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Vol. 2, Issue 35 September 16, 2011

Jason Setnyk interviews our former MPP! Pictured above, Seeker Chick Julia Lucio, former MPP Jim Brownell, and Seeker Chick Mai-Liis Renaud.

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ALSO INSIDE THE WEEKLY EVENT SEEKER Recipes From Sharyn’s Pantry Page 10 Roadsigns by Betty Healey Page 13 Seeker Chicks on the Golf Course with the CTV - A Morning Show Team Page 11

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EXHIBIT OF GREAT DESIGNS, will be held at the Cornwall Community Museum in conjunction with the Moving Planet Rally and Parade to be held Saturday September 24 at 11 am. The fossil fuel parade will start near the museum in Lamoureux Park. The children's EXHIBIT OF GREAT DESIGNS will be on display at the museum the same day.

To mark the "Moving Planet Rally," this week I will highlight nonfossil fuel powered transportation this week.

This photograph circa 1900, from the Ontario Archives shows the horsedrawn circus heading north along Pitt Street to 2nd. Another photograph of a circus going through town depicts an elephant.

Letterhead dated 1913 for H. Leitch's Cornwall Livery Stables. Hugh Leitch wrote: The town of Cornwall is admirably adapted to the pleasure of riding and driving, and the livery. My stable is recognized as a model in construction, equipment and management. Every convenience is provided for the use of patrons. I have 12 horses all of superior stamp, good goers, free from vice and sound in wind and limb, ensuring that some of the finest horses to be seen on the streets of this town are from my stable. I offer fine up-todate rubber tired runabouts, surreys, hacks with good horses constantly kept on hand. I specialize in turnouts for weddings and funerals. My stables are carefully arranged being well drained , lighted and ventilated, and provided with every convenience for due care and attention of the horses, are located in the rear of the "Standard Block" (Gordon Jewellers today) our telephone is number is number six in the exchange.

Four early modes of transportation on Pitt St. looking north to 2nd. A bicycle on the left, a horse drawn carriage, electric streetcar and of course footpower.

A late 19th century letterhead for H. Kemp's Victoria Hack and Livery Stables, located behind the King George Hotel.

ABOVE: Children lining-up for an ice cream treat from the pedalpowered Dickie Dee ice cream cart.

TO THE LEFT: A taxi dares to try to get in the way of the horse led Children's Pet Parade, at the intersection of Pitt and Water streets, August 1949.

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Eye on Society by Jason Setnyk

Local Artists heard at City Hall! On Monday September 12th the Seaway Cultural Arts Committee presented to City Council. The SCAC is an organization of local artists who support and a multiple use arts and culture centre in our community. The SCAC has an executive who has regular meetings, has met with various arts and culture organizations in the area, has done research and visited other arts and culture centres in Ontario and Quebec, and has done some preliminary fund-raising too. I am proud to be a founding member of this organization. I think our message at City Hall was clear, our membership consists of hardworking and dedicated community people, knowledgeable in both business and arts, and that we want to apply and hopefully be welcomed to participate in any newly formed municipal Arts Council.

Former singer of Motley Crew in Cornwall! On Friday October 7th John Corabi (Motley Crue, Union, and the Scream) and Russ Dwarf (Killer Dwarfs, Moxy and Hardroad) are playing La Maison Tavern in Cornwall Ontario. The event starts at 9pm and tickets are $20 in advance. Corabi played in Motley Crew with Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee, and he played in Union and ESP (both with former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick), and he played in the band Ratt as a guitarist.

Go Hungry? “The Agape Center is partnering with the Social Development Council of Cornwall and Area to host the 1st Annual Go Hungry 4 Agape. The event will have 2 purposes; the first being a fundraising event for both partnering organizations and second, raising awareness about Hunger and Poverty in our City. Go Hungry 4

Agape will be a 24 hour famine that will begin at 6:00pm on Saturday October 1st and will continue until 6pm October 2nd. There will be pledge forms available at the Agapè Center. We request that all participants raise a minimum of $10 to take part in the event. Participants are invited to stay overnight for the entire 24 hours but it is not required. Those who are interested in only participating for a few hours are more than welcomed to.

During the 24 hours there will be many activities and events to keep everyone entertained.”

A close race? The latest Nanos poll on Ontario's election (Sept 9th) puts the Conservatives at 35.4%, The Liberals at 31.9%, and the NDP at 22.8%. The Liberals are 3.54 behind the PCs, and the NDP are 12.6 behind the lead. This could be a close three way race in many ridings! Will it be a close race in SDSG? It is starting to look that way!

Conservatives hope to cut CBC! Heritage Minister James Moore said, “the CBC, has to be part of the strategic review and find five per cent. The idea that the CBC can't find five per cent efficiencies within the CBC to give back to the broader economic framework is silly." What is 5% to the CBC? Well that is 60 million dollars! Running TV, radio, and top notch internet broadcasting is expensive. $60 million is five times the cost of running CBC Radio Two, or 30% of CBC Radio One. Does anyone remember what Minister Moore said before the election? He said this, “We believe in the national public broadcaster. We have said that we will maintain or increase support for the CBC. That is our platform... and we will commit to that.” It only took him nine weeks after being elected to change his mind. If you support the CBC, I would suggest contacting your member of Parliament and letting them know!

My name is Jason Setnyk, and this is my eye on society!

Jason Setnyk is a local school teacher, journalist, artist, and community volunteer. Setnyk runs the Cornwall Underground blog, and is the founder and host of Cornwall's Rock for Charity and Rock the Vote. www.cornwallunderground.blogspot.com

SCHOOL

Chat with Nat by Natalie Carroll

Great teachers, new friends, lots of books, everyone has changed with new clothes and looks. you know we are all back in, hear the loud bell ring, there is art, and gym, and the choir were we sing.

It’s throughout most of the year and it’s really pretty cool, if you haven’t guessed already, this poem’s about SCHOOL!!!

SPORTS Week 4 of my contest! Send me in your favorite sporty summer memory with some pictures if you would like. Then if your story is chosen you will receive a $10 gift card courtesy of Cornwall’s Sears!

So, send me your favorite sporty summer memory and be sure to include your name and phone number. (Send in your entry by Monday, September 19th 2011 at the latest)

ENTERTAINMENT Celebrity Facts: Did you know that Justin Bieber... was a street performer when he was 13 years old in Stratford ON. loves Tim Horton’s and that his favorite donut is boston cream. has a huge celebrity crush on Beyoncé.

Did you know that Miranda Cosgrove ... played as the little sister on Drake and Josh before iCarly. has a crush on Shia LaBeouf (shhh, it's a secret). loves, loves, loves cupcakes.

Did you know that Selena Gomez ... is a HUGE fan of Johnny Depp. enjoys the candy Good 'n' Plenty but likes chocolate too. first stared on tv with her BFF at the age of 7 on Barney.

IT' YOU Now it's your turn! Send me in drawings, photos, stories, and anything else you want to send me. Then every week I'll pack this section with tons of stuff from kids like you, and remember to include your first and last name. Thanks!

Email me at chatwithnat@thelocalseeker.com and stay tuned for the next edition of . . . Chat with Nat!

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Thank you Jim Brownell!

Jason Setnyk interviews our former MPP - retiring from Provincial Politics!

Article and photo by Jason Setnyk.

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On Saturday September 10th Jason Setnyk sat down with Mai-Liis and Julia at the Grind in downtown Cornwall and interviewed Jim Brownell who is no longer officially our Member of Provincial Parliament after the writ was dropped earlier in the week. Here is Part I of the Interview.

Jim Brownell: I'm sitting here right now, not having the MPP title. That left on writ day, on Wednesday (September 7th). Twelve Noon on that day we became non functioning MPPs. Although we're still have our office open until the election, our title disappears. (The exception to that are the Cabinet Ministers).

Brownell who has served two terms provincially as MPP of SDSG has a couple of special events happening this September. His art collection is on display at a Cornwall venue and many of his paintings were displayed at his office in Queens Park.

Jim Brownell: We had the official opening at the Centre culturel de Cornwall.

I am a believer of the arts in the community, I love the arts, I want to take visual arts someday, I want to paint someday. My brother was a very well known artist, but he is more famous now in death than in life. He died thirteen years ago, and you can hardly touch his paintings anymore at auction sales because they are so expensive. I had two of his paintings, and many artists paintings at Queens Park and at my office here in Cornwall. There are about 35 pieces at the Franco Cultural Centre and it’s there for the month of September. So I am encouraging people to come out, explore the three united counties, most of them are landscapes or buildings that relate to Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry.

Also happening this month, on Friday September 16th there is going to be the first ever Brownell night in Cornwall at Schnitzels. The event starts at 7:30pm.

Jim Brownell: My staff wanted to have a little party with me. Every Brownell night, we’ve sent messages out on Facebook, and many people have replied saying sorry but why don’t you have one in Cornwall or why don’t you have on in the riding. Kathleen Hay especially, she better show up!

All the previous Brownell nights took place in Toronto. The final Brownell night in Toronto had a very special guest.

Jim Brownell: We had Brownell nights once a month in Toronto at the Duke of York. We had many folks from different offices at Queen's Park. It's a great networking opportunity. In fact, on June 16th, my last Brownell night, the Premier of the Province came out and had a beer with me. His son had been there a number of times. He's quite a friend of my office staff, and he is a lawyer now in Ottawa. He got out that Friday and came to Toronto. He was the first one that showed up at seven o'clock. The Premier didn't come in till ten o'clock. Word got around. The Premier's security detail came in.

One guard stood at the bottom of the stairs of the pub at the landing, and word just spread fast. Everyone thought the Premier was coming. So all of a sudden, the crowd parted, and in walks the Premier with his shirt sleeves down. He rolls up his sleeves and says, what gives here, and I said would you like a beer Premier? He sat down and had a beer with me. It was wonderful. He gave a nice toast. It was a wonderful experience and a great feeling that what I did at Queens Park meant something to the Province. I know some people around the community have said some nice things about me, but to have the Premier come out and do that, was the icing on the cake.

Jason Setnyk: Please share with us your background.

Jim Brownell: I grew up on a farm, one of twelve kids. I went off to teacher's college. I wanted to go to University, but couldn't afford it. When I got into teaching, I decided I was going to go into University. I got three degrees there at Ottawa U, a B.A., B.ED., and an M.ED. Life was a little tough when I was growing up. I had a big family, so it was workwork-work. A good work ethic is a good asset to have. I got married in 1974 in October, and I ran for election in November. My wife didn't know politics was a part of the baggage of marriage. I won that election as a councillor, in the township of Cornwall. So I served two years, and our first baby was born in 1976.

In 1988 I went back (to politics). I ran as deputy reeve, they call it mayor now, and served six years, and then ran for Reeve and served another six years. Then we amalgamated two municipalities in the last election on municipal council. We had amalgamated Osnabruck township and Cornwall township. I ran in that election and won that big election of the two townships coming together. To work on the amalgamation and then to win that election was a big thrill. I retired from teaching in 2000, and I thought the rest of my life was going to be volunteerism, and doing this and doing that, and exploring the world. It was a short lived retirement because in 2002 John Cleary the MPP decided he was going to retire. People approached me wondering if I would carry the banner and seek the nomination.

I got the nomination and had a great first campaign in 2003 and 2007. I had some unfinished business and I wanted to continue to explore. It's now time to retire. I have some health issues, and two little grand kids. My dad never lived to see his grand kids, There was a six year old at home when he died, and my mother, there were eight kids at home when he died. She worked hard. I thought to myself I want to see my grand kids, and I want my grand kids to grow up and know who I was.

Jason Setnyk: Did politics have an impact on your teaching career or did teaching have an impact on your political career?

Jim Brownell: I had a big interest in politics before I ever became a teacher. In fact I think my teaching experience was enhanced by me becoming a community leader on the political scene. If you taught social studies or if you taught history, or geography, you could use a lot of those things you learned on the political scene in your classroom.

My students were always excited that not only was I there teacher in the classroom, but I was doing all these other things outside the classroom that they could talk about in school. They liked that.

Jason Setnyk: What was it like being elected in 2003, not only as our MPP, but as a part of the governing Liberals?

Jim Brownell: It was an exciting time to know you were going to be with somebody who had a fresh face like Dalton McGuinty did at the time, and fresh ideas, but it was a

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long process in 2003 waiting for the writ to be dropped. At that time we didn't have fixed election dates. I had a campaign office down on Montreal Road for a year before the election. We had to wait and wait and wait for Ernie Eves who took over after Mike Harris to call the election. The wait was very difficult. I had to be kind of in election mode for that whole year. It was a long process, but it gave me extra time to build up my team, although I had a very good team right from the start.

When I got the nomination in 2003, I know a retired teacher who spent every day and well into the evenings, well up to midnight every day working. We signed 1056 new members to come out and support me at the Civic Complex. That night when there were four of us on the ticket, I knew that night. I said to my wife, oh my gosh, these are my people, these are the people I signed up. I think this might be a first ballot. She says, “don't count your chickens now”. It was won on the first ballot, it was exciting.

Jason Setnyk: A lot of people see Dalton McGuinty on television or in political ads, but can you give us some insight on who he is, perhaps share a personal story.

Jim Brownell: I'm much older than he is, but he is a father figure to me. He treats you with the greatest of respect and compassion. When he's in caucus, he doesn't sit behind a table, he gets up and sits on the corner of the table, and talks to us. He might have his legs swinging and what not. He just shows compassion to our issues. When we go into caucus we can say anything you want. You can bring back the troubles of your community, the troubles people told you a week before, and you can let them out in caucus. It's absolutely wonderful. Many people see him as a stiff wooden figure on TV, and many people have told me that, that he's way out there, but he's not focused on television, focused on the people, he can't look people in the eye, and what not. But he can look us in the eye, and he has done that. I just see him as that kind fatherly figure whose shown compassion to all his MPPs at Queens Park, especially those in the back benches.

Dalton McGuinty is what I would classify as a friend now to me. Because I will always keep in touch. If not personally every day to him, then to his son, who is a friend of mine. His son came and stayed at my house during one of my golf tournaments. He was excited. They pulled straws. There was four of them from Queen’s Park that came down including Dalton’s son. They pulled straws to see who was going to sleep on the roll out in my study at home, because my study is like a museum. They were all excited to see who was going to get the draw to stay there, and he did, the Premiers son did.

Jason Setnyk: You had your first and only Private Members’ Bill passed. When the Ontario Honours British Home Children received royal assent, can you explain what that mean for you?

Jim Brownell: The greatest thrill of my life. I can tell you I honoured my grandmother. I never knew my grandparents, but I learned my grandmother was thirteen years old when she was an orphan in an orphanage. She came over as a thirteen year old to work as a servant. A hundred thousand of these home children between 1869 and 1939 came over to Canada to work as servants from the British Isles. I thought, last year in 2010, Canada declared, the Federal Government declared it the year of the home child. I wanted to go one step further. I wanted a day to honour and recognize every year, especially in the history books, especially for the story to be told in history books, because it never has been. I picked September 28th, as British Home Child Day, and that was the day my grandmother first stood foot on Canadian soil. We’re going to have a big celebration at Canada Village, on September 28th, unfortunately I am going to be out of town, but my oldest brother is going to represent me there.

Jason Setnyk: You worked with Dalton McGuinty for 8 years now, what is your opinion of local PC candidate Jim McDonnell after he made this comment at the first debate: “I grew up in the best Ontario, now Ontario is stuck in the welfare rolls.

The Ontario Liberal Government insults people with promises they won't keep.

Dalton Tax Man McGuinty will keep raising taxes like a raccoon in your garbage, not bad animals, just the way they are”.

Jim Brownell: Embarrassing and shameful. I was embarrassed that Jim would stoop to that. Jim McDonell is a real nice guy. I’ve worked with him on many-many projects. He’s playing off the playbooks. That is not something Jim McDonell madeup. This is something he got from Party Central Office. It was embarrassing. I can tell you I sat there, my wife was sitting beside me, and I said, I cannot believe he said that. We have some challenges, some problems in our province, but to think what we done in education, and what we’ve done for minimum wage and bringing it up, you can’t hit the business folks all at once, but we gradually brought the minimum wage up. To do the things we have done, to give 94% of Ontarians a tax cut on the provincial tax in the last budget, and he had the nerve to say that. It was quite shocking. I know what we’ve done and I am very proud of what we have done. I was proud of Mark MacDonald coming back with the rebuttal to say what he did.

Jason Setnyk: What is your opinion of Mark MacDonald who won the Provincial Liberal Nomination in this riding, and is attempting to follow in your foot steps.

Jim Brownell: Mark MacDonald, he is a tireless worker. I think he’s toned down a whole lot, I think he has changed. Many people thought of him as some times a radical on council. He’s toned down quite a bit in that regard. I think he is working hard, and has a team behind him.

Jason Setnyk: What advice would you give the Liberal Candidate?

Jim Brownell: What advice would I give him. Stay on message and don’t be afraid at a debate to use the book that is provided. When I ran in 2003 and 2007, we received a master copy of almost every issue. What I did with that is I tabbed all the important things in that book. I said to him, don’t be afraid to use it, and when on candidate is up there, look that you are interested, but glance down and pick out some of the little bytes that are in that book, because all the little bytes are in there.

I found the other night he really wasn’t doing that, and he should, because there is a lot of good stuff that we have done. He has to get all those great things we have done in this province out in the messaging he gets when he stands up there on the platform. He’s started out quite positively. Actually, they all have. Elaine MacDonald, this is her time to step to the plate. She’s retired now, just as I was, we’re both former school teachers. I have a lot of respect and admiration for Elaine MacDonald, because she is an absolute community activist. She’s been in the trenches long enough to perhaps get to Queens Park. I don’t know how they are going to do this time. They all have spent time in the trenches, Jim McDonell has, they all have municipal experience, and they are all retired too. Jim’s retired from Bell, Mark from the fire department, and Elaine from teaching. They are all out there, and it is a very difficult thing to get into, when you have a family, very difficult. You spend a lot of time away from your family. I think these folks are all at the right time in life to explore something like this. I say good for them, and I wish them all success. One will come out a winner, but the others are not losers.

Stay tuned for Part II of our interview with Jim Brownell next week!

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SEAWAY CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE PRESENTS TO COUNCIL The Seaway Cultural Arts Committee presented to Cornwall City Council on Monday September 12th. They introduced their organization, their members, vision statement, mission statement, fund raising efforts, research efforts and their vast representation of many local artists and organizations. Members of the SCAC expressed interest in participating in any Arts Council that is formed.

"We would like to encourage the Council to continue to progress toward the goal of an Arts Center for the Cornwall Region and offer our time; our skills and our connection to the Arts Community, to help facilitate the process. We would appreciate the inclusion of either one of our members to take a seat on the Arts Council or to allow us to make recommendations for the persons to be chosen. We also encourage the City Council to take advantage of our wealth of talent and knowledge in both developing and fund-raising for the Future Arts Center. We would also like to take this time to point out that, it is our belief, that an Arts Council without the inclusion of community artists that have worked in the business of art would be missing a vital part of the required dynamic to see this venture become a success. In closing we would like to put an end to the rumour that Artists cannot work together, we in our association have shown that with a common purpose and vision that we are all capable of seeing our dreams become reality".

CITY MOVING FORWARD ON ARTS AND CULTURE The recommendation that Council establish an Arts Committee's to review the Cultural Plan in detail, to invite dialogue with regional partners, and to determine the best course of action for the City of Cornwall to take regarding the recommendations contained in the report passed eight votes to two. Leslie O'Shaughnessy and David Murphy were concerned about the process moving too quickly without getting more of the counties on board. Denis Thibault insisted the process should move forward, because a parade of artists and citizens are moving forward on this, and that City Council should not drag it's feet. The majority on City Council agreed.

ESTHER BRYAN ART PIECE UNVEILED AT COUNCIL Also on the Arts front, Esther Bryan, creator of the Quilt of Belonging, had a painting shown during the City Council meeting. Her painting will be a part of an exhibit at the London Olympic Games. Esther is pictured above with Councillors David Murphy and Denis Carr.

CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIMS SEPTEMBER 13TH POVERTY FREE ONTARIO DAY IN CORNWALL The Social Development Council of Cornwall and area, a member of the Social Planning Network of Ontario, has requested that September 13, 2011, be proclaimed as "Poverty Free Ontario Day" in the City of Cornwall in order to bring forward the need for poverty eradication through the Provincial Election.

Bernadette Clément congratulated The Social Development Council of Cornwall and the Agape for all their efforts to combat poverty. She also reminded City Council that poverty is a non partisan issue. Glen Grant focused on the need for good paying jobs and economic development to combat poverty, and Elaine MacDonald replied that good paying jobs is definitely a part of it, but she reminded Council that people who work minimum wage jobs may face poverty issues. Members of Poverty Free Ontario in attendance gave Council a loud ovation after they voted unanimously to proclaim September 13th "Poverty Free Ontario Day" in the City of Cornwall.

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kriscrossroads by Kris Ward

Volunteering is Good for the Soul When your life spins out of control, you have options; you can go through the “oh poor pitiful me” route or you can use the time to reassess your life and your priorities.

I decided if I can’t work somewhere doing the things I love to do, I can volunteer my time to groups and committees where I can help them, using the skills and knowledge I possess.

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GOLF FUN DAY Summerheights Golf Links on Wednesday, September 14, On Tuesday evening Seeker Chick Mai-Liis met the CTV A Morning Show crew at a reception held at the Ramada Inn and on Wednesday morning Julia and Mai-Liis visited the Ontario Power Generation where CTV broadcasted the Morning Show live. Then on to the golf tournament .

The weather was beautiful and the Seeker Chicks were there.

I contacted Gilles Latour, Chair of Team Cornwall to see if he needed any help with their upcoming tournament. I figured maybe I could give them a hand since I was experienced in golf tournaments. I was welcomed with open arms and they extended a role for me with their Golf Committee. When I discovered who was on the organizing team, I recognized all of them. They were former clients, contacts, community partners and I was well-received by each and every one of them.

I was given a meaty role which I embraced. Through this volunteer experience, I became part of a great team that encourages and welcomes, feedback and suggestions. For Above: Mai-Liis the first time in a very long time, I felt like myself again. I voraciously and Julia dove into every task, got a little more comfortable with each meeting with Kurt Stoodley and noticed that self-confidence return that I was beginning to lose. I and Jeff Hopper of the will continue to be part of Team Cornwall, a wonderful ambassadorial A Morning Show. organization that proudly promotes our beautiful city. and many other I was also invited to join another committee, We Three Girls and Company. We are currently organizing a fundraiser for M.S. that will help showcase local businesses and artists and offer a great opportunity for early Christmas shopping or to just pamper yourself for a good cause. This committee is comprised of a team of ladies and one gentleman who I got to know better through the Cornwall Farmers’ Market. We meet weekly and exchange frequent emails.

Through this committee I made new friends. We discuss details,brainstorm, share ideas and a lot of laughs.

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I am not a stranger to volunteering. I spent years on the Heart of the City Executive Board as Marketing Chair, where I worked with some wonderful people organizing gala dinners, events and various projects. I was also involved with Canadian Mental Health Associations auctions and was on school council for a major part of my son’s elementary school years. My resume includes these accomplishments. The experiences helped me in my career and to grow as a person.

The benefits of volunteering are incredible; from the knowledge, to the friendships and the real understanding of teamwork and its impact. There is personal satisfaction of knowing you helped create something and fostered growth in an organization or committee. My hands may be small, but what I have accomplished by giving of them has been irreplaceable.

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ART SEEKERS by Sandra Taylor Hedges

SEEKING THE ARTS . SEEKING THE ARTS What is Art? What I have been discovering lately is that we, meaning “The Artist”, have been giving our power away to Gallery owners, art critics and other so called experts to tell us what is good, bad or great Art. I was in a Gallery out side of our region, just sniffing it out this past week and the good natured gallery owner proceeded to instruct me on how the Artwork he carried was the work of the best Canada has to offer.

I looked around and saw traditional, dull, dead art. Not one painting made me want to gawk at it with my mouth open. “Why is there no contemporary Art here?” I asked him. He looked at me with a confused look and said “That’s all we carry”. Now I had to laugh and said “you need to get out more and see what is out there, it’s an exciting world full of art outside your door”. “Oh, that stuff” he huffed “That is the work of people who don’t have the discipline to learn how to really paint. When we see a new artist we tell them what work sells and what they should be painting if they want to sell.” That’s when I said thank you for your time and left.

I wondered after, when did we go back to letting the gallery control what art is seen and what we should paint? Shouldn’t we, the artists of the world, whether in Visual, Music, Dance or Theatre be the ones telling the public what art really is? Isn’t that what the Impressionist movement in the late 1800’s and later the Artists of the 1920’s try to change. That true art is something unique and fleeting that looks like anything the artist wants it to. In the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s didn’t we demand that all music is valid music?

Having said that one may think that I was being judgmental of the art that I saw in that Gallery last week, but with a few exceptions the walls were full of art that lacked something that all art must have, a tiny piece of the Artist’s soul. This little something the artist leaves behind is the thing that makes children’s art so special and art that otherwise lacks some technical skill make it into the history books. Instead that soul was replaced with conformity, conformity to sell instead of create. We all conform on occasion but as a living this is not good; it will make you crazy.

Instead let’s all start demanding that the public allow the Artists to speak their minds, sing their songs, dance their dance, write and perform what they feel compelled to. When Art is set free to be what it is and not become a commodity we move the world forward, think about this. You know it’s true. Part of me truly believes that if humans never started following their impulse to draw upon the cave walls we would still be there, trying to survive; if the Egyptian artists didn’t start to create images that told a story, we would not have written language. Most importantly of all; if all of the Art of the twentieth century never happened we would never have fought for equality and peace nor would we have reached up to touch the stars.

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roadSIGNS by Betty Healey

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Knotty or Nice Every once in a while I receive something through email that really resonates with me or makes me think a little deeper about a specific subject. These are of course one form of the many roadSIGNS which I attract.

Last evening I received the Knots Prayer from one of my neighbors. It sets a great tone for this week’s column: Dear God: Please untie the knots that are in my mind, my heart and my life.Remove the have nots, the can nots and the do nots that I have in my mind.

Erase all the will nots, may nots, might nots that find a home in my heart.

Release me from the could nots, would nots and should nots that obstruct my life.

And most of all Dear God, I ask you to remove from my mind, my heart and my lifeall the ‘am nots’ that I have allowed to hold me back, especially the thought that I am not good enough.

Amen Author known to God

What a wonderful reminder of all the ‘nots’ that show up in your life on a daily basis. It does make you notice them.

I like the prayer and part of me also wants to modify it. I am not big on the word ‘not’ and so I propose a second prayer build around the same idea, with slightly different wording.

I call this the NICE Prayer, NICE standing for Now I Can Everyday.

The NICE Prayer Dear God: I untie all the knots that are in my mind, my heart and my life.

I release myself from what no longer serves me and attract all that is in my highest good.I see what I have, that I can and what I do in all parts of my life.

I release myself from the could’s, would’s and should’s imposed on me by others.

And Dear God, I choose to live in the ‘I AM’, understanding that who I am is perfect and definitely good enough, and that I am powerful just as I am.

Amen Both, by the way are great prayers and you can judge for yourself the one you prefer. I love the Knots Prayer yet felt myself feeling tangled up in all those nots. Since I understand how the Law of Attraction works, and how the Law does not recognize ‘not’ my preference was to remove them. Try it for yourself.

Most importantly, and here is the real message for today, notice where in your live your ‘nots’ live. Imagine if for every time you said ‘I can’t’ , you said ‘I can’. I imagine if for every time you said ‘I have not’, you said ‘I have’. Apply this rule to all the other ‘nots’ that have been showing up in your life, and change your vocabulary. I can assure you of this, ‘not’ is a word that limits you, holds you back, and diminishes you. The moment you enter the NO’NOT” ZONE, and remove the dastardly word from you vocabulary, you give yourself permission to dream, to grow, to expand, and most importantly, to step into your own power.

How simple is that?

Until next time…Betty Betty Healey is the roadSIGNS Coach, coaching people back to life! An award winning author of two books, roadSIGNS: Travel Tips for Authentic Living and roadSIGNS 2: Travel Tips to Higher Ground, Betty has been sharing her learning with readers as an e-letter for the past ten years. Her latest book, ME FIRST – If I Should Wake Before I Die, is available at Laura’s Gift Shop. You can also watch the roadSIGNS TV Show on Cogeco: http://www.tvcogeco.com/cornwall/shows/1396-the-road-signs-show. You can communicate with Betty at betty@roadSIGNS.ca and visit her website at www.roadSIGNS.ca

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Local Artist Tracy Lynn Chisholm and member of L'Association Focus Art Association lead a high energy mini workshop where she encouraged the members of Focus Art to create a small Art Card with their Dreams and wishes illustrated on the card and their name and website of Focus Art on the back. They then tied these wishes to one of two Large Bunches of Balloons and sent them off into the night sky. The wind was brisk to the South West so the bundles quickly headed off to parts unknown.

It is the hopes of the group that when the balloons finally come down that they will be found by others out there that will contact us and let us know where they landed.

The wishes ranged from personal wants and desires for themselves and family to wishes for the world.

Photo above: Artist Tracy Lynn Chisholm and Focus Art President Sandra Taylor Hedges prepare to launch the dreams and wishes of the Focus Art Group off into the night with many of the group's members watching on.

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Local Youth Answer More Questions About the 2011 Provincial Election Carilyne Hebert, Mike Bedard, and Nazish Janjua are young and political!

Article by Jason Setnyk

WELCOME TO THE FIFTH INSTALLMENT OF ASKING YOUTH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UPCOMING PROVINCIAL ELECTION. Each week until the election, we have three local young people in their 20s (each of whom supports a different political party) answer some serious questions! Last week Jason Setnyk asked the participants about education. This week’s question is about environment.

QUESTION #5: On the Ontario Liberal website it says, "David Suzuki’s endorsement of Dalton McGuinty shows the Ontario Liberals are the only party committed to a healthier environment said Liberal MPP Laurel Broten." Is the Liberal plan on the environment the best one? Are there points about their plan you agree or disagree with? Does another party have a better plan?

NAZISH JANJUA AGE: 25 years old OCCUPATION: Business Administrator PARTY SHE SUPPORTS: The Liberals David Suzuki has endorsed Premier McGuinty's vision and leadership in clean energy and calls the PC scheme to kill clean energy "absolute insanity." He said, "I'm offering an endorsement of what Mr. McGuinty has done absolutely. This is a great plan. Any party would be foolish to talk of abandoning it." Tim Hudak says he would scrap the clean energy plan and kill 50,000 clean energy jobs.

The PCs increased coal use by 147%. Their plans to smother clean energy would take us back to the dark days of dirty air. That is not what Ontario needs.

Andrea Horwath has joined Hudak in pledging to scrap the Feed-In-Tariff program, which is the cornerstone of Ontario's clean energy plan. The David Suzuki Foundation has said, of her position that, "The NDP allowed politics to rule over good policy." Across Ontario, thanks to the leadership of Dalton McGuinty, new clean-energy businesses have hired workers, bought equipment, leased spaces and found clients. The PCs and NDP want to kill this entire industry. They want to let our competitors around the world get ahead of us, kill Ontario jobs, and take our economy off track and into the ditch.

Only the Ontario Liberals have a plan to move Ontario forward. build a clean energy economy, and ensure Ontarians have clean air, good jobs and a great quality of life.

MIKE BEDARD AGE: 29 years old Occupation: Business Owner PARTY HE SUPPORTS: Conservatives The Ontario Clean

Energy Benefit is nothing more than a campaign ploy to make you believe that you are saving money but in fact they are just lowering the costs they already raised or giving you back your own money!

Here is what happened; your rates doubled over the past 8 years and now they will give 10% every year for the next five years. Well this is an election year and again this plan is coming from the McGuinty government…..Need I say more! “If it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck then it is probably Dalton!” “PCs, NDP Would Take Ontario Back To Smog With No Consumer Benefit” is the first sentence on the Liberal’s web-site under the article mentioned above. We already have smog and it was not created by the NDP’s or the PC’s or the Liberals!

The Liberal Party hasn’t taken us out of SMOG and it is the most ridiculous sentence and a very amateur claim to make! All politicians have jumped on the eco ban wagon and although it was a popular fad the fact of the matter is as soon as you remove any eco – incentives people won’t care as much! People were interested in savings and efficiencies and so much not eco-friendly! Incentives should be structured around improving on efficiencies more so than anything else!

CARILYNE HEBERT AGE: 23 OCCUPATION: Volunteer Coordinator at a local non-profit organization PARTY SHE SUPPORTS: NDP The Ontario government has allowed companies to charge eco-taxes to their customers. Mean while these companies are getting breaks on paying the full cost of recycling and safely disposing their toxic product. This means we are now paying for the pollution they are creating. This should not be the responsibility of the consumer. The Ontario NDP will make sure that the cost of recycling and safely disposing materials is the responsibility of the companies that produce the products. Transit is a big contributor to the world’s pollution. We here in Ontario have a few choices when determining how to get from point A to point B. They may not be the easiest and most affordable though. The Ontario NDP will freeze public transit fares making it more reasonable on your wallet. It will do so by having the province absorb half the cost of operating municipal transit systems. They will also create a province-wide cycling infrastructure fund. This will become an investment for bike lanes, bike storage and bicycle tourism. This will make it easier for you to choose an environmentally friend way to travel. It is currently unrealistic for all average citizens to make a significantly positive impact on the environment. Regulations to reduce overpackaging of the products you purchase and redirecting funds from nuclear projects and make it available to families that want to retrofit their homes. With policies like these the ONDP will make it more affordable for you to reduce your carbon foot print.

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outfits, and so on. In addition to the costume theme, Parade of Nations' founder and administrative driving force, Marie Morrell, is including a kite festival, food arts, music, and dance taken from the far corners of the globe.

Professionally Chilling With ... fifth annual Parade of Nations (www.paradeofnations.com).

The event this year comes at a time when the economics of culture, which includes heritage culture, is a hot topic at city hall.

Parade of Nations, Cornwall's flagship of cultural tourism, is adding n more events to the mix in 2011. The Gary Friedma focus this year is on costume; costume being that mode of fashion PARADING OUR HERITAGE and material culture covering, among other things, ceremonial garb as well CULTURES Throughout most of this weekend, as accessory objects of adornment.

September 17th-18th, Cornwall There will be on display exotic veils, celebrates its heritage culture at the whimsical clown costumes, aboriginal

Parade of Nations is a venue to celebrate Cornwall's diversity, not to put up religious barriers or to propagate political propaganda. It's also an opportunity for people like me, who don't usually seek the limelight, to step into a milieu where I can in a very tangible way share with others my joy in the cultural festivities.

Thus, I will be master of ceremonies on the main stage at Lamoureux Park Saturday night and will be front and centre to introduce Cornwall's cultural bouillabaisse. Joining me on the master of ceremonies podium will be my francophone co-host and fellow Cornwall Groover of exactly one year, Jean Kepler.

Heritage culture, including community festivals like Parade of Nations, operate at the grassroots level and thus are the wave of the future in Cornwall's increasingly more diverse ethnic and ageing demographic.

This demographic is critical to the cultural core of heritage and community and thus allows a healthy measure of tolerance and understanding to bubble up from across a broad representation of people. Without this new source of grassroots culture and the culture that comes with pride in ancestry felt by the more established residents of Cornwall, we risk becoming a village of isolated individuals who are blocked in their potential to create a more joyous and tolerant community.

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