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by Paul Sharpe Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company continues to improve, improvise and impress local audiences, providing a stellar show in Oklahoma! at the Urbandale Arts Centre within the North Grenville Municipal Centre.

Proceeds are being donated to Do It For Daron (DIFD), a charity for mental health of children at the Royal Ottawa Hospital.

Director Barb Lacelle started KYMTC 13 years ago and continues to

impress audiences in this small community with the performances of young and now not so young amateurs.

Producer Marilyn Conroy keeps everything organized and ticking along like a welloiled locomotive. The sets are attractive and cleverly designed, well-lit by the lighting and sound crew and the scene changes are smooth.

Phillip Konopka performs like a professional in the role of Curly, a cowboy stuck on Laurie. You have probably not heard a better male singing voice in the

Municipal Centre. Phillip is well known in North Grenville for his many musical and vocal exploits.

Phillip is also the Music Director of Oklahoma!

Kathleen Konopka has the leading female role of Laurie.

Kathleen’s voice has matured beautifully from the already impressive soprano voice she displayed as a teenager.

Her acting and singing are both awesome and she also choreographed the Dream Ballet.

Zach van Noppen is masterful in expressing both

musically and dramatically the troubled nature of the hired hand, Jud Fry, who feels spurned in his love for Laurie.

Zach’s voice and acting have breadth, depth and power.

Joseph Lacelle plays Will, the cowboy who “went to Kansas City on a Friday, by Saturday he’d learned a thing or two.” Joe embodies the role of Will Parker to a “T” and has fun pursuing the apple of his eye, Ado Annie.

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old Ado Annie, having a clear, well-tuned voice and no problem with projection. She is very convincing in the role of a young girl who would like to have two suitors and cannot decide which one to reject.

Sam Horner is hilarious as Ali Hakim, the Persian peddler. Whether he is fending off Aunt Eller’s fury or Ado Annie’s passion, he does it with wonderful expression and is always in character.

This is the first time that KYMTC has invited people of all ages to audition for performing roles. The cast has six ladies who could be considered at least old enough to have children who would be of an age more typical for KYMTC productions. One of these, Helen MacGregor, is well-known for her long involvement with groups like NGCC, KYMTC and KPI. Her lyrical soprano voice and her expressive face are excellent assets in her role as Aunt Eller.

Other leads who shined in their roles were Regan

Blair as Gertie Cummings who mastered a hilarious laugh, Pyper Johnston as Ike Skidmore who has a lovely voice, and Jane Baird as Andrew Carnes who is surprising and scary as the father of Ado Annie.

Of course the remaining cast is fabulous and has obviously worked hard to learn all the songs, lines and dances to put on this wonderful performance. Kudos go to: Tatum Tatarciuc, Shannon Geertsema, Azaria Shams, Lauren McKibbin, Sarah McKibbin, Alyssa O’Grady, Victoria Williams, Lela FoxDoran, Julia Desormeaux, Hope van Noppen, Hanna Marceau, Katelyn McGahey, Devin Geertsema, Nancy Miller-McKenzie, Rhiannah Gallagher, Kendra Beanish, Paula Henke, Joanne Desormeaux, Melanie Williams, Aby Robbens, Alex Fear, Freddy Simonyi and Keiran Loebel.

North Grenville is very fortunate to have such dedicated organizers,

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volunteers and performers early because this show is who are putting on this awesome! excellent show. I highly "Thanks from the whole recommend it. cast and crew to Erna Tr y t o s e e o n e o f Poettcker their wonderful t h e r e m a i n i n g s h o w s accompanist from Divertion Thursday, September mento Orchestra in Ottawa!"

29, at 7:30 pm, Saturday, There aren’t enough October 1, at 7:30 pm or superlatives to describe the Sunday, October 2, at 2:00 masterful performances pm. Tickets are available at Scotiabank, or call 613- by the cast of Oklahoma.

829-2168 or buy them at the There is so much talent in door. I recommend you buy this community

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Literary 14th Annual

A whimsical blend of the musical and the literary

Accolades for George and Jude The 14th Annual Literary Follies became a reality due largely to a strong commitment on the part of George Buys. Once he had lined up the authors/musicians, Jude Levere orchestrated the procurement of gourmet delights, prepared by wonderful volunteers, and two hundred cups of coffee from Brewed Awakenings.

Last but not least the Grenville Mutual Insurance setting was magnificent!

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The Fair Ambassador is Melissa Workman and our Junior Ambassador Jenny Learmonth. Little Miss Jordyn Myers and our Little Sir Christian Hubbard-Jodoin!

For more than a decade, the Talent Show has been part of the Spencerville Fair’s schedule of events, and has consistently been one of the most successful items on the Fair’s agenda.

This year was the 11th Show, held, as always, on the Sunday morning of the Fair, and bringing together on stage very talented young people to sing, dance and play music.

The Show was started by Debbie Lawrence and Sheila Farrell, with the NG Times’own Gord Logan acting as M.C. every year since its inception. It is particularly remarkable that the Show has no sponsors, and is organised entirely by the trio, who find judges, prizes and put the show on the stage every year.

There are two age categories: Junior under 14 years old and youth 15-21, with vocal, instrumental and dance categories in each age group.

Here are the names of the talent show winners for 2016: Dance 14 and under: Kelsey Warren - 1; Owen Yateman - 2; and Priscilla Munevar Pelton - 3.

Vocal 14 & Under: McKenna Mellon - 1; Rowan Esford -2; Rachel DeDekker-3.

Instrumental 14 & under: Reid Warren-1; Heidi TeGrotenhuis/Noah Yateman-2; Lei Hubbard-3; Melody Hubbard-4.

Vocal 15-21: Izzy Munevar-Pelton-1; Kayla Maggio -2; Kassandra Black -3.

Instrumental 15-21yrs: Megan Thompson -1; Katrina TeGrotenhuis -2.

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OPP welcome Joe Roberts to Ontario

The Push for Change has reached Ontario, as Joe Roberts pushes his shopping cart across Canada to raise awareness and funds to combat youth homelessness.

Meeting Joe at Hawkesbury last Thursday was Ontario Provincial Police C o m m i s s i o n e r J . V. N .

(Vince) Hawkes, marking

the OPP’s community safety partnership with The Push for Change. Special guest Walter Gretzky joined Joe, students, community partners, residents and the OPP Commissioner on a walk to the local sports complex, as Joe completed Day 145 of his 517-day journey. By arriving in

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kilometres along Highway 35 to Kawartha Lakes Road 6 to Highway 12, spending the night outside along the way. The next morning, participants cycled the rest of the way to OPP General Headquarters in Orillia.

Participants were greeted at a fundraising barbecue and presented a cheque to The Push for Change campaign. Monies raised will be allocated to Raising the Roof for the Upstream Project for community school-based strategies to reduce the number of young people who become homeless.

Joe arrives in North Grenville on Sunday, October 2, and a schedule of events has been organised by the North Grenville Youth Up! Committee, led

Ontario, Joe had walked 2,847 kms of the 9,000km trip.

The OPP is in a community safety partnership with The Push for Change as Joe makes his way through Ontario to raise awareness about risk factors and vulnerabilities affecting homeless youth.

Detachments across the province are holding events and special walks in their communities as part of this partnership. Beginning Tuesday, September 13 at the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP Detachment, members of the OPP AntiRackets Branch and the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP began walking, biking and sleeping outdoors.

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by OPP Sergeant Craig McCormick. The location will be North Grenville District High School, and will include a presentation

by Joe, and a fund-raising BBQ on behalf of the Kemptville Youth Centre.

Half of every dollar donated to The Push for Change in North Grenville will go to the KYC, and the rest will go to national awareness campaigns. More details on the NG events can be found on the poster below.

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Doors Open at St. James

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Top row: Dorine Fowke, Abigail Grinstead, Kate McLean, Doug MacDonald, Helen Bunn Bottom row: Robert Porter, Peter Bunn (hiding behind ladder) Barbara Grinstead, Andrew Wilson and Bill Kinnear (NG Fire Service) on the iconic 1914 Kemptville Fire Department truck that was on this site January 12, 1925 and saved Leslie Hall from total destruction. Fireman James Ault was among the firemen who responded to the fire

highlights of the day was a service remembering, among others, James Ault who died in the January 8, 1936 fire, that destroyed the Kemptville High School, stories in Stained Glass hosted by David A.

Entertainment from 2 PM - 11 PM Bob Pepin - Dan Sullivan - Eric Eggleston

Smith and beautiful music featuring the St. James Choir under the direction of Dorine Fowke.

The invitation was to (Step Into History) at St. James Anglican Church.

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Editorial

One way or another

by David Shanahan

It has been an interesting couple of weeks in the neighbourhood. Mayor Gordon, or rather Warden Gordon, raised an issue and a lot of hackles when he brought a motion before the Counties Council to approve the Energy East pipeline project. It started a whole new round of debates about whether pipelines are safe, or at least safer than railways.

Presentations were made to the Committee of the Whole, accusations of paranoia were levelled at various parties, and the same arguments were brought out that have been heard at every hearing, public consultation and panel discussion since TransCanada first announced the Energy East plans.

But that, I think, was not the really interesting part of the week’s events.

There were, in fact, two quite separate questions to be addressed in the whole

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affair. Aside altogether from the debate over oil, carbon fuels, safety and sustainability, the underlying issue was almost lost sight of, and that was all about variations of democracy.

First of all, the timing and origins of David Gordon’s motion to the County Council was somewhat mysterious.

A joint meeting of the Wardens’ Caucuses of E a s t e r n a n d We s t e r n Ontario were presented with new research concerning the pipeline project, according to the Warden. What that information was, and who presented it, are apparently not for the public to know.

They are secret and under a “gag order”, so that, in itself, is fascinating.

The fact that this took place just after the National Energy Board, which was holding hearings across the country on the Energy East project, faced dissolution after three members were found to be having behind-

the-scenes talks with TransCanada lobbyists (no less a person than Jean Charest, ex-Premier of Quebec and ex-federal cabinet minister) was also fascinating. The NEB hearings have been suspended and probably won’t restart for some time to come. In other words, there is no urgency about the entire issue right now, nor is there likely to be any for months, if not years, in the future. So, why a motion to officially approve Energy East by the United Counties of Leeds & Grenville at this particular point in time, and who wanted that approval on the record?

Then there’s the way in which the motion was dealt with by two local Mayors. Mayor David Gordon claimed that his introduction of the motion at the UCLG was in no way in conflict with the official position of the North Grenville Municipal Council, which has expressed concern over

the safety of the planned pipeline. What happens at County has no impact on the municipal situation, he says, and therefore he did not need to consult his fellow members of Council in North Grenville before moving the letter of approval in Brockville. The two levels of government are distinct and his role on each is different.

The only dissenting voice at UCLG Council was Mayor David Nash of Merrickville-Wolford, who did not think the motion should have been brought forward at all.

Before finally voting on the motion, he called a public meeting of residents in his municipality to get the sense of the community.

Having listened to all sides, he decided to ask the County to postpone voting their approval, given that there was no urgency to do so, until all parties could consider the matter more fully.

He was voted down by

all of his colleagues. Why the rush? Who initiated the motion to have local county councils officially approve Energy East at this point in time? Who were the researchers who briefed the Wardens, and why is their information being withheld from the public? How much w e r e Tr a n s C a n a d a involved in the whole affair? As Sustainable North Grenville member, Chris Weissflog asked at the Merrickville public meeting: how much money is TransCanada spending to garner the support of politicians, or in, as Chris put it in the words of Noam Chomsky, “manufacturing consent”?

There are two distinct approaches to democracy on display here. In one, initiatives come from mysterious sources and handed down to lower levels of government for their approval. This demands no obligation to consult or inform

this on our behalf without consulting the people who elected him.

I see from Chris Turnbull's article that there is supposed to be a meeting this week for the people of North Grenville.

I have yet to see it advertised anywhere.

Regards, Colin Creasey

of 2015.

It was pointed out that City Council remained unsatisfied by the construction methods and engineering solutions proposed by Trans Canada as insufficient to guarantee long term protection of our aquifers. The fact that Trans Canada Pipeline would offer citizens potable water if our drinking sources became contaminated is not very reassuring in my book. What are they going to do - deliver drinking water to us door to door if the worst happens?

The fact that there has been no public meeting or any further information released to the residents of our community by the Mayor's office or City Council is most disturbing.

Nor has anything been publicly released by Energy East about our concerns. What about the damage done to my garden soil? Will they clean that and my well also? How will farms be restored to produce maximum yield

again.

Yet our Mayor, David Gordon, took the initiative to sign a letter of support for this Pipeline at the United Councils of Leeds and Grenville, meeting on September 22, in spite of our Municipality's Intervenor status and City Council's resolution of non-confidence for that pipeline project. What changed his mind ?

I am calling on the Mayor to explain to citizens his reasons for reversing our City Council's decision of Spring 2015. North Grenville has absolutely nothing to gain and everything to lose in agreeing to let this pipeline transport bitumen through our territory. As a country, we should be decreasing the use of carbon based products in order to lower carbon emissions and save our planet.

Our environment should take precedence over oil company profits.

The Government of British Columbia did not permit a

pipeline from Alberta to its pristine coastal waters.

Yet Queens Park doesn't seem to be concerned about the possibility of environmental damage to its internal waterways and agricultural areas should a spill occur. It seems Mr. Gordon has some explaining to do as to why he suddenly made a unilateral decision to support the pipeline.

We seriously need some answers here, folks.

What's going on, Mayor ?

Brian Lonergan Kemptville

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor: The recent editorial by Chris Turnbull on the Energy East pipeline was excellent. I was at the public meeting last night in Merrickville, and the straw vote at the end of the meeting was 90% in favour of rejection of the pipeline.

Our Mayor, David Gordon was going to present a motion today, Thursday, to the United Council, to support the Energy East pipeline. This is without a public meeting of his own constituents on the matter to assess the feeling of the community that he is supposed to be representing. The Mayor of Merrickville is going to present another motion at the same meeting to defer the vote until all citizens have had a chance to comment, which is what our own Mayor should have done. As the current National Energy Board panel have all stepped aside due to conflicts of interest charges, the whole process is now delayed, so there is no need to rush.

David Gordon needs to be reminded that we live in a democracy. He isn't meant to be making decisions like

Dear Editor: Last week's article by Chris Turnbull concerning the Energy East Pipeline that will traverse our area was most informative while presenting serious cause for concern. Everyone living in North Grenville has a stake in what leakage contamination from the pipeline could do to our area. It would take decades to return our shallow aquifers to normal after an oil spill.

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residents, and only allows dark whispers of gag orders to explain what’s happening. The other approach to democracy is to stop and ask what the facts are, who is behind it all, and to seek the opinion and judgment of residents before committing them to an official stand on the issue.

It seems that municipalities can be intimidated by provincial governments, perhaps even by corporations. They impose silence through laws and subtleties. This is not a question of oil or the future of the environment.

It is all about how we are governed, and how much others think we need to know, or should be allowed to know, about things that matter. They will have their way, one way or another.

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Energy East resolution moved by David Gordon at County Mayor David Gordon, in his role as Warden of the United Counties of Leeds & Grenville [UCLG], raised a storm of controversy over the past two weeks by introducing a motion calling on the UCLG to approve the Energy East pipeline which TransCanada has proposed building to bring oil from the Alberta tar sands to refineries in Montreal, Levis and New Brunswick. There had been numerous public meetings and municipal hearings on the project over the last two or three years, and it seemed that the position of North Grenville had been clarified some time ago. In an intervention to the Ontario Energy Board [OEB], the municipality had stated that: “ We h a v e h a d numerous discussions with representatives from EEP but have yet been satisfied that the construction methods and engineering solutions are sufficient to guarantee the long term protection of the aquifers...

We also continue to have concerns regarding seismic activity in the area and the company's response to such events in terms of inspection of the pipeline, specifically those sections

underground, as in the case of the Rideau River Crossing.”

The OEB had decided in August, 2015, at the conclusion of its hearings, that the pipeline “will result in an imbalance between the risks of the Project and the expected benefits for Ontarians”.

The National Energy Board [NEB] hearings, which will report to the federal Government, have been put on hold, following the resignation of three Board members after complaints that two of them met last year with former Quebec premier Jean Charest, a consultant at the time for Energy East proponent TransCanada, to discuss the pipeline. The NEB had hoped to issue their report in August, 2018, but that seems likely to be delayed for some time now.

This made the Wa r d e n ’s m o t i o n o f support for the project something of a surprise, and his explanations only led to more questions. He brought the motion from a meeting of the Eastern and Western Wardens Caucuses’ joint meeting held recently, and implied that those bodies had been asked to arrange letters

Municipal Business A few issues dominated the latest Mayor’s Media briefing at the Municipal centre last week. Front and centre was the letter of approval of the Energy East pipeline which David Gordon had introduced at the Counties Council.

That issue is covered in a separate article in this issue.

In an update on the planned w idening of County Road 43 to four lanes, Mayor Gordon and Chief Administrative Officer Brian Carré noted that there are plans to change the process by which municipalities are awarded funding for infrastructure projects such as CR 43. There have been, said Mayor Gordon, many complaints by municipalities around the province regarding the funding being provided to Toronto and Ottawa, while smaller municipalities are left unfunded. North Grenville has made three separate applications to the Province, and has been turned down each time.

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“There’s all sorts of money going into Ottawa and Toronto. All the Mayors in Eastern Ontario are screaming that Toronto gets millions and we’re not even getting peanuts.

It is politically motivated.”

One frustration both men felt with the process stemmed from the province’s criteria of “ability to pay”, which basically says that North Grenville is doing so well, economically, that it doesn’t need provincial funding. The CAO believes that this criterion will be changed to include other considerations, such as health and safety, and service issues.

“The Premier made the comment at the Good Roads conference last winter that she has heard the municipalities loud and clear as relates to the process, and that this would be changing. There’s no way that the Municipality of North Grenville can pay for the four-lane expansion and construction of 43. It’s not our road. The County can’t commit a full budget

of approval at the county level. Warden Gordon told the Times that: “The E a s t e r n a n d We s t e r n Wa r d e n s C a u c u s e s received information from individuals who do not want that information brought out in public, for fear of being attacked”. It remains unclear where the letters of approval will be sent after they are received by the Wardens Caucus.

The news that this motion was presented to the UCLG caused some anger among sections of the North Grenville community, and Sustainable North Grenville made a presentation to the municipal Committee of the Whole on September 19. The differences between the official position of this municipality on the Energy East issue, and that of David Gordon as Warden of the United Counties was raised, both at that meeting and by the Times at a meeting with Mayor Gordon. He was definite that the two positions were not incompatible, as “it was a County initiative, the motion, it wasn’t a municipal motion. If the councillors wished to bring a motion forward, they can, but it has no impact

on the municipalities”.

He was, he said, acting as a County representative, not as the Mayor of North Grenville.

Mayor David Nash of Merrickville-Wolford was the only member of the Counties Council to vote against the letter of approval, and he subsequently called a public meeting in his municipality to discuss t h e m a t t e r. [ S e e t h e Merrickville-Wolford Times section in this issue for details]. When the motion came back before the Council in Brockville last Thursday morning, the letter of approval was passed, with only Mayor Nash dissenting. It is unclear where the letter will be sent, ultimately, but David Gordon insists that his vote at County does not affect the position of the North Grenville Municipal Council, or its position as stated to the OEB. He would not say where the motion to approve Energy East originated, stating that there was a “gag order” on the Wardens regarding that question.

towards that project. I am hopeful that the methodology is going to be scrapped for something that’s fair for everyone.”

He believes that the CR 43 project should, and will, receive funding at some point, as it was the perfect project for that funding program. “I remember three years ago, our MP telling us face to face that CR 43 was made for that kind of funding project.”

Both the Mayor and CAO were less forthcoming when the issue of the future of Kemptville College came up. A few weeks ago, Mayor Gordon had stated at Council that talks between NG and the Province had ceased, though he later explained to the Times that they had not “broken down”, so much as put on hold while all sides reviewed the progress, or lack thereof, to date. When asked about a timeframe for restarting talks, Brian at first said a simple “No comment”.

Mayor Gordon pointed out that, “in negotiations, there’s always a gag order.

It’s as frustrating to us as it is to you”.

Brian was quite honest about the situation he finds himself in. “I understand your frustration, but if you’d want me to tell you everything you want on that file, I would be breaking a written agreement with the Province of Ontario, and I would be putting my career in jeopardy, and I won’t do that. I’m just doing my job.” Both men were adamant that the refusal to speak out on the matter was not their choice, but was imposed on them from above, as it were.

Since the sudden absence of Director of Planning, Forbes Symon, the CAO has had to take on the responsibility for the Kemptville College file, as well as for Economic Development, in addition to his usual duties. When asked how soon will we have someone taking over the College file, or have a full-time Director of Planning, the answer was, again, “No comment”.

It seems that, at the

UPDATE UPCOMING MEETINGS COUNCIL Tuesday, October 11 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Monday, October 3 at 6:30 pm in the Burritts Rapids Community Hall. For agenda information, please visit the Municipal website at www.northgrenville.ca/document-library.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Seasonal Winter Maintenance - The Department of Public Works is currently accepting resumes for seasonal winter maintenance positions. Candidates must have a valid DZ licence and the ability to be on call 24 hrs a day combined with a flexibility in hours of work. For more information please contact the Public Works Clerk at 613-258-9569 ext. 133 or email cfequet@ northgrenville.on.ca. The closing date is October 21 at 4:00pm.

2016 FINAL TAX DUE DATE

A reminder that the final tax due date for all property classes is Friday, September 30th.

2016 BURN PERMITS

In accordance with By-Law 33-12, a Burn Permit is required to conduct open burning on property located outside of the urban area. Burn Permits for 2016 are available at the Municipal Office or at the Fire Hall at 259 County Rd. 44 for a fee of $15.

Please contact the Fire Hall at 613-258-2438 ext. 5 for conditions prior to burning.

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Leeds and Grenville Diversity Day Please join the Leeds & Grenville Immigration Partnership and the City of Brockville for a free Diversity Day event on Wednesday October 26, 2016 from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm at the Brockville Memorial Centre 1 Magedoma Blvd, Brockville, ON. The day will include keynote speaker Hindia Mohamoud, Director of the Ottawa Local Immigration Partnership, a local panel who will share their experiences in creating inclusive spaces, and

a facilitated discussion on how to make our community more inclusive for immigrants.

Melissa Francis, Program Manager, Leeds & Grenville Immigration Partnership states, “The event and ideas generated will strengthen Leeds and Grenville’s ability to ensure all newcomers feel at home and can participate fully in all aspects of community life. The day is a wonderful opportunity for immigrants, municipalities, employers, service providers and community members to come together to talk about this important topic.”

The event is being funded

by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and, the City of Brockville.

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Vintage Day at Bayfield Manor

would like to thank Highway 43 Car Club for entertaining our residents and taking the time to spend an afternoon with us. We would also like to extend a HUGE Thank You to Les Winters of Fat Les’s Chip Stand and his staff, Derek and Rina. A large amount of fries were prepared FREE of charge. Just another fine example of the caring community that we live in.

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One could sense the excitement with the rumble of engines being heard in the distance as The Highway 43 Car Club descended upon

Bayfield Manor. Bayfield presented “Vintage Day” for the residents, their family and friends. It was an opportunity for them to enjoy the sights

and sounds of vintage cars.

The cars brought back many memories and there were many stories to be told. The residents were also given the

opportunity to be once again behind the wheel which was a highlight for many. It was a beautiful day with so much laughter and smiles. We

Marketplates – A Local Food Celebration

by Deron Johnston T h e f i r s t o ff i c i a l weekend of Fall was a busy one for the residents of North Grenville. With so many events going on throughout a beautiful sunny weekend, the Kemptville Farmers’ Market’s annual local food event was a fitting and delicious way to top it off.

Rekmans Automotive presents the 7th annual Marketplates, an annual tradition that brings together local chefs from the area and producers from the farmers’ market to create unique local food dishes for paying patrons to sample. It’s an excellent example of what’s possible in a farm-to-table food system, one which the farmers’ market believes is not only possible in

North Grenville, but could be accelerated by having access to a facility like the former Kemptville College. ‘The South Branch Bistro’ (formerly the Branch) and Marketplates participant ‘Lock 17’ (with Chef Jason) are great examples of local restaurants who are already incorporating this type of farm-to-table method.

MPP Steve Clark was on hand to deliver some great opening remarks.

Steve has been very supportive of KFM and has always answered the call whenever asked for help.

Master of Ceremonies and KFM board vice chair, Deron Johnston, praised outgoing market manager Rob Harsh for his hard work, dedication and commitment to KFM over the years. The board

and vendors of KFM would dearly like to thank Rob for everything that he has done to help grow the market, and wish him all the best in his future endeavours.

No KFM event would be complete without their usual lineup of local musicians to provide just the right festive atmosphere. KFM board chair John Barclay said that having such a wide variety of local musical talent to choose from can make decisions very difficult in choosing who to invite. George Buys, Carey Graham, Amanda Giles and Rob Barclay graced the event stage and gave the hundreds of hungry visitors some great toe tapping moments.

For Marketplates this year, the marketing committee for KFM, led

by Diana Steadman, tried a new wrinkle in raising awareness of the event.

Diana said that this year’s marketing strategy was to diversify by increasing the use of digital advertising and social media to let people know about the market and Marketplates, while still maintaining KFM’s presence in local print media. Judging by the attendance, it appears to have paid off.

The organizing committee, chaired by Amanda Giles, would like to thank sponsors Rekmans Automotive, B&H Your Community Grocer, Hubbard & Co. and Luce Ends Graphic Design Services for their very generous contributions.

The committee would also like to thank the hundreds of visitors that attended Marketplates, the volunteers who helped make the event possible and the ‘friends of KFM’, Brewed Awakenings and Geronimo Coffee House, fo r s el l i n g ad v anc e d tickets.

The best account of the day was provided by one particular grey haired female patron who exclaimed: “This is marvellous! When is this happening next year?”.

Sounds like the event was a big winner!

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Moex celebrates 25 years in business

Installing Sod at Tallman's Truck Centre, Kemptville It is pretty common for a teenager to mow lawns as a summer job. It is much less common that it turns into a successful long term business and career.

Kurt Gebhardt is the owner of Kemptville-based business Moex Property Maintenance Inc. which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Kurt started mowing lawns when he was just 14 years old. With an entrepreneurial spirit, he registered Moex as a company in 1991 (when he was 15), and along with his father mowed the lawns of many of his neighbours in Kemptville. “I didn’t have my license at first, so I would ride my bike or my dad would take me if the job was too far away,” Kurt remembers.

Kurt says he never really thought of his lawn mowing business as a lifelong career. That being said, he continued with it throughout University, hiring up to three people during the summers to help him with the workload. “It was how I paid my way through school.” After he graduated from Carleton University with a degree in business, he says he decided to take Moex to the next level. He marketed more, extended

his services and expanded his client base into Manotick and Greely.

Getting into landscaping was a natural progression for him, and it was a service that some of his clients were already asking for. He now works with homeowners to create an outdoor space that is perfect for them and their needs. Apart from landscaping and lawn mowing, Moex also offers general property maintenance, clean up, tree trimming and has recently begun septic system repair and installation.

“I always like to be learning new things to keep things interesting,” Kurt says.

Although Kurt spends most of his days acting as a gopher, running around to each of his sites and making sure everything is running smoothly, there is no job that he hasn’t done. He loves being outdoors, working with his hands and seeing the finished product when each job comes to an end. “Whether it’s a nicely cut lawn or a patio we designed that really compliments the space, I like seeing it when it’s finished, looks nice and the client is happy.”

Kurt can’t believe he has already been in business for 25 years.

“Time flies when you love what you do,” he says.

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Kemptville Youth Centre: past and future

An interview with Robin Heald David: Reviewing your time here at KYC, what are the things you are most happy about?

Robin: “I am thrilled with our financial stability.

Our events are incredible.

At the very beginning, we worked out what people wanted to do, and then we’ve tweaked it a little bit each year. Now it’s got to the point where our four key events are really great. Between that and our Endowment Fund, which has gone from zero to $26,000 in that little window of time, it’s really important to me to have that financial stability.

When the Fund gets to $3 million, we won’t have to spend any time fund raising, we’ll be able to just do our job here: which is serving youth. Every minute that we spend fund raising is a minute that we’re not serving our youth with great programs and great opportunities. I look forward to someone else carrying that torch that I lit. That’s probably the most important thing: that someone runs with that afterwards.”

David: You must have had a lot of support from the Board of Directors.

R o b i n : “ We h a v e a really strong Board.

Everyone is in it for the right reasons, and doing lots of great things in the community. It’s a working Board, it’s not just tokenism, all our Board put in about ten hours a month supporting KYC, whether it’s at a meeting, on our Book Fair Committee, our Jail n’Bail, or whatever. There’s a lot of organisation that goes into getting those

sixty Jail Birds all lined up and getting their pledges going! So it’s the Board and staff and volunteers, and we wouldn’t be able to accomplish half of what we do without that strong volunteer background that we have.”

David: What is the current situation for young people in the community?

Robin: “One of the things that is happening is that the number of parents of young children who are working outside the community is growing.

I think about 60% of our youth have parents working in Ottawa. So our youth are getting out of school at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Parents are getting home at 5.30 or 6 at night, sometimes even a bit later than that. Without the Youth Centre, they would either be hanging out at the Library, or at home, or out in the community.

Statistics from the Health Unit are showing that’s when the unplanned pregnancies are happening, and drug and alcohol use, and vandalism. It has changed from Friday and Saturday nights to the after-school time. The more we can be in our building, or out on little walking tours, the more we can serve those young people to help give them every single advantage and every minute of activity that we can, to make a difference in the long run.

David: It may be that some people in the community don’t realise that there is a serious side to the KYC, in addition to the social scene. The recent Kids Help Phone report shows the high number of young people

seriously thinking about suicide; then there are the invisible homeless youth, the drug and other addictions, the mental health issues, etc. Are these issues present in North Grenville and Merrickville-Wolford?

Robin: “All of that is in that room right there [in the Centre]. We’ve got homeless, self-harm, suicide issues, mental health issues, with people just beyond that wall. So, it is here.”

David: Where are the gaps that are still unfilled?

Robin: “We’ve got the middle years unserved in North Grenville. Between 8 and 12 years old, there’s a gap. At 10 years old, they go home after school and let themselves in. They’re too young to be on our KYC mandate, but there they are, at home alone for those after school hours, completely unserved by free programming in the community. As we grow, I see that as a logical next step, for our community to serve those 8 to 12 year-olds with free programming similar to the Youth Centre.”

David: What are some of the other challenges?

Robin: “Rural transportation is a really big issue for young people.

The closer people live to the Centre, the more they can take part. In the summer, when the school buses are not running, numbers attending the programs drop significantly. The Centre isn’t open until 2 pm, and there’s no transportation to get young people here.

So they’re spending all day at home alone while their parents are working.

Kemptville Transportation helps us out so much: John Braunheisen drives our youth on field trips for free, month after month.

Merrickille-Wolford is sponsoring transportation as well, because kids from there have such a transportation obstacle.

But our numbers are dictated by transportation; if we had a better transportation network,

we would certainly have higher numbering coming here.”

David: What is the next natural step for the KYC? Robin: “We have to turn down so many opportunities in the community because we don’t have the funding; or else it’s just too much to take on with the volunteers and staffing we have. I think the next logical step is not necessarily expanding in any huge way, but continuing the solid foundation we have.

But I would love to have weekend hours. Weekend hours are $12,000 away. $12,000 a year for five hours on Saturday and five hours on Sunday; that is what we would need to become a 7-day a week Youth Centre.”

David: So, if you did find a nice donor who could contribute $1,000 a month for weekend opening, you could use the money?

Robin: “It would be up to our Board to decide, but if someone came in and said they had $1,000 a month to donate for five hours on Saturdays and five hours on Sundays, I imagine our Board would say, “Yes, thank you, we’d love to do that!”

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We have some good steps ahead of us

by David Shanahan Mayor David Nash sat down with the Times last week to discuss the direction Merrickville-Wolford is going, and the tools that he believes are needed to take the community forward. One of the major steps that have been taken is the recruiting of the new Chief Administrative Officer-Clerk, John Regan.

But the Mayor was also keen to acknowledge the role that has been played as interim CAO by Arie Hoogenboom.

David Nash: “Arie was a real gift to us while he was Interim CAO, and closed off some important files, using the tremendous amount of expertise he brought in. He moved us along and was very involved in hiring the new CAO. John Regan was President of Economic Developers Council of Ontario and CAO of the Municipality of French River.

He will be working closely with Ann Weir, the Economic Development Manager with the United Counties of Leeds & Grenville, on various economic development projects with the Counties. His appointment complements the direction this Council has decided to take.

“To me, the three tools we needed for long-range planning were economic development, a strategic plan,

and the asset management plan. There had been an economic development plan already drawn up in the past, but there was no money to implement it and it stayed on the shelf. But we pulled together a Committee and brought in some of the people who had originally developed the plan. These guys are sharp, and my idea is to gather the experts and get out of their way. We’re just fortunate to have that level of expertise and that will only be complemented by our new CAO. “I always say to people that, unless you know where you are and where you want to go, you’re never going to get there. Those three tools will be the primary tools for successive Councils to use for the budgeting decision making. I’m really looking forward to that as it comes together.

From the top down, I think we’ve got some really good talent here.”

David pointed out the importance of preparing the ground before applying for the various grants available to the municipality from government sources. It’s not enough to fill in the application forms, there has to be a specific project already identified and with detailed parameters, so that grant applications can be successful.

“One of the things we were

Municipality and community partners to be essential. That is why, for example, Council have invited community stakeholders to be part of the strategic planning process.

One of these partners is the Merrickville Chamber of Commerce. “I attended the AGM of the Chamber when they elected the new Board, because it is very important that we have a strong relationship between us and the Chamber. One of the projects I mentioned at Communities in Bloom was the issue of the eyesore of the CN bridge coming into Merrickville. The Chamber got right on to that. They have been looking at various ways to cover the ironwork with welcoming signs, or event banners, prominently displayed as you come into town. The Chamber came up with the idea of a Canada 150 banner, but this needs more discussions with CN.” David Nash believes that a strong foundation has been laid for future growth, positive recruitment to the municipal staff, like John Regan and Treasurer Sheila Kehoe, and, by reaching out to involve the community, the best use can be made of the expertise and energy that exists in the municipality. The future is looking bright in Merrickville-Wolford, as the Mayor says: “We have some good steps ahead of us”. .

never really ready for was that we miss opportunities for grants because we don’t have shovel-ready projects. We have to have plans in place before applying for grants.

We’ve started to recognise that, and we’ve asked the Strategic Planning group, most of which is made up of our Economic Development Committee, to examine that idea. We’ve brought in the primary stakeholders, like the Medical Centre and the Lions Club, the Legion, and these different groups, to sit on that committee as well.

We’ve asked them to identify what they see as priorities, to make a short list of the top three projects that we have to cost and be ready to bring forward when we can apply for grants. It’s just a matter of doing your homework.”

The other essential link in the chain is to use people who have expertise in actually applying for these grants. The job is not simple, and the wording of an application can make the difference between success and failure. David has already identified some potential partners that could be very useful in future applications. But the key, as he repeats, is: “Pick what you’re going after and get the right expertise in place to give yourself a chance.”

To succeed in achieving the strategic goals set out by the Council, the Mayor sees relationships between the

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Notice to Residents

Wa t e r D i s t r i b u t i o n / Hydrant Flushing will take place from October 3rd to October 28th, 2016 between the hours of 8:00 am and 3:00 pm, starting on the north side.

As a result of the flushing, water may be slightly discoloured or brown/reddish

water. The water is entirely safe, however may not be aesthetically pleasing. To resolve this issue, run your faucets, after your street has been flushed, for a short time until the colour is no longer present.

Weekly sampling is being

conducted to ensure safe water.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

If you have any questions, please call Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) 613269-3247.

Public meeting debates Energy East Pipeline

A Public Meeting was held at the Merrickville Community Centre last Wednesday evening to discuss the Energy East pipeline. The meeting was called by Mayor David Nash following a Committee of the Whole meeting for the United Counties fo Leeds and Grenville [UCLG] at which a motion was put forward by Warden David Gordon that the UCLG approve the Energy East pipeline project. The letter would be forwarded to the Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus, to be submitted elsewhere.

David Nash was the only member of the UCLG Council to oppose the motion, and wished to consult the residents of Merrickville-Wolford before the motion came before the regular UCLG Council meeting on Thursday, September 22.

As he stated at the Public Meeting: “We work for you, and want to know what you think”.

The meeting was chaired by the new CAO, John Regan, who conducted the event with a fair but firm hand, imposing time limits on each speaker, and confining (or attempting to confine) questions from the audience to short and single inquiries. A panel was invited to speak on the issue from various perspectives, and there were three representatives from TransCanada, the corporation planning to build the pipeline, as well as Daniel Cayley-Daoust from the Council of Canadians, Ian Angus, from Sustainable North Grenville - and a local author on environmental issues - and Sommer Casgrain-Roberston, General Manager of the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority.

The presentations were largely a repeat of what had been heard at many other similar meetings on Energy East, and very little that was new came out of the proceedings. Questions from the audience followed the presentations, and all were clearly opposed to the TransCanada position, some more deeply-felt than others. At the end of the meeting, Mayor Nash asked for a show of hands from those either for or against the pipeline project. Surprisingly, given the overall tone of the audience’s questions and responses to the presentations, it was not a unanimous vote.

However, there was a majority opposed to the project, and Mayor Nash announced that he would ask the UCLG Council the following morning to delay any final vote on a letter approving of the pipeline until further consultations could be held with residents of the UCLG. At the Council meeting, he also made the point that decisions about whether public representatives should go on record approving of Energy East should come from the residents, in the first instance, and not be initiated by upper levels of government, such as the Wardens Caucus. He then asked that the Council vote be recorded, which meant that, instead of a simple show of hands on the proposed letter, each member of Council would state aloud and for the record, what his vote was.

In the event, Mayor Nash was the only dissenting vote, and the letter approving of the Energy East pipeline was passed by the UCLG Council. [See the Editorial and Municipality Matters in the NG Times section of this issue for further comments on the subject].

Welcome to Canaltripping Our rental centre at The Depot in Blockhouse Park in Merrickville opens June 24. You can rent a canoe or kayak for an hour, a day or a week by phone, right now! We deliver boats anywhere from Kingston to Ottawa. The best paddling anywhere on the Rideau starts from Merrickville. 50 boats in stock: canoes, tandems, singles, sea kayaks, playboats.

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NEON Night Our total is $65,000!

We would love to thank all of our 600 participants, sponsors & contributors as well as the pre-party entertainment. We saw a lot more families participating this year and people along the route were cheering them on. Thank you to Fiona McKenney and her son Josh for sharing his cancer story.

The funds raised are for Childhood cancer research & transportation services.

Save the date Saturday September 23, 2017.

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Kemptville only manage one win in last three attempts

thehockeyguy The 73's rolled into Ottawa to face the Gloucester Rangers on Sunday, September 18.

The Rangers came out in force in the first frame as they slipped three pucks past Hodgins to close out period with 3 goal lead. At 12:13: Sam Paquette, with helpers from Vandervinne and Hunter, for a PPG. Shane McCrank assisted from Ngwafusi at 10:16 and then again at 7:22 with Cameron Sinclair from Seguin and Gummeson.

73's outshot Rangers 9 - 6, but trailed by three.

Kemptville finally buried the rubber at 12:53 in the second, when Matt Tugnutt received a pass and go from Row and Gaudet. Short lived, as Drew Sheilds countered with PPG, assisted by Paquette and Hunter to put the Rangers three ahead again. Rangers out-gun 73's 7 - 6.

Final twenty: Kemptville launched a come-back at 18:54 when Wichers to Kirkby and back drop to Jed Raby to drive it home. At 10:09 Victor Tracy found the back of the net after being set-up by McGrath, with Beauparlant. Nicholas Hodgins pulled for extra September 28, 2016

attacker at the 1:25, but they couldn't beat the clock and suffered a loss of 4 - 3, even though 73's blasted Rangers 14 - 1.

Friday night's game just down 43 to Smiths Falls, the boys needed to pull out a win after the loss to the Rangers on Sunday.

At 11:40 Tracy controlled the boards, back-handed to Row as he cruised to front of net, and Jake Gaudet pumped into the mesh for first blood. Bears countered at 9:18 with Cole Busschaert, assisted from Gibson and McKenney, to even the odds. Smiths Falls closed out the period when Hunter Garlasco, with helpers from Coltart and Dowdall, at 3:18 for SHG go-ahead marker. 73's outshooting Bears 9 - 6.

The second stanza resembled old fashioned pond hockey, with only one shot on net from Kemptville to tie the game, when A. York set-up Bobby Dow at 14:45. Third period: Neal Samanski dipped and dived to drive it home at 18:22 to advance 73's by one. Bears bounced back at 9:08 when Michael McKenney, assisted by Gibson and Busschaert, to force OT. 73's SOG 23 - 19. The fourth ended at 4:49, when Wichers found Dow tape to tape

for Matt Tugnutt to give Kemptville a "sloppy" victory. Kemptville outshot Smiths Falls 34 - 25.

Brockville Braves in the Kemptville 73's barn for Sunday afternoon contest supplied end to end action without the presence of Jake Gaudet. The 73's scratch the sheet at 4:34 when Kirkby and Row fly across the blue in twoon-one, as Row slams one into the stopper, allowing Nicholas Bissonette to lift the rebound home. Corey Caruso, with helpers from Jarvis and Moore, tie it at 2:38 for PPG. Period closed out with SOG 73's 18 -13.

Second session it was all Brockville outshooting Kemptville 15 - 7 as Hayden Hart, assisted from Varney and Blaser, at 17:54. Another PPG from Corey Caruso, with helpers from Allen and Murray, at 6:03. Hill and Rinaldo found Eric Faith to chase Hodgins to early shower at 5:53 and post 3 goal lead.

Final twenty: with man advantage, Kirkby launched attack to Alavi, who flipped it across to Victor Tracy with quick wrister through Johnson glove side for his 5th goal of season. 73's pulled Peter Brooks at 1:32, but

too late for comeback as Braves take a 4 - 2 win.

Kemptville SOG 11 - 4.

Next game is against Hawkesbury Hawks on 73's home ice on Tuesday, September 27 at 7:30

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35. Small African antelope 39. Rust 41. Distrustful 43. Sand bar 44. Have the nerve 46. Fee 47. Chief Executive Officer 49. Neither ___ 50. Terminates 51. Ends a sentence 54. Anagram of "Buds" 56. Press 57. Emissions 63. Tibetan monk 64. Warbled 65. Blacksmith's block 66. French for "State" 67. Location 68. Condition 69. Accomplished

70. Beers 71. Hollowed out DOWN 1. Pear variety 2. Ogive 3. Former Italian currency 4. Avid 5. Sleighs 6. Clapped 7. Emptied 8. Numbskull 9. Insincere 10. Protect by insurance 11. Get out of bed 12. Expire 13. Gloss 21. Ancient Hebrew vestment 25. Many millennia 26. Circle fragments 27. Milne bear 28. River of Spain 29. Displace 34. Forages 36. Computer symbol 37. Hairless 38. Ailments 40. Margarine 42. A tea-like beverage 45. A moderately slow tempo 48. Black Sea port 51. Stacked 52. Muse of love poetry 53. Ancient empire 55. Hiding place 58. Letters, etc.

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Youngsters of Yore, 1:30 pm, Library Program Room. Guest speaker: Debbie Watt, Executive Director of Beth Donovan Hospice.

New Horizon Club meeting, 2 pm, Burritts Rapids Community Hall.

Guest speaker Ralph Raina. Membership and future programs info, call Janet at 269-2737. All adults 55 plus are welcome.

NG Historical Society 2nd annual Car Rally, $25 per person, includes Gala Dinner. 1st start 9:30 am. To register, call 613 325 3868 BBQ & Car wash fundraiser for NG Dog Park at the Canadian Tire, 11-3 pm. Info kiosk, corporation membership applications will be available. Raising Funds and Awareness for the Ferguson Forest Unleashed Dog Park.

Join us in celebrating Merrickville Public School 50th anniversary! 11 to 2 pm at Merrickvillle Public School. Fun activities, great food and a walk down memory lane. We will be joined by past alumni, teachers and community representatives. Come join the fun.

BNI Car Rally - Wheels for Wells. Friendly, fun-filled fall afternoon in support of Ryan’s Well. Discover some new things about your community. Contact Penny Beavis: penny@pennybeavis.com to register.

Free education session on Dementia, Lifestyle Factors and Caregiver Support at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, 319 Prescott St., 7-9 pm.

Probus Club of NG, 9:30 am at St Paul's Presbyterian Church. Guest speaker will be from Big Sky Ranch. Come for fellowship and learning.

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Kemptville Quilters Guild, every 2nd Mon. at the Kemptville Pentecostal Church, 1964 County Road 43, 7 pm. New members welcome.

BNI Networking Group Breakfast, Grenville Mutual Insurance Building, 380 Colonnade Dr, 7- 8:30 am. Info: 613-918-0430.

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

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

NG Photography Club - first Wednesday of every month from 7-9 pm at the Auditorium of the Municipal Centre. See ngphotoclub.ca Klub 67 Euchre every 2nd & 4th Wed. beginning Sept. 14, 1:15 pm, St. John's United Church. Everyone welcome $5.00.

Bingo- 1st & 3rd Wed., Kemptville Legion, 1 pm. All welcome.

Refreshments available.

Kemptville Legion cribbage night, 2nd and 4th Wed. Start time 7 pm. All welcome. Come and play for fun.

New Horizon Club, 2nd & 4th Wed. at the Burritt`s Rapids Community Hall. Regular meetings begin at 2 pm. Special events with lunch begin at noon. Programs call 258-9315, membership info Janet at 269-2737.

Holy Cross Church monthly suppers, 1st Wed of the month, starting October 5. Adults $8, Children $5. All are welcomed.

Bridge - St. John’s United Church, 6:45 pm. Cost $5. All levels of bridge players welcome. For more info, contact Sandra at 613-258-2691.

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

Twice The Fun Games (200 Sanders St. Unit 103) is your host for Game Night, 2nd and 4th Fri., 6-10 pm. Bring your favourite game or borrow one from their library. All ages welcome.

Friendship Lunch, Leslie Hall, hosted by St. James, Holy Cross, Salvation Army, St. John and Kemptville Pentecostal Churches, 11:30 am.

Donations accepted but not expected, everyone welcome.

Kemptville Legion breakfast, 8 - 10 am 3rd Sat. Adults $5. Children under 12 $3. All welcome.

St. John’s United Church Farmer’s Market, 400 Prescott Street, Kemptville, 8 am-12 noon in support of the Canadian FoodGrains Bank.

Community grown produce, preserves, baking.

Twice The Fun Games (200 Sanders St. Unit 103) selects a game for their “Organized Play” and "Learn to Play" events, 1-4 pm . No experience needed. See what games are coming up, sign up for their newsletter.

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

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Charity softball tournament being held in Kemptville Submitted by Wendy Embleton This Fall, come join us in what we hope will be an annual event. On October 1516, Remax Affiliates Realty Ltd. invite you join in a charity softball tournament.

Network, celebrate your year, have a great time! Set up a table. Advertise. Make this weekend a huge success with us!

Connect Youth Inc is a United Way Member

Agency providing a safe, central point of access for youth to understand what services are available to them in the community. By connecting youth to services when they need assistance, they are better equipped to continue their education, secure employment, and work towards a successful future.

We offer youth workers who provide support, referral and advocacy, as well as delivering programming to

whose passion is building foundations, homes, structures of integrity?

Those who install mechanical systems and build walls and roofs and create homes for families. Those who keep these homes safe...

Hardstones Grill Kemptville will be providing food and beverage service!

There will be games to play and certainly fun to be had!

Fill a team on your own or we can fill those gaps for you!

build life skills in conjunction with community partners.

Our drop in offers access to clothing, food and an environment where youth feel safe and welcome.

Connect Youth also provides e m e rg e n c y h o u s i n g t o homeless youth in partnership with the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and the Homeless Partnering Strategy of the Government of Canada.

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Ladies golf near end of season

By Cecile Fortier The dog days of summer have come to an end as the cooler weather has taken over and is welcomed by all. We can breath so much easier. But there are still days into September that seems to have forgotten that our three months of hot weather have past and gone-by into Fall.

In spite of the 28 C. plus high humidity, it didn't deter a few of the lady golfers who are die-hard players.

Some could be seen at 7 am most mornings of the week, teeing-off and treading into heavy dew and with rooster tails following their ball.

Better to endure the wetness than the high noon heat of the day. It's been a glorious summer of golf, although the farmers, gardeners, flower beds and even some yellow dried-up fairways were crying for rain, the golfers loved the see their ball bounce and run forever. In June, July and August, the ladies enjoyed their game every Tuesday without a miss. This has never happened before.

They were very thankful for this stretch of sunshine and dry weather. Tournaments were also played on schedule except for the "dePencier" which was postponed for one week because of rain.

Club Championship In August the Club Championship was contested with 20 players participating in the challenge. The outcome

was surprising as the new Champion came out of the "B" division. Maureen Fournier is the ladies league new Champion!

Class A winner was Jean Potvin Class B winner Mary Garrett Class C winner Georgia Crawford Class D winner Linda Thomson Congratulations ladies!

End of Month Dinner/Golf/ Meeting At the end of the month, between 50 and 60 golfers and diners showed-up to enjoy the event. It was another glorious day. The golf was a game of chance. Your total score was added to a mystery partner, which gave a total result. The winners were Maureen Fournier and Sharon McDonnell. Kudos Ladies!

Mary thanked Pam and Don Miller who served us a delicious meal. All were very pleased. Mary also unveiled the plaque of the new bridge which Diane Tappin named "The Little Rideau Crossing".

It will hang on the green wall in the dinning room with a previous plaque of another small bridge.

Birdie pins were awarded to Maureen Fournier, Lee Laframboise, Nancy Porter and Georgia Crawford.

Maureen and Georgia have also "broken 100", and both succeeded in doing this during the Club Championship. Well done ladies!

Mary had printed a few copies of Cecile's history of the ladies league to distribute to twelve of the "Old Timers".

These ladies have been members of Rideau Glen and the ladies league since the late 1980's, 90's into 2000's. It was a surprise for all to discover how much research had been done with so little data. It was specified how important it is to keep information up to date for future references.

The "dePencier" Tournament The last of the tournaments of the season was the "de Pencier" played just last week.

Surprise after waiting for a few days for the outcome of this tournament. After recount by Pat Hayes, the winners were announce--Joyce Charter with her partner Brenda Macumber. They had a total of 15 points. Congrats ladies, you played your hearts out!

The ladies responded well to all the tournaments.

Some were played in intense heat and humidity, which added extra stress to the event.

But those who know how to control their emotions have a greater likelihood of winning.

Of course it also includes their expertise and knowledge of course management.

Maureen Fournier, who is our Club Champion and a newbie to Rideau Glen, has accomplished a few feats for her first season with us. Besides being Club Champion, she also helped win the "Friendly's Cup", did a few birdies, won some end of the month games and also "broke 100". WELL DONE, MAUREEN! Hope you will continue next season to impress us all with your prowess at the game of golf.

Country Y101 will be joining us for music and announcements Saturday afternoon! Don't miss the opportunity for some great exposure!

Who is going to make it to the final? Sponsorship of teams is $350.00. Deadline for entering : September 30th 2016. For more information go to Facebook event page: h t t p s : / / w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / events/776356405837511/

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Young people are calling for help

by David Shanahan Kids Help Phone recently released a deeply disturbing report on how young people in Canada are handling the stresses and pressures of daily life. According to their survey, one in five Canadian teens have seriously thought about taking their own life in the last 12 months, and girls are twice as likely to have suicidal thoughts than boys.

It should be recognised that this is not just a problem ON that A is confined to a specific sector of Canadian society.

Many are aware of the high incidence of suicide among young indigenous people, and there are deeply-rooted socio-economic reasons for that, in addition to the “usual” reasons common to all young people.

But the Kids Help Phone survey indicates that th this is a problem endemic to all of our communities, and, in fact, may be even more prevalent in rural parts of the country. The Kids Help FREE VENTING Phone agency also noted that since 2013, there has been a 29% increase in counselling sessions from young people struggling with mental and emotional health concerns; a 22% increase in counselling sessions from young people with thoughts of suicide; a 29% increase in demand for Live Chat counselling; and a 16% increase in callers aged 17-20+ who, in general, deal

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with a far more complex range of issues.

A new study from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

Dr. Paul Kurdyak, who is Director of Health Systems Research at CAMH and lead of the Mental Health and Addictions Research Program at ICES, reports that: “Overall, we found a one-third rise in ED visits over six years for children and youth presenting with mental health and addictions problems, with anxiety being the most common driver of need. However, this growth was not limited to emergency care. We also saw a significant increase in hospitalizations and in office-based services, particularly by family doctors, for child and youth mental health.”

One agency dealing with youth issues in the United Counties has recently opened an emergency housing unit in Kemptville, and already, FREE VENTING since July 1, there has been a constant demand for use of the temporary shelter. It, along with their original unit in South Grenville, has had eight referrals since Canada Day. Victoria Robertson, Youth Transitional Shelter Case Manager with Connect Youth, explains that “It is a fully-furnished one-bedroom apartment, we link them to services, assisting them

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in finding stable housing, hopefully long-term”. The agency needed to expand their emergency housing units for homeless youth, as the demand for their services far outstripped their ability to respond. Last year, they received 67 referrals for the Prescott unit, but they could only take an average of 1.25 people per month. This meant that more than fifty individuals needing emergency shelter could not be catered for.

Kemptville was seen as the natural location for the next expansion unit.

Elizabeth Langlois, Connect Youth’s Program Coordinator, explained that Kemptville was a natural choice for the new unit.

“Brockville already had facilities. Kemptville has less services than a lot of other communities. We wanted to keep it relatively close to Prescott, so as to cut down on distance, etc. Kemptville has a service gap, so it was an ideal community for the first expansion”.

Most referrals to the agency are for 17-18 yearolds, many of whom have been on their own for 1 to 3 years before being put in touch with Connect Youth.

They have been staying with friends, or perhaps had a job and apartment that they couldn’t keep up on their own. Elizabeth and Victoria

report that the young people they find coming to them are from homes of every kind: biological, foster, blended, it doesn’t seem to matter.

But there is always a family breakdown element in the equation, and mental health issues are a common issue.

“We try and engage the families, when they want to be engaged. Very often they are not engaged anymore”, says Elizabeth.

Connect Youth aims to try and prevent early problems resulting in homelessness for young people. Elizabeth says that: “If we can get to youth sooner, and help them to build skills, or connect them with services, to prevent it becoming a crisis, that is best. But both are needed: early contact and emergency housing. There’s nothing worse than having someone come to you needing help, without having something to provide for them”.

Victoria points out that: “One big issue that we run into is affordable housing in the community. We find it very difficult for youth to access affordable, sustainable housing after leaving home or wherever the youth are coming from”. This issues crosses over with so many others: the lack of rural transportation, bullying and abuse in schools and homes; problems with self-image, poverty, and so

many others. Connect Youth is busy connecting young people with the services they need, services which are not always available in North Grenville. One of the reasons Connect Youth opened their emergency housing unit in Kemptville was in order to close the gap which they saw existing in service provisions here.

This is a complex issue, and one which we will follow up on in the coming months.

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Creativity and commercial vision

by Marguerite Boyer Corey Lockwood, founder and owner of Lockwood Brothers Construction based in North Grenville, found himself drawn to, of all

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things, a silo in a field in Portland as he drove by on his business travels. It was a steel silo, built in Ohio in the 1960's, or early 1970's, and it was standing unused and slowly disintegrating.

Corey had visions of what

could be done with the silo, and those dreams finally came true after he convinced the silo’s owner to let him dismantle it and transport it to the Lockwood Brothers’ headquarters on Totem

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For those who visited the site during the Doors Open event last weekend, the silo was a highlight indeed. For Corey and his team had transformed the old metal silo into a wonderful and creatively fascinating focus of their offices.

Once the silo was rebuilt on his property, Corey had old beams from the nowdemolished Bright Spot Restaurant in Kemptville reused to form the ceiling of his new office building.

Michael Klukes assembled the beams, which had been cut by Country Lane Wood products for the project. The ceiling was assembled on ground level, and then another creative force was brought in. Peter VanAdrichem carved a beautiful wooden bird which was set in the centre of the ceiling, holding the beams in place and providing a fantastic centrepiece for the new office.

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The result is a unique example of adaptive re-use of an old and dilapidated functional structure, transforming it into a innovative office building and giving it, not only a new lease

of life, but artistry and beauty that complements the new function it serves. It certainly worth a visit to Lockwood Brothers Construction headquarters on Totem Ranch Road.

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