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A local girl is looking for support to help further her medical education in Kenya this summer.

Mia Andrews has always wanted to save lives. Now in her second year of biomedical science at the University of Ottawa, she is looking to gain hands-on medical experience this year in Mombasa, Kenya.

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Mia says she chose International Medical Aid because it is a not-for-profit organization where funds raised go directly towards health care programs and training in the developing world. 1.5 million Kenyans live with HIV with-

out sufficient healthcare and many will die of AIDs and other diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis. “Here, in Canada, I cannot begin to fathom a society in which these treatable diseases are rampant,” Mia says. “They need our help.”

Mia will have the chance to work in all of Mombasa’s Coast Provincial General Hospital departments including the Emergency/Casualty Ward, Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Internal Medicine and the Comprehensive Care Clinics. “I am really excited to be exposed to a new culture and I can’t wait to see medicine

first-hand,” she says.

In order to be accepted into the pre-med internship in Kenya, she had to go through a round of interviews and write a piece about why she wanted to participate. The trip also costs $3500 American (about $4600 Canadian) not including flights for the two months she will be overseas.

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Kemptville Players Inc had its first read through on January 6 of the Spring play, 'The Day They Kidnapped The Pope' - a delightful comedy with a great message. Taxi driver, Sam Leibowitz, kidnaps the Pope, who is visiting New York, and takes him to his Brooklyn apartment where he holds him for ransom. Hilarious dialogue and mayhem erupts.

There are quite a few new faces in this production, as well as a few seasoned KPI actors, and the cast blends seamlessly together. The play will be performed on the first weekend in May at the Municipal Centre.

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To support Mia and International Medical Aid, you can go to Mia’s GoFundMe page under Help Send Mia to Kenya, Ottawa.

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by Pat Babin 1. Where and when was Canada’s first ringette game played?

2. What Ottawa-born star of Bonanza was known as the “Voice of Canada”?

3. How long did Sir Charles Tupper serve as Prime Minister?

4. Who was the first female United Church moderator in Canada?

5. What was Churchill’s reply when Lady Astor remarked, “Winston, if I were married to you, I’d put poison in your coffee”?

6. Is it true that the Canada goose has a long life?

7. “If I were a rich man” comes from which stage show?

8. What movie originated the magic word, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?

9. What does the Spanish phrase Que sera sera mean?

10. How often does the sun rise at the geographic North Pole?

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The Seaway Surge Baseball Club held their annual awards ceremony last Tuesday honouring top players and coaches and remembering one of their own.

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Seaway Surge coach Chris Finner was the emcee of the evening and started off the ceremony at North Grenville District High School commenting on the amazing year the club had in 2018.

Seaway Surge expanded the number of teams, players and parent volunteers, revived a couple old baseball diamonds in Merrickville and Brockville, and held the Seaway Surge Shootout Tournament, which has become one of the most successful tournaments in Ontario. “We had a very successful season and we are

looking forward to next year as well,” Chris said.

Mayor Nancy Peckford was on hand to offer her thoughts on the thriving baseball program Seaway Surge has brought to North Grenville. “I had a chance to see a Surge game and see the impact you have,” she said to the players, parents and coaches in the audience. “Thank you for contributing your valuable time to expand the baseball community here.”

Throughout the evening, awards were handed out for Top Batter, Top Pitcher, MVP

Home Grown

by Deron Johnston On Monday January 7, the Municipality of North Grenville hosted a discussion forum on whether or not to allow cannabis retail stores in North Grenville (there was also another meeting the following night at the community hall in Bishops Mills). The forum took place immediately following the Committee of the Whole meeting in one of the salon rooms across the hall from the theatre. The room was laid out in a half circle, with tables and chairs facing a screen on to which three different slide shows of information were projected.

The meeting was attended by approximately thirty people, including all members of council. Robert Noseworthy, Chair of the Kemptville District Hospital Foundation, was asked to be

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the moderator for the meeting, with members of council sitting as observers, except for Mayor Nancy Peckford, who spoke briefly to introduce Robert at the beginning and thanked everyone at the end.

In total, there were three presentations made. One was from the Lanark Leeds Grenville Health Unit (read by Robert Noseworthy) about the potential health implications of cannabis use. North Grenville CAO, Brian Carré, also made a presentation based on the municipal regulatory framework surrounding cannabis stores, and also gave some background information about recreational cannabis use. A third presentation was made by North Grenville resident, Ivan Ross Vrana, on different aspects and types of cannabis products, Health Canada regulations around

and Coach in the Rookie, Mosquito, Minor Peewee, Major Peewee, Minor Bantam, Bantam and Midget division.

There was also a special award dedicated to Seaway Surge umpire Clyde “Bud” Mawhinney who passed away in March of last year. Bud was a fixture at Seaway Surge games over the past five years either umpiring or watching his grandchildren play. “It is Bud who made going to the ball field something very special,” Seaway Surge umpire Tim Hamilton wrote on

Facebook in April. “His love of the game, and his love of the kids who play it, was as boundless as it was genuine.”

The award, presented by Mayor Peckford, was awarded to two umpires. Junior umpire of the year went to Simon Piche, while the senior umpire of the year was awarded to Tim Hamilton.

Many members of Bud’s family were on hand to offer their congratulations to the winners of the first year of this award.

We Service all Makes and Models sue since 2008. That is, he has been involved in policy development, advocacy and been an advisor to both government and private sector organizations on the subject of cannabis. The Oxford Mills resident, who moved here in 2012, spent eighteen years working at Health Canada and, in 2008, took over the national lead for Health Canada in policy development for medical cannabis use.

In 2013, he left Health Canada to start his own consulting firm, Aslan Ross, which he ran out of an office in downtown Kemptville. In 2016, he began working for Hill & Knowlton Strategies, which is a worldwide company that works in public relations, government relations, and communications, where he is now a Vice President and works with a number of the company’s 45 cannabis

licenced production of cannabis products, and certain legal matters around cannabis use.

After the presentations, those in attendance were asked for their input and questions. Local real estate agent, Geraldine Taylor, expressed her support for opting in by recounting a conversation that she had with an Ottawa first responder about the increased number of drug overdose calls due to problems with people, knowingly or unknowingly, consuming fentanyl. She felt that the increased regulation and controls around cannabis use could help the overdose situation. There were a number of other statements made and questions asked by residents, but there appeared to be no specific opposition to cannabis stores opening in North Grenville.

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by David Shanahan A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but a river is a different matter. The atmosphere in the Times office has been a little heated recently. Our Production Manager has got a bee in her bonnet (she calls it an obsession) with the river that runs through North Grenville. A number of submissions to the paper in the past month have referred to this thing called “Kemptville Creek”, and she is not happy.

Cries of frustration and rage fill the office and the home as she declares in tones of indignation: “It’s the South Branch, not Kemptville Creek!” Now, I can tell that, already, readers are either cheering or swearing, possibly depending on where they live. Ever since amalgamation took place in 1998, this has been an issue that raises its head on a regular basis. What

should that body of water be called?

As an historian, and someone who has spent a lot of time researching local history, I can certainly sympathise with the South Branch side of the matter.

From the time that Lieutenant Gershon French first reported in his tour of the Rideau River in 1783, when he first described the large river flowing into the Rideau River, it was known as the South Branch of the Rideau River. In fact, it was, at that time, such a major and powerful waterway, that the main Rideau was called the West Branch, in contrast to the South Branch.

So fast and powerful was it that when the survey party came in 1791 to lay out Oxford-on-Rideau Township, they travelled down the river and had some trouble with rapids and found it difficult to keep their rafts afloat.

All official maps of the area after that referred to it as the

South Branch. The first map to show the new village of Kemptville in 1836 called it the South Branch. The same name appears in 1852.

It seems that it was only after Kemptville separated from Oxford in 1857 that the name Kemptville Creek started to be used, probably by residents of Kemptville.

But the river runs right through North Grenville, not just Kemptville, and it does seem logical that the original and historical name be restored to it. Not only for historical or heritage reasons, however. The North Grenville Municipal Council has recently been considering the project that would see the river being developed as a tourist attraction, under the Terra-Marine initiative.

If you were a European visitor to the Rideau Canal system, would you be more interested in visiting the South Branch River, or Kemptville Creek? Purely on a marketing level, a creek

simply does not appeal compared to a river, especially if getting there requires a special effort to leave the West Branch of the Rideau.

It may well be that the name Kemptville Creek is now considered the more official title by municipal staff. If it is, then it must have been changed through a by-law, which can easily be cancelled. Our obsessive Production Manager has been in touch with the new Mayor and Council to ask them about this, but has not received any satisfactory response as yet. I should warn them that she is not one to forget and just move on to another project. She will not let it go easily, believe me.

So what do you think, you residents of North Grenville? Should we call our local river the South Branch, or Kemptville Creek? I’m sure that older residents of the town will have a sentimental attachment to the Creek name. But the majority of

our population live outside the urban area and have no such attachment to that name. The South Branch of the Rideau River has deep historical roots. It was once considered an equivalent river to the main channel of the Rideau. From an economic development and heritage point of view, the original name certainly has more attraction for visitors, as well as providing a link to the history of Eastern Ontario and the Rideau Canal, a World Heritage Site.

To be honest, I’m quite sure that boaters and tourists interested in seeing the Rideau Canal region would be put off by the idea of visiting a mere creek. What does it say? A backwater,

to complain at first and then stick one's head in the sand and wait for the powers that be to come and chop it off.

In the next observation was a proposal to simply borrow from ourselves? Actually going back to the much ignored British North America Act the government of Canada was given the power to create, issue and control the currency of the land. This meant it could borrow against it's own good name at the lowest rate.

Section 91 of The Act deals with this specific subject. So what happened?

The Banking Act of 1913 gave this power over to the banking establishment. Since the government had abrogated its responsibility to the people of the country they

needed to replace their rapidly diminishing revenue. In 1917 there came into law The Income War Measures Act, an Act meant to pay for the costs of W.W.1. It was supposed to be temporary. As we all know by now it has become Permanent and is Income Tax. As you can see the government did not have to put its people under the debt burden.

This makes a mockery of the Conservative Party's much vaunted insistence that the government should seek to pay off the national debt and the deficits. Such a thing is impossible under a Debt generating system.

I have written a book on this subject which details how this problem came about and the solution. I believe it is

high time for people who really care about the future of their country to get together to change the cataclysmic course of history we are presently on.

So, thank you once again to the editors of this esteemed magazine and all the best for 2019.

Sincerely, Vito Carini.

“Open for Business” by-law.

They are the Clean Water Act, the Greenbelt Act, the Lake Simcoe Act, the Great Lakes Act, and the Oak Ridges Moraine Act. I’m having some difficulty understanding how this is “supporting the Greenbelt” The Greenbelt cleans the air we breathe plus the water that we drink, prevents flooding, and provides environmental services estimated at $2.6 billion. The last time that a Conservative government relaxed the regulations on water quality just to save money, it resulted in costing 7 people in Walkerton their lives. Based on the foregoing, I have absolutely no confidence in that this government will be nothing more than a

possibly not even navigable?

That is, of course, what it has become over the years: the last time it was dredged was probably back in the late nineteenth century. If we’re going to market our river as a tourist destination, part of a World heritage Site, isn’t it a good idea to give it the proper “brand”: the South Branch, not the Kemptville Creek. Let us know what you think. And it might make things a little less tense in the office!

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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, Thank you to the editors of the North Grenville Times for bringing people together through this medium. Keep up the excellent work.

This letter is specifically meant for Mr. Colin Creasy of Kemptville. If you could forward it directly to the above person, it would be much appreciated.

Mr. Creasey made several important observations in his letter. The first was that we as a people seem to have become immune from "their lies". It's not too hard to understand. Under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney there was a big outcry when the G.S.T. was imposed. Now, no one complains. Here in Canada there is a tendency

Dear Editor This letter is regarding a response that I received from our MPP, Steve Clark, regarding my concerns about Bill 66, and its effects on the Greenbelt. In it, I was assured that everything would be fine, but when I see what the slash and burn economic policies that are practiced by the Ford administration are, I am somewhat skeptical of the assurances he gave.

Bill 66 doesn’t only affect the potential opening up of the Greenbelt to development; it also affects a total of at least 18 other pieces of legislation.

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rubber stamp for those municipal politicians who can be “persuaded” by, or are friends of, the development industry.

Ford has done exactly what I expected him to do.

His "efficiencies" meant nothing more than cutting social and environmental programs, which Conservatives obviously don't believe are necessary. His policies show that he cares neither for this planet, nor for the disadvantaged among us.

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Budget Matters!

by Jim Bertram Well, here we are at budget time once again. Actually, a little past the usual time, which generally occurs quite a bit earlier. This year, however, there was the little matter of the municipal election, which came up on our community agenda and displaced the municipal budget process to a later date.

In fact, the North Grenville municipal budget process will be unfolded during the month of February. At the present time, the NG Director of Finance is working on the preparation of this process and will announce the dates of budget meetings in the near future. I am hoping this year’s process will include a feature which evolved from a new process which had occurred at Committee of the Whole in 2016 and 2017. This process originally involved a citizen presenter at Committee of the Whole who, having completed his or her presentation, presented a motion with a request for sponsorship by a Council member. On these previous occasions when I had worked with residents in such a way, good success was had. And, as indicated above, the process was included during last year’s budget.

What the new process involved was this: a resident with a budget issue in mind would contact the Councillor responsible for liaising with the department responsible for the issue the resident had in mind. The Councillor and resident would

meet and discuss the issue, ultimately creating a motion for presentation at the public Council budget deliberations.

At the appointed time and date, the matter would be presented by the Councillor, who would be the sponsor of the motion. Subsequent to the Councillor’s presentation, the resident could add any further pertinent points before Council consideration.

After that, Council would debate and discuss the motion, which was then followed by a vote. This process was used to bring forward more than 12 motions from residents during last year’s budget deliberations. This is a useful tool for all thinking residents who have ideas to offer!

This process is very useful, since it furthers the ability of residents to have direct access to the decision-making process. Of course, attendance at the meeting by the resident-proponent of any measure, as well as other supporters of the motion, strengthens the motion by indicating strength of support amongst residents. The adoption of this positive budget process innovation last year, through the good offices of NG’s CEO, Brian Carré, was a significant factor in offering access to decision-making to residents, something which many people have rightly called for. I hope the new Council will see the wisdom and utility of continuing this practice which only enhances the reality of citizen access to the local government process.

Bear in mind that your tax

bill will include a portion of tax going to three administrations: the municipal administration last year received 52% of the tax share; the County received 33%; the school board portion was 15%. So, be vigilant and become informed on what is going on at all of these administrations which are being supported by YOUR MONEY. Have your say. Contact your representatives and make your wishes known. Look at the budget processes of all three jurisdictions, as individuals, or in groups/associations.

Another item which I shall personally be following very closely is the matter of provincial downloading of responsibility for payment of provincial services from the comparatively rich provincial tax regime on to the shoulders of municipal taxpayers.

This happens in a number of ways. For example, if the province is hard pressed for money (as they are now in a big way) and doesn’t want to look bad by raising PROVINCIAL taxes to pay for its own initiatives, it can lure municipalities or county governments into taking a provincial responsibility, let’s say Affordable Housing as an example, by offering funding assistance to the municipality, the county, or both. Typically, within three or four years, that funding is cancelled, and the County, Municipality, or both, end up having to fund this spanking new area of responsibility from the property owner/business owner tax base. Something to watch for.

It’s YOUR property or BUSINESS tax which risks going through the roof.

Similar processes and others have been used by the province for the last 25 years at least to effect a weight of downloading on municipal budgets which, according to representatives from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, average between 20 and 30% of the total budget.

Wow. Imagine if the province just paid its own way, instead of pushing its way into municipal and County treasuries. And they keep on getting away with it because we let them. So, without downloading from the province, you could be paying a lot less business and property tax! And the province would have even more impetus to manage their fiscal affairs in a responsible manner, if they lost the power to download owing to citizen activism.

Be active and be aware of this process at the local level and require your Council to be active on this file as well.

If YOU aren’t active, don’t be surprised if your Council thinks you don’t care.

Be active in defense of your financial affairs. If you have questions, I can be contacted at 613-989-2424 after 6 pm most days. And, as a final thought, you may wish to join me with your own questions at regular Committee of the Whole meetings. It IS your business after all.

in the form of US regulators cancelling a $6.7 billion deal with Avista, because of concern regarding leaving a major utility being vulnerable to political interference. This alone has cost Ontario $103 million.

Lastly, there is the political patronage, where Ford is providing well paying jobs to his buddies, and if the qualifications are too high, just lowers them to the point where his buddies can apply.

He is totally brazen about this, and the Conservative Party does nothing.

This all strikes me as a government that is ideologically driven and morally bankrupt. Ford got to where he is through a flawed process. I guess that we shouldn’t expect much from a Party who couldn’t even organize a leadership convention without it descending into chaos,

and that chaos has continued with this government. No coherent program, and all decisions made purely on ideology, and with the focus on money. No way to run the largest economy in Canada.

This government does not have a mandate from the people when 3 out of every 4 voters did not vote for them.

The Conservatives only received 40% of the vote. When you factor in those that didn't vote, that works out to 24% support, yet Ford acts like he has a mandate. He doesn't.

If we had a proportional representation system electoral system, rather than first

past the post, things would have been different. It simply isn’t right that any party with 40% of the vote getting 100% of the power.

Colin Creasey, Kemptville,

letters continued for those companies with emission credits, eliminated 3 independent officers of the Legislature through Bill 57, those who provided oversight for the environment, vulnerable children, and French language services, (that last one cost the government one of the few people that any showed integrity by quitting), cut funding to two college expansion projects, cut funding to the College of Midwives, shut down the Ontario Basic Income Project, set back sex education in our schools by a century; the list just keeps on going. “For the People”?

I think not.

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UPDATE UPDATE UPCOMING MEETINGS COUNCIL Monday, February 5 following adjournment of Committee of the Whole in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Monday, January 21 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre. **NOTE: Council & Committee of the Whole meetings are live streamed and archived on the Municipal website. Agendas for upcoming meetings are published on the Friday prior to the meeting and minutes are posted after they are approved. Visit www.northgrenville.ca and click on Agendas & Minutes in the Govern tab.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS Police Services Board – Friday, January 25 at 10:00 am in the Municipal Centre

WINTER PARKING RESTRICTIONS

Winter parking restrictions come into effect on November 15 and last through April 15. While restrictions are in effect, parking on Municipal roads is not allowed between 11:00 pm and 8:00 am. A vehicle which is parked in a manner interfering with snow clearing or removal operations may be issued a ticket and/or removed at the owner’s expense.

2019 BURN PERMITS AVAILABLE ONLINE

In accordance with By-Law 33-12, a Burn Permit is required to conduct open burning on property located outside of the urban area. The entire application and renewal process is available online at www.northgrenville.ca. The online process also allows you to receive direct notification of special conditions such as fire bans and fire risk level. Burn permits are also still available at the Municipal Office or at the Fire Hall at 259 County Rd. 44 and the fee is $15. Please check conditions prior to burning by calling 613-706-1770.

2019 DOG TAGS AVAILABLE ONLINE

All dogs in North Grenville require an annual dog license. If purchased before March 31st, the license is $15 and if purchased after March 31st, the cost is $30. The license can now be purchased or renewed and paid for online by visiting the Municipal website at www.northgrenville.ca and clicking on Online Services. Dog tags are also still available at the Municipal Office. For more information on dog or kennel licenses, please contact By-Law Services.

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Tulip Festival for Merrickville Mike Zaversenuke, Director, Chamber of Commerce The Merrickville & District Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce a "Merrickville Tulip Festival" event from May 10 to 20, 2019!

The Merrickville Tulip Festival has been officially recognized as a Canadian Tulip Festival Friendship Network event by the Ottawa Canadian Tulip Festival organization! With this recognition, Merrickville-Wolford will be promoted on the Ottawa Canadian Tulip Festival website and will also be included in their Friendship Network marketing that will attract visitors to our village in May. The village will be awash with 2,235 beautiful tulips in the spring (1,110 are official Canadian Tulip Festival red and yellow striped specialty tulips (see tulip photo below) already planted, and 1,125 are forced (fully grown) tulips that will be planted in tubs and gardens at various locations around Merrickville.

Forced tulips of various colours will also be sold at cost to Chamber of Commerce members.

The final cost will be $7.99 (+ HST) for 5 fully grown tulips in a pot, or $50 (+ HST) for 25 tulips in a liner (ready to insert in a tub or flower box). Wooden tulip planting tubs can be purchased at Whistle Post Antiques (613-269-2770).

If you would like to purchase forced (fully grown) tulips for the spring through the Chamber of Commerce please contact me by Email at mike.zaversenuke@gmail.com.

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Fulford Prep students amongst the top in Waterloo Math Competition Twenty students from Fulford Preparatory College participated in the annual Waterloo Math Competition and the results are in! Grade 11 student from China, Allen Wu, scored in the top 11% of over 5,600 students in the Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest. Additionally, grade 10 student from Taiwan, Marvin Wu, scored in the top 23% of all participants in the Canadian Intermediate Mathematics Contest.

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by Timothy Molloy Located in the Village of Merrickville, on the island between the two bridges crossing the Rideau River, you will find the Merrickville turbine. This hydroelectric turbine generator operated between 1915 and 1993, supplying electricity to the many factories at this industrial site on the island. The turbine and factories served as the backbone for this industrial period in Merrickville. As time moved on, the generator was replaced and then left to the onslaught of weather. In 2011, the Friends of the Merrickville Turbine was formed. The Friends undertook the repair and preservation of the turbine. In 2012 the ownership of the turbine was passed to the Friends who are responsible for its upkeep.

The Lions Club of Merrickville has made a generous donation of $3,000 to the Friends to help them to maintain this historic artefact of our industrial past.

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Council gathers information and public input on Cannabis retail stores

by Hilary Thomson Merrickville-Wolford council held a special meeting on Monday, January 7, 2019 to gather information and public input about allowing cannabis shops in the municipality.

The meeting began with a very informative presentation prepared by CAO Doug Robertson outlining the cannabis opt-in/out process and associate funding. Although he did say that the information from the province has been somewhat confusin, it looks like MerrickvilleWolford has the potential to reap some financial benefit should they decide to allow pot shops in the municipality.

The municipality will already be receiving $5000 as part of the Ontario Cannabis Legislation Implementation Fund to help with the costs incurred that directly relate to the legalization of cannabis in the municipality. Should council decided to allow the shops in the municipality, it will be eligible for an additional installment of a minimum of $5000. In ad-

dition, if the Province’s portion of the revenue from the sale of recreational cannabis exceeds $100 million in the first two years of legalization, the Province will distribute 50 per cent of the surplus to those municipalities who have allowed private cannabis retail stores within their borders.

If the municipality decides to opt out of having cannabis retail stores and opts in at a later date, they will not be eligible for a cut of the excess money derived from recreational cannabis sales.

Perhaps one of the most important pieces of information that was conveyed at the meeting was that, regardless of whether MerrickvilleWolford decides opt-in, it will likely be a while before a cannabis retail store pops up along St. Lawrence Street.

Due to supply issues, the province will be implementing a “phased approach” where the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) will only be issuing 25 permits in the first phase. A lottery will be held to decide which municipalities will hold these licenses; however,

if there is a drop in business with people going elsewhere?” asked resident Tony Shaw.

Overall the input from residents has been positive in terms of allowing cannabis stores in the municipality. It was noted that of the 17 letters the municipality received about the issue, only three were not in favour of allowing the cannabis stores in the municipality. The gallery at the meeting seemed to see the financial benefits of allowing the shops within their borders.

“It is a reality that we can’t deny,” said resident Denis Gagnon, imploring council to remember the open-mindedness of Merrickville.

By the time this article is published council will have made a decision as to whether to allow cannabis retail stores in the municipality. Check out our Facebook page for the results.

only municipalities with a population of 50,000 or more will be entered into the “pot”.

If council votes to allow cannabis stores in the municipality, they will have to direct staff to prepare a Municipal Cannabis Policy Statement.

After hearing the CAO’s presentation, councillor Bob Foster suggested that this did not need to be a priority for staff regardless of what they decide at the next council meeting. “Our chances of having a retail outlet are nil,” he said. Councillor Michael Cameron disagreed, stating that should they opt-in they should start preparing something right away. “We don’t want to be lagging behind,” he said.

The council chambers were full of eager residents wanting to learn more about the costs and benefits of having retail cannabis stores in the municipality and offer their opinions. A few of the residents who approached council were concerned about the lost business the retail community would see should they decide to opt out. “How would you help businesses

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DOWN 1. Pear variety 2. Reflected sound 3. Not fat 4. Makes a mistake 5. Abatement 6. Suspicions 7. Viscera 8. Render unconscious 9. Immobilize 10. A decorated dart 11. 3-banded armadillo 12. Renegade 13. S S S S 21. Unit of luminous flux 25. Facts 26. Make do 27. Anagram of "Sage" 28. Lease 29. Walker 34. Destroy completely 36. Bearing 37. French for "State" 38. Dam 40. Diva's solo 42. Construct 45. Scottish Highland robber 48. Bosom 51. Bedouin 52. Ancient Roman magistrate 53. Line dance 55. Wrapping paper 58. Humdinger 59. Brute 60. French for "Black" 61. Angers 62. Carryall

Jan 20 Annual Bride and Groom Show, 9-3pm, eQuinelle Golf and Resident Club FREE admission.

Jan 26 Robby Burns Day celebration dinner hosted by Friends of the Library and St. John’s United Church. Tickets are available at the Library or online at fiddleheadsoup.com $40 for adults and $10 for children 6-12. Children under 6 are free.

Jan 27 Don Munz Art Exhibit Reception, 2-4pm, Geronimo Coffee House. 146 Prescott Street.

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Weekly and recurring events Mon North Grenville Arts Guild, 2nd Mon/mth, 7 pm, Masonic Hall, 311 Van Buren St. All welcome. More info at www.ngartsguild.ca Kemptville Quilters Guild, 2nd Mon./mth at the Kemptville Pentecostal Church, 1964 County Road 43, 7 pm. New members welcome.

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Newcomer Bridge-St John's United Church 12:15pm. Cost $5.00. All levels welcome.

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

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

Euchre, Kemptville Snowmobile Klub, 3rd/Tues/mth. 7 pm start.

Ladies Darts League, Kemptville Legion, 7 pm through to April. All are welcome,

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Bridge St. John’s United Church, 12:15 pm. Cost $5. All levels of bridge players welcome. Info, call. 613-806-4495 to 613-795-7155.

The Branch Artisans Guild, NG Community Church, 2659 Concession St. every 3rd Tue/mth, 7pm. New members welcomed Wed NG Photography Club - 1st Wed./mth, 7-9 pm, at the Grenville Mutual Insurance, 380 Colonnade Drive. See ngphotoclub.ca for info.

Klub 67 Euchre every 2nd &4th Wed/mth, 1:15 pm, St. John's United Church.

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For info re programs and membership, call Golida Tym 258-3894.

Probus Club of North Grenville, 3rd Wed./mth. Everyone is welcome to join us at 9:30 am at St Paul's Presbyterian Church Hall for fellowship.

Holy Cross Church monthly suppers, 1st Wed/mth. Adults $8, Children $5. All are welcomed.

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Fri Friendship Lunch, 11:30-1 pm, St. John’s United Church. Free, everyone welcome.

Sat Kemptville Legion breakfast, 8 - 10 am 3rd Sat/mth, 100 Reuben Crescent. Adults $6, Children 6 and under $3. All welcome.

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Sun Bingo, Kemptville Legion – Last Sun/mth, Doors open 6 pm, guaranteed $400 jackpot. Refreshments available.

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Kemptville 73's take one of two to move up standings

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Driving hard to the net....Jared Patterson was on a tear with his line mates drawing penalties and scoring goals to give the 73's a 4 to 2 win over the Lumber Kings at Friday night’s home game. by the sportsguy On the road to Pembroke to meet the Lumber Kings for Sunday, January 6 afternoon matinee was a back and forth effort from both teams as they required OT to settle accounts with a Pembroke win of 4-3.

Joseph Samson came on strong, stripping the rubber to beat Bennett Oxborogh between the pipes at 16:31 for Kemptville to draw first blood. Pembroke bounced back to tie it when Derraugh and Douglas found Mason McTavish to slide one by Jarrett Fiske at 18:48 to end first.

73's blasted the Lumber Kings 19 SOG to 9.

Pembroke, with man advantage, capitalized with Michael Douglas PPG assisted

by Browne and McTavish at 15:14 for go ahead. Kemptville answered back with a razzle dazzle play from Beaton and Fry, so Ryan Pawlikowski could pump it past the stopper to even the odds and close out the second at 18:32. Lumber Kings came out on top of 73's with 18 to 11 SOG. Final twenty at the :32 mark, as Pawlikowski with McLean back to Charlie Keifer inside the circle for his fifth of the season to put Kemptville ahead. Lumber Kings came back to force OT when Matteas Derraugh, with helpers from DiCarlo

and Douglas, to tie it at 3 at 7:20. Pembroke managed to outshoot Kemptville by 9 to 8 to end regular time. Lumber Kings pulled their stopper at 19:26, but the clock ran out and the 73's picked up a 4-2 win.

End to end action into OT, as DiCarlo with Pakmer to break out Mason McTavish at 3:38 to give Lumber Kings a 4-3 victory.

Kemptville had 5 PP attempts without results and Pembroke with 4 capitalizing on 1.

After the close game in Pembroke on Sunday, the 73's were hungry for revenge on their home ice Friday night and they handed it out with 4-2 score. Warnholtz to Jacob from the draw, over to Brendan Browne as he split the "d" past a surprised Thomson Phinney to put Pembroke on the sheet at :42 to end period.

Kemptville oushot Pembroke by 10 to 8.

Second frame belonged to Kemptville, as they came out banging and fore checking with a vengence. Dennison and Samson blew the neutral zone with pass and go through the middle to Jared Patterson in the slot for his first of the battle with a quick back hand over sprawled Seth Carter to tie it at 1:28. Jared Patterson recorded his second as Wood with Domitrovic driving hard

to the goal to lift it high shelf over stopper at 9:23 to end the session ahead by 2 . Kemptville still controlling SOG with 14 to 11.

Last twenty Samson from half boards out to Wood and Nicholas Dimotrovic in the shooting lane launched it between the pipes top shelf at 2:03. Break-out with Samson and Domitrovic back to Cameron McLean on point into open space at 9:46 to give Kemptville 3 goal lead.

Pemroke tried to come back on a PP at 17:04 when Connor Warnholtz with helpers from Browne and DiCarlo.

T E A M S T A T S

Kemptville had 4 opportunites for PP without results and Pembroke 3 attempts with 1 result.

Face offs were in favour of Kemptville, winning 75% in both ends, very strong 200 foot game with the new centre showing his worth....really need to make PP count and follow through on checks... stop opponents before they cross the line.....quick, crisp transition "D to D and out".

As one fan expressed after the contest, "this was great entertainment and has opened his eyes to what Jr hockey is all about"....so get out and support your team.

Next home game the Ottawa Junior Senators are in our barn on Tuesday, January 15, at 6:30 pm (not 7:30 pm start).

Hockey with EDGE... excellent, economical, exciting, entertainment....support your 73's.

See you at the game, and please feel free to express some of your thoughts about your concerns and experiences after attending games.

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by Rob More On January 5, 39 members of the Rural FASD Support Network attended the Ottawa Senators - Minnesota Wild game as special guests of the Ottawa Senators. These children, most of whom were attending their first hockey game, were located in the double suite on the 400 level, which was key to their attendance. The children were able to move around throughout the game, immediately go to the hallway to escape loud noises, had catered food, and access to a private elevator. The suite provided a muffled environment and restricted access from the crowds. The Senators had a member of their Accessibility Department check in throughout the game, gave a tour of the TV studio, brought greetings on the Jumbotron at the first intermission, and enrolled the kids in #SensArmy. The feedback from the kids and parents was totally positive in all aspects and they would love the opportunity to do it again. The Rural FASD Support Network would like to thank the Senators for creating such a wonderful experience for these children and their families.

House of Lazarus cooks up Crockpot Cuisine

Cooking delicious and nutritionally-balanced meals is becoming a little easier for local food bank families.

House of Lazarus (HOL) Food Bank is launching its newest program, Crockpot Cuisine, on February 1. The Crockpots were recently purchased using a grant from the North Grenville Community Fund. The items were purchased, at a reduced cost, through Giant Tiger Kemptville.

“This is one of the ways we can ensure people who need food are getting it,” HOL executive director Cathy Ashby said, noting that a recent food bank survey found that roughly 40% of adult food bank clients go without eating for at least one full day each month.

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“We’re trying to be creative in establishing new programs that will supplement our food bank clients’ monthly food allotment.”

In 2019, the program will see HOL client services manager, Kim Merkley, distribute 40 free Crockpots to food bank clients, along with a monthly recipe and the ingredients to make that recipe.

Those clients who already own a Crockpot are also eligible to receive the monthly allotment of both recipe and ingredients.

A dietitian from the Eastern Ontario Health Unit has provided 12 nutritionallybalanced recipes using ingredients commonly found at the food bank. Each month, there will be a new recipe for either a breakfast, dinner, or dessert,

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“When I read about a similar program, I knew we had to bring it here for our food bank clients,” Kim said. “It helps clients by giving them extra food, but it also gives them the information they need to create nutritionally-balanced meals using a slow cooker.

Every participant receives their own cookbook.”

Kim will be targeting HOL food bank client seniors and families/ individuals who require food bank services on a monthly basis for the mission’s new Crockpot Cuisine program.

It joins the popular weekly community meal program, Dinner on the House, which was added in May 2017. Although it was started for the same reason, Dinner on the House is open to everyone, encouraging community building and togetherness.

It’s free and takes place Thursday evenings from 4 to 7 pm at Knox Presbyterian Church on Simms Street in Mountain.

For more information on this or other House of Lazarus projects, please visit www.houseoflazarus. com, or follow the mission on Facebook.

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Sons and Daughters

Charles Anderson: from Oxford Mills to Chicago

by David Shanahan Charles Anderson was born on September 8, 1864 into a Presbyterian family living in Oxford Township.

When he died in 1930, he had become Charles Palmerston Anderson, Anglican Bishop of Chicago and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States.

It was a most extraordinary journey, with twists and turns along the way that were worthy of a work of fiction.

Charles was the third son born to Henry and Maria Anderson, who owned 200 acres of land on lot 9 in the tenth concession of Oxfordon-Rideau Township, which today forms part of Limerick Forest. Soon after the birth of their third son, the family moved to a farm just east of Oxford Mills, where Charles and his brothers and sisters attended a one-room school on Water Street, before it moved into the new two-

room building which is now Maplewood Hall. In time, the Andersons sold the farm and moved into a home on lot 23, Water Street, in Oxford Mills.

His family were believers in education, and Charles attended the High School in Kemptville, which was located between Rideau and Sanders Streets, on the site where the B&H Grocery store stands today. After graduation, it is believed that he began to teach in a public school in the area, though there is little documentation on that. One of his sisters certainly did teach in Maplewood, and a brother was a teacher in Oxford Station. Another brother, William Henry Anderson, went to work in Kemptville, eventually becoming the major partner in the Anderson and Langstaff store on Prescott Street, one of the largest such store in Eastern Ontario.

It may have been while he was teaching that Charles caught the attention of two

local Anglican ministers: W. A. Read, the first Rector at St. John’s Church in Oxford Mills, and C. P. Emery, Rector of St. James’ Church in Kemptville. Whatever the details, Charles and his family converted to Anglicanism.

Charles was baptised into the Anglican communion and immediately left for Port Hope to train for the ministry. He spent time at Trinity College School there, and then moved to Toronto, where he graduated from Trinity University with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1888.

It was a relatively speedy change for Charles: in less than eight years, he had changed religious affiliation, left teaching, and trained and was ordained as an Anglican minister. His first parish was at Beachburg, near Renfrew in the Ottawa Valley. He was so successful in his work that he had to gradually subdivide the parish, eventually bringing in three other ministers to share the workload.

During his short time in Beachburg, Charles met Janet Glass, whom he married in 1889. During the summer of 1891, some visiting tourists from Chicago attended services at Charles’ church and were deeply impressed by what they saw and heard. On returning to their home town, they recommended Charles as a replacement for their retiring minister. Grace Episcopal Church in Oak Park, Chicago, issued an invitation to the young minister. He embraced the opportunity and took up a new life in late 1891. For the next nine years, Charles added to his reputation as a preacher and teacher, as well as to his growing family. In all, he and Janet had four

daughters and a son.

In January, 1900, at the very young age of 35, Charles was appointed Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Chicago, leaving the Oak Park congregation after nine years.

On the death of the Bishop five years later, Charles succeeded to the position. He began a writing career, publishing a number of theological works and collections of sermons and addresses.

Charles Anderson never forgot his roots in Oxford Mills. He donated generously to the renovations of St. John the Evangelist Church in the village, and sent another donation and message to the congregation in 1929 on the occasion of the church’s Diamond Jubilee. This was the church he and his family attended before he left to train for the ministry. He visited Kemptville also, where members of his family lived, and preached in St. James’ on Clothier Street in 1906, just after becoming Bishop. That was quite a homecoming for the boy from Oxford Mills.

His mother, Maria, witnessed the triumphant homecoming of her son, but his father, Henry, had died in 1903 at the age of 78. But both parents had lived to see Charles become Bishop of the Diocese of Chicago and could rejoice in their son’s accomplishments.

Maria died in 1919, aged 84.

Palmerston Anderson died of a heart ailment at his home in Chicago. He was just 65.

He had gone from being a young farm boy to become a well-loved Bishop, and, finally, to the highest office in the Episcopal Church. From Oxford Mills to Chicago: it was certainly quite a journey.

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Kemptville Players Inc. Kids (KPIK) presents a double bill of Mayhem & Mystery

Let's ART about Grief

To showcase KPI-Kid’s talent, we are proud to provide you with an afternoon of entertainment: ACT 1—MOTHER DUCK & THE GOLDEN GOOSE : A one act play about a crazy day in fairy-tale land as a dozen or so fairy-tale and nurseryrhyme characters get mixed up in each other’s stories.

ACT 2—KPI KIDS TALENT SHOWCASE ACT 3—THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MEDALLION: A one act play about a ‘princess in hiding’ who hires a bumbling inspector to help find her stolen ‘royal medallion’ that proves she is the heir to the throne!

Saturday, January 26, 2019 2-4pm & Sunday, January 27, 2019 2-4pm Urbandale Arts Centre, Kemptville, Ontario Tickets $10 available online at KemptvillePlayers.ca, in person at B&H Your Community Grocer, or through any cast member.

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Both parents, and Charles’ sisters Lucy and Jessie, are buried in the Anglican cemetery in Oxford Mills.

In November, 1929, Charles was named Presiding Bishop of Episcopal Church in the United States, the highest position in that denomination. Just a few months later, on January 30, 1930, Charles

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