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Friends of the Ferguson Forest Centre celebrate

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Friends of the Ferguson Forest Centre elected their board of directors for 2016 at the October 21 AGM L – R: Monica Wallace, Jeslyn Thibedeau (and Bellamy), Todd MacDonald, Catherine Woolham, Liza Duhaime, Jim Beckett, Karen Nash, Joanne Joyce Labossiere, Bill Wallace, Jane Hunt.

by Pat Babin The Friends of the Ferguson Forest Centre, under the enthusiastic leadership of Liza Duhaime, held their 10th AGM last Wednesday in the beautiful Spencerville Room of the Grenville Mutual Insurance Company.

In her annual report, Liza highlighted some of the accomplishments of the FFFC in 2015. The group conducted a cleanup of high-traffic areas in Ferguson Forest. The result? Nine tires and 30 bags of trash.

A birding walk to coincide with International Migratory Bird Day was held, guided

by Dave Moore and Bev McBride, of the Ottawa FieldNaturalists’ Club.

A Tree Identification workshop was led by Alf

Campbell, veteran forester. A veritable Tree Fest! Alf, who has been closely involved in forestry in this area for sixty years, and remains passionate about FFC, designed many of these trails.

On a Nature Walk guided

by Gordon Robertson of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club, a wide variety of flora and fauna was observed and discussed. Many butterflies were seen in the wildflower field, a wonderful addition to the FFC. Peter Fischl and Derek Steele of the Lanark Wild Food Club led a walk during which edible plants were identified. A number of highly poisonous plants were located, including Baneberry, one of the most dangerous in North America.

This year, the Annual As-

tronomy Night was conducted

by Steve Wendt and James Quinn, both affiliated with the North Gower Science Club.

The FFFC participated in the 8th annual North Grenville Sustainability Fair, at which white spruce seedlings were handed out.

For the 4th consecutive year, Shawn Yakimovich, Naturopathic Doctor in Kemptville, led the group along paths and roadways and introduced them to a multitude of medicinal plants.

Canoeists and kayakers spent a wonderful morning on the water of the South Branch, admiring wildlife and the idyllic place that Ferguson Forest Centre is. A majestic Blue Heron was spotted.

Looking ahead to 2016 and beyond, the Friends plan to develop the arboretum,

a 25-acre area north of Anniversary Park. It will soon become a place where all lovers of the outdoors can stroll and enjoy the diversity of nature in the midst of native meadows, wetlands, and woodlands.

Amazing how a relatively small group of Friends can do so much in the course of a year! Even more amazing is that they will continue offering these programs again next year!

The Ferguson Forest Centre is indeed fortunate to have such an industrious group of goodwill ambassadors.

Thanks to the Friends, the “Forest” is continuing to be an integral part of the Municipality. More and more of our citizens are discovering this majestic green space in the heart of Kemptville.

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Kemptville Cadets have “Waves of Fun”

By Amanda Leang and Dominic Lavergne You may have seen a boat around town that the Kemptville Navy League uses to invite youth 9-18 to join the Kemptville cadet corps and have waves of fun. Well we both did and that is how we met as new friends this fall.

On October 18, Riverside park was filled with the sounds of kids having fun as the Kemptville Cadet corps hosted a sports day. Two Cadet corps, the Kingsmill corps from Ottawa and a corps from Carleton Place joined our corps for this fun day.

Navy League President Mike

McIntosh welcomed close to 100 cadets to this special day. Cadets were challenged to soccer, baseball, football, a 100m race and the 400m race.

We all enjoyed lunch together and our favourite part of the day was the baseball challenge.

The Kemptville Navy League Cadet corps for ages 9-12 is called the Assiboine and is a free program offered in Kemptville every Sunday morning. The Kemptville Sea Cadet program is also a free program for ages 13-18 and is called the RCSCC Defiant

and is offered Monday evenings and Saturday mornings.

Some of the cool things Navy League Cadets get to enjoy are boating and water safety, camping, drills, first-aid and sports. Earlier this month, we were looking forward to going boating to learn boating skills but a part of the boat was damaged the day before we were to get on board. We are looking forward to getting out on the water some time soon as this is one of the reasons we joined navy league cadets.

Navy League Sub-Lieu-

tenant Pierre Lefebvre and Mid/Executive Office Susie McIntosh would like to thank all officers, cadets and parents for coming out to this first ever event. Also, special thanks to LCDR Steven Drury for organizing this event.

It was great to be part of these three corps which met in Kemptville for the first time having WAVES OF FUN together!!! Cadets is a great way to make new friends. More information can be found at www.338rcseacckemptville. com

9th Annual Branch Artisans Christmas Show & Sale

Are you looking for gifts with originality, quality, and attention to detail, well we think we have the show for you!

The Branch Artisans October 28, 2015

Guild is once again holding their 9th Annual Christmas Show & Sale for those early Christmas shoppers. This year we have added a few more very interesting and

trendy artisans who might just surprise you! All of our artisans have had to create their own products from start to finish.

Included this year we have two authors; jewellery artisans, each one different from the other; hand knitted & crocheted items for children & babies; photography both large and small; hand crafted cards, art for your walls, both acrylic & watercolour; Christmas wreaths and home décor for interior and exterior alike; birdhouses; wooden items, scroll, wood carvings, cutting boards and reclaimed primitive wood crafts; soaps as well as skin products; and unique up cycled items just to name a few. Come out and meet our artisans, they are looking forward to seeing you!

Admission is free and wheel chair accessible, lots of parking and a chance to win a prize! If you would

like to donate to the Salvation Army, donations are always welcomed!

Doors open on November 7 at 9:30 am and close at 4 pm and November 8 at 10 am and close at 3:30 pm.

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Winners of Ben TeKamp Memorial Award mentoring and inspiring new entrepreneurs and people interested in starting their own business. The EEC Board of Directors wanted to ensure that this support continued in Ben’s name.

Sue noted that she was not surprised by the amount of interest in the first-ever awards, as it speaks to Ben’s legacy. The caliber of, not only the winners and runners up, but of all the businesses who submitted applications, was amazing and we need to recognize the importance of these small businesses in our communities that contribute to our vitality.

She was also quick to recognize and thank the awards sponsors who made the award possible. These included O’Farrell Financial Services (who also committed to sponsoring the awards for five years at the ceremony), Four-O-One Electric/My High Speed Networks Inc., Canarm, Employment and Education Centre, Grenville Community Futures Development Corporation, TD Canada Trust, City of Brockville/Leeds and Grenville Small Business Enterprise Centre, Irvine Funeral Home and Chapel, The Recorder and Times, Bell Media JRFM and BOB-FM, and the Aquatarium.

Applications for the awards were collected before the first of October. A committee composed of Mark TeKamp, Cathy TeKamp, Wendy Onstein and Keeley Moure reviewed the applications.

L-R Ben TeKamp award runners up Tanya Toth and Nancy Morgan and winner Shannon Morrison show off their plaques following the awards ceremony held on October 20 at the Aquatarium in Brockville. submitted by Blake McKim As the owner of Skyward Active Health Centre, Shannon Morrison is concerned with helping clients achieve their personal best. Her business was recognized itself with a special honour on October 20 when it received the first Annual Ben TeKamp Memorial Award in a special ceremony at Brockville’s Aquatarium.

Shannon received $3,000 to put towards her business.

She started Skyward Active Health Centre in May of this year. “It is a great honour to receive this award,” she stated, adding that while she knew Ben TeKamp through their mutual involvement in the Senior Winter Games before starting her business, his guidance when she was getting it up and running would have been appreciated as well.

In addition to Skyward Active Health Centre winning the Ben TeKamp Memorial Award, two other businesses received $1,000 and the title of runner up. They were The Score, a Brockville-based thrift shop and Workshop Dance Studio in Kemptville.

Nancy Morgan, who owns Workshop Dance Studio, said

she appreciates being recognized for her business efforts.

She added that receiving the award was a “wonderful surprise.” Tanya Toth, who coowns The Score, echoed that sentiment. “I’m really proud to have been recognized,” she stated.

The awards were presented by Ben TeKamp’s son, Mark. He noted that his father would be honoured that such an award is being given out in his name. “I think my father would be humbled,” Mark said, adding that his dad would like the fact that the awards recognize the local community and business leaders. Mark also joked to the audience that his father would likely have wanted to be watching the Toronto Blue Jays game, which was being played at the same time as the awards were being given out.

As well as being a threeterm Brockville Mayor, Ben TeKamp was a noted business owner, and for many years helped co-ordinate the SelfEmployment Benefit Program which gave many local entrepreneurs the opportunity they needed to start a successful business. He was also a tireless community volunteer and was a board member of the EEC for many years.

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A total of 19 businesses throughout Leeds and Grenville were nominated for the Ben TeKamp Memorial Award. In addition to the winner and two runners up, they included Body Bare Soaps, Don Cheezys, Ebb & Flo Leather Goods Canada, Eternal Care Cremation, Fur, Feathers and Fins Agricultural Petting Zoo, Furrific Dog Grooming, JJ's Snack Shack, Mobile Medical Foot Care, RD Athletics, Ruth Kitson Health Care Consulting, Sparkling Clean, The Herbal Path, TL Fitness, TrueSpeed Internet, Brandy's Esthetics, Abelle Photographie.

“Ben TeKamp positively influenced all of our lives.

He was a man of integrity, passion, vision and determination”, stated Sue Watts, Executive Director of the Employment and Education Centre (EEC). The Ben TeKamp Memorial Award was created to honour Ben and his role in

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If not for you

by David Shanahan Sometimes we can become so familiar with something extraordinary that we no longer see it for what it is. Over the past week or so, we’ve gone through quite an amazing procedure, one that should make us all proud of where we live, and who we share this country with.

We elected a new government - it doesn’t matter which party got in - and we can expect a straightforward changing of the guard in response to the expressed wish of the people of Canada. Not a big deal? Ask the people of Syria, or Iraq, or most other nations on this planet. We don’t have to fear that a defeated political party might hold up on Parliament Hill and defy the wishes of the people. We don’t have to wonder if the military will accept the results of the election. We don’t have to think that perhaps the winners

somehow rigged the vote to give them 90% of the ballots.

As a newspaper editor, I don’t have to worry that some disgruntled person will turn up at my door with a gun or a bomb, looking to criticise my opinions (I hope!). These are things to which we never even give a thought in Canada, and we can be happy that we can take them for granted. There are so many other countries in turmoil over who governs them, how opposition parties are treated, and how political opponents can disappear. We change governments through the wishes of the people, expressed in putting little x’s in little boxes on pieces of paper.

If not for you, the system could not work.

There are problems associated with the fact that we take all this for granted. It has led some countries to believe that they can bomb another country into democracy: that all they have to do is bring about “regime change”, and

democracy will triumph. That delusion has been shattered so many times even in this century, that it should only underline how fragile and precious democracy really is.

It didn’t happen overnight in Canada: it took decades, even centuries, for us to achieve the level of popular democracy in which we have taken part in the past months.

First Nations people did not have the vote until 1960.

Women were not considered “persons”in law until the 1920's. In the nineteenth century, only property owners could vote. People casting their vote had to do so publicly and vocally, no secret ballots then. You had to stand up in front of your friends, neighbours and political opponents and state aloud who you wished to vote for. This led to so much intimidation that elections were often contested violently, with lives being lost and people being ostracised for their views.

Further back, the English had to go through a few civil wars to establish the idea that Parliament outranked monarchs.

There were some who complained about what they considered excessive security measures in place at polling stations during this election.

So much proof of identity, so many steps being taken to ensure that people had the right to vote and were voting in the right place. There were some obviously ridiculous aspects to the process: people living out near Oxford Station having to go to Kemptville Mall to vote, while people living beside Kemptville Mall were sent to the Pentecostal Church on County Road 43. There seemed little rhyme or reason to some of those allocations.

But, not too long ago in Canada, the rule on election day was “vote early and vote often”, as people were paid to cast ballots in various polling stations on behalf of the residents of cemeteries.

Personation, as it is called, was commonplace, used by political parties to rig the vote in favour of their candidate.

The tactic has not completely disappeared, of course, but it is not as easy to do these days. Democracy is a thing that is constantly evolving and being refined to reduce the irregularities that have plagued it. We, as citizens, have been trained to take part in this wonderful process, to understand our rights and privileges, and to jealously guard our power to choose our government. It is not something that every nation is in a position to enjoy, it takes time and experience for people to wield that authority responsibly.

Our system is not perfect, of course, and there is hope that we will soon see another change, one that will make Parliament more accurately reflect the support each party receives in elections. The great thing is that

this change will be brought in, if it is, peacefully, through the debates and votes of the peoples’ representatives in Parliament. We can disagree, often strongly, loudly and passionately, with each other over which party suits the country best. But we do so in a context where debate and disagreement is not only possible, it is legally encouraged and promoted.

Winston Churchill’s famous comment about democracy: “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others”, sums it up. Our system incorporates another wise saying: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”. That is the Canadian way; that is what we have just reasserted in this election, and that is why you should be happy and proud to be part of the system. If not for you, it could not happen.

2014 while making the credit refundable, Tax Free Saving accounts up to $10,000.00. All of these savings were received and enjoyed by innumerable Canadians while obtaining a BALANCED BUDGET. I believe Stephen Harper and his Family should be appreciated and commemorated for giving almost 10 years of their lives to serve the Canadian People. I have been told the Liberal and NDP Voters are very compassionate voters - I disagree with the way the vast majority of Media has dishonoured Mr Harper. One of the most recent examples that demonstrates this ignorance and complete disrespect for a fellow Canadian is when Reporter Craig Oliver (Liberal) called our Prime Minister, I quote, “a Liar” on Television, I would not consider this professional nor Compassionate conduct, would you?

May I remind the readers that in the end the Conservatives of Leeds Grenville -

Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes with genuine Canadian values, morals and conventional conservative beliefs, reelected MPP Gord Brown.

I want to express my gratitude and appreciation to Mr Harper and his family for doing the best job possible over the past decade while facing global economic hardships and many other world wide challenges.

Darlene Overton North Grenville Constituent

think what might happen to the acres of the Kemptville Campus. Developers, as she says, are never kind to the environment; at least not most of them.

Kathy Piché

her cell phone and dialled 911 for the ambulance. So a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who gave and offered various forms of help and to the doctors and nurses at the Kemptville District Hospital and the Civic in Ottawa. All reminding my wife and me of how pleasant it is to live in

this very supportive and caring community. My gratitute to everyone - you know who you are.

Regards, John Sims, Oxford Mills.

Letters to the Editor Dear editor:

May I first mention the fact I looked forward to receiving the North Grenville Times Weekly.

I found it to be a very informed and over all fair p o i n t o f v i e w, u n t i l this past Election. The Reports were very biased against Prime Minister Harper. I would like to remind people (Liberals and NDP Voters) Prime Minster Harper brought our Country through the worst Economical Times since the Second World War Other Countries did not fare out as well.

I would like to share a few decisions made by Mr. Harper that both assisted and enhanced many Canadian’s economical and recreational lifestyle; he cut the GST from 7% to 5%, introduced the Family Tax Cut (a Tax Credit of up to $2,000.00 for couples with children under the age of 18), Pension /income splitting for Seniors.

Created and improved the Universal Child Care Benefit., doubled the Children's Fitness Tax Credit to $1,000.00 as of

To the Editor On 11 October, my wife tripped and fell outside Shoppers' pharmacy, striking her back and head on the curb. several passers-by stopped to help - one lady producing two blankets, one which she placed under my wife's head and the other (which had been her grandmother's) she positioned to keep out the cold. A gentleman with obviously extensive medical experience helped in gently positioning both. A helpful lady volunteered the use of

Dear Editor: Re: “Growing but not Green” by Heather Sansom.

This letter is most impressive. My vote would go to her to be our new council member, or I wish she could fast forward to Environment Minister.

I am also not happy with the way things are being done around here concerning the planning involving building, as she states. No matter what they do while hoping they have a bigger tax revenue base, our taxes keep going up and our environment keeps getting worse. It is scary to

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Letters to the Editor con’t Dear Editor: Wow–where does one begin to address the recent comments of Bill Gooch. He stated that it would have been the “easy” choice to take the next person in line on election results. Really. I would say it would have been the democratic choice. Now it’s left to a select group of people (who, if you remember during the Featherston fiasco, could only come up with the brilliant solution to just evict the homeowners) to choose who our new councillor will be.

He also said he hopes council will “stand by its guns” and continue a selection process of all who apply. This statement doesn’t surprise me as that is how he ran his office.

The only time the people’s

opinions mattered was when it was time to get their votes or if they happened to agree with him. This council can ill afford to waste time putting together a selection process especially when their constituents have already spoken as to who they would like representing them. Finally, he states that “Mr. Johnston can apply if he should so wish”.

He DID, and he received an overwhelmingly large number of votes—over 2000.

This new councillor will have received 3.

I really thought Mayor Gordon would administer differently but nothing has changed—even last election, again, I thought with new blood we would see

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change—it’s not happening.

I have to state the absolute biggest disappointment has been Councillor Onasanya, he doesn’t seem to have a single thought that is his own, just go with the path of least resistance. I had such high hopes for him. Thank God for Councillor Bertram, he seems to value and want to respect the people he represents. It’s just so unfortunate he is alone in this venture.

It’s time to amend the municipal act to avoid this ever happening again. We need to ensure democracy.

The next meeting of the Committee of the Whole will be held on Monday, November 2 at 6:30 pm in the Bishops Mills Community Hall, 38 Main Street in Bishops Mills. As with all Council meetings, this one is open to the public, and is the forum in which the public have most freedom to comment, ask questions and discuss with Council measures which are to be brought before regular Council the following week.

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Gord Brown seeks answers from Trudeau on support for supply-managed producers Submitted by Gord Brown’s office Gord Brown, Member of Parliament for LeedsGrenville – Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, today wrote to Prime Minister elect Justin Trudeau, asking if the new government will support supply-managed producers under the new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

“As part of the negotiations the Harper government pledged $4.3 billion to supply-managed producers to compensate for any possible losses from this deal,” says Brown.

“During the campaign the Liberals refused to say whether they will support

this. As of today it remains un-costed in their billion dollar deficit budget predictions.”

The TPP is a 12-nation market of almost 800 million consumers with GDP of $28 trillion - over 14 times the size of Canada’s economy.

Canada will now be the only G7 nation with free trade access to all of the US and Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific continents, that’s over 60 per cent of the world’s economy.

“I was particularly pleased that our supplymanaged sectors would be protected under our plan for this deal,” says Brown. “This has been a point I have been

making in Ottawa consistently. I have always stood up for supply-management and will continue to do so.”

Under the Conservative government’s plan every sector of Canada’s agriculture and agri-food industry would have benefitted from the TPP and it has fully protected the three pillars of Canada’s supply management system, which will remain intact.

As well, export opportunities were created for Canadian dairy, poultry and egg producers, across the TPP region.

Sectors of supply-managed sector would be kept financially whole under the Conservative plan. The pro-

OPP update on suspicious death

The OPP have released the following request for information regarding a vehicle seen in the vicinity of where Deepak Beaudoin-Reichmann’s body was discovered.

The Grenville County Crime Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), under the direction of Detective Inspector Peter Donnelly of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), are continuing their investigation into the suspicious death of 27-year-old Deepak Beaudoin-Reichmann, of Niagara Region, who was reported missing by family members October 28, 2015

on October 5, 2015.

As a result of information received through the investigation, officers are asking for the public’s help in identifying three males, who were seen driving a silver ½ ton pick-up truck with a full cap on the back, in the area the body was found, during the time Deepak was missing.

Officers launched an investigation shortly after 6:30 pm on October 14, 2015 when Beaudoin-Reichmann was discovered deceased in the area of County Road 18 and County Road 20 – east of Bishop Mills in North Grenville. The cause of death has yet to be determined.

Information collected through the investigation indicates that he was in the Ottawa area between October 5 through October 9, 2015.

Anyone that may have information about his death or

that may have seen Deepak anytime between October 5 and when he was found on Oct 14, is asked to contact the Grenville County-Kemptville Detachment at 613-258-3441, OPP Communication Centre at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-(TIPS) 8477 or submit your tip online at www.tipsubmit.com.

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Between October 19 and October 25, the Kemptville Office of North Grenville Ontario Provincial Police investigated 87 general occurrences: 26 in Kemptville, 38 elsewhere in the Municipality of North Grenville, 19 in the Village of Merrickville – Wolford and 4 on Highway 416.

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grams in the Conservative platform included: a $2.4 billion Income Guarantee Program; a $1.5 billion Quota Guarantee Program, a $450 million Processor Modernization Fund and a $15 million Market Development Initiative.

“Under our plan, the income guarantee would be combined with CETA compensation and would be paid up front as soon as the deal is ratified. There was to be an easy calculation for farmers based on the quota they hold, so they will know in advance what they will be receiving,” explains Brown.

Under the TPP deal agreed to by the Conser-

vative government, small concessions were made in various supply-managed commodities totaling 3.25 per cent in dairy, 2.1 per cent in chicken, two per cent in turkey, 2.3 per cent in eggs and 1.5 per cent in hatchery eggs.

Beginning almost immediately, the government was also going to improve anticircumvention actions to stop product coming across the border that is trying to “cheat the system,” says Brown.

“I want to know what the new government’s plan is to help our farmers. They were surprisingly quiet about this during the election campaign.”

On October 22, police received a report that a storage facility on County Road 16, Wolford had been entered.

The culprit(s) stole an assortment of car parts. The investigation is ongoing.

Shortly before 3 am on October 24, police received a traffic complaint involving a 2002 Honda Civic travelling west on County Road 43, North Grenville. The vehicle was stopped and the driver registered a “fail” on the roadside screening device.

The driver was arrested and transported to Kemptville OPP detachment for an intoxilyzer test. A woman, aged 34, of North Grenville was charged with speeding and driving with more than 80 mgs of alcohol.

Anyone with information on the above occurrences is asked to call Grenville County O.P.P. Communication Centre at 1-888-310-1122, the Kemptville Detachment

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Pet behaviour problems can sometimes be rooted in frustration. Like people, dogs can get bored and anxious when they are under-exercised. Being a good pet parent means finding time to play with your dog. Whether focused on mental stimulation (for example, using “smart toys”) or physical exercise (like a walk in the park), interactive activities are crucial for a healthy, well-behaved pup.

LYME DISEASE

Lyme disease is caused by a corkscrew shaped bacterium (a spirochete) called Borrelia burgdorferi and is spread to animals and people by the white-tailed deer tick known as Ixodes scapularis.

Lyme infected ticks began reaching Kemptville and the surrounding areas in 2007.

Since that time several hundred dogs have tested positive for the Lyme infection in Ottawa and Leeds and Grenville combined.

The Ixodes ticks are being transported across the US-Canadian border by many species of animals including deer, racoons, foxes, chipmunks and other rodents but especially by migratory birds.

Dogs acquire ticks in their coat after adult ticks fall off host animals into the environment. The ticks then climb onto vegetation and attach themselves to dogs as they walk by or sniff the ground.

Infection with the Borrelia organism occurs approximately 24 to 48 hours after the female tick bites the dog and begins to take a blood meal. Clinical disease may develop 2-6 months later.

Lyme disease is very common in dogs and rare in other species of animals. Young dogs are more susceptible to disease than older dogs. Not all infected dogs will show signs of illness, however those that do most commonly suffer from acute arthritis characterized by hot, swollen and painful joints. One or more joints may be involved.

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appetite and lethargy will accompany the lameness.

Some dogs may develop heart disease and central nervous system signs characterized by seizures. In addition, a less common form of the disease can cause acute kidney failure and death. Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers appear to be more susceptible to this more fatal kidney-version of Lyme disease.

Prompt diagnosis and treatment is essential in preventing degeneration of joints and permanent damage to soft tissues such as the heart and nervous system. Regrettably most dogs with Lyme disease affecting the kidneys do not survive. The disease is diagnosed by clinical signs, history of exposure to ticks or, residing in or traveling to an endemic area and by blood tests to detect antibodies to the Borrelia organism.

Aggressive treatment with antibiotics is imperative to a dog’s recovery from disease.

Hospitalization to administer intravenous fluids and other drugs may be necessary as well. Not all infected dogs will develop clinical symptoms, however those that do need to be treated immediately.

Preventing infection is the key to maintaining your dog’s optimum health. To achieve this, avoid taking your dog to known tick infested areas, brush your pet after a walk and promptly remove any ticks that are found, have your pooch vaccinated against the Lyme disease infection and use tick control products (oral or topical) from April through November when temperatures are above 4 degrees Celsius.

For more information regarding Lyme disease or other tick-transmitted diseases, contact your veterinarian.

Courtesy of the GrenvilleDundas Veterinary Clinic, 2643 County Road 43, Kemptville. Ont., 613-258-2394.

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United Counties update Some of the highlights of the regular United Counties of Leeds and Grenville Council Meeting held on Thursday, October 22, and a Committee-of-the-Whole earlier this month on October 6, are listed below.

Early budget projection showing a shortfall: A 2015 budget projection report released earlier this month at a Committee-of-the-Whole meeting is indicating a small deficit.

The anticipated overall deficit of the operating budget is $268,287. The variance projection will become more accurate as the year unfolds. Some unknowns which could have an impact are winter/storm control in November and December, investment interest, Provincial Offences Act (POA)

revenue, payments-in-lieu of taxation, supplementary taxes and tax write-offs.

“We’re working to mitigate the deficit before the end of the year,” Counties Treasurer, Pat Huffman said of the projection. “This is the worst case scenario.”

Significant use of estimates, historical knowledge and judgement is used in projecting budget versus actual variances to year end. All divisions of the United Counties were requested to submit 2015 year-end projections for operational and capital budgets.

In November 2014, the projected deficit was $643,728. The end of year actual deficit was $278,386, which was transferred from reserves. For more information contact Counties

Treasurer, Pat Huffman at 613-342-3840 ext. 2468.

Support for Syrian refugee crisis: Counties Council, on behalf of the Counties and its 10 member municipalities, is contributing $1,100 to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) to aid in resettling 1,000 refugees in Ontario over the next two years.

In September, AMO President, Gary McNamara challenged municipalities across Ontario to donate $100 each to aid in the international effort to resettle Syrian refugees to safe countries. AMO is seeking the funds for Lifeline Syria, a non-profit, communitybased initiative committed to bringing refugees to Ontario. In many cases, Lifeline Syria is helping

existing Ontario families to bring relatives to Canada from Syria.

AMO set a goal of raising $40,000 and has now raised more than $60,000.

There are 444 municipalities in Ontario. For more information contact Counties CAO, Andy Brown, at 613-342-3840, ext. 2301.

Upcoming meetings: Special Joint Services Committee Wednesday, October 28, Committee of the Whole Tuesday, November 3, regular Joint Services Committee on Wednesday, November 4, Counties Council on Thursday, November 19. All meetings begin at 9 a.m. in Boardroom A at 25 Central Avenue, Brockville. For more information contact County Clerk, Lesley Todd at 613-342-3840, ext. 2454.

Council hears of opposition to the sale of Hydro One A deputation representing “Hydro One Not For Sale!”, which is an advisory committee of the Citizens Coalition Against Privatization, gave a presentation to the North Grenville Council on Monday night, seeking their support for their cause. The Ontario Government has announced that it will sell off a large share of Hydro One to raise funds for infrastructure development in the province. But the scheme has met opposition from a wide range of Ontario political, social and economic groups.

These include the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (which represents the province’s 444 municipalities), the Ontario Ombudsman’s Office, the Ontario Auditor General, the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, the Ontario Financial Accountability Officer, the Integrity Commissioner, the Environmental Commissioner, the French Language Services Commissioner, and the provincial Advocate for Children and Youth.

According to a Campaign Research poll, 51% of Ontario adults surveyed “strongly disagree” with the plan. The poll found 17% “somewhat disagree,” and 13% “somewhat agree. Only 6% said they “strongly agree” with the privatization. According to the deputation, more than 150 other municipalities in the province have signed a Resolution opposing the planned sale. The Ontario Government hopes to raise more than $9 billion from the transaction, but the Hydro One Not For Sale! members pointed out many potential negatives about the plan.

For example, they and the officials listed above, say that privatization of Hydro One would cost jobs. The Ontario Chamber of Commerce state that rising electricity costs will mean the loss of 20,000 businesses and the people they employ in the next five years.

In other jurisdictions where hydro has been privatized, such as Nova Scotia, hydro costs rose dramatically, whereas rates in Quebec and Manitoba, where hydro remains in government hands, are the lowest in the country.

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Government will lose about $750 million every year if the sale goes through, revenues they currently generate from control of Hydro One. One of the concerns expressed by Ontarians is that the sale will remove Hydro One from the supervision of government. In other provinces, privately-owned hydro companies have been found protecting their profits by actually closing generating plants on cold winter nights. The partial privatization of Ontario Hydro also led to the closure of the company’s archives, meaning that researchers into the company’s operations were unable to record past mismanagement or potentially criminal behaviour.

The apparent lack of transparency with which the Government have developed the planned sale project has worried many citizens, especially when taken in conjunction with the hike in hydro costs to the consumer, with yet another increase scheduled for next week.

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November 28th, all teams and individual participants will be judged at the Joel Steele Community Centre, Winchester.

 This wind-up evening will feature Marleen Fawcett and her band, Mountain Breeze, starting at 8:00 PM. Details below.

EVERYONE WELCOME ~ Donations at the door

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Don’t miss our Flash a Stache Launch Events in your area!

1 Meaghan Blanchard Concerts (Ceilidh) Friday, Oct. 30, St. Matthew’s Presbyterian Church Ingleside, 7:30 PM, Admission $15.00

Wind up evening Marleen Fawcett & Mountain Breeze Saturday, Nov. 28 Joel Steele Community Centre, Winchester 8:00 PM Admission $10.00

Saturday, Oct. 31, St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church Winchester, 7:30 PM, Admission $15.00 Sunday, Nov. 1, Iroquois United Church Iroquois, 3:00 PM, Admission $15.00

+ Silent Auction

2 Scotch Tasting / Dinner All Donations stay local (50% to WDMH to support Cancer Navigation Program and 50% to Ottawa Hospital to support Prostate Cancer research)

Saturday Nov. 14, Winchelsea, Winchester 6:00 PM $60/person (4 tastes); $35/person (no Scotch) Go to www.thewinchelsea.com for reservations and details or call 613-808-9258

Thanks to our generous sponsors for their support of this initiative: North Dundas Township, Winchester and District Lions, Winchester PharmaChoice Pharmacy, Chesterville PharmaChoice Pharmacy, Neil’s Heating and Refrigeration, Winchester, Mountain Township and District Lions, Iroquois-Matilda Lions Club, Metcalfe and District Lions Club, Morrisburg and District Lions Club

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COUNCIL VACANCY Request for Applications At the October 13th, 2015 regular meeting, the Council of the Municipality of North Grenville resolved to fill the vacant office of Councillor by appointment.

The term of this position is from the date of the appointment until November 30, 2018.

Applications are being invited from eligible individuals who are willing to accept the position if they are appointed

by Council. In order to be eligible to hold a position on Council, a person must be a qualified elector as per the Municipal Elections Act. Additional information on eligibility requirements can be found on the Municipal website, in the Municipal Elections Act and the Municipal Act. Applications must include a resume highlighting relevant experience and a detailed letter outlining why the applicant wishes to be appointed to Council.

Applications must be submitted in person to the Clerk’s Office at the North Grenville Municipal Centre (285 County Road 44) before 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6th, 2015.

When applications are submitted, applicants will be required 1) to show photo identification and 2) to sign a Declaration confirming eligibility to hold office and acknowledging the application documents will be made public.

For more information, visit the Municipal website at www. northgrenville.ca or contact Clerk Cahl Pominville by email at cpominville@northgrenville.on.ca or by phone at 613258-9569 ext. 110.

UPDATE UPCOMING MEETINGS COUNCIL Monday, November 9 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Monday, November 2 at 6:30 pm at the Bishops Mills Community Hall at 38 Main Street. For agenda information, please contact the Clerk’s Office or visit the Municipal website.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY – TICKET SALES ATTENDANT The Parks, Recreation & Culture Department is currently accepting resumes for a part-time casual Ticket Sales Attendant. For more information, please visit the Municipal website at www.northgrenville.ca/employment.cfm or contact Recreation Coordinator Tammy Hurlbert by email at thurlbert@northgrenville.on.ca or by phone at 613-258-9569 ext. 123. Resumes must be submitted by 4:00 pm on Wednesday, November 2.

WASTE TRANSFER STATIONS – CHANGE OF HOURS As of November 3rd, the hours of the Waste Transfer Station at 699 Crozier Road in Oxford Mills change to 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.

WINTER PARKING RESTRICTIONS Winter parking restrictions come into effect on November 15th and last through April 15th. While winter parking restrictions are in effect, parking on Municipal roads is not allowed between 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. A vehicle which is parked in a manner interfering with snow clearing or removal operations may be issued a ticket and/or removed at the owner’s expense.

COUNCIL VACANCY – REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS Applications are being invited from eligible individuals who are willing to accept the position of Councillor left vacant by the resignation of Tim Sutton. Applications must include a resume highlighting relevant experience and a detailed letter outlining why the applicant wishes to be appointed to Council and must be submitted to the Clerk’s Office by 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2015. Additional details are available on the Municipal website at www.northgrenville.ca.

The Municipality of North Grenville 285 County Road 44 PO Box 130 Kemptville, ON, K0G 1J0 Tel: 613-258-9569 Fax: 613-258-9620 general@northgrenville.on.ca Building: 613-258-4424 Fax: 613-258-1441 Fire Services Info: 613-258-2438 Fax: 613-258-1031 By-Law Services: 613-258-2438 ext. 6 Police Administration: 613-258-3441 Animal Control: 613-862-9002

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Fundamentals

The Bible: Is the testimony reliable?

For Christians, everything in the Old Testament leads to Jesus. He is the focus of it all, and everything comes together in him. The New Testament gives meaning and context to the entire collection of books, written over so many centuries by so many people. In previous articles, I’ve shown that the New Testament books were all written very soon after the events they describe, and that the text has come to us without significant change, modification or interference.

None of that will matter, however, if the contents, the testimony of those writers, is unreliable. Can we know that they were accurate, that they didn’t make up stories to strengthen their claims?

Who were these writers and why did they produce these documents? They were, in fact, a surprisingly diverse group. All were men, unless the unknown author of the Letter to the Hebrews was a woman, as has been suggested. That would be unusual, but not impossible. Women played a large role in the early Christian communities and Paul names many women as leaders, noting that a number of the local churches met in the homes of women.

But a look at the backgrounds of these writers can be surprising. Peter and John for example, were fishermen. Although they were in business together, they are referred to in places as being “uneducated”. Peter was certainly very slow to grasp who Jesus was, and what the implications of his ministry might be. John and his brother were hot-headed and impatient men, who gained the nickname “Sons of Thunder”, and wanted to blast opponents of Jesus into oblivion - literally.

But something happened to them: after the Resurrection, and most particularly after Pentecost, these men were fearless, eloquent and dynamic in a new way. What they

wrote seems to come from completely different people, insightful, deep, humble and, to coin a phrase, inspired.

Then look at Paul, the man responsible for so much of the New Testament. He was, by his own description, a deeply devoted Jew, a Pharisee, learned above his contemporaries. He was rigidly dedicated to God, fanatically zealous and a hard-line opponent of Jesus and Christians wherever he found them. He had taken part in the murder of Stephen, had arrested and imprisoned many believers in Jesus, and was on his way to carry his persecuting zeal to Syria when something happened to him. He was almost instantly changed and began preaching that Jesus was God, the Messiah, the Lord who had saved him by grace. It is impossible to exaggerate the enormity of this change in one of the brightest and most committed of men.

These writers were Jews, believers in one God only, a belief that separated them from the world around them and gave them their identity as a people. For them to declare that Jesus is God, to teach what we came to call the concept of the Trinity, to spend their lives spreading the word to Jews and non-Jews equally, was a revolution beyond what could have been expected of such men. For all of them, this revolutionary new life had its foundation in Jesus, most explicitly in his Resurrection. They knew he was alive, that his presence with them was real and was a proof provided by God of Jesus’ claims. As Paul wrote, without the Resurrection, everything else falls apart.

If they wanted to convince people, they chose a really odd way to do it. They included in their testimony details of their own failures, and statements they knew would be unacceptable both to their fellow Jews and non-Jews alike.

They were unapologetic in describing miraculous events to people who simply did not believe in such things. They based much of the evidence for the Resurrection on the testimony of women, when women were not recognised in law and whose testimony was not considered valid.

They went to prison, were tortured, beaten, and many eventually murdered, because they would not recant what they knew to be true. If everything they said was a lie, then obviously they believed it. They were not charlatans, not brainwashed and relying on self-created fairy tales and concocted stories. So, was it a lie, this thing, this Good News to which they devoted their lives, minds, energies and souls?

It came down, as John wrote, to what they had personally and actually seen, heard and touched individually. Theirs were not secondhand stories, and that has been the testimony of Christians ever since. Christians do not (or should not) rely only on the words of others for their position. Like Peter and John and Paul, and the other New Testament writers, we speak of what we have seen, about someone we have known and know, about a revolution that took place in our lives, in our thinking, in our minds. And, like those writers, it all comes back to Jesus, who he was and is, and to his Resurrection.

The great British historian, G. R. Elton, wrote that Christianity “stands alone among the religions in deriving its authority from an historical event”.

That event was the life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, as laid out for us in the New Testament. And without the Resurrection, the rest becomes irrelevant. That brings us to our next issue: what evidence could there possibly be for that remarkable and unique event?

New Horizon Club celebrates Octoberfest

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Members of the Good Companions Club met at the Burritt’s Rapids Community Hall on October 21, when they enjoyed a German style meal of sausage in a bun, home made sauerkraut and potato salad with all the trimmings, plus pumpkin cupcakes for dessert. There were prizes for best costume, and the yodelling contest was a great hit. Music for singing and dancing was provided by the Old Tyme Country Band led by Isobel and Al Herbert.

The next meeting of the club will be held at 2 pm at the Burritt’s Rapids Community Hall on Remembrance Day, November 11. We will commemorate Remembrance Day with music by the Hummingbirds, and members are invited to share stories of their family and life experiences during WWII and post-war years. All adults over 55 are invited to attend and new members are welcome. For information call Kim at 613-258-1780. www.ngtimes.ca 9

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SHOP HISTORIC KEMPTVILLE

Sugold Jewellers Creators of unique custom jewellery

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Five years ago this month, Su Sally opened a branch of her business, Sugold Jewellers, in an historic location in Old Towne Kemptville, bringing new life and energy to a once-prestigious and popular building. Sugold is maintaining a tradition: 107 Prescott Street was the location of the Royal Bank of Canada’s Kemptville first branch, back in the 1930's. It was the first speciality shoe store in the town at the beginning of the twentieth century. Previous owners of the property included political and business leaders in the community. Before the great fire of 1872, the site was an important focus for the import and export trade, and serviced the timber industry, the main employer in the town. Since 1880, it sits at the heart of the retail core of Kemptville. Sugold continues the tradition of excellence, pride in the highest workmanship, and a level of service that has marked businesses in this location for 150 years.

At Sugold we create and design unique custom jewellery. We carry Canadian diamonds, silver jewellery and stainless steel custom pieces. Sugold also offers Tender Loving Jewellery and watch repairs and batteries at very affordable prices. Sugold has a large giftware selection, along with free gift wrapping. Our customers are important to us. Shop locally, you will be glad you did.

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CSE OPEN HOUSE—all day coffee, snacks, prizes and walk-in appointments all day!!

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Food Handler Training Certification, 9:00—4:00 ( $25.00 fee for non-registered clients)

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Customer Service Excellence, 9:00—12:00 Learn about Second Career, 1:00—3:00

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Stress Management, 9:00—12:00 Working from Home, 1:00—2:30

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Personality Dimensions, 9:00—1:00 Apprenticeship Information Session, 2:00—3:30

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Resumes and Cover Letters, 10:00—11:30 CSE Outreach at TR Leger Kemptville, 9:00—11:00

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CSE is OPEN from 9:00—12:00 on Saturday November 21st !!!

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Information and Decision Making, 1:00—2:30

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CSE Outreach in Merrickville (Merrickville Health Community Centre), 9:00—12:00 O.P.P. Information Session, 10:00—2:00, Find out how to apply to the O.P.P.

November 19

CSE Days! All day coffee and snacks!

Job Search Strategies, 1:00—2:30

November 20

Interview Types, Tips and Techniques, 10:00—11:30

November 24

Information and Decision Making, 10:00—11:30 Information Session, 1:00—2:00

November 25

Service Canada Outreach, 9:00—3:00 (closed 12—1 for lunch)

November 26

WHMIS, 9:00—12:00 ($30.00 + HST) CSE Outreach at TR Leger Kemptville, 9:00—11:00 Information Session, 1:00—2:00

November 27

Smart Serve, 9:00—1:00 ($30.00 + HST)

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The 2015 Election in numbers

by David Shanahan The results of the recent election in this riding show a changing political landscape in Leeds-Grenville, Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes.

How permanent that change will be is very hard to estimate, however, given the context in 2015.

The success of Gord Brown was widely expected, especially given the commanding majority he enjoyed last time out. In 2011, Gord had gained a whopping 53.25% of the popular vote.

It would have needed a truly shocking swing to deprive him of the seat. This time, he received 47.37% of the votes cast, which would, even in ordinary circumstances, have been enough to win the seat.

But the results also show a clear move to the Liberals, whether through careful strategic voting, or a genuine commitment to the Party platform will not be known for at least another election cycle.

In 2011, the Liberals came third in the election, behind Gord Brown and the NDP candidate. The Liberals were given just 15.9% of the vote in 2011, compared to more than 40% won by Mary Jean McFall this month. As a result, both the NDP and Greens lost a share of their vote, the loss being particularly severe for the NDP, who went from 18.3% to 8.3%. The support for the Green Party October 28, 2015

seems rather more stable: they dropped from 5% to almost 4% between the two contests.

Perhaps most telling, however, is the actual number of votes cast for the four parties. In total, just over 8,000 more votes were cast this time than in 2011 (56,434 compared to 48,394). Of the total ballot, Gord Brown received 26,734, or 2,328 less than in 2011. Again, the big gainer was the Liberal Party, which went from just 7,839 votes in 2011, to 22,888 this time, a significant gain of 15,049 votes. The NDP dropped by 4,311 votes, while the Greens lost just 370. This is important for the NDP in particular. After gradually increasing their share of the popular vote in this riding over the last few elections, they were very slow to nominate a candidate this time around, and their choice fell to someone who had been a member of the Liberal Party for thirty years. This parallels a perceived shift to the centre of a traditionally left of centre party. While this may have been a factor locally, it is also likely that the drop in the party’s vote indicates a more strategic voting pattern by local non-Conservatives.

The national results in some ways mirror those locally. Even with a Liberal majority across the country, the total Conservative vote dropped by less than 1%. The key to Liberal success appears to have been a large increase

in the total vote, which seems to have gone primarily to them, and the steep drop in support for the NDP. As in Leeds-Grenville, Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, the NDP went from second to third place in the overall results, with a very significant loss of more than a quarter of the votes from 2011.

The most positive result of the election this year, perhaps, has been the clear increase in the number of voters involved in the process. It seems the youth vote has risen in a way that one can only hope reflects a new awareness and engagement with the democratic system on the part of younger citizens. On the local level, the results may show a change in the demographics of North Grenville, or the riding in general, given the increase in the number of people moving here from larger urban areas. Such voters tend to be less tied to traditional voting patterns and may indicate a shift in where voters give their support in future. But that is something that only time will show, one way or another.

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Youngsters of Yore, 1:30 pm, Library Program Room. Guest Speaker: Jane Fullerton-Big Brothers and Big Sisters.

Haunted Halloween, hosted by the OMCA. 6 to 8 p.m., at Maplewood Hall in Oxford Mills. Apple bobbing, fortune telling, treats and more Committee of the Whole Meeting will be held in the Bishops Mills Community Hall, 38 Main Street, at 6:30 pm.

OMCA Meeting, 7 pm. Hosted at the Brigadoon.

Kemptville Legion Craft Sale 9:30 am– 2:00 pm. Tables $15.00. Call Lorena for reservations 613-258-9065. Vendors welcome.

The Branch Artisans Annual Christmas Show & Sale, Sat. 9:30 to 4 pm & Sun. 10-3:30 pm at the North Grenville Municipal, 285 County Road 44. Free Admission & Parking.

NG Historical Society meeting, 15 Water Street, 7 pm. Guest speaker: Mr. Terry Meagher will discuss his book “Betrayal: Canadian Soldiers Hong Kong 1941". Coffee, tea and sweets will be available throughout the evening.

Flash A Stache Fundraiser in support of Prostate Cancer Awareness.

Dinner/Scotch tasting evening 6 pm at Winchelsea, Winchester. $60 for 4 course meal, 4 scotch tastes or $35 with no scotch tastes. For reservations or details contact Winchelsea at 613-808-9558 or go to www.thewinchelsea.com.

St. Paul's Presbyterian Church Christmas Bazaar, Bake sale 10:30am, Luncheon 11:30-1:00am

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BNI Networking Group Breakfast, Grenville Mutual Insurance Building, 380 Colonnade Drive, 7- 8:30 am. Call 613-918-0430 for more information.

Bridge- St. John’s United Church, 12:15 pm. Cost $4. "All levels of bridge players welcome. Come discover Duplicate Bridge. "Info, contact Sandra at 613-258-2691.

The Branch Artisans Guild, North Grenville Community Church, 2659 Concession Street every 3rd Tuesday, 7 pm. New members welcomed!

NG Photography Club - first Wed. of every month from 7-9 pm at the Auditorium of the Municipal Centre from Sept. to June. Check our website for more information on outings and upcoming events. ngphotoclub.ca Klub 67 Euchre every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month beginning September 9th; 1:15 p.m. St. John's United Church downstairs.

Everyone welcome, $5.00.

Bingo- First and third Wednesday of the month, Kemptville Legion.

Games start at 1 pm. All welcome. Refreshments available.

Klub 67 Euchre every second and fourth Wed. of the month, 1:15 pm, St. John's United Church downstairs. Everyone welcome, $5.00.

Bridge - St. John’s United Church, 6:45 pm. Cost $5, partner preferred but not necessary. For more info, contact Sandra at 613-258-2691.

North Grenville Toastmasters - Meeting 1st & 3rd Thurs. of the month, 7 pm at O’Farrell’s Financial Services, Cty Rd 44. Info, call 258-7665.

2nd and 4th Friday Every Month, 6-10 pm Twice The Fun Games (206 Prescott Street) is your host for Game Night. Bring your favourite game or borrow one from our library. All ages welcome!

The Kerith Debt Freedom Centre. Confidential coaches will help you get out of debt and stay out of debt. Free, open on the 2nd and 4th Sat. of the month from 9:30-11:30 at the NG Community Church.

Appointments can be made at kdfc.ca or by calling 613-258-4815 x103.

Kemptville Legion breakfast, 8 - 10 am third Saturday of every month. Adults $5.00. Children under 12 $3. All welcome.

Kemptville and Area Walking Group, Municipal Centre - Early birds: 8 am, others 8:30 am. Contact: Eva 258-4487.

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By Peter Johnson The last in a string of elections is over. A new day has surely dawned, has it not?

There will be a great deal of examination of 'what the heck happened?', by all parties involved in the federal forum not just the recently humbled Tories and the mercilesslymauled NDP. The Tories fully deserve what happened to them; they authored their own demise.

The NDP were collateral damage, as were the Greens.

There must have been tens of thousands of Canadians who, in their hearts wanted to support Elizabeth May and Thomas Mulcair, but there was a much more urgent obligation: Canadians wanted their country back. And the 'First Past The Post' system, that archaic old dinosaur of democracy, dealt (alliteration alert) them an undeservedly cruel blow.

If Canada had a more modern, progressive approach to voter representation, the results would be quite different.

Basically, in a Proportional Representational System, if a Party received 10% of the votes, they would have 10% of the seats in Parliament. In a previous, yet not too distant election, the Green Party had about 7% of the votes, but 0% sitting members in Parliament. Elizabeth May was left to watch proceedings from the Gallery. Those thousands of Canadians who voted for the Green Party must have surely felt their vote had vanished.

As it stands now,(a day or two after the election) the House of Commons looks like this: Liberals = 184, Conservative = 99, NDP = 44, Bloc = 10, Green = 1. With Proportional Representation: Liberals = 135, Conservatives = 108, NDP = 68, Bloc = 17, Green = 10.

Q u i t e a d i ff e r e n c e .

Trudeau would still remain Prime Minister, but without such a majority. The Cons would see a slight increase, but the Bloc and the Green would have benefited much more. Mr. Trudeau has promised that this was the last 'first past the post election': we'll see.

And that being said, greetings rhapsodic readers. Here, in our bifurcated region, with most urban areas, like Ottawa, set to embrace the manna that will flow from the Liberalcontrolled heavens, we in good old ever-conservative, never-changing, always-faithful Grenville & The Hinterlands will be freezing out in

the cold, politically speaking of course.

The Eastern Ontario Conservative Caucus will not need to rent a large hall to meet.

As we sit on the outside, looking in, we can take a moment to consider what this means to our Municipal Council...our incomplete Council...our Conservative Council. Mayor Gordon, wearing his Tory Blue suit, with the big red 'C' on it (deliberately designed to look like it represents Canada) can go, cap in hand to the province for whatever handouts might be available. Good luck there. Or, he can go visit with his fellow Conservative cronies at the Eastern Ontario Caucus (they're meeting in a phone booth just down the street) good luck there. Or he can try the Federal Government.

But the other lesson that council might have learned from this election, is that treating the public with haughty indifference just might reward you with a position as a regular citizen - on the outside looking in.

Some of those who have sat on council the longest (too long?) could take a page from Mr. Bertram's book: listen and respond to concerns in a way that does not deliver the message, 'Your presence here is not required....we've already decided.'

Mrs. Tobin and Mr. Gordon may feel that this portrayal of their style of governance is unfair, untrue, or, worse, uniformed. Yet, if that is the ever-increasing perception that the public has, then that is what is going to confront them when they next ask for our vote. We just might say,'Your presence here is not required....we've already decided.'

I had concluded my last column with a wish list. I am still hopeful: “But most of all, I want back my Canada that was viewed as a peace-loving, caring, compassionate country. That was regarded by the rest of the world as one of the best countries to live in”.

There's a new sheriff in town, (the old sheriff has been shot - with a ballot box). I wish him well. There is a huge mess that has to be cleaned up, and a whole system of governance that needs to be repaired. But the Tories have built more prisons than are needed, so there's lots of storage space for the refused and the refuse. www.ngtimes.ca

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by David Shanahan Long before the white man, the area that is now North Grenville lay between competing tribes and peoples, on that wedge of land between the Ottawa and St. Lawrence.

Without roads through the dense bush, the rivers became the arteries of communication, transport and trade. Control of the main rivers meant control of commerce. Before European contact, the Ottawa Valley was the territory of the Algonquin peoples. They collected tolls from other groups moving up and down the river, as those who hunted traded furs with those who grew corn and squash. There was an extensive and complex system of trade between the various peoples. This trading system to a large extent bypassed North Grenville.

The Rideau was a canoe route for more local traffic between the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers, but it was not easily navigable and never became a serious trading route. In effect, it would seem people usually went around the area, along

the two major rivers.

A number of very old native settlements have been discovered in the area, and it is quite likely that others existed but have left no obvious remains. They were large villages, estimated to have had a population of about 1,500 each, and occupied for more than 500 years. Possibly the largest site excavated to date is just outside the Municipality, at Roebuck, just on the far side of Limerick Forest.

There is no evidence of any European items there, such as glass beads, for example, so it seems the site was abandoned before European contact. This makes it quite likely that the people who lived there were part of what is known as the St. Lawrence Iroquoians.

When Cartier arrived in the St. Lawrence Valley in 1534, he traveled up the River and found Iroquoian towns on the sites of what are now Quebec City and Montreal.

These settlements, called Hochelaga and Stadacona by the inhabitants, were large population centres for the time, and dominated the trade routes along the river valley.

Cartier compiled a dictionary

of names and terms in the local dialect, and it is from these that we know they were Iroquoian. However there were differences between the two settlements and these, in turn, were different from later Iroquoian dialects found among the Six Nations.

When Samuel de Champlain arrived in the area after 1600, Hochelaga and Stadacona had both been deserted and the St. Lawrence Valley was empty of the Iroquoians.

Some believe that the St. Lawrence Iroquois may have been pushed west, to become the Huron. Others believe they were, in fact, annihilated completely. Whatever the truth of the case, it is possible that the Roebuck site and other Iroquoian settlements in the area were also abandoned around that time, between 1550 and 1600.

With the establishment of New France as a French Royal Colony, the period between 1660 and 1760 saw the North Grenville region become a no-man’s land between the Algonquin of the Ottawa Valley and the Mohawk and other Six Nations people south of the St. Lawrence. The Algonquin

dominated the Ottawa valley, but the St. Lawrence route became the scene of fierce rivalries, as the Six Nations attempted to take over the fur trade business from the Huron and other trading nations.

Rather than engage in fur trapping directly, the Iroquois Six Nations focused on attacking fur convoys from the west, destroying the Huron people, and establishing themselves as middlemen in the trade, the main source of furs for the English traders in Albany.

At various times during the seventeenth century, the Iroquois managed to control Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence, making the land on either side of the river a dangerous place for others to travel. It was said that, at times, it was too dangerous for the Algonquin to even come and fish in the river. This made the Rideau route a particularly dangerous area, and there is no evidence that there was any settlement in the area after 1600. After the French built a fort at what became Kingston, the Mohawks lost control over the river and the land of North Grenville became a neutral area between the Ottawa and

The Voice of North Grenville the St. Lawrence.

Even with the fall of New France in 1760, very little changed in the North Grenville area. Under the terms of the Royal Proclamation of 1763, new boundaries were drawn for the newly-established British Colony of Quebec. Its western border ran along a line from the St. Lawrence northwest to Lake Nipissing, west of which was Indian Territory,

closed to white settlement.

The King declared that the Indian population living west of the boundary of Quebec should remain in peaceful possession of their lands, and that no white person should be granted lands, titles or patents in that part of the King’s possessions. Not even permission to survey these lands would be granted. North Grenville was Indian Territory.

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by Ann Newton The next public meeting of the North Grenville Historical Society will be held on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 15 Water Street, Kemptville. The door to the Court House will open at 7 pm and Mr. Terry Meagher's presentation will begin at 7:30. Coffee, tea and sweets will be available throughout the evening.

Mr. Meagher will discuss his book Betrayal: Canadian Soldiers Hong Kong 1941. According to a press release issued by Veterans Publications "Canadian Soldiers deployed to Hong Kong were betrayed twice: first by the Canadian government, the second time by the British commanders in Hong Kong who blamed them for a sub-standard performance. Of the 1,873 soldiers sent to Hong Kong, 292 were killed in battle and 267 perished in POW camps. Hong Kong was one of the most horrific battles in World War II, with casualty rates to match."

"The battle is seen through soldiers' eyes and told mainly through their words." The book includes Ken Ewing's story. Mr. Ewing signed up at the age of 16 and was a Prisoner of War in Hong Kong for three and a half years. Prior to his death in 2012, Mr. Ewing was a resident of Burritts Rapids. Terry Meagher stated that his friendship with Ewing inspired him to uncover the truth about what really happened in Hong Kong.

We hope that you will be able to join us on November 11 for what promises to be a very touching and informative presentation. All are welcome - old friends and new.

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Memories of a national nightmare

by Marguerite Boyer In 2004 local resident Patrick Babin, at that time the Director of Teacher Education, and Professor of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of Ottawa, was asked by the Canadian Bureau for International Education [CIBE] to visit schools in Cambodia and report on them as part of a request from the Cambodian Government for funding of $25 million dollars. The funds were requested for improvements to teacher training and curriculum development at both the elementary and secondary sectors in Cambodia.

It was an experience of a life time for Patrick along with two other professors from across the country who were part of the investigating

team sent by CIBE. During his talk at Youngsters of Yore, last Thursday, Pat walked us through a country trying to regain its identity after Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army, consisting primarily of teenage peasant guerrillas, marched into Phnom Penh and effectively seized control of Cambodia, destroying everything in its path. All foreigners were expelled, embassies closed, and all foreign economic or medical assistance was refused. The use of foreign languages was banned. Newspapers and television stations were shut down, radios and bicycles confiscated, and mail and telephone usage curtailed.

Money was forbidden. All businesses were shuttered, religion banned, education halted, health care elimi-

nated, and parental authority revoked. Thus Cambodia was sealed off from the outside world.

All the cities were forcibly evacuated. At Phnom Penh, two million inhabitants were evacuated on foot into the countryside at gunpoint. As many as 20,000 died along the way. Millions of Cambodians accustomed to city life were now forced into slave labor in Pol Pot's "killing fields", where they soon began dying from overwork, malnutrition and disease, existing on a diet of one tin of rice per person every two days.

Years later this dictatorship was overthrown following an invasion by Vietnam, and Cambodia is still trying to recover from the total destruction of its cities, culture, social structures and physical infrastructure.

Pat showed us many pictures he took while there, showing the fancy hotels and the little shanty towns and boats, describing the vast gap between the many poor and the few rich. The most powerful memory he still retains from that trip was the huge number of amputees begging on the roads.

All former slaves under Pol Pot’s regime.

The later part of the slide show illustrated his visit to Angkor, one of the most important archaeological sites of Southeast Asia. It consists of scores of temples, hydraulic structures (basins, dykes, reservoirs, canals), as well as communication routes. For several centuries Angkor, was the centre of the Khmer Kingdom. The Angkor complex represents the entire range of Khmer

art from the 9th to the 14th centuries.

In April, 1858 a young French explorer, Henri Mouhot, sailed from London to Southeast Asia. For the next three years he travelled widely, discovering exotic jungle insects that still bear his name. Today he would be all but forgotten were it not for his journal, published in 1863, two years after he died of fever in Laos, aged just 35.

Pat kept us captivated throughout the slide show, describing for us the depth of human depravity in a culture once highly civilized. Dr. Babin’s talk was a powerful reminder of a national nightmare which still affects the people of Cambodia and Southeast Asia. It seemed a very long way from our Canadian lives and the daily life of North Grenville.

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