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He is a current member of the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs. Morehouse will continue his role as the fire chief for the Township of Bonnechere Valley and he will be working on behalf of both municipalities. This arrangement will have an initial term of four months or until a competitive process is completed. Morehouse will provide leadership to our volunteer firefighters while ensuring their safety and training needs are met, said Matt Craig, Interim CAO.

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Actor talks about wild experiences on Perth Theatrical Walking Tour The road to my playing a number of characters in historical period costume on the streets of Perth began when I first heard about the Classic Theatre Festival through a presentation Laurel Smith (artistic producer and playwright) gave in my high school drama class. She talked about the history of their theatre, the different shows they put on throughout the summer, and the Perth through the Ages historic walking tour, which is now in its second year with a new show called The Maid and the Merchant, running Wednesday to Sunday at 11 a.m. starting at Mathseon House, 11 Gore Street East. I was interested in a job with the theatre as acting is a hobby of mine, and it was a wonderful opportunity to turn it into a part time job. It was my good fortune to audition for and earn the position of historic animator in the walking tour, as well as in the production of the theatre’s very first Lonely Ghosts Walk (which happens every Friday at 8 p.m.). It has been a marvelous adventure so far. I have the privilege to play three characters in the tours: the adventurous, Nancy Drew-inspired Nora Shaw in the walking tour and in the ghost walk; Mrs. Adamson, the harsh owner of the Adamson Inn (oldest building in Perth); and Col. Roderick Matheson, one of the founding fathers of Perth. We started rehearsals in May and I’ve had some interesting experiences since then. For example, in the opening show of the walking tour, the final scene is at the court house, but what we didn’t realize was that the court house is a secure location and civilians aren’t supposed to be there. As I rounded the corner I noticed there were police officers present. One of the officers approached me and asked, “Are you part of the tour, ma’am?” Now the trouble with that was we’re not supposed to break character and interact with anyone who is not in the show, but he was a police officer, so naturally I was a little torn. I nodded my head in response, unsure of what to do. He then gestured me to come over and talk to him. I was trapped; I would be forced to break character, but thankfully a woman on the tour realized what was going on and ran over to talk to the officer. We managed to finish the final scene without being kicked out or arrested, but we weren’t allowed back again, so now

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of Perth that I was not aware of before. I feel very privileged to be part of these wonderful shows and to work with such very talented people as part of the festival’s youth theatre training program. I also appreciate the Ontario’s Highlands Tourism Organization, Perth Tourism, and the Ontario Trillium Foundation, whose support has given such a great opportunity to me and the other youth troupe members. When you come to the Classic Theatre Festival, I also work as front of

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Morgan MacDonald plays the Nancy Drew-inspired Nora Shaw in The Maid and the Merchant, running Wednesday to Sunday at 11 a.m., and, among other roles, the harsh Mrs. Adamson in The Lonely Ghosts Walk. we do the scene on the other side of the court house, in front of the old gaol, on Beckwith Street. That small mishap is not the only thing that has happened on the tours; on a quite recent tour there was an older woman in the audience who was standing in front of a drawer that I had to open in order to take out a letter. This may not sound so bad, but the letter in that drawer is crucial to the plot of the play. In the opening scene, I saw her step in front of the drawer and panic ensued. The entire scene leading up to that moment I was trying to figure out how I would get her out of the way so I could get into the drawer. The moment came for me to open the drawer, but there was no way I could get past her, so with all the dignity I could muster, I did the only thing I could do: I improvised. Sitting on top of the drawer was a cloth napkin, so I picked it up, and being cloth, it folded over itself and I read the non-existent words that lay upon my flimsy “letter!” One day during the final scene at the old gaol, there was a rather noisy garbage truck that prevented myself and the other actors from hearing each others’ cue lines and we were forced to project our voices like never before. During the Friday night Lonely Ghosts Walk, I change costumes in the restroom in Tim Hortons before my next scene. During one rehearsal I emerged wearing a Jane Austen-era dress with a bonnet, cape, and gloves, only to find a

woman waiting in line to use the washroom. She looked at me with some amusement and curiosity, but asked for no explanation. Embarrassed, I said, “I’m in a show,” and fled the scene. On opening night of the Lonely Ghosts Walk, everything was running smoothly until we reached a scene in which swords are used. They are “preset” by a producton assistant who left them in a specific location, but upon arriving to the scene we discovered that the swords were not there. The actors brilliantly mimed the sword fight and we were no worse for wear. Working on these tours definitely teaches one a little something about humility, because you have to stand out on the streets in 1800s attire and weather the confused and/or amused looks of passersby. As I see the faces of the people driving by I sometimes wish I could explain myself. Some look with shock and confusion while others merely give smug looks as they drive past. Sometimes I am tempted to chase after the cars, in my tails and top hat, and shout, “I am not a crazy person! I am an actor!” Despite some embarrassing, comical and sometimes stressful moments, I can honestly say the tours are a lot of fun and I enjoy going to work everyday. Working with the Classic Theatre Festival has not only taught me more discipline and focus as an actor. I have also learned about some of the history

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Come celebrate the rich history of the Rideau Canal as the Merrickville Lions Club once again hosts Canalfest in picturesque Blockhouse Park Merrickville. Central to August’s Civic Holiday weekend, this year’s festivities promise to be fun for the entire family, with live entertainment, clowns, face painting, a craft show and sale as well as voyageur rides to the Rideau bird Sanctuary.

Stonefields Heritage Farm’s grounds and outdoor tent will be the site for a Heritage Garden Party Sunday, Aug. 16 to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lanark County and Ottawa. The pair were the successful winners of Stonefields’ second annual Charity Event Giveaway.

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The lush landscape of Stonefields Heritage Farm in Beckwith will provide the perfect backdrop for the Heritage Garden Party fundraiser in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters Sunday, Aug. 16. The outdoor affair, a joint effort between Big Brothers Big Sisters organizations in Lanark County and Ottawa, runs from 2 to 5 p.m. and was made possible through Stonefields’ second annual Charity Event Giveaway. In 2014, the event destination’s owners Stephanie Brown and Steve Malenfant dreamed up the initiative as a way of giving back to the community. Valued at up to $30,000, the giveaway not only provides the use of Stonefields’ expansive grounds, but a selection of their exclusive vendors, including food and serving staff from Thyme & Again Creative Catering, Temples + Taste and The Mixing Bowl; as well as music and sound equipment from Quality Entertainment; Mastermind Event Rentals will provide linens and décor; dishware will be on loan from Prior Engagements; Mill Street Florist will handle flowers; photography services will be offered by Union Eleven Photographers; and a limousine will be provided by East Coast Limos. This means all proceeds go directly to the charities. The two organizations submitted a joint application earlier this year and received the news they were the lucky slip

drawn in March. According to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lanark County executive director Jennifer Miller, they didn’t expect to be chosen, but soon got to work on an idea for their fundraiser that began with a tour of Stonefields. “It’s so beautiful. I’d never been there before and I understand it’s one of the oldest homesteads in Lanark County,” she said. “It’s stunning and we are really fortunate to have won the giveaway.” “…It was neat to have been chosen and I hope there was something about the way we told our story in that application that struck a chord,” Miller added. After seeing the farm’s grounds, the inspiration for the event wasn’t far behind, said Miller. “We met with Stonefields to come up with an idea and the Ottawa agency has some really great connections and we threw out a few different ideas before settling on this (garden party),” she commented. “It was really based and inspired on how stunning the facility is.” The garden party, to be held outdoors under Stonefields’ tent, will feature different food and refreshments stations, designed for guests to mix and mingle. Also included in the afternoon is live music from local bands as well as an art sale and silent auction. “We received a really large donation of artwork this spring, so we’re going to be selling those pieces and having a silent auction to highlight the event,” Miller noted.

Big Brothers Big Sisters isn’t a government-funded agency so fundraisers such as this are even more vital to providing mentoring opportunities to youth in Lanark County. “Some municipalities do support us now and again and this year we received a bit of funding from Lanark County for the first time, so we have to raise money to do our mentoring programs for kids,” Miller explained, adding that initiatives such as their Bowl for Kids’ Sake, Golf for Kids’ Sake and Jewel’s thrift stores allow them to “diversify their funding sources.” “We have gone from serving 51 kids to 515 kids in eight years. That’s huge,” she continued. “And all of the volunteers mentoring those kids go through interviews and a screening process so we have to have trained social service workers to do that.” Tickets for the garden party are going fast with each Big Brothers Big Sisters organization having a limited number to sell. They are $30 each (or $200 for a table of eight) and are only available in advance. “The great thing is that the whole amount comes back to us and it could be a great afternoon out at a place you haven’t seen before,” Miller said. “… We’re hoping for a good turnout so (Stonefields) can see their investment had an impact.” To purchase them, call 613283-0570 or buy them online at www.bbbso.ca. Stonefields Heritage Farm is located at 1985 9th Line in Beckwith, off of Highway 15.

Opening ceremonies begin at noon Saturday followed by Irish Roots. This trio plays a mix of Celtic, Irish and East Coast, so get your jig on and come on down! Enjoy some eco-fun with Andrea “The Bug Lady” Howard. Whether ‘big on bugs’ or not kids young and old are sure to enjoy The Bug Lady and her amazing Museum in a Suitcase. He’s not Bill Nye, but he’s a science guy. Come meet Merrickville’s own Dr. FourFace. He is children’s entertainment at its very best. Laugh and learn with Dr. FourFace Saturday 10:00am - 12:00pm. Sunday afternoon welcome the return of Big Band Ottawa bringing swinging jazz to Merricklville. Merrickville’s own Off the Cuff is featured Monday afternoon playing all our favourite rock and roll hits (Merrickvile Lions provides some courtesy seating from Event Centre in Elgin). The extremely popular, and free, Voyageur Canoe rides from Rideau Round Table offer hands on the paddle experience out to the Rideau Bird Sanctuary. Along with a lesson in local history from authentically dressed voyageurs, participants enjoy the comradely achievement of a single goal and a very unique view of the Rideau waterway. (Paddles, lifejackets, and lessons are provided.) Of great interest to many, and a returning favourite, see The Rideau Nautical Modellers in the canal basin behind the Merrickville United Church. The Merrickville Lions wish to thank Merrickville/Wolford shops and businesses and the Corporation of the Village of Merrickville/Wolford for their support and for welcoming visitors to Merrickville for this amazing free celebration of all things canal.

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Come out and enjoy the fun at Merrickville’s Canalfest!

Saturday, August 1

Open mike hosted by Patrick Attwell............................................................................10:00 - 12:00 Merrickville Lions BBQ .......................................................................................................... 10:00 - 3:00 Rideau Nautical Modellers .................................................................................................. 10:00 - 4:00 The Bug Lady ............................................................................................................................ 10:00- 4:00 Craft Show and Sale .............................................................................................................. 10:00 - 5:00 Voyageur Canoe rides to the Bird Sanctuary................................................................ 11:00 - 4:00 Opening Ceremonies ................................................................................................................. noon Live music staring Irish Roots................................................................................................1:00 - 4:00 Clowns and Face Painting ......................................................................................................1:00 - 3:00 Visit the Alpacas ................................................................................................................................ all day Self guided tours of the Blockhouse Museum.............................................throughout the day

Sunday, August 2

Merrickville Lions BBQ .......................................................................................................... 10:00 - 3:00 The Bug Lady ........................................................................................................................... 10:00 - 4:00 Craft Show and Sale .............................................................................................................. 10:00 - 5:00 Voyageur Canoe rides to the Bird Sanctuary................................................................ 11:00 - 4:00 Clowns and face painting .......................................................................................................1:00 - 3:00 Live Music staring Big Band Ottawa ..................................................................................1:00 - 4:00 Visit the Alpacas ................................................................................................................................ all day Self guided tours of the Blockhouse Museum.............................................throughout the day

Monday, August 3

Fun with science and more with Dr. FourFace ..........................................................10:00 - 12:00 Merrickville Lions BBQ .......................................................................................................... 10:00 - 3:00 Craft Show and Sale .............................................................................................................. 10:00 - 4:00 The Bug Lady ........................................................................................................................... 10:00 - 4:00 Voyageur Canoe rides to the Bird Sanctuary................................................................ 11:00 - 4:00 Clowns and Face Painting ......................................................................................................1:00 - 3:00 Live music staring Merrickville’s own “Off the Cuff”......................................................1:00 - 4:00 Visit with the Alpacas ...................................................................................................................... all day Self guided tours of the BlockHouse Museum ............................................throughout the day

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The Year of the Grizzly: NDP leader tests campaign on barnstorming tour Desmond Peter Devoy

(Editor’s Note: The Oct. 19 federal election will be the first time our occasional columnist, Desmond Peter Devoy, will vote in a national vote in Canada. After having seen Liberal leader Justin Trudeau in action this past January at a press conference and rally in his London, Ont., hometown, as part of his ongoing series looking at the four major parties running in English-speaking Canada, Devoy caught up with New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair as he made a pre-campaign blitz of several ridings in southern Ontario, including London.) Better a wheel falls off the bus now, during the dress rehearsal, than during the big show when the election gets called. In the midst of a hot summer, politicians usually take to the barbecue circuit to connect with voters, and trot out trial balloons. But for NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, his recent pre-election tour of southern Ontario was a chance to do a dry run for this fall’s federal vote. He’s come a long way from this time last year when Justin Trudeau was relishing his poll numbers – an extended summer fling that has since turned cold, with the Liberals now languishing in third place. It’s been a big change for Justin. In his book, The Presidents and The

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NDP supporters applaud the arrival of their leader, Centre on July 23. Mulcair was on a pre-campaign Tom Mulcair, to the stage at the London Convention blitz in southern Ontario. Prime Ministers: Washington and Ottawa Face to Face: the Myth of Bilateral Bliss 1867-1982, author Lawrence Martin wrote of an interesting, and somewhat prophetic exchange between Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and U.S. President Richard Nixon at a summit meeting in Ottawa in April of 1972. “Nixon…had telephoned the prime minister on Christmas Day (1971) to

congratulate him on the birth of his first son Justin, and now he raised a glass and said: ‘Tonight we’ll dispense with the formalities. I’d like to toast the future Prime Minister of Canada – Justin Trudeau.’ Should Justin ever become prime minister, Trudeau replied, ‘I hope he has the grace and skill of the president.’” Until recently, it seemed that Nix-

on had been quite prescient, as Justin Trudeau’s undoubted charisma gave him a strong lead in the polls. Prime Minister Stephen Harper seemed to be merely marking time, saying little in order to avoid making waves, hoping to cruise to success in October on his past record. He even opted out of participating in public debates (run by a consortium of broadcasters: CBC, CTV and Global)

just as his British counterpart, David Cameron had done, during the British general election this past May. Trailing in the polls was NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, the intellectual pit bull, so skilled at skewering Harper with his prosecutorial questioning. Being Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition seemed to be the perfect fit for Mulcair, as he always held the prime minister accountable for his actions. Nobody expected the NDP, with their traditional tax-and-spend policies, to come from behind in the election race. But then in May, Rachel Notley seized power for the NDP in Alberta, cannily positioning her party slightly to the leftof-centre. Mulcair’s popularity rose, as he continually badgered the prime minister about what he saw as the civil liberty curtailments of Bill C-51. The NDP leader shed some of his gravitas, and began smiling more in public. This easygoing approach contrasts greatly with Mulcair’s traditional methods, when one of his mottos was: “Hit to hurt.” His quick temper wasn’t because of personal aggrandizement, but was rather the result of his impatience to right perceived wrongs suffered by ordinary citizens. Mulcair’s wife, Catherine Pinhas, has said that her husband is kind and shy, but adds: “Thank God” he has a quick temper, as issues emerge that Mulcair needs to address. “There See MULCAIR page 6

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are things that happen that somebody has to be mad and say it and change it.” Even when he breezed past parliamentary security on June 13, 2013, and asked an RCMP officer: “Don’t you know who I am?” (Mulcair later apologized), he wasn’t trumpeting his own personal importance, but had mistakenly thought he’d been recognized as he entered. (Other politicians have attempted to breach Commons security including, in 2010, a golf-shirt-wearing NepeanCarleton MP Pierre Poilievre, now the employment and social development minister.) Still, it’s no wonder that, in mid-1990s Quebec, Mulcair was crowned with the nickname “The Grizzly,” as he constantly launched unrelenting attacks against his separatist foes at the National Assembly. In the Oct. 19 federal election, 338 seats are being contested, more than a third of them in Ontario. On July 20, Mulcair began an eight-day swing through Ontario, and on July 23, he pulled into London. Before his arrival, one wondered how Mulcair’s hustings spiel would measure up to Justin Trudeau’s sojourn in the Forest City. During that visit, it had seemed that Trudeaumania had been born anew, as the Liberal leader charmed and cajoled an adoring crowd at the Ukrainian Centre hall. Could Mulcair be equally effective, galvanizing an apathetic electorate to take a chance on Tom? As Mulcair had to visit 18 cities during his eight-day tour, his campaign was, out of necessity, comparatively rushed. Back in January, Trudeau had been attending the Liberal winter caucus in London, and had ample time to hold a noon press conference midweek. This gave the media enough time to collate their information and present it on the evening news. Mulcair had no time to meet separately with the media. As he had to visit two (or more) cities daily, the town first visited each day became the default locale for news dissemination. This happened on July 23 in Amherstburg, Ont., when Mulcair responded to an earlier Trudeau announcement from Winnipeg, where the Liberal leader had nixed talk of a formal coalition with the NDP. Mulcair replied that: “We’ve always worked with others in the past,” and that defeating the Conservatives remained a priority. Even though participants

of Mulcair’s hour-long rally had been asked to pre-register, there was no cross-referencing at the door of London’s Convention Centre, as Trudeau’s troops had done. Nonetheless, both parties were in possession of all attendees’ email addresses, which were used for constant follow-up contact, as the parties solicited volunteers and input. The warm-up act of the evening was Irene Mathyssen, the MP for London-Fanshawe, who continued with the digital-age barrage. The event was being streamed live online, so she urged the boisterous crowd to take out their cell phones yet again. “I know you have them,” she joked. “They’ve been flashing at me all evening.” She also urged their friends at home to watch. “Please share every post,” Mathyssen continued, and if tweeting, “include the hashtag #TMforPM.” Twice during Mathyssen’s speech, the NDP sign which fronted the lectern, fell down, and a technician finally made adequate repairs. Was this an omen, a portent that the wheels would fall off the NDP bus? More likely, it was simply a consequence of props being hurriedly moved from one location to the next, day after day. Supporters, holding aloft two-sided posters (Tom Mulcair NDP/Ready for Change), were politely asked not to hold their signs over their heads during Mulcair’s speech, as that would impair visual access to the teleprompter, at the back of the room. Which begs the question: why would Mulcair want/need such a device, when he reputedly has such an agile, quick mind? (One can understand former actor and U.S. President Ronald Reagan being comfortable with being prompted, but not the NDP’s intellectual dynamo.) Admittedly, spending eight long, event-filled days campaigning could cause one’s mind to go occasionally blank, and the teleprompter might have been just the subtle device needed to bring one back on track. After numerous build-up speeches, Mulcair made his entrance, looking slightly rumpled yet dignified, a man who would look equally at home in a truck stop or a boardroom. He lacks Trudeau’s innate charisma, yet he projected an approachable likeability, and even made a humorous and slightly self-deprecating remark about his one-off “job” as a weatherman during a recent visit to a Hamilton television station. Mulcair’s 30-minute speech

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Prevent crime at your home The following are tips from Lanark County Crime Stoppers to help prevent your home being the target of a crime: • Lock all doors and windows before leaving the house. • Do not display gifts where they can be seen from a window or doorway. • Before going out in the evening, turn on lights and a radio so the house looks occupied. • If going on an extended vacation, get neighbours to watch your house, shovel snow, pick up newspapers and park their car in the driveway

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The summer means spending more quality time out and about with pets, but each year across the province, the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) receives hundreds of reports of animals left unattended in parked vehicles. When driving with your pet, remember they need to go with you when you leave your vehicle. If your pet cannot accompany you, make sure to leave them at home were they will be safe, cool and comfortable. “Leaving your pet unattended in a vehicle is one of the most irresponsible decisions a pet owner can make. Your pet’s safety is your responsibility. Placing them in a dangerous environment could not only be harmful, it could result in the animal owner being charged as well as being fatal to the animal,” stated Ontario SPCA chief inspector Connie Mallory. “Let’s make this summer a happy one for all of our family members, including our pets.” On a hot day, the temperature inside your vehicle will

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h, summer. For many it’s the best time of year with balmy temperatures and lazy days at the cottage, but this week, those temperatures are no laughing matter. Due to the scorching conditions forecasted for this week (where the humidex could push past 40 degrees Celsius), the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit has issued a heat alert. Just like extreme cold weather conditions can have an effect on your health, so too can the high heat. It can cause heat exhaustion, dehydration, heatstroke and quite possibly, death. According to the health unit, seniors, those with chronic illnesses, children and individuals who work outside for prolonged periods are most at risk, but it’s important for us all to exercise caution during these heat waves. Just like you wouldn’t enjoy an hour-long walk outside in frigid -30 temperatures, you shouldn’t do that in these situations either. So what can you do? Make sure to drink plenty of water, wear light-coloured, loose fitting clothing, keep the lights turned down, eat foods with high water content, visit the pool or beach to cool off, draw the shades at

home, avoid heavy meals and turning on the oven (or using electric lights), but essentially, take it easy. For those who work outside during the summer that can be easier said than done, however, they should take extra breaks, seek shade and have plenty of fluids on hand. Pets should also be considered during heat alerts. Make sure you leave them at home with plenty of water, rather than bringing them with you to sit in the car. The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) recently launched its No Hot Pets Campaign for the summer, urging people to report pets they see locked up in hot cars. They encourage the use of social media, tagging photos with #nohotpets to hammer the message home. The same rules apply to your children. You wouldn’t sit inside a hot car, so don’t make your loved ones suffer either. If you find you are suffering symptoms from extreme heat such as nausea, dizziness, blurred vision, severe headaches, convulsion, difficulty breathing or fever, seek medical attention immediately. By staying safe and keeping certain tips in mind, we can all beat the heat this summer.

Audrey shared with Mary her specific ritual for special prayers For reasons unknown to me at the time, my older sister Audrey, when she had special prayers she felt needed to be sent to God, insisted I kneel with her on the braided rug beside our bed. These were prayers over and above those we had already said at our Mother’s knee at bedtime. I dared to ask Audrey one time why her special prayers couldn’t be included then and her short retort made it perfectly clear why. “Certainly not. That’s all I need is for Emerson to hear what my special prayers were and all of Renfrew County would know about them before the sun set the next day.” And so, when the need arose, I was asked to join Audrey on the braided rug, and when I

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asked her why she couldn’t pray on her own, she said she learned at Sunday School that there was ‘safety in numbers’. I had no idea what she meant. But Audrey, who did many special favours for me, had a willing partner on the braided rug when she needed it. Questioning the why’s and the wherefore’s was not to concern me. And so, I found myself praying with Audrey for things, which had nothing to do with me whatsoever. This could be anything from being allowed

to wear high heels, to finding money for a store-bought bra, to being asked to go to the strawberry social at the United Church. I thought that last prayer was pushing her luck, since we were Lutherans, but there we were one night, both on our knees by the bed and Audrey in barely a whisper, asking God to find someone to ask her to the strawberry social at the United Church. Well, any doubts I may have been harbouring were soon cast aside when a young man from the Barr Side Road asked her to the social! I couldn’t believe it! And Audrey leaned over to me after hanging up the phone and said, “See...safety in numbers.” Long before Audrey got out of public school, we prayed that when the time came, she would

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graduate from the Entrance Class. Well, I thought that was a needless prayer, since she was just about the smartest one at the Northcote School! But she wanted to be sure, as those farm girls who didn’t make it out of the Entrance Class, ended up

doing housework for the rich people in Renfrew. Audrey couldn’t think of a worse fate! More than once I was caught with my mind somewhere else too. Audrey had always instructed me to keep close attention to what she was saying and

I was to repeat the prayer silently to myself. I can no longer remember what the prayer was about, but my mind certainly was not on what Audrey was praying for that night. See MARY page 9

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My sister poked me in the ribs, which was my cue to say, “please God, hear our prayer.” As soon as Audrey’s elbow connected with me, I tried in vain to remember what we had been praying for, and for the life of me, couldn’t bring up one word Audrey had said. She had to repeat the prayer, which didn’t please her one bit. Audrey’s prayers could be long, depending on what she had on her ‘want list’. That’s when I lost track of what she was praying for. I could see no reason why she had to go into such detail with her prayers, convinced as I was that, as long as you let God know it was you, He would take care of the rest...all you had to do, I thought then, was to think of the

LETTER From page 8

Ontarians still without a family doctor and 140,000 new residents are being added into our health care system every year, the government is restricting the ability of family doctors to join team-based models of practice – the model in which new doctors are currently trained. Doctors may only join teams in communities the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

prayer and that was as good as saying it. However, I was never able to get Audrey into that way of thinking about prayer. She said too, it would be much better, if after the prayers were over, we both said “Amen” at the exact same time. I thought this was just another way of my sister making sure I was paying attention to what she was praying for. And then one night, the end of our praying together just about came to an end. That was the night Audrey was praying at great length, about what, I no longer remember. She had come to a pause and it was long enough for me to think we were all finished, and so I let out a loud “Amen”. Well, did that open a can of worms. Audrey said she was just pausing, she wasn’t fin-

ished, and I had jumped the gun with the Amen, and so we had to say the prayer all over again. My sister eventually came to the conclusion that unless I was listening, paying attention, repeating the prayers where necessary, she was better off if she prayed alone. That was a good decision, I thought. It didn’t stop Audrey from getting down on the rug in front of our bed when the need arose. It just meant that what she was saying and thinking was between her and God and she didn’t need a fidgeting sixyear-old sister to interfere. Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to https://www.smashwords.com and type MaryRCook for e-book purchase details, or if you would like a hard copy, please contact

have identified on a list as areas of high physician need. A number of communities in eastern Ontario are on the list – Port Hope, Prescott, and Pembroke, for example. The problem is many people mistakenly believe if their community is on the list it will make attracting doctors easier. With the province cutting from 40 to 20 the number of physicians who can join these models, it will not be easier to attract doctors to

your community. There are nearly 200 communities across the province on the list so South Dundas and Smiths Falls are competing with these other communities – places like Kitchener and parts of Toronto – for doctors. The reality is there is a need for family doctors in communities across the province.

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Laughter, drama and pageantry at Full Circle Theatre: BarnDoor Productions’ The Merchant of Venice caps a season of exciting theatre with a piece of classic drama filled with comedy, dram, colourful costumes and exciting performances, as the show concludes Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. this week. ture of silent moroseness in black velvet, a man whose disaffection with life leads him to a foolish bargain and a near calamitous end. The real-life married couple of Chris and Kristy Angel are Bassanio and Portia, two of Shakespeare’s most intense lovers. There’s no doubt that Bassanio is in love with Portia, but it is a touch of true Shakespeareanism that he first makes sure that she is rich. Told that her new husband has borrowed a staggering 3,000 ducats that is now overdue, Portia replies “What, no more? Pay the petty debt and be done!” Bassanio faints into his friend’s arms as he realizes how much money he has married into. Portia, of course, is the Bard’s protofeminist character. Calling herself “unschooled, untaught,” she then (spoiler alert, if you didn’t take Grade 11 English) disguises herself as a man and, dressed in lawyer’s robes and an hilariously false mustache and goatee, runs legal rings around the men in the play in the famous courtroom scene. Kristy goes from intense passion with soliloquies like “How all other passions do fleet to air” to grave demeanour with the legendary “The quality of mercy is not strained” – a speech doubly difficult because it is so well known. And then the pair cap of the play with a final scene that is as much fun as the courtroom scene was dramatic. This leaves the character that, to modern eyes, has become the play’s central character – and still one of the theatre’s most controversial. Joe Laxton gives us a Shylock that goes from the height of rage to the depth of despair. Told of his daughter’s elopement with much of his treasure, he wails “A diamond lost…” and we think it’s his daughter, “…cost me two thousand ducats in Genoa” – and we know where his mind is. “Hath not a Jew eyes, hands, organs, dimensions?” he asks, in Shakespeare’s famous speech that must have shocked the English playgoers in 1596. Then, in the courtroom scene, when Portia has kicked the legal props from under him and taken away his wealth, his house and his religion, his final “I…am…content” twists the audience again and the man who

was the villain of the piece is now the one we pity. He’s a good playwright, that young Shakespeare kid. The Merchant of Venice is a play of many levels and BarnDoor Productions’ new staging of the show captures them all in a lively, exciting and energetic style. Each of the productions in this past 20th anniversary season has been hailed as some variation on “the best show ever.” That the first audience comment on this final production of the season was “You’ve outdone yourself!” gives an indication of the strength of this summer

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The first comment from an audience member on opening night was “You’ve outdone yourself!” Coming at the culmination of a season that drew superlative comments for each production, that’s high praise. The show is BarnDoor Productions’ The Merchant of Venice, which opened last Friday at Full Circle Theatre in Perth. William Shakespeare’s 1596 comedy is one of his most challenging and controversial and Perth’s original community theatre takes on the challenge in fine style. First up for the audience is a multilevel set that provides a “classic” backdrop to the action of the play. It’s based on a small 15th century church in Venice, where the play is set. With multiple entrances, the famous Shakespearean “inner stage” and lots of playing space, it lets the action flow smoothly from scene to scene and gives a few surprises of its own. Next to hit the viewer is a set of stunning original costumes for the show. Designed by Marilyn Bird, they recreate some of the fashions of Renaissance Italy in brocades, velvets and satiny textures that flow and shimmer. Set in a period where both sexes wore flowing gowns, the costumes provide a stateliness to the actors’ movements that give the show authenticity. Finally, against a soundscape of Renaissance lute and vocal music, the cast of ten provide intense, energetic performances of some of Shakespeare’s most beautiful – and most difficult – words. John Stephen and Brandon Halladay are Salanio and Salario – the Salads, as they are nicknamed in Shakespearean circles. They provide the necessary information for the plot in fine style, aided by the comic incongruence of their sizes. Mr. Stephen is a smaller man; Mr. Halladay is a mountain and the show gets lots of fun from that. Ian Jenner’s turn as Launcelot Gobbo provides some of the most fun in the show, aided by John Stephen again, doubling as Old Gobbo. The physical fun of their meeting includes some roughhouse and some pratfalls that keep the audience laughing. Julia Bryant doubles as two-thirds of the female cast, playing both the wisecracking Nerissa and the earnestly-inlove Jessica. In truth, the production has been trimmed for both time and convenience and the love story of Jessica and Lorenzo has been pared away to the bare necessities – Lorenzo never actually appears! However, the play suffers not at all for that, moving quickly and clearly along. Scott Duncan is given, not just double, but triple duty, playing the fast-talking Gratiano, the bombastic Prince of Morocco and the vain-glorious Prince of Aragon. As Gratiano, he gets his girl, but as the two Princes, he goes away emptyhanded, but the audience gets a full portion of fun from all three. That leaves the four central characters to the plot, all of them intense and difficult roles. David Bird is Antonio, the merchant of Venice, whose generosity nearly costs him his life. Bird is a pic-

Door-to-door mail delivery not an election issue, despite NDP promise The vision of the intrepid letter carrier delivering mail in snow, sleet, rain, wind and scorching heat will soon be assigned to the history books in Canada. Door-to-door mail delivery is being phased out and in the near future Canadians who live in urban centres and still have their mail delivered to the door will be assigned a box at a common location in their neighbourhood. The much maligned “Community Mail Box” is in our future, whether we like it or not. With a federal election looming in October the rhetoric is heating up and the campaign ads are being rolled out. In the coming weeks we are going to be inundated with advertising, especially from the ruling Conservatives, Liberals and New Democrats. Right now the parties are just warming up their public campaigns. Recently I have been disturbed to see the matter of community mailboxes being turned into a campaign issue by the opposition and other federal parties. I totally understand that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is going to bear the brunt of criticism for everything that is, or is perceived to be, wrong in the country as well as inside his under fire government. That’s just the way it is. Prime ministers are always on the firing line and given the Senate scandal and so many other issues of the day it is little wonder this government is being assailed from every direction. So far one of the only things Harper and company haven’t been accused of is starting this summer’s storm of wildfires in western Canada. But give the critics time. It’s early days yet! As someone who follows the news and events of the day religiously and has a weekly opportunity to comment on some of them, I can’t let the door-todoor mail delivery firestorm pass without making some observations. This is a pig in a poke if there ever was one. And it certainly isn’t down to Stephen Harper either. I would much rather examine the facts and try to make an intelligent determination relative to door-to-door mail delivery. The reality is that two-thirds of Canadians already receive their mail at central distribution points, including the everexpanding legion of community mailboxes. So, why should all those millions of people subsidize a failing system which, like it or not, has become an unaffordable luxury in the developed world.

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My wife and I reside in an urban neighbourhood and we have received our mail at the door since door-to-door delivery was instituted in Carleton Place in the 1970s. Those were heady days for Canada Post. Courier services had not hit their stride, fax machines had yet to be introduced, long distance calling was expensive and, above all, the Internet was unknown. Massive change Oh how things have changed! Courier services have taken a huge bite out of postal services across the developed world. In Canada Post’s case it was a matter of “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” Purolator Inc., one of the best known courier services in this country, is now 91 per cent owned by Canada Post Corporation. While the fax machine still has its function the vast majority of correspondence in Canada and the developed world is via the worldwide web. Today even email is being outstripped by instant message services. People talk to each other by text message or they can directly interface via newer services, including some that allow you to see who you are talking to and what they are doing via built-in cameras. In today’s world you don’t even have to buy special occasion greeting cards. You can find them online and send them free of charge. The only obstacle is that you will likely be bombarded with advertising as you navigate whatever website you choose. Or you can step up to a higher-level service and pay a nominal price for a more sophisticated instant greeting card. Letters used to be the stock and trade of our society. Before the advent of the telephone the postal service or telegrams was the only reliable way to communicate with family, friends or businesses in nearby places or more distant locations. Communications methods of all sorts gradually improved. Telephone rates slowly became more competitive and eventually boomed with the arrival of firms who offer cut-rate long distance packages. Then came the biggest development of all, the Internet explo-

sion. For consumers the world is now their oyster. Leading the way are instant messaging services. Today most people can’t go anywhere without taking their handheld device and that in turn has led to a plethora of new social problems, something I won’t go into detail about here. My only comment is that handheld devices have turned far too many of us into extremely rude people. Postal services worldwide have come under tremendous pressure as surface mail, which was once their primary source of income, continues to dry up. In most developed nations surface mail is now comprised of advertising materials, bank statements and some government communications. Even government cheques are now being direct deposited and soon that method of delivery will be the dominant force. All of the factors I have referred to – and there are no doubt some I have missed – means that surface mail, irreverently called “snail mail”, has taken a massive hit. Therefore national postal services have had to join the current trends or be trampled under. Great Britain’s venerable Royal Mail swam successfully through a sea of red ink before new overnight and same day delivery services hit their stride. The firm is now profitable again. The same scenario has played out with Canada Post which, aided by faster delivery including Purolator, is working its way into the black. Meanwhile the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is behind a national campaign to halt the proliferation of group boxes. They are battling for union jobs of course and as a result they also oppose privatization of postal services. An understandable reaction on their part. But it is a stance that fails to take into account the new normal. Door-to-door mail delivery simply isn’t a money-maker. In fact it is a major money loser which is exactly why community mailboxes are going to take over everywhere in this country eventually, unions or no unions! We’ll miss it Don’t get me wrong. I’m not a fan of community boxes. Selfishly we enjoy being among the one-third of Canadians who currently have our mail delivered to the door. In a perfect world it would be nice if we could keep this service. We will definitely

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Despite the heat advisory July 26, people gathered at the 20th annual Herbfest at Almonte’s Herb Garden for its final run. Now, after two decades of hosting the festival, the Herb Garden has passed the torch to the Carp Farmers’ Market for the years to come. Attendees this year were treated to live entertainment, plant sales and vendors serving up everything from ice cream to lemonade to help beat the heat. Left, Connie Malloy’s booth led guests right to it with its fresh lavender scent.

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this service. We will definitely miss our mail carriers who are just nice folks trying to make a living. I have nothing against the union either. But door-to-door mail delivery isn’t an election issue, nor should it be. Any bean counter anywhere will quickly tell you that the old system has failed and is being replaced, albeit at a ridiculously slow rate in many cases. The only people who refuse to acknowledge that fact are some of those who continue to receive their mail in this fashion and the union which delivers it. If the Tories are fortunate enough to

Kirkpatrick, director of marketing for the Canadian Cancer Society in Ontario. “And those friends egging you on with donations will also be supporting a great cause – helping people with cancer to confront their fears.” The Fearless Challenge, in its second year, is throwing down the gauntlet at the feet of all Canadians, with the hope of engaging people from all communities, including those who may never have supported a charitable cause. No fear is too big, too small, too silly or too squeamish.

can visit FearlessChallenge.com where they can use the fear selector to come up with their own challenge ideas. Coaching support is available to help participants organize their challenges and provide tips on easy ways to fundraise.

be re-elected the community mailbox program will go ahead. And believe me, no matter what some of them are saying the community mailbox is also the course of action a Liberal government would follow. It is possible the NDP, caught up in the euphoria of their newfound popularity (bred largely from discontent with the governing Conservatives and the wayward Liberal Party) may try to hold up this process in order to win some more votes. Eventually though they too will be persuaded that this process is inevitable. Free door-to-door mail delivery simply isn’t viable in this day and age

and the tide in the direction of community mailboxes is irreversible. Chin up though folks. Group mail boxes aren’t the end of the world. Most are just down the street. And who knows, maybe instead of being glued to their portable devices many Canadians will be forced to look up for a few minutes, walk the short distance to the community mailbox and interact directly with their neighbours. Pie in the sky? Well, it’s only a thought really! If you have a comment or question for Jeff Maguire he can be reached by email at: jeffrey.maguire@rogers. com.

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From creepy crawlers to using public restrooms, nine out of 10 Canadians admit to having fears no matter how irrational, and two-thirds have actively tried to get rid of them, according to a new survey for the Fearless Challenge, a fundraising initiative launched by the Canadian Cancer Society. Snakes are the most common fear among both sexes, with 46 per cent of women and 33 per cent of men recoiling at the thought of meeting one. Turns out clowns are getting a bad rap – twice as many Canadians are scared of getting a bad haircut than meeting Bozo, 11 per cent versus six per cent. The top five fears are snakes (40 per cent), heights (34 per cent), public speaking (33 per cent), spiders (31 per cent) and natural disasters (30 per cent). Surprises include the fact that young people are definitely not fearless – 68 per cent of Canadians 18 to 34 say they worry about their fears, compared with 43 per cent of those 55-plus. Overall, 62 per cent of Canadian adults have taken steps to rid themselves of their fears, using various approaches, but the survey shows the most popular and effective tactic is confronting them head-on, with a 72 per cent success rate. “The Fearless Challenge is all about confronting a fear in a fun way that can be shared with friends,” says Mike

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Rebecca Wissler Broker, ASA, CNE

613-264-9481

132 SHEPPARD AVE PERTH

John Jonkman

Broker of Record

613-561-6464

484 MILE POINT ROAD OTTY LAKE

NEW LISTING

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Sales Representative

613-812-8114

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Sheila Birch

Sales Representative

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Sales Representative

613-464-1000

1539 BIG RIDEAU N. SHORE BIG RIDEAU LAKE

128 SHEPPARD AVE PERTH

NEW LISTING

Demi Thompson

Sales Representative

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Paul Gordon

Sales Representative

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Sheri D’Aoust

Sales Representative

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INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN REAL ESTATE OR CHANGE OF LOCATION? CONTACT JOHN JONKMAN FOR DETAILS ON BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL SALES REPRESENTATIVE IN BEAUTIFUL HERITAGE PERTH 613 561 6464 MAPLE GLEN ESTATES

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THE BALDERSON MODEL – Newly built 2 bd, 2 bth 1,402 sq.ft. bungalow on 50x125 lot w/vaulted ceiling foyer, L/L in-flr heating & att. gar. $369,900. Call Randy Cavanagh 613-464-1000 or Sheila Birch 613-390-1604

This charming custom designed open-concept 3 +1 bedroom, 3 bath family home with over 150’ of water frontage on 2.15 acres is a delight to see. $549,900. Call Sheri D’Aoust 613-812-9344

THE DRUMMOND MODEL – Newly built 3 bd, 2 bth 1,545 sq.ft. bungalow on 50x125 lot w/9 ft ceilings throughout. Attached 2 car garage. $379,900. Call Randy Cavanagh 613-464-1000 or Sheila Birch 613-390-1604

Open plan design, 3 bds, study; vaulted ceilings. Palladian windows – lake views, 2 balconies. Walk-out basement, dbl gar., patio. $599,500.

NEAR TOLEDO

BLACK LAKE

105 CLARENCE ST, LANARK

BIG RIDEAU LAKE

BENNETT LAKE

FALLBROOK ROAD

Recently reno’d 3+1 bd country home offers plenty of room, on approx. 26.5 acres w/ 260 ft w/f, 4 bd, 3 bth home w/w/o basement, Well cared for 3+1 bd, 2 bth home on 210 ft severance potential! Approx. 20 min to Perth/ lrg deck, eat-in kitchen, liv & din rms, f/p, deep lot, h/w flrs, full basement, lrg fenced woodstove & att. dbl gar. $575,000. Smiths Falls/Brockville. $274,900. backyard, several upgrades done. $229,900.

6+ acres Island retreat w/2bd, 1bth cottage, 2 sleep cabins, storage shed, plus 50% shared mainland parking & gar. on the Big Rideau. $465,000.

2 FOR THE PRICE OF ONE Additional waterfront nonbuilding lot. Separate 3+2 bd, 3 bth immaculate split level home. Fully finished L/L. Lg deck w/spa & yard. $239,000.

Extraordinary home steps to Clyde Rr overlooking gorgeous ravine! 6+bd/3bth for lrg family, home biz, investigate B&B or rental options! Mn flr Granny-suite+finished w/o basement! $319,000.

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2 bd, 1 bth, 3 season cottage. Enjoy spectacular view of Big Rideau Lk from lrg OTTY LAKE-DEEDED ACCESS w/boat slip. 3 deck. 62’ swimmable w/f. Incl. dock, most bd, 2 bth log home w/many upgrades, heated furnishings, shed. $264,900. workshop amidst 2+ acres. $275,000.

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Custom built 1+2 bd, 3 bth spacious bungalow w/basement walkout is nestled on 5 private 4 bd, 2.5 bth side split with quality S/W view. acres on dead end road. Det workshop, gar & L/L 2 bd in-law suite with private entrance. 24 x 30 garage. $497,000. outdoor shower! $389,900. CROSBY LAKE

3+1 bd, 2 bth bungalow-cathedral ceilings, f/p, finished lower level, screen porch, 2-bay garage, lots of storage, on 1 acre lot. $314,500

SMITHS FALLS

3 bd, 2 bth , 2 sty home w/lots of natural light. Att gar. & screened back porch, landscaped 3 bd, 4 bth 2.5 storey home w/high ceilings, yard, in highly desired neighbourhood. magnificent woodwork, det. insulated 2 car $259,900. gar., beautiful country setting. $534,000.

PERTH

NEAR ALMONTE

Great space for a home based business or retirees with hobbies all will be delighted with this opportunity. Large workshop!, 3 beds, dbl garage. $315,000.

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY 2 bd, 1 bth well kept cottage on 122 ft. of excellent shoreline w/ beautiful view of Commercial with residential unit, beautiful 4 bd, 1 bth – 2.5 storey home on deadend street. 2 storey 3 bd, 2 bth spacious tastefully Charming 2 level 2 bed cottage. Treed level 4 bd, 4 season cottage w/large windows to Crosby Lake. Fendock, canoe & furnishings brick 2 sty building. Unique opportunity to Completely reno’d, new A/C, private backyard. renovated log home, 2 car detached garage lot, with 280 ft +/- of excellent Big Rideau capture breathtaking views. Attached 20 x 30 work and live in one location. $199,500. included. $249,000. Close to amenities & Stewart Park. $329,900. on 2.85 acres. $319,900. Lake w/f. $499,000. garage & elaborate docking system. $449,000 PERTHSHIRE

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3 bd, 3 bth bungalow on pretty 2 acre lot. Well Superb location, great condition, excellent price. designed open concept, great rm w/vaulted 2 bd, 2 bth condo. Finished L/L, newer Florida ceilings, f/p & h/w floors, plenty of storage & att room. Hardwood on both levels. $208,000. dbl gar. $375,000. OPEN HOUSE OPEN HOUSE 4237 HWY 511, NEAR LANARK 26 SUNSET BLVD, PERTH

SAT AUG 1ST 11:00 – 12:30 PM Contemporary designed built 2 sty, 3bd, 3bth home on 4.36 acres, f/p, mn flr polished concrete flr, 2nd flr oak. $399,000. Host: Paul Gordon 613-390-2281

SAT AUG 1ST 11:00-12:30 PM 3 bd, 1 bth bungalow quality home in great location. New appliances, windows, doors, refinished h/w flrs. $249,000. Host: Randy Cavanagh 613-464-1000

A true Grande Dame of the Big Rideau. 6 bd 3 bth incl: a L/L suite w/walkout. All nestled on 260 ft. of prime waterfront. A myriad of possibilities... $1,100,000. OPEN HOUSES 133 SHEPPARD AVE, PERTH

SAT AUG 1ST 12:00 - 4:00 PM SUN AUG 2ND 12:00 - 4:00 PM Newly constructed 1,650 sq ft – 3 bd, 2 bth bungalow, lrg deck, dbl att gar. $499,900. Hosts: Sheila Birch 613-390-1604 & Randy Cavanagh 613-464-1000

FARREN LAKE

NEAR WESTPORT

PERTH

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3 bd, 1 bth cottage just steps to the water’s edge to enjoy the clean sandy beach on Farren Lake. COMMON WATERFRONT OWNERSHIP 3 bd, 2.5 Incl. most furnishings, gas & charcoal bbq, fire pit bth well maintained home on approx. 5 acres w/ mature trees. $419,000 & dock. $299,900. OPEN HOUSE SHERIDAN ESTATES 255 DUFFERIN ROAD, PERTH

SAT AUG 1ST 1:00 – 2:30 PM Well maintained 2 bd, 2bth brick bungalow with gas f/p, on manicured 1 acre lot. 2 car att. & 2 car det. gar. $289,900. Host: Paul Gordon 613390-2281

3 bd, 2 bth, semi-detached 2 1/2 stry brick/ stucco home, extended room at the back and sun porch. Walking distance to Tay Rr, recreation & shopping. $195,000. MCDONALDS CORNERS

Stately stone bungalow-dramatic Great rm w/ cath ceiling, gas f/p, gourmet cherry/granite 3+ bd, 4 bth well cared for brick home w/built-in kitchen, 3+1 bds/4bths, mn flr laundry & appliances, ample storage, L/L family rm, set on walkout. L/L fam rm/4th bd/3pc bth! $529,900. private treed 6.46 acre lot. $259,900.

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613-264-0123

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1-800-552-7242

Settlement Realty

email: info@ColdwellBankerPerth.com www.ColdwellBankerPerth.com

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103 Miller Bay Rd. NEW PRICE $395,000 Beautiful 13.99 acres with well maintained brick home, separate enclosed pool house with 3pc bath, and 24x48 insulated workshop with wood stove. Perfect hobby farm potential with pasture land and mixed bush. Truly a wonderful way of life with Otty Lake Public boat launch across the Road! Cathie McCabe 613-284-6263 cathie-mccabe@coldwellbanker.ca

111 Smith Drive, Perth Ashgrove Estates of Rogers Road NEW PRICE $439,000 Prestigious McAdoo Construction custom home built in 2007. This stone and stucco sided bungalow has all the quality features you would expect in a McAdoo home. Approximately 1400 sq.ft. on the main floor and an additional 600 sq.ft. of finished living space in the lower level. This home features 3+1 bedrooms, 3 full baths, bamboo floors, beautiful master bedroom suite, central air, radiant heat in the lower level plus efficient natural gas forced air furnace. 20 x 12 salt water in ground pool. Paul Martin 613-264-0123

$389,000.00 Located in prestigious Sheridan Estates and situated on a 1.53 Acre beautifully landscaped lot with interlocking brick patio and in-ground sprinkler system. This custom built three bedroom, three bathroom, 1608 square foot bungalow has been meticulously cared for and maintained. Features include spacious master bedroom suite with walk-in closet and full ensuite with corner whirlpool tub and walk-in shower. Open living room and dining room area with gorgeous oak floors and an abundance of natural light Paul Martin 613-264-0123

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$298,000.00 Beautiful heritage log home, private 7 acres, rustic charm yet modern 2 br 2 bath house features updated kitchen with gorgeous vintage looking propane and electric cook stove, gleaming hardwood and pine plank flooring, bright sunroom, wrap around covered verandah, numerous outbuildings, charming setting. MLS#944500 Oral Pretty 613-264-0123

$359,000.00 Nicely renovated 3 br, 2 bath original farmhouse on 71 acres backing onto the Tay River, large barn, box stalls, tack room, paddock area, numerous renovations, ideal hobby farm with 6 open fields and large treed portion, nicely kept grounds. MLS#964997 Oral Pretty 613-264-0123

$249,900.00 Great family cottage on the south shore of Dalhousie Lake. Close to Sylvania Lodge, Dalhousie Glen Golf Course and the general store in McDonalds Corners. Just a short distance off the paved road, this 3+1 bedroom cottage has 150 feet of sandy frontage on Dalhousie Lake. MLS#094000403514700. Paul Martin 613-264-0123

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$419,000.00 Excellent investment property. 1.2 acre highway commercial with 3 storage units buildings offering 60 units. Small office building on site. Building “A” 3072 square feet, building “B” 2436 square feet & building “C” 2334 square feet. Potential annual revenue of $60,000. MLS#091991901012041. Paul Martin 613-264-0123

$779,000 Welcome to “Shoal Point” with spectacular views and 872 feet on the Mississippi River, about 12 acres & gorgeous light-filled 3 bedroom home designed & finished with stone & cedar to blend with the natural & very private, serene setting. Only 15 minutes to historic Perth. Open concept 40 foot living/dining/kitchen for casual entertaining and living, breakfast/wine bar, elevated ceilings and 2 storey stone fireplace. Guest rooms on loft/family room level. Exquisite workmanship. MLS#963795 WWW. LANARKRIVERFRONTHOME.COM Call Barbara Shepherd cell – 613 326-1361

$194,500 13 acres, 2 bedroom home with almost 600 feet on the Bolton Creek close to Maberly and Perth. Private and perfect for enjoying nature and outdoor activities. Low operating costs – solar, efficient woodstove, and vinyl siding and steel roof for easy maintenance. Call Barbara Shepherd cell – 613 326-1361

$279,000.00 200 feet of rocky shoreline on desirable Christie Lake with over 3 acres of privacy for you to build your new home. Beautiful sunsets! Bonus- great access off the township road! Call Barbara Shepherd 613-326-1361

41 Daniel St NEW PRICE $234,900 This 4 bedroom

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home has been updated with new shingles, electrical panel and wiring, natural gas hot water on demand heat & new windows so the hard work is out of the way. Lovely oak kitchen overlooks a bright family/sunroom. This home is elegantly appointed for entertaining with large rooms and high ceilings, wood moldings and an undeveloped, very bright attic that has space for another large living area. Be proud to own a home with history in a town only 45 minutes to Ottawa’s west end and live in a caring community. Cathie McCabe 613-6263 cathie-mccabe@coldwellbanker.ca

Perth and area’s number One sales team!

Sheri Mahon-Fournier* 613-812-1215

Andrew Rivington* 613-812-3280

Bob Ferguson* 613-812-8871

Joanne Bennell* 613-812-0505

Barbara Shepherd* 613-326-1361

Christian Allan* 613-207-0834

Oral Pretty* 613-264-0123

Julia Scotland** 613-390-0401

Norene Allan* 613-812-0407

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Cathie McCabe* 613-284-6263

Sales Representative* Broker** Broker of Record***

Drea Scotland* 613-390-2373

Paul Martin*** 613-264-0123

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S# 1 ML 514 95 S# 1 ML 470 95

$389,900. 1080 Fisherman’s Cove Rd, Bull Lake. Close to Sharbot Lake. 4 season home/cottage. Excellent swimming, beautiful shallow sandy beach for the little ones and a large dock to dive into 24 feet of clear clean water. Bull Lake connects to 4 lakes for great boating and fishing.

S# 6 ML 610 96

$183,900. 9546 Highway 15, Franktown. Great home for first time buyers or retirees. Minutes to Carleton Place & HWY 7. Easy access to Ottawa. Beautiful level lot, detached garage, deck overlooking campfire pit and lots of playing space. New propane furnace in 2012. All new laminate floors. Move in ready.

S# 1 ML 460 96

$179,900. 520 Hillview Road, Mississippi Lake. Cute 3 season cottage with lots of potential to rebuild on Mississippi Lake. Easy access to Ottawa. Beautiful waterfront. Two screened porches. Nice level lot at the end of a dead-end road. 2000 gallon holding tank. Cottage being sold as is.

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275 Bay Rd $229,900 – MLS®959684 Francine Rever

143 01A Rd, Otty Lake $239,900 – MLS®957382 Francine Rever

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2 Saddle Lane, Otterdale Estates $69,900 – MLS®950926 Francine Rever / Nan Bell

SUN AUG. 2, 1:00PM-2:00PM 15 Philip St $189,900 – MLS®964470 Host: Pierre Vadnais W FR ATE ON R T

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SUN AUG. 2, 11:00AM-12:00PM 196 Golf CLub Rd $214,900 – MLS®960339 Host: Pierre Vadnais

38 Willow Lane $417,900 – MLS®961048 Evelyn Lee

INCOME PROPERTY 65 Chambers Street $549,900 – MLS®961690 Judy Charles

6 Bay St $119,000 – MLS®960422 Lisa Brennan-Trudel

204 Charland Rd $139,900 – MLS®964073 Lisa Brennan-Trudel

21 Rideau Ferry Rd $625,000 – MLS®921301 Evelyn Lee

44 First St. $139,900 – MLS®961538 Evelyn Lee

112 Lake Dr. $115,000 – MLS®962902 Lisa Brennan-Trudel

127 Lake Lane, Port Elmsley $124,900 – MLS®955498 Evelyn Lee

1418 Rideau River Rd $394,000 – MLS®957484 Nan Bell

597 Line 5, Kinch Street $379,900 – MLS®941495 Tim Lee

234 Bishops Way $299,900 – MLS®952146 Mark Lee

834 Upper Scotch Line Rd $629,000 – MLS®951488 Regan Lee

4188 Hwy 43 $249,900 – MLS®963376 Mark Lee/Francine Rever

Bakers Rd, Toledo $29,900 – MLS®919366 Tim Lee

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$449,900. 1582 Beach Rd, Sand Lake. Complete privacy with 740 ft of pristine, sandy shoreline on 2+ acres with a spectacular panoramic view of Sand Lake. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, fully finished basement with walkout, over-sized garage and beautifully landscaped.

SAT AUG. 1, 1:00PM-2:00PM 468 Kitley 4th Line, Toledo $489,900 – MLS®961305 Evelyn Lee

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$489,900. 1562 Beach Rd, Sand Lake. Modern and private lakefront home on a beautiful lot. 300 feet of clean waterfront. The 1 1/2 storey wall of windows allow for a spectacular view of Sand Lake and beautiful sunsets. This 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home is well built and immaculate. Huge screened porch, full basement with walkout, great swimming off the dock.

20 R8A Rideau Ferry $799,000 – MLS®950251 Nan Bell

SAT AUG. 1, 1:00PM-2:00PM 39 04 Rd $349,000 – MLS®926393 Host: Pierre Vadnais

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S# 0 ML 381 95

$499,900. 1298 North Shore Rd, Buckshot Lake. Spectacular views from the 3 storey wall of glass in the vaulted great room overlooking pristine Buckshot Lake. A five bedroom {plus loft} family cottage with room for everyone. On over one acre of land with 204 feet of beautiful, clean waterfront comprised of flat rock and sand bottom. High-end/low maintenance construction.

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S# 5 ML 352 95

$699,900. 1018 North Shore Rd, Buckshot Lake. Perfect Family Estate with two waterfront homes/cottages in exclusive North Shore Estate. 2 level acres with 150 feet of beautiful, sandy waterfront. Great for family sharing or excellent rental income while you enjoy the main cottage. Cottages are private from one another with their own beachfront.

SAT AUG. 1, 11:00AM-12:00PM 8 Davis Lane $399,999 – MLS®950215 Host: Pierre Vadnais N PR EW IC E

S# 2 ML 200 95

$699,900. 1080A Hansen Ln, Crow Lake. Complete privacy on 36 acres with 388 ft of clean, sandy waterfront. Stunning Post & Beam cottage/home. Perfect for a large family. Huge windows showcase the view and allow the sunlight to flood in. There are two large decks to enjoy the outdoors and allow for large groups. This cottage has produced excellent rental revenue.

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Janice Hastie-Waugh Broker of Record 613-283-5435

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520 Kennebec Rd, Northbrooke $64,900 – MLS®960139 Jim Whiten

Tim Lee* 613-283-7788

Nan Bell** 613-285-7727

Mark Lee*** 613-812-1017

Regan Lee** 613-812-0155

Tracy Thomson*** 613-285-1876

Lisa Brennan-Trudel*** 613-285-9646

Josee Biggs** 613-797-9592

Judy Charles*** 613-285-4464

Jenn O’Brien*** 613-227-4126

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Jim Whiten*** 613-285-4078

Pierre Vadnais*** 613-869-6037

Evelyn Lee** 613-284-7277

Leah Allen*** Licensed Administrator

Francine Rever*** 613-285-7274

Joanne Keays Administration

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Smiths Falls Rural

Wendy Hillier 613-285-4476

Smiths Falls

Pierre Vadnais 613-869-6037

4237 Hwy 511

near Lanark

Paul Gordon 613-390-2281

26 Sunset Blvd

Perth

Randy Cavanagh 613-464-1000

20 01 Otter Lake Rd

Otter Lake

Wendy Hillier 613-285-4476

45 King St

Delta

Pauline Aunger 613-285-9158

154 Cats Cove

Rideau Ferry

Jennifer Aunger-Ritchie 613-285-5602

Perth

Sheila Birch 613-390-1604

11:00am-12:00pm 8 Davis Lane 11:00am-12:30pm

11:30am-12:30pm

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franktown Mature, beautifully landscaped lot surrounds the refreshing inground pool! Cheery & bright, 4 bedroom/2 bathroom bungalow boasts hardwood floors, renovated kitchen & baths. $259,900

665 richmonD rD Sprawling 4 bedroom/3 baths bungalow nestled on lush 1 acre. Gleaming hardwood floors. Modern open concept kitchen w/granite. Partially finished basement. Oversized double car garage. Easy commute to Ottawa.

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What a gem! Sprawling 3 bedroom bungalow in sought after Ashton Creek Estates. Site finished hardwood flows throughout the home. Stunning open concept design. Decadent maple kitchen w/granite. $440,000

12:00pm-4:00pm 133 Sheppard Ave 1:00pm-2:00pm 39 04 Rd

Smiths Falls Rural

Pierre Vadnais 613-869-6037

468 Kitley 4th Line

Toledo

Evelyn Lee 613-284-7277

29 Churchill Cres

Smiths Falls

Jackie Watkins-McIntosh 613-485-6585

104 Lorne St

Smiths Falls

Wendy Hillier 613-285-4476

103 Miller Bay Rd

Smiths Falls Rural

Cathie McCabe 613-284-6263

133 Cherie Hill Rd

Chaloa Acres

Stan Suffel 613-284-6756

795 Big Rideau N Shore Rd Rideau Lakes

Pauline Aunger 613-285-9158

18 R7A

Lombardy

Jennifer Aunger Ritchie 613-285-5602

255 Dufferin Rd

Perth

Paul Gordon 613-390-2281

9 Oakridge Cres

Smiths Falls

John Gray 613-868-6068

Port Elmsley

Wendy Hillier 613-285-4476

Smiths Falls Rural

John Gray 613-868-6068

1:00pm-2:30pm

2:30pm-3:30pm 111 Birch Lane 3:00pm-4:30pm 16 Bayview Cres

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2ND 11:00am-12:00pm 196 Golf Club Rd

Smiths Falls

Pierre Vadnais 613-869-6037

134 B1 Rd

Bellamy Lake

Rideau Town & Country 613-272-5155

32 Young Mills Rd

Lyn Rural

Rideau Town & Country 613-272-5155

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Pierre Vadnais 613-869-6037

Smiths Falls

John Gray 613-868-6068

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MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD 1:00pm-3:00pm 340-342 Dufferin St

Perth

Sam Kerr 613-229-7565

Carleton Place Rural

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340-342 Dufferin St Stunning semi-detached bungalows await the discriminating buyer! Spacious 2 bedroom & 2 bedroom plus den. Site finished hardwood floors, modern tile flooring, maple kitchen w/granite. Units available on Moffatt St. Starting at $299,900

Garage sale to benefit LAWS set for Aug. 15 in Perth This Week’s Pets

A garage sale to benefit LAWS, organized by Evergreen Concepts, will be held Saturday, Aug. 15 from 8 a.m. to noon at 420 Leachs Road (corner of Highway 7). Donations of gently-used treasures will be accepted until Saturday, Aug. 8. Please call 613-267-6721 for more information.

This week’s featured pets Kittens, kittens, kittens At LAWS we have a large variety of long, short, medium hair, orange, black, grey, brown, white, and apricot kittens. Some came with moms, some were born at the shelter some were just dropped off without moms. Staff and volunteers helped with bottlefeeding many of them. Some required a bottle or syringe with special cat formula every hour. More than two-dozen sweet little curious faces are now looking to go home soon. They are small rambunctious, playful, purring and absolutely adorable healthy creatures. We’re sure they’ll make you smile every day and will get you hopping through your house to chase them. Most of them are litter box trained already, love to eat and love to goof around with each other. It’s fun for you and your family to see them grow into adulthood. Choosing two of them is no more work than having one. They keep each other company, entertained and exercised while you’re away at work. All kittens come with spay/neuter vouchers. Please come to meet them at LAWS. We’re open for cat adoptions daily between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.

was recently shaved to get rid of some matted fur. Just shaved partly that is; from the front I look like I am wearing a cozy warm furry winter shawl and the back…hmmm, I am totally nude. Oh boy, the ladies here can’t stop touching me as I am so soft to touch, want to try? You’d better come and get me soon as I assure you by the time the snow flies I’ll be hav- very fluffy and I keep it well ing all my fluffy medium long groomed. However your help with a good brush would be black and white hair back. welcome. I love to be brushed and it will give us that special bonding time together. I love to be the only feline men in your life as I don’t care too much about dogs and some cats I like others I don’t. My stunning green eyes will blow you away and my special purr will make you smile. Please invite me into your home, I’m sure we’ll have a good life together, just Maddie Please meet Maddie a me- you and me goofing around. dium-sized calico cat. Timid Meow and hugs from Jafar. at first when meeting someone new, but quickly adapting Flower The name suits her well. and offering her belly for a firm rub, that’s typical for this Flower is a multicoloured, sweet young lady. She’s ex- calico, very pretty, proud like tremely friendly, about three- a diva, female cat. That’s how years-old and came to us as one of the students described a stray. We think she might her. Flower has been on foster even have been somebody’s in a household with dogs and cat as she’s quite social once cats. She did not take a liking she knows you. She is in good to being around other anihealth and very pretty. mals therefore we think she should be the only pet in your household. Flower has a very full coat of medium long hair that needs brushing regularly. Brushing any pet can be a comforting, special time between pet owners and animals.

Snooky Snooky was surrendered because she was pregnant. That won’t happen anymore as at LAWS, we always take care of that. Meanwhile her two babies have been adopted and Snooky is ready to leave LAWS too. She’s a mediumsized Tabby cat, very friendly, clean litter box manners, playful and hoping she’ll be chosen soon. Please visit her at LAWS as you see she’s already looking out for you to take her home.

Bolt Hi, everyone. My name is Bolt and I’m a playful happygo-lucky fella. I’m about sixyears-old and of medium size. They think I am a mixture of a hound and possibly labrador. When I came to the shelter I didn’t know any stuff like sit Jafar Kelly Hi there, Jafar here. I am a and down, so I have been goHi there, Kelly here. I look very friendly and handsome ing to school. My lessons ina bit funny at the moment as I boy. My shiny soft long hair is cluded how to walk nicely on

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Hope you come out to meet me soon. Please call LAWS at 613-283-9308 to make a meet and greet appointment. Wish list LAWS is currently in need of the following items: Flea combs, small pet carriers, towels, small litter boxes, nonclumping cat litter, canned

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The following is the first in a series of monthly articles on local museums within Lanark County. It is being offered in partnership with the Lanark County Museums Network. I volunteer at the Middleville and District Museum, and I hear it all the time: “My goodness! What an amazing place! This is my first time here, and I’m coming back next week with my cousin... she’ll just love it!’ There’s a reason for that kind of enthusiasm. The museum’s collection of local historical items is unique, because each and every item has been donated, and comes complete with family stories about who made it and how it was passed down through the generations. There’s the actual buggy that brought mail to the district’s settlers a hundred winters ago; the hand tools used by the local carpenter to build furniture, wagons and houses in the days before power; plows, seeders, scythes and other early farm-

ing equipment that made it possible for people to survive; and an actual settlers’ cabin, completely furnished, that brings the realities of long ago daily life vividly to mind. Think about it: in those days, most women and girls knew how to spin wool or flax into yarn – but few of them understood the complexities of weaving, nor did they have room in their tiny houses for a bulky loom. So, sitting near the stove, the women would spin yarn during the long cold winters. In spring, as soon as the muddy roads became passable, the itinerant weaver would drive up, his loom taken apart and stacked in his wagon. He would stop at each household on his route, asking if there was weaving to be done. He’d be invited in, given the skeins of yarn that had been spun, and told the family’s cloth requirements. He’d unload his loom, peg it all back together, and set to work – perhaps for a few days, maybe for a week or so. The family would give him room

and board, and as he worked he’d tell them the news of the families he’d stopped at along the way. When he’d finished the weaving, he’d dismantle his loom and put it back in his wagon; the family would pay him for his work, and he’d proceed to the next household. Want to see an actual loom that travelled that road? The Middleville Museum has a travelling loom – it still works – complete with the story of the weaver who owned it and his photograph. And that’s just skimming the surface. The museum has an amazing collection of local family histories, including land-ownership records, family Bibles, and genealogies. Much of it has been computerized, and the information can be made available to descendants and other interested people. Please call and make an appointment with David Murdoch, who volunteers his knowledge of family histories at the museum. As well, once each month of the season, the museum hosts

The Middleville and District Museum is one of the treasures in the Lanark County Museums Network. Above, through research and donations the museum has recreated how settlers used to live. They also have an antique buggy which delivered mail, left. Submitted photos

a special event. On Sunday, Aug. 9, we’ve invited Dan Hagan, a ‘safecracker,’ to open our enormous old safe (a safe that once belonged to the municipal hall in Middleville) whose combination has been lost in time. What will we find? Perhaps some old money, no longer legal tender? A gold watch that was to be given to an employee on his retirement? Stock certificates for a defunct corporation? You never know. Come and watch with bated breath! And remember that the museum has several items for sale: tickets for Little Princess - Poster_Layout 1 19/06/2015 4:43 AM Page 1

the annual Quilt Raffle (to be drawn at the Fall Fair in September); Claudia Smith’s wonderful collection of stories, gathered from descendants of this area’s original settlers; museum T-shirts, which always attract attention; and several other books and monographs of local historic interest. The museum is open Friday through Sunday, and holiday Mondays, from Victoria Day to Labour Day; hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, see our website: http://middlevillemuseum.blogspot. ca/ or call 613-259-5462.

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Ben and Anita Taves of Kingsville, Ont., are posing with pride alongside their mint original 1968 Buick Wildcat 2-door hardtop with a 430 cubic inch V8 under the hood. This car attracts admiration wherever they go. The photo was taken at the Sun Parlor Home for Seniors Classic Car Show in Leamington on Thursday, June 11. The event was a great success with 46 vintage vehicles showing up for the viewing pleasure of the Sun Parlor residents, who were thrilled to see so many vehicles from years gone by. Among the organizers of this event were Ben and Anita’s son Dave Taves, himself a great classic car enthusiast with several automotive projects on the go at home, and his wife Michelle, who works at the Sun Parlor Home. Twenty years ago, Ben and his son Dave drove to Ottawa to purchase a 1955 Chevrolet sta-

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Being electronically challenged isn’t only concern consumers should have with their autos Car Counsellor BRIAN TURNER

ture. The update can be installed by any authorized FCA retailer or by a product owner themselves by logging onto www. driveuconnect.com and following the ‘software update’ link. This site also supports less critical updates to FCA entertainment systems so checking it from time to time isn’t a bad idea, especially if your vehicle has experienced any audio system or connectivity problems. While this event makes for great news coverage and video (you can find the video online at www.wired.com), it really doesn’t yet represent any great risk to vehicle drivers. The talent it took was almost immeasurable (one of the two geeks was a former National Security Agency employee). And the value of the end result didn’t come anywhere close to the resources it took to deliver it. If the vehicle belonged to a high profile political target it might have been a different tale. So the average consumer

really shouldn’t lose any sleep. But one consumer upon hearing of this story suggested that automakers should offer something that cell-phones have for years; a setting to disconnect it from any wireless data networks such as required when travelling on a commercial airplane. As for our two hackers, they got exactly what they were after: national media attention in advance of an electronics security conference they are scheduled to appear at next month. On Sunday, Aug. 2, the Automotion Car Show lands at the Blockhouse Island in Brockville and the 51st version of the Chelrod Car Club Show ‘n’ Shine happens at the Hendrick Farm, 165 Old Chelsea Road in Chelsea, Quebec. If you have any questions, opinions, or stories on anything automotive please drop me a line, [By email to emc@ perfprint.ca or directly to bjoeturner@ hotmail.com listing ‘Question for the Car Counsellor’ in the subject line or by post to Record News Communications, 65 Lorne St., P.O. Box 158, Smiths Falls, ON K7A 4T1]. When using regular mail, please supply a phone number if you seek direct contact (due to volume, I can’t always promise replies). Yours in service Brian Turner

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The Herb Garden in Almonte hosted its last Herbfest on Sunday, July 26 after 20 years. Now, the Carp Farmers’ Market will take over the event for upcoming years. Here, Gloria Glockling of Gloria’s Fresh Waffles served her traditional Belgian waffles, topped with seasonal fruit and whipped cream.

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Cherokee and from a distance of 10 miles (they could have done it from the far side of the globe) were able to activate the AC system, adjust the audio volume, turn on the wipers and washers, disable the transmission and brakes, lock and unlock the doors, turn the steering wheel and shut off the engine. The hapless ‘driver’ in the vehicle was a volunteer that knew about and agreed to the test and while some of the hacks took place while the Jeep was travelling at low speeds in an empty parking lot, most of them happened while the vehicle was travelling on a busy multilane highway in a large urban centre. It would be interesting if this volunteer will face any unsafe driving charges. Before anyone relaxes and thanks their lucky stars they don’t own a late model Jeep, this type of software intrusion is possible on any vehicle with wireless connectivity and electronic vehicle systems’ controls made by any carmaker, provided the vehicle uses its own Internet connection system and few Canadian vehicles do, but they can be vulnerable when travelling in the US. Fortunately for Fiat Chrysler Auto (the Jeep’s manufacturer) our two geeks immediately contacted the automaker’s head office and met with them to very quickly develop a software patch to protect consumers from such an attack in the fu-

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In a recent column we discussed the pros and cons of the headlong drive that most automakers are travelling in towards the smart-phone-like connectivity and functionality of their products. Many consumers such as the one who wrote this letter are concerned that they may not have any choice when purchasing future vehicles save getting one with controls and features beyond their needs or comfort level when it comes to operating those features. “Mr. Turner, This is just some quick positive feedback on your July 16 column on driving distractions. My wife and I were hoping it wasn’t just us slipping into cranky elderhood thinking that all of these dashboard electronics have to be dangerous. We worry that our next auto purchase would also have to involve taking a degree in electronic engineering and that no automaker would offer the option of an uncluttered dashboard? Does any manufacturer do so? Again BRAVO for hitting the nail on the head.” GW A recent event in the US reveals that being electronically challenged isn’t the only concern consumers should have with ultra-connected autos. Two young gentlemen the media have described as ‘professional hackers’ successfully and remotely hacked into the software of a 2014 Jeep

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Naturally our best defenders are gamers from the ’80s. Sam brings in Ludlow ‘The Wizard’ Lamonsoff (Josh Gad), and they get the 1982 world video game champion, Eddie ‘The Fire Blaster’ Plant (Peter Dinklage), out of prison. Armed with technology created by Lt. Col. Violet Van Patton (Michelle Monaghan) the three fight real life versions on their favourite video games to save the world. You don’t walk into a movie like Pixels expecting it to make sense. You walk in expecting to have fun, and Pixels is a lot of fun. Aliens attacking the Earth with 1980s video games like Centipede and Pac-Man doesn’t make sense. Defending the Earth with old video game champions doesn’t make a lot of sense. Kevin James as President of the United States is hard to wrap your head around. However, all of these things put together are

great excuses for some classic video game action, ’80s pop culture references, and a lot of laughs. What I like the most about this cast is how they go from wacky and outrageous one minute to saving the world the next. Michelle Monaghan takes charge as a Lt. Col. Patton and scores some laughs playing off of Sandler. Josh Gad is hysterically funny as a conspiracy theory nut who is finally proven right. I’m not even sure where to begin with Peter Dinklage’s character except to say he is brilliant, and while it may be hard to imagine Kevin James as President I’d vote for him. Adam Sandler’s fondness for the ’80s makes him an ideal choice for this film. He’s also pretty good at playing that likeable, nice-guy, everyman who’s thrust into an extraordinary situation. He gets the laughs, he gets the girl and he saves the day. I talked my wife in to seeing this film, and she hates Adam Sandler. This film didn’t change her mind, but she didn’t hate it. High praise indeed. Mark Haskins’ column is a regular feature.

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Melanie Young needed a job… not that she wasn’t busy enough with Mel’s Farm and All Animal Rescue, but she needed one that paid a wage. So she took over a restaurant in Rideau Ferry. Formerly knows as the Shipwreck, Young worked there for five years, tending bar on the night shift but still managed to look after the animals during her daylight hours. “Dallas (McNally) came to me one night and said she was selling the restaurant,” Young said on Thursday, July 23, just two weeks after opening the doors again after the restaurant had been closed since December, 2014. Young purchased the assets and is leasing the building – paying property taxes, heat and hydro, as well as staff and herself. “Dallas got married and I think she just wanted to retire from the business,” Young said. “I couldn’t drive by this place knowing I had a chance to run it and didn’t jump on the opportunity,” she said. The plan had been in the works since midMay. Young said McNally is still offering to help out when needed. “She’s been awesome with this transition,” Young said of her old boss. Just what does Young know about running a restaurant? “Not much,” she said with a laugh. “I just talk about it… my wonderful manager does all the hard work. She’s amazing.” “We’re a family, and it’s awesome,” said Rachel Alexander-Bennett, the general manager. “We used to work

together and I just love Mel. She’s absolutely amazing. I believe in her cause and couldn’t wait to start working for her. I had no problem quitting my job to come here.” Those whom Young has hired – almost two dozen staffers – are associated with her on some level, be that through high school friendships, family members or former colleagues. Young has even hired some of her animal rescue volunteers to help out. The Shipwreck’s former fine-dining menu has been replaced with an upscale pub style offering with a lower price point. From fish to sweet potato fries with a caramel dipping sauce, mussels, wings, wraps and burgers; there is also a vegetarian burger on the menu. “And they’re good sized portions,” Young said. She is all about using local flavours, and said she will be purchasing meat, breads, condiments all from the area. “We really want to help local suppliers,” she said. Young has plans to get together with artisans so that they can display their pieces inside the restaurant. There will even be demos on the lawn including tai chi and yoga in the near future. “Oh, we have so many plans!” Young said. On Aug. 1, the community is invited to a patio jam session. Come see what’s in store at CC’s on the Rideau. The community connection Young is opening her doors free of charge for local groups if they need to book meeting space. Organizations like Perth’s Youth Action Kommittee, or Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Lanark County, or any animal rescue organiza-

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Melanie Young has taken over the Shipwreck Restaurant, now known as CC’s on the Rideau in Rideau Ferry. She and some of her staff members are pictured here on the lawn overlooking the lake. They include (back row, left to right) general manager Rachel Alexander-Bennett, Barbara Hitchins, Justin James, Emily Fergusson, Ocean Bonneau, Maggie Freestone, Fran Tones, Heather Price, Melanie Young; (front) Brianna Laming, Hailey Greer and Cathy Polk. tion are invited to use her space. “We have lots of room here and I want this to feel like it’s a community space,” Young said. Any organization for kids or animals… they’re welcome to contact her for details. “We’ll even supply tea or coffee, free of charge.” Young said she wants to be able to make enough money through the restaurant during the summer months to take her animal rescue through the winter. “I’m not taking on anymore animals right now,” she said. “We’re on a bit of a hiatus and scaling back, so we can deal

with all the medical bills of those that are in foster care.” The restaurant will soon showcase all the animals that are up for adoption through many of the local animal agencies. Alexander-Bennett said they will have photos and information pictured tastefully throughout the restaurant in hopes of being able to find forever homes for these animals. In the two and a half years since she started her rescue, Young has helped find homes for more than 100 animals of all breeds, not just dogs and cats.

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Above, John Maloney, owner of the Rideau Winery, at right, stands with Andrew Snook, author of Remy’s Dilemma on July 25 in Smiths Falls. Snook made sure his book signing doubled as a fundraiser for Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Lanark County. At right, Snook holds his two-year-old daughter Emily, at a book signing in Mississauga, Ont. This weekend will actually mark the second return date for his “book tour” of the Ottawa Valley. He was interviewed on Heritage Radio in Renfrew on July 24, and held a charity book signing in Smiths Falls. “I thought it would be a nice way to give back,” said Snook. “They are just good people who want to give back.” The idea for the story first found life for Snook back when he was a student at the University of Ottawa. He wrote a novella

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eldest daughter Emily was born in 2013. (His youngest daughter, Sofia, is four months old.) After Emily’s birth, “spare time was rare,” but he managed to carve some out, during those blissful, all-too-rare moments when children are asleep and the house is finally quiet. Also, “on my days off, I would wake up earlier” to work on it as well as while on vacation, travelling for work, and on weekends. But while he spends his days working at his magazines – in-

Remy’s Dilemma also involves the destruction of the earth. “Remy has a premonition of the world,” he said. So, he dusts off his bucket list of things he simply must do before he dies – and whittles it down to only the most important line item, to “answer man’s greatest question,” which, we never actually learn. (For Adams’ fans, the answer to the meaning of life is 42. Just so as you know.) “You don’t get to find out what that question is until his (road) trip ends,” said Snook, and he is already at work on a second book, with more likely to come. Remy suffers from “chaotic tunnel vision,” which causes a “path of destruction he doesn’t even know he is creating. He isn’t good or bad. But he has problems.” Meanwhile, the authorities have started to notice Remy’s trail of destruction, and a criminal profiler with the Toronto Police Service believes that Remy is likely a serial killer, leading him on a wild chase through Ontario and Quebec. “He doesn’t even know he is wanted,” said Snook, which may, inadvertently, help him keep his wits about him. For people who have read the book, “what they love about Remy is (that) he made all of these horrible things happen, but, you’re still rooting for him.” The book is available at The Bookworm, at the Rideau Winery, 22 Russell St. E., in Smiths Falls, and online at snookbooks. com

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The words of Andrew Snook will once again be read in the streets of Perth and Smiths Falls this weekend. Andrew Snook started his professional writing career at The Perth Courier in 2010, after graduating from Algonquin College, before taking on reporting duties at Smiths Falls This Week just before it was merged with the Record News in 2011. He will be back in Perth at The Bookworm, 76 Foster St., on Saturday, Aug. 1, from 1 to 3 p.m., for a signing of his debut novel, Remy’s Dilemma. He has already had a book signing at the Rideau Winery in Smiths Falls, where he raised about $100 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lanark County. “I always had a plan to go back to the Ottawa Valley,” said Snook during a telephone interview from his new job as editor of Canadian Forest Industries magazine, based in Aurora, Ont., north of Toronto. “I just really, really enjoyed this area. If it was up to me, I’d live there forever.” At the time of the merger in 2011, however, he accepted a buy-out and took up a position with his current employers – a move that actually played right into the wishes of his wife, Christine. “She’s a Toronto girl,” he said. “I promised her that when we had kids, we would move back to the Greater Toronto Area… All of the stars aligned.”

cluding work for those you are unlikely to find in your doctor’s waiting room, like Canadian Biomass magazine – continuing to write at home is not bringing his work home with him. It’s cathartic. “I need to write fiction,” he said with definite emphasis. “Everybody has their release from the day-to-day grind… I need to write it. I love it.” In fact, after a protracted period removed from writing fiction, “I just generally become very frustrated.” His wife will notice his frustration, and flat-out tell him “You know what? I think you need to write some fiction.” So far, “the reviews have been pretty positive,” and he has had a book signing at the Chapters location at Square One, Ontario’s largest mall, in Mississauga, a suburb west of Toronto. “It went very well,” said Snook. “It was a lot of fun.” He noticed that his book at Square One Chapters was one shelf up from one of his favourite novelists, Christopher Moore, and his new novel, A Dirty Job, in the Staff Picks section. He called Moore’s humour “random, quirky,” and “I love his writing style. He can push all of the emotional buttons.” He is also a fan of Michael Connolly and Douglas Adams, famous for the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books. “I’m not really a science fiction guy,” said Snook, but, like Adams’ first Hitchhiker book,

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HAZARDOUS WASTE DEPOT The Hazardous Waste Depot is open from May 16th, 2015 until August 29th, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. (noon). The Hazardous Waste Depot is located at 128 Patterson Crescent and is only open on Saturdays.

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Municipal Connection www.perth.ca CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR SEASONAL AND PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES The Town of Perth is accepting applications from students and responsible adults for seasonal and/or part-time positions which may occur from time to time throughout the year. These resumes will be collected on a quarterly basis and will be kept on file for a period of one year. Applicants with civic pride, a positive attitude and an appreciation of customer service are invited to forward their resume to the undersigned no later than 4:00pm on August 7, 2015. Potential areas of employment include: • Community Services Department • Perth and District Community Centre Attendant(s) - Part-time and seasonal Rink Attendants to provide customer service to patrons at the Perth and District Community Centre and to assist with the maintenance and day-to-day operations of the facility. • Perth and District Indoor Pool - The Perth and District Indoor Pool is seeking individuals for the following positions: • Aquafit instructor. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to take on the role of Evening Supervisor. • Qualified Instructors (Life Saving/Red Cross), Lifeguards and Locker Room Attendants. Each position provides front line services to patrons of the Perth and District indoor Pool. • Environmental Services Department • Seasonal Utility Operator - To assist with snow removal, operate equipment, and other related duties. Experience is an asset however training will be provided. Interested applicants are invited to submit a confidential resume outlining their experience and qualifications to the undersigned. Please indicate in a covering letter which areas you may be interested in working. These positions will require working a variety of shifts which include days, evenings & weekends. Successful applicants will be required to provide a satisfactory police reference check. Applications received as a result of this advertisement will be kept on file for a period of twelve months. Janice McFadden, Human Resources Town of Perth 80 Gore Street East Perth, ON K7H 1H9 Phone: 613-267-3311 Fax: 613-267-5635 The Corporation of the Town of Perth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will provide accommodation for individuals with accessibility needs. We thank all candidates for their interest, however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

CIVIC HOLIDAY CLOSURES: MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 2015 Please be advised that the Perth Town Hall will be closed on Monday, August 3RD, in recognition of the Civic Holiday. Regular business hours will resume on Tuesday, August 4TH, 2015. The Perth & District Indoor Pool will be open on Monday, August 3RD with the following schedule: Aquafit: 8:00am-8:45am Lane Swim: 12:00-1pm Lane Swim: 9:00-10:00am Public Swim: 1pm-3pm Aquafit: 11:10am-11:55am Lane Swim: 3:00-4:00pm The Perth Landfill Site will be closed on Monday, August 3RD, and Tuesday, August 4TH, 2015. Regular business hours will resume the morning of Wednesday, August 5TH.

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From left, landlord Brent Brownlee, Jewels store manager Maggie Swanson, Perth Mayor John Fenik, and Brownlee’s wife Avis, cut the ribbon to open the new, expanded Jewels location, now fronting on to Wilson Street West.

A Perth woman has been charged with drug related offenses in Arnprior. Charged with two counts of theft under $5,000 and four counts of trafficking in a schedule 1 drug is Brittany Hulan, 30, of Perth. She was released on a promise to appear in Renfrew court on Sept. 16. OPP issued a news release July 28 after it was contacted by the Chronicle-Guide newspaper about an arrest at Rexall Pharmacy in Arnprior earlier this month. It is alleged a female employee was stealing narcotics from the Daniel Street store “over a period

of several months.” Const. Janice Sawbridge won’t name the types of drugs stolen because they are evidence in a court case. She didn’t discuss the volume of drugs or who might have been the end user. But she is almost completely certain the flow has stopped. There isn’t a noticeable spike in prescription abuse that OPP is aware of. The number one source for those seeking a high from legal narcotics, she added, remains the family medicine cabinet. “We don’t feel that there was any concern about these narcotics being sold to young people,” Sawbridge said. “Far more often, they are stealing them from their

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The Jewel’s Gently Used Clothing store, 48 Wilson St. W., had its grand re-opening on Friday, July 24. The store has nearly doubled in size, from 1,000 to 1,800 square feet, expanding into the former home of Carleton Travel, and giving it a Wilson Street storefront. The new addition now allows for men and children’s clothing sections.

Landlord Brent Brownlee donated the barbecue and hot dogs for the re-launch of the store, and facilitated tearing down a wall to bring the two portions of the wider building together, as well as putting in new flooring. The store is a revenue generator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lanark County, and, according to executive director Jennifer Miller, sales have doubled at the Perth location since the expanded store’s soft opening a week earlier.

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At left, Bonnie Waugh, a volunteer at Jewel’s in Perth, puts clothing on a rack during the store’s recent reopening. Jewel’s, a charity shop for Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Lanark County, is bucking the news of a possible recession by doubling its store size.

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the chamber’s annual golf tournament at the Perth Golf Course on Wednesday, Aug. 12, as an example of businesses cutting back to the essentials. “The folks are not signing up like they used to,” said LeVatte. “We are preparing that it could be a little down this year. It (the tournament) is a really good example of those nice-to-haves. It’s that ripple effect.”

Downtown businesses Kari Clarke, coordinator of the Downtown Heritage Perth Business Improvement Area (BIA) also has no concerns about her coverage area. Quite the opposite in fact. “I’m not seeing it (a recession) at the moment,” said Clarke, during an interview that same day at her second floor town hall office. “All of the merchants are doing quite well.” If a recession is on its way, “we won’t see it for a while.” Not that the BIA is sitting on its laurels if such a downturn is imminent. It will be holding an Open House at the Crystal Palace on Thursday, Oct. 1, which will look at, for example, “to get everyone on board for extended hours,” Clarke said. The BIA is also considering a media campaign, and is looking at ways to draw people into Perth from other areas. “We want to encourage people to shop local,” Clarke said. “We thrive on the good graces of locals.” She admitted that the debate about extended hours was “an ongoing discussion,” within the BIA. She recently put together a brochure outlining which businesses are open on Sundays, a traditionally slower retail day compared to Saturday. “I was pleasantly surprised,” Clarke said of the positive reaction it received. She would like to see that extended to other days of the week as well, to hear people say, “Yes, you can go shopping in Perth on a Friday night.” She admitted that it would take some time for the idea of extended hours to catch on. “They won’t get used to it in a week,” she said.

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Economic development Casey Whiticar, the Town of Perth’s economic development coordinator, agreed that Perth’s businesses were being cautious – but then, from her point of view, they are always cautious. “Perth business owners are always cautious,” she said, during an interview at the town hall boardroom on Wednesday, July 22. “They’ve never been frivolous with their spending.” But even Whiticar – the former Casey Buchanan, who just got married earlier this month in Lanark – is seeing some scaling back herself amongst Perth businesses. “There is not as much uptake on the façade improvement grants,” she said. “That might be an indication.” However, she hastened to add that Perth is in the midst of the busy summer cottage and tourist season, and so she has not heard anything about recession concerns. “There is still a lot of interest in the town,” she said, pointing to seven businesses inquiring about setting up in the business park in the south end of town – three seriously. She has also received a number of calls this week about possible leases for downtown businesses. If there is a recession, “it hasn’t hit here yet. In a small town like Perth, we are the last to feel it.” But she cautioned that a national recession could, at the very least, put a pause on local development. “That vacant lot on Highway 7, owned by Loblaws, if there is a recession, (it) will stay empty,” said Whiticar. “With a recession, I don’t think we will see any big new businesses coming in.” She noted that companies like Wills Transfer, which ships to the United States, may suffer if there is a recession, and that 3M also does a lot of business south of the border. Even Shandex, she noted, may have to adapt its production to fit a recession mindset. “In a recession, people will buy bar soap over liquid soap,” she said, believing bar soap to be cheaper – though this is not so, in her opinion. “Bar soap is seen as less of a luxury.” After the Great Recession of 2008-09, Whiticar believes that “people got brave,” for a while, believing that everything had calmed down. “Now, they are pulling back a little.” Currently, from her viewpoint, “the highway is very strong. I have no concern about the downtown.”

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Shannon Baillon never thought she’d be where she is – and yet, is exactly where she needs to be. Baillon is the Town of Perth’s new director of community services, and she is so done with the commuter lifestyle. She lived in Richmond for two years and commuted in to Ottawa. Then, for 12 years after her move to Perth, she continued her commute to Ontario’s second largest city. Now, her commute is only five minutes long – three minutes if she chooses to bicycle in. “I’m super excited about it, for that to be done,” she said of her commuting life, which means she can spend more time with her husband, and their two children, a 16-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son, who both attend Perth and District Collegiate Institute. “I have no regrets.” Baillon was born in the village of Paisley, on the Bruce Peninsula, about 30 km from the shores of Lake Huron. She grew up on her family beef farm. “I’m back to a small town (now),” she said. “When you are

young, you want to get away and find the big world.” In high school, she played “every team sport available. I was never a star, but I participated.” She was a competitive curler, played softball, and was into running. She kept a journal for many years and recorded the day when, in Grade 5, she ran her first mile, and made it to the provincial curling championships once. In her final year of high school, she decided that the military life was for her. So, she became part of only the second cohort of female students to enter what was then Royal Roads Military College (now Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC.) She later graduated from the Royal Military College in Kingston, but was shocked to learn that she was one of only two students to ever attend a military college from her high school. “I figured it was a shot in the dark,” she said, not the first time she would feel that way about a new endeavour. Once she was accepted and moved to Vancouver Island, she realized that “it was really, really difficult in many ways. It was very mentally taxing, exactly

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It will be Christmastime before William “Bill” McNicol will know for absolute sure if his historic sexual assault case will go to trial next February. A trial confirmation hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 21, at the Ontario Court of Justice, 43 Drummond St. W. in Perth, to possibly secure Feb. 17 and 18, 2016, as his trial dates. The trial confirmation hearing had been slated for Monday, July 13, but was held over. In June, the three original charges against McNicol were dropped, and replaced with six charges: • Two counts of sexual assault; • Two counts of sexual touching with a person under the age of 14; • Invitation to sexual touching with a person under the age of 14; and, • Being in a position of trust or authority towards a young person did, for a sexual purpose, sexually touch the young person’s body. The case is covered by a publication ban, and the allegations have not been proven in court.

what you want military college to be. They break you down and build you back up.” More than a few times, she would find herself saying, “Oh, God, why am I doing this?” One of the reasons for this was that Royal Roads “was the last (military college) to accept females. The guys (who were) traditional did not support it, were very up front about it. They would find 100 things wrong with you.” As a first year student, she and her classmates were often given the more menial jobs, like delivering messages. She would arrive at an office and knock on the door. The door would open and, with it, so would a torrent of abuse. As the door would be opened by someone whom she knew to be hostile towards female students, she would say to herself, “he’s going to rip me apart.” As the hostility continued, she would try to take it in stride and think, “OK, when are you going to stop?” There were positive memories from military college however. She made lifelong friends, including her husband. “It’s all about building teams,”

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she said, calling military school “a huge asset” in her life. “It gives you an advantage in how to deal with things.” But adjusting to life after military college was still a bit of a shock. “Not everybody comes to meetings five minutes before the meeting starts,” she said. During her last year in Kingston, she competed in running, and, in time, made it on to the military’s national running team. She was a member of this team for three years, which took her to competitions in Florida, Ireland and Nigeria. While they did not lack for heart, unlike other military teams, who did nothing but train, the Canadians trained in between their military work commitments. She used her engineering degree to work on military aircraft. In Ireland, she loved running through The Curragh in County Kildare, just to the west of the capital city of Dublin, beautiful farmDesmond Devoy/METROLAND land known for its horse breeding. Nigeria, however, was a differ- Shannon Baillon, the Town of Perth’s new director ent story. of community services, takes delight that her new She was stationed in Cold Lake, commute is only five minutes long – three minutes See BAILLON page P7

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Alta., at the time, and “I was in training in -40 degree (weather) and I went to run in 40 degree weather.” The Nigerian race was “not organized to the same level that a competition like that would be in Canada.” Part of their running course was a path that had literally been cut through a farm field, with animals on either side. During her time in the military, she also took part in an Ironman Triathlon in the 1990s. She had the biking and running parts down. The running would take her 42 kilometres, while the biking was about 180 km. As for the 4km of swimming? Well, “I couldn’t swim at all.” But her friends were supportive. “You can run. You can bike. We’ll teach you how to swim,” her friends said. She stayed in the military for four years, essentially paying back the education she had received. Most of her time was spent at Cold Lake, with a final year at Trenton. At this time, both she and her husband accepted a voluntary redundancy packages from the military, which were being offered at the time. They decided that there was no better time to travel, so they sold their house and moved to South Korea to teach English. “We were free spirits,” she said. “We taught kids who had never seen a Caucasian person in their lives.” After their teaching engagement, they traveled around Asia before return-

ing to Canada. They worked in Calgary for three years, where her daughter was born, but they soon realized that “all of our family is back in Ontario.” She got a job with Alcatel in Ottawa and they moved back east, having worked for a magnetic bearing company in Alberta. After six months at Alcatel, she moved to Nortel for 10 years. Trouble started enveloping the company, leading to its eventual collapse, in her first week on the job. “I never thought I would get my future from Nortel,” she said. As she worked on software development for the company, “it started to really disperse at the end,” with chunks of the company being sold off to other companies. As Nortel’s world was unraveling, Baillon realized that the company’s crisis could be her opportunity. “We decided to take one year off and go travel Europe,” said Baillon. “(It) happened to be the same time as all of this was dispersing,” at Nortel. “I never got laid off, which is interesting,” because she left work in 2010, the year the company’s operations ceased. They traveled around Europe, mostly in France, tenting, camping and renting accommodation where they could. It was, in a word, “awesome.” It gave her family time to “get out of the rat race, seeing other cultures, appreciating your family.” Soon, the family excursion came to an end, and her husband returned to teaching duties in Canada. She began

working in the world of patent licensing buying and selling and proving out, doing “reverse engineering on gadgets, to prove technology related to those patents.” If her research proved that a patent had been used, it would be ruled that, for example, “Nokia, you need to pay this guy because you used his idea.” At the patent licensing office, “I created their project management department,” she said. As she looked around, and heard of their plans to set up an office in Ireland, she told her employers that, “Yeah, you kind of need to plan out some of this.” Coming to town After moving to Perth, she kept busy in her personal life too. “I’m a fitness fanatic,” she said, an understatement as she lists off the fitness boot camp she co-runs, or her work with the Perth Stingrays swim team her children are involved in, or her work on the Perth Kilt Run committee. “I love my town,” she said with obvious delight. “I am working for the town I love.” A few weeks ago came word that her predecessor, Shellee Evans, had taken up a new job in Gananoque. “I knew Shellee,” said Baillon. “I said, ‘I wonder who will replace her.’” When the job was posted, her husband said, “‘You should apply.’ And I laughed.” But in time, her friends and family convinced her that she had the “project

management skills” necessary to do the community services directorship job. “It’s the same principles,” she said. “OK, well, why not.” In a very short period of time, she found herself in the town council chambers, seated before Mayor John Fenik, Coun. Judy Brown, and chief administrative officer John deRosenroll. “I was a bit nervous going in, I suppose,” she said. “But I don’t shy away from people.” She played to her strengths, but was upfront about her shortcomings. “I’ve never written a grant (application). Zero,” said Baillon. “A lot of it (the job) comes down to people skills. I don’t have to know everything about running a pool or heritage. I’ve gone into new situations a lot.” She said she is glad to have such an informed staff. “They have the knowledge and the expertise.” Soon, the hiring committee had made its decision – and quickly, too. “It was a very fast decision,” she said. “That’s what surprised me the most.” Having worked in both the military and private enterprise, she said she has not seen a huge different in this, her first posting in municipal government. “I really like structure, and for it to be clear who you do things,” she said. “I will embrace that here.” She found things comparatively less structured in the corporate world, and “I know things will take longer here,” but “it’s a nice change. I like new challenges. I like change. That gets me excited.”

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t seems I am writing a bit of a self-discovery series of late. Or maybe it’s more of a selfreclamation project. To recap, one of the items on the agenda was to stop eating like an idiot and to get back on the Weight Watchers’ bandwagon. Check! I am tracking what I eat again and behaving better and my clothes aren’t as pinchy so things are progressing quite nicely. Weight Watchers allows me to earn points for activity. I’m tracking lots of those, too, thanks in part to the fact I have been getting back into running. I’m taking it slow – mostly because that’s the only way I run – but also so that I can pay close attention to any and every twinge in my feet. Be kind to your feet, people. Exercise is all tangled up with another self-improvement agenda item, which I am fondly calling “Fix Imminent Structural Failure of Body.” (I love hyperbole. Hyperbole is the best thing in the entire universe. Next to chocolate.) Anyway, you may recall a column back in June when I revealed I have been somewhat belatedly diagnosed with mild scoliosis combined with a crazy phenomenon commonly known as “getting older” and “spine gets squishier.” Those are the technical terms. This discovery came about after tolerating a few months of back pain that wouldn’t go away. Between the back pain not letting up and arthritis lurking in the dark corners, I decided I’d better start doing some things to make life a little more pleasant. So I took a deep breath and tried something I’d been putting off for years. I went to a chiropractor. For decades I’ve figured a chiropractor wouldn’t be a bad idea, but I kind of felt like I would be opening Pandora’s Box. This was especially true after my colossal foot collapse in 2011. Back then the verdict was “posterial tibialis tendonitis” created by “severe biomechanical failure” in my feet. Sounds exciting and fancy, doesn’t it? In short it means: foot fell down and really hurt for a long time. When I stand, my ankles tilt in and my feet basically splay across the floor. This does not make me a great candidate for any activity involving balance. And so endeth my dream of being a tightrope walker. If you think about it, it’s not surprising that wonky feet would lead to

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a wonky gait, which can mean knee, pelvis and/or hip problems. Throw in some scoliosis and the thinning of discs as I get older and, basically, I am a mess from the ground up. Complete structural devastation! It’s amazing I can even stand! (Hyperbole!) Chiropractors are a bit magical. After a few visits, I found I could bend without pain. The only bad news is I may no longer have a good reason to try to pawn off laundry duty. It also means that even though my chiropractor looked at my feet and said “Oh wow” and “you are not built for running,” I can now run without it feeling as if I am dragging my legs through porridge. I’m still slow, but I feel liberated. Apparently my legs weren’t even the same length. After an adjustment, my left knee and right hip don’t complain as much when I propel my body forward. There is still a lot of work to do, including exercises to try to activate various mystery muscles to build strength and balance. On one visit my chiropractor thought I would be insulted by the suggestion I don’t have a lot of upper body strength. I just laughed and thought about the fact I can’t do push-ups. I sometimes think the main purpose of the muscles from my waist up has been to support my brain, and some days they tire of that. This ties in (because I inhabit a gigantic series of knots) with an item that was a somewhat unexpected addition to the self-reclamation agenda: shattering a comfort zone. I’m only a few classes into karate, but I have already discovered some seldom-used muscles – most from the waist up. There are definitely some strength-building opportunities there. Sometimes there are push-ups and balancing activities, too. (These don’t go very well…yet.) So it appears I’m on a roll – eating better, running again, exercising with people and finding someone to help me bend without pain. Perhaps structural failure won’t be quite so imminent after all.

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om and I are pretty good travelling companions. After all, we spent seven days in a tiny cabin aboard a cruise ship in Alaska last summer and didn’t kill each other. There were some intense moments, but she didn’t toss me overboard. A couple weeks ago, my cousin’s oldest daughter was married in Dundas. Loving this neck of the woods, I couldn’t wait to book a familiar bed and breakfast and talk to the host about bringing my guy to his beautiful country estate just outside Ancaster. In February, I booked a nice big room with a queen-sized bed overlooking the forest of backyard and gardens. Well, sweet baby decided that he didn’t want to accompany me on this trip as he had lots of “work” to do around the house. Fine, I know how much you love family gatherings, I said. (Mental eye roll.) I let him wiggle off the hook. Mom was all up for the road trip and had been packed for a week when we realized that the PanAm Games were on and that traffic would be a nightmare. We then tossed around not going to the wedding. Crazy traffic is not my

LAURIE WEIR Weir View thing. “I don’t care if we go or not,” she said. Eventually, I figured I had the room booked for two nights and an extra day off work, so I was going whether or not I had a partner in crime. Mother soon changed her other mind and off we went on the Friday before the wedding. We took Highway 7 to Peterborough and stopped a few times along the way. The Maps app on my phone worked like a charm and soon we were on the 407 heading for Ancaster. Six hours after leaving home, we landed at the B&B and were greeted by a For Sale sign at the entrance. I crept up the driveway that sliced through the wooded front yard and saw that the grass hadn’t been cut for a bit. There were no flowers growing like the last time I was

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here which was some eight years ago. It looked abandoned. I was a little worried that Bill and Geri were no longer here when I heard a tractor in the distance. Knocking on the front door, Geri answered with a big grin. “He’s out at the pond,” she said. She hollered at him that his guests had arrived and soon he was on the front stoop. I introduced Bill to Mom. “You know, I have your room ready with the queen-sized bed… is that all right?” I knew he had another room with two twin beds. Geri said that it wouldn’t be a problem to get it ready for us. “I don’t want to put you to any trouble getting the other room ready,” I said. “Mom and I can share your couple’s room. We are going to have our motherdaughter bonding weekend.” She smacked me. Once we settled into the room, we did have a good time. Our breakfast with Bill was entertaining. We decided that we wanted to buy

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Le t ter to the Editor Solar panels not good idea for Darou Farm: reader DEAR EDITOR:

It is with great dismay that I read AGAIN that a solar facility is still being planned for the Darou Farm property. My husband and I have written numerous times over the last 10 years about the dangers, the health hazards, the effect on wildlife, etc. in locating a solar farm on these fields. Since our property is in North Elmsley we have not had the courtesy of a reply from the mayor or another member of council. (1) The property touches the Perth landfill on its western side; what toxic objects are buried in the site and how will the drilling of approximately 100,000 holes to support the proposed 50,000 panels do to the ground water flow as the bedrock is disturbed? In my opinion, all of the folks from South Street to the Chaloa Acres subdivision use well water that may be contaminated if those landfill chemicals leak into the substrata. (2) Why use farmland for

a solar farm? Land that is rocky, sandy, full of gravel abounds in the local area. Farmland is precious. (3) The site is an area rich in wildlife including harrier hawks, turkey vultures, swallows, endangered eastern bluebirds, killdeer, foxes, rabbits, various hares, raccoons, porcupines, coyotes, deer and especially the black rat snake which is highly endangered and whose habitat and breeding grounds are supposed to be protected, by law. (4) According to information we received from the province, the power can only enter the grid at the 3M site on Highway 43. Most of us are well aware of the health problems caused by living near high power lines. Movies have been made about the dangers and lawsuits in the United States are well known. Is this power line going to cross the river through the Tay Marsh near the wildlife refuge? Is this power line going to cross the river near Craig Street and the Last Duel

Park area? Come, dock your boat, camp, you may be exposing yourself to carcinogens. Hunt near the marsh, eat the ducks and geese that have been born and grew up exposed to the power lines above. Does the town council care about its citizens, the tourists who visit, or the animal/ bird population we all enjoy? This whole idea is a money grab, in my opinion. The Town of Perth stands to make a lot of money on this project. Ask your council how much. I can’t. I don’t own property in the town so my opinions are of no value, it seems. Ontario has more power than it can use right now. Everyone wants to reduce the creation of electricity using fossil fuels. Solar panels are a great way to do that but NOT from the location of this farm. Put this idea to rest once and for all. Sincerely, Sandra Beacock North Elmsley

A souvenir of memories for 200th The Town of Perth 200th Anniversary advisory panel is excited to officially announce and launch a Perth 200 souvenir shop! But in order to do so, we’re going to turn it over to David Bromley. David, who is a Perth native and designed the Perth 200 Anniversary logo, approached the Town of Perth with an idea – an amazing idea. Over the past few months, you have likely come across David’s Perth Remembered Facebook page. On it, he’s posted photos of days gone by in Perth, chronicling sporting events, dignitary visits and buildings from the past. He’s really helped re-ignite civic pride, and so when he came to us with his next idea, we were thrilled to show our support. David has started up a Zazzle website, and on it, he’s posted dozens of souvenirs items for sale. He has re-created logos once used by Perth businesses or organizations that are no longer in use. Harry’s Café, the Bright Spot and the Minute Man are just some of his re-creations. He’s also put together some images supplied by the Perth Museum and

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Former Perth Courier Reporter Launches new Book You may remember Andrew Snook from a few years ago. The Mississauga native arrived in Perth in 2010 to take on his first full-time reporters’ position at The Perth Courier. He covered all the beats, and enjoyed his time spent in the region. He then returned home to work for national business magazines. Since then, he and his wife welcomed two daughters. You’d think Andrew would be busy enough, wouldn’t you? Well, at the same time, he decided to live out one of his life-long goals: to write and publish a book. Remy’s Dilemma was released earlier this

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his B&B with a cool $2.4 million once we checked our Lotto tickets. He was all for that. Mom and I ventured around Ancaster, and toured to Dundas looking for the venue for the wedding, which we found quite easily. The wedding day was a hot one and we melted in the sun as the ceremony took place outside. It was great to see cousins I hadn’t seen in eons – some for longer than that.

year, and it’s made its way into bookstores across the province. Snook will return to Perth this week to do a book-signing at The Book Worm. He’ll be at the store from 1-3 p.m., Aug. 1, and copies of his book will be available for sale. A New Life for Tux If you’ve been following our journey with our dog, Tux, then you know we couldn’t keep him in our home any longer. I’m so, so thrilled to let you know that he was recently adopted! I would love to find out who adopted him and, in a completely sane way, park outside of their home and watch Tux interact with his new lovable family. Too far? I feel much relief that he’s been given this second chance, all thanks to the wonderful people at LAWS and Mel’s Farm. Do you have a Private I idea for me? Then please send me a note to cathy@catscovecommunications.com

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Quick: you’re out for a walk with a friend when someone pulls up to you and asks for directions. Do you take the lead on it? Here’s why I ask: Last weekend my husband and I were out for a walk (ice cream was our destination) with the kids and got stopped twice in one day for directions. Exciting, I know! Stay with me, here. When they asked, I immediately defaulted to my husband to assume the direction-giving role. I used to pride myself on giving directions in town. You need to know the street light count as well as have savvy street-name and landmark knowledge. But I’m going to go right ahead and blame my kids for giving me a foggy brain, which means I default when giving directions. Otherwise, the driver would likely end up in a swamp in Sharbot Lake by the time they’re done with my di-

rections. So, what’s my point? Great question. Giving directions is a good mind exercise, and so the next time we’re approached, I plan to take the lead and spout out how they’ll get to their destination.

I enjoyed the fact that I could bring my camera with me, and take random photos of my family. It was a relief not to be the official photographer on duty. I can’t remember the last time I was at a wedding in an unofficial way. It was also nice to solidify the mother-daughter bond that I hold so dearly. I appreciate that she always has my back, and I know she appreciates my ability to cross eight lanes of traffic in Toronto at warp speed to find a loo. Connected to Your Community - P9 - Thursday, July 30, 2015

he even re-created the Mammoth Cheese reproduction poster. He approached the town and offered to supply a donation to help with the Perth 200th anniversary fundraising efforts. In order to host our three signature events in 2016, the town needs fundraising and sponsorship dollars. Our souvenirs are part of that plan, and so we were happy to partner up with David who has crafted such a creative idea that once again encourages civic pride. Some of the items include the Perth 200 logo. You can purchase t-shirts, trucker hats, aprons, keychains and so much more. Take your pick. These items will make for fantastic gift ideas and keepsakes, and we know they’re going to be popular, especially as we near the Perth 200 celebrations. Once we get more established, we’ll be bringing some of these items to life, and sell them in Perth. For now, you can order them online by visiting zazzle.com/perthremembered Happy shopping, Perth.

Perth military settlement mapping project provides stunning detail of original surveys were dispatched to survey and cut up the area into manageable parcels of land. The instructions they were given were incredibly detailed and those notes are also part of the project. The notes are incredible to read and are in the original hand of those in charge at the time that gives the reader an eerie sense of being transported to the time when our entire area was wild and untamed. Ann MacPhail of Algonquin College is transcribing the Historical Land Data Records from microfilm to a comprehensive electronic database. Additional historical records from ships lists and summer students from each of the participating municipalities are transcribing military data. The data is converted to a digital mapping format and then processed and hosted by CGIS Geospatial Systems of Perth. CGIS is a volunteer contributor to the 200th Anniversary Celebrations for GIS Services and On-Line Internet. The mapping project was two years in development and will be launched in January at an event in Drummond/North Elmsley Township. For details about events being planned in Tay Valley please visit: http://www.tayvalleytwp.ca/en/discover-tayvalley/200th-anniversary-celebrations.asp For information related to events in Drummond/ North Elmsley please visit: http://www.dnetownship.ca/ content/200th-anniversary-celebrations And, the Town of Perth is also gearing up for a number of significant and special events – 200 of them in fact – to mark 2016. Signature events will include a Fire and Ice winter party, the Ontario Town Crier Championships and the Blast from the Past Homecoming Weekend. All the details are available at www.perth200.ca Each month leading up to the 200th Anniversary and throughout 2016, John LeVatte of the Perth and District Chamber of Commerce will write a column highlighting some of the event planning and celebrations as well as a glimpse of the history of the Perth Military Settlement. Stay tuned…. Written by John LeVatte Perth and District Chamber of Commerce

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The TD Summer Reading Club’s activities continued on Wednesday, July 15, with a visit from Chance the golden retriever, a retired service dog, for “Paws For A Story,” a bring-your-own-book event at the Perth and District Union Public Library’s upper hall. Above, Judy Stewart and Chance listen to a story being read Willow Hanlon, 9.

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Almost every resident of Canada in every province and territory, every county and in every municipality can trace their roots to somewhere else, another location from which their ancestors travelled to settle the wilderness of Canada. As part of the 2016 200th Anniversary of the Perth Military Settlement, a stalwart group of historians, technical geniuses and others are creating incredibly-detailed maps of what this area looked like 200 years ago. Not only do these maps show the border lines between properties, the project shows the settlement of the soldiers and settlers by individual lot, concession, names of the original and subsequent families and allows for a telling of their stories. All of this information will eventually be uploaded to the Web where it will create a lasting on-line legacy of the history of that original settlement. It is a daunting task to assemble all that detail but project leader and Drummond/North Elmsley 200th Committee Cochair Barrie Crampton says it is worth it to see the past come alive on the maps the team is creating. “It is an incredible journey,” Crampton said. “What is astounding is the amount of detail that is available to us related to those brave folks who first settled this area. Many of the family names are still in Perth and area today and, in fact, some of the homesteads are still owned by the ancestors of those early settlers.” It was in December 1814that royal assent was granted to a plan proposed by Henry, Lord Bathurst, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, to grant “waste lands” in the Canadas to discharged soldiers. In February 1815 Lord Bathurst’s plan was extended to include civilians, offering “liberal encouragement by His Majesty’s government to settlers inclined to proceed from Great Britain and Ireland, and provision by vessels, etc., for their passage to Quebec with their families.” It was through this Proclamation that the Perth Military Settlement – including modern-day Beckwith, Tay Valley and Drummond-North Elmsley Townships and the Town of Perth – was founded. Families poured into Canada to take advantage of the free land offer. But before they could arrive, military surveyors

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St. James church’s bell tower holds hidden chapter of Perth history

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A hidden history dwells within the bell tower of St. James the Apostle Anglican Church in Perth. But unlike the Hunchback of Notre Dame, it is a written, rather than a living history, that is now locked away behind a closed door at the top of the spire. “I have seen it,” said local historian Susan Code, during an interview Monday, July 27, of the names of former parishioners scrawled on the wood in the upper reaches. “I’ve been up there several times. It’s a good view.” While construction on the church began in 1861, the spire was likely erected in the 1870s or ’80s, with the church complex that we now know at the intersection of Harvey and Drummond streets being completed in 1885. The delay in building the spire was that

“they needed to get more money to do the spire,” Code said. While she has ascended to the near-heavens above the church, Code admitted, “It’s a bit of a trick to get up there. It’s not for the feint of heart!” While she did not notice any particular names or years during her last visit up to the spire, “I’m sure, primarily, it was teenagers (who) did it.” She admitted that there was nothing particularly poignant of the inscriptions on the wood. The scribblings were more along the lines of: “Johnny Loves Mary,” or “Kilroy Was Here,” which Code called “a testament that you were there.” While some of the names may go back more than a century, the tower is blocked off, for a 21st century reason. The church signed an agreement with a telecommunications company some time ago, and now, it serves not only as a beacon to the great beyond, but, helps connect Internet and

cell phone users in town for more earthly communications. “It’s a win-win for everybody,” said Code. Code is a parishioner at the church and there have been no efforts, that she has seen, to preserve the etchings. “It’s a place for pigeons!” she laughed. The Perth Courier had sought permission to explore the tower, but in a telephone message left at our office, the church’s interim spiritual leader, Archdeacon Dr. John Fowler, said that “access to the tower is not possible …I have no intention of climbing up, nor, I think, can you.” One man the Courier has spoken with, however, has been up the tower himself, and left his mark on the wood. “In high school, I went up there,” said a man we will call Warren, as, by his own admission, he was likely trespassing at the time. “I had heard about it from other kids.”

He was originally looking to find the tunnel that runs underneath the church to the courthouse – which, by our records and reporting, does exist, but has since been walled-up. While Warren said that he “could not swear” to the dates he saw up in the tower – as he was last up there in 1990 – from memory, he said he saw dates going back to 1898, and other, more ‘recent’ ones like 1902, 1905, into the 1920s and ’30s. “We put our names there too,” he said proudly, of his own signature and that of the friend he went up with. “We thought it was extremely cool to add our name to all the kids that had gone up before.” In the 25 years since then, Warren has seen the doorway padlocked to block access. Before the communications equipment went up the steeple, “they knew kids were going up,” Warren said, which is why it was originally blocked off.

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The bell tower at St. James the Apostle Anglican Church holds the names of generations of mostly young people who had climbed up the tower stairs to add their inscriptions into the wood, likely since the 1890s. Desmond Devoy/ METROLAND

The speedboat “Miss Rideau Ferry” streaks across the water. The craft will be one of the distinguished speed demons on the waters for the Rideau Ferry Regatta next month.

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Competitive racing returns to Rideau Ferry Regatta Stacey Roy

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A joint sanctioned boat race will be making waves in the Big Rideau Lake this August for the first time since the family friendly event was revived in 2007. “We’re kind of re-introducing racing back to the area,” said Scott Cameron, event organizer. “We’re hoping to get between 12 and 16 [flat bottom] boats.” The Can Am championship race, featuring Cam Am (pro stock) and Can Am Lite (SE) boats, will be on the water throughout the weekend starting with heats on Saturday morning (Aug. 15) from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. followed by an afternoon heat from 1 to 5 p.m. This schedule will repeat again on Sunday, Aug. 16 and feature some exceptional racing by some of the best in Canada, America and Australia. “They can get to speed up to 140 km an hour,” explained John Kessel, member of the organizing committee. Paul Reid, president of the Canadian Boating Federation, said he is excited to bring his newly renamed boat Miss Rideau Ferry to this year’s flat bottom racing event. “Everybody’s looking forward to Rideau Ferry. This will be a showcase race,” Reid said. The winner of the flat bottom race will be the Eastern Divisional winner, so spectators can be sure racers will be giving it all they have to be the first to cross the finish line. “They’ll be some hot shots out there,” Reid said. Boating spectators will be able to hear the sports commentary by dialing into 107.1 FM where DJ Johnny Five will be giving a playby-play throughout the race. Reid said he is currently rebuilding the engine in Miss Rideau Ferry to improve his control of the champion boat during the race. Last year this boat won the US1 National High Point Championship as well as the Epic Series (an eastern coast race). “We had a very good year last year,” Reid said. The new engine isn’t the only change his racing boat has seen

this year. Miss Rideau Ferry is settling into her new name this season, which is in honour of the Rideau Ferry Regatta where Reid’s father, Dudley Reid, won the outboard competition in 1933 at the age of 16. “I thought it might be appropriate I rename my boat Miss Rideau Ferry,” Reid said. Boat racing has been a big part of his life since 1959, and a passion that has been handed down by his father. Racers in this year’s regatta will see the newly rebuilt race clock complete with hands to count down the seconds to the starting race. The new clock was built by George King and is a replica of the race clock that was once used on the Big Rideau Lake. History buffs will also want to walk by the kiosk where a mural depicting the first regatta will have its public debut this summer. The mural will be a combination of images and the written story of the regatta. Regatta 2015 This year’s Rideau Ferry Regatta is truly a weekend of excitement and activity for the entire family with many opportunities to not only watch the races in motion, but be part of the fun. Admission to the site is $5 per person and free for those under 12, but organizers have created a free opportunity to see some of the boats up close Friday evening at Perth’s Crystal Palace. A convoy of racing boats will be in town from 3 to 6 p.m. for the public to see. Besch-Frost induction Before this year’s racing event gets underway the Regatta organizers will take some time around 8 to 8:15 a.m. to acknowledge the efforts of the Besch-Frost family’s ongoing participation in the regatta by inducting them into the Rideau Ferry Yacht Club Hall of Fame. The regatta’s opening ceremonies is scheduled for Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. where the vintage wooden boat, Buoy Oh Buoy Oh Buoy, will be featured carrying the Canadian, American and Australian flags in honour of racers from each of these countries. All three anthems will also be heard, as will a formal decla-

ration of the event’s opening by Rideau Lakes Township town crier, David Boyd. This will launch a weekend of fantastic family fun, including the six-hour canoe build challenge, which is returning this year with space for one more team of four people. For $120 entry fee, the teams are given instructions, materials and asked to build the canoe in six hours beginning Saturday. The building phase is only half the battle. On Sunday afternoon challenge participants will be putting their hard work to the test with a half hour race starting at 12:30 p.m. No matter who the winner is, every team takes home their canoe as a personal prize for a job well done. Those wanting a canoe but not into the hard labour element of this challenge can purchase a raffle ticket outside the challenge tent for a chance to win one at the end of the event. Tickets are $5 each. A paddle workshop is another building challenge that requires a little less time and difficulty. “For $15 you get to take the paddles home,” Kessel said. There will be four sessions scheduled for the workshop at 10 a.m. and again 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Need two? Registering for two workshops is more than welcome! Throughout the weekend younger regatta attendees can get into the boat building fever at the toy boat booth. Children can choose between a tugboat, sail boat or motorboat kit they can put together and paint as desired. A Canadian, American or Australian flag will be the cherry on top of this kids-inspired activity. Another all weekend attraction is Parrot Partner. From noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday regatta visitors will be able to see the brightly coloured parrot friends on site and talk to trainers. Visitors will be able to offer parrots food and talk with the highly social birds. A parrot show will take place at 1 p.m. Support this non-profit organization in their efforts to rescue parrots by purchasing a picture of yourself and your favourite feather friend on your shoulder for $3.

The spirit of racing will be alive and well on land that weekend for the younger set who will be welcome to watch minnow races. Bet on your favourite swimmer and support Friends in Sportfishing, a registered charity that provides recreational boating and sport fishing for children and people with special needs. Finally, kids will laugh out loud during the annual cardboard boat race – municipal challenge taking place Saturday from 12:30 to 1 p.m. “Perth is the defending champion,” Cameron said. Attempting to wrestle the top spot from Mayor John Fenik and Deputy Mayor John Gemmell will be politicians from Smiths Falls, Drummond North Elmsley, Beckwith, Tay Valley, Lanark Highlands and Rideau Lakes. The regatta is hosted by a notfor-profit organization that aims to support life on the water. Last year, the regatta did this by donating $5,000 towards the public docks at Rideau Ferry and hope to add to this with this year’s event proceeds. “This year our goal is to expand on the docks at the boat ramp,” Cameron said. Volunteers needed Reid sees great opportunity for growth at the Rideau Ferry Regatta with the possibility of running three or four classes at the biennial race. “It would be a goal somewhere down the road,” Reid said. To achieve this vision, event organizers will need more volunteers for the planning committee. Cameron explains there are currently six people who work throughout the year to firm up plans and set everything in motion for regatta. At the current workload, these dedicated volunteers are maxed out and need some help to make the regatta bigger and better in 2017. “The future’s based on additional support from the community. If it continues to grow, the volunteer base has to grow,” Cameron said. For more information on volunteering opportunities, please contact Kessel at hjrkessel@aol.com or the club at rfyc@sympatico.ca.

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Do I get a lot of E-mail? Yes, tons of it. Do I get letters? Practically never, particularly those without a return address. So I was surprised by a recent one. All I know is the writer lives in Lethbridge, Alberta, and is elderly. She has written that she wants to be an informed patient, so is asking for my stand on cataract surgery. “Ms. X” simply believed she needed reading glasses, but was told by an optometrist that she required cataract surgery. She re- Dr. Gifford-Jones marks, “I hesitated, so he sent me to an ophthalmologist for a second opinion. He also agreed that surgery was needed, suggested I simply sign on the dotted line, then called, “Next patient, please”. But the writer asked for a copy of what she had just signed, read the fine print (interestingly, she could read the fine print!) and now has second and third thoughts about the dangers involved. According to the National Eye Institute, by age 80 half of North Americans either have a cataract, or have had cataract surgery to replace a foggy lens. The lens allows light to pass through the eye to focus on the back part of the eye, the retina, which then sends images to the brain. Aging is the main cause of cataracts. Diabetes and glaucoma increase the risk. So does exposure to strong sunlight such as living closer to the equator. High altitude also plays a role as the people of Tibet have the highest rate of cataracts in the world.. Many people don’t know they have a cataract in its early stage. And since cataracts normally grow slowly, some people can live for years without significant effect on vision. But when symptoms first occur, the lens has become tinted, making it difficult to identify blues and purples. For instance, you may think you are wearing a pair of black socks, only to be told by friends that you’re actually wearing purple ones. Others complain of the glare of headlights, sunlight too bright, or a halo around lights. This patient in question believed she only needed reading glasses and this may be the case. But if a cataract is present, interfering with her daily activities such as reading, driving or watching T.V., then cataract surgery is the only effective treatment for her. Some patients worry that delaying cataract surgery will result in long-term damage to the eye or make the operation more difficult. But this is not the case, so there is rarely any hurry to rush into surgery. Besides, some people never need an operation and can be helped by new glasses or better lighting. The writer is correct in wondering about the risks, however. As with any surgery there’s always the risk of infection or bleeding problems. For instance, surgeons may ask you to temporarily discontinue any medication that may cause bleeding during surgery. Cataract surgery also increases the risk of retinal detachment, a potentially serious complication that can cause loss of vision. One sign of this problem is a sudden increase in “floaters” or cobweb structures that appear in the vision. Ms. X can be reassured that if an operation is truly required, the risk of complication is small and the majority of patients have better vision. There’s no sure way to prevent cataracts. But decreasing exposure to sunlight by wearing sunglasses, eating fruits and vegetables is believed helpful. And be sure to wear protective glasses for tennis and other sports to prevent traumatic cataracts. Does the use of vitamins help? Some researchers believe vitamin C is a protective agent in vision. The cornea and lens of the eye have the highest concentration of vitamin C in the body. In one study, those with low blood levels of C had 11 times greater risk of developing a cataract. In another study, those who took vitamin E reduced cataract risk by 50 to 70 percent. This is why I take natural vitamin E and high doses of C daily. At 91 I have had no cataract surgery. So I hope Ms. X is now an informed patient and realizes that the development of a cataract need not be a rush to surgery. Rather, surgery is done only when quality of life is affected. R0013392510_0730

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Perth Mayor, John Fenik wishes to congratulate local area residents, Kate Goodfellow, Ian Millar and Sultana Frizell on their stellar athletic performances at the Pan American Games in Toronto last week. Perth rower, Kate Goodfellow and her teammates won the gold medal in the Women’s Quadruple Sculls in rowing on July 15. Goodfellow started rowing at age 18 in the novice program in her first week of university in Ottawa. On July 21, 2015, 30-year-old Sultana Frizell threw 69.51, giving her the bronze in the women’s hammer throw. Frizell won silver at the Pan Am Games in 2011 and is the two-time defending champion at the Commonwealth Games. Ian Millar earned the gold medal in the team equestrian competition on Thursday, July 23, making his 10th consecutive PanAm appearance a huge success. Fenik proudly offered a heartfelt congratulatory message to the athletes, noting that “these athletes are positive role models in our community.” The council of the Town of Perth congratulates Kate, Ian and Sultana on their recent successes. Submitted by the Town of Perth

the zero tolerance policy by the ACBL because it has encouraged players to be fair, be nice, and have fun. This policy will encourage more bridge players to come play duplicate bridge and more important it will encourage them to return to play duplicate bridge in clubs all over the world. Fenwick was presented with a life membership in the Perth Duplicate Club. She is proof that playing duplicate bridge keeps you active and is good for exercising your brain. The Perth Duplicate Bridge Club is pleased she is still playing well and keeping up her friendship with all her bridge friends. Submitted by Mike Selig

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of bridge and then coaxed her to go to a duplicate bridge club. Many good bridge players “sharpened their teeth and ate them up.” However they did not let that deter them and soon they became better, joined the ACBL and were being awarded points. The Fenwicks moved to Perth 25 years ago and joined the Perth Duplicate Bridge Club. “Joining the duplicate bridge club and golf club was a means for Hogtown, Torontonians to make many new friends in Perth and what a blessing it has been,” she said. Fenwick also taught bridge lessons for a couple of months at McMartin House while the regular teacher took time off to attend to family needs. She said she hopes the new bridge players found her lessons beneficial. Over the years Fenwick has been playing duplicate bridge, she has seen many positive changes – no smoking allowed, the use of bidding boxes, and the use of electronic scoring. She said she is pleased with the introduction of

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Glad Fenwick celebrated her 97th birthday on June 27 playing a good game of duplicate bridge. Fenwick, like many of her age, lived in a time where there were no computers, television sets, fax machines, or cars but people came together to play cards. Card playing for the rich and poor was a way of filling the time with fun and games. In the early years children played the popular games of snap, war, crazy eights, Old Maid, solitaire, and patience (a form of solitaire). Euchre and whist were also popular games with whist becoming the forerunner of bridge. As Fenwick grew older she liked to play euchre but was more interested in dancing so she didn’t play cards as often as her friends After a blind date she married Mel in 1942 and was happily married for 71 years until he passed away in 2013. Mel’s parents liked to play bridge so they taught her the game. Fenwick says, “They did not have conventions then and just ‘muddled’ along.” Submitted photo In 1967 while living in Etobicoke, Ont., a friend had two tables

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An anniversary calendar and scholarship have been created to commemorate the 200th anniversary of British North America’s first military settlement, the Perth Military Settlement, in the area now represented by the Township of Beckwith, Drummond/North Elmsley Township, the Town of Perth and Tay Valley Township. “The calendar contains stunning vintage postcards, local historic photos as well as the story of how Scottish settlers and War of 1812 veterans received their land grants in April of 1816,” says Keith Kerr, warden of Lanark County and reeve of Tay Valley Township. Planning is well underway for an exciting year that will honour the four townships’ rich heritage, celebrate their accomplishments and establish a legacy that will continue for generations to come. “I am so pleased that proceeds from the sale of the calendar will be directed to a scholarship to be granted annually to a local student who has been accepted into an apprenticeship, college or university program and who has demonstrated a keen interest in history,” adds Gail Code, deputy reeve of Drummond/North Elms-

ley. With more than 200 events to participate in and so much history to explore, creating a calendar seemed the best way to provide the information. A resident of Tay Valley Township, designer Annie Dalton gathered settlement maps, archival and family photos, and verified the historical summaries to create the calendar Richard Kidd, reeve of Beckwith Township, comments, “The calendar is not only a keepsake of the 200th anniversary but with the events from all four municipalities, you will be able to plan your participation in the 200th anniversary year.” Each month throughout 2016 is filled with various anniversary events and activities that are happening in the participating municipalities over the year. “This is everyone’s birthday,” says John Gemmell, deputy mayor, Town of Perth, “so each of the municipalities is gearing up for a number of signature events to celebrate it.” Beckwith will host a Jock River Paddle, Franktown Lilac Festival, Pioneer Days and Richmond Road Military Walk. Drummond/North Elmsley

(DNE) will host a DNE Heritage Day, Pioneer Maple Days, Celebrate Balderson Day, Discover Drummond Day, and Settlers’ Trail Unveiling. The Town of Perth will hold a Fire & Ice Winter Festival; Ontario Town Crier Championships and Blast from the Past block party. Tay Valley Township will hold a Tay Bells Winter Celebration, Scotch Line History Fair, Settlers’ Trail Unveiling, Settler Heritage Days and Lanark County Plowing Match and a Betwixt and Between Heritage Dinner Dance. The calendar lists these events and many more and is a beautiful walk through the townships’ history. Selling for $10, they are going fast. Calendars are available at municipal and county offices, the Perth Museum and select local businesses. Tay Valley Township is co-ordinating distribution of the calendars on behalf of the joint 200th anniversary committee (made up of the Township of Beckwith, Drummond/North Elmsley Township, the Town of Perth and Tay Valley Township.) Visit www.tayvalleytwp. ca for a list of the various loca-

As the townships of Beckwith, Drummond/ North Elmsley, Tay Valley and the Town of Perth get set to commemorate their 200th anniversary in 2016, a commemorative anniversary calendar has been created, shown at left, which provides a walk through the townships’ history.

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As Frizell explained in a previous interview, most of the top hammer throwers in the world are separated by fractions of meters. In addition, she is following the plan of her coach Derek Evely, which may preclude a best throw at this time. The 2016 Rio Olympics are looming large in her future, and ideally the peak performance will be coming there. Adding to the excitement of winning yet another medal, Frizell’s father, Ken, was able to attend an international event for the first time. In a Facebook private message interview, Frizell

and the stress of competition, Frizell took time to pass on that she is sending “all my love and appreciation to everyone back home in Perth for all of your messages while I was at the games. Thank you so much, and I look forward to seeing you all soon.” Submitted by Terry O’Hearn

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stated: “The joy of watching my country’s flag being raised, and having my dad present and able to see me on the podium, was a great feeling. Even though I am in the twilight of my career, I still need my daddy sometimes, and I want to thank him for making my night.” She added, “Competing on home soil was an absolutely delight for me. Family and friends travelled from the Perth and Ottawa area to watch me compete and that is by far the best feeling that an athlete can have - the home crowd advantage. The ‘Perth Loves Sulty T-Shirts’ were the talk of the night. Teammates and the media were asking me about the T-shirts and I instructed them that was my crew.” While Frizell said she felt “Toronto really put on a great show,” the memories are bittersweet, because it was the first and last time she was able to take part in an international competition in Canada. The Pan Am Games was just another step in the long journey which started at Perth & District Collegiate Institute (PDCI), following an earlier stint as a competitive figure skater. Several teachers and coaches at PDCI influenced Frizell along the way, and she was guided through the Royal Canadian Legion National Track & Field Program, and eventually joined the Ottawa Lions Track & Field Club when it became evident she was capable of being a world class thrower. High school was followed by several years at the University of Georgia, with hammer throw competition at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and International events. Frizell made headlines across Canada on July 28, 2014, winning a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. In addition to the Commonwealth record, she also holds the Canadian and North American records, and competed at the London Olympics in 2012. The next major stop will be the International Amateur Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Beijing from August 22 to 30, and because of

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Sultana Frizell was able to get to the podium at the recent Pan Am Toronto 2015 Games, despite the fact that other top competitors were having some of their best performances of this year’s track and field season in the hammer throw event. “Sulty”, as she is affectionately known to friends and family, was able to hang on with a final throw of 69.51 meters for a bronze medal, little more than two meters short of the gold medal winning throw by Rosa Rodriguez of Venezuela. Amber Campbell of the United States won the silver.

Open-air music festival on tap Aug. 15 The ninth annual Music Westport is taking place on Friday, Aug. 15 in Westport, along with the fourth annual Voice of the Rideau finale. This free open-air music festival has something for all to enjoy. There are eight bands that will be burning up two venues and the Voice talent show will culminate as well, which kicks off at 10 a.m. at the Westport Village Pharmacy stage. Also on this stage will be the After The News (inside rock, Kingston) at noon until 1 p.m. From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. is Alex The Folk Band (folk, Orillia). Following this is Ariana Gillis (folk, pop, Kelly Kent/METROLAND Toronto) from 3 to 4 p.m. and that will be followed The waterside was a busy place during the weigh in, with teams of anglers docking their by the Foggy Hogtown Boys from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. boats to enter their catch into the competition. Over on the Jake by the Lake stage, behind

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the Cove, a magician will lead off the festivities at noon, followed by Jacob Moon (folk rock from Hamilton) at 12:30 p.m. Rueben deGroot (pop rock, Kingston) is up at 1:50 p.m. for one hour. Brea Lawrenson with Shawn McCullough will tag team for the 3:20 to 5:50 time slot and to end the day on this stage, watch for Salsa Norie, Cuban salsa from Toronto, slated for a 5:30 p.m. start. Then you can hit the Cove for an evening of entertainment by Jaron Freeman-Fox and The Opposite of Everything, which will be held from 8 to 11 p.m. This show is in conjunction with My DogSpa Grooming Salon and Christine Jennings Realtor. There is a $10 cover charge and tickets are only available at the door. For tickets - 613-273-3636.

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Pan Am Gold for Perth’s Ian Millar with Canadian Show Jumping Team The Canadian Show Jumping Team of Yann Candele of Caledon, Ont., Tiffany Foster of North Vancouver, BC, Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, Ont., and Ian Millar of Perth, Ont., won the gold medal at the TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games on July 23 at the OLG Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Caledon.

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Held over two nail-biting rounds, Canada persevered to win the team gold with seven faults over Argentina with eight faults and the United States with 12 faults for bronze. It was a proud moment as Canada’s Minister of State (Sport), the Honourable Bal Gosal, hung the gold medals around the necks of each member of the Canadian Show Jumping Team. Canada also stamped its ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympics, while Argentina claimed the only other qualifying spot on offer. The United States and the home nation, Brazil, were prequalified. Canada was tied for third with Brazil following the opening round of competition with six faults. Colombia held the lead at the half-way point with one fault while Argentina sat second with two faults. Canada piled on the pressure however, counting only one time fault in the second round of competition to move up and take the gold medal on home ground. Caledon’s own Candele was the hometown hero, delivering the best scores of the Canadian Show Jumping Team riding Showgirl, a 15-year-old chestnut selle francais mare (Gold de Becourt x Elf III) owned by the Watermark Group. Candele jumped clear in the first and second round of competition, but was caught by the clock both times to pick up one time fault in each round. Athletes had 83 seconds to complete the course designed by Canada’s Michel Vaillancourt, individual silver medalist at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. “Canada is the best! Our team is awesome!” said Candele, 44. “We have the youth with Tiffany, and after you have Ian and Eric, who are veterans and super experienced. Tiffany and I try to put good scores and let the veterans carry the team. We try our hearts out, and we know we have them coming behind us.” As for winning in front of a home crowd,

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Candele said, “To win in front of a home crowd is more special, but winning a gold medal is always a special moment; it doesn’t matter where it is!” In a dramatic day of sport, Foster had a stop on course after making an error judging the distance to fence 10 in the opening round. The North Vancouver native quickly redeemed herself, coming back in the second round to jump clear for Canada riding Tripple X III, a 13-yearold dark bay Anglo European stallion (Namelus R x Cantango) owned by Andy and Carlene Ziegler’s Artisan Farms LLC. “I told the guys that if they kept us in the game, I would go clear; at least I delivered!” said Foster, who is one day shy of her 31st birthday. “It means everything to win the gold medal. I’ve never won a gold medal. I’ve never even done a Pan American Games. It’s incredible. Our team is the best!” Having incurred four faults following a late rail at fence 12 in the opening round of competition, Lamaze was clear in the second round.

His incredible performance riding Coco Bongo, a 10-year-old bay Rheinlander stallion (Caretino x Calido) also owned by Artisan Farms LLC, was met with thunderous applause from the audience, and secured Canada’s Olympic qualification. “It means everything!” said Lamaze, 47, of Canada’s gold medal performance. “The first goal was to qualify for Rio, and then to win a gold medal. We have a lot of fans here in the stands cheering for us, and we wanted to give them something to cheer about! “Ian and I have had some great success together on the team, and it’s great to share a medal with Yann and Tiffany,” continued Lamaze, who had previously won team silver and bronze and individual bronze medals before

making his fifth consecutive Pan Am Games appearance in 2015. “To do it here at home in Toronto is extra-special.” Millar claimed a team gold medal in his record 10th Pan American Games appearance. It had been 28 years since Canada last won team gold at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, IN, when Millar was part of the team with Big Ben, and also claimed individual gold. Millar delivered a clear round, with one time fault, in the opening round when Canada needed it most, riding Dixson, a 12-year-old bay Belgian Warmblood gelding (Vigo d’Arsouilles x Olisco) owned by Susan and Ariel Grange. “When the going gets tough, the tough gets going!” said Millar, 68, who attributes his longevity in the sport to his daily exercise regimen. “This was a tough one at home. We are going to Rio, which was very important, obviously, and we have gold medals hanging around our necks. The mission was accomplished. It is a very big deal. Rio it is!” Canadian Show Jumping Team chef d’equipe Mark Laskin was thrilled with his team’s performance, saying, “We’ve checked off a lot of boxes today, and I feel a big sense of relief. Qualified for the Olympics? Check. Gold medal at the Pan American Games? Check. Winning in our home country in front of our home fans? Check. I am really thrilled.” The team medals were decided over two rounds of competition, with 10 nations contesting the team competition. A two-round final will also decide the individual medals, which sees all competitors starting on an equal score of zero, on Saturday, July 25. While all four Canadians ranked in the top 35 to qualify for the individual final, only the top three athletes from each nation move forward. That means Foster, who was ranked 18th in the individual standings, will be cheering on her teammates come Saturday. The Canadian Show Jumping Team is led

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Regional Round-Up Car Toot Bingo, Almonte Fairgrounds Wednesday, August 5, 7 pm, sponsored by the NLAS. Refreshments including homemade pie. For more info call Alyssa at 613-256-6263. Crochet Summer Workshops, Lynda Forgues at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Building Higher, Saturday, August 8 and 15, 1-3 p.m. Info: 613-256-9381. To register: 613-256-3754 or info@mvtm.ca Mills’ Health & Wellness Program Strength & Balance/Chair Exercise, Every Wednesday. Weekly 2:00-3:00 pm, Mills Boardroom, 67 Industrial Dr. Transportation is available. Information and registration Jan Watson, 613 256-1031 ext. 39. Mills’ Home Support - Carlingwood Mall, Friday July 31, always a favourite outing shopping & lunch. Please call Home Support to reserve your seat on the bus - 613 256-4700. Mills’ Home Support, Almonte, afternoon shopping in Carleton Place, Tuesday, August 4, 1:30 p.m. Contact the Home Support office 613-256-4700 to book your seat on the bus. Mills Home Support, Almonte. Perth Classic Theatre “Wait Until Dark” & Supper out. Thursday, August 13. Contact Home Support office 613-256-4700 to book your seat on the bus.

Any community organization based in our circulation area wishing to list an event of community interest is invited to submit a description of 25 words or less in writing. Admissions or event costs, will not be included. Deadline is Monday at 4:30 p.m. prior to publication date. This service is provided free of charge. Events will be listed no more than two weeks in advance. Write, Metroland Media, Attn: Regional Roundup, P.O. Box 158, Smiths Falls, Ont. K7A 4T1, or fax at 613-283-5909 or e-mail: jmichaelis@theemc.ca OR cheryl.code@metroland.com. Items will be edited as necessary. Please include name, address and phone number.

Kemptville Cruise Night, 10th Anniversary, Friday Night July 31. Food Basics. 6:00 p.m.9:00 p.m. Rod Rafter 613-258-7567. www. Hwy43CarClub.com or Rod@Hwy43CarClub.com North Grenville Toastmasters meet 1st, 3rd Thursday of every month at O’Farrell Financial Services, Boardroom (292 County Rd 44) start time 7 p.m. Learn communication and leadership skills. The Friends of the Ferguson Forest Centre, “Canoe the Creek”, Sat, Aug 1st. Meet 10.00 am, Anniversary Park. Bring your own canoe/kayak, plus a picnic if you wish. Rain date Sunday Aug 2nd. Information: Monica Wallace 613-258-6544. The North Grenville Photography Club meets the first Wednesday of every month from 7-9. New location is The auditorium at the Municipal Centre on Hwy 44.

LANARK Civitan Old Tyme Country Talent Night Dinner & Dance. Last Friday of every month, dinner 6 p.m., music 7:30-11:30 p.m. Contact Vic (613)259-5610. Euchre, every Thursday, 1:00 p.m. Legion Hall. Sponsor: Ladies Auxiliary. Lunch. Prizes.

MERRICKVILLE 9th Annual Sid’s Pig Roast, August 8, dinner 5:30 p.m., entertainment by “Off The Cuff” 1-6 p.m. Tickets available at the branch or call 613-269-2048. Merrickville Legion. Dogs for Dogs BBQ, Saturday, August 1, 11-3, L.C.B.O. All proceeds to A Chance Animal Rescue Ltd. Executive Meeting, Merrickville Legion 7 p.m. August 4. Legion Horseshoes, August 12, 7 p.m. Merrickville Legion. Legion Horseshoes, Merrickville Legion 7 p.m. August 5. Merrickville Legion open 12-4 p.m. August 1. Music by Lorne Daley, 7-11 pm. and Roast Beef Dinner served at 6 p.m. August 7, Merrcickville Legion.

Annual Decoration Weekend, St. James Anglican Church Cemetery, 8th Line Mississippi Mills at Industrial Ave., Saturday, Aug. 8 and Sunday Aug. 9 at 1:30 for Walk of the Cross and 2:30 Outdoor Service. Community Home Support- Footcare Clinics on Tues & Thurs. For Appt. 613-2530733. Community Home Support Friday Lunch Bunch, every Friday (August 7, 14, 21, 28) at Beckwith Township Hall, at 12 noon. Transportation available. Info/reservation: 613253-0733. Good Food for a Healthy Baby, every Thursday, 1-3 p.m. 30 Bennett Street. Info: 613-257-2779 ext 104 (or ext 100). Parents and Children’s Group every Monday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. 30 Bennett Street. Info: 613-257-2779 ext 100 (or ext 101). PAKENHAM Rotary Club of Carleton Place & Mississippi Mills meet every Monday evening Pakenham Community Home Support at 6:15 at Thirsty Moose, Mill St. (Carleton sponsors: Foot care, transportation, meals on Place). Info: Louise 613-253-2602. wheels, Tuesday luncheons. Info/appointment (613)624-5647. Pakenham Curling Club, Summer Market KEMPTVILLE from May 24 to Sept 27 @ 172 Jessie St. 9:00 -2:00 pm each Sunday. Vendors Welcome. Baby Talk, Wednesday, August 5, Ontario Contact Brenda @ 613-256-4418 for info. Early Years Centre. BNI of Kemptville, meeting. Every Tuesday 6:45-8:30 a.m. Alumni Hall, Kemptville College PERTH (613)863-4853. Kemptville and Area Walking Group, Adult Bereavement group, Wednesday, Monday, July 27, Wednesday, July 29, Friday, July 31, 9 a.m. Meet at the North Grenville August 12, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Community Home Municipal Centre, contact Eva Francoeur 613- Support, 40 Sunset Blvd. Contact: 613-2676400 rebeccab@chslc.ca 258-4487. Sponsor: Health Unit. Barefoot In The Park: Neil Simons’s early Kemptville and Area Walking Group, Mon. August 3, Wed. August 5 and Fri. August 60s marital comedy is staged by the Classic 7, 9:00 a.m. Meet at the North Grenville Theatre Festival, Wed. to Sun. at 2 pm, Wed., Municipal Centre. Contact Eva Francoeur 258- Thurs. & Sat at 8 pm, until August 2. 54 Beckwith Street East (at Harvey). Tickets: 4487. Sponsor: Health Unit.

classictheatre.ca, 613-485-6434. Bridge, Perth Duplicate Bridge Club meets 7:00 p.m., Thursdays, August 6, 13, 20, 27, at Perth Civitan Club. For partnership contact Bert Picard 613-267-5305. Euchre, every Tuesday, 1 p.m. at McMartin House, open to all adults, info: (613)267-5531. Parents and Children’s Group, every Tuesday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at St James Church (Beckwith and Harvey). Info: 613-257-2779 ext 110 (or ext 100). Perth Citizens’ band summer pops concert, August 6 & 20, 7:30pm, Stewart Park.

RURAL 4 hand euchre, every Friday 7 p.m. (Potluck first Friday of the month at 5:30). Montague Forget-Me-Not Seniors. Info: 613-283-8482. 4 hand euchre, Wednesday, August 5, 7:00 p.m. Montague Seniors Hall, Rosedale. Good prizes, good food. (613)284-1074. 6 hand euchre, light lunch, every Saturday, 1 p.m. Montague & District Seniors Club, 658 Rosedale Rd S. 613-283-8482. African What’s Cooking., Tuesday, August 4, Westport Free Methodist Church, 85 Bedford St., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. To register call Kate 613272-2799 or email kearl@crchc.on.ca Annual Chicken BBQ, August 1, 4:30 to sold out, sponsored by the Portland Hall Board, at the Portland Community Hall on Water St. Annual Church yard sale, August 1, 9 a.m. Emmanuel Anglican Church, Hwy 15 Portland. Misc items. Bake Sale, Everyone is invited, Knox Presbyterian Church, McDonald’s Corners, Friday, July 31, 3-7pm. There will be delicious home baked goods of all sorts for everyone to buy and enjoy! Beckwith & District Friendship Club will meet August 5, Centennial Hall, Franktown, BBQ at 6 p.m. bring salad or dessert. Musical entertainment. Inquiries 613-257-2756. Bennett & Fagan Lakes: Annual family regatta starts at noon Sunday, August 1st. at Ennis Beach. Includes games, prizes, BBQ & more! Big Phat Horn Band final concert of Elgin United Church Summer Concert Series. Saturday, August 8, 7 p.m. Tickets: euc_tickets@ rideau.net or 613-273-3456. Big Rideau Lake Assoc. 100th Anniversary Celebration, August 8, 9-5. with boats from the Manotick Antique and Classic Boat Club, antique and classic cars/motorcycles and tractors. Sailing regatta. Displays and historical tour. Blood Donor Clinic, Royal Canadian Legion, Westport, Branch 542, Tuesday, August 4, 3-6 p.m. Cold turkey and ham dinner, August 8, at Christ Church, Ashton. 1 sitting only at 5 p.m. Euchre to follow. Tickets: Ruth Jones 613-8385404 or Marion Jones 613-838-5405. C.P.H.C. formerly V.O.N. mobile clinic at the Town Hall, Westport. Open to anyone needing medical assistance. First Friday of every month, 9:30-2. Appointment (613)803-1710 or walk-in. Decoration Service, Franktown Public Cemetery, Sunday, August 9, 2:30 p.m. Please bring lawn chairs. Guest Speaker: Rev. Larry Paul. Info: 613-283-8644. Ecumenical Church Service, Sunday, August 2, 7 p.m. Hanna Park, Portland. Bring your lawn chair. Refreshments following service in Community Hall. No morning service at

Emmanuel Church. Ecumenical Worship Service Celebration, August 2, 7:00. Hanna Park, Portland. (Please bring your own chair) Emmanuel Anglican Church yard sale, August 1, 9-1, at the Church on Hwy 15, Portland Euchre, Friends Forever Seniors Club, ABC Hall, Bolingbroke, every Tuesday 7pm, May 5 December 22, Refreshments available following the game. Fireworks at Bennett Lake: Saturday, Aug. 1st at dusk on Picnic Island. Annual event sponsored by Bennett & Fagan Lakes Association. 613-264-1034. Fun and Fitness, Mondays, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Watson’s Corners Hall. Info: Kara 613259-2182. Fundraising Meeting and General Meeting, August 13 at 7 p.m. Montague Forget-Me-Not Seniors. Info: 613-283-8482. Health and Wellness Presentations by Dr Paula Stewart., ABC Hall, 3166 Bolingbroke Rd. Friday, August 7, 7 p.m. A) Your Sunscreen May Not Be Safe or Effective. B) Ticks and Lyme Disease. Henderson United Church, open faced hot pork sandwich lunch, Mon. August 3 at Henderson Hall (2384 Henderson RoadHenderson village) 11:30-1:30. All proceeds help out the church. Info 613-336-2467. Hilltop Jamboree, Sunday, August 9, McDonald’s Corners Agricultural Hall. Doors open noon. Supper 5 p.m. Music starts at 1 p.m. Italian Family Cook Night, Country Roads CHC, 419 Cove Rd., Portland, Tuesday, August 11, 4-7 p.m. To register call Kate at 613-2722799 or e-mail kearl@crchc.on.ca Mcdonald’s Corners Agricultural Society General Meeting, Aug 4, 7:00 p.m. 194 Cameron Road. For info contact Sally 613-259-3480. Montague & District Senior Citizens Forget Me Not Club, 658 Rosedale Rd S., Smiths Falls. 40th Anniversary- 1975-2015, Founders DaySunday, August 9, 1 p.m. Entertainment: Kathy & Friends. RSVP 613-283-8482 by August 1. Play in the Park, at Delta Baptist Church, 24 King St.., Wednesday, August 5 (rain date: August 6), 9 a.m.-4 p.m. To register call Terri 613-272-2799 or email thoward@crchc.on.ca Retired Teachers & Friends: Luncheon on Wednesday, August 5, 11:30 a.m. at The Cove Country Inn, Westport. to attend phone 613279-2098 by August 3 at noon. Robertsville Cemetary Annual Memorial Service, Sunday, August 9, 2pm. Luncheon to follow Snow Road Community Hall Shopping bus trip. Every 2nd Tuesday of the month (August 11). Leaving Portland Community Hall, 9 a.m. Info./location 613272-2676. Spaghetti Night- First Friday every month, August 7, 5-7 p.m. Legion, Br. 231, Portland. St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Newboro Annual Yard Sale on the grounds of our historic church, Brock St., Newboro on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015. Opens @ 8am. Summer is here and it is time for Vacation Bible School! St. Mary’s Church, Newboro (10AM - 12PM) & St. Paul’s Church, Westport (2PM - 4PM) from Tues. Aug. 4 to Fri. Aug. 7 2015. The Rideau Lakes Horticultural Society meeting, Wednesday, August 5, at the Portland Community Hall at 7:15 p.m. Guest speaker: Dr. Kathryn Lindsay. Topic: “Landscaping with Labyrinths”. Turkey & Ham Supper, Clarendon & Miller Hall, Plevna, Auspices St. Kilian’s

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Church, Ardoch, Saturday, August 8, 4-6:30 p.m. Bake Sale & Silent Auction.

SMITHS FALLS 4 hand bid euchre, every Wednesday and Friday at 1:30 p.m. Senior’s Activity Building, 61 Cornelia St. Parking behind arena. Sponsor: Harmony Club 162. Info: (613)283-4684. 4 hand euchre, 7 p.m. 1st. Monday every month at Seniors Activity Building, 61 Cornelia St. Parking behind arena. Sponsor Harmony Club 162. Info: 613-283-4684. 4 hand euchre, 7 p.m. every Thursday, at Seniors Activity Building, 61 Cornelia St. Parking behind arena. Sponsor Harmony Club 162. Info: 613-283-4684. BBQ, Friday July 31, corner of Beckwith and Main St, 11-2 pm, hamburgers, hot dogs & cold drinks. Proceed will support Hub Pool. Bid Euchre 1st and 3rd Sunday every month. 1:30 p.m. Seniors Activity Building, 61 Cornelia St., parking behind arena. Sponsored by Harmony Club 162. Info 613-283-4684. Carpet bowling every Thursday, 12:45 p.m. Seniors Activity Building, 61 Cornelia St. Parking behind arena. Sponsor: Harmony Club 162. Info: (613)283-4684. Civitan Bingo every Tuesday, Smiths Falls Civitan Hall. Start 7 p.m. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Canteen available. Proceeds to help fund charity and community projects. Civitan Fundraiser Saturday Aug. 15, 9:00am - 3:00pm, yard, craft and bake sale. Tables available. Come join us in helping the community. Call Carolyn 613 283-7304 to book your tables “Cruise In”, Thursday, August 6, 6-8 p.m. at Wal-Mart, 114 Lombard Street. Info: Don Bates 613-264-8218 or 613-464-1095. Duplicate Bridge, Tuesday, August 4, Legion, starting at 1 p.m. Partnership Janet Sparks 613-283-1957. EA- Emotions Anonymous- 12-step organization working toward recovery from emotional difficulties (marriage, children, grief, etc). Meetings (every Tuesday)- August 4, 7 p.m. Salvation Army Church (side door). 613283-0960. Family Fun Bingo, Sunday August 2, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the RCAFA Hall, on Abbott St. Contact: Carol 613-284-0305 Floor Shuffle Board. 10 a.m. Every Tuesday and Wednesday. Seniors Activity Building. Parking behind arena. Beginners welcome. Sponsor: Harmony Club 162. (613)283-4684. Good Food for a Healthy Baby, every Tuesday, 1-3 p.m. at the CHC, 2 Gould Street. Info: 613-257-2779 ext 104 (or ext 100). Lanark County Plowing Match, Friday August 14 &15, Bill MacPherson Property #105 Porter Rd. Corner of Caroll Rd. & Porter Rd. Plowing, displays, Counrty Music, Garden Tractor pull Satuday. Lawn Bowling Club- across from the Hospital. Hosting the Street Motor Sales mixed triples Invitational, Thursday, August 6. Start 9:30 a.m. Spectators welcome. Parents and Children’s Group, every Thursday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at the First Baptist Church (73 Beckwith St N) Info: 613-283-9307 (or 613-257-2779 ext 100). Trunk-n-Tailgate sale Aug 15, St. Francis de Sales church, 17 Elmsley Smiths Falls. 7-2pm Money raised will help the poor of Smiths Falls, Call Laura Lee for a table & info 613 283 - 3069

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 You are ready to take charge of your finances, Aries. Visit with a financial consultant or explore various investment opportunities to start growing your nest egg. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Now may be the perfect time to start anew, Taurus. Embrace the excitement that comes with change and don’t be afraid to express your newfound confidence. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Expect some pretty interesting conversations and ideas this week, Gemini. Enjoy this new way of looking at things and consider if it is what’s best for you going forward. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, explore all of your opportunities for networking. You do not want to overlook someone who can push your career ahead, so be on the lookout. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, you find yourself in a position to lead this week and that is a lot of responsibility. Don’t worry too much, as you were born to lead and find your new role suits you fine. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, some new friends bring a lot to your life in the weeks ahead. Enjoy their company and embrace their can-do attitude. You will be glad you did.

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LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Focus on what is beneath the surface, Libra. Material things or appearances are of little concern to you. Find ways to know others more deeply. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Keep things simple this week, Scorpio. Friends and loved ones do not need a big buildup and explanation to get on board with your ideas. Simplicity is best. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, some suspicious thoughts prove to be unfounded. It’s good to examine things more closely, but this week your instincts will prove on point. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Your nerves may be tested on some level, Capricorn. Remain calm and do your best to be cool under pressure. Take a few deep breaths and you will get through it. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Focus on making yourself feel more secure and comfortable, Aquarius. Take pride in your home and family and worry less about other aspects of your life for the time being. PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, you’re more inclined to reach out and communicate with people you have not seen in some time. Reconnect with others. 0730

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Alec and Jocelyn Rait of Merrickville will mark the golden anniversary of their wedding on July 31, 2015. They were married in London, England and after living five years in Kenya, they decided to emigrate to Canada, eventually settling in Lanark County. Thank you for that choice and for giving us the gift of your love for each other ~ James & Caris; Tracy & Scott, Gilly, Jack & Abby; Marcus & Erin, Tiva & Petra

cordially invite you to an afternoon party, to celebrate their

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We would like to wish our Mom & Grandma Julia Pegg a very special 90th Birthday August 3rd, 2015 Thanks for all your love and support over the years Phebe, Mike & Allie Art, Aaron, Bre & Connor

on Sunday August 9, 2015 from 1:30 to 5:00 at the Kinburn Community Centre “Best Wishes Only”

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Please join us August 8th, 2015, 2-4 p.m. at home, Middleville, Ontario Best Wishes Only

HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY July 31 2015 Earl and Patricia Sergeant Love Greg, Karen, Liam and Lila Lisa, Ross, Tyler and Emily Rose and the late Ron Riley are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Kerry Riley to Roy Willows son of Art and Lenore Willows. The wedding is planned for August 29, 2015 at the Willows Farm, Toledo

ANNOUNCEMENT

Steve and Dee Hickey, along with Steve and Cathy Bridson of Smiths Falls, are happy to announce the engagement of their children, ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT Jennifer Hickey, to Tobin Bridson, also of Ian and Tammy Edmison of Carleton Place are Smiths Falls. The wedding is set to take place delighted to announce the engagement of their May 28th, 2016, in Brockville, Ontario. daughter Sandy to Quinn Lanzinger, son of Axel Lanzinger and Harriett Palazzolo of Carleton Place. Sandy and Quinn are planning a spring CARD OF THANKS CARD OF THANKS wedding in 2016.

2015 KELFORD/WATSON REUNION

HAPPY 30th ANNIVERSARY Susan and Andy Mazerall It’s been a great 35 years

Veryl Anna Jean Foster Born August 5th, 1925 at Beatrice and Melvin Whitings farm at Burritt’s Rapids, Ontario. Veryl grew up on a farm near Lanark, Ontario with parents Mary and Jim Foster and on November 20th, 1946 married Ken Manson living in Lanark and then moving to the farm at Clydesville. Raising a daughter and three sons, creating a treasure trove of beautiful memories which extended in 1963 with the move to Middleville. Veryl Anna Jean Foster Manson is 4 score and 10 years young, a milestone for certain. Throughout your life you have made it your mission to be loving, kind, gentle and true. Mission Accomplished! Now our mission is to shower you with our love and gratitude. All our love and admiration Your family and friends XO XO XO XO

Lavant Community Centre Park Robertson Lake Saturday, August 8th starting at 12 Noon Please bring: - lawn chair - dish for potluck supper - family photos Info Betty Kelford 613-479-5537

We would like to thank every one who made our day so special, for the cards, gifts and the preparation of food, Tunz DJ the music was excellent, to all our family from far and wide, you all went to great lengths to make our 50th Anniversary so special. With love and deep appreciation Bob and Rensje Bissonette

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Lynn Marie Parker August 3, 2015 Wishing a Fabulous Daughter A Fabulous 50th Birthday May it be a Very Special Day for a Very Special You With all our love always Dad and Mom

GRADUATION

Quinn Lanzinger Graduated May 14, 2015 from the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario receiving a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering with Distinction. Second Lieutenant Lanzinger is currently training at CFB Borden, Ontario as a Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineer. Congratulations Quinn! We are all proud of you. Love Mom, Dad, Kyle and families

MITCHEL CHARTRAND Mitchel recently graduated from the University of Windsor, Concurrent Education Program. Mitchel received his Bachelor of Science in Honours Chemistry, with Thesis. He completed his BSc., while pursuing a double minor in Math and Physics. Mitchel also obtained his Bachelor of Education at this time. Mitchel is currently employed as a teacher with the Catholic School Board in Okotoks, Alberta. Proud parents are Dan and Tammy Chartrand of Toledo, Ontario. Mitchel is the grandson of Gordon and Cheryl Cook, and Noel Chartrand, all of Cardinal, Ontario, as well as Carol Sloat of Chilliwack, B.C. We are all extremely proud of all that you have accomplished.

GRADUATION

With great happiness and pride we announce the graduation of our daughter Sandra Edmison, from the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario. Receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in Honours Chemistry with First Class Distinction. Lieutenant Edmison is currently posted at Garrison Petawawa, Ontario as a Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineer. Love Mom, Dad, TJ and Abby

GRADUATION

Grant Taylor graduated June 10, 2015 from Carleton University in Ottawa with a Bachelor of Journalism with Distinction, Journalism and Political Science. Proud parents are Doug and Colleen of Carleton Place and Grandma Jane Johnson of Carleton Place. Also, proud Granny, Joan Taylor and the late Carl Taylor of Perth, and Grandpa Keith and Dorothy Johnson of Perth. CARD OF THANKS

Meagan Wills Congratulations. With great happiness and pride we announce the graduation of Meagan from Nipissing University on June 11, 2015. She graduated from the Concurrent and Education program with an Honour bachelor of arts in psychology and Bachelor of Education in Primary/Junior Division. Love Dad, Grandma Wills, Jenny and Renny CARD OF THANKS

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If I were a poet or a soloist I might express my thanks and appreciation for all the parties and best wishes to celebrate my 100th birthday, but I’m not. So I’ll just thank you who came from far and near with a great big THANK YOU in this way. I also would like to express my appreciation to Van Horne Manor as well as my cousins who organized it all. It was a wonderful time which will leave me with many happy memories. Thanks again and again. God Bless. Lilyan (McLaughlin) Flinn

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We wish to extend a huge thank you to all our family and friends from near and far for taking the time on Saturday July 11th to help us celebrate our 50th Wedding Anniversary at the Lanark Trap Club. It was a great day and we truly enjoyed every minute. Thank you to our girls Marlene, Janis and Brenda for planning and organizing a great party. Great job girls, everything was perfect. Thank you to Janis for all the time and effort you put into the most fabulous and unforgettable video we have ever seen. It brought tears to our eyes but also a smile to our hearts. Thank you to Dave, Dave and Sandy and our three amazing son-in-laws and our grandson Devon for manning the spit and cooking us a great meal. Thank you to all that contributed to our dinner by bringing a salad or dessert. Thank you to Brenda and granddaughter Destiny for your comical speech and to Sandy for being a great M.C. Thank you to Autumn and Austin for helping get it all set up. Thank you everyone for all the cards, gifts, flowers and congratulations given to us on our special day. We are truly blessed to be surrounded by such love. Buddy and Marie Closs

We wish to express our sincerest thanks to our families, relatives, friends and neighbours for their many acts of kindness and love shown to us during and after Walter’s illness and untimely death. To the doctors and nurses at Perth and Smiths Falls Hospitals and Kingston Hospital for the wonderful care received. To Father Brian McNally for the prayers, visits to the hospitals and to our home and for the most beautiful and uplifting funeral mass. To the Knights of Columbus for the touching service. To Stewart Blair and staff for the care and compassion bestowed upon us at such a sad time. To the outpouring of people at the wake and funeral and for the many donations, mass cards, sympathy cards, words of encouragement and for food brought to our home. To the Girls who made and brought the delicious lunch to Blair’s it was much appreciated by all. To the nieces and nephews who prepared and brought the bountiful “butter free” luncheon to the Legion after the funeral and to the Ladies Auxiliary who set the lunch out. Finally to ALL the Pallbearers who quietly and gently took Walter to his final resting place and to every one who brought food and refreshments to Walter’s garage for the Irish funeral. Walter would’ve been so happy. Sincerely Dorothy Norwood Quentin, Julie, Henry, Jack, Sarah and Peyton Wade, Lynn, Waylon and Kathleen and the Norwood Family

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BREATHING FOR JACQUI Special thanks and sincere heartfelt gratitude to all the local businesses, donors and supporters who have supported Breathing for Jacqui. Perth & Smiths Falls Lions Club, Perth Lioness, Smiths Falls Kinsmen, Smiths Falls Civitan, Franktown/ Numogate Circle of Friends, Trinity United Church, Lombardy Agricultural Society, Street Motors and Fleamart, Rideau Home Hardware (Clayton & Scott Fleming), Smiths Falls TSC, The Staff at the Smiths Falls Canadian Tire, The Hub, Hugh Colton, Town & Country Chrysler, Lake 88, Jack FM, Smiths Falls Record News, Prodecal Ltd, Smiths Falls Golf & Country Club, SFDCI Link Crew Class of 2014. Thank you to all the family, friends and supporters who attended my 50th Birthday Party. The gifts were lovely and much appreciated. Cheers, Jacqui

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Seggie, Alexander Caryl, P. Eng (July 14th, 1941 - July 25th, 2015) It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Alex at Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital on July 25, 2015 after a courageous battle with glioblastoma cancer. He was born in St. Mary’s to parents Alexander and Irene (Caryl) Seggie. He was the husband of Elsie Roberts and father to six children from a previous marriage, Jason (Branka), Toran, Keith, Sara (Darren), Melany, and Lisa (Ebrahim) and also stepsons Rick (Sandy) and Tom (Linda). Alex was the grandfather to Alyssa, Aiden, Skylar, Aponi, Ebrahim Jr., Rachel, Malik as well as many step grandchildren. He also leaves behind his cousin Heather Miller (Dave). He will be sadly missed by his family and the wonderful friends he made throughout his life including his many square dancing friends. Alex’s life was well lived. Alex graduated from the University of Toronto as a Professional Engineer and was employed with Control Data in Toronto and later Nortel in Ottawa. The family wishes to express heartfelt thanks to all the doctors, nurses and support staff at the Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital, The Ottawa General Hospital and The Ottawa Civic Hospital who have assisted in Alex’s care. A visitation will be held on July 30, 2015 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. at the Alan R. Barker Funeral Home, 19 McArthur Avenue, Carleton Place, with a service and reception to follow at 2:30 at St. James Anglican Church, 225 Edmund St., Carleton Place. For those who wish, donations can be made to Lanark Animal Welfare Society or Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital. The burial of his ashes will take place at a later date, his final resting place will be in Toronto York Cemetery. www.barkerfh.com

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Labrie Labrie, Sylvia (Head)

1940 ~ 2015 Forever loved, never to be forgotten. Loved always, sadly missed. Passed away in hospital in Perth on Tuesday, July 21st, 2015. Sylvia Labrie was predeceased by her parents Charles and Florence Head, her sister Susan (Pell) Head, brother Fred Head and four young infant sons. She married her first husband Lucien Labrie and second marriage was to Lucien Lessard. She is survived by her brothers Wayne and Charles Head and sister Betty Head. Also survived by her daughter, Debbie Trottier and sons Morris and Lance Labrie, stepsons Marc and Jacques Lessard, granddaughters Francine and Lucette Trottier, Marie-Eve Benette and Lydia Labrie and grandsons Jonathan Labrie, J.F. Benette, Matthew and Kevin Labrie and five great grandchildren. Sylvia was a devoted daughter, wife and a committed mother. A successful business owner who was a snowbird during winter months. She loved socializing, eating out at restaurants and telling stories. Sylvia was always well put together from head to toe, she loved shopping and getting her hair and nails done. Sylvia had a love of flowers but disliked gardening as it was too dirty. She never cared for anyone wearing ball caps unless it was on her granddaughter Lucette Trottier. Memories live on forever in our hearts, always in our thoughts and forever Sylvia Labrie will always be with us. Friends were received at the Blair & Son Funeral Home, 15 Gore St. W. Perth on Saturday, July 25th, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:00 P.M. Funeral service was held in the Chapel at 2:00 P.M. followed by a reception in the Blair & Son Family Centre. In remembrance, contributions to the Great War Memorial Hospital Foundation would be appreciated. Blair & Son Funeral Home, Perth (613) 267-3765 to send your condolences or for further information visit www.blairandson.com

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lawrence James

Peacefully at the Smiths Falls Hospital on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 in his 73rd year. Beloved husband of Lorraine. Loving father of Derek and Rob. Dear brother of Sheila and Robert. Predeceased by his parents Gerald and Doris. Fondly remembered by his nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. As per Larry’s wishes cremation has taken place. A private family service will take place at a later date. As expressions of sympathy, donations to L.A.W.S. would be appreciated by the family. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Lannin Funeral Home, Smiths Falls. Online condolences available at www.lannin.ca.

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McEwing, Madeleine T. (Pat) R.C.A.F. Veteran WWII

Peacefully at Robertson House Retirement Residence, Ottawa on Sunday July 26, 2015, in her 94th year. Beloved widow of Colin “Mac” E.G. McEwing. Loving mother of David (Amy), Sandra, Brian (Rosa) and Colin (Lorna). Cherished grandmother of Crystal, Emily, Nicholas, Michael, Beth and Julie. Loving great grandmother of Ace, Caitlyn, Greyson, Emma, Ally, Michaela, Mattea, Grace, Jana, Elliot and an expectant great granddaughter. Dearest friend of Sofie Paul-Duddy. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Ottawa Humane Society or the Lanark Animal Welfare Society would be appreciated. Funeral service beginning at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 1, 2015, immediately followed by a reception at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 2 Mulkins St., Stittsville, (613) 831-1256. www.barkerfh.com

James R. (Jimmy) Huddleson Passed away peacefully in Perth hospital on Saturday, 11 July, 2015 at the age of 85. He was the dear husband of Joyce and loving father of Cathy as well as proud grandfather of Jason, Jordan, Darren and Leah. Jimmy is survived by brothers Rev. Robert (Belinda) of the UK, David (Frances) of Manotick, sister Cherry (Gerry) of the UK and many nieces and nephews. Following cremation, his ashes will be interred in St-Georges-de-Malbaie cemetery near Gaspe, Quebec. A Memorial Service will take place on August 7 at 1:30 p.m. in Lanark Lodge Chapel where all are welcome to attend. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Parkinson’s Society, the Arthritis Society or St. John’s Anglican Church Innisville, Ontario. Mr Huddleson’s funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the O’Dacre Family Funeral Home, Perth. 613-267-3082

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Peacefully in hospital on July 26, 2015 at the age of 78 years. Beloved wife of the late John Smith. Survived by Earl Barr. Loving mother of Jayne Button (Robert), Charlene Baker (Simon), Glenn Smith (Alison), the late Robert Smith and the late Ricky Smith. Cherished nanny to 7 and great- nanny to 2. Fay will be fondly remembered by her sisters Beulah and Leah and her many nieces, nephews and friends. Friends may call at the Garden Chapel of Tubman Funeral Homes, 3440 Richmond Road (between Bayshore and Baseline Road) on Thursday, July 30, 2015 from 6-9p.m. and on Friday, July 31, 2015 from 9a.m. until time of funeral service in the Chapel at 11a.m. Interment Bellevue Cemetery, Alymer. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer Society would be appreciated. Condolences, tributes or donations may be made at www.tubmanfuneralhomes.com

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Karl Webster

1918~2015 Peacefully entered into rest at the Carveth Nursing Home in Gananoque, on Friday July 24th, 2015. Karl Burns of Brockville and formerly of Lansdowne, aged 96 years. Beloved husband of the late Dorothea (Andrew) Burns 1943-1999. Dora Shields-Burns since 2002. Loving father of Ann Hamilton (Larry) of Perth. Cherished grandfather of Lorie Hamilton and Diana Hamilton-Toivanen (Mark) all of Ottawa. Great grandfather of impending great grandson. Dear son of the late Gordon and Anna (Webster) Burns. Also remembered by many relatives and friends. Family received friends at the Barclay Funeral Home, 1033 Prince Street, Lansdowne on Monday from 11 – 1:30 p.m. The Funeral Service was held at the Lansdowne United Church on Monday July 27, 2015 at 2 p.m. Interment followed at Union Cemetery, Lansdowne. In memory of Karl, donations to the Lansdowne United Church, Union Cemetery or the Charity of your choice would be gratefully acknowledged by the family. A heartfelt thank you to the Management and Staff at both the Bridlewood Manor Retirement Home, (Brockville) and Carveth Nursing Home (Gananoque) for their kindness support and help during the past few years. Condolences may be made online at www.barclayfuneralhome.com

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Dale Gemmill

Dale passed away peacefully on July 23rd, 2015 surrounded by the love of his family at his home in Snow Road. He was predeceased by his parents Elmer and Evelyn (Barrie) Gemmill and an infant son. Dale was the beloved husband to Mary (Pretty) Gemmill for 47 years and the adored and respected father to Rodger (Kelly) Gemmill, Scott (Alison) Gemmill and Cynthia (Joey) Ducharme and cherished Grandfather to Cole and Sierra Gemmill, Desiree and Deacon Ducharme and Devon Buxey. Dale will be greatly missed but always remembered by his sister Elaine (Bob) Delisle and his brothers Earl (Heather) Gemmill and Walter (Marie) Gemmill, his nieces, nephews, cousins and many good friends and neighbours. He was the founder of Gemmills Sand & Gravel, the founder of the Snow Road Volunteer Fire Department and the co-owner of D & M General Store in Snow Road. Dale was a cheesemaker by trade making cheese and butter for many years. He was a dairy farmer, a bus driver, a logger and will be remembered for his expertise in making maple syrup. He was also an active volunteer with the McDonald’s Corners Agriculture Society (Past President) and the Snow Road Snowmobile Club (Past President). Friends were received at the Blair & Son Funeral Home, 15 Gore St., West, Perth on Sunday, July 26th, 2015 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 P.M. Funeral service was held in the Snow Road Presbyterian Church in Snow Road on Monday at 1:00 P.M. Interment Crawford’s Cemetery. In remembrance of Dale, contributions to the Snow Road Presbyterian Church or the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) would be appreciated.

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Knox, Donald “Donnie” Peacefully after a brief illness in his 93rd year, at the Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital. Predeceased by his precious wife Martha. Beloved father of David and Cathy Knox, Leanna and Roger Kinsman. Much loved grandfather of Jessica and Michael Knox, Emma and Simon Kinsman. World War II Veteran born in Carleton Place, received a Bachelor of Science in 1952 from McGill University (Macdonald Campus). The family would like to thank Dr. Higham and the nursing staff at the Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital, your kindness was much appreciated. Special thanks to Lorraine Crampton for your kindness and friendship to both our parents over the years. In addition thank you to the people in the community who made an effort to assist our dad in many small ways on a daily basis as he went about his business. Friends visited the family at the Alan R. Barker Funeral Home, 19 McArthur Avenue, Carleton Place, on Saturday July 25, 2015 from 10:00 until the funeral service in the chapel at 11:00 a.m. A private Inurnment will be held at a later date. For those who wish, a donation to the Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital Foundation would be appreciated by the family. Take care Dad... Until we meet again. www.barkerfh.com

Peacefully in hospital in Ottawa on Friday, July 17, 2015. Shirley Janet Kelly, of Fallbrook, at the age of 80 years. She was predeceased by her parents Delbert and Corrine North, and by her beloved husband Leo Patrick Kelly in 2007. Cherished mother to Marina (Mike) Seguin, of Russell, Ontario, and Patrick (Joanne), New Liskeard, Ontario. Much loved grandmother to her 7 grandchildren; Suzanne, Brian, Julie, Marc, Alex, Max and Jesse, and great grandmother to Nathalie, Laura, Abygail, Katelynn, Layla, Emmit and Tucker. Shirley was also predeceased by her brother Bob (Joyce), and her sister Irene (late Bill) Buffam. Also left to mourn her loss are her siblings, Bill (Donna) North, of Balderson, and Phyllis (late Connie) Thompson, of Lanark. Shirley will be fondly remembered by Clo and her many loving family members and friends throughout the years. Visitation will take place at the O’Dacre Family Funeral Home, 15 Victoria Street, Perth, on Saturday, August 1, 2015 from 10:00 am until service time in the Chapel at 11:00 am, with Reverend Bruce North officiating. Cremation has taken place with a private family interment to follow the reception in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations to The Alzheimer’s Society of Lanark County, or Pinehurst Cemetery, Playfairville, would be appreciated. Mrs. Kelly’s funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the O’Dacre Family Funeral Home, Perth. 613-267-3082.

Blair & Son Funeral Home, Perth (613) 267-3765 to send your condolences or for further information visit www.blairandson.com

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BURNETTE, Doug Peacefully at the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital with loved ones by his side on Monday, July 6th, 2015; Douglas Joseph Burnette, a longtime resident of Arnprior and more recently of Autumn Leaves, Braeside passed away following a lengthy illness. He was 77. Beloved son of the late Oliver Burnette and the late Elizabeth Kuiack. Dear father of Tim, Jeffrey and Shelly Anne. Dear brother of Gary (late Gail); Maurice (Cindy); Hazel Stevens (Everett); Violet Yade (late Charles) and Joyce Schubrink (late Ivan). Predeceased by 2 brothers: John (Rachel) and Brian (Cathy) as well as 3 sisters: Darlene Farrell, Theresa Ayotte and Jean Powell. Also survived by grandchildren as well as many nieces and nephews. Friends were invited to join Doug’s family at a graveside service which was held at the Malloch Road Cemetery, Arnprior on Friday morning, July 10th at 9:30. In memory of Doug, a donation to CHEO would be appreciated by his family. In the care of the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior. Condolences/Tributes/Donations www.pilonfamily.ca

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1932-2015 Retired - NRc Adam died the way he wanted- quickly, painlessly, at home with his wife. His ever generous heart couldn’t give any longer. He will be forever loved and sadly missed by his wife, Jean Hartjes. Sharing the mourning are his children, Darlene (Jeff Campbell) and Clinton, and his grandchildren, Kelsey (David Stewart), Brianna and AJ. Born on September 26, 1932 in Alberta. He will be missed by his brother Robert and sister Hope Ungarian who still resides there. Adam had many interests and activities. Many people and organizations have benefited from his woodworking skills and his vast knowledge. He was an avid sportsman, coach of archery and curling. He was the first President of the Grenville Land Stewardship Council and served as Director of Kemptville Home Support, the Chamber of Commerce and The Ferguson Forest Centre. Friends and family are invited to visit at the Brown Chapel of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry, 805 Prescott Street, Kemptville on Thursday, July 30, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. A Memorial Service will be held at St. John’s United Church, 400 Prescott Street, Kemptville at 11:00 a.m. Donations to the Kemptville Home Support or the Kemptville Hospital would be appreciated. condolences/Tributes/Donations: www.hpmcgarry.ca 613-258-2435

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Ciok, Tadeusz “Ted” (Retired Gillies Bros. Lumber Co.) A long time former resident of Arnprior and of The Arnprior Villa; Ted Ciok passed away at North Bay on Saturday evening, July 18th, 2015. He was 90 years of age. Ted is survived by his wife, Anna Zurawell of North Bay as well as his son, Stanley (Nicole Theriault) of Callander Ontario. Predeceased by his only daughter, Teresa Farewell as well as 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Private family visitation took place at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 followed by interment at the Malloch Road Cemetery. Condolences/Tributes/Donations www.pilonfamily.ca

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HOLMES Glema May Peacefully at home surrounded by the love of her family on Tuesday July 21, 2015. Glema Holmes (née Gilmore) of Almonte, age 95 years. Beloved wife of the late Edgar Holmes (d. 1968). Dearly loved mother of Beverley and Kevin (Lillian) Holmes and the late Ronald Holmes. Survived by her 2 sisters; Betty Eady and Faye Pilon and 2 brothers; Kenneth and Donald Gilmore. Predeceased by brothers Garnet, Glen, Edward and a Baby Boy and 3 sisters; Francis, Marjorie Stewart and Verna Thompson. Cherished grandmother of Tracy, Alana and Bradley. Dearest friend of Helen Gibson. Friends were received at the C. R. GAMBLE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL INC. 127 Church St., Almonte, ON. (613) 256-3313 for visiting on Friday, July 24 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM and where Service was held in the Gamble Chapel on Saturday at 12 noon. Interment Horton Cemetery, Renfrew, Ontario. For those who may choose to honour Glema with a memorial donation, please consider the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Condolences & Tributes: www.crgamble.com

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OSTROWSKI, Walter Peacefully at the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital on Sunday morning, July 26th, 2015; Walter Ostrowski of Arnprior passed away following a very brief illness. He was 91. Predeceased by his parents: John and Zophia Ostrowski. Walter moved to Canada from Poland in the early 1950’s. He moved to southern Ontario but eventually found his way to Arnprior. He became a good friend of Wanda Wagner and her family who will miss him dearly. Friends were invited to a visitation at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior on Tuesday morning, July 28th from 8:30 until 9:15. A Funeral Mass was celebrated in St. John Chrysostom Church, Arnprior on Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. Interment Malloch Road Cemetery, Arnprior. In memory of Walter, a donation to the St. John Chrysostom Church Memorial Fund would be appreciated. Condolences/Tributes/Donations www.pilonfamily.ca

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CUDDIHEY, Sophie Peacefully at Hospice Renfrew on Saturday evening, July 25, 2015. Sophie Cuddihey of Island View Suites, Arnprior and formerly of Ottawa and Aylmer, P.Q. passed away at the age of 88 years. Dear daughter of the late Nicholas Woznik and the late Julia Kryska. Predeceased by her husband, Francis Cuddihey (2010). Dearly loved mother of Michael Cuddihey (Betty) of Constance Bay; Phyllis Hereford (Harry) of Arnprior and Norman Cuddihey (Wendy Christoff) of Carp. Cherished and proud “Granny” of Michael, Carrie, Richard and Leisha and “Great-Granny” of Victoria, Cole, Chase, Austin and Ryder. Dear sister of Anne Belasko of Winnipeg. Predeceased by sisters: Kay Kalynick, Mary Dilly and Nettie LaForte as well as brothers: Peter, John (her twin) and Donald Woznick. Family and friends were invited to visitation at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior on Thursday morning, July 30th from 9 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. A Service to honour and celebrate the life of Sophie Cuddihey was conducted in the Pilon Family Chapel on Thursday morning at 11 o’clock. A reception followed. Interment St. Martin’s Cemetery, Martindale, Quebec. In memory of Sophie, a donation to the Arnprior Food Bank would be appreciated. Condolences/Tributes/Donations www.pilonfamily.ca

Peacefully at the Ottawa Civic Hospital on Thursday morning, July 23rd, 2015. Tasha Margaret Renaud of Arnprior passed away at the age of 39 years. Dear daughter of the late Pierrette Barr and George Barr. Beloved wife of Leo. At the age of 4 years, Tasha was adopted by her grandparents, Rosario Beauregard and the late Helen (nee Gauthier). She became the “little sister” of Matt Beauregard (Gertrude) of Arnprior; Hilaire Beauregard (Sue) of Ottawa; Omer Beauregard of Renfrew; Lillian McEwen (Wendell) of Arnprior and Vivian Menard (Daniel) of Horton. Dear stepsister of Jonathan, Joey and Matthew Barr. Predeceased by brothers: Hector and Romeo (Gloria of Renfrew). Also survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends were invited to join the family during visitation at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior on Sunday afternoon from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and again on Monday morning from 10 until 10:45 a.m. A funeral service was conducted in the Pilon Family Chapel at 11 o’clock. Cremation followed. In memory of Tasha, a donation to the Arnprior Humane Society would be appreciated by her family. Condolences/Tributes/Donations www.pilonfamily.ca

Eugene Francis Chatterton December 31, 1939 - July 22, 2015

Eugene “Gene” Chatterton, late of Arnprior, died unexpectedly during the early hours of Wednesday, July 22 at the Ottawa General Hospital. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Gene was the only child of Murray and Jessie (Armstrong) Chatterton. He was 75 at the time of his death. He is survived by his beloved wife of 52 years, Dorothy Hyacinth of Arnprior. He will be sadly missed by his daughters Liane, Kristi, Andrea, and by his grandchildren Kimiko & Asha (Dwayne), Kira & Quinn (Nick), and Sitoé & Niella (Antoine). He also leaves behind many friends and relatives to mourn his passing. Eugene completed his undergraduate studies at Acadia University, where he was captain of the basketball team, and went on to earn a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of New Brunswick. He was a University Professor (Acadia), a Senior Government Official (Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia), a basketball coach and an international Economic Consultant. Arrangements by the Boyce Funeral Home, 138 Daniel Street N., Arnprior. His body will be cremated and returned to New Brunswick for services and burial. A celebration of life will take place at a later date in Arnprior. Details will be announced when the arrangements have been finalized. The family invites all who so wish to share messages, stories and photos. Donations to the Ottawa Heart Institute and the Renfrew Hospital’s Dialysis Unit would be appreciated. Condolences/Tributes/Donations at www.boycefuneralhome.ca

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TOPOROWSKI-JUBY, Frankie (Retired Teacher Highland Park High School) Peacefully at the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital on Friday morning, July 24th, 2015; Frankie Ann Toporowski-Juby of Lochwinnoch passed away following a brief illness. She was 76. Dear daughter of the late Frank and Ann Toporowski. Beloved wife, partner and best friend of Delbert “Dub” Juby. Predeceased by her only brother, Jerry whose wife Judy lives in Barrie, Ontario. Frankie will be lovingly remembered by Dub’s children: Linda and Dennis Ladouceur and their family; Tara and David Gurr and their family and the late Dale Juby and his family. An accomplished Registered Nurse; a dedicated Teacher; a passionate Gardener; Frankie will long live in the hearts of all whose lives she has touched. Family and friends paid their respects during visitation at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior on Tuesday evening, July 28th from 7 to 9 p.m. and again on Wednesday morning, July 29th from 10 a.m. until the time of a funeral service which was conducted in the Pilon Family Chapel at 11 o’clock. Interment followed at the Castleford Union Cemetery. In memory of Frankie, a donation to the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital “Partners in Caring” Foundation would be appreciated by her family. Condolences/Tributes/Donations www.pilonfamily.ca

Paul passed away peacefully, on Friday, July 24th, 2015 at his home at Deakin House, Perth surrounded by the love of family and friends. Paul was born on May 21st, 1948 and celebrated his 67th birthday this year. He was the beloved son of the late Francis D. McKinnon and Phyllis Ilene (Kimberley) McKinnon of McDonald’s Corners and dear brother of Frances (Don) Acres, Pat (Paul) Bertrim and Kelley (John) McKinnon-Berton. Paul was the special uncle of Kim, Kerri, Kyle, Kendall, Andrew, Sarah, Meghan, and Matthew and cousin of his dear lifelong friend Barry Blunden. Paul was blessed with the love and care of many relatives, friends and neighbours, his Life Skills community and his Deakin House family. He embraced life with enthusiasm and trust and met each challenge with a loving nature that will always be remembered. Friends may pay their respects at the Blair & Son Funeral Home, 15 Gore Street West, Perth on Thursday, July 30th, 2015 from 9:30 to 10:30 A.M. Funeral service will be held in the Chapel at 11:00 A.M. followed by a reception in the Blair & Son Family Centre. In remembrance of Paul contributions to the Knox Presbyterian Church, McDonald’s Corners or the GWM Hospital Foundation - Life Skills Program would be appreciated.

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COMING EVENTS

IN MEMORIAM

DEVITT, Robert (Bob) – In loving memory of a dear husband, father and grandfather who passed away July 31, 2006. Time speeds on, nine years have passed, Since death its gloom, its shadow cast. Within our home where all seemed bright, And took from us a shining light. We miss that light and ever will, His vacant place there is none can fill. Down here we mourn, but not in vain, For up in Heaven we will meet again. Always in our thoughts and sadly missed, Loving wife Lorena and Crystal, John, Meredith and Bailey

ALLAN – In loving memory of Maude, wife and mother who passed away July 28, 2011. As time goes on without you, And the days turn into years, They hold a million memories, And a thousand silent tears. To us you were so special, What more is there to say, Except to wish with all our hearts, That you were here today. We love you and miss you Until we meet again Bill, Rosemary, Gord and all our relatives and friends

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MURRAY, Michelle – In loving memory of our daughter, Michelle, who passed away July 30, 2012. May the winds of love blow softly, And whisper for you to hear, That we still love you dearly, We wish that you were here. We hold you close within our hearts, And there you will remain, To walk beside us all our lives, Until we meet again. Love Mom and Dad

ELLIOTT, Lois E. – In loving memory of our Mom who passed away August 2, 2007. We hold you within our hearts, and there you will remain, We still talk about you often, and share our stories of you over and again. Your resting place we visit, and place flowers there for you, The way you did for Dad, when you were able to. We still shed a tear every now and then, but try to remain strong knowing we will meet again. Remembering and loving you forever Mom.

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IN MEMORIAM Craig - In loving memory of Maye Craig July 26, 2012 and Kenneth Craig July 27, 1980. Sunshine passes, shadows fall, love, remembrance outlast all. And though the years be many and few, they are always filled with remembrance of you. Love Corinne and Russell Sharon and Brian Cheryl and Laurie and families.

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memory of; Marion Ritchie, July 27, 2007 Garnet Ritchie, Sept 16, 1995 Wayne Ritchie, Jan., 25, 2001 Pam Ritchie, Sept, 2000 Bryan Ritchie, July 2, 1972. We thought of you today But that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday And days before that too. We think of you in silence We often speak your name All we have is memories And a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake In which we’ll never part God has you in his keeping We have you in our hearts. We miss you. Love Barb and Rod, Stephanie, Carlo, Ashton, Carson, Kristine, James, Leah and Tyler.

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Gladiolus will be provided by GREEN ACRES GREENHOUSES, SMITHS FALLS. Orders will be in mixed dozens. Limited additional mixed dozens will be available on a first come, first served basis.

$15.00 per dozeN Lions members will be calling those who purchased Glads from us last year between July 27 and August 1. If for some reason we missed calling you, you can place your orders by contacting Lion Reg Gamble or Josh Gamble at 256-3313 or Green Acres Green Houses at 283-6423.

Thank You for supporting the Lions Club

16’ fiberglass canoe, $250; commercial popcorn machine with storage oven, from theatre, $200; round table with chairs, $75. 613-267-7062. 1992 GMC Van, very good condition, never winter driven. $5000. Wire mesh trailer, 2009, 7ft 5” x 50”, single axle, 7” high steel railing. 613-267-4170 3 window air conditioners, 2 older $50 each, 2 new $150 each, 2 portable a/c units $200 each. Located in Smiths Falls 613-240-8364. 35,000 BTU propane furnace with pipe $400. Lawn sweeper $100. 613-257-3757. Cedar rails, pickets & posts for sale, as well as rough sawn cedar & pine lumber. Call or text 613-913-7958. Cedar (white), quality lumber, most sizes, decking, T&G, channel rustic. Also huge bundles of cedar slabs ($45) and large bags of shavings ($35). www.scoutenwhitecedar.ca (613)283-3629.

McINTYRE, Pete – In loving memory of a dear husband and father, one long year.. Janet Chris (Karen) Scott (LeeAnn) Ian (Jennifer) and family

HOT TUB, must sell asking $2000.00 8 person tub, excellent condition, can email photo’s, you remove and pay disconnect located in Richmond Ont. 613-838-9950

100 Year Celebration Spring Valley Farms

1994 GM Bus, 6 cyl. turbo diesel, Cat engine, Wayne body, Approx. 300,000mi, great for hunting. Sleeps 5 Generations of firewood 8. $2900. 613-272-2525 sales, all hardwood, cut and split. Volume dis- Canadian Firearm/Hunter count. Outdoor furnace Safety Courses. Call Dave wood also available. Arbour 613-257-7489 or 613-253-8006. visit www. valleysportsmanshow.com Firewood- Cut, split and for dates and details of delivered or picked up. Dry courses near you. seasoned hardwood or Safety/Canadian softwood from $60/face Hunter cord. Phone Greg Knops Firearms Courses, beginning Tues. Sept. 1, even(613)658-3358, cell ings, Kemptville. (613)340-1045. Registration required. Home 613-258-7816, Office 613-258-1876, Cell Gerry Blair 613-355-2607. Email: keewaytin@gmail.com. & Son Limited seating.

Firewood. All hardwood. Cut, split and delivered.

Hunter Safety/Canadian Fire-arms Courses and exams held once a month at Carp. Call Wenda Cochran 613-256-2409.

Fishing equipment, new and used, in prime condition, rods, reels, lures, etc. Call 613-264-9112.

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Hay wagon 8x17’ deck, bale spear 3 pth, lawnmower, chainsaw, trailer, truck cap, tractor tire chains. hard maple firewood. 613-283-8231.

Hardwood Firewood, 14” & 16” available. Minimum order required for delivery. Home piling services for additional cost. 613-257-5095

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Come help celebrate 100 years Lois James & Family Sunday, August 2 2-5 pm 547 Concession 7A Ramsay Carleton Place 613-257-2032

2008 Chevy Silverado 4x4, good condition, $5,400. 613-257-5791.

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Piano Technician, Certified, with Piano Technician’s Guild, extensive experience with tuning, repairing and rebuilding. Contact Grant Pattingale at 613-284-8333, 1-877-742-6648 or www.piano4u.ca

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COLLECTIBLES Nearly new (used 1 week) Brock model 1B32R oil fired water heater. $500 Antique wall clock, made firm. 613-267-9777 or by The Arthur Pequegnat Clock Company Canada. jred@bell.net Perfect running condition. Portable Air conditioner, Wooden case. Approx. 100 years old; Antique table best offer. 613-268-2156 clock, Sessions, made in STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL U.S.A., wooden case, BUILDINGS UP TO 60% needs repairs, age unOFF! 30x40, 40x60, known. Prices discussed 50x80, 60x100, 80x100 with interested parties onsell for balance owed! Call: ly. 613-623-0601 leave 1 - 8 0 0 - 4 5 7 - 2 2 0 6 message. w w w. c r o w n s t e e l b u i l d ings.ca HUNTING SUPPLIES

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The Lions Club will be selling Gladiolus at the Almonte Arena Saturday, August 8 - 8am until 12 Noon & Saturday, August 15 - 8am until 2pm

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Craftsman 19 h.p., electric start, 42” lawn tractor, $700 o.b.o. 613-278-2962.

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For many years the Late Lion Carl Sadler and his family supplied many in the community with Gladiolus in time for decoration days at local cemeteries. Following Carl’s passing his wife Shirley and their girls, offered the Lions Club this project as a fund raiser. We gladly accepted and named the project “The Lion Carl Sadler Memorial Fund Raiser”. In that way our club can raise funds to contribute back to the community and keep the motto of Lionism “We Serve” and the spirit of Lion Carl alive in Almonte.

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LAWN & GARDEN July Lawn Tractor Savings, $200-$500 off all in-stock Husqvarna and Ariens tractors. Service after sales since 1999. Pete’s Lawn & Marine 613-267-7053.

WANTED Wanted - furnace oil, will remove tank if possible. Call 613-479-2870.

MARINE 18.6 Grew boat, inboard/outboard, 3.8 litre, V6OMC motor and drive, low engine time, includes trailer, $5,500. Call Bobbie Leeder 613-340-3512. Marine mechanic, old/new, small/large, 40+ years experience. Christie Lake Marina 613-267-3470.

TRAILERS / RV’S 1977 Prowler, 20’ tandem axle, everything works, new roof & tires, $1,500 o.b.o. 613-913-1371 2004 34’ Fifth Wheel with 3 slides, heated tanks, lots of storage, $14,000. 613-659-3350. 2007 Crossroads Zinger, 31 foot, 2 bedrooms, all equipped, tool shed, deck, gazebo, located on a waterfront lot in Pakenham. Extra clean, non-smoking trailer, asking $14,500 O.B.O. call 613-284-4670 Prowler 28-1/2’ Fifth Wheel with 12’ tip out, hitch included in price. 1 owner. $13,500. 613-273-8555.

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BARNS

We repair, modify or demolish any size of structure. Salvaged buildings, timber and logs for sale. Various size buildings. Fully insured.

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Cell (613)285-7363 Cowboy for hire, specialize in daily chores, relief milker, herds man, field worker, operator case rating, dehorning, vaccinating, calving, raising calves. Good rates, excellent reference. Call Brian 613-272-8989.

Wanted: ride to doctors appointments & groceries from Frankville to Smiths Falls or Brockville. 613-275-2232 Future steel building, round dome, 25’ wideX35’ longX16’ high (high rise), VEHICLES open front for your own 1984 Chevy 3/4 tonnes doors, still on pallet, 5 truck, 350 motor, 7x8 flat- years old, never built, bed with racks, decent 3,600 lbs, can load here, rubber 265r70-16, 2008 all hardware included, also Electric moped, blueprints. Sale price $17,500 o.b.o. 613-256-8625 after 4pm, 613-623-0601 leave mes2005 Chev, 4 door, auto- sage. matic $2000. Phone 613-267-4803. Organic barley straw, in 2006 Ford Escape Sport, small square bales; fall rye 4x4, auto transmission, seed, cleaned. V6, 3.0 litre, overdrive, ful- 613-257-5047. ly loaded with sunroof and running boards. E-tested and certified. $4,500. VEHICLES 613-284-9886.

R. Thomson Auto PIANO 1904 (Year) New Scale Wiliams Company Ivory Keys $1,000 613-283-9727

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Carleton Place, 3 bedroom apartment, main floor, laundry hook-ups, quiet area, large yard, no pets, $1100 + utilities, Jeff 613-858-8092 CARLETON PLACE, Seniors 50’s Plus Building. No smoking, no pets. First & last months rent $750.00 & up. 1 & 2 bedroom apartments. Senior’s 1 Month Free Discount. Call 613-863-6487 or 613-720-9860 Century farm home, in quiet setting, in Perth area. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, newly renovated, new appliances, large lawn area. Oil heat: $850/month plus utilities. Available September 1/15. Absolutely: no pets and non-smokers. Contact 613-267-5013.

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FOR RENT 2 bedroom apartment, suitable for retired folks or a single person. Shared laundry facilities and back yard. Parking for 2 vehicles. $1,000/month includes heat and hydro. No pets. Prefer non-smoker but can smoke outside. View of Mississippi Lake and water access a short walk away. First and last month’s rent. Located between Carleton Place and Perth off Ebbs Bay Road. Email russandjudy@hotmail.com or call 613-257-7615.

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Perth, 2 bedroom apartment 2nd floor quiet secured downtown building, heat, fridge, stove & water included $725/month references required 613-264-4565

Country home near Carleton Place, lower level, 1 bedroom apartment with private entrance. Large open concept area with woodstove, hardwood floors, clean, bright, fridge, stove, free parking. $850/month includes heat, hydro, water and central air. Laundry facilities available. Non-smoker. Suitable for 1 person only. Available immediately. Call 613-253-7810.

Perth, 2 bedroom apartment, fridge & stove included, $787 + utilities. First & LMR required. Smoke & pet free. Call 613-229-5959.

Perth, 2 bedroom condo, fridge, stove, microwave and dishwasher included. Main floor master with bath. Office/den. Dining room and lovely sunroom at the back. Single car garage. Adult community. $1,350/month plus utilities. Please call 613-264-0002. For rent in Smiths Falls: Spacious 1 bedroom apt with large covered private Perth, 2 bedroom, smoke balcony and parking. Short free apartment, 2nd floor, walking distance to down- fridge, stove, heat & AC in$595/mnth. town. Includes fridge, cluded. stove. $725/mth + heat 613-264-0002 and hydro. Please phone Perth, 30 Mather, 2 bedor text 613-851-6352 room apartment, available August 1. Newly renovated Immaculate 3 bedroom with laminate flooring, unit in Smiths Falls. parking included, Comes with fridge, stove, $750/month plus hydro, microwave, washer and 613-326-0903. dryer. Non-smoking. No pets. First and last. $925 Perth, August 1, large 2 plus utilities. bedroom, 2nd floor entry 613-342-0829. apartment, including fridge stove, heat, parking, yard Lanark Village, newly & coin laundry in baserenovated 2 bedroom, 2nd ment, very quiet building! floor, with balcony, fridge $800. 613-264-1102 & stove included, utilities extra, non-smoking & no Perth, available immedipets. $680. 613-267-6456 ately, 2 bedroom apartment in secure building, Main Street, East, Smiths $650/mnth plus utilities. Falls, 2 bedroom, 2 storey 613-283-7000. apartment, clean, well maintained, new windows, Perth. Bright 2 bedroom heated, hydro extra, apartment, in clean, secure available immediately. building, close to pool and No dogs. $775/mnth. 613-283-1697 amenities. Available September 1. 613-267-6940. McDonalds Corners. Newer three bedroom home close to public Perth. Newly renovated beach at Dalhousie Lake. bachelor, available immeAll appliances included. diately, $600/month, no no smoking. Propane heat and utilities pets, extra. First/last monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 613-267-2687. rent required. $1,100.00. Respectfully no smoking, Perth, small 1 bedroom, no pets. Call close to Algonquin, newly renovated, includes heat, 613-264-0002 water, fridge, stove, no pets, non-smoking buildMississippi Lake, 1000sq ing, $630. Available now. ft bungalo, 1 large bed- First/last. Call room, 15 minutes from 613-257-2338. Carleton Place, propane heat, single car garage. Room for rent, shared $1000/mnth + utilities, accommodations, quiet year-round rental only. country location in Clay613-253-7566 ton. All inclusive. $500/month. First and Mississippi Lake, 3 bed- last. Call Bob room, 2 bath, open con- 613-294-6463. cept, newly renovated, large deck, beautiful view with access beach, boat September 1, 2 bedroom ramp, fully furnished, condo apt, 4 appliances, $1500/mnth + heat & hy- fireplace, $1100 + heat & dro, no smoking. Available hydro, first/last. Call after i m m e d i a t e l y . 7pm. 613-257-5198 613-621-5405

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PROPERTY WANTED: My client will pay top cash for nice cottage or waterfront home on any clean lake, up to $600,000. FOR SALE: Waterfront 180ft of clean water. Majestic Viceroy Style, like new log home, 20ft cathedral ceilings. Large loft bedroom. Treed 4 acres lot. 30 min. north of Kingston bargain $269,000. Will trade for Kingston area home or property. Wilton, 3 acres treed estate, 4 bdrm home, 2 bdrm granny suite, 3 baths, huge family room, 38â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x14â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. 2000sq ft shop, $277,000. MLS. Village of Seeleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bay: brick Victorian, 4 bedroom, classy home. Treed, private lot, only $149,000, $3000 OAC, 20 min. to Kingston MLS. Bobs Lake cottage, 2 guest cabins. Workshop. $169,000. 1000 ft level waterfront, private, clean lake, spotless 1600sq ft bungalow & garage on over 60 acres, $206,000. Picturesque treed 3 acre lot near Crosby. Abandoned old 4 room log home could be restored, 700ft road frontage price under $46,000. Charming 4 season waterfront home just 25 minutes north of Kingston, 4 season beauty, great fishing & swimming. $220,000. --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Perth: 1+ Bedroom row-house, very private, large balcony and deck, electric radiant in-floor heating (new energy efficient system), free parking, coin laundry facility, TV, internet, phone jacks, no water/sewage costs. $900.00/month plus utilities. Available Sept. 01st. 613-479-2164.

Smiths Falls, clean, bright, 2 plus bedrooms in a Victorian Home, close to all amenities, parking & lots of storage, very private. All inclusive $1000. Professional couple or single lady. 613-283-4374 or Sharbot Lake Apartments 613-267-1016 available first of next month. Call Smiths Falls, room for 613-253-6069. rent. $550/month. Laundry, satellite, phone, furnished. (Access to house). Smiths Falls, 1 bedroom apt, Call Steve 613-284-1543. Quiet adult building. Available now. $665/mnth, heat included hydro extra. References required. 613-366-9610 leave Two 2 bedroom apartments. Smiths Falls, clean, message. quiet apartment building. 613-285-5549 ask for Don. Smiths Falls, 2 bedroom, centrally located, 2nd REAL ESTATE floor, kitchen has fridge, SERVICES stove and dishwasher, lots of cupboards, windows. Couples or single lady pre- Attention Home Buyers.... ferred. No pets. Parking become a â&#x20AC;&#x153;VIP Clientâ&#x20AC;?, for 1 car. Available Sep- Guaranteed Savings. Ask for tember 1. Call Graham for more information, further information 411heathersmith@gmail.com 613-283-0865. RE/MAX metro-city realty ltd. Heather A Smith 613-831-3110. Smiths Falls, 2 bedroom upper apartment, available immediately. $900 per PERSONAL month plus hydro. Nonsmokers, no pets. References required. Call Alcoholics Anonymous 613-253-9190. 613-284-2696.

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS No job too small! Free estimates â&#x20AC;˘ Home Renovations â&#x20AC;˘ Plumbing Repairs â&#x20AC;˘ Painting/cleanup â&#x20AC;˘ Concrete work Doug Morley 257-7177

Residents of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and the Towns of Prescott and Gananoque can drop off Household Hazardous Waste free of charge.

Elizabethtown-Kitley Twp. Patrol Garage 424 County Rd.#29 (new location) 8:30 am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2:00 pm

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â&#x20AC;˘ Quality Carpentry â&#x20AC;˘ Handyman Services â&#x20AC;˘ Renovations: decks painting, drywall Mark Crane 613-800-4906

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Carleton Place, Cleaning position, very part time, only as and when required. For property management firm. Experienced, neat, thorough. 613-257-5711.

HELP WANTED

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Toll Free 1-888-967-3237 1-888-WORD ADS

BUILDING AND REPAIRS Heritage Stone, Brick and Block Footings, Foundations, Concrete Finishing, Log Chinking and Chimney Sweeping Will go anywhere! PAUL WARRINGTON 268-2394

M&K Renovations looking for jobs: Siding, decking, fencing, drywall, painting, laminated floors, windows, doors. Call Mike for quote, 613-259-2525, 613-326-8041. Professional & Reliable Movers- 2 Men & 17â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cube $95/hr, 2 Men & 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Refrigerated Cube Van $95 hr + Fuel Surcharge, 3 Men & 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Moving Van $125/hr. Call to Book your Move 613-284-8281.

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Employment Opportunity Connections â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Playgroup Facilitator

N. Grenville Patrol Garage 720 County Rd. # 44 (south of Kemptville) 1:00 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4:00 pm

Materials accepted include petroleum products, oil filters, antifreeze, paints and solvents, batteries, propane tanks, fertilizers, pesticides, light bulbs, fluorescent light bulbs/tubes and pharmaceuticals, all of which are â&#x20AC;&#x153;householdâ&#x20AC;? in nature. Private/commercial business waste will not be accepted.

Connected to Your Community A/CP/K/P/SF - 41 - Thursday, July 30, 2015

Nanny needed in Almonte for 2 children in our home 2hrs/mornings anne-james@hotmail.ca

Lanark Renfrew Health & Community Services

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Please come early to avoid line-ups and long waiting times. Questions? Call 613-342-3840 ext. 2413.

Todd Bracegirdle small renovations, flooring, painting, trim work, etc. 30 years experience. 613-464-0348

For a more detailed job description: www.sunflowerbackeshop.com Please apply with resume and references in person to Tamara 100 Gore Street East, Perth, ON K7H 1J3 Or by email to sunflower@bellnet.ca

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Materials not accepted include commercial and/or industrial waste, electronics, appliances, flares, explosives, PCBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and radioactive materials. Waste from other municipalities including the City of Brockville will not be accepted.

Are you passionate about all things military? Interested in a career in the defense industry? Part time administrative position available & possible full time. Excellent communication, typing, and organizational skills required. Positions in Ottawa & Carleton Place. Send resume to P.O. Box 5521, Ottawa, Ontario K2C 3M1. Fax 613-253-3492 or email: (PDF only please): ottawadefence@gmail.com

Is looking for energetic, organized individuals with strong communication skills and the ability to work in a fast paced environment. Keen interest in healthful food, positive team work attitude, and the capacity to multi task required. Experience in customer service and food production, particularly bread making and baking in general, a huge asset, but we are also willing to train if individuals exhibit other attributes suitable for this position. Given the training time required, we are only seeking resumes from serious applicants, prepared for a long term commitment.

Household Hazardous Waste Day

S. Grenville Patrol Garage 2320 County Rd. # 21 (east of Spencerville) 8:30 am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11:30 am

Semi-retired, all home renovations, interior & exterior, years of experience. Call Brent 613-283-6088.

THE SUNFLOWER BAKESHOP

PUBLIC NOTICE

South Leeds Patrol Garage 2714 Outlet Rd. (north of Lansdowne) 8:30 am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2:00 pm

HELP WANTED

CARPENTRY

HELP WANTED

www.leedsgrenville.com

WORK WANTED

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Shamrock Apartments, Perth, 3 bedroom apartment $890/mnth includes heat. Hydro extra. No smoking, no pets. 613-264-8380.

TRAVEL/VACAT/COTTG

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Perth, 10 Craig St. 2 bedroom apartment in quiet, clean, adult building. Fridge, stove, parking and laundry included. $820/month + utilities. Phone 613-283-5996.

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Connections a part of Lanark Renfrew Health & Community Services is seeking to fill a 0.6 FTE permanent position for a Playgroup Facilitator Position Overview: The Playgroup Facilitator will be responsible for planning, organizing and implementing Connections Parent/Child Playgroups. For a complete position description, please contact our e-mail at : audrey@connectionsprogram.ca Qualified applicants are invited to submit their resume by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday August 12, 2015 to email address: audrey@connectionsprogram.ca If at any stage in the selection process you require an accommodation due to a disability, please contact Audrey Vansickle , 613-257-2779 X101 or e-mail and let us know how we can assist you. Although we appreciate all responses, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Code Apartments. Smiths Falls. Spacious, bright, 2 bedroom in clean, quiet, adult building. Fridge, stove, parking, laundry facilities. 613-283-7779.

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Ready.Set.Work.

If you possess a desire to help others who are experiencing difficulties and/or distress please call Debbie or Bruce at (613) 345-1290 or 1-866-544-5614 as soon as possible. Training is provided.

Full/Part-Time Cleaners/ Team Leaders for growing residential cleaning company based in North Gower. Mon-Fri. No evenings. No weekends. All travel paid. $11.50-$15.00/hr. (613)489-3993 elitecleaning@storm.ca

Candidates need to be motivated with excellent organizational, leadership and problem solving skills. Experience in geriatrics is preferred however not essential. Please email or fax resume and cover letter to: Cathy Cole Director of Nursing Cathy.Cole@Broadviewnc.ca CL445487_0717 Fax: 613-283-7073

All Services Are Free!

on the web: cesperth.ca Monday to Friday: 8:30 am to 4 pm • Wednesdays: 10 am to 7 pm

HELP WANTED

HVAC Installer Needed!

HELP WANTED

With over 20 years experience, RB Heating ClimateCare stands out as the premier provider of residential heating and cooling systems. We offer excellent compensation, comprehensive benefits, an outstanding work environment/culture, and much more!

The ideal Installer will have 1 year experience, G2 license and a valid driver’s license.

Real Estate Assistant

Email your resumes to: Rebecca@rbheating.com

With the following qualifications:

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We are currently seeking an Installer.

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Full-Time, Part-Time, Experienced, mature servers required. Bring resume to 73 Bridge Street Carleton Place. HELP WANTED!! Make up to $1000 a week mailing brochures from Home! Genuine Opportunity! No Experience Required. Start Immediately! h t t p : / / w w w. l o c a l m a i l ers.net Looking for Full-Time Driver with DZ License, Driver abstract required. Submit resume to stanleysanitation@sympati co.ca or Fax to 613-256-0628. Mature weekend retail staff for Mountain Orchards. Seasonal work from end of August to middle of October. Contact Angie at 613-989-2415 or angie@mountainmoulding. com

40 Sunset Boulevard Suite 102 Perth, Ontario, K7H 2Y4 Phone: 613-267-1381 Fax: 613-267-1806

HELP WANTED

Professionals Needed. Looking for career-minded persons willing to speak to small groups or do oneon-one Presentations locally. Part Time or Full Time. A car and internet access are necessary. Training and ongoing support provided. Build financial security. Paid daily. Call Diana 1.866.306.5858

Experience Floral Designer Part-time, some weekends. References required. Debbie 613-258-7454 between 10-4.

Broadview Nursing Centre is a 75 Bed Long Term Care Facility located in Smiths Falls Ontario that is looking for a full time (7 Shifts Bi-Weekly) Registered Nurse. Additional callin shifts are also available. Assistance with Resumes & Cover Letters One-to-One Job Search Support Job Leads/Postings Paid Job Trials/Placements Training/Hiring Incentives for Employers Employment Related Workshops/Certiﬁcation Access to High Speed Internet & Computers Employment Ontario’s Re-Training Programs

Carleton Place, rental assistant, three mornings week, flexible hours/duties, assertive, personable, well presented, record keeping, receivables, Excel. 613-257-5711.

We are looking for PHONE LINE VOLUNTEERS for our Brockville, Carleton Place, Gananoque, Kemptville, Perth & Prescott Offices

Broadview Nursing Centre

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Parts Counter Sales Rep Wanted, Leeds Transit Inc. is seeking an individual to become a part of our team. The successful candidate should have excellent phone skills and computer knowledge. Mechanical and parts knowledge is an asset but not necessary, as training will be provided. A bilingual person would be preferred but not a requirement. Please send your resume to: ssly@leedstransit.com

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Residential Foundation company looking for a full time Stone Slinger/ Boom Truck operator. Minimum DZ licence required and a clean drivers abstract a must. Experience an asset, but willing to train. Also looking for form setters, crew leaders to labourers Competitive wage based on experience with benefits. Please apply to: derek@westendforming.ca Fax# 613-256-2233 Small site work Contractor looking for Dump Truck Driver, DZ. Please Fax Resume & Drivers Abstract to 613-838-3364.

GARAGE SALE/ FLEA MARKET 111 Lorne St, Smiths Falls, July 31 & Aug 1, 8-3pm, rain-date following weekend. 120 Lee Cres., off 10th Con Beckwith, August 1, 8-2 p.m., furniture, dresser, entertainment unit, downhill skis, women’s figure skates (9), something for everyone. 2311-7th Line Road Beckwith, August 1. Rain or Shine, 7:30-2:30. Snow thrower, small microwave, insulation, Portable Gazebo with screen walls, antique pictures, 2.5 gal. air compressor, households items, barbecue, large men’s clothing, women’s clothing and much more. 311 Bristow Dr, RR1 Smiths Falls. Saturday, August 1. Misc items, ladders, paint, toys, tools, clothes, etc.

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Funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, and in part by the Government of Canada.

• Completion of a Law Clerk diploma at one of the recognized colleges. • A minimum of 2 years experience in a law office. • Good client retention skills. • Solid understanding of real estate procedures • Dedication to detail and a typing speed of 50 wpm. • Knowledge of Real Estate software including Conveyancer, Teraview, ESI Law and file set up. • Knowledge in other areas of law would be helpful

Barker Willson Barristers and Solicitors dheeley@barkerwillson.com (note two L’s in Willson)

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Cruickshank Construction Ltd., a leading roadbuilder and aggregate supplier located in Ontario and Alberta, has an immediate opening at our Kingston, Ontario location

310 T Heavy Truck/Coach Mechanic

Qualifications/Responsibilities ! Must have 310T Heavy Truck/Coach License ! Minimum Class G Licence required, Class D with Z Endorsement would be an asset ! Proven mechanical abilities in gas and diesel diagnosis and repair ! Experience with routine/preventative maintenance operations ! Experience in Heavy Equipment and Crushing Equipment repair would be an asset ! Flexible work schedule ! Cruickshank offers very competitive wages and benefits To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to: chr11@cruickshankgroup.com or Fax# 613-‐542-‐3034 www.cruickshankgroup.com

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GARAGE SALE/ FLEA MARKET

HELP WANTED

FOREMAN, OPERATORS, LABOURERS AND SEWAGE CREWS Submit resumes by email to Jim Ghinn jim@awdcontractors.ca, fax 613-267-4212 or phone 613-267-4265

Access Taxi requires Full and Part-Time drivers for Perth and Smiths Falls

at 613-283-5555.

Connected to Your Community A/CP/K/P/SF - 42 - Thursday, July 30, 2015

Garage Sale, 848 Hwy 511, near Perth. August 1, from 8-1, rain or shine. Household furniture and items and garage items.

Downsizing/Garage Sale, Aug. 8, 8-noon, furniture, kitchenware, dishes, smaller items. Unit 108, 206 Woodward Ave. (Park/enter at rear Parking lot - follow signs) Carleton Place.

Huge holiday weekend yard sale. Friday July 31, Saturday 1, Sunday 2, Monday 3, 8-8 daily. Boat trailer, 3 OB motors, bikes, furniture, riding & push mowers, animal cages, dishes, BMP, decoys, jewelry, old fishing lures & rods, oars, paddles, power & hand tools, movies, DVDs, records, lamps, lanterns, coke items, antiques & collectibles. Cty Road 36, Bolingbroke or Road 38 to Crow Lake Road to Badour Road, follow signs.

Flea Market on Leachs Road, Perth. All items with the letter “C” on it will be reduced 10, 20 and 30%. No reasonable offers refused on anything. Everything must go. See you there. Carol Farr 613-257-6028. Every Saturday and Sunday.

Large yard sale, inside and outside, Saturday, August 1, Hwy 7, #22097 at Maberly. Rain or shine. Household items, furniture, piano, air conditioner, kid’s electronic games, toys, boat and trailer, 2004 Suzuki 600 Katana motorcycle. Something for everyone.

Almonte Antique Market, 26 Mill St. in historic downtown Almonte. 613-256-1511. 50 vendors. Open daily 10-5.

Eastern Ontario’s Largest Indoor Flea Market 150 booths Open Every Sunday All Year 8am-4pm Hwy. #31 – 2 kms north of 401

Mchaffies Flea Market

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

INDUSTRIAL MILLWRIGHT Scapa North America, a leading manufacturer of adhesive tape products is seeking an Industrial Millwright for its Renfrew Operations. The position involves a broad range of routine and non-routine maintenance responsibilities for light to heavy manufacturing equipment. 8 or 12 hour Shift work is required for this position. The successful candidate will require an Industrial Millwright license with several years of related experience. The individual should have a good working knowledge of pneumatics and hydraulics and electrical experience would be considered an asset. As a Millwright Mechanic you will be a member of the bargaining unit with an attractive wage and benefit package. The position offers job security, good working conditions, and challenging job responsibilities.

DRIVERS REQUIRED Should be familiar with streets and surrounding roads. Top of the industry remuneration paid. Excellent supplemental income for semi-retired and retired persons. Please call Brett

71 North St., Perth, collectibles sale, antique pine rocker, old metal toys, solid wood items. July 24, 3-8. Yard sale July 25, 8noon. Rain dates: July 31, August 1.

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We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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AUCTIONS

No need to look around, we have the best sale in town. Antique finds and one-of-a-kinds, come for the pleasure and find your treasure. 8 a.m., Saturday, August 1, corner of John and Thom Sts., Perth.

AUCTIONS

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Thinking About College for This Fall?

It’s Not Too Late to Apply!

Attend free Discovery Evenings at the Perth Campus to learn more about our full-time programs, admission requirements, how to apply, eligibility requirements, financial assistance information, and tours.

Wednesdays Evenings - all summer July 8 to August 26, 2015 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. P l e a s e v i s i t a l g o n q u i n co l l e g e.co m /p e r t h f o r p ro g ra m d e t a i l s FULL-TIME PROGRAMS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FALL 2015: Ontario College Certificates • Personal Support Worker

31 weeks

• Office Administration - General:

30 weeks

• Hospitably Services

30 Weeks New! - Jan 2016

Ontario College Diplomas • Business – Management and Entrepreneurship 2 years ( New! ) • Early Childhood Education

45 weeks

• Office Administration - Executive

45 weeks

• Police Foundations

2 years

• Social Service Worker

2 years

• Carpentry and Joinery - Heritage

2 years

• Masonry - Heritage and Traditional

45 weeks

• Construction Carpentry - Advanced Housing 2 years

No Appointment Necessary - just drop on in!

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

phone: 613-267-2859 fax: 613-267-3950 e-mail: perth@algonquincollege.com

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

UPCOMING AUCTIONS

“Call or email to Book Your Auction today”

Sale Advertising Auction Lanark and District Civitan Hall serves by informing. Saturday, August 8, 2015

2144 Pine Grove Rd, Lanark, ON See www.lanarkcivitan.com for directions

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Auction 10 a.m. • Viewing 9 a.m. Selling a large inventory of Honda, Arctic Cat and Yamaha parts and accessories Parts motorcycles, signs, marine, utility trailers • ‘89 Foxcraft 130 hp ski and fish boat w/trailer • ‘89 bass boat with 150 hp saltwater Optimax, w/trailer • 2000 Grizzly 600 4x4 auto • 2003 Kodiak 450 4x4 auto More consignments welcome! Terms: Cash or Good Cheque Canteen by Civitan

Auctioneer: Jim Beere

613-326-1722

Visit www.theauctionfever.com for listing

Call Today To Book Your Summer or Fall Auction

Connected to Your Community A/CP/K/P/SF - 43 - Thursday, July 30, 2015

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5501 County Road 15, RR #2, Brockville, ON K6V 5T2 Phone: (613) 926-2919 E-mail: auction@handsauction.com www.handsauction.com

Auctioneers & Qualified Appraisers JIM & TREVOR HANDS: THE VOICES OF EXPERIENCE Phone: (613) 267-6027 www.jimhandsauction.com

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Algonquin College Perth Campus 7 Craig Street (Highway 43) Perth, Ontario K7H 1X7

-Auction-

After years of careful and thoughtful collecting Mrs Buscomb has moved to a retirement home. Primitive cupboards, handmade furniture, Ethan Allen armoire, hand knotted rugs, textiles, Gibbard cherry dining room suite, sapphire/diamond ring are only a few of the items in this auction. Please visit www.handsauction.com to view complete descriptive catalogue and photographs. Advance Online Bidding opens Thursday, July 30 @ 9 a.m. and closes Thursday, August 6 @ 2:30 p.m. As always we are pleased to see you at the live auction, the choice is now yours. You will not want to miss this outstanding auction!

~ Family Friendly Property ~ This property has good bones, a good roof & foundation. The structure of the home is simple & clear. It is a maintenance free white vinyl sided bungalow featuring an extra large living room, a big bright kitchen w/ island (including a like-new Inglis 30” stove & G/E fridge/bottom freezer) plus an adjacent dining area w/ stylish bay window. There is a rear access to patio for BBQing. 2 bedrooms w/ double closets (master having his/her closets). The 3rd bedroom has been converted to a main floor laundry room (including a like-new Maytag washer/dryer). 4 pce bath. Full unfinished poured concrete wall basement houses a 3 yr old propane furnace, owned hot water heater, 200 amp service, ionizer & sump pump). Central air. Attached garage has access to basement & backyard. New roof June 2015. On well & septic. Surveyed lot 200 ft x 200 ft. Property backs onto farmland creating an aura of privacy & tranquility. Taxes; $ 1698.00 (+/-). For private viewing, terms & conditions please call our office at 613-267-6027.

CANADIAN ADVERTISING FOUNDATION

Carrie Hands, CAI, CPPA, Auctioneer & Appraiser Jason Hands, Auctioneer

Antiques & Modern Household Furnishings for Mrs Martha Buscomb, Kemptville and others to be held at Hands Auction Facility Thursday, August 6 @ 4 p.m. Preview from 3 p.m. day of auction or by appointment

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@ 780 Kitley South Elmsley Townline Rd., Smiths Falls, ON K7A 4S5 from Smiths Falls travel south 9 km on Hwy 29, turn left onto Morningside Rd. or Townline Rd. (auction signs) on Sat. Aug 8/15 @ 10 am

Perth Campus

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

AUCTIONS

Real estate auction

Saturday August 8, 10-4pm, valuables, crystal, paintings, glassware, snow globes, patio set, bbq etc. priced to sell. 278 Scotchline Road, Take Bolton, 1/4 mile off 43, between Merrickville & Kemptville.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

AUCTIONS

3 Ways to Please – Call now for your FREE No Obligation Appointment

1. We can sell your items at your Home or Business by Public Auction 2. We can Transport all your items to sell at our Auction Hall grounds. 3. We can buy it Outright and pay Cash, load and leave. We Buy Estates Saturday August 8 2015 - Massive On Site AuCtiON Auction Starts at 10 am (Preview from 9 am) 15 Hwy 511, Perth - Special Preview date for the vehicles & large machinery items on Friday, August 7 2015 from 2 pm - 4 pm - From Ottawa take 417 exit Carleton Place, stay straight on hwy 7 through Perth, turn right on Hwy 511. 1958 Buick Special restored 10 years ago, 1990 International Tandem with Air Brakes fully equipped for turn key mobile pressure wash business, 53 Foot Tri axle Storage Trailer with King Reefer, Tandem axle car trailer, farm wagon restored on steel wheels. Large Assortment of old stock brand new plows, car & truck accessories ie Boss, Western (several new Boss harness, Western Boss and Myers plow lights, hoses etc), car and truck accessories including drip vents, visors etc. New reels of hydraulic hose & fittings, new garage oils, sprays, large selection of new old stock automotive parts, 2000L water storage tank, 185 cc Panterra 4 wheeler as new condition (demo), 125 cc Bombadier gas 4 wheeler as new (demo), Snow Blower attachment & sweeper for skid steerer, 400 + Brand New Tires in various sizes to fit cars, heavy & light duty trucks, some implement & farm & tractor tires - VERY LARGE AUCTION Saturday August 15 2015 - Specialty Auction with HORSE DRAWN VEHiCLES Preview Starts at 9 am - Auction starts at 10 am 182 Glenview Road, Smiths Falls. 18 Horse Drawn Vehicles including a McLoughlin Carriage, several democrats, buggies, farm wagon frames, farm wagon wheels, cutters, sulkies etc, farm fresh furniture & picks, large selection of buggy parts, driving harness, several bridles, Jeep Pedal car, farm implements and tools, - We will be selling the large horse drawn vehicles at 1 pm sharp. *** Special viewing available Friday August 14 2015 from 2 pm 4 pm ONLY.

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DAN PEtERS AuCtiON Home Office (613) 284-8281 New Mattress Sales (613) 284-1234 email: info@danpetersauction.com Website: www.danpetersauction.com

AUCTIONS

ESTATE AUCTION SALE

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Saturday, August 8 at 10:00 a.m. To be held on site at Civic #14499 Cty. Rd. 43 Goldfield (former Goldfield General Store & SuperTest Station). From the Village of Finch, travel West on Hwy. 43 approx. 4 kms, watch for signs. Antiques & Collectibles including Store and Service Station Memorabilia, Two Old Cupboards & More. Note: Plan to attend for this is a nice offering of different typed antiques not found in every auction of today. This estate is comprised of many interesting articles from both sides of the family with Mrs. Catharine MacLean (nee MacRae) being raised in Glengarry Cty., and the Duart MacLean family having originally settled in Goldfield in 1843 with subsquent generations living here since. Owner & Auctioneer not responsible for loss or accident Canteen & Washroom On Site Terms: Cash or Good Cheque with proper I.D. Props: To settle the estate of the late Catharine & Duart A. MacLean Auction conducted by: Peter Ross Auction Services Ltd. Ingleside, ON 613-537-8862 See www.theauctionfever.com for full listing and pics

Saturday August 1st, 2015 10:00 a.m. sharp To be held at our home located at 3624 Farmview Rd., Kinburn, Ontario. We will be offering for sale items from the home of the late Marjorie Naismith, Almonte, items from a recently sold home in Carp and items from a home in Kanata. Dining room table; antique desk; antique school desk; framed prints; live animal traps; generator; kitchen items; stove, dryer; golf balls; push mower; power pack; chain saw; treadle sewing machine; dresser; sideboard; 2 upright pianos; player piano; Organ, Tread Mill; etc. All items are in very good condition – should be an interesting sale – please plan to attend. Auctioneer: John J. O’Neill 613-832-2503 email: oneillsauctions@gmail.com Terms: Cash or Cheque with ID Refreshments Owners or Auctioneer not responsible in case of loss or accident www.oneillsauctions.ca

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To book your sale call

Travel tips from CBSA for the summer holiday period

AUCTION SALE

ESTATE AUCTION Reginald W. Kumm (The Bay Barn) Sunday, August 2nd @ 1:00pm 160 Main Street, Seeley’s Bay Viewing at 12:00 noon (No early birds) (NO DOGS ALLOWED) Directions: Take Highway 15 from Kingston and Smiths Falls to Seeley’s Bay (watch for signs). Consisting of: Findlay Cook Stoves (Res. Bid), pure sterling silver pieces, wardrobes, dressers, old mantle radios, crocks, sealers, old bottles, old rocking chairs, wooden chairs, old books and newspapers, framed pictures, framed paintings by (local artist Thelma Cameron of Crystal Rock), coal oil lamps, cast iron ceiling registers and grates, old store scales, horse collars, antique sideboard, salt and pepper shaker sets, plus much, much more. Auctioneer’s Note: This is a continuous auction of the Estate of Reg Kumm (The Bay Barn). The barn is still packed to the rafters, expect surprises, plan to attend. www.facebook.com/townncountryauctions www.theauctionfever.com Canteen Town n’ Country Auctions Auctioneer: Reynolds Vander Velde 613-926-0512 #2015-03

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SUN AUG 9, 2015 @ 10 AM SHARP! PREVIEW @ 9 AM TO BE HELD @ MARSHALL’S AUCTION HOUSE 2913 CTY RD 21 SPENCERVILLE This sale features collectibles from Franklin & Danbury mint die cast cars, trucks, Faberge eggs, original artwork, collection of knives, replica pistols, stamps, antique furniture, china, glass modern furniture, millwright & mechanics tools, large mechanics chest, Simplicity garden tractor, as new Craftsman snow blower w/ canopy etc.… Auctioneers Note: Large sale something for everyone! See you there! For a more detailed list w/ photos go to www.lmauctions.ca Auctioneer or Owner not responsible for lost, stolen, damaged articles, accidents day of sale. Canteen. Terms: Cash, Debit, Visa, Mastercard Photo I.D. as is. No Buyers Premium All announcements day of sale takes precedence over all printed matter.

AUCTIONS

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AnnuAl Sporting goodS Auction SAle to be held @ Hands Auction Hall 3 miles east of Perth on Cty Rd # 10 #3560 Drummond Conc. 2 Perth, ON on Sat., Aug. 22/15 @ 10am Welcoming firearms, archery, rods, tackle, hunting & fishing gear, vehicles used for motorsport, golfing & leisure equip’t, camping gear, boats, motors, trailers, ATV’s, campers etc. Please call our office @ 613-267-6027 for complimentary advertising. Please visit our website often for merchandise listing. Terms: Cash, Cheque, Visa, M/C, Debit – Catering

Auctioneers & Qualified Appraisers JIM & TREVOR HANDS: THE VOICES OF EXPERIENCE Phone: (613) 267-6027 www.jimhandsauction.com

Classifieds get results. 283-3182 Toll-free 1-888-9673237 1-888WORD ADS

The busy summer holiday season is upon us and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is making every effort to effectively manage the increased volumes of passengers during this peak period; travellers can facilitate their passage at the border by keeping the following tips in mind: • Plan ahead to avoid delays at the Canada-US land border. The CBSA suggests that you avoid travelling during peak periods, which occur mainly during weekends and statutory holidays, between 2 p.m. and midnight. You may also keep track of border wait times. To inquire about border wait times at major ports of entry, you may consult the CBSA website (http://www.cbsaasfc.gc.ca/bwt-taf/menu-eng.html), or Twitter (general: @CBSA_BWT; StBernard-de-Lacolle: @CBSA_SBL; Stanstead: @CBSA_STD; St-Armand/ Philipsburg: @CBSA_SAP). • Bring appropriate identification for yourself and for all children travelling with you, regardless of their age. CBSA officers watch closely for missing children and may ask you detailed questions about the children you are travelling with. If you have or share legal custody of the children, have copies of the relevant legal documents, such as custody rights, on hand. HELP WANTED

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• Declare all merchandise you have bought and received and have all your receipts on hand. Officers may ask you to show receipts for the goods you have purchased and your hotel receipts to verify the length of your stay outside Canada. Keep all of your receipts together and on hand to avoid unnecessary delays. • Be aware of your personal exemptions. Depending on the length of your stay abroad, you may be entitled to certain personal exemptions. If you are away for less than 24 hours, there is no tax exemption, but if you are away 24 hours or more, you can bring back $200 worth of goods, tax and duty-free. Away for 48 hours or more and that figure goes up to $800 Canadian. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products may be included in your 48-hour or seven-day exemption, provided you are of legal age. Certain restrictions apply. The following amounts of tobacco products may be imported free of duty and taxes (when stays are more than 48 hours): 200 cigarettes; 50 cigars or cigarillos; 200 tobacco sticks; and 200 grams (seven ounces) of manufactured tobacco (a special duty fee might be applicable). • Know before you go. Certain goods are prohibited or restricted from entering Canada (weapons, certain plant and HELP WANTED

animal products, etc.). You can find out more about this by consulting the information document Residents Returning to Canada: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/ travel-voyage/ifcrc-rpcrc-eng.html. “Many persons will be travelling this summer. The CBSA is making every effort to ensure that their experience at the border is as smooth and efficient as possible. I encourage anyone coming to Canada’s borders over the holidays to visit the CBSA website for the most up-to-date travel tips and advice, and to plan accordingly,” stated Benoît Chiquette, regional director general, CBSA, Quebec region. NEXUS program If you are a citizen or permanent resident of Canada or the United States, you can apply to become a member of NEXUS, a program designed to expedite the border clearance process for low-risk, pre-approved travellers into Canada and the United States. More information about this program is available at www. nexus.gc.ca. For more information, visit the CBSA Web site at www.cbsa.gc.ca or contact the Border Information Service at 1‑800‑461-9999. Submitted by the Canada Border Services Agency.

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