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June 12, 2013

Guardians of the flame

Kemptville Public School student Josh Rhone carries torch for Special Olympics Monday afternoon, Kemptville Public School participated in the “Law Enforcement Torch Run”.

Constable Stacey Cooper, Inspector Paul Beddard along with the zone coordinator for eastern Ontario, Bill Dixon were on hand to lead the run. Over 125 students from grades four to six took part in the walk which began at the back of the old NG High School and followed a loop to Prescott Street collecting donations from passer-by’s

along the way.

The Ontario Law Enforcement Torch Run is a community based, provincewide event that sees the “Flame of Hope” carried across Ontario by members of Law Enforcement agencies from across the province. The objective of this and other events is to raise funds for, and awareness of, the Special Olympics movement in Ontario.

The Law Enforcement Torch Run has grown into

the most important fund raising effort of Special Olympics programs around the WORLD. In 2012, over $42,000,000 was raised through the Law Enforcement Torch Run movement collectively. The Law Enforcement Torch Run is a program and a mission with two objectives: Raise funds to benefit the programs of Special Olympics and Raise awareness for the programs of Special Olympics.

All funds raised through

Ontario Law Enforcement Torch Run events are directed into program support that directly affects all community Special Olympic Ontario (SOO) programs. Funds are then put into community programs and help pay for various expenses including: games travel, accommodations, meals, staff support to the field, grants to new community programs, volunteer and athlete training, administration and information/ promotional materials and

development initiatives like the ‘School Program’ which opens up opportunities to new athletes. It’s important to have one provincial fundraiser that helps SOO create an “equitable” playing field.

At SOO, small programs, large programs, big cities and small communities are treated with the same level of importance. The development of Special Olympics Ontario is directly related to the success of the Torch Run.

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Oxford Mills new board members elected

On June 6, the Oxford Mills Community Association held its Annual General Meeting. The former board members resigned to make way for a new board.

Ready for an exciting new term are: Dave Habberjam, John Barclay, Jim De vette, Darlene McMartin, Marc Meyer and David Shanahan

North Grenville Author pens trivia book Our good friend Pat Babin recently published a book on American Presidential trivia. It came as a surprise to us here at the NG Times. He had been talking about writing this book, but one day he walked into the office with the book in hand. A fait accompli! I had been so busy these last six months, since the launch of the newspaper, that I had not given the book much thought. It had been my plan (hopefully) to help him with the layout. A missed opportunity for me. Pat has been a huge help these past eight years, first with the NG Newsletter, and then continuing on from there with his Grammar Minute in the Times.

Pat has been a major contributor to so much that has gone on here in North Grenville over the past fifteen years. He played a large role in the creation of Friends of the Library, but he’s done so much more here in our community. I first met him at the original Dandelion Festival almost fifteen years ago.

He was born in Fort Kent, Maine, but now resides in Kemptville. An educator by profession, he received his Master of Science in educational Administration from the University of Maine, Orono, and his Ph.D. in Educational Administration and Curriculum from the University of Ottawa. The recipient of a Ford Institution Leadership Fellowship, he undertook postgraduate research at Harvard University and the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory in Austin, Texas.

The trivia book is a great way to pass the time, and can be enlightening and frustrating all on the same page.

Some things you feel you should know, and others you never knew before. It is another achievement in a life of achievements for Dr. Patrick Babin.

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3,640.36 cents The North Grenville Fire Service received a call for a garage fire at 1887 County Road 43 at approximately 4 pm Saturday, June 8. One person was at home at the time of the fire and escaped without injury. The fire was quickly controlled from spreading to the entire structure. The fire remains under investigation but the Fire Service suspect a malfunctioning battery charger / battery may be the cause.

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I was born with the name Marguerite, not Margaret or Maggie. I have become quite attached to my name over the years. Marguerite, in English, means Daisy. I don’t mind being called Maggie but Margaret just doesn’t fit me. I am not a Margaret. I know many Margarets, and the name seems to suit them, but when I hear myself being called Margaret it makes me feel all wrong. It’s not my name, but pretty close.

So last week, when I mentioned the Customer Appreciation barbecue here in Oxford Mills at Olde Porch Primitives (they happen to be my neighbours), I got the owner’s name wrong. I mean I wasn’t even close.

Her name is Debbie, not Dorothy nor Dot or anything like that. I called her Cathy in my article.

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I wrote the article, sent it off to the editor for proofing and then it went into the paper. Around 6 am Tuesday morning (the day after production day), I woke up thinking about the article and if I had put the right names in. I don’t write articles often. I felt it my duty to get up then and check what I had sent to the printers. To my horror, I read the article and sure enough I had her name wrong. I just couldn’t believe it. I mean I wasn’t even close to getting her name right and since we work across the street from each other we often say hi.

So how did I get her name so horribly wrong?

Dear Debbie, please accept my apologies. I really have no excuse to give only apologies. I have no idea what happened to my brain on Monday.

Sincerely, Daisy, Oxford Mills

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New Business in Old Town Kemptville Tu e s d a y m o r n i n g brought forth a new business to the downtown core of Kemptville. At 9 am, Array Hair Salon opened its doors for the first time to the people of North Grenville. Sidney and Sheri, a mother and daughter team, have gone into business together and we at NG Times wish them the most success possible.

I was their first customer of the day, and a little nervous as we all are when trying out a new hairdresser. Sheri sat me down on the chair and we discussed what I

wanted and she then gave me some suggestions on how to improve on that. I wanted a trim, just a trim.

I hated my bangs and felt they were too straight. I always find hairdressers have a tendency to cut more off than I actually want them to. An hour later, when all was done, I had the perfect haircut.

The one I wanted to have.

I loved it!

Thank you Sheri and Sidney for giving me a pleasant hour and leaving me to walk out of your doors feeling really good about myself!

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Another unique dining experience comes to North Grenville Residents Jessica and Phil Carswell have opened a new restaurant at 115 Sanders Street, Comfort by AJ’s, food with a global twist.

At the grand opening, guests sampled the many delicacies prepared by Chef Phil Carswell, through AJ's Catering Inc.: Lamb Sheppard’s Pie, a Spicy Shrimp, their own upscale version of Macaroni and Cheese and a spicy Watermelon Punch. At the ribbon cutting, Members of Council, the Chamber, the BIA and many others were present to welcome the new business to Old Town Kemptville.

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“What is it?” Fun with Books

by Marguerite Boyer Over a year ago, Jancy Watkins wrote a lovely children’s story and had it submitted to Fun With Books. In Jancy’s house, each day ended with ‘book club’ in one of her girl’s bedrooms. They would get comfy and read the same beloved books night after night. Her book, ‘What is it?’, was inspired by all those evenings of reading June 12, 2013

to her own children. Once the book was accepted, she then sought out someone to work on the illustrations and that someone happened to be me. The process began.

Jancy and I sat down together, drawing out thumbnails of ideas for each page. It took me almost a year to get those drawings done, while poor Jancy fretted away, probably regretting her choice

of artist (I have been working on an illustration of the Forestry Centre trails for years now. I may get it done when I retire).

But we got it done, and last week it was finally published by Fun With Books, which is a nonprofit charitable organization that has been distributing books free of charge to youngsters in Leeds and Grenville since December, 1993. Fun With Book is funded, in part, by the

United Way in the United Counties, and so have a mandate to provide books just in this area. Their mission statement consists of two goals: to instill a love of reading and books in preschoolers so that they will have a better chance of success in their years of schooling, and to encourage children and their parents to spend some time every day reading and experiencing books together.

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children in the program receive a new book written, illustrated and printed locally which is theirs to keep. They continue receiving books every second month until they are five years old, when they are awarded a graduation certificate and a letter to the parents, encouraging them to keep reading with their children.

To be part of the Fun With Books program, a child must be under five

years of age and live in Leeds and Grenville. To find out more about Fun With books go to their web site: http://www.funwithbooks.org.

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by Barb Tobin The Department of Parks, Culture and Recreation is moving full steam ahead to meet the challenges we have now and will have as our community continues to grow.

Currently we have received proposals to help take a full scale look at Riverside Park .The staff is interested in developing the parklands to make good use of the lands and current buildings and fields now and for future use.

Staff are developing a capital projects long range work plan to help manage current facilities and possible new facili-

ties. Short and long range planning is an essential bench mark for staff and council to budget and keep facilities repaired as well as add to the compliment of present recreation areas. A plan allows our amenities to be reviewed and discussed over time and allow for alterations.

For every facility, there must be a budget for staff time, maintenance and regulation changes for all recreational items.

Providing, maintaining and expanding our existing and developing cultural and recreational amenities is an important selling feature in North Grenville. Such amenities attract potential residents but also play a key role in having residents continue to enjoy the lifestyle provided already in our community.

Since the building of our soccer fields, ball diamonds, municipal centre, skate park, library and revamping of our pool and curling club, we have acquired many solid recreational and cultural facilities. As we grow we will continue to need a thoughtful affordable

reation is very important.

Thus why we continue to review and update plans, looking ahead at community wants and future use.

We have a cultural mapping process started that will also provide a clear overview as to what is in place and the direction we would like to move towards in the future.

We have been lucky to have strong partnerships and sponsorships develop in the last several years.

The director has committed to revitalizing advertising and promotional opportunities for the public at these facilities. The new program was a result of a new direction that Director Mark Guy has promoted to council. He saw a need and wanted to help continue developing our relationships in the community. In the new price point plan, the staff has committed to bringing in other dollars to meet the funding required to run our current inventory.

Council was on board with this direction and adopted it in this year’s budget.

In 2013, the facilities rates have provided

expansion and also maintain our current inventory.

Fresh ideas are always of interest to staff and they have had several discussions on revamping existing areas and new ideas for possible recreation changes with residents.

The Trails Strategy is entering the next stages of implementation and will be a key element in decisions made by the department. Originally the funding for the trails was money from the Ministry of Health. They supported the need to provide pathways for citizens to exercise, by biking, running and walking on trails. The healthy lifestyles combination is very appropriate and the trails strategy committee are working on communication of location, styles of trails, and what and where to create additional links for usage.

An important need is a charted course for maintenance and new development as we grow but also for our ability to sustain the areas that are already important recreational and cultural landmarks. Having dollars to maintain and grow our culture and rec-

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RE: PART OF PIN 68122-0256(LT) BEING PART OF LOT 22, CONCESSION 4 BEING PART 1 ON A DRAFT REFERENCE PLAN, SIGNED BY JOHN H. KENNEDY, O.L.S. ON THE 6TH DAY OF MAY, 2013, GEOGRAPHIC TOWNSHIP OF OXFORD, MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH GRENVILLE, COUNTY OF GRENVILLE The said plan is available for inspection at the Land Registry office or the office of the Solicitor for the Applicant Grenville Land Registry Office # 15 ServiceOntario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services 499 Centre Street Prescott, ON K0E 1T0

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TAKE NOTICE THAT 2210622 Ontario Inc., herein called the Applicant, intends to apply to be registered as the owner with an absolute title to the above described land.

AND TAKE NOTICE THAT any person claiming to have any title to or interest in the said land or any part of it is required on or before July 15, 2013 (which is more than thirty days from the date this notice was served) to file a statement of objection, setting out the nature and extent of the interest claimed in the objection, together with all evidence, documents or legal provisions and precedents for such objection, verified by affidavit, directed to the Land Registrar at the address of the solicitor for the Applicant set out above. If no such statement of objection is filed by July 15, 2013, I shall proceed with the application and any interest you may claim in the subject property will be thereby extinguished and you will not be entitled to receive any further notice with respect to the proceedings.

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a reduced rental rate for taxpayers when using their community owned assets. As a result of the new pricing, residents will have a lower rental rate than our outside non community users. The same philosophy has been applied to not for profit local organizations to help them with their fundraising. With this new price point plan, the staff has committed to bringing in the other dollars through advertising.

In early June the staff will be holding a morning event to discuss the possibilities with local businesses and organizations.

The "get your name in the game" opportunities will allow naming rights and other advertising possibilities for our community partners.

To get your Name in the Game or if you want your company name to be part of the very public locations, contact the municipality. We have many opportunities and price ranges that can help you advertise your company and support community facilities.

If you have ideas for

recreation or culture, please speak to myself or staff. The new strategic plan discussion paper makes mention of some possible structural designs that we could add to compliment use and accommodate future growth.

Staff is very excited about this new step in working with our community, looking ahead to an exciting future in parks, culture and recreation. If you are interested in hearing more please contact myself or staff. btobin@northgrenville.on.ca

Rideau-Sanders triangle Revitalization Plan The Municipality of North Grenville has recently begun work on a Revitalization Plan for the Rideau-Sanders triangle in downtown Kemptville.

The plan will lay out a vision for the future and begin the process of identifying opportunities to develop the area into a vibrant neighbourhood and key connector of the County Rd. 43 Commercial Corridor to the North and Old Town Kemptville to the South. The Rideau-Sanders triangle is a strategic location which lends itself to many exciting opportunities for future growth.

Comprehensive community consultation will be a critical part of the planning process in order to ensure that the recommendations brought forth are in harmony with the needs and values of our residents and business owners alike. Community members will be given the opportunity to engage in the consultation process by participating in public walking tours and attending town hall meetings throughout the summer months. More information about these opportunities will be shared soon.

“The time is right to focus efforts on this key growth area” says Teri Devine, Economic Development Coordinator. “With change comes opportunity and this area has incredible potential for both residential and commercial investment attraction if we work together to form a shared vision.”

For more information on this project and how you can get involved, please contact Forbes Symon, Director of Planning & Development, at 613-2589569 ext. 125 or fsymon@northgrenville.on.ca.

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A quiet revolution coming

by David Shanahan Things are happening in North Grenville, and, no, I am not setting you up for a joke. I remember saying during the last Municipal election that the term of the current Council would be one of the most important and historic in our short history. And it is happening, as expected.

It is a quiet revolution, in fact, an almost unnoticed series of changes that are going on behind the scenes. We all know about the huge increase in population which is expected to take place over the next ten years. From around 16,000, we may have more than 25,000 people living in North Grenville by 2023. Most of this increase will take place in Kemptville, as it is the designated development zone in the municipality. This will be brought about by the building of thousands of new homes, (already approved by Council in their wisdom) of which about 3,000 will be in the area north of 43 and west of 44, adjacent to Food Basics.

To help cope with the

accompanying increase in traffic between the 416 exit and Somerville Road, the United Counties plan to turn 43 into a fourlane highway along that stretch. This will involve building a new bridge over the South Branch, and adding a few more traffic circles (roundabouts, as some of us call them).

Colonnade, of course, will continue to expand its concrete presence over the years, adding what is essentially a second downtown to Kemptville.

We have already started the process of expansion and improvement. There are five separate County projects in progress at the moment, including the work on Clothier that is causing such fun for drivers right now. There is also the railway bridge project on 44, the Oxford Station Road ramp on the 416, a few other roadworks, all of which are reminding commuters why they moved out of the city in the first place!

But these are the surface changes, the ones

that we can see. Other, perhaps more far-reaching changes, are taking place in the administration of the municipality and these are happening behind the scenes. The on-going campaign to resist the LaFarge corporation opening a new pit on Bennett Road has reached Council, albeit in a rather disappointing manner. Council continues to surrender without firing a shot, by simply saying there’s nothing they can do to stop the project, even if they vote against it. All well and true, but they could at least put up more of a loud protest in the ears of the Province and the corporation. But this, too, is going to change in the next eighteen months.

At the next municipal election, two of the current Council are planning to retire (Terry Butler and Ken Finnerty), and there are strong rumours that the other two (Barb Tobin and Tim Sutton) may be running for Mayor, whether David Gordon chooses to run again or not.

This means a com-

pletely new set of Councillors next time and a corresponding increase in the potential power of the next Mayor. If it is one of the three named, they will be the only one on the next Council with experience in the position. It will require a lot of thought and consideration before we decide who gets our vote then. Who will run for Council in 2014? Will they have any experience of working for the community, or will they be individuals who see an opening and decide they’d like the job? May I say right now: I will not be among them. There are some who believe that we started this newspaper and invested so much time, money and sweat, just so I could run for Council.

Not so. Let me repeat: not so! I already have three jobs, and I think this one is important.

So, a brand new Council - of how many Councillors? We have increased the size and professionalism of so many parts of our municipal administration,

yet these five insist they have no need for help.

But you know what I think about that. Their record speaks for itself.

But more changes are taking place at the Municipal Centre. We have a relatively new Chief Administrative Officer (head of the staff) in Brian Carre, and he has proved most impressive in his first period in office. Unlike his predecessor, he is clearly in charge and is obviously well respected by everyone he deals with. He is also a professional who has identified numerous areas where administration and operations have been lax, or even illegal.

These he is changing, and it can be painful. There are leases that he has shown to be invalid, in spite of being drawn up and signed by both parties in good faith. He has had to change those. He is set on doing things right, and that will also involve some pain, as previously more informal (and invalid) ways of doing business have to adjust to laws, regulations and

other requirements. This is a good move and, in the medium term, will bring benefits. The transition may not be so enjoyable but the future will bring more security and people will know what to expect.

There are still, of course, many things to address and fix and these will continue to vex and irritate some. But there is definite change in the air and it promises great things for North Grenville if we continue to watch and play our collective part. Insurance issues, for example, are making it harder for the community to continue to be as involved as we have been in the past. That has to change too: without the voluntary sector, North Grenville will not survive as the community we know and of which we are part. Vigilance, co-operation, involvement and, yes, criticism where needed, are all part of the quiet revolution that has started and which will bring us...who knows where?

event will have lots of traditional kid's games including a Tug-of-War Challenge between local schools and between the hamlets of North Grenville (talkin' to you, Bishop's Mills). Returning this year is our Vendors Market (including Blue Gypsy Winery with their amazing fruit vinegar reductions), face painting, free cake!, a "Fish Tank" and a critter display/demo (spiders, snakes and lizards, oh my!). The OMCA will be announcing the winner of an original painting, donated by Don Munz, of the Maplewood Hall Bell Tower (valued at $1200) at 2pm. The Lion's Club will also be back this year to sell hotdogs, hamburgers and drinks. They'll also choose and present the winner of their 50/50

draw (last years' winner won over $1800) at 3pm.

Tickets for both the Lion's Club draw and the OMCA's draw will be sold at the event.

Watch: Canada Day in Oxford Mills (2011) http:// youtu.be/xEmPD1ii4H4 and Canada Day in Oxford Mills (2012) (coming soon)

Canada Day in Oxford Mills

Photo Courtesy of Peet Dukes The Oxford Mills Community Association invites you and your family to celebrate Canada Day in Oxford Mills - 11:30 am to 4 pm. Admission to Maplewood Park and Maplewood Hall is FREE.

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noon sharp in front of the Old Oxford-on-Rideau Township Hall (former Library) followed by music from popular local musicians Grenville Grass, Celtic music by David Shanahan, Gerry McGrath

and Glenna Hunter, John & Terry Brewer as Jones Street, Elegant Solutions, and new this year, Blue Enloe and his Burning Sensations! The Master of Ceremonies for the day is David Shanahan. The

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by Lis Angus Crowds filled the North Grenville Curling Club arena last Friday evening and Saturday morning, taking advantage of the large selection and low prices at HeyDay. This was HeyDay’s 53rd year.

Each June since 1961, the Kemptville District Hospital Auxiliary has organized a gigantic yard sale to raise funds for hospital equipment. The items for sale always fill the entire Curling Club arena, overflowing to the yard outside.

Sales figures aren’t yet finalized, but the result was either a record or close to it.

Shoppers came from miles around to snap up bargains in clothing, books, linens, china, jewelry, craft supplies, electrical appliances, furniture and sporting goods. Children and parents swarmed the toy section.

At 1:00 pm on Saturday, winners of all the draws and raffles were announced. The big winner was Shawn Foley of Kemptville, who won $2,780 on the 50-50 draw.

Other raffle winners were Marilyn Adams, Al Bailey, Crawford Barkhouse, Louise Beaudoin, Dorothy Christie, Eva Francoeur, D. Graff, Vivian Howe, Greg Leonard, Corrie Mather, Dee Dee June 12, 2013

Mehlman, Stephen Robinson, Carol Sawatsky, M. Smith, Terry Sullivan, Rachel Tennant, Sue Toussant, Russ Turcotte, Diana Uloth, Bill White, and Marion White.

Prizes included donations from Brigadoon Restaurant, Business Strategies, Canadian Tire, Colin Goodfellow, Shirley & Bob Perry, Pioneer Nursery, Harry Pratt, Rideau Woodland Ramble, and Rooney Feeds.

Dozens of volunteers participated in the setup and operation of HeyDay, contributing hundreds of hours over four days from Wednesday through Saturday. Lions and Rotary Club members helped with set-up and other tasks.

The items sold at HeyDay were contributed by North Grenville residents, who did their best to donate only usable items in good repair and to respect the list of items that could not be donated.

In addition to thanking the volunteers, donors and shoppers, the KDH Auxiliary would like to thank the many businesses and groups that contributed to Hey Day’s success this year. This includes too many to list here—including some 200 who posted the HeyDay flyer to advertise the event—but several deserve special mention.

The Curling Club rented their facilities to the

Auxiliary for the event and provided gracious and unfailing support during the four days that Hey Day occupied their premises.

Mike Martin of Super Sound Productions set up a sound system and broadcast live announcements and commentary on both Friday evening and Saturday morning.

The Kemptville Players ran the children’s centre (toys, games and books), and the Kemptville Horticultural Society organized and ran the plant section.

Kemptville Truck Centre and Rona (formerly Kemptville Building Centre) generously contributed trucks and drivers to pick up large items. Total Move Management were of great assistance with cleanup and transporting unsold items.

Canteen supplies were donated by Albert’s Meat Shop, Beking Poultry Farm, Giant Tiger and Lanthier Bakery. B&H Foodliner contributed food items for the canteen and Betsy Boxes, as well as lending grocery carts, which were of great help in transporting goods during the sorting and set-up process.

Dumpsters were provided by “Fast Eddie” Auto Recycling & Container Service, a much appreciated service.

The Salvation Army received unsold clothing at

the end of HeyDay. Unsold books went to organizers of the October Book Fair, which will jointly benefit North Grenville Community Living and the Friends of the Library. Selected unsold furniture and other items were donated to House of Lazarus.

The KDH Auxiliary is already looking ahead

photo credit Ian Angus to 2014. Next year’s Hey Day, on the second weekend in June, will be the fifty-fourth year this special event takes place.

With co-operation from our North Grenville and area neighbors, the Auxiliary hopes to make it the most successful Hey Day yet.

Total Move Management provided three large moving trucks and crews on a charitable basis to assist Hey Day with closing down the Curling Club at the end of HeyDay. Display tables and Hey Day support materials were moved to Hey Day storage facilities, and surplus furniture, effects and clothing were delivered to the Salvation Army in Kemptville and the House of Lazarus in Mountain.

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Old Town Kemptville Business Improvement Area

By John Barclay, BIA Coordinator Last month’s column was all about the resiliency of Old Town businesses during the five day closing of Prescott Street in April. Guess what this month’s column is about?

Retailers and restaurants downtown had good reason to believe they were under siege with the double whammy of the Clothier Street construction coinciding with the closure of County Road 44 from Bedell to Beach Roads. This section of 44 will be closed for six months for repair to the CPR Overpass (known to kids of all ages as Whoopee Hill). The BIA is working closely with the Municipality, the County and the Contractor to ensure everything goes as smoothly and as quickly as possible on both these essential infrastructure projects. From all reports, the responsiveness and consideration shown by the Dalcon team, contracted for both projects, has been wonderful. Better detour signs and direction signs to downtown are in the works and should be up soon. Please tell everyone that the businesses in Old Town Kemptville are definitely open, “share your pain” in the delays and detours you’re experiencing and appreciate your continued patronage.

There IS some good construction news, however, and that is that the former Scotiabank remediation project is almost finished with Asa Street expected to re-open this weekend. There’s a lot of speculation about what kind of business will eventually occupy this space on the sunny side of Prescott Street; most people are wishing for something that has a patio now that the summer weather has finally arrived. Whatever business moves in, they’ll receive the same warm welcome that the BIA extended to the following new enterprises: Designer Consignor (148 Prescott), Comfort by AJ’s (115 Sanders), DOA Apparel (10 Prescott Street) and Array Hair Studio (201 Prescott Street) Upcoming Events: Enter the BIA’s Father’s Day Draw for a Deluxe Car Care Kit from Benson’s Auto Parts and an Eco Drive Citizen watch from SuGold Jewellers at participating stores downtown (look for the Enter Here signs). The winner will be chosen at the official opening of the Show & Shine Car Show at Riverside Park on June 16. The Big Brothers, Big Sisters’ RibFest takes place this same weekend at the Municipal Centre. Don’t forget the Kemptville Kinsmen Farmers’ Market is open every Sunday from noon to 4 pm. Finally, mark your calendars for the 3rd Annual Pirates Day (September 14), the 2nd Annual Kreepy Kemptville (October 26), and the 3rd Annual Old Town Christmas event (date TBA).

We’d like to remind you that Old Town Kemptville is family owned and operated, not corporate owned and operated. The money you spend downtown stays in the community. We are a close-knit group with a strong sense of community and a history of working closely with the institutions and groups that make this area special. Please join other Friends of the Downtown online by liking our Facebook page (www. facebook.com/OldTownKemptville) or following us on Twitter (@ OldTownKemptvil).

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My View Film Festival

by David Shanahan

(Above) Dylan Bogie and Liam Ryan accept their cheque for $1000.00 as the winners of the MyView Youth Film Festival which concluded on May 25 at the Dandelion Festival in Kemptville. Bogie and Ryan split the prize down the middle as both of their films, “Changes” and “One Wouldn’t Hurt”, tied for the top spot in the festival and in the “My Health” category. Pictured with Dylan and Liam are Drew MacLean, Program Coordinator at the Kemptville Youth Centre; Diana Steadman, Public Health Nurse at the Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Units; and Drew Hosick, Morning Show Host on StarFM 97.5 and MyView Judge.

Theresa Graham accepts her iPad, the runner-up prize in the MyView Youth Film Festival. Theresa’s Film “Being Yourself” was not only the runner-up video but also won in the category “My Culture”. To see this and other videos from the MyView Youth Film Festival, you can visit the Festival website at www.myviewfilmfest.ca.

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There are times when you just have to relax and read something fun, and for me, that has always been either fantasy or mystery stories. Best fantasy, after the brilliant Tolkien, of course, are by writers like Guy Gavriel Kay and Stephen Donaldson. Donaldson’s Thomas Covenant books are really amazing, although the latest trilogy, “The Runes of the Earth, doesn’t measure up to the first two. An example of not quitting when you’re ahead. His series on “Mordant’s Need” is extremely good, in my opinion. Having a female lead character is still unusual enough to be noteworthy.

But right now, it is the mystery novels that have grabbed my time. Above all others, I love Colin Dexter’s “Morse” books, my favourite fictional character, and one that was wonderfully personified and expanded by the late John Thaw on television.

That led in turn to the “Inspector Lewis” series that has just ended on British TV, and which lived up to the Morse standard, something I didn’t believe possible.

The books I’m reading now are by Anne Perry, and are set in Victorian London. Inspector Monk and Hester Latterly are well-drawn characters who bring life the mores and limitations of Victorian society. Hester, as a nurse

returning from working with Florence Nightingale in the Crimea, has to face the deeply rooted chauvinism of the medical establishment. Monk, who we first find waking up in a hospital with no memory of what had come before in his life, is a complicated and interesting man at war with his own past and what he fears he will find there should he recover his memory.

Good stories, good characters, and a nice running plot line concerning the main protagonists make this series one to enjoy. More good writers, aside from the obvious P. D. James’ Inspector Dalgliesh? How about Peter Robinson and his books set in Yorkshire, and featuring Inspector Alan Banks?

The English-born Robinson now lives in Canada, but has retained genuine feeling for the landscape and society of the north of England. In quite a similar way, Ian Rankin has captured Edinburgh life in his books centring on Inspector Rebus. Both men like their music and their whiskey, and find themselves on the outside sometimes, torn between their job and their sanity and homelife.

All of the above are worth a look, but as fiction is ridiculously subjective in terms of what people like to read, take these only as suggestions. A good read is always worth the effort of finding it in the first place.

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Photographer Dave Percy Taken in the Nation River Conservation/Reserve Area, just east of Kemptville. I wanted to test out a new camera, went for a walk with my Canon 6D and 24-105 mm lens, the mosquitoes that tagged along were not invited. This usually dreary brown, muddy swamp/bog conservation area seemed to jump to life and turn green overnight and for once this spring the sun was shinning, 300 shots later and a few mosquito bites, I had a couple I liked.

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When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

by David Shanahan Although we live in a predominantly rural landscape here in North Grenville, we would find it very hard to recognise the place just a couple of hundred years ago. The country was covered by dark forests, tall trees blocking out the sun as they soared more than a hundred feet into the sky. Giant pine trees provided shelter for animals and man, and man fitted into his environment, rather than fighting against it. The First Nations hunted, fished, trapped, tapped trees for sugar, built their homes and made their tools and dishes from the forest.

When Europeans arrived in eastern Ontario, they had a very different attitude to the great forests: they hated them.

They found the dark immensity frightening, a barrier to settlement, so they began to clear land for farming. The great trees were cut down and the wood not used for housing, barns and fencing was burned along with the great root systems, to produce potash. This was the first real crop of the settlers, traded for goods and food. It was extremely valuable for making soap, as a fertiliser, and was exported in large quantities from Canada to Great Britain. Of course, as a result of this trade, the forest started to disappear at a fast rate.

The other major market for these trees was the Royal Navy, which required enormous quantities of tall, straight trees as masts for their ships, and the timber industry became a major factor in the economy of Ontario throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

This industry created numerous problems for future generations. Initially, the tall pines being cut for the navy were squared off, which literally means they had their sides cut to form a square tree which was required to fit into the ships which transported them to Britain. This left behind about two-thirds of every tree cut, an amazing waste of resources, but considered irrelevant given the June 12, 2013

apparently inexhaustible supply in Canada. Then, when the smaller trees and branches were being harvested to be sawn into planks, or turned into pulp for paper-making, more waste was produced by lopping off branches, or cutting down young trees to get at the more mature ones. Not only was this more waste, but it led to incredibly large and damaging forest fires, which contributed to the loss of yet more of the forests.

This was not fully recognized at the time. In fact, people in the nineteenth century used to set fire to the forests, not just to clear them, but to enjoy the sight, sound and smell of the burning trees.

Some of these forest burnings lasted for months, as the smoke rose above the aboriginal forests. But no one understood the damage that was being done in the long term by removing the thick cover of these great forests. The fact was that much of the land in eastern Ontario, for example, was shallow and vulnerable to erosion once the trees were removed.

After just a few years, farmers found their harvests were dwindling year after year, as the sandy and shallow soil was losing its nutrients, drying up and blowing away.

In other places, rain and streams were washing away the soil cover, and depositing large quantities in river and lake beds, killing fish stocks in the process. Entire areas were reduced to sandy deserts.

Where the land had once been darkened by these huge, tall forests, Ontario farmers were now being forced to heat their homes using coal, because of the shortage of wood. Mills closed because of lack of wood and because the streams on which they were sited were drying up as the old watersheds lost their capacity to store water. This led to drought in summers and devastating

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spring floods. This effect is seen in North Grenville even today, when people find it difficult to imagine that the South Branch at Prescott Street bridge in Kemptville could ever have been strong enough to run a number of grist and saw mills. Hard as it is to believe today, because of deforestation, parts of eastern Ontario were soon covered by sand dunes where once there had been farms, homes, churches and settlement.

Limerick Forest is a prime example of this phenomenon. Those who walk and hunt there today are struck by the clear remains of a planned road system, ruins of houses, and old fences of farms long gone. By the 1920's, what is now Limerick Forest had gone from being settled farm land, to being a sandy desert, abandoned by its inhabitants and left to the mercy of time and nature. The same story was repeated throughout Ontario, as the long-term effects of removing the tree cover became apparent.

Toward the end of the nineteenth century, a number of concerned individuals began to recognise the urgent need to reverse this process and to reforest the Province as much as possible. The work required was formidable. In addition to the huge areas that were completely cleared of trees, those forested areas that had survived were full of very low-quality trees, as the hardwood and high quality trees had been culled over the years, leaving only the poorer quality behind to propagate and fill in the void. The original forests were all gone, none of any size left.

Reversing the history of the landscape would take imagination and years of work. The Ferguson Forest Centre in North Grenville has been at the centre of that work from the earliest days and that is what we will look at next.

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$5000 Raised For Kids Camp Activities

Gord Logan NG Times staff lending a helping hand to Laura Ansell (far left) and Maryan Bell A grand total of $5248.70 through coffee sales and donations combined was raised at Tim Horton’s Camp Day activities. Ingrid Kohling, Store operator, extends a BIG thank-you to all customers and local businesses for their generous donations as well as to all volunteers and Camp Day committee members for making this day such a huge success!

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Bible studies: How much have you known?

by David Shanahan I once knew a man in our fellowship in Dublin who used to challenge us regularly. He didn’t really mean to: he just spoke out of his heart and somehow that allowed no equivocation, no dodging the facts.

We would be singing a hymn or a chorus and really enjoying ourselves, when he would stop to ask: “Do you really mean those words you’re singing?” A very simple question, but one that required an honest answer. It wasn’t a matter of legalism, it was simply a question that reached into your soul and threw a light on your walk.

I have always tried to live by that insight: not to sing words I didn’t mean or believe. Now, there are times when I must sing out in faith, not feeling the truth of the words, but knowing that they are true nevertheless. I may not feel the joy, or the reassurance, or even the basic assurance, as the circumstances of life intrude and temporarily blind me to the reality of my life in Christ.

I can be mean at times, I know. I can be bad-tempered, bad-mannered and not very nice: but I know God loves me, that he will always love me.

That is the criterion I use to judge myself sometimes. Do I really know the truth, even when I don’t seem to feel it, or when

I am faced with doubts about myself and fears about life. Those are not bad things: Paul confessed that: “...when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn—conflicts on the outside, fears within.”

2 Cor. 7.5. I know that, in the forty years I have known the Lord, I have been poverty-stricken and very comfortable, healthy and ill, and all of the things that make this life what it is in a fallen world.

But, there are certain things, certain verses of Scripture, that I keep holding on to in the bad times and rejoicing in when things are going well. I know that if I can speak these out in joy and sadness, always knowing they are true, then the end is not yet. There is, for example, one Psalm that makes non-believers very uncomfortable, but means the world to me. Psalm 139 talks about how nothing is hidden from God, that he knows all we think and feel and say, even before we know ourselves. It speaks of our days being ordained even before we were born: “Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be” [verse 16]. The Psalmist says that God “hems me in, behind and before”, and he finds this so reassuring.

Do you?

The Lord wants us to know the joy and the peace that he brings to us, not just

to believe it is possible, but to know it, even in the worst circumstances.

His love for his children is eternal and “his loving kindness is better than life”. What a lovely word: “loving kindness”. That is his heart towards his children. Are you one of those? There is no reason not to be: don’t be content with second-hand relationships with God. Don’t think you need someone to intercede for you. He died for you, and he loves you. The writer of Hebrews says it so plainly: “Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” [Hebrews 10.19-23] If you don’t know what this means, or you don’t have that confidence and full assurance, ask him.

Ask someone, but ask and you will receive. He does not want us to be ignorant, or to go with less than what he has for us. Time to look, and ask, and seek and knock.

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Boys Soccer earns Gold Medal at Eastern Ontario Championships

by Christopher Finner The St. Michael Senior Boys soccer team traveled to Carleton Place on May 29 for the AA Eastern Ontario regional championships held at Notre Dame.

The team earned the right to represent LGSSAA at the championship with an 8 to 0 victory over BCI of Brockville in the local championship.

At EOSSAA, the Mustangs defeated L’Escale (from the Prescott-Russell league) by a score of 4 to 1 to open the day. Striker Bryghton Levere netted a pair while veteran Charles Bigras and high-flying Lucais McKay-Ronacher also each scored. The Mustangs next defeated Fellowes (from the Upper Ottawa Valley league) 2 – 0 to complete pool play.

Alex Cornel and Ethan York both scored for the Mustangs.

Finally, the boys advanced to the championship match against Holy

Trinity of Cornwall. Trinity defeated Sydenham and Perth to reserve their place in the final game. The match was a true test of character and heart as St. Mike’s found themselves down 2 to 1 in the second half, playing with their back-up keeper, and playing down a man due to a questionable red card. In the end though, the boys enthusiastically celebrated a come from behind 4 to 2 gold medal victory. Goals were provided by Zach Poirier, Alex Cornel, and Captain Eric Cornel (who scored a pair on penalty kicks). Stout defensive abilities were demonstrated by Liam Lawless, Ben Huton, and Colin Armstrong-Giroux who have anchored the back end all season. Jason Hart displayed his versatility by playing wherever needed all day long. Zachary Marques was a sparkplug with his tenacious effort at both ends of the pitch.

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Wylick continued to dazzle opponents with his nifty footwork and impressive desire.

The coaches could not have been prouder of the determination and teamwork exhibited by their athletes. Many obstacles have been place in their way this season, but the boys continue to rise to the occasion. The Mustangs travel to Stratford during the first week of June to compete in the OFSAA Championship.

The team is coached by Mr. Campeau assisted by Mr. Finner, and Mustang alumni Spencer Mulvaney and Ben Trolly.

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Historical Society seeks local family history The North Grenville Historical Society (NGHS) is looking for people around the community who would love to do some family history research, or scan photographs from the Society’s collection, or even to go through newspapers and boxes of material to tell us what’s in them!

Do you have family records - photographs, letters, family Bibles, or other documents and things - that you would like to see preserved in our local Archives, or that you would be

willing to have copied and scanned or photographed for the Archives? We would love to oblige.

The fact is that the NGHS and the NG Archives have gathered an enormous quantity of material over the years, and not all of it has been catalogued. It has only been since we found a home at the old Town Hall in Kemptville that we have had an opportunity to look through what we have and even begin to organise it properly.

In the past few years,

we have answered almost two hundred inquiries from people all over Canada and, indeed, from around the world, looking for information on everything from their family history to the location of graves, houses and property. These inquiries have all be dealt with without charge, and we would very much like to continue doing so.

In addition, we have added literally thousands of pages of documents which were scanned from files at

the Ontario Archives and Library and Arc h i v e s C a n a d a . We have copies, or originals, of records of various Women’s Institute branches, service organisations, stores and mills and individuals.

Now we need to take a step back and see what we have and how we can arrange it all so that it is more easily accessible and useful in the work we and members of our community want to undertake.

Which brings us back to you! If you would like to pick a

The Voice of North Grenville subject (maps, census records, cemetery records, newspapers, etc.) or a place (your home, your land, your hamlet or street), you can come in to the Archives fo an hour or two every week, or month, and help sort through what we have. Training will be provided to everyone, and the work will always be supervised and directed, so there is no need to worry that you won’t know what to do. The material in the North Grenville Archives is owned by the NGHS, but “belongs” to the entire community. We value it, and will not allow anyone to do anything to harm it, so be

reassured. You can have fun and add so much to the history of North Grenville. Believe me, the problem is that, once you start looking through newspapers, pictures, documents, or whatever, you will find it hard to stop!

Anyone interested in joining in this project should contact the Archives at 613-2584401, or by e-mail at david@historynorthgrenville.ca. Our usual open day is Tuesday, but if that is not suitable, let us know and we can arrange other times for your visit.

You will find it fascinating and fun, we promise.

5th Annual Champions for Kids Fun Run/Walk “Strive for Five!”

South Branch Elementary: Fundraising Success for CHEO

The Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) is gearing up to host its 5th annual Champions for Kids Fun Run/ Walk called “Strive for Five!” on Sunday, June 16, Father’s Day, at the Ferguson Forest Centre in Kemptville.

This year, event organizers have a goal to raise $5,000 for the foundation which supports families of children who can’t afford to play sports or enjoy the arts outside of school hours, as well as families whose children require medical care. “We’re so excited to reach this goal, and we know we can do it,” says event chair Sarah Crawford.

As in previous years, participants are invited to participate in the onekilometre or five-kilometre walk/run as individual participants or centipede teams. Centipede teams are groups of five to eight people who walk or run in costume and stay tied together in some unique way.

“This year we are challenging schools, staff, school councils, community partners, daycare providers, and all interested parties to submit a centipede team of at least five members,” says Crawford. “Centipede teams are a lot of fun for groups of families, friends, or coworkers.” “We also understand that some of us would rather finish the event individually, and not tied to a team,” laughs Crawford. “That option is

The students and staff at South Branch Elementary School have seen great success recently fundraising for two very important causes.

Throughout May 6-11, the school hosted a Silent Art Auction which raised $1,300 for the Upper Canada District School Board’s Champions for Kids Foundation.

In addition, South Branch is the top school for fundraising to support the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario’s (CHEO) “Bear Wear” clothing campaign.

Students and staff sold $1,198 in clothing, and a cheque was presented live on air at the CHEO telethon on June 9.

“We have been the top-selling school every year but once since we joined this particular campaign,” says Principal Karen Bryan. “Our students and staff are very focused on fundraising to help the local community, and it’s certainly paying off.”

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still very popular too! It’s nice to have the choice.”

Crawford said she’s also thrilled that the event has once again partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Leeds and Grenville which will be hosting Ribfest at the same location. “Both events have one common goal in mind – to support children in our communities,” she says. “After the walk/run, participants are invited to visit Ribfest next door and enjoy KIDZONE, face painting, bounce house, petting zoo, pony rides, skee ball, basketball, arcade games, balloons, and of course, ribs!”

Prizes will be awarded to the participant who raises the most money in pledges, has the best costume (for centipede teams), shows the best spirit and is the youngest and most senior in age.

Registration begins at 9:00 a.m., with a 10:00 a.m. start for the one-kilometre event and a 10:15 a.m. start for the fivekilometre event.

"In the past four years, we have contributed over $10,000 to Champions for Kids. It is truly rewarding to know that the money raised goes right back into the hands of families who see the benefits immediately."

The minimum pledge is $20 for families or individual runners, and $100 for centipede teams.

“I’ve run twice now,” says North Grenville District High School Princi-

pal Steve Sharp. “It was a wonderful experience; lots of fun with my family and colleagues for a great cause. Then we got to eat some ribs!”

Crawford would like to thank TD Canada Trust locations in Kemptville and the Brockville Shopping Centre for their ongoing support of this event. For the last three years, TD has sponsored student centipede teams from schools in their local area.

New this year, branch managers from Perth, Prescott and downtown Brockville have joined in to sponsor teams from Glen Tay Public School, South Grenville District High School, and Brockville Collegiate Institute.

Crawford would specifically like to thank TD representatives Kimberly Bologna of Kemptville, Joe Dorrington of the Brockville Shopping Centre, Michael Rath of Perth, Lisa Tyo-Chatterton of Prescott, and David Keenleyside of downtown Brockville for getting on board.

In addition, Crawford would like to thank accountant Anthony Fritz for sponsoring a Lyn Public School team, Team Solutions for sponsoring a team from Big Brothers Big Sisters, St. Lawrence College for sponsoring two teams to participate, and Walmart for sponsoring a student team from Kemptville Public School for the third year in a row.

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June 14-16 Kemptville Ribfest. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Leeds & Grenville is hosting third annual Kemptville RibFest at the North Grenville Municipal Centre June 15 Salad Supper with Strawberry Shortcake, St. Andrew's United Church, Bishop's MillS CANCELLED DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF LOCAL STRAWBERRIES. June 17 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 June 19 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 June 19 Kemptville Horticultural Society monthly meeting at 7:30 pm, Kemptville Pentecostal Church. Program: Betty Cooper: "Capturing the Beauty". New Members & Guests Welcome June 20 Youngsters of Yore, Kemptville Public Library, 1:30 pm Guest ence 50. Labels 13. Gauge 51. Strong suit speaker Elaine McNaughton,Victoria Quilts 21. Radiolocation 54. Rectum June 22 Kemptville Horticultural Society - Bud to Bloom Garden 25. By mouth 56. Weightlifters pump this Tour - 10am to 3pm. There are 9 stops on this tour, including 7 26. Counterfoil 57. Bowels private gardens. Price is $15 per ticket including a Strawberry 27. Sea eagle 63. 10 cent coin Tea at a Historic Community Building.

28. Enumerate 64. Breathe hard Tickets are available at Brewed Awakenings – 2868 County 29. Solitariness 65. Wear away Road 43, Kemptville or email Kemptville Horticultural Society 34. Spectacles 66. Air force heroes at khs_oha@yahoo.ca.

36. Shade of blue 67. Leave out 37. A step on a ladder 68. Chain of hills June 27 The French Connexion espère pouvoir souper au grand air à 38. Untidyness 69. Back talk 18h30 au Salamanders. Venez nous joindre pour une soirée 70. Apollo astronaut Slayton 40. Away from the wind remplie d'amitié et de discutions en français. With summer upon 42. Phony 71. S S S S us, The French Connexion group hopes to be able to dine on the 45. A member of the beat DOWN patio of Salamanders at 6:30 pm. You are welcome to join us for generation 1. Swill en evening of friendship and French conversations. Prière de 48. A three-legged rack 2. Phone r éserver vo tr e pl ac e à l 'a dr es se c ou rr ie l: 51. King with a golden 3. Largest continent thefrenchconnexion@live.ca. touch 4. Tax July 3 The North Grenville Photography Club meets the first 52. Genus of heath 5. Sediments Wednesday of every month at the Old Fire Hall on Reuben Cres.

53. Volumes 6. Without hope of solution Weekly and recurring events Topics for July: Results presentation of Black & white and 55. Cubic meter 7. Methylbenzene 58. What a person is called 8. Biblical garden Sports photography contests. For more Wed The Northngphotoclub.ca Grenville Photography Club - Meeting first 59. Colored part of an eye 9. Interfere information 60. Gestures of assent 10. An expert Wednesday of every month at the Old Fire Hall, 25 Reuben 61. Border 11. Astronomical visitor Crescent. For more info see ngphotoclub.ca 62. Views 12. Comment to the audiBingo- 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 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 Solutions to last week’s Crossword 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.

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PRIBBLES & NIBBLES 4 Weeks Remain Marc’s Food and Folklore Ramble Assuming you are reading this as the NG Times hits the stands (let us say at 7 pm on a Wednesday), only 27 days remain before you and your family should be out in Maplewood Park attending the Company of Fools's family- friendly performance of The Merry Wives of Windsor. The audience tends to gather around 6 pm for a performance that starts at 7 and runs until dusk (about 8:30). Performance is pay what you can ... at the end the Fools pass a hat for donations.

A CUCKOLDY KNAVE My friends, the question is this, what exactly does the following mean: "Falstaff's a knave, a cuckoldy knave; here are his horns ...".

A knave is a rogue, and a rascal, a scoundrel even.

As well a knave is the Jack in a deck of playing cards. Jackin (and later Jack) is an alternate (and originally diminutive) form of John, just as Ted is equivalent to Edward, Sasha is equivalent to Alexander, and Chaz is equivalent to Charles. We have seen elsewhere that Sir John was often called Jack before receiving his knighthood.

The knave (aka Jack aka John aka Falstaff) has just been played a mocking jest and lesson. Thus it could be said that "Jack is a jack, a cuckoldy jack; here are his horns ...". But more likely it is Falstaff's good reputation being slandered and what we should actually read is "Jack is a rascal, a cuckoldy rogue and a scoundrel; here are his horns ..."

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland the Knave of Hearts steals all the tarts, and here in The Merry Wives lusty Jack would like nothing more than to steal the two closest tarts (in the sense of sweethearts, which is to say, seemingly available, although married women).

Cuckold derives from "cuckoo", the bird that heralds spring and also summer. Shakespeare speaks of it at length, and both as a spring and summer bird. A cuckoo plants its eggs in another birds nest for that bird to raise as its own. Since infidelity by a woman can lead to a man unknowingly raising someone else's brood (not to mention people mocking the hapless husband behind his back) the man, whose situation resembles that of a bird whose been had by a cuckoo, is said

to have been cuckolded, and is himself known as a cuckold.

Capons, as we have discussed before, are young roosters who have lost their manhood in service of becoming good eating.

It was in the interest of the poulter to be able to distinguish which roosters had been thus improved, so the practice arose of implanting a spur from their leg (which they use to ward off rival roosters) into the comb on their head (which they use to impress the ladies) , the result being a kind of growth that somewhat resembled deer horns. A man who had lost his manhood through his wife's affairs with other men symbolically acquired horns of this nature, his plight and the roosters now being alike.

“Now, sir, who's a cuckold now?” Falstaff is, for he sought to rob another of his manhood by sleeping with that man's wife, but has himself lost his manliness through being unmasked and subjected to indignity. “Falstaff's a knave, a cuckoldly knave.” Jack is a rascal, a rogue and a scoundrel, and he is this day less than a man. “Here are his horns.”

Rooster Jack, a capon's equal.

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

Anthony Martin

Rob Simpson

Graham Miles

Matt Young

Tom Childs

Don Davies

April Stundon

Maureen Fox

Mitch Palmer

Brian Wilson

Kelsey Reid

Melanie Luimes

Bob McVeigh

Frank Fraser

Adam O’Hara

Victor Heaphy

Clayton Caswell

Brian Ellwood

Chris Lahaie

Curtis Vingerhoeds

Chris Pruner

Bob Thompson

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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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Father’s Day Show & Shine Car Show returns to Riverside Park on June 16 The Highway 43 Car Club would like to invite you out to their 4th Annual Kemptville Father’s

Day Show & Shine on Sunday, June 16 from 9 to 3 pm. The Show will take place at Riverside Park (on

Reuben Crescent behind the old location of NGDHS), admission for show vehicles free however the

Car Club is requesting that a canned good or nonperishable item be donated for the Salvation Army Food Bank. Spectators are encouraged to come out and see some cool rides, admission is free but again a non-perishable food donation is encouraged. Last year we had over 500 Classic Vehicles and roughly 2500 people attended the event and this year we are expecting even higher numbers so we feel it’s a great way to spend some fun time with dad and celebrate Father’s Day. One of the main highlights and proven crowd pleaser for this show is the controlled “Burnout Contest” which has a Men’s and Woman’s category, this happens as each participant has the chance to spin their tires (while

stationary) on a metal plate and try to create the most smoke within a 25 second time period. For those courageous enough to want to try it, the cost to participate is $10.00 but you must be registered at the show to join in the fun.

If you get hungry and want to have some great food during your visit to the show then Fat Les will have two food concessions on site serving a variety of good food and drinks. The Royal Canadian Legion will also be open for pancake breakfast and remain open during the day with other food and refreshments.

Other things to do while at the show will be shopping at the Kinsmen’s Farmers Market, a wide variety of automotive and non-automotive

vendors, Big Trucks on exhibit, a 50/50 draw and many prize raffle draws for the participants.

The Highway 43 Car Club is a non-profit organization that has a goal to support charitable organizations in the communities in which they host their Car Shows. For this event, the Club will be once again be working with the Salvation Army Food Bank in Kemptville, an organization within North Grenville that provides food collection and food distribution services to those requiring emergency food service. The Club can be found on the web at www.Highway43CarClub.com or you can contact President Rod Rafter at (613) 258-7567 or Rod@Hwy43CarClub. com .

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