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June 5, 2013

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by Victor Desroches Vandals hit the Giving Garden on Saturday night causing extensive damage to the property. Organizers noticed the destruction when they checked the garden on Sunday morning, the day after a very successful Planting Day at the Garden. The picnic table had been thrown on top of the gazebo, tearing

the canopy and bending the frame; two concrete benches were turned over and one smashed; and a beautiful Giving Garden sign was completely destroyed.

Last fall, a Giving Garden picnic table was stolen. On Saturday, volunteers installed a new table, donated by the LA Group, and anchored it securely to a post with a heavy chain. The culprits

must have been upset with this deterrent and decided to make an angry statement of their own.

Organizers are grateful that the damage was restricted to material only and not to the garden itself. On Saturday twelve hardworking volunteers had spent the morning planting this year’s garden plots and weeding the large perennial circle.

The sad irony of this

incident is that the Giving Garden was started by the late Terry McEvoy to combat this kind of behaviour. The sign that was destroyed included one of Terry’s favourite quotes: “Where you do not see the example, be the example; where you do not see the hope, be the hope.”

Organizers say that this wanton and cowardly act of destruction by a few bad apples is an insult to

the memory of one of North Grenville’s finest residents. It does not reflect the kind and generous community that we live in and it will not deter them from continuing the good work of the Giving Garden.

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Assaly house and contents seized The property that was to be at the centre of Tom G. Assaly’s “Nature’s Walk Gated Community” development on Whitney Road in South Gower has been seized by the TD Bank and its contents have been removed and placed in storage.

Assaly and his associate, Patrick Caicco, collected more than $3.3 million from investors in Ottawa to finance two developments: a seniors

residence in Smiths Falls and the exclusive residential community on Whitney Road. However, the investors are now working through the courts to try and recover what they can of their investments after both projects failed to materialise.

TD Bank held a mortgage on the property for around $600,000, and after payments on this mortgage ceased in 2012,

they began foreclosure proceedings against Assaly in November of last year. The proceedings have now led to the seizure of the house and contents, which will most likely be put up for auction some time in the next few months. TD Bank hired a property management firm to handle the day-to-day situation with the property, and local moving company Total Move Management were contracted to empty the house and store the contents until the auction takes place.

Although the original investors hold the mortgage on the lot behind the house on Whitney Road, valued at around $830,000, this is mostly swamp land and is unlikely ever to sell for anything close to the mortgage valuation. It is, similarly, highly unlikely that TD Bank will recover their investment in the house and land.

It is known that Assaly and his wife are now residing in a house in Florida, also paid for out of the investment monies.

However, it is believed that Tom Assaly himself may have been back at the house on Whitney Road over the past few weeks. There are reports that security guards on the site found a man in-

side the attached garage and had him removed.

The back door of the garage has apparently been damaged, and there is yellow tape strung across the front of the building. Although no official report has been made public on these events, it is thought that the man in question was Tom Assaly.

Judge Paul Kane, of the Ontario Superior Court, received the official Reports of the Inspector delegated to investigate the entire affair on May 7. The Report recommended that the Court appoint a receiver to supervise the recovery of assets from Assaly’s four companies in order to obtain at least some return for the investors.

Judge Kane is expected to make a decision on appointing a receiver at the next hearing which takes place on June 19.

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Korean War Veterans honoured of Appreciation. Both George Ferguson and Raymond Parker received theirs earlier this year from the Korean War Veterans Association. The four veterans were then presented with congratulatory scrolls provided by Gord Brown, MP, and Steve Clark, MPP, marking the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War and in appreciation of their service to Canada.

A particularly significant element of the luncheon was a table and place setting for Fallen Comrades which was set up beside the veterans’ table. The table was covered with a white tablecloth, with a white place setting on it. A red rose in a vase was set to the left of the place setting and a tapered white candle and glass holder slightly to the front. A wine glass was inverted and placed to the right of the place setting. A slice of lemon was placed on the bread plate along with a pinch of salt. Roy explained that “the tribute candle represents the light of hope; the single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of our fallen comrades and the loved ones and friends of these comrades who keep the faith.

The slice of lemon on the bread plate is to remind us of the bitter fate of those who will never return. The pinch of salt symbolizes the tears endured by the families of those who have sacrificed all. The glass is inverted, they cannot toast with us at this time. The chair is empty because they are no longer with us. It is all so we remember and never forget their sacrifice.”

The veterans and their wives were honoured and moved by the event, and a patron at the restaurant, on seeing the ceremony, donated to the cost of the luncheon as a mark of respect.

It was typical of the work of Roy and Cheryl that this was a dignified, moving and respectful mark of recognition to these Korean War veterans. On a personal note: I would like to remember one man who was represented by the rose, a Korean War veteran who is no longer with us to be honoured. I remember Robert Usher.

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by David Shanahan To mark the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War, a Korean War Veterans Luncheon was held at the Brigadoon Restaurant in Oxford Mills last Friday, May 31. Roy and Cheryl Brown were the hosts and the event was their brainchild. Roy has put a lot of work into preserving the memory and the historical records relating to the veterans in our Municipality, and he and Cheryl believed it was important to mark the Korean War anniversary, especially given the very

small number of veterans living here now.

"My on-going projects relate to the preservation of memories so others will remember. My long standing goal is to keep alive a tradition of respect and Remembrance for those who served the cause of freedom and democracy. That is our Veterans' Legacy."

Just four veterans of Korea were left to represent their comrades at the event. They and their wives were guests of honour and were presented with various certificates and other mementoes of the day. Those attending were Harold and Shirley

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Price, Raymond and Marg Parker, George and Johanna Ferguson and Terry and Marina Meagher. The luncheon was well organised by Roy, whose talent for choreography is well known and admired. After a toast to the Queen and to Fallen Comrades, lunch was served, ending with a cake specially decorated in the colours of the Korean War Service Medal for dessert.

Following dessert, Cheryl Brown read what she and Roy call "A Special Tribute To Military Spouses", and then presented each with a single red rose and a greeting style card with the tribute wording printed on the inside panel as a memento: "All military personnel traditionally swear an Oath of Allegiance to Our King, or Queen and Country, while their spouses take the unwritten oath to live a life of frequent moving, lengthy separations and endless anxieties. Having faced the very real fears of losing a loved one, please accept these red roses as a tribute to the love you continue to share with them, and for your patriotic dedication to Canada and the Commonwealth."

Roy made the following presentations to the Veterans: Harold Price received the United States Department of Defence 60th Anniversary of the Korean War Committee Certificate

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by David Shanahan I tend to use the late Peter Nicol as a guide to what is good and bad in journalism, politics and music. He served this community of ours in all three areas over many years, and earned a deserved respect among all sections of the community, whether they agreed with his views or not. I rejoiced to see him elected to Council because I knew he would speak out and have a point of view. He would not submerge integrity in a false uniformity on Council. We all lost a great deal when he died in August, 2004. Two months before, he wrote the following in his role as Councillor: “North Grenville is facing great challenges which will change the face of our community considerably. For some, such changes are alarming; for others they are something to be embraced. In any event, they will affect us all, one way or another.

Earlier this week, council learned that there are potential projects out there that will easily exceed $100 million in development over the course of the next three years or so.

Council’s major task in

all of this, in my view at any rate, is to control this growth so that we don’t lose the rural nature of our community. We need to ensure that green spaces are kept intact, that traffic problems do not engulf us, that we make sure that we remain ourselves and not just some plastic suburb of Ottawa with another Merivale Road cutting through the centre of it. We can do this. We will do this.”

Ever since then, we have seen Council oversee (if that is not giving them too much credit) the development of Colonnade, CR 43, Clothier Street east and other areas around the Municipality.

What has always been missing is any sense of where they stand on these things. Behind the scenes they may debate, disagree, or promote whatever is coming before them, but it has been very difficult to know what they really think or feel. Do they like what is happening? Do they approve of the way in which development is taking place? Have they any sense or vision about where we are all going from here? Perhaps they have shared these things with each other. But not with us.

Peter laid out what he

Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: Hydro One has recently sent all it's customers a letter letting them know that they will be charging 18 days worth of electricity up front on their next bill. Oh but wait, the letter is so well written, that we don't have to pay right away, it's almost as if they are doing us a favour.

How nice of them, they're asking us to give them 18 days worth of payments ahead of time and they're graciously letting us pay over six months without penalty......Is Hydro One not rich enough that they have to come and get money from the poor man's pocket to enrich

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themselves further. It used to be that we had 30 days to pay bills. They're saying that it takes 18 days for the bill to get to the customer.

So what? We can still pay within the 30 days. I don't see what the problem is except that they'll be making big money off their customers. When will the greed from these big corporations stop? The hydro bills are enough of big joke already with more being charged on delivery and services charges than the actual costs of the hydro itself. It's time this nonsense stopped.

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thought should be Council’s role in all of these things, and I think things would have been very different had he lived to play a full role on Council.

But now each member of Council has a chance of speaking out on an important issue: one over which they believe they will have no final say: the proposed LaFarge Pit on Bennett Road in South Gower.

This is a major pit which the international company has planned to open: a 100-acre pit directly beside the Schouten Pit on Bennett Road.

Gower Citizens Against LaFarge Pit has laid out what they feel are the major problems that will be caused by the pit: to be located in proximity to homes and farms; sitting astride the aquifer which provides plentiful, high quality water to hundreds of people; the potential for catastrophic damage to the rural water system for at least some of the homes in the vicinity; thousands of trucks from this operation thundering down the roads on which homes are located every year, effectively causing a health hazard from fumes and dust and a safety hazard for local residents whose use of the roads

for walking and cycling will be effectively terminated; property values for a good distance in the area surrounding the pit will diminish greatly, as is the case in all areas where large, dirty and destructive pits and quarries are located. Those residents who are in close proximity to the pit will suffer from noise and wind drift of dust – some of them have problems like asthma and will be severely affected.

The local environment, which includes farms and sensitive wetlands and wildlife habitat, will be negatively affected if not destroyed.

Here’s the issue: our Council have basically surrendered before the fight starts. The unofficial attitude seems to be that, no matter what Council might decide regarding the pit, an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board will inevitably result in a decision favouring LaFarge and the pit will go ahead.

Anyway, say Council, there has been no application by LaFarge yet, so how can we say or decide anything until then?

Fairly docile, isn’t it?

I believe someone like Peter Nicol would not be waiting around with a defeatist attitude. I believe

he would state publicly whether he approved or opposed LaFarge, regardless of what the OMB might decide. I think he would approve of a Council that spoke out to tell LaFarge that they are not welcome to destroy our environment. At the very least, even if they agree with the arrival of LaFarge and its devastation, Council should have the guts to tell us what they think of it all. After all, they can’t really lose. If they dissuade LaFarge, they win with the residents. If they are outvoted by the OMB, they still win with the residents.

This may well be the last eighteen months of their Council careers: why not do something different and unusual - take a stand.

Not just as a group, but each individual coming out and taking a stand, for or against. Tim Sutton has expressed an interest in the issue. Perhaps he will be the one to take the lead on this. Peter Nicol would approve.

“Council’s major task in all of this, in my view at any rate, is to control this growth so that we don’t lose the rural nature of our community.” That is what some of us have been begging for from this Council for years. Don’t

Dear Editor: I was interested to see Mayor Gordon's glowing report on the state of affairs in North Grenville which appeared in print last week. His shining prose describing the caring, well-tuned community of neighbours with a friendly, small town feel would be very convincing to the casual visitor or the person taking a quick look before deciding to locate a residence here.

And I must say that, at first glance, it must seem that the Mayor's effusive description of North Grenville as a place with only the normal minimal problems of a growing population and economy is more than just a tempting bit of fiction for those

residents who have had neither taken the time nor had the direct experience to learn otherwise.

My interest in the Mayor's attempt at community cheerleading is quite acute as it follows a period of 10 months during which I and a concerned group of rural North Grenville residents in South Gower have attempted to have the Mayor and Council notice a problem. A large and dangerous problem for those residents. A problem which has the potential to destroy the water supply for rural homes and will almost certainly do serious financial damage by lowering the value of their homes. A problem which will affect their health and safety. The problem I

speak of is, of course, the imposition of a large and destructive pit in the neighbourhood of South Gower which will affect residents from Latourell Road, Bennett Road and Boundary Road up to Tanager Woods on Highway 43 .

If one reads the Mayor's article from my standpoint, after having literally buried the Council in appeals for assistance and action in support for the North Grenville residents in South Gower, one is struck by the apparent nonchalance of the Mayor when considering our problem. I wonder how he can mention the word "community" when it seems to South Gower residents that the leadership of the so-called community of North Grenville

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has thus far abandoned them to the tender mercies of Lafarge Canada and its potentially destructive pit. The measure of community-mindedness, after all, is the degree to which members of a community are willing to put themselves out to help neighbours who are in trouble by DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO ALLEVIATE THE THREAT. By that measure, the mayor and Council, judging by their non-deeds over 10 months, have scarcely raised a finger and have, therefore, not treated those residents as a member of our NG community.

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Thank you! – Hope you had a ‘Dandy’ time! Surprises, surgeries and

I am passing my duties on to Julia O’Grady, who I am sure will breathe new energy and bring fresh new ideas and concepts to the 2014 Dandelion Festival.

The list of people I would like to sincerely thank is long and I am sure I would miss someone along the way, but I would like to make special mention of a few people: Terry Butler, who has been the Chair of the Festival since I first got involved in 2008 and has been the liaison between the festival committee and the municipality. Terry will also be stepping down as Chair this year and will be greatly missed;

Ken Johns who was my entertainment coordinator partner since the original 2008 Veg Stock stage, and Kevin Toole who has been Ken’s partner for the past three years as entertainment coordinators. In my experience, Ken and Kevin have the most difficult job in trying to create a flow and progression on the main stage, while choosing from so many talented folks in North Grenville and bending to all the budgetary restraints; Dave Leonard, for helping with all the heavy lifting every year, and Karen Dunlop, Director of Public Works with the Municipality and her staff, who have saved my bacon on more then one occasion; Maggie Boyer, my sounding board who never let me forget the roots of the festival; To my family, Jenn and Jacob, who allowed me to direct my time and energy into the festival year after year. Thank you Jenn, for working those long sixteen-hour days by my side on the festival weekend and for helping to fill all the missing gaps.

Because of you and the hundreds of volunteers and sponsors, we were able to bring thousands of smiles to North Grenville.

I too had a Dandy time!

well-being of ALL citizens - urban and rural - as being of equal importance. And that is an "assumption too far" in the case of North Grenville Council.

Which brings me back to Mayor Gordon's article.

If you have the time, reread the article now in light of what I have said. Reread it knowing of the potential for at least hundreds of thousands of dollars of potential loss of property value to South Gower homeowners after the pit licence is approved. Re-read it and think of the plight of homeowners whose water quality may be ruined - or whose water supply may be destroyed by the pit's effects on our aquifer. The company's representative has said the company can't guarantee such things will NOT happen owing to the presence of the new pit.

How would you feel if you were a South Gower homeowner hearing that mes-

sage and knowing neither the provincial government nor the municipal government is raising a hand in assistance. So much for community, Mr. Mayor !

Ah - but keep paying your taxes !

To be an honest reflection of North Grenville's present situation , the Mayor should have referred frankly to a crying need for leadership in a number of areas having to do with defending the interests of residents of North Grenville when basic issues of health and integrity of property are in question . The banal obfuscation represented by the the Muzak-like comments in the Mayor's article is an insult to the residents of South Gower who need Council to rise to the challenge if they can, or at least make an attempt in that direction . The ball is squarely in Council's possession now and has been for some

By Brent Kelaher

On behalf of the Dandelion Festival Executive Committee, Terry Butler (Chair), Ken Johns, Dave Leonard, Kathy Scott and Ted Ward, as well as all the coordinators, Brent Kelaher, Julia O’Grady, Kevin Toole, Warren Macdonald and the entire eQ race team - THANK YOU! to all of the generous sponsors and volunteers who helped make the 2013 Festival a huge success!

On a personal note, it is with some sadness, but great pride, that I say goodbye as Festival Coordinator. After three years in that role, and three years prior to that as entertainment coordinator, con’t from page 4 in need of Council's or the "community's" aid. Not much use to South Gower, though, and a promise of things to come for citizens who need the help of their community in the future when threatened by large, destructive developments .

This is all the more galling when considered in the light of what expertlevel commentators have recommended concerning trying to get Council's help. The most recent letter the South Gower group of residents has received was from a senior official with the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR). That letter suggested strongly that we have Council address the problem by using its various jurisdictional powers to good effect in addressing our problem - the imposition of the pit. Nice advice. But it assumes the presence of a Council which takes the June 5, 2013

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time. When are they going to adopt an attitude of community caring in a real and active way instead of spouting slogans and other meaningless niceties. The Mayor should know that cheerleaders are entertaining and sometimes even pretty (sorry Mr Mayor).

But they DON' T win the game. Hard-hitting, well practised players do. Are you a player, Mr. Mayor ?

Is your Council made up of players? So far it looks like a team of cheerleaders and bench-warmers to me.

Guess I'm hoping for a surprise - a miracle, maybe. But I'll give it one more try - GO COUNCIL GO!!

There now - let's see what happens. Can't wait to see the Mayor's next article.

Oh - and please remember the names Tobin, Finnerty, Sutton, and Gordon at election time next year 2014 !

Jim Bertram, South Gower Residents Against Lafarge Pit

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by Paul Csagoly On May 14, my wife Orsi and I drove from our home in Nepean to the Kemptville Hospital for my knee meniscus surgery. It started with a pleasant sunny ride down the tree-lined 416. Soon after turning off the highway, we saw the standard set of non-descript strip malls with Tim Horton’s, Wal-Mart, and Canadian Tire etc. that we usually see on the edge of small towns. But once in Kemptville itself, it looked so charming. I had my surgery, which was great and the staff were wonderful. In the meantime, Orsi walked around town and said “we must come back”.

On the morning of the 25th, I had an itch for an excursion. Orsi immediately suggested Kemptville. So we got in the car with daughter Anita (son was at cub camp) and began our adventure. Just as we were getting into Kemptville this time, we noticed that the Dandelion Festival was that day.

Super! What a surprise!

Dandelions will never be the same to us again.

First, parking was plentiful and free. We admired the skateboard park and all the other amenities in the community area. The small merchant stalls were unique, from the hardened T-shirt dolls to the Mexican bracelets.

Anita loved the $1 lemonade. Orsi and I liked the conversations we had at the Prescott theatre and Habitat stalls.

Anita was soon pulling us toward the various bouncy castles. Great that so many were free! Then on to feeding the formerly abandoned/abused animals and petting the walking grey pig. We had

Anita´s funny caricature done for $5. It seems like wherever we went, the old soldiers were walking along and firing their muskets. We picked up some brochures for the Rideau Hill Camp and Anita milked an artificial cow at the Dairy Tent. We admired and laughed at the dog show racing and jumping.

The food was excellent.

We loved the local and sustainable meat from the Branch Restaurant – affordable and delicious.

The cookies and cinnamon buns were also excellent.

There were plenty of clean tables to sit at while watching super bands in the tent.

After all that, we visited the fire truck and Anita honked the big horn and got a fire hat. We then took a quick look at the movies being run by local youth, and sauntered through town, following Orsi who´d become an expert of the area during our earlier surgical visit. It really was charming with a nice variety of shops. Again the bands on the main road were super (even though the wind was howling at times), and we loved the young guy on the unicycle.

We noticed so much diversity in the people that attended, eclectic at times. Lots of kids – and they looked so happy and relaxed. In fact, everyone looked relaxed and happy.

We´re not sure if the festival had an incredible coordinator who made sure everything went smoothly, or if it was more about all the people who signed up with such good ideas.

Whatever it was, the three of us had such a super day. There was so much to experience, and so reasonable in price as well, without any hassle or crowds or line-ups. Thanks!

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The New Marching Band Initiative

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photo courtesy of Mike Pacitto The Royal Canadian Sea Cadets of North Grenville are alive and well, according to Donovan Arnaud, President of the Kemptville Branch of the Navy League of Canada.

This was not the case just a few years ago, but thanks to a lot of hard work from a number of dedicated local people, the Cadet Corps is now thriving. The Corps, (RCSCC) DEFIANT, as it is formally known, came to Kemptville four years ago from Morrisburg, where it had been struggling with dwindling numbers.

So they came to North Grenville looking for a new home and leadership.

Donovan, hearing about their plight, helped to find others in the community to get the Corps back on an “even keel”.

“From the very beginning, there were many dedicated and talented people who helped get the Corps going again.

Former military personnel, parents, and just plain interested folks, all rallied around and chipped in. It was very inspiring. For the first two years, the Ferguson Forest Centre was kind enough to provide us with a home. Then the Municipality was very helpful by allowing us to rent the Old Fire Hall. It’s a perfect location for organizations like the Sea Cadets and other groups that need a permanent part-time meeting place”.

The cadets meet twice a week and the program is quite extensive. Their training includes a wide variety of activities intended to complete the annual training program. Once in a while, they get to do very special things. Two years ago the entire Corps spent the March break visiting the US Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia, where they June 5, 2013

visited an aircraft carrier and a nuclear submarine.

“They’re still talking about that trip, even now” says Arnaud. “Planning for the next great extra-curricular adventure starts next September.”

The Sea Cadets, like their “cousins” in the Army Cadets and the Air Cadets, are co-sponsored by two organizations: the Department of National Defence and the Navy League of Canada. Between them, all associated costs for uniforms, training and general expenses are paid for, which means that, unlike many other sports and club activities, parents with little discretionary money can enroll their boys and girls in Sea Cadets at very little cost.

To help defray the costs for extra activities (sports and field trips), the cadets are seen from time to time in the community during their “tag days”, or the occasional bottle drives.

They also participate in the various parades in town, like the Santa Clause Parade, Canada Day and, of course, Remembrance Day. When asked what he thought was the most inspirational aspect of being involved with the Corps, apart from the cadets themselves, Donovan Arnaud said: “I am always amazed at the generosity of this wonderful community and the many volunteers that help make things happen.

Another great support for the Sea Cadet Corps is the Canadian Legion here in Kemptville. I can’t tell you how grateful we are for their on-going generosity and support.” A few years ago a private citizen, after reading an article on the cadets, decided to donate his sail boat to them and now a rescue boat is being loaned to

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Recently North Grenville Cooperative Preschool had their spring fundraiser.

It was held at Shoeless Joe’s. Thank you to Jeff, Mike and all the staff for hosting a very successful night! Pictured is Mike Healey co-owner presenting a cheque to Mary Jane Kohler- Director of Programs at NGCP&LC. We would also like to thank Moosemart, Little Ray’s and Frank’s Soccer Academy for their donations of door prizes. NGCP&LC also donated one free week of Summer Camp. For more information on our programs please call 613258-9661.

them by a former Officer of the Canadian Forces; so they now have the tools needed to build their Sailing program which will be launched sometime in the near future.

The Corps is launching a new initiative - to develop a marching band here in North Grenville.

Donations from the community of instruments or money are needed in order to get the program launched. If anyone wishes to contribute to this cause, the Sea Cadets would love to hear from you. If you have an instrument (trumpet, saxophone, clarinet or trombone), sitting on a shelf and you are prepared to see it put to good use, we will give it a good home.

If you simply want to help in another way, charitable tax receipts are available should you wish to donate money. Thank you North Grenville”.

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Some of the partners collaborating to plan the Kemptville Youth Centre’s 2nd Annual Breakfast presented by Kemptville Meadows: from the left are Honorary Chair Mayor Dave Gordon; Art Soper, Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Leeds and Grenville Board; Robin Heald, Executive Director of Kemptville Youth Centre; and Cora Beking from The Kemptville Christian Reformed Church, polishing the silverware.

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Doug Struthers of Merrickville, and O.P.P Detachment Commander Inspector Paul Bedard.

Our local celebrities will be serving a variety of food ranging from fluffy pancakes and scrambled eggs to breakfast sausages and fruit cocktail.

The mission’s ministry and hospitality team and Kemptville Meadows have agreed to partner with The Kemptville Youth Centre (KYC) on this important fundraiser.

The team will be behind the scenes planning an outstanding menu and cooking up a delicious breakfast for 300 community members!

Breakfast tickets can be purchased in advance at ScotiaBank, who will be matching the cost of ticket sales made at their location, B&H your lo-

On Saturday, June 15 The Kemptville Youth Centre’s 2nd Annual Breakfast presented by Kemptville Meadows will be kicking off the second day of Ribfest.

The Kemptville Christian reformed Church (CRC), well known for their famous Valentines Breakfast and Community Chicken BBQ and Pig Roast will be volunteering their time and famous talents to create a breakfast feast for local celebrities to serve to the community at the North Grenville Municipal Centre between 8 and 10 a.m. The morning will feature live entertainment and great food served by local celebrities MPP Steve Clark, MP Gord Brown, the Honorary Chair Mayor David Gordon, Mayor

cal community grocer, The North Grenville Municipal Centre, and The Kemptville Youth Centre.

The cost for tickets is $10 per adult, $5 per child under the age of 10 and $25 for a group of four.

All proceeds go toward a great cause, The Kemptville Youth Centre.

If you are one of those people up for the challenge, there is a deliberate continuity error between the above photo and the actual event. On, June 15th, the first 5 people who can tell one of the partners pictured above (below/to the right/left) what the continuity error is between this photo and the celebrity breakfast, will win one of 5 lovely fresh flower arrangements donated by MichelleVandenBosch.com.

Kemptville Ribfest this Father’s Day Weekend What better way to spend Father ’s Day: wrestling, boats, cars, amazing food, music and so much more! Join Big Brothers Big Sisters of Leeds and Grenville & Tallman Truck Centre Ltd. June 14-16 for our 3rd annual Kemptville Ribfest at the North Grenville Municipal Centre, Kemptville, ON. There is no fee for admission or for the entertainment.

Bring the entire family to the most fun-filled event of the season! All proceeds from the event go directly to help fund the high quality mentoring programs we provide to children and youth in the North Grenville area.

Volunteers still needed!!

If interested, please call Lindsay at 613.258.4440 or email lindsay.butcher@bigbrothersbigsisters.ca. Check out our e v e n t w e b s i t e w w w. kemptvilleribfest.weebly.com

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The spirit of youth: A profile of area equestrian Alda O’Grady

Alda O’Grady riding Gyro, owned by Debbie Williams of Turnout Stables

by Dina Snippe Alda O’Grady balances life as a horseback rider, accomplished athlete in other sports like soccer and volleyball and high school student. She’s lived in the North Grenville area all her life. Alda began riding horses at the age of six at Turnout Stables and has pursued the sport ever since. She is now 18 years old.

Although it was her parents’ choice to start her in riding lessons years ago, Alda herself chose to continue with the sport.

She’s never seen riding as a chore, recognizing instead that “every horse is completely different and poses a new challenge every ride.” Alda knew she was hooked on the equestrian world when she would pick riding over hanging out with human friends, choosing to spend the majority of the weekend at Turnout.

As Alda says, “If I was going away, be it for a weekend or for an extended amount of time, I always wanted to get one last riding lesson in before I went, no matter how late we would arrive at the given destination. I would also choose horse shows over other sports tournaments such as soccer.”

It’s clear she grew to love horse sport, but Alda’s introduction to the world of horses was not love at first ride. “My first couple years of riding, I would always cry when I rode, no matter what.

For some reason, I always came back,” she says.

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are bigger than I normally jump, or sometimes if I’m riding an inexperienced horse, I do get nervous.

Riding after a fall is always scary, too. Your confidence is broken and you get discouraged, so it takes a little while to get over the scare and get rid of the nerves.”

Falling off the horse is an inevitable part of riding. It can be part of the learning experience in that riders learn what not to do next time, or how to deal with a certain equine behaviour. Another good way to learn more about riding is to ride different horses and adapt to each of their needs. Alda has never owned a horse, but each of the horses she’s leased has taught her something. “I have leased a large pony mare named Rhonda. She taught me patience as she liked to go fast. I leased a horse of Jessie Christie’s named Joy. She was a special horse that taught me the ropes of the jumper ring. My current mount is Cohen. He’s Joy’s son and also Jessie Christie’s horse. He is helping to take my jumping to the next level, moving up in height and he’s taught me to keep my focus.”

Both Jessie and Alda are showing Cohen this summer on the Quebec “A” circuit. As Alda says, “The ‘A’ circuit is a national level horse show circuit.

Competitors aim to qualify for the ‘A’ circuit champi-

onships, the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, which takes place in Toronto in November. In Quebec during the summer, one ‘A’ show takes place from Thursday to Sunday nearly every week and each show has multiple weeks. On average, one venue will hold two weeks of shows and there are usually two every month. In the past, I have showed on a provincial circuit with shows every weekend and qualified for the provincial championships.”

Apart from her commitment to riding, Alda is competitive on the soccer field and on the volleyball court. She’s also part of the athletic council at St. Mike’s. “My motivation for finding time to do everything has always been my parents telling me that if I can’t keep up with school, then I can’t ride.

So with the help of my parents, my coaches and my friends, it makes it easier to balance everything I need to do so that I can do the things I love.”

Alda will have more of a balancing act on her hands this fall, when she is leaving home to attend the University of Western Ontario in London. But Alda will definitely ride when she comes back to North Grenville on school breaks, proving that horseback riding is a lifelong passion.

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photo courtesy of Charmaine Crockett The Branch Restaurant’s Songwriting contest winners were announced Saturday night at the Dandelion Festival. The panel of judges had their work cut out for them, with fourteen entries from talented local musicians. In third place with her song entitled "Old Town Kemptville" was 12-year-old Alexandra Reid. Second place went to Amanda Giles for her song, "The Branch". First place winners of a professional mentoring and recording session went to Steve Cater and Mally Krock, for their song "A Place to Be Proud Of." Clips from all 14 entries can be found at: http://soundcloud.com/kemptvillesc/sets/ksc."

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Oxford Mills had higher traffic than normal this past Saturday thanks to Olde Porch Primitives. It was customer appreciation day, and owner Cathy Van Gurp was offering up free hotdogs and drinks to show her gratitude to the many people who have supported her this past year. Brad Jackson, from the NG Fire Service, was there with his fire truck to lend a helping hand; but, unfortunately, he was called away twice to different incidents. One of the two fires was at the “old co-op” building in Kemptville around 11:30 a.m.. The Fire Service arrived to find heavy black smoke coming from the rear of the building. The fire was quickly extinguished and there were no injuries reported. The building itself remains intact, with only smoke damage resulting. The fire remains under investigation by the North Grenville Fire Service and Ontario Provincial Police.

While Brad and the fire truck were away working at their day job, Gerry Van Gurp took over the hot dog supply position, and visitors to the store, or people just passing by, stopped to have a bite and a drink on a very hot day. Olde Porch Primitives showed their appreciation to the community, and the residents of Oxford Mills expressed their support for a business that has brought more life and activity to the hamlet. The NG Fire Service made yet another contribution to the local community, maintaining an increasingly welcome presence around the Municipality.

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Focus on Nutrition Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants

by Heather Westendorp In this series of articles, we have discussed many aspects of food, calories, balance, exercise and the importance of moderation.

In order to lose weight, you must decrease your calories, but you should never deprive yourself of nutrients. Keeping nutritional balance is indeed a challenge in both losing weight and maintaining health. The truth is that not every food is the same and in order to maintain the balance, you are looking at a wide variety of foods. Not everyone is a foodie and trying new foods can present a huge range of likes and dislikes. I have met many people who hate celery, lettuce, tomato, oranges, quinoa, tofu, walnuts and even dark chocolate. Expecting people to change every food they have enjoyed for years is a tall order.

Historically foods have been very sparse and often not available, so many people in our culture see supper as meat, potatoes and either corn or peas.

Breakfast consisted of bacon, eggs and toast. Lunch was generally a sandwich and maybe a glass of milk.

None of these foods are bad all on their own, but you add margarine, salt, pepper and gravy made from the fat drippings and you

have the makings of high cholesterol and nutrient deficiency. There is little variety and colour to the above mentioned combinations of foods. Expanded food choices to introduce elements of colour, flavour and fresh ingredients is often a hard sell to people who are generally quite satisfied with their current diet. There is not one of us who would not prefer to consume a large serving of poutine or chocolate cake with lots of icing versus a tossed salad with legumes and balsamic dressing.

Somehow, items full of fat, sugar and salt simply slide down our throats and require very little chewing and time to consume.

Pour the gravy over those mashed potatoes and you can practically drink your supper.

Health foods require time to prepare and work to eat. This makes them far less desirable and often if you have not been exposed to certain foods, your taste buds are simply not going to be happy. Jumping from white bread to whole grains and adding ground flax or chia causes your stomach to have to work.

This can be a shock when fibre intake is fairly low.

Jumping from 5 grams of fibre a day to 30 grams of fibre can cause much discomfort. The problem with human nature is that we are extreme beings. We go from zero to a hundred in no time flat. We figure if something is good for us and nutritious, we have to eat large portions of it.

Going from eating 2 pieces of fruit/vegetables a day to consuming 8-10 is going

to cause some issues in the short term. People who go through phases of eating “healthy” foods often eat far too much volume and end up returning to the diet traditionally enjoyed. Diets high in sugar/salt and fats are unhealthy but trying to instantly change your diet by eating only celery sticks is going to leave you feeling hungry and dissatisfied. The transition to move from an unhealthy diet that is contributing to health problems is not something you can snap your fingers and change overnight. You can rush to the grocery store and fill your cart with “Healthy” foods upon the decision to lose weight.

After a couple of days on celery sticks, whole grains, fruit, legumes, tofu, raw carrots, quinoa, water and no coffee; you wonder why you desperately crave for something/anything with fat/sugar/salt.

A diet is not meant to be something that creates instant results. People who already eat all these foods every day have had plenty of time to adjust.

The vision of a beautiful crisp colourful salad makes them salivate. Eating a healthier diet is a step by step process. It takes time to change your taste palate.

Decreasing salt and sugar changes the taste of foods.

Choosing less fatty meat and cheese affects the feeling of being full. Drinking large amounts of water can give you slushy belly. Eating more vegetables with less dip lets you taste the actual vegetable rather than the dip you have scooped up. How you cook vegetables compared to raw

is a completely different experience.

It is fine to say you must decrease calories and eat healthy foods, but you have to look at your current diet and the way in which you eat, cook and flavour foods.

I believe that a slow and gradual change to diet and lifestyle is going to result in long term success. Thinking you are going to eat “rabbit food” until you lose the weight and then you can do what you want is a recipe for failure. The road to successful change in diet is to find things that you enjoy and simply choose not to overdo it. Find cooking methods and spices that please your palette and taste buds. Work with your doctor and nutritionist to find healthier alternatives to salt, sugar and fat that will enhance your general health. Get back into your kitchen with basic, unprocessed foods and know what goes into the foods that you eat.

You have the greatest investment in your own health. Take the time to learn about the foods that fuel your body. I have discovered a whole new world of wonderful, rich, colourful and tasty foods that I actually miss if I don’t get them for a few days. It has been over a year of eating differently and trust me… your desires do change…. but it takes time, patience and creativity!

Heather Westendorp is a graduate of the University of Guelph: Food, Nutrition and Risk Management Diploma. She has also lost over 50 lbs. and is now a healthy weight, improving her health status!

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hour until all fruits have cooked down. If there is still a lot of liquid, allow fruit to cook on low with lid off for another 10 minutes to steam off the excess water. Once you reach the proper consistency, remove sauce pan from heat and let sit until cool. Place in sealed container in the fridge. Rhubarb compote keeps for up to 7 days in the fridge. It can also be frozen for up to 3 months.

Mark the date made to help you keep track.

You may add some sugar to taste, but I really prefer it plain. The mix of

the ripe strawberries and sweetness of the apples balances the tart taste of the cooked rhubarb. The compote can be used as a fresh flavour addition to plain yogurt, ice cream or even on your whole wheat toast. This compote can also be used on roast pork as a lovely flavour enhancer!

Use that rhubarb in your backyard while it is in season! You can even cook down just the rhubarb and freeze it until fresh local strawberries come into season to make strawberry/ rhubarb jam!

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Youngsters of Yore, Kemptville Public Library, 1:30 pm Guest speaker Ann Campbell, Tales of Teaching.

North Grenville Book Fair drop-off and sorting day at Ferguson Forest Centre, 10 - to 2 pm. Volunteer sorters needed. Call 258-7563.

Kemptville Legion Breakfast, 8-10 am. Bacon, ham,sausage, eggs, pancakes, potatoes, home made beans, muffins. Adults $5.00, Children under 12, $3.00 Father’s Day breakfast, Kemptville Legion 8 – 10 am.

Serving Pancakes & Sausages $5.00. All Welcome.

Kemptville Ribfest. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Leeds & Grenville is hosting third annual Kemptville RibFest at the North Grenville Municipal Centre Salad Supper with Strawberry Shortcake, St. Andrew's United Church, Bishop's Mills 4:30 - 6:30 pm North Grenville Cancer Support Group St. John's United Church-Kemptville Speaker: Catherine Van Vliet, Director of Patient Services and Integration, Kemptville District Hospital, 2pm Everyone Welcome North Grenville Probus Club, 9:30 a.m. Gathering Time, 10:00 a.m. Meeting Time, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church HallKemptville. Speaker: Michelle Valberg, Arctic Photographer.

Everyone Welcome Kemptville Horticultural Society monthly meeting at 7:30 pm, Kemptville Pentecostal Church. Program: Betty Cooper: "Capturing the Beauty". New Members & Guests Welcome

Weekly and recurring events Wed

The North Grenville Photography Club - Meeting first Wednesday of every month at the Old Fire Hall, 25 Reuben Crescent. For more info see ngphotoclub.ca Bingo- First and third Wednesday of the month, Kemptville Legion. Games start at 1 pm. All welcome. Refreshments available Thurs Bridge - Every Thursday, St. John’s United Church, Kemptville, 6:30 and 6:45 pm. Cost $5, partner preferred but not necessary.

For more info, contact Elaine at 613-258-3783 North Grenville Toastmasters - Meeting first and third Thursday of the month, 7 pm at O’Farrell’s Financial Services, Cty Rd 44. For more info, call 613-258-7665 Fri Friendship Lunch - Leslie Hall from 11:30-12:30 pm.

Everyone welcome.

Tues BNI Networking Group Breakfast- Alumni Building, University of Guelph, 7-8:30am. Call 613-258-0553 for more information Mixed Adult Pickup Basketball Game- Every Tuesday night at Holy Cross School gym, 7-9pm. Cost is $5 per night or $50 for the season. All skill levels. For more information, contact Jeff or Samantha at 613-258-1847 or Samantha.rivetstevenson@rbc/.com Bridge- St. John’s United Church, Kemptville, 12:15pm. Cost $3, partner preferred but not necessary. For more info, contact Ellen at 613-258-7778 Mothers of Preschoolers Support Group-St.John’s United Church, 6:30-8 pm. Whether you’re a townie, rural, stay-athome, working, teen, adoptive, special-needs, single or married, MOPS is for you! For more information, call Angie Brown at 613-223-3979 The Branch Artisans Guild - The third Tuesday of each month, (except during the Months of July & August), NG Community Church, 7:00 p.m. For more information contact Sharon Billings at 258-4382.

Mon Wed Fri Kemptville and Area Walking Group, Municipal Centre Early birds: 8 A.M. Others 8:30 A.M. Contact: Eva 258-4487

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Annual General Meeting of the Oxford Mills Community Association June 6, 7 pm All are welcome to the Annual General Meeting of the Oxford Mills Community Association held in Maplewood Hall. The President's Report will lay out the highlights since last year's AGM in May of 2012 and the Financial Statement for 2012 will be presented. The outgoing Board of Directors will describe the options presented by the Municipality regarding the future management of Maplewood Hall and will make their recommendation. Nominations to the new Board will be accepted and an election will be held, followed immediately by the first meeting of the new Board at which officers (President, Treasurer etc) will be appointed.

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Women’s Institute Bake Sale:

Kudos to the Community of Bakers!

by Jeanne Lambert The May meeting of the Bishop’s Mills WI was held in the community hall on May 9. There were many members present and two guests from Fairfield WI, part of the new Leeds-Grenville District. The plans were made for the community bake sale as part of Bishop’s Mills Day with many members volunteering to assist with the sale table and with the Tweedsmuir History displays.

The Membership Committee reported their plans to prepare and print out special promotional stickers to attach to the bake sale items. Other initiatives have been met with positive response.

The BMWI Facebook page has been live for over a month now and already has 61 ‘likes’.

Many of the activities of the branch and the community are being posted on the BMWI page.

The activity portion of the meeting was to make greeting cards. Many beautiful cards were made from colourful paper, stickers, markers, and decorative finishes. These hand-made cards will be distributed to those in need as part of the BMWI Sunshine activity which sends cards to people in the community for many different occasions. The May meeting was run by Sheryl McKim, President, aided by Secretary Patricia Habberjam.

The Bake Sale table at

the Bishop’s Mills Community Day on May 18 was completely sold out this year. Usually there are a few leftovers, but not this year! The BMWI would like to thank all who donated delicious things to eat: cookies and cakes, pies and pickles, and beans and bread. As well, thanks go out to all of those people who supported the cause by purchasing baking. Several hundred dollars were raised which will help to support the community hall.

The Bishop’s Mills Women’s Institute has been involved in the community since 1985, including documenting the history of the village and encouraging positive change. The Bishop’s Mills Women’s Institute holds monthly meetings and welcomes new members interested in meeting their neighbours and getting involved in their community.

The next meeting will be our annual pot-luck supper and will be held on Thursday, June 13 at the home of a member.

Guests are welcome!

If you are interested in finding out more about WI, see the Provincial organization’s website: www.fwio.on.ca and check out the BMWI page on Facebook . For information about attending local meetings, please contact President Sheryl McKim 613-926-2472 or Jeanne Lambert at jmlambert@tdgraham.com.

PRIBBLES & NIBBLES 5 Weeks Remain Marc's Food and Folklore Ramble Tuesday, July 9th the Oxford Mills Community Association has invited the Company of Fools to present The Merry Wives of Windsor at Maplewood Park in Oxford Mills. You are invited to attend this family-friendly event.

S TA G A N D T H E MAIDEN Between the first printing of Merry Wives in 1602 with its more general description, and the later 1623 version with its rather more detailed geography, it is presumed that Shakespeare visited Windsor Castle and its neighbouring parkland in order to better envision the scene involving Herne's oak and its adjacent chalkpit.

Hundreds of years later, as some of the older oaks in that area began to fall apart from age or be cleared to make room for younger oaks, considerable speculation arose as to which tree precisely Shakespeare had decided would be the eternal resting place of Herne.

It is a common practice to lop the top off oaks, thus encouraging new growth, a lower overall height, a particular visual aesthetic, a plentiful supply of uniformly sized firewood, and a somewhat extended lifespan. Such a tree was known as a pollard oak, as compared to a maiden oak, a tree allowed to grow unhindered to its full height. The largest maiden tree today is the 500 year old Majesty Oak found

in Nonington, Kent, at 18 meters tall and 12 meters round. Herne's Oak was likely older and larger (perhaps 21 meters round).

There is a pollard oak that grew on the slope of the pit, that survived until 1796; certainly as "hard

by Herne's oak" as you can get, though perhaps a little hard to do a circle dance around. Growing on the slope as it was, it probably grew from an acorn cast from a nearby tree, which then found root as best it could in such soil as had washed o'er the edge of the pit. There is also a maiden tree in the nearby avenue of elms that stood until 1863. The acorn from which it grew likely took root in the early 13th century, so would have been about 400 years old when Shakespeare came to visit.

Both are excellent candidates for being the tree about which the fairies gather to mock Falstaff.

A pollard can also refer to an animal, like a stag, which usually has horns, but in a particular case does not; a stag that has shed its antlers for instance. Thus Falstaff becomes a pollard of sorts when in the aftermath of his teasing "All the fairies run away. Falstaff pulls off his buck's head and rises up." In the 1623 version the lopped antlers are presented with the admonition "Falstaff's a knave, a cuckoldy knave; here are his horns ..." In the 1602 version, it is Falstaff who still holds the cast antlers, as remarked upon by others "Why how now Sir John, what a pair of horns in your hands ?"

Though Shakespeare never employed the term pollard, he would well have enjoyed the fact that one can have a fairy maid dancing round an oak at the edge of the pit, and Falstaff, antlers in hand, dancing about the other tree near the elms, and so have a maiden dance round a pollard, and a pollard round a maiden.

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Rob Simpson

Graham Miles

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Don Davies

April Stundon

Maureen Fox

Mitch Palmer

Brian Wilson

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Welcome to our 1st Myers Kemptville Chevrolet Buick GMC Newsletter!

As our team settles into place we thought it important to share our plans and let you know a little bit more about us.

To make a great car dealership where customers are comfortable and happy to do business it takes Great People.

Great people with a goal and a clear vision of how to get there.

Thanks to the support of the Myers Group we have all the resources at hand to make sure our people have the support they need. Over the past three months we have invested heavily in training for both new employees and long term employees on customer service who are learning more and more about the vehicles we sell and service and more important about having policies and procedures in place to ensure we have a consistently high level of service for each and every customer.

Background The Myers Group started from the main dealership at 1200 Baseline Road in Ottawa which Hank Mews purchased in 1975. Today, the group is headed up by Hank’s two sons, Harry and Rob. Myers Kemptville is one of our 8 dealerships that include not only GM but also Hyundai, Volkswagon and Nissan.

Our Salespeople have access to over 1000 new vehicles and 500 used vehicles on any given day. Our Parts and Service Team have access to huge inventories of parts and more importantly, expertise on almost every make and model of car you may own. We are not limited to only GM vehicles, we can sell or service any vehicle you may be driving.

General Manager Keith Bean started in the Car Business at a GM dealership in Arnprior in 1990, moving up to General Sales Manager at Myers Chevrolet Cadillac on Baseline Road from 1998 to 2005, then to General Manager of Myers Brockville Motors for 8 years before joining the team at Myers Kemptville just recently.

Keith is very committed to making

Myers Kemptville a great place to work and thus a great dealership for all your Automotive Needs.

arrival any day of the completely redesigned 2014 Chevy Silverado’s and GMC Sierra’s!

S U P E R S E RV I C E Your automobile is a huge investment and just like your house, requires regular maintenance. We pledge to do your regular maintenance quick and right the first time, at prices that are competitive with other garages, Canadian Tire and Walmart – we shop their prices on a regular basis. A GM Trained Technician will be working on your car at the same price ( or better ) as our competition.

When you do need a repair, be confident that we spend a lot of time training our people, as many as 50 hours a year of GM training per technician.

No competitor in Kemptville has the knowledge, the special tools or the resources we have.

Great Used Cars, Trucks and SUV’s There are lots of “Car Guys” around, but as a New Car dealer we have a huge advantage – trade-ins! When we sell a new car, we get first shot at the tradein. That means we know the cars we are selling – they don’t have to be auction purchases or shuffled from one dealer to another. We sold them, we serviced them and we only sell the Creampuffs.

We are committed to selling great Used Cars. Our job is not to make them new cars – the price has to be competitive – but we need to tell you, the buyer exactly what you are getting.

If there is a scratch on the glove box door, you can live with that, but we need to tell you up front so you know exactly what you are getting. Technology today is amazing – with CARPROOF reports we can tell if a car was ever in an accident, whether there was a claim or not!

Extended Hours Many, many of our customers commute to work in Ottawa. You need the convenience of being able to drop off your car for service, pick up a rental and still get to work on time so… we are open at 7 am. Service and Parts are now fully staffed 7 am to 7 pm, Monday thru Thursday. Open until 6 on Friday and 8 am to 4 pm on Saturday. The Showroom is now open 8 am to 8 pm Monday thru Thursday, 8 am to 6 pm on Fridays and 8:30 am to 4 pm on Saturdays.

Getting you to Work or on with your day We are happy to shuttle our customers within the Greater Kemptville area for FREE. We also have some Loaner vehicles and a great deal through our tenant, Enterprise Rent-ACar. There is no reason to be without a ride if you need wheels while your car is tied up.

Happy Customers Our people are empowered to make you happy – we are so proud of the team we have put together. Most of our employee’s are from the Kemptville, Winchester, Oxford Mills area and have been chosen because of their attitude towards customer service, their skills and their involvement in the community.

Try us out – we are anxious to EARN your business. No one here will take your business for granted, we understand we have to be better than the next “Car Guy” to earn you and keep you as a customer for life.

New Product 2013 is a great year to be a General Motors Dealer. We have blown away our targets selling the all New Chevy Trax and Buick Encore SUV’s. Also new is the 2014 Chevy Impala – completely redesigned from the ground up. And the big news, we are waiting for the

Welcome We are proud to be Kemptville’s Chevrolet Buick GMC Dealer and we hope you will be just as proud to be our customer!

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Ride for Dad sweeps through Kemptville

Kemptville witnessed quite an amazing sight last weekend, as about sixteen hundred (yes, that’s 1,600) motorbikes of all makes, styles and character paused for lunch on the way through the annual Ride for Dad. The

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annual ride is designed to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer detection and screening, and this year the Ottawa Ride raised more than $375,000 for the cause. Beginning at the Aviation Museum in Ottawa, and ending at

the Rideau-Carleton Raceway, the route taken by the ride snakes through South March, Perth, Carleton Place and Smith’s Falls, before stopping for a lunch break in Kemptville. For the time they were in town, the bikers took over the

streets, filling the parking lots at the Municipal Centre, and bringing some business to the fast food and other restaurants in the area.

Then it was off again, heading back to Ottawa in a roar of engines and a lot of patient waiting at traffic

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lights for both bikes and local drivers, many of whom found themselves in the middle of a very long line of motorbikes, and perhaps wondering what they had gotten themselves into!

The Rides started in Ottawa in 2000 with just 80

bikes, and now take place in more than thirty cities and towns around the country.

To date, more than $9 million have been raised to fight prostate cancer and to raise awareness of the problem in order to encourage men to get tested regularly.

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