad reality now. Remember ALL government officials/employees work FOR the people! The way to keep "govern-

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Nowhere to go but up by Deron Johnston When North Grenville was formed in 1998, we became a lower-tier municipality within the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville (UCLG), which became the upper tier (or parent) municipality. Since that time, residents of North Grenville have held the belief at various times that UCLG doesn’t do enough, or lacks a sense of urgency, when it comes to the needs and wants of North Grenville. With this in mind, let’s consider the prospect of what becoming a singletier municipal government (similar to UCLG partners Gananoque, Brockville and Prescott) might look like. North Grenville gets one vote out of ten at the UCLG Council table, but represents about 24% of the population of UCLG. Without its partner municipalities (mentioned above), UCLG has a population of 69,568, as of

the 2016 Census, while North Grenville has a population of 16,451, almost double the combined population of Gananoque and Prescott. The municipality of the Town of Westport (population approx. 650) has the same number of votes as North Grenville on the UCLG Council. To simplify, the Mayor of Westport has the same voting power as our mayor, despite having only 1/25 of our population. Not only is North Grenville the largest municipality in UCLG by population, but, logically, it’s also the largest contributor of tax revenue ($8.4 million). Consider that approximately 16% of your municipal property tax bill goes to the School Boards, 51% stays in North Grenville, and 33% goes to the UCLG. If North Grenville became a single tier municipality, that would mean a huge potential tax revenue increase (up to 66%), to be used towards our municipal budget. Being a single-tier mu-

come from the provincial (or indirectly the federal) government to the tune of about $20 million. Would we be more successful than UCLG in securing this funding? North Grenville would possibly have to assume responsibility for establishing and operating its own paramedic services, social housing, family support, and child services. Or an agreement could be reached with UCLG to continue to deliver these services on behalf of North Grenville, similar to agreements that UCLG partner municipalities like Gananoque, Prescott and Brockville have. There’s a lot to consider when thinking about becoming a single-tier municipality. It’s possible that we’re not ready to take on the added responsibilities, or anticipated financial commitments yet. But it’s a conversation that should take place soon, if we’re serious about planning for our long-term future.

nicipality, we would need to assume new responsibilities, such as the maintenance, repair and replacement of all roads and bridges in North Grenville. Currently, the UCLG is responsible for a large number of roads in the municipality, including those in our highest traffic areas, such as County Road 43, County Road 44 (Prescott Street/Rideau Street), and County Road 18 (Clothier Street). Case in point: there has been no real progress on the proposed expansion of County Road 43 since the project was unveiled three years ago. Despite assurances from our mayor that it is the #1 priority item on the UCLG infrastructure project list, it has yet to happen. As a single-tier municipality, the responsibility for executing all aspects of this project (including financially) would fall entirely on the shoulders of the municipality. This particular project requires that the bulk of the funds

First Parkinson Superwalk in area

The Evolution of Downtown

by Hilary Thomson In just under a month, people with Parkinson’s and their supporters will be gathering in Perth for the first ever Parkinson Superwalk in Lanark North Leeds. On September 9 and 10, 2017, approximately 10,000 people will take part in the Parkinson Superwalk across the country and will raise millions of dollars for Parkinson’s services, research, advocacy, and education. The walk in Perth is slated for September 9, at the Conlon Farm Recreation Complex. Walk organizer, Pat Evans, says she has received a lot of great response from the community, and they have already raised $6,000 in sponsorship and $12,000 in donations. “That’s pretty good for the first year,” Pat says. “We are hoping we will hit $21,000 in the next month.” Pat believes that, while raising money is important, another goal of the walk is to spread awareness about the disease and the need for services in rural areas. She says it is important for people with Parkinson’s to see a neurologist with a specialization in movement disorders at least twice a year. There was a specialist in the area, but, when he retired, he was not adequately replaced. “There are two doctors that replaced him but they specialize in Multiple Sclerosis and Stroke which does not help us,” according to Pat, who has Parkinson’s herself. As far as people with Parkinson’s go, Pat is very mobile, but there are some people who live in rural communities and have trouble driving a long way to Kingston or Ottawa to see a specialist (especially in the winter). “Isolation is a huge problem,” Pat says. She met a man this year at the Healthy Living Festival in Smiths Falls who has Parkinson’s, Tourette’s, and is in constant pain, who hadn’t seen a doctor in over seven months. “He shuffled over to the booth and just whispered, ‘I need a doctor’,” Pat remembers. “He was clearly suffering and needed someone to advocate for him. It is totally unacceptable that there isn’t someone available to help him.”

by Deron Johnston In a recent article about Downtown Kemptville, author John Barclay pointed out the recent success in attracting new businesses to the Old Town Kemptville Business Improvement Area (BIA). A number of the empty spaces have been filled downtown and, with the BIA soon embarking on their “Pop-up Shop Program”, this could potentially mean that a few more spaces might be filled. What’s important to note is that these spaces aren’t necessarily being filled with traditional retail shops, but rather with a wider variety of service-based businesses. It certainly appears that Downtown is going through a natural evolution of sorts. These days, due to smaller profit margins on products and higher operating costs (rising property values mean higher rents, not to mention high hydro rates etc.), retail stores need larger spaces and a larger variety of products to generate higher sales to make it worthwhile to operate. These larger spaces are simply not available downtown. For example, grocery stores and other large retailers seem to require at least 30-50,000 square feet to be adequately profitable. Even so-called boutique retailers need 15,000 square feet. So, most retailers could not realistically

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consider opening downtown. New, small retailers can still be successful in downtown areas. Traditional retail is facing a crisis of its own, as massive online retail companies like Amazon (who recently bought the huge retail grocery chain, Whole Foods) dominate the online shopping world and are experiencing incredible growth. Online sales in Canada are up almost 14% over the same time last year, and could reach $38+ billion. The convenience of shopping online, just clicking your mouse a few times and whatever you want is on its way to your home, is obviously very appealing. When the Chief Economist for the Business Development Bank of Canada spoke a few years ago in Kemptville, he stated that it was essential for businesses to have an online presence. Some people point to Merrickville as a model of success for its enduring traditional retail downtown. However, North Grenville’s retail environment is also successful, but very different, and seems to have shifted from downtown out to the County Road 43 corridor. With the retail expansion they’ve experienced over the past ten years (Walmart, Staples, banks, restaurants etc.), it’s easy to see why people think that the 4

UPDATE UPDATE UPCOMING MEETINGS COUNCIL Monday, August 28 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Monday, August 21 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre. For agenda information, please visit the Municipal website at www.northgrenville.ca/document-library.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY - Accessibility Advisory Committee

The Municipality of North Grenville is seeking applications from individuals interested in being appointed to the Accessibility Advisory Committee for the remainder of the term of Council (through to November, 2018). For more information, visit www. northgrenville.ca/careers.

SWIMMING POOL ENCLOSURES

Swimming pool enclosures in North Grenville are regulated by By-Law 32-98, as amended. This includes all above-ground and in-ground pools. Copies of this by-law are available from the Building Department or the Municipal website.

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 the by-law from www.northgrenville.ca/document-library.

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www.NorthGrenville.ca future of retail in North Grenville is there. Merrickville doesn’t currently have this type of retail development in their area to compete against their downtown, so their traditional retail downtown appears more secure. Downtown appears to be evolving towards more of a service-driven centre, with a wide variety of services and a few retail businesses that are geared towards, or that appeal to, the people who either work at, or patronize those businesses. Coffee shops, restaurants, hair salons, yoga studios, and other lifestyle/socialization-geared businesses appear to be an excellent fit in this evolving downtown. People used to gather downtown and socialize while they were doing their shopping. Now, the number of places to shop may be less, but there’s still plenty of need and opportunity for businesses that allow people to socialize and connect. Part of the fun of going downtown used to be about who you’d bump into while you were there. Now, though

the faces may have changed over the years, people still look forward to seeing who is out and about when they’re downtown. Downtown may look different these days, but it’s still a great place to meet, connect, and socialize, just like it’s always been. Come to think of it, this “evolution of downtown” thing sounds like a pretty cool thing after all.

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Hendrick (Henry) DeHaan

by David Herman When I was younger, so much younger then today, I used to continually hear of marriages and births; things that made you happy and gave rise to celebration. It seems that, in this stage of life, the opposite seems to be happening, with news of friends dying. My friend, Hendrick (Henry) DeHaan, passed away in the very early hours of Saturday, August 5, 2017. In this case, although it is a death, I also feel a reason to celebrate a friend that I have grown to love like a brother. When asked in the hospital if I was family, I would answer that we were “brothers by choice”. As I said, I am writing this because my brother by choice, Henry, has passed away, but I want to celebrate

the fact that he was part of our lives and that he is now free from pain and suffering; and Henry did suffer mightily during his treatments and during his final stage, when the medical system could do nothing for him but try to ease his pain. Henry was born in the Netherlands in August, 1942, and he came to Canada with his parents and two brothers in June, 1946. I asked if he had a second name and was told they were too poor; they could only afford one name. This was obviously said in jest, but times were indeed hard for those Dutch and other migrants who came to Canada after the war looking for a better life. There was no safety net for them. They had to work to provide for themselves. He did not quite make it to his 75th birthday. The family settled; at first, in the Cornwall area, and later moved to “The Station” (Oxford Station) in Eastern Ontario. The farm was not on the greatest land, but they eked out a living with a small dairy operation. The family was very closely connected to the Dutch Church in Kemptville (now the Kemptville Christian Reformed Church). It is there that, 20 years ago, I met Henry.

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Henry was very outgoing and, as my family and I stood alone in the crowd after the service, it was Henry who saw us and came up, introduced himself, and welcomed us. Later I served as a Deacon in the church with Henry, and I was so impressed with his almost encyclopaedic knowledge of the Bible and love for people and his church. If the pastor asked, during the service, if someone knew what passage in the Bible fit the situation he was teaching, a lot of the congregation would look toward Henry, because he would always have the answer. Henry not only knew and understood the Bible, but he lived it. Henry never married, but dedicated himself to caring for his mother and the farm. This freed him to befriend the people maybe down on their luck or, for whatever reason, not quite in the mainstream. He had an amazing heart that would have him give the shirt off his back in a blizzard if he thought you needed it. He loved books, and reading was something that he did all the time. He said he did not feel a need to travel, because he could learn about faraway places in his books. Music was another BIG

part of Henry’s life. He was in a quartet that sang at the fairs and churches, and in a couple choirs. A mutual friend told me on Facebook that “Henry was a vibrant part of Jean Newans’ Bicentennial Choir for many years. He loved to sing, and his optimistic outlook on life encouraged the choir”. I sang with Henry in the Ottawa Valley Men’s Choir until the cancer that eventually took his life took his ability to sing. This was a big blow to Henry because of his love of singing. He fought a long and courageous battle against the cancer, undergoing chemo, surgery, radiation, and even an experimental drug that seemed that it would do exactly what needed to be done for him, but, in the end, the aggressive disease won over every medical attempt to defeat it. Throughout this prolonged battle, Henry maintained a positive attitude and was at peace with the result that he knew was inevitable, because of his unwavering faith that he would live forever with his Saviour. Henry was liked by all that knew him and will be missed. I can almost hear his tenor voice now, as I say goodbye, for now, to Henry.

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Spencerville’s This Place Matters project surges to a win A dynamic partnership between two local community organizations, the Spencerville Mill Foundation and Spencerville Business & Community Connections, culminated in winning a $30,000 prize in the National Trust for Canada This Place Matters online crowdfunding competition. This prize was for 1st Place National Winner in the Small Project category. Besides winning, the Spencerville project surpassed its crowdfunding target of $17,000 to transform a historic space beside the South Nation River into a vibrant green place, for locals and visitors, to be called the Spencerville Riverside Park. The location is close to the Spencerville Mill & Museum, which will benefit from the welcoming new space, as will local businesses, farms, other historic sites, and arts and crafts studios, which will be highlighted in an Information Kiosk. The month-long competition required raising both dollars and votes from supporters. In the end, SpencerAugust 16, 2017

ville raised $25,394 in donations and 26,675 votes to earn its win. After being ahead for several weeks, Spencerville was overtaken for most of the last two weeks by a Guelph, Ontario project called Top Off the Petrie to rebuild an intricate façade topping a historic landmark building. With about 24 hours left, Spencerville surged ahead thanks to the involvement of a great many people in the village. With minutes to go before the contest closed, the Guelph project rallied. Tension was high as the clock ticked down. Then, literally in the last two minutes, Spencerville donors pushed our project to the top. Community supporters included 14-year old Max LaSalle who, on his own initiative, set up a table outside The Village Pantry and chatted with passing residents about donating. He was joined by a couple of young summer student employees from the Spencerville Mill & Museum. Together, they raised $1,116 in three days. Over at Joe’s SpencerCity Bar & Grill, owner JoAnne Moulton asked customers to add a bit to their

competitive process complete, Spencerville Mill Foundation co-organizer, Sheila Fawcett, breathed a sigh of relief, saying: “What an amazing roller coaster ride! It’s really impressive that Spencerville’s big plans and big heart beat a much larger community.” Fellow co-organizer, JoAnne Moulton, added: “We are so grateful for this opportunity and for our dedicated, caring community which made this happen. In such a short time, everyone came together to vote, raise funds, and support this project to help shout THIS PLACE MATTERS!” The new normal for Spencerville has reached a new high. Raising over $55,000 in one month for a major project in a small village shows that anything is possible when everyone feels that their place matters. To view videos clips and other project highlights, go to: www.facebook.com/ TheSpencervilleMill, or www.spencervillemill.ca.

bill as a donation, which garnered several hundred dollars in a few days. Organizers did instant videos for Facebook posting, asking people why This Place Matters − and got many spontaneous and enthusiastic answers. Others wore T-shirts urging people to vote and donate. At the same time, many generous community advocates decided that this was a project that mattered to them too. As is often said, it takes a village to make a difference. Another player from the beginning of the competition was Edwardsburgh Cardinal Township, which owns the riverside site. Encouraged by Mayor Pat Sayeau, the Township will provide $20,000 for infrastructure improvements to the road and parking area. The project plan for the Spencerville Riverside Park includes adding plantings, benches, picnic tables, wheel chair accessible pathways, bike racks, recycling bins, a pergola for sun shelter, historical panels, and map of village businesses and points of interest. All that is now possible. With the rigours of the 5

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Runners are getting set for the second annual Great Gower Run, to be held on Saturday, September 30, 2017. The 2km, 5km, and 10km routes take participants through village and country scenery at the peak of the fall season, making it a great event for new and seasoned runners. Last year more than 350 people registered for this family-friendly event and organizers plan to build on that success. “We are aiming to get at least 400 registrants this year,” says co-organizer Jennifer Williams. “We got a lot of positive feedback from runners last year. We’re hoping they will tell friends about it and bring them out for the second annual run.” The 2km route runs through the village and is open to families, young children in strollers, walkers and even leashed dogs. The 5km and 10km routes follow a mix of village and rural roads. Both runs are chip-timed and are separated into youth and adult divisions. Walkers are welcome on the 5km route. All distances start and finish at the Alfred Taylor Community Centre (2300 Community Way) in North Gower. “It’s a fun and healthy way for the community to come together,” says co-organizer Rosanna Dolinki. Tara Hawkins Kavanagh and Andrea

Ross are the additional two members of the organizing committee and say they are excited to use the

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by Hilary Thomson According to a survey done by the organizers of the Merrickville Car Show, the business community sees the show as a significant economic driver for the town. In a delegation presented to council on Tuesday, August 8, Doug Struthers explained the results of the survey,

which asked the businesses in Merrickville how they thought the 2017 Car Show affected their business. Of the 29 businesses surveyed, 25 said that it impacted their business in a positive way, and 19 strongly agreed that the Merrickville Car Show is one of their busiest days of the year. All the businesses

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by Claire Smith Since its opening in the fall of 2013, Michael Phillips’ store, The Merrickville Book Emporium (merrickvillebooks.ca), has offered the village and its visitors an eclectic selection of used books in a small yellow building on Wellington St. East, just off St. Lawrence St. At 10 am one morning last week, an hour before the store was to open, Michael unlocked the door and invited me in. “Let me run upstairs and get a cup of tea.” When he returned from his apartment, we chatted about the store and how it came to be. Born in England, Michael grew up in Ottawa. Because his parents live in Merrickville, he visited the town often, so knew it well. In 2013, after graduating with a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Ottawa, he was uninspired by the thought of continuing in academia. He’d always dreamed of owning a bookstore, and thought that August 16, 2017

Merrickville would be a suitable location. At that time, there was no bookstore in the village. Michael bought the building in the spring and planned to open that fall. After the shelves had been built, he felt panicked by their emptiness: the opening was only a few months away. To stock the store, he searched everywhere for books, frequenting estate sales, auctions, and garage sales. He perused collections, and even donated some of his own books. Now, although the store’s only been open for four years, its books overflow into the basement. He’s established, so people bring books to him. Although he initially feared not filling the store’s shelves, Michael is continually challenged with the task of keeping his store browsable. He just can’t turn down good books, and enjoys learning about a collection’s previous owner, the dedications and notes in the books often revealing tidbits about

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agreed that they would like to see the Car Show continue in the future. Doug estimated that they had about 800 cars participating in the show this year, and they attracted around 5,000 people to the Village. The Merrickville Fire Department, Merrickville Lions Club, Merrickville Daycare, and St. Anne’s Church also had a very successful day of fundraising. “The Fire Department said it was their best year yet,” Doug said. Doug also thanked council for their support of the show and for allowing them to use the fairgrounds and the community centre. “Without your support, we wouldn’t have a car show,” he said.

by Hilary Thomson The Municipality of Smiths Falls has put in place a by-law which bans residents of Merrickville-Wolford from using their recreation facilities. The decision was made after Merrickville-Wolford decided not to enter into a cost-sharing agreement with them which asked that they pay $15,727 to Smiths Falls for the use of their facilities. Smiths Falls CAO, Malcolm Morris, says that the number is based on Merrickville-Wolford’s share, being 4.11% of the total operating costs of Smiths Falls Memorial Community Centre and the Smiths Falls Youth Arena. This percentage was calculated based on how many residents of Merrickville-Wolford are likely to use the centres, based on their proximity to the facilities. After hearing the proposal from Smiths Falls, Merrickville-Wolford council decided not to enter into the cost sharing agreement, because they felt it would be better to ensure the funds designated for recreation go directly to the multiple facilities used by their residents in the surrounding municipalities, including Smiths Falls, North Grenville, and Brockville. Instead of paying the $15,727 to Smiths Falls, which is over half of the municipality’s budget for recreation, they opted to subsidize any surcharges, charged to their residents,

the owner’s life: “Sometimes readers have left literal traces of themselves on the pages.” Despite the plethora of books he has collected, Michael is always looking for new stock, particularly in the areas of history, classic literature, and science-fiction/ fantasy. He carries collectibles as well as current and popular books. “I try to cater to as wide an audience as possible. I like to have rare and unusual books for collectors as well as specialized academic texts, but a lot of my customers just want a couple of old paperbacks to read on the boat. Louise Penny is really sought after; I just can’t seem to keep her books on the shelf. Lately, people have been asking for The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984.” People look online for ultra-specific books and academic books. However, because collectors seem to enjoy the hunt as much as actually finding a book, they tend not to look online, preferring to browse through a bookstore’s shelves. Michael knows where everything is and knows where a book would be located if he had it. A lot of customers ask him if e-readers have hurt the bookselling business. While it’s true that digital texts are quite popular, Michael thinks that the death of the physical

book has been overstated. People like the tactile experience of holding a book. Because The Merrickville Book Emporium is a used bookstore, many of its holdings will never be digitised and found on a Kindle. Michael’s enthusiasm about his store carries over to his feelings about Merrickville in general. “It’s a fantastic place to live. Not only is it a beautiful, historical village, but there’s just so much going on artistically. It’s a perfect place for a book store.” 8

by $200 per person per year. “It makes more economic sense to me,” says councilor Chuck MacInnis. “This way it’s spread out to where we need it.” However, according to the by-law adopted by Smiths Falls council last Tuesday, this isn’t good enough. Malcolm Morris says that the decision not to use the surcharge model was based on past experience. He says that they have been using that model since 2014, and have found surcharges to be extremely difficult to collect. “We only collected a fraction of what we were owed,” he says. “This jeopardizes the revenue needed to operate the facility, and puts the burden on the town and other contributing municipalities.” The banning of Merrickville-Wolford residents from Smith Falls facilities will have a major impact on their residents, especially those involved in minor hockey. Children who play local hockey do not have a choice about where they play, as it is based on league boundaries, which they have no control over. If a child from Merrickville-Wolford is part of a team that practices in Smiths Falls, they will not be able to do so because of this ban. Malcolm says that, when they made the decision, Smiths Falls took the league boundaries into consideration. They also invited all 37 of the leagues and sports organizations that use their facilities to a meeting in June. According to the report that announced the prohibition, the leagues represented at the meeting did

not support the ban, but they understood where Smiths Falls was coming from. Merrickville-Wolford Mayor, David Nash, says that their decision to opt out of the cost-sharing agreement has not changed because of this announcement. The decision was made based on much public consultation, including a public survey and a recommendation from their recreation advisory committee. “It is unfortunate that this decision by Smiths Falls Council has now resulted in a lose/ lose scenario, with children paying the hefty price,” David wrote in a statement on behalf of council. “The town of Smiths Falls requested, and received, funding to build the arena, based on it serving the surrounding communities. This is no way to promote healthy living, just because they did not want to be bothered to charge and collect a reasonable user pay fee.” Malcolm says Smiths Falls will be working with the leagues and sports organizations to make sure only those from municipalities who have engaged in the cost sharing agreement are using their facilities. He recognizes that the two recreational centres were built as regional facilities, and they believe that they have made it affordable for municipalities to chip in to help cover operating costs. “Smiths Falls is open to finding ways for all the surrounding municipalities to use the facilities,” he says. “We are open to negotiating with Merrickville-Wolford in the future.”

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Loyalist Days in Prescott by Michael Whittaker Readers keen on history and family fun will enjoy Prescott Loyalist Days August 17-20. Saturday and Sunday Revolutionary War battles between Crown Forces and American Continentals on land, and water with period boats, are bound to be the attention grabbers with musket fire and roaring artillery. The opening ceremony at 6 pm Thursday at the Fort Wellington Cenotaph follows a day with a farmers’ and crafts’ market, a public talk on Revolutionary War Crown Forces garrisoning Fort Oswegatchie (now Ogdensburg), a workshop on making traditional Mohawk pottery, and more. Children’s activities pack Friday, concluding with the movie “Valiant,” and fireworks at 9:45 pm. Twenty events are scheduled for Saturday: drill and artillery demonstrations; a Loyalist Landing and parade along King Street; children’s activities and muster; a Loyalist fashion show; a tour of the tallship Blackjack; a cannonade at dark; and a 9 pm dance with Posse at the Lee Boivin Centre. Sunday features a church service at Fort Wellington, an 18th-century cricket match open to all, a deck tour of the Blackjack, and an end-of-day sail on the Jackjack, which must be pre-booked. There will be more to see and do, so for more information go to www.facebook.com/ LoyalistDays/ or by calling the Town of Prescott at 613-925-2812.

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