February 26th 2014, #8

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Feb. 26, 2014

Kemptville Snowmobile Klub enjoys a Fun Filled February

Deputy Mayor Ken Finnerty with family and friends: Rob McNamara, Wenda Render, Marcel Tym, Ken, Kim Wilson, Rhonda Finnerty and grandson Kyler Render

by Beth Nicol Members of the Kemptville Snowmobile Klub kept on the move this past month, participating in two of its most popular events, Snowarama and the Poker Run. February 16, the club house was hopping with members enjoying a hearty breakfast before registering for the annual fundraiser, the Poker Run. Five checkpoints were set out over a predetermined course; drivers col-

lected a playing card at each stop. At the finish, the driver with the five cards making the best poker hand was declared winner. The top three hands were awarded cash prizes.

To bring an enjoyable day to a close, a turkey dinner was served at the Legion.

February 2, the annual Snowarama, hosted and sponsored by the Kemptville Snowmobile Klub, was held.

After breakfast at the North Grenville Fire Hall, sponsored by the 1st Oxford Mills

Guides and Pathfinders, it was away to the trails. The event was successful once again, with participants raising $6 000 for Easter Seals Kids, the charity of choice for the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs. The KSK has participated in this event for over 30 years.

With over 400 members, the Kemptville Snowmobile Klub has grown steadily from its inception in 1972. It is an active member of the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile

Clubs. The clubhouse in Patterson’s Corners is owned and operated by the Klub. For additional information about its history, the programs it offers and contact information, check out the website at: www.familysnowmobiling.ca New members and volunteers are always welcome.

The members of the KSK would like to thank the sponsors supporting the Poker Run. The chief sponsor of the event was Leeder AgriServices.

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KYC receives 10 Year 2nd Annual Jail and Bail Volunteer Service Award The Kemptville Youth Centre (KYC) is a proud supporter of The Canadian Blood Services. On January 9, KYC received the ‘10 Year Volunteer Service Award’ in appreciation for their contribution to building a better blood system for Canadians.

One way this was accomplished was with the newly formed KYC Partners for Life Team and their pledge to donate 20 units of blood in 2013; but managing to contribute 44 units throughout the year as part of the Canadian Blood Services program.

This year, the KYC team has raised their goal to 45 units of blood to donate in 2014 and with your help they can make it a reality. Every time you donate, it’s considered one unit of blood and it’s a simple process, taking only one hour of your time. Every single donation makes a difference. Anyone interested in joining the KYC for Life Team can drop by KYC or register online.

KYC Executive Director, Robin Heald, commented, “If you’re thinking of donating blood or already a donor, join the KYC Partners for Life Team. We’re having fun saving the lives of children of all ages.”

To register for KYC’s Partners for Life Team with the Canadian Blood Services, register online at www.blood.ca/ partnersforlife and use Partner ID: KEMP004540. By using this Partner ID when registering, you ensure that your contribution will count as a donation towards KYC’s pledge to donate 45 units of blood.

“Donations from our partners help us to maintain healthy blood, platelet and plasma reserves,” says Jennifer Heale, Community Development Coordinator from Canadian Blood Services. “But these groups certainly can’t do it alone, so I encourage everyone to make an appointment to give. It’s a rewarding feeling to know you make a direct difference to someone’s life.” According to the Canadian Blood Services website, last year over 35,000 teenagers donated blood at Canadian Blood Services donor clinics - these young donors represented almost 8% of all blood donors.

On Monday, March 3 the North Grenville Municipal Centre will be home to the Blood Donor Clinic. The clinic will take place at 285 County Road 44 in the Lions Club Suite from 12:30 to 3:30 pm and 5 pm to 8 pm. To book an appointment, please contact the Canadian Blood Services at 1-888-2 Donate (1-888-236-6283) or go online at donatenow.blood.ca to create a profile and book an appointment.

Come out and support the Kemptville Youth Centre (KYC) on April Fool’s Day for the 2nd Annual Jail and Bail. Every dollar raised stays local and helps KYC keep its doors open and run programs for local youth, such as drop-in times, swimming programs, camping trips, and sports nights.

Tuesday April 1, between 2 pm and 6 pm, the KYC youth and volunteers will go to jail for a good cause. There is still time to become a jailbird, sponsor a table, donate a prize, or help out a jail bird.

For more information about the event, call Robin at 613258-5212.

Jail and Bail will kick off with youth and volunteers

hearing fun and fictitious ‘charges’ in kangaroo style court, the defence and prosecutors then battle it out with a mock trial, and the judge determines who goes free and the fines that are due.

The KYC staff, volunteers, and youth have divided into three jailbird teams for a fun and friendly competition, with one or more of the losing teams sporting pink hair if they lose the bet. There will be prizes for ‘Most Valuable Jailbird’, ‘Most Ridicules Charge’, ‘Best Team Spirit’ and more.

Last year KYC exceed their goal by raising over $5,600 and will try again this year with a goal of $8,000 with help from the commu-

Community Connections Centre moves opening date to March 8

AND THEY’RE OFF! A Night at the Races

The Community Connections Centre has moved the date of its Grand Opening to Saturday March 8. Celebrations begin at 10:00 am and continue until 2 pm at “Nik’s Place,” 113 Prescott St. The ribbon cutting will coincide with the door opening; the cake cutting will take place at 1 pm. The open house will include tours, activities, door prizes and the opportunity to meet and chat with staff members.

The Community Connections Centre will provide a safe, welcoming place where people of all ages can gather to share their experiences and abilities, and connect with possibilities. Its focus will be on educational and personal development. Be sure to inquire about future workshops and courses.

The C.C.C. is the creation of the Grenville Centre for Social Studies.

studying at the Kemptville Campus, then transfer to Don't miss this evening the main Guelph Campus of family fun. Join us at the for the final two years of the Rideau Carleton Raceway program.

Tickets are $25 for stuKemptville Campus Night at the Races with live Standard- dents and $35 for adults. bred racing and a delicious Your ticket includes a race buffet dinner. This is the 7th program, a generous all-youAnnual Event organized by can-eat buffet and a chance Kemptville Campus equine to bet on the races and use students, providing you with the slot machines if you are a chance to watch live horse over 19, while you support racing on Sunday March 2nd the Bachelor of Bio-Resource Management degree program from 6:30-9:30 pm.

The Bachelor of Bio- students majoring in Equine Resource Management Management at the Univer(BBRM) program is Can- sity of Guelph Kemptville ada’s first and only degree campus.

For more information program in equine management featuring hands-on and to buy your ticket (by learning focused on the biol- Fri. Feb. 28), contact Marion ogy, physiology and behav- Fuller at fuller@uoguelph.ca iour of horses as well as the or phone 613-258-8336 Ext economic, environmental 61317. For more information and business aspects of as- about the BBRM program, sociated industries. Students please visit www.kemptvillec. spend their first two years uoguelph.ca/bbrm.html 2 .

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nity and volunteers.

When asked, Robin Heald, KYC Executive Director comments, “Come sign on to join my team of bandits, my hair is on the line. Who would you rather see with pink hair, me, Sean, or our entire youth council?”

Star FM radio personality Drew Hosick has been charged with having an inability to say the word sixth on the air. Diana Fisher has been charged with writing too many sad stories. Kevin Eamon from Rock My

L a s t y e a r, C a t h y Sheppard from Sheppard and Associates was charged with ‘going the wrong way around a roundabout in her Smart Car’ and supported local youth at the same time in KYC’s Jail and Bail event. She will be a jailbird once again this year looking for your support

House Music Centre has been charged with giving too many freebies.

“The Kemptville Youth centre is so important to our community and your contributions help to keep the doors open”, commented Laurie, a SSW student on Team Sean. “You could help me out of jail or come join me either way.”

KYC would like to thank this year’s sponsors Dominion Lending Centre, Classic Graphics, Canadian Paint & Wallpaper and First Stop Rentals for their generous sponsorship of KYC Jail and Bail.

You kept a jailbird out of the clink, and the difference you made is more than you think.

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Volunteer and Client Services working hand in hand at the Beth Donovan Hospice

by Beth Nicol The heartbeat of the Beth Donovan Hospice is its volunteers. Administrative and Office Maintenance Assistants, Event Planners and Fund Raisers, Home Visitors and Board Members … volunteers all. Include those with specialized skills such as accountants and medical advisors, and the number of volunteer hours accumulated in 2013 is in the vicinity of 4 000: A group of 70 Individuals with diverse skills and interests working collectively to enhance the lives of others.

Volunteer and Client Service Co-ordinator, Laura Smith, is a Registered Practical Nurse experienced in palliative care. Her original contact with the Beth Donovan Hospice was as a volunteer devoted to the needs of the terminally ill and their families. She has held her present position on staff for the past two years. She is generally the first person a client meets, a source of information and guidance.

Of the services Beth Donovan Hospice offers, February 26, 2014

by far the most visible are the Home Visit Volunteers.

After a compulsory training program, volunteers are paired with hospice clients.

Visits can take place at home, in hospital or in a seniors’ residence. To enhance the comfort level of both parties, volunteers continue to visit the same client from the initial diagnosis until they are no longer required. The time volunteer visitors spend with their clients offers an opportunity for respite for primary caregivers; time for running errands, time to regroup and rejuvenate.

Dan Massey, pastor of the North Grenville Community Church, is presently developing a program to enable volunteers to address the spiritual needs of clients if that request is made. Participation in the course will be voluntary.

Included in Laura’s responsibilities is the training of home visit volunteers.

The compulsory thirty hour course is offered over five weeks; additional training and education is ongoing.

Although the hospice serves Manotick, North Gower,

arrangements for delivery can be made if required. To keep up with demands, the program accepts donations of gently used equipment of all types.

Laura Smith can be contacted by phone at: 613-2589611 or stop in at the Beth Donovan Hospice located at 25 Hilltop Crescent in Kemptville. Her hours at the hospice are: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.

Merrickville, Spencerville and their surrounding rural areas, traditionally the course has been offered in Kemptville only. The Hospice will begin to offer the course bi-annually as of 2014. The fall program at the Beth Donovan Hospice will continue; each spring the course will be offered in a different community served by the Hospice. Volunteers and clients can thusly share a common milieu. There will be a Home Visit Volunteer training course running from April 3 to May 1 in North Gower at the Cornerstone Wesleyan Church. Additional information will be forthcoming.

The additional expenses that accompany a terminal illness can be as devastating as the emotional cost.

The Beth Donavan Hospice Equipment Lending Program can help. From bedpans to walkers, and wheelchairs to I. V. poles, they have it all.

The one exception is hospital beds. A call to Laura can ease the stress of acquiring the costly equipment often needed for end of life care.

It is customary for loans to be picked up at the hospice;

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Editorial Let the Games Begin watched with media fuelled expectations. In some events, those expectations were met and exceeded. In others, they were not. The tangibles were measured, timed or judged. In the end, it was the intangible factors, those we cannot measure, that carried the greatest impact.

By qualifying, competitors have achieved a common goal. Their ability to perform under extreme pressure and intense scrutiny ultimately determined their successes.

It is what they were able to accomplish once they had arrived that counted.

And now we move on to the next set of games.

Held once every four years, the race to sit on Municipal Council will soon begin. The nomination papers will be entered, required fees paid and campaign strategies finalized. Then the race is on.

Media will play a major role in how we view those seeking election. For some voters, the choice will be made quickly, based on looks, name recognition or place-

by Beth Nicol So they are over. In spite of hysteria about security, gay rights, and subpar construction, athletes flocked to Sochi, the culmination of years of training driven by a passionate devotion to their sport. Take away the hype and you are left with competitors whose ability to perform in a given event fits a predetermined set of parameters, their ultimate success or failure often determined by millimetres or by hundredths of a second.

The athletes came with their varied skills; we

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ment in the alphabet. For others, only after campaign literature is read, compared and discussed, and public meetings attended will that decision be made. Most of us fit somewhere in between.

I am, however, putting the proverbial cart before the hardworking horse. Before voting is considered, there must first be someone willing to run. There are benefits to holding public office. The financial returns are far greater than the few thousands the federal government awards medal winners; the opportunity to be in the public spotlight more frequent. The ability to determine the direction your community will take in the future is the greatest reward of all. There are drawbacks. The possibility of pleasing all constituents at once is non-existent. The hours are long, the required research and reading monumental, and the knowledge of public policies and how they are implemented immediate. Public scrutiny can be endless and unforgiving.

That there are no training courses offered to potential candidates is, in my opinion, a mistake.

Once the decision to run for office has been made, it is up to the voters to determine who is in the race to serve and who is in the race to be served. The distinction is an important one. Has the candidate had involvement in community affairs and activities on a long term basis or only the year prior to elections? Is he or she willing to consider differing opinions?

Will the diversity which adds so much to North Grenville’s appeal be respected? Is the candidate able to withstand criticism without losing sight of his or her values or priorities?

How will you determine where to place your vote?

A study is presently looking into the difference that social media and modern technology has made in our ability for deep thought, to conceptualize beyond the blatantly obvious. Whether this belief holds true or not,

Housing starts in North Grenville falter the panacea for all our economic ills over the past few years. And it certainly seemed at times that the key to our financial future lay in attracting new residents to the area.

Unfortunately, increased fuel costs and what seemed to be high prices for accommodation here are impacting on the industry. The statistics on housing starts may be a wake-up call to our local planners and politicians as they look to cover the loss of provincial funding to municipalities in the coming years. North Grenville, according to sources in the Municipality, is already stretched in budget terms, and the loss of development charge revenue would have a serious effect on services.

With assessed fees slipping to just about one seventh of what they were in January, 2012, there is a very ominous feeling that

by David Shanahan Troubling times in North Grenville as housing starts dropped to zero in January of this year, with only fifteen building permits issued for the entire month. This compares to nineteen starts in January of 2012, with twentynine permits issued. There was a drop in January of last year, but expected fees assessed on housing have dropped from $35,750 last year to just over $6,000 in January of this year.

This is particularly worrying, as development fees are a major source of municipal revenue in North Grenville, and our economic health has become dependant on continued housing development. As this newspaper has noted for some time now, there has been a dangerous trend toward seeing development as

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Ottawa. Job losses in the National Capital Region have a deadening effect on housing sales, and this can affect outlying areas like ours too.

Whatever the next year holds in terms of development, it is clear that North Grenville cannot continue to see residential development as the answer to our economic problems. We need to start looking to other sectors, such as manufacturing, tourism and Research & Development companies, to provide decent jobs for our residents.

The neglected agricultural sector may prove to be an unexpected source of economic potential, if we can use our imaginations and remember some of the traditional sources of wealth we have in our land base. Instead of covering our fields with concrete, perhaps we could remember how to grow things instead.

whatever growth was being projected for this year and next, the figures may have to be re-evaluated.

That this is not just a blip in the market may be inferred from the fact that we are not alone in out plight. “Housing no longer looks to be a source of growth,” for the economy, said Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC World Markets in Toronto according to a recent report. Housing starts across Canada fell by more than 3% in January, the third month in a row the number of starts has dropped.

On the positive side, the Canadian economy is expected to grow in 2014, and this may have a knock-on effect on housing starts. However, housing prices have been falling in Ontario, with Ottawa seeing a small fall in prices in 2013. North Grenville is always dependant on the situation in

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the fact that it is being studied should serve as a warning signal. Give this election the attention it deserves. Those you elect will be making decisions in your name for the next four years. How will potential candidates perform under pressure? Will they do what is morally and environmentally right or will they take the path of least resistance? Will pressure forge them into resolute, responsible and forward thinking public representatives? How will they perform when they get there?

Take the initiative. Discuss it among yourselves.

Debate, contemplate, get to know the candidates. Bring issues to the table. Read the papers and the pamphlets.

Go to the council meetings and watch the present team in action. Make sure you know who you are cheering for come this fall’s elections.

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Letter to the editor Dear Editor: I enjoyed reading your column Mr. Shanahan, it voiced some concerns that are reflective of a status quo rural community in the depths of social and economic change. Finding such a leader for the community seems quite the task, given the fact that Kemptville also needs to re-adjust to the diversity factor you spoke about, and this involves a bit more participation from what I believe to be the cornerstones of education and learning in this community, such as the University of Guelph and our other Social Service Agencies that mingle with the realities of what you portray in these articles. What's worse, is that even after attempts to engage them, they still appear distant and isolated in their own concerns of funding realities, unable to see the potential

in more community involvement, and program expansion to meet the changing social, demographic and economic realities of today. We also have family arrangements that are now looking to Kemptville as a potential place to live that do not necessarily fit the male/ female dyadic system of traditional home arrangements that also has been a central norm in traditional Kemptville.

That's why we created the Community Connections Center, a place for our residents to come and go, but to keep us in touch with the realities of a shifting change in our psycho-social world - one that ultimately will affect what it was once like to be: a rural resident in Ontario.

Thanks for your contribution.

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Municipality Matters Running for Office

by Barb Tobin One of the most frequently asked questions since the start of this election year has been what and if I run, what can I expect to do on the job? How many hours of the week do you spend on council business and what should I be doing to prepare?

It generally is followed with would you recommend the job? Many questions and from my perspective some answers.

Yes it is a commitment in any of the positions. A commitment of time, energy, and interest in your community.

The job allows you to work with some very fine staff, community members, and organizations . It is a job that allows you to first hand help develop North Grenville's services for both the present and future path.

The Mayor's position is different from a Councillor.

The Mayor is expected to be available to meet with the public during office hours and is also committed to all council meetings. The Mayor is invited to attend many functions both in the day and evening as well as weekends.

The Mayor is our representative at County Council for all their regular meetings and is also appointed to specific committees. For the North Grenville Mayor, this means a number of trips to Brockville during each month. As a result of the demands of this job, it means the Mayor must be available for many hours during the day and evening which makes it difficult for anyone to a have another job which corresponds to the hours expected from the position. The Mayor is not only a figure head but will take responsibility to set and move forward the interests that will benefit the community.

The Deputy Mayor is appointed following the election by the Mayor and/ or Council. They have the same duties as a Councillor but may be called on to chair council meetings in the Mayor's absence and also attend County meetings on the Mayor's behalf.

A Councillor does attend all meetings of Council and is also appointed to committees of council and is assigned areas of responsibility. For

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example I am responsible for Parks Culture and Recreation. I meet with the Director and he keeps me updated on all the activities in this area. We work together to promote and facilitate ideas.

This does not prevent anyone on council from promoting ideas in each others area but it does help the directors have a liaison through to council.

During this Council term I have been appointed to be Councils liaison to the Chamber of Commerce, the Civic Awards Committee, the Trails Committee, the Heritage Advisory Committee and I sit on the Library Board as Councils' representative. Meeting hours for these committees are set by the volunteers and the staff and vary from day or evening. Some committees meet monthly others set dates as needed. Councillor's are also like the Mayor invited to attend many functions on any day or evening through all seven days of the week.

The hours spent per week for myself are in the range of 20 hours per week. This includes reading materials, meetings, follow up with emails, taxpayers, staff, researching, and attending events.

Remuneration for the job available to anyone in the public. The Mayor also receives remuneration for his duties at County. Members of Council do have small

budgets to help cover for their personal expenses. The rule of thumb here is if you would not be attending the event if you were not in your councillor position then you may expense. If I may being accompanied by a guest that ticket I cover. If you are traveling or must attend a conference or meeting for council this can be expensed.

When you run for office you are now entering into politics and are subject to much scrutiny by the public.

This is a part of the job and you need to able to let not take it personally and this can be difficult. As a public figure paid from the public purse you are under the public eye. People will speak their mind on issues, assume things about you or your position, and write positively or negatively about you. It is important to remember you have been elected to make the decisions people feel you have the good judgement to make on their behalf. It is an important trust that must be assumed and respected.

I listen to the criticisms and opinions of others and take away from every issue what I can improve or learn. There are many important discussions you have at the Council Table that can be heated at times. Same applies that it can be a long four years if you are unable to work with the

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people you are sitting beside.

There are many great books, on line links, and reads available about running a campaign and detailing what the job is all about. Any present or former Councillor is happy to discuss their experiences with anyone who asks. Staff, in particular the Clerk's Office, have the package of information you need to begin the process and are happy to review that information with you . The election link on the Municipal website takes you to the information you will need. It is also helpful to attend Committee of the Whole and Council meetings, view the published agenda to familiarize yourself with what is on the council discussion table. There is still lots of time to engage and make your decisions. For both terms I have made my decision with my family closer to the terms completion .

It is a job that offers anyone interested in developing your community an opportunity to lead, shape, change, solve, stabilize, work with, meet, greet and challenge yourself in a large variety of ways and on many important community matters . Yes it a big commitment of work and time that holds with it a community trust if elected but would I recommend the job.......absolutely.

MPP Clark presented French High School petition at Queen’s Park

by Anouk Tremblay MPP Steve Clark has presented the petition for a French Catholic (7-12) high school with daycare in Kemptville to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Over the last few months, the community has shown great support and the petition received nearly 960 signatures! The parents of École élémentaire Sainte-Marguerite-Bourgeoys thank all those who took the time to let the Minister of Education know that our children deserve to be educated in French in our community. Our children are part of this community and they deserve to have access to a complete education just like our neighbour’s kids. Thank you!

C’est avec une grande fierté que nous vous annonçons que notre député Steve Clark a déposé la pétition pour notre école secondaire catholique francophone (7-12) avec garderie à Kemptville à l’Assemblée législative de l’Ontario. Nous avons obtenu près de 960 signatures de soutien pour le projet. Nous remercions tous ceux et celles qui ont signé la pétition. C’est important de garder nos jeunes chez nous et de leur donner une éducation entièrement en français afin qu’ils grandissent pour devenir des adultes bilingues.

Kemptville Snowmobile Klub poker rally Kemptville Snowmobile Klub would like to thank all of its supporters, sponsors, members and participants who all made the day a great success.

Leeder Agri Services Village Hair Jonsson’s Independent Grocer Country Style.

Village Hair Jonsson’s Independent Grocer B&H Foodliner IGA Doug’s Autobody Hurley’s Bar and Grill W.O. Stinson JT Autoparts TIBBS Transport Parcoll Autoparts Kemptville Windows and Kitchens Kemptville Building Centre Rona Myers Kemptville Andy Laverie Rooney Feeds Loiselle Sports Red Stallion: Ed May Lockwood Brothers Construction Snap-On Tools: Tim Covell February 26, 2014

Supper was served at the Kemptville Legion by members of the Kemptville Snowmobile Klub to approximately 100 people.

Kemptville Snowmobile Klub would like to thank all of its supporters, sponsors, members and participants who all made the day a great success.

BBQ lunch was served on the trail by Kevin Leeder of Leeder Agri Services with the support of B&H Foodliner IGA. Benson Auto Parts Tensen Framing Randy’s Performance Automotive Tallman Truck Center: Pat Kinnear Jim’s Performance Plus Bruce and Liz Robinson Dillabough’s Sales and Service Harvex Knapp’s Yamaha Select Sires Crossings Road and Trail Blair Harris Construction Ltd Bill Hill Trucking

The day began with 95 breakfasts served, sponsored by Village Hair, Jonsson's Independent Grocer and Country Style.

1st prize Barry Thompson of Heckston 2nd prizeRhonda Finnerty of Kemptville 3rd prizeMike Gordon of Oxford Station Many other prizes awarded thanks to the support of many local businesses.

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BILL 36, THE LOCAL FOOD ACT, provides a viable alternative to sub-divisions

by Woodie Armour The provincial legislature has recently enacted the LOCAL FOOD ACT, Bill 36, with all party support, and there were no objections raised by any party.

This program, the local food act, offers an alternative to the current municipal policy of using the excuse of “job creation” to approve all sub-divisions, and to incur huge debt to do so. It also supplies a method of reducing the cost of imported food items and encourages local production and variety as well as jobs An example of the illusion of cheap effectiveness of job creation and net municipal revenue is the northwest quadrant development (approx. 1000 lots) which has been proposed: a possible new shopping center across from the east Colonnade Shopping Center and a large new High School which will be announced quite soon, in addition to the continual expansion of eQuinelle. All of these developments are in the official plan. These developments, as per official plan, will add about 3000 people to our infrastructure. This additional population will equal the size of Kemptville itself.

To service this plan, a new sewage plant must be built, a new sewage pumping station, an expensive new hwy 43 expansion must also be built, as well as a new water supply found (built). In addition, sewer and water mains must be built up, at public expense, up to the property line of these new developments.

These are up-front costs that must be incurred before the actual building begins. Then, if these houses do not sell quickly, Kemptville will be responsible for loan payments without any off-setting tax revenue, or lot levies.

It is true that there will be lot levies but these will be eaten up by fire and policing charges as well as supporting some social activities and additional municipal costs such as building a new municipal dump due to increased usage.

Furthermore, if this housing development addition includes a small shopping center (such as e-Quinelle has done), the job creation argument becomes false, and the municipal council’s argument is just not justifiable, so why do they insist on doing this?

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The whole concept is one of vinyl villages devoid of trees and serviced by foreign box stores with no place for local businesses.

(We have already seen this scenario) This will result in over illuminated, sterile areas surrounding Kemptville, there is nothing “green and growing about that”.

The unfair part of all of this is that rural residents (the majority of us), will have to pay the largest share of these expenses because the only way a debt this size can be paid is by way of a general tax levy, so this means your house is the guarantee so that some developer can make a profit and then leave town.

Not only will the developer leave town when the building is done, there will be a shortage of recreational facilities, an over-crowded municipal center, an over-crowded library and a shortage of various social facilities and a shortage of green space since the town usually sells some green space to cover current debt.

If you are a person on a fixed income, between the tax increases caused by MPAC raising assessment values, Ontario hydro, the gas price increases and this new tax assessment caused by paying this huge new debt load, you will be in financial trouble. With about 25% of North Grenville residents on fixed incomes, it is truly unfair to support developer’s profits at the expense of the local residents.

The final irritant is that rural residents will not benefit from, nor be able to use, any of the sewer and water they have helped to pay for.

All of these “accepted plans” are in the official plan, there are no secrets. The only thing being kept “quiet” is the “cost”, although the Hwy 43 expansion cost did leak out last summer and was reported at about 38 million dollars.

The purported rationale for all this building at tax payer’s expense is supposed to be job creation. Well, now you can create almost as many local jobs without the debt load. BILL 36, THE LOCAL FOOD ACT, provides a viable alternative to the developers’ proposals. It is a community based model for the municipality as compared to the present development based model.

This Bill 36 is one piece

of a family of legislation/ policy papers. There is the “Local Food Fund”, “Growing Forward 2”, “Local Food Policy”, and the “Local Food Charter”. These are the principle ones. The BEST PRACTICES IN LOCAL FOOD is the working document which gives direction to all municipalities. You can Google each title and the document will appear on your screen. For practical purposes, BEST PRACTICES…. is the most useful document. For four years, I have been writing about the problem of small producers and I am happy that the Premier listened to my advice; perhaps she reads the NGTimes.

I will discuss each document in the future if there is interest and if the editor permits. This information is relevant and important, it concerns job creation for every-day people, more jobs at much less cost than supporting out-of-town developers.

Right now the important task is to get the process started, a procedure that is laid out in the best practices document.

So the first task is to appoint the “champion” as described in BEST PRACTICES. This champion would be a “paid” short term position, with the funds coming from the “Business Retention and Expansion program”, a program which is an OMFRA program and which already funds a short term position in Kemptville. This is outlined in the “LOCAL FOOD FUND” document.

The first challenge the “champion” would face would be to convince council to open up, or “activate” the agricultural committee, a dormant committee of council. This is important because it is this committee that would “hold” the municipal farmers market, (an all-day market), the food hub, the community kitchen and the food processing incubator, possibly the food auction, and the distribution network offices. This would create, I estimate, about 20 jobs in total in the beginning, most of them in the downtown area.

At the end of the employment term of the “champion”, the job would become the “market manager”, which would be self-supporting. Additionally, after the next election, one of the new councilors would take responsibility for the agricultural committee,

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as a sole committee responsibility as well as municipal duties. This would probably require the appointment of two new councilors to spread out the workload but that requirement is overdue anyway.

The province is supplying the money (10’s of millions of dollars) and the legislation to support the farmers market, food hub, incubator kitchen proposal via the local food fund, and the federal government and the province are supplying funds (many millions of dollars) for the producer via the Growing Forward Program 2, and the A.C.C.P program.

So there you have it, a choice between sub-division development with lots of debt and some benefits, or the same number of jobs in agriculture, market farming, farmers’ markets, and culinary tourism with little or no debt and the Local Food Act is the mechanism by which it happens.

I will explain even more benefits for producers and crafters next time, editor willing.

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Are you swinging or steering?

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by Gerald Manale A few weeks ago, I was at the Superdome at the intersection of Greenbank and Hunt Club Roads. A golfing friend of mine had asked if I could help him with his golf swing. This man is a low handicap golfer who has never had any tournament experience. I noticed that his most successful shots came as a result of a free wheeling swing motion, that is, one which is tension free. It gave rise to a thought about the game of golf as it relates to being a target game. When we execute a golf swing are we attempting to swing the club or steer the ball along its intended course? The question was, if his "good" shots resulted from a tension free swing, were his poor shots a result of an attempt to guide or steer the ball? Further to that thought, do we swing the driver more freely than we swing another club?

Is the putter swing more guided than the swing of another club? Perhaps the steering becomes more

prevalent as we approach the target. The landing area for a driver is much greater than is the area of the green for an approach shot, and the ultimate target, the hole, provides the smallest target area with a diameter of only 4.25 inches. It seems logical that this is so, since the targets vary so widely in their measurements. The question now arises; will the overall success at the game improve if we adopt the philosophy that we will take the tension out of all shots, including putts?

In another article which I wrote, I discuss the theory that we should relax through the impact zone and avoid the temptation to tense up. Tension breeds failure, whereas relaxation or comfort zone, if you will, leads to better results and lower scores. Have you ever noticed how the Professional golfers tend to swing less freely when in contention to win on a Sunday. Even their swings become shorter, and filled with tension. So, in conclusion, stop steering and start swinging freely!

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Fundamentals: The Trinity, part 2

by David Shanahan The Scriptures do not lie.

They proclaim openly that there is but one God, the Almighty. The New Testament, too, states clearly that there is only one Lord, and yet Jude refers to Jesus as "Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord". [Jude 4]. Only God is Sovereign and there is only one Lord. Why then, does this Scripture apply to Jesus the titles of the one God? But this is not the only time we find this happening.

Over and over again, Jesus is given titles that the Almighty God of the Old Testament has taken for himself. Isaiah states that God alone created all things, echoing Genesis 1.1: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth". Yet in John 1.1-3 we read: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." The identity of the Word is revealed in verses 14 and 17: “The Word became flesh and lived for a while among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only who came from the Father, full of grace and truth...grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but God the only Son, who is at the Father's side, has made him known.”

What a statement this is: the Word was God, and yet was with God. God alone made the heavens and the earth, and yet Jesus, the Word, made everything that has been made. How can this be?

Because he is God. There are not two Creators. The man who wrote those words under the inspiration of the Spirit was John, the beloved apostle, the man who knew Jesus best of all his earthly friends. But there are other witnesses also. Paul, a man who was very sensitive to the Scriptures, a Hebrew of the Hebrews and learned in the

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Law and the Prophets, made this astonishing statement about Jesus: “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”

[Col. 1.15-17] The Lord Almighty told us through Isaiah that he is "the First and the Last" [Isaiah 44.6 and 48.12]. “Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last. My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens.” But in the Book of Revelation, Jesus repeatedly calls himself by this title: “I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever.

[Rev. 1.17-18] “These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.” [Rev. 2.8] “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” [Rev. 22.13] This last verse adds another piece to the puzzle. Jesus not only calls himself the First and the Last, but also the Alpha and Omega (which is really saying the same thing, only in Greek!). But in Revelation 1.8, there is a very definite statement made: "I am the Alpha and the Omega", says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty".

When the risen Jesus appeared to his disciples, Thomas was absent. The poor man declared that he would not believe in the Resurrection unless he examined the wounds of crucifixion. The next week, Jesus appeared again and invited Thomas to inspect the marks of the nails and spear. Thomas simply fell to his knees and said: "My Lord and my God!" [John 20.28] How could anything be more direct? The Pharisees were not confused on this issue either. At his trial, they

demanded of Jesus that he admit once and for all if he were the Christ, the Son of God. Now they knew what Son of God meant in that context, for when he unequivocally stated that he was indeed the Christ, they tore their clothes and declared him guilty of blasphemy! [Matthew 26.6366; Mark 14.61-64] Once this fact is recognized, then the full meaning of many other Scriptures becomes clear. In John 1.5 we read: “And we are in him who is true - even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.”

[1 Jn. 5.20] The second Letter of Peter is directed: “To those who through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours.” [2 Pt. 1.1] The Letter to the Hebrews says: “But about the Son he says, ‘Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever.’”

[Heb. 1.8] Note that: "about the Son he says..O God".

We have already seen many instances of Paul referring to Jesus as God; but to add to the list is no burden. In Titus, Paul again happily assigns the title "Saviour" to both Jesus and God. For example, in 1.3, he says "the command of God our Saviour", while in the next sentence he refers to "Christ Jesus our Saviour". In 2.10, he again calls God "our Saviour", while, most spectacularly, in 2.13 he combines the two: “...while we wait for the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Then again he reverts to "the love of God our Saviour" in 3.4, and "through Jesus Christ our Saviour" in 3.6.

So far as Paul was concerned, Jesus is God our Saviour, the only Saviour, apart from whom there is no salvation.

Or, as Jesus put it: “If you do not you believe that I am, you will indeed die in your sins.” [Jn. 8.24] So there is a unanimous verdict written for our instruction in all the letters of the New Testament: Paul, Peter, John, Jude and the writer to the Hebrews all agree that Jesus is God.

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Clark Code Small Engines and Husqvarna Dealer The shop at Clark Code Small Engines is a busy spot. Tree and lawn care products of varying sizes and specifications are set out in an orderly fashion; safety gear and accessories are on display. Machines waiting for repair are tagged and lined up neatly. It is organized, well stocked and functional.

It is also reflective of how owner and operator, Clark Code, conducts his business. He specializes in small engine repair and he is an independent Husqvarna dealer authorized to sell and to service their products.

Husqvarna is the world’s largest producer of outdoor power products, carrying lines to meet the requirements of the home owner, the land owner and the professional. Each is suitable for a particular life style. Clark takes the time to match the tool to the task to ensure customer satisfaction. It is a part of the values added approach that differentiates his business from the big box stores. Clark offers technical support as well as servicing what he sells, includes store to door delivery if required and is well stocked with spare parts.

Customer service is more than a catch phrase; Clark makes a point of knowing his product line, his customers and their needs. As a result, his business has experienced steady growth, earning him a trip to Sweden in June. He will stay as a guest of Husqvarna, visiting the factory, expanding his product knowledge and testing new product lines and prototypes.

The shop has been open for fourteen years and Clark has been working in the Small Engine Repair business since 1986. If you are considering the purchase of lawn care equipment or snow removal machinery, take a drive down Sanderson Road to chat with Clark. A full line of chainsaws and chainsaw accessories are also available.

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For additional information about Husqvarna products or to inquire about a repair, Clark Code can be contacted at: 613-258-3829. The shop is open from Tuesday through Friday from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm and Saturday from 8:00 am until noon. Clark Code Small Engines is located at 905 Sanderson Road, Oxford Mills.

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THE BEGINNINGS OF OXFORD MILLS

by David Shanahan From the earliest surveys of the township, the falls on the South Branch of the Rideau River at what is now Oxford Mills had been noted.

Surveyor Jesse Pennoyer, in 1791, noted that the “large branch of the River Rideau which runs diagonally thro’ the Township is called the South Branch and is Navigable for Canoes or Small Boats in the Spring and fall, but in the Summer there is but very little water running in it”. Given that lack of water, the availability of any fall of water was an asset. Pennoyer noted on his map the “falls which will answer very well for Mills” at the Oxford Mills location. Saw mills were very valuable in the new lands.

Trees needed to be cleared off the land and sawn into logs and planks to build houses, fences and shelter for animals. The presence of water power dictated the location of the major settlements in most townships, and Oxford would be no different. Kemptville grew up around Clothier’s Mills, as it was called in its early days. Bishop’s Mills, Oxford Mills and Burritt’s Rapids show by their names why they became places of settlement.

But when William Snyder received his Patent for Lot 17, Concession 5 of the new Township of Oxford-on-Rideau on November 25, 1802, all of this lay far in the future.

William Snyder had fought with Jessup’s Rangers as an Ensign throughout the American War of Independence. He had joined up in 1776, the first of the five Ensigns in the unit to leave his home in Charlotte County and throw in his lot with Edward Jessup and his brothers. After the defeat of the Crown forces, Snyder was one of the almost 6,000 Loyalists who found themselves homeless and dependant on February 26, 2014

Government aid in the years after 1783. As an Ensign, he received generous land grants in recompense for all he had lost in the war. He settled on land in Edwardsburg Township; but after Oxford-onRideau Township was first surveyed in 1791, he also received large tracts of land there. Snyder was given 1,200 acres in Oxford, including lot 17 in Concession 5, the future site of Oxford Mills.

Although most of the land was granted and patented, the new owners had already settled elsewhere by 1791.

Like William Snyder, their homes were in Edwardsburg and Augusta, and the land in Oxford was hard to reach.

There were no roads, just a couple of old Indian trails that snaked through the township, part of a system linking the St. Lawrence, Rideau and Ottawa Rivers. The Rideau itself was barely navigable in places, and it would take the opening of the Rideau Canal system in the 1830's to clear that route for new settlers.

In 1828, Snyder’s land in lot Concession 5 was transferred to his daughter, Mary Ann, wife of Gideon Adams.

Adams had also served in Jessup’s Rangers between 1776 and 1783, and had been promoted to Captain in the Rangers by the end of the war. His father, Dr. Samuel Adams, had been a leader of the militia forces, and the Adams family was a prominent one within the Loyalist community. Gideon had received 1,000 acres in Oxford Township. In his will, dated 1834, Gideon divided lot 17 between two of his six sons: Joseph received the east half, and Gideon junior got 90 of the 100 acres of the west half.

This was the parcel where Oxford Mills would develop.

The potential of the site containing the falls was obvious, and in November, 1843, a Town Site was surveyed

for £550 in 1845. When he sold 80 acres of it in 1850, he received the fine amount of £1,700, a clear indication of the increased value the dam and mill brought to the land.

The full story of the sale and development of the Village lots in Oxford Mills requires further study and is possibly only of interest to obsessive historians and genealogists. It does seem, however, that the first village lots were sold to Moses Lefaver by Asa Clothier in 1849.

These were lots 12 (now part of 10 Water Street) and lot 20. Lefaver was a blacksmith who had bought a quarter acre parcel on Jig Street, in lot 4, Concession 8. By 1854, he had sold lot 12 to his son Joseph, also a blacksmith, who bought the lot across the road, lot 11, in 1855 and set up his business there. This building is still there today at 11 Water Street. In that same year of 1855, the Council of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville gave permission for an annual Fair to be held in Oxford Mills, the first such fair to be licensed in North Grenville.

After Rickey Waugh and Aaron Merrick bought out Asa Clothier’s town site in 1850, they began to actively sell the lots to new settlers and people who had farm land around the new village. Most of the early settlers chose sites along Water Street, which was, in spite of the names given on the survey, to be the main street of the hamlet.

Rickey Waugh bought out his partner, Merrick, in 1857, and by now he owned the east half of Lot 17 as well. He settled down to become the major economic power in Oxford Mills for many years afterwards, operating the mills and the store (which later became the Brigadoon Restaurant). It was the start of a new hamlet and future capital of Oxfordon-Rideau.

and laid out by Provincial Land Surveyor, John Burchill.

The village lots were either a quarter or a fifth of an acre in size and the main streets ran parallel to the river. Residents of Oxford Mills today would find Burchill’s Plan intriguing. Aside from the current streets, the original scheme included roads that were never developed, such as Oxford and Princes Streets.

Brock Street was to run parallel to Wellington, and would have followed the line along the driveway between the United Church and the old manse, across Water Street and down to the bank of the South Branch. Water Street continued straight ahead at Bridge Street as far as the river bank, as did Wellington.

A short road, called By Street, led from opposite 10 Water Street down to the river. Oxford Mills was planned to be a larger village than it ever became.

But it was not until 1845 that the man who would spark Oxford Mills into life would arrive from downstream. Asa Clothier had already been part of the initiative that had founded Kemptville. In 1819, his father, Lyman Clothier, had bought 100 acres of land on the South Branch on which he developed a dam and mill site. The settlement grew quickly around this valuable resource, and after his father died around1834, Asa, his eldest son & heir began to look around for another suitable site for development.

Traveling upstream from Kemptville, he decided the falls on Gideon Adams’ land were perfect for his purposes.

By the summer of 1845, Clothier had bought the entire west half of lot 17 from Joseph and Gideon Adams and had built a wooden dam to provide power for a saw mill.

The investment proved very profitable indeed. Clothier had bought the 100 acre lot

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Winter Olympics at South Branch School Submitted by Angela Ross Students and Staff at South Branch embraced the theme of the Winter Olympics the week of February 10-14. Students from Kindergarten to Grade 6 began their week with a team building activity, designing a poster with a team name and team cheer. Students in Grades 1 to 6 laced up their skates on Tuesday while the kinders raced down the hills on sleds.

Teams came back together on Wednesday for indoor Olympic challenges from pass the fruit loops, puzzles, charades and ball toss. Students worked together to complete each challenge. By Thursday the team spirit was evident as students headed outside for a fun filled morning of outdoor activities and of course everyone's favourite, Hot Chocolate. Many students took time to reflect on the week’s activities through writing and art work. What a great week for the South Branch Tigers.

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

Ricky and Brenda Hill of Kemptville are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Kristy to Michael Patterson, son of Barry and Kathryn of Winchester.

Congratulations Kristy and Mike!

We are all so proud of you and looking forward to the big day!

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Youngsters of Yore, Kemptville Public Library, 1:30 pm -Guest speaker: Jennifer De Bruin- Author of The Lost Villages .

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The French Connexion supper at Nakhon Thai, 6:30 pm. Please confirm attendance at thefrenchconnexion@ live.ca Literary Follies, Leslie Hall, 1:30 pm. Free admission and refreshments.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Pancake Supper: W hy cook dinner when you can come to Maplewood Hall in Oxford Mills and, at the same time, help out the OMCA in support of our ongoing activities? The Oxford M ills Community Association (OMCA) is having a fundraiser on Schrove ("Pancake") Tuesday. The cost is $5.00 per person. There will be two sittings - one at 5 pm, and the second at 6:30 pm. Seating is limited, so reserve your ticket early! For more info, please email Maplewoodhall@cogeco.ca or call 258 - 6485.

Family Fitness Friday at Oxford-on-Rideau PS, 50 W ater St, Oxford Mills from 6:30 – 8 pm. Come out and enjoy a FREE evening for the whole family! MOVE. GROOVE. DANCE. PLAY. HAVE FUN with Luv2Groove followed by nutritious snacks. www.oxfordonrideau.ca, 258-3141.

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Bingo- First and third W ednesday of the month, Kemptville Legion. Games start at 1 pm. All welcome. Refreshments available.

Klub 67 Euchre every 2 nd & 4 th W ednesday of the month starting at 1:15 pm, St. John's United Church downstairs. Everyone welcome - $5. Vivian Howe 613-258-2540.

The Branch Artisans Guild, North Grenville Community Church (downstairs), 2659 Concession Street every 3 rd Tues. 7 pm. New members welcomed!

Probus Club of North Grenville meet third Wednesday of every month except for July, August and December, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church---9:30 am Gathering Time, 10 am Meeting. Come and enjoy great speakers and fellowship. New members welcome.

Bridge -St. John’s United Church, 6:45 pm. Cost $5, partner preferred but not necessary. For more info, contact Sandra at 613-258-2691.

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

BNI Netw orking Group Breakfast- Alumni Building, University of Guelph, 7-8:30am. Call 613-258-0553 for more information.

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Sue Buchanan Team wins Stanley-Gauthier Curling Bonspiel NGCC Curling Club News ning club from Quebec in the Championship. The NGCC club members that participated in the event are Dawn Kish, Marj Graham, Jean Hartjes, Barb Gour, Lorraine Stevenson, Laura Melnick, Joanne Seymour, and Etta Drost.

NGCC’s ice maker and member Steve Dunn and his wife Sheila along with friends Rodney and Anne Davis finished runners-up in the Bevent of the OVCA Mixed Bonspiel held at various Ottawa and Valley clubs January 16 to 19.

N G C C ’s T h o m p s o n Brown bantam boys’ team won the junior cup in the Royal Kingston Curling Club’s annual bantam and junior bonspiel held in Kingston, Ontario on February 1. The team, skip Ryan Thompson-Brown, third Mitchell Jeffs, second Jordan Milani and lead Brandon MacDonald played against Kingston and Cornwall junior teams, winning both games 8-7 and 10-2 respectively. The names of each of the players will be engraved on the cup alongside past winners of the cup, including the 1999 winner, John Epping.

L-R LCA Rep Sue Stacey, Doreen Ulrichson, Sue Buchanan, Etta Drost and Debbie King

by Jim Dolan The NGCC ladies and the bantam team skipped by Ryan Thompson-Brown have had a great start to the 2014 portion of the curling season.

On January 18, the team of Sue Buchanan (Skip), Etta Drost (Vice), Doreen Ulrichsen (Second) and Debbie King (Lead) won the Gauthier Cup in the ten-team StanleyGauthier Bonspiel held at the Russell Curling Club, Russell, Ontario. This bonspiel, sponsored by the Ladies Curling

Association, is for players who have been curling for 5 years or less.

The Buchanan team dropped its first game to Cornwall on Saturday to drop into the B-side of the event, but rallied to win its first game on Sunday against the Granite Curling Club of West Ottawa to advance to the B-side final on Sunday afternoon. The North Grenville team won the 10-end final against Riverside RA of Ottawa. The team was presented with pins and the Gauthier Cup, a 40-year-old trophy. The trophy will stay

in the North Grenville Curling Club for one year.

NGCC ladies won the Ontario portion of the Lady Tweedsmuir Competition held at the NGCC on January 24 and 25 but were unable to beat the Quebec team from Lachine Quebec in the Championship match held recently at the Granite Curling Club in Ottawa. Two-teams from a club play against two-teams from another club with the winner determine based on the total points won by each club in the two games. The winning club from Ontario plays the win-

73’s Play four on the road

Kemptville's Erik Brown (17) waits for the shot in front of Gloucester's Doug Johnston (1) while Dean Galasso (13) is in position for a rebound.

The 73’s opened this week’s action on Tuesday night in Pembroke. The team came out flat. They were beat to the puck and lost all the battles along the boards. The Lumber Kings dominated on the ice and on the scoreboard. In the first period, Pembroke scored three times and out shot Kemptville 15-8.

They added one more in the second and one more in the third before the 73’s got on the board. With under three minutes left, Jesse February 26, 2014

Blais broke the shutout bid by the Kings goalie. Doug Harvey held the puck in at the point and sent it deep into the zone where Dean Galasso picked it up. He sent it cross crease and Blais buried it in the open side of the net. Pembroke added one more after that to win 6-1. Matt Couvrette faced 49 Pembroke shots. Alex Row was named third star of the game.

On Thursday, it was on to the Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall to tackle the Colts.

Cornwall took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission.

Early in the second, on the power play, Kemptville tied the game at one. Jonathon Masters recovered the puck in the 73’s end and passed it to Alex Row at the Cornwall blue line. He spotted Justin Haasbeek, breaking up the middle of the ice. In full flight, Haasbeek flipped it upstairs on the backhand for the goal. The Colts regained the lead several minutes later. A minute later, Dylan Giberson won a face off

in the Kemptville end and Cody Hendsbee sent the puck towards the blue line.

Haasbeek challenged the Colts defenceman and chipped it by him. The 73’s had a 2 on 1 break and Haasbeek used Olivier Chabot as a decoy. He took the shot himself and it found the back of the net to even the score at 2. Cornwall added one more before the period ended to take a 3-2 lead into the break. Nineteen seconds into the third, they added one more to make it 4-2. Taking advantage of a power play, Jesse Blais stole the puck in the Colts end and sent it back to Doug Harvey at the point.

He let go a one timer that blew right by everybody to make it 4-3. With less than three minutes left, Erik Brown, doing a great job fore checking, stole the puck from a Cornwall defenceman and beat the goalie to tie the game at 4 and force overtime. In the extra frame, Hendsbee, on the point, sent a pass to Harvey on the other side.

He found the seam across the middle to Dean Galasso.

Galasso took the hard shot and Giberson was right in front to slam home the

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The Voice of North Grenville The team of Heather Pitt, Lynn Surette, Tracey MacDonald and Wendy Bouwman made it to the semi-final of the C event in the 96-team Crystal Heart Bonspiel played February 6-9 at various clubs in Ottawa. This is the largest ladies curling event in the province.

Dave Brown and teammates Lester McInnis, Jim Dolan and Al Norton lost in the semi-finals of the C event in Richard Kargus Men’s Spiel held Feb 21 to 23 at the Russell Curling Club.

I know a lot of local curling fans were watching the Olympic curling and I am pleased to report that at least six lady players at the Olympics played in the OVCA Women’s Fall Classic that is held each year at the North Grenville Curling Club in Kemptville. The six players are the skip from Great Britain, Eve Muirhead, from the Unite States, Debbie McCormick, Ann Swisshelm and Allison Pottinger, from Sweden, Agnes Knochenhauer and from Switzerland, Alina Patz.

rebound. Kemptville had themselves a 5-4 overtime win. Dylan Giberson was named first star while Justin Haasbeek picked third star honours.

On Friday night, the team traveled to Gloucester to take on the Rangers.

Kemptville’s special teams were not in sync for this game. The Rangers scored four goals in the first period, three on the power play.

The 73’s only goal of the frame came off the stick of Quinn Wichers. It was his first goal of the season.

On a line change, Wichers went to the net with Jesse Blais bringing the puck into the Gloucester zone.

As the puck came to the net Wichers tipped it by the goalie. Ten seconds into the second, Gloucester extended the lead to 5-1.

Cody Hendsbee picked off a Rangers pass at his own blue line and sent Blais away down the left wing.

As Blais drew the defence towards him, he set up Brandon Seatter who beat the goalie five hole to make it 5-2. Hendsbee received a pass back to the point. He let go with a booming shot that deflected into the corner.

Erik Brown picked up the

loose puck, passed it back to Daniele Disipio, who sent it back to Wichers on the point. He let a blast go that found its way into the net for his second goal of the game. Kemptville looked like they were on the way to recovering from a bad first period, only trailing 5-3 after two. In the third, Gloucester scored their fourth power play goal of the game and quickly added another to put their lead at 7-3. Late in the game, Disipio won a face off in the Rangers end straight back to Alex Row. Row let the screen shot go and scored the 73’s fourth goal of the game. Kemptville went down to a 7-4 defeat. Jesse Blais was named third star.

On Sunday, Kemptville traveled to Carleton Place for a date with the Canadians. Playing their fourth game in six days, the number one team in the CCHL would prove to be a challenge. The 73’s opened the scoring. Daniele Disipio chipped the puck out of his own zone to Brandon Seatter coming down the left wing. Seatter entered the Canadians end with Erik Brown catching up to make it a 2 on 1. The defence www.ngtimes.ca

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Narrow Grammar Minute win for Patrick Babin Sir John A. Patrick Babin The John A. Team narrowly defeated the Bayfield and Van Buren participants by one point at Thursday’s Trivia Beehive held at the Youngsters of Yore gathering at the Norenberg Building.

Other groups in the competition were Clothier, Oxford Mills, and Settlers Grant.

Thirty two participated; certificates were presented to one and all. The official inquisitor for the event was Dr. Gar White, local resident.

He exuded much compassion and neutrality in his questioning.

Two examples of the trivia items (there were 52 and these two were easy ones): Which famous actress, noted for her talent and beauty, had a wooden leg and slept in a coffin?

An even easier one?

How about…? Which Soviet dictator was training to be a priest before he turned to Communism?

Special guests at the trivia competition were seven red hat ladies.

High tea and gourmet treats followed the arduous, cerebral exercise.

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continued man overplayed Seatter and left Brown open for the easy tap in. Carleton Place tied it up but Kemptville pulled ahead before the end of the period. Brown entered the Canadians end with Alex Row breaking to the net. Again, Kemptville scored with an easy tip in to make it 2-1 at the first intermission. In the second the Canadians tied the game at 2. Special teams let the 73’s down again in this game, giving up a short handed goal to give Carleton Place a 3-2 lead.

They then added an even strength goal to make it 4-2 at the second intermission.

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Words Having two Pronunciations 1. debris deh bree’ deb’ ree 2. apricot ay’ pre kot ap’ re kot 3. leisure lee’zhure lezh’ ur 4. bouquet boo kay’ bow kay’ 5. abdomen abdoe’ min ab’ doemen 6. quinine kwye’ nine kwuh neen’ 7. penalize pee’ nalize pen’ alize 8. tournament toor’ nament ter’ nament 9. irrefutable irref’ utable irrefut’ able 10. advertisement adver’ tisement advertize’ ment Word Origin: procrastinate A prescription for success is, “Do not procrastinate.” If you have something important to do, try to do it at once, for, if you keep putting it off, you are procrastinating. The word originates from the Latin pro, “forward,” and crastinus, “tomorrow.”

A procrastinator is one who puts off until tomorrow what should be done today.

A tomorrow never becomes a today!

How do you pronounce…?

1. coup 2. schism 3. museum 4. gaseous 5. hysteria 6. chiropodist 7. irrevocable How about…?

1. koo. Do not sound the p.

2. sizm. Do not say shizm or skizm.

3. mu zee’ um.

4. gas’ e us. Do not say gash’ us.

5. his teer’ re uh.

6. kye rop’ uh dist 7. ir rev’ uh kuh b’l Another word origin: X ray When Roentgen discovered the method of photographing the body internally, he did not know the nature of the waves that produced this phenomenon. Being mathematically inclined, he resorted to the sphere of algebra for a suitable term and decided on the letter X, the algebraic symbol for the unknown quantity. Thus analyzed, it means the unknown ray.

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Seatter picked off a clearing attempt at the blue line and found Jesse Blais in the slot.

Blais pulled the goalie out of position and slid it into the open net to draw within one. Again, Carleton Place scored a short handed goal to restore the two goal lead.

Trailing 5-3, Kemptville got a power play goal. Quinn Carroll, playing the point on the power play, passed the puck to Seatter who took the shot from the high slot. The Canadians goalie made the save but Blais was right on the doorstep to bang home the rebound.

The 73’s were unable to get the tying goal and Carleton Place managed to hang on for the 5-4 win. Jesse Blais

was named third star for his two goal performance.

Also of note were multiple points from Erik Brown and Brandon Seatter.

The 73’s are on the road for three more games this week. On Tuesday, they visit the Kanata Rec Centre to play the Stallions. On Friday it’s a Highway 43 trip to Smiths Falls for a tilt with the Bears. Both games start at 7:30. On Sunday at 2:30, the game is at the Nepean Sportsplex for a battle with the Raiders. As we come down to the last five regular season games, it is all jockeying for play off positions. Don’t miss it! Catch the Junior A fever!

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Gender Roles – Rural versus Urban

by Graeme Waymark At a recent awards dinner, Meryl Streep called Walt Disney a ‘gender bigot’ quoting a letter purportedly written by him stating in part: "Women do not do any of the creative work… that task is performed entirely by young men." - not mentioning the date: 1934.

Later, during an afterdinner conversation with neighbors, I brought up the quote of Ms. Streep. This opened a discussion of gender roles and their changes over the last eighty years, particularly the balance of power in relationships between men and women. We noted that in early cultures, matriarchal and patriarchal clans including those of the Algonquin and Huron, pragmatism and logic dictated the positions, roles and best use of skill sets of the female and the male.

We traversed the eighty years to locate the switch into today where there is an imbalance in relationships, in other words: an out of balance power relationship, which we decided to call it. We brought up a current sometimes not so humorous example, of a role similarity in both urban and rural

communities of: he, who controls the remote control, has the power!

We then quickly broadened the friendly debate to detail certain differences, where no longer was the male, the farmer/farmhand and the woman, the housekeeper/steward. We attempted to trace when it all changed, and why some men are today feeling confused and left behind.

We believed it important to note that some men are feeling like that. As an example when they respond to a request for domestic assistance by saying: “I don’t feel like it”, perhaps it is not just because they are lazy, or feel they should not have to do a woman’s work.

Apparently, they fundamentally do not understand their new relationship role.

We moved back in time and discussed the reshaping of roles commencing with the Great War: the First World War. Today, few realize the toll the Great War took on the families of Europe, the UK and North America, let alone a seemingly myriad of other countries. The number of men taken from towns, villages, mines, factories, business and farms is dif-

ficult to comprehend for us today. Many of those young men did not return; if they did, they came back injured in ways for which the finest psychology of today could not succor. They were disabled for life. Their personal horrors interrupted any flow of social normality in the lives of their families.

Who took the places of these men? – It had to be those left behind, mostly the young and fit women.

It became the only solution despite many initial objections. Women knew they could make a worthy contribution to the war effort, not only supporting their men, but also making a huge difference to the local economy and welfare of their families.

When the men did return after the war, society in most affected countries altered permanently. Roles adapted, as did ‘life-path’ behaviors. Life and career choices were substantially altered. Not only, were there not enough men to bring the balance back, but also a trickle of women began to realize that they liked working. They enjoyed feeling productive. It provided them with an alternative to doing what their

mothers and grandmothers had done. It afforded them the luxury of an income.

The trickle increased, the decades went by, and double income families began.

Parenting changed. Teaching changed. New and conflicting roles became common.

Following the Second World War, the “Temporary War-time Income Tax Measures” introduced during the Great War, became fixed. A major shift in the economics of our nation followed. Credit and plastic money became omnipresent. Beginning in the Fifties significant industrial adaptations impacted everyday life, changing methods for farming, fishing, hunting, mining and resource exploitation. International trade, treaties and new government controls surfaced seemingly at whim. The changes were often swift leaving little room for adaptation.

In rural areas in Canada, life altered in the home.

The young left for the cities and also for formal education. Women took increasing interest in the finances and lesser interest in traditional home making.

Day care facilities became

ubiquitous and the norm.

Lagging in step with the revised roles in the family were the behaviors of men, particularly relating to their relationships with wives and daughters. The difference was pervasive.

Rural families faced much greater transformation than urban folks. Rural families were less socially equipped to adapt. They did not have the telephone communications and television access as immediate as metro areas – or, they were slow to accept the modernity in their homes. For many rural men, they are today still kicking and screaming as though dragged through this evolution. The old boys want the old ways. By old boys I do not mean to infer a chronological age nor do I mean most rural men. Yet, if one carries on as their pops did and as grandpa did then perhaps the proverbial shoe fits, and the apple does not fall from the tree.

The evolution from old ways to new ways includes much more than just adapting to the time, or the tool.

To evolve well we have to learn new behaviors, drop old ones, and accept different roles in others, particularly in, and with,

our partners. For example, looking at marriage, unlike yesteryear, couples today do not frequent a place of worship as often and accordingly do not seek the sanctity of the Church in marriage. Couples can live together, have children and grow old together without so much as a legal agreement, let alone a marriage certificate.

In post war years, in rural areas, the church held on longer. The roles of women changed more slowly than in metropolitan areas; however, it did not take long to catch up once the world of communications included: better radio, television, enticing magazines and mesmerizing computers.

These brought to the home non-discriminating descriptions of the new lives of women, double incomes, higher education careers and more. It did not take long for the glue holding together old ways to come apart – albeit, in some cases with a struggle.

Next week in Part II: Gender Roles – Rural versus Urban – What are the struggles men are enduring and how are they handling it?

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