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IN BRIEF Rideau Canal lock stations open All lock stations from Kingston Mills to Ottawa are now open, according to Parks Canada. High water levels forced the closure of some of the stations along the Rideau Canal last month. While the stations are now operational, Parks Canada stated that they could shut down again if heavy rain continues. High water levels are making dams and spillways especially dangerous and they should be avoided. Parks Canada also warned that many of the canal’s safety features, such as navigation aids, might be missing or underwater this early in the season.

St. John Catholic High School hosts 10th annual Relay for Life BY KASSINA RYDER kassina.ryder@perthcourier.com It was hard to find any dry eyes during Don Hendry’s speech to the crowd at the 10th annual Relay for Life at St. John Catholic High School on May 27 – and it wasn’t because of the rain.

“Thank you,” said Hendry. “Two simple words. They mean a lot, trust me.” Hendry, a cancer survivor and history teacher, was the catalyst behind the school’s involvement in the relay a decade ago. SJCHS is now the first and only high school in Ontario to reach the 10-

year mark, said John Hayward, the Canadian Cancer Society’s Ontario director for Relay for Life. The school has raised more than $315,000 for the society in that time. Hendry credited the success to the staff and students at St.

Men arrested for public intoxication A 38-year-old Maberly man was arrested on May 28 after a Perth Police officer watched him drinking alcohol as he walked down Wilson Street West around 11 p.m. The officer spoke to the man and deter mined that he was intoxicated. He was lodged in cells until sober and was charged with public intoxication. On May 29, police arrested and Staff and students at St. John Catholic High School participate in the Survivor’s Lap of the 10th annual charged two males with public Relay for Life on May 27. SJCHS is the first school in Ontario to achieve 10 years of participation in the intoxication after responding to relay. Kassina Ryder photo a disturbance on North Street. A 24-year-old man from Tiverton, Ont. and a 23-year-old man from New Liskeard, Ont. were both arrested and charged. They were taken to cells and kept until sober.

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Zebra mussels may spread up Tay River BY GEOFF DAVIES

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Hometown inventor Perth’s Gary Troke invents the Stonemaker. 3

Welcome back SJCHS to celebrate 10th anniversary of tech facility with reunion and open house. 4

Almost there Perth high school athletes work towards provincial track and field finals. 17

John, more than 460 of who registered for the May 27 relay. “It reflects our school spirit,” he said. SJCHS has an entire committee dedicated to the relay, which is made up of Hendry, physical education teacher Dave Peters, and student volunteers. Peters, who is also a cancer survivor, said this year’s relay had more participants than ever. “It’s become something that we take a lot of pride in,” he said. “It sort of defines us as a school now.” Hendry was presented with the Special Recognition Award from the Canadian Cancer Society during the ceremony, recognizing him as the leading proponent behind youth relays in Ontario. It was the final relay for Hendry, who has stepped down as the school’s Relay for Life chair this year. Peters, who has worked with Hendry on the relay for the past five years, said it was fitting to honour the man who loves history who also initiated the school’s history with Relay for Life. “Over the years he’s shared his personal battle with cancer with us,” Peters said. Hendry gave a powerful speech to the crowd during the event’s See ‘Becoming Superman’, Pg. 4

Zebra mussels have been present in Christie Lake for at least a few years, and there’s reason to believe the invasive species may spread up the Tay River, says a recently released study by the Friends of the Tay Watershed. The water’s calcium levels are an important factor in supporting a zebra mussel population. Upstream of Perth, these levels suggest the invasive species – currently present in “very low numbers” – “may or may not become dominant over the coming decade,” says the report. Downstream of the town, the calcium levels are higher, suggesting the river may be in for zebra mussel infestations, similar to those in the Rideau River. This is bad news for the freshwater habitat. As this invader spreads, they smother the native mussels that aerate the soil on the bottom of the lake or stream. The native species, sealed shut by a carpet of zebra mussels, die because they can’t access the lake’s nutrients. Without the mussels acting as a natural filter, the temperature and oxygen levels of the water change, eventually changing the entire habitat. Such a change could result in the death of several species in the lake and river, says Orion Clark, a member of the Friends of the Tay Watershed who worked on the study. “T he original reason the study was launched was that we thought we were going to be losing species because the habitat is being changed by zebra mussels,” he said. “My main concern was (to find

out) what we have here before it disappears.” The study was based on 40 samples taken in August 2009 – 13 in Christie Lake and 27 along the Tay River – and looked at the health of populations of macro-invertebrates: backbone-less animals that are protected by an outer shell and larger than their insect relatives. Clark said this study focused on mussels, clams, snails and crayfish because of their usefulness as biological indicators “We’ve got specimens which we know are estimated to be 80 to 100 years of age…If they’ve been there for that length of time, then they give a pretty good indication of that type of habitat,” he said. Unfor tunately, before this study there isn’t much documentation of mussel life in the watershed, he said. So, while this study remains just a snapshot of the populations, the informative long-term trends will only be discovered if similar studies are taken up in the future. “If freshwater mussels disappear then you know you’ve got a chronic pollution problem.” Christie Lake has seen such a massive disappearance in its recent history. In 1986, the lake experienced a “massive clam kill,” the cause of which remains unknown, Clark said. This study found evidence of three species of clams in lake, with living specimens of just one species. But the usefulness of this information is limited, Clark said, as there is no record of what species died off and what existed before. The report did contain some good news for the Tay River, though. Researchers accounted for all eight species of clams previously known to live

WHEELIE FUN! Quinton Smith, 20, wows the crowd with his unicycle skills outside Perth and District Collegiate Institute on May 25. Smith, a volunteer track and field coach, was on hand to help the school’s team prepare for the OFSAA East Regionals meet later that week. Geoff Davies photo

Perth’s clerk appointed interim CAO BY GEOFF DAVIES

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The Town of Perth has appointed a temporary replacement for Tim Simpson, its outgoing chief administrative officer. Council confir med Lauren Walton as the Town’s interim CAO at a special meeting on May 24. The appointment begins June 15, the day after Simpson officially leaves the post, and will continue until a permanent CAO is hired. Walton, who has been working See ‘Zebra mussels’, Pg. 4

for the municipality for about eight years, currently holds the positions of clerk and community emergency management coordinator. Once she steps into her temporary job, she will hold all three posts. Mayor John Fenik remarked that the Town will also have to fill the deputy clerk position, as Simpson also fills that post. The candidate will have to be considered at an upcoming meeting, and will likely come from within the ranks of the municipality’s See ‘Perth’s clerk’, Pg. 4

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Relay For Life Above: These students were on their best bee-haviour while they got ready for the relay. Left: Physical education teacher Dave Peters gives Mr. Hendry a pat on the back after Hendry was presented with a gift from students on the SJCHS Relay for Life committee. Hendry was honoured during the opening ceremony for his years of work and dedication to the relay. Right: Ron Milner is dressed and ready for the rain. Below left: Keirsten Smith, Jenna Sweeney and Erin MacDonald help get their fellow students ready for the 10th annual Relay for Life at St. John Catholic High School on May 27. Below right: Jarred Geroux keeps the tunes pumping for relay participants. Kassina Ryder photos

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From the ground up

Perth inventor creates mobile building block factory BY KASSINA RYDER kassina.ryder@perthcourier.com

Perth’s Gary Troke says his latest invention is going to revolutionize the way the world looks at the construction industry. Troke has spent the last nine years inventing Stonemaker, a mobile factory that can produce everything from paving stones to manhole covers. The machine is capable of taking a mixture of local sand, portland cement and water, and turning it into blocks of almost any shape, size or colour – every 15 seconds. “Stonemaker is basically a portable factory which makes all types of different masonry products such as stone veneer siding, interlocking paving stones, just about basically anything that a contractor would require,” Troke said. Using Stonemaker, a contractor producing his own materials can cut his product costs by 90 per cent, according to Troke. After they’ve been shown how to use it, it takes one person to operate the machine. In the developing world, Troke said a single machine can build an entire village from the ground up – literally. “Stonemaker is completely selfequipped, it requires water and diesel fuel, portland powder and a bit of dye,” he said. “And of course, you can use the local materials and process them right on the spot. “You can make your own aggregate.” The machine can manufacture dry-mix concrete made out of locally produced materials, such as sand, which gets mixed with portland cement and water. It is then used to produce a variety of building materials including stone blocks, paving stones, interlocking stones, cement bricks and garden tiles, among other items. Blocks and tiles can be imprinted with any logo or design imaginable, and made in almost any shape or colour. It can also make, and pour, wet and ready-made concrete, which can be used for building foundations. The machine, which is on wheels, is mobile and can be set up at a job site in about 10 minutes. Because it uses locally sourced materials, Troke said the machine is both costeffective and good for the environment. While he estimated it will take another year to really launch Stonemaker onto the global market, some countries are already taking notice. The United States government has approached Troke about using his machine during their withdrawal from Afghanistan. In Haiti, Stonemaker can be used to both clean up and rebuild the destruction from the 7-magnitude earthquake in 2010. The machine uses its tumbler, a cylindrical chamber equipped with thick, metal points, to break down rubble, which can then be used to make new blocks. CREATING SMALL BUSINESSES Troke said his goal is to put Stonemaker into the hands of contractors and businesses that sell stone building products. He also wants to make it available to governments. “We intend to create small businesses

(Above) Perth’s Gary Troke stands in front of an example of the products his latest invention, Stonemaker, can produce. Troke says the machine is a mobile factory (shown in photo at right) capable of producing a variety of building materials such as stone or brick in as little as 15 seconds per piece. Kassina Ryder photos with them,” he said. Owners of a Stonemaker virtually own their own building-block factory, which is capable of producing products not available from retailers, such as custom-fitted stones, Troke said. Troke said usually, stone blocks require sawing to achieve the desired thickness in order to be used on a chimney, for example. But Stonemaker’s compression chamber (which uses a hydraulic press to stamp the mixture into the desired shape) contains a tray that be adjusted to produce a stone of almost any thickness. “The machine will do things that are not available commercially, it can adjust the thickness of the product with the flick of a switch,” he said. Products coming out of the machine are still soft, so they can also be cut with a knife before they dry and harden. “What we’ve done is we’ve tried to get the production of such items out of the large factories and producing them with small mobile factories that a contractor can have,” Troke said. “The benefits to this are enormous,” he said. Because contractors are able to offer a wider variety of products at a lesser cost, Troke said Stonemaker owners have an advantage over the competition. “It gives them the edge,” he said. Stonemakers range from $87,000 to $240,000 each, depending on features, Troke said. Stonemaker has patents pending in 141 countries around the world, he added. Troke also said each Stonemaker comes with a one-year “exclusive territory” clause, which means more than one Stonemaker won’t be sold in any geographical location.

OTHER INVENTIONS Stonemaker isn’t Troke’s first invention. He is also the creator of the Weed Harvester, which he invented in 1979. The harvester is a portable machine that clears weeds from waterways. It caught the attention of the Egyptian government, and prompted Troke to move to Egypt, where he lived until a few years ago. “That’s what got me to Egypt,” he said. “I moved over to Egypt we started a textile factor there.” Troke said being frustrated by the high cost of commercially purchasing building materials, such as stone building blocks, is what prompted him to invent Stonemaker. “I could see that it was sand with a little bit of portland in it and wondering why,” he said. “To build a few feet of retaining wall it would cost you $2,000 for the stones and I’m wondering ‘why?’” “So that’s what the driving force was.” CHOOSING PERTH Troke said he was born in Perth and his

father is also from the town. He said one of the reasons he chose Perth as Stonemaker’s headquarters, which also serves as the company’s manufacturing facility and research and development centre. Perth’s proximity to Ottawa, the home of foreign embassies, was another factor. Troke hopes the international community will hear about Stonemaker and because Perth is close to Ottawa, Troke said it would be an easy trip if a representative from a foreign nation wanted to come to the factory and take a look at the machine. “That’s what’s great about Perth, it’s close to Ottawa,” he said “And internationally, that’s important.” Though the factory is only capable of building a dozen or so Stonemakers a year, Troke said the goal is to sell the technology, rather than physical machines. “Our main job here is to develop technology which makes life easier in the concrete industry,” he said. For more information about Stonemaker, visit www.stonemaker.com.

ROTARY BOOST FOR YAK Participants of the Youth Action Kommitee’s skills link program pose with Rotarians outside the youth centre in Perth on May 30. The Rotary Club, a long-time supporter of the youth centre, repeated its annual $2,000 donation to the centre. Geoff Davies photo

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SJCHS celebrates tech facility’s 10th birthday next week BY KASSINA RYDER kassina.ryder@perthcourier.com

When Steve Rymal talks about his plans for the 10th anniversary of the tech facility at St. John Catholic High School, his enthusiasm fills all 4,500 square feet of the woodworking shop where he teaches. “It’s a great opportunity to welcome past students back,” he said. “A lot of students have shop memories.” The school’s 6,500 square-foot tech building was completed in the fall of 2000 and houses both a computer lab and a woodworking shop. A reunion for former students, as well as an open house for members of the public, is part of the celebration, which will take place at the school the evening of June 8. The event will also include Leonard Lee, the founder of Lee Valley Tools, as a guest speaker. Rymal said Lee will share his thoughts on the importance of including a shop program in a high school curriculum. “To highlight that aspect of education that relates to making and building things with your hands,” he said. Taking shop in high school teaches students more than just how to use power tools, though the shop does contain some of the best professional quality, Canadian-made equipment on the market, Rymal said. “I also want to give students the opportunity to discover talents they have,” he said. Because of the high-grade tools found at the shop, students who might not otherwise have access to such equipment sometimes realize a hidden gift. “Occasionally I notice a student I call a natural,” he said. For Rymal, that’s one of the best parts of the job. “It’s very rewarding,” he said. Students also come away with a basic knowledge of how to handle household problems, or

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Mr. Rymal, construction technology teacher at St. John Catholic High School, poses with Mr. Baggins, who accompanies Rymal to class. Rymal has organized a reunion on June 8 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the opening of the tech facility at SJCHS. how to make improvements. “Later on in life, when they’re faced with trying to be handy at home, they realize the importance of being able to have skills in that area,” Rymal said. Approximately 2,000 students have learned to be handy in the shop over the past 10 years, and Rymal’s dog, Mr. Baggins, has seen them all. The now 14-year-old golden lab isn’t as spry as he was when Rymal started bringing him to class a decade ago, but Rymal said Mr. Baggins still enjoys coming to school every day. Mr. Baggins always stays in the shop, and Rymal said all students have enjoyed having the dog around, specifically those who might not have a pet of their own at home. “This is also an opportunity

for them to spend some time with a friendly dog who likes to come to school,” he said. Having Mr. Baggins at the shop also helps to create a more relaxed classroom environment. “I guess schools can be kind of dry institutional places that animals don’t frequent,” Rymal said. “I wanted to create an atmosphere that is opposite to that.” The woodworking program has come a long way since its humble beginnings in the basement of the old convent beside St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. From the convent the program moved to a roughly 1,300 square-foot classroom in SJCHS’s portable hallway after the school was constructed in 1992, but Rymal said it wasn’t until the school completed the construction technology building that the program really came into its own. “It’s completely elevated the level of projects students can do,” he said. Now, projects that used to have to be completed outdoors, such as shed building, can be worked on in the shop. “We can do it in any weather,” Rymal said. The shop is also accessible to the school’s special needs students. Because of its top-grade equipment (there is two of every tool), coupled with top-of-the-line safety features, the shop has set the bar for other schools in Eastern Ontario. “This shop has been a reference model for other schools,” Rymal said. The shop also maintains a good track record when it comes to keeping students safe. “We’ve never had a serious injury,” Rymal said. Many students have gone on to persue apprenticeships after taking the program, he also said. The 10th anniversary celebration will take place at SJCHS at 7 p.m. on June 8.

PERTH MAYOR GETS SCHOOLED David Thomas, director of education for the Upper Canada District School Board stands with Perth Mayor John Fenik and Bill Loshaw, principal of student success with the UCDSB, at the Perth Heritage House Museum on May 30. Kassina Ryder photo

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Becoming Superman opening ceremony. Standing on a platform near the entrance to the school, his jokes that allergies were behind the tears that were interrupting his speech didn’t manage to fool the crowd, many of whom cried right along with him. “When it comes to cancer, I am very emotional,” Hendry said, who also lost a sister to cancer last year. Though many people close to him didn’t realize it, Hendry said he lost hope after her death. Relay for Life restored that hope, he said. A group of cancer survivors were given a place of honour in front of the stage during the ceremony, and students presented each with a rose to commemorate their battles with the disease. Despite the cold and rainy weather, participants set up tents and got ready to spend the night walking the school’s racetrack until 6 a.m. on Saturday. Just as his personal hero Terry Fox often ran in bad weather during his Marathon of Hope, Hendry said the rain would not prevent this year’s relay.

“It is just rain, this will not stop us tonight,” he said. Like the students participating in the relay, Fox was also a young man when he attempted to run across Canada, Hendry also said. “He was an ordinary young person who did an extraordinary thing,” he said. Hendry said each participant should think of themselves as superheroes in the fight against cancer. “We’re becoming Superman,” he said. “I like that idea of changing the world.” Peters and students on the Relay for Life team presented Hendry with a picture of luminaries (the candles inside paper bags with the names of loved ones who have battled cancer written on them) thanking him for his years on the committee. Peters also promised Hendry that even though he wouldn’t be there, Peters and the committee would make sure the relay at SJCHS would continue. As of press time, the committee had counted more than $43,000 in funds raised during the relay.

Zebra mussels in the river. The study was done in conjunction with the Bishop Mills Natural History Centre, described in a press release as “a ‘mom and pop’ biological research institute.” It was done with the help of a $5,000 grant from the Shell Environmental Fund, offered by the oil company Shell Canada. As far as Clark is concerned, the next step is to continue look-

ing at the health of macro-invertebrates in the Tay Watershed, to see the trends and better understand the habitat’s health. “I would hope that someone would pickup the task and repeat it in five years time to see what’s happening in terms of the spread of zebra mussels.” The full report can be found on the F riends of the Tay Watershed’s website, www.tay river.org.

Perth’s clerk staff, he said. Appointing an interim CAO was a last-minute addition to the meeting’s agenda. Councillors Beth Peterkin and Ed McPherson were absent from the meeting, which was originally called to approve contracts for sewer cleaning and pavement marking programs. The councillors present unanimously approved the motion, applauding Walton as an ideal choice. “I’m sure that, as with everyWatsons Corners metal band, Axiom, performs during a fundraising event at the Lanark Trap Club on May thing she does, (her work as 27. The event aimed to raise funds for Aislin MacPhail, who plans to participate in a Canada World Youth CAO) will be done very well,” Exchange program to South Africa. MacPhail needs to raise $2,800 in order to participate in the program. said Coun. Judy Brown. Walton said she’s pleased to For more information or to donate, contact MacPhail at macp0104@gmail.com. Kassina Ryder photo

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help out in this way, and plans to stay afloat of the CAO’s day-today duties without implementing major changes. Before joining the municipality, Walton’s career experience has been primarily in sales, marketing and event management, she said. Originally from Montreal, Walton earned a bachelor’s degree in business psychology from McGill University, and later completed a course in fashion merchandising at LaSalle College. She has also earned certifications in municipal administration, parliamentary law and emergency management.

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Battle of Stoney Creek author Contracts approved wins J.J. Talman Award BY GEOFF DAVIES

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BY ANDREW SNOOK andrew.snook@perthcourier.com Perth’s history has paid off once again for 1813 Battle of Stoney Creek author James Elliott. The retired journalist’s book, Strange Fatality, has won the J. J. Talman Award for best book on Ontario’s social, economic, political and cultural history for 2010. The winner is awarded by

James Elliott was recently awarded the J.J. Talman Award for best book on Ontario’s social, economic, political and cultural history for 2010. His book, Strange Fatality, describes the lives of soldiers from the 1813 Battle for Stoney Creek. Many of the soldiers who left the Stoney Creek area after the war settled where Perth lies today. Submitted photo

the Ontario Historical Society. “I regard it highly, given that this is the foremost historical society (in Ontario),” Elliott said. “I’m pleased with the recognition. It will bring people to inquire about Alexander Fraser, because he’s been totally forgotten, and we don’t have many of those individual heroes.” The book describes a pivotal battle from the War of 1812 that took place in Stoney Creek. The book goes on to discuss the lives of the soldiers of the war, and how many of them left the Stoney Creek area and settled where Perth lies today. The book has been praised in both Canada and the U.S. as a well-written description of how a largely unknown battle changed the course of the war and possibly saved the future province of Ontario. Elliott quit his job as a journalist for the Hamilton Spectator to focus on writing the book. He spent the first five years after he retired researching and writing the award-winning book. It was published in 2009 by Robin Brass Studio of Montreal. After spending so much time on the project, Elliott said he had no idea the book would be this successful. “When I was done I was just glad to be done,” he said. “At that point you don’t really have any perspective. You’re just glad to have the gorrilla off your back. It’s obviously found some legs.” The prestigious award is not the first for Elliott’s work. His book also won the nonfiction book award at the 17th annual Hamilton Literary Awards

on Nov. 15, 2010. The J.J. Talman Award will be awarded to Elliott on June 4 in a ceremony on North York Memorial Hall at 1 p.m. Elliot will then travel back to Stoney Creek and lead a battlefield tour at 6 p.m., as part of a battle reenactment weekend. “I’ve been extremely fortunate,” Elliott said. “(I’ve received) much more than I thought I would ever get from this book…Nobody is writing history books to make money, that’s a nonstarter. The fact that you do get something back out of it, this is great. We’re very pleased.” For more information on Strange Fatality, visit www. strangefatality.com.

On May 24 at a special meeting of town council, Perth councillors rubber-stamped two contracts, awarded after a tendering process. The first was to Western Signs and Lines Painting Ltd., a company located in Carlsbad Springs, east of Ottawa. The two-year contract, worth $25,790, will see the company draw or re-draw approximately 20,000 pavement markings – such as crosswalks and ‘no parking’ zones – in 2011 and 2012, the contract tender states. According to the report to council, the company’s tender was chosen because its price was within the budgeted amount of $14,000 per year, and because the municipality has worked with

the firm in the past and considers it “reputable and competent”. The second contract was for the municipality’s sewer cleaning program, and it was awarded to Clean Water Works Inc., of Ottawa. The municipality has previously worked with this company, whose bid of $19,301 over two years was the lowest of four bidders and well within $12,000 per year the Town had budgeted for the program. The Town hired them to flush out four sewage zones and “problem areas” between June 2011 and November 2012, making for an approximate total of 16.5 kilometers of sewer. Grant Machan, the Town’s director of environmental services, told councillors that the municipality flushes out its sewers on a rotating six-year cycle, cleaning one-sixth of them each year.

THAT’S ALL, FOLKS Wendall Catchpaw poses beside a recycling bin at the Glen Tay Waste Disposal Site on May 29. Catchpaw is retiring after working at the site for 18 years. Kassina Ryder photo 459539

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EDITORIAL OUR OPINION

Grab your helmet

ummer is here and it is time to enjoy being outdoors. If you are riding your bike to get to work or to simply have fun, make sure you protect your head and by wearing a helmet that fits you properly. Falls can happen even if you are a good cyclist and ride all the time. A number of things can make you crash: a car might cut you off, a dog might run out in front of you, or your tire might hit a crack in the road. Each year, about 1,500 people go to an emergency room in Ottawa because of a cycling injury. Of all sports and recreation activities, cycling is the number one reason people visit the emergency room or are admitted to the hospital. Furthermore, many of these injuries are to the head. In Ottawa, there are about 357 emergency room visits each year because of a head injury from cycling. Head injuries can result in damage to your brain and can even cause death. Brain injury continues to be one of the leading causes of death and disability in North America. It can happen to anyone, young or old, during a variety of activities. Brain injury can have life altering changes on the person injured, and is now recognized to cause significant distress and change for the family and friends of the person injured. Each year over 5,000 children in Canada experience brain injury from bicycle accidents. Brain injury can happen to both genders, young or old, in a variety of settings. Brain injury in Canada is a significant issue, for people with injury, families, friends and others trying to provide their care. The good news is, you can prevent many of these injuries by wearing a helmet. Putting on a helmet and making sure it fits properly is easy to do if you follow the 2V1 rule: your helmet should fit on top of your head with two finger widths between the eyebrows and the top of edge of the helmet; your straps should form a ‘V’ shape right below the ears, which keeps the helmet from moving forward and backward or from side to side; clip the straps together tightly so only one finger fits between the chin and the strap. Everyone under the age of 18 must wear a certified helmet while cycling. Good examples for parents to set is to always wear one, regardless of the trek. Then your children will learn from your good example.

Local Landmark In this space each week, we will feature a photo of local interest. Be the first to correctly identify the location or item in the picture by emailing editor@perthcourier.com with the subject line, “Local Landmark,” and your name will be printed in next week’s paper! Carolyn Stewart was the winner of last week’s local landmark, which was the Stewart Park bandstand. This week’s local landmark is Canada’s oldest department store.

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Wanted: dandelion-eating rabbits If you can hear ripping sounds as you read this, it’s just me tearing myself away from my garden to write this column. I have managed to get twothirds of my flower beds up and running, although a swift onceover suggests that those endless grass roots are beginning to surface here and there. So, a swift tweak and then back to the remaining third, which flourishes, as long as you view it from a distance. Closer inspection reveals quite a lot of naughty stuff creeping through. And, no, I don’t mean old copies of Playboy magazine. It’s much naughtier than that. In a word – dandelions, perhaps the hardest thing to eradicate in the entire world. Should we perhaps all train ourselves to like them? After all, the golden flower heads brighten up lawns and orchards in all directions. And anywhere else where there’s a scrap of earth showing. It isn’t as if they are black and smelly and claw-like. I hate to admit it but they are quite pretty. But before you know it, up they come in the middle of phlox clumps and rose beds and shapely rounds of cranesbill geraniums. I should know because, every morning as I eat breakfast in the sunroom, I spy another pesky yellow bloom poking through in the wrong spot. And so, as my coffee grows cold, I feel compelled to go out and remove it ASAP. That, of course, leads to tugging away at little clumps of other weeds

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BENDELL Settled In flourishing away among the good stuff. At least, this year, the garden is getting plenty of water, without any help from the garden hose. Those poor citizens of Barrhaven must be glad of nature’s bounty. I can’t imagine anything more trying than being told that water isn’t to be used outdoors. I remember this happening once when we lived in the U.K., in Henley-on-Thames. How impressed we all were when a keen gardening neighbour ran a hose from his upstairs bathroom and pumped his morning ablutions out onto the front lawn. Sure it was a bit bubbly but at least it was wet. And the way he fixed it was easier than running up and down, in and out, with buckets like the rest of us. Oh, we gardeners are an imaginative lot. Breathless maybe.

Creaky even. But we do get our mental and physical exercise, which is more than can be said for many of the coming generation with their electronic devices and little regard for the outside world. Back to nature, kids! Please. It’s a wonderful world out there if you make a bit of effort. I really do admire those among us who introduce children to gardening, to country walks, to excavating ancient treasures and learning about nature, as fellowcolumnist Stephanie Gray does at Murphys Point Park. I shall always remember the look of awe on my young grandchild’s face as she got to hold a furry caterpillar and study it at close range. Keep up the good work, Steph. Happy memories. But now it is to heck with the dandelions and back to breks and my permanent “to do” list which generally includes just one more visit to a local nursery or garden department, while dear husb hunts down a few more vegetable trays. And I must admit, his side of our back yard is beginning to look quite trim, with little armies of onions and radishes marching up and down in straight lines. We’re both amazed that the local rabbit population haven’t found them yet. He tries hard with plastic covers and wire cages, but I think the little varmints are just waiting until they will make a more filling meal. If only there was a way to train them to eat nothing but dandelions.

Stop licking those doorknobs Warning: this column is icky. The winter and spring of 2008 was horrible. Boychild was in Senior Kindergarten and for some reason that year he seemed to pick up every germ going. We dealt with antibiotics, probiotics and every biotic you can think of. Strep throat and Barfies were the highlights. I was losing my mind. After a reprieve of several years with just the standard fare of occasional ickies in the winter, 2011 – the year Girlchild is in Senior Kindergarten, coincidentally – has come along and totally kicked our butts. I am losing my mind again. I am starting to think that my children go to school and lick doorknobs. Or, possibly, I am just The Worst Mother Ever. Whatever the reason, this year has left me with a pretty major complex about keeping my children healthy. The kids have had so many germs this winter and spring that I have completely lost track of what has come and gone through this house. Groom-boy and I have been relatively unscathed, fortunately, unless you count the stress of trying to figure out who will look after sick kids whilst we are working. I think we both had the Thing With the Cough, though. That was a fun one. It was one of the ailments that afflicted our short people early in the season. It started out innocently enough – as a cold – but it came with a cough that never seemed to go away. For weeks there was coughing. It sounded like a TB ward – not that I know firsthand what that sounds like. That was the ailment that got shared with the grown-ups. After all, when one coughs for weeks and weeks, one starts to get lazy

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GRAY Past Deadline and forgets to cough into one’s elbow, thus spreading the Joy throughout the abode. The Thing With The Cough was tricky, too, because for some people it turned into such nasties as pneumonia or bronchitis. Just ask Nanny. Coincidentally, she got saddled with looking after certain afflicted short people by times. Poor Nanny. The rest of the horrible winter featured an array of ailments, such as The Thing With The Fever, the Barfies, The Sore Tummy Thing Sans Barfies and, most recently, The Thing With a Fever that Makes You Tired with a Sore Throat. Oh, and I musn’t forget pink eye. Three times for Girlchild and once for Boychild. “Stop licking doorknobs!” we screeched while doling out vitamins. “Don’t rub your eyes!” we’d shout. “Wash your hands!” we beseeched. “Go to sleep so you can get rid of these things,” we hollered (keeping the swear words carefully in our heads). My children will never receive

a perfect attendance award at school. Not only that, but they couldn’t even coordinate things so they were both off at the same time – they always tag teamed the bugs. Just to keep it interesting, they brought home a wide variety of new and different germs. Last week was particularly fun. As May steamrolls into June, one would think we’d be past the point of all these stupid germs. I suppose, though, when it is almost constantly raining (or at least seems so), that keeps people inside more than usual in the spring, which gives them ample opportunity to lick doorknobs. I lived in fear as I heard tales of the latest afflictions circulating around schools and dance classes. There seemed to be a Thing With A Fever that Makes You Tired on the move simultaneously with another round of the incorrigible Barfies. “Surely we have had those things already,” I thought. “Surely we are already immune to these stupid germs.” Sure enough, though, Girlchild was felled by The Thing With a Fever that Makes You Tired with a Sore Throat thrown in. And it was the week of her dance recital – the culmination of a year of classes. Sigh. I kept her home for the first performance, but she recovered in time for the second. Meanwhile other little dancers were succumbing to the Barfies. Horrible season, please end! On the weekend I sprayed the entire house, its contents and the children with Lysol™ and covered them with plastic wrap. The bubble will be installed over the house this week. OK. Not really. But I thought about it.

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COMMUNITY Canadian photographer Darwin Wiggett says that photographers are their own worst editors. I can relate to that. We get emotionally involved in our shots in one way or another and have a hard time being objective when it comes to hitting the old delete button. I know some snappy shooters who proudly announce to the world that they never ever delete anything. Hmmm - - -. There’s gotta be some bad shots in there, one would think. At the other extreme are a few folks who are so timid and unsure of their photographic skills that they delete almost everything they take, not wanting anyone to see anything. Right after an important photo shoot, such as a major trip, for example, we are still all caught up in the excitement of the fun we had and that is probably a really bad time to cull shots. Why not let some time go by before reviewing those photos with the goal of dumping the weak ones? At least a week, maybe a month or two. This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t go ahead and print or post the standout shots. Those ones are obvious and deserve attention right away. It’s all the rest – possibly hundreds or even thou-

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CRABB Camera Corner sands of photos – they can’t all be keepers, can they? Some advanced photographers use a rating system: 5 stars for the outstanding photos, 4 stars for the next best, and so on. If a shot only deserves 1 star, surely it should get zapped. No? Sometimes we’re not sure about a particular photo and we give it a 3 or a 4, figuring we’ll come back to it later on, hoping something will jump out at us that we didn’t notice at first viewing. Probably won’t happen unless we have a system. OK, so you’re back from your trip and have gone over all the photos to see how they look. This is

when to dump the obvious baddies – out of focus, wrong exposure, terrible composition and so on. Then leave the rest alone for a week or two before going back to them. At that time, you will be looking at them with fresher eyes and will be more removed emotionally from the taking experience. This is when to rate them, or, if that doesn’t turn your crank, get on with deleting the weak shots. Also get rid of repeats – no point in keeping seven identical photos of brother-in-law Merv chugging a brew. For all the rest, gaze upon them with an impartial eye and keep the ones you’re still pleased with. One of the tasks I occasionally think about tackling is going back to folders of shots I took years ago and thinning them down. Countless thousands of pictures take up an awful lot of hard drive room and I know for sure I must have a pile of pictures that I never look at and can easily get rid of. A job for a rainy day – or maybe two months of rainy days! Just in case you’ve forgotten, there’s a delete button on your camera and another on your computer keyboard. Give them some exercise. Click!

LETTERS

End of world averted, but the Mayans say 2012 Dear Editor, There has been much merriment over the chap who predicted that the world would end on May 21. He may have erred on a few details, but his general thesis seems to be accurate. You might say that the end of the drama is not coming like the sudden dropping of the curtain, but rather is a work in progress. Witness the mounting tragedies throughout the planet – tornadoes, floods, fires, famines, disease, wars and these are increasing in scale, intensity and numbers. So, let’s not write the fellow off as some kind of nutter. After all, climatolo-

gists tell us that there is more and worse to come and even the ancient Mayans agree with this information. The Mayans have a slightly different version to offer. They predict the end of the world, as we know it, will come on Dec. 21 (not May 21) and next year, 2012, not 2011. They also did a more lasting promotional job than the Biblical chap, who put up billboards, while they carved their message in a stone calendar. See ya all next year. I hope. Jim Deacove RR 4 Perth

Couple grateful for support of Perth community Dear Editor, Such a wonderful notice about gay pride in Perth. As a recent married gay male that has lived in Perth for just over a year, my husband and I are grateful for the welcomed support that we have had here. Perth is a friendly town with so much beauty, music and arts. We have met many that are so very talented and enrich the lives of all. When we read in the Perth Courier that Gay Pride was coming to our fun loving town of Perth, we are overjoyed.

Living in Canada is especially appreciated with my husband; being from Arizona. His eyes are especially open and his learning about Perth, is, in his words, “Great!” I personally can only hope all here in Perth are open to allowing Gay Pride to shine, with love and light. Hoping that my loving husband gets to share in this open pride day and see how good it is to be Gay in Canada. Thank you, John & Richard Byrd

Blue heron: part of the landscape My first introduction to a great blue heron happened in our own living room when I was a small child. I remember it was much taller than I and it had a very long pointed bill. My father had brought this stuffed bird from Quebec and it occupied a place of prominence until one of our young cats targeted it while doing a little stalking practice. The head-damaged heron ended up in a closet to be eventually discarded with other refuse. Such was the fate of many of these large birds before public opinion and ensuing legislation decided they looked better in living colour than in a living room pose. Even more significant in the heron’s preservation was a United States bill passed in 1910 designed to stop the demand for heron plumes on the New York market. With the milliners unable to use the plumage in their creations, all species of herons and egrets started back on the road to recovery. Today, in many areas, great blue herons are a common sight. Most of us know the great blue heron as a patient fisherman, a largewinged “crane” that springs from the water’s edge when disturbed and flies away uttering a loud guttural “awk”. Yet, this picturesque part of our rural landscape has another side few people see. For this long-legged wader, standing four feet high with a nearly six-foot wingspan, nests, of all places, in the uppermost branches of tall trees. Come with me on a visit to one of these nest-

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BRIGGS-JUDE Outdoors ing sites and discover the birthplace of “Old Stilts”. After an early morning trip, one of my companions gestures toward a large flooded wood lot. The wetlands we are entering stands tall and green against the early morning sky. Where the sun breaks through the leafy canopy, pools of blackish water can be seen. The dark muck squishes underfoot sending up swarms of hostile mosquitoes. Only the liberal application of insect dope keeps these hordes at bay. A quarter mile into this shadowed seclusion, the dead oaks and elms open up the forest cover. High in the tops of these bare trees, each on a separate limb, are fastened the bulky stick-nests that form the heronry. At our approach, some of the birds uttering deep nasal notes, spread their wings and clatter out of sight. Others merely stick their serpentine heads over the nest edge and remain still. From our position some

80 feet below, these herons look to be the size of domestic chickens. As the herons start returning with food for their brooding mates, each arrival is greeted with much fuss, a show of raised plumes, and a lot of duck-like gabbling. Often when the large birds take off again, the whole tree shakes, which may account for some of the broken green-shelled eggs we see at our feet. Also in the ground level debris are splattered whitewash droppings, parts of dead fish and even the carcasses of a few unfortunate young birds. You try and put up with the unpleasant aroma as your attention is drawn to the activity taking place in the treetops above. Finally the circumstances dictate that it’s time to leave. Actually, every such active colony of herons on private land is a credit to the farmers or land-owners of that area, for it is here that the huge waders face their toughest task. By nature normally wary and alert, when nesting they seem to lose this caution. And because the birds have traditional nest-sites, new colonies are difficult to establish. Therefore, thoughtless molesting of the nesting birds themselves or the destruction of their tree-top nurseries reflects a loss to the whole surrounding community. And I think I share this thought with many others, that our ponds, lakes, and rivers would not be quite the same if “Old Stilts” were not part of this familiar outdoor scene.

LETTER

Saying goodbye to two long-time businesses Dear Editor, Two more long-time businesses are closing in Perth: Oxford Linens (11 years) due to changes in the economy and Sweet Peach (about five years) is moving to Carleton Place. Yvonne, from Oxford Linens, created a wonderful store, soothing, tranquil, a quiet respite with fabulous, unique products for the home, bath and kids. I always found Yvonne to be welcoming and helpful - if she didn’t have it in stock, she would work hard to get it for you, customers were welcome to take items home on trial basis, and I loved her lilting English accent. She was active on the BIA in Perth. Both Yvonne and her store are going to be sorely missed.

Casey runs Sweet Peach and she offered a new line of products for pregnant and nursing mothers, as well as a diaper service that any family with young ‘uns could appreciate. Casey also offered breastfeeding support to those requiring same. Casey will be setting up a new shop in Carleton Place. I am so sorry to see both of these businesses go. We just can’t afford to lose any of our shops, so shopping locally whenever possible is essential. I wish both of these hard-working ladies the best of luck in their new endeavours.

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was sideswiped by the other vehicle, which resulted in the woman losing control and flipping onto the roof before the car caught on fire. The Courier apologizes for any inconvenience this error might have caused.

Incorrect information appeared in a front page article on May 19, “Woman injured after car crashes into hydro pole.” The car driven by the 24-year-old woman

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Municipal Connection in advance of the meeting. Please visit our website at www.perth.ca and look under “Council/ Administrative Services.”

www.perth.ca Anti-Idling Radio Spots Listen to Lake 88 in the coming weeks for radio spots regarding the Town’s Anti-Idling By-Law. The radio spots are part of the Town’s comprehensive promotion and education campaign to make area residents aware of the new By-law, which comes into force and effect on June 30th, 2011. Idling is a wasteful and unnecessary practice that harms the environment and human health. The ByLaw prohibits idling when vehicles are parked in any non-travelled roadway. Non-travelled roadway means any portion of public or private land accessed by vehicles which is not part of an actively travelled pathway, and includes parking lots and stalls, driveways and loading bays. Exceptions to the By-Law include emergency vehicles, vehicles engaged in a parade, vehicles required to remain motionless due to an emergency, traffic, weather conditions or mechanical difficulties, or vehicles where inside temperatures must be maintained for medical purposes. By-Law #4091 can be accessed on the Town’s website at www.perth.ca. Many municipalities in Canada have taken action to improve their air quality through the passage of similar By-Laws. We look forward to working with our residents to demonstrate continued leadership on environmental initiatives and keep Perth a healthy place to live or visit. The Town is working with several partners, including ecoPerth and the Canadian Federation of University Women, on a promotion and education campaign to ensure that Perth and area residents are aware of the By-Law and the benefits of eliminating unnecessary idling. Watch and listen for bookmarks/ flyers and radio spots over the coming months!

Minutes, Agendas and Reports The agendas, minutes and reports associated with all meetings of Council and Committees/Advisory Panels of Council are posted to the Town’s website

Household Hazardous Waste Depot will Re-open June 4 The Town of Perth contributes yearly to the Town of Carleton Place’s Household Hazardous Waste Depot, now located at the compost yard on Patterson Crescent. The Depot opens Saturday, June 4th and will run Saturday mornings from 8am until 12 noon to receive many household hazardous wastes including: paints, car batteries, oil, dry cell batteries, cleaners, propane cylinders, aerosol cans, antifreeze and ﬂammables. If you have questions about what materials can be accepted, please call the Depot directly at 613-2576200.

Swimming in the Tay River

fall, wave action, water and ambient air temperatures, waterfowl, industrial waste discharges, storm water outﬂows, septic system discharges and agricultural run-off. The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit deﬁnes a public beach as an area owned and/or operated by a municipality which allows supervised aquatics programs or is staffed by lifeguards, and meets the requirements of the sampling protocol for sampling sites. The public is reminded there are no public beach areas within the Town of Perth municipal boundaries. The Town would also caution residents that the current in the Tay River can be unsuspectingly strong. Residents are encouraged to consider these factors when being near the water. Children should never be left unattended in any body of water.

New Recycling Schedules

The Perth Courier of May 26th displayed a picture on the front page of a youth taking a dip in the Tay River at the former outdoor swimming pool off Mill Street. The Town of Perth wishes to remind residents and visitors that water in the Tay River is neither tested nor supervised. For these reasons, the Town has signed the area for “No Swimming” (per the attached picture).

All Town of Perth residents should have received their copy of the 3rd Volume of the Curbside Chronicles at your door over the past week. Residents will ﬁnd their NEW 2011/2012 Collection Calendar inside. Please, keep it handy so you know when to put out your Blue Box, Yellow Box, Green Bin and garbage. Thanks to our residents making our diversion programs so successful our contractor can now collect ALL garbage with one truck on one day!

Water quality in the Tay River can be inﬂuenced by various environmental and built factors, including rain-

If you did not receive your collection schedule, you can get one at Town Hall or on-line at www.perthcomposts.com.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Superintendent of Utilities PANEL “G-1” (Non-Union)

The Corporation of the Town of Perth is seeking the services of a Superintendent of Utilities to be responsible for the day-to-day operation, maintenance and records management for the water treatment plant, water distribution system, and wastewater collection/ treatment operations. The successful applicant will supervise a dedicated staff of operators and perform the statutory duties associated with the provision of safe drinking water and wastewater treatment to ratepayers.

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The successful candidate will be a strong advocate for the community and key member of the management team of the municipality. Reporting to the Director of Environmental Services, the successful candidate will possess the following qualifications: • A minimum of 5 years of directly related experience, with at least a minimum of 3 years recent supervisory experience, including responsibility for quality assurance, testing, recording keeping, liaison with suppliers, budget responsibility and supervision. • Graduation from a 3 or 4 year post secondary program of study in a related field. • Considerable computer experience is required for this position, including MS Word and Excel. • Provincial certification to the level of the Water Treatment Plant (Level III) and/or Wastewater System (Level II) is preferred. • Valid Ontario Driver’s License is required. The Corporation of the Town of Perth offers a competitive salary and a benefits package. The position is placed on the “G-1” Panel (2011 hourly rate $31.37 to $38.51). This is a forty (40) hour per week position, requiring flexibility for some evening and weekend work as well as participating in the “on-call’ rotation. Perth is an award winning Heritage and Tourism Community, with a significant emphasis on the quality of life of our citizens and visitors. For further information regarding our community, please visit our website at www.perth.ca. Applicants are invited to submit clearly marked covering letters and resumes by Friday June 10th at 1:00pm to the attention of: Janice McFadden, Payroll Clerk Corporation of the Town of Perth 80 Gore St. E., Perth, Ontario, K7H 1H9 Phone: 267-3311 Fax: 267-5635 jmcfadden@perth.ca We thank all applicants who apply for the position; however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection and Privacy Act, personal information is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act 2001 and will be used only for the purposes of candidate selection.

Perth Lions Club “300 Club” draw Winners in the Perth Lions Club “300 Club” draw for the week of May 14, 2011, were: Gerald Buker, Aubrey Churchill, John Hoffman, Joan Hewitt and June Conroy. Winners for the week of May 21, 2011 were: William Dixon, Sharon Bennett, Ellard Frizell, Bob Dryden and Mae Sweeney.

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Guatemala Stove Project Sunday, June 5, 2011, 3 to 5 p.m. at Factory Grind, 1 Sherbrooke St. E., Perth

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Election of Board of Directors and presentation of annual Financial Report The generous spirit of our youth is very much alive. This year’s Guatemala Stove ProjectAGM features Grade 8 students of Glen Tay Public School who will share their prize winning presentation about a Sustainable Nutrition Program for the Guatemalan village of Panimaquim in the Western Highlands. Recently they were awarded top marks and $1000 for the Venture Education Innovation Challenge from the Upper Canada District School Board. Their excitement is palpable. Please join us to learn about their initiative and also to hear about the memorable highlights of the February 2011 volunteer stove building trip to Guatemala. 469866

Sail from Amsterdam to Vienna in Luxury, aboard the beautiful MS Avalon Imagery. June 3-16, 2012

This magniﬁcent vacation includes a deluxe cruise that reveals the best of Europe along the Rhine, Main, and Danube Rivers. Enjoy a canal cruise past Amsterdam’s 16th-century merchant houses and through the impressive Main Danube Canal. Sail through the dramatic Rhine Gorge past the legendary Lorelei rock. Also, see the sights with Local Guides in Cologne, Bamberg, Passau, Grein and Vienna.

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likened MacDonald’s vocals, lyrics, and intricate fingerstyle guitar style to “a collaboration between Nick Drake and a mid1970s Bruce Cockburn”. American Songwriter Magazine called MacDonald “one of those few songwriters…that can captivate his listeners armed only with a voice and guitar.” Such glowing reviews won’t surprise anyone who has heard MacDonald’s four CDs or seen him perform at international festivals including Australia’s Woodford, Port Fairy, Apollo Bay and National as well as Canadian events including the Blue Skies Festival, Mariposa, Edmonton, Stan Rogers, Stewart Park, Live from Red Rock and Ness Creek Festivals. Having played with and opened for luminaries such as John Renbourne, Tony McMannus, Kelly Jo Phelps and Chris Smither, Macdonald constantly tours internationally, armed with his 1935 Gibson guitar and a carpet bag of songs that he illuminates in his own inimitably reserved, yet intense, poetic style. MacDonald’s performance at the MERA School-house in McDonald’s Corners will begin at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 4. Tickets are $20 and are available in advance from Shadowfax in Perth or Fall River Espresso in Maberly. MacDonald’s previous performance at MERA was to a capacity audience, so advance tickets are advised. Local guitar players interested in attending MacDonald’s special fingerstyle guitar workshop on Sunday, June 5, should call or email to register. For more information, contact Danny Sullivan at 613-268-2376 or shakeyacres@hotmail.com. Submitted by the promoter.

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Australian singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitar wizard David Ross MacDonald returns with his low-keyed musical magic to MERA Schoolhouse in McDonalds Corners on Saturday, June 4. MacDonald feels a special affection for local audiences and is offering a unique opportunity for area guitar players to attend a fingerstyle guitar workshop on Sunday, June 5, also at MERA. Last summer MacDonald held 2,500 people spellbound at the Blue Skies Music Festival, when he asked that all the lights be turned off so that he could serenade them while they gazed at the stars. His powers as a guitarist and singer-songwriter had already been established by his short three-song set, but when the entire audience gasped with delight at the appearance of a shooting star, many speculated that MacDonald’s magic exceeded that of a typical troubadour. For those who were lucky enough to attend MacDonald’s capacityaudience show at MERA last October, MacDonald’s powers were more than confirmed. MacDonald’s return to MERA celebrates the release of his fourth CD, Thorns to Sleep, which according to Penguin Eggs Magazine, “entices the listener with gentle grace and captivating melodies linked with lyrics of strikingly powerful imagery. It is a singer-songwriter record that confidently acknowledges the artist’s experience as an instrumentalist. Four of 11 tracks are instrumentals and MacDonald has released a companion instrumental CD with the vocals tracks removed. The instrumentation reflects MacDonald’s jazz background, combining his fingerstyle guitar with clarinet, vibraphone, cello, trumpet and trombone.” The album is also available on high-quality vinyl, and in an instrumental-only CD version. Formerly a drummer with the acclaimed Australian folk group The Waifs, MacDonald’s first solo album, 2003’s Southern Crossing, was a collection of original fingerstyle guitar instrumentals. The next year’s release of Far From Here revealed his substantial talents as a singer-songwriter. Acoustic Guitar Magazine

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LOOKING BACK 25 years ago

Gypsy moths target of spraying

he County of Lanark, in conjunction with the Province of Ontario, has declared all-out war on the gypsy moth infestation. According to Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) official Tom Richardson, the spraying program which is currently being conducted across the province is the biggest private air operation since the Second World War. In order to gain the upper hand in this ongoing battle, MNR has constructed two new airports in the region and enlarged an existing one located near the village of Westport. “The Westport airstrip originally had an 1,800-foot grass landing area which we enlarged a further 1,200 feet at a cost of $350,000, giving a total landing area of 3,000 feet,” stated Richardson. When the airport is operating at full capacity there will be about 37 people stationed at the facility, who handle everything from security to cartography, public relations, chemical loading, fuelling and maintenance. The airport will be home base for a number of aircraft during the two- to three-week spraying time. These aircraft include six fixedwing planes and three helicopters which will conduct the spraying, plus eight other airplanes that will be utilized as spotting craft.

The aircraft stationed at Westport will be responsible for spraying a total of 22,000 acres of private land in three counties, as well as spraying 3,000 acres of Crown land. “Most of this land will require two applications of the insecticide bacillus thuringiensis (BT), giving a total spraying area of about 51,000 acres,” commented Richardson. MNR officials expect the gypsy moth caterpillar to infest 1.9 million acres throughout the province this year, which is almost three times more than its path of destruction in 1985, which covered almost 608,000 acres. The gypsy moth problem first came under scrutiny in 1969, and has been a severe problem in the eastern part of the province since 1981, but this is the first year the government has launched a wide-scale effort to control the pest. “The weather is an important factor when spraying,” noted Richardson. “You cannot spray six hours before or six hours after a rainfall and the wind speed has to be in the range of one to 13 kilometres an hour.” According to Jamie Fortune, co-ordinator of spraying for Lanark County, because MNR had no mandate to spray private land, steps had to be taken to change the municipal act to rectify the

situation. “Our grant of $361,600 to spray the pest has been raised by over $40,000 to treat areas which are considered ‘hot spots’ (highly infested areas),” stated Fortune.

Water woes here again Each spring, Perth residents have the dubious pleasure of suffering the inconvenience of discoloured tap water along with the accompanying rustic odour, and this year is no different. Although Perth Utilities Commission manager Bruce Guthrie has no confirmed proof, he thinks this problem might have been caused by soil and fertilizer runoff from area farms and gardens.

Burger King opens soon Hamburger fanciers in the Perth area could be munching at the new Burger King restaurant as early as next week. Owners are hoping to have the restaurant open during the week of June 1-7, with the Tim Hortons doughnut shop scheduled to open on June 18. Construction is continuing at the site. The management and staff for both operations have been hired and the total employment for the project, full and part time, is expected to exceed 100 people. The total project cost is expect-

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Chamber elects new board H .D. Duby was elected president of the Perth Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting held last Tuesday night in the council chambers, with about 30 members in attendance. H.C. Willson, chairman of the nominating committee, presented the following slate of officers, which was adopted: Honorary president, George S. Janes; past presidents, J.J. Finnegan and J.M. McDougall, Jr.; secretary, H.C. Willson; treasurer, D.M. Reid; directors, R.M. Schooley, J.A. Perkins, R.W.R. Hughes, James Baugher, H.J. O’Donnell, J.H. Moore and A.E. James. In presenting the president’s report, J.J. Finnegan said that time would not permit the reporting of the chairman of each committee and reviewed briefly the activities of the chamber during 1960.

Hockey Night raises $1,000 for new community centre

dogs. What’s more, even if he were to catch the dogs, what can he do with them? Perth has no dog pound, no dog catcher. All it has is a law which forbids dogs running at large. But who will enforce this law? Obviously the town needs a dog catcher — and badly — but it appears council is waiting until the gardens are all scotched up, and maybe one or two citizens bitten, before taking action!

Thursday, May 11, 1961, Henry (Harry) Boulton, formerly of Perth, in his 77th year. Conboy - In the GWM Hospital, on Monday, May 22, 1961, Herbert James Conboy, in his 70th year, dear brother of Mrs. S. Moore of Sharbot Lake and William A. Conboy of Toronto. Fumerton - At Ottawa, on Wednesday, May 17, 1961, Margaret Robena (Ferrier) Fumerton, in her 77th year, wife of the late David L. Fumerton, Scotch Line, Dance recital Perth. Graham - At the GWM Hospipromises to be tal, on Thursday, May 18, 1961, extraordinary Minni Graham, daughter of the A glimpse or two behind the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grascenes at Lee Howard’s Academy ham. of Dancing on Peter Street in Perth was enough to convince us The preceding was originally that the recital planned for Satur- published in The Perth Courier of day in the collegiate auditorium May 28, 1986 as the “25 years ago” will really be something extraor- news. dinary. Titled “Canadiana,” the recital’s theme this year will deal with all things Canadian: delightful new designs in a national flag, for instance, and stage settings all quaintly Canadian. So intricately designed, in fact, are many of the show’s props and settings that they have been in the process of manufacture for almost a full year! Two houses are literally jammed full of scenery for Saturday’s recital. Costumes, too, are plentiful, all emphasizing the Canadian scene with brilliant-coloured fabrics and gay designs. Lee requests those who wish to attend the recital come early. With almost 100 young dancers of Perth and district scheduled to perform, the program will have to begin sharp at 8 p.m.

Perth Town Hall was jammed with 200 hockey fans at a $10-aplate Hockey Night dinner sponsored by the Perth Junior Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday night of last week. The first Perth sportsman’s function was an outstanding success, and over $1,000 was realized to assist in the campaign for funds for Perth’s new community centre. Terry Kielty of CFRA, Ottawa, was master of ceremonies and kept proceedings moving at a smooth flow. Introduced by Brian Noonan, dinner chairman, who welcomed the guests, Mr. Kielty said he was happy to be amongst friends, and was happy to think back to 1948 when he attended Perth police to crack down Old Home Week in Perth. He conon noisy vehicles gratulated the people of Perth on the prospect of a new community Perth police have stopped handcentre. He referred to the Perth ing out warnings to drivers of Blue Wings when they were mak- unmufflered and otherwise noisy ing hockey history in the east in cars. 1938 and 1939. Instead, they’re handing out summonses! “We’ve warned these wild and Perth track team finishes noisy drivers plenty of times in eighth at EOSSA recent weeks,” explained Cpl. At the annual EOSSA track and Nick Gibson, “and now we infield meet held in Kingston on tend to show them we mean busiSaturday, Smiths Falls Collegiate ness.” scored 87 points to win the meet. Eighteen teams from eastern OnBORN tario high schools took part, and Phelan - At the GWM Hospital, Perth Collegiate finished with 18 on May 16, 1961, to Mr. and Mrs. points to place eighth on the list. Joseph Phelan of Perth, a son. Point scorers for Perth were Quattrocchi - At the GWM HosScott in third place in the 100 pital, on May 19, 1961, to Mr. and yards senior, and second in the Mrs. Gus Quattrocchi of Perth, a 220-yard event. He also was fourth daughter. in the broad jump. Stewart - At the GWM Hospital, In the intermediate class, Folon May 16, 1961, to Mr. and Mrs. ey was fourth in the 100 yards Kenneth Stewart of RR 1, Perth, and third in the 220 yards, while a son. Chaplin was second in the discus Stewart - At the Grace Hospital, throwing. Ottawa, on May 19, 1961, to GorIn the junior class, Closs placed don and Kathleen (nee Gemmill) first in the 100 yard and Gardiner Stewart, a son, Steven Douglas. took fourth in the high jump. Wallace - At District Hospital, Kemptville, on May 9, 1961, to Perth in desperate need Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Wallace, a son. of a dog catcher Besieged with complaints of White - At the GWM Hospital, on dogs running at large in the town May 20, 1961, to Mr. and Mrs. Gary of Perth, police are at a loss to White of Perth, a daughter. know what to do. The man on the beat has no DIED time to go running after stray Boulton - At Coleman, Alta., on

ed to reach about $1.5 million, which includes a total real estate cost of $950,000. Seating in the Burger King establishment will be 95 persons, with seating in the Tim Hortons outlet at 39 persons.

Nine honoured for community work Nine outstanding sports people from Perth and area were honoured last Friday night at Farrell Hall when they were presented with plaques from the provincial government acknowledging their endeavours. Guest speaker for this year’s award ceremony was NHL hockey great “The Golden Jet” – Bobby Hull. A host of other local dignitaries, including Rev. Tim Shea, were also in attendance. Those who received plaques included Art Anderson, Blue Wings minor hockey; Jim Buchanan, Blue Wings; Terry St. Pierre, Enerjets Gymnastic Club; Tom Graham, Perth Runners; Marg Lapansee, Perth Minor Hockey; Randy Jernigan, Perth Minor Soccer; Bob Pettigrew, Little League baseball; Carole Miller, Perth Stingrays; and Vivian Munroe, Perth Skating Club. Organizer of the event, Art Anderson, in conjunction with local businessman Bill Perkins, came up with the novel idea of flying Hull into the Smiths Falls airport on a private jet. The jet, a five-seat Cessna Citation 1, is owned by Perkins-Taggart Limited, which donated the aircraft, flown out of Carp Airport, captained by Stephen Guetta of Carleton Place.

The Bay of Quinte Conference area stretches along Lake Ontario from Pickering to Brockville, north to Lindsay, Bancroft, Deep River and Pembroke. Its 192 pastoral charges, with 351 preaching places, are divided into seven presbyteries: Oshawa, Cobourg, Belleville, Kingston, Lindsay, Peterborough and Renfrew. According to 1985 statistics, the membership of the United Church in the Bay of Quinte Conference area is 79,210. President of Women For the Survival Of Agriculture, Dorothy Middleton, told delegates during discussion of the farm crisis that more farmers died from suicide between 1979 and 1982 than from accidents with farm machinery. In the years in question, she said, 30 per cent of the violent and accidental deaths on farms were caused by machinery accidents, while 34.8 per cent were suicides. Statistics, she said, came from government reports on farm safety.

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Bell - On May 15, 1986, to Jerry and Wendy Bell, a son, Michael Everett. Buchanan - At the GWM Hospital, on May 9, 1986, to Jack and Linda Buchanan of Perth, a son, John Daniel. Hagan - At the GWM Hospital, on May 16, 1986, to Francis and Marilyn Hagan, a son, Devon Joseph. Robertson - At Calgary, Alta., on May 14, 1986, to Geoff and Cathy (Burchell) Robertson, a son, Robert “Scott” Robertson. Stead - At the Ottawa Civic HosSocial issues aired pital, on May 18, 1986, to Kerry at church conference and Joanne (McCurdy) Stead, a About 480 delegates attended son, Christopher Micheal. the annual United Church Bay of Quinte Conference which was DIED hosted this year by St. Paul’s Alexander - In hospital, Perth, Church in Perth. on Sunday, May 25, 1986, Beverley The conference started on Gail Grieve, in her 44th year, beThursday evening with an open- loved wife of Glenn B. Alexaning worship service and conclud- der. ed Sunday afternoon with the or- Darou - In hospital, Perth, on dination of five women into the Wednesday, May 21, 1986, Jane United Church ministry. The or- McKenney, in her 97th year, wife dination took place at St. John’s of the late Roy Darou. Roman Catholic Church. Tooley - At his home, Plevna, The main speaker for the four- Ont., on Tuesday, May 20, 1986, day conference was Donna Run- Judd Tooley, in his 93rd year, husnals, dean of religious studies at band of the late Louise Carlene McGill University. Lemke. Many contentious issues were discussed during the conference, The preceding was excerpted ranging from family violence to from the front page of the May capital punishment and the farm 28, 1986 issue of The Perth Courier. crisis.

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Blanchard Elgin M. Blanchard Peacefully, at Perth, on Thursday, May 26, 2011, at the age of 89 years. Elgin will be sadly missed by his wife Lois (Raganold) Blanchard, his children Katherine Blanchard and her family Michael and Robert; Barbara (Dale) Carscadden and her children Brian, Scott and Sarah; Steven (Janet McGovern); David Blanchard; Victoria Blanchard (Bill Duern) and their daughter Elizabeth; Thomas (Silvia) and their daughter Robin; great-granddaughter Audrey and sister-in-law Dorothy Blanchard. He was predeceased by brothers Basil, Moe and Jack Blanchard and sisters Nora Smith and June Davis and grandson David. Elgin was retired following a career with Canadian National Telegraph in Cornwall, Montreal and Ottawa and the Department of Transport in Ottawa. A gathering to remember Elgin’s life will be held at the Perth Golf Course, 141 Peter St., Perth, on Sunday June 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. Those wishing are asked to consider memorial donations to the Great War Memorial Hospital Foundation, 33 Drummond St. W., Perth, ON, K7H 2K1. Arrangements are in the care of Blair & Son Funeral Directors, Perth.

IN MEMORIAM WEIR, Dianne November 12, 1944 - June 7, 2010

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Peacefully in hospital in Perth on Saturday, May 28, 2011, at the age of 92 years. Margaret was predeceased by her parents Richard and Pearl (Ferguson) Norris, her husband Denzil Marks, her daughter Sylvia Wing and her sons Robert and David Marks. Loved mother of Lois, Minola, Dennis (Margaret) and Arnold (Mari Anne) Marks; cherished grandmother to 14 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Aileen Shelly, Rodney Norris and the late George, Ed, Willis, Murray, Stuart and Gilbert Norris. Sadly missed by daughter-in-law Carol Marks, son-in-law Allan Wing, many nieces, nephews and family. Friends paid their respects at the Blair and Son Funeral Home, Perth. Funeral service was held in the chapel on Wednesday, June 1 at 10:30 a.m. Interment, St. Stephen’s Cemetery, Brooke. In remembrance, contributions to St. Stephen’s Parish Cemetery or St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Brooke would be appreciated.

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Bolton Sarah Elizabeth “Betty” (nee Dibb) Bolton Passed away peacefully with her family by her side, on Saturday, May 28, 2011, Sarah Elizabeth “Betty” Bolton at the age of 85. Beloved wife and best friend of the late Allan. Cherished mother of Len (Anne), Craig (Gail Pankow) and Jim (Sherry McCullough). Loving “Granny” of LeeAnn (Ian Mayhew) and Lisa (Aaron Roy) Bolton and “Nanny” of Brooke (Scott) MacCrimmon and Amy (Alain) Trepanier; great-“Nanny” of Hannah, Cole and Kaden MacCrimmon, and Ashton and Abigayle Trepanier. Betty will be fondly remembered by Angela (Tim), Murray (Marnie), Caroline, Austin, and Theo Taylor; her brother-in-law Carl (Reba) Bolton, and her sisters-in-law Marion (the late Bud) Clarke and Audrey (the late Bill) Cook, as well as her extended family and friends. The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at Broadview Nursing Centre for their excellent care and concern for Betty. Friends paid their respects at the Blair & Son Funeral Home, Smiths Falls. Funeral Service took place at St. John The Evangelist Anglican Church, Smiths Falls on Wednesday, June 1 at 1:30 p.m. Private interment will take place at Hillcrest Cemetery at a later date. For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or St. John’s Anglican Church Memorial Fund.

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Brian W. Kelford With a broken heart, the family of Brian Winston Kelford announce his passing after a hard fought battle with acute myeloid leukemia in hospital in Perth on Saturday, May 21, 2011, at the age of 65. Brian was the youngest son of the late Bill and Helen (Mabo) Kelford. Precious husband of Betty Ann Franco-Kelford; loved father of Wilda (Wayne) Lemke and Nicole Kelford (Corey Hayes); dear Poppy of Jaydon and Tanner Campbell and Kalieb Hayes; loved brother of Delmer (late Madeline), Gaile (John) Stewart, Sharron (late Sheman) Richardson, Courtland (Betty), Courtney (Carl) Massey, Tarlton (Shirley), Dallas (Peter) MacDonald and Levi (late Isabelle) Teal; step-father of Jason, Simon and Brandon (Shellsey) and their son Mason. He was predeceased by infant sister Wilda. Brian will be greatly missed by many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and friends. Friends paid their respects at the Blair & Son Funeral Home, Perth. Funeral service was held in the chapel on Tuesday, May 24 at 10 a.m. Interment, Ompah Cemetery followed by a reception in the Ompah Community Hall. In remembrance, contributions to the Ompah Fire Department or Interval House would be appreciated. CL24676

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God never does the same thing twice

Contact us at: 1702 9th Line Beckwith RR#2, Carleton Place, ON • K7C 3P2 General Inquiries: 613-257-1539 or 1-800-535-4532 (613 area code) Public Works: 613-257-1810 or 1-800-535-4534 (613 area code) cmoyle@twp.beckwith.on.ca

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Don’t you just love the comfort and peace of knowing...really knowing? As a result of past experiences you actually know what to expect. You breathe easily. You’re spared any bout of anxiety regarding possible surprises. Everything is cool. Right? Wrong. It’s a self-generated illusion, a fantasy, a lie we tell ourselves because we want to be in control. But we’re not. Only God is in control. We want everything the same: a routine…under control…so we can know. But the great and loving God has other plans. He messes up our routine and surprises us with unexpected crises so we will trust Him. Isaiah, the Hebrew prophet, wrote this message he received from the Sovereign Asbury Free Methodist God: “Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, Religion Today I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?” (Isaiah 43:18happens. The church will welcome a new 19 KJV) Just think: God cares enough about pastor. And we will move on. Other churches in town are experienceach of us that He meticulously plans and builds new experiences into our life so we ing changes, too. But each of us can trust will grow, mature, expand, and be better God and keep singing, because we know human beings. Some of the experiences that He has our best interests at heart, are scary, others extremely sad. Some of even when the changes that He brings the events are painful, very painful, while about are unpleasant. We know He loves us, because He personally paid for our sometimes we are surprised by joy. I have concluded that God never does happiness by His death on a cross. Isn’t the same thing twice. I read the biblical that proof enough? history of the ancient Israeli people and I find no repetitions. Only one Passover. Only one Red Sea crossing. No second Sinai. No repeat of the Jericho wall crash. So in our own individual lives, we discover – if we wish to – that God is always doing a new thing. We would rather settle down into Concerts take place at the bandstand, our controlled environment, but behind Town Hall in Stewart Park that is a kind of death. Real life Free admission – takes risks. Real life rolls with the please bring a lawn chair. punches. Accepting by simple, child-like faith, the changes that Concert – are ordained for us, and gaining from them, that’s authentic Thursday, June 9 living! 7:30 p.m. This is my last Religion Today article, because my interim minFor more information istry at Asbury Church is finished call 613-257-8099 at the end of June. My wife and I or visit www.perthband.ca have unquestionably enjoyed our 21 months in Perth. But change

The Meeting Dates are as follows: 7:00 PM Council Reeve Richard Kidd 6:00 PM Public Works Councillor Tim Campbell Immed. Following Finance Councillor Faye Campbell 7:00 PM Planning Councillor Brian Dowdall

Tuesday June 7th Tuesday June 21st Tuesday June 21st Monday June 27th

Detailed agendas for meetings are available for review on the Township website at www.twp.beckwith.on.ca or at the Township Ofﬁce 24 hours prior to the meeting JOIN US AT BECKWITH PARK FOR BECKWITH HERITAGE DAYS Saturday, June 11th, 2011

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Mind, Body Spirit

INSIGHT INTO THE WORLD OF HYPNOTHERAPY Hypnotherapy utilizes the natural state of hypnosis to facilitate the changes clients want. Hypnosis is as natural as breathing; everyone experiences it daily. It is not sleep, unconsciousness, nor is it therapy in of itself. It’s better described as a day-dream state of relaxation. The interchange of the terms hypnosis and hypnotherapy, hypnotist and hypnotherapist, consulting hypnotist, hypno-psychologist, doctor of hypnosis and so on, may be confusing for those looking for assistance with a particular issue or goal. Some practitioners refer to ‘hypnosis services’, which provides little real information about their qualiﬁcations, actual training, advanced training and/or instructors & places of training. Others use titles such as Doctor of Hypnosis or Doctorate of Hypnotherapy, which is not attainable at real bricks & mortars accredited universities. Some use hypnosis as an adjunct to their regular work, but again, this does not ensure they are trained and qualiﬁed hypnotherapists. In other cases,

by Grace Joubarne, CCHt, LAPHP Hypnotherapy changes lives…in a safe, pain-free, drug-free, label-free way! Renowned research facilities such as Mayo Clinic are endorsing hypnotherapy as premier option for many issues. It is now taught in a Canadian University. Helping people realize wellness through natural nutrition and hypnotherapy has been my life’s passion for decades...I can’t imagine an experience more rewarding than that of guiding clients of all ages to successfully making the life changes that let them live their lives unlimited in all ways good. To empower my clients, I share my knowledge, wisdom and experience…they in turn entrust me with their minds and feelings. To ensure I am worthy of this trust, I stay up-to-date on advanced hypnotherapy techniques and applications, especially in specialty areas of autoimmune disorders, gastro-intestinal pain relief, migraines, stress, chronic pain, psycho-sexual problems and unwanted habits and fears to name a few.

practitioners refer to themselves as hypnotherapists but appear to have pursued no training beyond the basics. To that end I offer extensive information and tips on my website that will help you choose wisely. Simply go to www.graceplacewellness.com, click on Hypnotherapy and then on Choosing Your Hypnotherapist. I received intensive and in-depth hypnotherapy training at The Paciﬁc Institute of Advanced Hypnotherapy (certiﬁed IMDHA hypnotherapy school) by Sherry Hood, who I am proud to say, is the Clinical Lecturer of hypnotherapy to post-graduate medical students at the University of Alberta, Department of Family Medicine. I earn hundreds of hours of additional education credits annually in the areas of IBS, Fibromyalgia, pain control, emotional struggles, anxiety relief, stress management, weight management and numerous other applications of hypnotherapy, including one of the newest…Virtual Gastric Band Fitting, for those who struggle with obesity.

I invite you to check out my website www. graceplacewellness.com to learn more about my credentials, education and background and to learn how I may be able to also assist you with your unique issues at one of my two offices (Ottawa and Belleville). From every client who lets me share in their journey, I too learn…in all who trust me to guide them to wellness, I see a little of myself and everyone, because we are all so inter-connected at a deeper level. I feel blessed to be a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist when I see clients leaving my office feeling empowered, in control of their lives, peaceful and resilient. It would please me to have the opportunity to meet you all someday. ~Grace Grace Joubarne, CCHt, Clinical Hypnotherapist in full-time practice in Ottawa, with satellite office in Belleville, ON. She is a member of IMDHA, IACT and the IAPHP. www.graceplacewellness.com or info@graceplacewellness.com 613-422-7027 or toll-free 1-888-390-3553.

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Come show your support at CHEO breakfast Perth and area children will benefit from Perth Civitan hosting its annual CHEO breakfast. The breakfast coincides with the annual CHEO Telethon held on Sunday, June 5. Perth Civitan CHEO Breakfast chairs Bob Robinson and Richard Peskett are 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. Patrons can purchase this quality breakfast for $5 per person. A variety of children’s activities will be available to entertain the youth while parents enjoy conversation over coffee. Donations will be accepted for CHEO on site. CHEO clothing and teddy bears will also be on site. Doors open at the Perth Civitan Hall at 8 a.m. and winds down at 1 p.m. This is a great opportunity to support a local fund raising initiative in support of CHEO. For more information please contact Civitan Bob Robinson or Civitan Richard Peskett at 613-267-6104, or email perthcivitan@gmail.com for more information. Submitted by the organizers

Tick Talk: a warning from the health unit

MY FAIR LADY Emma Houlahan played the part of Eliza Doolittle in St. John Catholic High School’s production of My Fair Lady on May 13. Kassina Ryder photo

As temperatures rise above 4C, the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit would like to remind you that while enjoying and working outdoors, you should take precautions to avoid being bitten by ticks. Lyme disease has been identified in the health unit region and is considered to be a risk here. You can protect yourself from exposure to this disease by following some simple tips that you may already be familiar with in the prevention of West Nile Virus (WNV). • Wear light-coloured, long-sleeved shirts and long pants tucked into your socks when walking in areas of long grass or vegetation. • Insect repellents containing DEET help to repel ticks and mosquitoes. • Around your home, keep your grass mowed, trim brush and remove leaf litter. • Clean spilled bird feed around feeders to discourage rodent populations from becoming established, as they are hosts for ticks. • Ticks thrive in wooded areas, so with a few landscaping changes you can

make your property less attractive for ticks, and you are also reducing your risk of Lyme disease. • When you return from the outdoors, check your entire body thoroughly for ticks. If you find an attached tick, remove it promptly using a pair of tweezers. Treat the bite area with an antiseptic. Keep the tick in a small container and bring it into the nearest Health Unit office. • Never ignore a bite from a tick, whether you are at home or travelling. If you start to develop any of the following symptoms: a red bull’s eye rash, fever, headache, muscle or joint pain, fatigue and a skin rash - contact your doctor immediately and let your doctor know when and where you were bitten by a tick and that it has been submitted to the Health Unit for testing. For information on Lyme disease and human health, please contact the Health Unit at 613-345-5685 or our Health Action Line at 1-800660-5853 or visit www.healthunit.org/hazards/documents/lyme.htm. Submitted by the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit.

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Guatemala, a small country in Central America, figures large in the hearts and minds of the citizens of Lanark County. Our community is an amazing place where people give generously to needy strangers in far away places. One of the poorest countries of the hemisphere – Guatemala is one such place where the situation for Mayan people is dire. More than a decade ago (1999), the Guatemala Stove Project, a non-governmental charitable organization centered in Perth, took up the challenge of helping to change the lives of families in the Western Highland region of that country. Since then volunteers from Perth and Ottawa region have funded and built more than 4,000 masonry stoves in homes which relied exclusively on hazardous open pit fires for cooking meals. It is remarkable how such an inexpensive modification can transform daily life, health and in fact

extend life expectancy for a rural family in Guatemala. The 2011 GSP Annual General Meeting is on Sunday, June 5 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the The Factory Grind, (1 Sherbrooke St. E.), in Perth. Come and listen to the prize winning presentation by the young girls of Glen Tay Public School who have selflessly been raising funds for a nutrition program in a school half a world away. Hear why Guatemala is the focus of ongoing fundraising in the Perth/Ottawa area. Gain an understanding as to why these stoves make such a difference. Hear about volunteering with the GSP and how it can add to your life. Looking forward to seeing you June 5. For more information please go to: guatemalastoveproject.org, or contact Tom Clarke at 613 2675202.

Kiwanis is launching a satellite! overlap naturally as members work together. The inaugural meeting of the satellite club will be on Tuesday, May 24, at 5:30 p.m. at O’Reilly’s Pub. No obligation, of course. For more information call 613-267-4662 or email Beckwith@Cogeco. ca. Or simply show up. You’ll be welcome. Submitted by the Kiwanis Club of Perth and District.

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CAUTION: ROADWAY LINE PAINTING UNDERWAY The County of Lanark assumes no responsibility for paint damage claims from motorists who cross wet paint lines. Facts: • Line painting is done during daylight hours only • Most County roads and some local municipal roads are painted each year • It takes about 2 minutes for trafﬁc paint to dry • Wet trafﬁc paint on the road may splatter on your vehicle if you cross the centre line before the paint has dried If you encounter a line painting crew on the road: Do: Don’t: • Slow down and stay well behind the truck • Pass, unless the warning signs • Obey the warning signs on the truck direct you to do so • Be patient • Cross the centreline • Unless otherwise directed, wait for the truck to pull over before passing If your vehicle is splattered with paint: • Go to a car wash as soon as possible • If the paint does not wash off, spray the affected area with WD-40 and allow it to dry for 2 hours, then rewash the vehicle • If the paint remains, consider submitting a claim to your insurer For further information please contact: Steve Allan, P.Eng. Director of Public Works The Corporation of the County of Lanark Public Works Department 99 Christie Lake Road, P.O. Box 37, Perth, ON, K7H 3E2 Telephone: 613-267-1353 • Fax: 613-267-2793 E-mail: roads@lanarkcounty.ca

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Kiwanis Club of Perth and District is launching an exciting new venture intended for young professionals and business people. The intent is for singles and persons with family responsibilities to meet briefly, just once a month right after work. Members will choose a community service project together and then each contribute a couple of hours a month at their convenience. It’s a great way to help in the community while forming business and friendship connections. Everyone has something of value to offer and no one will be turned away. Male, female, younger, older – all are welcome. Our new motto is “Philanthropy; Fellowship; Fundraising; and Fun-Raising”. Kiwanis of Perth is part of the Eastern Canada and the Caribbean District (see Kiwanisecc.org) which is part of the international organization (KiwanisOne.org). Our local club has approximately 20 members who meet weekly. At these regular meetings we discuss club business, bring in speakers, have game nights and outings, and make fast friends. In between, we work together on service and fundraising projects. Not everyone has that much time to spend and that’s all right. By joining our soon-to-be launched Satellite Club you will follow the new Kiwanis 123 model: 1 hour of meeting, 2 hours of service, and 3 hours of social per month. Of course, those hours

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Businesses step up to support shelter

BY SARAH BINGHAM Henry Ford once said that, “a business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.” He may as well have been talking about businesses right here in Lanark County. All of the Independent Grocer’s in the area have shown they are about so much more than just making money. All four stores – Barnabe’s Independent in Perth, Andress’ Independent in Smiths Falls, Steve’s Independent in Carleton Place and Patrice’s Independent in Almonte – recently sponsored the Daisies of Hope Campaign to end violence against women and raised much needed funds and awareness for Lanark County Interval House (LCIH). Despite being big chain stores, these businesses went the extra mile to support our local women and children’s shelter and make a positive difference in our community. Every penny of the money raised from this campaign stays right here in Lanark

County to help run the many programs Interval House provides. The only way the shelter can continue to sustain its high level of services is with the financial support of civic-minded businesses and community based organizations. “Lanark County Interval House is grateful for the ongoing support of the community in our efforts to end violence against women and their children. Violence against women is a community issue and therefore the community is responsible for its eradication,” said LCIH executive director Erin Lee-Todd. Every time businesses in the community reach out to support Interval House, they accept that responsibility and bring us one step closer to ending violence against women. The power to help eradicate violence is not reserved solely for big business. Any professional, small business owner, individual or community group can have an impact. Whether the choice is to create a unique fundraiser, promote awareness,

lend your expertise, or get involved with a campaign, all types of support are welcomed and needed by LCIH. For information on how you and your group or business can support the women and children of Lanark County, contact our public education coordinator at 613257-1115 ext. 1, or call the shelter office at 613257-3469. L a n a r k County Interval House provides extensive support for children, youth and women who experience abuse and can refer men to the appropriate resources. All the services are free and confidential and you

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Strong Perth contingent heads to regional track meet BY GEOFF DAVIES geoff.davies@perthcourier.com

‘Tis the season for track meets, and Perth’s high school athletes have built up a lot of momentum as they approach the final competitions of the school year. Perth and District Collegiate Institute sent 43 competitors to the Eastern Ontario Secondary School Association’s (EOSSAA) track and field finals, held May 19-20 in Brockville, while Saint John Catholic High School sent 23 athletes. These were students who qualified from the Lanark County finals the week before, and they were vying for a spot at the OFSAA East Regional meet, scheduled for May 26-27 in Ottawa. Justin McNamee, PDCI’s coach, said the team was ecstatic to see 20 of its athletes qualify for the regional meet, as that’s the most the school’s ever sent to the competition. Among PDCI’s qualifying athletes were: Drew Wilton, who took first in the midget boys’ shot put (12.21m); Scott Rathwell, who won the midget boys’ high jump (1.75m); and Jed Bowes, who won the senior boys’ triple jump (12.39m). Rathwell’s victory also earned him the fifth highest jump in the province this season, tying a school record, McNamee said. Evelyn Scott advanced in all of her events, finishing first in the senior girls’ 200-metre (26.10), 400-metre (57.76) and 400-metre hurdles races (1:05.35). PDCI’s relay teams also performed well. The team consisting of Audrey Willson, Anna Noonan, Emily Jordan and Vanessa Gray qualified for regionals with a fifth place finish (55.19) in the midget girls’ 4x100-metre relay, breaking a school record in the process. Kaleb Bingley, Jordon Churchill, Brock Young and

Rathwell represented the Blue Devils in the midget boys’ 4x100metre relay and placed third (49.04). In the senior boys’ 4x100-metre relay, the team of Logan Smith, Riley Canie, Haiden Goltz and Bowes placed fifth (45.62). Goltz also qualified in the senior boys’ 100-metre (11.48) and 200m races (23.19), placing fourth in both. In the boys’ open 4x100-metre relay, PDCI’s Michael Kravacek, Alex McCurdy, Smith and Goltz broke a school record with their third-place finish (3:35.88). St. John saw six of its Spartans qualify for the regional meet. James Townsend took first place in the senior boys’ javelin throw (50.04m), and Brayden Murphy won the senior boys’ high jump (1.90m). In the midget girls’ javelin throw, Shawna Merkley took second place, with a throw of 22.25m. Taylor Jordan earned the third spot in the junior girls’ high jump, soaring 1.45m. Rebekah Nitschmann took fifth place in the junior girls’ 3000-metre race (11:36.81), while Kasie Murphy also took fifth in her event, the midget girls’ shot put (8.15m). Another Spartan who proved to be a significant presence at the event was alumnus Samantha Murphy. One of Murphy’s records was finally broken. Her 2007 time in the midget girls’ 400-metre race (59.92s) was beaten by fractions of a second by Nicole Armstrong of Sydenham High School. Her other record – a 2010 time of 2:12.63 in the senior girls’ 800metre – remains unbroken. Athletes who finish within the top four at the regional championships will qualify for the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations championships in Sudbury, on June 2-4.

Above: Katrina Wright, who represented Perth and District Collegiate Institute in the junior girls’ 80-metre hurdles race, handily clears a hurdle while training a few days before heading to the OFSAA East Regionals track championships in Ottawa. Right: Jordon Churchill (left) and Kaleb Bingley, who were part of PDCI’s team in the midget boys’ 4x100-metre relay, practice passing the baton while training for the OFSAA East Regionals earlier in the week. Geoff Davies photos

Four progress from OFSAA East Regionals The OFSAA East Regionals track and field championships was held May 26 and 27 in Ottawa. Athletes who placed among the top four finishers qualified for the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations championships in Sudbury, on June 2-4.

Of the 20 athletes who competed for Perth and District Collegiate Institute, three qualified for the provincial finals. They are: • Evelyn Scott: senior girls’ 200-metre (25.87, fourth place), senior girls’ 400-metre (57.54, first place), and senior girls’ 400-metre hurdles (1:04.34, first

place). • Scott Rathwell, midget boys’ high jump (1.65m, fourth place) • Conner Bulley, midget boys’ shot put (13.97m, third place) Of the six athletes who represented St. John Catholic High School, Scott Townsend will be moving on in the senior boys’ javelin throw (50.18m, first place).

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Evolutions

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TENNANT Musical Musings all, listening to CFRB with only those very few cross over hits like “White Sports Coat” by Marty Robbins or crooners like Ricky Nelson or Pat Boone catching my ear. It was only when I visited my rural relatives that I’d hear country music, even being taken by older cousins a couple of times to Gordie Tapp’s Country Hoedown shows at the Wiarton Arena as a kid. I’ve always been a sucker for ballads so I know there were early seeds planted deep in my musical ear and, whether it’s because I lived through the 60s and don’t remember much of it, I don’t know, but I can’t remember lyrics or put artists to titles but when I hear a relic from old country charts I know I hummed many of them lots in my earlier days. Back then I viewed the country music genre as hokie and stuck to my blues and rock ‘n roll, eventually accepting folk as well. It’s only through exposure via friends in the past 15 years that my interest and acceptance has grown to include country, getting over my previous hang ups and genre snobbery. Ballads and story songs that paint pictures and touch emotions are the heart of country and I’m now an appreciative listener. Keith Glass was the first to get me to listen to the players’ skills, the pickin’ guitars and pedal steel, the fiddles, mandolin and of course the vocal harmonies. It was another musical friend who turned me on to Merle Haggard – described as ‘the poet of the common man’. I state all of this to lead into my going to a Tribute to Merle show at Hugh’s Room in Toronto last week which only further ingrained my enjoyment of this genre. It was the players who drew me there, in honesty: John Sheard, who, besides being a sought-after producer, is the pianist for The Vinyl Café, Stewart McLean’s radio show; Steve Briggs on guitar (Beebop Cowboys); Burke Carroll (Beebop Cowboys, Justin Rutledge) on pedal steel; Don Reed on fiddle; Alec Fraser on bass (played with

A total of six people were killed during the Victoria Day long weekend on roadways, waterways and trails patrolled by the Ontario Provincial Police. Four died in three separate vehicle collisions across the province while one fatality involved a boating incident and one was an ATV fatality on a township road. “The families and friends of the six people who lost their lives over the weekend are in our thoughts and prayers,” said OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis. “I urge all motorists and boaters to drive safely and do your part to keep our roads, trails and waterways amongst the safest in North America,” added Lewis. Over the weekend, OPP officers laid a total of 6,361 drivingrelated charges. Of those, 1,607 were for distracted driving, 5,351 for speeding, 641 seatbelt charges and 128 were alcohol-related charges. The stepped-up visibility and enforcement by OPP officers over the long weekend was part of the campaign during Canada Road Safety Week which ran from May 16 to 23, 2011. The strategy included using all available resources to enforce traffic laws in an effort to save lives and reduce injuries on Ontario roads

and highways. This week had been strategically chosen, as it included the first summer long weekend. Canada Road Safety Week is sponsored by Transport Canada and endorsed by police and is part of “Road Safety Strategy 2015”, which has a goal of making Canada’s roads the safest in the world. OPP results for Canada Road Safety Week included checking over 153,000 vehicles during RIDE programs and charging 148 drivers for alcohol-related criminal driving offences; issuing 166 licence suspensions for WARN results on the Alcotest and 85 90-day administrative drivers licence suspensions. Also, OPP officers laid 6,906 speeding charges, 1,112 seatbelt charges and 533 aggressive driving-related charges. Overall the number of persons killed on OPP-patrolled roads to date in 2011 is down 19 per cent from last year (89 in 2010 compared to 72 in 2011). Alcohol, distracted driving, speed and no seatbelt-related fatalities are also down significantly over the same period in 2010. Submitted by the Ontario Provincial Police, Highway Safety Division

Great satisfaction in community involvement

Due to the publication deadline the election results will not be in until next week, but I am sure everyone will know by then. The Ladies Auxiliary meeting is on June 2 at 7 p.m. preceded by a Chinese dinner and silent auction at 6 p.m. On Friday, June 3, and every second Friday for the summer, there will be a BBQ from 4:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Come on out and support your branch and have a good meal. The birthday jamboree is on Saturday, June 11, beginning around 2 p.m. All musicians are welcome to join in for a good afternoon. It has been a pleasure being the public relations officer for the Branch and I am looking forward to sitting back and assisting those who will take up the reins to keep the Legion going. Once you get involved you can never really Upcoming events Stacey Earle (Steve Earle’s leave. It is your branch. Please sister) & Mark Stuart from help by volunteering a few hours Nashville at EcoTay – Sunday, of your time once in awhile and June 12, at 2 p.m. Tickets via Sue at 613-267-7902 Support live music everywhere.

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STEELE 244 Legion Scene “To belong is to serve” you will get great satisfaction for helping our community, our seniors and our youth. To belong is to serve, not for self but for others. I congratulate the newly elected executive and all those who ran for office and assure you that there is always assistance from previous officers to help and give guidance. Your initiative to hold office shows us that the Perth Legion will continue to be a major part of our community.

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Jeff Healey, David Wilcox, Ray Benson); Wendell Ferguson on guitar; and John Adames on drums. Russell de Carle lent his silver throat to the cause along with Caitlin Hanford (Quartette, The Marigolds), and long-time Toronto country crooners Dennis Martin, Mary de Keyser, Helen Stewart and Laura Hubert (Leslie Spit Trio) all shared their stories and respect for Merle. More than one of them said how country lyrics “take you there”, plain and simple. One other notable quip was how “poetry had suffered since indoor plumbing” which gave food for thought, in itself. Merle Haggard started listening early to Lefty Frizzell’s music and tried to copy him, meeting and ending up singing at a Frizzell concert. His early troubles with the law and resulting incarcerations became fodder for his writings and he turned his life around after a stay at San Quentin. His musical skills were recognized and he became part of the Bakersfield Sound, rebelling from the over-produced stylings of Nashville, along with Buck Owens and other non traditional music makers like Willie Nelson. He’s had over 38 number-one hits and continues today. He has done tribute albums to many of his mentors including Frizzell, Bob Wills, collaborations with Willie, George Jones, Ray Price and lately with younger musicians like Jewel. As you read through his discography and realize the songs he’s written are many but there are many more that were written by others or were cowritten with others that makes you understand how music as an art form evolves: building on one another’s creations. Yes, it was a wonderful night and I’ll continue to delve into country music, especially as I hear young players who strut their stuff and recognize the influences that have driven and inspired them. Just as it’s well documented how the British bands of the British Invasion, like The Beatles and Rolling Stones, recognized the blues players from the US as their inspirations initially, they later also recognized the country music influences. We can’t help but be affected by what we hear, one way or another. It’s so wonderful to see and hear the ‘new’ formed from ‘old’. I’ll just continue to enjoy the culminations of it all and be glad I’ve continued to expand my musical experiences. I hope you are too.

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ack in March on TV, Bravo premiered three one-hour broadcasts entitled Yonge Street: Toronto Rock and Roll Stories and I watched them all a couple of times. This miniseries chronicled the evolving musical stylings from the mid 1950s to the mid 70s. As I watched, I reminisced back through my own musical experiences, comparing it to what was being presented. They spoke of early 50s Toronto being a Country Music town. Most of the licensed establishments had live country acts primarily. In fact, they speak of the burlesque clubs being the ones to first bring in the more bluesy, “devil’s music” to the area. These stylings went on to become combined with country to become the nucleus for what we now know as rock and roll. There are many interviews throughout the series with one of the most enlightening for me being Ronnie Hawkins and later Robbie Robertson of The Band. Hawkins came initially on the country circuit from his home in Arkansas to Toronto and area in 1958 on a recommendation from Conway Twitty. He never left. His rockabilly sound caught on and over the years he helped train many now successful musicians in his backup band the Hawks, like Robertson and the rest who went on to become The Band, but also David Clayton Thomas, Lawrence Gowan, David Foster, Beverly D’Angelo and Burton Cummings. Prior to this, Canadians listened to American music, with little Canadian content. Like elsewhere in the world these musical developments helped create the Toronto Sound which exploded via folk, blues, rock and roll and variations of these themes. Technology was also booming and previously isolated cities and settlements became linked by stronger radio and television signals which grew larger musical markets. The live music scene in Toronto spawned so many stars and clubs to listen, dance and become knowledgeable of what was out there. Interestingly, in the 70s, it was again burlesque clubs that by then were starting to allow full nudity that pushed the live music clubs off the Yonge Street Strip. Luckily, Canada’s music industry continued to flourish and continues to be recognized worldwide as holding a vital place in the world music scene. I’d be lying if I said I ever grew up there, but I spent my youth in Toronto’s west-end suburbs until I was allowed, or snuck downtown in this time period and onwards, chasing live music in and around the Yonge Street Strip. My home had music on most of the time, often the radio but my parents were not country music lovers at

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Saturday, June 4 •Ray’s Reptiles Show and Demonstration will take place at Maple Grove Public School in Lanark Village from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Admission by donation. Children’s face painting, fish pond activities will also be featured, along with a BBQ lunch for a small fee from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. • A yard sale will take place on the lawn of the Knox Presbyterian Church in Westport from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will move indoors if it rains. • St. John Catholic Church will host a community dinner from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at St. James Anglican Church (12 Harvey St.) Everyone is welcome. • A family-to-family sale will take place at Drummond Central School from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Sunday, June 5 • The Perth Civitan Club will host its annual CHEO breakfast, which coincides with the annual CHEO Telethon. The breakfast costs $5 and children’s activities will be provided. Donations for CHEO will be accepted on site. Doors open at 8 a.m. For more information call Rob Robinson or Richard Peskett at 613-267-6104. • The Burridge, Newboro and Westport United churches are having their annual turkey dinner at North Crosby hall at 6:30 p.m., with take-outs at 6 p.m. Advance tickets are available from Helen at 613-272-5355, Karen at 613-272-8055 and Marilyn at 613- 273-

• St. John Catholic High School is hosting a 10-year reunion of its tech shop at 7 p.m. The event will feature guest speaker Leonard Lee , founder of Lee Valley Tools. All are welcome.

Friday, June 10 • Auditions for the Perth Community Choir’s fall show, “Anything Goes”, by Cole Porter will take place from 6 to 10 p.m. To request an audition contact perthcommunitychoir@gmail.com. • The 18th annual Pike Falls Classic motorcycle show will take place at the Lanark Trap Club. Gates open at noon. Proceeds will help send Lanark County kids to camp. Fliers are available at the Scotiabank in Perth or call 613-284-3600 for more information.

Saturday, June 11 • Auditions for the Perth Community Choir’s fall show, “Anything Goes”, by Cole Porter will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. To request an audition contact perthcommunity choir@gmail.com. • St. James Anglican Church will host a community dinner from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome. • A Fantastic Fish Fry will take place at the Upper Rideau Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion in Westport from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. • The 18th annual Pike Falls Classic motorcycle show will take place at the

Sunday, June 12 • The 18th annual Pike Falls Classic motorcycle show will take place at the Lanark Trap Club. Proceeds will help send Lanark County kids to camp. Fliers are available at the Scotiabank in Perth or call 613-284-3600 for more information.

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Lanark Trap Club. Proceeds will help send Lanark County kids to camp. Fliers are available at the Scotiabank in Perth or call 613-284-3600 for more information.

Tuesday, June 14 • Zumba will take place at the Tatlock Hall from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Call 613-256-4915 for information. • The Riverview Seniors will host a luncheon followed by a meeting at 12:30 p.m. at the Perth-Upon-Tay branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Thursday, June 16 • The Active Seniors Koalition (ASK) will host shuffleboard at Watsons Corners Hall at 10:30 a.m. Bring a brown bag lunch. Call 613-492-0291 for information.

Friday, June 17 • The Newboro United Church will present Crooked Wood and Freeman and Foster in concert at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available by calling Peter Caldwell at 613-272-2802, Delos Gipson at 613-273-5219, Maurice Hutchings at 613-273-5344 or Sandra Freeman at 613-359-5619.

Saturday, June 18 • A golf tournament and silent auction will be held at the Lombard Glen Golf and Country Club to help raise funds for the Friends of Spartan Football at St. John Catholic High School. • St. Paul’s United Church (25 Gore St. W.) will host a community dinner from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

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Friday, June 3 • The First Edition Reading Series will host poets Catherine Owen, Leigh Nash and Sarah Tsiang at Backbeat Books, Music and Gifts (6 Wilson St. W.) at 7 p.m.

6785. • The Guatemala Stove Project Annual General Meeting will take place at the Factory Grind (1 Sherbrooke St. E.), Perth, from 3 to 5 p.m. The meeting will include the election of the board of directors and the presentation of the annual financial report. It will also feature a presentation by Grade 8 students from Glen Tay Public School.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 4 • 11-12:30 p.m. REDUCED!! $299,900 250 HALL SHORE RD. DALHOUSIE LAKE Directions: South off Cty Rd 12 at McDonalds Corners onto Cty. Rd. 8, left on Hall Shore Rd. Gorgeous level lot with a fabulous view of Dalhousie Lk-great access on year round road on the south shore. Level entry into the water would make it perfect for family members of any age-the 3 bedrm bungalow is in mint condition, like a new home with many features like open concept kitchen, dining, living room space all facing the lake, 2 bathrooms, main floor laundry, gleaming oak flooring just installed in past year, lots of pine cabinets & breakfast bar in kitchen, newer windows & exterior doors, lifetime guarantee on the new fibreglass shingles, efficient heat pump, central air, central vac, water softener-double detached garage plus single garage at the lake for all the extra `toys` - 10x15 insulated porch is a lovely 3 season room-lakeside deck-a real gem! MLS# 094000303007400. Hostess: Sheri, 613-812-1215

SATURDAY, JUNE 4 • 1 - 2:30 p.m. REDUCED!! $228,000 516 CHRISTIE LK. RD. Directions: West from Perth on Christie Lake Rd. Approx. 3 km. Unbelievable good value for this home & 12 acre property - 2 storey board on board constructed house built in 1892 & solid as a rock - house has had everything imaginable updated, renovated or replaced including lath & plaster removed & drywall put in place, new oak kitchen with breakfast bar, both full baths updated, all plumbing, wiring (100 amp service), oil furnace & oil tank, all new thermopane windows & steel exterior doors, most ﬂooring replaced, enclosed 3 season south facing sun room, wett compliant woodstove, lots of closets & storage space added - laundry on same level as bedrooms, master has attached ofﬁce or nursery room - side door entrance into mud room - 12.9 acres consists of some open, some planted pines (30-35 years old) & some mixed bush - great gardening potential! MLS# 091191601530800 Hostess: Sheri, 613-812-1215

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Sunday, June 5 • 1-3 p.m. • 28 Dufferin Rd. - Edge Of Town $196,500 - Just a great 3 bedroom bungalow on a country sized lot. Super sunporch for summer relaxing off the dining area, 1.5 baths, lots of light. Oversize single garage. Full basement waiting for your ﬁnishing. Enjoy lower taxes in a lovely neighbourhood almost in town. MLS # 792485 Call Barbara Shepherd, cell – 613 326-1361

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610 West Point - Dr. $ 339,000 - Nature and the Rideau at your back door this custom built home offers fantastic scenery while situated in a desirable sub-division. 3 br, 2 1|2 baths bright and spacious with vaulted ceilings and warm oak kitchen, bright part ﬁnished basement for entertaining or the kids to play. Water access without waterfront taxes! Cathie McCabe/Julia Scotland, 613-264-0123

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3307 Watson’s Corners Rd. $275,000 The setting is gorgeous-the features of this lovely, open concept 15 year old cedar sided bungalow sitting on 5 acres will surprise you-a whole lot of updates & care have gone into this lovely home & property over the past few yearssome of the many features include hardwood ﬂooring & vaulted ceiling in the living room, open kitchen/dining area with oak cabinets & patio door to rear 2 level decking-master bedroom has patio door to 12x16 foot 3 season sunroom - corner Jacuzzi tub, double sinks & oversized shower in main bath-lower level has been totally renovated & includes L-shaped family room, 3rd bedroom, bath/laundry & big workshop/utility area with covered stair access from outsideunderground dog fence, new shingles & window wells, double detached garage, perennial gardens & pond. MLS# 094000202528510 Sheri, 613-812-1215

71 Wilson St. - $279,500 - Spacious home in historic Perth on beautiful oversized lot features 4 bedrooms, updated eat-in kitchen, dining room. Circular staircase ads to the charm of this lovely large family home. Main ﬂoor family room with rustic beams and cozy gas ﬁreplace enters a large fenced well treed backyard with detached insulated garage with loft. Cathie McCabe/Julia Scotland, 613-264-0123

Approx. 110 Acre with 2 waterfront lots on Pike Lake. Acreage has a large mixture of new growth and mature trees-maple, oak, birch, pine and, cedar. Access to the property in via Fire Rte #16. $299,000. MLS# 794716 Joanne Bennell, 613-812-0505

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Sunday, June 5 • 1-3 p.m. 282 McVeety Road Directions: Elmgrove to Hughes to McVeety. Private Nature Retreat – traditional, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, red brick farmhouse built in 1895 – many updates and wonderful convenient extras added. The current owners love the privacy, sights and sounds of nature, ski and walking trails, and the relaxing warmth and character – you will, too! Come see it – 13+ acres, 10 min. to Perth - $354,900. MLS # 777616 Call Joanne Bennell, 613 812-0505 or Barbara Shepherd, 613 326-1361

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SUNDAY, JUNE 5 • 12-1:30 p.m. 14 BECKWITH ST., E., PERTH $219,900 Directions: Corner Herriott & Beckwith Sts. What a fabulous location in downtown heritage Perth-walk to all amenities & activities at any time of year-one of Wampole House built in the early 1900s-this home is in lovely condition with refinished hardwood floors on the main level, gas fireplace in the living room, spacious formal dining area opens to the updated pine kitchen complete with breakfast counter & stained glass windowloads of room in front foyer with convenient access to the powder room-upper level houses 2 bedrooms (3rd is currently used as master dressing room)-finished attic area is an ideal teenager hangout or private office space-backdoor access to large deck overlooking courtyard/patio area & fenced backyard-enclosed side porch, good dry basement-an ideal in town property-own a part of Perth’s history! MLS# 092102004001400 Hostess: Sheri, 613-812-1215

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Otty Lake - one of a kind! 425 Ft. Good, clean frontage offering southern exposure and 3.84 acres with a roadway right to your building site. There is an area for a boat launch and a point for docks, decks and even gazebos. 10 Minutes from Perth. $499,000 BOB FERGUSON • 613-812-8871 bobferg@superaje.com www.bobsperthhomes.ca

Just 10 minutes from Perth, this private 200 acre property with 1850s farm house, solid barn, mix of open ﬁelds, bush and ponds is waiting for that special buyer with vision. Covered-over log exterior. 3+ bedrooms, 2 baths. House needs work and is priced accordingly. $279,000. BOB FERGUSON • 613-812-8871 bobferg@superaje.com www.bobsperthhomes.ca

Triplex $259,000 - Well maintained triplex within walking distance to downtown Perth and the Perth Golf Course, one 3 br and two 2 br units, lots of parking, two units recently renovated, please call for income and expenses. MLS# 789902

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$169,000 - PARENTS OF ALGONQUIN STUDENTS TAKE NOTE: 5 br, 3 baths home plus basement rec room, laundry and second kitchen area, large living room and dining room with built-in cabinetry, updated kitchen, natural gas furnace plus ﬁreplace, attached garage, house is bigger than it looks, quick closing available. MLS# 769759 Oral Pretty, 613-264-0123

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234 Bernice Cresc. Chaloa Acres Reduced!! $299,000 Desirable residential neighbourhood of Chaloa Acres just a couple of minutes to downtown perth-beauty, warmth & value in this custom built 3 bedroom 1400 square foot bungalow-features include new oak ﬂooring in lbing, dining, hallway & master bedroom, ceramic completed in kitchen, 2 bathrooms & foyer, laminate ﬂooring in other 2 bedrooms-both levels are bright & airylower level with spacious family room with patio door walkout to backyard-main bath with 1 piece molded tub unit & oak vanity, 3 piece ensuite bath with shower-laundry/2 piece bath on lower level-storage area is insulated & drywalled & positioning of window & additional door would be conducive to an extra bedroom-paved double drive, central air, central vac, iron removal water treatment system, nicely landscaped. Great area for families. MLS# 091990802040400 Sheri, 613-812-1215

6071 HWY. 43 • $266,000 Absolutely fantastic home for you & your family-extremely well maintained & cared for by the current owners-4 bedroom home is ideal for an active family-features include a master bedroom with juliet balcony, builtin cabinets & cupboards & a gorgeous ensuite bath-lovely hardwood floors & ceramic in many of the rooms-golden oak cabinets, newer counter top & an efficient 5 foot island/breakfast counter in the spacious kitchen-newer bay window in the bright living room-separate formal dining room with terrace door to rear deck-pickwick pine & a lovely corner gas fireplace highlight the cozy lower level family room-separate den/office, bright laundry & storage area plus a large utility/storage room-double attached garage is insulated & drywalled-gorgeous inground pool has stairs and lovely concrete patio around with wrought iron fencing. Gas heat & hot water, paved driveway. MLS # 091990801556350 Sheri, 613-812-1215

OUT OF TOWN RIDEAU FERRY AREA • 175 OLD KINGSTON RD. • $226,000 Are you looking for a lovely treed setting on a paved road, not too far off the beaten track & yet close to lakes & the shopping conveniences in either perth or smiths falls, here`s your home! - Gorgeous home dotted with mature trees, great gentle slope to the rear of the one acre lot provides for the bright lower level walkout family room area - open concept main living area featuring ceramic flooring in the eat-in kitchen/dining & laminate flooring & large picture window in the lviing room - 3 good sized bedrooms & great bathroom on the main level - lower level is totally finished complete with l-shaped walkout family room area, warming woodstove to take chill off on cool evenings, big windows & high ceilings - fourth bedroom will be the envy of your teenager! MLS# 083182803361604 Sheri, 613-812-1215

OUT OF TOWN

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$385,000 - Hobby farm on 50 acres, totally renovated century old farmhouse, formal dining room and living room with hardwood ﬂooring, 4 br, 3 bath, extra large master with ensuite, large deck and expansive lawns and gardens, oversized 2-car garage with insulated workshop, log barns and many outbuildings. MLS# 794378

$314,900 - Terrific 5-year-old family home shows like new, 3 br, 2 bath, mainfloor laundry, hardwood floors throughout, propane fireplace, large master br with ensuite and walk-in closet, double attached garage, central air, highspeed, 2 acre lot, move in condition. MLS# 778246

20 acre building lot with 900 feet road frontage, mixed hardwood, an ideal spot to build your dream home with privacy and to enjoy nature, only 20 min. to Perth, survey on ﬁle, quiet country road. MLS# 788482

Oral Pretty, 613-264-0123

OUT OF TOWN

WATERFRONT - CHRISTIE LAKE

BURGESSWOOD ESTATES – Light and bright, elevated ceilings, lovely, welcoming and spacious 5 bedroom home - 2 on upper level and 3 on lower walkout level along with full bath and family room - on a pretty and private 2.81 acre lot in this wonderful community only 10-15 minutes to Perth. Separate dining room or another bedroom on upper level. Many updates. 200 acres of recreational land and 4000 feet of gorgeous waterfront for residents. $328,900. MLS# 786557 Call Barbara Shepherd, cell: 613 326-1361

691 Christie Lake North Shore Rd. - Privacy, 140 feet of wonderful waterfront, low maintenance 3 bedroom summer cottage. So many extras – efﬁciency plus – heat pump and masonry ﬁreplace; boathouse with sleeping accommodation, storage, hot tub; garage and workshop; boat ramp; automatic generator, etc. Glorious waterside glassed and screened room for relaxing and entertaining. $349,900. MLS# 789567 Call Barbara Shepherd Cell – 613 326-1361

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Oral Pretty, 613-264-0123 ACREAGE

$129,000 - 100 acres, treed, pond, meadow, trails throughout, Hopetown Creek weaves its way through the property, ideal recreational property for all your outdoor activities, great areas to build a cabin by the creek, excellent hunting, less than an hour from Ottawa. MLS# 794819

Oral Pretty, 613-264-0123

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Saturday, June 4 • 1:00 - 2:30 Directions: 476 Bathurst Concession 5: Travelling West on Hwy 7, turn right onto Hwy 511, turn left onto Bathurst Concession 5, follow to PIN 476 - 97 acre hobby farm featuring a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom stone home with walk-up attic and renovated kitchen, detached double garage, barns with 7 box stalls/tackroom, and steel machine shed. Beautiful land within 7 kms of Perth, very private. $469,900. MLS#792261 Call Christian Allan for more details. 613-207-0834

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