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Come get Piggy with It Come on out to this year’s 5th annual Kemptville Ribfest Starting at 12 pm June 12, 2015! With many attractions and things to do, it is a weekend filled with family fun. There will be live music and entertainment, vendors, volleyball tournament, a Kidz Zone, and many more!

One of the main attractions for Kemptville’s Ribfest, is of course, the Rib Eating Contest! In a relay-race like manner, sign teams up and together try to eat as many ribs as you can! Challenge your friends, coworkers, or family members. Whichever team can pig out the most wins!

Here’s how to sign your team up: Get together a team of 4 very hungry friends, family members, coworkers or acquaintances. It is a minimum of $100 to enter a team (only $25 per person!). Raise pledges, get sponsors, or pay the registration fee yourself.

You can register your team at http://www.kemptvilleribfest.ca/events/rib-eating-contest/ For more information, please contact Big Brothers Big Sisters at 613-345-0281 or bbbs.leeds@bigbrothersbigsisters.ca.

Be sure to come to Kemptville Ribfest to show your support for our local children. Proceeds from this event go to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Leeds and Grenville mentoring programs.

Volunteers needed for Kemptville Ribfest Big Brothers Big Sisters of Leeds and Grenville will be kicking off their 5th Annual Kemptville Ribfest at the North Grenville Municipal Centre from June 12 to the 14, 2015. Proceeds from this event go to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Leeds and Grenville mentoring programs.

We are looking for volunteers for this year’s event.

This volunteer opportunity is a great way for you to experience Ribfest first hand. High school students can gain their community service hours by volunteering throughout the weekend.

There are many volunteer opportunities to fit anyone’s schedule and interests! We are always looking for help at the concession trailer, making Blooming Onions and Funnel Cakes! Maybe you’d rather try your hand at making fresh squeezed lemonade, snow cones and cotton candy. You could also help out in our Kidzone where you can do some face painting, supervise Bounce Houses, or help out with mini-putting and games. If that’s not to your taste, we could always use some helping hands in the information tent. Volunteers to help set up and tear down are always extremely appreciated.

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Jazz Night at the Mill celebrates Music and Stories of the Greats advance at the Spencerville Library, Tues. and Thurs.

2 to 5 pm; 7 to 9 pm; Sat. 9:30 am to 1 pm. Call 613 658-5575 to reserve tickets.

Tickets at the ArtScene Gallery, Thurs. to Sat. 10 am to 5 pm; Sun. 11 am to 4 pm. Call 613 658-2278.

Online payment via PayPal at www.spencervillemill. ca. Tickets also available at the door on June 6.

Cash bar and snacks available before the show and during intermission.

Saturday, June 6 at the Spencerville Mill: a rollicking concert Ain’t Misbehavin’?

A Night of Jazz and Stories of the Men Who Broke the Rules is bringing together two long-time community volunteer groups, the Friends of the Library and the Spencerville Mill Foundation, in a joint fundraiser with a high amp beat.

The newly restored upper level of the historic Mill will become a cabaret style setting to hear the stories of composers – Fats Waller, Kurt Weill, Billy Strayhorne and even Charlie Chaplin – who wrote songs that we love, including iconic classics such as Mack the Knife; Lush Life; Jitterbug Waltz; Ain't Misbehavin’ and Smile (though your heart is aching) along with a country and western tune called Greystone Chapel by Glenn Sherley, who became a friend of Johnny Cash.

Dynamic jazz vocals

by Mary Moore and Pat Moore set the pace for featured storytellers Anne and Phil Nagy, backed up by accomplished musicians Marylise Chauvette, Flavio Jorge and Kate Greenland.

This swinging show debuted at the National Arts Centre 4th Stage last winter to an enthusiastic audience and is now being re-created in a rural summer setting to benefit the Mill and local Library.

Mary Moore and her Red Jazz combo start the music at 6:30 pm, followed by a longer performance which interweaves songs and storytelling about the men who defined an era by throwing out the known and daring to make music in a whole new way.

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This year’s big Hey Day sale will take place on the second weekend in June, at the North Grenville Curling Club at 200 Reuben Crescent, Kemptville. Sale hours are Friday June 12 (6:30 – 9:30) and Saturday June 13 (9 am -1 pm).

This bargain-shoppers’ dream — the region’s largest and most-waited-for yard sale —has been organized by the Kemptville District Hospital Auxiliary every year since 1961.

Shoppers are usually lined up for a block or more on Friday evening, waiting for the 6:30 pm opening.

They are hoping to get first crack at bargains in appliances, books, clothing, craft items, china, furniture, jewelry, linens, plants, sporting goods, toys, ornaments and more. They also want first

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choice of goodies at the bake sale table.

During the event, tired shoppers can refresh themselves at the canteen with fresh sandwiches, coffee or soft drinks, and slices of homemade pie.

Raffle tickets will be on sale; including the final round of tickets for the Auxiliary’s annual 50-50 raffle (last year’s winner received almost $3000). All raffle prizes, including the 50-50 winner, will be announced on Saturday June 13 starting at 1 pm.

HeyDay proceeds go toward buying needed new equipment for the hospital, to help keep patient care at KDH up-to-date. Largely due to funds raised at HeyDay, the Auxiliary has over the years contributed over and astounding $1.1 million to the

• microwaves • computers, monitors, printers • television sets, console stereos • sports helmets • suitcases • used venetian blinds • strollers, playpens, car seats, highchairs, cribs • encyclopedias, textbooks, technical manuals Volunteers are needed from Thursday through Saturday, June 11-13, to help sort, display and sell donated items. “Heavy lifting” assistance is also needed on Wednesday afternoon, all day Thursday and Friday morning to help move furniture and other large items. You don’t need to be a member of the Auxiliary. To volunteer please call Jolene Stover 613558-1761

Kemptville District Hospital.

You can help by donating items for sale. HeyDay welcomes usable (“gently used”) items. Drop offs will be accepted at the Curling Club on Thursday June 12 from 9 am to 8 pm.

HeyDay volunteers can only accept articles that are clean, salable and in good working condition. The Auxiliary pays hefty dumping fees for anything that must be discarded, and those fees cut into the amount that is available to buy hospital equipment. There are items we cannot accept for health and safety reasons, and others we reject because they do not sell. We do not accept: • box springs, mattresses, sofa beds • refrigerators or freezers • propane tanks • tires or car batteries

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Canadian Tire presenting KYC’s 4th Annual Breakfast

It’s that time of year again! On Saturday, May 30, 2015 you’re invited to come out to the Kemptville Christian Reformed Church to kick off the Kemptville Youth Centre 4th Annual Breakfast presented by Canadian Tire.

The First Christian Reformed Church (CRC), well known for their famous Valentine’s Breakfast, and their recent Albert Dyke Memorial Dinner, will be volunteering their time and famous talents to create a breakfast feast for local celebrities to serve to the community between 8 and 10 am.

The mission’s ministry and hospitality team and Canadian Tire have agreed to partner with KYC on this important fundraiser. The team will be behind the scenes planning an outstanding menu and cooking up a delicious breakfast for 300 community members! Breakfast tickets can be purchased in advance at Canadian Tire or

A cheque was presented to Jane Pelletier on behalf of Beth Donovan Hospice. L-R President Ray Ansell, Poppy Chair, Joanne Dudka, Pro chair, Ruth Garrett & Jane Pelletier.

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The cost of tickets are $10 per adult, $5 per child under the age of 10 and $25 for a family four pack. All proceeds go toward annual insurance costs of The Kemptville Youth Centre.

Cora Beking, the mission team leader from CRC, explains her motivation for supporting The Kemptville Youth Centre in a personal sense.

“My nephew was an active member of Kemptville Youth Centre and greatly enjoyed being part of the cooking program. Kemptville Youth Centre provides opportunities for youth and a home away from home for members so they have a destination as part of an extended family.”

The Kemptville CRC strives to reach out locally and is always looking for opportunities to participate in events that help grow our community. This is the third year that they have donated the catering to the youth cen-

tre for this great event with staff and volunteers looking forward to the great soul food The Kemptville CRC makes.

Thanks to Canadian Tire for signing on as title sponsors for the breakfast, continuing their strong support of KYC through the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Program.

This year, Mayor David Gordon is once again the honorary chair welcoming all to the annual event. Joining him will be celebrity servers MPP Steve Clark, Canadian Tire Owner Frank Hoffman, Pastor Ken Gehrels, Merrickville /Wolford Deputy Mayor, Ann Barr, and Kemptville Rotary President Donovan Arnaud.

Local celebrities look forward to serving our community with a spectacular morning filled with live entertainment and great food, while supporting the youth of our community!

St. James sponsors Seniors’ Tea in Leslie Hall

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by Beth Nicol Teacups were raised in Leslie Hall on Sunday, May 24, as St. James Anglican Church hosted its second annual Dandelion Festival Seniors’ Tea. Guests were welcomed with delicate china, homemade scones and treat plates stacked with delicacies.

The piano stylings of Don Reid, bouquets of freshly cut flowers and attentive servers added to the ambiance for the approximately 200 seniors who stopped in over the course of the afternoon.

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pleased with the turnout, considering the new “footprint” of the Festival leaves Leslie Hall well out of the loop.

The only event planned specifically for seniors, the Tea brings church and community together for its planning, financing and volunteers. Donations of goods and services, and a small monetary contribution from the Dandelion Organizing Committee, allow the event to be offered to seniors at no charge. As sponsor, St. James offers the free use of Leslie Hall; the proceeds from the donation jar set out at the

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North Grenville and World Trade

by David Shanahan When you read about international free trade deals, major initiatives between continents involving millions of people, it is hard to relate that to everyday life in North Grenville. But some recent trade pacts, and especially one looming on the horizon, may have a significant effect on farmers, the agribusiness as a whole, and shoppers.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP] is a free trade deal that would open Asian markets to Canadian food producers, among others, providing a potential market of more than 800 million customers. Canada already exports $50 billion a year in agricultural and agri-food products, which is more than 50% of everything we produce. About 90% of Canada’s farmers are dependent on exports as well about 40% of the country’s food processing sector. Japan alone buys one tenth of all Canadian agri-food exports, worth more than $4 billion per year. Japan is the largest predictable market for Canadian canola seed, the second largest market for Canadian malt and Canadian pork, the fourth largest market for Canadian beef and an important high-value market for Canadian wheat and pulses.

If all this sounds too wonderful for words, it may well be.

The problem is that a TPP agreement could exclude Canada, which would be a significant, if not disastrous blow to our agri-food sector, and have a serious knock-on effect on the Canadian economy. We could lose the export markets upon which we already rely. And the reason for that threat to our exports is the very thing that we have relied upon at home to maintain stable prices and supply of food products.

Canada’s agri-business relies on what is called Supply Management, which works through regulation of the production and marketing of a number of products, from eggs to meat, from milk to chickens. Marketing Boards impose quotas on producers, quotas which must be bought and are jealously guarded. Without a quota, producers cannot market their goods.

The agricultural sector is based on supply management and the use of quotas to guarantee stable pricing and control of quality and quantity.

But the partners being wooed through the FPP don’t like supply management Canada-style, and the removal of the system is the price being quoted for allowing Canada into the arrangement. None of the federal political parties are in favour of scrapping the system, but the cost of not doing so would be too great to contemplate. The question is: would Canadian producers be able to compete in an open market? Sylvain Charlebois, a professor of food distribution and policy at the University of Guelph’s college of business and economics, claims that: “As a society we’re heavily invested in supply management.” The quota system itself is ingrained; he said banks accept their value as collateral.

Nevertheless, Canada cannot afford to be excluded from a trade agreement that potentially encompasses 40% of the world’s economic output. So, are there alternatives to supply management? Is there a way for local food producers to cope with the end of a system upon which they have come to reply?

Perhaps it is time to reevaluate our entire approach to agricultural production and marketing, particularly on a local level.

It may be that Eastern Ontario producers will find it more than difficult to compete with large producers on an international basis. But is there room for a more locally-based agricultural economy? Is there an opportunity here for small holders to find a freer market for their products once the marketing boards have relaxed their regulatory grip.

Here in North Grenville, we have land, expertise, and a growing market for locally-sourced food. All around us, local food initiatives are taking off, and even the otherwise penniless provincial government has, at least until recently, been throwing money at new ways of growing and marketing traditional and non-traditional crops. Organic dairy projects are beginning to develop, artisanal cheese production, organic yogurt factories, locally-grown beef and pork, and so many other possibilities for the future are there for innovative producers to explore.

It is said that one should think globally and act locally. This has never been so true as in today’s agricultural sector, where international agreements such as the TPP and the upcoming free trade deal with Europe will revolutionise the local food production system in Ontario. The answer to the dilemma this will undoubtedly create may well be found by acting locally.

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Oxford Mills Bike Rodeo and Touring

The Oxford Mills Community Association are holding their annual Cycle Sunday on June 7, from 10 am to 2 pm, featuring a Bike Rodeo and touring around the surrounding area of Oxford Mills (maps provided). This is a great family outing, as parents and kids can enjoy a healthy day out in the fresh air, getting good exercise and having family fun at the same time.

Bring the kids for Bicycle Safety lessons with OPP Officer, Russ Beaton, and have your one-, two-, or three-wheeler checked out by a proper Bike Mechanic. You can even have your helmet checked to make sure it’s still in good condition and doing its job.

There are Hot dogs and drinks provided for just $2, so you can have a quick break in between biking.

The event starts at Maplewood Park in Oxford Mills, so decorate your bike and join in the fun. There will be a special slow bicycle race and a bike parade through the village of Oxford Mills. For more information call 613-258-7028.

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Power to the People

by David Shanahan Energy prices have been a constant source of concern in North Grenville, as with the rest of the province, over this past winter. Residents have found it more and more difficult to pay the bills they receive from Hydro One, sometimes facing the unhappy choice of either paying for heat and light, or buying groceries. This is not at all an uncommon situation in this municipality, where there are regular taxpayers who have been put on limited electricity supply by Hydro One because of their arrears.

This is a growing concern in this municipality, and the recent rise in Hydro rates from May 1 have not helped. The price for peak periods (weekdays from 11 am to 5 pm) will be 16.1 cents per kilowatt hour, compared with 8 cents for off-peak hours on weekdays from 7 pm to 7 am, and all day on weekends and holidays. That is twice the old rate.

This week, the Ontario Ombudsman, André Marin, released his final report into Hydro billing practices, and he exposed a system of incompetence, deception, and complete confusion in the corporation. The report makes very depressing reading, and provokes a genuinely righteous anger at the way in which Ontarians have been treated by this corporation we have been paying for over so many years.

Examples of overbilling are too numerous to list: the Ombudsman’s office received more than 10,000 complaints from the public in just the last year.

An Ottawa man was billed for $11,000 after his meter was changed.

It turns out this included five years’ of electricity which he had already paid for. In another case, Hydro One took $10,000 from the bank account of a senior from Timmins, leaving him on the hook for overdraft charges. It took months before his bill was reduced to just $800.

And it was not just private individuals who were victims of gross incompetence and poor administration. The military base at Petawawa was charged $50,751,518.05 in error, while a corporate customer was billed $15 million instead of $4,034.47. Hydro One blamed a faulty new computer system for the bungling, but the Ombudsman reported that, even when they knew about the problems, the company did everything they could to prevent the Government of Ontario, or the Ombudsman’s Office, from finding out the real facts.

Hydro One “deliberately kept the situation under wraps,” Mr. Marin writes, “even deceiving the electricity regulator, my Office and other stakeholders about the extent and nature of the company’s billing and customer service disaster.” His description of Hydro’s tactics is deeply troubling. “When the technical problems sparked a flurry of erroneous bills and a flood of calls from

frustrated customers, Hydro One reacted in the worst way possible – with deflection and deception.

It minimized the issue, misled its overseers, relied on public relations spin and put its customers last.

It pressured its outsourced call centre staff to keep their conversations as short as possible. Customers who had huge sums of money pulled from their bank accounts without warning, or who were hit with outrageous bills, were treated abominably. Many called my office in a panic, worried about being cut off from electricity, taken to a collection agency or even bankrupted over bills they couldn’t understand.”

All of this is in addition to the “normal” problems people are facing with Hydro bills. Since 2002, electricity prices have gone up by a staggering 325% in Ontario. This is not driven by the cost of generating or buying electricity in a normal market situation.

Hydro One, since it was separated from the gen-

erating section of the old Ontario Hydro, has been buying electricity at an artificially set rate, and passing on the higher costs to us. In addition, we have been paying off the old corporation’s “debt” for fifteen years, more than $11.5 billion in a residual stranded debt charge on our electricity bills between 2002 and 2014. Now the Ontario Government plan to sell off up to 60% of Hydro One to private buyers, which will remove much of the power the Ombudsman has to act as watchdog on our behalf.

This is not just a corporate concern. It is, as noted, having a very negative impact on people in North Grenville, on our municipal budgets, on the cost of food, transportation, business, and almost every aspect of our daily life. Everything, and almost everyone, needs electricity. Few can afford an alternative.

The decision to sell off so much of Hydro One was taken in order to maximise income from government

other sponsors of the festival, Enbridge, is the actual owner of the pipeline that ruptured in Michigan. It was the Enbridge line that had the major oil spill that SNG and their followers quote as the reason for not wanting Evil TransCanada to put a oil pipeline in. It is kind of funny that you, SNG and the rest of their following had no issue with them as a sponsor.

I am sure if you or anyone else has a better way to heat our homes or drive our vehicles at this time, we would all be glad to hear it.

Paul Louwe

On Friday night, the Dandelion Festival kicked off with the Festival Dinner.

Prescott Street was lined with vendors, merchants and local entrepreneurs on Saturday and Sunday. The street was also filled with the local populace taking in their wares and participating in the activities at The Kids Zone.

Behind the old high school, the music stage was busy as well. In the chilly early hours on Saturday morning, until an hour or so before midnight, non-stop music by local musicians filled the air.

Eleven acts, with only short pauses between, continued on for over 12 hours.

The stage took a rest overnight, but just as some services were dismissing the faithful on Sunday morning, the music started up again, and still more local talent poured forth their music for another 6 hours, until late in the afternoon.

'Oh What A Day!', as

local songwriter/performer, Ken Julien put it, in his composition of the same title, which The K-Towne Trio performed, to kick off the second day of music.

Music co-ordinator Steve Cater did a wonderful job assembling a very impressive lineup: Cory Coons, Age of Wisdom, Buckledown, The Burning Sensations, The Scotty J Trio, The K-Towne Trio, Mally Krock, Graven, County Rd. 44, The Pie Plates, John Wilberforce and quite a few more. All wonderful musicians. All talented performers. All local.

Well done Festival Organizers. It was obviously a lot of work. Take a bow. Take a rest. And for next year, a new set of volunteers will be needed. Some of this year's committee must surely feel burnt out and in need of some down time.

Peter Johnson Upper Oxford Mills

assets. Perhaps, before we look for a one-time payoff, we should be trying to put some order and accountability on what we have, and remind both government and corporate welfare bums in Hydro One who really owns it. Mr. Marin says in his latest report: “...Hydro One lost sight of its public interest purpose and failed to adequately consider the impact on its customers”. He calls his Report, “In The Dark”.

Let’s hope it helps throw some light on Hydro One’s despicable treatment of its customers.

Letters to the editor Dear Editor It was with great interest that I read your [John Carroll’s] letter, but I am a little confused. The choice you made to withdraw from the festival was yours to make.

However, I am a little confused on some of your reasons. You say TransCanada is using an "outmoded energy model that is unquestionably destructive". What does that mean? There are two TransCanada Natural Gas pipelines that run through this area.

Have they done something bad in this area in the 30 years they have been delivering natural gas to North Grenville and beyond? Every ounce of Natural gas used in Ontario comes through their pipeline system at some point. This is not an oil based product. TransCanada is one of the biggest independent suppliers of Solar and wind turbine electricity in Canada.

Again, this does not sound like an old energy model, but a diversified one. One of the

Dear Editor It might be argued that a glimpse into the soul of a community can be glimpsed through their Farmers' Markets and their festivals. This was certainly evident this past weekend.

The first Kemptville Farmers' Market started up in The B & H 'Plaza' on Sunday.

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OPP deal with numerous vehicle accidents Between May 17 and May 24, the Kemptville Office of North Grenville Ontario Provincial Police investigated 93 general occurrences: 34 in Kemptville, 43 in the rest of the Municipality of North Grenville, 11 in the Village of Merrickville – Wolford, and 5 on Highway 416.

Shortly after 1 p.m. on May 17, officers were dispatched to a motorcycle collision on a trail in Limerick Forest, North Grenville.

The 28 year old male driver from South Dundas Township was transported by ambulance to the hospital with minor injuries. The investigation revealed that the throttle of the motorcycle became stuck causing the

driver to lose control. No charges were laid.

Less than an hour later, a second collision occurred in Limerick Forest involving a dirt bike. The 52 year old male driver from Ottawa lost control of the bike causing the bike to land of his leg. The driver was transported by ambulance the hospital with a broken leg. No charges were laid.

On the evening of May 17, officers were dispatched to a collision at the rear of a residence on County Road 18, North Grenville. At the scene a black Ford F-150 had rolled over and EMS was attending to a female lying on the ground near the truck. The investigation revealed that a 40 year old

male was “mudding” with two females in the box of the truck. The truck was swerving back and forth just prior to it flipping and landing on a 36 year old woman from North Grenville. The female was airlifted by helicopter to the hospital. The female was later released from the hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the truck registered a “fail” on a roadside screening device and was arrested and transported to Kemptville OPP for a breathalyzer test.

Owen William Klatt, age 40 of North Grenville was charged with dangerous operation of motor vehicle cause bodily harm and driving while ability impaired causing bodily harm.

On the afternoon of May 18, a 10 year old boy was driving a three wheeler ATV when the vehicle hit a post at a home on Lindsay Road, North Grenville. The boy was transported to hospital by ambulance with facial injuries.

Anyone with information on the above occurrences is asked to call Grenville County O.P.P. Communication Centre at 1-888-310-1122, the Kemptville Detachment at 613258-3441 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-(TIPS) 8477 or submit your tip on-line at www.tipsubmit. com. Crime Stoppers does not want your name, you don’t go to court, and you could earn cash reward.

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Information for use in black bear sightings On May20, 2015, police received a report of a black bear sighting on a trail in the Churchill Road - Boundary Street area in the Town of Prescott. Police patrolled the area and kept observation, however did not observe the bear. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry have issued the following information bulletin: Bear Encounters - Who Do I Call?

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is working collaboratively with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and local police services to protect public safety and educate communities across Ontario about black bear behaviour.

Black bears that come into a populated area aren't always a threat to public safety. But, in Emergency Situations, call 911 if a black bear poses an immediate threat to personal safety by exhibiting threatening or aggressive behaviour, such as: ·Entering a school yard when school is in session ·Stalking people and is lingering at the site ·Entering or trying to enter a residence ·Wandering into a public gathering ·Killing livestock/pets and is lingering at the site.

Police are the first responder for any emergency situation.

At the request of police, during daylight hours the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry will respond to emergency situations to assist.

For Non-Emergency Encounters, call the toll-free Bear Wise reporting line at 1-866-514-2327 (TTY 705-945-7641)

if a black bear is: ·Roaming around, checking garbage cans ·Breaking into a shed where garbage or food is stored ·In a tree ·Pulling down a bird feeder or knocking over a barbecue ·Moving through a backyard or field but is not lingering.

This line operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week from April 1 until Nov. 30. Trained staff can provide advice about black bear behaviour, how to avoid human-bear conflicts, and how to remove attractants from property.

Reducing the Chances of an Encounter Even if they're not causing a threat to public safety, black bears should be discouraged from staying in populated areas.

People can take steps on their property and in their neighbourhood to avoid attracting black bears into populated areas. Visit ontario.ca/bearwise for tips and to learn about bears.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry would like to thank the many people who are already eliminating attractants. It takes only one property where attractants are not managed carefully to draw bears to a neighbourhood.

Everyone must work together to keep black bears in the wild where they belong.

The Bear Wise program provides advice to municipalities, the public, and other stakeholders about what they can do to keep black bears away from urban and semi-urban areas and how to manage problem bears.

Off-road vehicles a safety concern

by Hilary Thomson With the May long weekend well behind us, activities of summer are in full swing.

North Grenville’s trails have already begun to see an onslaught of people enjoying the great outdoors on various off road vehicles (ORVs).

According to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the number of ORV related deaths are the lowest they have been in 11 years, with 11 people having died in 2014. This being said, over the May long weekend there were four ORV accidents causing serious injuries in North Grenville alone.

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control of their vehicle.

In the event of a crash, wearing a helmet gives the rider the best chance of avoiding a serious head injury.

According to the OPP, almost half of the riders who died in ORV crashes over the past five years were not wearing helmets.

It is extremely important that all motorists have an increased awareness of their surroundings on the road while operating an ORV and be on the lookout for obstacles that may come up unexpectedly. ORV drivers must also refrain from consuming alcohol or drugs before going out on a ride and it is expected that they be aware of and follow all other laws that are associated with ORV riding.

tors. Firstly, there are typically no seatbelts in ORVs therefore the rider is almost always thrown from the vehicle in the event of a crash. Last year, all 11 of the people who died in ORV accidents were ejected from their vehicle. Bodies are soft and everything else is hard. When you are flung from a vehicle, you crash into whatever breaks your fall at the rate of speed the ORV was going when the accident occurred, making serious injury extremely likely.

Because of the high speeds that are typically attained when riding an ORV, losing control is an extremely common cause of ORV accidents.

All four of the drivers in the accidents in North Grenville over the long weekend lost

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Fire Chief on call at the Dandelion Festival

While the rest of the community were wandering around the Dandelion Festival last weekend, NG Fire Service Chief, Paul Hutt, was on duty, as always. With a lot of cooking and selling of food going on behind the old High School, Paul was on site to ensure that all the cooking facilities were up to code.

“As part of Municipality’s Special Events Team/Application process (FSEAT), we work with event organizers well in advance of their event to ensure a successful event”, he explained. “Part of the Fire Service obligation is to ensure all vending units are compliant with fire code, especially in a public setting. Inspections are carried out during initial set up and start up.

This procedure is carried out for all major festival events.

Again, the event organizers

were provided with all fire service requirements well in advance of this event and we were advised that all vendors would receive our information so that they could ensure compliance”.

There are stringent requirements that have to be met by those providing these facilties at outdoor events in North Grenville, allowing us to enjoy the burgers and hot dogs safely. The General Inspection Requirements include Annual Fire Inspection for Commercial suppression systems, Annual TSSA Inspection (Propane and Gas fitting Inspection), ESA Inspection (some cases – Electrical Inspection), Portable Fire Extinguisher, (Class K or ABC) and Flame Resistant Portable Tents.

The need for inspection of each cooking apparatus was shown last weekend, when Chief Hutt found two of the booths were not, in fact, in compliance with regulations. Paul describes what happened: “On Saturday, I inspected a total of 9 vending sites; all in compliance with the exception of two.

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by Deron Johnston The Burnbrae Farms booth had BBQs set up that weren’t annually inspected by TSSA, and didn’t have their required fire extinguishers. They were asked to have a local contractor come in and certify their set up and they would be good to go. In addition, I had advised the Festival Site manager that I could go to the fire station and obtain the necessary fire extinguishers if needed. The second unit that wasn’t in compliance was the Urban Cowboy. They didn’t have their annual fire inspection completed on their overhead extinguishing system.

They contacted a contractor and completed the inspection on site. Once they obtained their certification, they were able to commence venting.”

Having a great day out for the community is a wonderful thing: making sure that it is also a safe day out is something we may take for granted. The North Grenville Fire Service puts a lot of time and effort into preventing any emergency need for their services, and it is good to know that Chief Hutt is on the job, even when we’re not.

What a remarkable one this past weekend was for North Grenville.

On Sunday at noon, the first Kemptville Kinsmen Farmers' Market of the season kicked off in grand style. For those who attended the market on opening day last year, they would have noticed a remarkable difference from last year to this. According to Rob Harsh, a member of the executive of the Farmers' Market, this year's first market of the season was double in size to last year's opening.

This year's opening had thirty-two vendors (not including several empty spots where some vendors were no-shows), while last year's had only sixteen.

The layout of the market was also noticeably larger as well, with more room in the middle of the market area for picnic tables for those who wanted to rest in the shade, have a bite to eat, or stop and listen to the live music.

The music was quite impressive as well. The first entertainer was newcomer Daniel Wentworth who, with his voice and guitar, demonstrated a wide range of talent and clearly had a large songbook to choose from. The second entertainer was local legend George Buys, who never fails to entertain with his harmonicas, guitar and original material.

George's song 'Chicken Cordon Blues' seemed to be a particular favourite of those in attendance.

The variety of vendors was also very impressive

for the opening market of the season. There were some of the standbys from last season, like Frank's Bakery, George's Lebanese Foods, Earth's Harvest Farm, Purely Elemental and Siam Kitchen among others. Some of the vendors from last year have obviously been working hard and added some new products and services to their offerings this year.

The market also had a number of new and original vendors like Suite 12 Custom Cupcakes, and Medieval Marvels & Creations. Going over the roster with Rob Harsh, he estimated that 16 of the market's 32 vendors were actually brand new to the market. There now seems to be something for just about everyone at the farmers' market.

It sounds like the Kemptville Kinsmen Farmers' Market is starting on its way to surpassing last year's success. Rob expects to have as many as fifty vendors at one time during the market season this year. It's definitely come a long way from the parking lot of the Branch restaurant.

Speaking of the Branch restaurant, Chef Bruce Enloe (former president of the farmers' market) recently accepted the position of general manager of the Two Rivers Food Hub in Smiths Falls. With Bruce's passion for food, experience, and knowledge of food operations, there's no doubt he'll be very successful in his new role. Congratulations to Bruce! This means that North Grenville will now have someone living lo-

cally who will be very influential in the Eastern Ontario local food scene and who'll be an excellent resource for information on local food initiatives.

So far, while working in his new role, Bruce intends to remain chef at the Branch until he can find another experienced chef to help his wife, Nicole, at the restaurant.

There seems to be a lot to get excited about lately as far as the local food scene in North Grenville.

Come out to the farmers' market and see for yourself what the fuss is all about.

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Delicious Dandelion Dinner

by Hilary Thomson Leslie Hall on Clothier Street was hopping on Friday night with the Dandelion Festival’s Dandelion Dinner.

Tables were laden with white table cloths, greens runners and yellow napkins. Glass jugs filled with white and yellow flowers brightened up the space and set the mood for the evening.

Guests were greeted by students from Saint Micheal’s hospitality and tourism program wearing white chef jackets and serving canapés on silver trays. The canapés

were prepared by the students themselves and included a socca chickpea flatbread with bell pepper, onions and dandelion greens, cold spring rolls with an Asian pear butter sauce and a saag lamb bruschetta. The students were also the servers for the entire five course meal.

Jeffrey Knight, the teacher of the hospitality and tourism course, says the students were nervous at first, but, once they warmed up, they did very well. “I am very happy with how they did,” he said.

Each course of the meal was introduced by the es-

salad. The third appetizer was a light cajun tomato and lentil soup garnished with dandelion greens prepared by Salamanders.

The main dish was called Grenville Grass Osso Bucco and was prepared by chefs at The Branch. The Branch worked with B&H Grocer to ensure that the beef used in the dish was local and grass-fed. It was paired with charred dandelion greens and a dandelion petal gremolata, keeping with the theme of the meal, as well as a white wine tomato sauce and soft, creamy polenta.

To finish, The Crusty Bakers prepared a dandelioninfused meringue with cream, a sweet basil sauce and red berries. The dish was extremely creative, especially with the use of basil in a sweet setting. The mixture of sweet from the meringue, the cream, and the tart from the berries made a light yet decadent and complex dessert.

The evening was pulled together by the musical stylings of Schroeder The Piano Man from Killaloe, Ontario.

At one point he had many of the diners swaying in their seats and singing along to Billy Joel’s Piano Man. There was also a 50/50 raffle and a draw for a stay at The Middleshire Bed and Breakfast, one of the dinner’s sponsors.

Overall, the meal was a great way to taste some of what North Grenville’s talented chefs have to offer and kick off a weekend of Dandelion fun.

tablishment that prepared it.

The first appetizer, dandelion and cheese dip in a bread bowl, was a combined effort

by The Brigadoon and Grahames Bakery. It was beautifully presented, adorned with chives and an edible flower.

The second appetizer was prepared by Phil Carswell, the head chef at AJ’s Catering and the chef/owner of the late Comfort By AJ’s. The dish was presented by him and his wife, Jessica Carswell, and featured a smoked arctic char gravlax with dandelion dill aioli and a caper, red onion and dandelion green

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UPDATE UPCOMING MEETINGS COUNCIL Monday, June 8th at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Monday, June 1st at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre.

For agenda information, please contact the Clerk’s Office or visit the Municipal website.

SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAMS Summer camps and swim program registrations begin Saturday, May 30th from 10 am to 2 pm in Arena 1 at the North Grenville Municipal Centre, 285 County Rd. 44. For more information, visit our website at www.northgrenville.ca.

CURBSIDE GIVEAWAY WEEKEND June 6th and 7th is North Grenville’s Curbside Giveaway Weekend. Find a new home for those unwanted re-useable items and browse the curbs for some great finds of your own.

Residents are responsible for putting away items left at the curb at the end of this event.

GARAGE SALES Garage sales in North Grenville are regulated

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

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

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

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

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Merrickville Blockhouse Museum Celebrates 50th Anniversary

It’s that time of year again!

The North Grenville Sports Hall of Fame, which is committed to honouring the history of sport in our community, is looking for your help in identifying individuals, teams and organizations who have achieved athletic success and made significant contributions to sport.

The 1st Grenville Militia, ca. War of 1812, will join other re-enactors and heritage presenters from across Eastern Ontario at the Merrickville Blockhouse Festival June 13 to commemorate the Blockhouse Museum's 50th anniversary.

by Michael Whittaker The Blockhouse Festival, Saturday, June 13 from 10 am to 4 pm, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Merrickville and District Historical Society’s Blockhouse Museum.

There will be something for everyone. Military re-enactors with exhibits, visiting museums, traditional games for children, heritage-craft displays, singers and pipers will fill the day with colour and music.

“We are proud of the

Blockhouse Museum and the history of MerrickvilleWolford preserved thanks to the foresight of our founding members,” said Ann Martin, President, Merrickville and District Historical Society.

“We encourage families and friends to visit the Blockhouse Festival, enjoy the exhibits, celebrate our history and explore the village.”

At 1 pm, regional dignitaries will participate in the brief ceremonial opening of the Blockhouse Museum’s 50th season. At this time, students from Merrickville

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Public School will be recognized for their essays on historic individuals and significant events.

In 1965, the Merrickville and District Historical Society organized as a registered charity to safeguard the village’s distinctive heritage.

The stone and timber blockhouse, built to protect the Merrickville locks in 1832, was restored by Parks Canada to house the museum.

The museum is open weekends until June 13 and then open daily until Labour Day.

Nomination forms are available at the Municipal Centre or at www.kemptvillesportshalloffame.com. The selection committee is currently accepting completed nomination forms until Monday, June 1. The induction ceremony is slated for Thursday, September 24, 2015 followed by the annual Fundraising Golf Tournament on Friday, September 25, 2015. Inquiries about the golfing should be directed to Doug Rigby at drigby@ttctruck.ca. The committee also welcomes the financial support of sponsors at a variety of levels.

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While the Shriners have great fun, the Shriner purpose is to help children with special needs. The local Shriners provide a way for these special children to reach the care that they need. Talk to the Shriners at the Fair to obtain details of special needs help available.

The Shriners Street Fair June 4-7, 2015, that is being held at the Food Basics lot, HWY 43, Kemptville will help raise funds to support local children to travel to and from the hospital. The Shriner support for local children with special needs is free.

The Shriners Street Fair, Kemptville is held each year at the FOOD BASICS lot.

The fair is oriented toward teens and younger children. There will be rides for all ages.

Over the years the Shriners have watched the wonder, awe and excitement that kids and their parents and grandparents witness. Bring your camera to capture your family’s greatest moments and the kid’s excitement.

FOOD BASICS provides the space as a sponsor and a service to the community.

A number of other local businesses have supported the Shriners Fair over the years and continue to do so.

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“Johnny...be good!”

by David Shanahan How many generations have heard mothers saying the same thing to their children: “Be good!” It was the standard catch-all word that summed up what was expected of you by parents, teachers, society as a whole.

The word, though, has been losing any real meaning fro some time. The moral aspect has been completely overshadowed by applying it to food, health, or just how you happen to be feeling. A burger can be good. When someone asks you how you’re doing, what do you say? “I’m good, thanks”. When things are going well, and you feel satisfied, comfortable, you’re in a good mood, or in a good place, or just feeling good.

Of course, none of those were in the mind of your mother when she told you to “be good”. She meant something entirely different.

There was a time when people knew what was meant by that, though they might not have been easily able to put it in words. The change in the way the word is used is a good reflection of the general change that has taken place in society, a change that has left people unsure about what exactly “good” means in the old way of thinking, the moral issue.

There has been a move to a relativistic attitude to goodness, or any other moral term.

Now, it is held that what is “good” for you, is not necessarily “good” for everyone else. Society has gone very far down the road of accepting as good what previous generations would have condemned.

Greed can be good, apparently, as can pride, selfishness, or so many other traits that were once thought of as negative, even evil.

The electronics company, The Source, have a publicity

campaign based entirely on the slogan: “I want that”.

The corporation’s treatment of franchise owners a few years ago showed that the company itself has no idea of what “good” means. But it is not alone, it is simply jumping on the bandwagon which has been rolling along for some time now, preaching a doctrine of “me, first”.

Successful people used to show some humility when it came to their achievements, however insincere that humility may have been at times.

But now, “winners” boast, preen, badmouth their rivals or fellow competitors, and are honoured for their dishonourable treatment of others. They throw that most insulting of epithets around: “loser!”.

No-one should underestimate the importance of this change in our culture. It has led to children being pushed to extremes by parents in order to be “winners”and not “losers”. It has almost destroyed the concept of honour and integrity in so many aspects of public and private life. It has even put the future viability of our planet into question as we use up its resources without feeling we need to care about those who are suffering as a result of our self-indulgence, both now and for the future, including our own children and grandchildren.

What has happened to bring about such a dangerous and fundamentally unhealthy situation? On the basis of the whole problem lies a radical shift in attitudes towards people as people, a redefinition of what humanity is and what it’s worth. It took some time for the ideas of an elite in the nineteenth century to filter down in popular culture post-1945, but the accepted view of the human being now is that we are accidents of biology, the result of random

and unguided interactions between molecules, without purpose or ultimate meaning. According to this view, men and women are merely biological machines, the brain is simply a complex computer that has evolved to the state it has today without rhyme or reason.

If this is true, and I categorically deny that it is, then individuals have no inherent importance. At most, the good of the greatest number is all that we should be concerned with, unless it affects us personally in a negative way. This has given rise to political movements that accept the destruction of cultures, people, societies, in the name of creating a brighter future for the human race generally. This was seen in Fascism, Communism, and among Neo-Conservatives, all of whom believed that “collateral damage” was an acceptable price to pay for progress.

But it is more immediate and intimate than that.

This prevailing attitude has encouraged the destruction of villages, communities, neighbourhoods, as they are replaced by soul-less concrete “sub-divisions” that isolate people from neighbours, leading to further disregard for traditional societal ties, even among families.

The process is still not complete, and one can only hope that people will start to reject such a nihilistic and self-destructive path. You know, in your inner self, that you are not just a machine, that you somehow know what “good” means, and what its opposite is also. Where does that come from, and what does it imply for our origins and ultimate destiny? The bottom line, no matter how you look at it, is that if there is no God, Ultimate Reality, or whatever, then, as Paul once said, quoting a classical poet: “Let’s eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow, we die”.

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YOGA for everyone. Wed and Thurs., at YIG. Call 258-9902 Food-HealthConnections seminars for your company, group, school. Nutritionist Carol Pillar RHN. www.wholesumapproach.com 258-7133F

Fencing and Deck Specialist, Renovations. 20 years experience. Brian 613-215-0805 Property cleanup,trees/brush/yard waste,scrap,dump runs,anything removed Wayne Scott 613-286-9072

Rock My House Music Centre is looking for Instructors.

613 258-5656 Bowen Therapy - Addresses pain and most health issues. 613-799-3315 www.TheBowenApproach.ca

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2 bedroom condo, $1,200 \mth + utilities & water Backs on to Park 613 229 5569 RENOVATED GROUND FLOOR OFFICE 1900sqft, 200 Sanders St. Kemptville.

613 795 2389

AVON – Looking for products, call Joan, 613-258-7644

4 Bed/4Bath Bungalow in Oxford Landing only $459,900 www.47pioneer.com

SEWING : Weddings to alterations at Stonehouse Studio. Call Sharon 613-224-3182.

KEMPTVILLE, lARGE COUNTRY HOME, 4 BDRM, $1400/MTH + uTILITIES. 613 258 4741

FREE DRUM LESSON!!! Professional drummer offering FREE trial lessons...no obligation!

613 298 5913 www.drumhead. ca

KEMPTVILLE, 3 BDRM HOME, $1200/MTH + UTIL. 613 258 4741

You Name It, I Can Sew It. Call Rhonda at 258-5248 HANDY MAN SPECIALIZING IN RENOVATION AND HOUSE STAGING. WE DO IT ALL CALL 613 294 2416 NEED A NEW ROOF? GOT A LEAKY ROOF? Over 15 yrs owner/operator, subcontracting. Free estimates Work Guaranteed call 613 294 2416 Mr & Mrs clean residential/ commercial cleaning. Mrandmrsclean613@gmail.com, 613867-2184 Professional Nutrition Coaching for your wellness goals. wholesumapproach.com 613258-7133 House Cleaning-Every working Mother and Father needs a House Wife. Sandi 613-2197277 Hardwood Flooring - Install, Sand & Stain Cement Work - Parging & Chimney Repairs Deck - Sanding, Pressure Washing General Clean-up Al’s Cleanup 613-258-3847, 613-295-0300 Handyman/Contractor With Years Of Experience. No Job Is Too Big Or Too Small. Unlimited References, Call For Free Estimate 613-791-8597 May 27, 2015

Kemptville $1400 + utilities (MLS#943749) - 3 bed/ bath end unit w/hot tub, fenced yard.

613-978-4636 Clothier Street West 1 bedroom + den 2 story 4 appliances $825 incl. water, utilities extra, non smoker, no pets 613 258 2220 ONE BDRM APARTMENT, NO PETS, NON SMOKING. $700+UTILITIES. 613-220-5014

Old Town Kemptville – 10 Prescott St. – commercial retail space – 690 sq. ft., available immediately. 613295-0552 Old Town Kemptville – 113 Prescott St. – commercial retail space – 1,878 sq. ft., available immediately. 613295-0552 Kemptville – 1 bdrm – 506 Rideau St; $800 + utilities; hardwood floors; gas heat; covered balcony; no smoking or pets; available immediately. 613-295-0552

Jumpstart BBQ this Saturday

Rideau Hill Camp - Giant Garage Sale, May 30 from 8 am to 1 pm at the Ferguson Forest Centre, 275 County Road 44.. Come out and support your local summer camp. Check out our web site at www.Rideauhillcamp.com

Kemptville - 2 bdrm – 506 Rideau St; $950 (water included) + utilities; hardwood floors; gas heat; covered balcony; no smoking or pets; available immediately.

613-295-0552

Saturday June 6th MEGA Yard Sale 8:00-1:00pm Southgate Church

2 bedroom upper level of duplex in downtown Kemptville. 4 applicances/parking/ water included. Call 613 296 5906.

Community Yard Sale & BBQ Sat. May 30, 8 am-2pm, rain or shine. North Grenville Community Church 2659 Concession Rd., beside Kemptville District Hospital. More info http://www. ngccfm.ca/yard-sale.html

wanted Senior neeeds old car batteries form making weights. Call 613 258 6254

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GARAGE SALE – 36 Smith Rd, Oxford Station – May 30 – 8am to 4pm – furniture, china, art, lots of variety!

3-car garage, 30ftx26ft, gravel floor, short-term rent. S River Road. Reasonable 258.5565 GIRL'S TODDLER BED with Mattress, hardly used, Princess Sheet + Pillowcase included. $75.00 At Grandparents house South Mountain, 613-989-2850.

Victoria Park Village Community Garage Sale Kemptville Sat May 30th, rain or shine Starts at 800 am to 200 pm

open house

Help wanted Flooring installer in need of full time helper. Will train. Must have all your fingers. Call Ed 613.258.3537

OPEN HOUSE – 36 Smith Rd, Oxford Station – May 30 – 2pm to 4pm - Raised Bungalow 5 Bedrooms, 3 Bath $389,000 – www.comfree. com #597791

Laborer needed, for construction company Drivers licence not required, Residents of Kemptville Only Call 613894-5210 NEED A NEW FURNACE? Save $$, join our buyer's group. We have 2 interested parties and need 3 more. No risk! An info session takes place once we reach 5 parties. Call Steve MC (Merrickville) for more info.

613.809.3029

one bedroom apartment, no pets, non smoking, $700.00 utilities. 613-220-5015

Kemptville, 512 Clothier, 2 bedroom apartment in a seniors building, $863 + utilities, no smoking, no pets.

613 294 6819

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Photo by David Shanahan On Jumpstart Day, Canadian Tire stores across the country take to their parking lots and retail floors to help raise funds for their local communities. At these participating stores, employees and volunteers will be running activities from BBQ’s to car washes in order to raise funds for Jumpstart. This is because they know that 100% of all donations raised that day stays in their community. That means by donating to Jumpstart at your local store, you are helping kids from this community.

The 2015 Canadian Tire Jumpstart BBQ is taking place at the Canadian Tire store at Colonnade in Kemptville this Saturday, May 30. Jumpstart is a program affiliated with the Canadian Tire corporation which raises money to allow young people to get involved in sports, or other organised activities, who might not otherwise be able to afford the costs involved.

All money raised at the BBQ will be matched, and the funds stay in our community. Jumpstart funding helps families that need a financial hand with registration, equipment and other costs. Jumpstart also helps community groups provide highquality programs for local youth, from developing swimming programs to distributing activity kits filled with equipment.

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Youngsters of Yore, Kemptville Public Library, 1:30 pm. Guest speaker: Bill Adams, Experiences in the Artic .

Kemptville Legion, open faced hot pork sandwiches with mashed potatoes, vegies and dessert. Served from 6-7 pm. Price. $10.00.

The Oxford Mills Sisterhood of Guiding (OMSG) Spring Fair, 10 am-3 pm at Oxford-on-Rideau Public School, (rain or shine). This admissionfree event will have something for everyone!

KYC 4th Annual Breakfast, 8 to 10 am at Kemptville Christian Reformed Church. Tickets available at Youth Centre or Canadian Tire, Adults $10, under 5, $5, group of four $25.

Kemptville Community Tennis Club open house and registration, 9 am to 1 pm. All are welcome !

Anniversary Service St. Andrew's United Church, Bishop's Mills at 10:30 a.m. Guest Speaker- Reverend Ralph Taylor. Special MusicMildred & Ray Adams; The Combined Choirs of Rural United Ministry.

Potluck lunch to follow in the Church Hall. Everyone is welcome.

Kemptville Masons 35th annual Fish Fry, NG Municipal Centre.

Adults $16, Children under 12, $8. Dinner 5:30-10 pm, music by Ron Donnelly and the Marlboreens starting at 6. Tickets available at Jim Perry Motors, Kemptville Home Hardware and B & H Grocer.

Friends of the Ferguson Forest Centre invite you to join a walk to identify edible wild plants. Leader Peter Fischl of the Lanark Wild Food Club hopes this will be an interactive event. Meet at Anniversary Park at 10 am. Call Bill Wallace 613 258 6544 for further information.

Bake and plant sale 10:30, salad & cold meat buffet 11:30-1 pm, handicap accessible, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Prescott St. A rollicking night of jazz music and storytelling, AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’? Spencerville Mill, 6:30 pm. $20/person Advance tickets at Spencerville Library & ArtScene Gallery. PayPal purchase via www.spencervillemill.ca Senior's Month Celebration - Join us for a picnic/BBQ with entertainment, Maplewood in Oxford Mills. Noon to 3 pm, Rain or Shine, inside facility also available. Free of charge. Reservations encouraged, transportation available. Call 613-258-3203.

Kemptville Players Inc. will be holding their Annual General Meeting at the IOOF Hall at 119 Clothier St. East in Kemptville, 7:30pm. For more information, contact Paul Rochon at 613-258-2706

Weekly and recurring events Tues

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

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39. Dad 40. South southeast 41. Religious law 42. Eagerness 43. Acts of refraining 45. Hitches 49. Dawn goddess 50. Matrimonial 53. Sediment 57. Recognized 59. Memo 60. Outbuilding 61. A male duck 62. Biblical garden 63. Boxes for bricks 64. Filled to excess 65. Adult male sheep

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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!

Wed

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.

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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.

Thurs

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.

Fri

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.

Sat

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.

Solutions to last week’s Sudoku

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

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

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New business openings in Kemptville In spite of serious competition from larger corporations, local business continues to thrive in North Grenville and deserves community support. This week, two local businesses celebrated their official Grand Openings.

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Twice The Fun Games First Anniversary Celebration On Saturday, April 16, Twice The Fun Games celebrated its first anniversary with a business launch in Old Town Kemptville. Located at 206 Prescott Street, TTFG is a unique store that deals with all of your favourite games and those that could become so. They have a large election of tabletop (board/card) games, some educational and classics that you know and love; toys and hobby selections too.

Juice FM was in attendance broadcasting live from the store. There was a steady stream of old and new customers roaming the well appointed shop, many sitting down to enjoy a game in the TTFG’s games room. Boris, the driving force behind TTFG, is a gamer himself and always says that he wants to play games not just sell them which is obvious, the Games Room was buzzing during the anniversary celebrations. “It usually is, with Organized Play events, Friday Night Games on the second and fourth Friday nights of the month and the North Grenville Gamers’ Group playing every Sunday” said Boris.

So, folks in North Grenville might want to take a walk on the game side and drop into Twice The Fun Games at 206 Prescott, just below the candy shop. Congratulations to Boris and his team!

Hair Dynamics open in grand style

Isabelle, enjoying the Dandelion Festival Kids Zone

Anita Broniszeski, Tracy Hughes, Carole Moore, and Edith Miller are joined by Mayor David Gordon at the Grand Opening of Hair Dynamics.

Anita Broniszeski, Carole Moore, and Edith Miller are very experienced professionals and provide high quality hair care at their new salon, Hair Dynamics, at 296 County Road 43, just north of the junction with CR 44. Mayor David Gordon joined the three owners, along with staff member Tracy Hughes and family, friends and clients, to cut the ribbon and enjoy the tasty snacks on hand. Mayor Gordon presented the salon with a certificate of welcome from the Municipality of North Grenville.

New locally-owned pharmacy photo submitted by Christine Boyer

Pharmacy owner Shadi Abdelmalek, centre, with Sam Gargas and Boshra Mikhail at the grand opening of Kemptville Drug Mart.

The new Kemptville Drug Mart has opened in the Kemptville Mall: a locally-owned and managed full-service pharmacy, not a franchise, not a chain store. Shadi Abdelmalek owns his store and is welcoming the community to visit and say hello.

Remedy’s Rx are his supplier, and he has partnered with the Kemptville District Hospital. He is pleased to offer special $2 discounts on all prescriptions for seniors, as well as a free prescription delivery service. If you are a senior and need some personal care, call Shadi and he will talk you through your prescription needs. He sells only medications, because, he says, that’s what he knows. For every prescription filled at the Kemptville Drug Mart, $1 is donated to the KDH.

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Decoy Race winner New in Kemptville!

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Brenda Couchier from Rotary is holding the winner of the Decoy race, which was entered by Howard Wilson Kemptville Towing.

It was a first for North Grenville: the South Branch was the scene of two races during the Dandelion Festival. There was, of course, the annual duck race, as rubber duckies were released into the river from the Prescott Street bridge by Mayor David Gordon and Dave Hudson, of Hudson Autobody, the main sponsor of the Rubber Duck Race.

Winners of the Rubber Duck race are: Ticket # 62 Allisa Chesebro $500; Ticket # 877 Esther Kang $200; and Ticket # 92 Colleen Ford $100.

This year, there was a new entry in the river race category: the Rotary Decoy Challenge. Local businesses were invited to buy and decorate a full-size decoy duck to enter the race on Sunday.

OPEN HOUSE!

PEOPLE FIRST NORTH GRENVILLE A self-advocacy group for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

DATE: Wednesday May 27, 2015 TIME: 6:00-8:00PM VENUE: Community Living North Grenville 2830 Highway 43, Kemptville Everyone is welcome!

We invite you to come out and learn about our organization.

Who we are, what we do and what we stand for!

We put People First!

Have any questions? Contact Jason Payne (613) 258-5732 home, (613) 620-7442 cell, (wheels_87@ hotmail.com), Bruce Paterson (613) 258-7177 ext. 126, People First Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peoplefirstng, or the People First website: http://peoplefirstng.wordpress.com/

Hitting the heights at KYC dictable funding into the foreseeable future in order to maintain and sustain the programs and services it currently offers to youth in the region and Rob’s commitment to support the Centre for three years will go a long way towards ensuring its sustainability”.

The KYC now welcomes over 400 young people to the centre each year, keeping them safe, engaged and off the street.

Join with Rob in making sure that the KYC continues to provide a safe and comfortable place for our young people to gather May 27, 2015

The decoys were also on display in the week before the Festival at both the B&H and Independent stores, where the public could vote for the best decorated decoy.

The winning race decoy was by Howard Wilson

Kemptville Towing. They were the first to the finish and will have the honour of displaying the trophy for one year. The winners of other categories, voted on at B & H and Jonsson Independent, will be announced next week.

NOTICE OF STUDY COMMENCEMENT AND PUBLIC MEETING Municipal Class Environmental Assessment 2015 North Grenville Potable Water and Wastewater Master Plan Update Interested individuals and parties are invited to attend a Public Information Centre (PIC) between 6:00pm and 8:00pm on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at the Municipal Centre, 285 County Road 44, Kemptville, ON. The purpose of the PIC is for the Municipality to present the current findings of a Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plan study and to solicit public input.

Background The Municipality of North Grenville retained Stantec Consulting Ltd. to prepare a Water and Wastewater Master Plan Update to evaluate servicing alternatives to accommodate foreseen developments. The evaluation encompasses potable water and wastewater needs of areas of imminent development within the existing town boundaries and outside the existing urban area (Figure 1). The Water and Wastewater Master Plan will serve as a guiding document to support operational and capital improvements to the potable water and wastewater systems. It will also serve to meet existing regulations along with future capacity requirements of existing services and planned growth within the Municipality of North Grenville.

The Master Plan includes a hydraulic assessment of the potable water distribution system (source water, watermain, pumps, storage and treatment) and the sanitary sewer collection system (sewers, pumps and treatment). Growth projections and potential development areas were included in the overall assessment of future infrastructure needs. Problems and opportunities were identified and alternative solutions considered.

A servicing plan to meet future needs was developed through optimizing the performance of existing infrastructure and planned phasing of future infrastructure.

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by Rob Thompson Realty (until August 31)!

Make sure you indicate it's for the KYC Endowment Fund on the cheque, or in the comments when donating online. Make a pledge online at www.kyc. myevent.com.

"You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." ~ John Bunyan.

Building a Sustainable North Grenville

Figure 1: Study Area - Kemptville Urban Service Area

Municipal Class Environmental Assessment This Water and Wastewater Master Plan study is being conducted in accordance with the requirements of Phases 1 and 2 of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment, which is an approved process under the Environmental Assessment Act.

Phase 1 involves identification of the problem or opportunity and Phase 2 identifies alternative solutions. Copies of the draft Water and Wastewater Master Plan are posted on the Municipality’s website and are available for review at the Municipal Office located at 285 County Road #44. As part of the Environmental Assessment process, the public will be invited to provide input to the project team. Comments from the public will be accepted within 30 calendar days following the Public Meeting date.

To provide input into the planning process or for more information, please contact: Kevin Alemany, P.Eng. Mike Finley Associate, Water Supt. of Environmental Services Stantec Consulting Ltd. Municipality of North Grenville 1331 Clyde Ave 285 County Road #44 P.O. Box 130 Ottawa, ON K2C 3G4 Kemptville ON. K0G 1J0 Phone: 613-724-4091 Phone: 613-258-9569 Fax: 613-722-2799 Fax: 613-258-9620 Email: mfinley@northgrenville.on.ca Email: kevin.alemany@stantec.com

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TransCanada delay Energy East

by David Shanahan The continuing story of the Energy East pipeline, scheduled to run under the Rideau River and through a small section of North Grenville, has been delayed by at least a year, according to a letter sent to the Municipality

by Jon Pitcher, Energy East’s Community Relations Lead for Ontario.

The letter was in response to a resolution by the Municipal Council in 2013, giving a tentative welcome to the pipeline project on condition that the most rigorous standards of construction and safety be guaranteed by TransCanada in order to protect both the World Heritage Site of the Rideau River, and the Oxford and Nepean aquifers, from which most of this region draws its drinking water. Council had stated that, in their opinion, “it is premature to provide any substantive comments regarding the project until TransCanada clearly demonstrate to the residents of this community that the Energy East Pipeline Project will meet the highest available technical standards when it comes to public safety and environmental protection and will implement, without reservation, cutting-edge contingency planning and emergency response programs”.

As part of the approval process before construction of the pipeline can commence, TransCanada has submitted a 30,000 page application to the National Energy Board [NEB] to meet all the regulations established for the safe construction and operation of such a project. But, last month, the corporation had to file a supplementary filings to change the location of a planned marine terminal in Cacouna, Quebec. This was necessary in order to meet concerns raised about Beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River, which have recently been classified as an endangered species.

This major alteration in the plans for the Energy East project will also require a

readjustment in the route of the pipeline through Quebec, and this, in turn, will have a knock-on effect on valve sites and pumping stations along the entire route. It is expected that the revised plans will not be ready for submission to the NEB until near the end of this year, leading to a postponement of the start of delivery to the New Brunswick terminal until 2020.

TransCanada do not anticipate any major changes in the route followed by the pipeline through Ontario, but they will not be scheduling any further information sessions in North Grenville until after the amended plans are submitted to the NEB at the end of this year.

This may give TransCanada time to consider some of the concerns being raised by various bodies regarding the Rideau River crossing of the Energy East pipeline. Stantec Consulting Services Inc. have warned that the Horizontal Directional Drill method being used at the Rideau crossing can create possible contamination of aquifers by surface contaminants.

It has been suggested that any spill in the pipeline running under the Rideau River could be disastrous and with almost unlimited potential for destruction of the environment. According to TransCanada, “the length of pipe across the Rideau River between the shut off valves is approximately 2,394 metres (m). The next upstream valve is approximately 19.1 km away from the first upstream valve. The next downstream valve is 15.5 km from the first downstream valve”. Although the corporation states that any spill can be isolated within 12 minutes of being discovered, this could mean the contents of those 2,394 metres (7,854.3 feet) would be spilled into the Rideau River.

Against this danger is placed the fact that there are very few alternatives to pipelines for transporting the kind of bitumen crude oil that is being planned for Energy

East. The Fraser Institute, a conservative think-tank, is quite adamant that “US data on incident, injury, and fatality rates for pipelines, road, and rail for the 2005 to 2009 period (the latest data available) show that road and rail have higher rates of serious incidents, injuries, and fatalities than pipelines, even though more road and rail incidents go unreported”.

As the Institute notes: “While pipelines may leak, trains and trucks can crash, hurting individuals, as we saw in Lac-Mégantic in July 2013, and barges can sink. There is no perfectly risk-free way to transport oil, or anything else for that matter.”

A report which surfaced earlier this month indicated that a section of another of TransCanada’s pipelines, the Keystone 1, had “corroded 95%, leaving it paper-thin in one area (one-third the thickness of a dime) and dangerously thin in three other places, leading TransCanada to immediately shut it down”. This seems to be a choice between two, or at most, three evils.

There is a great deal to discover, discuss and debate before Energy East becomes more than a plan in the hearts of TransCanada shareholders. The delay caused by the situation in Cacouna may give everyone time and space to come to some reliable conclusions. It is somewhat fitting, if not ironic, that this opportunity comes courtesy of the endangered Beluga whales of the St. Lawrence.

Employment Readiness Workshops June 2015

Mapping the journey to successful employment

North Grenville Employment Resource Centre 125 Prescott St Kemptville Call to register: (613) 258-6576 (800) 214-7066 Follow CSE on:

KEMPTVILLE COMPUTERS REPAIRS, UPGRADES, VIRUS REMOVAL, NETWORKING & MORE!

Next Month’s Highlights Laid off and Interested in returning to school—see if the Employment Ontario Second Career Program is right for you! Information sessions in July! Watch our website for more information, including dates!

Date

Events

June 1

Information and Decision Making 1:00—2:30

June 5

Resumes and Cover Letters, 9:30—11:00

June 8

Information and Decision Making, 10:00—11:30

June 12

CSE Car Wash for Charity Supporting the Salvation Army Foodbank, B&H 11:00—3:00 Donations over $10.00 get a free pair of CSE Sunglasses!!!

June 15

Social Media, 1:30—3:00

June 16

Information and Decision Making 1:00—2:30 Job Search Strategies, 1:00—2:30

June 17

Smart Serve, 9:00—1:00 Drop-in Resume Rescue Clinic, 10:00—2:00

June 18

Interview Types, Tips and Techniques, 9:30—11:00 CSE Days! All day coffee and snacks!

June 19

PRIME! Information Session 3:00—4:00

June 23

Information and Decision Making, 10:00—11:30

June 24

CSE Outreach in Merrickville (Merrickville Health Community Centre), 9:00—12:00 Service Canada Outreach, 9:00—3:00 (closed 12—1 for lunch)

June 25

PRIME! Information Session 3:00—4:00

June 26

Portfolios and Networking, 1:00—2:30

June 29

WHMIS, 9:00—12:00

June 30

Information and Decision Making, 1:00—2:30

WE FIX IT, OR YOU DON’T PAY!

CSE is OPEN from 9:00—12:00 on Saturday June 13th!!!

(613) 218 5322 WWW.KEMPTVILLECOMPUTERS.COM

Employment Ontario programs are funded in part by the Government of Canada. Les programmes Emploi Ontario sont financés en partie par le gouvernement du Canada.

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Hike for Hospice raises 6,000 dollars for Beth Donovan Hospice expand their services to ensure that those who are dying can remain within their home community to live out their last days.

Dawn Rodger, Executive Director of the Beth Donovan Hospice, explained that: “There has been an increase in the number of our clients being referred to Residential Hospice facilities in Ottawa because there is nothing in closer proximity. Families

often don’t know what they need to care for a loved one at home, until they experience it, and it can be extremely exhausting both physically and mentally”.

If someone you know can benefit from Hospice community services, please contact the hospice at 613-258-9611 or visit us on the web at bethdonovanhospice.ca.

photo credit Jemman Photography

by Dawn Roger Sunday May 24 provided fantastic weather for the fifty hikers who joined Beth Donovan Hospice and the Hike for Hospice at the Ferguson Forest Centre. Participants ran and walked the 1, 3, and 5 kilometre routes, all in sup-

port of hospice palliative care.

The event is designed to increase public awareness of the portfolio of services the hospice provides, as well as to raise funds for programs that will benefit the community. The amount raised this year totalled $6,000, and donations are still coming in from those who were unable

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to participate in person.

The hospice expanded its program delivery in 2013 to include a new Day Hospice Program and increased hours for grief and bereavement counselling. Currently, the Hospice is completing a feasibility study that will help inform the next stages of growth for the Hospice.

The planning process for the study was quite extensive and included input from both the community and medical professionals: North Grenville area physicians, nurses, CCAC, current clients and past client families. With numerous unmet needs in the community for palliative care, the Hospice hopes to

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