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The logo for Chris Pignon’s DoGood Kombucha is inspired by a troll cross, a Norse symbol intended to ward off evil. It also happens to look a little bit like a hug. sour tea based drink. Through Local Journalism Initiative Reporter interaction with a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast, North Grenville resident, tea and sugar are fermented Chris Pignon, is driven to do as kombucha. The process good and DoGood Kombucha is similar to how cabbage is is his most recent way of doing preserved as sauerkraut, or so. A weekly vendor at the milk as yogurt. Small-batch Kemptville Farmer’s Market, kombucha is unpasteurized, Chris has been brewing and and its consumption has been selling kombucha to support related to a number of health charitable organizations, most benefits, due to the probiotics recently Kemptville Pride. provided for healthy gut Chris, who has been a function. police officer in Ottawa for Chris fell in love with 25 years, started brewing kombucha, as well as the kombucha about seven years process of brewing. He ago. Kombucha is a sweet-and- explained, “I found it very

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therapeutic for helping me with my own inner self, because it's a living thing. It tells me when it's ready to be brewed. It’s this alive thing that you have to take care of, or it dies. And it also allows me to express my creative side. It became one of those things. As I do when I have an idea, I researched the hell out of it, worked to figure out how to do it the best I could, and then DoGood Kombucha happened.”

Since Chris already has a full-time career, DoGood Kombucha isn’t a business

that he aims to push for maximum profit. His goal is to grow slowly and organically, and donate the proceeds of sales to causes that seem appropriate for each batch.

He often gets too excited and carried away, and his wife, Sandy, keeps him grounded: she inspires him to work hard, but isn’t afraid to remind him that he’s “not making any profit yet.” At the scale he’s working at now, Chris estimates that his donations amount to about 20% of total Cont'd on page 2

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Having only recently branched out to the Barrhaven Log Farm market, and with hopes to start attending some other nearby markets as well, Chris admits he feels almost like he’s “cheating on the Kemptville Farmer’s Market.” He explains that last year, while struggling a bit to get DoGood Kombucha organized, packaged, and ready for sales, Stacey Johnson, manager for the Kemptville Farmer’s Market,

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Many patrons of the market have also taken to Chris’ brews. He notes, however, that there is a “huge curve for education.” People are often put off by the idea of a fermented product, or are unaware of the various ways in which fermented foods support a healthy diet.

Chris says that ferments like Kombucha are often “that missing piece of the puzzle, the piece that can help people with their diet, or if they're suffering from something

related to diet. And I've had so many great people walking into the market who aren't sure, maybe it seems a bit scary. But, now that we have samples, it’s just great for education.”

DoGood Kombucha comes in an array of flavours, and offer the refreshing fizz of a carbonated drink without artificial carbonation or a whack of sugar.

You can find Chris at the Kemptville Farmer’s Market every Sunday through late October, or at www.facebook. com/DoGoodKombucha.

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Proceeds of the KDHA Hey Day 50/50 support the purchase of essential hospital equipment, as the government does not provide funding for all the equipment necessary to maintain the high quality care we have come to expect from our local hospital.

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North Grenville is officially Canada’s Most Active Community

• • • North Grenville council, Health, Wellness and Fitness Committee, and residents celebrating ParticipACTION’s announcement that we are indeed Canada’s most active community.

At the end of June, the top Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 50 communities across Canada were invited to Over 2,000 residents, submit an application to and 20 organizations, ParticipACTION to win tracked over 9.9 million the cash prize.

From the sheer minutes for North Grenville in ParticipACTION’s numbers we logged as a C o m m u n i t y B e t t e r municipality, the creative Challenge over the month ways we logged minutes, of June. On July 26, like the 12-hour marathon ParticipACTION officially tennis match, to the NG announced that North Times’ own photo wall Grenville is Canada’s poster, it is safe to say Most Active Community, that North Grenville was and will receive $100,000. clearly Canada’s Most The annual Canada- Active Community.

In announcing the win, wide challenge encourages Canadians to get moving Mayor Peckford stated that and connect with others. “This initiative was built P a r t i c i p A C T I O N from the ground up with the announced that there were leadership of our Health, approximately 376,000 Wellness and Fitness participants across the Committee. It showcased country this year, with our incredible spirit and nearly 400 million physical brought our community activity minutes logged in together. We were each other’s greatest champions, the app.

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community and everyone’s efforts.”

This year, the challenge provided an opportunity to engage as a community and to connect safely, in spite of Covid-19. Deputy Mayor Jim McManaman stated that, “we saw it as a way to collectively have some socially-distanced fun.”

It is the intention of Mayor Peckford and Council that the significant prize money be allocated to establishing more outdoor recreational facilities, and the community will be given the opportunity to provide input on how the money should be invested.

Some options, Mayor Peckford stated, “include, but are not limited to, an outdoor basketball court, a BMX pump track, and/or outdoor exercise equipment for all ages, as well as badly needed improvements to parks in North Grenville’s rural hamlets.”

Given that over 2,000 North Grenville residents were involved in this achievement, it is not surprising that locals are brimming with pride. The post on social media announcing North Grenville’s success is full of comments exclaiming “We really do live in the best community!” And “NG Rocks!”

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New Home in the Sun

by Rachel Everett-Fry

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

“Well, I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying, In the yellow haze of the sun, There were children crying and colours flying, All around the chosen ones…

Flyin’ mother nature's silver seed, To a new home in the sun…” Neil Young’s lyrics from “After The Gold Rush”, recorded 50 years ago, have been rattling in my brain for a few weeks now.

On July 20, the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, took a trip to space just because he can. Meanwhile, Northern Ontario is burning. North Grenville has been issued several air quality warnings over the past few weeks.

From space, I’m sure Mr. Bezos couldn’t see the tint of the sun and the moon as I see it, from here on my farm in Oxford Station. My early morning and late night barn checks have been illuminated by an orange glow. The air pollution from the fires up north have cast this eerie hue on the moon and the sun while they hang low in the skyline.

The Buck Moon, or July’s full moon, usually

reads as orange due to its position in the sky. But I have never seen it orange like this. Unfortunately, it would seem that most people do not look at the moon enough to keep track of these changes. They may notice “the moon looks orange tonight!” But this observation is a one-off occurrence, not an observation rooted in years of looking up at the moon at the same time and place.

To be fair, if I didn’t have livestock to tend to - I wouldn’t either. It is much more comfortable on the couch, curled up watching Mr. Bezos’ own Amazon Prime. I’m exhausted.

Keeping up with work, family, friends, and domestic chores have me running most hours of the day. I know I’m not alone. We drive too fast down our rural roads. We regretfully tell our neighbour “I would love to stop to chat, but I’ve got to run.” In the few quiet moments I have, I want to relax. Not wander around outside, looking up at the moon, considering the relationship between society and global warming. But the luxury to not think about it is a privilege: one that is quickly drying up.

The orange moon, the fires, the air quality, the heatwaves — these are no longer understood as extreme events. Rather, they seem routine. We are rapidly becoming desensitized to them, but we would be remiss to forget that they are, in fact, extreme. The smoke from Canada’s fires are detectable in Europe. 815 people in BC died due to the June heatwave.

We are experiencing climate change that is not an incremental rise in temperature, or shift in a weather pattern, as we may have imagined it several decades ago. The climate patterns that seem to be developing are not really a pattern at all: weather events seem unhinged, non-linear, wild. This is, to me, the most terrifying part of the situation.

The environment is meant to function as a system: one in which patterns of events shift and adapt over time to the benefit or the detriment of any number of species who must also shift and adapt. But it seems, increasingly, that the regulating pattern is dead.

With the industrial revolution, it has become harder and harder for the environment

to acclimatize to human life.

This is an emergency.

And yet, for most of us here in North Grenville, it is an emergency that is not overtly felt. We wait out the worst of the heat or smoke in our climate controlled homes.

We recycle, we eat less meat, we reduce our use of single use plastic. We are aware, concerned even: but we are not living our lives as if we are in a state of emergency, even though we are.

How could we? None of us, except perhaps the richest of the rich like Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk, have the power to do what is necessary to change what is happening. Now is not the time to be merely considering the reduction of carbon emissions. There are functional renewable energy models, and yet, due to lack of both public and private investments, only 16.3% of Canada’s energy comes from renewables. On a world stage, we are doing better than most. But it’s not enough. Worldwide, we need to be close to 100%. And yet here we are.

Climate change and the technologization of human living are deeply interwoven.

Since the industrial revolution,

humanity’s dependance on machines have led to overextraction, pollution, waste, environmental destruction, and disease.

Further, the resulting social classes create conditions in which billionaires hold the power to save themselves by colonizing space. I’m not kidding. Elon Musk wants to colonize Mars. And Jeff Bezos actually said, “We have to build a road to space so that our kids and their kids can build a future.”

Make no mistake, the “our” in “our kids” is not inclusive of everyone on planet earth.

Technologization has also taken its toll on the emotional and psychic wellbeing of most people. We all work so hard, and generally feel that our political voice does not matter. This directly produces apathy and avoidance. We simply do not have the energy to fight. It’s true that there are no individual solutions to collective problems. To beat climate change, some of our foundational social institutions are in need of rethinking. But we can’t sit around and wait for that to happen. We can, right now, get involved locally.

O u r M u n i c i p a l i t y ’s

Environmental Action Advisory Committee is sparsely attended. Public involvement from people who care is necessary to ensure this committee does the most good it possibly can for North Grenville. North Grenville needs agricultural methods and lands that can withstand the oncoming haywire climate. But some of our lands best suited for the job are slated to be paved over as a prison. Our local anti-prison groups CAPP and JOG are fighting to save these lands. They need support.

We c a n , a l s o , v o t e differently. Doug Ford has been a disaster for the environment: fighting the carbon tax, gutting the Conservation Authority Act, and pushing Bill 197 to forego environmental assessment, just to name a few. Might I add that if everyone I hear expressing a desire to vote differently, “if only such and such a party really stood a real chance,” actually took that chance, we could very well realize a significant change in representation.

This is not a time for moderate solutions. All too soon, the situation will be one that we can no longer avoid.

when dangerous gases built up in the mines.

I also have to make a comment on the two billionaires who just went up to space in order to look at Earth from there.

There I was on the weather network, seeing all the videos about extreme weather; wild fires in B.C., wild fires in Manitoba and Ontario, horrible flooding in Belgium and Germany, flash flooding in Turkey, flooding in China where people were trapped in a subway, tornado damage in Barrie, Ontario. Right in the middle, Amazon’s owner was celebrating his flight. How ironic.

Both billionaires want to charge people to go to space and look at Earth.

Really? Each flight will dump more carbon into the atmosphere.

Amazon also wants to send over 3,200 satellites to space and Space Ex wants to send 42,000!

Again, more carbon dumped in the atmosphere.

Eventually these satellites will no longer work and their orbits will decay. I think the money spent on the billionaires’ programs should have gone to bringing climate change under control, or to the program where a space shuttle is being designed and built to retrieve the old satellites. Right now, most of the satellites whose orbits decay burn up in the atmosphere. Really?

All that metal, plastic, and heavy metals turn into gas in our atmosphere and that’s a good thing? No wonder our trees are dying and no wonder there is so much cancer. Those gases

would eventually come down as Acid Rain. At one time something was supposed to have been done about Acid Rain, but I guess when it wasn’t newsworthy anymore, people lost interest. That is a big problem, when issues are not kept in the news, they fall by the wayside.

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gas emissions. Of that, Canada’s oil and natural gas industry produces about 0.3% of overall global GHG emissions.

He should look at moving forward with renewable energy as a marathon and not a sprint where we can just disregard a valuable and much sought after asset like our natural resources.

Even renewable energy requires backup systems when there is no wind or sun. Also looks like we will all need to have two types of automobiles in our laneways to be assured of the transportation we all have come to depend upon.

Alan Sadowski

Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, I would like to add to Steve Gabell’s letter in the July 14, 2021 edition of the newspaper. It is not only governments who need to treat climate change as an emergency, but everyone else needs to as well. I do bird monitoring and noticed some troubling occurrences that happened this spring.

Most of the birds were almost two weeks late in their migration to our area and beyond. Some species passed right through and did not stop to eat, although, because of our extremely dry spring there were very few insects for them.

Even the Robins, that usually come back very plump, were skinny and they still are. What birds that did stop devoured

the seed that I had put out.

I had and still have birds at my feeder that I don’t normally get through the summer. My sister, who is a Biologist out west, told me that the southern U.S. states, where a good number of birds winter or feed on migration, have had droughts for four years. There was no food for the birds to fatten up for the long trip north and they would have had to stop to feed resulting in their late arrival. A friend of mine, who lives in Northern Ontario, said that they have more birds then ever before. Probably, the birds kept going until they found food to raise their young.

Birds are the best indicator of what is happening in our environment, remember, miners in the past used them to let them know

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Dear Editor, Not so fast Steve Gabell. In his opinion Canada is like the Black Hole of all polluters. He has not backed up his accusations with statistics and facts.

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letters cont'd Dear Editor, I have hesitated to write before now.

It was not until I read the Editorial by David Shanahan, entitled "Beware of Darkness".

That opinion reflected my own feelings over several months of reading in North Grenville of the Provincial decision regarding building a 'Correctional Facility' on their land.

I understood what the Province was attempting and followed the points made about choices, consultation, and cooperation. I sympathized with those who felt 'NO' and I researched the many points made by those who did not feel that way. Soon, the mood of the community became charged with an agenda that pushed me away from the 'NO' voices. I started to hear people move away from providing common sense and well-researched data, toward the building of an irrational platform to attack those who did not share their point of view. As an example of the former, the mantra of 'increased crime' became an unverified but (perhaps) scary scenario to raise. For the latter, the extremists took on our local council, painting them with pejorative brush strokes without a whiff of the gratitude many of them should feel for having such an obviously 'blue sky', transparent, refreshing approach, and manner of our new municipal council in Kemptville.

Then came the usual indefatigable defender of human rights and an esteemed voice of one of the fairest and most well-researched musers and debaters in our community, Dr. David Shanahan. As soon as I read his following editorial words, I knew it was time to respond: "Last week, I wrote an article that gently criticized the municipal council, and was then attacked for denying all the good they’ve done.

This is in spite of the fact that the article did say they were the best council we’ve ever had since amalgamation and, myriad articles in praise of their efforts over the Letters cont'd on page 6 August 4, 2021

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UPCOMING MEETINGS COUNCIL MEETINGS

Council meetings will be conducted virtually via Zoom. Council meetings will be live streamed on YouTube commencing at 6:30 pm. To view the live stream visit: https:// www.youtube.com/user/NorthGrenville/featured.

For any members of the public wanting to attend the meeting virtually, pre-registration is required by e-mailing clerk@northgrenville.on.ca. To make a deputation in relation to an item on the agenda, please pre-register with the Clerk’s Office at the same e-mail address. Please provide your comments no later than two hours prior to the start of the meeting. If you require accommodation, please advise the Clerk’s Office when pre-registering so that they may best assist you.

Council agendas (including for closed sessions) may be found here: https://www.northgrenville.ca/govern/governance/agendas-and-minutes

PLANNING PUBLIC MEETING

Council Meeting – August 11, 2021 Proposed Zoning By-Law Amendment – 1025 County Rd. 44 Proposed Zoning By-Law Amendment – 410 Slater Rd. Proposed Zoning By-Law Amendment – 1101 South Gower Dr.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS Committee meetings will be conducted virtually via Zoom. For any members of the public wanting to attend the meeting virtually, pre-registration is required by e-mailing Jessica Workman at jworkman@northgrenville.on.ca.

Heritage Advisory Committee – August 5, 2021 at 7:00 pm

NORTH GRENVILLE’S COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS

The Municipality of North Grenville has launched the strategic planning process that will illustrate the community’s vision for North Grenville and create a roadmap for how to get there. Residents, businesses, community groups, and youth can now provide their input through an online survey available at www.northgrenville.ca/vision as well as at upcoming public consultations. Hardcopies of the survey are also available at the North Grenville Municipal Centre (285 County Road 44) and the North Grenville Public Library (1 Water Street).

CAPTURE NORTH GRENVILLE PHOTO CONTEST

Explore North Grenville and take pictures of your favourite places, activities, and people for a chance to win amazing prizes. For more details visit: www.northgrenville.ca/news/1604-photo-contest

ACCESSIBILITY SURVEY

The Accessibility Advisory Committee of North Grenville invites you to complete a short survey to determine your accessibility needs and concerns. The survey can be completed at: http://www.northgrenville.ca/surveys. A print version of the survey is now available at the North Grenville Public Library and the Municipal Centre. if you require any assistance with this survey, including receiving it in an alternative format, please email the Clerk’s Office at hbabcock-cormier@northgrenville.on.ca or call 613-258-9569 extension 178.

Le Comité consultatif sur l’accessibilité de North Grenville vous invite à répondre à un court sondage pour déterminer vos besoins et vos préoccupations en matière d’accessibilité. Le sondage peut être rempli à: http://www.northgrenville.ca/surveys. Une version imprimée du sondage est maintenant disponible à la Bibliothèque publique de North Grenville et au Centre municipal. Si vous avez besoin d’aide pour le remplir, y compris pour le recevoir en média substitut, veuillez envoyer un courriel au Bureau du greffier à hbabcock-cormier@northgrenville.on.ca ou composer le 6132589569, poste 178.

TAX BILLS

All 2021 final tax bulls have been mailed. If you have not received your bill, please contact the Administration Office. The due date is September 30. Payments can be made by credit card when paying online through our website.

VOLUNTEER & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Advisory Committees

The Municipality of North Grenville is seeking applications from individuals interested in being appointed as a volunteer member of the following Advisory Committees for the remaining term of Council (November 2022):

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Active Transportation Advisory Committee – one vacancy (evening meetings – last Thursday of every other month from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm) Heritage Advisory Committee – one vacancy (monthly meetings – first Thursday of every month from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)

Further information is available by contacting the Deputy Clerk at jworkman@northgrenville.on.ca or 613-258-9569 ext. 171. Application forms are available at www.northgrenville.ca/careers.

Police Services Board The Municipality of North Grenville is soliciting applications from individuals interested in being appointed as a volunteer member of the Police Services Board for the remaining term of Council (November 2022). Candidates must be 18 years old, a Canadian citizen and a resident of North Grenville. Further information is available by contacting the Deputy Clerk at jworkman@northgrenville.on.ca or 613-258-9569 ext. 171. Application forms are available at www.northgrenville.ca/careers.

Mayor’s Youth Advisory Committee The Municipality of North Grenville is seeking applications from individuals aged 15 to 23 years of age to join the Mayor’s new Youth Advisory Committee for the term of the 2021-2022 school year. Join Madame Mayor and have a say in your community! Please submit applications by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 to the Deputy Clerk by email at jworkman@northgrenville.on.ca or by using the online application tool. Should you require a paper application, please contact the Deputy Clerk.

Line Fence Viewer The Municipality of North Grenville is soliciting applications from individuals interested in being appointed as a Line Fence Viewer. From time to time, the Municipality receives requests in accordance with the Line Fences Act. Applicants must be over 18 years of age, must be a resident of North Grenville and have a broad knowledge of the community. Experience with the Act or line fences would be beneficial. Please submit applications by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 to the Deputy Clerk by email at jworkman@northgrenville.on.ca or by using the online application tool. Should you require a paper application, please contact the Deputy Clerk.

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When I hear a warning from a person of his stature and credibility to "Beware the Darkness", then I believe that it is time to heed, not the warning, but the inevitable potential of misdirected negativity replacing the constructive voices in our society/ community. Ad hominems are not appropriate against the messenger (Council or Mayor), perhaps they are never appropriate; however, as said further on by Dr. Shanahan: "Democracy should mean that we can openly and critically debate issues without resorting to winner-loser behaviour.

Agree to disagree, and feel free to state your position either way. Drawing lines in the sand generally means everyone loses in the long run.”

Controlling the thoughts and/or opinions of others is the darkness to which we have witnessed like a foreboding shadow over democracy as propaganda has once again returned to become as virulent in social media as has been the recent hacking of our corporate and government infrastructure.

I am feeling that the NO voices in Kemptville are going too far and have lost their initial rational and objectivity. They certainly

needed to be heard and have made some good points for our various levels of government to consider. The ad hominem and gaslighting is distracting at best! Thank you Dr. Shanahan for your tempered viewpoint. You must understand well how Dr. Fauci must feel with all the misinformation about him, fed to the some of the American public.

Graeme Waymark, C.A., B.A., M.A. Retired Dear Editor, It has become increasingly evident to me that the Government of Ontario, including Premier Doug Ford, our local MPP Steve Clark, and staff from the Ministry of the Solicitor General, have sought from day one to withhold critical information regarding the planned "Greater Ottawa Correctional Complex" from the residents of Kemptville and North Grenville and, by extension, the people of Ontario. The information presented to North Grenville Municipal Council at its June 22, 2021 meeting by representatives from the Coalition Against the Proposed Prison (CAPP) and the Jail Opposition Group (JOG) brought that reality into the sharpest focus yet for me.

For those who are not familiar, CAPP and JOG

presented information received through an Access to Information request seeking documents related to the selection of Kemptville as the site for the new facility.

The fact that less than 7% of the relevant documents were released (10 pages, with the remaining 135 withheld) is troubling enough; but the information that was provided reveals no rational reason for our town to have been selected. Kemptville does not meet the majority of the selection criteria, the same criteria that appears to have excluded other sites.

If anything, the documents reinforce why it is a poor choice. The only piece of information that points clearly to why Kemptville was selected? The available acreage will allow for expansion over time. As the CAPP representative said, "We need to ask ourselves, just how big could this prison eventually become?".

The June 22 council meeting was recorded and can be found on North Grenville's YouTube channel. The documents received through the Access to Information request can be found on CAPP's website (www. cappkemptville.ca). I urge everyone to take the time to learn the facts.

Jane Rutter, Kemptville

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND August 5, 2021 In the Matter of an Application by the Corporation of the Municipality of North Grenville for approval to expropriate a permanent easement for the purpose of drainage.

Notice is hereby given that application has been made for approval to expropriate a permanent easement in land over the land described as follows: Part of Lot 29, Concession 2, Geographic Township of Oxford Municipality of North Grenville, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, more particularly described as Pts 3, 4 and 5 Plan 15R-12075.

Any owner of lands in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether the taking of such land is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing: 1. In the case of a registered owner, served personally or by registered mail within thirty days after she/he is served with notice, or, when she/ he is served by publication, within thirty days after the first publication, within thirty days after the first publication of the notice; 2. If the case of an owner who is not a registered owner, within thirty days after the first publication of the notice.

The approving authority is the Council for the Corporation of the Municipality of North Grenville, 285 County Road 44, Box 130, Kemptville, Ontario K0G 1J0.

Corporation of the Municipality of North Grenville ___________________________________________ Karen Dunlop, Director of Public Works I have authority to bind the Corporation This Notice was first published on the 22nd day of July, 2021.

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“Empties for Paws” turns recycling into fundraising

recyclables out of landfills.

She regularly picks up empties at about 40 homes.

She also “helps out” during clean up situations, whether someone is simply cleaning out the garage, or remedying a hoarding situation. Judy also accepts donations of expired, or soon to be expired, pet food: she notes that in spite of posted expiry dates, these foods are typically still good for a year.

During the pandemic, Judy has been working with the not-for-profit organization “Not Just Tourists”, which typically sends medical supplies with tourists heading to under-served countries.

However, due to travel restrictions, it has not been possible to send off these medical supplies for human use. Now, rather than those supplies being dumped, Judy is collecting them for distribution to animal rescues. Not only does this reduce waste, but saves rescues a lot of money.

Though Judy works closely with Melody and the other volunteers associated with Empties for Paws Barrhaven and

Judy Beattie with her dogs at the Empties for Paws drop off location in Kemptville. and 100% of the money Local Journalism Initiative Reporter is donated in support of animal sanctuaries, J u d y B e a t t i e o f including Big Sky Ranch K e m p t v i l l e c o l l e c t s and TNR Spencerville empty wine, liquor, and Cat Rescue. Between the beer bottles to support launch of Empties for “Empties for Paws.” Paws in 2015 and June of Judy has a drop-off area this year, $83,908 has been set up at her home, and donated to animal rescues drives all over the North through this program.

Grenville area picking up Judy started working empties. Collaborating with Melody in 2018 while with Melody Lachance living in Barrhaven. When of “Empties for Paws Judy moved to Kemptville Barrhaven and Area,” in November of 2020, the bottles are returned, she wanted to continue

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supporting Empties for Paws, so she started collecting here in North Grenville. Her main motivations are her love for dogs and her desire to give more animals “a fair chance at life.” She also notes that she has gotten to know the area, and has made “a lot of good relationships” with the people she regularly collects from.

Not only does Judy’s collection provide funds to local rescues, but it keeps

Area, Judy could use some help in North Grenville.

She spends upward of six hours a week sorting the cans dropped off at her home, running pickups, or cashing in the returns.

Help with any of these tasks would be very much welcomed. Further, Judy suggests that high school students looking for volunteer hours could sort and count empties.

For more information, check out the Facebook page at /www.facebook.com/ barrhavenandareaempties, or contact Judy Beattie directly. To drop off empties, bring cans from alcoholic beverages in clear bags, wine and liquor bottles, or the bag (not box) from boxed wine, to the bins in front of the garage at 12 Ferguson Street in Kemptville.

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BACKYARD ASTRONOMY

Dog Days of Summer

Gamma ray image by NASA.

by Gary Boyle The Backyard Astronomer July and August are typically deemed the hottest months of the year in Canada. Nights can be warm and sultry, making it difficult to sleep without air conditioning. A term that you might have heard to describe this season of heat is the “Dog Days of Summer”. It begins

in the first week of July and could last a couple of months. But where did this saying originate and what is the meaning behind it?

The idea was derived from the early Greeks and Romans who used the dog star, Sirius, as part of their rationale. Sirius is only 8.6 light-years away and is the brightest star in our night sky, as seen on cold

Gamma rays are produced in the cataclysmic end of a massive star as it is torn apart by a gigantic explosion called a supernova. The collision of two neutron stars can also produce these deadly rays that blast out in a straight line from both poles of the star on collision. Like looking down the barrel of a rifle, the beam must be directly pointed at a planet to wreak its havoc on that distant world and life, if it exists.

Some scientists have theorized that a narrow beamed gamma-ray lasting only ten seconds hit the earth from a star a few thousand light-years away.

Keep in mind that one light-year measures close to 10 trillion kilometres in length. When the proposed gamma ray hit our world, it caused the planet to lose half its protective ozone layer and subjected the earth to intense solar radiation. This led to an ice age and the Ordovician extinction where about 85% of saltwater species perished due to the drop in water temperatures, especially in tropical

winter nights. However, at this time of year, Sirius and the Sun both rise at the same time – sort of.

It was thought that Sirius, combined with the Sun, produced extra heating, hence the name.

Because of its proximity to us, radiation generated in the Sun travels through space and warms the molecules in the earth’s atmosphere.

The stars we gaze upon at night, including Sirius, are much too far for us to feel their effects. Right now, Sirius is still lost in the solar glare; but the star will begin to reveal itself by the end of August, low in the southeast sky before dawn. Over the year, stars rise four minutes earlier each night from the night before. This is why we see different constellations rise month after month.

There are very rare cases when a planet like the earth can feel the effects of a distant star. Gamma rays are the brightest electromagnetic blasts to occur and can spell trouble for nearby planets with an atmosphere within 6,000 light-years.

waters.

The cosmos is not a dull place where stars simply shine. Violent events off the scale are happening at a much slower time scale with the possibility of dire consequences changing life on distant worlds thousands of light-years away. So far, we are in the clear of any such lifechanging events, however, the universe likes to throw us a curveball now and then.

Till next time, clear skies.

Known as “The Backyard Astronomer”, Gary Boyle is an astronomy educator, guest speaker and monthly columnist for the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. He has been interviewed on more than 50 Canadian radio stations as well

as television in Canada and the United States. In recognition of his public outreach in astronomy, the International Astronomical Union has honoured him with the naming of Asteroid (22406) Garyboyle. Follow him on Twitter: @astroeducator or his website: www. wondersofastronomy.com.

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The Making of a Province: Time passages

by David Shanahan There are periods in history when the speed at which events take place seems to accelerate. In a very short space of time, societies change, inventions are made which seem miraculous, and people see their lives in an entirely new way. We call these period Revolutions, because of the way in which everything is different after they have passed.

The history of Canada may be considered a little lacking in revolutions to many Canadians. We didn’t have a Civil War (or so we believe), there has been no serious armed uprising against governments, more of a gradual development of a Canadian way of building a nation.

But the facts are quite different. And there was a time when the country changed so completely, so quickly, that it really was revolutionary. Think of it like this: in 1763, the King of France, in the Treaty of Paris, after August 4, 2021

two centuries of economic competition, rivalry in the fur trade, and even open warfare, withdrew from North America, defeated by the forces of the British King. In October of that year, King George III issued a Royal Proclamation, setting out the boundaries of his new dominions. This included the new Province of Quebec, along with its French population, known to the British as the Canadians.

This was a revolution. West and south of the Ottawa River was Indian Territory, where white people were forbidden to settle or buy lands. The only Europeans in that vast territory were a few scattered settlements around trading and military posts at Detroit, Niagara, Catarqui (later Kingston), and Michilmackinac.

But, just twenty years later, in 1783, in another Treaty of Paris, the results of another Revolution were enshrined, as the new United States of America were recognised by the same King George III to be an independent nation, and Britain was left with

just the territory it had assumed from the French in 1763. The Americans of the Thirteen Colonies had the vital support of the French in their struggle with Britain, a nice irony.

Even more ironic, within ten years of the successful American Revolution, the French had followed suit and engaged in their own Revolution, leading to the abolition of the monarchy and the execution of the King in 1793. The American Revolution was to have the major role in establishing a new English-speaking population in Quebec, which had by now extended its borders. In twenty years, it had grown to include all the lands from Gaspé to west of the Great Lakes as far as the Mississippi River.

Now it was all that was left of British North America.

Then, yet another revolution, this one entirely constitutional: in 1791, within ten years of the American Revolution, the Province of Quebec was divided into two. The old New France became Lower Canada, and a new Province

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began at the Ottawa River and ran west to an undefined border. Upper Canada was established directly as a result of the American Revolution, its new population of around 3,000 men, women, and children occupying a narrow strip of land on the north bank of the St. Lawrence River between the Ottawa and the Bay of Quinté.

Just thirty years after the departure of the French King, a new province was established. That period is short and crowded with change. It is the same time frame as from 1991 to today. Nor would the pace of revolutionary change stop there. Just 100 years after the 1763 Treaty of Paris, what one of its Founders called A New Nation, would be born at a conference in Quebec, and become the Dominion of Canada in 1867. And that province which arose in 1791 would become the Province of Ontario.

That revolutionary century, from 1763 to 1867, also involved another war with the Americans in what

has become known as the Civil War of 1812. Around 50 years after the Royal Proclamation of 1763 had proudly laid out the new territories of the British King in North America, and twenty years after refugees from the American Revolution settled in Upper Canada, they were at war again. In the late 1830's, internal conflict led to Rebellions in both Upper and Lower Canada, leading to the reunion of the two provinces as the Province of Canada.

And it was the tensions and economic stagnation that came from that union of the provinces that inspired politicians in Canada and the Maritimes to look for new ways to structure their societies. So another revolution took place, as four of the British North American provinces agreed to join the new nation: Confederation was the end result of that Century of Revolution in British North America.

Canadian history has not always (if ever) been the calm and rather boring story

that so many thought during school history lessons. More revolutionary times were to follow 1867. But the early period, those first decades, were astonishing in the speed at which change took place. And while these changes were happening, there was so much more going on to bring them about in the first place. And in this year of 2021, 230 years after Upper Canada was almost literally carved out of the land, it is worth looking back over those times and the men and women who lived through them. In the next weeks, we will get to know them and their times. Haldimand and Dorchester, the Swiss and the Irishman; John Graves Simcoe, who dreamed of a British aristocracy to rule the new province; and men like Peter Drummond and the Fraser brothers, who would move from being homeless refugees from revolution to be leaders and land owners of much of the new land.

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Lessons Learned

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all businesses across North Grenville. The fruits of these labours will continue to benefit our local business community for many years to come.

We learned that change, innovation and creativity can pay significant dividends. Moving part of your business online, embracing technology and learning to pivot under the most trying of conditions, can result in not only weathering the pandemic storm, but may ultimately lead to renewed prosperity and growth.

We learned that our true community leaders were leaders when we needed them most.

Whether it was leading by example encouraging us to be physically active for our physical & mental health, by being adaptable & embracing unplanned opportunities or by shifting community resources to the places that needed them most, our real community leaders shone brightly during our darkest hours.

We learned that we may bend, but together, we will not break.

At long last, our family is whole again! All of our BIA family members are finally eligible to open their doors. Though all restrictions haven't been lifted yet, we are finally able to get back to doing what we were born to do, or at the very least, what puts food on our tables.

It's time to celebrate and think about not what we've lost, but that we are regaining some of the normalcy of life that we craved. It's also time to think of the positive things that we learned and how we can use them to enrich our lives beyond what they were pre-pandemic.

We learned that we are stronger working together as a community. Even during the most challenging days of the pandemic, we worked closely with North Grenville municipal staff, the North Grenville Chamber of Commerce and other groups to develop numerous business support programs. Together, we also strengthened our ability to share the type of critical information that is essential to the survival of

The Voice of North Grenville We l e a r n e d t h a t gratitude and kindness are all-powerful virtues that can both bring and bind people together in times of great struggle. A simple gesture of kindness can make an enormous difference in the life of a fellow human being. As well, focusing on the blessings that we have and not what we’ve lost or don’t have, can be what gets us through the day or simply gets us out of bed.

Thanks again to everyone

who supported our BIA family throughout the pandemic and we look forward to helping you get back to doing the things you love to do and providing you with the things you need.

Thank you also for your patience as we navigate these re-openings and learn to operate in this new world.

"Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see" - attributed to Mark Twain.

Baldwin’s Birds

Today, I have to step back and take second place to admire my wife's quick thinking photographic prowess of yesterday, when I was not at home!

She happened to look out of our back patio window, not the one overlooking our bird feeders, and saw an unusual looking bird sitting on the side of August 4, 2021

our swimming pool. She quickly got her camera, same make but smaller version of my own, and managed to get a couple of excellent pictures, before the bird took off and left.

In my efforts at identifying it, I am thinking that it was a female, or immature, Merlin, formerly known

as a Pigeon Hawk, judging by its fairly squared off "barred" tail. It is similar looking to a Cooper's Hawk, although they tend to have a slightly different coloring and a more pointed tail. Not being able to see the chest coloring, it makes my amateur efforts at identifying it a little more difficult. I am open to suggestions if I am wrong!

Whatever it was, it was as much of a surprise for us to see, as it probably was for the small and slightly larger birds feeding at the front of our house, who were potential meals for it! A quick walk around the garden in today's drizzle, hasn't confirmed the telltale signs, in the damp grass, of a successful "kill", so one or two birds may have got away unscathed! Let's hope so, but, then again, the hunter still has to catch food to survive, doesn't it?

So, let's live and let live!?

Stay safe and well, Cheers, John Baldwin

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Motorcycle ride supports guide dog training

Ride a motorcycle? Ride to raise money towards the training of guide dogs and assistance dogs, as Ottawa’s longest running charity motorcycle returns. The 34th annual Guide Dog Motorcycle Ride will take place on Sunday, September 12, 2021.

Entry fee for the ride alone is $20, or come back for the BBQ for just an extra ten bucks! On September 12, stop by Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind, 4120 Rideau Valley Drive North, to register any time between 9 am and 10 am, and then head out for the ride. Cash, credit, and debit accepted on-site. Please respect physical distancing.

Vision loss has not stopped during Covid, and neither has the Guide Dog Ride.

We have planned a beautiful route of more than 200-kms through Eastern Ontario.

Let’s fill it with bikes for a great cause. Individual riders and all clubs are welcome.

(NOTE: the BBQ portion of the event is subject to cancellation based on local bylaws and public health regulations at the time of the event.)

Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind was established as a registered charity in 1984.

It has provided more than 900 professionally trained guide dogs to Canadians who are visually impaired from coast to coast. The charity also operates an Assistance Dogs Division, which trains assistance dogs for individuals in the Ottawa area with mobility-related disabilities.

To learn more about this event or Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind, visit www. guidedogs.ca or phone (613) 692-7777.

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North Grenville receives funding for Digital Service team

The Municipality of North Grenville has announced that it has received a $35,000 grant from Digital Main Street’s Ontario Grants Program (OGP) for a Digital Service Squad (DSS), which will provide trained digital specialists to local small businesses to help them adopt online technologies and digitally transform their sales, marketing, and back-office operations. The squad has begun visiting businesses in North Grenville.

Digital Main Street is a program that helps main street businesses achieve digital transformation.

The program is built around an online learning platform, structured training programs, and our Digital Service Squad, a team of street-level team members who help main street businesses grow and manage their operations through technology.

“This grant is intended to provide digital expertise to our local businesses, and to enhance their capacity in offering services online,” said Mayor Peckford.

“We want our local businesses to not only survive but to thrive during the COVID recovery period and we encourage them to take advantage of these opportunities when available,” added Councillor John Barclay.

Renewed government funding of the OGP including investment from the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade will provide 3,000 Digital Transformation Grants to qualified brick-and-mortar small businesses as well

as Digital Service Squad grants for organizations to provide hands-on assistance to local small businesses. The OGP is administrated by the Ontario BIA Association, in partnership with the Toronto Association of BIAs (TABIA).

“Ontario small businesses are the heart of our neighbourhoods and the economic foundation of our communities,” said Nina Tangri, Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction for Ontario. “Our government is committed to being there for them as they reopen.

This additional support will give these businesses the digital boost they need to raise their profile and rebuild better than ever.”

The cornerstone of Digital Main Street, these squads consist of trained specialists who meet with brick-and-mortar small businesses at no cost to help them complete an online assessment and introduce them to online training modules to build their knowledge and skills.

These experts can also assist businesses with developing their Digital Tr a n s f o r m a t i o n P l a n (DTP) and applying for a one-time $2,500 grant to implement it. This one-onone DSS assistance also includes support for basic website set-up, Google My Business profiles, 360º photos, social media presence, and much more. The DSS can also provide information on the ShopHERE program, if applicable, to assist with digital storefront set-up and e-commerce. Where COVID-19 restrictions are

in place, DSS experts can provide support through phone and video tools such as Zoom.

“In the past 14 months, as small businesses across the province fought to stay open and keep customers engaged online, Digital Service Squads were there to help,” said Kay Matthews, Executive Director of OBIAA. "Squads jumped online themselves during lockdowns to help virtually, and businesses have consistently told us how important the DSS were to their success through the pandemic.

We are thrilled to support this DSS North Grenville and help them provide assistance to even more small businesses than ever.”

OBIAA is the network that represents unique and vibrant BIAs across Ontario. The Association supports and advocates on behalf of its members through the building and nurturing of strong relationships and partnerships. OBIAA is a leader in the development and sharing of information, tools, resources and best practices, and is the ONE voice on common issues.

Digital Main Street was created by the Toronto Association on Business Improvement A r e a s ( TA B I A ) w i t h direct support from the City of Toronto. DMS is also supported by a group of strategic business partners, including Google, Mastercard, Shopify, Microsoft, Facebook, Intuit QuickBooks, Square, and Yellow Pages. www.digitalmainstreet.ca.

New Trades Micro-Credential Certificate program for adults Recent high school graduates, or adults looking to get training and further their career prospects in the trades, can now earn a Trades MicroCredential Certificate. The Upper Canada District School Board and TR Leger School of Adult, Alternative and Continuing Education now offer a unique certificate program that will give participants the opportunity to gain computer and soft skills training, and introduce them to technical skills in the trades.

The program will run

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from September 13- 24, 2021, followed by a sixweek co-op placement.

This is a full-time program and students will be expected to attend both the classroom and co-op placement. The program will be delivered at the Kemptville Campus of TR Leger site and on location with an industry partner. Two week in-class component (55-hours) covering an introduction to Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, email) as well as an intro to hydraulic and pneumatic principals,

measurement metrics, electrical principles, and diagnostics.

Customer service, professionalism, and teamwork basics for use in the trades will also be discussed. There will then be a 6-week co-op placement with an industry partner, such as Rush Truck Centres of Canada, Valley Bus Lines, Weagant Farm Supplies Ltd./Topline Trailers & Equipment Sales, Napa Auto Parts Canada, Brockville Truck and Trailer Maintenance (2001) Ltd. to name just a few.

There are no enrolment fees.

Upon completion, participants will earn a Trades Micro-Credential Certificate.

Students should have demonstrated interest in technological studies through schooling or work and personal experience as evidenced by their resume, high school transcript and statement of interest.

Submit your resume, statement of interest, and high school transcript by August 21, 2021 at 2 p.m. to Nancy Leblanc at nancy. leblanc@ucdsb.on.ca.

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Students will be notified of admission decisions by September 1, 2021.

Yo u r s t a t e m e n t o f interest should include a brief summary of your background and experience developing your technical knowledge and skills.

Schooling, training, work and personal experience, and hobbies are all relevant. Examples include woodworking, vehicle repair and maintenance, welding, household repairs, construction experience.

Be sure to answer the following questions in your statement of interest:

Why are you interested in this program and what do you hope to achieve by participating in it? If you are employed, is your employer supportive of your participation in this program?

This is a free certificate program for adults.

Participants are responsible for transportation costs to the two-week program in Kemptville, as well as to their co-op placement.

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Mythunderstandings

An irregular column by David Shanahan

One of these things is not like the others There are so many misunderstandings concerning Christianity out there, so many myths that have gained credibility through constant repetition, that it is very difficult to cut through the fog and see the facts. Some of these mythunderstandings have been discussed in previous articles, but one which is passed off as fact states that “All religions are the same. You just have to pick the one that suits you best, or create your own combination of “the best”, buffet-style pick and choose from the options available.

The problem with this lies in the assumption that all religions are the same, equally valid, or equally mythological, depending on your point of view. This, like all other assumptions about religion in general, and Christianity in particular, is based on a fundamental ignorance of what the various religions teach, believe, set forth as their basic rationale. A relatively quick and easy look will make this clear.

Many of the world’s religions have believed in multiple gods, from the Greeks and Romans, to Hinduism and even Mormonism. Rather than a Supreme Being, these religions often set forth a universe populated by deities that appear far more human than divine, squabbling among themselves, or simply being a local deity: the god of a particular region or function. Devotees of these kind of entities generally spend their lives sacrificing to their gods, attempting to keep on their good side so as to avoid punishment or loss.

This approach is the basis of much modern superstitions, from horoscopes to more serious involvement in the occult. There is a

constant fear of failure, of not making the right sacrifices, saying the right words, or of a last-minute mistake that will put you in danger of disaster, perhaps eternally. When Paul arrived in Athens, a city renowned for its religious diversity, he found, along with statues and shrines to every known god of the time, an altar set up as a failsafe, one to cover all eventualities.

“Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.” [Acts 17.22-23] What Paul proclaimed that day was: “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands”.

This was revolutionary in its way: not only that there is but one God, a truly Supreme Being, but that God can be known.

Here is one way in which Christianity differs from those other religions: it declares that God can be known. And the reason why he can be known is that he has revealed himself to us. More on that later.

But, aside from these multiple gods religions, there are the monotheistic religions, those who preach one God only.

These are Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Judaism was the predecessor of Christianity, which accepts the Jewish Old Testament as showing the historical and spiritual background to the coming of Christ, the Messiah. Islam came

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after Christianity, when the Prophet announced that he had received the final revelation of God, and that Jesus was simply one of God’s Prophets, not the Son. These three may seem to have a lot in common, but they differ radically and fundamentally on one issue in particular. Judaism believes that Jesus was crucified and died, but did not rise. Islam has great reference for Jesus and accepts his miracles, his virgin birth, and much else that agrees with Christian teaching. But Islam denies that Jesus died on the cross.

Christianity believes that Jesus both died and was risen, both the Cross and the Resurrection. All three positions cannot be held simultaneously.

Is this an important distinction? Put it like this, as Paul did: “And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.

If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.” [1 Corinthians 15.17-19] But he goes on: “But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.”

Of the monotheistic religions, Christianity is alone in basing itself on an historical event: that Jesus died for our sins, and was proven genuine when he rose from the dead. The historicity and evidence for Christian belief has been dealt with in previous articles. But here, I make one important, vital point about the unique position of Christianity, which is sometimes mistakenly th ou gh t to be lik e a lifelong test, a university course. You enter the course through some form of qualification (entrance exam, baptism, etc.), and then you work through the course, trying to measure up to the demands of your various teachers. Then, at the end, you sit an exam to see if you have made it, if you will be granted your degree or certificate. You must earn it, it is a matter of merit.

Christianity, on the other hand, says that you

have already been found acceptable by entering in the first place. Because your entry is not based on your own merit, but on the finished work of Jesus. The “course” is a time of learning, growing, inquiring, and deepening.

Your “final exam” actually took place when you first entered, there is no longer judgment on you, because your entire acceptance is based on the merits of Jesus, not you. Once you accept that fact, you have already “graduated” and your place is secure. No room for pride or boasting, because you didn’t earn it.

As Paul says: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast.” [Romans 8.8] No other religion teaches anything like this.

One of these things is not like the others.

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by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville Quite apart from the movie of the same name (which I heartily recommend), Fried Green Tomatoes are a special treat from the Deep South and absolutely delicious. They are also easy to prepare and have a minimum number of ingredients, unless you get fancy (which I tend to do, by times). Anyway, here goes.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Ingredients: 3-6 medium-sized green tomatoes (depending on how many folks you are serving) 1-2 cups all-purpose flour 1-2 tablespoon Cajun seasoning ½ to one cup of buttermilk 2 eggs ¾ cup fine white cornmeal ½ to one cup of Panko crumbs ½ cup canola oil for frying Preparation: 1. Cut unpeeled tomatoes into ½ inch slices and let stand while preparing the other ingredients.

2. Place in three separate bowls, the flour and Cajun seasoning spice; the buttermilk and the egg (whisk them together) and the breadcrumbs with the cornmeal.

3. While heating the oil in a largish pan on medium heat, dip the green tomato slices in the flour and spice, then the buttermilk-egg mixture, then the cornmeal-breadcrumb mix.

4. Drop the coated tomato slices half at a time in your heated oil, and fry on each side till brown. As they are done, set them on paper towels to drain off some of the excess oil.

5. Serve with a couple of teaspoons of Remoulade Sauce (Google the New Orleans Style Remoulade) on each tomato, and if you want to be really special, top with a jumbo shrimp.

Hot sauce also works.

As always, a nice fresh salad and some cold white wine go well with this summer harvest (and vegetarian) dish. Please let me know that you gave this a whirl at pcormier@ranaprocess.com.

Speed limit changes coming to North Grenville’s rural areas Following the success Local Journalism Initiative Reporter of the urban area gateway program, the Municipality Residents are likely to see has been considering a similar changes to the posted speed change for rural hamlets and limits for rural subdivisions subdivisions. For some areas, throughout North Grenville this change would constitute later this year. In 2019, a reduction from 50 km/h, or Municipal Council began the first time that clear posted to consider implementing a speed limits are indicated 40 km/h speed limit for all on entrance and exit. Ryan urban areas. After conducting suggested that Public Works a feasibility study, the Public staff would spend the Summer Works Department launched collecting more data in order a pilot project to test the to evaluate whether the efficacy of gateway signage gateway and speed reduction and reduced speed limits. programs would, in fact, Gateway signage refers to be suitable for the hamlets the practice of utilizing signs and subdivisions of North at the entrance and exit to an Grenville. Staff would then area to define the speed limit bring these findings to within said area.

Council in the Fall, with the In his update to Council hopes of beginning some on the program, Operations rollout by the end of the year, Superintendent, Ryan Brault, followed by a full rollout in explained that the pilot project the summer of 2022. indicates positive outcomes in Councillor Kristin the reduction of speeds, and Strackerjan advocated for facilitates consistency across Council to act more quickly, the municipality, as well as in order to “support the with other municipalities in requests that we’re getting Ontario. Mayor Peckford from a lot of the different stated that it is rare for areas, saying that they are her to “hear someone say wanting to see something that they think the speed changed.” limits shouldn’t have been Mayor Peckford reduced to 40, but quite the suggested that Public Works opposite.” Ryan, as well as prepare a recommendation council, did note that the for a by-law, applicable to success of any speed change the rural subdivisions, so is best supported with police that the reduction of speed presence, in order to actually could be enacted across the effect a change in driver municipality, rather than on a behaviour. case-by-case basis. She noted

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But, certainly, some of the feedback I have gotten would suggest that there might be a logic to moving more Easy quickly.”

Councillor John Barclay supported this push forward by motioning to direct Public Works to report back in September with information about rural subdivisions, such as current signage and speed limits, to inform by-laws that would expedite a speed limit change. For the rural hamlets, however, further data collection will indeed be required to ensure a safe and effective rollout of a rural gateway signage project.

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Symptoms of magnesium deficiency

Magnesium is involved in roughly 80% of metabolic functions in the body. It is critical in delivering energy to cells and for the production of glutathione, an important antioxidant inside cells. Today, due to depletion of magnesium in the soil and modern food processing, about 60% of North Americans are deficient in this vital mineral. This hidden depletion could be causing diverse symptoms.

Suffering migraine attacks?

About 15% of the population experience one or more migraine attacks due to constricted blood vessels.

Studies show that blood levels of magnesium in migraine patients are low compared to

healthy patients. But they are even lower during a migraine attack. An intravenous injection of magnesium relaxes constricted vessels and relieves migraine pain.

Feeling tired, weak, can’t sleep, or suffer chronic widespread pain?

Dr. Marita Schauch, a nutrition expert says, “Magnesium can be helpful in treating fibromyalgia.

Magnesium is required for the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) which is the major form of energy in the body. ATP has been found to be decreased at sites of pain in those suffering from fibromyalgia.”

Is depression and anxiety a problem?

A study of 800 people over 65 years of age revealed that those with the lowest level of magnesium were 22% more likely to develop depression. In another study, researchers discovered that 450 milligrams of magnesium improved mood and was just as effective as antidepressant drugs.

Does walking faster cause chest pain?

Magnesium is nature’s natural antispasmodic. In 1979, Dr. J.R. Chipperfield reported in the British journal, Lancet, that patients who suffer from angina often have low blood magnesium and that this mineral can ease spasm and pain. Magnesium also adds oil to the circulation,

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preventing platelets, small particles in the blood, from clotting and causing sudden death.

Wonder about an irregular heartbeat?

Auricular fibrillation, referred to as “AFib”, is diagnosed more often as people age. Each beat of the heart depends on an electrical system that must be in sync for a regular heart rate. Low blood magnesium tosses a monkey wrench into the process, triggering this problem. Supplementing with oral magnesium can often restore normal rhythm.

28 million north americans are short of breath Dr. Carolyn Dean, a wellknown guru of magnesium, says research shows that patients with asthma and other bronchial diseases have low magnesium.

Moreover, many of the drugs that treat asthma cause a loss of magnesium, making asthma worse. Patients treated

with magnesium report improvement in this disease.

Dean adds that magnesium is a bronchodilator and an antihistamine, naturally reducing histamine levels which have a calming effect on the muscles of the bronchial tubes.

Maintaining a Normal Blood Sugar Level is Critical for Diabetes Patients If magnesium levels are low, glucose is unable to enter cell membranes and blood sugar increases. And since no one enjoys needle injections of insulin, if patients put off injections, this can also adversely affect blood sugar.

Later this year a Canadian company may announce production of an insulin mouth rinse which should be a great asset to help maintain blood sugar levels.

What About Bone Health?

The National Institute of Health states that magnesium is critical in the maintenance and repair of compact bone.

Health Unit concerned Local COVID-19 by recent local area Vaccine Status Report overdoses There are currently no outbreaks of Covid-19 in the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit is reporting multiple fatal overdoses in the past 10 days across Leeds, Grenville and Lanark.

This spike has been identified through the Overdose Early Warning System that collects overdose information from our local hospitals, EMS and through the online overdose reporting tool.

The Health Unit, along with community partners, are cautioning the community that the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark area continues to grapple with a dangerously toxic substance supply. The Health Unit has received more overdose reports in the first 6 months of 2021 than they had received throughout all of 2020.

Naloxone may not be as effective in reversing overdoses due to the contamination of substances with other drugs such a benzodiazepines (e.g., Xannax). All overdoses are a medical emergency and calling 911 remains the most important step in saving someone’s life.

Anyone who suspects or witnesses an overdose should call 9-1-1. The Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act provides August 4, 2021

some legal protection against simple drug possession charges for anyone who experiences, witnesses or responds to an overdose and calls 9-1-1.

The risk of an overdose can be reduced by following safer use practices; - Call 911 in the event of an overdose - Carry a naloxone kit - Av o i d m i x i n g substances - Use a small test dose first - Do not use alone (maintain COVID-19 precautions) The Health Unit, along with the Opioid Team (provided through Lanark, Leeds and Grenville Addictions and Mental Health) continue to provide in-pe rs o n services to people who use substances at Change Health Care in Brockville, Smiths Falls and Carleton Place. Harm reduction services (single use equipment, naloxone and drug checking test strips etc.) are provided by the Smart Works program and continue to be available at multiple locations across the LGL during the pandemic. Please visit the Health Unit’s website for more information. www. healthunit.org.

District Health Unit area. Of the region’s population 12 years of age and over, 88% have first doses and 71% have second doses (as of July 23, 2021).

The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit is also the first health unit in Ontario to achieve 70% of its population with second doses. Our vaccination dashboard is updated every Tuesday.

Getting vaccinated is the best way to protect yourself, your friends, family, and co-workers against the spread of COVID-19. A single dose of the mRNA vaccine is not as effective as two doses (33% versus 88%) at preventing symptoms from the Delta COVID-19 Variant that is circulating in Ontario now. Get both your doses to have the best protection!

How to Get Vaccinated All 12+ are eligible for a first dose anytime and can get a 2nd dose: 21 days after first dose of Pfizer 28 days after first dose of Moderna (18+) 8 weeks after first dose of AstraZeneca (18+) Walk in vaccinations are available at all clinics – we post on our website and on our social media pages. More appointments continue to be available in all areas; book an appointment through the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark online booking portal, or call Leeds, Grenville and Lanark Call Centre: 1-844-369-1234.

Transportation is available if needed. Check our link online. https://healthunit. org/covid-19-vaccine.

Pharmacies have both Moderna and Pfizer – some have AstraZeneca for those who received it as a first dose. Check a participating pharmacy – you may have received a first dose at a pharmacy and did not get booked in for a second dose; you can get your second dose from any of the options posted here.

If you have an appointment in our clinics in September or later, please cancel and get an earlier appointment or walk in to any clinic. Submit cancellation requests online.

Our staff are working to contact those with booked appointments by phone or email.

Pfizer for youth 12-17 is available at all clinics.

Remember it is important to continue to follow precautions if you have one, or even two, vaccine doses. We need to keep protecting each other until we are all fully vaccinated.

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Not all magnesium products are the same We recommend Certified Naturals Marine-Source Magnesium based on research showing improved bioavailability of magnesium extracted from seawater and its content of 71 other important minerals that work synergistically with magnesium.

A reminder! Always consult your doctor or naturopath before starting new medications or supplements.

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Rideau Glen Ladies enjoy many feats

submitted by Cecile Fortier July was a month of many remarkable skills for the ladies of Rideau Glen. There were: the "Dickenson-Tray" tournament; Tuesdays league play ending with "Christmas in July", had the ladies enjoying the weather and the beauty of their favourite course.

Every Tuesday was played with more than a hundred ladies in action, except for the last one. There always has to be a spoilsport. But in spite of all day showers, the ladies were brave enough to keep on trod-ding. They came in at the end dripping wet, but it was "Christmas in July" game and they didn't want to miss the enjoyment. Most were garbed in red and green (Christmas colours) and were visible throughout the course. The names of the winners were pulled-out of a hat and the lucky ones were: Brenda Clark, Marg McCornock, Gail Pattman and Mary Windsor.

The "Dickenson-Tray" tournament held on July 15 had 36 ladies participating. It was a game of strategies. The short game around the greens was the "star of the show"---closest to the hole took the points. The two winners were: 1st place Cathy Maur with 22 points and 2nd--Cecile Fortier with 20 points.

Kudos to all who participated!

Again birdies galore were made and feats accomplished for the month. The birdies made were: Shelley Petersen had 2, Lorie MacAllister, Jo-Ellen Langevin, Kathy Ranger, Sandy Ochoski, Brenda Macumber, Cathy Maur, Rita Pettes, Thanh Simpson and Gail Shields. Breaking 100--Willie Brydges and Susan Laewen. Breaking 90--Cathy Maur. Last but not the least, Sue Ouellette had an EAGLE on the infamous number 11 where a roar reverberated throughout the course. Congratulations to all!

Unbelievable that the golfing season is halfway through.

Many of the ladies come out every day to golf and are involved in each others friendly company. In spite of Covid-19 and its rules, and only two months left to play, the ladies will take advantage of the weather and the beauty of the coming fall colours which makes Rideau Glen a spectacular palette.

Still to come are the "de Pencier" tournament and the Club Championship. Ladies enjoy!

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OPP Report OPP investigating stolen vehicle in Kemptville

Stoppers does not want your name, you don't go to court, and you could earn a cash reward.

Police appeal for witnesses and information On July 28, 2021, the Grenville County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a stolen motor vehicle from a residence located on Pinehill Road, Kemptville, in the Municipality of North Grenville.

The vehicle is believed to have been stolen sometime overnight, between July 27 and July 28, from a private driveway.

The vehicle is described as a black 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air, with chrome accents, white rims, and bearing newer-style Ontario licence plates CMMD112 (picture attached).

The OPP is asking that anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area at the time of the incident to notify Grenville County OPP at 1-888-3101122.

To report information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222(TIPS) 8477 or submit your tip online at www.ontariocrimestoppers.ca. Crime

Preventable collisions are not “accidents”

With many families travelling on roadways over the Civic Day long weekend, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) reports that 84% of this year's traffic- related deaths with identified causal factors were preventable and the result of poor or careless driving behaviours and actions.

Very few OPP-investigated road fatalities are the result of an "accident" where no driver is at fault (e.g. collision with wildlife, driver going into medical distress).

As of July 26, 2021, 138 people have died in 131 fatal motor vehicle collisions on OPP-patrolled roads.

OPP data reveals that 57 per cent of the road fatalities involved one or more of the Big 4 leading causal factors in road deaths. These are fatalities related to alcohol/ drugs, speed, driver inattention, and lack of seat belt use - all senseless, preventable deaths.

Over the long weekend,

OPP officers will be highly visible as they patrol roadways and ensure motorists are not engaging in the same behaviours and actions that have already cost so many drivers and passengers their lives this year.

With the increased police presence, drivers are reminded to comply with Ontario's Move Over law, which requires drivers to slow down and proceed with caution when passing an emergency vehicle or tow truck parked on the side of the highway with its lights activated. If the highway has more than one lane, drivers must move over and leave one lane between their vehicle and the parked emergency vehicle/ tow truck if it can be done safely.

The OPP has laid more than 450 charges so far this year against drivers who failed to slow down and/or

move over for emergency vehicles and tow trucks. The law carries a $490 to $2,000 fine plus three demerit points upon conviction. Subsequent offences (within five years) carry a $1,000 to $4,000 fine, possible jail time of up to six months and possible suspension of your driver's licence for up to two years.

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