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November 7, 2013
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Veterans honored at Sharbot Lake Legion V
eterans and their families were honored at the annual Veterans’ Dinner at the Sharbot Lake Legion on November 2. The many veterans honored included Don Antoine and Norman Garneys, who both served in the Second World War; Al Hardyman and Lloyd Arnold, who served in the Korean War; Dave Whalen and Jeff Donelly, who served in Bosnia; and other veterans who served either in peace time and/or were available to be called for duty during war time service. Legion Vice President Jeff Donelly had the honor of emceeing the event and was joined at the head table by Legion President Dave Whalen and his wife Kathleen White, past president Patty Middleton, guest speaker Warrant Officer (WO) Joe Kiah and Legion Padre James Barnett. Sorely missed were Art Goodfellow and Ken Hollywood, both Second World War veterans who passed away this past year. WO Joe Kiah has had a long, varied and successful career in the Canadian Forces. He rose at a very young age to become a Master Corporal and in 1988/89 was awarded the Special Service Force Soldier of the Year award. He spoke following the roast beef dinner. Kiah, who was later promoted to the rank of Sergeant and to WO, completed a UN Tour of Cyprus and a tour in Bosnia and also participated in Opera-
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tion Persistence, the recovery of Swiss Air Flight 111. In 2002 he was posted to the RCR Battle School as an instructor and held positions both as a section commander and platoon WO. Currently Kiah serves as the WO at 8 Wing Trenton. He spoke of his long career and his dedication to the forces and to the soldiers he has both taught and lost. Most moving were his words about repatriating four Canadian solders and one reporter killed in Afghanistan. “One of the saddest points for me was attending the funeral of one of the soldiers I taught,” Kiah said, “and getting a big hug from his mother and a big hand shake from his father at the funeral because they knew we did what we could. That’s the way the forces work. We do what we can with what we have to the best of our ability.” Following the dinner Legion President Dave Whalen spoke to me about Art Goodfellow and Ken Hollywoo “When I looked out tonight and realized again that they were not here it always leaves a hole in my heart. Both those men were true heroes and my role models and they are both sorely missed.” Whalen said, before concluding “this night is not about glorifying war. Trust me, as a ex-soldier I hate war. This night is about honoring the men who went when their country called.”
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Warrant Officer Joe Kiah was the guest speaker at the annual Veterans’ Dinner at the Sharbot Lake Legion
South Frontenac Council
All vehicles to carry township markings by wilma Kenny urther to Councillor Stowe’s notice of motion, (which had been served at an in-camera Council meeting following the regular Sept 22 meeting,) Council discussed a motion to require all township vehicles to be clearly marked. The only township owned vehicle that is currently un-marked is the one driven by Fire Chief Rick Cheseborough. Councillor Naish said that in 2007, when the Fire Chief had requested an exception be made for his truck, the rationale had been that the Fire Chief sometimes needed to respect residents’ privacy when making calls related to sensitive issues. Mayor Davison agreed, from his personal experience as former Fire Chief, that this was a reasonable concern. A number of other municipalities that provide vehicles for their fire Chief’s follow the practice Nonetheless, the motion passed, with a recorded vote: Cam Naish, Alan McPhail, and Gary Davison were opposed. Last week Council received a request from Fire Chief Cheseborough for a new vehicle. He has clocked over 300,000 kilometres in just over 3 years in his current work vehicle. The request will be considered as part of the 2014 budget debate later this month.
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Sydenham Water Works Treasurer Fragnito brought forward the issue of the unfunded municipal portion of the Sydenham Water Works upgrade: $488,336. (The balance of the upgrade had been funded by the Build Canada Fund.) Following last week’s Committee of the Whole discussion, Council agreed to use money from the Township’s Working Fund Reserve to pay down this debt. Meanwhile, the Township has been holding $300,950 from the Investing in Ontario fund, as a possible means of partially paying down the water debt. That amount will now be trans-
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Among the services that the United Way contributes to at NFCS is the family counselling service, which provides free counselling for families in North and Central Frontenac and parts of South Frontenac. The service is available for families undergoing a variety of stresses, including mental health, financial, bereavement and more. “They (NFCS) operate that program in a different way than an urban agency would. The people they service and the geography make it necessary for that service to come into the home a lot of the time. This is something they understand because they know the needs of their community. What we in turn require from them is ongoing monitoring of the service. They provide us with the kind of data we need to ensure the money we raise from the community is well spent. In that sense all of the partners we work with are the same, rural or urban,” said Varma. The United Way also provides ongoing support for the NFCS Youth program, which has been ramping up over the last few years. “There are so many opportunities for youth in the city, and so few in rural communities, and being able to encourage Northern Frontenac to have a program for youth is important to us,” said Bhavana Varma. The relationship between the United Way and NFCS is a two-way street. NFCS has joined the employee United Way fundraising campaign, and has organized public fundraising events as well to support the annual United Way campaign. A bingo is scheduled for the Oso Hall in Sharbot Lake tonight, November 7, and a spaghetti dinner is set for November 28 at the Maples Restaurant (see Northern Happenings for details). Southern Frontenac Community Services has been developing their relationship with the United Way in recent years, and received funding to help supplement their community support services for seniors’ programs that are also funded by the Ministry of Health. “There is an ever increasing demand for community supports in South Frontenac,” said David Townsend, the Chief Executive Officer of SFCS, “and the United Way has helped us respond to that demand. For 2014, Townsend said SFCS is “trying to be more specific in quantifying and qualifying where the need really is” when applying for United Way support. One program in particular, the Adult Day Program for the frail elderly, now has a total of 43 participants and SFCS only receives ministry funding for 32. “We are hoping the United Way can help us to bridge that gap, because using wait lists for programs for the frail elderly
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