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June 19, 2013

Downtown businesses need your help

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by Bruce Enloe Help!! There, I said it… Folks who have stopped by recently know what I’m talking about…

For the rest of you, here’s the scoop: for the next few weeks, the restaurants, stores and the rest of downtown needs your help. Road construction has officially become a nuisance. Knowing it was

coming (eventually) for the last couple of years has not made the fact that it is here any more fun, we are thankful only because we know our loyal regulars will brave the dust and detours to help us through what promises to be a looonnng summer. But it will not be easy, or at least not as easy as we’d like.

Here is the story: Clothier Street is being opened up to repair and update the

water and sewer services, one section at a time, from now until fall. During this time, the sidewalks are open, so for those of you who walk here, nothing should change. Our (tiny) parking lot has a new entrance at the back, accessed off of Rideau Street, so if you are driving from the North, turn left before the stop sign (behind the old hotel) and follow the signs. If

you are driving from the South, first of all, sorry.

The Bridge on 44 just South of downtown is also being repaired (why does the phrase ‘under siege’ come to mind?) so be prepared for a detour, but once you get to downtown, just park along Prescott Street or in one of the other local lots before you get to Clothier St. and walk, it will probably be easier than negotiating

driving through or around the intersection, at least for the next couple of weeks.

Please, DO come. And not just to The Branch… everyone down here is feeling the pain right now, Rick, from Grahame’s bakery, has informed me that his business is down 30%! I also feel for the guys at Comfort, continued on page 2

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continued from front page a great new restaurant where Naikhon Thai was located (behind Rowland Leather). They are just opening this summer, have an excellent and tasty menu, and have lost pretty much all potential drive-by traffic. We all need your support right now - the construction is supposed to stop by 5 p.m., so your dinner (and music, naturally) here, at O’Heaphy’s, Moonlight, Salamanders, The Crusty

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Baker, or Comfort won’t be interrupted by noise or dust. And believe me, the minor inconvenience of a short walk from the car or the house will definitely be worth the feeling of helping your downtown survive what promises to be our longest summer. Please, for us here in Downtown Kemptville, this is the business equivalent of ‘life or death’. We need you right now. Help if you can… and…

On Saturday, July 6, the Ottawa section of the Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group (CVMG) will be holding their third Vintage Motorcycle Rally at Maplewood Park in Oxford Mills.

The admission is $5.00 and a portion of the money collected goes to support Camp Quality, a non-profit , volunteer organization which provides a year-round support program for children with cancer and their families.

It starts at 9:30 a.m. and goes all day, rain or shine.

The park in Oxford Mills provides a perfect location for this type of event. The large, old sugar maple trees give plenty of shade if it’s sunny, and protection from rain if it’s rainy.

Last year there were 80 vintage bikes on display, and over 300 people attended.

Many visitors arrived on motorcycles.

One of the popular pastimes of many of the Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group (CVMG) members is motorcycle restoration – the reconditioning of old motorcycles. Some club members choose to restore their motor-

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cycles to original condition and use them lightly. Others want to ride the wheels off their restored vintage bikes.

Still others just want to get more information on how to go about choosing or restoring a vintage bike. Club members are always available for advice and help, and sometimes for spare parts!

Vintage motorcycle racing is also a popular club activity. Many of the club members own vintage competition motorcycles for road and track racing as well as off-road, or motocross racing. Trials, where competitors ride through an obstacle course while avoiding touching the ground with their feet, are held several times each year.

There will be food and refreshments on site as well as dynamite music! Judging of the motorcycles will take place from 12:00 to 1:30 and awards will be given out at 2:00 p.m.

For more information on the Vintage Motorcycle Rally to be held July 6 in Oxford Mills, please call the event coordinator Richard Love 613-745-6084 Creekside Centre 2878 County Road 43 Kemptville, ON 613-258-0222

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Tom Assaly testifies against an embezzler in Florida

by David Shanahan While one-time investors in Tom Assaly’s aborted gated community project in North Grenville wait to decide whether to pursue civil proceedings against the developer, they may be interested to know that Assaly himself was a key witness in Florida in 2010 in a very similar case.

In 2007, Assaly was interested in buying a property in Florida. He contacted Ira Hatch, a lawyer, to act as agent in the sale. He wired him $50,000, but later found that Hatch had been taking investors' money and depositing it in accounts for his own company. Hatch was ultimately accused of embezzling more than $4 million of investors' money in this way. As he was winding up his company in late-2007, he approached Assaly about investing $3 million in a

resort project in Florida, a $146 million hotel project in Orlando to be called San Marco. Hatch said the plan was for him to purchase a "turn key" 450-room hotel that he would market to Canadian visitors.

Assaly asked Hatch to open a mortgage account through which he could invest the $3 million, but Hatch’s scheme fell apart soon after, and he had to finally admit to Assaly that he was not, as he had claimed, an owner of the resort project but simply a consultant.

Hatch was arrested and charged with the embezzlement in 2010, and Tom Assaly became one of the witnesses for the prosecution. In his testimony to the court, Assaly claimed that it was only his “savvy business sense” that had kept him from losing his $3 million to Hatch, and his testimony made a big impact on the jury. After

Hatch made a plea bargain with the prosecution, the jurors commented on how impressed they had been with Assaly as a witness and as a businessman. Statements like: “he was just the smartest guy around...he was too smart to get caught in that", and "He came off as being really intelligent. We had a positive view of him", were made by jurors interviewed after the trial was over.

Assaly himself waxed indignant in an interview on the courtroom steps regarding the unethical behaviour of Hatch in defrauding innocent investors of their money in a fraudulent scheme: “When I found out Ira Hatch was going to scam me out of $3 million so he could prolong the ongoing scam of running his escrow company, I couldn’t believe it. I said ‘this is typical of Florida, that a lawyer, ap-

parently a well-regarded lawyer, could get away with this.”

It may sound strange to the ears of the Canadian investors in Assaly’s North Grenville gated project to hear such sentiments from the man they accuse of embezzling more than $3 million from them in a similar scheme to that of Ira Hatch's. In fact, Assaly’s plans for the Nature’s Walk Gated Community in North Grenville”, and the Villa Montague retirement residence project in Smith’s Falls, were introduced to investors in Canada between March, 2009 and June, 2010.

That month, June, 2010, is when Assaly was giving testimony against Hatch in Florida.

It is reported that Assaly and his wife, Karen, are now living permanently in Fort Pierce, Florida, where Hatch was tried and convicted. They spent a large sum of the Ottawa investors’ funds on renovating a house there, now worth about $490,000. According to property records in the region, four other homes are owned by companies in which Assaly is involved as a Managing Director. Whatever his dealings with Hatch were in 2007, Tom Assaly has clearly prospered in the Florida housing market.

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Truth is stranger than fiction

by David Shanahan

Here are two possible scenarios: First Scenario: War Room, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.

Gentlemen, I am very pleased to announce that we have almost reached the end game in Operation Kill Kemptville. The final strategic moves are being made even as I speak, with concentrations of our forces moving in to the Old Town area from north and south in simultaneous pincer movements which promise to strangle whatever opposition remains in that area. A clever diversionary move earlier in the summer opened a large hole in the enemy`s defenses at Prescott and Asa Streets, forcing their defense forces to re-route around the very centre of Kemptville, forcing the use of alternative routes around the town. This succeeded in causing disruption of all downtown operations and sowed massive confusion locally.

But the main focus of our attack was always centred on the bridges. Close the bridges, I said, and you destroy the will to resist!

But it was vital that both bridges allowing access to the downtown be closed at the same time, otherwise those clever people would be able to get around our ground forces. As long as one of the bridges remained open, our plans

would fail. I am delighted to announce that we have almost succeeded in our aim. The bridge over the railway on 44 has been closed completely, and the Prescott Street bridge is within a few feet of total closure. We have had to extend our operations in that theatre, owing to the fact that there were still commercial operations of the enemy open for business north of the bridge.

Fortunately, these were all concentrated along that section of Clothier between the bridge and Sanders, so our Agent in the municipality dug trenches along that sector and these businesses have now come under serious pressure and are finding it increasingly difficult to remain open.

If we can complete the closure of the Prescott Street bridge, our war aims will be almost accomplished and Operation Kill Kemptville will have succeeded. We have had to take some other measures in support of our main theatre of operations.

There was a fear that enemy forces would bypass our blockade by using the 416 to come in from the south. But one of our Agents at the provincial level has managed to have all the exit ramps south of Kemptville either closed, or looking like they’re closed, forcing enemy forces to avoid downtown, and they are being funnelled towards Colonnade

instead. This, as you know, has always been our main war aim.

Our medium- and longterm strategy continues to be developed. Next, we intend to continue the disruption of Clothier Street: this time west of the bridge area. Major increases in traffic in that sector will be supplemented with major road works, which should cause maximum inconvenience and disruption. Our Agent at the municipal level will continue to be most useful in that endeavour. And, of course, our major attack north of the downtown will be focused on 43 over the

coming campaign seasons.

When we begin work on the South Branch bridge at 43, at the same time we begin to make the section between the 416 and Somerville Road a fourlane expressway, our war aim of creating a new Merivale Road in North Grenville will be close to success. After that, people will find it almost impossible to find downtown Kemptville, and will be trained to ignore anything not on the main transport routes.

Now, I know there are those who have always objected to this Strategic Plan of ours to de-

stroy Kemptville, and I acknowledge that, in general, Strategic Plans have their limitations. But they can be adapted and tweaked to ensure they achieve their aims - or not, as our other tactic in North Grenville has proved. Our critics here in the War Room have pointed out that, once the operations in and around Kemptville are completed, there will be an up-to-date road infrastructure that will be an asset to the community. But our critics miss the point.

By conducting our bridge operations simultaneously, as we are now doing, we can almost guarantee that,

by the time the new and improved infrastructure is in place, there won’t be anyone left in business in downtown Kemptville to enjoy it!` Second Scenario: Planning Department, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.

Incompetence, moronic timing, lack of consultation between the Province and Municipality of North Grenville results in Prescott Street and a section of Clothier Street East being cut off and businesses marooned behind huge holes in the ground, large construction equipment and vehicles, and piles of dirt. Downtown businesses experience drops of more than 70% in revenues as customers cannot reach them, and parking is even more limited than usual.

Detour and work signs are confusing, when visible, and seem to lead people away from downtown, rather than to it. Closing both bridges at either end of Prescott Street at the same time as a very large hole is being excavated at Prescott and Asa must have seemed like a good idea to someone. Someone should be fired. But it does seem to have been deliberately co-ordinated: both downtown and the bridge at 44 are being done by the same construction company: Dalcon Enterprises.

Hardly a coincidence.

So, which of those two scenarios seems most likely to you?

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Municipality Matters

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Municipality Matters is a regular feature in which local politicians and officials talk about their work and what’s happening in their world

by Tim Sutton Summertime is just around the corner as is the end of another year of school for our young people. I would like to begin my column this week by asking everyone to be extra careful, and to watch out for young people on bicycles and sidewalks, particularly around our public parks and recreation areas.

As many of you who have read in previous versions of my column know, the municipality has been working on an update for our Community Strategic plan for the past few months. We have had some great input from residents and business owners and it looks as though the final version will be brought before Council for discussion at our next meeting on June 24.

I see the Community Strategic plan as serving as our “North Star”.

It offers a glimpse of where residents want the municipality to be in the future, as well as some of the building blocks

for getting to that point.

Once adopted, the Community Strategic Plan will be a document for all of our community to strive to achieve. Council will play an important role, but so will service clubs, community associations, churches, youth groups, businesses and individuals.

By working together we can make sure that North Grenville continues to grow in a positive way, retaining our small town charm and keeping many big city amenities which we have in our community.

I would also like to take this time to let residents know that we are

once again holding two Committee of the Whole Meetings away from the Municipal Centre again this year. The first meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 19 at Southgate Community Church on French Settlement Rd. The meeting will take place at our regular 6:30 pm time and as always it is open to the public.

We will also be holding a meeting this fall in Oxford Mills, which will be announced at a later date.

Before I close this column I would also like to remind everyone that in spite of the construction along Clothier Street that it is “business as usual for all businesses in our Old

Cahl Pominville named new president of Provincial Association Cahl Pominville, lifelong resident of North Grenville and Clerk for the Municipality, was sworn in as President of the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario [AMCTO] during the 75th Annual Conference of the Association held on June 11 at Blue Mountain Resort in The Blue Mountains, Ontario.

AMCTO is Ontario’s largest municipal professional association, and the leading professional development organization for administrative staff in municipal government, so Cahl’s election is quite an honour for him and recognition of his experience and professionalism.

Cahl has been involved in municipal government for many years, following his early career working in retail management and the Federal Government. His love of hockey is well known and he is actively involved in the Kemptville 73’s, where he serves as

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Director of Player Development & Community Liaison. Prior to that, Cahl spent eight years with the Brockville Braves, serving in several roles including Head Scout and was a key component to their success, including a Fred Page Cup Championship in 2010. No-one who has talked to Cahl for any length of time goes away not knowing of his passion for hockey, or for music. He is an avid musician and has played drums with local bands for many years.

In his inaugural address to AMCTO, Cahl praised the Association’s ability to facilitate networks for municipal professionals to share information and knowledge, and to create lasting friendships. He highlighted the key role AMCTO plays in providing information, education and a voice for municipal professionals to help them become ‘The Municipal Experts.’ Cahl outlined as the priority for his term, building on AMCTO’s

already strong record of member engagement. He called on the members in attendance to reach out to their colleagues and encourage them to get more actively involved in the Association, for the benefit of all members.

North Grenville CAO, Brian J. Carre was quick to congratulate Cahl on the distinction, noting that it reflected well on the stature of North Grenville staff generally: “I consider having a member of the Municipality of North Grenville staff elected to President of AMCTO as an acknowledgement of the quality of people that we employ. Cahl is a true ambassador of our community, not only in his role with the Municipality, but as a resident as well. Congratulations Cahl on making North Grenville proud!”

Cahl was also complimented by Mayor David Gordon: “Making the

move into municipal politics has a steep learning curve. I lean heavily on Cahl for procedural guidance and have come to learn that he is among the most knowledgeable and connected professionals in the Province. It is with pride that we lend his expertise to this community of municipal experts and extend congratulations on this milestone in his career.”

Cahl has always been a positive influence in North Grenville (in spite of being a drummer!), and AMCTO has done well to recognize his expertise and the role he can play in their organization. Congratulations from all of us at the North Grenville Times.

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Town core, which remains open through this period.

Also, the intersection at Prescott and Clothier Streets remains open for two way traffic through the construction period as well. We also have several new businesses that have opened in the core recently, including Comfort By AJ‘s restaurant and Array Hair Studio, who join established businesses such as Grahame’s Bakery and O’Heaphy’s Irish Pub. As a final note I would like to say how nice it is when Council members and staff can have some fun at community events, and this weekend at RIBFEST was a great example…On Saturday

evening I was joined by Mayor Gordon, CAO Brian Carre and Councillor Tobin’s husband Shawn in the rib eating contest. This year’s contest featured a total of 10 teams participating; the municipal team came in second, just behind the Scotiabank Team, and just ahead of the team from Fast Eddies. A great time was had by all participants and spectators. Our team is looking forward to participating again next year. Thank you to all of the organizers and volunteers who make events like Ribfest, the Dandelion Festival and other community events so successful.

How to Encourage Your Children Did you know encouragement helps your children develop pride in their achievements and acquire a positive attitude toward learning?

While encouragement is not a new idea, most people tend to give their children non-specific praise instead of encouragement. By understanding the difference between praise and encouragement and how to use each appropriately, parents can help their children gain a sense of self-awareness and confidence.

Children who are encouraged tend to develop stronger self-motivation skills for their work and attain greater gratification from their work. They learn to take pride in the process as well as the final outcome. Encouragement gives children hope that they can succeed and builds their confidence by helping them recognize their own self-worth.

Different forms of praise have different effects on children. Praise is an expression of approval or admiration and can be non-specific, exaggerated, and is often in the form of a compliment. Encouragement, also known as specific praise, is detailed, non-judgmental, valid, and sincere. Praise can be given when good results are achieved, like winning a race or contest, but it should be used sparingly to retain its value. Encouragement can be given more often, even when activities don’t go as planned. When children feel discouraged and lose hope, encouragement is needed. Simply praising a child for doing a “good job” may not be as effective as encouraging them by commenting on their “commitment to getting the job done.”

The following are a few examples of non-specific praise vs. encouragement: Non-specific praise focuses on the outcome rather than the effort.

“You did it!”

Encouragement focuses on the effort.

“You worked hard on that assignment.”

Non-specific praise is often more about the feelings of the one giving the praise, rather than the one receiving it.

“You make me proud!”

Encouragement is focused on the feelings of the recipient.

“You must be proud of yourself for working through that problem.”

Non-specific praise is vague and can be meaningless when said repeatedly.

“Good job!”

Encouragement is specific.

“You followed all the directions on your worksheet and got a good score.”

Non-specific praise is often exaggerated for effect.

“You are the best student I have ever seen!”

Encouragement is based on realistic achievements.

“You have come a long way. You’re reading more difficult books than you used to.”

By encouraging children, they realize that they are capable. They will be able to take on new challenges with confidence and gain a sense of self-awareness, making it more likely that they will succeed.

Nelson Groening is a Certified Kumon Instructor. To learn more about the Kumon Math and Reading Program in Kemptville, please call him at 613-258-4924.

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How Kemptville Has Changed - Part XII The Kemptville Hotel – Bands I’ve Seen, Owners I’ve Met and Nights I’ll Never Forget

by Jim Dolan This is my final article on My How Kemptville Has Changed and it features the Kemptville Hotel.

For new people to the community, the hotel was located in the building at the northeast corner of Clothier and Rideau Streets, directly across from the Clothier Mills Inn. My family actually has a connection to the Kemptville Hotel, which goes back to October 1940, when Charles B. Graham, my great uncle, bought the property from Joel Anderson. After extensive renovations, the Hotel Graham opened in January 1941.

Mr. Graham, the husband of Elizabeth Christie (Tibby), was also the Reeve of Kemptville from 1942 to 1945. My mom (Lois Workman at that time) worked at the hotel when it was owned by Charlie and Tibby. Many years later my Aunt Lorraine Workman, my Aunt Bonnie Baldwin and my younger sister Jill would also work at the hotel.

For me, live country music died in town the day the Kemptville Hotel closed its doors for the last time.

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People often say it is the bands that make or break a hotel, and for the most part that is true. But for many bands, it was the owners who gave them the break that allowed them to become famous in small towns throughout the Ottawa Valley and beyond.

The Kemptville Hotel was blessed to have owners that really appreciated country music in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s – owners like Lorraine Lemay, Harry Coulter, Russ Brown, Ron Sparling (the drummer for the Family Brown), Barry and Fran Hartin and Dave and Sandra Sloan. Town folk got to hear country music because of Lorraine Lemay. When she became owner of the Kemtpville Hotel, the hotel was still “dry”.

To change this status, a municipal plebiscite was held on January 22, 1966.

Lorraine was one of the leaders of the “wet” side.

The Kemptville Advance noted that there were actually two votes: (1) Are you in favour of the sale of liquor under a lounge license for consumption on licensed premises: vote 65.4% in favour (yes 666, no 351) and (2) Are you in favour of the sale of liquor under a dining lounge li-

said Harry was the first hotel owner to take a chance on him and his band, the Friday Afternoon. Fred went on to become one of the best country singers in the Ottawa Valley and was inducted into the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.

Many other local artists who graced the hotel’s stage were also inducted into the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame, including Neville Wells, Terry Carisse, Ron McMunn (the Silver Fox), Howard Hayes, Ralph Carlson and the Country Mile, Don Cochrane, Donna Moon & Gary Fairburn, Dusty King Jr., and The Family Brown.

Kemptville’s Lloyd Grant (2009) and Don O’Neill (1992) are also in the Hall of Fame. Don O’Neill told me he played with many of the bands listed above.

If you want a trip down memory lane, check out the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame Website.

Three of my favourite local bands were Jack McCrae and the King of Clubs, Jim Wicks and Westburg Union and Kemptville’s own Eddy and the Stingrays. When Eddy and the Stingrays, Jim Wicks or Fred Dixon were playing at the hotel, you had to arrive early if you wanted to get a seat on the Lounge side.

We were also blessed to hear some outstanding Canadian country music singers from beyond the Valley, such as David Thompson, Dick Damron, Marie Bottrell and the legendary Stompin’ Tom Connors.

My Aunt Lorraine Workman told me this story about Stompin’ Tom Connors. Stompin’ Tom was playing the hotel in the late 60’s. It was early in the week and the evening crowds were not too big.

Tom was feeling a little

cense for consumption on a licensed premise: vote 69.5% in favour (yes 705, no 310). There was another alcohol related vote held on November 18, 1955 that saw the citizens of Kemptville vote in favour of a Brewers Retail Outlet and a Liquor Store. The Beer Store opened in January 1957 and the Liquor Store opened in August 1957.

Once it received its license to sell alcoholic beverages, the hotel began to flourish as a place to go to listen to live entertainment.

Harry Coulter is the one owner I got to know really well. Anyone who ever met, truly met, Harry Coulter could never forget him. Harry was a big man and had thinning white hair when I first met him in 1971 – the year that I finally reached the legal age for consuming alcoholic beverages. Harry wore coke bottle glasses as his vision was seriously impaired.

He had an infectious laugh and always had a soft spot for the underdog.

Fred Dixon in his book “Country & Real People I Have Met” wrote: “Harry Coulter was a true patron of Canadian entertainers and of Canadian Music.

He was a friend to all who knew him.” Fred Dixon

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The Voice of North Grenville sorry for Harry Coulter and asked Harry to let him out of his contract. Harry, being a true diplomat, said: “No”.

Feeling a little down, Stompin’ Tom went up to his room. About two hours later, Tom came down with a piece of paper in his hand and set it down on the table in front of Aunt Lorraine and asked her what she thought of the song lyrics.

Knowing that Tom was not having one of his best days, my aunt told Tom she thought he had a winner.

Under her breath she was thinking: “These are some crazy lyrics”.

The song was “Big Joe Mufferaw”. It was written, rewritten and polished while Tom was playing in Kemptville and at the Mississippi Hotel in Carleton Place. I tend to agree with my aunt that when you read the words to the song they do seem to be a little crazy. However, whenever you would hear Stompin’ Tom singing these lyrics they seemed to make a lot of sense. The song debuted at number 43 on the RPM Country Tracks chart on March 14, 1970. It peaked at number 1 on May 23, 1970. Imagine the children’s book you could write and illustrate based on lyrics to Big Joe Mufferaw.

My friends and I never had to wait long for our first drink at the Kemptville Hotel. If Dave Brand, Stan Boal, Steve Earl, Joe Panazzola, Wayne Naphan, Bruce Cusson, Stella, Pat McNair, Phyllis Charters or other servers saw you walk through the front door, your favourite beverage, opened or made by bartenders named Cecil, Lorraine, Pat and others I can’t remember, would be at your table before you sat down. It is hard to find service like that today.

When I was a young man, the Kemptville Hotel was a sanctuary from reality. Some people went to drink by themselves to

Elizabeth and Charles Graham forget life, others went to share a few pints with some friends and others went for the music.

It was a place where you could spend “Six Days on the Road” dancing with Spear (Linda Arcand – thanks for the dances Linda). You could visit “Lukenbach Texas” in the “Early Morning Rain”.

You could tell your boss to “Take This Job and Shove It” without worrying about getting fired.

You might be on “The Back Side of Thirty” looking through “Rose Colored Glasses” and wondering “Are the Good Times Really Over” while hoping that you would be “Kissing an Angel Good Morning” come Sunday, but knowing that you would most likely wake up alone “with no way to hold your head that didn’t hurt”.

I was there on the Friday night that Charlie Acton retired from working as a lockmaster on the Rideau Canal. My dad, Keith Evans and I were sharing more than a few drinks with Charlie. My dad and Charlie had been friends ever since they met on a ship when they were crossing the Atlantic during the Second World War. For me it was a “live over night”, a night so good you just wanted to relive it again. Anyone who knew Charlie knew that he lived and breathed the Rideau Canal and that they were in for a good time when he would reminisce about the more interesting things he saw and heard during his

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Charlie and my dad came back to my house that night. I can still hear their laughter and the sadness in Charlie’s voice as he wondered what he was going to do now that he was retired.

I was saddened to learn only two days later that Charlie had passed away in his favourite chair. I think God listened to Charlie and brought him home a little early to provide this remarkable storyteller with a more uplifting place to share his life experiences.

There will never be another hotel in town like the Kemptville Hotel I remember. It was more than just a spot to buy a drink; it was a place where you could go to find your best friends to “Help You Make It Through the Night”.

My walk through Downtown is just about over. It is late in the afternoon and I am a little hungry now. I think I will stop at Ray Boal’s chip wagon for a small order of the best fresh cut fries in the world. It is located at the southeast corner of Cater’s Texaco Station just before the Prescott Street Bridge.

Oh, I just remembered the chip wagon and station are long since gone, but the smells of vinegar, salt and oil still linger on like so many of my memories. I hope the people who have been reading this series of stories have enjoyed them as much as I have enjoyed remembering and writing them.

In closing I will leave you with a favourite photo of downtown Kemptville when I was a boy. It highlights the old concrete bridge and in the distance you can see the clock on top of the old post office.

I want to thank David Shanahan and Maggie Boyer for giving me the opportunity to share my memories with NG Times readers. I wish them every success with their truly local newspaper.

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St. Mike’s Celebrates Athletics for 2012-2013

by Christopher Finner, Language Arts Program Leader Men’s and Women’s Basketball Coach St. Michael Catholic High School St. Michael recently gathered to celebrate its athletes’ accomplishments for the 2012-2013 season. St. Mike’s alumnus and former volunteer coach Jeremy Benoit presented the Junior Female Athlete of the Year Award to his sister, Sarah Benoit, who was a key player on the senior girls’ basketball team, the hockey team, the junior girls’ volleyball team and the senior girls’ soccer team.

While only in Grade 9, it is quite impressive that Benoit played most of her sports at the senior or varsity level.

Mr. Campeau then presented the Junior Male Athlete of the Year award to Alex Cornel. Cornel is a strong volleyball player and a standout on

St. Michael’s Colin Hood Award winners for 20122013 were Lara Alenik and Spencer Jonsson.

Mr. A. MacDonald next presented the Commitment to Sport Award to Alda O’Grady. This award recognizes a graduating student who has contributed to the betterment of athletics at St. Michael. In addition to her contributions to the soccer and volleyball teams, O’Grady often volunteered as a minor official in many of the sports offered at St. Mike’s. Mr. A. MacDonald, one of the teachers who supervises the Student Athletic Council, described O’Grady as a very valuable school leader.

the soccer pitch. Playing under great pressure at the mid-field position all season for the senior boys’ soccer team, Cornel rose to the occasion at key moments to contribute to a hard-earned EOSSAA Championship. Cornel hopes to lead his soccer team back to OFSAA next year as a Grade 11.

The OFSAA Colin Hood Awards are presented to a male and female athlete who are graduating with an above average academic standing and have participated in a minimum of three different sports throughout their high school career. The award winners should be leaders in all aspects of the school setting and provide a positive presence in their school and community.

Graduating student Lara Alenik also received the Senior Female Athlete of the Year Award from a very complimentary Mrs. Camillone. Alenik was a fearsome hitter on the volleyball court and a major contributor to the girls’ soccer team. Impressively, she has been to OFSAA on a regular basis in both sports. Alenik’s outstanding leadership and consistent work ethic were highlighted by Mrs. Camillone.

Finally, Mrs. Niedre wrapped up the senior awards by announcing Cole Brookson as the Senior Male Athlete of the Year. Brookson is an allstar in the classroom and

on the court. He recently took up volleyball and has impressed his new coach with the great improvements and dedication displayed since the fall. On the basketball court, Brookson is well established as one of the best players in Eastern Ontario. He has been voted LGSSAA MVP in the past and certainly performed at an all-star level again this past season.

The coaching staff also honoured one of their own at the assembly. Mrs. Kelly Niedre received OFSAA’s Colin Hood Award for Coaching. OFSAA’s criteria for the award requires that the winner be an active teacher-coach at the high school level who understands the value of school sport involvement, has coached multiple sports, has coached for a minimum of five years, is a leader in all aspects of the school setting, and has a strong presence in the school and community.

Mr. Galbraith, a fellow track and field and cross country coach, presented the award.

To see the Most Valuable Player and Coach’s Awards for each individual sport, check out the St. Michael website: www. smchs.ca

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Bayfield Manor residents travel in time

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There are many memories to be shared among the residents at Bayfield Manor in Kemptville.

The nursing and retirement home has a population that have memories stretching back quite a few years, but a recent visitor brought them further back in time than any of them could manage alone.

Nancy MacLeod lives in Kitchener, Ontario, and has a rather unique presentation which she brings to places like Bayfield. Nancy makes Victorian-era clothing and leads re-enactments of that historical period. As part of her presentation, she describes the purposes of the articles of clothing and tells stories about society of the time.

These presentations have been going on for most of the past ten years, as Nancy dresses as the matriarch of a family, and certain audience members get to dress up in her recreations and play other roles. Nancy tells stories of the time, illustrated in the most entertaining way by the costumed participants. By explaining the background to everything from corsets to dresses, Nancy brought the past alive, opening up a new view of life in the nineteenth century.

The idea for the events came to Nancy when she was approached by a local museum in her home town. She has been sewing since she was 11 years old and began to research the clothing of the Victorian era as an adult, learning the various stitching techniques used then, as well as the materials used to make the clothes. Her presentations now keep her busy, as she travels throughout Ontario with her roadshow.

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Members of the Kemptville-based trio Poppa Grace have joined forces with Class Axe owner Bob Besharah in an effort to help local families by supporting the Salvation Army Food Bank.

Poppa Grace will be showcased in a concert at Class Axe, located at 288 Country Rd 44, from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 22. Admission to the show is free, but donations of non-perishable items to the Food Bank are requested.

The food bank provides families needing assistance

with an emergency threeday supply of food. Hunger touches every community in Ontario. According to information from Food Banks Canada, close to 900,000 Canadians are assisted by food banks each month. Thirty-eight per cent of clients are children and youths.

The public can look forward to a wide variety of popular music Saturday afternoon. Poppa Grace was originally formed in 2010 as a gospel blues band. In 2011, the band’s repertoire expanded to a

wider audience by including jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, gospel, smooth jazz and sixties rock. Band members include seasonal professional musicians Ross Templeton, guitar and vocals; Chris Must, bass and blues harp; and Gord Logan, drums and vocals.

Sound for the show will be provided by Class Axe, a full-service music store offering new and vintage guitars, accessories and music lessons. Bring a lawn chair, and enjoy the show.

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As a Christian, I am often faced with misconceptions, inaccuracies and downright falsehoods regarding Christianity, or “religion” in general.

Some of these have been dealt with in previous columns: the historicity of Jesus, the historical reliability of the Bible, etc. But perhaps the most common of what I call the myths and legends associated with Christianity, the ones based most clearly on assumption, propaganda and ignorance, are harder to deal with, because they are part of an almost irrational and instinctive response to “religion” that has become taken for granted in society at large.

One of the most basic of these attitudes is that “all religions are basically the same”. This misconception is used equally by those who reject any concept of a god or spiritual reality, and by those who want to believe that we are all together in one uniform brotherhood of man, in a world where people are basically good and on their way to being even better. The fact that neither of these views stand up to even the most superficial study does not seem to stop people believing. Faith can be very blind indeed.

If not all religions are basically the same, then the sceptics must deal with each separately before deciding that they’re all delusions and fairy tales. The “brotherhood of man” types must also question their assumptions if varying and even opposing claims are being made by the different belief systems. But to say, without qualification, that all religion is a delusion, a leftover from more “primitive” times, or an emotional and intellectual crutch for those who can’t face reality, is in itself intellectually and emotionally dishonest and an attempt to hide behind a reassuring myth.

The only thing all religions have in common is that they believe in a spiritual reality outside of, or within, or alongside, this material world.

But that is simply the definition of a religion.

by David Shanahan You can’t even say that they all teach the existence of a God. For some, there are many gods, and there is great debate about the nature, character and history of those gods. Others say there is just one God, but differ as to the nature and character of that being. And yet others teach that we are all god in some way, that everything is god and god is everything.

To me, this is saying absolutely nothing at all.

An increasingly popular approach is to say that all of these beliefs are true for those who hold them, but not necessarily for everyone. This is popular, and impossibly blind to reality. Once again, a simple examination of the fundamentals of each major religion rules out any attempt to make such sweeping generalisations.

Quite simply, black is not white; New York is not London; arsenic is not ice cream; alive is not dead; a cat is not a dog. To put it in a more traditional format: A is not non-A. So, we have to start making choices about what is true and what is not. This requires that we inform ourselves of what the choices are that are being put before us. And, of all the issues that face us as human beings in this short life we live, surely the most important, cen-

tral and defining one is: is there a God and what does he/she/it think of me? Do I die and cease to exist, in which case God is pretty unimportant (so what makes him God, then?), or does the fact that there is a God mean that there is more to life than death and ceasing to be? Does that mean there is more to me than just this body and this life (as we have always suspected)?

That is why I don’t say I am “religious”. You can be religious, go to church, mosque, or synagogue, etc., even pray and sing songs, without ever allowing it to become more than a social ritual. Because what society has done to tame or sedate people is to accept systems “having a form of godliness but denying its power”, as Paul says in his second letter to Timothy. Significantly, he goes on to advise Timothy: “Have nothing to do with such people”. The fact is that we know, each one of us, that we need meaning in our lives. We do believe, deep down in some, that there is a point to it all. But we get very confused about what that means, because everything society in general tells us tries to undermine that idea. These are the myths and legends of our times that we need to address.

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The Sugar/Salt Bomb

by Heather Westendorp Coronary Heart Disease, CHD, has long been associated with FAT and CHOLESTEROL. Food processing companies have been successfully removing or reducing fats from their products.

We have learned that the real evil fats are those pesky TRANS FATS. Saturated fat is not good for you in large amounts, but who would sit down and eat a pound of butter anyway? I often wonder about those who consume 2 tbsp. of coconut oil a day because a television doctor tells them it is good for health. Having walked the talk of CHD and actually taken statins to reduce cholesterol in my blood, I had to do a radical weight loss

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and exercise regime that involved huge lifestyle changes almost 2 years ago.

Food Processing companies often take the fat out and replace it with sugar. I did not care about sugar because my CHD was based on cholesterol readings that were high and blood pressure that was high. I believed that all of these health problems had to do with fat and weight. My first reaction to high cholesterol was to quit eating eggs and switch to products that offered a low-no fat in the ingredient list. My initial weight loss included a strict regime that also drastically reduced salt (due to my mom’s swollen ankles) and sugar, due only to the number of calories I would consume in my daily coffee intake.

Six months ago, I did the research and eliminated sugar substitute due to its health implications and began using, “real sugar” in my coffee. Interestingly enough my last blood test showed indications of diabetes. I scoffed because I had consumed a coffee and a muffin prior to the blood test that you are supposed to “fast” for.

Oops… lesson learned.

The next blood test was fine.

But, I wondered….

Why would the effect of one coffee and a muffin leave a diabetes question from a blood test? Here I am, normal weight for almost two years. I exercise and eat properly most of the time i.e. low fat, high fibre, low sodium, count every single calorie and even balance my food consumption based on Canada’s Food Guide. I have always lived on the premise that sugar does not matter, but the science

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is showing that sugar, metabolized by your liver, released into your blood stream for absorption, controlled by insulin release, can in fact have a very negative effect on the overall functions and efficiency of almost every system finally being redirected to your fat cells for storage.

Sugar, the good old white stuff that simply makes absolutely everything taste better. Human beings are hardwired to love sugar. The brain loves sugar. While we all recognize that type 1 diabetes individuals have a real issue with sugar, the type 2 diabetes has been assumed that improper caloric intake and over consumption of sugar and weight gain has been the culprit. Wait, just a moment. Could SUGAR be the real contributor to heart disease as well?

Sugar and food manufacturers have a real love relationship. You can remove fat from any food provided you make it taste good with just the “right” balance of sugar and salt.

Who cares how much of it is used. After all, it is the fat that has been ruining our hearts right??? New research is revealing that

First Ukulele Jam in Kemptville

by Rob Lunan The first Kemptville ukulele group met in the evening of June 6 at the Branch restaurant. I had bought a ukulele last year but hadn't had much encouragement to play it (it is a lonely instrument if you don't know other players) so I was eager to attend the first meeting and see what developed.

It was a rainy evening so I was glad to be inside that night doing something musical. I arrived at the restaurant just before the 7:30pm starting time carrying my “uke” and was enthusiastically waved over to a corner table by

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the gregarious and fun organizer Tony Marcantonio. There I met Sandy, Suzanne, Sylvie and later our table was joined by Rebekah, a university student and owner of a really cool looking uke. (If I got the spelling of your names wrong I apologize in advance.) The restaurant was mostly full and as soon as I walked in holding a ukulele others in the restaurant also introduced themselves as being there for the event.

(Many had come uke-less because the event had been advertised as “ukuleles would be supplied”..and they were indeed.) In all about 14 players were there and many accompanied by other friends or family. The

age range was also broad from young children to adults in their sixties. Arthur McGregor from the Folklore Centre of Ottawa (and a North Grenville resident), showed up shortly after 7:30 with an armful of ukuleles (about ten I think) and binders (kindly donated by the Ottawa Bytown Ukulele Group) filled with familiar songs.

After an introduction by Tony, Arthur, the talented instructor, took over and quickly taught us 3 easy chords. Several minutes later we started playing and singing along with dozens of songs that only required those three chords. Even though many of the players had never strummed a uke

before, the music actually sounded quite good! We kept playing and singing until about 9 pm. It was melodic and peaceful and great therapy especially for a guy like me who looks at numbers all day.

I had a great time and look forward to the next event. The group (now called UKE – for Ukuleles Kemptville Experience) plans to meet the first Thursday of each month at the Branch restaurant on Clothier St in Kemptville.

The next jam is: July 4, 2013 - so mark your calendars! Arrive early and enjoy a dinner at the Branch before the meeting. The jam starts at 7:30pm. If you want more information or need to borrow a ukulele for the next jam, please contact Tony to arrange it ( email: azzurrosolutions@gmail.com phone: 613-989-4586 .

See you there! Everyone welcome! Signed the no-longer-lonely ukulele player.

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What if SUGAR is really a problem? What if Sugar and Salt are creating a chemical, biological mix for absolute health disaster? No-one is paying attention to the two elements that cause the body extreme stress in eliminating and utilizing them. Add a stressful lifestyle, sugar, salt and trans fat to any picture and you have the recipe for ill health. Read the labels and recognize how much sugar, salt and trans fats you are consuming in a day. Talk to your doctor and nutritionist about the amounts you consume on a daily basis.

Heather Westendorp is a graduate of the University of Guelph: Food, Nutrition and Risk Management Diploma. She has also lost over 50 lbs. and is now a healthy weight, improving her health status!

Oatmeal Carrot Muffins 1 cup old fashioned oats ½ cup raisins 1/2 cup skim milk ½ cup shredded carrots ¼ cup honey ½ cup brown sugar ¼ cup virgin olive oil 2 egg whites 1 tsp. grated orange peel ½ cup all-purpose flour 1 tbsp. baking powder ½ tsp. baking soda In a large bowl, combine oats, raisins and milk; stir well. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Combine carrot, sugar and honey, oil, egg whites and orange peel; stir into oat mixture.

Combine dry ingredients; stir into batter just until moistened. Use paper liners and fill 2/3 full. Bake at 400 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Yield 10 muffins.

Grammar Minute

by Pat Babin

Find a comfortable chair, relax, and enjoy these grammatical nutrients.

Bury: Burr-y or Berry?

My Newfoundland friends, some of them, pronounce “bury” as“burry” instead of “berry”. May it be pronounced either way? Many dictionaries list “berry” as the only pronunciation; a few feature the“burr-y” version. What is your preference?

Mussolini’s Revenge Did you know that Mussolini tossed out many foreign words from the Italian language? For example, garage became autorimessa (car shed).

Sandwich became traidue (between two). His Fascist regime also went after foreign films, French food, German music, and American customs. Use of pasta was also discouraged because of the country’s reliance on imported flour.

Wastage or Waste?

What is the difference between orientate and orient? Do you orient or orientate pupils? What about signs and signage?

Wouldn’t signs be just as effective? Is it spillage or spills?

Are They Both Correct?

Are both of these sentences correct?

“It’s wonderful to hear you’re doing well.”

“It’s wonderful to hear that you’re doing well.”

Yes, but that can be optional. Do whatever sounds best to you.

NOO-kya-lur President George W. Bush was known as a mangler of the word nuclear.

NOO-kya-lur. Other Presidents who have mispronounced the word include Eisenhower, Carter, and Clinton.

The standard pronunciation: NOO-klee-ar.

Is it duck tape or duct tape? What would Donald say?

Enjoy your week; do not forget that the North Grenville Book Fair Committee needs volunteers to sort books on July 6 at Ferguson Forest. It requires brain and brawn to sort 35,000 books (last year’s number).

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ACROSS 1. Two-toed sloth 5. Aquatic plant 9. "Where the heart is" 13. Dispatched 14. Bloodsucker 16. Holly 17. At one time (archaic) 18. Devilfish 19. Connects two points 20. Wooden pin 22. Superficial 24. Historical periods 26. What's happening 27. Tedium 30. Bury 33. Scholarly 35. A drama set to music 37. Confederate soldier 38. Habituate 41. Water barrier

42. The general activity of selling 45. Become conscious of 48. Son of a sibling 51. Jai lai court 52. Auspices 54. Fizzy drink 55. Cheekiness 59. Water lily 62. Phone 63. Sound of contempt 65. Cable 66. Curved molding 67. Mortise and _____ joint 68. Wicked 69. Tidy 70. A musical pause 71. Trade

DOWN 1. Utilized 2. Roman emperor 3. Responsible to a higher authority 4. Spoke 5. A high alpine meadow 6. Foliage 7. Style 8. Not idle 9. Peak 10. Hodgepodge 11. List of options 12. X X X X 15. Shelter 21. Stow, as cargo 23. Savvy about 25. A few 27. Taverns 28. Sea 29. Minimum (abbrev.)

31. Contemplative 32. A cry of approval 34. Mug 36. Ends a prayer 39. Ump 40. Makes a mistake 43. Shoulder board 44. Outbuilding 46. Not hot 47. Gifted 49. Excrete 50. Victor 53. British biscuit 55. Computer symbol 56. A magician 57. Urgent request 58. God of love 60. Murres 61. Peddle 64. Explosive

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Kemptville Horticultural Society monthly meeting at 7:30 pm, Kemptville Pentecostal Church. Program: Betty Cooper: "Capturing the Beauty". New Members & Guests Welcome Youngsters of Yore, Kemptville Public Library, 1:30 pm Guest speaker Elaine McNaughton,Victoria Quilts Kemptville Horticultural Society - Bud to Bloom Garden Tour - 10am to 3pm. There are 9 stops on this tour, including 7 private gardens. Price is $15 per ticket including a Strawberry Tea at a Historic Community Building.

Tickets are available at Brewed Awakenings – 2868 County Road 43, Kemptville or email Kemptville Horticultural Society at khs_oha@yahoo.ca.

Men's Prostate Cancer Support Group - 2:00- 4:00 pm at the Kemptville United Church 400 Prescott Street, for more information please call Bob at 613-258-2623 or email us at pcsg.kemptville@yahoo.ca The French Connexion espère pouvoir souper au grand air à 18h30 au Salamanders. Venez nous joindre pour une soirée remplie d'amitié et de discutions en français. With summer upon us, The French Connexion group hopes to be able to dine on the patio of Salamanders at 6:30 pm. You are welcome to join us for en evening of friendship and French conversations. Prière de réserver votre place à l'adresse courriel: thefrenchconnexion@live.ca.

The North Grenville Photography Club meets the first Wednesday of every month at the Old Fire Hall on Reuben Cres.

Topics for July: Results presentation of Black & white and Sports photography contests. For more information ngphotoclub.ca

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The North Grenville Photography Club - Meeting first Wednesday of every month at the Old Fire Hall, 25 Reuben Crescent. For more info see ngphotoclub.ca Bingo- First and third Wednesday of the month, Kemptville Legion. Games start at 1 pm. All welcome. Refreshments available Thurs Bridge - Every Thursday, St. John’s United Church, Kemptville, 6:30 and 6:45 pm. Cost $5, partner preferred but not necessary.

For more info, contact Elaine at 613-258-3783 North Grenville Toastmasters - Meeting first and third Thursday of the month, 7 pm at O’Farrell’s Financial Services, Cty Rd 44. For more info, call 613-258-7665 UKE – (Ukuleles Kemptville Experience), first Thursday of each month at the Branch restaurant. The next jam is: July 4, 2013 - so mark your calendars! Arrive early and enjoy a dinner at the Branch before the meeting. The jam starts at 7:30pm. For more information or if you need to borrow a ukulele for the next jam, please contact Tony at azzurrosolutions@gmail.com or phone: 613-989-4586 . Everyone welcome!

Tues BNI Networking Group Breakfast- Alumni Building, University of Guelph, 7-8:30am. Call 613-258-0553 for more information Mixed Adult Pickup Basketball Game- Every Tuesday night at Holy Cross School gym, 7-9pm. Cost is $5 per night or $50 for the season. All skill levels. For more information, contact Jeff or Samantha at 613-258-1847 or Samantha.rivetstevenson@rbc/.com Bridge- St. John’s United Church, Kemptville, 12:15pm. Cost $3, partner preferred but not necessary. For more info, contact Ellen at 613-258-7778 Mothers of Preschoolers Support Group-St.John’s United Church, 6:30-8 pm. Whether you’re a townie, rural, stay-athome, working, teen, adoptive, special-needs, single or married, MOPS is for you! For more information, call Angie Brown at 613-223-3979 The Branch Artisans Guild - The third Tuesday of each month, (except during the Months of July & August), NG Community Church, 7:00 p.m. For more information contact Sharon Billings at 258-4382.

Mon Wed Fri Kemptville and Area Walking Group, Municipal Centre Early birds: 8 A.M. Others 8:30 A.M. Contact: Eva 258-4487 Wed Thurs Oxford Mills Beavers and Cubs have started early registration.

We meet weekly, Cubs on Wednesday and Beavers on Thursday at Oxford on Rideau PS. Scouts meet at KPS Wednesdays.

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Join us as Rideau Hill Camp celebrates 65 years of camping!

Rideau Hill Camp is gearing up to Celebrate its’ 65 birthday to be held at the camp, on the Weekend of June 22-23. From Friday night at 5:00pm until Sunday morning after lunch! What a party we have planned! We cannot contain it all in one day so we have set aside a full weekend of outdoor fun and the whole community is invited! We plan to canoe, swim in the pool, play memorable camp wide games, learn a new

craft, enjoy old fashion campfires, eat...eat...eat and even stay overnight if you wish. We want our community to come back to camp and reconnect or come for the first time and introduce your family to Rideau Hill Camp.

Rideau Hill Camp opened in July of 1948.

Four camps were held that first year with campers sleeping in tents on straw ticks. The fee per camper was $8.00 per session. Two buildings were

erected that April before the camp opened, an assembly /dining hall with a large fire place and one cabin to be used as an office and sleeping quarters for the camp director. Over the years a dining hall/ kitchen, numerous cabins, and a swimming pool were added for comfort. Yet despite these additions, many of the old camp traditions have remained the same: the old table graces are still sung with gusto. Dress up days are ever popular!

Morning watch and vespers mark the beginning and ending of each day, and campers from years ago can still find their initials carved or written on the walls of the hall.

The camp was able to construct a pool in 1965 through the generous donation of $7,000 by Earl Connell of Spencerville and to this day his family helps to support the maintenance of the pool.

Our historical dinner bellan old Ontario Northland Railway steam locomotive bell also came to us through generous donation

in 1955. The ringing of this very same bell over the years has signaled the call for meals and activities to commence for over 50 years! The old bell has been involved in camp “Pranks:” over the years.

“I remember when they moved the bell,” said Emily Farrell, “The staff said they couldn’t find it in the morning! (Everyone got a little extra shut-eye) searching for it was a lot of fun.

The camp cabins, Rec Hall and Dining hall proudly bear the names of its campers from over the years. It is tradition at camp to “tag the walls” with camper’s names and their year at camp. Some names go back to the 60s and 70s. “Our own grown son can find his name on the walls as both a camper and later as camp staff.

Our son, Casey, went off to camp as a miserable cranky adolescent, complaining about leaving his video games behind and returned to us as a happy, reformed committed camper! He went on

SUMMER ADVENTURES We invite you to join us for a summer filled with fun and adventure! North Grenville Cooperative Preschool and Learning Centre, in its tenth year of providing quality childcare to the children of North Grenville and Surrounding areas, have two LICENSED Summer Camps to offer. At KPS the camp is for ages four and five and then at the Curling Club location for ages six to twelve. Included in the weekly registration is themed activities, licensed staff/

child ratios, lots of outdoor play in the spacious grounds that surround us, field trips and/or special visitors, all "cooked from scratch" meals and weekly private group swimming at the Kemptville Pool. These camps are open to the community. Check us out on facebook and call 613258-9661 for more information. We also provide childcare for ages birth to 4 years of age at our main site-Leahurst House-Kemptville College. These programs Southgate Community Church is having their secwill prove to be a "sumond annual, FREE Sports' Camp again this summer! mer adventure."

Kids will have a blast while they sharpen their skills and meet new friends in a fun and safe environment.

Kemptville - Shop AVON at Home The Camp is open to all kids in the community, grades - Personal service 1 - 6. The camp is July 2-5 from 6-8 pm at Southgate - 100% guarantee Church, 1303 French Settlement Road.

- Delivered or pick up - your choice This year Southgate is proud to offer kids the - Open your own account - get discount choice of basketball, ball hockey, or a first grade - Start your own business - only $10.00 soccer option.

AVON - beauty that delivers!

Space is limited, so be sure you take a moment and Anne Hunt - 613.258.3806 baashunt@sympatico.ca sign up early! Register online at southgatechurch.com

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to work at Rideau Hill and several other camps to relive the old camping magic and help cover college costs” stated Dale and Kathy Kirkpatrick. Casey Kirkpatrick comments, “If I could pay my way through life by working at camp as an adult, I would make it a career!” Kathy Kirkpatrick states, “As a parent of a camper, who developed a lifelong love for camping by attending Rideau Hill camp - a great historical and traditional children’s camp, I feel an obligation to ensure it is here for local youth for another 65 years at least.”

Our camp is located at 3560 Rideau River Rd. RR 5, Kemptville, Ontario.

The 18-acre site (owned by the Seaway Valley Presbytery of the United Church of Canada) includes wooded areas with trails, grassy fields and river frontage.

Rideau Hill Camp is an accredited member of the Ontario Camping Association (OCA). Our membership demonstrates our commitment to excellence in camping. The OCA sets

very high standards for all aspects of camping including hiring policies, health and safety practices, and requirements for a well-rounded camper orientated program.

We have a busy weekend planned for every age group .We hope you will come out and celebrate with us .We have a great scrapbooking activity planned to commemorate the occasion and campers are invited to bring old camp photos to use. The t-shirt decorating activity is so everyone can make a camp shirt with signatures, writing, pictures, etc. it's something they can keep to remember the weekend.

We are trying to stay true to RHC tradition keeping a similar timetable we run in the summer and offering favourite camp activities.

This is a no cost weekend, but donations will be greatly appreciated! Please let us know if you plan to join us for a meal or overnight stay by completing the on-line form to: http:// www.rideauhillcamp.com

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Ferguson Forest Centre School Nature Walks

North Grenville’s Ribfest Mascot Photo by Michael Pacitto

by David Shanahan

Photo by Michael Pacitto

June 19, 2013

Ferguson Forest Centre School Nature Walks The Ferguson Forest Centre is more than just a successful business at the heart of our community. It is a wonderful recreational asset as well. As part of their continuing program of reaching out into the community and drawing people in, the FFC have started a series of Nature Walks for schools in the municipality and beyond.

Doug Brunton, Chair of the FFC Recreation Committee, says that one of the objectives of the program is “to invite local schools to take part in an Educational Program through guided Nature Walks at the Forest Centre”.

The walks are led by Alf Campbell, a man who has served at the FFC for decades, and knows the trails and the trees better than anyone.

He was, at one time, the Superintendent of the G. Howard Ferguson Forest

Station when it was still operated by the Ministry of Natural Resources, before 1998.

Nationview School from South Mountain was the first to have their students take part in the Nature Walks, with children from Kindergarden up to Grade 6 visiting the FFC last week. Since then, aside from a rainedout day, school groups of about twenty children each, have been taken through the FFC each morning and afternoon.

The program is proving to be a great success and will continue in the fall when schools reopen for the new year.

The FFC was also host to the 5th Annual Champions for Kids Foundation Fun Run/ Walk on Sunday, June 16. The fun run offered one and five-kilometer run/walk events, as well as a ‘centipede run’ where groups of four to eight people could run/ walk as a team while tied together and in costume.

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more ways in which the FFC is adding to the richness of life in North Grenville. It is a very precious and unique asset to our community.

But it is not just for the kids. The Trail system is open to the public, and Anniversary Park provides a centre for walking and a boat launch dock for using the river.

Possibly the best

source of information on this facility is found on the website of the Friends of the Ferguson Forest Centre. There you can find maps of the trails, catch up on events and information, and even join the Friends to help promote the FFC as a recreational asset. The site is at: http://www. friendsofthefergusonforest.ca/index.htm.

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Calling all blood donors in North Grenville!

Canadian Blood Services is asking Canadians to get Behind the Blood Signal when the blood drop shaped icon is activated during National Blood Donor Week, June 10-16.

The Blood Signal is intended to connect people to the idea of making a donation at specific times of the year when the need for blood is greatest—like summer. Behind the Blood Signal was chosen as this year’s theme for National Blood Donor Week to educate more Canadians that when they see the Blood Signal, it means “give blood now.”

Nationally, we are currently experiencing

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an increased need for blood, which is why we have activated our blood signal. This blood drop shaped icon, which you can find displayed on our website and Facebook pages is a call to action - encouraging donors to book their appointments to give blood now.

CBS needs communities to rally together because it can take many donors to help save even one hospital patient. For example: Up to 5 donors a week to help someone who is in cancer treatment Up to 50 donors to help someone in a car crash Up to 2 donors to help someone who needs brain

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surgery Up to 5 donors to save someone who needs cardiovascular surgery Up to 2 to 8 donors to help someone with internal bleeding Up to 2 donors a day to help someone undergoing a bone marrow transplant Up to 2 donors for a repeat hip replacement.

Summer is a challenging time for blood collections, people are busy taking advantage of the nicer weather with increased social activities.

When making your plans for this summer - save the date -Friday, June 28 to give blood in Kemptville!

Please book your appointment to help save lives!

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