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There will be an all candidates meeting held in the theatre of the North Grenville Municipal Centre tomorrow, Thursday, May 31, with doors opening at 7 pm. Four candidates have confirmed their attendance: (in alpha-

betical order) Steve Clark, PC Party of Ontario; David Henderson, Ontario Liberal Party; Derek Morley, Green Party; and Michelle Taylor, Ontario NDP. The format that has been agreed with all candidates is:

an opening statement from each one, of five minutes duration. Following that, the floor is open to questions from the public. Each candidate will be free to answer any question, whether addressed to them directly, or

not. It is hoped, in this way, to encourage dialogue between the candidates.

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No election signs will be allowed in the theatre, aside from those identifying the candidates in front of their seats.

The meeting is being organised and sponsored by the North Grenville Times, and the moderator for the night will be Dr. David Shanahan, Editor and Publisher of the Times. At the end of the meeting, there will be a closing statement of two minutes each by the candidates.

The Libertarian Party is also running a candidate in this riding, but he has declined to attend the meeting on Thursday.

This is the only all candidate meeting to be scheduled in this part of the riding of Leeds-Grenville, Thousand

Islands and Rideau Lakes, so residents from around the region are invited to attend.

There is no charge for entry, of course, and audience members are urged to keep their questions and comments both concise and respectful.

The official date for the election is June 7. However, advance voting has already started, and you can also mail in your ballot, if preferred. You should already have received your Voter Information Card in the mail.

Remember to bring this with you when you go to vote, along with ID with your photograph on it. Acceptable ID includes Ontario driver’s licence, Ontario photo card, Ontario motor vehicle permit, Statement of government benefits, CNIB ID, Bank statement, credit card statement, utility bill, Residential lease, Mortgage agreement or statement, or a cheque stub.

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Bishop’s Mills Women’s Institute organizes another successful Community Bake Sale!

Submitted by Jeanne Lambert Bishop’s Mills Women’s Institute meeting was held in the community hall on May 10 and ten women were present, including two new members. Victor Desroches was the welcomed guest, and he showed his MovieMaker memories from a trip to Ireland. His wife, Linda, our new President, introduced Victor. The scenes and videos were well organized and enjoyable. After the trip photos, Victor demonstrated how to use the software to make a movie from photos, and encouraged attendees to make their own movies with the Windows software.

Following up to the AGM meeting, Treasurer Liz Streight reported on the 464 hours of volunteering that was recorded through the fiscal year. This is a summation of the hours from our ten members and includes the events, such as the bake

sale, the Christmas auction, and the movie night held in Summer, as well as other work and monthly meetings within the branch or district.

The total of our monetary donations to local charities was over $1,775 for the fiscal year.

The Community Bake Sale was held on May 19, as part of Bishop’s Mills Day, and was another success thanks to the many generous donations from the community. A tremendous variety of pies, muffins, cakes, cookies, crisps, homemade bread, and pickling was all part of the many items on the sale table.

At the end of the day, over $500 was raised to support the community hall.

The WI collaborates with the Bishop’s Mills Community Association and the United Church Women for this annual event. We would like to thank all of the people who participated in the sale, either by donating their bak-

ing, purchasing baking, or both!

The WI also had books from their Tweedsmuir History collection on display in the Community Hall. Curators, Jillian Wainwright and Susan Jenkins, were available to answer any questions about the stories and photos.

The model of the village mill, made by Christopher and Tom Graham, was also available for anyone interested to see where the original mills were situated. Several members attended the Leeds and Grenville District Annual Meeting. This year it was held in Addison on May 5, with members from all across the county. Members reported on the speaker and the interesting program about finding genealogy information. We were very sorry to learn that the Phillipsville branch has disbanded.

T h e B i s h o p ’s M i l l s Women’s Institute has been involved in the community

since 1985, including documenting the history of the village, and encouraging positive change – sharing stories and building community.

The Bishop’s Mills Women’s Institute holds monthly meetings, and welcomes new members interested in meeting their neighbours, sharing their ‘stories’, and getting involved in their community.

What’s next? The June 14 meeting will be held at the home of a member and will be our annual potluck meal.

For information about attending local meetings, or how to be kept informed about upcoming events in the village, please contact President Linda Desroches at 613-258 2115, or PRO Jeanne Lambert at jeanne. lambert828@gmail.com.

If you are interested in finding out more about WI, see the Provincial organization’s website: www.fwio. on.ca.

Kemptville Lions Club welcomes new members At their regular meeting of May 14, the Kemptville Lions Club inducted Perry Stewart and Sharon Murray into the club. The induction ceremony was performed by Lions Past District Governor Sue Wilkes of the Merrickville club.

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Volunteer Diane Greer (right) delivered 179.3 pounds of food to the local mission’s food bank, as part of the church’s 2018 Lenten Project.

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generated will go toward programming for the Kemptville Youth Centre and Scouts’ activities, respectively. Thanks also to the Municipality of North Grenville for the use of the parking lot for the drop off event, the NG Times for coverage, and the organizers of the Sustainability Festival for a great event! If you missed the e-waste drop-off, you can take your electronic items to the Kemptville Youth Centre any time: 5 Oxford St W, Kemptville, ph. (613) 258-5212.

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by Kelly Vandervelde Nurses Week was celebrated at Bayfield Manor from May 7 to 11. To make it all inclusive for staff, we call it Wellness Week.

Daily draws and events made the week a bit more fun and, hopefully, relaxing for all staff. Local vendors supplied some of our draw gifts, such as Crossfit Kemptville, Five Star, Home and Beyond. Heather Riddell, Reflexologist, offered her services for staff and it was well received, she had a line up. Karen Quigley, of Saltastic, offered her knowledge on the benefits of salt therapy, and staff can’t wait to try this out.

Our own activity personnel, Ram, offered some relaxation techniques through his Yoga training, which helped us all chill out. Administration brought in coffee and homemade cookies, and treated everyone to cake and a Subway lunch. Much appreciated by all. Daily draws gave some things that staff could use on the job: water bottles, gum, hand gel, Kleenex, and lip balm, to name a few.

Kemptville kids honoured in international music competition

by Hilary Thomson Two Kemptville children have received honourable mentions in an international music composition competition run by Music for Young Children (MYC). Music for May 30, 2018

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Elijah Kelsey received honourable mentions, standing out from the over 6,000 submissions from around the world. Emma was honoured in the category for children from five to eight, and Elijah was recognized in the eight to eleven year-old category.

“To be among the top is a great honour,” says Emma’s instructor, Mairéad Frizell, who teaches MYC in Kemptville. “I’ve only had one other honoree before.”

While entering the composition festival is a decision that is made between teacher and student, composition is a part of the MYC curriculum.

“Composing is a stimulating time for students, parents and teachers," says Frances

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They think it is for ‘dead people’, or ‘famous people’.

But now, they can be the famous person."

Elijah Kelsey performed an extended version of his composition, called “You

Are”, at his instructor, Sue Hildebrecht’s, annual recital on May 29 at the Kemptville Pentecostal Church.

Emma will be performing her composition, titled “Althea, Emma and Pippie”, at Mairéad’s recital at the North Grenville Public Library on May 31 at 6:30pm.

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For what it’s worth

by David Shanahan Last week’s coverage of the Kemptville BIA Budget issue seems to have generated some heat, as well as some light. It will be remembered that members of Council cut the BIA budget to reduce the Executive Director’s remuneration to a minimum wage level, and did away entirely with the funding for the Pop-Up Shop program. The response to this move has been receiving quite a lot of attention on social media sites since last week’s paper.

Overall, the public response has been sharply critical of Council and their unprecedented changes in the BIA budget. There has also been a lot of requests for clarification concerning the nature of the funding that the BIA receives through the Municipality, with some people upset at the idea that taxpayer money is being used to pay a contractor in a not-for-profit organisation.

The truth is that the BIA receives no taxpayer money whatsoever. Its budget comes from a levy on building owners and some businesses within the BIA area of downtown Kemptville. The Municipality collects and passes on this funding to the BIA Board of Management, who are all volunteers, voted into position by members. It is, or should be, the members decision as to how that money is to be spent, and if they think they need a part-time contractor to operate as Executive Director, it has been the norm that they are free to decide that. The Municipality does not provide grants to the BIA. No taxes are used to fund the BIA. Having members of Council arbitrarily change the submitted budget is unheard of, however legal it may be technically. Barb Tobin posted a very lengthy justification of council’s actions on a Facebook page last week, in which she pointed out that the budget in previous years had

given an unclear idea of what the management fee was for, and she complained that the fee took up an unacceptable percentage of the total BIA budget.

That is not her business, and if a minimum wage position eats up most, almost all, of the budget, then it is clear that the BIA is underfunded, not that the ED is overpaid. It would be impossible to imagine getting a qualified person to work for less than minimum wage, considering the hours worked, and the effort expended on the position. It is not up to council to decide how the funds are to be used, in any case. That is one of the problems the BIA found with council’s interference.

The other main objection to council’s arbitrary action was that they did not see fit to consult with the BIA Board before making the cuts. No-one from council, including their representative on the BIA Board, Donovan Arnaud, warned the BIA that there was an issue with the

budget. This could have prevented the ambush at council and the resulting strained relations. Council do not come out of this looking either fair, competent, or informed.

Another outcome of last week’s coverage was a renewal of the on-going debate about objectivity versus subjectivity in reporting in the media, with some posters objecting to editorials (like this one) which take a position on issues. What do people mean by “objectivity”, exactly?

Should we simply (as other media outlets do) report “he said...then she said...then he said...”? I agree with the poster who suggested that people look at the video of those council meetings: I disagree that what I wrote misrepresents what was said and done there. What a newspaper has to do is give a context, a sense of what things mean.

It would be easy to simply repeat whatever is said by any party, without having to point out that what they said was inaccurate, incorrect, or

a plain lie. Should we do that, to preserve our “objectivity”?

I believe the media have a duty to inform, not just print reports without analysis. As a working historian, I have a deep respect for sources, footnotes, context. I hope we are past the days in this community when a reporter will be called to the mayor or councillor’s office after a meeting and be told what should be written.

Everyone, and that does mean everyone, is perfectly welcome to write articles, letters or Facebook posts on whatever they see fit to discuss, and we will print them. But remember this, please: we are privy to a lot of information that we do not print, for various reasons.

We are also in a position to know more of what is going on behind the scenes than is obvious in the choreographed performances in the Municipal Centre Theatre. Disagree as much as you want with the opinions expressed in these Op-Ed (Opinion-Editorial)

pieces. In fact, I’m sure if some people paid closer attention to the titles used in Editorials, they might get even more out of them!

At least there is a forum in which residents can agree or disagree, can debate and be informed by various shades of opinion. That is the role of a free press. Instead of objecting, get involved and write.

As our critics have found in the past, in these pages and on our social media platforms, you will be allowed to speak your mind, without fear or favour. That is what a free press means in a free democracy.

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Master Transportation Plan – WHO REALLY CARES?

by Doreen O’Sullivan I care. In spite of the talk at the Municipal level about the Transportation Master Plan, I am not convinced that the municipality of NG really cares. This is based upon the following three situations.

First, the public has been asked to complete a survey on-line regarding the transportation plan. In December, 2017, council was presented with a petition with 100 signatures clearly indicating what people felt and wanted regarding transportation planning on Wellington Rd. The cost of maintaining the unpaved portion of Wellington Rd could be significantly reduced if it was deemed a No Truck route. This road is exclusively residential, substandard, and not meant for heavy truck traffic. I understand that the cost of operating a grader is about $150 per hour. This road is often graded on a weekly, or even daily, basis during rainy weather and freeze-thaw cycles. That’s a lot of taxpayer dollars. The petition for a lowered speed limit and No Truck route was

denied by council.

So why are they asking for our opinion in an on-line anonymous survey? Do they really care what we think?

Second, the OPP did a speed and traffic survey on Wellington Rd. on March 11 and 12, 2018. If you look at the results critically, you can see that it was done over two days, with one of them being a Sunday, and the other during March break holidays.

This does not provide a good sample.

The other variable to consider is that the weather during that time had resulted in Wellington Rd. being in very bad condition, which would contribute to having traffic moving slower. The results were also selectively presented. They reported that 88% of the vehicles were travelling at 51 km or slower.

This means that 12%, or 108 vehicles, were exceeding the speed limit. Of those, the highest speed was 93 Km per hour. I had to ask, repeatedly, to find out the highest speed recorded.

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The town has limited bike parking, or bike lanes.

Until last week, there was no safe way for pedestrians or cyclists to get to Colonnade Mall. Now we have a 3-way stop at Ryan’s Well Road and CR 19. Thanks to the United Counties of Leeds Grenville.

NG has an Active Transportation Advisory Committee, and I am honoured to be a part of that group.

Unfortunately, there is no representative from the NG Planning or Public Works Departments on the committee. We should all be working together toward the common good for all residents in NG. Do they really care about active transportation?

I care. As a resident, health care professional, and a taxpayer, I care that this town is safe and fiscally responsible. I hope that you care as well. Complete the survey and let them know what you think and that you care: it is at: www.ngtmp. metroquest.ca. The survey closes June 1, 2018.

clusion that there is not a problem, and no action would be taken. This was not reliable data or solid evidence on which to base a decision that there was no problem. Do they really care about speeding on a residential road?

Third, there are welldocumented health benefits of being active and outdoors close to nature. Active transportation is encouraged, and yet many sidewalks are in poor condition, crumbling, cracked, heaving and uneven. Sidewalks start and end at random locations. For example, Clothier St. leads into down town and has no sidewalk from James St east to Bridge St., and no sidewalk west from Holy Cross school.

North Grenville typically budgeted $9,000 per year for sidewalk maintenance. In 2018, that was increased to $16,000 per year. Yet they are proposing to spend $1.5 million to reconfigure Wellington Rd with sidewalks and illumination. Maintenance and completion of sidewalks that already exist need to be given priority.

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A possible environmental crisis in North Grenville

by David Shanahan The facts are still unclear, but it seems as though we will soon have thousands of heavy-duty plastic bags being diverted into our landfill site every month. Until recently, the plastic bags that are used to contain animal feed, shavings for use in stables, etc., were collected under the Municipality’s recycling program. However, a couple of weeks ago, a recycling truck refused to take the bags, claiming that he had been told not to include them in his route any longer.

Vicky Stamison, whose operation uses 45 bags of shavings and 18 bags of feed a month, was upset that material that is clearly labelled as recyclable, and which is on the municipality’s list of acceptable plastic, would now be collected as solid waste garbage and sent to the landfill.

As she points out, Vicky’s is a small operation compared to many of the stables

and other users of these bags in North Grenville, and the idea that thousands of these recyclable bags would not be taken in future poses a serious environmental problem.

Karen Dunlop, Director of Public Works for the Municipality of North Grenville, investigated the situation and reported to Vicky that: “We have received the response from our Material Recycle facility. They have indicated that although the bags are stamped as recyclable unfortunately there is no current market and not accepted at the Recycle facility and therefore not included in the municipal recycle program. Sorry for any inconvenience.”

The warning about the danger of large quantities of polyethylene plastic ending up in the ground moved Vicky to contact various dealers in feed and shavings to find out how many such bags are sold in North Grenville every month, and the possible statistics make unpleasant reading. Two local suppliers

each empties a 50' trailer of shavings every month. H&I and GT Enterprises empty small warehouses of animal feed multiple times a month.

There are two important issues at play here. First of all, these are recyclable products and are clearly marked as such. It is hard to know what is meant by the statement that “there is no current market” for the plastic, considering the quantity of bags being used up each month, just in this area. To date, there has been no indication that the municipality has any plans to deal with the issue, assuming it considers this an environmental issue in our “Green and Growing” community.

The second issue is the lack of publicity. If the decision has been made to cease recycling these bags, why have residents not been informed and told to stop putting them out for the recycling trucks? Has any final decision about this actually been made at any level? Just to confuse matters further, in spite of Karen’s clear state-

ment that the plastic is “not included in the municipal recycle program”, it seems some drivers are continuing to collect the bags on some weeks.

Vicky is continuing to delve into this issue, trying to find out precisely what the procedures are now. If, as seems to be the case, plastic bags clearly marked with the recycle symbol, both 4 and 5 categories, are no longer to be accepted by the recycle facility used by the municipality, will an alternative facility be found? Is there, as Vicky suggests, a potential business to be established, possibly at the Kemptville Campus, to handle this material? CleanFarms has a plastic recycling collection centre in Winchester; perhaps they could handle this material?

Until the actual situation today is clarified, nothing can be done to find a solution to a potentially serious environmental problem in North Grenville.

An intimate group of community-minded citizens gathered in the Grenville Mutual Insurance boardroom on Saturday to discuss civic engagement and communitybuilding. The workshop, run by Ottawa-based group Synapcity, focused on identifying barriers to community engagement and finding solutions to build a stronger, more connected community.

The event was spearheaded

by North Grenville resident, Kristin Strackerjan, who took Synapcity’s six- week civic engagement boot camp in Ottawa.

“I thought it would be great if they could come out here,” she says. Although small, the group in attendance was very representative of the demographics that make up Kemptville.

Mothers and fathers with young children, a senior citizen, and even a 16-year-old, were there to share their experiences and come up with ideas about how to make the North Grenville community the best it can be.

Some of the barriers to civic engagement identified by the group included the fact that many people commute elsewhere for work.

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Long drives and busy familylives often don’t leave a lot of time for volunteering and community building activities. It was also brought up that the current council and administration don’t do much to engage with the community, something that needs to change if North Grenville is going to develop more of an identity for itself in the future.

North Grenville is a community in transition, with many young families and seniors moving into the various subdivisions. There is also a large population of people who have been in the area for generations and are unsure of the rapid change North Grenville is undergoing. “There is a sense of community, but also a closed mindedness and fear of change,” says North Grenville resident, Nancy Peckford. “North Grenville is going through an identity crisis.”

BIA Executive Director, John Barclay, says he thinks the municipality is investing too much into making North Grenville a bedroom community for Ottawa. “We need to put our energies into supporting our local businesses,” he says, noting that, right now, 60 per cent of the population of North Grenville commute out of the municipality for

UPCOMING MEETINGS COUNCIL Monday, June 11 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Monday, June 4 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre. For agenda information, please visit the Municipal website at www.northgrenville.ca.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES – MUNICIPAL CLIENT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE The Municipality of North Grenville is accepting resumes from interested and qualified candidates for the position of Municipal Client Service Representative. The closing date to receive applications is 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Further information is available at www.northgrenville.ca/careers.

SENIOR PLANNER

The Municipality of North Grenville is accepting resumes from interested and qualified candidates for the position of Senior Planner. The closing date to receive applications is 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Further information is available at www.northgrenville.ca/careers.

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

The Municipality of North Grenville is accepting resumes from interested and qualified candidates for the position of Director of Finance. The closing date to receive applications is 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 15, 2018. Further information is available at www. northgrenville.ca/careers.

GARAGE SALES

Garage sales in North Grenville are regulated by By-Law 10-03.

No licence or fee is required, but there are regulations which you must follow. Signage is NOT permitted in traffic circles or attached to traffic signs. Please ensure signage is removed after your sale. Before having a garage sale, please obtain a copy of the by-law from www.northgrenville.ca/document-library.

SWIMMING POOL ENCLOSURES

Civic engagement event promotes meaningful discussion

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UPDATE UPDATE

Swimming pool enclosures in North Grenville are regulated by By-Law 32-98, as amended. This includes all above-ground and in-ground pools. Copies of this by-law are available from the Building Department or the Municipal website.

2018 BURN PERMITS Kristin says this session was just the jumping off point for more communityminded workshops in North Grenville. She hopes to get even more people out to discuss how the citizens of this municipality can champion the community-building, instead of always working from the top down. “It’s about reaching people who aren’t engaged, but want to do something,” she says.

“This was just the first kick at the can.”

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Synapcity is an Ottawabased organization, funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. It has existed since 2011, but rebranded themselves in 2017 to include facilitating meaningful community connections as part of their mandate. “We still have a focus on civic engagement,” says Synapcity facilitator, Stephane Pressault.

“We also want to tap into the knowledge and potential that is already in the community.”

In accordance with By-Law 33-12, a Burn Permit is required to conduct open burning on property located outside of the urban area. The entire application and renewal process is available online at www.northgrenville.ca. The online process also allows you to receive direct notification of special conditions such as fire bans and fire risk level. Burn permits are also still available at the Municipal Office or at the Fire Hall at 259 County Rd. 44 and the fee is $15. Please check conditions prior to burning by calling 613-706-1770.

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Kemptville College hosts Women in Trades event many workshops, all having to do with the various trades involved in landscaping.

Dan Lortie, of the CDSBEO, says that landscaping is more than just planting flowers. Things like building decks, plumbing, and welding come into play, and there is ample opportunity in the workforce these days for women skilled in these trades. The girls had the chance to try out some of the trades involved in landscaping, including working with interlocking brick, gardening, and landscape design.

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by Hilary Thomson The Kemptville College Campus welcomed around 300 teenage girls over two days last week to an event meant to expose them to job opportunities in the trades.

The Women in Trades event was organized by the Upper Canada District School Board and the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario, in conjunction with Landscape Ontario. Girls from Grades 7 to 12, from both Boards, were present at the event and took part in 5

given the task of designing a garden for a specific client, to give them a real taste of the intricacies and creativity of the job.

The representative from the UCDSB, Lori Carlisle, says the response to the event has been extremely positive, with many of the girls showing interest in pursuing landscaping and horticulture as a career. “Some were asking whether this was seriously something people did for a job,” Lori says.

Landscape Ontario is always looking at ways to promote horticulture and

landscaping in Ontario, as there are not enough skilled people currently in the workforce to meet demand. “[This event] is of benefit to Landscape Ontario, because it raises awareness for Horticulture,” says Nigel Carlisle, of Landscape Ontario. “Horticulture employs more people than the automotive industry.”

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We Are Neighbours in KDHS’s Annual Seniors’ BBQ/Picnic 2018 Mark your calendars for Tuesday, June 12, for KempWhat makes a community welcoming and inclusive?

This was a question posed at a St. Lawrence-Rideau Immigrant Partnership community event hosted in the fall of 2016. An engaged group of immigrants, local residents, service providers, students, local elected officials, and business owners attended the event to discuss the current and future state of welcoming and inclusive communities in Leeds Grenville. A common theme emerged from these discussions - that to enhance the sense of belonging for residents of all backgrounds, local communities should be doing more to recognize and celebrate the diversity of individuals living in Leeds Grenville.

This suggestion spurred the St. Lawrence-Rideau Immigration Partnership to launch the community-driven campaign ‘We Are Neighbours’. After a successful 2017 Campaign featuring 22 stories from across Leeds and Grenville, the Immigration Partnership has decided to continue the initiative into 2018.

For our 2018 campaign, we are aiming to create an anthology of stories about moving to, living, working or studying in Leeds and Grenville. Whether you have recently moved to Canada or Leeds and Grenville, or you have been here for years, we want to hear from you!

We will be sharing your stories on social media, this website, in local media and in a wrap-up project that will showcase the diversity of stories and individuals here in Leeds and Grenville. For those authors willing, and for others who wish to get involved and read stories

from those not comfortable with public speaking, we'll arrange readings of select stories in public events. All authors will be welcome and are encouraged to let us know if this is something they want to do.

In the end, we hope to have enough stories to create a book. Free copies would be given to all participants, as well as our community partners. We are looking for stories of all lengths to feature in our campaign. They should reflect your personal experiences. Remember to be honest! We want to hear about the good, bad, happy, and sad.

We're looking for stories from the communities of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Brockville, Prescott, and Gananoque.

We're open to people of any age, status, and background.

The St. Lawrence-Rideau Immigration Partnership is a coalition of organizations committed to building local capacity to attract, settle and integrate immigrants throughout Leeds Grenville.

The Immigration Partnership also encourages organizations, individuals, and communities to recognize and welcome cultural diversity.

You can reach the We Are Neighbours campaign with your story, or for more information at: Lauren Smith, lauren@ eecentre.com, or phone 613498-2111 ext. 261.

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Submitted by Caroline Marshall “Lafferty's Wake" is an audience interaction and participation piece. Actors should be comfortable with this, and be on their toes to the changes in response from performance to performance. "Lafferty's Wake" includes some traditional Irish tunes, so actors should be able and willing to sing.

The cast requires 4 men ages mid 20's to 60, 3 women ages mid 20's to 60, and 2 minor parts to be played by male/ female - 20 + Auditions are Sunday, June 3, 2018, at 3:00 pm, and Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 7:00 pm, and will be held at the IOOF Hall, 119 Clothier St., Kemptville. Rehearsals will start in August/September on Sundays at 7:00 pm, and Wednesdays at 7:00 pm, also at the IOOF Hall. Performances will take place November 16-18 and November 23-25, 2018. For more info please go to http://kemptvilleplayers. ca/auditions.html.

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tville & District Home Support’s Annual Seniors’ BBQ/ Picnic. This event will be from 11am until 2pm at beautiful Maplewood Hall and Park in Oxford Mills.

The Kemptville Lions Club has been a wonderful supporter of this event and will be providing the BBQ again this year, as well as the musical entertainment. Grenville Mutual Insurance Company has also been a mainstay at this event over the years, and will be providing delicious homemade butter tarts for dessert.

This is a FREE event for area seniors. If you are interested in attending, please call the KDHSI office at 613-2583203 so we will have the numbers for the food. If anyone needs a drive, it can be arranged for you. Please bring your lawn chairs to relax under the trees, and enjoy the food, music, and the great company of others.

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The central role of cheese

ham Acton of Oxford built the factory in North Rideau on Donnelly Road in 1890.

The Carsonby cheese maker learned his trade in Oxford Mills. The Malakoff factory was owned by Robert Beckett of Kemptville and Thomas Pettapiece of Oxford-onRideau.

The Goodstown factory was built and operated by Freeman Brown, of Oxford Mills. He was a sanitary inspector and dairy instructor for the Kemptville district network. He later worked as a cheese grader in the 1930's, and was the main speaker at the Eastern Ontario Dairymen’s Association meeting in 1932. The following year, he was staff grader in Montreal. Beckett’s Landing factory was on the north side of the Rideau, near the swing bridge, and was built in 1900 by James Taylor, of Kemptville.

But the man known throughout the industry as “the Cheese King of Eastern Ontario”, James A. Sanderson, was a native of Oxford Station, where he built his first cheese factory in 1899.

He also operated the factory at Patterson’s Corners, and he was the first operator to provide grading facilities at railway stations and Rideau Canal docks. His Oxford Station factory was the first refrigerated storage facility in Eastern Ontario, implemented in 1930 and, eventually, the storage facility’s capacity grew to 20,000

H. M. Weedmark and Willard Fretwell in the Oxford Mills cheese factory, c. 1910.

by David Shanahan At the turn of the Twentieth Century, cheese factories were a major part of the Ontario economy, and North Grenville and the surrounding area was one of the largest producers of cheese in Eastern Ontario. In 1895 there were 122 cheese factories in Leeds-Grenville.

Every community seemed to have had its own cheese factory, and the work there, and revenue from making cheese, provided important income for farm families during the May to November cheese-making season.

Around 1900, a syndicate was formed to market the products of the many cheese factories in the area surrounding Kemptville, which became the centre for twenty-six factories by 1903. These included factories on the other side of the

Rideau, as well as those in Oxford, South Gower and Kemptville. The Government appointed inspectors and instructors, who travelled around the factories, and provided information on advanced production methods and health and safety issues in the dairy barns and cheese factories.

The syndicates formed Boards for the buying and marketing of cheese from the local factories, much of which was sent for export to Great Britain. Cheese was an important export item for Canada, reaching a peak level in 1904, when 234 million pounds of cheese was exported to Great Britain, that was 95% of all the cheese imported by Britain that year. But, aside from increases during the two world wars, exports of cheese declined steadily after that.

Public demand for liquid

milk drew supplies away from cheese-making in the small community factories, and the introduction of large, automated facilities made the local cheese factory less and less economically viable.

It was not just the location of the Cheese Board in Kemptville that made North Grenville a major player in cheese production in Eastern Ontario. Residents of Oxford-on-Rideau and Kemptville were heavily involved in expanding the network of factories throughout the region. Edward Kidd of Burritt’s Rapids owned the factory in North Gower, as well as a string of others around Carleton County, including Manotick, and as far away as Carp. Edward learned the trade from his father, William, who built the first factory in Burritt’s Rapids in 1868.

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boxes of cheese.

Cheese was brought to his factory from factories around the region, graded and then shipped from the cold storage warehouse around Canada and to Great Britain and the United States. In 1901 he became President of the Kemptville Cheese Board. The Sanderson family operated the factory until it was destroyed by fire in 1963.

The storage plant was bought in 1974 by Kemptville Foods Ltd. and later on by Harvex Elevators Ltd. in 1983.

The cheese industry also provided ancillary business for Kemptville. Cheese was packed in specially made boxes, manufactured by the McMaster Lumber Company in Kemptville, now the site of the Riverside Apartments.

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and 90 pounds each and were wrapped in cheesecloth (naturally) before being packed in the round boxes for transport. In Oxford Mills, a carpenter called Ormond Barnard invented a wooden box which pressed and shredded cheese curds, an important advance in improving the production of cheese. His machine was used in factories throughout the country and abroad.

It is amazing how central to the social and economic life of North Grenville the production of cheese was in the not too distant past. Today, almost nothing remains to remind people of this historic industry, other than a few old cheese factories still standing around the municipality, memories of a different era in our shared story.

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by Owen Cooke North Gower, Marlborough and the First World War, 19141918 This year marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War – the Great War to its participants. Over the past few years, the Rideau Archives Branch, City of Ottawa Archives, and the Rideau Township Historical Society have attempted to identify and document our lost soldiers and airmen from the First World War. Now we have developed an exhibition to highlight their sacrifice, and the service of the soldiers who did come home.

The exhibition will open at Rideau Archives Branch, 6581 Fourth Line Road in North Gower during Doors Open Ottawa, Saturday and Sunday, 2-3 June 2018.

We have identified 45 soldiers, airmen, and one nursing sister associated with old North Gower and Marlborough Townships who were killed or died in service. Not all enlisted here, but all had an association with the area.

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These photos, taken first ca. 1980 of the standing ruins, and the second taken in 2018, illustrate the degradation of architectural remains. On a 1880's map, this property on Bolton Rd, south of the long-vanished Newmanville, was in possession of the Welch family.

Ruin photo courtesy of the Ron and Mavis Elstone, Bishop's Mills. and schools were. They are also interested in discovering some First Nations sites, like fishing and transitory camps. The group is made up of about 20 members, many of whom are experienced in archeology, cartography, or history. They are all people who are interested in learning about the archeology and varied history of the area.

Michael says the group is not looking to dig at any of the sites. They are more interested in identifying them and alerting the municipality, so that something can be done should any developer decide to build on the site. “The municipality is obliged to have archeologists [involved],” Michael says, “It is important to rescue as many artifacts as possible before the site is lost

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“We have slowly been working our way through the roads that crisscross the municipalities of MerrickvilleWolford and North Grenville,” says Michael Whittaker, one of the enthusiastic members of the group.

Michael says they start by looking at old maps to see where different homesteads

forever.”

The area already has a rich archeological history, with many sites already catalogued in Grenville County.

“There are probably many more to be found,” Michael says.

Education is a key part of the Archeology Society’s mandate, and some of the members are looking into getting their avocational archeology license, a less official form of archeological license than one linked to a university or institution.

They hope to partner with an established archeology firm to be present on digs and learn more about the process.

“Archeology is not treasure hunting,” Michael says.

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and it demands a scientific approach.” It is illegal to dig at sites without a permit.

The next meeting of the Archeological Society is on June 10 at the Blockhouse Museum. It is in conjunction with one of the fifteen Merrickville and District Historical Society’s events to commemorate Merrickville’s 225 anniversary. The group will be listening to a presentation by Darren Bonaparte, a Mohawk historian and writer, about the history and importance of wampum in their culture.

Michael says that anyone with an interest in the history and archeology of the area is welcome to come to the Archeological Society’s meetings. For more information, go to the Rideau Valley Archeological Society’s Facebook page and send them a message. You can also email Michael directly at mpw1749@gmail.com.

Good news about grader

by Hilary Thomson The municipality received good news about their grader at the council meeting of May 14. Manager of Public Works, Dave Powers, told council that the Volvo grader, which had previously caused much discussion across the council table, was under warranty after all. Dave found out about this by researching the lineage of the grader, which had been purchased used in April 2016, and contacting the original dealership that sold it originally in 2013.

“I worked with the dealer, as well as Volvo North America, to locate the extended warranty and to have the warranty transferred to the Ottawa Volvo dealership,” Dave says.

The grader changed hands four times before it was sold to MerrickvilleWolford in 2016. Dave says it is because of this that the original sales documents, outlining the warranty information, were misplaced and not passed on by the various

The Forgotten Railways of Eastern Ontario

Railways have always had a real fascination for people, and, for those who have explored the topic, it becomes a genuine passion. Local filmmaker, D’von Wallace, owner of Eleuthville Media, has found that out for himself over the past months. D’von had been working on a series of short films called “10 Minutes in North Grenville”, and his next subject in the series was the railways of the municipality. It quickly became clear that ten minutes was simply not enough time to do justice to the role railways had played in the story of this municipality, and, you might say, many branch lines opened up as he explored the past.

Finding a depth of material, both archival and in the lives and memories of railway people, D’von realised that a new series was needed, and the first of his “Forgotten Railways of Eastern Ontario” videos has recently been completed. It covers the history of Bedell and Kemptville Stations, and the remarkable lives of those who worked there.

The film tells the story of the two railway lines that went through the area: the Bytown and Prescott, opened in 1854, and the Canadian Pacific in 1884. There is some very rare footage of Bedell Station in its busy days, showing the trains, tower, water tower and rail system, all clearly described by long-time rail worker, Sam Gaw. His memories of working at Bedell, including recollections of the Hobo Jungle of the 1930's, and the escape of a German pilot during the Second World War who jumped a prisoner of war train as it passed through and made it all the way back to Germany, all add to a fascinating insight into an age that is past.

Historical background is provided by Dr. David Shanahan, Historian with the North Grenville Historical Society, and an account of how the rail bed through Kemptville has been adapted for use in the Trail System is explained by Karen Dunlop and Mark Guy of the Municipality staff.

D’von has produced an invaluable account on video of the importance of railways in the story of North Grenville, and it is one that will be housed in the NG Public Library and with the NG Historical Society, as will much of the archival material used (and unused) in the video.

D’von is now moving on to other Eastern Ontario railways, and he is quite overwhelmed by how much information is available to him in his research and production. Each video requires about three months to research, even before putting the film together. Editing and post-production takes up more time, so D’von sees himself working on the series for a few years to come.

People like Sam Gaw have a tremendous store of knowledge and memory to share with future generations, and D’von’s work will keep those memories alive. Memories of the Silk Trains that carried silk from China across Canada and through Bedell to the manufacturers in the United States and Europe; of the timber barons and the settlers, the hobos and the prisoners of war; all a part of the story of the Forgotten Railways of eastern Ontario.

The Bedell and Kemptville Stations episode is now available for viewing at: www.eleuthvillemedia.ca/forgottenrailways-in-eastern-ontario. owners. “It was assumed by be replaced under full warall parties involved that the ranty, saving the municipality standard three year power over $50,000. train warranty had expired,” Dave says.

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by Hilary Thomson A North Grenville District High School (NGDHS) student represented North Grenville in a country-wide science fair earlier this month and brought back a bronze medal. Thirteen year-old Sophie Healey was the winner of the Grade 7 and 8 Science Fair at NGDHS in March. Her project, studying the way people perceive time, impressed the judges and earned her a spot among 26 other students to enter the Rideau Saint Lawrence Science Fair in Brockville in April. Her project was recognized once again at the regional fair, winning second overall, beating out many older and more experienced students.

Because of her secondplace win, Sophie advanced to the Canada Wide Science

Fair, held at Carleton University from May 12-18. Over 600 students from across the country were invited to attend and present their projects to judges and the public.

“I didn’t know I would be advancing to the nationals,” Sophie says. “It was really awesome when I found out.”

The students invited to the Fair also got to spend the week in university dorms and experience Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) courses at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. “It was a really fun experience and I learned a lot from all the other projects,” Sophie says. “It was interesting to see how much kids my age know about different topics.”

Sophie’s project won a bronze medal in her age category, and also a scholarship to Western University,

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Cory was nominated at the "Producer's Choice Honours", in the "Rock Artist Of The Year" category for 2015, and was the 2014 recipient of the Producer's Choice Honour for "Studio Album Of The Year" for his E.P., "Share A Little Time". Cory's influences are a collection of various genres like Melodic Rock and Roots-Rock, blended with previous hints of Country-

by David Shanahan "The Long Road Home" is the name of the new 8-track cd by Pleasant Valley native, Cory M. Coons, and the first single, “Long Road (Dead Man’s Dream)” has been released and is a hard-driving rocking track, promising much for the full album. The music was produced by veteran producer, Ron Nevison, (Heart, Bad Company, Damn Yankees, should she choose to go there after she graduates from NGDHS. She says she hopes to compete in the Science Fair next year, and make it to the national competition again.

Her interest lies in human psychology and, although she doesn’t know what her next project will be about it, Sophie thinks it will likely be psychological in nature.

Rock, and all of these sounds come through his music. He is a respected Guitar teacher at Rock My House Music Centre in Kemptville.

The man has a growing track record (two puns for the price of one!), having opened and performed alongside such legendary Canadian artists as April Wine, Kim Mitchell, Glass Tiger, and David Wilcox.

The new release will be available at some select local locations, like Sandy Row Golf Course (South Mountain), Shelley's Kitchen (Heckston) and Rock My House Music Centre (South Gower Park). And anyone who is interested in receiving

a copy directly from Cory can email him at any time: cory@ corymcoons.com with your address details. In the meantime, check out the promotional video for “The Long Road Home”on YouTube, with footage recorded by our own Mike&Ness: https:// youtu.be/LkfNVBlsg2s.

Details of the album release and some local dates, can be found at Cory’s Facebook Music page here: www. facebook.com/cmc.music, and the official website: www.corymcoons.com. But be sure to see his gig on June 9 at the South Branch Bistro.

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Attention: Contractors Retired bookkeeper looking for small business clients. 25 years experience. Call Shirley 613 921 5774 Co-pilot with pilots licence. phone 613-258-2958 The Eric Gutknecht Memorial Bursary-Jams & Jellies require 250ml canning jars for charity sales. Call 258-4529 or drop off at 529 George St. E.

FOR SALE 6'X24' FENDOCK. Call 613 258 3637

Sell your coin collection. Try Dave - Kemptville 613-9151464.

Four drawer filing cabinet with file hangers. $135.00 613 269-3567

Looking for Avon products, please call Joan at 613-2587644 Wanted: Standing mixed hardwood bush to clear cut or select harvest, Jon 613227-3650

10 gal S.Steel dispensing tank with gate. Unused, suitable Honey/Maple syrup.$195 .613 269-3567

Looking to harvest cedar trees from 3 ft high and + off acreage. (613)799-0958

Polaris 2008 -750 Touring, 1,445 miles, asking $5,500 like new....613 302-9463

Ride to Brockville anytime on 15th from Oxford Mills. 2583008

Treadmill with adjustable incline, manual and 4 workout modes. $225.00 613-2692432

Wanted 2 or 3 bedroom apartment on one floor, Kemptville 613.258.0964

Valve Trombone for sale: "Bundy by Bach" $400 obo, pandgpostma@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL PAINTER Commercial & Residential 613.276.4583 Kemptville area

Golf Clubs: Ladies with bag and more. $125.00 Phone: 613-796-0313

GLENGABLES AND STONEHAVEN COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE KEMPTVILLE SATURDAY JUNE 16TH 7:00 AM – 2:00 pm Something for everyone COMMUNITY YARD SALE, BBQ & BAKE SALE – North Grenville Community Church, 2659 Concession Rd. (BESIDE KDH) Saturday, June 2nd, 8 AM - 1 PM. Rain or Shine

HELP WANTED RIDEAU GLEN GOLF CLUB NEEDS SOME INSIDE AND OUTSIDE EMPLOYESS COMMENCING APRIL 30, 2018. SEND RESUMES TO THERIDEAUGLEN@GMAIL.COM OR DROP OFF AT THE CLUB HOUSE

Wanted customer service rep for beefinabun, a bbq specialist. We do all affairs, must be able to get to the events, please email resume to masieadams@outlook.com or call 6134471617

CLASSIFIEDS: First 10 words free if submitted by email.

Extra word 50 cents, photo $10, border $2, shading $5. Submit to production@ngtimes.ca.

Email must include name, address and phone #.

Must be related to North Grenville/ Merrickville

Karen Wood is turning *"FIFTAY"* Friday June 8th 7:30....??

0'Heaphies...

Well Wishes!

See You There!

50th Wedding Anniversary

Family, friends and neighbours are invited on Sunday, June 10, 2018 from 1:00 - 4:00 pm at the South Mountain Agricultural Hall to celebrate Sandra and John Payne's 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Light Luncheon Best Wishes Only Please

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In need of a qualified caregiver for a private home in Kemptville mrccl_falcone@ yahoo.com

FOR SALE

Driveway Sealing Sprayed with quality asphalt oil plus Masonry Services call Keith - 613-258-2135

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WANTED

CHEST FREEZER: KENMORE 14.8 cu.ft., like new, $185.00.CALL 613-258-2119

3 bedrooms,separate d i n i n g , r e c room,hardwood f l o o r s , g a s heat,parking 2 cars, no pets.$1150.00 per month + utilities. Gary 613-720-5004

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2014 Yamaha ATV excellent condition $9,000 613.258.4867

STORAGE $99 month, 11'x12' per unit, heated & unheated.

613 258 5488

Pig pens $400; truck racks $100; heat bulbs $5. Call Dave @ 343-542-8177

BBQ Master Chef propane 4 burners : S482 - $90.3 FUEL TANKS $20 each. Call 613-2582119.

1 new Nordic & rim 225/75/15 . $75.00. 613 258 6254

SAILBOAT, 34 feet, 7 sails, universal m35 Motor 613.269.2889

New Bachelor furnished apt. $800 per month Parkinson st.

613.229.1411

WANTED :Looking to harvest cedar trees off acreage.

(613)799-0958

Aluminum Boat Dock 6ft by 24 ft. 613-258-3637

John’s Home Renovations call FOR RENT 4 Sumitomo touring LST sumand leave name and number. mer tires 185/65R14 $200.00 613-269-3113 Furnished room in a shared house 613-552-1728.

HUNTER EDUCATION COURSE ON JUNE 2ND AND 3RD IN SPENCERVILLE. CONTACT KERRY COLEMAN AT 613-258-7515 OR "KERRYCOLEMAN@XPLORNET.COM

4 FOLDING METAL SAWHORSES $15 each.10 ft. HIGH ALUMINUM LADDER WITH EXTENSION $75.call 613-258-2119

Dry and wrapped round bales of hay suitable for cattle. Jon 613-227-3650

TABLE + 4 CHAIRS, SOLID MAPLE, 102 cm ROUND, DROP LEAF. $140.00 CALL 613-2582119

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Hay for sale, $5.00/bale, Anne Marie 613-213-0970 Mixed seasoned firewood for sale, all hardwood, $100/cord delivered, Jon 613-227-3650

WANTED TO BUY Ducks-Muscovy also Massey Harris Tractor 613-301-1747

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CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. Light wood 6. Countertenor 10. Sought damages 14. French for "Love" 15. Mend 16. Style of hairdo 17. Eviscerate 19. Make unclear 20. A Christian celebration 21. Cheer 22. Ill 23. Valleys 25. Locations 26. Shock 30. Worn away 32. Green gem 35. A short novel 39. Indicate 40. Disavowal 41. Private

43. Yield 44. Yellow fruit 46. Being 47. Test versions 50. Showered with love 53. Cut down 54. Carriage 55. A rational motive 60. Tropical tuber 61. Papal financial secretary (alt. sp.)

63. Beige 64. French for "State" 65. Cooked in hot fat 66. Sun 67. Expunge 68. Varieties DOWN 1. Invited 2. Dogfish

3. Not a win 4. Cooking fat 5. Possessing a weapon 6. Stir 7. Attorney 8. Treachery 9. Unique 10. An abatement in intensity 11. Lit to a higher degree 12. Draw forth 13. Dull stupid fatuous people 18. Brassiere 24. Directed 25. One more than 6 26. A Star Wars hero 27. Portent 28. Focusing glass 29. Minstrel 31. Extinct flightless bird 33. Collection of maps 34. Low-fat 36. Untruths 37. Boys 38. Away from the wind 42. Emit 43. Feline 45. Usual 47. Douses 48. Precise 49. Latin name for our planet 51. Mistake 52. Dutch pottery city 54. Breezed through 56. Breezy 57. Trim 58. Curved molding 59. Gestures of assent 62. French for "Summer"

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Kemptville Quilters Guild, 2nd Mon./mth at the Kemptville Pentecostal Church, 1964 County Road 43, 7 pm. New members welcome.

Kemptville Cancer Support Group, 3rd Mon/mth, St. John’s United Church, Prescott St., 2 pm. All welcome. For info call Ellen Vibert-Miller at 613-258-7778.

Modern square dance club, Grenville Gremlins,7:30-10 pm, NG Municipal Centre.

Newcomer Bridge-St John's United Church 12:15pm. Cost $5.00. All levels welcome.

No partner needed. Info 613-915-1464 or 613-806-4495.

Darts, Kemptville Legion, May 15- Aug 28, 7 pm. All are welcome, come any Tuesday night. $5 per player, all monies paid back out as prizes.

BNI Networking Group Breakfast, Grenville Mutual Insurance Building, 380 Colonnade Dr, 7- 8:30 am. Info: 613-918-0430.

Bridge St. John’s United Church, 12:15 pm. Cost $5. All levels of bridge players welcome. Info, call 613-915-1464 or 613-806-4495.

The Branch Artisans Guild, North Grenville Community Church, 2659 Concession Street every 3 rd Tue/mth, 7 pm. New members welcomed!

Wed NG Photography Club - 1st Wed./mth, 7-9 pm, at the Grenville Mutual Insurance, 380 Colonnade Drive. See ngphotoclub.ca for info.

Klub 67 Euchre every 2nd & 4th Wed/mth, 1:15 pm, St. John's United Church.

Everyone welcome $5.00.

Bingo- 1st & 3rd Wed/mth., Kemptville Legion, 1 pm. All welcome.

New Horizon Club, Burritt`s Rapids Community Hall.. All adults 55 plus welcome to join. For info re programs and membership, call Janet 613-269-2737.

Probus Club of North Grenville, 3rd Wed./mth. Everyone is welcome to join us at 9:30 am at St Paul's Presbyterian Church Hall for fellowship.

Holy Cross Church monthly suppers, 1st Wed/mth. Adults $8, Children $5. All are welcomed.

Thurs Bridge - St. John’s United Church, 6:15 pm. Cost $5. All levels of bridge players welcome. For more info, call 613-915-1464 or 613-896-4495.

North Grenville Toastmasters - Meeting 1st & 3rd Thurs/mth., 7 pm at O’Farrell’s Financial Services, Cty Rd 44. Info, call 258-7665.

NGPL Science and Technology Group meetings are held the 1st/Thurs/mth, 7-9 pm in the program room at the Library.

Fri Twice The Fun Games (200 Sanders St. Unit 103) Game Night, 2nd and 4th Fri/mth, 6-10 pm. Bring your favourite game or borrow one from their library.

Sat Kemptville Legion breakfast, 8 - 10 am 3rd Sat/mth, 100 Reuben Crescent. Adults $. 6, Children under 12 $3. All welcome.

Euchre Tournament, 3rd Sat/mth. Registration 12-12:30 pm. Cost $10.00 Games start 12:30 pm at the Kemptville Legion, 100 Reuben Crescent, Refreshments available. Everyone Welcome.

Sun Twice The Fun Games (200 Sanders St. Unit 103) “Organized Play” and "Learn to Play" events, 1-4 pm . No experience needed.

Bingo, Kemptville Legion – Last Sun/mth, Doors open 6 pm, guaranteed $400 jackpot. Refreshments available.

M,W,F Kemptville and Area Walking Group meet at Municipal Centre at 8 am. All welcome.

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Youngsters of Yore, 1:30 pm, Library Program Room.

Yard sale and bake sale at Heckston United Church on South Gower Dr. starting at 8 am to noon.

Community Yard Sale, BBQ & Bake Sale – North Grenville Community Church, 2659 Concession Rd. (beside KDH) 8 AM - 1 PM. Rain or Shine.

There Has to Be a Song, Village Voyces Chamber Choir in concert with Malala Women's Choir, 7 pm, St Johns' United Church. Goodwill offering in support of Palliative Care, Malala Fund for Girls' Education, and Church Outreach Projects.

Toys of Yesteryear. Call for Vintage Toys, Register June 22, 2 to 5 pm or June 23, 10 am to noon at the Spencerville Mill. Details at: spencervillemill.ca or call Sheila 613 658-5290.

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Kindling for Kids makes donation to CMHLG

by Hilary Thomson Local initiative, Kindling for Kids, presented Children’s Mental Health of Leeds and Grenville (CMHLG) with their second $500 donation of the year last week. The effort, which was started by owner of Crackle Pop Kindling, Craig McCormick, began in November of last year. Bags of kindling are sold at various locations in North Grenville and the surrounding area, with proceeds going towards supporting children’s mental

health initiatives. “ C h i l d r e n ’s M e n t a l Health is grateful for the support from community partners such as Kindling for Kids,” says CMHLG Executive Director, Lorena Crosbie, “Dollars raised through this creative endeavour are helping our at-risk children and youth with needs such as transportation, and we can’t thank Craig enough for his continued commitment and dedication to children and youth living in Leeds and Grenville.”

Owner of the Merrickville Food Market, Dennis

Trodden, was on hand to represent the many business owners who have committed to selling the bags of kindling in their stores. The Merrickville Food Market has been a top seller, selling over 200 bags of kindling since November, 2017.

“Anything that goes to a good cause is worth trying out,” Dennis said, when asked why he decided to get involved with Kindling for Kids.

Since it’s inception, the number of businesses selling the bags of kindling has grown, and Craig welcomes

new businesses to join in and do their part for the cause. “I always welcome new ideas that can make Kindling for Kids grow,” he says. “No idea is a crazy idea.”

As we head in to the bonfire and camping season, keep Kindling for Kids in mind for your fire-starting needs.

Bags can be purchased at: Ultramar Kemptville, Sandy Mountain Campground, Osgoode Foodland, Moonlight Bay Camping, Meunier Firewood, Happy Green Acres Campground, Fallowfield Tree Farm, Merrickville Food Market, Breezy Hill Campground, Summerland Rideau Campground, Mike Deans Super Food Stores, Village Pantry, MacEwan Gas, Wings Bait and Tackle, RB Heating, Heat Source, Shelley’s Kitchen, Rooney Feed Ltd., Pioneer Nursery, Mulligan’s Grocer, Manotick Bait and Tackle, Kemptville Home Hardware, Greenham’s General Store, Bait Castors, Albert’s Meat Shop and Christopher’s Meat Market.

For more information, or to get involved, please contact Craig at 613-277-1106.

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26 au 29 juin 2018 (4 jours) LES TALENTS DES CAMPEURS

16 au 20 juillet 2018 LES OLYMPIQUES

Visite de Momentum Moves (Programme de danse)

Sortie prévue à Altitude Gym

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9 au 13 juillet 2018 LEGOMANIA!

30 juillet au 3 août 2018 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE!

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Visite de Little Ray’s Reptile

180 $ / semaine de 5 jours 145 $ / semaine de 4 jours inclus les dîners Le Conseil se réserve le droit de modifier les activités et les sorties prévues.

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Cyclist biking 7000km to raise money for children in Africa

by Hilary Thomson A woman with roots in the area is getting ready to bike a 7000km route from Norway to Spain to raise money to send orphans to school in Malawi. Thirtythree year-old Anisa Aubin is relatively new to the world of cycling. She got into only two years ago, after some relatives of hers did the Tour Divide from Banff to Mexico to raise money for the same cause. “The youngest person was sixteen,” Anisa says. “I thought, if he can do it, so can I.” And so, she got her first bike, started to train and met lots of people in the cycling world who helped her prepare for her first race, the 4,400km Transcontinental from Belgium to Greece,

last year. She was one of 30 women who were accepted to take part in the race and, to her surprise, she finished in the top ten. “I didn’t even think I would make it to the finish,” Anisa says.

Anisa chooses to do rides that are unsupported, meaning that there is no crew driving alongside her to back her up. She has to carry her gear, food and water with her as she cycles up and over mountains and through towns. During her first race, she would often ride into the night and stop on the side of the road and in bus shelters to sleep. “It’s really gruelling and tough,” she says.

“It really pushes you to your limits.”

Because she was unsure of how her first race would go, Anisa didn’t promote the fundraising as much as she

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would have liked. That is one of the reasons why she has chosen to do this second ride, the Northcape-Tarifa from Norway to Spain. Having visited the children’s home in Malawi that she is raising money for in 2013, Anisa feels very connected to the cause and often uses it as motivation when she is having a tough cycling day.

“They have gone though so much and have so little, yet they smile every day,” she says.

Anisa’s goal is to send 20 kids to secondary school, something that is a luxury for children in Malawi. To do this she has to raise $35,000.

She is working hard to prepare for her upcoming race, and is going into it knowing that each day is going to be different, with its own unique challenges.

She decided to start cycling because she wanted to do something to help the children in Malawi, but she has found herself really enjoying the experience, overall. “The training is fun and it’s good for me,” she says, “I’ve met a community that’s really encouraged me.”

The race starts in North Cape, Norway, on June 20.

Anisa will be wearing a tracker, so you can follow her journey on a site called trackleaders.com. She also has her own Facebook page, called Dream Rider Anisa, where you can find posts about what she is up to and a link to donate to the cause.

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Sunday June 3 11am -3pm 301 Rideau Street, Kemptville

Regular Store Hours: Mon.- Fri. 8 to 8, Sat. - 8 to 6, Sun. 9 to 6

Top Sirloin Grilling Steaks Cut from Canada Grade AA or Higher 13.21/kg

lb lb Compliments Regular Wieners

Fresh Value Pack Sirloin or Rib Pork Loin Chops 4.39/kg

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Red, Orange and Yellow Sweet Peppers Product of Ontario 5.49/kg ea

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A week of giving

L-R: Mary Boucher and Joanne Mavis, of Kemptville District Hospital, and Legion Members Marilyn Aldus, Aubrey Callan and Stephen Rowlins

L-R: John Falsetto, Pat Maloney, David Gordon, Mike Blais, Todd Fortin and Frank Hoffman

by Marguerite Boyer It was an incredible week of giving here in North Grenville. The Kemptville Legion were busy, with two cheques being presented to local charities. The first was a cheque for $6,107 to the Kemptville and District Hospital. The money

raised came out of their yearly Poppy Fundraiser, all from people donating right here in North Grenville, and through the hard volunteer work of Legion Members. And it is not just the KDH that benefits from this campaign every year. Through this fundraiser, the Legion is able to support

local groups such as NG Accessible Transportation, the Cadets, Youth Education, Veteran programs, and local community groups.

So please, next time Poppy season comes around, don’t hesitate to donate. It is money well spent here in our community.

L-R: Stephen Rowlins, Frank Hoffman, Canadian Tire, Marilyn Aldus and Aubrey Callan

Volunteers from Royal Lepage with Steve Clark The second cheque pre- Frank Hoffman, of Kemptsented by the Legion was ville’s Canadian Tire store, for $1,200 to the Jumpstart who provides the space every program, which also received year for the Jumpstart BBQ. a gift of $4,000 from the Jumpstart is an outreach of Knights of Columbus. This is Canadian Tire and every another fantastic local project, dollar raised through the helping young people get in- fundraising events in May volved in sports and activities and June is matched by Cathey otherwise might not be nadian Tire. Every year, the able to afford. The Knights local Jumpstart chapter has to presented their cheque to raise funds for the entire year

between May and June.

This year, the Kemptville Fire Service was in attendance once again, and the Royal Lepage Real Estate Team provided all the volunteers. A great week for North Grenville generosity.

Your Local Real Estate TEAM. Helping You is What They Do!

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John Carkner* 613-371-4022

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Gary Durie* 613-720-5004

Judith Farrell* 613-227-1097

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Heather MacKay** 613-341-7274

Linda McKee* 613-447-8090

Bruce McKee* 613-850-5787

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