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Vol 25 No 23
Linking Island Communities Together
December 6, 2017
Community, Businesses and Organizations Come Together In Kensington for
Chrismtmas Parade
PEI 4-H
Merry KISHmas from High School Students
Yes, I’ll share with you!
Welcome from Mayor Caseley
What could be better... a Christmas tree, a vintage truck and a horse and rider
SANTA Came To Town
Yes, SANTA is coming
Christmas Cookies Kensington Wild
Mr. Magic
cont’d on p. 2
photo CLC
Getting Into the Chrismtmas Spirit
Friends... A photo with Santa
Merry Christmas Santa
MBCUnion tends the Bbq
What’s your phone # Santa
Tree Lighting with Santa and Mayor Rowan Caseley
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Bird Feeder Modifications Help with Seed Quality
I recently received the following letter from Rona Burt of Kensington: “I love watching thebirds. I use an old window screen under feeder to catch seeds and they stay dry. I attach screen to the bottom of the feeder - it works. I have also developed a squirrel-proof feeder and enjoy watching the poor critter trying to figure it out.” Thank you for writing, Rona. I am glad that I am not the only one who has moved past the conventional bird feeders to something that we came up with on our own. I like the idea of that screen because tops on my list of specs for a functional bird feeder for this yard is to come up with something that will keep 4-legged varmints from “dining in” on my deck and then setting up camp nearby, like in my house. So far so good but I know that the winter is not over yet. And squirrels? When we lived in Freetown, they were very much a part of our bird feeding program. I am not sure if that’s the best way to phrase it but they were there all the time. On several occasions, I resorted to live-trapping them and moving them to other locations. For some reason, I don’t mind them as much as those horrid creatures with the name starting with “r” but squirrels too can do a lot
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of harm if they get into your house. Readers, are there any more unconventional bird feeders out there or some with add-ons that increase their efficiency? If so, we’d like to hear from you! Fight or Flight? A friend in Nova Scotia was telling me today about excitement in her back yard one day recently. Six or so blue jays were happily sitting in a leafless tree that grows not far from her house. All of a sudden they all took off in what appeared to be a mad rush. And for a good reason as it turned out. No sooner did the blue jays all take off but a sharp-shinned hawk descended on the area. It was too late for the hawk to get “fast food”and my friend wasn’t sorry. Now here is what I wonder. How do the blue jays know that an incoming bird poses a serious threat? Is it based on size alone or color? I did a quick Google search but nothing showed up that was very informative. We often see crows chasing a raven or other large bird. What about blue jays? Do they gang up on birds that could spell problems? I can’t picture blue jays in hot pursuit. New to Me? Rappie Pie I had occasion to travel in southern NS last week and visited a large country store tucked away in the community of Tusket. Here in this store they sell what is known there as “Rappie Pies”. Although I had never come across them, I expect that this dish may be made in some parts of PEI. I took a look at what Wikipedia had to say about the recipe.
This source tells us that this is a dish traditional in southwest Nova Scotia and some areas of PEI. Potatoes are grated and some of the liquid removed by squeezing the grated potatoes through cheesecloth. Seafood, pork or chicken broth is added back in plus meat and onions. Beef, chicken and bar clams are the most common meat additives. If you would like a recipe for this dish, I’d suggest that you hunt up a cookbook with traditional Maritime recipes, or better still, find someone who is well versed in making rappie pies. Wikipedia, claims that the creation of this dish may be tied in with the expulsion of of the Acadians. Those who ended up in Massachusetts would have possibly associated with immigrants from Switzerland or Germany who may have acquainted them with the use of grated potatoes in recipes. Time passed and some made their way back to NS. The land that was available by this time was of little value for growing anything other than potatoes. So, in this setting, “rappie pies” were created using such meat in the form of game as was available. That being said, I would be very happy to hear from anyone who has another possible account of how rappie pies came into being. And if they have been part of your diet when you were growing up, we’d appreciate it if you dropped us a line. Speaking of pies, in some families, meat pies are as important this time of year as turkeys are to others. I was in a store yesterday and noticed a lady going by with several packages of pie plates. I said ”You must be going to make meat pies!” She agreed. I bought two cooked meat pies this year. One is still in my freezer. The other was delicious. That is easier than making them myself ! Back yard Bird counts? Send them to me any time at 471 New Glasgow Rd, Ebenezer, PE, C1E 0S8 or bcobb06@gmail.com
Have You Ever Considered Renting Your Hearing Aids? by Daria Valkenburg One of the purposes of the PEI Chapter of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association is to provide the hard of hearing community with information on new products, techniques, research, and ways to afford the technological tools. So, when Chapter members heard about a hearing aid rental program available in every province, except PEI, they wanted to know more. At the Oct. 31 meeting, guest speaker Dr. Denis LeBlanc, president of Avenir Hearing, which operates 9 clinics in N.B., was invited to speak about an initiative he began 4 years ago in giving clients the option to rent their hearing aids, rather than buying them. He explained that this option is available, through partnerships with other audiology clinics, in every province except Prince Edward Island. Rentals are based on a three year plan, with all costs included (yes, even batteries), and then can be renewed with new hearing aids. Several benefits to this option were outlined: • Affordability. Hearing aids are expensive, and this is a way to prorate the cost over a three year period. • It’s an easy way to get into hearing aids. On average, it takes a person who has been diagnosed with hearing loss up to 7 years to actually purchase a hearing aid. That’s 7 years of missing out on conversations! • People get updated technology every three years. With rapid changes in technology, hearing aid companies update their circuitry about every 18 months. • People have complete peace of mind as they know what their monthly
cost will be. There are no extra charges. He noted that in N.B. 75% of private paying clients rent their hearing aids. Those with private health insurance can also access the plan. There are 3 categories of hearing aid rentals, with three different monthly price points, based on what the client’s needs are: Basic – for one-on-one conversations, TV and telephone use, and light ambient noise such as quiet household activities. Standard – for those who go out to restaurants and social events, want to understand passengers while driving in a car, and moderate ambient
Kensington Meals on Wheels met recently at the Kensington Legion. The President Lois Brown called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone. Nine members were present. The Secretary Dianne Doucette read the minutes of the previous meeting. The Treasurer, Scott Zimmerman in his report said the annual Fundraiser is going well and an HST refund will be coming shortly. He suggested we invite 2 new donors each
noise such as attending meetings at work. Select – for those who are out in crowds and public places, listening to music, and loud ambient noise. When asked what happens to the hearing aids after the three years are up, he explained they are refurbished and donated to a charitable organization, to help people with hearing loss in developing countries. For more info on the hearing aid rental program, see: http://www. hearingaidrental.ca/ For more info on Avenir Hearing, see: http:// www.avenirhearing.ca/ For more info on Chapter activities, email hearpei@gmail.com or visit their blog at https:// t h e a u r a l re p o r t . wo rd press.com year to our Sept. Dinner to say “Thank You for their donations and consideration to support our program. Lloyd Banks moved that we do this due to the absence of the coordinator. Lloyd Banks gave her report. In October we had 28 Clients with 292 meals served. November we had 27 clients and 263 meals served. It was decided to give Gift Cards at Christmas to the ladies who prepare the meals and the coordinator to show our appreciation for all their work. Next meeting to be held Monday, January 29, 2018 at 1pm at the Kensington Legion.
Ceilidh Kelly’s Cross Sun, Dec 17th at 7:00pm. Emcee Ann Cudmore with music by the Center House Band with Elmer Doiron, Bill Campbell, Gertie Campbell, and Dorothy Farish. Guest entertainers Pat Molyneaux, Theresa Hudson, Donnie MacKinnon, Randy Blaisdell, Herb McDonald, Stewart MacFarlane, Brian Trainor, Lillian Classen, and Marlene MacLaren. The Centre is wheel chair accessible, located at 1475, Route 13, Kelly’s Cross. Admission at the door will include light lunch, tea and coffee. There will also be a 50/50 draw.
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Town Looking At Ways To Reduce Fire False Alarms by Andy Walker King George Place 61 Broadway Street Kensington, Prince Edward Island Published twice monthly by MJS Marketing and Promotions. The contents of this newspaper are protected by copyright. To make use of any of the material, you must first obtain permission from the publisher. Publisher: Michael J. Smith Editor: Isabel Smith Production Assistant/Accounts: Erin Arsenault Feature Article(s): Andy Walker Ad Sales: Tara Leblanc Mailing address: PO Box 601, Kensington, PE, C0B 1M0 Tel: 902 836-3196 Fax: 902 836-4889 E-mail: thecourier@eastlink.ca We Welcome Your Letters:
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With the number of false alarm calls being handled by the fire department on the rise, Kensington town council is looking for ways to educate citizens on how to bring the matter under control. In a memo to council, the chief administrative officer noted the number of false alarms rose from 17 per cent of the total call volume in 2014 to 32 per cent this year. Geoff Baker told the November Committee of Council meeting the great majority of false alarm calls are preventable. “This is a significant
issue for the department as all fire fighters are volunteers and are forced to leave their homes and places of employment when a call is received,” the CAO said. “Further, they result in a lot of wasted time, money and resources preventing or delaying the department from responding to actual emergencies.” Baker said the false alarms are often due to equipment malfunction or failure, improper or inadequate installation or maintenance; work taking place on the fire alarm system or building activities such as construction, renovation,
maintenance or cooking. The memo noted fewer false alarms will reduce the risk to businesses, residents and firefighters by lessening the number of emergency vehicles on the road and improving available response for other emergency calls. He added “Increased efforts can be made to educate the public on the issues in responding to false alarms.” Baker added many municipalities have bylaws which allow for the billing of false alarms and council plans to examine all options to decrease the overall number of calls. The committee meeting approved a request from the Health and Wellness Committee at Kensington Intermediate-Senior High School to use the Fitplex at no charge from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM on Tuesday afternoons on a trial basis. Student Jillian Stewart asked the town to allow access for students. The matter was discussed at the November council meeting and Baker was asked to discuss the request with Community Gardens Manager Robert Wood. The high school established a new Health and Wellness Committee to promote healthy living. Through the Committee they are setting up informational displays of nutrition, exercise and general healthy living. They have also brought in fitness instructors to deliver yoga, kickboxing and Zumba classes for students. “Students would be
able to try out and use the fitness equipment at the fitplex and they would also make use of the back space to do other fitness activities, such as their yoga and Zumba classes,” Baker said. “The request has been discussed with Mr. Wood and he is supportive of the initiative. The day and time slot requested should provide little interference with current fitplex usage by members. The chief administrative officer indicated in his memo to council the Community Gardens manager indicated that he would first like to try it on a short-term basis to determine whether or not any issues may arise and whether or not the request should be reconsidered.
Kensington Lions Club Card Parities December 3 Results 1st - Joyce Campbell 2nd - Louis Ellsworth 3rd - Mary Cousins 50/50 - Lois MacLeod Door Prize Caryl Cummings To all who support the Card Parties Thank You
Spring Valley Community Hall Card & Crokinole Party The Spring Valley Community Hall would like to thank all that attended our card & crokinole parties in 2017 and we will see you all in 2018. Merry Christmas Results for Nov. 27 Cards: Men’s 1st: Edwin Wall 2nd: Lloyd Profitt Ladies: 1st: Stella Hagen 2nd: Norma Wall Crokinole Mens 1st: Ross Harrington 2nd: Sheila Harrington
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Crapaud Community Club CHASE THE ACE Chase the Ace continues to be held at the Crapaud Community Curling Club on Friday nights from 7:00 pm-9:00 pm with the draw taking place at 9:00 pm. Tickets are available at the Crapaud Curling Club, South Shore Actiplex, Harvey’s Store, Blue Goose, and South Shore Pharmacy. You don’t have to be present to win! DARTS / CRIBBAGE/ WING NIGHT On Thursdays, the Club will be open at 7:30 pm for Darts, Cribbage and Wing Night! UPCOMING CURLING EVENTS INCLUDE: Pop-In Curling on Fridays at 7:00 pm! $10.00 gets you a game of curling, a beverage and popcorn! December 17– Curling 101 (an on-ice introduction to curling) December 30– Duffy’s Fun Spiel January 12-13, 2018 – Barnone Brewery Fun Spiel January 19-21, 2018 - Crapaud Cash Spiel sponsored by Harvey’s General Store and MacDonald’s Excavation Services Please contact the Club by calling: Bobbi Jo at 902-213-4884 if you are interested in signing up for any of these events! Submitted on behalf of the Crapaud Community Curling Club Board of Directors
South Shore Wellness Services Advocacy Committee Needs YOU! Mandate: The purpose of the committee is to promote, support and advocate for continued health care services for the residents of the South Shore Area of PEI. Advocacy includes: •Engaging government and its agencies to secure collaborative health care services provided by physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, diabetes educators as well as nutritional and mental health services and other health care services as needed.
•Fund-raising and securing facilities for health care services •Aiding in the recruitment and retention of qualified individuals to provide health care services •Any other tasks related to its mandate If you are interested in being contacted occasionally to help this committee do its work, please leave your contact information at South Shore Pharmacy or send a private message to the South Shore Pharmacy Facebook page.
Crapaud medical Service -Long History! The recent controversy over losing the Doctor in Crapaud caused me to reflect on the long history of medical services in the community. The 1955 WI publication “History of Crapaud” states that Dr. Robert Potts, a Scottish immigrant, started practice at Crapaud in 1847. Apparently he was called here to tend to men injured in the construction of the Kelly’s Cross church, and “being pleased with the lay of the land”, decided to stay. He later moved to Tryon. It appears that Crapaud has had continued medical service ever since. Following Dr Potts came Drs. Hilcoat, Tremaine, McAlpine, Covey, Robertson, Bovyer, Houston, Tidmarsh, and MacDonald. I recall my parents and grandparents singing the praises of Dr N.R. Bovyer, who settled at Crapaud in
1900 and served patients in the surrounding areas faithfully for 50 years. Dr Bovyer was known for his unfailing dedication to patients, who always came first. Many were the babies delivered at home, often by lamplight, sometimes with great difficulty and mostly without assistance. I expect there are a few of those babies still living today! I would like to boast that this well loved, well respected country physician delivered me into this world at home in Victoria; alas, I can’t lay claim to that fame. I was apparently uncooperative even then, and had to have a hospital delivery instead. Dr Bovyer’s practice was 24 /7 , on-call with no vacations. Like all Doctors of the day, he travelled by horse and buggy from spring to fall, horse and sleigh in winter until the coming of the mo-
We are losing our physician in Crapaud If you do not have a family doctor: Register with Health PEI by calling 1-855-563-2101 If you are concerned about the lack of physicians in our area, let our politicians know this is important to you:
Minister of Health Hon. Robert Henderson 902-368-6414 rlhenderson@gov.pe.ca
Peter Bevan-Baker 902-620-3977 psbevanbaker@assembly.pe.ca
Jamie Fox 902-368-4360 jdfox@assembly.pe.ca
PremierWade H.MacLauchlan 902-368-4400 premier@gov.pe.ca
tor car. He tended the sick and dying at home, sometimes brusquely but always expertly and in a professional manner. When my mother’s 6 year old brother was stricken suddenly with polio at age 6, Dr Bovyer took great interest. His approach was considered both radical and progressive. The common practice was casting of the limbs, but he suggested ordering a special ointment from Boston and massaging it into the muscles several times a day. This they did diligently, and the boy regained some mobility. However, he succumbed to the dreadful disease at age 7, much to the chagrin of his family and Dr. Bovyer. About 20 years later Dr Bovyer was frequently summoned to that same house to attend to the boy’s mother, my maternal grandmother, who suffered and eventually died at 54 from heart disease. Multiple genera-
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tions frequently benefited from his caring, knowlegeable ways. Other early medical practitioners at Crapaud included several dentists. From about 1904-1940 there came Drs. Moore, Bell and Callbeck. At one time in the early 1900’s there was even a veterinary surgeon, Dr. Alder Black, who relocated to Summerside after a few years at Crapaud. It is indeed a long and solid community heritage of dedicated medical service. Residents of Crapaud and surrounding areas are both proud and appreciative of this history. We need it to continue. Let’s hope our government will continue to make medical services a priority for these rural communities. Brenda MacQuarrie Boudreau Victoria
Quote It’s a community event. Community events create strong communities, and a strong community is a healthy community. A healthy community is a happy community. Sandy Smith
A Legacy of Caring
Dave & Charlene Clark The Clark family has been well known in their community for many years. In fact, for half a century the family owned and operated Clarks Toyota, starting on a smaller scale on the Linkletter Road and later expanding and moving to Walker Ave in Summerside. David Clark started his work career buying and selling used cars and running an auto body shop while still in high school, he later joined his fathers company in 1983 and purchased the company in 1991, running it successfully until selling in 2015. Through the years they have been commended for their exceptional community support. Every hockey team or golf tournament organizer or fundraising group has likely knocked on their doors and in those 50 years very few people left disappointed. They truly cared for their community in which they live and worked and, in turn, the community supported them. This, coupled with their dedication to excellent customer service and a great staff, was the basis of a successful business for the Clarks.
Since selling Clarks Toyota, David is enjoying time away from the busy day to day life of running a business. David and his wife Charlene have taken some time to reflect on the past and have decided to give back to their community in a very significant way. They wanted to leave a legacy in their community; one that would ensure a maximum impact for many people. To accomplish this, they focused in on the Prince County Hospital Foundation. David and Charlene have established a life insurance policy that in time will provide a gift of 1 Million dollars to the Prince County Hospital Foundation. “I wanted to leave this legacy. We had a figure in mind said David during a recent interview. “I wanted to leave a significant gift. If I made a $250,000 donation that would be all the PCH would receive but if I used that $250,000 to buy a 1 million dollar insurance policy, the cost would be the same to me, but the impact for PCH and the local community is 4 times greater,” he continued. There are a number of options in using life insurance policies to give to charitable organizations. The Clarks have chosen to leave their legacy with a “paid up policy”, meaning they will pay for the annual premiums to establish this policy over the next ten years. Upon their passing, the PCH Foundation will receive a most generous gift to support the ongoing medical equipment needs of the Prince County Hospital for years to come. This well thought-out legacy gift from David and Charlene is a very forward thinking way to ensure their community is well cared for after they’ve gone. It was pretty simple to do and it will have a great impact” said Charlene. “There was a bit of paperwork and a medical exam but it’s a good option for the insurable in their middle age”. David stresses, “The format and the processes are the same regardless of the amount so anyone can make an impact, just as we will. It is our way of saying thank you. Hospitals are very important to the local community and we wanted to give back to that community that was so good to us.” Because of the Clarks’ foresight in Legacy Planning at the PCH Foundation, they have been recognized and added to the Foundation’s Visionary Society. Society members receive the handcrafted fused glass artwork held proudly by David and Charlene. If you would like to know more about the Visionary Society or you have also made plans to remember the Foundation after your passing, please contact Heather Matheson at hematheson@ ihis.org or call (902)432-2834.
PCH Foundation’s Annual Equipment Campaign at 55% of Goal As the year quickly comes to a close, why not make a difference in YOUR community this year with a gift to the PCH Foundation’s Vital Signs Annual Equipment Appeal? As part of our $2.5 million greatest needs appeal, the Prince County Hospital needs to completely outfit its 3 operating rooms. While the OR project represents $1.4 million of our ambitious goal, there are equipment needs throughout the hospital. All medical equipment requested this year is vital to patient care at PCH. Whether it is a bed needed for patient care or a portable ultrasound needED in the Emergency Department, each plays an important role in caring for our families, friends, and neighbours. There is still time to donate and receive a charitable tax receipt for the 2017 tax year. We need YOUR help to reach the $2.5 Million needed for medical equipment in 2017. Every dollar counts!
Tel: (902) 432-2547 Web: pchcare.com Email: info@pchcare.com
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Springfield couple part of newly launched PEI Barn Quilt Trail
Two mornings to forget! by Andy Walker
My wife likes her coffee in the morning and I like to read the newspaper over breakfast. From that, you can probably guess that a morning where the coffee maker is broken and the paper is late is not the start to a great day in our house. We have opted for convenience of a single pod, pleading guilty to the charge of not being as environmentally conscious as we should be. This day, I woke up to my wife telling me it took her half an hour to get half a cup of coffee and that there was no paper. The single cup variety has more moving parts than a traditional coffee maker and that means more can go wrong. In this case, the coffee was dripping out at about the pace of a melting icicle. I gave up trying to get a coffee and my wife took some pods to work. Just before we were heading out to drive her to work, the paper arrived. I just left it in the mailbox and forgot about it. We went out that night and I didn’t get around to reading it until about 9:30 p.m. or so when my wife asked if the paper ever came. As for the coffee maker, I figured it needed to be descaled. For anyone who doesn’t own one of the machine, it is a procedure you do with a special cleaning solution. I knew the machine was overdue for a cleaning so I brought the solution and ran through the procedure to no available.
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Then I took the bottom part of the machine apart in an attempt to clean the bottom needle-- all to no avail. I was thinking the purchase of a new machine was in my immediate future when my son-in-law showed up. He had seen the same problem on his machine and solved the problem quickly. I went through the rest of the descaling procedure and everything seemed to be working perfectly. I told my wife her sonin-law had saved the day-with a little help from me-and didn’t think anything more about it. That is until the next morning when I woke up to see two takeout coffees on the counter. She definitely rained on my parade but saying she had spent close to an hour trying to get a coffee and burned herself before going to the coffee shop. “We are getting a new machine today,” she said. By “we”, of course, she meant me. However, I wasn’t ready to give up yet. I tried to make a cup and quickly found the problem. My son-in-law had indeed fixed the problem. My work, however, was substandard. When I took apart the bottom needle, I didn’t line it up with the center of the machine. I was able to fix the problem quickly, but when I told my wife, she just said “too late.” On the bright side, the machine has worked fine since and the paper did come on time that day.
David and Grace Haslam take pride in their seventh generation family farm and that sense of ownership and connection with the past is clearly evident in their entry on the newly formed PEI Barn Quilt Trail. The trail is an initiative of the PEI Agricultural Awareness Committee and funded through a Canada 150 grant. Committee member Marg Weeks got the idea when she was in Prince Edward County, Ontario for a visit. That county has an extensive network of barn quilts throughout its rural landscape, complete with a brochure and a website. She returned home convinced PEI should follow suit and now the Haslam farm and 18 others across the Island sport the brightly painted patchwork blocks. A quilt also hangs at the Farm Centre and the PEI 4-H Council is completing five quilts that will be donated to the fairs where they exhibit each summer. The participating farms worked with a designer to come up with their unique quilts and Grace said they wanted to reflect the farm’s proud heritage. Located on Highway 2 in Springfield, she said they were in an ideal location for motorists to view the quilt and ‘we have received a lot of favourable comments.”
The farm, called Heritage Tracts and Timbers, was designated as a heritage farm in 2014. To meet that qualification, the farm had to be in production when the Fathers of Confederation met in Charlottetown in 1864 and remained in the same family ever since. The center of the quilt is a stylized “H” pointed at the top like fence posts, which stands for both the family name and heritage. The year of incorporation, 1837, is in the center bar in white. The quilt pattern represents red island soil surrounded by blue water and yellow rays of sunshine while purple and green bands signify the Scottish and Irish family ties. Trees frame each corner marking the important role in the beginning and future life of the farm. She likes the fact that the quilt trail is spread out across the province, adding “I think it will serve to unite Island farmers. I would like to see other farmers take up the idea as well.” Charlottetown MP Sean Casey said the trail “speaks to who we are as a province” adding it is a chance for people to get out and see rural PEI. It is the type of initiative I am proud to see our government support.” The quilts can all be found at http://www. peibar nquilttrail.com. The website includes a description of both the
farm and the quilt design, as well as a printable trail map. The trail can also be found on Facebook at PEI Barn Quilt Trail.
With an image of their barn quilt on the background insert, David and Grace Haslam celebrate at the official launch of the PEI Barn Quilt Trail held recently at the Farm Centre. Their seventh generation Springfield farm is one of 19 across the province that now sports a decorative quilt. There is also a quilt at the PEI Farm Centre and the PEI 4-H Council is now preparing quilts that will hang at the five exhibitions members attend each year. The initiative was spearheaded by the PEI Agricultural Awareness Committee and financed through a Canada 150 grant.(Andy Walker photo)
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Doucette, NB/PEI Major Midget AAA Standings/Stats Jared MBA, CPA, CMA STANDINGS Team GP W L OL Pts GF GA MONCTON 19 14 4 1 29 70 41 SAINT JOHN 18 11 7 0 22 72 51 KENSINGTON 16 10 5 1 21 59 49 NORTHERN 16 5 8 3 13 54 78 FREDERICTON 6 6 10 0 12 62 83 CHARLOTTETOWN 17 5 10 2 12 37 52 SCORING LEADERS Player Team GP G A Pts PIM #17 - CALEB KEAN SJ 18 17 15 32 8 #15 - LUKAS CORMIER MON 19 6 21 27 14 #7 - MATHIEU BLANCHARD NTH 14 9 16 25 16 #22 - ZACH ALCHORN SJ 18 11 12 23 20 #19 - NICK HODD FRE 16 8 14 22 12 #77 - ZACH SPENCER FRE 16 11 10 21 16 #4 - NASH SMITH MON 19 16 5 21 18 #19 - FRANK FORTIN KEN 16 14 5 19 10 #20 - ZACK MANUEL NTH 16 7 12 19 16 #18 - ANTONI MATTE FRE 16 7 11 18 0 #37 - BRADY PATTERSON FRE 16 4 13 17 10 #88 - MAX GRANT FRE 15 8 8 16 10 #18 - DREW JOHNSTON SJ 13 7 7 14 22 #7 - CLARK WEBSTER KEN 15 3 11 14 4 #12 - COLBY MACARTHUR KEN 16 4 10 14 6 #10 - EVAN GALLANT KEN 16 7 6 13 0 #20 - COLE CORMIER MON 19 7 6 13 8 #15 - SEBASTIEN HEBERT NTH 14 8 4 12 2 #23 - CONNOR MACGREGOR CHA 15 9 3 12 8 #9 - MARC RICHARD KEN 16 4 8 12 8 GOALIE LEADERS Player Team GP MP W L GA SV% GAA #31 - DANIEL THOMPSON MON 11 645 9 1 20 .935 1.86 #1 - CHAD ARSENAULT KEN 8 485 8 0 18 .925 2.23 #29 - BRANDON MCKENNA MON 9 500 5 3 20 .920 2.40 #31 - RYLAN HOLDER SJ 12 697 6 6 28 .918 2.41 #30 - BEN PARENT CHA 12 667 4 6 33 .920 2.97 #30 - BRUCE FONG SJ 7 386 5 1 20 .892 3.11 RECENT RESULTS Fri., Dec. 1 Saint John 5 Charlottetown 2 Sat., Dec. 2 Northern 3 Charlottetown 2 (OT) Sat., Dec. 2 Kensington 5 Fredericton 2 Sun., Dec. 3 Fredericton 3 Moncton 2 UPCOMING GAMES Date Time Visitor Home Arena Fri., Dec. 8 8:00 PM Fredericton Kensington Tignish Sat., Dec. 9 7:30 PM Northern Kensington Kensington
Razzy’s Junior C Players of the Week
PEI Midget AAA Result Saturday December 2 Western 5 Summerside 0 NB/PEI Major Midget AAA Result Sat. December 2 Northern 3 Ch’town 2 (OT)
NOVEMBER 22 - 28th, 2017
OFFENSIVE Player of the Week: OWEN ARSENAULT - Metros
The veteran player had a great week helping the Metros to three wins. Owen had the OT winner to cap off a hat-trick in the home win over the Tignish Perry’s Construction Aces and also scored the winning goal with less than two minutes to play against the South Side MacDonald’s Excavation / EF MacPhee Lynx. He’s been playing particularly strong lately while playing a key role quarterbacking the power-play. Stats for the week: 3GP, 4G, 0A, 0PIM
DEFENSIVE Player of the Week: RYAN CLORY - Flames
Razzy’s Jr C Result Fri. December 1 S’side 7 South Side 3 PEI Midget AAA Result Thurs. November 30 Central 3 Kings County 3
Ryan was solid in net as he recorded the shutout in the North River victory over Georgetown to record his first junior win. He was especially sharp in the first period making many quality saves as the Clory Construction Eagles took it to the Flames early on. Stats for the week: 1GP, 21-21(saves-shots), 1.000SV%, SO Jared Doucette, MBA, CPA, CMA
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CRAPAUD Library Technician: Stacey Meenink 20424 TCH, Crapaud, 902-658-2297 crapaud@gov.pe.ca
December 10th, 12:40 - 1:40pm at Community Gardens Complex Free Hot Chocolate and Christmas Cookies
Public Library Library hours: Wednesday 9am-2pm Thurs. 3 - 8pm Saturday 9:30 - 12:30pm
December Programs: Family Story Time Every Wednesday at 10:00 am Winter Story Time and Craft December 16th at 10:00 am
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Craft Space Every Saturday 9:30-11:30 am (supplies provided) Adult Book Club Thursday Dec. 21st at 7 pm (contact the library for this month’s selection)
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Kensington Scouting Groups Investiture Ceremony cultivating the youth of today to become the contributors of a better tomorrow. Leaders Tawnia Craig, Charlotte Morrison, Kevin Dyment, Lois Brown, Kevin Cook and Ray Sullivan. congratulate new members of the Scouting Groups in the Kensington area who were invested at a recent ceremony at the new Legion Home on Garden Drive.
CONGRATULATIONS
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Upcoming Charlottetown LEGION CHOIR Performance Sat, December 16 at Kensington United Church The Charlottetown Legion Choir, under the direction of Travis Boudreau, is a community based group with approximately 35 male and female members. The choir sings a variety of musical pieces including folk, secular and non-
secular pieces. The group participates in Remembrance Day services, primarily at the Cenotaph in Charlottetown and shares their love of song with residents of nursing homes throughout the year. Many practice hours are spent prepar-
ing for concerts during the Christmas season and in the Spring.
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“The Most Wonderful time of the Year” December 10
This year they are venturing further afield and will be Performing Vivaldi’s Gloria at Kensington United Church, at 7pm, on Saturday, 16 December. Accompanying them will be a string quintet (accomplished students of UPEI music program) and our pianist, Linda Shukri. Tickets will be available at the door. Refreshments will be offered following the performance in the church hall.
Arioso
Arioso, a local ladies singing group, will be presenting a concert to help celebrate “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”. On December 10, at 3pm, they will be performing at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church in Charlottetown. The church is located at 7 Tamarac Road in Sherwood. The concert is to help with the fund raising activities of the church. Tickets at the door. This double trio has delighted audiences across PEI including at the Indian River Festival. Join them as they bring an afternoon of Christmas carols – both traditional and new – that will fill you with the Christmas spirit.
“May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace, The gladness of Christmas give you hope, The warmth of Christmas grant yhou love.” - Unknown
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Kinkora Primary Care Clinic Schedule
Dec. 7th Registered Nurse
Dec. 14th Community Dietitian Dec. 21st Registered Nurse Dec. 28th No Clinic Jan. 4th (2018) Registered Nurse
The Cape Community Tree Lighting Join us in The Cape for a Community Tree Lighting on Wednesday December 13, (6:30pm) at The Ice Boat Monument. An evening of community spirit, Christmas Carols with hot chocolate & cookies to welcome the holiday season. We are inviting Islanders near & far to make Cape Traverse shine bright by purchasing lights as a gesture of dedication or in memory. The tree will remain lit throughout the 2017 holiday season.
- Play Group - Mondays at 9:30 am - Seniors Cards - Tuesdays at 1:30 pm - BINGO: Tuesday at 7:00 pm - Seniors Fitness: Wednesdays at 1:00 pm - Crib: Saturdays at 1:00 pm NEW BINGO GAME: Play for your chance to win $500 weekly for 24 weeks! Sun., December 10 - KIDS CHRISTMAS PARTY AND ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONEY: Kids Party 3pm with entertainment by Michael Pendergast and an appearance from Santa immediately followed by the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting. All are Welcome. BOXING DAY BASH First ever BOXING DAY BASH WITH DJ TYLER!! Tuesday, December 26th 6pm - 12am 19+ Event On sale: Advanced Tickets and Tickets at the Door. Canteen Services will be available. You may wish to recognize: members of the Ice Boat Crews • a loved one who has passed away • a former/present community member or neighbour • your children • a community business or organization • and so forth... ALL are welcome to dedicate a light and attend the event, not just those who have a direct connection with Cape Traverse. We will read the dedications at the tree lighting ceremony. In addition, The Ice Boat Committee will be sharing a dedication slideshow on our Facebook page the week of December 13. Lights may be pur-
chased for $10. You may email money transfer or contact the committee for payment. We ask that you email a favourite photo with your words of dedication to be used in our social media slideshow. To make a dedication, please contact us by December 6th, via our Facebook Page or email us at capetraverseiceboats@ gmail.com All proceeds will go toward The Cape’s 2nd Annual Ice Boat Festival where the new Parks Canada monument will be unveiled. The Ice Boat Committee is looking forward to celebrating the holiday season in Cape Traverse
45 Anderson Rd, Kinkora Library # 902-887-2172 email: kinkora@gov.pe.ca Library Hours: Mon: 11 - 3 pm Tina Niemi Tues: 3 - 7pm Library Technician: Thurs: 9 am - 1 pm
Well, Fall has definitely arrived, and while the temperatures outside may have dropped, it's always warm in the library and we have lots on our calendar for December! For the Adults... Mark your calendars for our Christmas Cookie and Recipe exchange...Monday, Dec. 11 at 2 pm. Bake your favorite holiday cookie (and enough to share and exchange) and join us for cookies, punch and fun! Call the library at 8872172 or stop by to register and get more details! Our Social Stitchers are continuing to meet on Mondays at 1 pm...our various projects are coming along nicely. New members are always welcome...bring your project and/or ideas and join us!
The monthly Book Club meeting for December will be a week earlier on Dec. 19 at 6 pm, as we will be closed the following Tuesday for Boxing Day. The December selection will be The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. New members are always welcome to join us and see what we are all about! For the younger set.. Our Preschool Storytime runs each Thursday at 10 am...come have some fun with us...stories, songs, fingerplays and more! The Junior Book Club (ages 7-9) will meet on Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 3:30 pm. We are reading a variety of George Brown, Class Clown books by Nancy Krulik. Stop by the library to pick up a
book and come to our meeting for a fun discussion and snacks! Also on Tuesday, Dec. 12...at 6 pm...we will have a special reading of How the Grinch Stole Christmas followed by Grinchy activities and treats...all are welcome! The Pre-Teen Book Club (ages 10-12) will have its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 19 at 3:30 pm. This month's selection will be Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. Pick up your copy at the library or call for more information 887-2172. The Public Library Service and the PEI Literacy Alliance will be partnering once again for the The Gift of Reading: Holiday Book Bank Program. Similar to the past couple of years, all library branches will be collecting new or gently used children’s books which will be included in Christmas Food Hampers distributed across the Island via local food banks. We have a donation box here at the Kinkora Library...please consider giving the gift of reading to a child.
with friends & neighbours!
Thursday December 21st
STORM DATE: Sunday December 17, at 6:30pm.
Community of Kinkora Office hours:
Tuesday 8 am – 6pm, Wed. and Thursday 8:00 am-4:00 pm (*subject to change without notice.) The Community of Kinkora Office will be closed from Dec. 22nd, 2017 - January 02, 2018.
The Snowball Student Dance will be held Thursday December 21 at The Royal Canadian Legion in Borden-Carleton. Amherst Cove Consolidated would like to invite all students from Englewood, Somerset, Kensington & grade 9 KRHS to join them for a
night of fun & dancing! Time Slots by Grade: K-2: 6:00-6:45pm Gr 3-6: 7:00-8:15pm Gr 7-9: 8:30-10:00pm Admission at the door, canteen will be open. In the spirit of giving this season, please bring a non perishable item for The South Shore Food Share.
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KISH Senior AAA Womens Volleyball Team Win Provincial Gold
Walter R. Shaw Award Judy Shaw (right) was on hand to present Christa Campbell and Ian Simmons of Kool Breeze Farms, Wilmot, with the Walter R. Shaw Award.
Nina Crozier-Seniors Award The award was presented by Susan Simmons to Clayton & Lorna Bulpitt of Roseneath.
Team Members Back L-R: Coach Amanda Hickey, Keanna Reid, Cassandra MacLeod, Hillary Bernard, Jillian Ferguson, Maddy Rogers, Nicole Boucher and Coach Richard Younker. Front row L-R: Hillary MacLean, Shianne Adams, Emily MacDonald, and Elizabeth Burt. Congratulations to the Kensington Intermediate Senior High Senior AAA Womens Volleyball team on winning GOLD on Friday, November 10th, defeating Colonel Gray in the final 25-13, 25-14, 25-13. It is the first AAA gold medal at KISH in any sport in 17 years. Jillian Ferguson was named provincial tournament MVP with Cassandra MacLeod and Hillary MacLean named provincial tournament All-Stars. A big thank you goes out to all of the fans who traveled down to Ch’town to watch the match and supported the team all year and a huge thank you to Richard Younker and Amanda Hickey for all their time and effort working with the girls all season long.
Window Box Competition Award George MaKay presented the 3rd Place in the Window Box Competiiton in Kings County to Clayton & Lorna Bulpitt.
The team is planning a trip to Nationals in May 2018 and you can help them get there. A Traditional Chicken Dinner will be held on Feb. 10th, 2018 at Broadway 45. Tickets are on sale and each includes an appetizer, entree, and dessert. The Scotiabank will be matching funds raised so please come out and support the team. Contact one of the girls for tickets or more information. (Jamie & Debbie Bernard)
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Borden-Carleton Examing Options To Replace Building by Andy Walker Borden-Carleton is now looking at several options to replace the G.C. Bell Civic Building. Mayor Dean Sexton said town council had been looking at building a new structure to replace the ageing structure named after the town’s longest serving mayor, the late Gilbert Bell. The town has been looking for some time at building a new structure adjacent to the fire hall.
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“We have been talking about replacing the civic building for some time,” Mayor Sexton said.
However, a spatial plan prepared for the town by Ekistics Plan and Design has suggested another option, namely renting space at Gateway Village. The study, which is the next step in the Sustainable Tourism Expansion Program , was presented to the community at a public meeting December 5.
The mayor said he was pleased with the Ekistics report , saying the spatial plan will give the community a road map for turning the community into a major Atlantic Canadian tourism destination. The final report of the working committee of the Sustainable Tourism Expansion Program (STEP) tabled this summer recommended a new entity be established called Destination Borden-Carleton to undertake destination tourism development and marketing. They also call for the creation of a promotion tag line and suggest “Prince Edward Island’s home port.”
The plan , called Desptination Borden-carleton, recommends among other things, that Gateway Village become a focal point of the town. The mayor said the idea is certainly worth considering and he said council will be considering which option to pursue
The working committee report suggested the spatial plan addressed six key strategic objectives for the strategy. They include enhancing the prosperity and quality of life for residents; adopting and adhering to a firm set of strategic guiding principles
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Town counci in Borden-Carleton is now looking at options to replace the aging G.C. Bell Civic Building. The structure is named for the late Gilbert C. Bell, who was the town’s longest serving mayor. which will result in a true sustainable tourism community; leading a community-driven strategic planning process that is reasonable, functional, effective, and is based on a clear set of priorities; defining Borden-Carleton based on an unequivocal unique selling proposition (USP) which enhances the destination’s profile within Prince Edward Island and, by extension, the national tourism marketplace; convincing key influencers, communities, residents and investors that Borden-Carleton has outstanding destination potential and enhancing the community’s profes-
sional capacity toward the creation of a new generation of year-round products, services and experiences for visitors to and residents of Borden-Carleton. On another front, he noted the town has hired Anytra Eterovich as the new chief administrative officer on a probationary period to replace Kevin Coady. She had been an assistant to Coady, who has taken a similar position in Cornwall. As well, the community has hired Samantha Ellis to act as recreation director while Holly Bernard is on maternity leave.
Children Family Story Time Ages 3-5 Every Friday, 11am
Book Club Junior Book Club Every third Thursday (ages 9-13) next meeting 3rd Wednesday of Thurs, December 7, each month 2:00pm For the Whole Family! Drop-In Card making! Saturday, December 9 Drop-In Ornaments! Saturday, December 15 Drop-In Colouring! Saturday, December 23 Drop-in LEGO! Saturday, December 23
Warm & Cozy Social Hot Chocolate & Cookies! Thurs, Dec. 14, 5 - 5 pm
chuckle time Why do people ask, “What were you thinking?” Obviously I was thinking I was going to get away with it and not have to exlain it!
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Affordable Hall Rental The Murray Centre, centrally located at 17 School St, Kensington, offers clean, comfortable spaces to rent. The hall has tables/chairs available, washrooms and is handicap accessible.To discuss your rental needs or, to book a date and time for your function please contact Jamie at 902-836-4823 or email [kmccrentals@gmail.com] Rental rates are very reasonable! You can rent the hall and/or classroom(s) BOOK YOUR SPACE NOW!
Kensington Legion Foot Care Clinic
14 Pleasant Street G Building 4th Wednesday of month Open to anyone requiring evaluation and foot care by qualified LPN’s.
PO Box 569 Kensington, PE C0B 1M0
Phone: (902) 439-5540
Email: barretcampbell@msn.com
Veterans may qualify through DVA. For more information, cost and appointments please call: Roger Purnell 902-786-0582 or Kathy Doucette 903-836-3011
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Chamber Office Tel #: 902-836-3509 website: www.kensingtonchamber.ca Rosalie Profitt- President Nicole Mountain- Membership & Events Coordinator
Save the Date! Our 2018 Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 (storm date January 30th) at the Murray Christian Centre at 12pm. More details will be available soon regarding tickets and board nominees. We Want to Hear From YOU! It’s time to determine our priorities for 2018! Please fill out our survey and give us your feedback. We want to ensure that YOUR Chamber is providing you with the best service possible. Fill out the survey by December 15th for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Broadway 45. Winner announced December 18. Not a Member? Join Now! From now until December 20, when you join the Kensington Chamber, just pay for your 2018 membership and receive the remainder of 2017 free! Sign up online or contact the office for more info. Welcome New Member
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Centennial Auto Group We are excited to welcome Centennial Auto Group to the Chamber! Centennial Auto Group is the largest auto group on PEI, with locations in Summerside and Charlottetown. Upcoming Events ‘Tis the Season Christmas Social, December 13, 5:00-7:00pm at Broadway 45, 45 Broadway Street, Kensington Lunch and Learns •Friday, Dec 1, 12-1pm: Events to Drive Action and New Business •Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, 12-1pm: New Year, New You: Healthy Workplace Initiatives All Lunch & Learns will be held in the Boardroom at the Kensington Town Hall. More info on each session available at kensingtonchamber.ca Indian River Festival Hosting “A Celtic Christmas” with Ashley MacIsaac Indian River Festival is hosting a Celtic Christmas with Ashley MacIssac on December 15 at Trinity United Church in Charlottetown. This
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Looking for the winner of the 50/50 Draw that took place at the Kensington Lions Club’s Ham & Scalloped Potato Dinner. Winner must have the winning ticket with the number 8306617. Please contact the Lions Club Den at 902-836-5060
concert is a joint fundraising between the two organizations. If you are located in Central or Western PEI, you can join our Celtic Christmas bus departing from the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts in Summerside with a pickup location in Kensington at Island Stone Pub. Bus tickets can be purchased and include a return trip to the concert from your location of origin. Bus tickets can be purchased online with your concert tickets. Chamber’s Group Insurance - Perfect for Farms! Farming is a huge part of the PEI Economy. Did you know the Chamber Plan was created with farms in mind? Designed for Family Businesses & no industry restrictions make the Chamber’s Plan a great fit for the family farm read more. Are you interested in employee and employer insurance benefits for your farm? Click here for more info. Upcoming Computer Skills Workshop at CDS Are you looking to learn or upgrade basic computer skills? Or maybe you are searching for work and want some insight into the process? Career Development Services is offering a FREE session on Thursday, November 30th from 6-8pm. To register, contact Miranda at 902-436-2065. Did you know ...that as a Chamber member, you can receive a fuel discount of 3.5 cents per litre that is offered to the Company and its employees at all ESSO-branded service stations in Canada? The Esso Business Card programs give you exceptional fuel savings, and powerful yet easy to use fuel management tools.
Sky Guy Dr. Rolly Chiasson Your Sky Guy Hi Sky Gals and Guys Some of my favorite Sky Things While our whole night sky throughout the year, with all of its varied jewels, is a wondrous sight, I’m sure that all who look at the sky have their favorites. In this regard, I’m no exception. Let me share with you three of my favorites. 1. As late fall or early winter progresses, we have only to look, now in the southeast, and by mid December, directly south and we can find Orion the Mighty Hunter, or to me, an hourglass. Look about 30 degrees up from the horizon, and you will find three bright stars in a short row, tilted slightly diagonally right now, horizontal by mid December. These are the “Belt of Orion” or as I see it, the neck of the hourglass. Once you find these three, it’s not hard to picture an hourglass. Try it. 2. If you now go up and to the right of the hourglass, you will find a “Y” shape - the “Horns” of Taurus the Bull. There is one brighter star at the tip of the horns. But keep going in the same direction and you will find one of the true delights of the sky - the Pleiades or 7 Sisters - or as I call this shape - the Tiny Dipper. So now you have the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper - and the Tiny Dipper. 3. We’ll finish with one
really easy one. Let’s go to the Big Dipper - everybody knows that shape. There are 4 stars in the “pot” and 3 stars in the “handle”. If you look carefully at the middle star in the handle, you may be able to see that it is actually 2 stars - very close together - one just over the other. If you can’t see this one, try binoculars. Then it’s easy. Now let’s see what’s in the sky this month of December. First the highlight of the month. On the night of December 13th, we can watch the Geminid Meteor Shower. You can watch this practically after it is dark and it gets better as the night goes on. You may be able to see as much as one a minute. Where to look, it’s best to look a little southeast, but they can be seen really in all parts of the sky. Dress well, stay out for a while, and enjoy. Now what about the rest. In the evening sky, Mercury and Saturn are low in the southwest, but disappear into the sunset by the end of the first week. In the dawn sky – much better. Near the southeast before sunrise, early in the month, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars form a beautiful elongated line from lower left to upper right. But don’t wait too long because Venus, which has been so beautiful in the morning
sky, is rapidly sinking into the sunrise and will soon be lost to sight. As the month passes Jupiter and Mars approach each other and are fairly close as the month ends. New Moon is December 18th. The full moon of December 3rd is the closest full moon of 2017. It should look a little bigger and a little brighter. Finally by December 25th, Mercury appears low in the predawn sky and is getting better as the month ends. That’s another month. Have a great Holiday Season and see you again as January 2018 approaches. Your Sky Guy, Dr. Rolly Chiasson
Crib Nov. 24 Results 1st - Don MacLelland/ Eleanor Harding 2nd - Louis Ellsworth/ Emmett Hagen High Hand Don MacLelland/ Earl Murphy/David Walker/ Hilda Jorgensen
Cards Nov. 24 Results 1st - Leah Weeks 2nd - Louis Ellsworth 3rd - Lindsay Seaman 50/50- Erma Campbell Door Prize Dave Johnston
Crib Nov. 21 Results 1st - Gail Chappell/ Dave Walker 2nd - Stella Hagen/ Earl Murphy High Hand - Dave Walker Gail Chappell/ Nancy Heaney
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On The War Memorial Trail .... In Rouen, France by Daria Valkenburg While in France, Pieter Valkenburg, who is researching the names listed on the Cenotaph outside the Borden-Carleton Legion, wanted to visit the grave of Bazil Cormier, who is buried at St. Sever Cemetery in Rouen. He dutifully followed the GPS instructions, and arrived at the address listed, only to find it was in downtown Rouen. No cemetery in sight! The streets are extremely narrow, jam packed with cars and pedestrians and most of the streets one way traffic only. With no idea where the cemetery was, we stopped by a huge government building behind a walled gate, and asked a passerby for help. The man looked at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission info, and said that the cemetery was on a street by the same name in either Le Grand Quevilly or Le Petit Quevilly. He just wasn’t sure which of the two cities, both near to Rouen, it was in. So, we
took a chance and went to Le Grand Quevilly, a short distance away. There, Valkenburg pulled into a car dealership to ask directions, only to find out that France shuts down for lunch break. Everything was locked up, but he found a salesman in a tent on the lot, reading his emails. “I’m from a different country,” the salesman said, when asked about the cemetery. Then he went on to say, “I’m from Paris.” But he found someone who could help us and that’s when Valkenburg learned that we wanted to be in Le Petit Quevilly, and how to get there. Sure enough, on a street by the same name as in Rouen (what are the odds?), we were able to find St. Sever Cemetery Extension, where Bazil Cormier is buried. St. Sever Cemetery Extension has 8,348 WWI Commonwealth burials, 10 of them unidentified, 328 WWII Commonwealth
burials, 18 of them unidentified, and 8 foreign nationals. With such a large cemetery, it was not easy to find Cormier’s grave. Our luck was that several gardeners from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission were on site. One gardener asked if we needed help. After explaining who we were looking for, the gardener immediately went over to the other side of the cemetery and found the grave, which was as far away as possible from where we were! Private Bazil Cormier was born January 6, 1898 in Tignish, the son of Joseph Cormier and Marie Arsenault. A farmer before he enlisted with the 105th Draft Regiment on December 4, 1916, he died of wounds received in the Battle of Amiens near Cachy on August 12, 1918, at the age of 21. At the time of his death he was with the 26th New Brunswick Battalion. The War Graves Register Circumstances of
Pieter Valkenburg with a young CWGC gardener at St. Sever Cemetery Extension.
Death notes that “During operations east of Amiens, on the morning of August 8th 1918, he was hit in the head by a machine gun bullet. He was immediately dressed by a comrade and carried out, but succumbed to his wounds four days later.” We couldn’t leave the cemetery without giving flag pins to the gardeners, who do such a fantastic job of keeping the cemeteries so well kept. Asking For The Public’s Help Valkenburg has no photo or further informa-
(The grave of Private Bazil Cormier. Photos by Daria Valkenburg)
tion about Bazil Cormier and asks the public for help in putting a face to this name on the Cenotaph. He can be reached
by email at dariadv@ yahoo.ca or through the project’s blog at https:// bordencarletonresearchproject.wordpress.com
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BRANCH NO. 9 Kensington
Royal Canadian Legion
tel: 902-836-3229 or fax: 902-836-3600 • Happy Hour every Friday 4 pm to close • Chase the Queen of Spades every Friday at 7pm • Crib every Sundayat 1pm • Legion Sports- Anyone wishing to sign up contact Tracey at the legion for information. • Dec. 16 - SANTA’S VISIT! Everyone Welcome 10am 12 noon • Legion Hours Holidays Christmas Eve 12 - 6pm Christmas Day CLOSED New Year’s Eve 12-6pm New Year’s Day 11am - Mussels & Chowder 12-3pm - Entertainment with Band Fall Guys. Sandra Howard Public Relations
Family Place hosts FREE, weekly, parentchild playgroups in the following locations. Please make note of our Christmas closures noted with each playgroup. KINKORA Mondays in the Senior’s Room at Kinkora Place, 45 Anderson Street, Kinkora from 9:30 to 11:30 am. NOTE: There will be no playgroups held Dec 25 and January 1. KENSINGTON Wednesdays at the Murray Christian Centre, (please use the ramp entrance door), School
Street, Kensington from 9:30 to 11:30 am. NOTE: There will be no playgroups held Dec 20 and 27. BORDEN-CARLETON Fridays at the Public Library, 244 Borden Avenue, Borden-Carleton from 9:30 – 11:30am. NOTE: There will be no playgroups held December 22 and Dec 29. Please join us for some play time with educational toys, a healthy snack and circle time. Playgroups give both children and grown-ups a chance to connect and soto enjoy.
Cooking Contest To WI Levee The PEIWI Board and staff wish a joyous and safe holiday season to all residents across Prince Edward Island. The PEI Women’s Institute Board of Directors extends various invitations to members and residents across Prince Edward Island during the upcoming Holiday
Season. WI Christmas Treat Tree The PEIWI Board invites all visitors to share in the festive Christmas spirit by visiting the WI Christmas Treat Tree. The tree, now lit at the WI Office foyer at 40 Enman Crescent is traditionally once again laden with candy cane treats for all
Cooking Contest With the December 15 deadline coming shortly, students in grades 7 through 12 are invited to send in recipes containing at least three agricultural or fishery based ingredients to PEIWI’s fourth annual Cooking Contest. Top entries in four categories will be selected to prepare appetizer size portions of their recipe during the final cook off during WI’s Founder’s Day, February 13, 2018. View details online at www.peiwi.ca Christmas Gifts
cialize. Children get the opportunity to practice their social skills in a safe, familiar setting while adults can forge friendships and get support from people who understand exactly what they are going through. For more information please call (902) 436-1348 or email familyplace@ eastlink.ca
To assist with gift giving during the upcoming Christmas period, WI Members and the general public are encouraged to visit the WI Office to view WI themed gifts. Items available include a variety of generational recipe books, napkins, pins to pens and pencils. New this year is boxed jam sets made by the PEI Preserve Company with proceeds going towards the Federated Women’s Institute of Canada (FWIC). Each box contains two 125ml jars, with Wild Blueberry and Orange Marmalade with Chivas Regal flavours. The gift boxes are available through the WI Office. Limited quantities available. White Cross Christmas Gift Campaign WI members and residents across PEI are encouraged to once again donate a new, small unwrapped gift to the White Cross Christmas Gift Campaign, as part of the Canadian Mental Health Association of PEI. Item examples include hats, gloves, socks, movie or coffee gift cards, playing cards, cosmetics or
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“Knowledge, Inclusion, Success, Health” Submitted by Abby Christopher and Callie Champion
This past week at KISH we had a very successful and busy Spirit Week. We kicked it off with Mathletes Vs Athletes Day with many students showing their spirit. Tuesday was Moustache Day where students donated towards Movember. Wednesday was Pink Day to support anti-bullying. Students took a pledge against bullying by putting their handprint on the wall. Thursday was Homeroom Challenge Day where each class chose a dress up theme. Also, eight lucky students travelled to the Confederation Center to watch Justin Trudeau be presented with the Symons Award. Friday at KISH there was a wave of green and white to celebrate the Pep Rally.
Sports teams ran out as students cheered, and a legendary teachers vs students lip sync battle took place. Students are currently selling Saving Passes to raise money for extracurriculars. These passes allow you to save money and receive deals at stores and businesses. KISH had a busy week of basketball tryouts and practices. The teams are picked, with three junior high teams and two senior high teams ready for the season. This Friday is KISH’s annual Winter Semi Dance. Tickets will be sold in advance and at the door. The Junior High dance is from 6-8pm and the senior highs is from 8-10pm. It should be a great night!
shampoo. These are given to those who may be alone this time of year and have mental health or emotional issues. Gifts can be dropped off to the White Cross Program: 178 Fitzroy Street in Charlottetown. Call 902-566-3034 for further information. Gift Deadline: December 15.
ward Island are invited to compete in two national WI competitions. The first contest is the Past FWIC President Membership Award. Members can submit a 500 word short story on “My Most Memorable WI Moment.” It can be mailed direct to the attention of Past President Marie Kenny of PEI c/o of the WI office by January 1, 2018.
WI Levee The Board of Directors of PEI Women’s Institute in conjunction with the Farm Centre Board and PEI 4-H look forward to their annual WI Levee on January 1, 2018. The Levee will be held at the Farm Centre, 420 University Avenue in Charlottetown from 10:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. A mini brunch will be served, and if last year’s reviews were any indication, it could be coined WI had the best refreshments on the Levee schedule. WI is also pleased the PEI 4-H will be joining this year’s levee as they kick off their 100th year anniversary. Contests Lastly, Branch Members across Prince Ed-
The second challenge is the Tweedsmuir Competitions. In 1945, Lady Tweedsmuir, wife of Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada, donated three silver cups to the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada for competitions to be held each triennium. The trophies with awards winners’ names are displayed at the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead in Ontario. Any Women’s Institute member in Canada can enter. Entries can be sent to the PEI provincial office for judging by January 1 & 15, 2018, respectively. More information is online at www.peiwi.ca This article is prepared by Ellen MacPhail, Executive Director for the PEIWI. For more information on the above items or to join a WI branch near you, please visit www.peiwi.ca or contact the Provincial Office at902- 368-4860 or by emailing wi@gov.pe.ca <mailto:wi@gov.pe.ca>
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Christmas Season and Goats? It’s interesting when you write for a passion; because, you don’t always know what direction you are going to go with your writing. This yule season I really wanted to write a piece about “traditions” and how they have or have not effected my family over the Christmas seasons. As I continued to formulate the ideas for my write up those darn goats from a local farm just kept butting their way into my thoughts and consciousness. Wow, you might say, what has goats got to do with Christmas celebrations? It is a long story really. I confess, I was a reluctant visitor this summer to Island Hill Farms off 255 Highway. Our daughter continued to rave about the place and her friends too; but I just really had neutral feelings about visiting a small farm with goats on a hot summer beach day. Off we went, however, and the trip has had a profound effect on me more than I thought possible. After parking the car and visiting with this cheerful welcoming party of goats in the lot side pasture I was hooked. You pay your entrance fee in this small home built kiosk with delightful signage and you really check the outside world at the gate and become a kid again. It’s just all about hanging out with the cheerful furry and feathered critters that enjoy life at the this farm. I even got the absurdity of the chandeliers in the chicken coops. Hens do deserve the best!
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The Christmas story in the Bible centres around the birth of the Christian Prophet Jesus who we are told was born in a stable as there was no room for his parents Mary and Joseph to stay at the local Inn. It was a very humble birthplace for a profoundly important Prophet. One has to question; would Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus find a safe place at this farm to roost today? I definitely say; ‘yes they would; modern context or not. For most of us who live daily in urban worlds we have disconnected from the wild or farm animal world. It is rare today for farms to care for varied farm animals as they did years ago. This is not the case at Island Hill Farms where the variety of animals is astounding. I muse that Mary might enjoy a postnatal goat yoga class with Joseph and Jesus tagging along for support. As we enthusiastically sing “Away in a Manger” at Christmas gatherings this yule tide season let’s not forget those humble enchanting farm animals that witnessed the birth of Jesus so very long ago. It was a noble and wise choice to have the animals be the first to share
QEES Students and Local Farmers Sell Organic “Christmas Dinner Veggie Bags” As part of a pilot project to incorporate local and organic food products into Island schools, the students in the QEES lunch program will have delicious, organic food in their lunches every school day this winter. The PEI Certified Organic Producers Cooperative, Bev Campbell, the QEES Lunch Program Manager, and Krista Schurman of Schurman Family Farm and Atlantic Grown Organics are working together to create a lunch program that can be used as a sustainable model for other schools to incorporate locally sourced organics into their system. This pilot project is funded by the Department of Agriculture through the Community Food Security and Food Education Program. This project, which begins when students return to school in January after Christmas break, will run for two months at the QEES school. Throughout the duration of the project, students will connect with and learn about local farmers and agriculhis new born life. In the end, I was profoundly grateful that our daughters encouraged me to visit Island Hill Farms this summer to share life with those goofy goats. It has given me a fresh perspective on what the Christmas Nativity can really be about. The wild world can snuggle its’ way into your heart and give you a joyous, humble perspective revealing what Christmas simply is all about; Love. May the Joy of the season come to you in humble ways this year. Let the love of family and your neighbours be savoured. May animals in our life give us great joy and wonder. Seasons’ Greetings Janice Mulligan
ture on PEI, engage in hands on learning opportunities including an after school food skills program, and be nourished by local and organic food during their school day. Students will kick off the QEES Organic Lunch Program Project by selling bags of local and organic “Christmas Dinner Veggie Bags” from December 1st - December 15th. This portion of the project will introduce students to the local farmers who will eventually be providing students with the food in their lunch program. The organic veggie bags will feature a selection of local and organic vegetables. The bag will have some choice items and may change depending upon availability of produce. Individuals can order their Christmas Dinner Veggie Bag with any QEES student. The veggie bags are payed for through the old school “cash sales and an order form” system. All proceeds will be donated to the QEES Home and School Board. Bags can be picked up at the Veggie Pick Up Party, Tues-
day, December 19th from 3 - 7 pm at QEES. For more information on this project or to connect with the coordinators, please contact Karen at research@organicpei. com or 902-894-9999, visit the PEI COPC website www.organicpei.com The Christmas Dinner Veggie Bags will have a selection of local and organic vegetables: potatoes, carrots, squash, on-
ions, beets/or parsnips, turnip, cabbage, red pepper, garlic (the box will have some choice items and may change depending upon availability of produce). Order with a student and pay Cash. All proceeds of the box will be donated to the Home and School of QEES. There will be more to the project in the winter months of 2018, where sourcing local organic food and preparing healthy lunches, as well as educational components for the students.
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Kensington COMMUNITY Care Home Carol Evans Activity Director
At midday on Sunday three year old Cohen Lyle began the East Prince Hospice “Let their Light Shine” Christmas fundraiser by lighting the first light for his late grandfather Garth Lyle, alongside his grandmother Nancy. When Nancy was with Garth at his hospital bedside, Hospice volunteer Lorna Jenkins made sure she was on hand to help. Nancy recalled, “Lorna was so kind, she would give you a break so you could go and take a shower or get something to eat. Had she not been there, I don’t know how I would have gotten through it. Especially at the end. She asked me who I needed to call...she was wonderful. Hospice is wonderful.”. Hospice is a not-forprofit organisation funded entirely by donations and the “Let Their Light Shine” campaign is a major fundraiser. Contributors write the name of someone they’ve lost on card and tie it to a light that shines in remembrance. Funds go towards support for palliative pa-
tients at home, in hospital or in long term care settings where trained hospice volunteers easesome of the burdens that patients and families face at end of life. Even when families are present, a volunteer can be the person patients need to have difficult conversations with when they don’t wish to burden loved ones. There are often times when end of life is drawn out and families are unable to set aside work and home commitments to be with their loved one as much as they would like to. Hospice volunteers fill spaces in days that patients can find long, lonely and fearful. Christmas is a time when the pain of loss is felt most acutely by many people so the “Let their Light Shine” Christmas tree creates an opportunity to honour those feelings while helping other people who will go through the same loss. The East Prince tree is located inside the entrance to the Atlantic Superstore in Summerside until the 9th of December.
Well, here we are wrapping up another month, and boy did this one slip by us. Looking back at it we certainly didn’t waste any of it. Preparing for a Craft Fair and Bake Sale has been fun but a lot of work has gone into getting ready... making sugar cookies, scotch cookies, fudge, and decorating for Christmas. Thanks to Glenda Murphy for her help. As you now read this we are hoping all the work and preparation was worth it and that many of you came out to share the excitement with us and you found a little treasure to take home. The many crafts
we glued together and painted, it’s pretty amazing what one can do with cones, rocks and shells. Amongst all the work we found time for some entertainment and Spiritual nourishment which we are very grateful for. Thank Yous go out to Gary and Ann Brander, Mary Cousins and Trudy Corbett, Lisa Campbell and Elmer Doiron, for sharing their musical gifts with us. Thanks also to our Clergy for giving of their time to bring us Services- Pastor Sean Ward with his wife Roseanne, Rev Frank Jay for a wonderful job with the Remembrance Day Service he shared with us, as well thanks to Col. Denny Hopping for speaking on behalfof the Legion at this Service, Rev. Pix Butt and her organist Bonnie LaFrance and Choir members. We are always blessed by your dedica-
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tion of Service. Birthdays We had two Birthday Celebrations this month, Gerard Kelly and Jean Ramsay. Both turned another page and made another trip around the sun in their journey of life. We hope there are many more
pages turned with us. Food for thought: Success is not built on what we accomplish for ourselves. Its foundation lies in what we do for others. Danny Thomas Until next time, keepwell!
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Strengthening The Canada-US Relationship: Federal Legislators
Canada US relations, especially as it relates to trade issues, are uppermost on our political and business agenda as we approach the new year. The week of November 27 the Canada-U.S. I n t e r - P a rl i a m e n t a r y Group’s Canadian Section was in Washington to meet our Senate and Congressional counterparts - mainly focusing on NAFTA. On Thursday the Standing Committee on Finance, which I am fortunate to Chair, was also in Washington to meet our American counterparts on issues of both concern and opportunity. These activities follow on the Canada-U.S. IPG’s joint sessions with members of the U.S. House of Representatives in Windsor, Ontario, in September. Trade was among our topics. Windsor was picked as the location because of the amount of trade and commerce between our Nations that is actually visible on a daily basis crossing the Ambassador Bridge to Detroit and beyond. In October, as co-chair I spoke to the Canadian/ American Border Trade Alliance in Washington. The focus then, as it is now, was the current negotiations to change NAFTA. I concentrated on four topics: Chapter 19 dispute settlement, procurement, a sunset clause, and the negotiating timeline. Chapter 19 enables reviews of the fairness of countervailing and antidumping duties imposed by a country. Substantial duties recently imposed on some Canadian softwood lumber products and Canadian 100- to 150seat large civil aircraft
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demonstrate a clear need for a process to review the fairness of U.S.-imposed duties. Concerning procurement, we repeatedly tell U.S. legislators that such domestic preference programs as “Buy American” harm cross-border supply chains, distort investment, result in higher prices, negatively affect U.S. jobs, and lead to pressure for similar Canadian measures. In my view, we can only compete internationally as an effective North American bloc if, to the extent possible, our focus is “Buy North American.” Regarding a sunset clause, like U.S. Senators Roberts, Portman and Toomey, we feel that it would reduce certainty and predictability, with negative impacts. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, suggested such a clause is “a terrible idea,” and rightly so. Regarding the expected date for concluding negotiations, the aggressive timeline initially set appears to be shifting with most recent negotiating rounds being somewhat contentious. Ministers from all three countries spoke about “significant conceptual gaps” and called on negotiators to “explore creative ways to bridge these gaps.” Only time will tell whether those gaps have been sufficiently reduced or bridged. While I’m hopeful that future negotiating rounds will bring us closer to a modernized NAFTA, ongoing comments by President Trump and the U.S. Trade Representative about U.S. withdrawal from NAFTA, and U.S. Secretary Ross’
Kinkora Regional High School Update
by student reporter Callie Thomson and Laura Arsenault Dates to Remember Dec. 7 - Students, parents, and community members are invited to a Community Wellness Night @ 7 p.m. Dec. 11 - The Foods 421 class will be hosting a Christmas Tea for local seniors from 2-2:50 p.m. in the K.R.H.S. Library. Dec. 12 Annual K.R.H.S. Christmas Concert @ 6:30 p.m. featuring the K.R.H.S. Concert Band. Dec. 20 Christmas Turkey Dinner at noon for the entire student body. No charge. Dec. 22 - Last day of classes for 2017 Student of the Week Congratulations to Harrison Duffy and Rebecca Green. The Prime Minister Visits PEI On Nov. 23, K.R.H.S. Gr. 11 students Abby Webster, Jamey Smallwood, Dakota MacWilliams & Katie Pearce, along with teacher Shelley Tremere, had the opportunity to hear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak at the
Confederation Centre of the Arts where he was receiving the 2017 Symons Medal. The Prime Minister spoke for 20 minutes and then spent about an hour answering questions from the audience. Christmas Kindness The beginning of December marks the beginning of our Month of Caring at K.R.H.S. This month will be filled with activities that will challenge students & staff to show kindness and gratitude towards others and towards ourselves. We will kick the month off with a week of Random Acts of Kindness. The staff and the Culinary/ Foods classes will also be working together to prepare a Turkey Dinner with all of the trimmings for the students, bus drivers, and seniors in the community. The Turkey Dinner will be held on Dec. 20 and will be prepared with local produce. A big thank you to Paul Croken for providing the carrots and turnips.
comment that the U.S. is “not in a position to offer anything in return” to Canada and Mexico, are worrying. On balance Trade agreements have benefitted all three countries. We hope to deliver that message to U.S. legislators on Capitol Hill in
meetings on the critical issue of trade, particularly NAFTA. Wayne Easter, P.C., M.P., Co-Chair, Canada–United States Inter-Parliamentary Group; Chair Standing Committee on Finance
Community Wellness Night Thur., Dec. 7 @ 7 p.m. Community Wellness Night - Anxiety Awareness and Christmas Craft. Students, parents, and community members are invited to the school for a short presentation on Rethinking Anxiety: Being Aware and Managing it, followed by making a Santa craft led by Patricia McKenna. Due to the need to have materials prepared, we are asking that if you are interested in attending, please sign up on this form by Dec. 4 [https://goo.gl/forms/ R4I01qCpsbtmOa3j1] Breakfast & Snack Program Lori Allen, our Youth Service Worker, is busy every morning supervising and preparing our breakfast/snack program which is offered free for all students daily. There are toast and/ or bagels and fresh fruit available daily. As well, with the goal on increasing student consumption of fruit and vegetables, we also offer the following:
Mon: Smoothies Tues: Veggie or fruit tray Wed: Fruit kabobs Thurs: Egg in a basket Fri: Yogurt & fruit parfaits
Remembrance Day Service Thank you to members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #10 Borden-Carleton for participating in our Remembrance Day Service on Nov. 8. A special thanks to Peter Wynne & the K.R.H.S. Band, Ryan McAleer, Grace Smith, Elisa Carota, Shiane
Simpson, Callie Thomson, Rebecca Green, Molly Millman, Mya Farris, Dakota MacWilliams, Amber Harvey, Maura Duffy, & Liam Arsenault. Thank you also to Peter Wynne & the K.R.H.S. band members for participating in our local Remembrance Day services in Borden-Carleton & Kinkora on Nov. 11. School Clothing School clothing can be purchased online at http://kinkora.entripyshops.com/ LIBRARY We are always happy to accept donations of both fiction and non-fiction titles. We are also in need of some additional resources for our P.E.I. History section. K.R.H.S. Teacher Librarian is Shelley Tremere. Annual Hockey Pools- Log on to officepools.com for results. ID is Kinkora & password is guest. Current leaders are: 1) Faro Halupa 2) Brian Dawson 3) Ryerson Ranahan. Music Update Special thanks to Peter Wynne for the excellent work he does with our music program. Concert Band rehearsals run every Tuesday from 3:104:40 p.m. The Annual K.R.H.S. Christmas Concert will be held on Dec. 12 @ 6:30 p.m. The BLAZER Bistro On Nov. 23 , ‘The Blazer Bistro’ served a delicious Slow Cooker Chicken with Mom’s Scalloped Potatoes with a side of peas, carrots, and mustard pickles. Many thanks to Jessica Reeves and her Culinary 801 class.
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together they shout for joy.” Isaiah 528 (NIV) “See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power.” Isaiah 40:10a (NIV)
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This time of year was one of the busiest in our home. Mom would take all the curtains down and inspect them carefully before deciding to use them again or replace them with new ones for the winter season. Usually new ones were purchased and the best of the older ones were put away till the spring. Then every nook and crannie was cleaned out, washed down and scrubbed. Not one wall or floor in our home was left untouched! The windows were spic and span and then, and only then, the new curtains could be put up. Mom always said. “The windows of a home reflect the inside. When the windows are shiny and clean, people know the ones who live inside care and the inside must be shiny and clean too!” This is the season of advent in the church and we, as people who love our Lord, should be preparing our “house”, (ourselves), in preparation of the coming of Christ as a baby. We need to take time to pause in the midst of our busyness and reflect on how accepting him into our hearts has changed us for the better. Our minds need decluttering. Our actions and words need to show those around us that because of our faith we are more caring, loving and
gentle with all. This is the time when we know for certain that our hope is not in ourselves but in the “Sovereign Lord” who is able to strengthen us every day as we walk this journey of life. Our hearts need to talk with Him in prayer, seeking help fopr a weary world and peace in the midst of our trials. Then we will be blessed with a joy that will shine through our eyes and on our faces and tell all we meet that Christ lives and He lives in us! “I the Lord do not change.” Malachi 3:6a (NIV) “Of the greatness of His government and peace there will be no end.” Isaiah 9:7a (NIV) Our eyes are the windows of our souls. As we approach this advent season let us pause and reflect on our faith journey. Together we can, and will, be a true reflection of the One who came as a baby knowing that He would be making the ultimate sacrifice for each and every one of us- because He loved us that much! He loves us that much still! Let’s let His love shine through us and reach others this season so they too will know the One who promised, “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen” Matthew 28:20 (KJV)
Experience a Live Nativity! December 17, 2-4pm
Everyone is invited to a Live Nativity at the Kensington Train Station Gazebo.See your favorite Biblical characters (Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, innkeeper, wise men, shepherds, and angels) and live animals that children love (mule, sheep, cow, and more). See friends, neighbours, and others carolling (Christmas songs that you already know) and then walk from the Live Nativity to the Railyard Building for hot chocolate and fellowship. Pick up Christmas coloring books and crayons for children and youth to enjoy and bring your family and your friends, and make this Live Nativity a cherished memory! No admission fee. This event is sponsored for people of all faiths by the Anglican Parish of New London in co-operation with the Town of Kensington. Questions? Contact The Rev’d Margie Fagan at 902836-3303. Note: If the weather is unsuitable, the event will be held Mon., Dec 18, 7-9 pm.
Kensington New London Presbyterian Church Rev Torrey Griffiths Dec. 10 (White Gift Sunday) Kensington Worship/ Sunday School 9:30 a.m. New London Worship/ Sunday School 11a.m. Dec. 17 Kensington Worship/ Sunday School 11am New London Worship/ Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Dec. 21 * “Service of Compassion and Hope” in Kensington Church 7pm. Everyone Welcome
Kensington United Church of Canada Rev. Robert McCarthy December 10, 10:30 – Service of Worship & Sunday School December 17, 10:30 – Service of Worship & Sunday School For updated info and to view all our programs, check out website at: www. kensingtonunited.ca
Anglican Parish of New London Rev. Margie Fagan December 10 9 am - St. Mark’s Holy Eucharist & Sunday School 9 am - St. Stephen’s Carol Service & Sunday School 11 am - St. Thomas’ Carol Service December 17 9 am - St. Mark’s Carol Service & Sunday School 9 am - St. Stephen’s Holy Eucharist & Sunday School 11 am - St. Thomas’ Holy Eucharist
Tryon Baptist Church Pastor Jonathan Schut worship leader. A warm welcome to all. Weekly Services Sunday @ 11:00 am Nursery provided Bible Study Monday 9:30 am at the church. A warm welcome to all
Freetown & North Bedeque United Church Rev Heather MacDougall
Bedeque United Church 1230 Callbeck St. Rev. Catherine Stuart
Dec 10 9:30 at North Bedeque (with Freetown ) (White Gift Sunday) Dec 17 9:30 at Freetown (with North Bedeque) Dec 20 7:30 pm. Gathering of Hope and Healing for all who struggle with this season at Lot 16 United Dec 24, Christmas Eve. - no morning services 7pm at Freetown United Dec 31 9:30 at Freetown (with North Bedeque) Check the office voice mail at 902-887-2590
Dec. 9, 7pm Summerside Community Choir Concert (admission applies). Dec. 10 10:00 am Advent II - Peace Dec. 10, 7pm Community Carol Service Dec. 12, 2pm Andrews Lodge Church Service Dec. 17, 10am Advent III – Joy White Gift Sunday Dec. 21, 7 pm Blue Christmas – A quiet service of Contemplation
Freetown Nazarene Community Church 1641 Cairns Road Freetown Pastor Scott Wilson •Worship Meeting: Sunday 11:00 a.m. For info contact: Astrid Johnson, 902-432-3086 or 902-303- 4099 (cell)
St. Mary’s Holy Family Roman Catholic Parish Father Frank Jay Masses: •St. Mary’s Holy Family Kensington Sat: 7:00pm, Sun: 9:00am •St James Summerfield Sunday at 10:30am Meetings: Knights of Columbus: 2nd Monday of the month 8pm Catholic Women’s League 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7pm.
Kensington Community Church Pastor Gene Carson
Where: Mt. Zion Masonic Lodge Victoria Street Kensington Every Sunday Evening at 6:30pm Pastor Gene Carson RR1 Kensington, PEI, C0B 1M0 Tel: (902) 836-5220 CSSM Ministries
Borden Bible Study Every Wed. 11am at the Borden-Carleton Industrial Mall Board Room Call 902-658-2759
Everyone welcome.
South Shore United Church #85 Rte. 10, Tryon Rev Dr. Karen MacLeod-Wilkie
Sunday Services held at 10:30 a.m. (wheelchair accessible) Fri. Dec. 8th at 7:30pm Sorensen Family Christmas Concert Dec 12th 7pm Service of Compassion and Hope hosted by South Shore United Church #85 Route 10 in Tryon. To light a candle to remember a loved one please call by Dec. 8th 902- 658-2863. Sun Dec. 17th 10:30am White Gift Sunday, monetary donations for the Benevolent Fund, gifts of food for the Crapaud Food Bank. 3-8pm Open House with Rev. Karen & Family, 1561 Rte. 225, N. Wiltshire Dec 21st 7pm Christmas Pageant in the Barn Come experience the feel of a stable setting. Hear the gift of music and story in a simple service at the MacDonald Family Farm, 218 MacDonald Road, Crapaud. Dec. 24th 10:30am. Service with Communion 7pm Christmas Eve Service at South Shore United Church- This service is full of special music, carol singing and re-telling the Christmas story. Free Church of Scotland
Cape Traverse Service time 9:30 am DeSable 11 am All Welcome
Services from November 4 up until and including February 24th, 2018 are as follows: St. Malachy’s Parish, Kinkora Saturdays 4:00 p.m. St. Peter’s Parish Seven Mile Bay Sundays at 9:00 a.m. St. Joseph’s Parish Kelly’s Cross Sundays at 11am
St. John The Evangelist Anglican Church Crapaud Rev. Margaret Collins December 10 Advent 2, 10:30 am Service of the Word December 17 Advent 3, 10:30 am Holy Eucharist Decembet 14- Parish Council for St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church will meet at 7:30 pm in the Church Hall.
Margate Pastoral Charge Rev. Pix Butt Princetown United Church Southwest River United Church
“All are welcome, all are welcome in this place.”
Dec. 10 - 7 pm CGIT Vesper Service at Southwest River Dec. 14, 7pmTidings of Comfort. A quiet celebration for Christmas at Southwest River Curch. Dec. 17 – 6:30 pm Southwest River Christmas concert Dec. 24 – 6 pm Princetown Family service Dec. 24 – 9 pm Southwest River Communion Dec. 31 - 10:30 am Combined service at Princetown
North Tryon Presbyterian Church 12592 Trans Canada Hwy, North Tryon Pastor Mike Hamilton Sundays - Worship and Children’s program 10am Youth Group: Sunday evenings, 6-8pm for gr 7-12 Tel #: 902-303-2096 email: northtryonPC@gmail.com
White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies INGREDIENTS
Dark Chocolate Walnut Fudge
Ingredients 1 pound semisweet chocolate, chopped 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1 1/2 cups walnuts or pecans, chopped DIRECTIONS •Line an 8-inch square baking pan with a strip of wax or parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides. •In a double boiler or a medium heatproof bowl set over (not in) a saucepan of barely simmering water, heat the chocolate, condensed milk, butter, and salt, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Stir in the walnuts. •Pour the chocolate mixture into the prepared pan and chill, uncovered, until firm, at least 4 hours and up to 3 days. •Run a knife around the edges of the pan to loosen the fudge. Using the parchment overhang, lift the fudge out of the pan. Cut into 64 1-inch squares. Serve chilled. •Keep the fudge refrigerated, in an airtight container. Can store for 2 weeks. Makes 64 pieces
No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies Makes 36 cookies INGREDIENTS 8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter 1½ cups packed light brown sugar ½ cup heavy cream 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder ½ cup creamy peanut butter 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (not quick-cooking) 1 cup dry roasted peanuts
DIRECTIONS •In a large saucepan, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Stir in the brown sugar, cream, and cocoa, then boil for 1 minute. •Remove the saucepan from heat, add the peanut butter and vanilla, and stir until smooth. Stir in the oats and peanuts. •Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of the batter onto wax paper–lined baking sheets, spacing 1 inch apart, and let cool until set, about 20 minutes.
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon kosher salt 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar 3 tablespoons light corn syrup 2 large eggs 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 2 cups white chocolate chips 1 cup salted macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped DIRECTIONS •Heat oven to 350° F with the racks in the upper and lower thirds. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside. •With an electric mixer, beat the butter, sugars, and corn syrup on mediumhigh speed until the mixture is light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. One at a time, add the eggs, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and beat just until combined. •Reduce the mixer speed to low, gradually add the flour mixture, and mix just until combined (do not overmix). Mix in the chocolate chips and macadamia nuts. •Drop level tablespoonfuls of the dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart. Bake the cookies until golden, rotating the pans halfway through, 9 to 11 minutes; cool slightly on the pans, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. •Keep the cookies at room temperature, between sheets of wax paper in an airtight container, for up to 5 days. Yield 60 cookies Classic Shortbread Cookies INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pan 1 cup all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for pressing in the dough 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract DIRECTIONS •Heat oven to 350° F. Butter an 8-inch round cake pan and line with a circle of parchment. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, and salt; set aside. •Using an electric mixer, beat the butter, sugar, and vanilla on medium-high until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. •Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually add the flour mixture, mixing until just combined (do not overmix). •With floured fingers, press the dough into the prepared pan and prick all over with a fork. •Bake until golden and firm, 30 to 40 minutes. When cool enough to handle, turn the shortbread out of the pan and, using a serrated knife, cut into 12 wedges. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Makes 12 cookies
Community of Malpeque Bay, Nov. 23, 2017 Regular Council and Special Meeting-Spring Valley Hall Present: Jamie Crozier, Herb Clark, Paul Brown, Ghislaine Duplain, Tyler Pickering, Myles Hickey, Trent Caseley, Administrator: Joanne McCarvill There were 28 residents in attendance. The meeting was called to order at 7pm by the Chair. AgendaMotion 2017:24 It was moved by Paul Brown and seconded by Myles Hickey that the Agenda be approved. MOTION CARRIED Minutes- Minutes of the Oct 11, 2017 meeting were approved as circulated. Business arising from minutes 4.1 Key pad lock update. It was noted that Council had purchased 5 keyless lock systems for three community halls, Keir Memorial Museum and Princetown United Church. The locks were donated to these organizations so that the community at large would have access to the AED’s in case of an emergency. Community members will identify combinations and provide the information to community members. 4.2 Remembrance Day Service. Ghis-
laine Duplain laid the wreath at the Cenotaph in Malpeque on Remembrance Day on behalf of residents. New Municipal Government Act – Transitions timeline Chairman Crozier read through the Transitions timeline provided to the meeting which elicited a number of questions and concerns. •Why do we need another level of service within the community when services are already provided by Access PEI? •Unincorporated areas will continue to use the services provided by Access PEI – why are municipalities being asked to take on more responsibilities when the same services will continue to be offered to unincorporated areas? •Why can’t the municipal office be centrally located in Kensington? Most residents of the community make at least one trip a day into Kensington? •The municipality does not have office space for rent within the community. The options presented by Council included building onto one of the
existing halls or purchasing land and building a new structure. Both options were met with opposition. Residents from Indian River having to travel to an office located in Spring Valley would be going out of their way to obtain information easily obtained from a location within the town of Kensington. Community of Malpeque Bay, November 23, 2017, Regular Council and Special MeetingSpring Valley Hall •It was noted that the municipality could dissolve and it could become a fire district similar to New London. •There was a comment that communities need to be proactive and that local decision making is key to maintaining a viable community directing its affairs. •A resident expressed his concern and disappointment in Government imposing additional requirements on municipalities without consultation. He indicated that he believed we are not being governed in a democratic way. •Because talks of amalgamation has coincided
with the introduction of the new municipalities act, many people are of the understanding that the two are the same. Education needs to be provided by the Province to better inform Islanders of its expectations with this new Act. New Municipal Government Act – Budget Forecast 2022 •Why should taxes increase for duplication of service? •Can service be best provided through current administration with an office in Kensington? •Tax groups – creation of a higher tax on nonresidents was discussed. New Municipal Government Act – Municipal Office Plan •A resident identified he heard the Minister say that communities can share offices. •Council is to explore this idea, as well as shared staffing for development officer. •A suggestion had been made to Council to consider Spring Valley as an office location, it was considered that the use of gas tax dollars could be used to enhance a Hall with an addition of a
multi-purpose room. •Some residents of Spring Valley expressed that they wanted to maintain their autonomy over their hall. •Spring Valley is having a meeting next Wed., Nov 29th to provide the community with information gathered from this meeting and to set a date for voting on whether to move ahead with the proposed multi-purpose room addition to the Hall. •If the Province is wanting to reduce its current 73 municipalities down to 20, why is it adding the stress and financial burden onto small municipalities? If it intends to create larger municipalities in the future, why not create Regions now? New Business It was noted that the Council donates money at Christmas on behalf of area residents to the following organizations: Kensington Lion’s Club/ Christmas Basket program, Malpeque Bay Christmas Tree of Hope campaign, and the QEES Home and School Association. Motion 2017:25 Myles Hickey moved the pay-
ment of $250.00 to both the Lion’s Club and the Christmas Tree of Hope and $500.00 to the QEES Home and School Association. The motion was seconded by Ghislaine Duplain. MotionCarried Community of Malpeque Bay, November 23, 2017, Regular Council and Special MeetingSpring Valley Hall Next Council Meeting – January 10, 2018 A request was made to Council to try to have either the Minister or Deputy Minister attend the next Council meeting to answer questions related to the new Municipal Government Act. Joanne will send a letter to the Minister’s office with the request and report back to Council. Adjournment Paul Brown moved for adjournment and the meeting was adjourned by the Chair. Jamie Crozier, Chairman Joanne McCarvill, Administrator Community of Malpeque Bay Dated: November 23, 2017 at Kensington, PE Next meeting January 10, 2018 at 7pm, Sea View Hall Storm Date Jan. 11, 2018