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by Karen Humphries, Poppy Campaign vice-chair The Royal Canadian Legion kicked off its 2018 Poppy Campaign on Friday, October 26. This annual campaign raises funds for veterans and their families locally and promotes honour and remembrance of those who have made the ultimate

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by Mary-Anne Leang Close to 60 members of the Oxford Mills Sisterhood of Guiding (OMSG) took to Camp Carson October 19-21 for a weekend of fall fun. The wicked winds and overnight below zero temperatures did not stop the sparks, brownies, guides and pathfinders from enjoying a great weekend of tent camping.

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photo credit: Michael Pacitto Acoustic musical group Fiddlehead Soup brings their eclectic musical style to Merrickville United Arts Centre on Saturday, November 3. This well-known folk ensemble features mother-and-daughter fiddlers Glenna Hunter and Ursa Meyer (who also play piano, viola and 'cello), Doug Hendry on 12-string guitar and cittern and Jason Sonier on percussion.

The evening promises music from the Celtic regions, Scandinavia and beyond, with even an Australian folk song thrown in. Singing songs in many languages, Fiddlehead Soup also performs its own artfully crafted material. Haunting harmonies combine with toe-tapping rhythms and thoughtprovoking lyrics.

Joining the band on stage will be a superb array of local musicians, including Jim Hunter on keyboard, Gary Roberts on drums, Elizabeth McNally on vocals, Jay Williams on stand-up bass, and Shawn Yakimovich on fiddle.

Tickets for the show are available at www.merrickvilleuac. com, and cost $15 in advance and $20 at the door. The Merrickville United Arts Centre is located at 100 St Lawrence Street in Merrickville. Doors open at 7 pm. And bring your dancing shoes because you never know...

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tween everyone. The girls learned to not stand by, but to stand up!

At this camp, they also made centerpieces for the North Grenville Community Fund’s Comedy Date Night fundraiser held October 26.

It is great for the girls to share their creative talent and give back to their community.

Campers received a special Girls United Challenge crest and a well earned “I

Survived Camp” crest, in addition to meeting program requirements and program badges.

The OMSG is planning a fundraiser spaghetti supper on Saturday, November 3, 4:30-7 pm at St. Andrew’s Church Hall, 34 Main Street, Bishops Mills. For a goodwill donation, all are welcome to enjoy an all you can eat supper with spaghetti (incl. gluten free), garlic bread, caesar salad, dessert and coffee.

Come socialize with some community friends and support the OMSG so they may continue to offer outings and adventures at reasonable costs for their guiding families.

They are also having a silent auction and bottle drive at the supper to raise extra funds so bring your empties. If you have any items you would like to contribute to the silent auction or would like them to come pick up your empties, please let Guider Ann Robinson-Lalonde know at sledhead.ann@gmail.com or call/txt 613.229-1575.

NGHS Public Meeting Dr. David Shanahan has been researching men and women of North Grenville who, over the last 150 years, have contributed significantly to this community and the country at large.

Some of this research has been published in the North Grenville Times. Come and hear about his ongoing project to recognize some of our most illustrious sons and daughters. It will soon be published in book form.

The photographs on the poster are--top row--the famous Fergusons, Dr. Charles, M.P., Premier G. Howard and Elizabeth (Bell) Ferguson--second row--Premier Alexander Rutherford--third row--the Banks family, including Harvey (4th from left), who was a major figure in the Salvation Army in North America--and bottom row--Larry and Anstace EsmondeWhite, the TV and gardening personalities.

Find out more about them on Wednesday, 14 November.

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Community rallies around victims of devastating house fire

by Hilary Thomson The North Grenville community has rallied around a family who lost everything due to a devastating house fire last week. On Monday afternoon, October 22, Julianna Melnick-MacDonald rushed her two children, Willow (3) and Aurora (2), and two dogs out of their house in Mountain and watched as her home and everything in it burned to the ground. Julianna is the owner of Willow and Rose in downtown Kemptville, while her husband, Chris, is the owner of Now Taskr, run out of the same location.

“I was beyond speechless when she told me,” says Julianna’s friend, Heather Black, who has been spearheading the fundraising efforts for the family.

By spreading the word on social media, Heather says they have been able to gather trunk loads of everything, from clothing and toys for the girls, to dog food. In just two days, $6,450 was collected using the Go Fund Me account, which is about half way to their goal of $10,000.

A silent auction on Facebook has also been arranged which will run until Sunday, to continue to raise money to help the family get back on their feet. “The amount of love and compassion for this family has been overwhelming,” Heather says.

Heather says it is important to her to support a family who wouldn’t otherwise ask for help. “They are a very humble family,” she says.

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School Board Trustees had a difficult election

by David Shanahan The Municipal election was a difficult time for candidates school board trustee in the four board represented in North Grenville. The candidates faced an almost complete aura of neglect, as voters concentrated almost exclusively on candidates for council and mayor in the municipality. At some all-candidate meetings, those running for school boards were not even allowed speak. It takes great effort, patience and dedication to continue campaigning when so very few seem to be paying any attention.

But campaign they did - those, at least, who were not acclaimed and didn’t have to face the trauma of election night.

Rachel LaForest, Trustee for the French Public School Board, was in that happy position on election night. Traumatic it was, however, for the other candidates, as the special character of the Trustee positions meant that candidates had to wait for results in more than one municipality, before knowing their fate.

Lisa Swan, who won re-election as Trustee for the Upper Canada School Board, was still waiting for official confirmation of her election days after the count was supposedly complete. Because of delays in Prescott, and even though her lead over challenger, Andrew Shanks, at that point seemed unassailable, Lisa could not be officially named as Trustee.

Lisa represents Ward 6 of the UCDSB, which includes the communities of Edwardsburg-Cardinal, North Grenville and Prescott.

Brent Laton was re-elected for the English Separate School Board. His two challengers, Jean LeClair and Carol Charlebois, effectively split the vote. Their combined total of 1,226 far exceeded Brent’s 883. That’s how elections can be sometimes. For the French Separate School Board, Anouk Tremblay had a significant winning margin over her rival, Edwil Fleury, who had an uphill battle to unseat the popular incumbent.

If this election for Trustee proved anything, it is that a new approach is needed in future in order to allow candidates for these important positions to have an opportunity to be heard by the voting public. The majority of voters in the municipality may not even have a child attending one of these four school boards, yet they have the same vote as parents and guardians.

That is fair enough, given that all taxpayers support one of the four Boards and deserve a vote. But it would be so much better if the issues and options involved in the running of school boards could be aired more generally, so that all voters could have the chance to make an informed choice. Perhaps things will be different in four years time.

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something you love, family pet – whatever – and mail it to her,” Julianna wrote on Facebook. “We will use these pictures, notes, cards etc. to help make her future room a bit more familiar, warm and homey.”

Those who would like to send Willow a message can mail it to PO Box 1677, Kemptville, Ontario, K0G 1J0. The family is not accepting more clothing and toy donations until they can sort through what they have and figure out what they need.

They are accepting household items, which can be dropped off at 1868 Glencrest Road, or 302 Johnston Road. To provide monetary donations, visit their Go Fund Me page, or participate in the silent

who will give you the clothes off their back.” She says that they are so dedicated to the community, that they made sure to wait until after last Monday’s election results were out, before telling anyone about the fire. “They have so much love and compassion for the community.”

Julianna and Chris are looking for a year-long rental, specifically a 2- or 3-bedroom house in Kemptville or surrounding area. As a response to the outpouring of people asking how they can help, Julianna has asked people on Facebook to send a card or note to Willow, who is being very brave, but is sad about losing her home. “I would love for you to send Willow a little card, drawing, note, family photo, photo of

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by Peter Johnson (upper Oxford Mills) I am the guilty party who quoted that nearly 73% of incumbents get returned on election night. That crystal ball is going in the recycling bin.

Elections are very hard to predict, at the best of times, but who out there would have stood up and publicly proclaimed...or even laid down money on these prospects: a) every sitting member of council was unseated by a newcomer! (where's the 73% now?) b) a relative unknown, and new face, Jim McManaman would get nearly as many votes as the incumbent mayor plus the incumbent deputy mayor? c) the newly-minted mayor, someone who has never been involved in local politics at all, would get more votes than Mr. Gordon plus Mr. Bertram. d) we would be fortunate enough to double the number of 'women folk' on our council (please excuse the geezer slang...it is meant in jest).

I don't think there were too many who predicted this, although the local geezer horde are claiming that they knew this would happen. That might be the senility factor at work again.

On a local talk show, a commentator (common 'tater?) noted that most governments defeat themselves.

This is likely what took place here in North Grenville.

North Gremlins will only put up with so much. Being treated in an off-handed,

high-handed and some felt, under-handed manner was not going to go over well.

A few random thoughts: i) Change is good. People were obviously fed up with the manner in which council was 'taking care of business'.

It is unfortunate that Mr. Bertram got caught up in the 'house cleaning'. ii) Deron Johnston has worked hard for the past 5 years, making valuable contributions. He was 'robbed' of his rightful place on council with the departure of Mr. Sutton, after the last election. It would have been fair to see him rewarded for his efforts and to taste some retribution.

Could the manner in which that whole affair was dealt with have been the beginning of the end for the cabal of conspirators.? It seemed that they had their own plan of whom they would work with, rather than respect the votes of the electorate? I think so. Would it be too 'Trump-like' of me to applaud myself for saying so, at the time? I think so. iii) This new council has a huge job. They have until December 3 to get up to speed on what has been going on at the municipal level. Since most of what was done, by certain municipal reps for the past two electoral periods has been done in a less-than-public manner, it may be hard to pry any information out of these somewhat-secretive-servants of the public (alliteration alert is back!) as they do their transitional duties. iv) Now would be a good time to cut Clerk Pominville a big cheque; take him on as 3

a consultant and have him guide this new council until they are up and running...or at least delay his rumoured retirement.

Finally, a big thank you to all those who have served as municipal councilors and/ or mayor. You weren't going to get rich with these jobs, nor would you see your family enough. A tip of the hat to everyone who put their hat in the ring. That's got to take a lot of guts. If successful, it must be a great feeling; if

not, it has to feel terrible. So to all the winners and all the almost winners, thank you and best wishes.

To Mr. Bertram: from someone who spent too many years accompanying his wife to the Oncology ward at The Ottawa Hospital...my prayers are with you for happy endings. God bless.

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by David Shanahan Something happened last week in our municipal elections, we’re just not sure yet what it was. There was a fear in some quarters that the decision to have just one polling station - at the Municipal Centre - would have a negative effect on voting this time. Would people who would have normally voted in the hamlets make the effort to get to Kemptville to vote? In the event, the overall vote was up this year, but that is hardly something to talk about. 47% of eligible voters cast their ballots this time, which meant that 53% didn’t.

Still, that was better than 2014, when the figure was 42% turnout, but you really have to wonder. The results we got were really something to talk about: a clean sweep, mayor and the entire council replaced by newcomers to municipal governance. The odd thing is that the same thing happened in Merrickville-Wolford, a clean sweep there, too. Have we become a community of revolutionar-

ies? Here in North Grenville, there was a clear sense of people feeling they’d had enough. Enough secrecy, enough of gag orders, and a wish to see a new approach, a new team.

But it was still a shock to see some of the results that came in. I think the failure of people to support Deron Johnston was truly shocking.

After all the anger that was caused when he was passed over for the vacant seat following the resignation of Tim Sutton; after all the work he had put into the community for more than four years; it just seemed deeply unjust that others were elected who had no record whatsoever in community activism, no involvement in this municipality at all until the election was called. Democracy, the worst of all systems except for all the others, can sometimes be cruel and unfair.

There are so many challenges facing this new council, as well as enormous opportunities. It would have been better if we had more people on the new council

with some awareness and experience in identifying and dealing with them. The challenges include making the Kemptville Campus pay its way, setting up the new not-for-profit organisation charged with making that happen. The best buildings have already been cherrypicked by the school boards there: will the remaining parts of the property be sufficiently attractive and useful to the kind of tenants that are being sought?

There is major issues that has been ignored before now, but which will need some urgent review. The lack of recycling for thousands of heavy plastic bags has been brought to the attention of the public in the past months, but nothing is being done to find a solution. The contract for recycling in North Grenville is coming up for renewal, and the terms must be changed to prevent hundreds of thousands of these heavy plastic bags from being sent to landfill.

What is the state of the water supply in Kemptville?

A report a few years ago warned of a lack of capacity, and yet hundreds of new homes have been approved for building. What will that do to the level and quality of water supplies in Kemptville?

Then there’s County Road 43.

We all know the problems that face that stretch of highway every morning and evening.

When will the funds be available to widen the road to four lanes? What can be done to avoid the chaos that could ensue when it is dug up and under construction, when a new bridge has to be built over the South Branch? How are we to deal with the dreadful mess that is the Planning Department? These, and so many other joys, are going to face the new team.

But, and this is vital to remember, we have a tremendous number of assets available to them also. The greatest, by far, are the people who voted them into office last week. The citizens of this community are a huge, and largely untapped, resource, one that has proved itself again and again to be ready,

willing and more than able to join whatever initiative there may arise to improve their community and help it grow in a genuinely green and sustainable manner.

I have often talked about The Bubble, that phenomenon that can, and usually does, overtake councils and mayors sooner or later. New arrivals are particularly vulnerable to The Bubble. They come to learn about the confidential things, the things which have been only talked about in closed meetings of council, the things that either frighten them or make them feel part of the initiated.

They come to believe that they know things that we don’t, and that makes them feel that only they really and truly understand. We, the average citizen, must be protected, kept in happy innocence. This is the road to arrogance, condescension and a “them and us” approach to the community which has so plagued North Grenville for so long. This is also why there was a clean sweep of those “insiders” this time around.

little room to work together and that’s a shame. Let’s give the new council some slack from the few unelected people who want to know every detail of council working relationships.

Bill Gooch

knew we were moving to a great place when we were working with the marvellous team at Lockwood Brothers Construction and then our fabulous impression continued to grow with every article we read in the Times and with every neighbour we met. We have benefited beyond measure living here and we are very grateful to be a part of this community.

We are home-schooling our daughter and there are so many fantastic opportunities here, including the Kemptville District Soccer Club, the Kemptville Warriors, the Kemptville Players Inc. Kids and the Kemptville Youth Music Theatre Company, to name a few. Our daughter also had a Christmas poem published in the Times, as well as her letter to the editor about illegal dumping a few months ago. We were all so sincerely touched that the Times offers such opportunities to children!

Since moving here, we've become involved as coaches of sports, teachers of kids

yoga at Bodhi Tree, active library users, Saltastic clients, enjoyers of the foods of the local restaurants and coffee shops and we've learned and shared so much with our wonderful neighbours. I really feel that the Times is playing a crucial role in helping new comers to get with the "times" and become involved with this amazing community. Honestly, we moved to Kemptville looking for more land, forests and peace and quiet and we've had our hearts and eyes opened beyond what we could have ever expected by also being a part of this great community. Thank you so much to the Times for helping us learn about all this community has to offer. I really appreciate you all!

Take care, Bradlee Zrudlo

So, we ask the new mayor and council to let us in. We know there are things which cannot legally be discussed in public. We know there is a Municipal Act that imposes limits and restrictions on you.

But we are relying on you to learn from your predecessors and remember, every day for the next four years, that we are really all on the same side, and we, too, have things to offer in making North Grenville our home.

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Letters to the editor Dear Editor, It’s clear from the election results people wanted change and major change. I can’t say that I was at all surprised.

The previous guard had been warned for years that change was required. Congratulations to those elected. And, my hat goes off to all those that ran - those elected and those not elected. I takes a lot of courage and community spirit to put your name forward.

Now the hard work start begins.

Tony Marcantonio

Dear Editor, I think the most difficult thing about municipal politics is the illegality of council getting together informally to iron out their working relationship or difference of opinion. In our council of five if three elected officials get together, even say at Timmy’s for a coffee, then it constitutes a council meeting. So a lot of policy decisions evolve via email or phone messages. This fact leads to more and more “in camera” meetings which the public hates. We leave municipal politicians very

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Dear Editor, I have been meaning to write a thank you letter to you and the North Grenville Times for many months now.

Our family moved to Kemptville in November 2015 and I remember when I got our first North Grenville Times; I sat down to read it and I learned remarkably fast what an incredible and amazing community we had moved to and I knew that our family would cherish living here and that we would fit right in with the big hearted people who live and contribute to the community here!

Thank you for teaching me about how to be a member of this community through all of your articles sharing of the greatness that there is here in North Grenville! We

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Grenville Times (NGT). In the first month of retiring to Kemptville in November 2012, 'OUR' NGT news struck me as exceptional.

I offer my congratulations for such a comprehensive, non-partisan, objective view and review of local news.

The congratulations are mild and perhaps ineffective. This is due to the shortage of adequate words to express any value one can attribute to such a print forum for citizens voices, views, and daily experiences. It seems that the NGT reduces all challenges of our communities to bitesized polemics providing for all citizens a debate-forum in a manner which, allows us to be fully informed of all viewpoints, causes, and effects of our actions or inactions.

Regarding our elections held this week, you penned a column forecasting therein Dear Editor, that: "North Grenville needs Most importantly 'Dear a new start, representatives David Shanahan, Editor'. Mr. who know what Green means, Shanahan, you are the reason that I look forward to the ar- letters continued of page 5 rival each week of the North Mailing Address P.O. Box 1854 Kemptville, On K0G 1J0

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Rental Scams Submitted by the OPP Recently, the Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have had reports of fraudulent house rental listings on social media sites.

Often, these rental listing will be listed at a below market value and require an upfront payment. The OPP would like to remind the public to be aware of such scams. The properties in these scams can be real, but not owned by the fraudster or the property may not even exist. Here are some ways the potential renter can protect themselves: See if you can talk with someone who has rented from the same person or company in the past.

Conduct an internet search on the property to see who may live there as well as to determine if there are

letters continued as well as Growing, and can keep a balance between them. People who know that lifestyle is about more than just business. People who think, who care, who take the trouble to find out what our concerns are, what we want to see happen in our community.

Current members of council may be nice people, but they have failed the people who elected them. After four, eight (years), or even longer on council, they have proved themselves incapable of the change that we need to see..."

I firmly believe that you, Mr. Shanahan, your newspaper (NGT), your reporters, administration and all other contributors to the NGT are the genesis of the change now upon us; a change we residents wanted. Perhaps up until now we were afraid.

NGT helped us open our eyes wider and consider taking a 'big town' risk. This is a new direction of ours. It is timely. Perhaps we shed a good councilor or two in order to obtain this change; however, I believe it is a consequence for which we voters came prepared. In this regard, I am allowing myself one shameless pejorative: "Good bye North Grenville 'old boys network' and, if you are a "nice" councilor, then ask yourself how much you contributed to its continuance". Perhaps that is why you are gone".

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additional rental adds for the same property.

Check the place out if you can. It's always a good idea to physically see a property before any money changes hands.

Fraudsters prey on people who are in a bind and in a hurry to find a place to rent as emotions can make people more vulnerable.

Ads for apartments below market value are almost always lures used by scam artists.

Never give your social security number.

Never do business with an overseas landlord unless you have personally verified their identity and that they actually own the apartment advertised.

Deal locally in person and face to face.

Be wary if the landlord

only wants to communicate via e-mail or refuses to talk on the phone.

Be cautious if the landlord is currently out of the country or resides far from where the apartment is located.

Scan any attachments from landlords with anti-virus software before opening. One of the latest scams involves attachments contains a virus that can fool your Web browser to make it appear as though you're going to a legitimate site but in fact are being sent to a site controlled by the scammer.

If the application process feels rushed, or the whole experience just seems too good to be true, it may be wise not to pursue it.

Scammers will almost always ask for money up front, like a security deposit

or first and last month's rent.

If you're not sure about where it's going, don't send it.

Whenever possible, try to make payments with a credit card.

Exercise extreme caution before wiring deposits or rent payments using Western Union or MoneyGram, especially to foreign countries.

If a renter "dodges your questions or keeps emphasizing how it's such a good deal and you need to hand over the money ... W-A-L-K away.

If you become a victim of a scam, file a complaint with the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501 and contact your local police. The OPP can be reached at 1-888310-1122.

lesson given still recalled by me as most valuable was this: "when elected, for at least the first 12 months, trust explicitly all public servants who serve you; give them the respect they deserve UNTIL they prove otherwise."

In other words, we were told - there will be 'water cooler talk, rumours, bitterness, accusations of 'empire building' and inbred conflicts of interest and much more.

Yes, there will be 'old boys network' ('Establishment' was the word we used) innuendo spreading upwards.

Spend your time on yourself in the first year, learn what is needed, understand how you can give and push yourself to squeeze the very best out of those who now are serving you; realize and show the requisite empathy towards public servants who almost innately desire to be accountable to us, the citizens..."

I hope this lesson learned by so many years ago will assist everyone new over the next year.

Regards and good luck Graeme Waymark Retired in the beautiful bayou of North Grenville.

disheartening for the candidates who have invested so much time, effort, and money to put themselves forward to represent us, the citizens of North Grenville, to see the lack of interest by more than half of eligible voters to find the motivation to exercise their right to vote for the people to guide our community over the next four years.

Only 47.1% of eligible voters found the motivation to use one of the methods to vote.

Less than half of the eligible voters made the decision on who will run the municipality for the next four years..

That means that the majority of eligible voters were too apathetic, or disinterested in the welfare of our community, to avail themselves of one of the options to vote. I put it that way, because I cannot see how a person could be so busy they could not find the few minutes in a week to do this. I even saw a post from one of our residents who was in South Africa last week, and they were able to vote on line.

I would like to thank the outgoing council for their long hours working to the best of their abilities to make our community a better place to live for us all. We may not agree with everything they have done, but I have to think that they had the better interests of our community in mind when they made the decisions they did. I found myself too often scratching my head trying to understand some of the moves they made.

It appears obvious to most residents that voters were not happy with the way our government was being run, as the entire slate of the previous council was swept from office.

In fairness, I should point out that Jim Bertram had offered for mayor, rather than reoffering for council. I am not sure who could have slowed the steamroller that was Nancy Peckford, as she polled more votes than her three opponents combined.

I am puzzled, though, by the fate of Deron Johnston, as he, I think, after missing his chance to serve last time, proved to me and many others that he wanted to serve North Grenville on council, and he worked very hard over the last four years to convince people that he wanted the job, and that he had a real contribution to make to our community. I am not sure about this, but this conspiracy theory was put to me this morning that maybe people felt he was already on the council and threw him out with the others.

I do not know, but I think our council is diminished without him at the table.

I also want to wish the incoming council, strength, wisdom, patience and clear communication with the constituents, and hope that you can come together as a team to work for North Grenville; because that is the mandate you have been given. Please do not feel that you have to do this on your own. There are many in the community who would be happy to work with you.

David Herman

Dear Editor, The recent election in our municipality was interesting to follow as it approached, reading the candidate profiles, attending the Candidate Debates??(the format didn’t really lend to debate, but it did allow us to see them thinking on their feet on a variety of topics). Voters had numerous options to cast their vote and a week to do so. You could vote on line, by phone, or stand in line on election day and physically put pencil to paper.

I have to think that it is

Dear Editor, In reference to your Editorial entitled “All together now”, you quoted Pat Robertson saying: “You’ve got $100 billion worth of arms sales... we cannot alienate our biggest player in the Middle East”.

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UPDATE UPDATE UPCOMING MEETINGS COUNCIL Tuesday, November 13 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Monday, November 5 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre. For agenda information, please visit the Municipal website at www.northgrenville.ca.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS Library Board – Thursday, November 8 at 8:00 pm at the Public Library, 1 Water St. **NOTE: Council & Committee of the Whole meetings are live streamed and archived on the Municipal website. Agendas for upcoming meetings are published on the Friday prior to the meeting and minutes are posted after they are approved.

Visit www.northgrenville.ca and click on Agendas & Minutes in the Govern tab.

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www.NorthGrenville.ca In Today’s Ottawa Citizen, there is an excellent letter

by John Morris (Ottawa). He speaks of the Canadian Commercial Corporation, a Crown Corporation with one shareholder: Canada. He states that often pseudo-Canadian companies and certain governments around the world seem to prefer avoiding ethical, transparent procurement practices.

These parties, he says, seem more than happy to hide under the CCC cloak of secrecy. He again asks “when is the last time the public was given the benefit of an all-encompassing audit result that includes risk evaluation and mitigation, not only to CCC, but to Canada?

If we claim to be a “Christian” country, are we hypocrites in reality? We have mining companies, for example, that have gone in and destroyed peoples’ lives in other countries. We have the “Caravan” in Mexico coming up from Central America.

Someone other than these people has destroyed their lives, but no-one wants to take responsibility.

Maybe it’s time to rethink how we make our money in this country and whether that “way” is within the “Christian” moral ethical code.

Kath. Piché P.S. I think our Churches do great things for the most

part in social circles and elsewhere, but they also should think about what our country (government) does elsewhere in the world; that we should stand true to our “Christian” moral values.

To the residents of North Grenville, I watched my friend give it everything he had. Not for four months, but for four years. Deron Johnston was educated, involve,d and willing to listen to any constituent that wanted to discuss the issues relating to our Municipality. He ran last election and, when not successful, instead of quitting he hit the pavement hard.

He then legally should have had the spot that opened in council and, with typical current council way, they chose another person. How did that even happen? Why did we allow that to happen without justification? Again, instead of putting his energy elsewhere, he continued to prove himself to all of you. I sat in shock after the results were announced. What do I say to my friend? He would have been there for us and we have failed him.

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Save the date the CP Holiday Train is coming!

Merrickville will be welcoming the CP Holiday Train for the 8th year on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 4:45 PM at the East Broadway and County Road 2 tracks. This annual fundraising program has raised over $14.5 million and 4.3 million pounds of food since 1999 to help those in need. The event has collected over 24,497 lbs of food which is shared locally between – The Merrickville Emergency Food Cupboard a part of Rideau Community Health Services, House of Lazarus in Mountain, and South Grenville Food Bank in Prescott.

This is the 20th year that the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train program has travelled across Canada and the United States. At each stop the program, raises money, food and awareness for food banks and hunger issues. The Holiday Train reaches 164 communities each year, travelling a combined distance of over 10,000 kilometres - making a difference, one stop at a time. "On behalf of the 13,000-strong family here at

CP, it is my great pleasure to kick-off the 20th tour of the CP Holiday Train," said Keith Creel, CP's President and Chief Executive Officer. "It is a privilege for CP to be able to run a program like this and connect with so many communities across our network.

I want to personally thank each individual who has made a donation over the past 20 years – your collective efforts have made the Holiday Train a huge success for two decades."

This free event is sure to wow newcomers, or the seasoned visitor, with its brightly decorated rail cars, each decorated with hundreds of thousands of LED Christmas lights, and the train’s modified box car that opens into a travelling stage. This year, musical guests will be Terri Clark, Kelly Prescott, and Sierra Noble, from 5-5:30pm.

To coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Holiday Train, CP will release 20 festive songs by artists that have toured on the train over the past 20 years. For 20 days, beginning November 25, fans can visit the CP Holiday Train

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS All persons having claims against the Estate of Dealtry Bonsall Bell, late of the Village of Merrickville, who died on or about the 4th day of August, 2018, must be filed with the undersigned Estate Trustee on or before the 20th day of November, 2018; thereafter, the undersigned will distribute the assets of the said estate having regard only to the claims then filed.

RED grants covers more than just EDO salary

by Hilary Thomson The Municipality of Merrickville-Wolford would like residents to know that the Rural Economic Development (RED) grant received earlier this year is meant to cover more than just the new Economic Development Officer’s salary.

“The $98,000 from RED is intended to cover roughly 50% of the total cost of multiple Economic Development programs and priorities over three fiscal years, not solely salary,” clarified Economic Development Officer, Jeff McNamee.

Jeff says that it is difficult to be specific as to what initiatives the grant will help fund, as it is early days, and he is still in data-gathering and pri-

playlist on Spotify for a free song to stream. Users with premium Spotify accounts can download songs on to their smartphone. Make sure to tune in daily for an advent calendar of holiday hits by past artists such as Alan Doyle, Wide Mouth Mason, Terri Clark, Jim Cuddy, Odds and more.

People visiting the Holiday Train are encouraged to take photos and enter CP's Capture the Spirit photo contest. Participants could win a trip aboard the 2019 CP Holiday Train and a $1,000 donation to their local food bank. Further details about the contest will be available closer to the start of the program on the CP Holiday Train Facebook page at facebook.com/ HolidayTrain.

To help make this year the best yet for local food banks and food shelves, the Holiday Train asks fans to follow the train on social media, invite their friends and family, and spread the message about the importance of heart-healthy donations by using #HealthyDonations. Supporters can follow the CP Holiday Train on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @CPHolidayTrain.

Use #CPHolidayTrain as you track the progress of the train across North America.

For more information, please visit www.cpr.ca. If you would like to volunteer to help with this exciting event, please contact Joanne McIntyre 613269-3400.

oritization period. He will say that anything funded by the grant will be in line with the Strategic Plan that the municipality adopted in 2017. The priorities included in this plan are: building a growing progressive economy, protecting heritage, rural and natural environments, promoting healthy living, and ensuring

efficient, effective services and civic engagement.

“This plan identifies projects to attract and promote new businesses and controlled growth in the Village and, equally, expand opportunities in the rural area,” Jeff says. “We are looking to leverage the many assets of Merrickville-Wolford.”

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by Hilary Thomson It is evident from the results of last week’s election that Merrickville-Wolford residents wanted change. And that is exactly what they got.

Residents were much more engaged in this election than four years ago. Fifty-four per cent of residents cast their vote this time, as compared to 45 per cent in 2014.

With over 40 per cent of the vote, Doug Struthers was elected as MerrickvilleWolford’s next mayor. Doug is no stranger to public service, having been mayor of Merrickville-Wolford from 2000-2014. Before stepping into the mayor’s chair, he also served on council for several years. “I knew how to convey a message that clearly resonated with the residents of Merrickville Wolford,” Doug says about his election.

“The last couple of years have not been healthy for the residents.”

Doug says one of his priorities as mayor will be to make sure everyone is clear on the role they play in municipal governance. This means good decision making around the council table, and ensuring that staff understand those decisions and have the capacity and guidelines to deliver the message and services to residents. “I want residents

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to hear from us, not about us,” he says. “The mayor is the face of council, staff and the municipality,” Doug says.

“Residents must feel comfortable that I am fulfilling that responsibility.”

As it is budget season, Doug says he will also be asking staff to bring a clear picture of the municipality’s financial statements to the table. He will be focussed on looking for economies within the budget, while still taking into consideration the level of service residents expect from the municipality. “We’re going to look at the need-to-dos vs. the nice-to-dos.”

As a leader, Doug feels he is all about collaboration.

He wants to make sure that all views are heard around the council table. “Like the mayor, each person has an opinion and a vote,” he says.

“It’s about seeking consensus, when required, and ensuring the collective decision is clear and concise, so it can be implemented and followed through.”

Doug is looking forward to working with the council that residents have elected.

Bob Foster and Timothy Molloy have been elected the represent Merrickville, while Michael Cameron and Don Halpenny will be the representatives on council for Wolford ward. As the former Fire Chief, Bob Foster al-

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ready has some experience working alongside council, and it will be interesting to see how he will adjust to the role of councillor, having already been on the bureaucratic side of things. Both Timothy Molloy and Don Halpenny have previous council experience, so it should take them less time to adjust to the policies and procedures of council.

Michael Cameron is the newbie of the group; however, based on his enthusiasm at the Lion’s Club all candidates meeting, he will certainly do his best to serve the residents of Wolford well. “Looking at the council that has been elected, all residents are well represented,” Doug says.

Over the next month, the new members of council will have orientation sessions to attend that will bring them up to speed on municipal practices and what is going on in Merrickville-Wolford. The inaugural meeting of the new council will be on Monday, December 3, at 7:00pm in the council chambers.

Doug is very happy with the result of Monday’s election, and looks forward to serving as Merrickville’s mayor once again. “I look forward to playing a more active role in making MerrickvilleWolford grow and thrive,” he says.

by Hilary Thomson This November, the North Grenville Community Fund (NGCF) will be hosting the first ever North Grenville Charity Expo at the Municipal Centre. The expo is designed to allow North Grenville’s various charities and non-for-profit groups to meet, network and coordinate.

“Very often, we see different charities in the community competing with each other, sometimes holding events on the same date,” says the NGCF’s Daren Givoque. “That in turn leads to a division, or splitting, of the potential donor base. People obviously can’t attend two events at once!”

The Charity Expo hopes to facilitate an ongoing dialogue between charity leaders, so that the various groups around the region can each make themselves heard without stepping on the toes of others.

The two-part program will begin with a catered breakfast, after which Executive Director of Kemptville and District Home Support (KDHSI), Susan Smith, will give a brief talk on volunteer burnout. This will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Productive to the Max founder, Ann Max, and then by some time for the charities to network with each other. The panelists include Beth Donovan Hospice Volunteer and Client Services Coordinator, Jill Woodley, Maura Lepore of the Kemptville Youth Centre, avid community volunteer Samantha Rivet-Stevenson, and Susan Smith of KDHSI. After lunch, the doors will swing open to the public, giving each charity which attended the morning session an opportunity to host a table in the afternoon’s “Charity Trade Show.”

This will allow members of the community to learn more about the work the various charities do, as well as an opportunity for the charities to recruit volunteers.

The North Grenville Charity Expo will be held on November 10, starting at 8:00am (for the charity portion) and 2:00pm (for the public portion). Admission is free to the public and charities can purchase their ticket for $25 by visiting Eventbrite.ca. Seating is limited, so charity leaders are encouraged to book early.

One more to go

by David Shanahan Just when you thought you were safe from politics and elections, yet another one is looming before us. The date for the by-election to fill the vacancy caused by the sudden death of Gord Brown as Member of Parliament for this riding has been announced: Elections Canada has declared that the federal by-election will be held on Monday, December 3, 2018.

As reported in last week’s Times, candidates for three of the political parties have already been chosen. One of them, Michael Barrett of the Conservative Party, has already rented his office space on Clothier Street.

In addition to Michael Barrett, Michelle Taylor is running for the NDP, and Mary Jean McFall for the Liberals. Lorraine Rekmans has been chosen once again to represent the Green Party of Canada. Make sure you’re registered to vote: to check, electors can visit elections. ca/register or call us at 1-800-463-6868. Unregistered electors can register at an Elections Canada office in Leeds–Grenville–Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, or at their polling place just before they vote. They can also call 1-800-463-6868.

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by David Shanahan November will see the tenth anniversary of the Leeds Grenville Economic Development Summit, which

will be taking place at the North Grenville Municipal Centre on November 16. The day focuses on economic development and leadership.

Presentations provide attendees with insight on new developments, along with strategies and projects that reposition our local assets.

Founder, Chair and CoCEO of Canopy Growth Corporation and co-founder of Tweed Marijuana Incorporated, Bruce Linton will be a keynote speaker, as will Le Boat's dynamic President and Managing Director Cheryl Brown from the U.K. Cheryl is the driving force behind bringing the world's largest self-drive boating company to the Rideau Canal this year.

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Business Development Bank of Canada's Vice President, Research and Chief Economist Pierre Cléroux is returning by popular demand as another of the keynote speakers, Pierre will share an update on the Canadian economy from the global perspective and the impacts from south of the border.

There will be a question and answer period following his presentation.

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A coalition of Local Community Youth Agencies has been formed to establish a multi-agency approach to the recent troubling incidents involving young persons in Brockville and the surrounding community in recent weeks.

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Rhinos looking for candidates

submitted by the Rhinos The Parti Rhinocéros Party is looking for a candidate in the longest-named riding in Canada!

Sébastien CoRhino, Dealer of Rhinocéros Party, is eagerly looking for a candidate in the by-election of this wonderful riding : “I receive a lot of papers from Elections Canada. But this riding is simply the best one of all. It is messing up the page layout of everything they send, from Excel files to large maps” he said, pointing to a map in his office.

Sébastien CoRhino says : “If you wanna be candidate for the Rhino Party, we give you a strong platform, made of maple and spruce tree.

You’ll have a good laugh with your citizens, we leave you

a lot of freedom to defend the issues you like for your riding, and the first thing you’ll do once elected, is make $178,000/year. Totally worth it.”

Green plan and Ontario: The Rhino Party’s Green Plan propose to hike the emissions of greenhouse effect gases to reduce the length of Canadian Winter, increase agricultural land and implante communities further north! Also, we want to make Canada a natural habitat for Rhinocéros, so we can welcome this species in the valley of the Fraser river. “Also, we will have beaches on the 3 oceans”, he says.

Also, Doug Ford’s idea to cut incentives for electric car is “a good idea, but it’s clearly not enough. Lots of Canadi-

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ans bought really big cars, and now they’re struggling to pay the gas bill. We’ve got to help them, and it’s part of our Green Plan. Does a Rhino Government give tax credit for big gas bills? Are we going to subsidize big engines?

We don’t know yet, but elect us and we’ll act way more than Ford!” said CoRhino in front of a horny crowd.

Sébastien CoRhino also promises to open one thousand fiscal paradises on the thousand islands, to bring foreign money inside Canada.

“Make foreign money local!”, he said.

Rhino Party?

Founded in 1963 by Dr. Jacques Ferron, the Rhinoceros Party is 55 years old this year. From hundreds of candidates in the ‘80s, it had 28 candidates in 2015, but...

The party will have more than 100 candidates in the 2019 election, since the $1000 deposit for candidates was judged unconstitutional in 2017! Hooray!

“Rhino Party is just about right on everything it proposes!” -Bernie Sanders “Laughing is another way to show teeth” -Les Zappartistes

The membership year started with the Annual General Meeting, when the following members of the executive committee for 2018-19 were elected: President – Shirley Price, Vice-President – Barbara McDerby, Secretary – Ruby Schryburt, Treasurer – Karin Weirspecker, Public Relations – Janet Glaves, Programme – Goli Tym, Refreshments – Klaus Wierspecker, and Members at Large – Sue Ewing, Eleanor Muscroft, Grayce Muir and Cory Van der Ham. President Shirley thanked the many volunteers who helped to make the past year a success and a special recognition award was presented to Lorraine MacCraken, who served as President twice and has contributed so much during her more then thirty years as a member. Jean Travers was recognized for her ten years on the Executive Committee where she served as Programme Officer and during the past two years as Treasurer.

The next meeting will be held at the Burritt’s Rapids Hall on November 14 at 2:00 pm, when members will share their experiences during the

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REMEMBRANCE WEEK October 26 to November 11, 2018 Poppies will be available throughout Kemptville, at various locations and Branch 212 Royal Canadian legion

The week will include the following events: Nov. 3: 10 am - Ceremony at 416 and River Road, Veterans Commemorative Park Nov 4: 10:00 a.m. - Church Parade at St. John’s United Church Nov. 9: 7pm- A Screening of 'Clearing the way, Combat Engineers in Kandahar' Admission by donation Nov. 10: Veterans' Dinner, Social hour - 5pm (for more information/tickets please contact Poppy Chair, Ron Anderson 613.258.5734 Nov 11: Parade with service at the Cenotaph - 10:30 to 11:30 am Refreshments to follow at Branch 212 Royal Canadian Legion Follow us on Facebook

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SERVICES TOES IN NEED Professional, Sterile Advanced Mobile Foot Care Nurse 613 858 4383 toesinneed@bell.net www.toesinneed.ca

Heaphy's Cleaning Services, chemical free cleaning, plant based products. Call 613 206 7279 for a free quote Rotor tilling, bush hog, small backhoe, lane grading. Call 613.229.4520.

TOASTMASTERS - self employed? Develop effective communication with your employees, clients, suppliers.

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Wood staining, varnishing and painting specialists. Call Damon 613-262-1290 In search of Mary Kay products? Give Danika a call for a free facial and pampering session. She also has a website, check it out! www. marykay.ca/dheaphy Looking for Avon products, please call Joan at 613-2587644 House cleaning. Every mother/father needs a housewife.

Call Sandy 613 219 7277 House cleaning and/or home security checks for snowbirds. Diana 613 294 0385 GARDENING - Artistic Flower Gardening, Create or Establish - construct maintain. Small Lawn Services. 613-258-3847 French, Spanish, Inuktitut and Sign Language courses www.LearningNG.ca 613853-8308 anne@alkeventmanagement.ca Nutrition & Gut Health Eat to live! Practical support for your body & spirit. support@ wholesumapproach.com 613258-7133 Horse mini-camps for children/youth all summer 2587488 Handyman/contractor, with years of experience. No job is too big or too small. Local references and free estimates. Call 613-791-8597 J.R Tunings Affordable and Reliable Piano Tuning $100/ October 31, 2018

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Experienced Tutor/Certified Teacher. 613 8843811or carolyn.sseemanda@gmail.com CFSC & CRFSC & HEP Steve 613-258-6162 1894steve@ gmail.com John’s Home Renovations call and leave name and number. 613-269-3113 RETIRED CARPENTER.

I AM AN HONEST TRUSTWORTHY AND VERY GOOD AT WHAT I DO. RENOVATIONS, KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, ADDITIONS, DECKS, HOME REPAIR, CERAMIC TILE. CALL GEORGE AT 613-462-7637 SEWING: Weddings to alterations, stonehousesewing. com. Call Sharon at 613-2243182, Kemptville.

Property clean-up, trees, brush, scrap metal anything removed. Wayne Scott 613286-9072.

P R O F E S S I O N A L PA I N T E R Commercial & Residential 613.276.4583 Kemptville area Complete Home Property Clean up: house cleaning, dump runs, etc. Call Al’s Clean up services 613.258.3847 613.295.0300

FOR SALE Tamron Tele 70-300, Macro 1:2 CANON MOUNT $160.00 v3mhm@sympatico.ca SANDBLASTERS; -standup cabinet, bench top cabinet, 10gal portable . 269-3285 Solid oak coffee & end tables $150 each. Also matching wall unit. 613-269-4664 FOR SALE a DELTA table saw & router $ 150.00 extra blades.call 613 258 3637 New never worn Girls Sorel winter boots size 2 $40 613 619 7931 Air Conditioner, MayTag 8500 BTU/h - for doublehung windows. $150.00 CALL 613-258-2119 2 dog large dog crates and 1 Petzone insulated doghouse. $80. each. 613-2692542 GPS Garmin DriveLuxe 50.

Portable car GPS, $300.00.

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Indoor RV, boat storage available November 1, call Jon 613-227-3650 Cuisinart Electric Pressure Cooker used twice asking $75.00. Call 613-258-2753

HANDY MAN specializing in renovations & house staging.

We do it all CALL 613.294.2416

Back-to-wall cabinet for sale, original glass doors. $350.00. 613-269-4415

Goodnight Bed Company Supporting your well-being with genuine sleep solutions. 613 258 2902.

Table + 4 chairs, solid maple, 102 cm round, drop leaf, $140. 613 258 2119

Rock My House music lessons in fiddle, piano, drums and more.

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FOR RENT Kemptville, 3 bedroom house, major applicances incl. $1275 + utilities. 613 853 6592 Furnished room in a shared house for rent, $700/mth in Oxford Mills. Call 613 294 7420 3 bedroom house available.

Rent Supplement Program for families with income under $43,500.. Call 613-3423840 x2450.

Pig pens $400; truck racks $100; heat bulbs $5. Call Dave @ 343-542-8177 10 gal S.Steel dispensing tank with gate. Unused, suitable Honey/Maple syrup.$195 .613 269-3567 Solid Pine Door 1,3/4 x 30 x 76" , hardware. $100 V-$400+ Tel 613 258 8000 Hay for sale, $5.00/bale, Anne Marie 613-213-0970 Mixed seasoned firewood for sale, all hardwood, $100/ cord delivered, Jon 613-2273650 Dry and wrapped round bales of hay suitable for cattle. Jon 613-227-3650

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1 new Nordic & rim 225/75/15 . $75.00. 613 258 6254 2014 Yamaha ATV excellent condition $9,000 613.258.4867 Looking for 55g metal drum for burning garbage. Text 819-208-3340 Private sale. Used home hospital equipment in good condition. Reasonable offer. 613-567-8533 or leave message.

Indoor RV, boat storage available November 1. Call Jon 613 227 3650 FIREWOOD FOR SALE: hardwood $100 a face cord, cut, split and delivered. 3 cords per load.

Call Peter - 613-913-0810

WANTED SEEKING Rental in Merrickville-ASAP Female PSW employee at Hill Top Manor -Excellent references Please call 613 581 8021 Looking to harvest cedar trees off acreage. (613)7990958 Seeking crafters for Handcrafted Show November 3 & 4, 2018, Kemptville Please contact 613-258-4382

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Using policy to maintain a healthy food environment at work: submitted by: Marie Traynor RD, MSc, Leeds Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit Making the healthy choice the easy choice needs to become part of the workplace culture and the employees have to be a part of it. A workplace policy that addresses healthy food choices won’t work unless employees provide their input.

Who knows? Maybe most people would be fine without having food at a meeting unless it covers a usual mealtime.

Maybe employees are trying to develop a healthier eating pattern for personal health reasons but feel pressured to eat the less healthy choices sitting out in common areas. Having food around all the time makes it hard to listen to your body’s signs of hunger and fullness.

When a meal or special event is part of the plan, a healthy eating policy can help ensure that: at least half of the foods offered are colourful, fresh vegetables and fruit, the grain offerings are from whole grains, there’s a non-meat entrée choice, dairy choices are lower in fat and, beverage choices include water, some decaffeinated hot drinks as well as lower fat milk and, fortified milk alternatives lower in sugar.

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Tractor Operator wanted for snow removal, Please call 613-850-3742 Eric Looking to rent farmland for 2019 crop year. Call or text 613-262-1204 Looking for 55g metal drum for burning garbage. Text 819-208-3340 WANTED; Fulltime Legal Secretary for General Law Practice. DivorceMate and Teraview experience an asset. Please send resume to barnhart@bellnet.ca or via fax (613) 774-5731. Attention: David LOST &

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Nov 1

Movie Night, Sustainable NG, “Food Evolution” Grenville Mutual building.

Please aim to arrive by 6:45 pm, 7 pm start. Donations are discretionary.

Nov 3 Craft and Bake Sale, Kemptville Legion, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Nov 3-4 Branch Artisans Christmas Show & Sale, Nov 3, 9:30-4 pm.; Nov 4, 10-3:30 pm, NG Municipal Centre.

Nov 3 Holy Cross Church Annual Bazaar, 9-1:30 pm. Handcrafted items, baked goods, plants, books, hot lunch and lots more.

Nov 5 Blood Donor Clinic Kemptville College, 830 Prescott St., 1:30-4 pm and 5-7:30 pm. Sponsored by the Kemptville Players Inc. Please give the gift that money cannot buy. To book an appointment go to blood.ca or call 1-888-236-6283.

Nov 9 World Hope Fall Social. Come and see the difference your community has made around the world! Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and dessert will be served. Come meet our Executive Director, Tanya Nace. RSVP not required. 7 pm, Southgate Community Church.

Nov 10 Christmas Bake Sale and Luncheon, Bake sale 10:30, luncheon 11:30-1 pm at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, 319 Prescott St., Kemptville. Accessible entrance from the parking lot.

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Weekly and recurring events Mon North Grenville Arts Guild, 2nd Mon/mth, 7 pm, Masonic Hall, 311 Van Buren St. All welcome. More info at www.ngartsguild.ca 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, 2 pm.. For info call Ellen Vibert-Miller at 613-258-7778.

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

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Newcomer Bridge-St John's United Church 12:15pm. Cost $5.00. All levels welcome. No partner needed. Info 613-806-4495 or 613-795-7155.

Men’s Darts League at the Legion, 7 pm. Starting 10 Sept through to April. All are welcome. $5. per night.

Tues 18+ Mixed basketball at Holy Cross School Gym from 7-9 pm. $5/night or $60/season. Call Jeff at (613) 816-8345 for more info.

Euchre, Kemptville Snowmobile Klub, 3rd/Tues/mth. Doors open at 6:30 pm, start time of 7 pm.

Ladies Darts League, Kemptville Legion, 7 pm through to April. All are welcome, $5 per player.

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. 613-806-4495 to 613-795-7155.

The Branch Artisans Guild, North Grenville Community Church, 2659 Concession St. every 3rd Tue/mth, 7pm. 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. Adults 55 plus welcome. For info re programs and membership, call Golida Tym 258-3894.

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.

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

Thu Bridge - St. John’s United Church, 6:15- pm. Cost $5. All levels of bridge players welcome. For more info, call 613-806-4495 or 613-795-7155.

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

Mixed Darts League at the Legion 7:30 pm. Starting 6 Sept, through to April. All are welcome. $5. per night.

Fri Twice The Fun Games (200 Sanders St. Unit 103) Game Night, 2nd and 4th Fri/mth, 6-10 pm.

Sat Kemptville Legion breakfast, 8 - 10 am 3rd Sat/mth, 100 Reuben Crescent.

Adults $6, Children 6 and under $3. All welcome.

Euchre, Kemptville Legion, last Sat/mth. Noon-5 pm.

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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Kemptville 73's need to regroup and focus

Pretty in Pink....Kemptville 73's honoured "Think Pink" cancer campaign by dressing in pink for last Sunday’s match against the Rockland Nationals. by the sportsguy Sunday night the Kemptville 73's recognized "Think Pink" as they dressed in pink game sweaters, but fell to the Rockland Nationals 4-2 in a one-sided battle. First frame was fast and furious, with Jarrett Fiske keeping the 73's in game until a defensive breakdown, when Aboumossa with Pruneau up the boards onto Simon Houle stick at 15:42 for the Nationals. Rockland outshot Kemptville by 14 to 6 and left the 73's chasing the rubber most of the first.

Nationals were on attack when Cameron Last flipped the disc over the stopper after Houle and Aboumossa held the line at 7:46. Beaton combined with Fry, back to Cameron, McClean snapped from the half boards to beat Joseph Giacobba at 14:21 to put Kemptville within one.

Rockland jumped out to a two-goal lead, as Matthew Vermaeten, with helpers from Matton and Robert, hammered it home at 16:11. Both squads managed 14 SOG to conclude a frustrating, controversial period.

Last twenty, the 73's ini-

tiated a comeback at 17:36, pulling Fiske as Beaton blew by the opposition across to Ashton Fry to pull the trigger top side at 19:28. Nationals’ Last sprung Benjamin Pruneau up the wing to snap it high right side into the mesh at 19:41. Time ran out to award Rockland a 4 to 2 victory on this special day.

Kemptville 73's motored into Kanata to be zapped by the Lasers by 7 -4 Thursday evening for first of three road contests.

Kanata on the board at 3:34, with Sleeth and Nocita finding Trevor Poeze to beat Jarrett Fiske to open first.

Kemptville answered back with combination of Domitrovic, with Matthew Titus on the top side, to slam it past Gabriel Carriere at 10:24.

Kemptville destroyed the tie when Jarrett Williams pulled his magic with his lone effort at 18:19 to shut down the first.

Kanata recorded 16 SOG to Kemptville 11.

Kanata owned the second, with Kemptville marking time in the sin bin. At 10:25, Trevor Poeze, with helpers from Matthews and Nocita, to

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even it up. The line of Poeze and Sleeth to Luca Nocita for the go-ahead for Kanata Lasers at 10:47 to close out second with one goal lead.

Laser's pumped 17 SOG to 73's 9.

Final twenty was a see saw battle, a penalty-free affair with end to end action, as Kemptville evened the score at 2:14, as Fry with Beaton set up a missile from Cameron McClean in the lane. The flood gates opened for Kanata when one-man effort from Graham Denomme started by finding open space at 2:22.

Tremblay paired with Felix Tourigny to give Lasers the tie breaker at 13:05. Spencer Van Tiem drove in the insurance for Kanata at 14:30 to make it a 5-3 game. Kemptville tried to rebound back at 14:50, when Dennison back to McClean to rifle it at the stopper, and Jeff Taylor nailed his first goal of the season.

Markhauser with Ludwig to Gunnar Smith to gun it home for another marker at 19:15 to

give Kanata a 7-4 win.

Friday night in Hawkesbury to meet the soaring Hawks was another disappointment for the boys as they suffered another loss of 5-3.

Kemptville, with man advantage, opened the first, as Beaton on attack back to McClean on point, and then Ashton Fry dumped in the rebound past Matthew Petizian for a PPG at 10:40. Hawks responded with the tie at 11:30, when Cote connected with Lavallee to find Fletcher Anderson in the slot to drive it home past Jarrett Fiske.

Hawks swooped in with man advantage as Matt Gasiuk marked PPG with helpers from Camp and Elia for go ahead at 16:10 to end initial period. Hawkesbury outshot Kemptville 14-10.

At 2:14 into the second, Elia teamed up with Lavallee to Yanic Crete for the Hawk's insurance. Ashton Fry pulled a loner at 3:08 to move 73's within one. Hawk's Luke Grainger answered back at

6:10 to give them two goal advantage again, and end the second. Hawkesbury still outgunning Kemptvile 1511. Patterson combined with Fiske to spring Matthew Titus to put 73's within one at 3:24 of the third. Hawkesbury bounced back with Grainger teaming with Xavier Leveille at 10:21 to wrap the night up with 5-3 victory. Kemptville peppered Hawkesbury 25 SOG to 3.

Obviously, the 73's ran into a hot stopper who faced 46 shots for the evening and kept his Hawks alive in the

final twenty. Kemptville has the talent, just needs to find that passing gear to move them forward.

Next home game is Friday, November 2 for a 7:30 pm challenge against Carleton Place Canadians. Watch for the Kemptville 73's season ticket launch.

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By Jim Dolan Kerry Galusha and her teammates Sarah Koltun, Brittany Tran and Shona Barbour from Yellowknife, North West Territories, are making the journey from Canada’s Frozen North to downtown Kemptville to compete for the first time in this year’s Royal LePage Women’s Fall Curling Classic.

This World Curling Tour event will be played Nov 1-4 at the North Grenville Curling Club and features 24 women’s teams playing for $21,000 in prize money. The champion will take home $6,000.

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Galusha will face stiff competition from a field that includes 2017 Fall Classic Runner-up, Isabella Wranå from Sweden, the always crowd favourite 5-time Canadian and 2-time World Champion Mary-Anne Arsenault from Nova Scotia, past winners of the Fall Classic 2016 – Sarah Fullerton from PEI, 2015 – Janet Murphy from Mississauga, 2014 – Cathy Auld from Toronto and 2007 – Chrissy Cadorin from Toronto. Chrissy played third for Ottawa’s Jenn Hanna that year. The event is pleased to welcome a young team from Lucerne Switzerland skipped

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Our Summer suntans are gently fading, As the beautiful Fall leaves swirl down, to the ground, And Chipmunks hastily prepare their larders, For their winter sojourn, under ground.

The Summer birds have all flown away, to sunnier southern climes, As those do, who just “stage through”, on their way to warmer times.

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How to put on an Irish Wake and have fun!

by Helen MacGregor “Lafferty’s Wake” requires an amazing and dedicated production crew. These volunteers are the backbone of this wonderful upcoming production, starring the family and friends of Charlie Lafferty. So that the audience can understand what is involved in putting on an “Irish wake”, here is your guide.

The Director of a play has the final say in all artistic aspects of the production and is in charge of all that happens on the stage. This production is Monica Cleland’s fourth play with KPI as Director.

Monica says this is an amazing production with almost everything you want in a play. You get audience participation, music, comedy, drama, and fight scenes! It is a rollicking play in which the cast has taken to their respective roles like “ducks to water”. The Assistant Director is Caroline Marshall, who is also enjoying seeing the development of the actors and how the play

is coming together. Seeing the visual of this play, as well as playing bass in the band, make it an awesome production for her.

The Producer oversees all business aspects of the production and co-ordinates everything that does not involve acting or singing on stage. The producer recruits the other production crew members and oversees their activities. Debbie McGillivray, the Producer, says the production team is pulling together to put on this excellent show, where the actors and music will pull you into enjoying the wake of Charlie Lafferty. Co- producer, Sharon Sangster, is learning the producing side of the play, having been in several plays as an actor with KPI. Sharon says Lafferty’s Wake is full of fabulous music, great jokes and lots of fun.

The Musical Director coordinates all the music for the singers and the band. Louise Atchison has been the Musical Director in three KPI produc-

tions. The music has lots of zip, and she enjoys working with all the singers and with the creative actors.

The Lighting Designer works with the Director to determine changes in location, colour, size, shape and intensity of lights in the whole theatre, and writes a set of lighting cues coordinated with the script. Kevin Colwell is enjoying being involved in traditional theatre and designing the lighting for this show before he goes back to the KYMTC production of Newsies. Dominic Churchill will be ably assisting Kevin. The Sound Engineer operates the sound control board, puts in place microphones, speakers, wiring and other sound equipment. Mike Pala, an experienced singer from NGCC, is an expert in sound, and he will be assisted by Connor Pretty.

We are very lucky to have both Kevin and Mike involved with this production.

The Set Designer plans and draws the set for the

stage, and may work on set construction with a crew of carpenters, painters and other artists. Monica and Caroline designed the set. Leah Doiron has great fun painting the set and she also finds all the important properties that the cast need to tell the story. Set construction will be done by Paula and Karl Henke. Poor Charlie Lafferty’s coffin was built by Derrick VanderMeer.

This marvellous set will help transport us to Rory’s Pub in Ireland.

The Stage Manager is the director’s assistant, who ensures that sets, properties and actors are in the right place at the right time. Caroline Matheson is doing an excellent job making sure all parts of the play run smoothly. Makeup will be done by Theresa McCaig. Makeup and costumes helps transform the actors and singers into their respective roles in Lafferty’s Wake.

Finally the tickets are organized by Caroline Marshall and Richard Pickard, and you

have several locations to find a ticket as well as online. Helen MacGregor and Caroline Marshall are doing the publicity, so that you the audience can be sure you get your ticket on time and get to this show. You will not want to miss this one!

This Production Crew helps our wonderful actors, singers and musicians celebrate the life of Charlie Lafferty, the old scallywag, in this production of “Lafferty’s Wake.”

The Kemptville Players are very excited to be able to present this play at the Urbandale Arts Centre on November 16, 17, 23 and 24 at 7:30pm; Dinner Theatre on November 17 and 24 at 6pm; and Matinees on November 18 and 25 at 2pm. Tickets are only $15 for the show (seats at the front tables get free drinks) and $45 for the Dinner Theatre.

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