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To mark the start of the long summer season, community partners came together in Riverside Park last Saturday to enjoy a spectacular display of stunt riding by BMX bikers the Craz-E-Crew. The Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police, in partnership with the Municipality of North Grenville, arranged

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the afternoon of fun and food thanks to the sponsorship of the North Grenville Police Services Board, Merrickville-Wolford Police Services Board, Kemptville Rotary and Harry Pratt – Royal LePage Gale Real Estate.

Although it was an overcast day, the rains held off until late in the day. The Kemptville Rotary Club offered up free hot dogs and hamburgers and soft drinks all afternoon.

The Leeds and Grenville Health Unit was also in attendance to promote healthy transportation such as biking, walking and skate boarding.

This year’s theme for Rotary is centered on Youth, so their involvement was a natural.

The main purpose was to have a positive connection with the youth of our community and to encourage them to get outdoors and enjoy the summer.

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Riverside Park is a wonderful resource during those long hot days. OPP Constable Cathy Lindsey wanted to emphasise that “Skateboarding is not a crime”, rather, it is a great way to get exercise, have fun and hang out with friends, as long as it is done safely and properly.

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[To see some of them go to NG Times Facebook page, to see what we were able to capture on film.] They have crossed Canada from coast to coast and performed at major fairs, festivals, exhibitions, special events, amusement parks and theme parks and has amazed thousands of spectators worldwide. Well travelled, the Craz-E-Crew Stunt Team is now recognized internationally and has had the opportunity to tour in the United States and the

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privilege of being the first show of its kind to perform in China, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Nigeria.

The stunts are quite amazing, as the bikers do what are called backflips, superman airs, tailwhips and thrilling jumps over team mates. As the Crew says: these stunts “create a fast pace and adrenaline pumping sensation.

Back to back, the performers fly through the air wowing the crowd�. The crowd in Riverside Park were certainly wowed, and the event was a perfect way to kick off summer.

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John Brauneisen accepts his silver star as a Kemptville Youth Centre Champion just before taking youth to the movies in Ottawa. John donates transportation services for all youth field trips.

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Four Strong Winds

by David Shanahan In two years we will be celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday, and that is an event that both deserves celebration and requires some thoughtful reflections. To what extent have the hopes and plans of the “Fathers of Confederation” been realised in the Canada of the Twenty-first Century? This is not, of course, the Canada they created between 1864 and 1865, not even the Canada they built over those first decades after the first July 1 celebrations of 1867.

This is a country they could not possibly have envisioned then, with the technological, cultural and social changes that have developed over the intervening years.

Every country needs, at some point in its history, to revisit traditional ideas, to reconsider the national myths and sense of identity, to get a clear and true perspective on where it has come from, where it is today, and where it wants to go in the future.

Usually, these re-evaluations take place at times of national celebration, or national crisis. Canada, 150 years later, is a perfect opportunity for a national process of soulsearching.

On this Canada Day in 2015, there are winds of change blowing through the country that can be disturbing, encouraging and challenging, all at once. They concern some of the aspects of Canadian life that have been valued, or ignored, or even which remain constants in our collective story but now need to be reconsidered.

As a country, Canada has always had certain tensions that require careful handling.

For example, I will use the term “country”, rather than “nation”as one might with other places, because in Canada, “nation” can have deeprooted associations leading to division and not unity. The word means very different things in our two official languages.

The Dominion of Canada was founded, in part, to try and find a solution to the two nations issue, one which was historical in origin and had led to political deadlock

and conflict before 1867.

Originally considered as a solution for the Canadas alone (today’s Ontario and Quebec), Confederation was enlarged to include Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, while Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island voted to stay out. But the foundational issue of French and English has never gone away completely and remains a fundamental fact of Canadian life. Bilingualism still stirs up strong feelings across the country, as do Quebec’s language laws.

Confederation could have remained simply a political construct, but an Irish politician/journalist introduced a new idea to the scheme, one which raised Confederation above mere politics. Thomas D’Arcy McGee became known as the “Prophet of Confederation” because he preached a New Nationality for British North America: a sense of national identity that would rise above ethnic divisions and allow people to see themselves as “Canadian”, and not English, French, Irish, Scots or any of the other myriad labels that would arrive at the immigration ports.

McGee was murdered in 1868, in large part because he championed this New Nationality in the face of more traditional Irish attitudes to both Irish identity and British rule. He remains the only federal Canadian politician to have been assassinated in the past 150 years. How far has his vision of an inclusive Canadian nationality been realised in that time?

What about the peoples who were here before both French and English colonisers? They are still here, living under an Act of Parliament such as no other ethnic group endures, still relegated to second-class citizenship, still fighting to retain their cultural and social identities in the face of attacks from both Francophone and Anglophone governments. We have institutional racism in Canada. What will we do about it to deserve 150 years of celebration?

The RCMP recently released an updated version of a report on missing and murdered Aboriginal women.

It stated that First Nations women are four times more likely to go missing or be murdered than other Canadian women. While aboriginal women represent just 4.3% of Canada’s female population, they represent 16% of female murder victims and 11% of missing persons cases involving women. The latest report noted that in the year since the first report, eleven more indigenous women had gone missing. The Prime Minister has refused to launch an official inquiry into the crisis, telling the CBC that the matter “isn’t really high on our radar, to be honest.” The UN’s Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded last year that the Harper government’s refusal to investigate the violence was “a grave violation” of indigenous women’s rights. Is this the Canada we want to celebrate in 2017?

Over the past 150 years, Canada has welcomed people from all over the world to come and settle here, to become part of McGee’s New Nationality. The fact is that all of us are either immigrants, or descended from immigrants, and Canadians have always taken pride in their multicultural diversity. But that is a perception that is being challenged by the reality. There has, in fact, always been a fear and suspicion of “foreigners”, it is just that the identity of the foreigner has changed over time. A hundred years ago, it was the Germans and Austrians, as the First World War raged. The people of Berlin, Ontario, followed the example of the British royal family and changed their German name to a more English one, and the town of Kitchener appeared on the maps.

The Canadian Government has had to apologise to Ukrainians, Chinese, Japanese, as well as indigenous peoples in previous years for the way in which their ancestors had been treated. But that fear of foreigners endures to this day. The Harper Government recently announced it was going to spend $316 million on introducing biometric screening at Canadian airports and ports over the next three years. As we celebrate

150 years of Canadian identity, we will start to fingerprint and digitally photograph “all foreign nationals entering Canada on a visa...All travellers from these 151 countries, whether they’re tourists, students, migrant workers, refugees or immigrants, must submit fingerprints and digital photos to Canadian authorities for screening in their visa applications, and be matched upon their arrival at ports of entry”. Citizens of the United States will be exempt from biometric screening.

This, according to the Harper Government, is “to better protect Canadians from the ever-evolving threat of jihadi terrorism”. No-one doubts the reality of extremist terrorism and its potential.

But it is not new. In 1865, a foreign ethnic group, identified by their religion, were posing a real threat to British North America. They were armed, battle-trained and threatening to take their war to Canada. In fact, in 1866 they did actually invade and the last Canadians to die defending their country from invasion fell in the battle against - the Irish. The Fenians had a large and influential following in Canada itself, and were seen as a danger that remained potent for thirty years after Confederation.

The Irish in Canada, already treated with less than respect, were faced with the charge of treason and terrorism, just as moderate Moslems are today. To preserve what we value about Canada, we must avoid panicked responses that undermine our core values. We must decide who we want to be as a people, and what it is that we celebrate on July 1. Is our only response to threats to be negative, military and oppressive, or has Canada got more in its culture, society and character to face down

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such threats?

This raises another area where the winds of change are blowing. Canadians have always had a deep respect, one might say reverence, for the military. In part, this is due to the fact that Canada sees itself coming of age and declaring its “independence” in connection with military events: Vimy, Dieppe, the Liberation of the Netherlands, Korea, etc. This, in itself, is revealing. But we have only recently been forced to address troubling issues with respect to the military.

The disturbingly high incidence of suicide among soldiers returning from combat abroad, the appalling neglect of veterans in contrast to the official respect for them, and the exposure of a systematic pattern of sexual abuse within the forces, have made Canadians understand even a little of what combat does to men and women.

There is an urgent need for Canadians to address these areas of our society, areas where the perception is not matched by the reality. Every nation has its national myths, its ways of seeing itself and what it stands for. But there is a need, at some point, to separate myth from reality if a country is to mature, grow as it should, and fully develop its potential in all aspects of the national life.

Far more than almost any other country on the planet, and far more than our nearest neighbour, Canada is a beacon of civilisation and an example of what people from diverse backgrounds and cultures can achieve together.

It is the country in which I chose to live and raise my children. There is room for diversity in politics, religion, language and customs, and a freedom to speak and think and act that is unmatched in most of the world. But is not

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built on perfection: it has developed through conflict and differences, with structures and philosophies that came through deep and divisive debate and struggle. Let’s not be afraid to honestly evaluate where we are today, so that we can plan and build on a strong and real foundation for our children’s children. We have much to celebrate together over the next few years.

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A Door is Opened: The Rural Summit 2016

by Jim Bertram A few years ago, a public consultation was held at the North Grenville Municipal Centre to gain public input into the Strategic Plan for North Grenville. On Saturday, March 3, 2015, approximately 80 members of the North Grenville community were present at the public consultation. The entire process lasted from 9 am to 4 pm.

As the meeting began with an official presentation, some of us noticed a strong urban-centric bias and intervened early and insistently to make sure that the interests of ALL of North Grenville would be included in the municipality's Strategic Plan.

We underlined the need to specifically include the rural part of our community.

Why did we think this intervention was necessary?

Quite frankly, it was felt by many rural residents at the time that, compared to the multiple interests being attended to by government in the urban core of North Grenville, rural interests were not being adequately represented.

Those of us who decided to help change that perception and reality made sure that we were present and vocal at the shaping of the Strategic Plan.

And we made sure that a section of that Plan was devoted to giving a voice to the rural majority of North Grenville.

The result was that a section of the Strategic Plan which was adopted in its final

Letters to the editor Dear Editor: Jolene Stover is right on!!

Enough of this gobbledygook when it comes to that sign board.

The so-called “policy” restricts postings to events held at the Municipal Centre itself. Would you believe that during the ten years Friends of the North Grenville Public Library offered a free Children’s Holiday Concert in the Municipal Building, we were never allowed to post the event?!? Yes, we paid rental fees like everybody else.

We were told that the Library did not qualify because it was not part of the Municipality. Hello!! If the signage patrol does not realize that the Library is part of the Establishment, someone should provide them with basic training.

I was very pleased to read Jolene’s letter; it reminded me of the good old days when municipal staff were there to serve. An excellent example is the welcome we receive July 1, 2015

form in June 2013 contains a section specifically devoted to rural interests. That section contains a number of “action” items which are intended to be acted upon by the North Grenville municipal government. The full text of the Strategic Plan with the rural action items is posted on the North Grenville web page.

A few weeks ago, I decided to present a resolution to my colleagues on Council which would have the effect of lifting the Strategic Plan off the shelf and activating one of the rural action items contained in it. The resolution moved, in effect, that the first of a series of bi-annual Rural Summits provided for in the Strategic Plan be organised and held in 2016. Such a summit is meant to be a process held on a specific date which would allow citizens of North Grenville to: 1. Discuss the current state of the rural portion of the NG community; 2. Present ideas, questions, complaints which pertain to the state of affairs relative to rural interests in North Grenville; 3. Allow citizens with similar interests to meet, network, generate ideas and policy proposals at thematic round table discussions.

4. Present a series of policy proposals to our municipal government.

The resolution which I sponsored was accepted by Council in a three to two vote in favour of holding the Rural

Summit. So the Summit is going to be a reality if support is present among rural residents and interest groups, committees and associations.

But that is only the first step. While such an event is surely not the only way to include citizens in a dynamic and valid communication and policy-making process, it is a very good way to get many people together to network and generate ideas and solid policy proposals. An event model similar to the public consultation meeting/ process for the Strategic Plan would enable those with ideas to meet and develop well thought-out plans for rural North Grenville, as well as communicate directly and frankly concerning problems affecting the rural areas of our community.

At present though, the Rural Summit represents no more and no less than an open door which beckons: an open door through which those who are interested in what is on the other side must step and be ready to participate.

Failing that, the open door will prove to be a useless thing indeed. So what has to be done to proceed through that open door and harvest the fruit of a dynamic and productive Rural Summit?

First, those who have questions, ideas, complaints, proposals and so on should get organised. A rural affairs committee, a rural well-being committee, an agricultural committee - the name doesn't

matter – should be organised to develop ideas for this upcoming event. Perhaps a number of groups may wish to organise to represent particular aspects of rural life, social interests, economic interests. Many of these ideas and groups may exist already.

However the residents of North Grenville choose to approach the upcoming Rural Summit in 2016, it does represent an opportunity to both communicate and set policy goals for rural North Grenville. It gives our rural residents a big chance to put themselves on the decisionmaking map of local government!

As for myself, I hope to see many people, ideas, proposals pass through the door which has been opened. As said before, it's not the only door to participation in your local government. But it's a big one and it is now WIDE OPEN. So get organised and watch for information about YOUR Rural Summit, my fellow residents of North Grenville. Starting with budget discussions in late Autumn, the Summit will be discussed more and more if you support it with your participation and demonstrated interest. If you don't, I believe that door will close and be held closed by the forces of apathy, indifference and powerful competing interests. It's up to you my friends and neighbours. The door is open. Step through it.

Don't let it close.

at the reception desk on the second floor. Exemplary!

Thank you, Jolene.

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always been its primary node around Guelph. It does not reflect a significant shift.

The letter to the editor submitted by Ian Rae, in which he corrected Mr. Carroll's description of the notquite-as-corrosive-as-somewant-to-allege properties of diluted bitumen, warrants a 'bravo!' shout-out for being well-stated.

As much as all citizens are to be encouraged to express their views on all matters, there is a corresponding obligation on those who have knowledge of the relevant facts and expertise in the field to speak up as well. Only then can the dialogue bring us to informed decision making - informed consent for our future.

Sincerely Maria Koller-Jones Oxford Mills

Townhouse development, for instance, as well as other large projects that some propose as necessary to generate more income and expand the township.

All these new developments would require new infrastructure expenditures for sewers, water delivery, new roads and sidewalks, street lights, garbage pick-up and recycling, and so on.

Financing this growth would add to the existing interest-bearing debt of our Municipality, with the additional need to expand the school system, municipal staff, hospital and health services, and other social facilities to accommodate the several thousand new bedroom community commuters this would attract.

Instead, why doesn't North Grenville seek to expand revenues the smart way, with the least expenditure required, while staying green and lean in the process! There would be less congestion, less pollution, greener spaces, a better quality of life, and the town would retain its friendly small town atmosphere.

Dear Editor: Two items in your June 10 issue compel me to write.

Mr. Shanahan's statement, in response to the announcement of a new Livestock Research & Innovation Dairy Facility in Elora to replace the longstanding but aging Elora Research Station, that, "This is a significant shift to the western end of the province for this kind of research operation", is an exaggeration of the facts.

Having spent 7 years studying animal science & animal health at the Guelph campus, followed by an almost 40 year career working with Ontario's dairy industry, I can assure your readers that the bulk of dairy-related research in this province has always been centred in & around Guelph.

This most recent announcement, taken together with the previously announced closure of the Kemptville campus, reflects a consolidation of dairy research activities in what has

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UPDATE UPCOMING MEETINGS COUNCIL Monday, July 13th at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Monday, July 6th at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre. For agenda information, please contact the Clerk’s Office or visit the Municipal website.

2015 FINAL TAX BILLS Final tax bills for all property classes have been mailed out. The first installment was due June 30th and the final installment due date is September 30th, 2015.

GARAGE SALES Garage sales in North Grenville are regulated

by By-Law 10-03. No licence or fee is required, but there are regulations which you must follow. Signage is NOT permitted in traffic circles or attached to traffic signs.

Please ensure signage is removed after your sale. Before having a garage sale, please obtain a copy of this by-law from the Municipal Office or www.northgrenville.ca/ files/10-03.pdf.

SWIMMING POOL ENCLOSURES Swimming pool enclosures in North Grenville are regulated by By-Law 32-98, as amended.

This includes all above-ground and in-ground pools. Copies of this by-law are available from the Building Department or the Municipal website.

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Dear Editor: For some time, this newspaper has carried a discussion about the future growth of Kemptville and North Grenville. Recently, I read about a proposal for a large 1,500

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To do this, why not concentrate on developing more projects like Victoria Park, for example, that feature large one and two acre estates with little expenditure in the way of new infrastructure and services. These homes would feature their own wells and septic tanks, and require the developer to pay all the cost of the roads. The Municipality would just sit back and collect the new taxes with little effort, insuring a decreasing debt load with much less stress on our infrastructure and public service requirements.

Many retiring baby boomers and families fleeing city congestion would be attracted to this community as I was, and would act as permanent live-in residents, shop and spend here, as well as participate in local community activities.

There is also room in our area to accommodate larger land tracts for small hobby "gentlemen" farmers, as well as accommodate those who would enjoy developing their own small nature preserves on their land, as I enjoy doing. So

why not acquire new revenues the smart way, rather than turn our restful community into another busy, noisy, and congested Ottawa suburb!

North Grenville could become the jewel community south of Ottawa by expanding recreational areas like the Kemptville Creek and the Rideau Waterway, nature trails and wildlife preserves, sporting, cultural and music events, and other tourist attractions highlighting a quality green approach to residential growth.

There should also be greater effort to redirect Kemptville College to embrace and develop new agricultural and food processing technology. This would attract new professional and academic residents and encourage top quality clean industrial development. Kemptville - let's go for it!

Brian Lonergan Kemptville

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by Hilary Thomson Last week, Amanda Leang wrote a great article in our Kids Corner section about going to a Zumba fundraiser for Big Sky Ranch’s Barn of Hope campaign. As she mentioned, the Barn of Hope is a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for a new barn at the Ranch.

Currently, Big Sky Ranch is home to 103 domestic and farm animals that range from cats and dogs to emus and a buffalo. This spring, the Ranch took on a whole herd of sheep and several goats when an animal rescue in Alexandria had to close its doors.

The Ranch has plenty of space in its fields for the animals to live while the weather is warm. However, come winter, many of the animals will need to be housed indoors. With only eight stalls, the Ranch is stretched to its

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limits and if they are going to continue to provide a good home for the new sheep and goats over the winter, a new barn is a necessity.

“If you take more than you can look after, you’re like the people who aren’t looking after them at all,” Andy Parent, the founder of Big Sky Ranch, explains. “I want to help as many animals as I can, but in a realistic world.”

The new barn will not only enable the Ranch to take care of the animals they do have, it will also allow them to take in more animals who need a second chance. Andy says the demand is definitely there. “I’ll be able to help out those people I’ve been saying no to because I don’t have the space.”

Over the years, Big Sky Ranch has not only become a safe haven for animals, it is a place that also helps many people in the Ottawa area. The Ranch is involved

need is a corporate sponsor,” according to Andy.

By supporting Big Sky Ranch and their Barn of Hope campaign, you are allowing them to help more animals who, in turn, help more people. Every penny counts in an initiative that really does come full circle.

To donate, visit their website at www.bigskyranch.ca.

with Community Living of Ottawa and Kemptville, The Children’s Aid Society, the Boy Scouts, and Children at Risk Ottawa (for children with autism). The Ranch also works with the youth court system of Ottawa and Brockville to allow young men and women who are in trouble with the law to come work at the Ranch rather than serving time in jail. Just last week, the Ranch brought joy to the young parents and children of Saint Mary’s Home in Ottawa by bringing the animals to their family fun day.

The $115,000 that the Ranch is hoping to raise through their Barn of Hope campaign will pay for the new barn, replacing some of the other structures on the property, and help with general upkeep and care of the animals. With so many mouths to feed, expensive vet visits and high electricity bills (especially in the winter), the people at Big Sky Ranch needs all the help they can get. “What we really

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Health risks from Wild Parsnip

By Larry Sudds, Weed Inspector, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville

Wild Parsnip grows in abundance across the street from Colonnade, here in Kemptville There is an ongoing problem in many areas of Canada with persons being injured through contact with the Wild Parsnip weed. The prolific spread and dense growth of Wild Parsnip throughout Eastern Ontario in recent years is seriously escalating this health risk in the United Counties of Leeds & Grenville.

Wild parsnip is of concern because humans develop a severe skin irritation from contact with sap from the plant. Wild Parsnip plants have chemicals called psoralens (more precisely, furocoumarins) that cause phytophotodermatitis: an interaction between plants (phyto) and light (photo) that induce skin (derm) inflammation (itis).

Once the furocoumarins are absorbed by the skin, they are energized by UV light on both sunny and cloudy days. They then bind to DNA and cell membranes, destroying cells and skin.

Wild Parsnip burns usually occur in streaks and elongated spots, reflecting where a damaged leaf or stem moved across the skin before exposure to sunlight. If the sap gets into the eyes, it may cause temporary or permanent blindness.

During much of July, August and early September, wild parsnip is one of the most visible yellow-flowered weeds in roadside ditches, public recreation areas, around sports fields, fence rows, and along railroad tracks. It is also present on many residential properties throughout the county. Information to assist in identifying wild parsnip can be found on the online weed identification service at www. weedinfo.ca.

The best way to control wild parsnip is by early detection and eradication. Removing a small or new infestation early will prevent a much larger problem from developing. Regardless of the method

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used, the goal is to prevent the plants from seeding.

Wild Parsnip Eradication Options Hand Pulling: The best control is achieved mainly through hand-pulling. Although this method will kill the plant, it is not practical for large infestations. Flowering plants have stout stems and may be pulled easiest after a good rain or during a drought when the root shrinks. If seeds are ripening, remove pulled plants from the area to avoid spreading the seeds; they may still ripen even after the plant is uprooted!

Digging: To dig out wild parsnip, use a narrow shovel, spade or trowel to loosen and uproot the plant. You may also slice the taproot with a sharp shovel an inch below the root crown and pull up the top of the plant. This method should be undertaken before the plant has reached a stage where it has produced viable seeds. If the plant has produced viable seeds this method may still be used but the above ground part of the plant should be removed from the area and burned. It should not re-sprout if this approach is used.

Mowing: Mowing can be an effective control method against wild parsnip, but timing is critical. Poorly timed mowing can increase the number of seedlings and the percentage of plants surviving to maturity. The best way to control the spread of wild parsnip

and keep it at bay is to mow or “weed eat� it just when the flower buds are beginning to show (somewhere between end of June and beginning of July). To mow or use the weed eater later in the season actually may contribute to spreading the seeds and therefore the increase and spread of the wild parsnip population.

Note: Whatever method you use to remove wild parsnip, it is necessary to wear protective clothing.

How To Avoid Wild Parsnip Burns Become familiar with the wild parsnip plant and know it by sight.

Teach children to recognize wild parsnip.

Teach children at an early age of the potential danger of poisonous plants Discourage children from picking wild flowers.

When working around wild parsnip wear goggles, rubber gloves, rubber boots and coveralls. Thoroughly wash boots and gloves with soap, water and a scrub brush before taking off your protective clothing.

Being able to readily identify wild parsnip and early detection of infested areas will minimize inadvertent exposure to this plant and the painful results that follow. Anyone having information on specific locations where this weed is posing a public risk should contact your municipality.

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The mysterious case of the poisoned porridge

by David Shanahan John and Alexander (Sandy) Kennedy were two brothers from Scotland who had lived and worked in Kemptville as blacksmiths since the late 1850's.

In 1893, John was 73 years old, Sandy was 67, and they lived at the corner of Asa and Thomas Streets with John’s wife, Ann, 67, and a young girl called Elizabeth Poole, 15 years old and also from Scotland. It seemed the three adults, who had come to Canada together and lived apparently peaceful lives in their home for so many years, were coming gradually to the end of a long and active life.

On the morning of March 4, 1893, Sandy was up and about around 7, moving around the house, and the workshop behind their home, getting ready for the day ahead. He had been very ill for much of the previous year, and was only just regaining some of his strength that spring. Elizabeth, known as Lizzie, got up that morning to make breakfast for the family, a regular part of her chores, and added some fresh porridge to what remained of the previous day’s meal. She got some water from the well, added a little salt from the salt cellar on the table, along with some oats she had bought the day before at Reuben Scoville’s store.

Sandy came into the kitchen and took some porridge from the pot, leaving his dish on the table to cool and left the room.

Lizzie went to help John, and when she came back saw Sandy putting some milk into his porridge. She ate hers with Ann Kennedy about an hour later.

About half an hour after eating, both women began

to feel ill and started vomiting, beginning with Lizzie.

Some time after having his breakfast, Sandy also began to feel severe pain in his stomach. At first, his brother complained that Sandy should never have tried porridge in his weak state, and should have stuck with toast. But the pain gradually became worse, and Sandy began to vomit.

Ann sent Lizzie, in spite of her condition, to fetch their neighbour, Mrs. Banks, who lived across the road. The next few hours were quite strange in the Kennedy household.

All three people continued vomiting and in severe pain, and it seemed that Ann Kennedy was in the most critical condition.

But it was Sandy, perhaps weakened through his recent illness, who succumbed first, dying that evening. Ann Kennedy hung on until the following Tuesday, when she, too, died. Lizzie recovered within a few hours and survived the experience.

It was clear to the many neighbours, as well as Doctor Homes who attended the three stricken individuals that afternoon and evening, that it was a case of poisoning, whether deliberate or accidental was the question. From the symptoms, Dr. Holmes deduced that the poison used was arsenic, and that a rat poison, called “Rough on Rats”, was probably the source.

But how did the rat poison get in the porridge? Before he died, Sandy Kennedy was reported to have stated quite categorically that he had been poisoned by Lizzie Poole, and that the porridge was the method she used. Even when told that Lizzie was also vomiting and had clearly been poisoned herself, Sandy remained adamant that she

was the guilty one.

The inquest was held upstairs in the Town Hall, just around the corner from the Kennedy home, in the very room where I read about this case. That same room had been filled to capacity as neighbours and experts gave testimony about the events of that day, and specifically about the relationship between Lizzie Poole and the Kennedys. Lizzie was a Home Child, one of the more than 100,000 children from Britain and Ireland who were sent to Canada between 1869 and 1939.

She had been brought to Brockville, from where she was “adopted” by the Kennedys in 1888. Some witnesses spoke of the tension that existed between Lizzie and her “Aunt” Ann Kennedy, who had accused her of stealing some money. Others said the whole household got on well.

Lizzie admitted openly from the beginning that she had made the porridge that morning, as she always did, but denied completely that she had put the rat poison in it.

There were those who pointed out that she herself had been poisoned: hardly the act of a murderer. Others noted that she was less affected than the other two who died, and wondered if she was just faking the illness. But Doctor Holmes and others were very definite that Lizzie had been vomiting and was genuinely stricken, and there was a possible explanation for the relative lightness of her symptoms. She had found the porridge too thick, and added water to it, returning it to the pot and watering down the meal.

This may have helped to lower the concentration of the arsenic.

John Kennedy was a

puzzle too. He had not had any porridge, which he admitted was unusual for him. He was also reluctant to have the case investigated because, he claimed, he believed that Sandy had actually committed suicide by poisoning and taken the other two with him. He had certainly argued with Ann recently, and had changed his will. But there was debate over how many wills he had actually made and where they were. Did John kill the others to inherit his brother’s money and share of the property? It seems an odd thing to do at the age of 73, after sharing his life with his brother for so long.

He even slept in his brother’s room and not with his wife. In the end, John died the following year. Lizzie went back to the Home in Brockville from which she had been adopted by the Kennedys five years earlier.

After that, she disappears from history.

Did she kill Ann and Sandy Kennedy? If so, why did she eat the porridge herself? Did John kill them? The Inquest returned a verdict of wilful death by person or persons unknown. A strange and bizarre event in a house of elderly people and a young girl. Someone apparently got away with murder: which is doubly odd, since just a few years later, in the home of that neighbour, Mrs. Banks from across the road, another killing went unpunished just a few years later. But that is another story for another day.

Thanks to Bill Holmes who pointed me to this interesting chapter in Kemptville history.

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Helping young children who stutter The Language Express Preschool Speech and Language Program helps children with many types of speech, language, social communication and literacy difficulties.

Stuttering is more common in boys, and in children whose language skills are either delayed or advanced for their age.

Language Express Preschool Speech and Language Services System helps families in Lanark, Leeds & Grenville. We provide services for preschool children with speech, language and communication difficulties. These services are free and available to children from birth until the end of Junior Kindergarten.

The Ministry of Children and Youth Services funds Ontario's Preschool Speech and Language Program, and the lead agency for Language Express is the Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit.

In their preschool years, many children go through periods of stuttering, especially when they are tired, excited, or upset. These periods may come and go, and most children grow out of them. Here are some suggestions for helping your child get through these periods: Speak slowly yourself, but don’t tell your child to slow down.

Give your child lots of time to finish what he is saying. Try not to interrupt or finish his sentences.

Do not draw attention to your child's stuttering. You don't want your child to start trying to not stutter, as this can make her speech worse.

Make sure your child gets a turn to talk: Give everyone a turn to talk at the dinner table or in a group of children.

Some children will not grow out of their stuttering.

For them, it is important to begin intervention as early as possible. Here are some signs that you should take your child to a speech-language pathologist: Your child repeats parts of words or single sounds.

Your child's speech is accompanied by signs of tension or struggling, such as clenching fists, blinking eyes, or visible tensing in the mouth or neck.

Your child's speech seems to get blocked completely sometimes, with no sound coming out.

Request an assessment if you are not sure about your child's stuttering. Even if treatment isn't necessary, the speech-language pathologist will be able to analyze your child's speech and answer your questions. For more information, check out the Language Express website at www.language-express.ca/, or call us at 1-888-503-8885.

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What’s Happening @ KYC Free Programs at Kemptville Youth Centre

Ross McNeil Cook Night Thurs. July 2nd 4 - 7pm ~~~~~ FREE Swim ~~~~~ Fri. July 3rd 7 - 8:30pm

Free Rock Climbing Sat. July 4th 3 - 9pm

BNI Sports Night - Tues. July 7th 6 - 7:30pm

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Kemptville Legion Canada Day Breakfast. 8 – 10:30 am. All Welcome. Adults $5.00, Children under 12 $3.00 Canada Day Celebrations: Kemptville 8 am-10:30 pm Riverside Park.

Oxford Mills: 11:30 - 4 pm Maplewood Park Youngsters of Yore, Kemptville Public Library, 1:30 pm. Guest speaker: Gerry Shaver, Safe Communities.

Family Fun Day: Paul Campbell’s Circus Show, Skate and Movie.

Movie 10 am, Skate 12 pm, Bring a picnic lunch, Show 2 pm. Cost $8.

AGM of the Kemptville Wildcats Softball and Baseball Club will be held at 7 pm, at 380 Colonnade Drive More information and the agenda will be posted to the website prior to the meeting.

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BNI Networking Group Breakfast, Grenville Mutual Insurance Building, 380 Colonnade Drive, 7- 8:30 am. Call 613-918-0430 for more information.

Bridge- St. John’s United Church, 12:15 pm. Cost $4. "All levels of bridge players welcome. Come discover Duplicate Bridge. "Info, contact Sandra at 613-258-2691.

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

NG Photography Club - Meeting first Wed. of every month at the Auditorium at the Municipal Centre on Hwy 44. For more info see ngphotoclub.ca.

Bingo- First and third Wednesday of the month, Kemptville Legion.

Games start at 1 pm. All welcome. Refreshments available.

Klub 67 Euchre every second and fourth Wed. of the month, 1:15 pm, St. John's United Church downstairs. Everyone welcome, $5.00.

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

Friendship lunch, Leslie Hall, Clothier St. W. Sponsored by St. James, St. John, Kemptville Pentecostal Tabernacle, Salvation Army and Holy Cross churches. Serving begins at 11:30 am. No charge. Goodwill offering. All are welcome.

The Kerith Debt Freedom Centre. Confidential coaches will help you get out of debt and stay out of debt. Free, open on the 2nd and 4th Sat. of the month from 9:30-11:30 at the NG Community Church. Appointments can be made at kdfc.ca or by calling 613-258-4815 x103.

Kemptville Legion breakfast. Third Saturday of the month except for July and Aug. Breakfast served from 8-10 am. Adults $5.00, Children under 12- $3.00. All welcome.

Kemptville and Area Walking Group, Municipal Centre - Early birds: 8 am, others 8:30 am. Contact: Eva 258-4487.

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Secret Gardeners Last week, the NG Times reported on the vandalism that stripped the newly installed and planted flower boxes on Prescott Street bridge just a day after so many volunteers had installed them for all our benefit. This week, a wonderful surprise awaited some of those volunteers as they arrived at the Library beside the bridge. Lou Munz reports: “We went to our weekly library group meeting a while ago, and looked over at the boxes….they’ve been replanted!!! Whatever good Samaritans took it upon themselves to replant the boxes used exactly the same plants we did. This is a time consuming, dirty job…and they did it perfectly! On top of that, when we got home, one of the local real estate July 1, 2015

offices called and said they wanted to buy and replant the boxes themselves! What a town!! With all of the horrifying things happening in our world, to see a town so generous and kind as to care about some petunias that got thrown in the river, makes one sit up and realize what a fabulous world it really is!”

At first, the identity of the Secret Gardener was a mystery, but some sleuthing revealed the heros. Once again, our correspondent reports: “New news as of this morning. One of our friends made it her business to find out who the mystery planting crew was. Turns out that Pioneer Nursery, where we bought the plants, read about the vandalism in the newspaper. The owner promptly sent

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four of his workers, using the same plants, over to replant the boxes. Needless to say, they did a professional job, better than we did. Don went to the nursery a while ago to thank the Nursery owner. Alf snapped his fingers, and said "Drat, they found out!" He was happy to be anonymous!

The plants were still there this morning, yeayy! And, yesterday afternoon, a local real estate office (KellerWilliams) and the manager of the Canadian Tire store both called to say they'd like to buy and replant the boxes.

To think that a town still cares about "petunias in the creek" makes one all fuzzy!”

This is the North Grenville community at work.

What a wonderful place we have.

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SHOP HISTORIC KEMPTVILLE Thank you!

A huge thank you to Pioneer Nurseries, Keller-Williams and Canadian Tire for their willingness to reverse an act of vandalism and restore beauty to the Downtown, showing real Flower Power and community spirit.

Summer Clearance 50% off clothing and footwear!

Grand Opening of Old Town Treats

613.258.0166 207 Sanders St., Kemptville

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On June 6, Shona Durocher, Pierre Sabourin and their family and friends celebrated the official grand opening of Old Town Treats, Old Town Kemptville’s premier candy, fudge and ice cream shop. It was a beautiful sunny day and Shona and Pierre were supported by their Business Improvement Area colleagues, Juice 97.5 FM and the Lion’s Club BBQ team.

Old Town Treats is a welcome addition to the downtown.

Its specialty is a wide variety of homemade fudge with truly unique and in some cases, exotic flavours. Coupled with a cup of Pierre’s great coffee, it really is a wonderful treat! Shona and Pierre thank all of their regular customers for supporting their launch and invite kids of all ages to come and partake in an old-fashioned candy store atmosphere set in one of Old Town Kemptville’s heritage buildings. And don’t forget to come in on one of those hot summer days for a delicious soft serve ice cream cone or a milkshake. Congratulations, Old Town Treats! .

Tickets from $20 / Weekend Pass $60

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TICKETS ON SALE: kemptvillelivemusicfestival.com

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Player of the week

Sam St. Pierre, Ladies Softball Player of the Week, from the orange team Spa Sans Souci.

by Anne Leach Samantha St. Pierre joined the Ladies Recreational Softball league as a brand new ball player and has been enjoying playing third base. This week, she made several awesome catches.

She just graduated from Algonquin College in Culinary Management so is enjoying playing softball in her free time.

Sam remembers watching her mom play ball when she was a young girl and decided to join the league to meet new people and learn the game. Sam is joined on the team by other family members and her dedicated boyfriend shows up to watch all her games. Congratulations on being named Ladies Softball Player of the Week!

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KWBSC - Over 550 players participate in 2015 Shootout Tournament

lishing, the Intermediate, Junior and Senior finals results were not available.

Off the field, the economic spin-off of this tournament is positive for our community. With over 550 players and families in town over two weekends, these families spent their time (and money!) in between games by going to local businesses whether it be to eat or shop. Jeff Underhill, owner of Shoeless Joe's, remarked that "these types of events are good for photo credit Hanlon Photography business as we’ll see entire teams come in for a meal Aaron Mather of Kemptville Minor Wildcats slides safely into third with their families. The base in semi-final action versus South Ottawa entire business community benefits as a whole." games were played in South

by Dan PichĂŠ Mountain, Winchester and Kemptville Wildcats Chesterville. The quality Baseball Softball Club re- of baseball was second to cently hosted Canada's larg- none as some of the best est little league baseball players from these regions tournament. With 44 teams participated. Some of these making their way to our teams will be vying for community over the past provincial championships two weekends, this year's and some may potentially version of the Shootout compete at the national was once again a huge level later this summer.

Here are the winning success. Teams from Quebec, Ontario and Northern teams at each division: New York state participated Minor - Orleans Red Sox at Riverside and South Major - East Nepean Eagles Gower parks, while some * At the time of pub-

Hosting Canada's largest little league tournament would not have been possible without the organizers and volunteers.

The KWBSC executive would like to thank all the volunteers who made this event possible, including executive members, parents of the Kemptville teams involved, umpires from District 2 who volunteered their time without pay, students who gave their time as part of their volunteer hours, and several KWBSC members who volunteered despite not having any kids involved for this particular tournament.

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