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March 11, 2015

First Tournament for Kemptville Women’s Hockey

The North Grenville Times is Locally Owned and Operated Back Row: Nancy McDiarmid, Norie Spence, Susan “Suds in the Bucket” Bartlett, Cheryle Canning, Bonnie Faith, Lillian Batson, Lucy Patton, and Angie Kirk. First Row: Debbie Bellinger, Nancy “Mac” MacLean, Joanne Saunders, Debbie Wilson, and Sandy McEwen

by Angie Kirk, Kemptville Women’s Hockey League President The Kemptville Women’s Hockey League was proud to see some of their “experienced” players head to the Ontario Senior Games to participate in the first ever women’s hockey tournament held at the event. While in Minden, Team Kemptville played four strong games spread out over two days, February 16 and 17. These women represented us well,

returning with trophies for their second place finish. We are so proud of our players for committing to the tournament and pioneering the way for women’s hockey, as many of them already have done over the years. This is hopefully the first of many Kemptville Women’s Hockey teams heading to the Senior games.

With a successful tournament under their belts, our returning team is ready to play the last three games of the

Kemptville Women’s Hockey League 2014-2015 Winter Season. Registration for our summer league is being held Sunday, March 1, 8 and 22 from 7:00 to 9:15 pm at the North Grenville Municipal Centre, so they will soon be hitting the ice for the summer season. The fun and laughs shared at the Games will continue while preparing for next year’s tournament through league play. Anyone interested in having some laughs, meeting new friends, and

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March Break at the North Grenville Public Library

By Liz Dwyer, Coordinator of Community Engagement North Grenville Public Library offers our usual great selection of children’s books and movies, always ready to entertain those March Breakers! In addition, we are offering several free, special activities during the March Break week.

On Monday, March 16, from 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm, we have our Maker Spaces session for children 10+. “How does our body do so many amazing things?” Create models to explore the way our muscles flex in our hands and how our lungs work. Register online at www. ngpl.ca. Limit of 8 children.

On Tuesday, March 17, we have two special March Break Story Times with Library Sue, either 10 am or 11 am. No registration required. Limit 20 children/story hour.

Thursday, March 19, 9:30 am – 11:30 am and Friday, March 20, 1 pm – 3 pm, the Engineer It!-Girls Inc Workshop takes place. Free to all girls ages 6-13. To register call 613-345-3295 or email admin@uppercanada.girls.inc.org We finish the week with a Lego Extravaganza on March 20, from 10 am – 12 pm.

Construct your Lego creation at home then bring it in to exhibit! Exhibits will be judged and prizes awarded! Lego will be available for general play during this time, but not available to create an exhibit piece.

We hope to see you here for a fun filled March Break at the North Grenville Public Library!

COMING SOON: Spring …and The North Grenville Sustainability Fair!

Submitted by Clare Weissflog for Sustainable North Grenville Record-breaking cold temperatures this winter may have you raising your hands in surrender, but hang in there, Spring is just around the corner! It’s March; the clocks have changed; the lighter mornings

will brighten your mood AND you can look forward to the first community fair of the year next month on Sunday, April 26, “The 2015 North Grenville Sustainability Fair & Market”.

The Sustainability Fair brings together community groups, locally-owned businesses and entrepreneurs,

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Bullying should be a crime, says Poll

by David Shanahan The results of a recent Angus Reid on-line poll dealing with bullying was released at the end of February, and the results show a strong move in Canadian society to have bullying considered a crime.

In the online survey of a representative sample of 1,006 Canadian adults, according to the report, “two thirds of respondents (65%) think bullying should be considered a crime even if no physical violence is involved. One-infive Canadians (19%) believe bullying should be regarded as a crime only if it involved physical violence, and only six per cent of Canadians think bullying should not be considered a crime”.

Certain behaviour associated with bullying, such as harassment, or uttering threats, can lead to criminal prosecution under the Criminal Code of Canada, but bullying itself is not yet in that category. The poll’s figures for Ontario reflect the results for the country as a whole. 61% of respondents in this province believe bullying should be considered a criminal act, even if it does not involve physical violence, and 21% think physical violence should be the determining factor.

An interesting aspect of the poll is that it does not focus exclusively on bully-

market vendors, conservation groups and cultural organizations from North Grenville and the surrounding area, all of whom are important threads in the cultural, environmental and economic fabric of a thriving community. Sustainability means combining all these strands to meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the generations to come.

At this year’s Sustainability Fair, you can look forward to a day out for all the family.

Talk with local producers, examine nature displays, enjoy a delicious lunch, find volunteer opportunities, create in the kid’s area or even join a new club. Members of the Farmer’s Market will be on hand with a St. sampling of the wares you can expect to find when the market season starts.

Electric vehicles are making a comeback this year! The future of transportation is not individually-driven fossilfuelled cars, but more low carbon options such as E.V’s, electric hybrids, car sharing, mass transportation, and bikes.

Glimpse into a transportation future that is starting now; watch this space for more information in the lead up to this year’s show.

Think warm thoughts and prepare to come out of hibernation! Get to know your community better at the 8th Annual N. G. Sustainability Fair & Market on Sunday, April 26 from 10 am-2 pm at the North Grenville Municipal Centre, 285 County Rd 44, Kemptville.

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ing in schools. Respondents also believe that bullying is a phenomenon that exists in the workplace, family life, as well as in higher education.

When asked how serious a problem it is in these contexts, the results were, perhaps, surprising.

Bullying was considered a “very serious or moderately serious” problem in the workplace by 53% of respondents, while 52% put it in that category when it came to bullying in family life. Even in colleges and universities, 43% considered it as serious problem.

A large proportion of Canadians believe bullying is a serious problem in middle school and high school (94%) and elementary school (88%). In a second survey on the topic of bullying, Angus Reid found that 75% of those polled reported being bullied at school at least once, but only 46% say their child has been bullied. For the purposes of the survey, bullying at school was defined as: “acts or comments by one or more students that are intended to intimidate, offend or humiliate another student.” Almost 90% believe that bullying is a serious issue in schools today.

Although respondents were fairly equally divided about whether schools were dealing adequately with the problem, there were some unsettling statistics in the poll report.

When asked if reporting incidents of bullying made a difference in schools today, 28% said it “made no real difference either way”. 30% said that the situation improved when the school became aware of the bullying, but that still “didn’t end it”. But for 14%, reporting to school authorities “only made matters worse”. The long-term effects on people who were bullied regularly or often was illuminating. 38% of those individuals “still think about it sometimes”, and 12% claim it’s “had a serious and lasting effect” on them.

But for those who were bullied continuously, or on an on-going basis, the serious and lasting effect has impacted on a sizeable 43% of victims. This raises deep concerns about the impact ongoing bullying is having on our children today. The poll also showed that, as people got older, they did not regard the issue as being as bad or as prevalent as it was in their time in school. Age lessens pain, perhaps, but we need to be aware of the reality.

Perhaps the most discouraging statistic in the two polls on bullying was the one that shows 75% of respondents believing that: “Bullying is never going to go away, no matter what new polices or approaches are tried”.

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NGDHS Science Fair

by David Shanahan The students in Grades 7 and 8 at North Grenville District High School have been working hard over the past couple of months on their science projects, and they will soon have the opportunity of displaying their work to family, friends and the community. Matthew Wilson is the Science teacher at NGDHS who has organised a Science Fair to be held in the school on Friday, March 27.

It is an all-day event from 8 am – 2 pm.

Matthew, who has been teaching for 14 years but is new to NGDHS, has hosted science fairs at a number of schools. But his new goal is to create a science fair at NGDHS that grows each year to involve secondary grades and students from other schools.

“I feel science is extremely important in this day and age.

There are so many careers that involve science, and it’s

great to get students involved as early as possible.” His approach to science is creative and aims to meet students at the level of their interest. If someone likes music, then they can do a project on comparing analog and digital recording, for example. Matthew believes that everything around us is science, and can be introduced to students using some imagination.

The idea of the Science Fair was introduced to the school in December, and students began to work in the classrooms in January, when they returned from Christmas break. Students were allowed to choose from three types of project.

The first is an experimental/innovative project, where students test or design something based on the scientific method. The second type is a demonstration/display, where students demonstrate how something works. The final type is a research project

where students explore a topic that interests them. Projects were completed in class by this week and the names of the top 8-10 projects from each class will be submitted to Matthew. “From that list, I will break up the projects into categories and assign judges based on the judge’s strengths, experience and numbers.”

Matthew has invited a number of individuals from the school community and the public to act as judges for the Science Fair, drawing on a core group with whom he has worked at previous Fairs in other schools. “I always try to pair up new judges with experienced judges and every category will have 1-2 senior students to help out.”

Student participants will have the opportunity to win Best of Fair, the NGCSC Best Visual Display, sponsored by the North Grenville Community Service Council, the Technology/Engineering Award and

an Environmental Naturalist Award, sponsored by the Ferguson Forest Centre. Mayor David Gordon will be on hand to present prizes, and, thanks to generous support from the community, Matthew will be bale to provide awards that reflect the importance of the Science Fair for the students and the community.

The awards ceremony takes place at 1:30 and the day ends at 2pm, when students return to their classrooms to head home. Family, friends and neighbours can drop by the NGDHS on March 27, after 8 am to view the projects, and take part in the awards ceremony at 1:30.

Matthew and the students are grateful to the following community partners who have helped make this first annual Science Fair possible: Kemptville Rotary Club, the Ferguson Forest Centre, the North Grenville Community Service Council and the North Grenville Times.

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Save our Raptors: Please don’t poison submitted by Kelvin Hodges I think we all enjoy watching the return of golden eagles. What delight in the swooping hawk and thrill hearing the hoot of an owl in darkest night.

Sadly, scavenging on poisoned critters is causing ⅔ of all raptor deaths says a new study. So please, protect your garden, but don't poison.

Did you know golden eagles were making a comeback? Golden eagles March 11, 2015

and vultures look almost identical from the air. Because of that, many people don't know golden eagles have made a comeback in eastern Ontario.

Tips for identification: Easiest: Seen from below, the golden eagle wing is all black with perhaps (if it's fairly close) a lighter coloured band at the front of the wing. The vulture has a dark wing at the front but most of the wing trailing to the back will be

light gray.

Harder: Golden eagles have flat wings and shoulders while soaring. The vulture has a hunch to its shoulder and an arch to the wing. Both will bend/flare the wing tips.

Hardest: The eagle also has a dark smaller, thicker neck and head. The vulture shows up thinner with a featherless head and neck.

But you'll need to be pretty close to tell.

Remember. You can

buy extra vegetables on Sundays at the farmers market next to B&H. Or trap. Or put up a fence.

And enjoy the flight of those magnificent birds of prey.

I have to say, I prefer thinking of my garden contribution to wildlife, happily or not, as a small price to pay in this era of rapidly declining wild species. Though ask me that again after the deer have eaten my apple harvest.

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Sustainable North Grenville applies for status with National Energy Board over Energy East pipeline risks

It’s Free, Don’t miss it!

Your best opportunity to meet, mingle and get to know your local business professionals happens at Kemptville Women in Business’s Open House on Monday, March 16 from 6:30-8:30 pm at Grenville Mutual Insurance, 380 Colonnade Dr. There will be an insurance broker, lawyer, mortgage broker and real estate agent available to answer your questions and get you ready for the spring market.

Need help with a landlord tenant issue or unpaid invoices? Perhaps a paralegal could help. RSP or Tax Free Savings Account?

Ask the financial planner.

She can help you put your kids through school, retire more comfortably and pay fewer taxes. Need someone to help you navigate the changes to Child Tax credits, income splitting or help you get the best tax return?

A bookkeeper with over 30 years experience will be there too.

Purchase something beautiful for you home from Partylite Gifts and bling for your bod from Tocara.

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care from Arbonne will be available. Have an event to plan? Big or small you will be amazed at how easy it can be when you team up ALK Event Management.

Did you know that something is added to tea to take out caffeine? Learn all about it from a Steeped Tea Consultant while enjoying hot and iced teas. Need a dependable local contact for printing and marketing your business, sport team or group? Come discuss customized solutions with a Merrickville based printer.

Going away on vacation and need in-home pet sitting? Does one of your pets need medical care in the privacy of your own home? Enter our Critter Concierge – you will be surprised at how she can help. Come meet the vision behind North Grenville’s premier dog grooming salon to hear how she is different and why you shouldn’t trust just anyone with your four legged family members.

Our Open House is open to everyone. Light refreshments will be available and there will be door prizes as well – Hope to see you

Open House You are invited to meet our members and discover what KWIB has to offer.

Explore our various businesses and support our local business community.

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About Kemptville Women in Business Kemptville Women in Business (KWIB) is an exclusive networking group that consists of women business owners. We are committed to creating and sustaining a local group of female business professionals who meet on a regular basis to collaborate in business development opportunities. KWIB offers trusted partners and the opportunity to become more forward-thinking through our presentations and events held in Kemptville and the surrounding area. Kemptville Women in Business hosted the World of Women show, supports local initiatives like Girls Inc and the annual Sweetheart Brunch and is a proud member of the Business Retention and Expansion Alliance.

Meetings are typically held the 3rd Monday of every month starting at 6:30 pm at Grenville Mutual Insurance located at 380 Colonnade Dr. in Kemptville, K0G 1J0.

For more For more information on becoming a member or attending a meeting as our guest, please visit our website www.kemptvillewomeninbusiness.com and/or email Kathryn Pentland-Bruck at membership@kemptvillewomeninbusiness.com

More than 18 months after raising the issue of pipeline risks to local drinking water, Sustainable North Grenville (SNG) has applied to the National Energy Board (NEB) for commenter status.

Since the fall of 2013, concerned citizens have been speaking out about the risks associated with a proposed pipeline planned by TransCanada Pipelines TCP).

The pipeline crosses the Rideau River through North Grenville, and portions of the pipeline are proposed to be embedded within the aquifer that supplies drinking water to thousands of area residents.

In North Grenville, 70 per cent of its 16,000 residents have private wells that draw their drinking water from the shallow Oxford Aquifer. This aquifer lies directly beneath the proposed pipeline route and was classified as "highly vulnerable to pollution" (the worst rating) by the Ontario government in the wake of the Walkerton water crisis.

This is because the soil is very thin and cannot absorb much. The rock underneath the soil is also riddled with holes and fractures, meaning liquids on the surface - like spilled crude oil or dilbit - can leach into this important drinking water source.

SNG was pleased to learn that North Grenville had applied to the NEB for intervener status.

“I have spoken to CAO Brian Carré, and commended the Municipality on taking this important step,” said Tom Graham, area resident and SNG member. “There are a lot of well-educated residents who are skeptical of this project. SNG looks forward to working with the Municipality to ensure the safety of the drinking water for residents of our community.”

Sustainable North Grenville was created in 2010 by a group of concerned citizens to help raise awareness about sustainability issues in North Grenville, and to share information with those who would like to see the community become more sustainable.

Members of SNG live along the pipeline route and are directly affected. Many also depend on a water source that would be at risk of serious contamination in the event of a large or even small-scale pipeline spill in the area.

More info: www.SustainableNorthGrenville.ca Contact: Tom Graham, tdgraham@tdgraham.com

New Action Plan to End Sexual Violence and Harassment The Ontario government has announced a new plan to help end sexual violence and harassment in the workplace and educational institutions.

The project is called “It's Never Okay: An Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence and Harassment”, and outlines concrete steps to help change attitudes, provide more supports for survivors, and make workplaces and campuses safer and more responsive to complaints about sexual violence and harassment. The government has committed $41 million over three years to support the plan's implementation.

In December 2014, Premier Kathleen Wynne issued a statement calling for stronger action against sexual violence and harassment, and she directed members of her cabinet to put forward measures to address the issue.

The action plan is the result of their work.

Highlights from the plan include: A multi-media public education campaign to help change behaviours and call on bystanders to intervene; A new health and physical education curriculum that will help children, from Grades 1

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to 12, develop a deeper learning about healthy relationships and consent; Stronger workplace safety legislation that, if passed, would require employers to investigate and address workplace harassment, including sexual harassment; An enhanced prosecution model tailored to the needs of sexual assault cases that will help ensure that all such charges are prosecuted as fairly, effectively and respectfully as possible; Legislation that, if passed, would eliminate the twoyear limitation period for civil sexual assault claims and claims of sexual assault before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, and; Increased and stabilized funding for supports for survivors provided by community partners.

A permanent stakeholder Roundtable on Violence Against Women will be convened to provide advice to the government on ongoing and emerging gender-based violence issues.

One in three women will experience some form of sexual assault in her lifetime, and sexual assault victimization rates are five times higher

for women under the age of 35. A large section of the Canadian population, 28%, say they have been on the receiving end of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, or sexually-charged talk while on the job.

In announcing the action plan, Premier Wynne said: “As a woman, ending sexual violence and harassment is a cause I feel strongly about — and as a leader, it is also one I know is right for Ontario. Our action plan is an affirmation that everyone in this province deserves dignity, equality and respect, and is a clarion call to all Ontarians to help end misogyny so that everyone can live free from sexual violence and harassment.”

A copy of “It's Never Okay: An Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence and Harassment” is available for free download at: www.ontario. ca/document/action-planstop-sexual-violence-andharassment Information and resources, sources of help, and a video of the Who Will You Help ad, are available at: www.ontario.ca/home-andcommunity/we-can-all-helpstop-sexual-violence www.ngtimes.ca

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The first cut is the deepest

by David Shanahan As will be seen from some of your contributions to this week’s issue, the subject of the recent municipal budget shock is not going away. It seems the main source of upset, even anger, with the size of the tax increase for 2015 is the unexpectedness of it. After the incumbent councillors reassured us during the election that all was sweetness and light, the increase and surprising revelation of how serious the situation may be came as a major shock.

There is, no doubt, reason for some of the displeasure expressed by taxpayers of our community. It seems difficult to understand why the Community Grants program, for example, should be cut back to just $5,000 for the year. This grant has always been a source of encouragement and initiative for the voluntary sector, and, once upon a time, was a

much larger fund than we have left today. The fact that $3,000 was given to a local church to build a skating rink seems a little out of order: surely there are more important causes that could use that money? That church has a large congregation, and $5 each would more than match the funds given by the municipality.

The $35,000 for the Heritage Committee is also puzzling. As an historian, and one committed to the preservation of our history and heritage, I can only look at the work being done in that area by the NG Historical Society as a voluntary body, paying their token $500 a year rent for space in the old Kemptville Town Hall as a place to keep our historical records and artefacts. Surely some of that $35,000 could have, at the very least, been used to cover their rent?

But, it should be noted, that staff and council did discuss ways to reduce

costs and save taxpayers money, before arriving at the now famous 6.18%.

The decision not to freeze municipal staff wages and council salaries was made, apparently, out of fear that a union might be introduced for staff, and that would lead to even higher salaries and benefits. That, surely, assumes that staff would be so incensed by a wage freeze that they would immediately demand union representation. Is that likely? Are they not taxpaying residents, like everyone else? (Well, most of them are).

The decision was made to cut fuel usage by 10% to save money, and that was in spite of Councillor Sutton’s assurance that “we are quite safe” because fuel costs would not rise this year or next.

One can see where budget projections in the past came from, and why we’re in a mess now.

When council discussed possible budget cuts in January, it was suggested

that the staff and volunteer appreciation dinner could be cancelled this year.

Staff themselves help to raise money for this event, and have approached local businesses in the past for sponsorship. CAO Brian Carré considered this tradition inappropriate, but the suggestion that costs for the dinner be reduced was defeated.

I’m sure there are many volunteers who would be prepared to go without a dinner, if they pay less tax. That would really show the municipality’s appreciation for what they do.

The fact is, that staff came up with options for reducing costs, including a pay freeze and a freeze on hiring, and council made the final decision about what to accept or reject.

There is only so much that can be saved in the current budget position, and some of the cuts and reductions were more symbolic than effective. Saving $20,000 by not hiring a Deputy

Fire Chief for another six months hardly makes a difference to the financial situation overall.

In my opinion, the 2015 budget, while not making necessarily the best of a bad situation, at least attempts to stop that situation getting worse. It was past councils, over the past ten years and more, who landed us in this mess. We have no reserves left. There are loans outstanding, earning interest daily, that will be coming due in years to come. We cannot afford to keep borrowing to buy new equipment: leasing has been suggested as an alternative. But it is not that simple, and infrastructure needs to be upgraded and/ or replaced. Provincial legislation and regulations limit council’s freedom of action, and provincial cuts to funding only make things worse.

What’s the bottom line, then? We are where we are, and we have to deal with it. We are still

in a better position than many rural municipalities in Ontario, and we have a strong community already carrying a lot of the load through voluntary action.

I don’t say we shouldn’t be really annoyed at finding ourselves here; but let’s remember who is responsible for our plight, and give the staff and council time to try and put it right.

Just - forget the appreciation dinners.

They just seem a little insensitive to a hurting community right now.

full aim at him and a detailed drubbing was posted on the North Grenville website. It turns out that Mr. Armour's numbers may not have been 100% accurate, but he got the main points right: the tax payers were going to continue to get hit, and hit hard, with the new development being one of the factors.

Meanwhile, Mr. Sutton, who had been responsible for overseeing the financial committee for most of the previous decade, said with great pride, prior to the last election, that we were in pretty good shape, financially. Having just received our spring tax assessment notice, my wife and I, like many of our fellow citizens, do not agree with Mr. Sutton. We do not feel like we are in 'pretty good shape'.

We feel like we are paying for somebody's misguided notion of what 'pretty good shape' financially means. It is regrettable that we were not informed of all of this before the election. We could have voted differently. I don't

think this financial situation popped up out of the blue, after the votes were counted; mention of it was just carefully avoided until that time, it seems.

So, what's to be done?

For starters, I think Mr. Armour deserves an apology. In addition, I believe the letters from Mr. Jarjour and Mr. Brennan deserve a response.

Not a response that implies that these gentlemen should not concern themselves with such complicated matters. A response should not suggest that they are not intellectually capable of handling the complexities of Municipal finances.

Plus, we, the already over-burdened tax payers of North Grenville, should be given a promise that after this most recent 'one time only' excessive tax hit, there will be a cut in taxes in next year's budget. No, not the guaranteed annual increase that Council feels is the ONLY option. A cut. This means a smaller number on the tax assessment form.

Less! And if they can't bring themselves to do it, we the people should send in our cheques with a note explaining the 2% we deducted on our own. I think Gandhi would like that idea. Civil disobedience at its finest.

They can tell us that there has to be a 2% increase.

We can tell them they are getting a much-deserved 2% decrease. As financial managers of our household budgets, we have to be responsible with our revenue flow. We could teach our municipal representatives by example.

So let's sit back and see if Mr. Armour hears from Mr. Sutton. Let's see if Mr. Jarjour and Mr. Brennan

get the responses that they deserve. I know I will be waiting for a rebuttal, but I won't be holding my breath.

So, tremendously taxed resident, if you have not sent in your contribution to the Municipal coffers, here's a math

exercise for you: multiply your assessment by decimal zero two ($x.02) and subtract it from the total. Do yourself a favour. Give yourself a 2% tax break today. You deserve it.

Peter Johnson

Letter to the Editor Mr. Editor: Letter writers V. Jarjour and B. Brennan made very good points regarding our ever-upward spiralling taxes.

Taxes may indeed be inevitable. As Canadians, we certainly pay our share. Often, more than most. But there are benefits, usually. I have a few points I would like to add to the discussion.

One of our area business leaders had a discussion with a recently-retired council member. He wanted to know if cutting spending and lowering taxes had ever been examined by our municipal representatives. That discussion never happened, he was told. Never? Ever? It may be that cutting items from the budget because the increase was going to be more than the populace would swallow, was discussed. But a hard look at spending with the lowering of taxes as the end goal was never on the table.

And, when Mr. Armour pointed out that an even worse scenario would be coming, he was roundly criticized and Mr. Sutton took

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Municipality intervenes in Energy East hearings The Municipality of North Grenville has officially applied for intervenor status in the National Energy Board hearings into the Energy east pipeline which is being developed by TransCanada Corporation.

The pipeline is expected to carry more than one million barrels of extremely toxic crude oil from the Alberta tar sands to export terminals in Quebec and New Brunswick. The cost of the project is about $12 billion and the pipeline crosses the Rideau River and passes through North Grenville for a short distance. There are fears that any break and subsequent spill of the oil would pollute both the Rideau and the aquifers which supply our drinking water, as well as destroying much of the natural environment of the area.

The Council of Canadians issued a report on the proposed pipeline last year, in which it says the Energy East Pipeline would cross and endanger almost

1,000 waterways that are important for drinking water, First Nations cultures and treaty rights, fish and wildlife habitat and tourism.

Dr. Fred Schueler and Aleta Karsted, of Bishop’s Mills, have recently been examining these waterways and habitats along the route to establish the potential threat posed by Energy East. The reason for the municipality’s application to participate in the NEB hearings is also based on concerns over the protection of our water resources.

T h e m u n i c i p a l i t y ’s CAO, Brian Carré, reports that talks with TransCanada have been positive, but certain issues remain unsettled: “TransCanada has been very helpful and professional to deal with and at this time have addressed all of our concerns and responded to all of our questions with the exception of one area.

While the Energy East Pipeline Project would adhere to all current industry standards, we have challenged

them to demonstrate that the project will meet the highest available technical standards when it comes to environmental protection, and more specifically, the protection of both the Oxford and Nepean aquifers.”

The municipality, along with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority [RVCA], have suggested alternatives to TransCanada’s plans for protecting the pipeline as it passes through the area. “We are of the opinion that encasing the pipe with the highest available product as opposed to the clay-type shaving material proposed would alleviate our concerns to some extent and reduce the risk of contamination in the event of a breach, similarly to the concept whereby casing was installed in our municipal wells to eliminate groundwater infiltration.

We also continue to have some concerns with how TransCanada will respond to the inspection of the pipeline following seismic

activity of any type and magnitude in the area.”

Although he feels that TransCanada have been receptive to suggestions in talks with the municipality and RVCA, Brian felt that North Grenville had to apply for intervener status before the deadline for applications passed on March 3. “The Energy East Project Team is currently preparing a response to our concerns and questions, however, the deadline for applying to the National Energy Board for intervener status was March 3rd, and as such we felt it necessary, as a precautionary measure, to apply to ensure the above matters would be addressed to our satisfaction. We anticipate receiving information to that effect within the next few weeks.”

By the time the deadline passed, more than 1,800 applications to participate in the hearings had been received by the NEB. These are now being evaluated, the criteria being that applicants

“must be directly affected or have relevant information or expertise”. The route of the pipeline directly affects North Grenville.

However, there are many industry experts who question whether the NEB is sufficiently objective to make decisions on pipelines. It has been suggested that it has been “tamed” by the oil industry and has already shown serious bias in favour of Energy East by deciding which issues would be considered during its hearings.

The Council of Canadians filed a legal challenge to this list, claiming it doesn’t include issues such as the impact on climate change, First Nations downstream from the tar sands, or the wider and long term impact of increased tar sands production.

The Council is not alone in these concerns, but the hearings will go ahead and TransCanada continue to plan to begin construction of the pipeline next year, but operations to begin in 2018.

about.

3. North Grenville Answer: Our infrastructure deficit requires a 2% increase over 10 years representing a 2% tax rate increase.This was a report very few people knew of, which I incorporated into my web site and one page advertisement. In fact, if anyone cares to look at the report, there should have been a tax increase last year, which council was aware of. I guess that would have raised last year’s taxes as well, putting us in a less enviable position for incumbents in 2014, but at least reality and no excuses would have been on the table now.

4. Answer: A doubling of the 10 year contribution to support the Kemptville District Hospital from 50K to 100K=.5% tax rate increase.

We all knew this 10 years ago, 5 years ago and last year. If we knew this, why didn’t we raise revenues or reduce expenses to compensate.

Municipality of North Grenville answered their own question with, well, you name it? We still need to reconcile the closing of some of our dumps. It will cost over half a million for each and thousands of dollars to maintain. I do

not know the regulations, but seems to me that when our Environment Officials says it is now time to close them, we will again be on the hook for immediate tax increases.

So, here we are. I have gone 360 degrees. Since 1999, I have been part of the Economic Development Committee and given it my best efforts for this Municipality. This January, I received information that, if I was interested, I should submit an application for the Economic Development Committee, as I had done many times before.

As my concern for our residents is at an all time high, and I had done all the research into our municipal finances, I sent in my application. Surprisingly, I received a letter and was told that my services were no longer required. I don’t blame the messenger but I know that the mayor and council have to approve my application. Obviously, at least to me, it became too personal for them. That is fine. Truth hurts sometimes. I will leave with NO excuses!!

Bill Forbes, Mayoralty Candidate 2014

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I have been struggling for some time now as to whether I should give my two cents worth of critique over our recent tax increase. Some of you are aware, but with our lack of public voting, most may be unaware, that I, Bill Forbes was a mayoralty candidate in the 2014 election. I did not win that election but had over 1600 votes which I was very much appreciative for. I had a great support team which I publicly want to thank again, but I also had a great time talking at the debates, and meeting new people in our municipality and gathering the various concerns.

So, why am I struggling with sending this letter? It bleeds “Sour Grapes”, that excuse of a loser! I have been in competitive sports all my life on different levels. I hated the times when my other team members or players I have coached, made excuses when they lost a competition.

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I lost a political competition which is fine, but I am seeing and reading excuses as to this tax increase and why it was not brought up during the election. I projected, along with one other candidate for councilor, that we were in trouble if the current trend continued.

If you were at any of the debates, I said this on a constant basis. I dedicated a web site totally for this information to be at your disposal. I was on our local radio and conducted an interview with Mr. Shanahan of North Grenville Times, which was on this company’s website. I took out a full page advertisement in this paper which cost me over $900 that again illustrated what North Grenville was up against. Most of residents either didn’t get the message or didn’t care. Our voting turnout indicated the latter.

Despite the fact that during the campaign we were assured many, many times by incumbents who should know and stated, “North Grenville has low taxes and was in good shape”, we end up exactly as I predicted. I just received my taxes with an accompanying letter that all of you should have received. The municipality asks a rhetorical question

in this letter that they themselves answer underneath.

My factual comment follows their answer to their own question and is consistent with my message during the campaign.

Why a 6.18 % municipal increase in 2015?

1. North Grenville Answer: Three years of compounding cuts in provincial funding totaling 1.1 million = 2.5% tax rate increase.

My Response. Is this one of those excuses I talk about? They state we knew this was happening three years ago as they have indicated but obviously, we did nothing about it from lowering our expenses or raising revenues in some other fashion.

2. North Grenville Answer: An increase in many operating costs over the rate of inflation=2% tax rate increase.

Well, over those years our rate of inflation has been minimal, to the point of setting records for low inflation, so that is not an issue. As part of my campaign, I told those that were interested in factual information, that from 2003 until 2013 our operating costs had gone up 154%. No one campaigning argued with this math because it is true.

This was an obvious fact that very few people cared

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OPP warn of charity scam The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is very proud to have a number of key partnerships in place throughout the Province of Ontario that benefit the communities policed by the OPP. Recently, the Norfolk County OPP Detachment received a number of inquiries from residents asking about police related organizations calling to solicit funds for teddy bears.

While many OPP officers are involved in worthy chari-

ties on their personal time, the OPP is advising the public that it does not solicit funds from members of the public for its Community Bear Program or any other OPP program. The OPP’s Community Bear Program is sponsored by Aviva Canada Inc. Through the sponsorship, Aviva Canada Inc. provides OPP officers with black and white teddy bears which OPP officers give to traumatized children they encounter when they respond to incidents such

Program on the Resources page.

The public is also reminded that any concerns regarding aggressive or inappropriate conduct by persons attempting to solicit funds in any fashion can also be reported to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre by dialing 1-888-495-8801 or through their website at http://www. antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/english/index.html.

as motor vehicle collisions.

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and staff presence at various community events conducted in 2014.

Following this meeting, the information provided will be analyzed and evaluated and a detailed discussion on draft policies of the Official Plan will begin in May, 2015.

North Grenville will continue its excellent partnership with PlaceSpeak for this phase.

The draft will also be available on North Grenville’s website and via hardcopy.

It is important to the Municipality of North Grenville to continue to hear your ideas and feedback. Your involvement will affect decisions surrounding land use policy and other key issues throughout the course of the Official Plan Review.

Backgrounder: The Province of Ontario released an updated version

of the Provincial Policy Statement in April, 2014.

North Grenville initiated its five-year Official Plan Review in June, 2014.

During the first phases of the Official Plan Review, the Municipality partnered with PlaceSpeak – an online public consultation social media platform – to engage as many individuals as possible in the review. Over 50 individuals participated using PlaceSpeak.

North Grenville staff met with representatives from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and other government agencies in September, 2014 to discuss what changes would be required to North Grenville’s existing Official Plan.

Staff attended the Oxford Mills Community Hall, the Kemptville Kinsmen Fam-

ers’ Market, Pirate Days, the BR+E Alliance Business Reception, the North Grenville Public Library, the Municipal Centre, and a North Grenville Council meeting to promote participation in the Official Plan Review process through PlaceSpeak and traditional means.

At least 250 people were directly given brochures encouraging participation during outreach. A hundred individuals participated in live polls at these events, and many individuals were reached through radio interviews with StarFM, regular press releases and the televised Council meeting.

For more information: Phil Mosher, Planner pmosher@northgrenville. on.ca 613-258-9569 ext. 118

Official highlights from the Committee of the Whole Meeting held on Monday, March 2, 2015 Emergency & Protection Services 2014 Year-End Report: Paul Hutt, Director or Emergency & Protective Services/Fire Chief, provided his department’s annual yearend report highlighting some of the trends from 2014 including: fewer requests for service for the fire service due in part to an emphasis on fire prevention and inspections, a continued commitment to training with over 3,200 hours of volunteer firefighter training logged, over 20 municipal employees trained in a variety of emergency management roles.

Chief Hutt noted that the goals for 2015 included a number of initiatives related to building on the Municipality’s existing emergency response activities and developing community partnerships.

For more information contact Director or Emergency March 11, 2015

& Protective Services/Fire Chief Paul Hutt at phutt@ northgrenville.on.ca or 613258-2438.

Bio-Mag pilot project: Public Works Director Karen Dunlop reported to the Committee that the Bio-Mag pilot project had been completed with mixed results. The project had been undertaken to determine how the BioMag process would work in conjunction with the 5-stage treatment program currently used at the waste water treatment plant to increase capacity. Results indicate that it is technically feasible to use the process to increase capacity, but that Bio-Mag only increased capacity in 1 of the 5 stages and further study was be required to determine other means to increase capacity in the those other stages. For more information contact Director of Public Works

to the transfer and on-going communication to ensure transparency throughout the process.

Mayor Gordon noted that the Municipality hoped to have the project realized in time for the 100th anniversary of the College in 2017. For more information contact Chief Administrative Officer Brian Carré at bcarre@ northgrenville.on.ca or 613258-9569 ext. 155.

Energy East Pipeline project: Committee members were advised that many of staff’s concerns regarding the project were addressed

by TransCanada and that assurances were given that the outstanding matters related to the Oxford and Nepean Aquifers would be addressed in the near future. However, as a precautionary measure and in the best interest of all the residents of North Grenville,

Karen Dunlop at kdunlop@ northgrenville.on.ca or 613258-9569 ext. 132.

Kemptville College update: Chief Administrative Officer Brian Carré advised that the Mayor and himself had met with the Minister of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs as well as Ministry staff while at the 2015 ROMA/OGRA conference.

He noted the meetings had reaffirmed the commitment of the Province to transferring the college lands to the municipality with the intention of creating a new organization that would administer the property and programs, including a new model for delivering agricultural learning and training.

Next steps include the creation of a working group to explore the possible new models, research to ensure municipal due diligence prior

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UPCOMING MEETINGS COUNCIL Special meeting to review the Official Plan—Wednesday, March 18th at 6:30 pm.

Monday, March 23rd at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Monday, March 16th, at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre. For agenda information, please contact the Clerk’s Office or the Municipal website.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS Library Board—Thursday, March 12th at 7:00 pm in the Library, 1 Water St., Kemptville.

Police Services Board—Tuesday, March 17th at 1:30 pm at the Municipal Centre.

2015 INTERIM TAX BILLS All 2015 Interim Tax Bills have been mailed. If you have not received your bill, please contact the Administration Office. The installment due date is March 31st, 2015.

Final tax bills for all tax classes will be mailed in June.

North Grenville Official Plan Review Update – Special Meeting of Council The Municipality of North Grenville will be holding a special meeting of Council on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at the North Grenville Municipal Centre. This meeting is the next phase of North Grenville’s Official Plan Review.

The North Grenville Official Plan, 2009 is the main document guiding growth and development in our community. This meeting is an opportunity for members of the public to offer ideas and suggestions regarding the content of the Official Plan.

These ideas and suggestions will assist Council in determining what aspects of the Official Plan will need to be updated.

This meeting is in addition to the online consultation through PlaceSpeak

UPDATE

CANADA DAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The Department of Parks, Recreation & Culture is seeking volunteers and partners to join in the planning of this year’s Canada Day festivities. All are welcome to attend a planning session at 7:00 pm on March 11th in Meeting Room 1 (2nd floor via elevator), at the North Grenville Municipal Centre. Bring your creativity as we plan a family friendly celebration in Riverside Park.

WINTER PARKING RESTRICTIONS Parking on Municipal roads is prohibited between 11:00 pm and 8:00 am from November 15th to April 15th. A vehicle which is parked in a manner interfering with snow clearing/removal may be issued a ticket and/or removed at the owner’s expense.

For info call 613-258-2438 ext. 6.

2015 BURN PERMITS In accordance with By-Law 33-12, a Burn Permit is required to conduct open burning on property located outside of the urban area. Burn Permits for 2015 are available at the Municipal Office or at the Fire Hall at 259 County Rd. 44 for a fee of $15. Please contact the Fire Hall at 613-258-2438 ext. 5 for conditions prior to burning.

2015 DOG LICENSES Renewal notices have been mailed to all currently registered dog owners. If you are not a currently registered dog owner, please contact By-Law Services at 613-2582438 Ext 6 for further information. The 2015 rate for Dog Licenses is a flat fee of $15 for each dog. As of April 1st, the fee doubles to $30. For information on Kennel Licenses, please contact By-Law Services.

The Municipality of North Grenville 285 County Road 44 PO Box 130 Kemptville, ON, K0G 1J0 Tel: 613-258-9569 Fax: 613-258-9620 general@northgrenville.on.ca Building: 613-258-4424 Fax: 613-258-1441 Fire Services Info: 613-258-2438 Fax: 613-258-1031 By-Law Services: 613-258-2438 ext. 6 Police Administration: 613-258-3441 Animal Control: 613-862-9002

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the Municipality has applied to the National Energy Board for intervener status. This affords the Municipality access to all of the documents filed during the hearing process as well as the opportunity to present evidence, crossexamine other witnesses and give final argument during the hearing.

Staff also continue to work on a final a recommendation to Council regarding the project.

Upcoming Meetings: Council on Monday, March 9; Committee of the Whole on Monday, March 16. All meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre located at 285 County Rd 44, Kemptville.

For more information contact Director of Corporate Servic-

es/Clerk Cahl Pominville at cpominville@northgrenville. on.ca or at 613-258-9569 ext. 110.

Upcoming Committee/ Board Meetings: Library Board on Thursday, March 12 beginning at 7 p.m. at the North Grenville Public Library, 1 Water St, Kemptville.

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by David Shanahan Jesus has not been well served by those who claim to be his followers. The world can point to everything from Crusades and Inquisitions, to paedophile priests and TV evangelists to ridicule, condemn and dismiss Christianity as a sham, a fairy-tale, or a menace to civilisation. All of these charges have been levelled repeatedly, and it is often a problem for sincere Christians to answer such criticism in any meaningful way. Too often the people of Jesus are thrown back on hiding, on refusing to face the issues, or on simply falling back on “faith”: “I don’t know why these things happen, but I believe in God anyway”.

This has been a tragedy for the church, because none of those options are necessary. There is no need to find excuses, or cultural and historical reasons why “Christians” are responsible for these crimes. There is a chilling statement made by Jesus that casts light on this topic. “Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’

Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

[Matthew 7:22-24] There are those (many?) who profess to be Christians, but their profession is based more on social expectations, political expediency, or a very superficial idea of what being a Christian is.

In the past, in fact, up until the middle of the twentieth century, there was an assumption that everyone born in the western world was a Christian, because they lived in “Christian” countries and

were baptised in a church.

In that regard, the increasing non-religious society which we are developing is an advantage to Christians, because it takes increasing commitment to self-identify (as the saying now is) as a Christian.

There is an interesting parallel in the current controversy over Islam. The question is being asked: which of these groups truly represents Islam and the teachings of the Koran: ISIS and Al Qaeda, or those Moslems who condemn them as extremists and anti-Islam? Personally, I don’t know the Koran well enough to answer that question, and I doubt if many non-Moslems do either. But I know the New Testament, and the teachings of Jesus.

I think a reference to the source can determine what a genuine Christian, born of the Spirit, would do, etc.

But here is the point, really. Many people become Christians in truth, but stop there. There is little or no growth in knowledge of God, understanding of Scripture, or change in attitudes and thinking. The Lord has a great deal more for us than we often realise. He not only wants to save us, give us forgiveness and eternal life.

He also wants us to grow in his likeness, to allow the Holy Spirit to change us on the inside, in our minds and hearts. This is something that only he can do, we are not capable of it in ourselves, if only because we seldom see what needs changing, or how to do it.

Listen to what Paul says to the Ephesians: “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with

power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge— that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God”. [Ephesians 3.14-19] When you read that, do you understand he means you? Is this your experience of Christ as a Christian?

Christianity was not meant to be a religion that was experienced second-hand, only through the teaching and preaching of others. There is, as Paul wrote to Timothy, no mediator between God and man except Jesus. You have direct access to him, to the Most Holy, because of Jesus.

Jesus said the greatest command is to love the Lord your God “with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind”. Your mind is to be fully involved, not passively accepting whatever it’s told, but thinking about things, asking questions until you get a satisfactory answer. The people of Berea were praised in the New Testament because “they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true”.

There is no conflict between Christ and what may be seen as reality. There is no reason for intellectual suicide in order to be a Christian. You can have your mind fully engaged in serving and knowing God. In fact, that, as we have seen, is his command: Love the Lord your God with all your mind!

The Kemptville Youth Centre (KYC) is the place to be on Wednesday April 1st, between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. for the 3rd Annual B & H Jail and Bail. KYC youth, volunteers and community partners will go to jail for GOOD. Every dollar raised stays local and funds local programs like drop-in times, swimming programs, camping trips, field trips and sports nights.

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The Kemptville Youth Centre doesnÕt receive any regular funding from any level of government and is dependent on events like Jail and Bail to raise necessary funds to keep their space open and programs running. If you would like to join a committee or volunteer in any way to support KYC, please contact Robin: 613-258-5212 or director@kemptvilleyc.com.

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While most of us would prefer to snuggle by the fire or be huddled under layers of blankets, Husky is happiest when outside digging for buried treasure!

I caught this image yesterday just after noticing he had all but disappeared in the back yard. He dug deep enough into the snow to almost completely hide himself from view.

Those big ears aren't just for show. I had opened the patio door just enough to stick my lens out and when he heard the shutter release he came running. That's the image you see here.

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School Boards face serious cuts

by David Shanahan

Small Business Deduction Do you run a small business in North Grenville? Do you know about the Ontario small business deduction (SBD)? The SBD reduces the corporate income tax rate on the first $500,000 of active business income of Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPCs), to 4.5 per cent.

For years ending before May 1, 2014, the SBD is available to all CCPCs. As announced in the 2014 Ontario Budget, effective for taxation years ending after May 1, 2014 the province will parallel the federal SBD phase-out where a CCPC’s (and associated groups of CCPCs) taxable capital is between $10 million and $15 million.

CCPCs (and associated groups of CCPCs) with taxable capital of $15 million or more will no longer be eligible for the preferential corporate income tax rate of 4.5 per cent on the first $500,000 of active business income. The changes will be pro-rated for taxation years straddling May 1, 2014.

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Following the revelation last November that the Ontario Government plan to cut $500 million from Education by 2017-18, local school boards are trying to plan ahead and find ways to minimise the damage these cuts will cause to our schools and students. Education Minister, Liz Sandals, was quite blunt about the overall effects of budget cutbacks on Ontario schools when she was faced with the release of her plans by the NDP. "Lets face it," she said, "we do have a deficit, so we're going to have to look at every government program and make sure that we're managing it efficiently."

The Minister admitted that some schools would have to be closed, which would mean busing students longer distances to consolidated schools, as overall enrollment falls across parts of the province. She said that more than 600 schools in Ontario are at less than half their capacity, and some will be closed. "We want to make sure that money is being spent on educating the students who are there and not on funding empty seats". The Progressive Conservatives point out that those schools that would be closed are in small-town and rural Ontario, and those losses to local communities would still not meet the government’s savings targets. "Shutting them down and busing kids 15, 20 or 30 kilometres away, I don't think is an option," said PC education critic Garfield Dunlop. "And I don't think

it's going to save her $500 million either."

NDP leader, Andrea Horwath, condemned the cuts, especially given Liberal assurances during the last provincial election that there would be no cuts to Education, and pointed out that Premier Wynne knows precisely how much damage is being caused to schools and school children by this decision. “As a former Minister of Education and school board trustee, the Premier knows that it’s always the most vulnerable students who suffer the most from this. Whether it’s school closures or cuts to special needs, ESL, school breakfast programs, libraries, literacy and numeracy supports or counselling services, the bottom line is that it’s going to hurt students.”

However, Liz Sandals denies that this is the case, and claims that it is all a matter of using space efficiently and allocating resources where needed. “Looking at boards, and working with boards on whether they can operate the space more efficiently, has nothing to do with the number of teachers or the amount of special ed money. That’s all based on the number of students, and it has absolutely nothing to do with this issue. What we do believe is that it’s perfectly reasonable to work with trustees and say to them, ‘In terms of your operations,’ which is heating, lighting, space, ‘we can work together to make it more efficient.’

All we’re saying is good management, no matter who you are, involves good management of space.”

But school boards across the province find it hard to believe such statements from the Minister. In Toronto, the Toronto Catholic District School Board will start by eliminating all of its 57 primary and junior literacy intervention teachers, as well as its remaining 45 teacher-librarians. The board is also considering reducing the number of teachers who serve the neediest special education students.

It seems clear, then, that the Upper Canada District School Board and The Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario are facing the same issues and are busy looking for ways to deal with a significant reduction in operating budgets over the coming years.

Options may be limited, as both teacher union contracts and government legislation impose constraints on the two boards in budget matters. Teacher salaries make up 85% of the UCDSB budget, and laying off teachers is a politically sensitive subject. As for legislation: the law states that any board unable to balance their budgets can be taken over by the province and administered by the Minister directly. The challenge is there for board staff and trustees to find a way to redefine education in this region in order to meet new realities. It may be time for a general re-evaluation of the educational system in Ontario, one that was not designed for current conditions.

Perhaps a challenge can become an opportunity - if the vision is there to grasp it.

KEMPTVILLE YOUTH MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY presents The Musical THIS MUCH FUN SHOULDN'T BE LEGAL! April 11 – 26, 2015 The Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company is tickled pink to present LEGALLY BLONDE The Musical April 11 – 26 at the North Grenville Municipal Centre theatre.

This sweet musical has all the charm of the original hit movie providing the audience with a fresh and effervescent evening of musical fun. When home coming queen Elle is dumped by her boyfriend for someone ‘serious’, she follows him to Harvard to prove to him that she IS ‘serious’. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to you never goes out of style even if it has severe consequences.

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will star Julie Anne Westbrook as Elle Woods. Julie Anne was last seen as Fiona in KYMTC’s 2014 production of Shrek.

The cast also features Zach van Noppen (Emmett), Michael Vepsalainen (Warner), Ivy Deblois (Paulette), Jake Nickerson (Professor Callahan and Kyle), Mercedes van Noppen (Vivienne), Laura Plunkett (Brooke), Tatum McGill-Tataruuc (Serena), Dani Shae Barkley (Pilar), Jordon Brennon (Margot), and Breanne Dillon (Enid).

Tickets for LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL are $15. Performances are April 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 at 7:30 pm and April 12, 19 and 26 at 2 pm. Tickets are available at North Grenville Municipal Centre office. For information call (613) 829-2168 or visit www.kymtc.org.

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No amount of exercise can undo bad eating habits

by Craig Pollard, AFitter.Me Hello team! We’re just a few weeks away from the spring equinox and, hopefully, spring-like weather won’t be far behind. I hope that you’ve been keeping active but, even if you’ve been hibernating, good eating habits are the cornerstone of your health and well-being.

The headline for this article is paraphrased from a comment by a contestant on the most recent edition of “The Biggest Loser” and conveys one of the most important truths about healthy living: your workout will not fix a broken diet. So, the first and most important choice we all have to make every single day is to have good eating habits.

To help you on your way, I’m going to recap some key messages because it’s always good to be reminded about the fundamentals.

Step #1: Change your eating habits by eating more often throughout the day – about 5 to 6 meals a day – starting from when you first get up in the morning. Make sure that the size of each meal is based on your level of activity over the next 3 to 4 hours.

Step #2: Drink lots of water – between 1 and 2 litres every day (throughout the day, not gulped all at once).

Yes, it means that you will be going to the washroom more often, but this is a good thing as it helps remove impurities from your system.

Step #3: Make sure you to have the proper mix of proteins, carbohydrates and healthy fats in the foods you eat.

Some great sources of protein are: fish, white poultry meat, eggs, pork tenderloin, soy, beans, and dairy products (sparingly as fat can be high).

Protein is also found in many vegetables but in smaller amounts compared to other sources.

Simple carbohydrates are found in foods like table sugar, products with white flour, honey, milk, yoghurt, candy, chocolate, fruit, fruit juice, cake, jam, biscuits, soda, and packaged cereals.

Complex carbohydrates are founds in vegetables like spinach, broccoli, sweat potatoes, whole grains, lentils and many other foods. While not all carbohydrates are bad for you, you should eat more complex carbs than simple, and the simple ones we do eat should be from natural sources, not processed foods.

The good fats that should be part of your healthy eating plan are called monounsaturated and polyunsaturated or essential fatty acids (EFAs for short).

EFAs come in two different types – Omega 3 (found in fish oil, flaxseed oil, avocados, sesame seeds, walnuts, some dark leafy green vegetables (spinach, kale, collards, etc.), salmon, mackerel, whole eggs, canola oil (cold pressed and unrefined)) and Omega 6 (found in olive oil, olives, sunflower oil (seeds raw), flax or grapeseed oils,

and pistachios). While many foods are high in Omega 6, most have little Omega 3 and so you may have to turn to supplements to get the amount you need.

Step #4: If you haven’t already, monitor your food intake for a week using a tool like MyFitnessPal www. myfitnesspal.com to help you understand where the hidden calories are in your diet and then you’ll be able to start making better food choices.

Food manufacturers have tried to convince us all that ‘convenience’ and quantity are more important that quality. If you’re truly serious about safeguarding your future health and well-being (and staying out of the health care system), then you’ve got to be willing to make an investment of time and effort in you. This has to be your decision based on your reasons.

You can’t do this for someone else and certainly no one else can do it for you.

But if you’re willing to take the time to learn about what you’re eating and then start making new choices, the rewards will be more than you could ever imagine. At the end of the day, you have to ask the question, “Am I worth it?” I think you are.

Next month, we will uncover the mystery of food labels – what information they provide and how to read them.

Craig is a Certified Personal Trainer and is certified in Nutrition for Sport and Performance. Craig operates www.AFitter.Me, an independent gym in Kemptville and works with iNSiDE Out STUDiO barre for Nutrition.

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by David Shanahan The revolution, which was to change Oxford-onRideau and South Gower Townships forever, began very quietly indeed. It happened in the House of Assembly in Toronto on August 10, 1850, when an Act was passed incorporating “a Company to construct a Railroad between Bytown and Prescott”. The new corporation, which would be called The Bytown and Prescott Railway Company, was set up by businessmen from the two named towns, primarily, who

saw tremendous possibilities in a railway line linking the Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers, by which timber, minerals and agriculture produce from the Ottawa Valley and eastern Quebec could be shipped to Montreal and the United States markets quickly and cheaply. The move to build this railway had been given a huge boost by the completion of the Ogdensburg railway the previous month.

For the previous thirty years, the Rideau Canal had been the main transportation route for these products: but railway fever was beginning

to catch on in the Canadas, and the advantages of rail over water were becoming clear to visionary entrepreneurs. The big question was: what would be the route of the new railway line? For on this decision would rest the future prosperity, or ruin, of the towns and hamlets either served, or bypassed, by the tracks. The Directors of the company hired Walter Shanly, an Irish engineer who had supervised the building of the Ogdensburg railway, to survey the route for their line, and Shanly spent the first three months of 1851 walk-

ing four separate proposed routes between Bytown and Prescott, an amazing feat in those winter months.

Two of the four proposed routes went through Oxfordon-Rideau Township, and the other two crossed South Gower, but the precise lines were very different in each case. The Western Route crossed the Rideau near Beckett’s landing and passed just west of Kemptville, then straight through the township, crossing into Edwardsburg at lot 21. The Middle Route went through South Gower, passing just half a mile from Heckston, but far to the east of Kemptville. This was the closest to a direct route Shanly could find, but it also meant the railway would have to cross the Rideau River three times before it even got to South Gower.

The Eastern, or Heck's Corners Route, came through Mountain Township into South Gower and “close on the West of Heck's Corners” [Heckston], leaving Kemptville five miles away to the west. Shanly’s recommendation was for the fourth route, “the Kemptville Route, (East of the Rideau)...the most feasible plan of constructing the proposed Railway so as to touch Kemptville without interfering with the Rideau

For the love of the game - 10 years later

by Su Sally It’s the game that originated in Canada and is played the way it was intended to be played: for fun and friendships. The Kemptville Women’s hockey league is played without keeping scores, standings, statistics and no year-end tournament with the shiny cup hoisted above their heads after the games end. Here, on the 10th Anniversary of Women’s Hockey, we play for FUN. I have had the great fortune to be part of the League for six years and have made many lasting friendships. The Kemptville Women’s Hockey is a forum for mature women getting together to play hockey.

League founders, Judy Littau, Cathy Corkery, Debbie Wilson and Debbie Bellinger started the league with the intent to give fellow Moms and female friends a place for Women to come together, have fun and exercise.

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lous game and having fun, and asked: “why not us?” So the four decided that it was time, and they begged, borrowed and stole some hockey equipment, and out they went.

Debbie W. came out to assist those who needed help with skating and hockey skills, but they were glad the boards were there to help them stop.

The League was started to create new friendships, play hockey and have new experiences, along with having fun.

The Osgoode league had started in 1994, says Debbie B., with 25 women. All four women started playing at different times, with skills and drills as part of the 80-minute session in Osgoode. The interest grew, with many friends wanting to join in on the fun.

After playing for a couple of years in the Old Arena, now the Curling Rink, the double pad opened in the Municipal Centre in Kemptville, so they put out the word and secured two hours of ice, forming what is now known as the Kemptville Women’s Hockey League. The League has grown to six teams of funfilled hockey and friendships.

ful, raising $2,500, that they decided it would be a yearly tournament every Mother’s Day weekend. To date, we have raised $19,200 and are hoping that this year will be our best year in fundraising.

Our League runs through the Winter months, every Sunday night from 7:30 to 9:30 ice times and during the summer months every Tuesday night from 6:30 to 8:30.

We encourage all Mature Women, regardless of their skill and skating, to come out, join in and have some fun!

Contact: captain_akirk@ hotmail.com

The teamwork of Women’s Hockey is not limited to the action on the ice, but also to giving back to our Community. All four women of the original executive were sitting around the table saying that it would be lots of fun to have a tournament, but just for Fun. This was at a time when the Kemptville Hospital was working on setting up their Mammography Unit.

It was then decided that they would do fundraising for this great cause, as everyone has been touched with breast cancer in one way or another.

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Canal...taking a direct line to Kemptville, to fall in with the Western Route on the South of, without crossing, the South Branch of the Rideau.

From which point the Western Route should be followed to Prescott”.

It was a decision which would alter the fortunes of both Heckston and Kemptville forever. Heckston had once been the major centre, the overnight stopping point for coaches travelling between Bytown and the St. Lawrence. It had lost out badly when the Rideau Canal had made Kemptville the more accessible centre, but the coming of the railway could have reversed their situation once again. It was not to be. Shanly’s reasons for preferring Kemptville, even though it added two miles to the length of the route, were cogent: “A Station on the Rideau Canal, at a point so central to the Line as Kemptville, would doubtless present some advantages,—-giving you a water communication with several rich and productive Townships to the West, and rendering the Canal in a measure tributary, instead of rival, to your interests”.

On April 7, 1851, the Directors of the Bytown and Prescott Railway Company decided to accept Shanly’s

recommendation, and the Kemptville Route was chosen. There were immediate, as well as long-term, effects of this decision in all of what is now North Grenville. For South Gower, and Heckston in particular, it marked an economic and social revolution from which it never recovered. First the canal, now the railway, and, later, the highway would bypass the township and Kemptville became the focus for all of its economic and commercial activities.

Kemptville itself would be completely changed by the coming of the railway. It brought prosperity, a growing population, a booming economy, and made the small village the focus of, not just Oxford and South Gower, but the municipalities surrounding it too. But that raised new and unpleasant issues also.

Within a decade, Kemptville had separated from Oxfordon-Rideau and established itself as a separate Corporation, self-governing and ready to take advantage of the benefits that came with the first steam engine that puffed into town in August, 1854. Ironically, the engine was named “Oxford”.

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Opulence and extravagance await you on The Orient Express Lose yourself in the decadence of the 1920s and join the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario for an evening of sumptuous food and drink at its first annual fundraising dinner, The Orient Express, taking place on March 28.

Transport yourself back in time at The Ivy on William, surrounded by windows of stained glass, luxurious linens, and décor reminiscent of the turn of the 20th century. Guests are encouraged to don their best apparel and get glamorous for the swankiest event of the year!

The evening boasts a complimentary signature cocktail hour starting at 6 pm, followed by an 8-course menu of mouth-watering tasting plates featuring flavours along the famous train’s route, such as Paris, Venice, London, and Istanbul! Throughout the event, there will also be a silent auction with an offering of unique & unexpected experiences to go to the highest bidder!

Tickets are $65 each and must be purchased in advance. Tickets are available on the Museum’s website, over the phone, or at The Main Street Bistro, 5 Main St. West, Smiths Falls. For more information contact the Museum at 613-283-5696 or go to www.rmeo.org.

Check back often for more details in the coming weeks.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS Youngsters of Yore, Kemptville Public Library, 1:30 pm. Guest speaker: David Shanahan-St Patrick’s Day Celebration .

Mar 12 The women of the Bishop’s Mills Women’s Institute are hosting Dawn Rodger, the ED of the local hospice. Everyone is welcome. The meeting will start at 7:15 in the Bishop’s Mills Community Hall. Refreshments will be served.

M ar 14/15 Legion, St Patricks Day Dinner/Dance. Corned beef and cabbage dinner at 6 pm. Dance to follow. Music by the Montreal Celtic Band “THE KITCHEN PARTY”. Tickets $18 per person. Contact Lorena, 613-258-9065, Marilyn, 613-986-1378 or Legion, 613-258-573.

Mar 18 Kemptville Horticultural Society March meeting, 7:30 pm at the Kemptville Pentecostal Church, 1964 County Rd. Guest Speaker: John Lauderdale on water gardens.

Mar 22 Auditions by Kemptville Players Inc., 7 pm, for “The 39 Steps: A Live Radio Play” by Joe Landry. This play is fashioned after a1940’s live radio show with characters reading their parts. I.O.O.F. Hall (corner Barnes & Clothier Sts.) All welcome. Info 613-258-2051.

Mar 28 Bishops Mills Annual Music Night, Community Hall Fundraiser Concert, 7:30 pm. Featuring the lively Fiddlehead Soup trio and Bella Borealis. Bishop’s Mills famous refreshments will be served. $12/ticket For tickets contact Catherine Johnson at 613-866-1961.

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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.

Mixed Pickup 18+ Basketball is back! All skill levels welcome. Holy Cross School on Tuesday, 7-9 pm. $5 per night or $60 for the season.

Please call Jeff or Samantha at 613-258-1847 or samantha.rivetstevenson@rbc.com. Please remember there is no basketball on snow days !

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!

The North Grenville Photography Club - Meeting first Wednesday 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 beginning Sept 10, 1:15 pm, St. John's United Church downstairs. Everyone welcome, $5.00.

KCCB, NG High School band room,7-8:30 pm. Brass and Woodwind musicians of all levels welcome! Music covers a wide range of musicals, classics, jazz and modern pieces. For more information, email dennis843@gmail.com 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 and Area Walking Group, Municipal Centre - Early birds: 8 am, others 8:30 am. Contact: Eva 258-4487.

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On the evening of March 5th, the Music Departments and the Hospitality Division at St. Michael's CH school in Kemptville hosted a Culinary Concerto. This was an evening of relaxing musical performances by the Senior, Junior, Jazz bands, and the Chamber Choir. Included in the ticket price of ten dollars, patrons had the opportunity to visit world pavilions around the auditorium to enjoy the cultural desserts. These included Baklava, Tiramisu, portokalpita - a Greek yogurt/orange cake, southern pecan pie, New York Cheesecake to name a few.

While enjoying the music and the desserts, guests also participated in a silent auction to help raise funds towards the purchase of a new tuba for the St. Michael's Music Department.

The entire event was organised by Leela Kowlessar, the music and voice teacher, and the hospitality and tourism teacher, Jeffrey Knight.

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Little Caesars seeks partner in Kemptville Little Caesars of Canada is excited to announce that it is looking for an entrepreneurial, motivated franchisee partner to open a store in Kemptville.

“The time is right! We’ve been watching Kemptville’s exciting growth and the numerous large brands investing in town. With the Brockville Little Caesars opening in 2015, we now see Kemptville as our next area of growth,” said Jim Jenkins, Real Estate Manager with Little Caesars. “We’re looking for a people-person who wants to be part of a fun and globally recognized brand, is involved in their community and is passionate about what we do. Once we find the right person, we will work with them to find a location in town and assist them with the build out.”

“Little Caesars is well known for its great value, quality ingredients and great tasting pizza that’s hot out of the oven and ready when they are,” said Dianne Clarke, Director of Franchise Operations in Canada. “New franchisees train in-store for six weeks and we provide ongoing operational and marketing support. It’s an opportunity for someone to be in business for themselves, but not by themselves.”

About Little Caesars Pizza Little Caesars Pizza founders Michael and Marian Ilitch opened their first restaurant in Garden City, Michigan in 1959. Today, Little Caesars Pizza, known for its HOT-N-READY® pizza and famed Crazy Bread®, is the largest carryout-only pizza chain in the world with locations in all 50 states in the U.S. and 17 international markets. Named “Best Value in America”* for the eighth year in a row, Little Caesars products are made with quality ingredients, such as fresh, never frozen, mozzarella and Muenster cheese, dough made fresh daily in every store and sauce made from crushed tomatoes.

KEMPTVILLE FRANCHISE Opportunity Available

Royal Canadian Legion

Provincial Bursary Program Applications for the Royal Canadian Legion Provincial Bursary Program are still being accepted. If you are a student who is currently attending or will be enrolling this year in a college, university or any other post-secondary institution, you may qualify for a bursary of up to $500 per each academic year.

Applications must be received by Provincial Command before Friday March 27,2015 Eligibility • Ex-Servicemen or currently serving members of the Canadian Forces (Regular, Reserve and Merchant (Navy) and their children and grandchildren.

• Ordinary and Life members of the Royal Canadian Legion and their children and grandchildren.

• Associate members of the Royal Canadian Legion and their children.

• Ladies’ Auxiliary members and their children and grandchildren.

• Step children and step grandchildren may be considered.

Application forms may be picked up at high school guidance departments or at branches of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Application forms can also be downloaded from the Legion’s Provincial web-site.(google: bursaries Ontario Command The Royal Canadian Legion.)

Please note: completed application forms must be mailed to theaddress shown on the application form. Forms sent by email or fax will not be accepted.

For further information contact the Legion Branch nearest you or Douglas Brunton Zone G-3 Bursary Chairman at 613-2585111 . E mail d.c.brunton@sympatico.ca

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This is an exciting time of year at Kemptville & District Home Support where we have just finished wrapping up our calendar year, and are heading toward the end of our fiscal year on March 31. As I was signing the letters that were sent out with the income tax receipts for donations, I felt truly grateful and appreciative of those that support us financially. It is because of this financial support and the amazing contribution of all of our Volunteers, that the services have grown almost 50% over the past year! As James Cash Penney, founder of J.C. Penney chain, so nicely stated, “Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.”

There were over 120 Volunteers providing service last year. They have continued to ‘step up to the plate’ as services increased, by taking on more duties, and also to recruit their friends! As we continue to grow, it is exciting to be able to say to more people, “We would love to have you join our Team at KDHSI. It is a lot of fun, and very rewarding. And, the coffee pot is usually on, just help yourself!”

One of the Volunteer areas that I would like to expand on is our office Volunteers. We have many Volunteers who already help out with special ‘projects’, such as mail-outs, and those that come in weekly to make calls for Meals on Wheels and Footcare. It would be wonderful to have a group of Volunteers for Office/Reception that would be scheduled on a regular basis to help out with tasks such as answering the telephone and greeting people, for two to three hours at a time.

Having regular Office/Reception Volunteers will allow us to focus on other areas such as data entry, home visits and the requisite ‘paperwork’. Also, it would be great to have a Volunteer who is able to take on the task of the scheduling for areas such as Meals on Wheels & Diners Club.

Another area that has grown is the number of people requiring drives to the weekly Diners Club held on Wednesdays at the Centre. Last week we drove 8 people. The Diners Club is a wonderful opportunity for people to get together on a regular basis, catch up with friends, and on occasion, enjoy entertainment and guest speakers. We are looking for people who would be able to pick up and take home those that need drives. In return, we would love it if you could join the group for lunch!

The Meals on Wheels program has grown to the extent that the delivery routes have had to split on several occasions so that the meals could be delivered in a reasonable time. This is a great opportunity to be involved in Volunteering, with the hot Meals on Wheels being delivered in Kemptville at noon; and, the frozen Meals on Wheels being delivered throughout North Grenville, primarily on Mondays.

There is also a need for Volunteers to help out in the transportation program for local Kemptville drives. It is interesting that many of the drive requests happen for the same day, with Thursdays being a huge day for drives.

If you are interested in Volunteering at KDHSI please call, email, or drop by.

Until next time, Susan Susan Smith, Executive Director Kemptville & District Home Support, The Cheryl J. Brown Centre, 215 Sanders St. Suite 101.

613-258-3203 susan.smith@kdhsi.com www.kdhsi.com

MEDICAL PEDICURES

Not Just for Medical Conditions....Not Just for Women!

Medical pedicures performed in clinic are not the foot soaking, espresso sipping, red polish type of pedicure BUT they are a highly therapeutic preventative and beautifying treatment of the foot and much more. An excellent professional way to check on and comfort those 26 bones, 33 joints and over 100 combined ligaments, tendons and muscles!

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fered in a Medical Footcare Clinic (in Ontario known as 'Chiropodists) are able to diagnose any concerns and prescribe treatment if necessary during a Medical Pedicure treatment. Preventative, private and comfortable, this service accentuates preventative footcare in these improtant, anatomical members!

A Certified Medical Podiatric Assistant and/or Medical Aesthetician under the directive of a Chiropodist will offer a comprehensive treatment of callous, dryness, cracked skin/heels, removal of dead cuticle, trimming and buffing of nails all performed in the privacy of a clinic room. Soaking of the feet is NOT done as the tissues swell and the relevant issues of the nails and skin are often masked. A gentle cleaning, light exfoliation and moisturizing spray is used during the treatment with therapeutic lotions used during the massage. The addition of a foot massage not only relaxes and soothes but allows the practitioner a hands-on feel of the bones, muscles, soft tissue and range of motion of the feet.

Any redness, tenderness, inflammation or other suspected foot issue is noted and depending on the severity, a recommendation to a Clinic Chiropodist is advised for diagnosis. Be sure that the clinic you use has a Regis-

tered Chiropodist in clinic or a diagnosis and treatment cannot be made and Insurance Plans are under no obligation to pay for a Chiropody treatment without a Registered Chiropodist number.

The in-clinic medical pedicure assures the highest level of sterilization of our implements, superior treatment products customized to the patients particular needs are used, homecare advice and products are available.

A therapeutic, relaxing foot massage is a wonderful way to end this session if it is a patients desire.

As previously mentioned, this preventative and stress relieving procedure is covered by most extended insurance policies when given in a Chiropody Clinic in a medical setting.

Book this 45-60 minute medical, therapeutic and comforting treatment several times a year to keep your feet in shape for a lifetime of use.

Initial Medical Pedicures are priced anywhere from $50$75. Each patient will be advised on how often to book a Medical Pedicure after the initial visit and is determined by the risk factors and

Submitted by Judith Moore Medical Podiatric Assistant, Laser & Medical Aesthetician Body and Sole Footcare Clinic / Body+Sole Skincare Clinic www.ngtimes.ca

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St. Mike’s Senior Boys Basketball Team concludes a great season

submitted by Christopher Finner, Men's and Women's Basketball Coach The St. Michael Senior Boys basketball team wrapped up a highly suc-

cessful 2014-2015 season at the EOSSAA AA regional championship on February 26 and 27. Unfortunately, the boys did not advance past EOSSAA due to a hard fought

40 to 32 loss to Smiths Falls in the semi-finals. This loss did not tarnish a fantastic season though, where the Seniors completed an undefeated LGSSAA campaign

photo credit: Michael Wong locally. St. Mike’s defeated TISS, St. Mary, Athens, North Grenville, Rideau, Ange-Gabriel, Gananoque, and BCI on the way to the playoffs and then claimed

the LGSSAA Championship with a 57 to 41 victory over TISS. In fact, St. Michael actually completed a very rare back-to-back set of perfect LGSSAA seasons, also going undefeated in 2013-2014.

The Mustangs will graduate the following nine players: Phillip Scott, Leon Manthey, Cory O'Connell, Captain Craig Oliver, Andrew Caicco, Bryson Patterson, Captain Jonah Holthus, Chris Janok, and Tom Weissflog. Returning players include Roark Brookson, Sean Beaulieu, and Matt McNamee. Coach Finner would like to congratulate the players on another outstanding season and would

also like to wish the best of luck to the graduating players who have been exceptional ambassadors representing St. Michael with impressive sportsmanship over the past four years. Fans of the team will get one more chance to see these boys on the court this year as plans for an alumni game are underway.

St. Michael Mustangs celebrate Junior success

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submitted by Angus MacDonald The St. Michaels Junior volleyball team claimed an EOSSAA title with a successful day in Smith Falls last week. A young squad, the Mustangs entered the tournament seeded 4th out of 6 teams with the goal of gaining some experience for next year, but peaked at the right time to capture the first ever 2015 Junior Girls AA EOSSAA volleyball championship in St. Michael school history.

The girls came out strong in their first game of the day against the always fierce Bayridge High from Kingston and fell just short, but they bounced back to win their second match of round robin play against St. Joes from Cornwall to advance to the semi-final. The number 1 seeded and defending champion Casselman Dynamos stood in the way of the championship, and the girls struggled through their first set and lost 25-16. The Mustangs showed their resiliency and slowly pushed their way back to win the next two sets and clench a spot against Carleton Place High school in the finals.

After the biggest back and forth game of the season, the girls managed to keep their composure and won the third and final set 15-12 to take home the gold medal for Kemptville.

Back. Coach: Melanie Armstrong, Emily Collier, Tatianna Weissflog, Tess Corkery, Melissa Keating, Amanda Casey, Megan O’Connell, Rachel Howarth Front – Sydney Murray, Grace Besserer, Brooke Cornel, Natasha Lapenskie, Isabelle Legere

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Five ways to incorporate nature into your March Break

While March is one of the months without a long weekend, many families are looking for ways to spend time together as students take leave for a week-long winter break. With the deep freeze finally behind us and balmier temperatures triggering a natural instinct to get active, here are five simple ways to spring into the season with your family and loved ones: 1) Savour the last of your winter activities There are only certain things we can enjoy during winter with the bonus of peace from the mosquitoes and insects. As snow turns into slush and the grounds are slowly thawing, natural areas accessible by snowshoes and cross country skis can soon be muddled with puddles. Grasp the chance to take a quiet walk through the woods while you can! Be on the lookout for ani-

mal tracks, the distant chatter of a winter bird, camouflaging wildlife or even animal scat.

2) Gear up for spring Some springtime activities are better enjoyed when you are properly equipped, e.g. a good pair of binoculars or an ergonomic hiking backpack. Do a little digging online to learn about being properly outfitted for your next outdoor adventures. Even if you’re window shopping, many local shop owners are generous with advice and pointers on how you can enhance your time in nature.

3) Catch the last of the winter birds Snow buntings, snowy owls, snow... need I say more?

Despite our gravitation towards a warmer south during the bitter cold winter, there are lots of feathery friends that make southern Canada their winter destination. It won’t be

long until these seasonal visitors depart for their northern homes and now is the perfect time to catch a glimpse of them until next winter! Give them a nutritious send-off gift by making a pine cone bird feeder. Simply spread peanut butter on the surface and crevices of the pine cone, roll it in bird seed and hang it up on a tree.

4) Make a field journal A small, pocket-sized notebook is all you need. Get into the practice of recording neat observations each time you head out. Scientists need field journals to record their work. But often times, researchers also rely on citizen scientists to help contribute observations that can lead to eureka moments — like the endangered blue-grey taildropper discovery by a seven-year-old boy during a visit to Chase Woods, a Na-

ture Conservancy of Canada property in British Columbia.

5) DIY wildlife postcards Planning to head out of town? This can be a great opportunity to learn about wildlife away from home. Take the chance to snap photos of these wild encounters and share them on social media. If possible, print and create your personalized non-touristy postcards and snail mail them to family and friends back home!

So? Go wild this spring and explore outdoor nature play with your family keeping in mind the golden rule when spending time in nature: “leave nothing but footprints and take nothing but pictures.”

Visit www.natureconservancy.ca for information about visiting a nature reserve near you and for ideas to spend time in nature.

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