Issue 34 2022 September 1 NG Times by The North Grenville & North Dundas Times

An amazing group of eight

People who know me are aware that, as an artist myself, I love promoting the arts. Years ago, I started a group called the Six Chicks and we opened a Gallery in downtown Kemptville, out of what was then called Butler’s Pantry. A space provided by former Councillor Terry Butler to showcase the arts. We called it Gallery Six. Around that same time, I began a life drawing studio for artists from the area and beyond. We would meet once a month, usually renting the hall in Burritt’s Rapids. It was very simple. We hired a model and attracted around 30 artists each month. All these things were quite exciting at the time, but, like everything, we faded away overButtime.artists are never kept back for long, creative and imaginative as they are. Last week, I met up with Brenda Barclay-Smith and Lorraine Delangis, two local artists who also want to promote more artists, but in a diﬀerent way. I knew Lorraine because of her amazing outdoor sculptures, and even took a class from her last year, I was that impressed. She is an amazing teacher with so much patience. Brenda I had never met before, but after being invited into her studio, I was impressed by her work. And her passion for the arts. I met them to discuss an upcoming art show Brenda is hosting in her home and garden by the South Branch river in Kemptville: an ideal spot for a show. In fact she is inviting the community to join the group of 8 artist for thisTheevent.event will be held September 10, and is open to the public. It begins at noon and ends at 4 pm. Music is provided by Rob Barclay, a professional saxophonist with over 30 years experience. The show takes place at 100 Joseph Street, Kemptville.Ican’t imagine a lovelier spot in North Grenville to showcase such amazing artists.Please join Brenda and her fellow Artists, and show your support for the arts in our community.RaindateSept. 11

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Starting in September at the Beth Donovan Hospice Grief is a natural and universal response to the loss of a loved one. Reactions to loss are called grief reactions and vary from person to person and within the same person over time. A newly grieving person may experience a range of feelings, including shock, numbness, sadness, denial, anger, guilt, helplessness, depression, and yearning. We are sometimes surprised to find that grief can cause physical sensations like tightness and heaviness in the chest or throat, nausea or stomach upset, dizziness, headaches, numbness, muscle weakness, tension, or fatigue. Difficulty sleeping, loss of interest in daily activities, and sudden “grief bursts” are normal, but can certainly be an uncomfortable part of the grief journey. Though grief can feel very isolating, you do not have to grieve alone. Beginning in September, the Beth Donovan Hospice will be offering a monthly support group free of charge to individuals who have recently experienced the loss of a loved one. Grief is not a club anyone wants to belong to; once you’re in it though, there is a great benefit in surrounding yourself with other members. Sometimes it is a comfort to find that other people have experiences, feelings, and struggles that are similar to your own. Sometimes it is helpful to hear how others are finding their way through it. Facilitated by trained bereavement support volunteers, this group will meet once a month for six months to acknowledge, share and Bereavement Support and Share Group for Recent Loss mourn our losses in community. We will also seek to reflect upon this “new normal”, reconstruct meaning, and explore various strategies and tools for self care and healing as we navigate the healing process. Please know this group takes place within a safe space where confidentiality is expected to be upheld by all who attend. The bereavement Support and Share group will meet at 5:30 pm on the second Wednesday of each month, September through February. Registration is required. For more information please visit our website at 258-9611.pice.cawww.bethdonovanhos-orcallusat613-

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A big Thank You! to all the wonderful folks who came out to support the KDHA British Tea last weekend at the Quilting Show! Many of our tea-goers wore colourful fascinators - we even saw some lovely princess dresses! It was a fabulous success on all levels. We raised over $6000 for hospital equipment. We're grateful to all the hard-working volunteers who gave so much time, energy and enthusiasm - it would never have happened without them - and to the many skillful bakers who contributed yummy desserts. The Kemptville Hospital Auxiliary, organizers of the event, are especially grateful to B&H Your Community Grocer and Grahame's Bakery for their contributions. We live in a generous community who support the many fundraising events held throughout the year, it is because of your encouragement that the KDHA is able to give back to our local hospital, Thank You! a fabulous success! September at Municipal Centre. Doors at 6.30. Meeting starts at 7 until 9. Nine candidates Councillor. More

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This is not your average grocery store. In fact, B&H Your Community Grocer is very much above and beyond and unforgettable in so many ways. Let's start with the made-from-scratch meat pies. They make more than 600 in the store each week with people travelling from miles around to get these mini"Wemasterpieces.daretobe different," says Jim Beveridge, owner along with his wife Judy. They pride themselves B&H Your Community Grocer has you coming back for more on making sure their store serves, supports and reflects their greater communityNorth Grenville and beyond. They do that, in part, by showcasing regional and local produce, dairy and meats, including grass-fed beef, along with their famous made-in-store specialties and bakery items. "We started going in this direction after 2007," says Jim, noting they became an independent store and adjusted their business plan. They built on years of experience to become a destination in an unusual placethe community's downtown area. And it's working! Come through the doors and see a bountiful display of local produce, flowers, honey and sauces. Walk a little further to smell and take in the array of bakery products - from baked instore breads to cream pies and cinnamon buns. Look around to see fresh salads and"We'requiche. continuing to expand our offerings of local products," says Jim, noting they're looking forward to celebrating the store's 60th anniversary next year. "We keep it exciting. We have people who come from southern Ontario and other parts of the province as we're becoming well known in a broadening circle for what we're doing," says Jim. Their community support record over the years is nothing short of outstanding. Community is key, along with a great staff of 47 people. "Behind every successful business is a strong and vibrant community," says Judy.The store's history dates back decades to when Jim's father and his partner (B&H - Beveridge and Haggett) started the business in 1963. Jim recalls "growing up" in the second location store in Osgoode the partners purchased in 1968. Much later, Jim and Judy would take the reins of "We'reB&H.extremely proud of how we've been able to make this our store," says Judy. The couple say it is a reflection of the core values they've learned from family and by working together since the 1980s after meeting at Algonquin College. Learn more about B&H Your Community Grocer by visiting their website and Facebook page, sending them an email or by calling 613-258-3014. The store is located at 301 Rideau Street in Old Town Kemptville. The Farmer's Market is held in the store parking lot each Sunday. Check out a Success Stories video by the Grenville Community Futures Development Corporation on B&H.

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North Grenville is blessed with many natural resources which we should strive to protect for our future generations.

A few weeks ago, I wrote in this space that I was afraid that the upcoming election campaign could become nasty, because of the already toxic nature of much of the comments section of various Facebook pages in North Grenville. It seemed that people were becoming more aggressive, defensive, angry, critical - in short, nasty, when commenting on people and issues, especially people. I know this has become the norm on many social media platforms worldwide these days. Social media is not particularly social any more. People tend to use a forum like Facebook, or Twitter, to say particularly brutal things about other people, personal attacks on their character, truthfulness, motivations, or, very often, on their beliefs and identity. But the nature of the “discourse” that is taking place on local pages recently has reached a new level of abuse and divisiveness, and it is poisoning our community, or that portion of it that lives online and trawls through Facebook on a regular basis. We, as regular citizens, have never had as much access to communications as we do today. One individual can have an enormous reach when it comes to expressing their opinions, disseminating information, or creating a following. That, in itself, is a real benefit to society, whether it’s bringing together far-flung family members, creating a venue for people of similar interests to meet and talk to each other, or to spread information at times of public need. The right, and the value, of free speech as a free society has been demonstrated in recent days with the attack on Salman Rushdie, a punishment for expressing ideas in a work of fiction. Media outlets and online platforms in Russia have been either closed completely, or coopted to reflect the propaganda of an autocrat at war with a peaceful neighbour.

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Dear Editor, I was listening to a great idea on CBC about a Municipality in Alberta which is putting a monetary value on its Natural Resources. These assets include wetlands which are often viewed as vacant lands by Developers. Once the wetlands are covered over with concrete, we lose the ability to store carbon, a major factor in climate change. There is also a greater risk of ﬂooding as wetlands hold water, and another great loss is that of endangered wildlife species which are losing vast areas of their natural habitat.

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Dear Editor, I don't know why people are making such a big fuss over this prison. It will provide good local jobs, and the chance of there being a higher crime rate are low. If you are concerned about losing farm land, why not use the old high school downtown for the prison? Wait a minute, right downtown, are you crazy? Bob Swaren

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In fact, there has been no signiﬁcant trend in the number of hurricanes in the past 50 years, while the number of tornadoes in the USA has actually decreased over the same period. The worst heat waves in the USA were recorded in the 1930's, and worse ﬂoods and droughts have occurred in various places in centuries past. Records are always being broken, and attributing any weather we don't like to "climate change" has become a knee-jerk reaction among alarmists and the media. Both writers also raise the rate of temperature as being important, as if a one degree rise over 100 years is unprecedented. Perhaps they got this idea from the latest IPCC "hockey stick" graph based on selected data sets, which has been soundly debunked by scientists examining all of the available data. Various analyses for the past few thousand years show occasional rates of temperature change (both up and down) similar to those occurring today.

On our community level, the Times have championed the right of free expression for almost ten years, as can be seen every week in our pages, whether in letters, op-ed pieces, or articles discussing issues from all perspectives. In fact, people have complained by how long some letters are, or how often some issues are dissected in articles. But we have always believed that no amount of space is too much to allow people to discuss and debate with each other. That is the job of a free press in a free society. But what has been happening online in North Grenville recently goes way beyond free speech. Words are being used, allegations are being made, personal character assassinations are taking place that would not be allowed in this, or any other newspaper in Canada. And, even though this municipal election has only just begun, the level of strident and almost hysterical commentary has already gone beyond what any society would consider acceptable. This is not to deny anyone the right to express opinion, or to level accusations, where merited. The problem is that some of the worst attacks on people are made with absolutely no foundation in fact, with no evidence, based entirely on rumour, innuendo, and - to put it simply - lies. There have been issues that have divided this community over the past months, and there are those who place blame on the municipal council, community groups, and others, without stopping to ask on what basis the accusations are being made. When those involved on one side of the argument try and approach the other side for reconciliation or to keep communication open, they are condemned as arrogant, making things worse. Part of the problem is more general than local: there has been an incredible loss of trust in everything, politics, governance, society generally. We just don’t seem to trust each other, we don’t believe a word the others say, we question their motives, agendas, truthfulness. Those who disagree with our perspective are condemned as being, not just wrong, but as having malicious intent. “If you’re not with us, you’re against us. If you’re not one of us, you can’t even understand our position.” Those who have lived in this community longer than a few years will remember that there have been other times when division was being expressed, even times when opinion was literally silenced in public meetings. We have known bad times before, when a few sought to dominate the many, and believed they had the right to put down, disparage, lie and silence anyone who opposed or even questioned them. And this was not that long ago. We must have open dialogue, free sharing of opposing views and perspectives. But we cannot aﬀord to have a few intolerant people who refuse to allow civil discourse, who refuse to accept that those who don’t agree with them are entitled to their opinion. Many of you will not have seen and read the kind of online biased and angry attacks that have been taking place. Some of you will have joined in without knowing that there is no foundation to what you have been told. And even if there is such a basis, there is no excuse, no reason to indulge in the kind of response that is being Ironically,shown. many of those taking part in these literally unprovoked attacks are individuals who would normally be all in favour of an open and liberal view of society, strong believers in freedom and toleration for all. And yet, the temperature has been raised to such a pitch by a very few hotheads, intolerant crusaders, that all the normally open and honest people being drawn in have lost their balance, in every sense. One more thing: this article, asking for civility and rational discourse, will be condemned as intolerant and one-sided, and I will, once again, be accused of being a “know-it-all”, with no right to comment. Fair enough, I suppose, compared to what’s being said about some others. But let me end with a phrase that I’m sure many of you will have taken to your hearts in times past: “All we are saying is Give Peace a Chance”. a chance by David Shanahan

Arline KemptvilleRutter, Dear Editor, I am pleased to see some responses to my letters questioning climate alarmism. In last week's Times, Steve Gabell continued our exchange, while Colin Creasy addressed some of my points without mentioning my name. In this reply, I do not expect to change those gentlemen's mind; after all, they are both active in the Green Party and must support its position. Rather, I hope to give other readers further options for exploring the issue themselves and perhaps coming to a balanced view, somewhere between outright denial and hyped alarm. In my previous letters, I suggested some moderate web sites. In their letters, my respondents double down on the genetic fallacy by attacking Big Oil and the Heartland Institute, which sponsors two of those sites. Yet they don't mention any of the science presented there, much of it from peer-reviewed papers by scientists not paid by oil companies. They also ignore the fact that climate change research is itself a lucrative industry, funded (to the tune of billions of dollars) by governments, and that the IPCC too has an interest in promoting the narrative, to keep the money ﬂowing.

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Most of the fears about future climate change are based on extreme worst-case projections using questionable computer models. But again, don't take my word for any of this. Readers should explore on their own, and if web sites sponsored by Heartland are biased, you could try some of the independent sites that question the alarmist narrative and its incessant fearmongering. Those include: friendsofscience.org, www.icsf. ie (which should appeal to our editor), betterfastergreeninghasIncreasedeffectsindeedCreasy'scom,(again)climatechange101.ca,clintel.org,andwattsupwiththat.amongothers.ToaddressanotherofMr.points,therehavebeensomepositiveofclimatechange.CO2intheairproducedaveritableoftheplanet,withgrowthofforestsandconditionsinmany

places for growing food. For example, grain production in India set new records in 2021 and again this year. Moreover, the number of people dying from weather extremes has dropped dramatically in recent decades, even as the total population has risen. Mind you, neither of those two changes had much to do with climate, just as climate has contributing causes beside carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. Both writers point to a recent series of extreme weather events (again, weather is not climate), yet even the IPCC ﬁnds no evidence that climate change is making some of those worse.

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COUNCIL MEETINGS

John Councillor,BarclayNorth Grenville Dear Editor, I very much appreciate the letters in the ‘Times’. Especially the letters by Victor Lachance and also William J. Langenberg. I think his account of his experiences in Holland were horrible as a Principal of a public school condemned him to go to HELL at the age of six because he did not have a father at birth at the end of the war. How, may I ask, could any sane person think this would possibly have been the fault of this child? I think what he suffered is totally inexcusable. I think Mr. Langenberg is a very intellectual, highly intelligent person. “Thinking is difficult; that’s why most people judge. Don’t be judgmental, it only makes you look stupid!” “So let’s accept each other by who we are, because we are all equal in our God-given spiritual life”. I couldn’t agree more. My sincere thank you William J. Langenberg. If more people followed this ideology, I think the planet would be a much better place.In the Citizen on August 16, there was an article on the front page by two of our local heros. The article is entitled “Kemptville jail opponents taking the fight to court’ by Aedan Helmer. The heros are Kirk Albert and Victor Lachance. I also heard this on raio but it didn’t give their names. So happy to see this on the Citizen’s front page. Thank you so much guys! I find it very disturbing, to say the least, that the Ford gov’t is messing with OHIP. We already pay into this with heavy tax every time we buy anything, even at the grocery store with HST added on to the Theybill. are talking about agencies. Nurses and medical workers belonging to the privately owned agencies. Someone in a knowledgeable position said she guarantees that you will be reaching for your credit card along with your Health Card. If one is lucky enough to have good health insurance with a good job, they will be OK; but what about those who don’t, and can’t even make ends meet already with rent and food. Where is your heart Mr. Ford? I think it is devoted to your corporate buddies. Not exactly humanitarian ambitions, I think. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, but who’s having the fun? We don’t all belong to the very wealthy ‘Ford Nation’.Ithink this change to our existing Health Care System is sneaky and inhumane! They bragged about ‘getting it done’. Now we know what they wish to ‘get done’. Kath Piché Dear Editor, "The proposed correctional complex will be the most modern and efficient facility in the province, and will have a special focus on rehabilitation."Considering 75% of the occupants will be on remand, and the longest sentence served by the remaining prisoners is 2 years less a day, how is "rehabilitation" said with a straight face? SolGen keeps the talking points coming with zero evidence substance. Not one policy or legislative change, not on piece of evidence on the location choice of the new prison.

Ed Norman, Kemptville Dear Editor, Re: Solicitor Generals’ Office comments on Judicial Review request (August 25, 2022) (https://ngtimes.ca/solicitor-generals-office-com“Therequest/)ments-on-judicial-review-Inyourarticleyouwrite,statementbytheSOLGEN’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.”Icouldn’t agree more. On August 16, the day after the announcement of a Judicial Review, the Mayor, Council and staff had a meeting with the new Solicitor General during the Association of Municipalities of Ontario Conference in Ottawa. We were there to once again convey the concerns of residents and press for answers on key issues. Over the past two years, the Mayor has made public the correspondence between the Municipality and the Solicitor General’s Office; now all of Council was there to press in person. Where was the Ministry regarding our desire to have the surplus lands transferred to the Municipality and could they confirm that any costs related to the EOCC, including policing costs, would be borne by the Province and not North Grenville. Platitudes and reassuring noises were made but we left the meeting with nothing of substance. The situation is very frustrating and could be disheartening if Mayor Peckford wasn’t such a fighter. I know we will continue to press our case. It’s obvious, at least to me, that the Province knows it holds all of the cards; that it doesn’t have to respond with any urgency to our questions. They can simply wait it out. We are after all just a lower-tier rural municipality of less than 18,000Lastsouls.year during a special Council meeting held on June 22, 2021, I was very clear about where I stood regarding the construction of the Eastern Ontario Correctional Centre: “My support for the correctional facility is really conditional on the continued dialogue with the Solicitor General aided by MPP Clark, and having constructive positive conversations with them.

The Municipality is looking to fill the position of the Deputy Returning Officer/Revision Officer and Greeter/Screener at the poll for the upcoming Municipal Election on Monday, October 24, 2022. Opportunity will also be available on October 20 and 21, 2022 for the advance poll dates. There are a number of opportunities at the poll and this is your chance to get involved. Visit northgrenville.ca/career or NGvotes.ca for more information.

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

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UPCOMING MEETINGS

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

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

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To reiterate my position, Earth's climate has always been changing and global temperatures have indeed been rising slowly since the LIA ended 150 years ago. The alarmist narrative overstates the urgency and dangers of this shift, however, while ignoring other moderate voices. I do value additional, balanced climate research, and am in favour of reasonable strategies to reduce CO2 emissions and mitigate or adapt to the real effects of climate change. Finally, I note that neither respondent answered my repeated question: When was the climate optimum and how do you know that? Without addressing that, how would we know whether the climate is getting better or worse?

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.

ELECTION

VOLUNTEER AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The Municipality of North Grenville is seeking to fill the position of a Deputy Clerk in the Corporate Services Department. Interested applicants may submit a cover letter and resume outlining qualification in confidence to Human Resources by Friday, September 2, 2022, no later than 4:00 p.m.

The Municipality of North Grenville is seeking to fill the full-time position of Building Inspector. Interested applicants may submit a cover letter and resume outlining qualifications in confidence to Human Resources. Please note that this posting will remain open until a suitable pool of applicants have been received. Please visit northgrenville.ca/careers for updates on volunteer and employment opportunities. Two undeniable facts support a more moderate view of climate change. A thousand years ago, during the medieval warm period, Vikings settled in Greenland, growing crops and tending herds. That ended when the Little Ice Age (LIA) arrived around 1300, bringing longer, colder winters and making further agriculture difficult. Second, as European glaciers have retreated, some reveal habitations from the Roman warm period. Clearly the glaciers were shorter back then, grew to their recent lengths during the LIA, only to retreat again now, showing that the climate has warmed and cooled long before we started using fossil fuels extensively.

• Council Meeting (Open) – Council Chambers – Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 6:30 p.m.

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

The Municipal oﬃce is open to the public Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sign-up to Mayor Peckford’s e-newsletter at: northgrenville.ca/connect. Visit our events calendar to find out what’s happening in the community: 2022www.northgrenville.ca/events-calendarMUNICIPALANDSCHOOLBOARD

The Municipality of North Grenville is seeking to fill part-time position of Facilities Attendant in the Parks, Recreation and Culture Department. Interested applicants may submit a cover letter and resume outlining qualification in confidence to Human Resources by Tuesday, September 6, 2022, no later than 4:00 p.m.

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MUNICIPAL OFFICE HOURS

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

General’s Oﬃce, and with the inability of our local MPP, Steve Clark, to make progress on this ﬁle.

To make a deputation in relation to an item on the agenda, please provide your comments no later than two hours prior to the start of the meeting to clerk@ Councilnorthgrenville.on.caagendasare available at: northgrenville.ca/govern/governance/agendas-andminutes.

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• Health, Wellness and Fitness Advisory Committee – Monday, September 12, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.

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Front row: Kathy Tang up to U13 and possibly older as well.Weare also looking forward to celebrating our 8th annual Storm Day on Saturday, October 8, in celebration of World Girls Hockey Weekend, an initiative of the International Ice Hockey Federation and Hockey Canada.Again this year, the Storm will host visiting teams and our own 17 Storm teams from U7 to U18 for games at the North Grenville Municipal Centre. With raﬄe tables, 50/50 tickets, chuck-a-puck, game announcers and music, the rink will certainly be the place to be on Storm Day! If you’ve got big ideas for Storm Day and would like to help, we want to hear from you! Please contact Trish at weekendyourforyouvillehockey.comVPStorm@kempt-Andasalways,thanktoallourStormfamiliesincludingStormDayinannualThanksgivingplans.GoStorm!

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submitted by Kathy Dickenson The Kemptville Storm hit the ice for conditioning camp on Monday, August 22, kicking oﬀ the 2022-23 hockey season. This year, the Storm has grown to a total of 17 teams, an increase of 3 teams over last year and the largest cohort in memory with nearly 230 players. There is still time to register for the season. You can reach out to Kathy, the Storm Registrar at sionswhodedicatedtvillegoaliechancesibleies.availableU15sion,goalieskemptvillehockey.com.stormregistrar@KemptvilleStormneedsinalmosteverydivi-includingU11,U13&teams.DiscountsaretoallStormGoal-Lotsoficetimeispos-wherethere’sagoodyoucouldbetheonlyonyourteam.Kemp-MinorHockeyhasaGoalieMentorissettingupregularses-throughouttheseason

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The 12 top teams in Ontario that have qualified within their local affiliate playdowns will be participating. The AA league in OBA is considered the 3rd tier of baseball offered in Ontario, behind the CPBL and EBLO AAA leagues . The local Seaway Surge team which is hosting the Championship made it to the August Madness final four tournament last year before losing in final.

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The Seaway Surge Baseball Club is getting set to host the Ontario Baseball Association 15U AA provincial tournament Labour Day Weekend. Games will start September 2 at 9 am and go all weekend with the playoffs Sunday. Games will be played in Kemptville (South Gower 3) , Winchester and Morrisburg, with the semi finals and finals being played in Kemptville.

Goalie equipment supplied by Ashley Sloan Ideas are such wonderful things. Sometimes you have one pop into your head, but it stays dormant; and sometimes you have one pop into your head and you do something with it. That is exactly what Tom Bryant did with his. He had an idea in 2017 to create a song circle for a group of musicians. Because of all the support and mentorship he received when he started his musical journey, Tom thought that this would be a great way to help others get started. Interested musicians started meeting up at the Castle on Merlyn Wilson road, bringing with them an instrument, a unique musical repertoire, and snacks to share.Once the musicians are tuned up and ready to go, a song is picked by a member, everyone joins in to play and sing. This continues around the circle with each guest taking their turn. The support and encouragement from the musicians, who oﬀer tips, and will even yell out a chord during the song to keep everyone in, is what the group is all about. The songs are random, and cover all genres. You could start with CCR, change jobs with James Taylor, get lost with Blue Rodeo, and find yourself with a Brand New Key, and in the end say Farewell to Nova Scotia. Music is certainly a great resource to bring people together, and this idea of a song circle is a

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That sounds great free and great night out for musicians with all levels of experience.Thereare a variety of instruments, which makes this group even more interesting. Tom remembers, “There have been nights where we have had a banjo, ukulele, mandolin, violin, and a keyboard that join in with the acoustic, bass, and electric guitars. A few members will jump on the Cajon (pronounced kahone) to give the song a good beat!" Many members have passed through the circle, like Mark Laberge and Randy Payne, both wonderful guitar players who have moved away. A few members, like Gord Hart, Mary Moore, and Tom himself, have gone even further and joined local bands. Each member adds their experience, their wisdom, and their great song selections to make a fun evening. Currently, there are 21 active members who would come out on a Tuesday to jam in the Thecircle.current members have joined over the years, invited by a friend, and others joined from seeing an ad on Facebook groups inviting anyone interested to come along. If you have ever thought of being in a band, check out the song circle, Tuesday evenings at 7 pm. Tom would like to thank Hemke and Liz Vangerwen for the use of the new bigger location at 7782 Merlyn Wilson Rd.

Girls hockey growing in North Grenville

Changing the way that we see death – An Evening with Dr. B.J. Miller Everything not nailed down must go! Sept. 3rd, 10am / 5pm - 1545 Craig rd MOVING SALE

7September 1, 2022 The North Grenville Times The Voice of North Grenville www.ngtimes.ca #RoadSafetyNGwww.northgrenville.ca/roadsafety SAFETYROADinNORTHGRENVILLE SlowWatchdown.forkids.BepreparedtoSTOP. A message brought to you by: Jazz In Merrickville A f r ee after noon of music celebrati ng 10 yea r s of Mer rickville’s Jazz Fest and its ma ny suppor ter s, a r tists and audiences Join us for some swi ngin’ jazz featuri ng local MJF fan favourites. Lions Club Bandstand, Blockhouse Park Sunday, September 4, 2022 Noon to 4:00 PM Free admission • All a re welcome Bring your own lawn chair • Rain or Shine Make your L abour Day weekend one to remember at Jazz In Mer rickville!

Dr. Miller is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), and is an attending specialist for the Symptom Management Service of the UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of the country’s very ﬁrst outpatient palliative care clinics. He is the Dream Foundation Honorary Medical Chair, the only national dreamgranting organization for terminally-ill adults. He is also the co-founder of Mettle Health helping clients to reframe the way they think about the road ahead, for themselves, or someone they’re caring Dr.for.

by the Beth Donovan Hospice Dr. B.J. Miller’s story starts when he was a sophomore at Princeton and decided to climb a commuter train parked at a rail station, for fun. When he got to the top, electrical current arced out of a piece of equipment into the watch on his wrist. Eleven-thousand volts shot through his left arm and down his legs. Doctors took each leg just below the knee, then they turned to his arm. For weeks, the hospital staﬀ considered him close to death. But Miller, in a devastated haze, didn’t know that. He only worried about who he would be when he survived. When he entered medical school years later he discovered palliative care, an approach to medicine very similar to his approach to recovery. He now talks about his recovery as a creative act, “a transformation,” and argues that all suﬀering offers the same opportunity, even at the end of life, which gradually became his professional focus.Dr. Miller’s TED Talk, “What Really Matters at the End of Life,” about keeping the patient at the center of care and encouraging empathic endof-life care, has garnered over 9 million views to date and ranked among the most viewed talks.

Miller was Executive Director of Zen Hospice Project from 2011- 2016 where he helped develop and share a pioneering model of human-centered end of lifeDr.care.Miller will be coming to Ottawa to speak for the first time ever on October 13, to the Carleton University Dominion Chalmers Centre. Tickets start at $50 and there are a limited number of tickets available for a meet and greet with Dr. Miller prior to his talk. For ticket information please visit the Beth Donovan website at Program.theOutcareHospiceBethThisorbethdonovanhospice.cawww.call613-258-9611.eventispresentedbyDonovanHospice,CareOttawa,FoundationandRegionalPalliative

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Little Free Library Stolen

Singer-songwriter Laura Rae is at it again, seeing success with two recent award nominations after beginning to release her music to the public last year. The ﬁrst nomination is for an award which is local to Halifax. “The Coast’s Best of Halifax is the city’s longest running Readers’

Choice awards where readers get to give an authoritative stamp of approval,” reads the description on the news organization’s website. Laura resides in Halifax, but she grew up in North Grenville and maintains local roots. The nomination for The Coast award is for the Best Folk Artist category. “Voters are asked to vote for multiple categories in order for their votes to be counted,” said Laura. “If they vote for only one category, the algorithm that exists will remove the single votes.”Since readers who wish to support Laura with a vote will need to register votes for the other categories as well, Laura has provided Times readers with her picks of local artists to consider voting for in the other categories. These are: country artist –Brooklyn Blackmore, hip hop artist – Wave Lord, new artist – Pillow Fite, podcast – Mike & Kristen, pop artist – Good Dear Good, punk artist – Cluttered, rock artist – The Town Heroes, solo artist – Jade Bennett, visual artist – Anisa Francoeur, and blues artist – Campbell & Johnson or Al Snow. Voting for this contest ends on September 18, and can be completed online at https:// vote.thecoast.ca/.Theotheraward for which Laura was nominated is also local to the east coast. She was nominated for New Artist Recording of the Year by the Music Nova Scotia Awards. This nomination is for Laura’s song called “Didn’t Know”, which was released in August of 2021. “Voting is done by Music Nova Scotia membership, and the award will be presented at Nova Scotia Music Week, which is November 3 to 6 in Sydney, NS this year,” said Laura. “It honestly feels so surreal to be nominated for two music awards in the ﬁrst year that I am releasing music! I can’t thank everyone who has supported me through this ﬁrst year of artistry enough.” Laura has written and released several songs in the past year, including “Didn’t Know”, “You”, “Glimpses of Ghosts”, and “Pillow Lines”. She has seen much success and positive feedback regarding her music, and these most recent award nominations are icing on the cake. More about Laura and her music can be learned at http://www.laurarae.ca/.

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“With the 2022 IPM coming to Kemptville, we were inspired to come up with a really fun and creative way to join the IPM in celebrating rural living and farming, so that’s where the Barn Dance idea came from. Farming and agriculture are huge parts of our community that don’t always get the appreciation they deserve. So, grab your cowboy boots and hat and join us!” Omshanti Charlebois – Marketing & Programming Committee Member.

Kemptville Street Piano calling all dancers!

Samantha Elle discovered that the little free library she had recently put out in her yard at the intersection of Mary and Joseph Street had been stolen. The library is a microwave painted bright copper and had about ten books in it when she last checked. The cedar side table it was resting on with the little free library plaque on it has also been stolen.

Performance and dance workshop featuring drummer Larry Graves, Propeller Dance's Shara Weaver and pianist Dave Chan. Doublethink is a music and dance performance oﬀering unique compositions as a vehicle for in-the-moment improvisations. Blending the sounds of rhythmic and ambient multi-percussion, piano and vocal textures with movement and dance, the trio features Toronto musicians Dave Chan and Larry Graves in collaboration with Ottawa-based dance artist, Shara Weaver / Propeller Dance (both Larry and Shara share a love of African rhythms). Prior to the group’s performance, they will provide a dance/movement workshop that is open to the public, exploring structured improvisations that journey alongside a soundtrack of live music in a safe and fun-focused environment- all ages and abilities welcome! This workshop (Pay-What-You-Can) and free performance will take place on September 11. Workshop at 1:15 pm, Performance at 2 pm at Riverside Park.

Coming soon to Old Town Kemptville

“Over the past couple of years many people have commented at our events that they’d love a chance to go out somewhere and dance to some great music, so that became our primary objective for organizing the Barn Dance. We’ll have a dance ﬂoor and we feel very strongly that we’ve got the perfect blend of music acts to get everyone up and on their feet.” Deron Johnston – Executive Director of the Old Town Kemptville BIA. The live music schedule will be as follows: 1:00 pm – Birds of a Feather 3:00 pm – Brea Lawrenson 5:00 pm – Anna Ludlow 8:00 pm – Eastbound of Bytown

The Old Town Kemptville BIA Marketing & Programming Committee is excited to announce the ﬁrst ever Great Canadian Barn Dance. This event will be taking place on Friday, September 23 between noon and 10 pm in the parking lot across from Rotary Park in Downtown Kemptville. This free event is a unique celebration of farming, country music and rural living inspired by the upcoming International Plowing Match and Rural Expo (September 20 to 24). With live country music, food & beverages available for purchase on site and a corn roast organized by the Kemptville Farmers’ Market, the day promises to be a memorable one. There will even be a limited free shuttle service oﬀered by Allegiance Transportation Services.

Laura Rae nominated for two music awards

Samantha says: "If you have any information or can see to the safe return of the library, it would be much appreciated as it is frequently visited by families in the neighbourhood and will be missed."

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The venue for the event is the parking lot across from Rotary Park in Downtown Kemptville (the former Bright Spot location). So, occupancy is limited, so get there early and bring your cowboy boots and hat! Yee haw!

"Merrickville in the Summer” by Robert Young.

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September 20-24, 2022 www.explorenorthgrenville.ca/ipm Canadian Cowgirls, Ram Rodeo SkyHawks Parachute Demo Team Plowing Competitions Live Entertainment: Mud Men, Daisy Train, Rosewood, Wayne Rostad, and more! Food Galore Hundreds of ParadeExhibitors Fun for the Whole Family! Something BIG is coming to North Grenville...

North Grenville Welcomes the IPM to Kemptville!

The Home on the Farm Quilt Show and Tea Room held at the W.B. George Centre in Kemptville on August 19 and 20 was a resounding success. Approximately 1,000 people attended the event over the two day period. The IPM Quilt Committee consists of five groups who came together to plan, organize and execute the quilt show. They include The Kemptville Quilters Guild; The Thousand Island Quilters Guild; The Upper Canada Quilters Guild; Victoria’s Quilts Canada, Kemptville Branch and the Kemptville District Hospital Auxiliary.Under the leadership of co-chairs Teresa Harrison and Nancy Grundy, these groups held a quilt block challenge, workshops, organized the quilt competition, the Quilt Show and the IPM quilt raffle. There were over 170 entries in the IPM Quilt Competition which were judged according to the Canadian Quilt Judging Standards. It was a difficult task considering all the beautiful quilts that were entered in the various categories. The winners in most categories were acknowledged with a monetary prize and a ribbon attached to their quilt. Medallions were given to the participantsintheYouth category and Professional Medallions were given to the long arm quilting professionals. The Barn Quilt category was chosen by a Viewer’s Choice Vote, although there was no prize for the winner in this category, the winner and bragging rights went to Kathy Colwell. Barn Quilts are made on large pieces of wood, painted in solid colours in a design of simple geometric shapes. They may be seen on barns, houses, sheds or fences as you drive through the countryside. The KDH Auxiliary hosted a British Tea during the Quilt Show and served sandwiches, scones and treats in three tiered plates along with cups of tea. Beverages and snacks were also served, as well as take out lunches. British Tea was by reservation only and was sold out. The Auxiliary members were very pleased to have made approximately $6,500 for the hospital.

by Elaine MacNaughtan

ALL Thursday,MEETING:CANDIDATESSeptember8, at the Municipal Centre. Doors open at 6.30. Meeting starts at 7 until 9. Nine candidates for Councillor. More details will be published future issues.

A Bed Turning took place three times on Friday and twice on Saturday to coincide with the British Tea. During the Bed Turning, the narrator tells a brief history of each quilt as it is lifted off the bed and shown, then it is folded and set aside for the next one to be shown. A variety of demonstrations showing different quilting techniques and projects were also offered at different times during the two day show.The seventeen vendors in attendance included an interesting selection of shops and services. The five groups of the quilt committee, as well as the group, Quilts of Valour, had displays promoting their organization. An added incentive to the quilt show and IPM, Stitch by Stitch Quilt Shop in Kingston and the Brother Sewing Machine Company offered two sewing machines to be prizes in two draws. The first draw, which was for anyone entering the quilt competition, was held at the Quilt Show on Saturday and the lucky winner was Bernadine Lavers. The second machine will be for anyone attending the Quilt Show and those who tour the IPM Quilt Tent during the plowing match. That draw will take place on September 24 at 2 pm in the Quilt Tent. The draw for the IPM Raffle Quilt, which is made up of 25 blocks selected from the quilt block challenge, will also be held on September 24 at 2 pm in the Quilt Tent. Tickets for the quilt raffle are $2.00 each and will be for sale in the QuiltTheTent.2022 International Plowing Match runs from September 20 to 24 from 8:30 am to 5 pm daily on the grounds of the Kemptville Campus in North Grenville. The quilts from the Quilt Show, along with the vendors, will be on display in the Quilt Tent in the LifestylesForArea.more information on the IPM, please visit the website at www.plowingmatch.org.

IPM Quilt Show and Tea Room a Success

Stolen Vehicles

Gord Brown Memorial Golf Tournament or damage to any vehicles occurred. Over the past several months thieves have been targeting newer high-end pick-up trucks and SUV's from Greater Toronto and surrounding areas.Three females aged 18, 19 and 23 years of age from Montreal were arrested and charged under the Criminal Code with: ·Possessing Automobile Master Key CC sec. 353(1)(b) ·Traﬃcking in Stolen Goods over $5,000 CC sec. date.inOntariouledreleasedAll$5,000Obtained·Possession355.5(a)PropertybyCrimeoverCCsec.354(1)(a)threeaccusedwereandaresched-toappearattheCourtofJusticeBrockvilleatalater

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On August 23, 2022 just before 10:00 a.m., officers from Grenville and Leeds Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) successfully stopped three stolen vehicles. This is the fifth stolen vehicle located in Grenville County's area in two weeks. The first pick-up truck was observed travelling at high speeds along Highway 401 eastbound passing Brockville at around 8:00 a.m. Officers located it as it continued past the Johnstown exit in Edwardsburgh-Cardinal Township and conducted a rolling block to safely stop the pick-up truck and arrest the driver. Officers continued to patrol the highway and located two further vehicles reported stolen, initiating two more prompt rolling blocks. No injuries

Assault with a Weapon

This year’s Gord Brown Memorial Golf Tournament in support of the United Way Leeds & Grenville and the YMCA of Eastern Ontario has demonstrated the generosity of people in our region! The ﬁnal total raised is $186,367, which also includes funds raised from live and silent auctions. Monies raised will be shared between the two organizations in support of the most vulnerable people in our communities.

The other day, my daughter Rachel brought me to the pigeon display at the South Mountain Fair as a special birthday present. As a boy, I raised several breeds – Birmingham Rollers, Jacobins, and Oriental Frills – but regretfully never had a chance to pursue the art later in life. So, examining and reﬂecting upon the pigeon entries at the Fair was a delight indeed.

The United Way and YMCA wish to thank all the sponsors of the Gord Brown Memorial Golf Tournament whose support was invaluable to the success of the event. by Philip Fry

My point is that without loft housing and suitable parents, the breed would not survive. Produced by centuries of selective breeding from an original species or species mix, the breed’s continued existence is wholly dependent on human care. Unlike Darwin’s finches, in which differences in beak form evolved from the over-all environmental conditions offered by the different habitats in a cluster of islands, “short faced” pigeon breeds developed from and depend on human choice and care. The development of “land races” such as the many varieties of corn in Mexico, is like pigeon breeding in one respect: it also is aimed at achieving humanly established goals.

“We are so pleased to be able to support the great work of the late MP Gord Brown and his family by raising money for the community,” said Trish Buote, Executive Director of United Way Leeds & Grenville. “Gord really set a standard of care and we are thankful for the Brown family’s trust in us to utilize the funds to help sustain important local programs and services for those who most need them. Finally, we were delighted to collaborate with the YMCA of Eastern Ontario, on the event, and welcome back so many volunteers, sponsors and golfers who truly care about our communities” Darryl Sittler and Rick Vaive were big hits with the crowd, signing memorabilia and being available for lots of selﬁes.

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For pigeon fanciers, caring for their birds and exhibiting them in competitions is more than a hobby, it is a passion. As with other domesticated plants and animals, each breed has a history written into its physical traits, and seeking the perfection of these traits by selective breeding and vigilant care is the fancier’s objective. The art is in the observation of desirable traits in individual birds and deciding which pairing of individuals will confirm and enhance those traits. Pigeon fanciers are guided by an aesthetic standard that describes an ideal configuration of traits for each breed, for example the shape of the head and beak, the colour of the eyes and feathering (crests, hoods, ruffles, muffs on feet), and behavioral characteristics. In competition, an expert weighs the merit of the birds by how closely they conform to the idealThestandard.picture accompanying this article was taken by Rachel during our visit. We unfortunately did not note the fancier’s name. The pigeon is an example of a Brown or Dun-laced Satinette in the category of Oriental Frills, a breed which probably originated in the Middle East. Note the colour pattern which contrasts the white body, head, and muffed feet with the wing “saddle” of laced feathering and the reddish-brown tail. A Oriental Frill, Brown-laced Satinette mane of ruffled feathers runs down the back of the bird’s neck, and a bib of ruffled feathers ornates its throat. In a side view, the outline of the bird’s head is a gracious curve that rises from the wattle, passes over the head, and terminates in the peaked crest of the mane, framing the bird’s large, round eye. A beautiful bird indeed. It is the bird’s short beak that led me to reflect on the various ways humans intervene in the genetic pool of a species and the responsibilities they assume when they practice selective breeding. The small beak of Oriental Frills makes it difficult for them to feed their own young by regurgitating the “pigeon milk” which forms in their crops while incubating their eggs. To propagate these breeds, the fancier steps in by isolating the parent couple to ensure the desired parentage, and subsequently placing the eggs under surrogate “long faced” pigeons, a procedure that requires adroit timing.

On August 20, shortly before 1:00 p.m., Grenville County OPP oﬃcers responded to a disturbance outside a residence on County Road 26 in Augusta Township. Investigation indicated that an altercation occurred between three males which led to the victim being struck with a weapon. The victim sustained minor injuries. Two males from Brockville were arrested and charged under the Criminal Code. Male, 22 years of age; · Assault with a weapon - CC Sec.267(a) · Assault Causing Bodily Harm - CC Sec. 267(b) · Fail to Comply with Probation Order - CC Sec. Male,733.1(1)18 years of age; · Assault Causing Bodily Harm - CC Sec. The267(b).accused were released and are scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brockville at a later date. Fraud Grenville County OPP is currently investigating after three separate complaints of attempted prescription fraud at local pharmacies. On August 18, 2022 an unknown person(s) faxed fraudulent prescription orders to pharmacies in Kemptville, Prescott and Cardinal. The prescriptions were not ﬁlled and an investigation is underway to determine the source of the false prescription orders. The OPP is reminding those who sell and dispense prescription medication that when there is any question regarding the validity of the prescription, take the time to conduct due diligence and verify the authenticity of the prescription directly with the prescriber as soon as possible. A systematic approach to screening prescriptions, by checking that the strength, dosage, dose regimen, and quantity are reasonable in light of the information gathered, is encouraged. If you have any information on the above investigations or any other please contact Grenville OPP on 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-(TIPS) 8477 or submit your tip on-line at

The diﬀerence it that land races function as elements within habitats needsactivecies’theynents.other-than-humaninvolvingcompo-Underhumancare,arisefromagivenspe-geneticbankasinter-responsestohumanwithinthegivenenvironment and remain active contributors to their habitat. Neither of these two forms of selective breeding contribute to biodiversity. When left on their own, if they survive at all, fancy pigeons and land races eventually devolve by reverse cross-breeding into the original species from which they were derived. Under human selection and surveillance, they exemplify traits in the gene bank of an originating species that are sustained as dominant, but contribute nothing to the gene pool itself.If I am correct, this means that the impact of selective breeding on biodiversity, for example in gardening, needs to be examined. That is for my next submission. Please send you comments to guy@gmail.com.wildflower-

“Darryl and Rick added to people’s enjoyment of the day and their participation helped to raise money for the Y’s financial assistance program,” said Rob Adams, CEO, YMCA of Eastern Ontario. “The YMCA of Eastern Ontario is so pleased to have strengthened our partnership with United Way Leeds & Grenville, and on behalf of our two organizations I wish to thank all of the amazing staff and volunteers who made the event a reality. A very special thanks goes to the Brown Family for entrusting the YMCA as a new partnering organizer of the tournament that continues to carry on the legacy of Gord and his charitable efforts.”

Cranberries are a superfood. They are known to fight urinary tract infections. They have anti-inflammatory properties. Cranberries promote heart health. Researchers are even exploring a potential role in reducing cancer risk. But a myopic view that sees only the nutritional value of cranberries misses the larger not-so-pretty picture.It's a cruel irony that so healthy a berry has endured the unhealthy violations brought on by industry's unthinking push for production and humankind's fixation with sugar. Cranberries have been a staple of Thanksgiving celebrations for centuries. Harvard University served them at commencement dinner as early as 1703. A recipe for cranberry sauce appeared in a 1796 cookbook. General Ulysses S. Grant ordered his Union Army be served cranberries with the holiday meal in 1864. Until more recent times, cranberries were typically found growing naturally in bogs or marshes long ago formed by retreating glaciers. Pockets of clay filled in with water and over time became lined with rich peat and sand. Today, most cranberry producers utilize industrial methods to meet vastly expanded markets. Flooding bogs to facilitate the harvest is now the norm for about 95% of all cranberries. This requires an extraordinary amount of water - each acre of cranberries uses seven to The seedy story beneath healthy cranberries ten feet of water to meet all production, harvesting and flooding needs.

Winter is Coming: Something we don't want to think about but it will be here before you know it. Be prepared. Our small engine shop can tune up your snowblowers and generators so you are ready for the ﬁrst big snowfall. Daily, weekly, and monthly rates are available. Overnight and hourly available as Wewell.are so thankful to be a part of this wonderful community and greatly appreciate the support we've gotten since we started this business in 1994. Thank you for a great 28 years of business and many more to come.

Inevitably, there has been a long and slow learning curve associated with the use of so much water. The management of fertilizers and pesticides has been a significant concern. Consumer reports and nutrition gurus have been advising consumers to buy organic cranberries for Cranberryyears. associations have been working hard to find innovative new practices. But there are still loopholes in legislation and challenges with monitoring industry practices. So here again is another instance where consumer behaviours need to exert influence. This is easier to say and harder to do, especially in the context of inflation. But in the grocery store, picking up the higher priced organic, fresh cranberries is the right move.

by David Shanahn

At First Stop Tool & Equipment Rentals Ltd. our dedicated owners and staﬀ members strive to give you the best service possible. We are a locally owned and operated business with a deep commitment to our community and those that live in it. From equipment sales and rentals to small engine repair, we can help you with all your projects big and small. We are Kemptville's Stihl and Echo dealer.

Time for Fall Cleanup: Fall is an excellent time to take back control of your yard. Our rentals for chainsaws, wood chippers, bush hogs and log splitters make quick work of a big job. We also oﬀer chain sharpening and small engine repair if your own chainsaw has seen better days.

Registration open for the Terry Fox Run

Protect your Exterior: Our snowy Canadian winters can damage your deck and siding. The cooler drier weather of fall is the best time to protect your exterior wood. We oﬀer ladders and scaﬀolding to get those hard to reach spots. Also great for getting a head start on hanging those Christmas lights.

Whether you want to take part as an individual, part of a team, as a volunteer, or simply as a donor, it is time to get ready for the return of the ﬁrst in-person Terry Fox Run in two years. Now in its 42nd year, the event has raised a cumulative $300,000 in North Grenville since the ﬁrst Run so many years ago, with all the proceeds going to the Terry Fox Foundation for Cancer Research. All of the organisation, all of the food and drink, in fact everything and everyone involved in the Terry Fox Run is the result of volunteers at every level, providing whatever is needed to make the event a success.

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The Cleveland Clinic offers an impressive list of health benefits associated with cranberries. The most known of these is the role of cranberries in the prevention of urinary tract infections.Butdid you know cranberries can also help prevent dental cavities? The same plant compounds that prevent harmful bacteria from developing in the urinary tract may be working on bacteria in the Cranberriesmouth.are high in antioxidants that help reduce inflammation. Research shows, however, that these benefits come from low-calorie cranberry juices or cranberry supplements, not high-sugar cranberry drinks, sugar-added dried cranberries, or sweet holiday sauces.

The Run for 2022 takes place at the Ferguson Forestry Centre on September 18, starting and ﬁnishing at St Michael's Catholic High School’s track. Parking will be available at the track at the Municipal Centre next door. But the run itself will be on the Ferguson Forestry roads and the Settlers Trail and Links Trail, which are well groomed with stone dust.

Nor is the Run conﬁned to the runners and walkers on one or two legs. Bikes and strollers are welcome and encouraged, as are pets, as long as they are kept leashed at all times. Water stations will be set up for us humans there, and there will be some water and doggie treats for the pets as well. Portapotties will be found by the registration area and throughout the route, supplied by Taggart Construction. Food and all the treats are donated, as usual, by B & H Your Community Grocer and Mountain Orchards. Those wishing to register can do so online at www.terryfox.org, and they can set up their own page for people to start donating funds to them. Or they if they're not sure if they can do the Run in person, they can go on there and donate either to a team, or a speciﬁc person, or just to the foundation itself. The website is very user-friendly.

Admittedly, there won't be a rush on organic cranberries because of this article. But there is new research showing that cranberries improve brain function while also lowering cholesterol. A study published in Frontiers in Nutrition reports that people ages 50 to 80 who ate the equivalent of a cup of fresh cranberries a day for 12 weeks saw signiﬁcant improvement in their memory of everyday events.

The association of cranberries with lower cancer risk follows the same logic. High fiber diets and non-starchy fruits and vegetables (like cranberries, beans, and artichokes) improve the performance of the gut in promoting good health. If fresh organic cranberries in the local grocery store are out of reach, then cranberry supplements are an option. Natural health food stores carry a wide variety of cranberry products. The strict regulations, testing standards and verification requirements for certified supplements ensure that any pesticide residues are not in the final product. Sign-up at www.docgiff. com to receive our weekly e-newsletter. For comments, contact-us@docgiff.com. Follow us on Instagram @docgiff and @diana_gifford_jones

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The Health Unit is pleased to announce the return of low cost rabies vaccination clinics on September 14, 2022. Our partner veterinarians and municipalities are supporting 16 low-cost Rabies Vaccination Clinics throughout Leeds, Grenville and Lanark Counties. As in many other sectors, staff shortages have affected many of our vet clinics and therefore not all area vets have the capacity to participate. Some areas where clinics operated previously may not have a clinic this year. To find the locations where clinics will be held, call 1-800-660-5853 or visit the Health Unit’s LowCost Rabies Vaccination Clinic page. Vaccinations are $20 cash only. Pets must be on a leash or in a carrier. Proof of Vaccination certificates are provided and these should be kept in a safe place as replacements will not be provided.

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The goal of hosting these clinics is to help provide rabies vaccinations to as many cats and dogs as possible. Keeping your pets’ rabies immunization current protects your pet and your family from this disease. In Ontario all owners of cats and dogs are required by law to have their pets immunized against rabies. We encourage hunters to take advantage of these low cost clinics to get their dogs vaccinated against rabies prior to hunting season. Hunting dogs are at a greater risk of encountering wild life that may have rabies, so vaccinate them to keep them protected You can protect yourself and your family from animal bites by staying away from unknown or wild animals. If you or any member of your family has been bitten, scratched or in contact with a potentially rabid animal, seek medical attention from your health care provider, or go to your local hospital emergency department immediately. The Health Unit follows up on all reports of bites. If you are the owner of a pet involved in a biting incident, regain control over your pet, provide assistance to the person bitten and provide your contact information to the person so the health unit can reach out to you to conduct a risk assessment. For more information about preventing animal bites and the spread of rabies, visit our Low-Cost Rabies Vaccination Clinic page or connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @LGLHealthUnit or @lglhealthunit.z on Instagram for important public health updates.

Common Local Trees are dying due to global warming discoloring. This tree has a hard time surviving. The average temperature ranged between 26 and 30 C with a minimal amount of rainfall. Warmelink in Wageningen researched strictly the relationship between temperature and tree decline. He concluded the temperature sensitivity can be related to the decline of the trees. Similarly, this author did an extensive study of average daily temperature that occurred at Kemptville College over a 50 year period from 1937-1987. This research showed that the average daily temperature at the college had increased by 0.5 C over the 50 years. As a result of this study, this author changed the Winter Hardiness Zone Map by half-a zone for Eastern Ontario. This created some animosity among the climatologists in Ottawa, because snow depth was not included in this study. A climate study today showed that the average annual temperature at the Ottawa airport increased from 5.5 C in 1997 to 6.6 C in 2022, an increase of 1.1 C. If another 0.7 C is added in the next 10 years, a large portion of Ontario’s ecosystem is beyond the preferred temperature range for most of cultivated landscape plants and garden plants, such as wild raspberries, blueberries and flowering herbs. The flowers of Blue Spice Basil and Ararat basil are aborting this summer because of the high temperature. The higher the temperature, the more plants and trees will be in trouble. At a certain point, the warming will affect the foundation of Ontario’s forests; including the pedunculated oak and nut Hedges,trees. hedgerows and narrow strips of double rowed trees will help to alleviate the warming trend with the creation of microclimates. Solitary trees out in the open are often the first to fall prey to the heat, because they are baking in the sun on hot Olddays.forests, common around Kemptville, provide a greater shelter against the heat as there is more diversity among the trees in those forests. That means that many different types of trees of a mixture of deciduous and coniferous trees with different root depths, soil formation and shades will help keep each other upright during the hot summer days. Preservation of the forests around Kemptville therefore is essential.In1987, Clarence Coons and Alf Campbell of MNR, Earl Hicks and this author of Kemptville College planted a mixture of deciduous and coniferous trees on the college campus along Concession Road (across from South Branch School) to change the microclimates on this section of the campus. Today, if the coniferous trees are removed, the sugar maples will die because of heat stress and sunscald, followed by the decline of poplars.Ifthis warming trend continues, trees from southern regions with a different DNA (adaptable to higher temperatures) may perform better in southern and eastern Ontario.

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William John Langenberg, M.Sc Env. Biol., Former researcher and lecturer at Kemptville College Climate change seems to have a devastating effect on some common local landscape trees and shrubs. Popular trees, such as Mountain Ash, Beech, Willow, and Serviceberry are losing their leaves mid-summer. If this global warming continues, the familiar oak will be added to the extinction list, according to research by Dr. Ir. Wieger Wamelink, Ecologist, at the University of Wageningen, the Netherlands. This summer has been hard on the Serviceberry (Amelanchier Canadensis).

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The Guild’s instructors have spent many years using these techniques with real (blunted) steel weapons and surprisingly different movements than you normally see in modern entertainment.

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The members of the St. Lawrence Swordfighters Guild, like other groups within the rapidly growing Western Martial Arts community, base their studies on the long-silent historical record left by a handful of medieval masters-of-arms. Through these ancient texts, they seek to uncover the arts of combat used in true life-or-death situations during the tumultuous 14th Century in Europe.

To share that knowledge with the general public through educational programs, presentations, exhibitions, and demonstrations. The Guild focuses on the hand-drawn images and writings contained in the manuscripts entitled “The Flower of Battle” attributed to the 14th Century Italian fightmaster, Fiore dei Liberi. The manuscripts (there are at least four versions of them) describe a multi-weapon combat system that employs such simple and efficient techniques that they are applied, with subtle changes, throughout the use of various weapons commonly seen on the battlefield and tournament lists of the day.

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The vagueness with which people deﬁne Christianity has led to a great deal of disillusionment among people who might otherwise have been open to the Spirit. They rightly condemn the Crusades, homophobia, racism and so many other examples of what they see as “religion”. But it would be very hard to justify any of these attitudes by referring to the New Testament.

The return to school after a nice summer holiday is something that most adults probably remember from their own childhoods as unenjoyable, yet routine. The problem is that memories tend to be fickle, and we don’t always have room for gritty details. We likely experienced just as much anxiety, dread, and fatigue as today’s kids face during the return to school, but we either don’t remember, or we learned to pretend everything was fine because of a different era’s attitudes toward mental health. As a trained mental health counsellor, I have seen the struggles of countless students in coping with school stress. If you have children, don’t be afraid to check in with them about their feelings regarding the return to school this time of year.Perhaps the most common and obvious mental health issues that children and teens face during a return to school after a two month break is anxiety, particularly social anxiety. Humans are social creatures by nature, and the two month break can often artificially hinder children’s sociability and make them second guess their ability to return to the normal school routine of seeing and interacting with friends. If your child has anxiety about returning to school, the best thing to do is remind them that they can tackle the return to school one day at a time. It is likely that after a few days or a couple of weeks of school life, the In a previous article, I wrote about the fact that we often seem to be speaking a different language when we discuss “religion”. One aspect of this was demonstrated recently in these pages when a correspondent pointed out that, since there were thousands of Christian denominations, it was obvious Christians didn’t agree on what they believed. But that is to misunderstand what denominations are. For example, in the New Testament, there were groups of Christians in various towns and cities to which Paul and others wrote letters. In modern terminology, these could each be described as a denomination. Christian mainline denominations usually trace their origins to revivals in history, after which they settled down to establish their own structures and ways of operating. This did not mean they disagreed with each other on the fundamentals. So many of the things which have divided Christians over centuries are not fundamental, they are what are called “adiaphora”, secondary things. These are details or ideas that can be debated, discussed, even disagreed upon, without in any way diminishing the orthodoxy of the debaters. It is vitally important that people, Christians and non-Christians alike, understand what are the differences, which are the fundamentals and which the adiaphora. In a world where there is an increasing tendency to treat everything as relative, and nothing as absolute, it is most important that definitions are clear. People who claim to be Christian, and yet deny the very foundational truths of Christianity, need to know what they are doing: that they are not, in fact,DenialChristians.ofthe deity of Jesus, the Trinity, the Resurrection, etc., separate people from Biblical Christianity. And there is no point in calling that approach intolerant: if you can define anything according to your preferences, then no definition is useful or useable. If a hockey player takes the

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Christianity has been so watered down by worldly ideas and practices, that it can be very hard for nonbelievers to see beyond the adiaphora, the things which have been added to the Gospel over time and through various cultures. Of course, there is a real danger, in trying to discriminate between fundamentals and secondary things, that either you confuse one for the other, or you end up being accused of heresy for rest,isChristiansisofforthey’renot,essential,certainhaveresult;whonotandbetweenbeenoffactandlong-establishedquestioningtraditionspractices.Itisasadthat,sincethetimeConstantine,therehasablurringoflinesthefundamentalthesecondary.Itisjustthenon-ChristianshavesufferedasaChristians,too,cometobelievethatthingsareeitherwhenthey’reorunimportant,whenvital.Paulpointsouttheneedaproperunderstandingwhatisvitalandwhatnot,andencouragestoexaminewhatfundamental.Asfortheheteachestoleration

of differences that are over non-essential things, such as what we eat, or drink, or what our attitude is to the Sabbath, etc., asking only that “All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think diff erently, that too God will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained.” [Philippians 3.15-16] How do we define “church”, “pastor”, or even Christian? How do we justify using terms like “Father”, “Reverend”, or even “Most Reverend”, when Jesus explicitly said we should call no religious leader “Father”? “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.” [Matthew 23.8-9] Isn’t that worth thinking about? Do you know that the early Christians met in homes for two hundred years after Jesus? There were no special buildings, no place set aside, apart from normal life, where the believers gathered together. It was in their homes that the communal life of the church existed. The New Testament saints (the name in the Bible for all Christians, not just the super-saints) knew nothing of a “House of God” that cost enormous sums of money and left the people in debt. “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.” [ActsSounds17.24]radical, doesn’t it? Sounds even a little disturbing. But there it is: Scripture needs to be allowed to define terms. We are people of the Book: we need to start paying more attention to what it actually says.

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of this. A ﬁnal note is that for children who don’t like school – of which there are many – the return to school may simply be depressing and stressful. There will always be value in teaching children the responsibility of doing things they don’t like, which includes attending school, but this doesn’t have to mean that the school year is the time when fun comes to an end. Remember to have family time during at least some evenings, allow your child to have alone time when needed, and make weekends both enjoyable and relaxing. When you care about your children’s mental health, it means that someday, they will thank you for the wonderful childhood you gave them.

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Mental health challenges of back-to-school anxiety will subside. One common mistake which applies to both adults and children who experience anxiety, is avoidance. Letting your child stay home from school even once due to anxiety is very rewarding (in a psychological sense) for your child. Pleasant outcomes lead to repeat behaviours – staying home from school due to anxiety causes a pleasant and instantaneous relief of anxiety, which your child will want again tomorrow. Staying home today may even cause more anxiety tomorrow as your child’s brain works toward gaining the “reward” of staying home again. This is not bad behaviour, it is basic psychology, and explains why avoiding anxiety-provoking situations is never the Speakinganswer. of “bad behaviour”, it is not uncommon for parents to notice increases in attitude problems, poor decision making, or even bad listening around the time students return to school. It is important to be forgiving. These behaviour changes are almost always temporary, and are quite understandable given the adjustment to sitting still, focusing, and following strict institutional rules after two months of play and relaxation. Remember that children must be on their best behaviour in school, which includes remembering rules, following routines, and engaging in schoolwork that is often waytoissuesbeofthanchangesgoodlessandtweenschedulesAlsoattitudesafeshouldcausetening,attitudeschooltheyfromWhenless-than-entertaining.yourkidscomehomeschool,particularlyasareadjustingtoanewyear,andtheygiveorshowpoorlis-itmaysimplybebe-theyarehome.Homebeeverychild’splace,sotakeabadasasilverlining.rememberthatsleepoftenchangebe-summerandschool,atiredbrainissimplycapableofmakingchoices.Behaviourthatpersistlongerexpectedafterthestarttheschoolyearcouldasignofinterpersonalatschool–talkingyourchildisthebesttogettothebottom

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The school , called S.S. No. 8, now popularly known as Maplewood, opened in August, 1875, with an enrollment of sixty in each of the senior and junior rooms, quite a large collection of students. But the of Oxford Mills population of Oxford Mills changed with the years, and it was not always possible to find qualified teachers. In 1929, the junior room was closed and all the students were housed in the senior room until a second teacher was hired in 1931 and the school returned to its full use again. Just three years later, it shrank back to the senior room again, this time for almost twenty years. In 1955, it was back at full strength again and continued in use until June, 1964, when it closed. It was bought by the Township of Oxford-onRideau and became a school for the mentally challenged in 1968, a role it continued to play until 1983, when it finally closed. This building has seen so many of the great and small events of Oxford Mills since 1875, and remains an important part of the village’s life and history. It is remarkable how many graduates from Maplewood went on to have an impact beyond their village. Aside from nurses, doctors, carpenters and electricians, Charles Palmerston Anderson, Anglican Bishop of Chicago from 1905 until 1930, attended Maplewood. Oxford Mills in days past. by David Shanahan

On each side were three rows of desks running lengthwise of the school. They were elevated; the lowest ones in the centre of the room and the highest ones at the side walls. The subjects taught were the 3 R’s. Some of the teachers who taught there were Mr. McPherson, Mr. John Waterson, and Mr. John Conn, who taught there from 1871 to 1875, and attendance of 75 during his last year. The late Mr. Ormond Bernard was one pupil who attended the school. Needless to say, the school became too small for the number of pupils and was replaced by the present two-roomed building in 1875. When this second school was torn down the stones were used in the foundation of Mr. Stevens barn, for which he built a fancy iron fence around our present school. This fence has since been removed.”

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The local public school in Oxford Mills has been living under the threat of closure for some years now, after the Upper Canada District School Board put it on a list of schools to be closed for various reasons. But the school continues, with dedicated staﬀ and students, supported by highly committed parents. It continues a long tradition of local education in Oxford Mills that goes back to the pioneer days of the Winniehamlet. Lamrock, who attended Maplewood school and later taught there until it closed in 1964, described the early schools: “In reference to the schools in the Oxford Mills section, the ﬁrst school in this section was situated in the south east corner of what is known as the Lamrock Farm. It was a primitive low log building with very small windows. It was attended by the pioneers of the district; one pupil being Mr. John Greer. When the next school was built, Mr. Tom Flood used the log building for a house.The second school of the section was situated on what is today the United Church lawn. This was a long, low stone building with three large windows at each side and two large windows in the front. This building was near the rear of the lot, with the playground in front. A large space in the centre of the floor was left bare and which was used during recitation periods.

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In fact, he had attended the previous school and was ten years old when Maplewood opened. Another famous graduate was Walter Turnbull, who was Principal Secretary to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King during the Second World War, and later served as Deputy Postmaster General of Canada from 1945 untilMaplewood1957. has stood beside the old Town Hall of Oxford-on-Rideau Township since 1875, and the land around those buildings has seen so much of the history of the area take place in the shadow of the school. Annual Fairs have been held here since the 1850's, and Dominion Days, Canada Days, Shakespeare in the Park, weddings, concerts, coﬀee houses and so many other events have been held in the old school house for more than 140 years. It still serves as a community hub for Oxford Mills, and has been preserved through the efforts of the Community Association for future generations to enjoy. It was designated under the Ontario Heritage Act in Oxford-on-Rideau1991. Public School has continued that great legacy of education in Oxford Mills, and with the increasing population and enrolment, it is hoped that it may yet be given a complete reprieve and carry on being a focal point for the community for many more decades to come.

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The Kemptville College Alumni Board was thrilled to hold its Reunion on August 20, 2022, after disappointing cancellations in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid restrictions. Overnight accommodations in the Smiths Falls region were scarce as Kemptville grads ﬂooded the area from across Ontario and fromDueout-of-province.totheheart-breaking demise of Kemptville College in 2016, a strong Alumni Association is credited with successfully keeping graduates connected and memories alive. The welcoming Lombardy Fairgrounds was the site of the recent Reunion and where the exceptional College Alumni Historical Building opened in 2019. Artifacts and photos are well organized and showcased. The historical building is a mustsee for all Kemptville grads and former staﬀ members.

The best news at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) was that the fundraising goal for the building has been met. More info: MembersendingfromlightedgoodfinanciallytheAGMMemberskcalumni.ca/fundraising/https://lefttheexcellentassuredgradsthatAlumniAssociationwasstrongandinhands.Organizerswerede-withtheresponsefeaturedHonourYearsin:0,1,2,5,6and7.ofHonourYears

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Photo by Margaret Link. More reunion photos: https://kcalumni.ca/reunion/ ing with classmates of a bygone era, be assured that a Kemptville College reunion is guaranteed to exhilarate and revive your youth. It’s a highly recommended fiveyear tonic. As grads, we are all ambassadors for Agriculture and Home Economics, so conversation is easy. The Alumni Board is already planning for August 19, 2023 - the next Kemptville College Reunion honouring years ending in 3 and 8. Of course, in keeping with the Kemptville College Alumni family spirit, any grad is welcome to attend any reunion. More https://kcalumni.ca/reunion/details: Mary Carver is a Kanata-based Professional Home Economist, and member of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Home Economics Association – OHEA. She is a proud grad of Kemptville College and former instructor who continues to advocate for Food Literacy in the Ontario by Ashley Sloan North Grenville was a quick stop on Saturday, August 27 for Clay Williams running in the 8th annual Canal Pursuit for Mental Health Relay. Residents were able to meet runner Clay Williams at the B&H parking lot before he reached his final destination at Parliament Hill. Councillors from North Grenville were among many adding their names to the flag that represented a relay baton. This 700 km run began

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at every reunion are encouraged to contribute an auction item in support of two annual Alumni Scholarships of $1000. each. Auctioneers Roy Carver -Year ’66 and Barbara Newman (Burton) - Year ’67, were kept alert due to competitive bidding. The live and silent auctions proceeds exceeded $3500. Delicious meals were catered by the Lombardy Agricultural Society in care of Judy Drummond and her team of proficient, local volunteers. Over 100 attended the luncheon and 250 gathered for the evening buffet where a 110 lb. hip of beef was cooked to perfection. It was tough work to select from the broad assortment of scrumptious home-made pies and desserts. But we managed.TheSprit Award was won by Year 1967 celebrating 55 years since graduation. Twenty-four members were in attendance – including Marion McKee from Mission, BC and Honorary Member, Nancy Curtis of Kemptville. The Spirt Award is presented annually to the Year that scores highest in the following categories: - most members in attendance at the AGM and banquet;-greatest number of items donated to and funds raised at the auctions; - oldest grad in attendance; and grads who married Kemptville grad. It was not the first time that Year ’67 won the Sprit Award. The class is indebted to the dedication of its Alumni Reps - Dennis Dick of Bloomfield (back row L) and Ellen Mooney of Kanata (front row L) who work tirelessly to keep members connected.Despite any trepidation one might feel about reunitYear ’67 had 24 class members in attendance at the 2022 Kemptville Reunion and won the Sprit Award.

with an opening ceremony in Port Severn on August 20. Roughly following the Trent Severn Canal and then along the Rideau Canal, runners will be travel in 10 km stretches, stopping in at each of the 88 locks on the way. The goal is to run an average of 80 km per day, allowing time to talk with people along the way, keeping the conversation going about mental illness and health. The purpose of the Relay Run is to raise funds and awareness of depression, end the stigma of mental illness, and to encourage people to reach out for help. Clay has organized this run relay in honour of his wife, his daughter and his sister who all suﬀer from mood disorders, and in memory of his two older brothers who took their own lives. At the time of print, $14,040 of the $15,000 goal had been raised.For more information and to donate visit: sion.cacanalpursuit.defeatdepres-www.