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By Angela Saxe

“By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.”

Macbeth, Act 4, sc. 1, 44-45

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he news is filled with details of evil in our world, so much that we may grow numb to it all – but it is hard to know what to do when violence occurs in our midst. Tamworth, like most small rural communities, is built on trust, neighborliness, support and caring – qualities that we recognize as morally good. So what happens when a member of our community betrays this goodness?

How can the perpetrator of a violent, tragic act also be a member of our community, a person who has raised their family and lived their life in this area?

How do we reconcile evil acts with people who are not perceived or known to be evil?

The victim of the events of February 26th, Charles McCloud Thomas, did not have his roots in our community. Twenty-five years ago he bought a piece of land north of Erinsville and settled into a quiet life that was eventually seen as eccentric and isolated. But there were people in the area who had known him for a long time: an old friend knew him in Vancouver in the late 60s where he impressed her as a bright, well read man with an inquisitive mind. He had traveled and lived in a variety of cities around the world, including Tokyo. People in the village remarked that he liked to talk when the mood struck him. “He could talk my ear off,” one woman recalled. “The last time we spoke, he told us that it might be the last time we’d see him. His cancer had returned and he was looking very frail.”

The perpetrator, Morton Lewis grew up in the Tamworth community. He was born on the Arden Road and lived on Highway 41 for many years. His passion was building and repairing small engines and he enjoyed flying his ultralight plane. He was well known by many because of his extensive family connections and old friends. He was like many men in the area, comfortable out on the land – hunting and trapping.

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The shocking series of acts that he perpetrated that day traumatized his community. How could someone who was well known by so many people, who was familiar and not an anonymous criminal commit such acts of violence against people who he knew?

No one really knows what triggered him that day. There may be some who know the hurts and perceived injustices that he may have felt, but could anyone have predicted that a person who knew the difference between right and wrong suddenly slays an old friend and then goes on to terrorize innocent people?

“I’ll never forget the look on his face,” said a woman who was confronted by Lewis that afternoon. “It was something I’d never wish to see.” Did she see hatred, fear, rage or panic? Did she see someone who felt hunted, or who was out hunting for someone to hurt? Or was it someone who realized the enormity of his actions and couldn’t bear it? What makes these situations so haunting is that we will never know.

We can never prepare ourselves for something wicked that comes our way. If evil behaviour is an aberration because we are imperfect beings, then we have to accept that it’s there, living side by side with goodness. Some say that evil only comes from evil people, and that when opportunity arises, they commit their wrongdoing.

These “evildoers” are ignorant of a basic truth, the sanctity of human life, and they take pleasure from inflicting pain. But those who knew Mort Lewis would never describe him as such.

The media reported comments expressed by some residents who said that they had lost their trust in others and that they no longer felt secure in their community.

They now lock their doors and eye

people suspiciously. I believe that’s not the way for a community to respond to the evil actions of an individual. Goodness represents hope and hope is continuous and expansive. Goodness implies a certain faith in others that they will not do harm. Evil is the opposite of goodness and even though we know its destructive force, we cannot empower it with fear and skepticism.

School children made colourful posters for the community and they are hanging in many local businesses. One of the messages: Like the river that runs through this town, we will be strong!!! echoes the positive, life-affirming and healing power of goodness.

Letter to the Editor Delighted to hear in Cam Mather’s article in the latest Scoop issue that the Stone Mills Local Food Project is underway.

A wonderful development to further the cause for more local production and consumption of fresher, more nutritious and tastier food. We will be following this project with great interest.

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Night of the Roundtable

By Mary Jo Field

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amworth/Erinsville GrassRoots Growers is a community-based group. Our mission is to encourage interest in local and organic gardening for both the home garden and the market garden; to raise awareness of issues surrounding food production; to improve our practical knowledge of all aspects of plant life; and to provide networking opportunities for gardeners.

Usually I close out my articles on GrassRoots Growers’ events with the statement above, but this time I wanted to start that way. If ever there was an evening that fulfilled all of the GRG’s stated objectives in one event, the roundtable discussion held at the Tamworth library on Tuesday, March 4 was it. Particularly interesting and exciting was the networking part.

More on that later.

The Speakers First, to set the scene: the library was filled almost to capacity; a few more and we would have had to turn people away, fire regulations being what they are. The topic for the evening focused on growing food, prompted by the recent passing of the Local Food Act by the Ontario Provincial government.

Seated at the front were our three guest gardeners (they preferred not to be called experts, although most consider them so), who each made a brief comment about their take on the issues surrounding the growing of food in a local and sustainable way. Brian Burt, of Burt’s Greenhouses, said essentially we need to develop a habit of nurturing the food system, connecting with our gardens for more than the peak June to August season. Cam Mather, of Sunflower Farm, spoke of the need to develop resiliency in our food infrastructure, to be prepared for future shocks. Karen ten Cate, of Bumblerock Farms, feels we won’t truly have a local food system until we start with local seeds. All are important perspectives, each a little different but complementary.

Issues Questions and the resulting discussion highlighted several food-related issues. Particular to the Stone Mills area, although not unique, is that most people who live here do not work here.

Those who leave the community and drive to work tend to shop in the larger centres for the sake of efficiency and convenience in their busy lives. Also, there are not a lot of small-scale farmers around here who grow food for local consumption, and for those who do try their hand at it, sometimes it is a short-lived venture due to economic pressures and disappointing sales. The point was made that sometime in the future we will be forced to turn more to local produce because transportation costs, climate change and weather extremes (particularly droughts) will

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Gardeners networking. Photo by David Field.

push the price of imported foods beyond our willingness to pay. We are so used to finding everything we want at any time of the year now, our expectations and eating habits will need to change. And both Brian and Cam mentioned that what people say they are willing to do or buy to support local agriculture or more sustainable native plants, and what they actually do, quite often diverge.

Education is only part of the equation; price pressures are more likely to drive momentum towards local and sustainable practices.

Potential Solutions Thoughts on possible solutions and ways to increase availability and consumption of local food were also discussed. Aggregators will form a big part of the answer.

Whether aggregators come in the form of farmers’ markets, grocery stores sourcing more local crops, food hubs, or CSA’s, anything that helps reduce the number of places people must go to fill their food basket will help. What about online food markets? Community gardens? Better dissemination of information about where to go to buy local? Perhaps a notice in The Scoop listing who sells what and where?

Practical knowledge There was evidence of hunger (pun intended) for practical knowledge about growing food, with the audience seeking information on natural fertilizers, how to start a vegetable plot on a site that has not been previously used as a garden, favourite tomatoes, heirloom seeds, how to deal with squash vine borer, the best manure to use, cover crops, stinging nettle foliar spray, composting, and how the bees are doing. Someone asked what people are eating in February and March that they grew themselves, and

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the answers came from a number of gardeners in the audience – potatoes, onions, garlic, sweet potatoes, carrots, beets, squash and dried beans, plus all those canned tomatoes and the beans, peas, chard, cucumbers and broccoli that were frozen or pickled in season. I suspect there is also a cabbage and a turnip or two somewhere in a root cellar awaiting its turn in the pot.

Networking Earlier I mentioned how this event provided a wonderful opportunity for networking. Myriad of conversations were going on. It was really pleasing to see so many new faces, people who have not been to GrassRoots Growers events before.

Here is a partial list of things I heard during the roundtable discussion or overheard as people circulated, chatted and picked up free seed packets after the main event: Waterfall Tea Room in Yarker will again be putting on their “Shake the Hand that Feeds You” dinner this summer; 2 lambs got sold; some possible leads for the Stone Mills Local Food Project that Cam Mather wrote about in the last issue of The Scoop; praise for the Napanee Farmers’ Market which seems to be slowly growing and improving with more variety including pork, chicken and dairy products; fresh salad greens available now from Burt’s Greenhouses (I bought some myself the following Thursday); a potential drop-off point in Napanee for Sunflower Farm CSA; a request for and an offer of cold storage for onions and potatoes. Based on the hum in the room and how long people stayed around, I’m sure there was a lot more information exchanged and connections made.

It was great!

As always with events like this, many people help and contribute.

Impossible though it would be

to mention everyone, I must at least thank the following: our speakers Brian Burt, Karen ten Cate and Cam Mather for their time and willingness to share their invaluable experience; Napanee Home Hardware, Bumblerock Farm and Mountain Grove Seed Co. for their donations to the seed exchange table; Cam And Michelle Mather for donating their book The All you Can Eat Gardening Handbook and the DVD Seven Easy Steps to Your Own Backyard Produce Department as prizes; Lois Smith for her pussy willow arrangements; and all the unnamed but much appreciated donors of seed packets, gardening books and magazines for the exchange table.

Upcoming Events Now that Spring is upon us, the GrassRoots Growers have more events to tempt you. On Tuesday, April 22, 2014 starting at 7 pm at the Tamworth library, Tom Brown and Susie Meisner will inspire you with pictures and the story of SpindleTree Gardens, their remarkable site just south of Tamworth on County Road 4. For more details, see the article in this issue of The Scoop. Arrive early to ensure a seat!

And on Saturday, May 24, 2014, at Beaver Lake Park in Erinsville, our fifth annual plant sale will take place, starting at 10 am. For more information, see the poster ad in this issue of The Scoop. For this event don’t bother to arrive early unless you are donating plants. The sale will not begin until 10 am on the dot! (I hope that doesn’t sound too bossy, but we prefer you don’t become irritated by being made to wait).

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Celebrating the 150 Anniversary of Lennox & Addington County th

By Jane Foster

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s one breaks over the crest of Roblin’s Hill when approaching the Town of Greater Napanee along County Road 2 from the east, the stately County Court House with its crowning cupola rises proudly above the horizon. This impressive and important building, constructed in 1864 at the head of Adelphi Street, has been the seat of government for Lennox and Addington since the County was incorporated as an independent municipality.

By 1863 the County of Lennox and Addington had finally met the population and stringent legislative requirements to petition the Governor-In-Council for separation from Frontenac County with whom they had been united since 1841. A Provisional Council comprised of the Reeves and Deputy Reeves of Lennox and Addington’s local municipalities began meeting in September 1863 at Napanee to fulfill the conditions for the small new county with solid ambitions.

Over the ensuing twelve months of transition the Provisional Council met regularly to settle such matters as the appointment of a Clerk and Treasurer; the creation of a seal for the municipal corporation; the issuing of debentures; the sale of toll gates on macadamized roads and the acceptance of John Forin’s tender of $33,146 for the construction of the Court House and Jail on land donated by M.P.P. Richard Cartwright.

By Proclamation on September 30, 1864, all conditions had been met, including payment of $61,500 to Frontenac County as settlement for the dissolution of the united counties. Lennox and Addington was now able to begin operating as an independent municipality.

In January 1865 County Council elected John Stevenson, Reeve of

the Town of Napanee and former Warden of the Provisional Council, as Lennox and Addington’s first Warden. Every year since a Warden has been elected by County Councillors from amongst their members. A total of 137 men and one woman, Lorraine Berger in 1993, have served as Lennox and Addington County Warden over the past 150 years. Eight of the men including current Warden Gord Schermerhorn have served multiple one-year terms.

A succession of township reeves and deputy reeves, under the leadership of the County Warden have guided the progress of the County since its formative years.

Until 1998, the system of municipal government remained largely unchanged, although directly elected County Commissioners replaced the reeves and deputy reeves for a ten-year period from 1896-1906. Then in 1998, Provincial Government directives transformed the County’s service responsibilities and reduced the County’s thirteen local municipalities to four, Loyalist, Greater Napanee, Stone Mills and Addington Highlands. County Council in turn was reduced from twenty-four Councillors to eight.

A review of the minutes of County Council meetings since 1864 provides insight into the diverse challenges that have confronted Lennox and Addington’s municipal leaders as they endeavoured to serve their fellow citizens. Some topics such as fiscal stewardship, roads and bridges, as well as public health and wellbeing transcend all 150 years. Today Lennox and Addington provides a broad range of services for its residents, many within a highly regulated framework determined by the Provincial Government.

150 years of leadership in one place is a remarkable achievement. Not least among

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Photo courtesy Lennox & Addington Historical Society. the initiatives of the last century was a major renovation of the County Court House in 1993, ensuring its functionality for the millennium. The County Court House renovation was a tribute to the County’s founding fathers who strove to take charge of their own lives and maintain order and control by forming an independent county.

2014 marks Lennox and Addington’s sesquicentennial and provides an occasion to highlight

and commemorate the history of our County. The County will celebrate its 150th anniversary on August 23rd with gala events on the Court House grounds and the official reopening of the expanded Museum and Archives.

County Council’s commitment to complete this $5 million capital project in recognition of Lennox and Addington’s sesquicentennial will ensure that the heritage of our County community will be preserved for the benefit of future generations.

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Diary of a Mad Househusband

By Cam Mather

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’m kind of struggling with housework this winter. My wife Michelle and I have always shared the housework. She does the bulk of the cooking because she is exceptional at it, we split the sweeping/floor washing, and I do all the toilet cleaning.

Historically in our home, housework has been the domain of the spouse with the lower contribution towards our income.

In the old days when I was busy running our electronic publishing business I was more focused on making money. So Michelle completed the bulk of the work around the house. Now we both work at running a CSA in which we provide our members with a weekly box of vegetables during the growing season but I focus on it. Michelle works on setting up websites, administering them and training other people how to administer them. I am quite in awe because I have found of late that I have hit the technology wall and am less than enthused about all things computer related.

So I have taken over the lead in the cleaning department and I’ve got to say, I think I’m slowly losing my mind. I have no doubt this long, bitterly cold and ridiculously snowy winter is affecting my outlook, but I think doing the housework is impacting me as well.

We heat our century-old farmhouse with wood, and we have two cats and a dog. We also have a dozen layer chickens and we keep their feed and bowls near the back door in the kitchen. When I sweep the stuff on our hardwood floors I believe that the potential BTUs from all this biomass would comfortably heat our house by itself.

But what’s really pushing me to the boundaries of (in) sanity is washing dishes. We wash our dishes by hand. Although we live off-grid and could run a dishwasher I’ve always hated them. They’re loud, inefficient with energy and leave a gross filmy feel to the dishes. When I see how much time people take to rinse all their dishes before they load the dishwasher I figure that I might as well just wash them by hand. The other advantage from an environmental standpoint is that during the winter our solar domestic hot water system (SDHW), which provides us with more than 60% of our hot water over the course of the year, doesn’t produce as well during the dark days of winter, so I heat the water on our zero-carbon woodstove and fill up the dishpan that way.

What I don’t understand is how two adults can possibly make so many dirty dishes? They are just endless.

Every time I go in the kitchen there

is another pile of them. Don’t get me wrong, I love to eat. Right now there is a mixing bowl and pan from the delicious homemade bread Michelle stirred up this morning, and a bowl and pan from the unbelievably awesome banana cake Michelle just baked, so I understand there is a price to pay for eating so well. But I’m getting to the point where I’m starting to envy people who eat at restaurants all of the time. I’m thinking maybe it’s time we just loaded up on paper plates and disposable cutlery to cut down on my dishwashing time.

How can there be so many mugs?

Do we drink that many caffeinated beverages? And the cutlery! Where does all the dirty cutlery come from? Sometimes I think Michelle sneaks into the kitchen and just tosses knives and forks into the dirty pile to give me more work to do. In fact, I’ve come to believe that the dog and cats team up at night, since they don’t have opposable thumbs, and carry dishes out of the cupboard over to the counter.

I just know they’re snickering at me when I come downstairs in the morning.

So here’s the real question I keep asking myself as I slave over dishpan after dishpan of endless dirty dishes, trying to position myself in such a way as to minimize the pain in my lower back. How did our mothers maintain their sanity while assuming the role of “housewife”? How did the endless onslaught of cooking and cleaning and dishwashing not send them all

running to the woods to live like a cave dweller? If I don’t get back out into the garden soon and out of the kitchen I’m going to have to be institutionalized. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t feel emasculated being a househusband. It’s a temporary thing. And I still get to do lots of manly stuff. I still cut all of our firewood myself with a chainsaw. This winter I’ve been learning how to sharpen my chainsaw blades properly. I’ve been building shelves to hold the boxes we fill with vegetables for our CSA. I’ve been doing manly stuff. But this housework thing is starting to wear me down.

I hope readers of this column will feel sorry for me and join our CSA out of pity. “Look dear, I think we should get a box of vegetables from this feminist farmer guy, I feel kind of sorry for him having to wash all those dishes this winter.” I’m not above charity. I’ll take it. Anything that gets me out of the kitchen and into the soil. This winter has convinced me that our mothers were heroines to be so stoic about their work. They just pushed ahead and did it, and never complained.

Jumping in a car and driving to a job was so much easier than running a household. So pick up the phone, call your mother and thank her. You owe her big time!

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By J. Huntress

By Alyce Gorter

M

y grandmother was a lady.

Despite her lifetime of living in impoverished conditions and surviving through bone-wearying daily toil, she did not smoke, drink, swear or carouse. She looked, smelled and conducted herself like the lady she was at heart. Yet, when she discovered another woman trespassing on her property and robbing her precious blueberry patch, her ‘fighting Irish’ heritage surfaced, leading to a physical altercation and a day in court.

This was not an incident that merited boasting in my family.

However, it does demonstrate the intensity of emotion that can occur when rights of ownership are violated by another. The phrase “shoot and shovel” was coined to describe the means of resolution that some irate landowners took in the past to eliminate trespassing on their property. Yet, despite putting themselves and their reputations at risk, trespassers continue to be one of the most frequent sources of complaints by property owners.

With good reason.

Take for example, two reports from the Ministry of Natural Resources of local trespassing charges laid during the 2013 deer hunt season.

One incident involved a man from Godfrey and a man from Kingston shooting from the road at an antlerless deer in North Frontenac Township that was standing by a NO TRESPASSING SIGN!!!! There are so many things wrong with this picture that it defies anyone’s logic.

The second incident involved a man from Battersea and a man from Bath going directly past a NO TRESPASSING sign in Central Frontenac to destroy parts of a beaver dam in plain view of the landowner’s house! There was no benefit to any of these men from their actions.

So perhaps at this time a bit of clarification regarding ‘trespassing’ is warranted. This is information only and not to be taken as legal advice.

The Trespass to Property Act, passed in 1980, is meant to protect landowners and occupants from other people being on their property. That means almost any piece of property, including trailers, trains, water, ships, residences (dwellings and gardens) and businesses. (Although, if there is a door located on a property, it is presumed that access to that door is not prohibited as long as you are using it for legal reasons and that the door is for the purpose of

entering and leaving.) So, aside from those using your front door, let’s simplify it: A trespasser is anyone who does not have permission from the owner or occupant to be on the premises.

In Ontario, a sign does not have to be posted in order for you to be considered in violation of the Trespass to Property Act. If you do not have implied or explicit permission to be on any given premises, then you are in violation of this act and can be arrested by a law enforcement officer, occupant or person authorized by the occupant.

If you are found guilty in a court of law of violating Ontario’s Trespass to Property Act, fines of up to $2,000 can be assessed against you. Damages can be awarded to the occupant for up to $1,000. The trespasser may also have to pay the court fees.

As an interesting note -- if you are detained by the property owner, the property owner MUST turn you over to a police officer. The reason? Through the Trespass to Property Act, the property owner has a civilian arrest authority but no civilian release authority. And no, the property owner can’t keep the trespasser under permanent detention, such as chained up in the barn. But, if you are detained by the property owner or someone acting on their behalf and you attempt to forcefully leave, you are “resisting arrest.” This could upgrade what is a Provincial Offence to a Criminal Offence. Nor can the arresting person “change their mind” or “give you a break”.

Nor can your supervisor, or any other civilian authority release them or order you to release them. Once arrested, you must be turned over to the police. Period!

Anything else could result in the person arresting you, being charged or sued.

his winter I felt a strong need to watch the Sochi Olympics and see the incredibly talented ice skaters compete – both the pairs and the individuals.

I haven’t had such a need since the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics when I watched the figure skating competitions during the desolate time in New York City after the fires in Lower Manhattan had been extinguished and their putrid fumes diminished. Then as now, I wanted to see and feel reassured by the physical beauty, strength and dexterity of these young athletes.

I wanted to see the physical execution and coordinated movements of these young people as they skated to beautiful music— to watch them lift each another, trusting that their partner would not let them fall. I wanted to watch the officials award medals to the best, most deserving skaters of the world.

Olympic athletes provide us with clues as to how we may emerge from dark moments that have trapped us - just as fish beneath the frozen surface of a lake take the cold bait from the fisherman’s rod.

The skaters, who are both athletes and artists, show us that winter lakes, rural ponds and village rinks can become stages upon which humans can dance, twirl and turn into Olympic doves. In the Opening Ceremony, children leaped up from their steel skates and flew over vast lands with volcanoes and deserts below. Beauty on and off the ice is visible grace and it warms our hearts in midwinter.

The parents of young athletes make great sacrifices in order to support their children; they give their time and their money to pay for the daily training these sports require often traveling distances to access the best coaching and the best sport facilities. The risk of injury and personal disappointment is always present and they know that it can impact on their children for years to come. The audience at the Bolshoi Arena this year was stunned and quiet after the great Russian figure skater, Evgeni Plushenko, collapsed in pain at the end of his presentation; he then

went on to announce his retirement from competition at the age of 31.

Such moments are heart wrenching to watch.

One skater, the winner of Olympic Gold in 2002 was the young American skater named Sarah Hughes. So many people were impressed by her flawless skating, her choreography and her joy for skating. She seemed to give audiences an unspoken promise that better days, better dreams would come. Being a romantic, I sat down then and wrote this tribute --it still applies now to every good skater I saw this past February: Tribute to Sarah—2002 Watching Sarah skate felt like receiving a pure and astonishing gift. Her performer’s grace, her lilt, her smile--all these worked as balm for people’s hearts. Flawless in performance, she was our leaping “Spirit Dancer” in a cold winter--as we watched, our bodies stilled and we applauded her agile, flowing movements.

She offered each of us a different world--a world of hope that could inspire some to begin the long discipline and practice to leap from ice into air. For a few minutes she gave us a vision of the Olympic ideal.

Her gift was generous and bright as the first yellow crocus to appear in spring. Despite her youth, she was teaching each of us to live better lives and to not forget that happiness comes from human achievement and love. Young girls in the city rushed to skating rinks to try their pirouettes, to emulate Sarah and to glide magically across the ice as they circled the rink.

Twelve years later I could write similar words to Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, to Charlie White and Meryl Davis, to the beautiful Italian skater Anna Cappalini and the Russian Gold Medallist Adelina Sotnikova who barely beat the South Korean skater Kim Yuna.

Now I must wait another four years to watch them all in the South Korean Winter Olympics. It is a long time to wait.

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The Natural Edge

By Susan Moore and Kelsey Jensen “We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can’t speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees.”

-- Chief Edward Moody, Qwatsinas, Nuxalk Nation

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oes your shoreline property have a Natural Edge? If so then it’s important to protect your shoreline and your corner of the watershed.

It’s easily done, with assistance from Friends of the Salmon River (friendsofsalmonriver.ca) and their partners. A shoreline of trees, shrubs or flowering plants is both beautiful and useful: it becomes a refuge for animals and birds.

Landowners with waterfront property anywhere in the Salmon River watershed (see sidebar) may come on board for our shoreline program.

With your input, we will create a shoreline plan and also plant the best species for you. Natural buffers of shrubs, trees, ground covers, grasses, and aquatic plants provide essential services: they filter water, stabilize stream banks, reduce erosion, and improve wildlife habitat. The Friends of the Salmon River in partnership with the Centre for Sustainable Watersheds, the Eastern Ontario Stewardship Collaborative, and Quinte Conservation are offering landowners free site visits this spring; that means right now!

for planting and a list of suitable native shrub and tree species.

If you especially want views of the water, there are low growing species too. Larger cost-sharing programs are also available, such as livestock fencing, large-scale plantings and tax incentive programs. Your goals and wishes drive your property plan, and all advice is optional. You decide what is appropriate for your land.

In return for the free advice and the planting, you sign a stewardship agreement (agreeing to take reasonable care of the plants) and you only pay up to 25% of the costs of your project. The Centre for Sustainable Watersheds will arrange the ordering, delivery and planting of all the species.

Planting will take place in the fall of 2014.

Community volunteers supervised by biologists from the Centre will do the planting. Community training workshops will be offered to teach planting techniques and the benefits of healthy shoreline habitat. This project will not only improve our shorelines, but it will also empower community members – young and older - to take positive environmental action.

Following a spring site visit, project staff will deliver a customized planting plan indicating recommended areas

To book your free site visit, or find more information about this project, please contact Friends of the Salmon River: Susan Moore at 613-379-5958 or susan@ moorepartners.ca OR contact the Centre for Sustainable Watersheds: Kelsey Jensen at 613-264-1244. Visit www.watersheds.ca and look for The Natural Edge.

The Salmon River watershed includes all areas of land that drain into the Salmon River, from just south of Mazinaw Lake (north of Cloyne), southeast to Arden, and from there, southwest to Shannonville, where it empties into the Bay of Quinte. The system includes our abundant lakes, wetlands and tributaries. Map by Dugald Carmichael.

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By Helen Gagnier

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he County of Frontenac is very proud of its work on the Frontenac K&P Trail and is pleased to be able to offer an online mapping/virtual tour of the trail.

includes a spectacular photo of the bridge at sunset. Marker 43 notes the end of the line for now. This is the point where Phase 2 ended, just north of Verona.

“The trail is a wonderful recreational resource,” said County Warden Bud Clayton. “We are very proud of the work that has been done and are thrilled to be able to offer residents a virtual tour so that they may experience the trail and, hopefully, be inspired to use it.”

Work on Phase 2 of the trail implementation plan was completed earlier this winter, bringing the developed trail length to 20 km.

Residents are encouraged to go to www. frontenacmaps. ca/kptour to embark on the virtual tour of the trail. And the great thing is the map works on all devices. You can pull it up on your laptop, tablet or phone.

And, thanks to the County’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) department, the trail tour is a lot more than photos.

The trail route is mapped out on an aerial view that allows the user to zoom in and see the actual terrain.

Another view of the trail shows the elevation, so residents can see the various hills and valleys of the trail.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a virtual tour without the photos. For each point of the trail that is marked, there is an accompanying photo that was taken and uploaded to the map this week, showing the trail in all its winter beauty.

Photos will be updated in the spring, to be seasonally appropriate on the virtual tour.

There are currently 43 points of interest marked on the trail map.

Marker 1 is the beginning of the trail at the City/County boundary.

Marker 13 shows the area where the K&P Trail intersects with the Cataraqui Trail. Marker 31 is at the Hardwood Creek Bridge and

“The K&P can be travelled from the Kingston/County boundary at Orser Road to north of the village of Verona at Township Road 38,” said Anne Marie Young, Manager of Economic Development for the County.

Young is keen for the development to continue this year to White Lake Road, which is an additional 10 km. This phase of the trail development will include the reconstruction of the bridge across White Creek.

The Frontenac K&P Trail has multiple uses, including walking, hiking, skiing, and biking.

Snowmobilers are permitted on the southern portion of the trail, but ATVs are prohibited.

The trail follows the former K&P Railway Company line as much as possible. By creating loops and linking to regional trail systems, the K&P provides an opportunity for enthusiasts of every age and skill level to experience diverse natural and cultural landscapes 12 months of the year.

If you would like more information the Frontenac K&P Trail, please visit the County of Frontenac website at www.frontenaccounty. ca or contact Anne Marie Young, Manager of Economic Sustainability at ayoung@frontenaccounty.ca.

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From 9:00 am until 1:00 pm Adults and teens: $7.00 Children ages 6-12: $4.00 Groups bigger than six persons please reserve.

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Saturday, April 26 Footsteps to the Past.

Paranormal Investigators.

The House is pleased to offer the opportunity to participate in a real ghost tour with real “ghost hunters”. Demonstration of paranormal investigation equipment during a tour of the House. Two opportunities: at 2:00 pm or at 7:00 pm .

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Prior registration absolutely required.

Saturday, May 3 GENERAL MEETING 2pm Art Shaw of Lyndhurst.

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Sunday, May 11 Mothers’ Day Tea. Given by Friends of the Laird.

Celebrate Mothers’ Day with a special loved one. Enjoy homemade sandwiches and desserts. Several sittings between 11 am and 3 pm.

Cost: $12.00 per person.

Prior registration absolutely required.

Saturday, May 17 Annual Plant and Garden Sale.

The Macpherson House will be selling a variety of hearty indoor and outdoor plants for your pleasure.

Added this year, gently used garden tools, lawn ornaments, garden books.

All events are held at Allan Macpherson House, Napanee, unless otherwise noted.

To register, or for more information, phone 613-354-5982 or email info@macphersonhouse.ca

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The Magic Ukulele

By Barry Lovegrove

I

had been toying with the idea of buying a mandolin, a banjo or a ukulele (also referred to as a uke) for quite a while, thinking that I’d like to learn to play another instrument other than the guitar.

When I was in Marie’s Place in Napanee just before Christmas, the owner of the music store, Dale Vandusen suggested that I speak to Lucky Al Orr as he had just got a ukulele. I gave Al a call and asked a few questions. At the end of our conversation, I had made up my mind. I ordered a KALA Ukelele from Dale and waited patiently for it to be delivered.

I was really excited when he phoned to let me know it was in. I had already ordered a book with 360 well known ukulele songs along with the chords so I was ready to start practicing.

I found that I couldn’t put this little instrument down. It is small but has a big sound and it is an amazing instrument. Because I’ve been playing guitar for many years, learning to play the uke came a bit easier but still confusing at the same time. The “G” chord on the uke is the same fingering and position as the “D” chord on the guitar and I found myself getting mixed up for awhile and still do

sometimes.

The ukulele is a very popular little instrument.

It was originally introduced to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants in the 19th century, has four nylon or gut strings and comes in four sizes: soprano, concert, tenor and baritone.

There is a ton of tutorials on YouTube and there are many ukulele clubs everywhere. I got on the phone to Lucky Al (as he likes to be called) only to find out that both he and Dale from Marie’s were already thinking about starting a Ukulele Club in Napanee and calling it UCON get it - Get Your Uke On. It

The newly formed UCON (Ukulele Consortium Of Napanee). stands for Ukulele Consortium Of Napanee. How fitting is that?

Well, I had to be a part of this so Al and I with our ukuleles in hand got together on a Thursday morning not just to play our ukes but to plan how to get UCON started.

We decided to meet at 7:30 on the first Tuesday of the month at Marie’s Place. Our first meeting turned out to be on one of the worst snow storms of the year. Six people showed up.

Our second meeting at Marie’s was packed with twentyseven people - wow, you could hardly move. Our third meeting was held at Dale’s home just down from Marie’s on Dundas since there was more open space and room to move around.

Twenty-five people showed up that evening. I don’t South Frontenac Ukulele Group. know what we’re

The nice thing so far is that it’s drawing families together and people of all ages. Yes I mean all ages, from young to mature.

Together we all played a couple of simple tunes to start with. When I looked around the room I could see smiles on every face. What more could you ask for?

I also visited Cam Kenny in Sydenham. He has been running a ukulele club out of his house for quite a while. Cam doesn’t profess to be a good teacher but I beg to differ, he gets everyone going, picking out songs from the ukulele book and playing and singing along. They were enjoying every moment and I could tell that they didn’t want to stop. There is also a great ukulele club in Kingston run by Hans Boldt called The Kingston Ukulele Society. Check out their website, it’s great - www. kingstonukes.com The ukulele may be small but it has a great sound. It is reasonably easy to play at any age and its magic just grabs hold of you and won’t let go.

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The Power of Books

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ersonally, reading is my favourite way to spend my time.

Have you ever started a book and not wanted to let it go? Have you sat in bed guessing what was going to happen next? Do you enjoy losing yourself in someone else’s triumphs, someone else’s pain? Do you love running your fingers across the textured pages?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you probably understand how I feel about reading.

I believe that it doesn’t matter what type of book you are reading. All of them offer knowledge, insight, even beauty. Whether it is a book of fiction or non-fiction, the author, like any artist, is trying to convey a message about something they care about by using words and images.

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Books also offer a means of escape and relaxation. Curling up with a good book of any genre, (I’ll read pretty much anything) brings me the peace I need to endure my crazy and sometimes hectic life.

Whether it’s a court room drama, an epic fantasy series aimed at kids, a fictional novel set in a very real place in time or a young adult work exploring life and death and everything in between, I love being able to slip into these different worlds through my imagination thus connecting to the people and events in these worlds.

The connections that books provide are another big plus. I love seeing aspects of myself in a character, even a villain, or the ways in which I become attached to the characters I read about. But most important, I enjoy being able to connect with my fellow humans over our shared love of books.

I love being able to discuss a book I’ve just read with another avid reader meticulously discussing every plot twist and musing over the possible sequel or movie adaptation. I love to share the books I grew up reading with the young people in my life.

I believe that books have the power to change us—that they impact us in special ways. My life is marked by the characters and their books who have taught me valuable lessons over the years.

Severus Snape of Harry Potter fame taught me that love can change your life, but also that anyone can be a hero. Max Vandenburg from The Book Thief showed me the value of friendship. Jake Brigance from John Grisham’s A Time to Kill taught me to never give up on what I thought was right and that not everything is black and white.

And Hazel Grace Lancaster from The Fault in Our Stars showed me the value of cherishing what I have been given and to always be open to the possibilities of life.

These are just a few of the characters who have stuck with me, but there are many more. Books provide an opportunity to learn, to relax, and to live.

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A Natural View A Spring Awakening Everywhere

By Terry Sprague

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xpressions like “old fashioned winter” and “winters of my youth” became obsolete terms this past season after enduring the hardest winter in memory. In Prince Edward County, almost daily snow squalls off Lake Ontario kept snowblowers and shovels busy, and frigid temperatures created ice like never before on Lake Ontario. Birds that chose to challenge the rigours of winter, instead of migrating, began to regret their decision.

Many waterfowl species tumbled onto driveways, parking lots, town streets and open fields, overcome by starvation and exhaustion. Near Brighton, one popular watering hole for waterfowl became littered with the bodies of over twenty dead swans that had succumbed to the horrific conditions.

We learned new terms like “polar vortex” and “frost quakes”, the latter frightening residents from their homes in the middle of the night to see what had hit their house. It was a winter that will not soon be forgotten. I cannot remember when I have been on snowshoes as much as I have this winter. As I write this on March 9th, deep snow and thick ice still prevail. The temperature two mornings ago was minus 26

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We need to assume that winter will continue however, until it decides that it is finished. By the time this is being read, we hope that the snow and much of the ice will have disappeared, and more spring like conditions will have arrived.

There is a remote crossroad, known as Kaiser, just a 40-minute drive from where I live, that we always visit in March and April and into May. It is a sure sign that winter is on the wane and spring is in the offing as we pull to the roadside and set up our spotting scopes. The cornfields along this crossroad, not far from Prinyer’s Cove almost directly across from the Lennox Generating Plant near Bath, become flooded every spring and today attract avid birders from across eastern Ontario to witness the proliferation of waterfowl that come to feed.

Up to twenty species can be found here, some of them in alarming numbers. One spring, there were over 800 Northern Pintails feeding in these flooded corn fields, an exceptionally high population for a species that we seldom see in such numbers anywhere in the province.

Three years ago, one birder was surprised to see 600 snow geese feeding in the corn stubble on some of the higher ground. The Kaiser Crossroad corn fields are an amazing spot.

As the water dissipates later in April, the mudflats then begin to attract shorebirds. It takes a while to spot them amongst the corn stubble, but a good spotting scope will usually produce numerous species as they make their way to the sub-Arctic tundra to nest. The Kaiser Crossroad corn field is just a refuelling station for them. Among them will be the odd rarity such as the Wilson’s phalarope we found one May, and the year before that it was a ruff, an Old World species that is considered only casual in

Northern Pintails. Photo by Jeff Haffner.

Ontario.

With the ice succumbing to warmer days, there are other signs of a spring awakening too as the season advances. The first chorus frog sometimes can be heard singing as early as mid-March.

One memorable spring in midMarch, there were five species of frogs calling away in collective happiness at Frontenac Provincial Park, likely a record for that early in the season. This is good news for volunteers with the Marsh Monitoring Program, a venture that I have had the pleasure of coordinating in the Bay of Quinte area since 2002.

One by one, as the air and water temperature increases, more frog species join the chorus. However, the chorus and wood frogs are explosive breeders, exploiting the flooded ditches and vernal pools created by snow melt and spring rains. Once their season draws to a close and the water warms up even more, then it is time for the spring peepers, leopard frogs and American toads to start calling.

Bullfrogs and green frogs prefer their surroundings to be near room temperature, and they won’t start calling until much later, usually by mid-June.

There are some twenty-four frog and toad species in Canada; however, in eastern Ontario, we have only ten species. Pickerel

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Spring is coming, however late it may be this year. But, come it will, as it always does. Then, it will be the warblers in May and winter will be but a bad memory and will soon fade as wildflowers display a riot of colour, birds arrive in their customary spring waves, and butterflies begin to flutter around our nectar feeders. Turkey vultures once again will be circling on the thermals and tundra swans passing through from their wintering grounds at Chesapeake Bay to their northern nesting grounds. Insects and, of course, mosquitoes.

Hikers who are out enjoying the better weather in April and May should consider inserting something else in their pockets along with the water bottle and snacks – their tick puller! It seems a bit early to be worried about ticks and we generally don’t see any sign of them until mid-April, but all it takes are a few nice warm, sunshiny days to activate them.

Ticks, turkey vultures, tundra swans and toads. It’s all happening right now, so get out there and experience the offerings of spring.

And try to forget the winter that was.

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frogs are seldom encountered and seem to prefer colder streams and lake shores. The mink frog is restricted to more northern areas and I find their staccato calls almost synonymous with Algonquin Park. However, they are moving south from their normal range and I have heard them calling as far south as Madoc and at Frontenac Park, but the chances of them moving much farther south are slim as these anurans prefer the cooler northern waters.

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Terry Sprague lives in Prince Edward County and is self-employed as a professional interpretive naturalist.

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Kim Perry Local Family Farms: Food Less Traveled

By Angela Saxe

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uch has been written about success and the qualities required to attaining it: dedication, hard work, perseverance and confidence in one’s vision. People who have these qualities are an asset to their community and inspire others to join them in working towards the realization of that vision. Years ago Kim Perry decided that in order to help farming families like her own she had to be proactive, reach out to her community and get involved.

Today, she is the owner of the Local Family Farms store in Verona which is anything but simply another grocery store.

“What my store is about is simple: It is a community farm store opening up markets for local farmers. I want people in the community to buy local produce from farms in the area, but if the food is not available year round, I will source it from other family farms across the country or from the United States. The important thing is that by coming in and shopping here, we are helping farmers increase their capacity and expand their markets.”

Kim is very passionate and very clear about her vision. “I am a

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farmer and I sell some of my products in the store but I’m selling other farmers’ products – that’s the innovation. Local Family Farms helps local food producers distribute their products to their community.”

Some of the local farms who have benefitted from Local Family Farms are Patchwork Gardens which provides fresh, local organic produce and root vegetables on a seasonal basis. Limestone Creamery now has a market in the Verona and southern part of Frontenac County for their organic milk. Deodato’s & Sons from Kingston provide Kim’s store with fresh local produce and are great supporters of local. Another local family farm, The Blueberry Patch in Picton, sells their various berries, apples, plums, and green beans right into late fall.

“We are helping to create farmers, by that I mean is that a new farmer is willing to grow more produce if they know they will have a market.

People who have grown small amounts are willing to expand.

Ron Whan’s garlic operation was a farm-gate business and has started to sell more through the Frontenac Farmers Market and our store. His business has now grown into a retail operation. That’s growth of family farms.”

Since local farmers are unable to produce food all year round Kim can’t just sell local food, but there’s a good reason why she imports American, broccoli, mixed lettuce and spinach; she wants to be able to provide her customers with fresh greens until her local supplier is available to her. By creating a market for greens using an imported producer, she creates a market for local products. “We are realistic. We can’t get food locally all year round. I look at what is reasonable for our country to grow – which means that I sometimes have to buy from Quebec or BC, because I can’t buy local.”

Apart from fresh produce Kim also sells a variety of protein. Since poultry is a regulated industry she has to buy from a distributor, but she knows where her chickens come from. The distributor can tell her if the product is from Ontario or Quebec and if it’s air-chilled and antibiotic free. “There’s no such

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thing as free-range chickens unless you buy them from a farm-gate operation.

Farmers are allowed to sell up to 300 chickens from their farm-gate as long as they’ve been processed at a licensed abattoir.

And they are allowed to sell fifty turkeys.

We take orders at the store for our farm-gate turkeys thus helping a local farm expand its market.

“We also buy our lamb from two local farms. We order the meat straight from the slaughter house where the farms have sent their lambs to be processed. We also sell fish from Findlay Foods, a family business that has made a concerted effort to buy fish from local, small businesses. The yellow perch I get from them comes from a third-generation family business in Ontario. By buying from them we in turn support small scale Ontario fisheries.”

Kim’s store also supports family initiatives that sell value-added products such as jams, pickles, and skin products. LavenderHill in Brighton grows all the lavender that goes into their products, while Topsy Farms on Amherst Island send the wool to be processed at a co-operative that buys wool from family farms and turns it into yarn or into products like blankets.

The Local Family Farms store will have been open for seven years this coming June, but this initiative is part of a vision Kim has had from the time she married into the Perry family from Harrowsmith.

Kim who is originally from New Brunswick, moved to Ontario as a young woman, where she met and married Dave Perry from

Harrowsmith. The Perrys have been a farming family for generations.

Kim and Dave and their three children currently live in the farm house where Dave grew up. His grandparents’ farm was typical of the times: it was a diversified farm.

They grew vegetables which they took to market in Kingston, had a small herd of cattle and poultry to provide them with eggs and meat.

Farmers of small farms often have another job to help support their family. Grandfather Howard Perry was the clerk at the sales barn at Selby and today Dave works with Corrections Canada.

“Along with Dave, my step-son Justin is heavily involved with our farm business on a daily basis. Since we raise Maine-Anjou cattle, poultry and pigs, there’s a lot of work to do. Meanwhile, I concentrate on the marketing our farm products and educating another generation of Perrys about the farm business.”

Kim is an intelligent, energetic woman who is very clear about what she believes in and is deeply committed to achieving her goals, but she’s not been content to merely farm and sell her products – she’s also been a very powerful activist in the farm community.

Starting in 2004 Kim helped to

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Music in the Guestroom

By Barb Wilson

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ee Casement’s guestroom functions as more than a place to put up friends and relatives overnight. It’s also the room where he conceives his musical projects either by himself or sometimes with the collaboration of his musical friends. His ambitious project is so broad in scope that those “guests” are really an integral part of his trilogy of recordings called appropriately In the Guestroom.

The last in the series—Redemption in Disguise was launched in Kingston at the Next Church on Queen Street on Saturday March 28 at 7:30pm. The trilogy is primarily a studio project in which each participant added his or her part, usually lead vocals, separately. So the launch is seeing many of the contributors together at last in a live show.

Casement who has lived in the Verona area all his life has maintained his connections with many of his high school friends; he played bass at Sydenham High School in the 1990s. Many of those who first played at the school’s talent show, Syd’s Café have continued to have music as a significant part of their lives. So when it was time to turn his song ideas into concrete reality he called on his friends’ special vocal and instrumental talents He insists that he is a writer, an arranger and a multi instrumentalist, not a lead singer, although he does sing back-up sometimes. Each song on all three recordings features a different singer. His guests include: Chris Murphy, Steve Kennedy and Jon McLurg of Crooked Wood, Brad Smith, Sideshow, Tim Sheffield, Heather Bell and Bill Cassidy of Suns of Static, Jamie Young, his uncle, Grant Bresee, Josh Peck, Jake Deodato, Madyson Doseger, Tom Martinek, and recording engineer Shaun Weima round out the sound.

A fun loving, gregarious person, Casement is happy to involve so

many people and is delighted that they are willing to help him get his music out there. “I have ideas that I want to share with others. I have cousins who are musical and I know so many musicians around the city, so I thought it would be fun to write with them.

I’ve tried to include as many people as possible.”

He admits that there is some similarity to the Broken Social Scene model but he also recognizes how difficult it is to coordinate so many people.

For any live shows “whatever vocalists can make it, that’s the show.”

Although Casement is firmly in control of the final product (it’s his artistic vision) he welcomes input from the other musicians. In fact, one of the aspects he finds so exciting is hearing the interpretative styles that the singer bring to his words. It becomes a true collaboration “a cross pollination” he says smiling. It’s no wonder that more and more musicians are approaching him and asking to be involved in any new projects he might be dreaming up in the guestroom. But he has decided to make this CD, Redemption in Disguise, the last of the project. He’s ready to move on now and he’s already thinking about what he’d like to explore next. He says that he has learned a great deal from the experience of making three recordings and now he would like to do something more “stripped back” without as much of the lush layering of synthesized sounds found on In the Guestroom.

“My tastes have definitely changed since high school. I’ve always come from a rock place but I’m moving towards more folk or folk rock. I have been influenced by bands such as The National and local and international duo Evening Hymns.

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5 year old Emily joins her dad Lee in making music in the guestroom. textured quality which emphasizes the serious nature of the lyrics, reminiscent of Pink Floyd at times, not dark but contemplative. The themes of love, redemption, family, faith and clarity are represented thoughtfully and poignantly. Blood and Faith sung soulfully by Bill Cassidy of Suns of Static sets the tone: “Blood and Faith Lines on our hands It’s all we need, It’s all we have” Casement and Shaun Weima play most of the instruments, with overdubbed synthesized instrument sounds creating the aura of a much larger band. Having several different vocalists gives each song its own flavour. And although it is a very social project, mostly it is recorded through file

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sharing rather than having all the musicians in the same guestroom at the same time. In fact, he has never played live with some of the musicians featured in his project!

Casement admits that he has always been an organized person and this enables him to seemingly do everything from writing the material, gathering the musicians, producing the CDs, promoting them, posting them on iTunes, booking the shows - really everything except the recording engineering for which he is grateful to Shaun Weima and his studio in Kingston.

You might think he spends all his time pursuing his hobby as he calls it but in fact he has a full and rich life beyond music; he and his wife Susanne are busy raising their two young children in Verona, he has a large extended family and a fulltime job as a Grade One teacher at Perth Road Elementary school.

He was formerly at Tamworth Elementary for five years. Being organized helps him to keep it all in balance. And as you might expect, the whole family hangs out in the guestroom making live music with him. Luckily too, his hobby finances itself. As he says, “Money made in music is money to spend on music” so iTunes sales and playing in other bands such as Ianspotting and his own alternative electronic band, Telefoto, keeps it all rolling. We hope that sales from this latest CD will keep the guestroom occupied for a long time to come.

You can access In the Guestroom on CBC music, iTunes and on YouTube www.intheguestroom.com

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An Awesome Opportunity:

Explore Living History aboard the St. Lawrence II

By David More

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outheastern Ontario owns a mother lode of heritage assets -- UNESCO World Heritage sites Fort Henry and the Rideau Canal being just two. International cultural tourism is on the rise, and there are real, long-term economic returns to communities that mine their historical resources carefully and appropriately. Bath and Napanee are striving to do just that.

Before they sail down Canada’s Great Waterway to the Atlantic this summer, iconic local tall ship St. Lawrence II and her crew will star locally in two major events highlighting the world-class innovation that their 61-year-old ship and program represents, while also celebrating and promoting our forgotten local maritime history.

Starting on Saturday, June 7, at 10:00 am, spectators attending the 2014 Port of Bath Marine Heritage Festival will witness a unique race between St. Lawrence II and her identical sister ships Playfair and Pathfinder from Toronto. The event is the only one-design squarerigger race in the world. It marks a collective 150 years of traditional youth sail training by these locallydesigned and built ships, and organizers expect to attract several thousand aficionados who will buy

tickets to see the duelling brigantines up close. On June 8, there is even still room for a few adventurous souls to experience this directly on St. Lawrence II, when the ships race from Bath back to Kingston!

The second event is also regionally significant. On June 13, St. Lawrence II will proceed up the serpentine Napanee River from the Bay of Quinte, led by a team of living history reenactors demonstrating the techniques of a 19th century hydrographic survey. Rowing up the river in an authentic replica 28-foot navy boat, they will mark the navigable channel exactly the same way it was done during the 1800s.

When the flotilla reaches downtown Napanee and ties up alongside for deck tours during the Napanee Riverfront Festival, June 13-15, they will have re-opened the historic Napanee River to squarerigger navigation for the first time since the early 1900s, when magnificent, long-forgotten 130foot Great Lakes schooners such as the Lyman M. Davis were regular visitors there.

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Sailing adventures aboard the St. Lawrence II last year.

Photo source: www.brigantine.ca of doing their own job right, of teamwork and what leadership really means, and how that evergreen sailing-is-life adage applies to the real world: “We can’t control the wind, but we can adjust our sails.” Young people with these talents are in very high demand, both in the marine industries and in society in general.

Then, on Sunday, June 15, up to twenty-five more lucky adults will experience the thrill of hands-on square-rigger sailing, voyaging on sheltered waters to Picton. Their intrepidity will be rewarded as they are whisked away to a gourmet dinner and overnight stay at famed boutique hotel, The Merrill Inn. The next day they will enjoy breakfast, shopping in Bloomfield and a winery tour with lunch, returning to Napanee on Monday by bus. As part of the package, a local awardwinning author and historian will present an entertaining on-board talk about regional maritime history. Who says history has to be boring? But, there are other measurable rewards accruing to communities from living history participation besides increasing business.

The 2014 summer season for North America’s first traditional youth sail training program is more exciting than ever. In August, St. Lawrence II voyages to salt water for the first time since visiting Halifax in 2000. She has been invited to Charlottetown, PE, and Quebec City, to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the 1864 First Ministers Conference, which led to Confederation three years later.

So, inspire yourself this summer!

Cast your fate to the wind and participate in one of these amazing world-class tall ship adventures exploring our rich Canadian heritage. Or do it vicariously and send a teenager you know. There are still berths available. Best of all, no experience is necessary!

Aligning images of teenaged sailors working aloft on a woodenmasted ship harking back to the 19th century with the same young people posting laughing ‘selfies’ from their 21st century smartphones seems hard. How can learning traditional disciplines hundreds of years old possibly provide any lasting practical benefits to youths beginning their life’s journey, and to their community?

You’d be surprised.

Young people crewing the St. Lawrence II step from one era into another and back again with consummate ease, and take visible pride in that ability.

All the while, they strengthen themselves to cope successfully with life challenges. They learn, firsthand, the skills and strengths

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Sap’s Running!

By Jerry Ackerman

15TH ANNUAL PERENNIAL PLANT SALE

Sap’s Running! That was the call fifty years ago.

The call that denoted warm days after frosty nights; that sent my brother into the scattered maple woods, sometimes through deep snow, with his brace and bit, spiles and buckets.

SATURDAY MAY 3, 10, & 17

The cousins would be expected soon: Wilbur to help gather the sap, and Elsie to share the work of firing up the evaporator and monitoring the “boiling down”.

9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Other times by chance

We marveled at how wonderful this sharing of Spring’s ceremony felt and how good that first bowl of warm syrup tasted with the fresh baked bread.

Easy? Not exactly, but heaps easier than twenty years earlier.

I remember tramping through the deep snow, dumping the buckets if there had been a rain or if a flying squirrel had fallen in, lugging the pail of sap up the hill to where Mother would be tending the huge kettle hanging from a tripod over the fired-up pine knots my Dad had gathered in the fall.

After finishing it off on the kitchen stove everyone would have a small bowl of perfect sweetness with Mum’s fresh-baked bread and the butter that she had churned.

No maple syrup has ever tasted better, though I’ve checked out Quebec, Vermont, New York and Nova Scotia.

Luckily, my near neighbours Don and Debby carry on the tradition. They use modern technology -- plastic pipelines, stainless steel gathering tanks, and a little “4 by 4” to deliver sap to the equally modern sap house along the road by their house.

It looks so easy to me when I recall the efforts it used to require. I’m just glad no one has to work so hard to provide me with this year’s supply.

I’ll never question the price of what I consider a labour of love.

If only I had a slice of Mum’s home baked bread.

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“A DAY FOR THE FAMILY”

Kim Perry - Local Family Farms ... continued from page 14 organize the Feast of Fields events.

The intention was to celebrate local, seasonal food, fresh from the family farm. The first of three yearly events was held at Sonset Farm, an organic dairy farm north of Kingston in Inverary. Visitors not only tasted fresh, locally grown food prepared by chefs, but they met local growers.

“The beef industry was in a real slump at the time and when BSE hit at the same time, beef producers saw prices hit rock bottom. They either couldn’t sell their beef or if they did it was at a loss. Local area farmers belong to Local 316 of the National Farmers Union and we decided to put together a project that would bring attention to and educate people about the farming community in their area.

Most people didn’t realize that they could buy beef, lamb, poultry, eggs and fresh produce from the farmer’s gate that they drove by every day on their way to work. We wanted to tell them that people living in our rural area and in towns and cities could go directly to the

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farm and buy locally.

“It was a great success. People were interested in going to a farm and seeing what farmers were doing.

Feast of Fields gave people access to a farm and while they were there, they discovered where they could buy tomatoes or eggs or beef right from the farm. It was very exciting.”

After three years, the awareness was there; people knew that if they wanted local food, they could get it even though it meant spending some time looking for it. But the NFU’s mandate was to increase capacity and to help farmers produce more. When people realized that there was a niche market to be filled, they moved to fill it.

“Ten years ago people were asking why they should buy locally. But today they are focused on where they can buy healthy, sustainable food that supports small farmers.

So the next initiative was a threefold strategy to increase capacity.

We wanted to help people get into farming; we wanted to encourage existing farmers to increase their production and we wanted to help

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them market their food directly to customers.

“We applied for and received funding for several projects from a variety of sources: Creating a lending library for farmers, not of books but equipment, such as a bush hog, a chicken plucker, a trailer, tiller and a feeder wagon – equipment that a union member could borrow because they are too expensive for a small farmer to buy for a limited use.

Applications for funding from Heifer International were available for farmers and The Food Down the Road: Toward a Sustainable Local food System for Kingston and Countryside generates awareness and encourages farmers to expand their operations. (www. fooddowntheroad.ca) Kim worked to build up her farm’s capacity by increasing farmgate sales and selling directly to restaurants. Around 2005, Kim established the Frontenac Farmers Market, now located in the Prince Charles Public School in Verona. As the founding president, her energy and experience went into creating a cooperative where members

could only sell what they grew, not other people’s products, a mandate that was strict in order to ensure that everyone knew who was growing the food and where it was coming from. After two years Kim left the Frontenac Farmers Market to open her store.

“I couldn’t continue to sell our farm produce, raise my young children and work at the market, so I ended my involvement. I’m still involved in the NFU but I have to dedicate most of my time to my family and business. I believe that I’m still focused on the same goal as when I first started. I want to increase the variety of products available to my customers and I want to increase the number of local family farms who can sell their products in our community.”

Shopping at a grocery store is not just a matter of finding the cheapest price for goods or the most convenient location; it can also be a community effort to support farmers who are an integral and important part of our heritage and our food supply. Drop by and check out Kim’s store; the food less traveled is worth the trip.

Keith Glass and The Laws Were In Town

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The Laws are John and Michele.

They are the 2007 Merlefest Songwriter award winners and have been touring Canada, US and Australia and playing to appreciative crowds for the past ten years.

an enthusiastic audience. People keep coming out for the concerts because as one person commented, “Playing at the Tamworth Legion is like performing in a house concert.”

Georg Fox is coming to Tamworth April 26th and according to organizer Mark Oliver there are just a few tickets left so if you are interested better act quickly. Mark is also working on the next set of talented performers that will be gracing the stage at Tamworth Legion in the coming months so stay tuned.

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Get Inspired!

GRG Presents SpindleTree Gardens

By Mary Jo Field

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dedication and effort. See, for instance, almost a kilometer of dry stone walls built by Tom as he cleared rocks to establish new garden areas. View from a distance the restored Victorian well cover with its surrounding deer-resistant plantings. Hear how it all started, live through the joys and agonies of its growth, and be prepared to take away ideas for your own garden.

ecently I returned from a trip to Cyprus and England where the sight of green and flowering plants restored my hope that spring will indeed come again. Very different in style, the gardens and natural flora of those two countries lifted my spirits and sent me back to my own garden (currently covered with excessive amounts of snow and ice!) inspired by what I saw.

Tamworth-Erinsville GrassRoots Growers hope you too will find inspiration on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at Tamworth library, from hearing about a local garden that will truly amaze and cheer you.

There will be glimpses of great plantings, architectural features, fountains, a walled kitchen garden with espaliered fruit trees, a curved orangery with an amphitheatre in front, an allee of black locust trees, follies, rainbow gardens and more - things one would expect to see in England or France or Italy and other Mediterranean countries, but certainly not in Tamworth. Yet, here they are!

SpindleTree Gardens, the vision of owners Tom Brown and Susie Meisner, is the result of years of

Two lucky people will leave the library with free passes to tour the gardens, which open on Mothers’ Day, May 11.

The poster below shows details of this “Story in Pictures” event at 7 pm on April 22.

Tamworth-Erinsville GrassRoots Growers is a community-based group. Our mission is to encourage interest in local and organic gardening for both the home garden and the market garden; to raise awareness of issues surrounding food production; improve our practical knowledge of all aspects of plant life, and provide networking opportunities for gardeners. Visit our website at: te-grassrootsgrowers.weebly.com

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Tuesday, April 22, 7:00 pm at the Tamworth Library

Lessons Learned

By Blair MacDonald

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came across a great headline in an interview with veteran Global TV journalist Mike McCardell the other day that I thought was worth sharing. The headline read: “If I ever quit, you’ll read about it in the obituaries.”

Of course, for Ontario residents, the name Mike McCardell might not mean much. However, for BC residents, the name Mike McCardell is another story. Across BC he is somewhat of a local hero; a warm-hearted, smiling, manabout-town reporter with Global TV since the late 70’s, whose work consisted mostly of reporting on “human interest” stories during the feel-good portion of the six o’ clock news.

To put the headline in context, McCardell abruptly retired from Global TV last year, much to the dismay of many local watchers, (and of course, whether or not he was let go or retired voluntarily has been subject to much discussion).

Nonetheless, what I love about McCardell’s statement is that beneath his gregarious exterior, while he might have left TV, quitting is not in his deck of cards.

There is something to be said for this no-surrender attitude, which regardless of age and in the face of defeat, is the best perspective to have. Some might say that his statement comes with a bit of a chip on his shoulder. That may be, but for me, reading between the lines, it is as if he is saying: This isn’t going to be the last time you’ll hear from me, or As long as I live, I work. A true fighter’s spirit.

Retirement for McCardell, isn’t about checking out of life, and just because he has left TV doesn’t mean that he has also left the world. The lesson here is that as life presents you with difficulties, it’s your inner sense of purpose that determines the next chapter –or Act Three as Jane Fonda calls it– not your employment. These days, as career-minded as we have become, we are not our work, but we are what we believe. The words we use to define ourselves really do form our concept of ourselves and these same words and images act as a blueprint for what we believe we are to others. For whatever Act we are in, the lesson is the same: Your spirit must always be stronger than your defeats.

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Network and Internet Security Specialists Wired, Wireless, Network Design and Implementation Computer repairs and sales New or reconditioned

Linda Pierce Administrator Tom Brown and Susan Meisner will share the joys and the challenges they experience while continuing to create this 20-acre haven of trees, shrubs, bulbs, annuals and perennials. Tom will present a visual tour of the various garden areas, including the architectural and water features of this award-winning property.

FREE Admission • Door Prizes Refreshments will be served.

All are welcome!

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More seeds from our recent seed exchange will also be available!

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Perfect Imperfection Complacency Among Our Youth

By Jordan Balson Grade 11, NDSS

P

erfection is something that everyone seems to fight for.

And that’s a weird thought – battling for something we all strive for but can rarely come close to achieving. I know that personally, I’m a complete perfectionist. I want to do things perfectly and I spend a lot of energy trying to do that. But how can perfection truly be measured? It’s one thing to measure perfection on a test perfection is one hundred per cent.

There’s a set standard and there’s only one way to attain it. But how is it reflected in other aspects of our life, in the arts or sports or in our social life? You can perfect a drill, play a song flawlessly or have lots of friends but does any of that equate to true overall perfection?

And if so, who is the judge and who sets the criteria for “perfection”?

Is it just a giant label or is it something more than that? Does this word actually mean anything?

And perfection isn’t necessarily a constant. We can look at perfection as a variable, something that changes depending on what is important to you and who you want to be.

We seem to regard perfection as this omnipresent force that looms over us and judges us, making the simplest of tasks something more.

So much stress and pressure. So much time trying to live up to an imaginary standard. But why do we do it? Is it our insecurities that force us to measure ourselves against this nearly unattainable standard, is it society that bullies us into changing or is it just some primal instinct to be perfect? I don’t think there is just one answer.

Don’t get me wrong, I believe that we should always strive to be our best and there’s always room for improvement. If we try harder we can all be something more, something amazing. But at the same time, why can’t we just accept our individuality as perfect? Not everyone can play hockey and not everyone can ace a math test but everyone can be their own perfect. No one is better than another but we are all imperfectly perfect in our own ways. So, maybe the expression “nobody’s perfect” is wrong, maybe perfection just isn’t what we think it is. Maybe instead of nobody’s perfect, everybody’s perfect.

When you consider the statement “nobody’s perfect” then we see that the idea of perfection is just a magical standard, a bar overhead, always just out of reach.

I think that we have to accept our imperfections for that’s what makes us unique. To some people school’s important but to others nothing means more to them then getting on to a sports team.

Priorities shift and something that one person revolves their world around could mean nothing to someone else. That doesn’t mean that one is less important than the other, that one person has perfected a certain aspect of their life while the other remains “imperfect”. Perfection can vary from person to person, just as viewpoints vary, just as individuals vary. And who is to say what is more or less perfect?

By Aron Tanner Grade 12, Sydenham High School

W

ith the next Municipal elections in Ontario set for the fall of 2014, I believe there is a critical issue to be addressed - the complacency of our youth when it comes to voting and participating in our democratic political system. Canadians need to address this issue in order to ensure the health of our democracy.

In Canada’s last federal election, only 38.8% of eligible voters between the ages of 18-24 actually cast a ballot. Though that number was up slightly from 37.4% in 2008, it is still a pretty pitiful representation. When our youth are uninvolved in national elections, you can certainly guarantee that even fewer will cast a vote when it comes to local municipal elections.

Yet this is the level of government where many political experts say has a greater impact on our daily life.

Why is there such an abysmal voter turnout amongst young people? After our previous election, Elections Canada sought to answer this question. In a survey conducted by Elections Canada, they found that outside of general access barriers such as being too busy with school, work, etc (which came to 30%), the next most common reason was simply not having any interest in politics (12%). Furthermore, in a similar survey conducted by Statistics Canada, 30% said they were simply not interested in voting.

Although I have not yet reached the age to legally vote in our elections, I have always been keenly aware of its importance. My parents have always cast their vote on election day and as I have grown older and more mature, I have seen the impact politics has on my life and on the lives of everyone, whether

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they choose to participate or not.

I believe that we need to address the issue of low voter turnout among young people and make some changes. I have asked friends whether they intend to vote, and it shocks me how many answer no. While most say they have no interest to vote or they have no idea who the politicians are and what the issues are, some give a far more pessimistic answer: they don’t believe that anything will change and that since they are just one person - what is the point of even voting?

These attitudes need to change.

I do not blame the Conservatives or any party for not seriously engaging or targeting segments of the youth vote since they are convinced that youth simply do not care. In an attempt to try to turn this trend around, schools should actively educate students on the importance of voting, as well as what the choices are in an upcoming election. Outside of our school system, there needs to be more of a push to get youth out to vote on election days. Media personalities like Rick Mercer have reached out to youth in the past, and they work hard to engage youth in Canadian politics.

We must put the time, money, and effort into educating youth about the importance of participating in our democratic institutions; we have the right to vote and we should use it. We cannot have generations of young people cynical about a political system that does not address their concerns.

When October 27th finally rolls around this year, and I am legally eligible to cast my first vote you can be assured that I will be there.

This is an ongoing fund, and any contributions are appreciated.

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Honoring Pat Burrows

By Maria Kerby

M

embers of the Stone Mills Women’s Hockey League honored one of their players on their championship night held this year on Saturday March 22 – Pat Burrows.

Pat is our first 70-year-old player and she has been playing in the league since its inception; as well, she plays on the Senior tournament team. This fall, shortly after turning 70, Pat was diagnosed with lymphoma and has been undergoing chemo once every three weeks. Most players would quit hockey while undergoing chemo, but not Pat. While she was too sick to play the two weeks directly after her chemo treatments, every third week Pat laced up her skates and hit the ice. She didn’t miss a shift and was out there outsmarting all the teenagers on the ice. She had her final chemo treatment last month, and she’s back on the ice, rocking the bald look, getting ready for the final game.

Our team has been running for nineteen years; it started with three teams and we now have seven women’s house league teams,

three rep teams (BB, B, C) and one senior Rec team, mostly made of players from our house league.

We have players who range in age from 14 – 70 and many teams have mothers, daughters, sisters and aunts all playing together. It is quite a unique league, not bad for Tamworth!!

On our championship night we award the Judy Holden trophy to the player that has contributed the most to the league and who embodies the spirit of the league.

It’s named after a former player who took up playing goal when she was well into her 50’s (having never played before), attending goalie schools and asking for tips from anyone and everyone, and she played until her death from cancer a few years ago. Judy was well known for her sportsmanship and enthusiasm. Often after scoring on her, she would come up and hug you and congratulate you on a great goal!

Photo credit Christine Heal.

ROAST BEEF SUPPER Selby United Church Saturday May 10

This year, we all agreed that Pat would be this year’s recipient.

Congratulations Pat. You are an inspiration to all of us!

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Adults $15 Children under 12 $6

Lions Compost Sale

For tickets in advance call 613-354-3180 or 613-388-2805

The Tamworth Lions Club will be hosting a mushroom compost sale on May 3, 2014 starting at 9 a.m. at the Lions Beaver Lake Park.

The cost for approximately 1 cubic yard will be $30 with all proceeds going to local community projects on behalf of the Tamworth Lions Club.

The compost will be sold on a first come first served basis.

Contact person is Lion Frank Rowan 379-2332

Grandmothers by the Lake Sixth Annual

Plant & Bake Sale Sat. May 31, 10am - 2pm

Tiffany Gift Shoppe in Harrowsmith Vegetables, herbs and flowers: annuals and perennials Home Baking Proceeds to the Stephen Lewis Foundation in support of grandmothers and children in sub-Saharan Africa

Lions Yard Sale & E-Waste Collection The Tamworth Lions Club will be hosting a public collection event to divert electronic waste from the landfill.

The event will take place on May 10, 2014 at the Tamworth arena, at the same time as our annual Yard sale, from 9 a.m. till noon. While looking over the yard sale the public can drop off their E-waste.

The E-waste event is being held in cooperation with RecycleYourElectronics.ca, an Ontario electronic diversion program.

We are looking to collect and recycle unwanted electronic waste such as MP3 players, cameras, radios, recorders, telephones, TV’s, VCR’s, stereos, printers,etc.

For a complete list of items and background information on this program readers can visit the following website-ontarioelectronicstewardship.ca.

To protect your privacy please wipe out your drives, clear your SIM cards, and ensure all memory storage areas have been cleared of private information.

The contact person for this event is Lion Frank Rowan 379-2332.

Contact: Marni Pedersen 374-9929 or Adele Colby 375-8845

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Also if anyone has items to be donated for the yard sale please contact Lion Garry Bradshaw 379-2228, Lion John Woods 379-5750, or Lion Frank Rowan 379-2332.

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Weekly Computer Class – Mondays @ 1pm (Registration Required) Puppy Tales – Wednesdays @ 10:30am Make and Take Club – Wednesdays @ 6pm (Registration Required) Lego Club - Thursdays @ 6:30pm BYOB – Fridays @ 10am Tech Talks –Monday – Thursday @ 2pm (Registration Requested) Lego Club – Saturdays @ 10:30am Monthly BOOK CLUBS 1. Knit One Read Two @ 6pm– April 24, May 22, June 19 2. Avid Readers @ 2pm – April 17, May 22, June 19 SPEAKER SERIES 1. Technically Speaking April 28 @ 3pm 2. Preparedly Speaking May 5 @ 3pm 3. Locally Speaking June 16 @ 3pm SPECIAL EVENTS Success By 6 Week May 3 to 11 Drop in Mother’s Day Craft – Saturday May 3rd Teddy Bears Picnic – Monday May 5th at 11am

Weekly Lego Club – Tuesdays @ 6pm Puppy Tales – Wednesday @ 10:30 Computer Class – Wednesday @ 11:30am (Registration Required) Make and Take Club – Wednesdays @ 6 (Registration Required) BYOB – Thursdays @ 10am Computer Class – Saturdays @ 2pm (Registration Required) Storytime – Saturdays @ 11am Tech Talks Daily @ 2 (Registration Requested) Monthly BOOK CLUBS 1. Novel Readers @ 2pm – April 28, May 26, June 23 2. Napanee Coffee Club @ 7pm – April 24, May 27, June 20 SPEAKER SERIES 1. Technically Speaking - April 30th @ 3pm 2. Preparedly Speaking - May 7th @ 3pm 3. Locally Speaking - June 18th @ 3pm SPECIAL EVENTS Friends of the Library Gardeners (Horticultural Society Presentation) – April 9th @ 7pm Success By 6 Week Drop in Mother’s Day Craft – Saturday May 3rd Teddy Bears Picnic – Tuesday May 6th at 11am

BaTh Storytime – Fridays @ 11 Lego Club – Wednesdays @ 7 Bath Coffee Club @ 6:30pm – April 28th, May 26th, June 23rd Drop in Mother’s Day Craft – Saturday May 3rd

camden eaST Storytime – Mondays @ 10:15am Lego Club – Wednesdays @ 6pm Drop in Mother’s Day Craft – Saturday May 3rd

odeSSa Lego Club – Thursdays @ 4pm Drop in Mother’s Day Craft – Saturday May 3rd

Yarker Lego Club – Tuesdays @ 6:30 Drop in Mother’s Day Craft – Saturday May 3rd

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TamworTh Storytime – Thursdays @ 11am Lego Club – Wednesdays @ 6:30pm Teddy Bears Picnic – Thursday May 8th @ 11am Drop in Mother’s Day Craft – Saturday May 3rd

all BrancheS Second Annual Adult Poetry Contest Theme: 150 Years in L&A Deadline: April 30 Details @ www.countylibrary.ca Teen Cover Photo Contest Photo will be used on our next guide cover Ages 12-18 Deadline: May 30th

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Read Me a Book Club is a breakaway time for parents to explore children’s books and fun ways of sharing books with babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Each book club focuses on one children’s book that parents keep and take home. A simple prop or game that extends the story will be available for parents to make-and-take too, if they wish.

10:00—11:00 A . M .

Tuesday April 1, 2014 Tuesday April 15, 2014

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Read Me a Book Club is facilitated by Early Literacy Specialist, Susan Ramsay

Students at Tamworth Elementary School had a fun filled Festival d’Hiver a Tamworth.

Madame Hill led students through a variety of French Voyageur activities such as arm wrestling, and snowshoeing.

Parents helped with a pancake lunch and students built snow sculptures and dressed like voyageurs for the week end celebration assembly.

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FREE CLASSIFIEDS Free to private individuals or not-for-profit community groups.

To place an ad, phone 613-379-5369 or email stonemills.scoop@gmail.com.

HELP WANTED: Sunflower Farm CSA is looking for part-time help suitable for students aged 12 – 16 years. We need help with a variety of tasks around the farm.

Candidate should be strong and energetic. No experience necessary.

Hourly wage to be determined. Call 613 539 2831.

FOR HIRE: Small Kubota tractor which comes with an operator.

Perfect for landscaping, drainage and clearing. Let us know your needs and we will fulfill them. Steve @ Dynamic Digging: 613-539-8015

WANTED: Studebaker memorabilia.

Items such as manuals, brochures, old dealer calendars, pens, pencils, lighters, watches, etc. Norm 613968-4400.

OFFERED: Exercise classes, Barrie township hall (Cloyne). Mondays and Thursdays at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome! Tabatas, pump, and Latin dancing (total body). Cost: $8 a class or $45 per month. New members pay $6 first visit and $30 first month membership. Please contact if you need car pooling or for more info: Terrilynn Storms 613 847-6666 or 613-478-4720.

“Hope, Purpose & Belonging in Long Term Care”

The SCOOP is looking for writers!

Are you a community-minded person who loves to write?

well then join our team and have fun writing for the best little newsmagazine in the area!

Contact Angela Saxe: angela.saxe@gmail.com

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LARGE ITEMS PICKUP Networking

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• Business Seminars Programs That Can Save Businesses $$ Ask Us About Membership

Support Local Farms We provide a box of freshly-picked, organically-grown produce every week for 16 weeks during the growing season. Our members rave steven@moorepartners.ca about our veggies!

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Seniors Outreach Services in Napanee

By Barry Lovegrove

I

received a phone call from Ruth Graham from L&A Senior Outreach Services asking me if I would be interested in volunteering to be one of the musicians that play and sing at the SOS luncheons.

They take place each Thursday at four different locations that rotate through Selby, Napanee, Odessa, and South Fredericksburg.

I thought that it sounded like fun so I agreed to take my guitar and play at least once a month.

My first gig was at the Emmanuel United Church in Odessa. I went there not really knowing what to expect sine it was the first time. As I entered the hall I was welcomed by a very friendly group of volunteers: “You must be Barry this week’s lunchtime entertainer.”

The hall was alive with several volunteers whisking around setting up tables to the smell of roast beef wafting through the air from the kitchen. My kind of gig, I thought to myself. Slowly but surely people were arriving greeting each other with hugs and handshakes then taking their place at the beautifully set tables. I got the impression that there were a lot of people arriving that come to these SOS luncheons

on a regular basis. You can’t beat it - a hot, home cooked meal with all the trimmings and live entertainment to boot all for $10.00. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and it didn’t take too long for me to make new friends.

I was hooked not only to volunteering my musical services, but my wife and I enrolled as new members.

I had a visit with Ruth at the SOS location on 310 Bridge Street W, in Napanee shortly after playing in Odessa just to find out more about the SOS. I was again warmly welcomed at the front

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reception desk - everyone who passed by greeted me with a smile and a friendly hello. The place was alive, full of enthusiasm that offers so much for seniors. There’s computer training, Facebook, Skype, E-Readers, and iPads for all levels. They also offer classes for Creative Writing, Yoga, Knitting, Line Dancing, Tai Chi and the list goes on and on. They even organize bus trips to different events. My wife and I signed up to go and see “Chicago” in Toronto organized by Maddy Cottier, their trip organizer.

What an unbelievable day – it was fantastic.

Does it sound like I’m impressed

with the SOS Organization in Napanee? You bet I am. I’m proud to be a member and proud to be one of their many enthusiastic volunteers. I have a little saying on my home office desk that says, “God pours His Love into our hearts that it might flow out to others.” I think that describes SOS in a nutshell.

SOS is a non-profit organization founded in 1976, incorporated in 1986. The work at SOS is carried out by a large team of dedicated volunteers with the support of staff of many. They can be contacted at 613-354-6668 or by email: info@lasos.ca or on their website: www.lasos.ca

Stone Mills Fire Department

A Small World

By Sally Bowen

T

he Wool Shed is located in a small, gently aging ice house/milk house. It sits at the end of a dead-end gravel road on an island. Not the ideal location one might think, for drive-by traffic. We’ve been, as one customer said, “a well-kept secret”.

who travel there in winter.

Not content to be a secret, we have been reaching out not only to our immediate community, but also across the province and to the rest of Canada. We are now beginning to have our wool products appreciated here and abroad.

We posted Pat Frontini’s lovely hand-woven mohair and Topsy Wool blended throw on Topsy Farms Facebook page. That resulted in a sale within two days to a person travelling in Italy.

Well before Christmas, two sets of grandparents came to us search for holiday gifts. We heard that one newborn in Inuvik N.W.T. is thriving on her lambskin, and apparently enjoying the sheepskin-soled booties. Another pair of grandchildren in Iqualuit, Nunavuit, are happy with their small sheepskin mitts, lambskin, and a hat with appliquéd truck.

As we struggle to master the intricacies of getting our website ‘talking to Google’, we’ve had requests for bedding, blankets and sheepskins from nearly every province across Canada.

Our yarn has travelled as far as Hawaii and Alaska. We were fortunate enough to have one of our blankets featured in Canadian Living Magazine and one of the first responses came from Sudbury the other from Chicago. People from various American states, including the Deep South, have discovered us, sometimes thanks to the birders

Beyond that we’ve mailed to Finland, other places in western Europe, and the British Isles. Often that’s thanks to Island visitors, or students at The Lodge, who come browsing.

But this latest connection tops them all. One of our pink tweed blankets is bringing comfort and warmth in an unexpected place. A young woman wrote: “I’ve received your blanket (in Calgary) and its now keeping me warm while I volunteer on a hospital ship in the Congo. I volunteer with an organization called Mercy Ships, (www.mercyships.org) the largest NGO hospital ship in the world.

We provide free surgery to the forgotten poor in West Africa.

The crew is comprised of over 400 volunteers from 35 different nations who raise funds to support themselves in coming onboard to work from anywhere between two weeks to two years.

“I registered my own Canadian NGO called Sterile Processing Education Charitable Trust (www.spectrust. org) which allows me to educate in local hospitals and teach the OR staff how to improve their sterile technique and reduce post operative infections.

Pat Frontini’s Topsy yarn and mohair wrap.

Photo courtesy Topsy Farms.

“I come and stay on the ship for 2-3 months at a time and share a small cabin that includes three bunk beds and a tiny bathroom with six girls. Each time I return I like to bring a few things that make my bunk feel cozy and reminds me of Canada. The Congo is extremely hot right now (feels like 43C) but the air conditioning on the ship is always on high and it feels very cold. My wool blanket has received a lot of attention because of its

warmth and comfort. It’ll stay on the ship when I return to Canada so that others can enjoy it while I’m away and then it’ll be here for me when I get back.”

We feel humbled, honoured and very proud.

For more information call Topsy Farms at 613 389-3444 or 888 287-3157 or visit their website at topsyfarms.com

TOPSY FARMS Lamb and The Wool Shed on Amherst Island Topsy products. Photo courtesy Topsy Farms.

613 389-3444 888 287-3157

Email: info@topsyfarms.com Web: www.topsyfarms.com topsyfarms.wordpress.com

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MAY 2, 3, & 4 & THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND MAY 10 & 11 4 ARAGON RD. (OFF BATTERSEA RD. JUST 3 KM NORTH OF 401)

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Locally owned & operated in Tamworth, Ontario

Home and property maintenance Digging Leveling Topsoil & gravel delivery Brush removal Gravel driveways/trenches/culverts Cleanups

For all your excavating needs call RICK at

Phone: 613-388-2460 Cell: 613-561-6585

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