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by David Shanahan Tom Graham has lived in Bishop’s Mills since his family moved there from Ottawa away back in 1975. Since then, it seems, he has spent a great deal of time gathering up stories and information about that hamlet and its inhabitants, and we should all be very grateful that he did. Tom has published a history of Bishop’s Mills which will become an essential source for anyone interested in knowing more about the place and its people. This is not an enthusiastic amateur at work, the book is well-researched and supported by footnotes and sources, and yet it maintains a wonderfully informal narrative style that keeps your attention rivetted throughout. Tom has drawn from an abso-

lute wealth of reminiscences, documentary material, and illustrations (some drawn by Tom himself) to provide a solid narrative covering the area from pre-historic times right up to today. In his Afterword, Tom quotes Mildred Adams, lifelong resident of Bishop’s Mills and someone who embodied the history and traditions of the hamlet. Mildred sums up the importance of books like this in providing rural hamlets and small towns with an identity and a sense of history and heritage that could so easily be lost, along with the stories and characters who shaped them. “You work together to help the Village stay together. And that’s what needs to be done in these smaller places... to help them keep their identity. What they were and what they still can be.”

This is what Tom has done very successfully. This is not a handy tourist brochure. It is a full-length history, with a generous amount of photographs, illustrations, maps and sources, that is clearly the result of lengthy research and inquiry by someone intimately acquainted with the people and places he describes. Tom makes two very important points by the end of this book. The first is that books like this can only be the results of research to date: they are never the ﬁnal word, because the story keeps on going. There is always more to discover and report as the years go by. His second point is that this book, like any other piece of scholarly research, has to pick and choose what it contains, because there is so much more to say, so many more stories to write, than is possible in one volume.

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Tom Graham has exhibited the secret to good historical and social history writing: choosing from the wealth of possible material and using the best stories and information to provide as full and authentic a picture of life in Bishop’s Mills throughout its long and continuing story. Tales from the General Store: The Untold History of Bishop’s Mills Or, How Seven Years Behind the Counter Taught Me How to Act Local, Build Relationships and Create Community, by Tom Graham, with Foreword by David Bishop. Published by Habit Five Publishing, Kemptville. Readers can pre-order the book or reserve a copy by visiting www.HabitFive.com.

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by Helen MacGregor Coming to the Urbandale Arts Centre in Kemptville from March 30 to April 14 is Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre’s 25th production - “Newsies The Musical”- the Tony Awardwinning Broadway phenomenon. The show is based on the historical newsboy strike of 1899 that shook the ivory towers of William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. It leaps onto the stage with soul stirring music, amazing heart, and exhilarating dancing. This electrifying David-and-Goliath story is of a ragged band of New York street urchins who took on the two publishing titans and their whole corporate establishment to fight for what is right. The poor and orphaned teenagers, selling newspapers for a penny a paper, are pushed to the limit when the newspaper moguls try to take away more of their meager profits. Jack Kelly (played by Nathanael Flinn in photo), becomes the leader who rallies the newsies from across the city to take a stand and strike against the most powerful publishers in the country. Their cause becomes even bigger than any of the newsies imagined when they realize they’re fighting for all the children working in unfair and unsafe conditions across the nation. KYMTC’s “Newsies” is directed by Barb Lacelle and assistant director Kevin Colwell, with choreography by Laura Anderson. Music Director is Phillip Konopka, Producer is Marilyn Conroy, Set Designer is Bonnie Selleck, Master Builder is Neil Conroy, Costume Designer is Carolyn Bruce, Lighting Designer is Kevin Colwell, Sound Designer is Peter Miller and Stage Managers are Catherine Robbens and Cait Lewis. The cast of KYMTC is amazing as always! Tickets are on sale now! Go to Scotiabank or buy online. Go to www. kymtc.org for more information

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College Alumni award 2019 Scolarships The Kemptville College Alumni Association is pleased to announce the two recipients of the 2019 Scholarships. The recipient of the Agricultural Scholarship is Ashley DeJong from Baltimore ON. Ashley is in her second year of the Agricultural Diploma Program at the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus. The recipient of the Food related Scholarship is Marie- Josee Levac from St- Bernardin, ON. Marie-Josee is in her second year of the diploma course in Hospitality – Hotel and Resort Management at Fanshawe College in London, ON. The selection team was very impressed with the number and quality of the applicants and congratulate Ashley and Marie-Josee. Students entering their second year in a Food or Agriculture related program at an accredited college in September 2019 are encouraged to check out the Kemptville College Alumni web site at www.KCalumni. ca later in the year for the new 2020 scholarship form.

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by Maura Lepore, Programs Coordinator, Kemptville Youth Centre On March 22, KYC is hosting our annual Fairy God Mother Fashion Show being held at St. Michael’s Catholic high school from 7-9 pm. Tickets are 10$ per adult and 5$ per youth (18-). There will be door prizes, 50/50 draw, silent auction and more. The fashion show is in support of KYC’s prom program, a program in which we lend out formal attire FREE of charge to local youth who wish to attend their prom/graduation without facing any ﬁnancial barriers. For those who may be wondering, yes, KYC will be hosting our annual Accessory Sale as well this year only with a few modiﬁcations, it will now be called the KYC Spring Sale taking place in April. Stay tuned for more details!

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Road crews are on the job by David Shanahan This winter has been one of snow, freezing rain, melting, re-freezing, and yet more snow - lots and lots of snow. But, in the face of this winter challenge, the road crews of North Grenville’s Public Works Department have been keeping the streets as clear and as safe as possible. This is what we may have come to expect from this dedicated crew, but when you venture outside the municipal boundaries into the City of Ottawa, you can really appreciate the job they do here at home. Even in the last week, side streets in Ottawa had not been ploughed and cars were having a diﬃcult time just getting through them. In North

Grenville, although side streets in the urban areas, or some rural roads, may not get cleared as quickly as residents might like, the work does get done and there is a well-thought out schedule which is used to direct the road crews. Karen Dunlop, Director Public Works, and Doug Scott, Roads Superintendent, have developed a system for ploughing, sanding and grading the municipal roads in an efﬁcient and highly eﬀective manner. There are more than 300 kms of roads in North Grenville that have to be taken care of by the Public Works road and maintenance crews twelve months of the year, but the winter months are especially demanding. Half of the roads are paved, the other half gravel, and it takes about six hours to

plough the paved surfaces and possibly twice that for the gravel roads, so, in the event of a snowfall, the drivers are kept busy. The crews work in a single shift that runs from 4 am to 8 pm, although drivers must have a clear eight hours rest between shifts, which can last for up to thirteen hours in really bad weather conditions. The regulations are laid down by the Province of Ontario, who describe Minimum Standards for road clearance and maintenance. It is the policy and practice of Doug and his team to exceed those standards, and residents of North Grenville can be conﬁdent that they do. There is a priority list of roads to be cleared, depending on the speed limit and traﬃc volumes usual on that road, so they are

cleared in the most convenient way for commuters in the mornings. GPS units in the cabs of the vehicles let Doug know where each one is at any time, and also records the depth of snow being ploughed and where the ploughs have been at a given time. So anyone calling to ask where the ploughs are, can be told exactly when they were last at that address. They also record the speed the ploughs travel at throughout their shift. These people take a lot of the danger and inconvenience out of travelling in winter for the people of North Grenville. They deserve respect and deep gratitude for the long hours and expertise that goes into their work.

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Olaf & Friends Celebrate Family Day! Thank you to everyone who took part in the Winchester District Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Family Day Skate on February 18. Close to 300 people joined us at the Morrisburg Arena - including Olaf! It was a great opportunity to raise awareness about WDMH and the Foundation. “We want to connect with our community, and it was nice to meet so many new friends at the event,” said Cindy Peters, Manager of Direct Mail and Events. Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped make the event possible. The Morrisburg Lions Club looked after feeding the crowd and donated all of the hot chocolate and hot dogs. Happy Face Nursery School provided amazing face painting. Other volunteers were there to greet our guests and hand out food and raﬄe tickets. Finally, thank you to the Municipality of South Dundas and the Morrisburg arena staﬀ for their support. “There is great community spirit in our local region and we really appreciate everyone’s support of health care close to home at WDMH,” summed up Kristen Casselman, Managing Director. “Thank you for celebrating your Family Day with us!”

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When I’m 64 by David Shanahan When the Beatles released the Sgt. Pepper album back in 1967, I was 12 years old and a major fan of the band (still am, of course). One track on the album seemed to me to be sentimental, old-fashioned and nice in a novelty-song kind of way. Well, it doesn’t seem such a novelty to me now that I am 64! It’s strange how time passing changes your point of view on things. When I was growing up, it seemed that the Second World War had happened generations before, but now I’m so aware that it ended just ten years before I was born. Ten years is not a long time: 2009 does not seem that long ago, does it? I really started thinking about this a few weeks ago,

when the Times writing staﬀ were having our regular meeting. One young member, who shall remain nameless, said that they had learned about Watergate in school. I was stunned. I was in university when that was happening. My first political activity was going to an anti-Vietnam War rally. I remember being radicalised by reading about the Kent State killings of students, people not much older than I was. For years, I thought of myself as a young person, always waiting to be told to shut up and go home by my elders. Now I’m the elder and people are still telling me to shut up and go home! But my body is telling me in no uncertain terms that I am slowly (or not so slowly) wearing out. It seems odd to think that I’ll never again have the

Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, Congratulations on the website award! It is well deserved. Since moving here in April 2017, I have looked forward to my copy of the North Grenville Times every week for two reasons. First, it is well produced. The writing is terriﬁc and the editing (both copy and substantive) even better. The second is that I started my own career ﬁfty years ago in small town dailies and weeklies. I ended up with the sports desk of the Toronto Star and still write regularly for magazines in Canada and the United States so I think I have some street cred in saying “Exceptionally well done!” Despite the domination of the Internet, we still need newspapers and newspapermen/women to serve our information needs. Cheers Bruce Kemp

to the shopping cart and she had just momentarily opened it to get her keys to get into her car. My friend is in her 80’s. She was unaware that the wallet was stolen until her bank called her to say that there was suspicious activity in her accounts. I guess I am naïve, but I was a bit shocked that this happened in Kemptville. Not that something was stolen, as we all keep a good eye on our purse. But that someone had actually interacted with their target. I assume these things happen in the city, so we are more protective and aware. Perhaps you could warn people that these things are happening in our community and not to be fearful, but to be aware. Thanks for your time, Michele Philp

Dear Editor, My friend had her wallet stolen from her purse in the Walmart parking lot in Kemptville this week. A man approached her and distracted her by being distressed about something and when he pointed at something in the distance she looked and he stole her wallet from her purse. The purse was tied

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goodness sake, I remember singing “Old Man” by Neil Young: “24 and there’s so much more”. Can’t sing that these days. And don’t even remind me of the Who! Pete Townsend writing “hope I die before I get old”. Of course, Roger Daltrey is still singing that, and he’s ancient! But I don’t want you to think I’m complaining, even if you think this is all very irrelevant to you and selfindulgent for me. I happen to think that my generation, the infamous Baby Boomers, were the most blessed of generations. Post the Pill and pre-Aids; socially mobile and the generation that began to see the start of feminism succeeding; the best music ever; new technologies making life easier and more enjoyable. We saw things change in ways that had never happened be-

sensation of running so fast that my feet didn’t seem to be touching the ground. To add to the fun, I got a letter from the Canadian Government this week. Usually, those brown envelopes make me either nervous or happy. The government is usually either demanding money from me in taxes, or giving me money as tax rebates. This time, the letter made me both nervous and happy: it informed me that, and I quote: “We have good news - you are eligible to apply for your Canada Pension Plan retirement pension online!” Perhaps you can understand my ambivalent reaction to that news? Now, it is a fact of life that we’re all getting older. At some point this fact becomes more immediately relevant than before. For

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Government announced that the scheduled date for implementing the Act was being revoked, and the legislation reviewed over the coming months. Now, the revised Act has been published, and Police forces and Police Services Boards are studying the text carefully to see what the changes made to the Act might imply. To date, the focus of most scrutiny has been the clauses dealing with the Special Investigations Unit, mandated to investigate situations where police oﬃcers are involved in shootings, or other activities. The North Grenville Police Services Board is currently analysing the text of the revised Act to see what impact it will have on their concerns for the future, and it is expected that they will have a statement very soon.

As reported in the January 23 issue of the Times, the Ontario government plans to introduce a new bill, entitled the Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019, that would create the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 and the Special Investigations Unit Act, 2019 to repeal and replace the Police Services Act, 2018, and the Ontario Special Investigations Unit Act, 2018. The bill would also repeal the Policing Oversight Act, 2018, and the Ontario Policing Discipline Tribunal Act, 2018. The Safer Ontario Act last year. First introduced by the previous Liberal Government in 2017, it received royal assent in March of 2018, and was scheduled to come into force next January. The terms of this Act had left local Police Services Boards unsure as to their future. There seemed to be a possibility that Boards, such as the one we have in North Grenville, could be amalgamated with others in the United Counties, with a resulting loss of influence and input for North Grenville in setting terms and costs of policing in our municipality. Then, over the Christmas holidays, the Conservative

Government out of step on social media ads News Media Canada Despite low level of trust, federal government favours social media advertising. On January 31, 2019 the federal government released the 2017/2018 Annual Report on Government of Canada Advertising Activities. This report includes information on ad expenditures, major campaigns and results from select campaigns. The short story is that the federal government now favours digital media, primarily social media like Facebook, for communicating with Canadians. In 2017/18 the total media expenditures were just over $27 million and digital accounted for more than $18 million (about two thirds). The bulk of federal government digital dollars are going to social media (primarily Facebook). Less than $150,000 went to daily and community newspapers, despite the fact that Canadians trust newspapers more than any other media. Research from 2018 also conﬁrms that Canadians believe newspapers are more appropriate than social media for communication about government programs and services.

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forward to. And that’s fine too, because I haven’t ﬁnished looking forward: I am fascinated to see whatever is next, here and hereafter. As Larry Norman once sang: “I know where I am going and I know who I should be. Don’t care how long it takes me, ‘cause there’s lots of things to see. Let the tape keep rollin’!” As a Christian, I am looking forward to the next stage of living, whenever that starts. And I sincerely hope that, for as long as possible, I’ll live up to Jesse Winchester’s great description of himself: “I’m older than I act, and younger than I Iook”. So, before I go home, I shall treasure the past, enjoy the present, and look forward to the future: let the tape keep rollin’!

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fore: vinyl to cassettes to cd’s to mp3 and digital downloads, then back to vinyl again. I wrote my Masters thesis on an IBM Selectric Typewriter, my PhD dissertation on a university’s mainframe computer, and then had a personal computer sitting on my desk that could do more than anyone ever imagined was possible on such a handy device. I can remember the awe with which we heard about the ﬁrst heart transplant ever, the ﬁrst test tube baby, and so many medical breakthroughs we almost take for granted now. Why am I telling you all this? I don’t really know: except that we are all, in our own way, in the same boat. The details may be different, but we’re all moving to the time when there’s more to look back on than to look

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Appointments named to the Task Force on Aﬀordable Housing

The North Grenville Municipal Council is pleased to announce the members of the Mayor’s Task Force on Affordable Housing. The newly appointed members of the Task Force are: Carl Cannon, Co-chair Colleen Lynas, Co-chair Mitch Bloom Dana Farcasiu Christopher McLellan Sandra McNamara Don Palmer Andre Rancourt Geraldine Taylor Therese Whittaker Nancy Peckford, Mayor Jim McManaman, Deputy Mayor The Task Force was established by Mayor Nancy Peckford, in collaboration with Council, this past January. It has a mandate to examine the current state of affordable housing in the Municipality and make recommendations to Council by January, 2020, regarding strategies and opportunities to expand affordable housing options across the community. When the call for members of the Task Force was made, the high number of applications highlighted the strong interest by members of the community in the Taskforce. Consequently, the Mayor and Council have also established a Community Advisory Group to assist the Task Force in their efforts.

The following individuals were appointed to the Community Advisory Group: Robert Angi Paul Calder Krista George Gord Godfrey Teddy Livingston Elaine Murkin Erin O’Connor Lorraine Rekmans “We are very pleased to appoint such a talented group of individuals to serve on both the Task Force and as members of the Community Advisory Group”, stated Mayor Nancy Peckford. “I am very optimistic that the eﬀorts by all will be successful and produce a positive way forward for our community.” The Task Force plans to hear from a variety of subject matter experts, as well as stakeholders and individuals with lived experiences of housing challenges. Anyone in the community who would like to express their opinions and ideas is welcome. A special email address has been set up to communicate with the Task Force: housing@northgrenville.on.ca. Those wishing to make a presentation to the Task Force, or simply share their perspective, can do so by sending an email to the address above. The Task Force and Community Advisory Group will hold their ﬁrst meeting on Thursday, February 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Centre. All Task Force meetings are open to the public.

UPDATE UPDATE UPCOMING MEETINGS **NOTE: The schedule for meetings has been changed. Beginning in February, meetings will be held on Tuesdays with Committee of the Whole being held the ﬁrst and second Tuesday of the month and Council being held on the third Tuesday of the month. COUNCIL Tuesday, March 19 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Tuesday, March 5 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre.

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Please join us for an orientation information session to find out what is involved in being a volunteer firefighter. The next orientation session is Thursday, March 14 at the Fire Station (259 County Road 44). Registration will take place from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. and the session itself will begin at 6:30 p.m. Additional details are available on the Municipal website: www. northgrenville.ca/careers.

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Notice of Public Open House No. 2 Municipality of North Grenville Water Pollution Control Plant and Sanitary Pump Station Optimization and Expansion Environmental Study Report (ESR) Addendum The Municipality of North Grenville is undertaking a planning process to optimize and expand the Municipality’s Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) and Bridge Street Sanitary Pumping Station (SPS).

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Public consultation is a key component of the Class EA process. The first Public Open House, held on December 14, 2017, identified that the preferred solution included expanding the WPCP, providing influent equalization storage, and increasing the rated capacity of the Bridge Street SPS. This final Public Open House will present findings of the draft ESR Addendum, including reviewing the different design concepts considered to optimize and expand the WPCP. The Open House (or Public Information Centre) is scheduled as follows: Thursday, March 7, 2019 Open House from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Municipal Office 285 County Road #44, Kemptville, ON

All those interested in the project are urged to attend. Project information will also be available to the public on the Municipality’s website, http://www.northgrenville.ca. If you have any questions regarding the Class EA Update please contact one of the people listed below. We welcome your feedback.

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This study is evaluating updated alternatives from the 2010 Class EA in order to identify future wastewater treatment requirements, including upgrades required at the WPCP to treat existing and future flows within a 20-year period.

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The Municipality of North Grenville is accepting resumes from interested and qualiﬁed candidates for the following positions: Recreation Coordinator Assistant, Summer Day Camp Coordinators, Summer Day Camp Programmers, Pool Supervisor, Head Lifeguard, Swim Team Coach, Lifeguard/Instructor, Groundskeepers & Downtown Revitalization and Facility Attendant. The closing date to receive applications is 4:00 p.m. on March 29, 2019. Details are available at www.northgrenville.ca/careers.

The Community and Primary Health Care of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville (CPHC) is pleased to announce that Ms. Tina Montgomery has accepted the position of Executive Director eﬀective immediately. The CPHC is a volunteer based organization providing a vast amount of services for seniors across the Tri-Counties helping them to remain independant and safe in their own homes and communities. "Tina brings an enormous amount of experience to the ED's position," said Board Chairperson Roger Haley. "She's been with the CPHC for several years and the manager of the Community Support Services. Tina is also very well known in the community as she sits on a variety of agencies for seniors' services." The Board had been searching for a new Executive Director after the retirement of the former Director at the end of 2018. There were almost twenty applicants from across Ontario. "The Southeast LHIN (Local Health lntegration Network) recently provided CPHC with a renewed operating agreement which extends until 2022," said Roger. "With new health care strategies coming forward, the Board knows it has the right staﬀ and volunteers in place to continue serving seniors in the region. Tina is the right leader to take us in that new direction." www.ngtimes.ca

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‘Around the World’ event On Thursday, March 7, the St. Lawrence - Rideau Immigration Partnership and Refugees for Brockville will host ‘Around the World’, an event where members of the public can learn about some of the diﬀerent cultures and countries represented in Leeds and Grenville. Attendees will also be able to learn about the experience of moving to Canada. Everyone is invited to attend this free event being held at the Brockville Country Club between 6:30 and 8:30 pm. ‘Around the World’ will involve participants of the Immigration Partnership’s ‘We Are Neighbours’ campaign (https://weareneighbours.wixsite.com/weareneighbours/ stories ), who contributed sto-

ries about moving to, living, playing, working, and studying in Leeds and Grenville. Each ‘We Are Neighbours’ participant will host a table that represents their home country. Event attendees will move from table to table, asking questions, engaging in conversation, and learning about each country and culture. Ireland, Syria, Pakistan, India, Chile, Scotland, and France will be represented. Ireland will be represented by North Grenville’s own Dr. David Shanahan. Refugees for Brockville is a municipally-backed organization that supports Brockville refugee sponsorship groups who are working to welcome newcomers. They will be available to answer

Tickets for this event are free, but pre-registration is required. Please register by March 1, 2019. Registration: web link here Questions: Lauren Smith, St. Lawrence - Rideau Immigration Partnership Project Coordinator, lauren@eecentre.com or 613.498.2111 extension 261. The St. Lawrence - Rideau Immigration Partnership is an organization aimed at increasing local capacity to settle, welcome, and integrate immigrants to Leeds and Grenville communities. The Immigration Partnership is comprised of twenty-six organizations from across Leeds and Grenville. It is funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

questions and chat about the local refugee initiative, and creating welcoming communities for everyone. Melissa Francis, Program Manager for the St. Lawrence - Rideau Immigration Partnership, states: “The Immigration Partnership and Refugees for Brockville are very pleased be able to oﬀer this fun and engaging learning opportunity to residents of Leeds and Grenville. Learning about diﬀerent cultures, and what it is like to move to another country can increase empathy, respect, and curiosity amongst people, which leads to more welcoming communities for all. I encourage everyone to come out and chat with your neighbours on March 7!”

Champions for Kids welcomes new Foundation President The Upper Canada Champions for Kids Foundation is proud to announce the new president and executive committee, as elected for 2019. Champion for Kids is a registered charity, serving students and families within the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB). Through fundraising eﬀorts each year, the foundation supports students by helping them to subsidize the costs of sporting activities, swimming

lessons, and such essentials like prescription eye glasses or winter clothing – all of which may not be accessible to them due to extreme ﬁnancial hardships. Casey Nelson has been elected as the new president of the non-for-proﬁt organization.Nelson has been involved with Champions for Kids for six years, sitting in various roles on the executive committee. He not only brings his prior experience with the

foundation to this role, but 15 years as a teacher and administrator with the UCDSB. “My role within the school board has really let me see, ﬁrst hand, how this foundation makes a diﬀerence for students and families,” said Nelson. “I’m proud to lead this very important organization and build on the work of Past-President David Morrison. I look forward to working with this committee to help even more families.” David Morrison has served as President of Champions for Kids since 2016 and has been involved with the foundation since its inception in 2008. Morrison’s work as president and in other roles within the foundation has been instrumental to the foundation’s success. The other members of the Executive Committee are as follows: 1st Vice President - Laura Oliver 2nd Vice President - Carol Casselman Secretary - Lisa Workman Treasurer - Robert Backstrom Director of Disbursements - Terry Gardiner Directors of Fundraising - Christie Reitsma and Tracy Staples Director of Communications - April Scott-Clarke Director of Marketing & Community Outreach – Vacancy

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by Hilary Thomson Merrickville-Wolford Mayor, Doug Struthers, has been busy keeping in touch with what is happening at the provincial level and has some positive, and some concerning news, to report. Prior to the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) conference at the end of January, Mayor Struthers attended a session organized by Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Michael Tibollo, called to consult with municipalities about how the province could help promote tourism in their area. Mayor Struthers said he chose to focus on the Rideau corridor as the area that needs the most attention from the province. “My suggestion was making the waterways along the Rideau corridor a priority,” he says, adding that tourism along the Rideau contributes $5.4 billion to Canada’s GDP. “It’s $680 million, if you leave out Kingston and Ottawa,” he says. His suggestion was to have two instead of three Regional Tourism Organizations (RTO) to make communication less convoluted and to create a strategy to support business development along the corridor. “We are ‘open for business’, but we can be MORE open for business,” Mayor Struthers says, using the buzzword often used by Premier Doug Ford. “The more focused the province can be about recognizing economic activity along the corridor, the better.” Mayor Struthers says he also had the opportunity to talk with Minister Tibollo at the ROMA conference about the need to give natural gas companies an incentive to expand their services into rural areas. The Mayor, and others on council, are focused on trying to get natural gas to the north side of the river in Merrickville for residents and future commercial development. “We have light industrial zoning over

The PepTides in action [Credit: Julian Luckham] by Hilary Thomson Ottawa-based pop group, The PepTides, will be performing at the Merrickville United Arts Centre (MUAC) in March, helping to raise money for the Merrickville Food Bank. The PepTides are a nine-member group with five vocalists and four instrumentalists whose music draws on eclectic influences with elements of soul, funk, gospel, folk, Latin and New Wave. The band is an image of Canadian diversity, with members that are female, male, gay, straight, black, white and, as their website says, “everything in between.” The group is known for their extravagant and colourful performances of songs that juxtapose upbeat music with lyrics that comment on themes like love, hate, revenge, sex, religion and war. The band’s most recent album, Galapagos Vol I, released earlier this year, is a salute to Kurt Vonnegut’s 1985 novel Galapagos. The ten-song album forms a soundtrack for the novel, as it navigates though the story which includes a global financial crisis, World War III, and an ill-fated nature cruise. The PepTides will be performing at the MUAC on March 15. Doors open at 8:30 pm, with the show starting at 9:30 pm. After the show, audience members will have the opportunity to buy a bowl of chili in support of the Merrickville Food Bank and enjoy a chat with the band members, hosted by Nick Previsich from the Merrickville Organization for Culture and Arts (MOCA). The MUAC will stay open until 1 am and guests are encouraged to stay and dance the night away. Tickets for the show are $14 for early birds, $17 for regular advance, and $20 at the door. They can be purchased on the MUAC website: www.merrickvilleuac.com.

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there,” he says. He believes that the Minister seemed to understand the economic benefit of having natural gas there when it comes to improving the economic value of the Rideau corridor, and he is hopeful that progress is being made to get natural gas across the river. The Province has passed legislation which allows the Ontario Energy Board to change their regulations when it comes to the cross-subsidization of services. This will allow natural gas companies to use some of the dollars they collect from bills to expand services to areas that they might not otherwise be able to service, because of lack of density. Mayor Struthers was also able to talk with employees of Enbridge Gas at the conference, who were still skeptical about the feasibility of bringing natural gas to the area because they would need to put a pipe underneath the river at signiﬁcant capital cost. What they didn’t know, is that there is already an old sewage pipe under the river that has never been used. “I don’t want to get overly excited, but it is a piece of infrastructure Enbridge was not aware of,” Mayor Struthers says. Staﬀ are now providing some of the details of the pipe to Enbridge to see if it will be a feasible solution. Council has also received correspondence from both the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and the Ministry of Finance. The letter from Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Steve Clark, states that the Pro-

vincial government is in the process of reviewing the Planning Act and the Provincial Policy Statement to “ensure they are calibrated to achieve our streamlining and housing supply objectives.” The letter also suggests that municipalities put any major planning decisions or reviews on hold until the provincial review is complete. Mayor Struthers is a bit concerned about what this vague letter means, and suggested to council that they continue with the development of their own Official Plan, which has been in the works for several months. The letter from the Ministry of Finance noted that the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF), which is the Province’s main general assistance grant to municipalities, is under review. The funding to municipalities will remain the same for 2019, but they will be consulting with municipalities in the coming months to ensure the program is sustainable and focused on Northern and rural municipalities that need the funding the most. “We are committed to announcing the 2020 allocations well in advance of the municipal budget year, so that municipalities have appropriate time to plan,” says the letter, signed by Minister of Finance, Vic Fedeli. Mayor Struthers feels that this is cause for concern. With the provincial government’s goal to be “eﬃcient and eﬀective”, he worries that this will have continued on page 9

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The Hollywood connection the age of just 43, while his wife lived to be 89! One of their seven children, Sophie Mildred Bower, was born in Kemptville in 1886, where Harvey worked as an insurance agent. After his death in 1891, Frances and her children moved to Morrisburg, where Sophie met and married Eugene Ford Seymour, a lawyer from Ogdensburg, New York. There is a story told by Jane Fonda in her autobiography that Eugene saw Sophie’s photograph in a photographer’s shop window in Ogdensburg and was so entranced that he traced her to Morrisburg, where they married in 1905. The pair had a long life together. Eugene avoided the early deaths of Harvey and Joseph, living to the nice age of 96, while Sophie died in 1974, at the age of 87, having seen her family become famous on the silver screen. Sophie and Eugene’s daughter, Frances Ford Seymour, was born in Brockville and married George Tuttle Brokaw, a wealthy industrialist, in 1931. But he died

Harvey and Frances Bower of Kemptville, and their great-granddaughter, Jane Fonda by David Shanahan Over the past year or so, we’ve been doing a series called “Sons and Daughters”, proﬁling people who lived and worked in North Grenville and made an impact on a provincial or national stage. But two women have brought to my attention a connection that I had never imagined, to be honest. Kathy Whitley and Pam Whitehorne are both originally from Kemptville, though Pam now lives in Brockville, and have been doing research on various family members for some time. When they contacted me about some historical links, they casually mentioned that the famous Fonda

family, Henry, his daughter, Jane and her brother, Peter, can trace their ancestry back to Kemptville. Henry Fonda was married to Frances Ford Seymour, whose great grandfather was Joseph Bower, a leading merchant and distiller in Kemptville, and the man who built the Oddfellows Hall on Clothier Street. Joseph was born in South Gower and arrived in Kemptville in 1835. It was noted of him that “All his ventures seem to have been successful financially”. At one point, Joseph and his wife owned what was judged the most extravagant house in Kemptville, at the corner of Clothier and Lydia Streets, and Joseph

served as village Treasurer, and on the Kemptville School Board. Joseph married Mary Ann Huntington, herself a member of a prestigious family. Among her ancestral family were two signatories of the American Declaration of Independence, and two American Presidents, John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams. Joseph and Mary Ann had a number of children before his death in 1870, at the relatively young age of 57 (Mary Ann lived to be 90). One of their sons, Harvey, born in 1848, married the wonderfully-named Frances Marcella Cameron Capel, from Winchester, in 1874. Harvey, too, died early, at

after just four years, and Frances then married Henry Fonda, with whom she had two children, Jane and Peter. Henry Fonda’s long career as a successful actor was just getting started when he and Frances married, although he had been in a number of stage productions before that. The marriage was not a happy one, and when Henry asked Frances for a divorce in 1950, she had a breakdown. Frances committed suicide in 1950, on her 42nd birthday. Henry and Frances’ mother, Sophie, were the only people at her funeral. Henry and Frances’ two children, Lady Jane Fonda and Peter Henry Fonda, and grand-daughter Bridget Fonda, are considered one

of Hollywood’s most famous dynasties, Henry won the Oscar as Best Actor, Peter was nominated for two Oscars, one for Best Actor, and Jane has won two Best Actress Oscars. Jane and Peter’s mother was born in Brockville, and their grandfather and greatgrandparents were born in Kemptville. And, before all of these, were Joseph and Mary Ann Bower, natives of North Grenville. Joseph, Mary Ann, Harvey and Frances are all buried in St. James’ Anglican Cemetery in Kemptville. And that is North Grenville’s Hollywood Connection. Thanks, again, to Kathy Whitley and Pam Whitehorne for their discoveries.

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In the late 1930's, the road from Kemptville to the Rideau River followed a diﬀerent route and ended at the swing bridge at Beckett’s Landing. Since 1918, that road had been a Provincial Highway, the main route between Ottawa and Prescott. In 1925, it was oﬃcially designated Highway 16. But, in that decade, a major survey was conducted into the size and weight of vehicles using the bridge crossing the Rideau River at Beckett’s Landing. The results were surprising, the old swing bridge was no longer capable of safely taking the weight and volume of vehicles using it, and the bridge was closed to vehicles February 27, 2019

over ﬁve tons in weight. The old Beckett’s Bridge was removed, and plans were in place to replace it with a newer, ﬁxed bridge. During the winter of 1935-36, cars passed through gaps cut in the snow along the banks of the Rideau, and crossed over on the ice. Vehicles that were too heavy for the ice were directed to Burritt’s Rapids where they used the bridges there to cross the Rideau. Before a new bridge could be built at Beckett’s however, surveyors were sent in to consider a new location further to the east. The line of road from Kemptville to Beckett’s and then joining the highway on the far side, contained a number of sharp curves and there had been many serious accidents as a result of vehicles failing to make the corners. It was

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decided to change the road layout and allow the highway to run in a straight line across the Rideau beside the golf course instead. A new bridge across the Rideau was built in 1937. The bridge in the photograph is the one built in 1927, crossing the Rideau by piggy-backing on a number of small islands which had been used as cottage resorts up until then. The new bridge stood until 1991, when the current bridge was oﬃcially opened. The 1937 bridge remained in use while the new one was being built just a few metres to the east. Today, you can still see the old line of the road which crossed that bridge just to one side of the highway. People use it for parking. The older road, however, leading to Beckett’s Landing, is still there too. If you turn down River Road opposite Rideau Glen Golf Course and stop at the corner of Beckett’s Landing Road, look around and imagine the line of the original road coming from Kemptville, still following the ancient Indian trail from the St. Lawrence from before written records until within living memory.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS Mar 3 Limerick Forest Interpretive Centre Open House, 10 am – 3 pm. Come on out and enjoy the trails! Hot chocolate and displays in the building, hotdogs at the firepit down the Old Homestead Trail, and horse-drawn sleigh rides starting at 11. Mar 23 The Return of Rock N. Rolly, Dinner Murder Mystery, 6 pm, St John’s United Church. Tickets $30 available at the church office, call 258 3259 or email stjohnsk@magma.ca

Weekly and recurring events Mon North Grenville Arts Guild, 2nd Mon/mth, 7 pm, Masonic Hall, 311 Van Buren St. All welcome. More info at www.ngartsguild.ca Kemptville Quilters Guild, 2nd Mon./mth at the Kemptville Pentecostal Church, 1964 County Road 43, 7 pm. New members welcome. Kemptville Cancer Support Group, 3rd Mon/mth, St. John’s United Church, 2 pm. For info call Ellen Vibert-Miller at 613-258-7778. Modern square dance club, Grenville Gremlins, 7:30-10 pm, NG Municipal Centre. Newcomer Bridge-St John's United Church 12:15pm. Cost $5.00. All levels welcome. No partner needed. Info 613-806-4495 or 613-795-7155. Men’s Darts League at the Legion, 7 pm. Starting 10 Sept through to April. All are welcome. $5. per night. Tues Rotary Club meeting, Kemptville Legion, 6:30 pm. 18+ Mixed basketball at Holy Cross School Gym from 7-9 pm. $5/night or $60/season. Call Jeff at (613) 816-8345 for more info. Euchre, Kemptville Snowmobile Klub, 3rd/Tues/mth. 7 pm start. Ladies Darts League, Kemptville Legion, 7 pm through to April. All are welcome, $5 per player.

BNI Networking Group Breakfast, Grenville Mutual Insurance Building, 380 Colonnade Dr, 7- 8:30 am. Info: 613-918-0430. Bridge St. John’s United Church, 12:15 pm. Cost $5. All levels of bridge players welcome. Info, call. 613-806-4495 to 613-795-7155. The Branch Artisans Guild, NG Community Church, 2659 Concession St. every 3rd Tue/mth, 7pm. New members welcomed Wed NG Photography Club - 1st Wed./mth, 7-9 pm, at the Grenville Mutual Insurance, 380 Colonnade Drive. See ngphotoclub.ca for info. Klub 67 Euchre every 2nd &4th Wed/mth, 1 pm, St. John's United Church. Everyone welcome. $5.00. (No euchre July & August) Bingo- 1st & 3rd Wed/mth., Kemptville Legion, 1 pm. All welcome. New Horizon Club, Burritt`s Rapids Community Hall. Adults 55 plus welcome. For info re programs and membership, call Golida Tym 258-3894. Probus Club of North Grenville, 3rd Wed./mth. Everyone is welcome to join us at 9:30 am at St Paul's Presbyterian Church Hall for fellowship. Holy Cross Church monthly suppers, 1st Wed/mth. Adults $8, Children $5. All are welcomed. NGPL Science and Technology Group meetings, 1st/Wed/mth, 7- 9 pm in the program room at the Library. Thu Bridge - St. John’s United Church, 6:15- pm. Cost $5. All levels of bridge players welcome. For more info, call 613-806-4495 or 613-795-7155. North Grenville Toastmasters - Meeting 1st & 3rd Thurs/mth., 7 pm at O’Farrell’s Financial Services, Cty Rd 44. Info, call 790 7665. Mixed Darts League at the Legion 7:30 pm. Starting 6 Sept, through to April. All are welcome. $5. per night. Fri Friendship Lunch, 11:30-1 pm, St. John’s United Church. Free, everyone welcome. Sat Kemptville Legion breakfast, 8 - 10 am 3rd Sat/mth, 100 Reuben Crescent. Adults $6, Children 6 and under $3. All welcome. Euchre, Kemptville Legion, last Sat/mth. Noon-5 pm. Sun Bingo, Kemptville Legion – Last Sun/mth, Doors open 6 pm, guaranteed $400 jackpot. Refreshments available. M,W,F Kemptville and Area Walking Group meet at Municipal Centre at 8 am.

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North Grenville History- Beckett's Landing Summer Resort

This was the Beckett's Landing Summer Resort, built by Cecil Beckett in 1927 and a favourite place for boaters and swimmers on the Rideau for many years. There was a store, a lunch counter, and small cottages for rent. The resort was situated on what was then Highway 16, the main road between Ottawa and Prescott. Once the swing bridge was taken down and the new highway bridge erected in 1936, the resort wound down and the building is now a private home on a quiet dead end road.

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Bad outing for 73’s as season winds down #1

Thomson Phinney Nick name: PHINNEY Born: Moncton, NB Home Town: Fall River, NS Position: Goalie Previous Hockey Club: Blind River Beavers Inspiration: Allen Iverson Favourite TV Show: Suits Favourite Actor: Seth Rogen Favourite Musician: Post Malone Favourite Food: Pasta Favourite Hockey Memory: First CCHL win Life as a 73's Jr "A" player: Fun

Hard work pays off.....Jesse Dick breaks free for his second marker of the Monday matinee against Brockville Braves that squeezed a 4 to 3 winner. by the sportsguy Kemptville 73’s last game of three to face the Brockville Braves in front of home fans was a nasty affair as they suffered a 4 to 3 loss. Kemptville opened up the first with man advantage as Kiefer scooped the rubber to Patterson, up through the neutral to Jesse Dick, who rifled PPG top shelf by Antoine Bourdeau at 7:54. Brockville spent more time riding the slab than on the ice. Kemptville outshot Brockville by 16 to 7 with one goal lead. Brockville on PP tied it up when Simon Kerr beat Thomson Phinney, with helpers from Spratt and Mack, at 12:29 into the second. Wood set play to Jefferies to find Jesse Dick in the slot to launch his second of the day to put Kemptville ahead. Another PP for Braves when Jones, with Nadeau, found Sam Allison at 16:59 to even it at 2. Failure to control their assignment by 73’s, when Braves on PP Nicholas Hawkins PPG put in top corner, assisted by Kerr and Allison at 19:45 to make it 3–2. Second session was a perfect example of when a game goes sideways due to the officials getting caught in the crossfire and the players confused as to what is acceptable. Brockville gained traction as they had 12 SOG to Kemptville 9. Nicholas Hawkins picked up his second of the game, assisted by Brown and Al-

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laire, when original shot was knocked down by Kemptville D in front of own net and was directed between the posts at 11:14 for Braves insurance. Kemptville bounced back at 12:25 as Samson with Dick combined to hand off to Ryan Pawlikowski to pull them within one. Braves cornered the SOG with 13 to 6 over 73’s to give Brockville another 4–3 victory. When fans come out to see a hockey game, they do not expect to be part of belligerent language tantrums from players, and certainly not one-on-one confrontations in the stands. Coaches should have a better handle on their troops to avoid episodes like this happening. Kemptville rolled into Cornwall to meet the Colts and ran into a stampede, as they were trampled 7– 1 on Thursday evening. Cornwall drew first blood at 4:21,when Alec Taillon with helper from St. Louis rifled one past Jarrett Fiske. Kemptville answered back at 6:11 as Meyer combined with Fry to find Madoka Suzuki to drive one over Michael Carr to even the odds. Colts broke the tie as Mulhearn,with Quesnel to Martin Templeton,at 7:55. Colts out-gunned 73’s 22 to 7. Colts owned the second,as Mulhearn with Benjamin Dirven for the insurance at 7:11. Stuckert with Dirven to Tommy Tanner to mash one into the mesh at 16:27. Cornwall controlled SOG 15 to 9.

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Final twenty,Kemptville were rattled and paid for it in the sin-bin and gave Cornwall 3-man advantage, which they capitalized on. Grant with Matte to Jeremy Quesnel PPG at 7:59. Poissant to Martin Templeton for PPG and second of night. Taillon with Grant to James St. Louis would make it 7 to 1 for Cornwall win. Colts ran 11 SOG to 73’s 6. Cornwall Colts gained 9 PP opportunities with three results and Kemptville 73’s with two attempts without results.

Next home game is Thursday, February 28, at 12:30 for the Annual School Day Game hosting their nemesis, Smiths Falls Bears, sponsored by Tubman Funeral Homes. Hockey with EDGE, excellent, economical, exciting entertainment…support your 73’s. See you at the game and please feel free to express some of your thoughts about your concerns and experiences after attending games.

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OMHA announces Annual “Thank a Volunteer Week” celebration

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Inaugural week aimed to appreciate and showcase volunteers set for February 25-March 3 The Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) is highlighting and celebrating the critical and often overlooked role of hockey volunteers by announcing an annual awareness initiative the last week of February each year, with the inaugural launch of Thank a Volunteer Week set for February 25-March 3, 2019. Thank a Volunteer Week will be highlighted through volunteer video profiles, motivational tools to attract new volunteers, and material-sharing for associations that outline benefits of volunteering – all anchored with a web section at omha.net/thank-a-volunteer. “The OMHA considers volunteerism the backbone of our operations and without the commitment of time, effort and diligence, the association could not function with the efficiency it does today,” says Ian Taylor, Executive Director of the OMHA. “This annual acknowledgement is just a small way to recognize their efforts and encourage others to share in that same passion.” The first three OMHA volunteers to be profiled leading up to Thank a Volunteer Week includes: Helen Ford, Oakville Rangers Hockey Club; Joe Bentolila, Aurora Minor Hockey Association; and Mike Hendrickson; Kent Minor Hockey Association. Throughout 2019, the OMHA will be asking its associations to add profiles to a submission page at the site. All volunteer submissions will be profiled through short stories and three will be chosen annually for full video profiles. “By profiling these giving people, we hope to highlight their committed efforts, as well as demonstrate the related joy they get out of their work,” adds Ian Taylor. Some volunteer statistics to consider: More than 30,000 people volunteer within the OMHA. Contributions of time include coaches, trainers, managers, time keepers, fundraisers and administrators, with 13,500 coaches leading the way by percentage. Ratio of volunteers to players is 1:3. Total number of training modules/courses completed by volunteers: 22,250; The Ontario Minor Hockey Association, founded in 1935, is a leader in community sport and oversees a participant base of more than 300,000, consisting of players, coaches, trainers, officials, hockey volunteers and parents across the province. The OMHA works with its 225 local minor hockey associations and annually coordinates 28 leagues to create the best minor hockey experience in Canada. For more information, visithttp://www.omha.net.

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You’re invited to the United Way Leeds and Grenville’s Volunteer Appreciation Event! Please join us on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at the Brockville Arts Centre, as our team celebrates our volunteers and the success of our 2018 Campaign. 5:45 p.m. Doors Open - Networking & Hors d'oeuvres 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Volunteer Awards 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Movie (open to the general public) With much gratitude, and excitement, we previously announced that we reached our 2018 Campaign goal of $825,000.00. Now it’s time to say thank you to all our amazing volunteers, workplace campaigns, local business leaders, businesses and the community at large for supporting our work for more than 60 years. The United Way Leeds and Grenville invites you to come and meet our caring volunteers, and enjoy the Oscar nominated movie “A Star is Born”. Please note that the movie is rated 13+. The movie will begin at 7:30 p.m. after the award presentation. To help offset our costs, payment of $5 per person will be taken at the door. Please RSVP through Eventbrite www.eventbrite.ca/e/united-way-leeds-grenville-volunteer-appreciation-night-tickets-56428701766?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete United Way Leeds & Grenville is a non-profit agency that supports more than 20 local partner agencies in the community. Its mission is to improve lives and build community by engaging individuals and mobilizing collective action. UWLG is dedicated to bringing people together to build vibrant and caring communities. For more information, please visit www. uwlg.org.

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Talking about a Revolution: the Gospels by David Shanahan Considering how many dogmatic statements are made by Christians and nonChristians alike, it is surprising how few people actually read the New Testament. There are those who claim that there is no evidence that Jesus actually existed, and those who claim that the books of the Testament were written long after the events they describe. In either case, it is said, the documents are simply not reliable, or they are simply fairytales, stories made up long after any historical events might have happened. Even Christians might be surprised to know how much the early Christians diﬀered in their fellowship and worship from today’s mainline denominations. In fact, much of what happens in Christian church buildings these days dates from the Reformation, not the New Testament. Is that a problem? Not necessarily, as long as we know why we do what we do. To get down to basics: the New Testament consists of 27 books: the four gospels, Acts, twenty-one epistles, and the Book of Revelation. The Gospels are not biographies: each one was written to address a diﬀerent audience and focussed on different things. Mark may have been the first one written, some

time around 63-67 A.D. According to Eusebius, in his Ecclesiastical History, “Mark, having been the interpreter of Peter, wrote down accurately all that he mentioned, whether sayings or doings of Christ; not, however, in order.” Mark, also known as John Mark, may well have included some of his own experience and memories, as he was probably the young man who fled from Gethsemane when Jesus was arrested. He also accompanied Paul and Barnabas on their first journeys. His Gospel was apparently written to the Christians in Rome, and translated Peter’s memories from Aramaic into Greek, the language commonly used throughout the Roman Empire at the time. Mark’s Gospel was obviously known to Matthew and Luke, who used a great deal of the earlier document’s record of the sayings of Jesus in their own books. Matthew wrote his Gospel mainly for Jewish Christians, as he emphasises the way in which Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament. He even constructed his work to reflect the five-fold division of the Torah. It was probably written around 70 A.D., and, in addition to the content from Mark, it is also thought that he used an earlier compilation of the sayings of Jesus, called “Q”, which Luke also made use of. Luke is the historian’s favourite Gospel. It is Part

One of a two-volume history, the second part being The Acts of the Apostles. In addition to using “Q” and part of Mark’s record, Luke carried out personal research, interviewing individuals and setting the events in their historical context: “Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.” [Luke 1.1-4] During the assault on the veracity of the New Testament which got under way in the late Nineteenth Century, attempts were made to undermine Luke’s reliability as an historian. But, the more archaeological investigations are made, the more precise Luke’s account appears. He gets his geography right. He uses the correct titles for the multitude of officials and bureaucrats operating at that specific time within the Empire and its constituent parts. He wrote his two-part history between 65 and 70 A.D. John’s Gospel is quite different from the other three.

John, it is recognised, was one of the Twelve chosen by Jesus as his inner circle of friends. The brother of James, he outlived all his friends from those years of travel and learning with Jesus. He is the most direct and clear about who Jesus is, and his opening sentences deliberately echo the opening of the Old Testament: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” [John 1.1-5]

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