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IN BRIEF Shades of Fun The Town of Perth has declared May 27 to be Shades of Fun Day in Perth. On that day, participants are asked to put on their sunglasses for the day to protect their eyes from UV damage, and host fundraising and awareness activities in support of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). It’s part of the first-ever Vision Health Month, a campaign introduced by Canadian vision health charity, CNIB, as a way to promote eye health and raise funds for the organization’s programs and services. According to CNIB researchers, there are 836,000 Canadians living with vision loss – and 75 per cent of vision loss is preventable. “Vision Health Month is about reminding people to put their eye health first. It is about encouraging Canadians to get regular eye exams and wearing protective sunglasses, so that we can help prevent vision loss before it starts,” said John M. Rafferty, the president and CEO of CNIB, in a statement.
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A 19-year-old father is facing charges after an assault that left a seven-week-old baby in critical condition in Perth on Friday, May 21. The child was rushed to the Great War Memorial site of the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital before being transferred to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa. A police investigation began after the child’s injuries were deemed to be suspicious in nature, Perth police said. The next day, police arrested a 19-year-old Lanark County man and charged him with assault and aggravated assault. Police said the accused is the father of the victim. No further information about the incident will be released at this time, said Const. Dan Truelove. The accused man appeared in court for a bail hearing on Monday, wearing a grey T-shirt, plaid shorts and sneakers, his brown hair cropped short. The judge issued a publication ban under Section 517 of the Criminal Code, which covers information presented in court. The bail hearing was held over until May 27 at 1 p.m. in Perth court.
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A Perth native recounts his experience with Lyme disease as the Carson deRidder, 5, carefully loads some greenery into his red wagon at the Perth and health unit issues a warning about District Horticultural Society’s plant sale on Saturday, May 22 at the Stewart School. Melissa Di Costanzo photo infected ticks. 3
Mounting concerns about the dispersant being used to break up thousands of gallons of crude oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico have also temporarily scuttled Perth resident Willy Nelson’s efforts to help the clean up. Nelson, an environmental wax researcher who has been demonstrating methods to soak up oil using wax for more than four decades, was set to fly to Louisiana to demonstrate his techniques last week. But BP and those involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup have dumped so much oil dispersant into the water that it has changed the composition of the oil. “It is emulsified,” Nelson said. “The dispersant turns it into molasses...This is really skunky, sticky, nasty stuff.” See ‘Oil dispersant’, Pg. 3
Reaching out with open arms at St. Andrew’s House A life-changing trip Perth and District Collegiate Institute students report on an emotional journey to Europe to mark the 65th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. 4
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The sun shines through the windows of 24 North St. Trees shade the second-floor windows as people climb curiously up the stairs to the second floor, examining each room and its contents. The house, which is located directly next to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, used to be the minister’s home until November. Now, it serves as a place for members of the community to come together. “It’s an outreach house and gathering place for people to come and work together,” said Rev. Marilyn Savage during an open house on Saturday, May 22. “It’s a quiet place to sit and reflect, where all are welcome.” Savage says thinking and planning for this gathering place, which is volunteer-run, has been ongoing for “quite a long while.” “Over the last year, we’ve had very concrete conversations,” she said. These conservations led to pre-
Stepping up to serve the community Savage says the idea of a community outreach project through the house stemmed from a simple thought: how can the church join up and serve the community? From there, she noticed two areas of need. “We were noticing teens walking by the church, so we had a conversation with a child and youth worker at Perth District Collegiate Institute and asked: ‘What are the needs? How could
we be more present? How can we help each other?’” she said, noting the house doesn’t only serve youth. The other reason the house developed, Savage added, is to serve as a drop-off location for the food bank, which has sometimes-limited hours. “Why not extend them to one more drop off place?” she said. With this in mind, the house was opened to serve and connect the community, King said. “It’s not easy to walk through the doors of church for people who don’t grow up in a church situation,” she said. “It’s a little less scary coming into a house.”
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Former Perth resident killed in Arnprior collision BY KATIE MULLIGAN AND JOHN CARTER In the wake of a collision that killed an 18-year-old Arnprior teenager May 20, police are reminding drivers not to over-react
if their vehicle wanders off the paved roadway. Katrina “Kay” Lyman, who grew up in Perth and still has family in town, was killed when her car hit a pickup truck on a curve on County Road 29 between
Pakenham and Arnprior about 1 p.m. She attended Queen Elizabeth Public School and Grade 9 at Perth and District Collegiate Institute before moving to Arnprior. Lyman, who was alone in her car, died on scene, said Ottawa Police Service Const. Alain Boucher, while the three occupants of the truck were taken to hospital. The driver, a 27-year-old man, suffered serious, but not lifethreatening injuries. His passengers, a 26-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man, suffered less serious injuries. Const. Boucher said the sedan was headed southbound when it appears the driver left the roadway onto the shoulder of the road. “The driver overcorrected and ended up in the northbound lane where the truck was,” said Boucher. Ottawa Police Services spokesman Const. J.P. Vincelette said Lyman probably made a quarterwheel turn to get back on the road instead of the recommended oneeighth turn. The over-reaction can cause a vehicle to spin out of control,
especially if the driver is inexperienced, he said. The result is particularly dangerous in winter, he added. “We’ve all done it (left the road),” he said, adding the key is to either ease back onto the paved roadway or slowly get off the road altogether. Lyman was reportedly on her way to work at the Almonte Rexall Pharma Plus drug store when the crash happened on the Needham’s Farm curve between the intersections of the Galetta Side and Shaw roads. By 4:30 p.m. a Facebook memorial had been started and quickly gained many entries. Among the comments were: “You’re such a sweet girl and touched so many lives” and “You were full of joy, life and ambitions for yourself. You’ll never be forgotten.” Katrina Lyman is survived by her parents Alvin and Samantha Lyman, brothers Ross of Calabogie and Cody of Arnprior, and sisters Angel of Perth and Rachael of Oshawa. Her funeral was arranged by the Goulet Funeral Home in Renfrew, with the service in her memory Monday at Trinity-St.
Andrew’s United Church. In lieu of flowers, the family asked that donations in Katrina’s memory be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. Police, ambulance and fire officials attended the crash. Firefighters from both Mississippi Mills and Fitzroy assisted at the scene. County Road 29 was closed for about eight hours to allow for the police investigation. Vincelette said speculation that Lyman might have been distracted from her driving because she was texting on a cell phone has not been confirmed. He said the investigation is continuing and will likely include checking phone records to see if Lyman was on the phone when the collision occurred. “We shouldn’t be jumping to conclusions,” he said. She also could have reacted to the oncoming pickup, as they met on a long curve that has had its share of crashes in the past. Regardless of the findings, “it won’t bring her back,” he said. “It was a terrible loss. Our sympathy and our hearts go out to her family and friends.”
Courier 175th anniversary section nabs top award BY LAURA MUELLER
laura.mueller@perthcourier.com The Courier racked up recognition at the Metroland Awards, held in Toronto on May 14. The Courier’s section celebrating the newspaper’s 175th anniversary was given top honours Kyler Stencell and Austin Close-Wilson test their fishing skills during in the Best Special Section the Stewart School fun day on Wednesday evening. The school hosted category. The Courier’s also hundreds of students, parents and community members during the received an award for the top two-hour event. Rosanne Lake photo automotive section.
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Reporter Rosanne Lake received a second-place standing for her profile of Perth native Jared Coreau, describing his success as netminder of the Lincoln Stars in Nebraska. The award recognizes a reporter who has “crafted a fresh, in-depth profile” that makes the subject feel like an old pal. The story, “Coreau stands tall south of the border,” appeared in the Oct. 20, 2009 edition of the Courier
and is available on our website, www.yourottawaregion.com. Lake also received kudos for an action-packed photo of a high school junior boys’ basketball game, highlighting Perth and District Collegiate Institute player Alex Fillipoff. The photo, which appeared in the Dec. 8, 2009 issue of the Courier, took third place in the Sports Photo category for Class A newspapers.
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Lyme disease a risk in the area BY LAURA MUELLER
disease, Mays says. As for Troke, he eventually received a positive test result for Lyme disease by taking a Western blot test through a private laboratory in California. “It’s a terrible, debilitating disease,” Troke says. “Fortunately, I’m a man about the world and able to do something. Had I not, I might be dead.”
laura.mueller@perthcourier.com In the summer of 2008, Gary Troke was splitting his time between Westport and Cairo, Egypt as he worked on his latest invention. By December, he was confined to his bed for most of the day, crippled by extreme fatigue, but unable to sleep. His joints were racked with arthritic pain. He had Lyme disease. Coming to that diagnosis wasn’t easy – and neither was curing it. Troke was at his cottage near Westport in October of 2008 when he noticed an itching sensation on the back of his leg and brushed something off. Later on, a red “bull’s eye” welt appeared on his leg, but Troke thought it might be a spider bite. He’d heard of Lyme disease, a bacteria that is carried by infected ticks, but he didn’t have any symptoms and he was told by the health unit that Lyme disease had not been reported in the area. That has changed in the last couple of years. Lyme disease has been identified along the St. Lawrence. The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit issues an annual warning about the risk of contracting the disease from infected ticks or mosquitoes. But Lyme disease wasn’t acknowledged here in 2008, so Troke went on with his life. Fast forward to Dec. 20, 2008. Troke was in Sharm el-Shiekh, Egypt when he suddenly became ill. “I wake up one morning and
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Gary Troke still wears sunglasses due to a sensitivity to light after having Lyme disease. every joint in my body was aching,” he says. “I thought I was having an arthritis attack.” At first, he didn’t connect his symptoms with the insect bite from the fall. When his condition hadn’t improved at the start of the new year, he remembered the bite and sought out a doctor who prescribed a course of antibiotics. Antibiotics can effectively cure Lyme disease, but treatment should begin soon after infection. Troke’s symptoms came back, and he decided to return to Canada, where a yearlong battle to properly diagnose his condition and receive effective treatment began. Troke says that public awareness about Lyme disease is only one piece of the puzzle – the medical community must acknowledge and understand the disease as well. Because Lyme disease wasn’t confirmed in this
area until more recently, Troke says he was told that he didn’t have Lyme disease and that he could not have contracted it in this area. Another problem is the high occurrence of false negative test results for Lyme disease, says Joan Mays, manager of health protection for the health unit. “They’re not the best,” Mays says. “You have to build a whole clinical picture (in order to diagnose Lyme disease).” The health unit is trying to give local doctors the tools to better be able to build that clinical picture by offering information in physician newsletters. “We have hopefully been getting the message out,” Mays says. “We have been trying and trying.” A province-wide media and advertising campaign will roll out next month to tackle public and physician awareness of Lyme
Protect yourself from Lymedisease-infested ticks, follow the same tips as you would for West Nile Virus: • Wear light-coloured clothing, long-sleeved shirts and pants tucked into socks when walking in tall grass. • Use insect repellant containing DEET. • Keep grass mowed, trim brush
and remove leaf litter. • Tidy up spilled bird seed, as it attracts rodents that provide a host for tick populations. • Check your body for ticks when you return from outdoors. • If you find a tick on a person (not an animal), remove it and save it in a container for inspection by the health unit. Mays emphasized that it is important to keep the tick for testing. • Never ignore a possible tick bite, including the symptoms: a red bull’s eye rash, fever, headache, muscle or joint pain, fatigue and skin rash. Symptoms usually occur within one to three weeks. For more information, visit www.healthunit.org or call the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit Health Action Line at 1-800-660-5853.
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Oil disperant a new challenge At press time, Nelson was awaiting the delivery of a sample of the dispersed oil, or “skunk oil,” as he’s calling it, to experiment with before heading to Louisiana to try it out on a larger scale. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, members of Congress and environmental groups have raised questions about use of the dispersants, which shoot chemicals thousands of metres beneath the sea. The chemicals break apart the oil and keep it from reaching the surface. One of the chief chemicals being used, Corexit 9500, causes oil to form into small droplets that remain suspended until they are either eaten by naturally occurring microbes, evaporate or dissolve. Corexit is identified as a “moderate” human health hazard that can cause eye,
skin or respiratory irritation with prolonged exposure, according to safety data documents. Two weeks ago, Louisiana businessman Kirk Bergeron offered to fly Nelson to the southern United States to demonstrate the wax clean-up methods, which Bergeron discovered in news articles and videos posted to Nelson’s new website, www.waxforpollution.com. Bergeron, who describes himself as a citizen concerned for the environment, is hoping to attract the attention of politicians and BP officials by showing them how Nelson solidifies oil by reuniting wax with the oil it is produced from so that it can be safely removed from water, sand and surfaces. With files from TorStar News Service.
UNDER CONTROL A grease fire in the kitchen of Peter’s Restaurant shut down the Gore Street restaurant first thing in the morning on Saturday. Here, Perth firefighters remove a smoking grease drip tray from a back entrance after the fire broke out at around 7:30 a.m. Only minor damage was reported, said Perth fire chief Steve Fournier. Laura Mueller photo
Contractor to be billed for gas leak response BY LAURA MUELLER laura.mueller@perthcourier.com The Town of Perth will seek reimbursement for thousands of dollars worth of emergency response and staff time spent during a natural gas leak on Wilson Street on May 17. The area around Wilson and North streets was cordoned off and buildings evacuated for most of the day after a worker on the Wilson Street reconstruction site hit a natural gas main, causing fumes to leak into the air. The contractor, George W. Drummond Construction Ltd., will be billed $3,300 for the Perth
Fire Department’s response, as well as thousands of dollars for Perth Police Service response and the time of the town’s environmental services staff, said Tim Simpson, the town’s chief administrative officer. The final tally was not yet calculated. During the May 18 committeeof-the-whole meeting, Coun. Judy Brown gave a report on the town’s response to the incident. The gas-main rupture occurred at approximately 9:30 a.m. and the fire department was on the scene almost immediately. Workers from Enbridge gas services arrived from Kingston and Ottawa by 10:38 a.m., Brown said. Area
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residents and businesses were evacuated, schoolchildren were directed away from the area and nearby Code’s Mill Inn and Spa was notified. The fire department left the scene by 5 p.m. and final repairs were completed by 11 p.m. The response of town staff, emergency services and Enbridge “made this unpleasant situation seamless,” said Perth Mayor John Fenik, adding, “It caused quite some excitement around here.” Construction crews lost about a day’s worth of work on the Wilson Street project, but that time will be made up, Simpson said.
Reverend Marilyn Savage and youth group member Colleen Cosens welcome visitors at the St. Andrew’s house open house on Saturday, May 22. The house, which is located directly next to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at 24 North St., used to be the minister’s home until November. Now, it serves as a place for members of the community to come together. Melissa Di Costanzo photo
Reaching out with open arms and benches, and a garden is in the works. “We work with all ages and needs, and work together to serve the community,” Savage said. And as they listen to more needs, Savage says programming at the house could change with those needs. The house is open to all. This is the first week it is open. The
hours are from 9 a.m. to noon, but Savage says this could change in the future. “We need to get our feet under us, and see what we need to tweak and modify,” she explains. “We hope to expand our hours. Come on in and explore it. Our doors are wide open.” Call the house at 613-267-4213 for more information.
MUNICIPAL MATTERS Spring Clean Up Time!
The Township is passing on a friendly reminder that this is a great time of year to celebrate spring with an outdoor cleanup around your home. All of our municipal waste sites accept household garbage, recycling (paper, plastic, glass, cans, and boxes), scrap metal and used tires. Household hazardous waste, construction waste and larger bulky items are accepted at the Middleville site. Don’t forget that usable household goods, furniture and appliances can go to the McDonald’s Corners ReUse Centre. That way we save space in our landfills and your old trash gets a new lease on life by becoming somebody else’s treasure. If you don’t have room to compost all your yard waste at home, it is accepted at all landfill sites. With a little clean up, your yard will be a place where you can enjoy the summer with your family and friends. Visitors will see what a beautiful community we live in, and your neighbors will thank you for improving the view from their yards! Operating hours at the various waste sites can be found on our web-site at www.lanarkhighlands.ca or our newly published “Highland Voice”. Happy Spring – see you at the recycling depots!
“Fire safety is not just for homes, it’s for cottages, cabins, seasonal hunt camps, RVs, trailers, and mobile homes too. It’s the law in Ontario to have working smoke alarms in every dwelling.” The term ‘dwelling unit’ includes seasonal homes such as park model trailers, cabins and cottages and also includes trailer homes, motor homes and other recreational vehicles. Failure to comply with the applicable Fire Code smoke alarm requirements can result in a ticket for $235 or a fine of up to $100,000.
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Council Meeting Schedule: Tuesday. June 1 at 2:30 p.m.: – Committee of the Whole Tuesday, June 1 at 7:00 p.m.: – Council Thursday June 3rd at 6:00 p.m. – Community Services & Building Planning Protective Services
Effective June 1, 2010
Landfill space is valuable. Every time you recycle, you help the Township raise money to pay for recycling services. Diverting waste from our landfills makes ‘good cents.’
The summer hours at the Flower Station waste disposal site - at 770 Hills of Peace Rd - will change. The new hours are:
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Students experience a life-changing trip BY ROSANNE LAKE rosanne.lake@perthcourier.com School trips always hold special memories for students, but the Perth and District Collegiate Institute trip to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE Day) was more than just educating for the students. It was life-changing. About 21 students donned red Canada jackets April 27 and joined more than 2,400 other Canadian students who also travelled overseas with EF Educational Tours. While away, they cried together at the realities of war, marveled at its associated sacrifice, celebrated the joy of freedom and gained a new type of pride for their country – all in less than 12 days. They returned home May 8 more emotionally and culturally aware and vowed to never forget. “The entire trip held so many amazing and eye-opening moments, it’s difficult to put into words,” said Matt Stafford, one of the senior students on the trip. Starting in Paris, France, the crew toured there for the first three days taking in history and the famous city, before heading to Normandy and then Juno Beach. “Many people don’t realize what a big part of our Canadian history Juno Beach is,” said Stafford, noting that some students took home sand to remind them. One small area, Abbaye D’Ardenne, really made an impression on Stafford, as it became an example of how penetrating the Second World War was, infiltrating even the smallest places in Europe. “It struck me how in that little grouping of buildings, these Ca-
nadians were executed by the SS,” he said. Teacher organizer for the trip, Paul Gallien, said different aspects on the trip seemed to affect each student differently. The visited five cemeteries and several battlefields along the way. “Being at all the battlefields was moving, it was more personal even than being at the cemeteries,” said Gallien. Each student represented two soldiers on the trip and was charged with researching them before they embarked, as well as trying to get grave rubbings, where possible, to collect more information. For the students, taking in a ceremony at Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium was also memorable. The town hosts a memorial ceremony on site every single night, and the townspeople go to pay tribute by gathering and placing wreaths, said Gallien. The ceremony has been a part of the town’s daily activities since 1927, following the opening of the Menin Gate Memorial. Stafford and fellow students Daniel Roy and Nick Parkinson had the special task of placing a wreath during the nightly ceremony. Roy recalls that the event included music and a choir, the last post, and many students from other schools also visiting as part of the Victory in Europe experience. While in Belgium, the trip also took the students where two students who fought in the First World War and attended PDCI are buried. The crew left with grave rubbings for both former students. Back in France, the local group was also able to obtain rubbings of names (where accessible) from
Emily Stephenson-Bowes (background) and Rebecca Hodgins (foreground) place poppies on the grave of George Mcleod Rock at the Ypres Reservoir Cemetery in Belgium. Rock was a former student of Perth Collegiate who died in the First World War. Tim Zander photo the Vimy War Memorial. One in particular was Campbell Craig Scott, who was also a former student from the school. “The rubbings provide something tangible and real,” said Gallien. From there the group stayed in the Netherlands, coming closer to celebrating the 65th anniversary of Victory in Europe, and taking in the Holton Canadian War Cemetery. As the students were on site for the Netherlands’ Remembrance Day, and the next day was Liberation Day, the locals were embroiled in a massive celebration, sometimes also solemn for remembrance, constantly unfolding around them. In fact, both Roy and Stafford were among several students given the honour of presenting the Canadian Flag to Princess Margriet during a special commemorative ceremony on May 4. Also at Holton, the Canadian students were joined by students
from Holland and Denmark in laying flowers on graves. After everyone was seated, the ceremony peaked by literally raining poppies from the sky, dropped from a helicopter. Another highlight of the stay in the Netherlands, was taking part in a march in Wageningen, celebrating the liberation Canadians helped the Netherlands obtain during the Second World War. Known as the City of Liberation, hundreds of Canadian students on similar trips as the Perth crew, marched in a parade May 5 through the town’s centre, stopping briefly when they reached the Hotel de Wereld, where the Germans signed their surrender papers on May 5, 1945. “The crowd there was really upbeat, cheering and really adding to the atmosphere of celebration,” said Gallien. “The veterans involved are rock stars for the day – the people were cheering that much.”
A certain pride to be Canadian brewed amongst the local students during the festivities, Stafford said, ultimately instilling in them a cultural identity even though they were thousands of kilometres from home. The PDCI students carried the Town of Perth flag during the walk, which included unique details such as handprints sewn around the border. After such a raucous and uplifting time there, the students were plunged back into the horrific reality of the war when they had the opportunity to visit Camp Vught, one of the concentration camps located in the Netherlands during the war. A visit to Anne Frank’s house also proved to be emotional. “The whole trip was filled with unforgettable moments,” said Roy. “We all learned so much, while at the same time experienced first hand why it’s so important to remember.”
Local teen facing attempted murder charge after stabbing
PLAYING AROUND IN FRANKTOWN Sydney Ditullio and dad Giancarlo toss the smiley face ball around with mom, Cherry (not pictured). The family was in Franktown to check out the lilac capital of Ontario’s Lilac Festival on Saturday, May 22. Festival-goers browsed at the craft market, enjoyed horse-drawn carriage rides and played various children’s activities during the hot, sunny day. Melissa Di Costanzo photo
A Perth-area teen is now facing an attempted murder charge following a stabbing on May 14. The 15-year-old boy accused of committing the crime has also been charged with assault with a weapon and uttering death threats in relation to an altercation between the same two people two days prior to the stabbing, said Insp. Glen Dewey of the Perth Police Service. That incident took place inside a Perth residence and also involved a knife, he said. The accused and
the victim are schoolmates at Perth and District Collegiate Institute and were familiar with each other, Dewey said. They are both current students at PDCI. The stabbing took place near the corner of Herriott and Sherbrooke streets in Perth at around 10 a.m. on May 14. The 14-year-old victim was treated for his injuries and released from the Great War Memorial site of the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital the same day. Dewey said additional details about the crime will not be
released in order to protect the integrity of witness testimony. The extent of the boy’s injuries is a confidential matter between the hospital and the victim, Dewey said. The accused, whose identity cannot be revealed under the Young Offenders Act, lives outside the Town of Perth, Dewey said. The accused appeared in Smiths Falls court on May 18 for a showcause hearing and was released from police custody. Perth police could not say whether there were conditions placed on his release. He is scheduled to appear again in Smiths Falls court on June 2.
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High schools receive new defibrillators, training BY DESMOND DEVOY desmond.devoy@metroland.com More than 1,200 high school students throughout Lanark County will soon be trained on how to use a defibrillator, and possibly save a life. Working in partnership with the Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation, the Ontario government and with $40,000 from Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington MP Scott Reid, high school students in Carleton Place, Perth and Smiths Falls will be trained in the use of automated external defibrillators. “Hopefully, we won’t need to use the defibrillator in our school, touch wood. But, if we do, we’ll be trained for it,” said Dave Chaplin, the principal of Notre Dame Catholic High School in Carleton Place, one of the schools participating in the program. While the devices will be located in high schools, “it’s not just about saving kids’ lives. It could be about saving an adult’s life as well,” said Chaplin. Fellow educator Jamie Bell, a physical education teacher at
Carleton Place High School (CPHS), agreed, noting that the training will mean that, “they [students] are ready to step in and save someone’s life.” The program was launched during a ceremony in the CPHS gymnasium on May 18. “Part of our goal in doing this is in making Lanark County a model for the rest of the province,” said Reid. “If we can do it here, you can do it in your area.” Sandra Clarke, executive director of the ACT Foundation, reminded the audience that, when someone is having a heart attack, time is of the essence. “You can have the best paramedics system in the world. But they can’t be there when the event happens,” Clarke said. “Those first few moments are critical, when a family member has an incident.” Usually we try to be there as soon as we can,” said Ed McPherson, deputy chief of the Lanark County Ambulance Service. But, in a rural area like Lanark County, that is not always possible. “You’re helping us do our jobs…it certainly makes my job easier.”
For Clarke, the drive to make sure that every high school student in Ontario graduates having learned how to use a defibrillator, and has basic CPR skills, is a personal mission. She lost both her father and her father-in-law to heart attacks. “I’ve committed my life to this,” said Clarke. Even with the best of training, it doesn’t always work. But even in those instances, “you won’t have to have all of those ‘what ifs.’” “Welcome to Lanark County, a great place to have a heart attack,” said Carleton Place Mayor Paul Dulmage, who added that, as he enters middle age it is, “comforting” to know that such devices are available, and that people are being trained to use them. The schools which will be teaching the program include Notre Dame Catholic High School, Carleton Place, St. John Catholic High School, Perth, St. Luke Catholic High School, Smiths Falls, Carleton Place High School, Perth and District Collegiate Jeweler Steve Clark carefully adjusts some of his creations during the Institute, and the Smiths Falls Brooke Valley Spring Tour, which was held over the Victoria Day long weekend. Melissa Di Costanzo photo District Collegiate Institute.
A SHINING EXAMPLE
St. John build day set for Saturday BY ROSANNE LAKE rosanne.lake@perthcourier.com
TURNING HEADS DURING TOUR Smiths Falls wood-turner Don Crowder, displays some of his creations (including candlesticks and bowls) during the annual Westport Area Dandelion Gardens Studio Tour, which was held over the Victoria Day long weekend. Melissa Di Costanzo photo
On Saturday, the yard at St. John Catholic Elementary School will be buzzing with worker bees. The efforts to raise funds and build a new playground for students at the school, and the community, will reach their peak May 29, when hundreds of people gather on site to give the school yard a complete makeover – in one day. From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. community volunteers will pull together to build the new playground and outdoor learning area. After the build is complete, there will be a dedication ceremony to recognize two local fallen Canadian Forces heroes, Flying Officer William Kyle and Cpl. James Michael McGlade, and one local veteran from Perth, Cpl. Francis DiCola. The initiative started last fall with a simple idea, and snowballed with a grant from Let Them
Be Kids Canada, a foundation designed to help communities build partnerships and volunteerism through projects like community playgrounds. Local businesses and individuals then stepped up over the past few months, donating more than $50,000 towards the project. “Our committee is really excited that this day is finally so close,” said Diane Jackson, chair of the playground committee. “It (has) been a tremendous amount of work and planning but all along we’ve known the looks on these kids’ faces every day would be worth all of it and that it truly is important to just let kids be kids.” Jackson went on to say that the committee and school wishes to express gratitude to the community for being supportive of the project, both financially and personally. Now, in just a few days, the school yard will be transformed
with the addition of three play structures, soccer nets, an outdoor classroom with prayer corner and storytelling area, local gardens and mural paintings. “Our young students are thrilled, as they helped design the play equipment and have been involved every step of the way,” said kindergarten teacher and committee member, Melanie O’Neil. “Recess will never be the same here at St. John’s!” Volunteers are still being en-couraged to sign up via the website www.stjohnperth.ltbk.ca. “Above all, this day is meant to draw our community together,” said Jackson. “We all feel that this project will show children and adults alike, that within us all is the ability to make a difference and hopefully someday, when they see a need out there, they’ll recall this time and realize that they can do something to help someone else, no matter how daunting it seems.”
POLICE BRIEFS Illegal hunting fines
Impaired drivers
Shooting a deer on private property landed a Lanark Highlands man with fines and a year suspension from hunting. A man from Lanark was fined $1,000 for careless hunting, $1,000 for discharging a firearm from a road right-of-way and $200 for trespassing while hunting. He was also suspended from hunting for one year. The Ministry of Natural Resources said the man was on his way home in Lanark when he saw a large deer by the road on private property. A resident told him he couldn’t hunt on the property but the man shot the deer anyways. He was confronted by several residents who were able to identify him during an investigation by the OPP and MNR. To report a hunting violation, call 1877-TIPS-MNR (847-7667) or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Perth police charged a 29-year-old Ottawa man with impaired driving after following up on reports of an erratic driver on Harvey Street at around 7:45 p.m. on Sunday. The driver was stopped on Isabella Street and was immediately given a roadside breath test, which he failed. The accused faces charges for driving while impaired, driving with a bloodalcohol level higher than 80 milligrams and possession of marijuana. A 33-year-old Smiths Falls man was also charged with impaired driving and over 80 after Perth police conducted a traffic stop on Craig Street on May 15. OPP laid impaired driving charges on a Perth man on May 8. Police saw a vehicle travelling erratically east on County Road 12 in Tay Valley Township at around 11:30 p.m. The vehicle turned onto Fallbrook Road, where it was stopped by police. The 49-year-old driver was charged with impaired driving and over 80, as well as driving without a licence.
Victoria Day weekend revelers arrested Two men were held in police custody until sober during separate incidents over the weekend. Perth police said a 20-year-old Lombardy man was charged with being intoxicated in a public place on Friday, May 21 after receiving calls of a drunk man falling down on the front lawn of a Harvey Street residence around 9:45 p.m. On Saturday, May 22, officers encountered an intoxicated man at the corner of Gore and North streets and offered to escort him to a safe place. The man put his hands behind his back and suggested police arrest him, Perth police said. Consequently, he was arrested, charged with being intoxicated in a public place and held in a cell until he was sober. Last week, Perth police also arrested an intoxicated man at a County Road 43 establishment on May 16 at around 1:45 a.m. A 49-year-old Maberly man was charged with being intoxicated in a public place and held until sober.
Impaired driving leads to assault A Tay Valley Township man faces assault charges in addition to drunkdriving charges after a May 5 incident. OPP said a truck crashed into the ditch on McDonalds Corners Road at around 5:30 p.m. The driver got out of the truck and raised a rock in the air at a witness before running into the bush. There was no physical contact between the accused and the witness, OPP said. Witnesses told officers that the driver was outside a nearby residence, where the 57-year-old man was arrested and charged with assault, impaired driving and failing to provide a breath sample.
Smashed windows A 14-year-old Perth youth faces several charges after a Sinclair Street home window was smashed. The incident happened on Sunday at around 8:30 p.m. The teen was charged with possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possessing a weapon while prohibited to do so, two counts of mischief and breaching a probation order. He is expected to attend youth court on June 30. More windows were broken in an unrelated incident last week. The front windshield of a parked pickup truck on Craig Street were smashed in by pieces of wood. Police were called to the scene on Saturday, May 15 at around 3:30 p.m. Police arrested an 18-year-old Perth man on Sunday, May 17. He is charged with two counts of mischief under $5,000. He was released from police custody on a promise to appear in court on June 21.
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Gore Street crash An Ottawa woman was charged after her car crashed into a vehicle at the corner of Harvey and Gore streets on Thursday, May 20 just before 8 p.m. Perth police said the Ottawa driver was heading west on Harvey when she stopped at the stop sign at Gore Street before proceeding. The car collided with a car driven by a 23-year-old Maberly woman who was driving north on Gore Street East. The impact tore off part of the front fender on the Maberly woman’s car. No injuries were reported. A 40-year-old woman was charged with failing to yield to traffic on a through highway.
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EDITORIAL OUR OPINION
Balancing development with growth
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here is a lot of stake as Lanark County begins debating whether to introduce development charges. The fees are put in place to recover some of the cost associated with growth. Expanding commercial and residential developments create an additional burden on municipal infrastructure, such as roads, waterworks and emergency services, and that increasing cost needs to be paid for somehow. On one hand, it doesn’t seem fair for residential taxes to be increased in order to pay for these new demands on infrastructure. On the other hand, by diverting that cost back to businesses, the county could create a major deterrent to businesses locating in this area. While Lanark County might be an attractive place for a commercial, industrial or residential developer to set up shop now, in the future they might be scared away by doubled-up development charges (if the charges are put into place). But Lanark County would be far from alone if it decided to go ahead with some form of development charge. Thirteen of the 30 upper-tier governments in Ontario already have development charges according to Kurt Greaves, director of finance and treasurer for Lanark County. Development charges are nothing new in the area; all eight municipalities in Lanark County already have their own development charges in place. If the county decides to endorse the concept of development charges, it would be on top of the existing municipal charges. Some would argue that “discouraging” development may even be a good thing; after all, most area residents wouldn’t want to see Perth overrun with big-box stores. But development – both commercial and residential – spans a broad spectrum, and development of all types is sorely needed to stimulate the area’s economy, create jobs and tax revenue and to provide resources to make this an inviting area to settle. This debate began at the committee level earlier this month. It continued at a public meeting in Lanark County council chambers in Perth on Wednesday as well as at corporate services committee meetings in June. The bylaw is on the agenda for consideration at the June 23 meeting.
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Dear Editor: Re: “Second-chance methadone program at risk,” The Perth Courier, May 13. What is happening to our pharmacists, doctors and the rest of the medical community? It’s tragic that most of the people requiring methadone need this treatment as a result of a doctor prescribing them legal narcotics and a pharmacist dispensing them. Our medical community is supposed to treat our illnesses and make us better – not destroy someone’s life through addiction. Medical research has shown that with sustained use anyone can and will become addicted to these drugs and their quality of life does not improve in the long term. Opioid research by Dr. Irfan Dhalla (“Deaths related to the use of prescription opioids,” Canadian Medical Association Journal, Dec. 8, 2009 and also “Opioid Prescriptions for Chronic Pain and Overdose: A Cohort Study,” Annals of Internal Medicine, Jan. 19, 2010) indicate that the majority of patients addicted and those dying from overdose were under a doctor’s care and were taking the opioids as prescribed and that only a small number abused the
drugs. It’s logical that once someone becomes addicted and their pain is not relieved they will take more than prescribed to try to alleviate their pain. Many who have become addicted continue to take these legal drugs – not to get high, but so they do not feel the agonizing symptoms of withdrawal from the medication. Once addicted, they have nowhere to go to receive safe and effective treatment in a humane and compassionate manner. I personally do not believe in the treatment of methadone forever. The goal should be for each individual to be tapered off very slowly and safely from all drugs. The government must help those addicted, especially because many became addicted iatrogenically and were then abandoned by their doctor. I believe that if a patient becomes addicted to a prescription drug then the doctor who prescribed that drug must be responsible and accountable in safely weaning the patient off. The aim should be to restrict legal narcotics to terminally ill patients and to selected patients only. Legal narcotics are handed out like candy in emergency rooms across the country. Often,
doctors are treating symptoms and never find the cause of the pain. There are good doctors who will treat your condition on the whole, not just your pain. What sets these good doctors apart is that they understand the dangers of long-term use of narcotics. This understanding is based on adequate, studied, reliable and appropriate medical information. I hope that anyone who is prescribed medication discusses the risks with their doctor and does their own research before taking anything. For all those who are caught in the trap of addiction, ask your doctor to help you slowly and safely wean off all addictive drugs. You have had lots of medical assistance in creating your addiction and deserve the necessary time and support in ending your addiction. You are victims of an unhealthy medical system. It is very sad indeed to see human life being destroyed at the hands of a corrupted and unregulated pharmaceutical industry focused on their bottom line and their many strong supporters such as some pharmacists and doctors. Ada Giudice-Tompson Rosseau, Ont. www.banoxycontin.com
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have a confession to make. I have trouble with bugs. No no no…I don’t mean I’m infested. I mean they make me a bit twitchy. Give me snakes, frogs, toads, worms any day. I like it when fish nibble my toes. I live with a turtle. Even though reptiles and amphibians can sometimes show up in surprising locations, my momentary startle quickly transforms into: “Oh, cool!” Bugs? Not so much. Don’t get me wrong. I know insects are important. Many of them are beautiful. I have no quarrel with bees or butterflies. I absolutely love dragonflies because they are gorgeous and fly in squadrons to eat pesky horseflies and deerflies. Insects and I start to have trouble when they invade my space. Arguably it’s their space, too. Possibly they were there first, even. Likely we have destroyed their habitat and forced them to infiltrate our space, just as we have with so many other creatures (such as deer, bears and coyotes). Somehow, though, I find it harder to come to the defence of bugs. I’ve written about ants before and how much I did not appreciate their unwelcome visit in our house one summer. Although I understood the temptation of the kids’ sticky table in the den, it was still, in my humble opinion, an entirely inappropriate invasion of my space. I do not scream and jump on chairs when I see a snake, but my reaction is not far from that when one of those creepy centipede dudes that love old houses shows up. I am especially not fond of the ones that are almost as big as a cat. I was working in the garden
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GRAY Past Deadline on the weekend and a couple of those centipedes scrambled away when I moved some woody stalks. I said, “Ew,” but I did not scream or jump on a lawn chair. Why? Because they were outside. That works for me. The cockroach factor contributes to this unease. When I was away at school I worked part time for a home-care agency and cleaned for elderly clients. (I know. Hard to believe I know how to clean.) Anyway, one of the clients, who was a feisty petite lady and a real sweetheart, lived in a cockroachinfested high-rise near downtown Ottawa. It was awful. I would brace myself and take a deep breath whenever I moved a dish or a canister on her kitchen counter because I knew a cockroach would come scuttling out. Despite the fact I was expecting it and was trying to be brave, I would always emit some sort of involuntary peep. That’s when she’d fly into the kitchen, usually armed with a
shoe, and bash the critter to bits. Yes! One of my last jobs for her before I graduated was to help her move things out of her cupboards as they prepared to fumigate the building. Not fun. My current buggy drama: ticks. Sigh. Perhaps you’ve heard the blacklegged tick (deer tick) has started to show up in this area and because they can carry Lyme disease, we need to be aware. Gulp. I’m trying to tell myself millions of North Americans deal with ticks all the time and we just need to train ourselves to check for them when we spend any time in forests and fields. We’ll get used to doing this. I helped with a children’s outdoor program this winter and we’re in the midst of another one right now, and I find it ironic that with all this work to encourage kids to spend more time outside, along come the ticks to add an ick factor to the outdoors. It would be easy to overreact and jump on a chair, yelling, “I’m never going outside again!” but there’s something to be said for knowledge. On the weekend I saw a tick. A friend found it on her leg. A bunch of us got a good look at it and it became a “teachable moment.” I suppose it’s like everything else – snakes and bats and even ants and centipedes. Once you understand a thing and what motivates it, you realize there’s no need to go screaming onto chairs. Just deal with it. So far so good. (Learn more at www.healthunit.org/hazards/documents/ lyme.htm or www.health.gov. on.ca/en/public/publications/ disease/lyme.aspx.)
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OPINIONS LETTERS
Membership means more than participation
Bees banish book sellers
Dear Editor: I am not sure if this is funny or just purely strange, or if this holds any local or nature interest, but it is interesting. This past Monday (May 17) at exactly 4 p.m., Clark Theobald was working at my store, The Book Nook, and he saw two or three honeybees flying inside the store. He swatted them, but every time he turned around, there were more. Within a minute, the store was full of bees. Needless to say, he closed and locked-up in a hurry, leaving a sign on the door, “Closed due to bees.” After receiving a message from him, I went to The Book Nook to see for myself. As I walked down Gore Street, I saw people standing in front of my windows, faces close, awe in their expressions. Sure enough, my windows were full of bees. Also covered with bees was the outside wall of the building on the banks of the Tay. On Tuesday morning, all the bees were dead; it looked like they just dropped where they were all over my floors and windows. We estimate there were between 200 and 300. I did close for the day Tuesday just in case, as safety for staff and customers was my first priority. I opened again on Wednesday and each day I look in and outside for any bee activity. Not a sign of them since. Today, as I was scouting the
Theresa Crawford brought in this photo of a swarm of bees that landed on a Grant Street tree at around 1:30 p.m. on May 16. Jarred Geroux photo
outside wall, someone asked me what I was doing, so I explained. She told me that last Sunday a bicycle rally came through town and ran into a swarm of bees of close to a thousand. They called 911. I now believe my swarm broke off from that. On a coincidently odd note, the day prior, I posted a flyer in the window for a new book release: The Girl Who Kicked the Wasp Nest. No, I am not kidding, and it has been all the talk, as well as customers’ wit, “Perhaps they chose a bookstore to get ready for a spelling bee!” or “They were
jealous of a book with wasp not bee in the title!” What we believe we know about honeybee swarms: they have no queen, they are searching for a place to nest and a queen. What we don’t know why the bees died in my store overnight. Had they been on the move too long? Do they die if they break off from the main swarm? Is it nature’s way of weeding out the weaker of the swarm? We are now bee free! Leslie Wallack, Perth The Book Nook
Dear Editor: Barry Boyce needs to lighten up (re: “Volunteers need to ante up,” Letter to the Editor, The Perth Courier, May 20). He denounced those who join organizations and then don’t do presumably as much volunteering as he is able. Well, good for him if he can do a lot. The community needs him and others like him. However not everyone has the same time, energy or money to give as others have. Everyone who has the will does what they can. Besides, was it Churchill who said “They also serve who only sit and wait.” I currently belong to a service club and a charitable organization and do other “deeds” around town and have in the past, with other organizations. In my experience some members simply want to belong or want a feeling of fellowship. By joining an organization which they believe in, they support the cause and the active members in various ways: by their presence, by the payment
SJES Build Day approaches Courier cartoonist awards
Shooting for selling online
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n this electronic age, buying and selling online is fast becoming the norm. Millions of people find items they want, or get rid of stuff they don’t want, by using web-based services such as Kijiji, UsedOttawa, Craigslist, UsedLanarkCounty, EBay and others. And – what’s the most important part of these free ads? The photographs. Ads with photos really help sell. Let’s take a hypothetical example. You inherit Aunt Fannie’s 1992 red Mustang convertible. (She was quite the gal, Aunt Fannie!) The car has only 12,000 kilometres on it and is in absolute mint condition. You know it’s a real find, but how to get prospective purchasers fired up enough to buy it? Most of these sites allow up to four photos accompanying the ad, so might as well include four good ones. Remember, those pics let people see what you have to sell, so you want to present the item as attractively as possible. First, make sure the item is spotlessly clean. Wash Aunt Fannie’s ragtop and polish it to a gleaming shine. Take the first shot with the top down, with the car placed in a location to show it off. Pick a background that allows the car to be the centre of
sites have a limit on how big the files can be, so think small – very small. Set your camera to JPEG Basic, or whatever the smallest setting is on your particular camera. This saves converting them later. (One of my cameras won’t go to JPEG Basic, so I do have to convert them anyway.) Aim for a file size of anywhere from 50 to 100 kilobytes. These upload very quickly and are good enough for viewing on the web. A free program I use regularly to convert larger files to smaller ones is Faststone. Just download it from the web, then use its browser to find the photos you took. Select the ones you want Camera Corner and click “Tools” then “Batch convert selected images.” Using attention; in other words, not in the choices available, pick 640 x some parking lot with a dozen 480 as the JPEG size and reduce other autos around it. Take a the quality to about 50 per cent. whole bunch of shots, trying This will give you very small various angles and focal lengths. files to upload quickly. Works Watch the lighting. like a charm. For the second picture, put the Each of the sites I mentioned top back up, but have a different in the first paragraph has a view of the car from the topslightly different way of down one. The third and fourth uploading your photos but none shots can be of details, such as is difficult to do. When you have the odometer (to prove the low completed the word ad and mileage), and the interior to pictures, you get to preview what show how immaculate it is. Of you’ve done to see if any changes course, you’ll shoot lots in order need to be made. to get the final four best ones. If you’ve never tried this Now, for the technical part. before, give it a go and you’ll be Photos for the web need to be surprised at how well it works. small files for easy uploading. All Click!
Graeme
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of membership dues, and by their occasional participation. Others become more active; but to each their own. It would do well for active grumblers to remember to “judge not.” Volunteers show compassion, empathy and caring toward their cause or project. Should they then not share and direct a measure of those qualities towards their fellow volunteers and members of the organizations they belong to? Even though we may think we know a member of our organization, we may not. Many physical and mental disabilities are invisible and some people don’t want to share their personal information and situation. When we look at a volunteer colleague we cannot see their personal challenges with health, family, finances, or other issues. Those who can, do. Those who cannot do, sometimes simply join, and in doing so support those who can do. And in my humble opinion, that’s all right, folks. Helen Gamble, Perth
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Steve Nease, the editorial cartoonist whose wit and artistic skill has been on display in the Courier since February, took home the top prize in the Ontario Community Newspapers Association Awards on May 14. He earned first prize in the top circulation category for editorial cartoons. Earlier this spring, Nease also captured top honours for editorial cartooning at the Canadian Community Newspapers Association.
Canoe the Clyde Aug. 14
This year’s fourth-annual Canoe the Clyde for Cancer will uild day for the St. John take place Saturday, Aug. 14, with Elementary School Let its launch in the centre of Them Be Kids playground Lanark village. It’s sponsored project is quickly approaching this year by the Lanark and on May 29. If you’re interested in District Civitan Club, working helping out, you can still register on the fundraiser with other at www.stjohnperth.ltbk.ca. Civitan clubs in the area. Judging by the atmosphere Since it was launched in 2007, and team spirit on display at the Canoe the Clyde has raised more Chimo Let Them Be Kids build than $20,000 for the Canadian day in Smiths Falls recently, the Cancer Society. Perth event should be a great The 10-kilometre return trip time – plus, it’s for a great cause. up the Clyde River into the heart The following items are still of the Lanark Highlands has needed: grown every year, attracting • 50 bags of premixed cement more than 250 paddlers in the • Wheelbarrows course of its four years. • Rakes (both leaf rakes and for New this year is the option of stone) registering for the event online. • Shovels Go to convio.cancer.ca/goto/ • Torpedo level lanarkcanoetheclyde to sign up • Impact gun and get details. • Wrench and ratchet sets For more information call 613• Large water containers (juice 267-1058 or email Dick Cordick at jugs with spouts) riversedgebandb@aol.com.
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LOOKING BACK 25 years ago
Effects of youth-court ruling felt in Perth T has changed the rules involving the case. Mr. Justice Elmer Smith ruled that a 16-year-old Toronto youth appearing before him, who had been charged prior to the Young Offenders Act becoming law on April 1, could not have his case heard in adult court. The decision means youths under 18, charged before the act became law, will not have their cases heard in adult court. However, the decision is being appealed. A preliminary hearing was about to begin in Perth last week into the Smiths Falls murder charge when news of the ruling hit like a bomb blast. More than 50 witnesses had been called to testify at the preliminary hearing, which had to be postponed while Crown Attorney John Waugh studied the ramifications of the Ontario Supreme Court ruling. The following day, provincial court Judge Harold Rice said his
court had no jurisdiction over the youth due to the ruling. The youth was immediately charged under the Young Offenders Act following Rice’s decision, and the bail hearing was scheduled. “Being only 17, he should be treated like all other 17-year-olds in the country,” said defence counsel Norman Boxall last week. The maximum penalty under the Young Offenders Act is three years in custody, although there is provision to have the case brought back to adult court. Under Section 16 of the act, certain crimes can be heard in adult court. Following the bail hearing, Waugh said if Smith’s ruling is upheld, he will apply to have the case heard in adult court under Section 16. If the appeal of Smith’s ruling is accepted, the case would automatically revert to adult court. There is expected to be a ruling
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Thief targets Burns’ Jewellery Store For the second time in the past five years, the Burns’ Jewellery Store was robbed, and the method used to steal merchandise was the same. About 1:30 Wednesday morning, Mr. H.E. Burns was awakened by a noise which he believed was thunder, but running downstairs, he found that the plate-glass window in the store had been smashed. Inside the store, lying on the floor, was a brick which had travelled about 10 feet after it had smashed through the window. A new TV set was in the path of the brick, but luckily this was missed. While several transistor radios were on display, only one was removed from the window, which was valued at $50. Const. Jack Ridell was on the scene a few minutes after the break-in, but a search of the area brought no results, as the thief had, no doubt, planned the breakin and disappeared out of sight. In September of 1955, a similar break-in occurred, but it was the show window on the left side of the store which was broken. Watches and rings valued at $2,500 were stolen in that robbery.
Lake, a son. Ireton - At the GWM Hospital, on May 10, 1960, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ireton of RR 6, Perth, a son. Lee - At the GWM Hospital, on May 7, 1960, to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lee of Perth, a son. McLean - At the GWM Hospital, on May 7, 1960, to Mr. and Mrs. Duart McLean of Perth, a daughter. Millar - At the GWM Hospital, on May 12, 1960, to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Millar of Perth, a daughter. Popplewell - At the GWM Hospital, on May 2, 1960, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Popplewell, a daughter. Ramsay - At the GWM Hospital, on May 8, 1960, to Mr. and Mrs. James Ramsay of Perth, a daughter. Ryder - At the GWM Hospital, on
May 11, 1960, to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ryder of Perth, a daughter. Wark - At the GWM Hospital, on May 16, 1960, to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wark of Lanark, a son. Warren - At the GWM Hospital, on May 2, 1960, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Warren of Sharbot Lake, a son. Wilson - At the GWM Hospital, on May 3, 1960, to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wilson of Perth, a daughter.
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unny skies and high temperatures prevailed for the annual Perth and District Collegiate Institute Cadet Corps and Girls Gymnastics Inspection last Friday afternoon on the collegiate campus. Two hundred and fifty cadets and 200 girls took part in the ceremonies, which were carried out by both groups with precision and finesse. Inspecting officer was Maj. R.E. Miller, Carleton Place, of the Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment. In addressing the cadets and the girls, Maj. Miller said he was greatly impressed by the steadiness of the cadets on parade. They were excellent in their drills, and marching was well executed.
prior to Aug. 19, when the accused this week members of the Ottawa makes his next court appearance. 67’s, the Perth Blue Wings and the Pembroke Lumber Kings had Zoning change goes to OMB voiced interest in playing for the After more than nine months team before the franchise was fiof debate, deliberation and dis- nalized this spring. The team, aimed at hockey playcussion, town council last week put the finishing touches on the ers who have played out their jurezoning of a Drummond Street nior options, is currently being residence. However, the matter is organized in Lanark and, accordnot expected to fade away, but will ing to Neilson, there are few oblikely be the topic of an Ontario stacles to overcome before the Municipal Board hearing in the start of the hockey season. Although prospective players near future. Town council has passed a zoning application by are being approached by the club the GWM Hospital which changes and are showing interest in startthe zone of a home at 45 Drum- ing on the team, the actual roster mond St. from residential to open will not be decided until the fall. The team will be pitted against space hospital use. The hospital wants to use the the Smiths Falls Rideaus as well building to house offices of the as other senior teams from the Addiction Research Foundation. Ottawa Valley. The organization will not be Despite an impassioned plea by Coun. Jim Peden, council went paying the players, according to ahead and voted on the final step Neilson, but the assets of the of the rezoning, with five mem- club, after expenses, will be given bers of council in favour and to the players. “We really can’t even afford to pay them mileage three against. Mayor William Warren, Peden ... we’ll be able to pay them at the and Coun. Chuck Montgomery end of the season, though,” said voted against the final rezoning. Neilson. Three residents of the area BORN have filed formal objections with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs Jackson - At Women’s College and Housing and the matter is al- Hospital, Toronto, on May 15, most certain to go before the On- 1985, to Douglas and Margaret (nee Wildman) Jackson of Wiltario Municipal Board. Peden gave one of the most lowdale, a son, Corey Douglas. emotional and dramatic speeches McLaren - On May 13, 1985, to heard in the council chamber in David and Patricia McLaren of recent years when he spoke RR 1, Lanark, a son, Andrew David. against the rezoning. By passing the zoning request Mosher-Killorn - On April 17, the town will be doing “the great- 1985, to Pat and Laurie, a son, Jaest injustice to the GWM Hospital cob Hale. and the residents that I’ve seen Van Andel - At the GWM Hospital, on May 15, 1985, to Bill and since I’ve been in Perth.” Susan Van Andel, a daughter, Caitlin Susanne. Strong team
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Lanark County surpasses campaign target The response from the citizens of Lanark County was magnificent in the recent Canadian Cancer Society Campaign. The objective of the county was $8,500, and between $9,000 and $10,000 will be realized. In Perth, $2,700 was collected, while Smiths Falls contributed $3,900 and Carleton Place, $2,400.
BORN Bothwell - At the GWM Hospital, on May 10, 1960, to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bothwell of Perth, a daughter. Creighton - At the GWM Hospital, on May 4, 1960, to Mr. and Mrs. John Creighton of RR 5, Almonte, a son. Day - At the GWM Hospital, on May 14, 1960, to Mr. and Mrs. John Day of Perth, a daughter. Ducharme - At the GWM Hospital, on May 9, 1960, to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ducharme of Sharbot
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Local figure skater earns prestigious recognition BY ROSANNE LAKE rosanne.lake@perthcourier.com For the Perth Figure Skating Club, the name Casey Laidlaw is synonymous with patience and enthusiasm. Laidlaw, who has been a program assistant with the club for seven years, was recently honoured by Skate Canada as the only recipient in eastern Ontario of an award that recognizes her commitment to helping teach young people the sport. Her coach, Lise Drummond, said that every Saturday morning from September to March that there is skating in the program, Laidlaw is at the arena with a smile on her face. “Casey is a wonderful young lady and has been an amazing role model for the young skaters of the Perth Figure Skating Club,� Drummond said. “She puts her heart and soul into everything she does, is always willing to take on new responsibilities and has an eagerness to learn.� In Drummond’s nomination forms filed back in the winter, she notes that Laidlaw’s morning of being a program assistant starts with CanSkate session where she runs the warm-up, takes attendance, sets up circuits, leads exercises and games, runs cool-down and hands out incentives. After that, she continues on as assistant in the Intro to StarSkate program, where she runs the warm-up and assists skaters in running a practice session. After focusing on this group, she moves on to helping partner the preliminary dances. Hayley and Elizabeth Code jump in unison during Jump Rope for Although this is a new duty that Heart festivities at Drummond Central Public School Friday afternoon. Laidlaw has taken on this year, The school held the event in co-ordination with Hoops for Heart, to Drummond notes that she has raise money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Rosanne Lake photo
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Casey Laidlaw is all smiles as she stands with coach Lise Drummond of the Perth Figure Skating Club after Laidlaw received the eastern Submitted photo Ontario Program Assistant award from Skate Canada. become a big help to the coaches, parents and skaters in allowing them more assistance with their dances. Laidlaw then volunteers to stay for the junior conditioning session to the coach with a large group of skaters, in addition to helping with competition, test days and the ice show. “Casey is someone who can be counted on day in and day out,� Drummond said. “She is a consistent, patient and dedicated young
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An event is in the works to celebrate the success of the Blue Devils over the span of a decade. The Perth and District Collegiate Institute senior boys basketball teams won consecutive championships for 10 years from 1999 until this year, said basketball coach, Kevin Bellamy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;During this 10-year run of championships, we won gold four times, silver once and bronze five times at the Eastern Ontario Secondary School Athletic Association (championships),â&#x20AC;? he said. To acknowledge that feat, Bellamy is organizing a reunion combined with a golf tournament as a fundraiser for the boys basketball program. He said the reunion was originally to take place last November including alumni games and a banquet, but the school board shut down all outside events during the H1N1 flu outbreak, which nixed the reunion plans. As a result, he said the events are combined into one weekend, starting Friday, June 25 at 5 p.m. The weekend will include alumni games starting that Friday, which will see four teams of seven or eight players each tip off against each other. The fee of $25 includes two games and a commemorative T-shirt. Game times are set for 5:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 9 p.m. The golf tournament is on the books for Saturday, June 26 beginning with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. The tourney is a four-person scramble format with two divisions. The tournament is $75 per person includes 18 holes, a cart and prizes. If interested, contact Kevin Bellamy at 613-264-8667 or email him at kjbellamy@sympatico. ca to register in either or both events.
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SPARTANS KICK AROUND A MEDAL St. John Catholic High School celebrates being Lanark County champions in boys soccer last week after a hard-fought battle against the team from Perth and District Collegiate Institute. The teams were so evenly matched that the score remained locked at zero until St. John’s Justin Healey scored in the final five minutes of the match. The score remained 1-0 until the final whistle. The Spartans now advance to the eastern Ontario challenge this week. At left, PDCI’s Pavit Thind jostles for the ball during the intense action between the two rival Perth schools. Rosanne Lake photos
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Swinging Chics Aryln McMillan tells us that the Swinging Chics at the Mapleview Golf and Country Club teed off on the front nine at 8 a.m. last Thursday with 17 people participating. Julie Dewar putted 15 and was the lowest putter of the morning. She also sent out happy birthday wishes to Elizabeth Q. McMillan reminds that all ladies are welcome to come out and join the Swinging Chics for nine holes of fun gold every Thursday morning at 8 a.m.
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Thor Stewart now has one up on his father. The Grade 12 student at Perth and District Collegiate Institute recently broke a 20-year school record in the 400-metre hurdles. As if breaking the PDCI record wasn’t enough, one simple fact made the race even sweeter for Stewart: the former record-holder was his father, Terry. The record was sitting at 58.6 seconds for that event, a time that Terry secured in 1980. It’s only fitting that his son would be the one to oust him off the school’s track and field record board for the senior boys 400-m hurdles, he said. “I had a feeling he was going to beat me this year,” said Terry, who has been assisting the track team’s distance runners. “I recall the race in which I initially broke the standing record years ago,” said Terry. “I won that race to qualify for provincials. I crossed the finish line and I was done – I was completely used up.” He said Thor ran the event in just 58.18 seconds in Belleville at the Bay of Quinte meet earlier
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this month. Right after finishing, Thor walked over to his father and said “That was fun,” something which Terry couldn’t believe, remembering how spent he was. “It was a totally different reaction than what I expected,” Terry said, laughing. “He has a lot more reserve than I do.” Although Terry knew that Thor had broken the record (he timed him on his own watch) he didn’t allude to that fact to his son. Thor, who is only in his first year running hurdles, said his father didn’t show him his watch right away, so he had to wait until the results were posted to see his time. “We were both crowding the results board, kind of anxious to see how I did,” Thor said. “I really didn’t know what my time would be because I stumbled on the second-last hurdle. I just ran as fast as I could.” When he saw that he had broken his father’s record he said he was surprised, but happy, to keep it in the family name. “All my life he’s been telling me how hard it was to get that record,” said Thor, looking at his dad and smiling. “Now I have it.”
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Tender documents can be picked up on or after May 25, 2010 at Tay Valley Township Office 217 Harper Road, Glen Tay (2km west of Perth, Ontario on Hwy #7). A mandatory site visit will be hosted on Monday June 7, 2010.
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The Project includes construction of a six (6) bay garage (6080 sq.ft.) plus office/meeting/storage area (5219 sq.ft.). Project management, site preparation, utilities, on-site services and construction of entrance from provincial Hwy #7 are also part of the contract. Council is seeking a contractor with a proven track record for a practical, economical and community minded approach, willing to work with Township offering suggestions on cost savings.
Grand Blue Heron Re-Opening Saturday, Golf Club Terry Stewart hands off his Perth and District Collegiate Institute school record in the senior boys 400-metre hurdles to his son, Thor. The younger Stewart ousted his father from the fabled record board at a meet earlier this month in Belleville, also breaking a blue-andwhite record standing for 20 years in the process.
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Club ball paying off for locals Golfer starts season right BY CHIP GREENSIDE
BY ROSANNE LAKE rosanne.lake@perthcourier.com Although the boys basketball season ended months ago at Perth District Collegiate Institute, Mitchell Pierman and Eli Woods have been continuing to hit the courts. The pair prolonged the season by trying out and making the cut to play with the Queen’s (Unversity) Elite Development Academy. So far, that has meant that the players have travelled to Kingston twice a week since the end of March for practise and have competed in four tournaments with their team, as far afield as Potsdam, N.Y. and Hamilton, Ont. The driving and sacrifice of time has been worth it though, both say, as they plan to play at the university level when the time comes - and this gives them a head start. Not only that, but it has also made a huge difference in terms of their skill development and abilities as basketball players. “It has definitely increased our level of play,” Woods said. PDCI coach Kevin Bellamy said it’s noticeable when the boys play now. “Their speed, timing and decision-making skills are better because they’ve been involved in this program,” Bellamy said, “It’s because the level of competition in QEDA is so high - they have to perform – and that translates into being players.” Pierman, who is in Grade 12, has three Eastern Ontario Secondary School Athletic Association championships under his belt, as well as being the recipient of the Stephan Roberts Memorial Award last year through the PDCI athletics department. Though Woods is only in Grade 10, he also has an athletic resume with the school. Woods
Dougall, Terry Finnegan, Larry Smith and Mike Brankin scored a 34 on the front. There was a 36 on the back by the team of Joe Jarbeau, Whitehead, Cliff Wiseman and Dave Babcock. Long Drives were by McDougall, Mike Creighton, Whitehead and Rob Burns. The Burns Jewellers $100 gift certificate was won by Scott Henley and the Blue Wings tickets were won by Paul Campbell.
Playing in the regular Thursday morning seniors, Al Walkden aced the 165-yard eighth hole again at the Perth Golf Course, this time with the pin tucked on top of the nasty second tier. Naturally it got him a skin. Other skins were notched by Tom Critelli, Ed Carnrite, Rod MacLean and Gary Patterson. MacLean, Patterson and Walkden has birdies sawed off on No. 3, 4 Youth clinic and 7 respectively. Peter WhiteKids, don’t miss the May 30 head (78), Andy Davis (80) and Bill clinic just for you. It’s open to Kelso (83) had the lowest scores of youngsters who are interested in the 60 plus who teed it up. learning more about the game. Russ Da Silva, Al Morrison and a few others will be on the range Mixed Twilight League The I-Hate-Cooking Friday Night from 11.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to help Mixed Twilight League at the you out. Clubs will be provided. Perth Golf Course led into the Brankin Plumbing will wrap it Victoria Day weekend with a all up by putting on a barbecue. lovely night and 30 golfers. Cam The whole event comes at no cost. and Lorrie Roud had the low Call the pro shop at 613-267-4504 gross of the night with a 37. Lon- for more details. gest drives were by June Taylor, Ed Carnrite, Sandra and Jim Sand Saves Niblock. Pin prizes were picked • Second round of St Lawrence up by Elaine Turner and Marcel and Intersectional qualifying is Leveille. Saturday morning and the first
Men’s Twilight League Lee Tamburano and the Train Yards Golf Town Store in Ottawa sponsored the May 18 Tuesday Men’s Twilight League play. Don Smith did up a nice barbecue and salads for the players after the game. The play was a four-man best ball and the team of Hugh Mc-
round of the Rusty White pairs event is Sunday morning. • Taylor Made will be on the range for a demo day June 8. It goes from early afternoon to Twilite tee time. • Ten of the 13 Fed Up Cup diehards have collected points. It’s a surprise that two of the three, Bob Leitch and Brent Rutherford have been shutout.
Eli Woods and Mitchell Pierman have been improving their skills in the high-school off season playing with the Queen’s Elite Rosanne Lake photo Development Academy. has one EOSSAA championship athletics department last year. Both players are planning to be to his name, and earned the Gary Mahon Award, top Grade 9 male a part of next year’s senior boys’ athlete award from the PDCI basketball team at the school.
Special Olympics volunteers motivate athletes to success SCHOOL SHOWS HEART Drummond Central Public School took part in both Hoops for Heart and Jump Rope for Heart last Friday. Above, Chelsea Sheil tries to keep the ball away from Jarrett Wright. Rosanne Lake photo
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to enrich the lives of individuals with an intellectual disability without them. Quite simply: with them, we get things done. Whether you can offer a few hours a week during the year, or want to help out at a one-time event, a life-enriching experience awaits you in Special Olympics. Expect to create lifelong friendships, put your skills to good use and to change your community for the better. And don’t be surprised if you hear that you’ll get so much more out of the experience than what you put in. Submitted by Special Olympics Perth.
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Four municipalities in our region get their source of municipal drinking water from local rivers: Carleton Place, Ottawa, Perth and Smiths Falls. Their intake pipes draw water straight out of the Mississippi River, Ottawa River, Tay River and Rideau River, respectively. That water is then filtered, disinfected and tested before being piped out to homes and businesses in those urban areas. The Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Committee (SPC) is now completing studies that will make municipal drinking water even safer! These rivers and the land that drains into them upstream of the intakes were studied to determine where pollutants might be able to get into the water and how vulnerable the intakes are to contamination. Knowing this will allow us to create policies that will help prevent contamination in crucial areas. First, the studies assessed how vulnerable the intakes are to contamination. For instance, Ottawa’s intakes, that are over 300 metres from shore and more than 6 metres deep, are generally less vulnerable than intakes in smaller rivers like Perth’s whose intake is only four metres from shore and is less than two metres deep. Next, the studies mapped land and water where polluted runoff or spilled chemicals could flow downstream and reach the intake. Three important Intake Protection Zones (IPZs) were mapped: a 200 metre buffer around each intake (IPZ-1); an area within which runoff and spilled contaminants could reach the intake within 2 hours (IPZ-2); and a large area within which water could reach the intake (IPZ-3). Lastly, scientists determined how easily contaminants (if present) could enter the river within these three zones – the vulnerability of the area. They considered: amount of land in IPZ-2 (more land, more chance of contamination); land cover, soil type, permeability and slope (all determine if water will run off into the river or seep into the soil – higher runoff means more chance of contamination); and the presence of pathways like ditches, storm sewers and tributaries which make it easier for contaminants to get to the river. In IPZ-1, only Ottawa’s intakes received the lower of two possible vulnerability scores. In IPZ-2, Smiths Falls and Ottawa received the middle of three possible scores while Carleton Place and Perth received the highest. This is the first time this type of study has been done in Ontario and there has been a lot of debate about methodologies. While it’s not in the public interest to underestimate how vulnerable our drinking water sources are, it also isn’t right to assign the most restrictive vulnerability score to an area without scientific rationale. The SPC considers these results to be a reasonable first time assessment with the desire to reassess them (and assign vulnerability scores in IPZ-3) once more provincial direction is provided. Land uses are now being looked at within the most vulnerable areas to estimate how many significant threats to the water supply currently exist. Examples include municipal landfills and sewage treatment plants, large volume fuel storage, large volume fertilizer and pesticide application and spreading of manure. Many of these land uses can easily reduce their threat by implementing best management practices. A Source Protection Plan containing policies to address each threat will get underway this fall and will involve lots of public input. Coming Up! Next SPC meeting is June 3 at 6pm at the Smiths Falls RCAF Wing (44 Abbott St. North). Committee members will be there early for a “meet and greet” from 5pm. The only agenda item is the approval of a DRAFT version of our Assessment Report. This report is a collection of all our technical findings and it will be posted this summer for public consultation – see our next column for details!
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The Perth Special Olympics committee is seeking volunteers to help plan, direct, provide guidance and coach a variety of sports in the community. Special Olympics Perth has a long history of success in providing athletic opportunities for people with developmental disabilities. Many athletes have positioned themselves for medals at provincial, national and world events. Most recently, Rob McLellan, a well-known athlete in the area, placed in three races at Boise, Idaho in snowshoeing last winter. Perth Special Olympics provides a variety of opportunities in Perth for athletes and volunteers. Summer sports include soccer, baseball, T-ball, and track and field. There has been interest in starting a golf team in town and the local committee is currently pursuing the opportunity to implement it in new sport objectives. Volunteers could provide support in a variety of ways: attendance, equipment changes, one-on-one assistance to athletes, directional coaching and general supervision. Not only does coaching athletes give volunteers the sense of accomplishment, it also provides friendships that will last a lifetime. Special Olympics is about transforming the lives of people with an intellectual disability through sport. It’s about ensuring that they can and will succeed in life if given the opportunity. So, make 2010 special for Special Olympics athletes and yourself – join this worldwide movement that brings people together. We believe that you’ll make lifelong friendships, put your skills to good use, change mindsets and make a real difference in your own community. Teams practise weekly. All sports are conveniently located in Perth and start around 6:30 p.m. Locations will be determined in early May. Individuals interested in volunteering can call Sue Park, Perth Special Olympics coordinator, at 613-264-0714 or email spark13@cogeco.ca. Special Olympics officially arrived in Canada in 1969, and the number of volunteers involved with Special Olympics across Canada has steadily grown in the four decades since to more than 14,600. Volunteers are quite literally the heart and soul of what has now become the world’s largest amateur sports organization. More than 13,000 of them are coaches, each trained through the Coaching Association of Canada’s National Coaching Certification Program. While they train budding Special Olympics athletes, they also become friends and role models to many, both on
and off the playing field. Hundreds upon hundreds more help out at provincial and national competitions by officiating, scorekeeping or providing help in areas such as transportation and hospitality. Countless more provide invaluable support to their chapters, either at the board leadership level or in areas such as administration, registration, fundraising and special events. While the reasons these dedicated volunteers have come to Special Olympics are as varied as the individuals themselves, one thing is abundantly clear: we could not deliver on our mission
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Local community bulletin board for Perth and area To advertise a non-profit community event, e-mail events@ perthcourier.com and we would be happy to include it in the Community Bulletin Board as space allows.
Friday, May 28 • The Snow Road Snowmobile Club will hold its annual general meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the clubhouse (1106 Gemmills Rd.). • Diabetes grocery-store tour at Barnabe’s Your Independent Grocer in Perth from 2 to 3:30 p.m. This free service is presented by Rideau Valley Diabetes Services. Register by calling 613-284-2558.
Thursday, May 27 • The Active Seniors Koalition hosts shuffleboard at Watsons Corners hall at 11 a.m. with a potluck lunch at noon. Call 613259-5447 for information.
Friday, May 28 • St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Westport will present Mary Cook at 7:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
Saturday May 29 • A second chicken and rib night, prepared by Russ and Gill, will be held on Saturday, May 29 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Westport Legion Hall as a fundraiser for the Westport Library. Tickets are $15 each, available at the library (613273-3223). Take-out is available. • The Royal Canadian Legion, Perth-upon-Tay Branch 244 will host the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame, including Hall of Famers Freddy Dixon and Don Cochrane performing, as well as Harry Adrain, Eddy Ashton and Darlene Thibault. Dancing from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., with a silent auction. Tick-
ets at $10, available at the Legion or Frontline Music on Herriott Street. • The Rideau Lakes Flying Club is hosting a Fly-in Breakfast this Saturday, May 29 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. in Westport. Everyone is welcome. • Family-to-family yard sale at Drummond Central School 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine, (1469 Drummond School Rd.). Table rentals $20; call Deb at 613-3260407.
featuring hymns and gospel songs Saturday, June 5 and June 6 with a theme of the garden at 7:30 • The Rideau Lakes Artists’ Asp.m., at Balderson United Church. sociation presents its June Show Admission is free. Refreshments and Sale in Westport. Original to follow. watercolour, oil and acrylic paintings will be on display at Friday, June 4 • The Watoto Africian children’s the Westport United Church hall, choir will perform at The Stewart corner of Spring and Church School at 7 p.m. Admission is free Streets, on Saturday from 10 a.m. but a freewill offering would be to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon accepted. Contact Rose at 613-267- to 4 p.m. Call 613-928-3041 or visit 2345 for information. www.rideaulakesartists.com.
Sunday, May 30 • Kids learn to golf – free workshop from 11:30 am. to 1 p.m. at the Perth Golf Club. Clubs will be supplied if you don’t have them. A free barbecue will be served. Call 613-267-4504. • Balderson and St. Andrew’s United Church congregations present an old-time hymn sing
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Perth and area children will benefit from Perth Civitan hosting its annual breakfast in support of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. The breakfast coincides with the annual CHEO Telethon, which will be held on June 6. Perth Civitan CHEO breakfast chair Bob Robinson is once again leading the team of Civitan volunteers committed to making this event a success. Breakfast will be supplied in buffet style, featuring scrambled eggs, hash browns, ham, bacon, sausage and toast. Coffee and juice will also be available. The cost is $4 per person. A variety of children’s activities will be available to entertain the youth while parents enjoy conversation 25 Lanark Rd., Perth, ON over coffee. Donations will be accepted for CHEO www.ppmsupply.com onsite. CHEO clothing and teddy bears will also be available. Doors open at the Civitan Hall at 8 a.m. and winds up at 1 p.m. This is a great opportunity TOWNSHIP OF DRUMMOND/ to support a local fund-raising NORTH ELMSLEY initiative to support CHEO. For info, contact Bob Robinson at 613Expressions of Interest for 267-6104 or robin@superaje.com, or Appointment to the Position of visit www.perthcivitan.org. Councillor Drummond Ward Submitted by the Perth Civitan Club. On April 28th, Drummond/North Elmsley Council accepted the resignation (retirement) from Office of Mr. Gordon McConnell. Therefore, Council now invites written Expressions of Interest from persons wishing to serve on Council, to represent the constituents of Drummond Ward, for the remaining term of Council (ending November 30th, 2010). • Expressions of Interest are to be submitted in person to the Clerk at 310 Port Elmsley Road, RR #5, Perth, Ontario, during regular business hours up to 2:00 p.m. on May 28th, 2010. Please provide your name, contact information and brief resume. • Declaration of Qualification to hold the Office of Councillor for the Corporation of the Township of Drummond/North Elmsley must be certified by the Clerk and accompany the Expression of Interest. • You are qualified to run for office if you are not disqualified by any Act or law and are: • a resident of the Drummond/North Elmsley Township; or • a non-resident who is an owner or tenant of land in the Drummond/North Elmsley Township or the spouse of, or same sex partner of, such an owner or tenant; and • a Canadian citizen; and • of the full age of 18 years. Call for appointment 389990
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TAKE NOTICE that, in accordance with the provisions of the By-law governing the disposition of real property (By-law No. 3114) and the Notice By-law (No. 3811) the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Perth, during the regularly scheduled Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 5:15 p.m., in the Council Chambers, at the Town Hall, 80 Gore St. E., Perth Ontario, will consider a request from the owners of land at 27 Craig St. to close a portion of the Livingston Avenue road allowance abutting their property. After concerns from the public have been considered, Council may pass a By-law to close the affected street segment during its regularly scheduled meeting on June 22. THE PURPOSE of the request is to close part of a road allowance that comprises part of the original road network but has not been developed and convey the road segment to the abutting land owner.
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THE EFFECT of the proposed By-law would be to permit a portion of the Livingston Avenue road allowance extending along the side lot line of the property municipally known as 27 Craig Street in the Town of Perth (see key map below) to be sold since the road allowance has been occupied with the driveway providing access to the benefitting lot and the owners now wish to formally protect this access and construct a garage, with the doors facing the existing driveway. ANY PERSON or public agency may request to appear as a delegation to the meeting or may make written representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed road closing. Requests to appear as a delegation to the meeting and/or written submissions must be registered with the Town Clerk no later than 12 (noon) on Thursday, June 10. Additional Information may be obtained between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays in the Planning Department at the Perth Town Hall. For optimum service please call in advance to ensure staff availability. KEY MAP
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Sunday, May 30: St. James, Perth 8 a.m. - Said Service St. James, Perth 10 a.m. - Sung Eucharist St. Augustine’s of Drummond Anglican Church, Cty. Rd. 10 & Richardson Rd. 2nd and 4th Sunday, Eucharist 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, June 2, St. James, Perth 10 a.m. BCP Said Service
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Next Community Dinner: May 29, 4:30 - 6 p.m. All Welcome. Sunday, May 30 10:30 a.m. - Morning worship. Rev. Frank Morgan. Sermon: “Dear Paul, Dear People” (1st Corinthians 8: 1-7, 10: 4-33) Nursery. All welcome. Wednesday, June 2 7:00 p.m. Bible Study and Prayer Following Community Dinner: June 26, 4:30 - 6 p.m. Donations accepted. Need a ride? 613-267-2023
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CONCERNING A REQUEST FROM THE OWNERS OF LAND AT 27 CRAIG ST. THAT THE TOWN OF PERTH CLOSE AND CONVEY AN UNDEVELOPED PORTION OF THE LIVINGSTON AVENUE ROAD ALLOWANCE
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PERTH: Third-floor walkup 1 bedroom apartment. Close to downtown. Fridge, stove, parking and heat inREUSE/RECYCLE cluded. $535/month, hydro extra. 613-264A large 3 bedroom 0002. REQUEST: Child’s triapartment in downcycle helmet to fit child town Perth. $825/ 3-4 years old. 613month, includes heat, PERTH: Large 2 bed- 267-5862. water and garage. room bi-level apartAvailable July 1. ment. Central location. Clothes, Please call 613-264- Fridge and stove pro- REQUEST: 8338, days; or 613- vided. Heat, water and bedding and linens for includ- Ottawa men’s mission. 264-8824, evenings parking ed. $780/month. 613-267-2444. and weekends. Available July 1. 613264-0002. REQUEST: Used kitchA large 3 bedroom en cupboards and apartment with potencounter top for hunting tial office space on SHAMROCK APART- camp. 613-267-5482. main street, Perth. MENTS. 1 bedroom $990/month includes apartment. Includes LOOKheat and water. heat. Available June 1. REQUEST: FOR patio Available July 1. $610/month. 613- ING stones, any size, and Please call 613- 264-8380. wood or chrome 264-8338, days; or kitchen chairs. Call 613-264-8824, even613-283-1194. ings and weekends. SHAMROCK APTS: 2 bedroom apartment. ASHLEY CHASE. $820/month includes Fine adult apart- heat and hydro. ments overlooking Available June 1. 613the Tay River near 264-8380. downtown Perth. MUSIC, DANCE One and two bedINSTRUCTIONS rooms, some with SMITHS FALLS, breakfast nook and Toulon Place, third2 bathrooms, air floor 2 bedroom W O R L D - C L A S S conditioning, whirlapartment, $815, DRUMMER (of Five pool, party room, liavailable June 1. Man Electrical Band) brary, elevator. Heat and hydro in- is now accepting Private 613-267-6980. cluded. Attractive, students. clean, quiet se- lessons, limited enfree consultaAvailable May 1. 1 curity building by rolment, Call Steve, 613bedroom, heated, sec- County Fair Mall, tion. www. ond-floor apartment. laundry facilities, 831-5029. teveholling Downtown Perth. live-in superinten- sworth.ca 613-283$600/month. Write to dent. Box 1016, c/o The 9650. Perth Courier, 39 Gore St. E., Perth, ON, K7H EDUCATION 1H4.
PRIVATE SALE! North Elmsley. 3 bedroom bungalow in country subdivision. Recent upWANTED grades, move-in condi- BEAUTIFUL waterfront, tion. Asking $257,000. executive apartment for rent. This centrally loPOSTCARDS, stamps, 613-285-6989. cated two bedroom stamp collections, old apartment comes comenvelopes, family correplete with a deck overspondence. Excellent LOTS & LAND ROOM looking the Tay. Applireferences available. In FOR RENT ances included are business since 1962. LOT. stove, fridge, washer Greenwood Stamp BUILDING Co., 613-278-1555 Shovel ready. Zoned and dryer. Heat and Furnished room for rent or, toll-free, 1-800- for 2 triplexes. Perth. hydro extra. No pets. in downtown home. 613-217-1862 or 613- Available June 1, 613-267-2681. 247-5619. 384-9125. 2010. Call 613-8128074 and leave message. COTTAGES FIREWOOD INDUSTRIAL FIREWOOD FOR SALE. Mixed hardwood, 8’ lengths, by the tandem load. Also outdoor furnace wood. 613-4322286.
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WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS and funerals, location of your choice. Also available: small weddings, my home, weekdays. The Rev. Alan Gallichan, 613726-0400.
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ADRAIN: In loving memory of Jim, who passed away May 30, 2008. You touched so many along the way with kindness and love You were always there for us To give us strength and courage. We miss your laugh, your hugs and smile Each day we think of you And keep your memory within our hearts. Edna and family TRYON: In loving memory of a dear father and grandfather, Jim, who passed away May 25, 1998. As time goes by without you And the days turn into years They hold a million memories And a thousand silent tears. To us you were so special What more is there to say Except to wish with all our hearts That you were here today. Forever in our hearts, Love, Mark, Brenda, Dustin and Shane
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Jeanne Taillon-Craske Suddenly, at her home in Perth, on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Jeanne Yvet Taillon-Craske at the age of 78 years. Cherished wife for 25 years of Peter Craske. Dearly loved mother of Danny Brown (Micheline), David Brown (Carol), Christine Rainville (Guy) and stepmother of Stephen Craske (Jane). Loving grandmother of Alex, Lee, Jason, Todd, Katrina, Thomas, Danielle and Madison. Dear sister of Roger, Monique, Rachel, Cecile and the late Fernand and Jacqueline. Jeanne will be sadly missed by her extended family, her friends at the Links O’ Tay, the Perth Legion and Riverview Seniors. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in St. John’s Church, Perth on Tuesday, May 25 at 10 a.m. Private family interment will be held at a later date. In remembrance, contributions to a memorial fund of choice would be appreciated. Arrangements are in the care of Blair & Son Funeral Directors, 15 Gore St. W. Perth, 613-267-3765.
Patrick J. White At the Perth Community Care Centre, Perth on Wednesday May 19, 2010, Patrick White at the age of 84 years. Patrick will be sadly missed by his sister Philomena Zarveda and family of Brockville and all his extended family at the Perth Community Care Centre. The funeral service was held on Friday, May 21 followed by interment in St. John’s Cemetery, Perth. Arrangements are in the care of Blair & Son Funeral Directors, Perth. CL19949
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Shaw Muriel E. Shaw Peacefully, surrounded by her family at her home in Drummond Centre, on Tuesday, May 18, 2010. Muriel was the loved wife of Douglas Shaw, cherished mother, grandmother and great grandmother of Robert (Susan) Shaw, Tyler (Nancy) Shaw and their daughters Maggie and Marcie, Jason Shaw (Jackie Hart), Kyle (Melanie) Shaw and their daughter Brylee, Samantha Shaw (Mike Riopelle), Jane (Joe) McDonald and Marie Shaw. She will be sadly missed by brother Earl (late Marion) Code, brother Murray (Muriel) Code, her nieces, nephews, family and many good friends; predeceased by sisters Verna (late Harry) Ryder and Carmel (late Ray) Fergusson. Friends may paid their respects at the Blair & Son Funeral Home, Perth. Funeral service was held in the chapel Saturday, May 22 at 10:30 a.m. Interment, Drummond Centre Cemetery. In remembrance, contributions to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Surgical Unit) or the Cancer Society would be appreciated.
Peacefuly, at Lanark Lodge, Perth, on Monday, May 17, 2010 Agnes (Machan) Stiller (Life Member of the Perth Civitan Club and long time member of Calvin United Church) in her 82nd year. Daughter of the late Ethel (White) and James Machan. Beloved wife for 54 years of Gordon Stiller of Lanark Lodge. Loved mother of Mark (Dianne Stoness), Ralph and the late William James Stiller. Cherished grandmother of Nikki and Kelsey Stiller all of Perth. Dear sister of David (Thelma), John (Elsie), Keith (Peggy) and Charlie (Jessie) Machan, Effie (Orville) Buchanan, Ora (late Joe) Paul, Betty (James) Closs and the late Williard Machan and Marion Churchill. She will be fondly remembered by her brother-in-law Lyle Churchill, her many nieces, nephews, all her family and friends. Friends paid their respects at the Blair & Son Funeral Home, Perth. Funeral service was held in the chapel on Friday, May 21 at 10:30 a.m. Interment, Scotch Line Cemetery. In remembrance, contributions to the Lanark County Alzheimer Society or Lanark Lodge Memorial Fund would be appreciated. CL19919
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It is a busy spring for the Lanark County Therapeutic Riding Program. The program has 110 riders riding weekly at Huntingford Farm in Almonte and Cedar Rock Farm in Perth, with more than 60 volunteers assisting. Organizers were thrilled with the turnout for the third-annual For a Taste of the Valley Food and Wine Gala on May 3. Local restaurants provided an array of culinary treats and samples of local beer and Canadian and imported wines were poured. Thanks to the silent auction items donated by members of the community, $6,000 was raised to support the riding program. Planning for the next event is already underway; Beatlejuice in the Barn, a Lanark County barn dance to Beatles music, will take place at Glengyle Farm (2208 Cty. Rd. 511, between Balderson and Lanark village) on Saturday, June 19. This barn has been renovated to hold the best hoedowns in the county so don’t miss this event. The barbecue will start at 7 p.m. and the dancing with
Beatlejuice will begin at 8 p.m. There will also be a silent auction with many exquisite handmade works of art, pottery, twig furniture, paintings, photography, bed-and-breakfast stays and gift certificates. Tickets are $10 in advance, $5 for children or $15 at the barn door. Tickets are available at Shadowfax (67 Foster St.), Nature Lover’s Bookshop (62 George St., Lanark village), Miller’s Tale in Almonte or at 103 Judson St. in Carleton Place. The cost of the barbecue is not included in the admission price. There will be tents set up for the barbecue and plenty of room in the barn so the event will go on, rain or shine. The Riding Program is celebrating its 24th anniversary of providing children and adults with physical and/or developmental disabilities the opportunity to experience freedom, rhythmical movement, challenging goals and rewarding accomplishments through their understanding horses. For more information, call 613-257-7121 ext. 236 or visit www.therapeuticriding.ca.
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A Celtic cowboy gathering at EcoTay Famous cowboy musician Skip Gorman is going to get on his horse to ride on out of New Hampshire and all the way to Perth to perform (well, actually he is driving in his car). The area is very lucky to get Gorman’s calibre of talent in these parts. His music brings back to life the workaday world of the western cowboy. It is not the music of the Hollywood cowboy, but rather the simple yet beautifully poignant music that was performed around campfires by cowboys and westward settlers in the 19th century. Gorman brings to the music a scholar’s knowledge of the cowboy’s Celtic, Spanish and AfroAmerican roots as well as the personal experience gained by working as a cowboy on a ranch in Wyoming. Gorman is a versatile musician with more than 25 years of experience performing throughout the United States, Canada and internationally. He plays the fiddle, guitar, claw hammer banjo, and mandolin. He is a feature performer both at cowboy gatherings and at bluegrass music camps as he is a master of both traditions. His academic background in American studies from Brown University, his
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On Monday, May 31, the general meetDon’t miss out on this Country Hall Of ing will be held at 7 p.m. This change is Fame dance on Saturday, May 29. Several due to the Victoria Day holiday on the 24. members of the hall of fame and local talSports ent will have your toes tapping and your Check the back bulletin board for sign feet dancing. Tickets are available at the branch and Frontline Music on Herriott up sheets for various events. Lest we forget. Street. This is also a fundraiser for the
Scenic beauty is plentiful in Westport area BY LUCILLE BRESEE Many area residents have heard the question: “Have you been to Westport?” There you will find a scenic beauty, nestled at the foot of the end of the Laurentian mountain chain by the tranquil waters of the upper Rideau Lake. It is a scene that captivates the attention of people entering the village from several directions. Area residents never tire of it. A total of 865 acres make up this jagged jewel of nature, it is Foley Mountain and contains Spy Rock, where one can stand and enjoy the spectacular view of the village and surrounding countryside. As a former supervisor for the park for the Rideau Valley Conservation Area (RVCA) put it, “You are looking from one world into another. It is almost magical.” It has an impressive history and the famous Spy Rock is visited by many tourists every year. The entire area was once owned by the late Harold Foley, and was purchased by the RVCA in 1970 and officially opened as a park on June 23, 1973. At the time, 250 people toured the grounds and facilities, including the Interpretive Centre, and realized the potential of this natural jewel. Time was invested in planning for the educational and relaxation components of the park, but the ideals of retaining its natural beauty and the conservation component were not sacrificed. Later, 200 acres were purchased from the Norwood farm adjacent to the property. Here a deer yard was set up, and in winters with heavy snow, this became a refuge for these animals and boughs made available for food. A children’s educational program was set up under the supervision of local teachers and 1,000 children benefited the first year. Camping rules were determined, trails were cleared, picnic areas provided with built-in fire pits, and the Beaver Pond made more accessible
FRIENDS OF FOLEY MOUNTAIN Having a supervisor on hand, plus improvement and maintenance of the site, costs money. In the mid-1990s, funding was in short supply due to government cutbacks, and the educational programs were in jeopardy. Knowing the loss of such programs would be a disaster for students and adults alike, a group of volunteers stepped forward and offered to help. The Friends of Foley Mountain was born. The group was determined that this wonderful area and its assets would be maintained, and the hard work leading up to this point would not have been wasted. It was 1996 and members of that original board were Jim Atack, Ruth Pedherney, Debbie Stoness, Dick Corbett, Marta Roberts, Ross Kudrinko, Neil Scott, Elizabeth Gilhooley and Lyn Smith. In 1999, they were granted registered charity status, and have carried out a remarkable program of fundraising. They were assisted in so many ways by local residents and businesses, who donated time, hard work, and money to sustain the
Foley Mountain area, its beauty and its educational impact in this part of eastern Ontario. The Friends, working in partnership with the property owners, RVCA, have helped to keep the park viable, and have implemented enhancements for the benefit of all. In 1996, Rideau Valley Conservation Authority began charging a $5 per vehicle entry fee, plus implementing a charge for classes in order to help maintain the program. Since 1996, the Friends have raised a significant amount of money in the community. They continue to sell annual memberships, solicit funds from corporate and community organizations, and apply for government grants. They conduct local fundraising events and receive gifts and legacies. They are determined to preserve this area and its facilities as a long-term commitment to future generations, but need the continued support of the community and businesses. Over the years this hard-working group has accomplished a great deal: including a ramp at the “Spy Rock” site. The activities supported by the Friends volunteers continue to attract 3,000 school children to the park each year. Supervisor Rebecca Whitman is currently on maternity leave, and will be replaced for that duration by the familiar face of Barry McQuay, who retired four years ago, after more than 30 years in the park as the original supervisor. Whitman will be back in November, so we are encouraged that under the present circumstances with McQuay, and Jim Ellis of RVCA at the helm and Rebecca in the wings, representatives from Westport and Rideau Lakes council present, and the current board of the Friends of Foley Mountain in place, the future looks bright for this wonderful, unspoiled area that has been entrusted to all of us to support and keep available for everyone. The present board of directors of The Friends of Foley Mountain includes: S a n dy C a m e ro n ( p re s i d e n t ) , Ru t h Pedherney (vice-president), Mike Fay (secretary), Brin Jones (treasurer), and members Sarah Andre, Pat Brown, Denise Doucet, Don Goodfellow, Jocelyn Jones, Mary Loucks, and Carmel McCartney. The board currently has a number of vacancies so anyone interested should contact any of the above for further information. The annual general meeting of the Friends of Foley Mountain was held on Wednesday, May 19 at 7 p.m. at the Foley Mountain Visitor Centre.
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WHERE IS THE LOVE? A heart marked the spot where love could be found as approximately 150 people gathered for a conference about dating violence, called Where is the Love? The conference was one of the first events for the three-year project, which is organized by Lanark County Interval House. Students from area high schools and local youth (many of whom participated in Interval House’s first conference on Nov. 25, the International Day for Eliminating Violence Against Women) showcased their anti-violence initiatives. More conferences and workshops about dating violence and healthy relationships are planned for the fall. Laura Mueller photo
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Learn about Guatemala Stove Project at annual general meeting More than a decade ago (1999), the Guatemala Stove Project, a non-governmental and charitable organization centered in Perth, took up the challenge of helping to change lives of families in the poorest highland regions of that country. Since then the Guatemala Stove Project has funded and built thousands of masonry cook stoves in homes that relied exclusively on toxic
indoor fires for cooking meals. It is hard to underestimate the transformation of daily life, health, and indeed life expectancy itself that this simple, inexpensive modification means to a typical rural family. The GSP annual general meeting will be held on Sunday, June 6 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Factory Grind inside the Old Perth Shoe Factory (1 Sherbrooke St. E.).
for granted) are a much needed and essential lifesaving tool; and why volunteering with GSP can add to your quality of life. For more information, visit guatemalastoveproject.org or contact Tom Clarke at 613-2675202. Submitted by the Guatemala Stove Project.
Anyone who wants to learn more about the project, including those who might want to join next year’s group to travel to Guatemala and lend a hand – first hand, are invited to attend. Come to hear from those who have already been there. Learn why Guatemala is the focus of such ongoing efforts; why stoves (which Canadians take
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PERTH IN-TOWN - $199,900 Location, location location! Welcome to perth’s nicest neighbourhood, perfect for the retiree, busy family or first time buyer. This 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom bungalow features a newer natural gas furnace (2006), newer shingles (2009), vinyl clad windows, fabulous decking & many interior finishing updates. Plenty of storage & additional living space potential to be found in the partially finished lower level. Christian Allan 613-207-0834 and Norene Allan 613-812-0407
SMITHS FALLS IN-TOWN - $324,900 Fabulous brick home with renovated kitchen, huge living room w/stone fireplace, raised dining area, den w/2nd fireplace,sunroom/ home office and hardwood floors on the main level.5 Bdrms on the 2nd floor, including large master with walk-in closet and ensuite plus full bath with jacuzzi tub. Steel tile roof(2009), upgraded electrical and plumbing, he gas furnace, and newer vinyl-clad windows. 1 Block from the Rideau Canal & Centennial Park. Christian Allan 613-207-0834
Bob Ferguson (cell) 613-812-8871 www.bobsperthhomes.ca
Directions: from Lanark go north on Hwy. 511 to Cty. Rd. 8 (Watson’s Crnrs. Rd.) & turn left. Go approx. 9 km. to Dalhousie Con. 8 & turn right. Go 1 km into Fairs Lane. Signs at entrance! $369,000 Dream cottage with 280 feet of good waterfront on a quiet clean lake an hour west of Ottawa. Good swimming & boating. Newer dbl. detached garage/workshop. Bunkie for kids & firewood/storage shed. New shingled roof in 2010. MLS # 756198. Bob Ferguson (cell) 613-812-8871 www.bobsperthhomes.ca
NEW LISTING
NEW LISTING-PERTH
IN TOWN
IN TOWN
TRIPLEX - Spacious units on the Rideau Ferry Road in a beautiful location across from Rideau Lake! 2, 2 bedroom and a one bedroom. Cathedral ceilings, pine floors, updated! $229,000.
Call Barbara Shepherd, cell: 613 326-1361
Great beginnings - excellent location backing onto Last Duel Park in a quiet residential neighbourhood, around the corner from the public boat launch. This 3 bdrm home has great potential, good-sized second level bathroom, central air conditioning and natural gas furnace new in 2003. Single car detached garage & large storage shed with power at rear of property. Beautiful park-like fenced lot, gorgeous mature trees & perennial flower gardens. $152,500. Call Andrew Rivington, Cell 613-812-3280
13 HARRIS ST., PERTH $198,900 You won’t believe the living space in this 3+2 bedroom bungalow - perfect home for a large family, spacious rooms on both levels - many upgrades in the past few years including all new thermopane windows on both levels(the ones in the living room & dining area are huge), eat-in kitchen opened up with new flooring, counter top & sink, new laminate flooring in the living room, hallway and bedrooms, new cushion floor in the main bath - shingles approximately 10 years old, gas furnace & central air replaced 2-4 years ago - other features include walk-up attic, linen & clothes closet in front hall - lower level houses finished rec room with brick hearth (would make a lovely area for a gas stove), 2 bedrooms, 3 piece bathroom, closets, laundry/utility room with tub & cold room with built-in shelves - the paved driveway & carport leads to a huge workshop area which leads to the 3 season sunroom and back yard area. MLS# 092103007508800. Sheri, 613-812-1215
124-126 PETER ST., PERTH - $219,000 An excellent opportunity to own a really good duplex in the heart of downtown heritage Perth - great corner lot provides lots of separate parking for each unit with each having a nice grassed back yard area as well - the units are a mirror image of each other with spacious interiors - each has a separate 3 season porch & they share a garden shed/storage area at the back - 2 new gas furnaces installed 2004 both units tenant occupied on a month-to-month basis with tenants paying all utilities - unit 124 on the left has seen the most upgrades over the past 10 years including pine floors refinished on both levels, ceramic tile flooring in kitchen, most walls have been drywalled, new thermopane windows except for 3 - each unit has large eat-in kitchen with back stairs up to laundry/storage area, dining room, liv rm, large front foyer (one side has closet), 3 good sized bedrms, bathrm & spacious upper landing - rents are 750.00 & 776.00 Per month.092103006000200. Sheri, 613-812-1215
IN TOWN
IN TOWN
DUPLEX - $169,900 - 3 bedroom with basement and 1 bedroom, across from Code’s Mill Inn and Spa. MLS# 745872. Call Barbara Shepherd, cell: 613 326-1361
TAY TERRACES – Riverfront, ground floor, 2 bedroom condo. Separate dining room, walk to golf course, shops, restaurants. It’s a wonderful lifestyle… $239,000. Call Barbara Shepherd, cell: 613 326-1361
Bob Ferguson (cell) 613-812-8871 www.bobsperthhomes.ca
OUT OF TOWN
PERTH DUPLEX
PERTH COMMERCIAL
OUT OF TOWN
2 storey brick duplex, up/down, located 4 blocks from downtown heritage Perth. 2 driveways, deep lot, private rear yard, att. storage building. Newer gas furnace (2008) & gas hot water heater (2005). Main-level 2 bdrm unit with gas cookstove, full basement, very clean. 2nd level is a 1 bdrm unit with 3-season sunroom, could be converted to a 2nd bdrm. Majority of the windows were replaced in 2009. $189,900. Call Andrew Rivington, Cell 613-812-3280
Great opportunity to purchase a commercial/retail space with 3 bdrm apartment above. Downtown heritage Perth. Excellent exposure fronting on Wilson St. W., the main artery from Hwy. 7 to the downtown core. Ground floor commercial space features hardwood flooring, original wood trim, kitchen, small bathroom and track lighting in 4 of the front rooms. The second floor 3 bdrm features hardwood flooring, a new 4pc. bathroom, original wood trim, large master bdrm with ensuite, laundry facilities and newer patio door to rear deck. $249,900. Call Andrew Rivington, Cell 613-812-3280
CUSTOM BUNGALOW 15 MINUTES TO PERTH with totally finished walkout lower level – Top quality for energy efficiency and enjoyment. Stunning master suite – Gorgeous design and finishings. $318,000. MLS# 751448. Call Barbara Shepherd, cell: 613-326-1361
Edge of Town - $229,000 Immaculate sidesplit - very private backyard - totally updated - newer kitchen, baths, flooring, windows and doors - just move in. MLS# 757582. Call Barbara Shepherd, cell: 613-326-1361
OUT OF TOWN
OUT OF TOWN
OUT OF TOWN
OUT OF TOWN
6952 McDONALDS CORNERS RD. $359,000 Tree-lined country lane sets the scene for a beautiful, private setting for this 97 acre farm property-this 4+ bedroom century farmhouse still holds charm & character of yesterday with modern updates to satisfy today’s wants & needs-features include original tongue & groove ceilings, refinished & built-in cabinetry in dining room, maple hardwood floors throughout main level & covered pine in upper level - country sized eat-in kitchen with picture window, woodstove, back staircase, walk-in pantry, main-floor laundry & front parlour has floor to ceiling bay window with access to the 2 piece powder room - the upper level houses 3 decent sized bedrooms, 3 piece bath with clawfoot tub, dressing room-2 rooms in the new addition (which would make an awesome master suite) which are currently being used as a studio area & office/den-3 season insulated enclosed front porch looks out over beautiful pond-great barn, driveshed, lovely ground with perennial & vegetable gardens, apple trees & hen house! Mls# 094000404002500. Sheri, 613-812-1215
33 LAKE DR., PORT ELMSLEY HOME PARK - $72,900 You would never guess you are walking into a modular home when you step through the front door of this 1,120 square foot, fabulous 3 bedrm, gorgeous interior incl golden oak cabinets with lots of room for your dining table-vaulted ceiling adds to the spaciousness of the kitchen, dining & living room area-master bedroom has large closet & 4 piece ensuite bath-2 other bedrooms are located at the other end with their own 4 piece bathspacious foyer with double closet, main-level laundry with upper cupboards, efficient forced air electric furnace & new central air conditioning installed-2 decks, 4 appliances included, storage shed-the park is located on the lower rideau lake midway between Perth & Smiths Falls near Beveridge Locks - docking space available - fees 317.35/month, includes taxes. MLS # 201046435. Sheri, 613-812-1215
33 BIRCH DR., PORT ELMSLEY HOME PARK - NOW $52,900 Affordable 3 bedroom mobile home located in one of the prettiest parks in the area - located on the banks of the Lower Rideau Lake, midway to Rideau Ferry, Perth or Smiths Falls - great shared use of the open space & waterfront area - launch a canoe or throw in a line for a fish - many upgrades including windows & exterior steel doors, skirting & insulation underneath, new flooring & interior totally painted, interior doors & light fixtures replaced, tub surround installed & built a new back stoop - there`s a nice 3 season sunporch that leads into the open mud room/foyer area with closet - oil furnace, oil tank & rubber membrane on roof were replaced 2005 - there are 2 good sized storage shed, mature maples on the lot, lovely yard and room for 2 cars to park in the driveway - current monthly fees 306.00 Includes taxes. MLS # 201046573. Sheri, 613-812-1215
2998 ELPHIN MABERLY RD. (ELPHIN) $192,000 Built to last with classic beauty & warm inviting appeal - absolutely gorgeous grounds & gardens tucked in behind privacy shrubs, trees & natural fencing-a quiet oasis like a secret garden where you can sit back & forget the day’s worries-this historic home was once an inn with blacksmith shop & stables - this 4+ bedroom home has all the charm of yesteryear but with upgrades completed to meet today`s modern requirements - features include lovely curving staircase, maple & pine floors, large dining room with original wainscotting, country eat-in kitchen with pantry area, large landings on both levels, master bedroom has its own dressing room, main bath has been totally renovated including soaker tub, laundry on main floor, back staircase leading to upper storage & summer kitchen with original tin walls & ceiling - lawns & gardens are beautiful with fenced vegetable garden, perennials, stone walkways - enjoy an evening campfire or sit by the goldfish pond - a wonderful country property! MLS# 094000404012300. Sheri, 613-812-1215
OUT OF TOWN
OUT OF TOWN
OUT OF TOWN
WATERFRONT
Christian Allan 613-207-0834
NEW PRICE! $169,000 Fresh, clean & bright 4 bedroom home in ready to move in condition. Huge eat-in kitchen, spacious dining room, large living room. Renovated 4 pc bath, updated plumbing & wiring, freshly painted walls. Attached garage with unfinished loft space & potential mud room. Fantastic fenced yard & nice walkway leading to both entrances. Christian Allan 613-207-0834
TOTALLY RENOVATED - PRIVATE FROM THE ROAD – GORGEOUS HISTORIC LOG HOME - 100 ACRES 3 bedrooms, main floor family room with wonderful woodstove, open concept living/dining, outbuildings, hardwood bush, rolling hills, etc.! 40 minutes to Kanata, < 20 minutes to Perth. $549,000. MLS# 746378. Call us – Barbara Shepherd (cell 613-326-1361) or Paul Martin.
BEAUTIFUL HOUSE ON 100 ACRES $399,000 - Fabulous renovated 4 bdrm brick farmhouse situated on 100 beautiful acres. Very private setting located between Smiths Falls & Merrickville. Home features hardwood flrs & porcelain in kitchen & bathrooms, vinyl clad windows, brick fireplace, finished walk-up attic, central air, steel roof, new oil tank & septic system (dec 2009). Lovely wrap-around verandah & back deck for barbeques. Realize your dreams of living the country life! Christian Allan 613-207-0834
REMARKABLE RIDEAU PROPERTY! 6500+/- feet of shoreline, great swimming off the rocky point, plus sandy beach area. Tastefully decorated 3 bedroom brick home located on a point surrounded by water - postcard views! www.64BayRoad.com Call Barbara Shepherd, cell: 613-326-1361
WATERFRONT
OTTY LAKE WATERFRONT
WATERFRONT LOT
WATERFRONT
RIVERFRONT ESTATE/ RETREAT - 100 ACRES 9 bedrooms, 7+ baths 5 MINUTES TO PERTH www.1011ChristieLake.com Call Barbara Shepherd, cell: 613-326-1361
Lakeside living on beautiful South Shore Otty Lake within 10 mins to heritage Perth & approx. 1 hour to Ottawa. Sun-flooded, 2-storey cathedral ceiling, open main level floor plan with oak flooring, central wood-burning fireplace, bright oak kitchen with centre island & breakfast counter. Private lakeside deck off dining area. Main-level laundry, large master bdrm with walkin closet & cheater door to main bath, 2nd level loft area, full partially developed lower level with Jotel woodstove. Excellent shoreline, rock/pbble sandy base, good depth at dock, great boating & swimming. $499,900. Call Andrew Rivington, Cell 613-812-3280
BLACK LAKE - Gorgeous waterfront lot on the very desirable Black Lake only mins. to hitoric Perth and the quaint village of Westport. Beautifully treed and nicely elevated with a gradual slope to the pristine shoreline, this lot is truly a rare find. Imagine the serenity of panoramic sunsets and the peaceful privacy this lot affords. Neighbourhood features a well-maintained road, easy year-round access and Hydro and telephone service at the lot line. $249,900. Call Andrew Rivington, Cell 613-812-3280
BLACK LAKE - $205,000 – open concept 2 bedroom cottage with 115 feet of waterfront and almost 250 feet deep. Huge master bedroom, screened-in porch. Great access on the Black Lake North Shore Road. Call Barbara Shepherd, Cell 613-326-1361
WATERFRONT
WATERFRONT
WATERFRONT
3533 R35 COVE ROAD $399,000 WATERFRONT BIG RIDEAU LAKE - Attention Boaters - retire to this excellent property with a new 80ft dock, 3 bdrm home with walk-out basement, insulated attached workshop and double car garage, guest cabin with garage and 3 pc bath set in a park-like setting of mature trees and perennial gardens. CALL or EMAIL Julia 613-328-3635 julia-scotland@coldwellbanker.ca.
OUT OF TOWN
NEW PRICE! $159,000 Attention contractors & sweat equity buyers. Great opportunity to buy a fixerupper only 8 kms from downtown Perth. 3+1 Bdrms, 2 baths, spacious living rm with patio door to back deck. Functional kitchen with formal dining rm. Main-flr laundry with mudroom leading to attached garage. Newer shingles (2008). Full unfinished basement with good head room. Nice lot on paved county road.
PERTH RIVERVIEW CONDO
Carefree living can be yours at Tay Terraces with gorgeous view of the Tay River and only 4 blocks to historic downtown Perth. Sell your lawnmower and play golf at Canada’s oldest golf course, which is within ‘driving’ distance. This 3rd level riverview condo features a large open living/dining area, eat-in kitchen, spacious bedroom with walk-in closet, good-sized laundry/storage room and cental air. $186,500.
WATERFRONT
Call Andrew Rivington, Cell 613-812-3280
CHRISTIE LAKE – great waterfront for swimming – 2 bedroom cottage with fabulous views from the deck updated bathroom, new siding, stone fireplace. $259,000. Call Barbara Shepherd, Cell 613 326-1361
WATERFRONT
WATERFRONT
WATERFRONT
137 Beek Road $159,000 RIDEAU RIVER - Get away this summer to this very affordable, neat and tidy, low maintenance 2 bdrm cottage on the Rideau between Smiths Falls and Merrickville. This pretty little updated cottage, kept cozy with a new propane corner fireplace, is furnished with everything you will need. CALL or EMAIL Julia 613-328-3635 julia-scotland@coldwellbanker.ca.
Crow Lake Road $169,000 BOB’S LAKE - Start building your dream home or cottage on this 2 acre, very pretty lot with apple trees along a landscaped lawn, good shoreline, and treed at the road for extra privacy. Right off a paved road, this property has excellent 4 season access - close to Westport and Perth. CALL or EMAIL Julia 613-328-3635 julia-scotland@coldwellbanker.ca.
185 Maple Hollow Drive $259,000 DALHOUSIE LAKE - Very pretty 3 bedroom, 4 season retreat right at the water’s edge. Open concept with pine vaulted ceiling, large master with balcony overlooking the water, insulated attached garage/workshop on a low maintenance property. Enjoy the summer’s fishing on the lake and the winter skiing at Calbogie Peaks or make this your 4 season home only minutes from Perth. CALL or EMAIL Julia 613-328-3635 julia-scotland@coldwellbanker.ca.
2305B OPINICON ROAD $279,000 WATERFRONT OPINICON LAKE (Rideau system close to Chaffeys Locks) wonderful 2 + 1 bedroom furnished cottage with large eat-in kitchen, new appliances, 4 pc bath, open concept living/dining room - 147 ft excellent shoreline and incredible view.
CALL or EMAIL Julia 613-328-3635 julia-scotland@coldwellbanker.ca.
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PIKE LAKE
$469,000. A magnificent seasonal waterfront home, just 20 minutes southwest of Perth - absolute privacy in your 2,000 square foot scribe log home looking out over 450 feet of rocky, clean and deep frontage with western exposure - there are docks at both ends of the property, wrap-around deck and patio overlooking the water plus a screened-in gazebo and firepit for those evening gatherings outside - there are walking trails along the waterfront and around the woods of the 3½ acres - four bedrooms plus a large sitting area for overflow guests to bed down in - a beautiful sunroom/family room off the dining room - two sided fireplace accessible by both dining and living rooms. MLS # 753295. Bob Ferguson (cell) 613-812-8871 www.bobsperthhomes.ca