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Vol. 1, No. 38
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Another serious road accident
The accident pictured above took place at the corner of Clothier Street West and Hurd Street on Monday morning. At the time of going to press, there were no details emerging about injuries or causes. But it has already taken its place in a growing list of road accidents that have happened in North Grenville over the past few months. Last week’s fatal collision on CR43 resulted
in the death of two women travelling with their husbands, and serious injury to the two young women in the other vehicle. It is hard to imagine what the two men, in their 70's, felt when they each realised that their wives were gone so suddenly. Sadly, an accident in the parking lot of the new LCBO also claimed the life of an elderly woman, knocked down as she
crossed the lot as her husband watched helplessly from their car. The Municipality is spending money on signs, and it is clear that signs alone will not prevent accidents. But signs only indicate rules, and rules can be easily ignored by tired or impatient drivers. As this community grows and traffic becomes an ever-increasing worry, we need to change our driving habits
and be watchful. Clothier Street West is undergoing extensive roadworks, and there will be rapid expansion in traffic as the new developments in the area come on stream. It is time, perhaps, to think about traffic lights, or four-way signs at the junction with Hurd. It is time to set up a one-way system in the Rideau-Sanders triangle. There are still many drivers who do not know
how to use roundabouts, traffic circles. There are too many who think that speed limits don’t apply to them. It is time to think about those men in their 70's watching their wives die, and the young women whose lives have been forever altered by events last week. Slow down and think of them, of your own loved ones, of those who will be affected by the next accident on our roads.
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Breathing space for Fetherston residents by David Shanahan It seems that there may be a delay in the deadline imposed by the Municipality of North Grenville which will allow the residents at Fetherston Park to save their homes. It had been expected that the Municipality would be delivering what would amount to eviction notices to the residents on August 12, but, instead, the officials who arrived at the Park carried only copies of the open letter which the Council had published in the Times last week. It appears that the Municipality has to go through further legal procedural before issuing notices to the residents. This process may allow the residents the time that they need to draw up detailed plans for the replacement of the defective septic system which has led to this crisis. On Friday of this week, the Municipality will appear before the Courts, seeking permission to serve a Notice to Remedy on
the owner of Fetherston. Ever since the company that owned the Park went into bankruptcy in 2008, and following the death of the owner, Edwin Brown, the assets of the company have been frozen and the property put under the administration of a Trustee in bankruptcy. The Courts will be asked to lift the bankruptcy stay and allow the Municipality to serve the Order on the owner, in spite of the fact that he is dead. This legal technicality means that the dead owner, and the bankrupt company, will be given thirty days to remedy the problems at Fetherston. Naturally, they cannot do so, being bankrupt and dead. But this legal step will then free the Municipality to issue an Order with respect to occupancy to the residents after September 23. This will effectively be an order to cease occupying their homes by the end of October. This short delay in the original plan will allow the residents, and
als before the residents. He pointed out that the legal steps being taken by the Municipality do not concern the residents directly, as they remain outside the legal process for now. The financial and technical issues are between the Municipality and the bankrupt company until an order with respect to occupancy is served. The taxes owing are on the property, and are a debt owed by the company. There was complete agreement among the residents that the planned project should go ahead, and residents are being asked to sign a form committing themselves to take part in the plan as a notfor-profit co-operative.
their legal representatives at Heenan Blaikie, to present to the Municipality the arrangements being made with the ASI Group and NewTerra, the companies that have offered to replace the defective system with no down payment. The residents will then pay this expense through monthly payments that will be roughly double their current rent of $200. It is hoped that the plan can be presented to Council next week, and that an agreement can be reached which would end the necessity for legal action on all sides. Solicitor for the residents, Rod Escayola, attended a meeting at the Park last Sunday, along with Dan Menard of ASI Group, to lay the propos-
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Growing Pains by David Shanahan Something happened in my little hamlet a while ago, a small and relatively insignificant incident really, that reminded me of a rather big issue that will be facing us all over the next decade or so. A couple from Ottawa, I think, had bought some riverside property and built a new home for themselves. It was, I suppose, an increasingly common story of an urban family wanting to move to a rural environment to enjoy country living. Where better than North Grenville? If you are a recent arrival in the community, you are most welcome. This is a great place to live and raise a family. We have some wonderful facilities here: schools, hospital, college, etc. But there are issues that you may not have been aware of before your move, and they can cause confusion and unnecessary upset unless they are addressed openly. In the case of the newcomers to our hamlet, they had hardly finished settling into their new home in the country, right on the edge of the hamlet, when a problem arose. Their next
door neighbours, living on a very large lot (more like a small field) had a young daughter who had just joined the 4H Club. So, to encourage her, her parents got some chickens for her to care for, as part of her 4H activities. The new neighbours from the city didn’t like having chickens next door, even though they were quite a distance away from their property, and so they complained to the By-law Officer. In fact, the chickens were not allowed, according to the zoning on the field, and so they had to go. One very sad little girl, two very upset parents, and two satisfied complainants. The thing is this: the complaining neighbours had already put their house up for sale and were going to be moving away. The complaint about the chickens was obviously based on fears that wildlife next door would deter potential buyers. Now there is a growing debate in Ontario about the place of chickens in urban areas, but that is not the issue here. Personally, the fact that chickens are not permitted where any number of dogs or cats are, is
a little hard to understand. It is also annoying that officials can remove inoffensive chickens from a semi-rural hamlet, but apparently are not authorised to deal with horses running wild on the roads of South Gower. But that is not the issue here either. What is the issue? The fact that the population of North Grenville will be almost doubling over the next decade or so, and that many of the new arrivals will be urban dwellers like those who complained about the little girl’s chickens is the real issue. We have all heard of newcomers to rural life loudly complaining that the farm they moved next door to has strange smells emanating from it at various times. As someone who grew up and lived in cities only until he moved to Bishop’s Mills twenty years ago, I understand how surprising it can be for city people to face the realities of country life. People in that situation have two choices: they can adapt, or they can insist on bringing urban attitudes and approaches to their new surroundings by objecting to chickens in the next field, or the smell
of manure anywhere. Most of the growth in North Grenville will be centred in Kemptville, and that will revolutionise that urban area, as more homes and shopping malls are built and four-lane roads and roundabouts appear. Even I, after only twenty years, remember Kemptville with far less traffic, traffic signals, or neighbourhoods. The big issue to address in these next ten years will be how to integrate the arrivals with the existing community, and how to allow the existing community to adapt to the newcomers without losing what it is that brings people here in the first place. In older days, new arrivals would join a church congregation, or a social services club like the Lions, the Kinsmen or the Rotary. This would be their way to be introduced to the existing community in a friendly and welcoming way. Although that is still an option for many, it is becoming more and more difficult for any of those institutions to attract new members, even from the local families. More and more people are living
Works budget. Waste Management is another interesting area. We pay more than $280,000 a year for garbage collection, and around $1.5 million on waste management as a whole. This includes the cost of monitoring the disused landfill sites in Kemptville, South Gower, Burritt’s Rapids and Oxford Mills, as well as the operation of the Oxford Mills Waste Transfer Station and shipping to the Moose Creek facility in Ottawa. A gas-toenergy plant was recently opened at Moose Creek, where our garbage is being turned into energy. Landfill gas-to-energy generating plants turn landfill gas
from decomposing waste into electricity. The new facility at Moose Creek will generate enough green electricity to power 4,000 homes and divert more than 100,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions from being released into the atmosphere. The Heritage budget is $23,305. This does not cover the $500 the Municipality receive in rent from the North Grenville Historical Society, as that Society is not a Municipal body. In other cultural areas, the library system receives a budget of almost $300,000, the vast bulk of that going to the central library in Kemptville ($236,586).
Municipal Finances The Municipality of North Grenville have published the tax rates for both residential and commercial properties in North Grenville for 2013. Commercial property owners paid $2,606 for every $100,000 of assessment, while private residential tax rates dropped by 1.18%. Comparisons are not easy to make in this area. Although the lists supplied by the Municipalities show that only five of nineteen municipalities charged a lower rate of commercial tax than North Grenville, it was the Municipal staff who chose the list of comparisons. Similarly, for the residential tax rate list, out of twenty communities chosen, exactly half had
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higher tax rates than North Grenville, while exactly half were lower. The report of Sheila Kehoe, Treasurer of the Municipality, indicated that the various rates were affected most by increased policing costs and cutbacks in the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund. In general financial news, the North Grenville budget for 2013 totals $22,150,000. Some of the individual expenses seem surprising. The budget for animal control, for example, is $46,430. Bylaw enforcement costs $104,525. The police budget [see the article in this issue] is a whopping $2,942,560, more than $500,000 more than the entire Public
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separate lives, staying at home for entertainment and socialising, rather than going out at night after a long day at work, and a long drive home. North Grenville has depended for many years on the participation of these clubs and churches in the life of our community. They cannot be allowed to fade away, especially in the face of a growing population. We don’t want people to live here and not experience the full wealth of what North Grenville has to offer. We need to start a campaign to raise the
profile of our community sectors, and attract a larger percentage of newcomers, and existing residents to curling, bowling, Girl Guides and Scouts, music events, Youngsters of Yore, Probus, Kemptville Players, ukelele nights, as well as the service groups mentioned earlier. The list I could give here is surprisingly long. There are nice housing and condominium developments everywhere in Ontario. We have more to offer than just a place to sleep and shop for our neighbours. We have to tell them all about it.
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Recent Council business The North Grenville Municipal Council have been dealing with a number of major issues over the past few weeks. • Lion’s Week will be officially celebrated between September 22 and 29. The reason for an official declaration of this celebration by Council is that, this year, the Kemptville Lion’s Club celebrate 55 years of service to the community. The Lions asked for permission to have their flag flown at the Municipal Centre during their anniversary week. • Council also noted that the North Grenville Sports Hall of Fame will be holding their annual induction night at the Municipal Centre. The Induction Ceremony will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 26, and the public is welcome to join inductees and their families, dignitaries and other guests in this celebration and are asked to RSVP to Tammy Hurlbert at 613-258-9569 ext. 123 if they would like to attend, as space is limited. There will be light refreshments and a cash bar. • C o u n c i l h a v e been reviewing a revision to the Property Standards bylaw on advice of their
solicitor. The Bylaw sets out the standards required in various residences, mobile homes and parks, and is amended to include the following: “3.5: No person shall use, occupy, permit the use of occupancy of, rent, or offer to rent, any property that does not conform with the standards prescribed in this by-law”. • The Kemptville Meadows development on Concession Road in Kemptville is being granted a 10-year deferral of development charges by the Municipality, as well as an increase in density for the development. The project is a novel residential concept, whereby the deferred charges are put into a fund from which second mortgages are provided to purchasers who cannot afford a first mortgage that would cover the entire purchase price. This is, in effect, a loan by the Municipality to Kemptville Meadows for a term of ten years. 50% of the development charges were deferred during the initial stage of the development, and the remaining 50% deferral was requested by the developers recently. • The Municipality have received numerous
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complaints and concerns from residents of Townline and Bedell roads regarding the speed and amount of traffic along those roads during the rebuilding of the railway bridge on CR44. • T h e p l a n n e d 11-story condominium building adjacent to Riverside Park was recommended for approval by Council and it is expected that work will begin on the project in the near future. Concerns about water capacity and traffic flow were answered to the Municipality’s satisfaction before the plan was approved. • Two major developments were brought before Council recently. One was a project that had been discussed more than a year ago, but was finally brought back for debate. It concerns a proposed shopping mall amounting to 15,000 square metres of leasable space. The development is by Rosewater Management Ltd. Objections have been received from certain store owners at Colonnade, as the new shopping mall would be directly across CR43 from them. Staff have decided that “in a free enterprise capitalist system, those types of financial con-
siderations should not form the basis of land use planning decisions”. The proposed development also includes three other buildings designated for Business park use and two Municipal infrastructure Blocks. • The other major development before Council has been plans for a high density residential subdivision to be located at 2844 Concession Road in Kemptville. This is being developed by Holzman Consultants Inc. Although, at 212 homes, it is only 50% of what would be allowed in terms of units under the Official Plan, some concern has been raised by neighbours and other developers. These focused largely on changes in traffic flow and the need for signs at Concession and Prescott Streets. Council voted to defer a decision on the proposal. Two other issues that have been at the forefront of Council deliberations, the new O.P.P. contract and the setting of new tax rates for residential and commercial property in North Grenville, are covered in greater detail elsewhere in this issue of the NG Times.
New O.P.P. Contract: Expensive and we lose Craig McCormick by David Shanahan The North Grenville Council recently voted through a new contract with the Ontario Provincial Police to provide policing services to the municipality. The new 5-year deal will cost taxpayers almost $3 million per year, and will involve the loss of a Sergeant from the local detachment. The person in question is Sgt Craig McCormick, a man who has contributed so much to the community and, as recently as last month declared his desire to remain in North Grenville forever. The choice before Council and the Police Services Board was not an easy one. The fact is that the OPP have a clause in their charter that they August 21, 2013
must be the highest paid police force in the Province. This has resulted in an 8.5% increase in salary for OPP officers, starting in January, 2014. This alone added $193,015 to the payroll costs of our NG detachment. In addition, cutbacks by the provincial government in the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund meant that North Grenville lost $164,400 in 2013 alone. These cutbacks are expected to continue until at least 2016. The new OPP contract, aside from the salary increases, will cost us $368,423 more in 2013, and each subsequent year of the contract, than it did in 2012. Altogether, these cutbacks, salary increases and new contract terms will cost the taxpayers of
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North Grenville an astonishing $725,838 by January, 2014. Policing costs in the Municipality will eat up around one third of the entire municipal budget every year. What makes this all the more incredible is that, back in the 1990’s, OPP services cost Oxford-on-Rideau and South Gower Townships absolutely nothing. From nothing to $3 million in fifteen years is quite a jump. North Grenville is, in many ways, getting off lightly. Other municipalities are looking to sell off their surplus lands in order to pay for OPP services. OPP salaries and benefits are set by the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, not through traditional bargaining negotiations.
This means that communities have no input into setting OPP costs, even though they are the ones completely responsible for paying the bills. A coalition of southwestern Ontario mayors has called for the province to either freeze OPP salaries or allow municipal input into future raises. North Grenville has a responsibility under the Police Services Act, to “provide adequate and effective police services in accordance with its needs”. There is no choice, therefore, about paying for police services, either through contracts with the OPP, or by establishing its own police service. The latter has always been considered financially unfeasible. However, if OPP costs continue to rise
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Between August 12 and August 18, the Kemptville Office of North Grenville Ontario Provincial Police investigated 70 general occurrences: 21 Kemptville, 34 Municipality of North Grenville, 9 Village of Merrickville – Wolford and 6 on Highway 416. Sometime between 10:30 p.m. on August 14 and 8:00 a.m. on August 15, culprit(s) entered two unlocked vehicles parked at a residence on County Road 17, Wolford Township. The culprit(s) stole currency and a set of headphones. The OPP are once again reminding the public to lock their vehicles at all times and keep their valuables in a safe place. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information on the above occurrence is asked to call Grenville County O.P.P. Communication Centre at 1-888-310-1122, the Kemptville Detachment at 613-258-3441 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-(TIPS) 8477 or submit your tip on-line at www.tipsubmit.com. Crime Stoppers does not want your name, you don't go to court, and you could earn cash reward. Once again, the time has come for motorists to be on the lookout for our Region’s youth as our kids head back to school. The Ontario Provincial Police want to remind everyone that school buses will be back in action on Tuesday, August 26 in some areas and in others, Tuesday, September 3, 2013. OPP officers will be out ensuring that motorists are reminded of the rules of the road in regards to school buses. Section 175(11) of the Highway Traffic Act states, “Every driver or street car operator, when meeting on a highway, other than a highway with a median strip, a stopped school bus that has its overhead red signal-lights flashing, shall stop before reaching the bus and shall not proceed until the bus moves or the overhead red signallights have stopped flashing.” R.S.O. 1990. Many of our children walk to school and motorists should beware of the increased pedestrian traffic around our local schools, as children make their way for their first exciting day. Reduced speeds in some school zones will again be in effect, so beware and be safe. The OPP Charity Barbeque last week was a great success. Special thanks to our sponsor, Dixon’s Car and Truck Rental. A total of $650 was raised for the Ryan’s Well Foundation . This week’s sponsor is Wayne’s Auto-Tek with the proceeds going to Kemptville District Hospital. Join us every Thursday at the Kemptville Detachment from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm. Hope to see you!
outside of any municipal control, it may be that neighbouring municipalities will be forced to join together to set up shared police forces for their region. In the meantime, North Grenville will lose the services of Craig McCormick, as the OPP provided only two options to the Municipality: one with, and one without, a Community Sergeant. The difference in cost between the two options was $157,462, so the choice had to be made. Rather ironically, the letters sent by the OPP Municipal Policing Bureau all seem to contain the sentence: “The OPP values its contract relationship with your municipality”, a sentiment that may not be returned for much longer.
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Preschool Speech & Language Services Voice Problems in Children Some children have harsh or raspy voices. They may have a voice problem. Some voice problems in children are because of breathing or reflux issues, or the child may have some undetected nodules or polyps in their throat. Some voice problems are present at birth and some may develop later. All children with voice problems must be seen by an Ear Nose and Throat Specialist to determine the cause of the problem. Voice therapy with a Speech-Language Pathologist may also be needed. Symptoms of voice problems that may develop: · Weak cry (in infants and toddlers) · Hoarseness or frequent laryngitis
· “Scratchy” throat complaints or want water to soothe their throat · Breathy, airy speech · Trouble being heard or understood, especially in school or group settings What parents can do to help their children have healthy voices: · Rest the voice. Have quiet time and let your child do something fun like reading, crafts or playing a game. · Reduce noise. We all speak louder when we are around other sounds, such as the TV, music, or other conversations, so try to keep outside noise to a minimum. · Have a meaningful conversation with your child every day. This will lessen attention seeking behavior, like yelling, when your child has your attention.
· Take turns in conversations. This allows for conversations without people raising their voices to be heard. · No yelling! Discourage yelling in the house. Instead of yelling from one room to another, walk to the room where the person is that you want to speak with. If your child shows any of the symptoms above or if you are concerned, please see your family doctor. Your doctor will be able to help you to take the next steps in helping your child. (Information taken and adapted from DukeHealth. org article, “Voice Problems in Children”)
If you are concerned about your child’s speech and language development, call the Language Express Preschool Speech System at 1-888-503-8885 / 613-283-2742. A speechlanguage assessment can identify your child’s strengths and needs, and can help you prepare your child for success in communicating, reading and writing. For more information, check out our website: www.language-express.ca Contact: Catherine Robinson, Clinical Coordinator, Language Express PSL, 613-283-2740 ext 4260.
UCDSB remains committed to student learning by providing essential school supplies without fees Parents frantically shopping for pens, pencils, binders, back-to-school clothing and other supplies as September approaches are reminded that the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) protects them from unwarranted school fees. Under terms of Policy 452, passed in March 2012, the Board guarantees that all students have the right to attend school without payment of fees for essential learning materials, supplies, activities and textbooks. The policy applies to essential supplies required to meet the terms of the curriculum, and not materials for enhanced programs or optional programs and activities. “The Board passed the policy last year because we believe that all our students – whatever their economic circumstances – have the right to attend school without their families having to worry about paying for materials essential to their learning,” said Director David K. Thomas on Tuesday. “Returning to school is a cause for celebration. It should not be a financial burden on any family.” This means the Board will provide items such August 21 2013
as textbooks, workbooks, and science supplies, offering parents some financial relief at a time that for many is already straining their pocketbooks, said Thomas. Materials used to supplement a student’s educational experience and that are not required under the core curriculum – such as expenses for yearbooks, graduation gowns, optional field trips not curricular in nature, school dances, and student recognition programs – may be subject to fees. Under the policy, schools are prohibited from charging: Registration or administrative fees for regular day school programming; Fees for guest speakers or presentations where material presented is a mandatory element of the subject or course; Extra charges for learning materials necessary for completion of the curriculum such as science supplies, lab material kits and safety goggles; and Fees for learning materials funded through the allocated budget of a school board and which are necessary to meet learning expectations such as computers, workbooks, textbooks, and staff development and
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training costs. Additional fees may be charged to a student if a school community wishes to offer programming and materials “beyond what is necessary to meet the learning expectations of a particular grade or course.” For instance, if a student is building a bench in woodworking class, and wants to use a specialized wood not supplied in the course, the student may be charged for it. However, for those students who wish to build the same bench as part of the curriculum expectations, the Board must provide necessary materials to ensure they can complete the project. Examples of when fees can be charged include when an activity, material, course or program is: Not required as part of the regular day school program; Voluntary, and alternatives are offered; Non-essential or extracurricular in nature and is not required for graduation by an individual student; or A voluntary upgrade or substitute of a more costly material to the material provided for course purposes.
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! By Carrie Smith, Kemptville Physiotherapy Centre Yes, it’s Back to School Time! As parents hit the stores for back to school supplies, new backpacks are often on the top of the list. Here is a little information to help you choose the right pack for your child. Back pain in children is on the rise, and the Canadian Physiotherapy Association has some tips to help parents send their kids back to school painfree. One of the biggest reasons for back pain in children is the weight of the pack that they are carrying. Some children are carrying as much as 30-40% of their body weight. Carrying a bag more than 20% of their body weight puts kids at a significant risk of back pain, as well as causing them to lean forward, burn more energy, and decrease their lung capacity! The consensus amongst researchers is that a weight of 10% or less, along with the use of both straps, can help reduce the incidence of back pain.
As homework builds up through the year, bags get heavier. Kids often carry heavy packs on one shoulder, which increases the stress through the shoulder and can cause a curvature of the spine. It is important for kids to use both straps of the pack, as this distributes the weight evenly. Heavier items should be packed at the bottom and lighter items at the top. Students should be reminded to only carry the books that they need, and leave the rest at home or in a locker. When purchasing a new backpack, bigger is not always better! Having a smaller pack means you can’t pack all your textbooks into one bag, and you only have room for the ones you really need. Take your child with you to purchase a pack, and have them try it on (preferably with a few textbooks inside it). The pack should be comfortable when full. Reducing the load on the spine will help keep your kids on the soccer field after school instead of in the treatment room at the physiotherapy clinic!
Low cost rabies vaccination clinics offered in September Together with partner veterinarians and municipalities, the Health Unit is offering the community Rabies Vaccination Clinics throughout the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark Counties. The Rabies Vaccination Clinics will be held on September 11 and 18, 2012. Check out the locations where you can get your dog or cat vaccinated against rabies: www. healthunit.org/rabies/rabies_clinics_2013.pdf. The goal of hosting these clinics is to help provide rabies vaccinations to as many cats and dogs as possible. Your dog or cat must be vaccinated against rabies. It’s the law! In addition, hunters preparing for the hunting season are reminded to get their dogs vaccinated against rabies. While running in the bush, hunting dogs have the potential of interacting with wild life
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that may have rabies. To help protect some wild animals against rabies, the Ministry of Natural Resources has released bait in certain areas in August. It is important that pet cats or dogs remain up-todate with their rabies vaccination as they too could be at risk of getting rabies. By increasing the vaccination coverage in pets we will help to minimize the potential transmission of rabies to humans.
Rabies is a deadly disease that can be prevented. Help prevent the spread of rabies by vaccinating your pet dog or cat. For more information about preventing the spread of rabies, contact the Health ACTION Line at 1-800-660-5853 or 613345-5685 and ask for a public health inspector or visit www.healthunit.org/ rabies or like us on Facebook at LGLHealthUnit.
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The unknown Limerick Forest
by David Shanahan For most people in North Grenville, Limerick Forest is an area to the south of the Municipality; a place they drive through as a shortcut to Prescott, or a place to hunt, ride, hike or toboggan. Over the past decade, Scouts have used the old chalet on Limerick Road, now demolished and replaced by a brand new log cabin-style building. What not too many people know, however, is that the 1,474 hectares lying across the border of North Grenville, Augusta and Edwardsburgh are only a part of Limerick Forest. In all, the Forest comprises of 5,782 hectares of land in six other Townships in Leeds and Grenville Counties, in addition to the part lying in North Grenville.
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The largest acreage lies in Merrickville-Wolford, much of it on the eastern boundary of North Grenville south of Highway 43. That section to the south of the Municipality is officially called Limerick Forest South, and it is much more than a forest: it is a ghost town. The official history of Limerick Forest South states that: “The original part of Limerick Forest, commonly referred to today as "Limerick South", was settled in the late 1840's by Irish immigrants. One of these settlers, Andrew Forsythe, reportedly settled on a 200-acre tract of land on the northern edge of a forest just south of Bishops Mills. He named the area "Limerick", after his former home in Ireland”. This is romantic, but very inaccurate. In fact, Forsythe did not arrive in Canada until 1863, almost twenty years after the Famine. Although the main road through the Forest is named after him, Andrew and his family were relative latecomers to the area. The land in that part of the Municipality is not good for farming. Swampy, with thin soil that gradually got blown away by wind and weather once the covering trees were cut down to clear the land, it was one of the last parts
of North Grenville to receive settlers. The lot that Andrew Forsythe owned, for example, had been patented to the Canada Company in 1838, but it was not until 1856 that the Company sold it. It then changed hands six times in the next ten years, before Andrew arrived there in 1868. The family still held it until it was taken in 1939 for arrears of tax. Like so many other families between the World Wars, they watched the soil blow away, sand dunes forming on some lots, as their farms became unproductive. Andrew’s son, Robert, had bought the east half of the lot next door in 1919, and it too fell to the tax people in 1939. They were not the only families who lost their farms in the area. In the early years of the twentieth century, deforestation in the province had led to widespread loss of topsoil, increased incidents of sand dunes developing on cleared land, and a drastic drop in productivity on the farms of the province. The Great Depression was the final nail in the coffin of many farm families, and they, like the Forsythes, either abandoned their property, or were evicted by the banks. The Ontario Government had become concerned about the deforestation of the Province, and passed the Forestry Act in 1927 to establish agreements with municipalities on setting up reforestation schemes. The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville appointed a Committee in 1939 to report on having a Counties Forest established in Oxford and Augusta Townships. The land owners, like the Forsythes, who were seriously in arrears on taxes, or who had actually abandoned their farms because of the dreadful conditions, had their land confiscated, and the United Counties decided to use these lots as the basis for the new forest. The
Limerick Forest started in 1940, and, as further lots were added over the years, grew to be the large enterprise it is today. Because of the way in which the land was acquired, the Forest is not a single, consolidated block, but is made up of 175 sections in roughly seven separate blocks. The process of tree planting went on for decades. In 1965-66, for example, 177,800 trees were planted, by hand, by twenty-eight workers. The following year, these men planted more than half a million trees, again by hand. In all, nearly nine million trees were planted in Limerick Forest on land that so many settlers had painstakingly cleared of trees in the late nineteenth century, thereby destroying the land they were trying to cultivate. In 1995, the Province ceased their management of the Forest and it was left undisturbed until the United Counties took over management in 2001. So, as you drive through Limerick Forest (South), or stop to enjoy the facilities it affords in so many ways, think for a moment about those families who used to live and farm the land. The roads they opened, the homes they built, now in ruins, the fences they set up around their land: all these can still be seen in parts of the Forest. These are the mute reminders, the ghosts of the past, the legacy of the Forsythes, the Typhairs, the Tubmans and the other families who once made Limerick their home.
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The Historical Society gears up for a new season The North Grenville Historical Society is getting things together for another busy and exciting season of talks, exhibits and activities. After holding a very successful Archaeological Roadshow at the Dandelion Festival, and a display on the history of Oxford Mills during the Canada Day Festivities there, the next six months promise to continue that great record of achievement. The pictorial displays currently on show at the Municipal Centre have also garnered a lot of attention. In the official display case in the main foyer of the Centre, the 125 years of Salvation Army work in North Grenville is celebrated through photographs of some of the many individuals who have been stationed here over that time. In the entry hallway to the Theatre, our exhibit of World War I photographs continues. The pictures on display were taken by Kemptville war photographer Walter Tuck, whose studio once operated from a storefront on Prescott Street. The series of public meetings will begin again on the second Wednesday of September at the Court House, 15 Water street in Kemptville. Details of this and subsequent talks will
be published in the coming issues of the NG Times. The next issue of our journal, The Quarterly, will be available at the September meeting. An upcoming event that should attract a lot of attention is an exhibit of North Grenville’s old one-room schoolhouses that is being put on jointly by the NGHS and the North Grenville Photography Club. The Society is providing historic photographs of the schools from the days when they were full of young students and committed teachers. Many of these people will be seen in the exhibit, as class photographs were being taken in the 1890's, or the 1930's. The Photography Club has photographed these same schools as they are today, many of them private homes, others reduced to outbuildings and sheds. The exhibit will be located at Geronimo’s on Prescott Street and will open in September. The NGHS has been really honoured to have volunteers working through the summer months, helping us organise and catalogue the holdings in our Archives. Some will be returning to school in a couple of weeks, while others will be continuing to add to the knowledge and records of our shared story. We are very grateful indeed to all of them. Creekside Centre 2878 County Road 43 Kemptville, ON 613-258-0222
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God Squad Is there room for a miracle? by David Shanahan Some people dismiss anything that smacks of the supernatural. When the New Testament speaks of miracles, these sceptics immediately refer to fairytales, or else state that the people “back then” didn’t have a proper understanding of science and the laws of nature, and so they were interpreting what they saw in a very primitive manner. But it seems to me that are basing their approach on assumptions. They assume that miracles don’t happen, that what we see and experience with our senses is all there is. I must say, I find that intellectually lazy. Science - real science - is about observation, repetition and theorising. It studies what it can observe and draws conclusions from empirical evidence. But conclusions can only be based on observations made, building on previous knowledge and developing hypotheses. But, of course, it cannot do that with what it hasn’t observed. Theories about events that only happened once, before they could be observed and studied, are actually outside the scope of science. Ironically, when people complain that Christianity is based on how people interpret the Bible, they forget that a lot of popular ideas about Christianity are based on far more flimsy interpretations. For example, to claim August 21, 2013
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that people who walked with Jesus were more ignorant than we about the laws of nature and so misunderstood normal phenomena for miracles, are making huge assumptions based on no evidence. People then knew that they couldn’t walk on water, that people did not rise from the dead, that babies were born because their parents had sex, etc. It was precisely because they knew these things that they recognised a miracle when they saw it. Modern humanity believe in the strangest things, even though we are supposed to be advanced and knowledgeable. Many people believe that, in olden days, people believed the Earth was flat. Not true. Even ancient Greece knew it was round. Today, some think that, back then, people believed the world was at the centre of the universe and everything else was peripheral. That idea only arose during the Middle Ages, and for good (or bad) political reasons. But ancient writers stated clearly that, compared to the size and extent of the universe, this planet was like a tiny dot in the cosmos. So, if witnesses agree on what happened in the past, can we not trust their word, just because it goes against what many today want to believe? When Jesus rose from the dead, he was seen by many people in many places. On one occasion, more than five hun-
dred people met him at one place. Mass hysterical delusion is often used to dismiss this eye-witness testimony: but no such phenomenon exists in psychology. Science and Christianity have little reason to fight: it is the ones with assumptions that resist, or those Christians unsure of their beliefs who want to compromise and find an easy collaboration with the world. Paul was an intellectual man, and his attitude is one I share completely: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile”. And, “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened”. Let’s reject assumptions and think. Better still, let’s think for ourselves and not put our faith in the assumptions of others. “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” www.ngtimes.ca
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Spencerville Community Choir begins new season The Spencerville Community Choir is humming Christmas tunes as its 30th season begins. All previous members are invited to return, and the Choir welcomes new members. Prospective members do not need to have musical training, but they do need to be willing to commit to attending weekly practices and learning their parts. The choir sings a range of interesting mu-
This image was taken on a recent photo club outing by Brian MacGillivray. BMX biker Josh was kind enough to put up with a pack of photographers shooting him while he navigated the obstacles in the Kemptville skateboarding park.
sic on the nativity theme, from classics to modern to international, both sacred and secular. "We are in particular need of men who sing bass and men or women who sing tenor," says Sheila Fawcett, choir director. "Our accompanist, Abe TeGrotenhuis, provides a CD of the music broken down into parts, so each person can practice at home."
The choir practices every Monday from September 9 until the two performances, in Spencerville Sunday December 15 and Monday December 16. It also sings a sampling of songs at Country Christmas Remembered on December 7. To join the choir, call 613-658-2916, or just show up at the first rehearsal, 7:30 pm at the Spencerville United Church on Monday, September 9.
Programming at the Kemptville Youth Centre Over the last several years, the Kemptville Youth Centre (KYC) has strived to provide quality programming for youth of North Grenville. Thanks to the hard work of staff and generous donations from organizations, businesses and members of the community, KYC has been able to do just that. With a wide range of different programs at KYC, youth will be sure to find several that they can enjoy on a weekly basis. On Monday evenings from 3 to 5 p.m., youth are taken for a walk around Kemptville in order to do some Geocaching with a KYC staff or volunteer. This program allows youth to engage in a real-world, outdoor treasure hunt while using GPS-enabled devices to navigate to a specific set of coordinates in order to find the geocache that is hidden at that location. Youth are then invited to participate in a running program from 5 to 6 p.m. KYC’s running program gives youth a chance to get August 21 2013
some exercise, while hanging out with their friends and exploring what’s going on around town. Once running is completed, a volunteer hosts ‘Girls Night’ at KYC from 6 to 8 p.m. Girls Night provides female youth an opportunity to interact with one another and to participate in fun activities, as well as gain advice from an older female role model. On Tuesday evenings, KYC hosts Role Playing Game/Card Games from 3 to 6 p.m., which usually entails an eager group of youth wanting to play Dungeons and Dragons and various other card games with dedicated volunteers. Later in the evening, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. youth and volunteers head out to play sports in the park, including dodge ball, hockey, soccer and more. During the school year, Sports Night is held at Kemptville Public School. Wednesday evenings begin with Rock Band at KYC from 3 to 5 p.m. and is followed by running
from 5 to 6 p.m. During summer months, youth are then invited to the Kemptville Pool for a free swim from 7 to 9 p.m. With all of the fantastic programs, it’s quite apparent why youth enjoy their time at KYC so much. Thursday nights seem to be one of the most popular evenings at KYC because it’s cook night. On Thursday evenings, youth cook dinner with the help of a cooking mentor. This program provides youth with important life skills as they set the dining table, prepare dinner and dessert and wash the dishes when they are done. In this program, youth get a chance to learn how to cook some everyday comfort foods and try different ethnic foods. On Friday evenings, youth spend their time watching movies from 5 to 9 p.m. on the big screen. The last Friday of every month, youth are invited to spend the night at KYC while participating in a movie marathon with movies playing from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
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KYC is also now open for drop in on Saturdays between 3 and 8 p.m. Youth get a chance to hang out, play games and enjoy each other’s’ company. Not only does KYC have great programs, but they often offer incredible field trips for youth. Throughout the summer months, youth have gone on field trips to Calypso, La Ronde, Camping and Sky Zone. Trips are priced affordably and provide youth with transportation to and from the destination (with the exception of camping) thanks to the generosity of John Brauneisen.
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North Grenville Curling Club has exciting year ahead
Jim Dolan finally makes a Hole-in-One
by Jim Dolan It is probably the best Summer Saturday we have had all this year and I find myself turning my attention to the upcoming curling season at the North Grenville Curling Club. It is hard to believe that the club’s opening bonspiel is only two months away. The 2013-14 Curling registration will take place from 10 am till noon on Saturday September 7 and from 7 to 9pm on Thursday September 12. Please tell your curling buddies and friends who might be interested in curling this season to come out and register on one of these nights. Our club prides itself with being more than just a curling facility; it is a club where you can play a game you enjoy and also socialize with your fellow members. New members are more than welcome. Application forms for adults and youths can be found on our website www.ngcc.ovca.com and will be available at the club on the registration dates. There are choices of
Jim Dolan with his good luck charm Jessica Kehoe and his hole-in-one ball by Jim Dolan After 50 years of golf, I finally recorded my first hole-in-one on July 30 on the 16th hole at eQuinelle Golf Club just north of Kemptville. I think my lucky charm, Jessica Kehoe, a former employee of eQuinelle and now working at the Rivermead Golf Club in Gatineau, Quebec, played a role in my hole-in-one. Last year, no matter how good or bad I was playing, if Jessica was on the beverage cart or in the club house when I finished
the front nine, if I saw her, my game would improve dramatically till the end of my round. On July 30, I was playing with Dean Roberts of CFRA, Randy Woods and Randy’s friend. Dean and I were walking up the 15th hole, when I mentioned how much I missed Jessica and her great personality and how she always seemed to bring me luck. I approached the 16th hole and noted that the pin was located on the upper ridge of the green. I hate that left pin location. I hit probably the purest 7 iron of my life. The ball flew directly into the hole
with a loud thwack when it hit the pin. I thought for sure that it would not be in the hole when I reached the green, but to my amazement there it was in the bottom of the cup. I immediately looked skyward and said this one is for you dad. All I could think about were the sacrifices my dad and mom made when I was a young boy so that I could play golf. As I was walking toward the 17th tee box, I thought geez if I even think about my good luck charm she brings me luck.
different types of curling from recreational fun curling to competitive fixed team leagues. These are explained on our website along with the fee structure for adult and youth curling. Rocks Refurbished Over the Summer Returning curlers and new members to our club will be happy to know that our rocks are being refurbished over the summer with new granite inserts and refurbished hitting bands. Royal LePage OVCA Women’s Fall Classic Once again our club will be hosting the biggest women’s curling bonspiel east of Toronto in Canada. The event will take place October 31 to November 3. We already have 19 teams registered for our event, including Mary-Anne Arsenault and Heather SmithDacey from Nova Scotia, and Allison Ross, Eve Belisle, Roxanne Perron and Alana Routledge from Quebec. We are pleased that Ottawa’s Jenn Hanna, our 2007 Champion, has come out of retirement and will be playing in this year’s event and we
are happy to have Manitoba’s Darcy Robertson returning for a second consecutive year. For the first time in our history, we will have a team from Sweden skipped by Anna Hasselborg. Anna’s team is the third ranked team in Sweden. We are also happy to announce that Courtney George’s team from St. Paul, Minnesota is back again this year. Courtney’s team is one of the four US Ladies Teams that will be competing in the US Olympic Qualifier. The winner will represent the United States at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. This event serves as a splendid opportunity to showcase all that is good about our community to curlers and fans that visit North Grenville during the event.
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Kemptville Legion Branch 212 Annual Golf Tournament at the Rideau Glen Golf Course
Winning team. Only two members of the team were available for the photo. L-R Gail Marshall, J.P. Chardenau, Ray Marshall, Syd Vandusen. Absent from photo is Les Hodgson & Wayno Medaglia. Gail and Syd are the organizers for the tournament. August 21, 2013
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Andrew Caldwell won the golf bag donated by Molsons. Presenting the bag is sports chair Syd Vandusen and organizer, Gail Marshall. Andrew donated the golf bag back to the Legion to be auctioned off and proceeds going to the Legion. The second hole of the course was designated as the “hole in one”. If there was a winner, the prize was a trip to Vegas. However, Andrew hit the ball approx. 10’ from the pin. Many thanks to all the sponsors of the tournament with their donations. www.ngtimes.ca
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A second information session about the Rideau-Sanders Revitalization Plan will be held in North Grenville Municipal Centre Theatre 7 pm to 9 pm. Old Town SummerFest presents the Conklin Super Show Midway a "pay one price, ride all day" event (bracelet price TBD). It starts Thursday evening at 5 pm and runs Friday and Saturday from 10-10 pm and Sunday from 10-5 pm. North Grenville is hosting a high-calibre OHL Exhibition Game featuring the Ottawa 67's and Kingston Frontenacs at the North Grenville Municipal Centre, 7 pm. Tickets are now available at the Municipal Centre for only ten-bucks ($15 on game night) or you can order electronically by contacting Calvin Amell by email: CAmell@OSEG.ca. St. John's United Church and Community Golf Tournament. Tee off at 1 pm Rideau Glen Golf Course Best Ball Format. Dinner at St. John's United Church, 400 Prescott St., Kemptville (fully accessible) $40.00 PP walking, $50.00 PP with a cart, $15.00 for the meal only. To reserve your spot, please contact Susan 613-215-0486 or Joyce 613-258-5389 Deadline to register is Sept 2, 2013. We look forward to spending time with you Thanks to a recent grant from the Community Innovations Program (EODP), the Kemptville Kinsmen Farmers' Market will be holding a bigger and better MarketPlates. Remember the Farmers Market is open from noon to 4pm every Sunday, rain or shine. The Rabies Vaccination Clinic. Check out the locations where you can get your dog or cat vaccinated against rabies: www.healthunit.org/rabies/rabies_clinics_2013.pdf. 3rd Annual Pirate's Day (8:30am - 3:30pm) - Time to Dust off your Garb and think about how you'll tie into this popular event in Old Town Kemptville
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The North Grenville Photography Club - Meeting first Wednesday of every month at the Old Fire Hall, 25 Reuben Crescent. For more details see ngphotoclub.ca Bingo- First and third Wednesday of the month, Kemptville Legion. Games start at 1 pm. All welcome. Refreshments available North Grenville Giving Garden; Weedless Wednesday from 9-10 am every week in July and August. Hwy 43 across from Creekside Centre. Bring sunhat, sunscreen, garden gloves and a smile. Thurs Bridge - Every Thursday, St. John’s United Church, Kemptville, 6:45 pm. Cost $5, partner preferred but not necessary. For more info, contact Sandra at 613-258-2691 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 UKE – (Ukuleles Kemptville Experience), first Thursday of the month at the Branch restaurant. Arrive early and enjoy a dinner at the Branch before the meeting. The jam starts at 7:30 pm. Sat A Gardeners’ Market is held each Saturday with all proceeds going to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Located and sponsored by St. John’s United Church, come and shop from 9 to noon in our parking lot at 400 Prescott Street. Fresh produce, preserves and baked goods are available. Food contributions/donations are always welcome Tues BNI Networking Group Breakfast- Alumni Building, University of Guelph, 7-8:30am. Call 613-258-0553 for more information. Bridge- St. John’s United Church, Kemptville, 12:15pm. Cost $3, partner preferred but not necessary. For more info, contact Sandra at 613-258-2691 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 Mon Wed Fri Kemptville and Area Walking Group, Municipal Centre Early birds: 8 am Others 8:30 am Contact: Eva - 258-4487 Mon Modern Square Dancing in Kemptville: Open House - Every Monday in September. North Grenville District High School 7 : 0 0 . C a s u a l a t t i r e . S i n g l e s We l c o me ! In f o kemptvillesquaredance@gmail.com or Shelley (613) 258-0016
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GENERAL PUBLIC (Any Day) Part Day (6 hours) -$60 Full day-$120 COMMUNITY NON-PROFIT (Weekdays Only) Part Day (6 hours) -$30 Full day-$60 SPECIAL WEDDING RATE Maplewood Hall & Maplewood Park Friday noon to Sunday noon $320 To book your event, log onto www.maplewoodhall.ca or call (613) 258-6485
GARAGE SALE
“le gut truck” - mobile canteen truck w/established route in and around Kemptville. Great stops & customers - including construction sites, gravel pits, local businesses and more! Business includes: 2003 GMC ½ ton, stainless steel box, route and all equipment. Contact Jenn & Brent for details @ 613-258-0085.
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OXFORD MILLS' MAPLEWOOD HALL RENTAL RATES:
Reliable person to walk my two dogs at lunchtime, Monday to Friday. Please call (613) 513-4696 for more info.
Firewood - don’t wait! already seasoned, dry, clean delivered hardwood. $100/cord. Call Billy at 258-4529
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139,760 kms. Leather, $ sweet! Smells new.
Retired senior needs old car batteries - making canon balls (weights used for deep sea fishing) 613258-6254 L
C 2013 Buick Lacrosse A White 30,664 kms. V-6, cloth R interior. GM Daily Rental Return. $ $ 199 5.99% S 25,888 PLuS HST 84 MONTHS, BI-WEEKLY
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2008 Chevy Cobalt Black, 106,180 kms. Sunroof, auto, air
27 foot above ground pool. Includes large deck, 3 solar panels and more. $1100. Call 613-258-0295
King 6” jointer, Mod. KC150C. Excellent condition. Photos available $ 297 - 613.258.3557 or e3mhm@ sympatico.ca
FOR RENT Bowen Therapy Restore your health. PAIN, Respiratory, Digestive & more. 613-799-3315. www. Old Town Kemptville-113 Prescott St. Commercial/ofBowenKemptville.ca fice space-2000 sq.ft., availOne Tear Studio, Paintings/ able immediately 613-295Soapstone Sculptures/Butterfly 0552 Hearts. Visit by appointment or chance www.HannaMac- 2 fully furnished bedrooms @ $500/month each. Female Naughtan.ca (613) 258-7297 college students preferred. I Can Sew It: Rhonda Cybul- Call 613-258-7703 or e-mail: skie-613-258-5248 Rhonda@ lothompson@cogeco.ca or Helene23@cogeco.ca ICanSewIt.ca
MYERS Kemptville
Plants for sale: Hosta and Alliums. $3.00 to $5.00 each. All potted and hardy. (613) 2580295YARD SALE
T 14-017A R 2013 GMC Sierra 4X4 cab, burgundy, 16,986 kms. U Crew 18” rob whls, Z71, rails. C Buckets, MSRP $49,095 K $ $ 252 5.99% S 32,888 PLuS HST 84 MONTHS, BI-WEEKLY
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Brown, 53,257 kms. Cloth, remote start, climate control
Black, 100,949 kms. Cloth, FWD, 8 pass., local one owner.
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2011 Equinox FWD LT 2010 GMC Acadia
2009 Jeep Patriot 4X4
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2009 Chevy Colorado 2005 GMC Sierra
4X4 Ext Cab. Red, 46,989 kms. 4 2500 HD 4X4 Crew. Black, 189,642 cyl., auto, air, alum wheels, box liner. kms. 6.6 Duramax diesel, cloth int., tonneau, steps. $ $
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1999 Featherlite
Gooseneck 3 horse. All aluminum with dressing room.
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There have been some concerns expressed recently about the use that is being made of the mammography unit at Kemptville District Hospital. It seems that some physicians are still referring their patients to the hospital in Winchester, and leaving the Kemptville Unit somewhat underused. You can help maintain a very valuable resource in our community, as well as taking care of your own health, by doing one or both of the following. Ask your doctor to refer you to KDH for all mammography work; and take part in the Kemptville Walks for Mammography event on October 5. According to the Kemptville Hospital Foundation, “Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed type of cancer in women in Canada. 80% of all new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in women
over 50, and we have almost 11,000 women aged between 50 and 74 years old in our community who are eligible for a screening mammogram. Early detection from mammograms is the best way to treat breast cancer early, and many studies have shown that regular mammograms increase the rate of survival from breast cancer. Our goal is to have the Mammography Suite at Kemptville District Hospital be an integral part in helping women in our community survive breast cancer.” Join Kemptville Walks in three easy steps, and begin your journey to a healthier you and a healthier community. Step One: Choose a 10km or 30km walk. Step Two: Join as an individual or join a team (or create one!). Step Three: Raise pledges! For the 10k Walk, the minimum pledge is $500. For
30km Walk, the pledge is $1250. You can collect from friends, family members, coworkers, or even support yourself. You can make this a work event, by making up a team of co-workers, or having your boss sponsor your team. You may want to do the Walk as a personal act of support, or even remembrance, for a loved one affected by breast cancer. Either way, the funds raised will be used to meet the needs of local women. KDH has built a Mammography Suite already. However, provincial health care funding does not cover this type of capital equipment, which means the costs must be raised through our caring community supporters. Donations, grants, and pledges to date are nearly $475,000, leaving just $275,000 to be raised. We are on the last stretch of
paying for this equipment and hope to finish paying for it by the end of 2013. The costs are: Digital Mammography Unit: $525,000 PA C S E q u i p m e n t : $50,000 Software Interface: $25,000 Radiology System: $25,000 Maintenance (5 years @ $25,000/year): $125,000 Total: $750,000 Remember: all donations raised support the Mammography Program at Kemptville District Hospital. Donations over $20 receive a tax receipt. Now is the time to start training, raising sponsorship money, or organising that team to join in the fun and support a great cause on October 5. For more information, see the website at: http:// www.kemptvillewalks.ca
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Kemptville Panthers raise $865 for KDH Foundation Kyle Ferrie, Gavin McDougall and Carson Ferrie shown with Coach Steve McDougall, presented the Kemptville District Hospital Foundation with $865. The Kemptville Panthers Novice B1 team held a fundraiser in honour of Coach Steve who had a heart attack during hockey season last year. These funds were donated to KDH Foundation to say thanks for the excellent care Steve received at Kemptville District Hospital while awaiting transfer to the Ottawa Heart Institute. August 21 2013
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Kemptville’s “BOYS OF SUMMER” end on high note
73’s are back in town!
Congratulations to the Kemptville Minor Greys and Major Greyhounds for both winning the 2013 Upper Canada Little League Baseball Championships in each of their divisions. The Kemptville Major Greyhounds are: Top left Jim Wiggins (Coach), Oliver Quigley, Mano Salvador, Kenzie Mather, Matthew Wiggins, Matthew Varano, Stephen Hetz (Coach), Bottom Left: Matthew Gransden, Kyler Render, Ty Wilson, and Oliver Riding. Absent are: Nathan Healey and Tanner Johnston.
The Kemptville Minor Greys are: left to rightRyan Melesky, Bob Melesky (Coach), Joe Snowdon, Dylan Wallace, Julie Rivera (Coach), Sterling Bennett, Ryan Simser, behind ryan simser is Keaton Mather, Aiden Rivera, Kyle Melesky, Allan Simser (Coach), Simon Piche. Absent are Jamie Sheahan, William Marshman, and Billy Mott.
Robbed! 73’s goalie Charles Jensen (30) stones Alex Row (22) from point blank range!
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The Kemptville 73’s kicked off the 2013-14 season with the annual Red & White game. With forty players in camp, vying to earn one of the twenty three roster spots, the competition was furious. Team White opened the scoring at 11:48 of the first period, when Matt Tugnutt was set up by Phil Smith and Aaron Hickie. The first period ended that way. The second period continued the hectic pace set in the first. One minute into the period, Team White goalie Jacob Tugnutt robbed Justin Hasbeek to keep Team Red off the scoreboard. At the 2:37 mark, Team White extended their lead to 2-0 on the power play, when, on a set up from Christian Cotroneo, Kevin DiMagno and Jake Gaudet executed a brilliant give and go. They were to increase the lead to 3-0 on a goal by Matt Martin. Martin was set up for the shot by Jesse Blais and Jon Cyr. Both teams utilized their back goalies halfway through the second. Charles Jensen was tested immediately by Team Red with a flurry of shots that he was able to stop. Team Red soon broke open the game. On a great rush by Geoff Hiebert and Junau St Germain, Alex St Marseilles was able to beat Jensen to open the scoring for Team Red. Just 1:52 late, Team Red took advantage of a power play opportunity to notch their second goal. Cody Hendsbee, passed from the point to Alex Row, who fed the puck to Quinn Carroll who scored Red’s second goal. The second finished with Team White holding a 3-2 lead. At the 10:39 mark of the third, Team Red was
able to tie the game when Shane Woolsey stole the puck in the White end and buried it. The whole period was very exciting with end to end rushes, hard hitting and many scoring chances. The game eventually was decided by sudden death four on four overtime. Team White was victorious when Jon Cyr potted the winner on a great pass from Matt Tugnutt. The team travels to Smiths Falls on Tuesday to take on the Bears and to Brockville on Friday to face the Braves before returning to North Grenville. On Saturday August 24 at 6:00 pm, Kemptville battles Brockville again and on Sunday August 25 at 6:30 pm play the Bears to complete the exhibition season. The 73’s are offering 3 and 5 game flex pass of tickets for regular season home games as well as season tickets. For more information, you can contact the team at kemptville73s@yahoo.com. Catch the Junior A fever!
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Sgt Adam Brown receiving a Queens silver Jubilee medal. He is presently serving in Halifax. Adam attended Holy Cross in Kemptville and St. Marks high school.
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