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Cheryl Brown sits with the water heater used in 1984. The sink was a canning kettle. A dangerous tool to use, it is now serves as memorabilia.

On Sunday September 8, Cheryl Brown will celebrate 29 years of public service at a reception in the Com-munity Halls at the North Grenville Municipal Centre between the hours of 2 – 4 p.m. The Executive Direc-tor of The Kemptville and District Home Support Inc. will retire after years of focus-ing her energy on improving

Cheryl Brown retires from Kemptville and District Home Support

services for area seniors and physically disabled adults. Now she will undertake a new challenge.

In 1984, Cheryl applied for (and attained) a position with the then fledgling non-profit, volunteer organiza-tion, Kemptville and District Home Support Inc. Already a volunteer, she identified with its goals. Her ongoing recovery from Guillian-Barre Syndrome necessitated a ca-

reer change; one with fewer hours and a less physically demanding work regime. Although she grew up in Ot-tawa, her family’s roots were in Kemptville. All in all, it seemed to be a very good fit. And it was.

Over the years, the group moniker has changed, from the Kemptville Community Assistance Program to the Kemptville District Com-munity Assistance Program,

to Kemptville and District Home Support Inc. The re-sponsibility for regulating and partially funding the programme belonged to the Ministry of Community and Social Services. It was later transferred to the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.

As the number of clients grew, so too did the number of volunteers. The space require-ments kept pace, resulting in several relocations. Mr.

Marshall’s swim changing shack became the old An-derson Store on Prescott St., followed by a move across the street. Next, there was a new home in the south end of Raina’s Northside Mall, followed by a shift north to its present home, (215 Saunders Street, Suite 101.)

While the window dress-ing may have changed, Cher-yl’s determination to improve

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the lives of area seniors and physically disabled adults re-mained constant. Her concern for the needs of her clientele motivated a drive to provide a wider variety of support services and programmes. Currently, there are 22 pro-grammes/services available to the 700 clients, provided by both professionals and more than a hundred volunteers. The list of services offered is fluid, the time of year and group needs and interests dictating the subject matter.

The Cheryl Brown Centre is a meeting place. Friends meet, sing, learn, lunch and catch up on the latest news together. Programmes such as Meals on Wheels, Escorted Transportation and Home Help are geared towards en-abling seniors to continue to live independently. Interest groups encourage socializa-tion and learning new skills.

The Cheryl Brown Centre is a community investing in itself. Service groups have helped furnish the new centre, as well as making regular donations. To help the Cen-tre meet the funding goals

established by the Ministry, local businesses, the Leeds and Grenville United Way, the Kemptville Legion Branch 212 and many individual donors offer support. A wall in the boardroom is dedicated to thanking generous con-tributors. User fees for some services also help to offset expenses.

Administratively, Cheryl advocates for the benefits, support systems and care of her clients. Physically, she has done it all: packed, unpacked, lifted, carried, washed and dried. Financially, she has budgeted, raised funds, pro-moted and bartered to reach that bottom line. Spiritually, she has been the heart and soul of the centre for 29 years.

September 4, 2013 will be Cheryl’s last day at Kemp-tville And District Home Support. Susan Smith will be the new Executive Director effective September 5, 2013. Susan’s e-mail will be: [email protected].

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Letter to the Editor

A letter to the editor was written several weeks ago that bothered me so much. If you remember the dramatic story about the older woman in the hot vehicle at Shoppers, the writer had plenty of blame to pass around.

Without knowing the whole story, it was unethi-cal to verbally assault the man driving the car. He did not leave a helpless animal or infant in the

vehicle. The writer blamed Shoppers Drug Mart for not doing anything to help this woman in the ve-hicle when she herself could have asked to use the phone to call the police. Instead, she got angry with the Shoppers staff. Shop-pers had no way to know if the customer was theirs.

I am writing this in response to the original story, which I believe laid unfair blame on one of

our establishments and the driver of the vehicle. I do not know the facts and I can only assume, the same as the original writer. I call this a story, because she assumed many things and acted on what comes off as a self-serving rationaliza-tion. It is important that she was concerned about the safety of the woman in the vehicle, but you cannot faction all older people into a “victims”

A recent study by a com-pany of real estate appraisers and consultants indicates that there is “a very high probability there will be price diminution if a resi-dential property is located within the influence of a Pit or Quarry or a Haul Route”. The study, prepared by Lan-sink Appraisals and Consult-ing and published in July of this year, looked at a number of areas in Ontario where pit or quarries had been operat-ing. It found that, in nineteen instances of property being sold in the vicinity of these pits and quarries, there was a median loss in value of 22%. The study points out that the actual damage to property it-self may have been minimal, but the perception of poten-tial purchasers was affected by the proximity of the pit, quarry, or truck route.

The study would appear to support the contention be-ing made by many residents in South Gower that the proposed aggregate pit be-ing planned by the LaFarge corporation, located as it would be right beside the existing Schouten pit, would have a seriously detrimental impact on property values in the area. These concerns, along with others, have been raised by the “South Gower Against Lafarge Pit” group, who have been campaigning for many months to have the proposed pit application rejected.

Aside from the impact on property values, the group have pointed out some serious questions relating to

Study points to negative effects of pits on property values

environmental damage in the area wetlands, contami-nation of the aquafer which runs through the Municipal-ity, and, most immediately, the relative lack of provin-cial regulation of the aggre-gate industry. The response from the Municipality has ranged from expressions of impotence in a provincial jurisdiction, to a reprimand by Director of Planning, Forbes Symon, who, es-sentially, told the residents that they should have know better than to buy property in an area zoned for such development.

The lobby group of resi-dents has prepared a peti-tion against the LaFarge plan, and, in a few weeks, acquired more than 300 signatures supporting their position. As most of the signatures came from people living locally, and as that population is around 300 adults, the group believe that they have the support of the majority of their neigh-bours. The petition has also, according to group spokes-person Jim Bertram, gained the support of M.P.P., Steve Clark, who has promised to present the petition to the Ontario Legislature.

Meetings continue be-tween the group and the Mu-nicipality, as they attempt to have something done to redress the imbalance they believe exists at present between the rights of cor-porations like LaFarge and the civil and human rights of citizens affected by their operations.

As talks continue be-tween the Municipality and the residents at Fetherston Park, it is time, perhaps, to step back and take another look at what has happened over the past month or so. It seems that the Council has finally engaged with the issue and, if the announce-ment published elsewhere in the Times today is to be believed, all sides are now working towards saving the homes and allowing the residents to remain in a re-stored Park. This is excel-lent news and we all hope things resolve themselves along those lines.

The point remains, however, that this entire crisis was one entirely of the Municipality’s mak-ing. The arbitrary deadline imposed to remove the residents was a senior staff decision. The on-going failure to solve the prob-lem long ago was also a senior staff decision - or lack of decision. The fine imposed by the Ministry of the Environment is ad-equate proof that the failure lay with municipal staff, not the residents.

Nevertheless, the May-or and Councillors allowed this to happen. They ac-cepted the idea that they should remain silent while the residents were put un-der enormous physical and psychological stress. They were even willing to evict these people, know-ing there was nowhere for many of them to go. I know

Yet another plea for changethe people on Council, and I find it very hard to be-lieve that they made those decisions in full possession of the facts. They are not that callous. But they have, I believe, fallen victim, once again, to a serious weakness in our system of local government in North Grenville. To put it simply: senior staff make too many decisions and Council go along without sufficient review. And, as a result, Council has been badly served.

I am not saying that this is necessarily the fault of staff either. It is just, as has been said repeatedly in these columns, that Coun-cil do not have the time or ability to brief themselves on every issue that comes before them. They rely far too much on staff to recommend courses of ac-tion, which they are in no position to question. There is neither the time, nor the number of Councillors, to properly address the large number of subjects that cross their desks each week. The average brief-ing package for a Council meeting can run to 150-200 pages, depending on the matter under review. Many of these are compli-cated subjects, requiring thought, research, and a lot of time. The average Council member works part-time. There are not enough of them to spread out the responsibility for dealing with so many is-sues. They therefore de-pend entirely on staff to

tell them the facts (as staff see them) and recommend courses of action.

Two other “traditions” have an even greater im-pact on Council. The first is that they will not, ever, go against staff in public. The usual statement is: “we stand by our staff”. We must ask: Why? Is their loyalty to the senior staff more important than their duty to the public? There are some very ef-ficient members of staff at the Municipal Centre. But there are clearly others who have made some very poor decisions and they ought not to be protected by any false sense of loy-alty. They are paid to do a job, and when they don’t do it, there should be con-sequences. That is what happens in any workplace.

The second “tradition” is also harmful to the com-munity. It is that: “Council speaks with one voice”. Again, why? Council is not a political party, or a government in a federal or provincial sense. They are five individuals who were elected to do a job. To put some kind of group solidarity before properly representing the taxpay-ers of North Grenville is a dereliction of duty. To submit to the policy that only a senior staff member should speak on an issue (such as Fetherston), while elected individuals remain silent, is also an abdication of responsibility. The fact that they are now speaking out and meeting with the residents shows that there

was no reason to be silent in the first place, other than a submission to a decision that reflected very badly on their individual integrity. Especially when a senior member of staff, Forbes Symon, was free to speak out in his own defense, while Council were refus-ing even to meet with those affected. Their silence caused great suffering and uncertainty, and was seen very negatively by the people of North Grenville. Nor did it reflect the true character of those five people.

The one positive thing that can come from this debacle is that those five people may realise how much they have lost by depending too much on senior staff alone. They must take steps to change the balance of the relation-ship between those elected by the people, and those paid by the taxpayers to do a particular job. If they can’t do that job, they must go. They must never be allowed to think they are untouchable, or even in charge.

I know: here we go again. We need more Councillors to do a prop-er job of overseeing our shared future. We need a more balanced relationship between Council and se-nior staff, one that reflects a proper sense of who makes decisions on our behalf. It seems that there may be three seats available on Council at the next elec-tion. Given the departure of most of Council, one way or another, can they not leave us a Legacy Project: give us better representa-tion. Make decisions.

Take a stand.

divide. The writer had as-sumed immediately that the woman in the vehicle was an invalid, unable to open her door if she felt she needed to. Older people are as individual as you or I; and should be treated as such or you are just insulting them.

There are correct pro-cedures when approaching someone who you think may need help. The Red Cross provides training.

Murray Peacock

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If you are a victim of fraud through telephone ser-vice providers, e-mail service providers, on-line classi-fied advertisement websites, internet service providers, credit cards or merchant ac-counts consider calling the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), formerly known as Phonebusters.

CAFC is a joint forces operation consisting of the OPP, the RCMP and the Com-petition Bureau. It is the national call centre for Mass Marketing Fraud (MMF) and Identity Theft (IT). Cur-rently, the CAFC has 12 call takers and seven analytical / intelligence members that are multi-functional. The analytical / intelligence unit prepares investigative pack-ages for both Canadian and international law enforcement partners. The current make-up of the unit is OPP (1), RCMP (2) and Competition Bureau (2).

The general e-mail ad-dresses [email protected] is available to receive information or facilitate re-quests from the public.

CAFC coordinates efforts involving MMF and IT in the following four main areas;

1) The identification of individuals or cells of people responsible for MMF or IT. This results in the prepara-

In my job as Councillor I have had the opportunity to work with many dedi-cated community people. The Sports Hall of Fame Committee make themselves available and committed to not only the induction event but a golf tournament to raise dollars for aspiring athletes in North Grenville. Dave Mitchell has kindly provided in his own words a synopsis of the event and its important place in the community. I thank Dave for so nicely ty-

The Association of Mu-nicipalities of Ontario [AMO], meeting last week in Ottawa, made very strong appeals to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to do something about the soaring costs of polic-ing, which, some said, were driving their municipalities into bankruptcy. The AMO pointed out that police salaries are growing at twice the rate of those for other Ontario public sector employees. The situation in North Grenville was revealed in last week’s NG Times, but the crisis is affecting the entire province.

Municipalities spent more than $3.7 billion on police services in 2011, according to an AMO report. Those costs grew nearly six per cent from the previous year - a

Sports Hall of Fame Day just around the cornering together our community and its place in North Gren-ville and international Sports history.

“First I have to say that I only moved here in 1987, so I didn’t have the chance to grow up with these incred-ibly talented athletes, teams, and builders. One of the first signs I remember see-ing after moving here was “Small Town Canada”. It might have been a small town in population, but the Sports Hall of Fame is filled with members who have had incredible success. To name just 3, equestrian Jill Henselwood, hockey player Frank Boucher, and golf instructor Henry Brunton. But wait, it’s Olympic Med-alist Jill Henselwood, 7 time Lady Byng Trophy winner Frank Boucher, and Golf Magazine’s only Canadian in the Top 100 Coaches in North America Henry Brun-ton. And there are more. I

heard about most of them first hand from “Red” Gra-hame in the bakery. Red had been on the NHL bubble himself- just about making it. Pretty hard to do with only 6 teams back then. I don’t know if it was the cinnamon buns or the great stories that kept me coming back, but hanging out in the bakery is where I met Sammy Gaw, Bernie Brennan and Gerald Tallman, and I heard stories about “odie” and “baldy”, and Ken Seymour, and more names like Valcour, Rigby, Christie, Forbes, and Hig-gins. All have contributed greatly to this “Small Town Canada”. Our 2013 induc-tion ceremony is being held at the Municipal Centre on Thursday September 26. Two athletes and one team are being inducted, and it’s free to get in. Come on out, we’d love to see you.

On Friday September 27 at eQuinelle, the Sports Hall

of Fame Committee is host-ing a fundraising golf tourna-ment. If you book early, a foursome will only cost you $400. There are several spon-sorship packages available for businesses who would like to support us that way. If you are interested, visit www.kemptvillesportshalloffame.com or email Doug Rigby at [email protected]. It prom-ises to be a fun filled day, with Henry Brunton hosting an irons only clinic at the range at 8:30, the 10 am Best Ball shotgun start, and some silent great auction items from local retailers after the golf. All of the money that we raise we give out as bursaries to local people looking to pursue their dreams in the wide world of sports.

It may be called the Sports Hall of Fame, but the mem-bers are all COMMUNITY builders...making Kemptville and district a better place to live, work, and play.”

Grenville OPP warns you to be alert to potential frauds

tion of investigative packages being sent to the police of jurisdiction or the sharing of information amongst police services. There are currently six fraud partnerships located across Canada that investigate Cross Border MMF. The OPP is a member in the Toronto Fraud Partnership (along with TPS / MGS/ RCMP / Competition Bureau / FTC / US Postal Inspection Service / Office of Fair Trade – UK)

2) Education of police services and the public. This is accomplished through the various modes of the media and by travelling to various jurisdictions to educate police in relation to MMF.

3) Gathering Intelligence. This is an essential to combat-ing this crime which knows no borders.

4) Disruption of criminal activities. This can be and is accomplished by limiting the tools which the criminal uses. In MMF the use of postal service, computers and the telephone are the main tools to communicate and through partnerships with private industry efforts can be suc-cessful in this area.

To date CAFC has re-ceived complaints from 145 countries. A report is gener-ated if the caller’s information has any Canadian Content (phone number / address / money pick-up location etc). CAFC will not investigate but will assist in coordinating efforts and ensuring Investi-gators have all resources pos-sible in their investigations.

Ontario Municipalities discuss OPP costs

pace nearly three times the rate of inflation. Since 2001, total policing costs in the province have grown by $1.5 billion. These huge increases are being awarded through an arbitration process in which the Municipalities have no say, and which fails to take into account individual Mu-nicipalities’ size, or ability to pay. Nevertheless, the Provin-cial Government has agreed that the OPP will remain the highest-paid police force in Ontario under the new con-tract which takes effect in January, 2014.

Premier Wynne told the AMO conference that Labour Minister Yasir Naqvi would soon work out an arrange-ment satisfactory to all sides. But the plan by the minority

Liberals is not acceptable to the Progressive Conserva-tive Party Leader Tim Hudak and New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath, both of whom spoke to the conference. There was agree-ment, however, on the gen-eral approach the province should take to Municipalities over the next five years. This would involve what they call uploading of services back to the Province, thereby re-versing some of the burden originally imposed by the Mike Harris years.

In the meantime, North Grenville will take on the new OPP contract, which eats up almost a third of the annual budget, and involves the loss of one position in the local detachment.

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by Barb Tobin

Dear Editor,South Nation Conserva-tion strongly supports efforts to plant trees and protect forests. Formed in 1947, one of SNC’s original mandates was to stop deforestation. We are doing this in a variety of ways.

In the past 25 years alone, landowners planted 2.5 million trees (includ-ing 120,000 in 2013) with SNC’s assistance.

Secondly, since its in-ception 67 years ago, SNC has acquired, by dona-tion and purchase, 10,600 acres of forest with many kilometers of trails for public use. SNC also al-lows sustainable hunting and logging on these lands to support the economy of Eastern Ontario.

A pilot program, in part-nership with the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, allows landown-ers to take advantage of the “Woodlot Advisory

Service” offered by SNC. SNC’s environmental staff will work with forest own-ers and help them decide the best ways to manage their woodlots. SNC is working to extend this program into the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and other areas of the watershed.

There are many groups SNC works with in for-estry. Joint programs were developed over the years with agricultural groups, private industry, First Na-tions, and Municipalities. Kemptville plays an im-portant role as well: the Eastern Ontario Model Forest and the Ministry of Natural Resources are important to forest protec-tion. By working together, we can get more trees planted and protected.

Finally, much of the reforestation efforts would not be possible without the Ferguson Forest Centre.

Owned by the Municipal-ity, FFC supplies most of the trees planted in Eastern Ontario. Without the fore-sight of North Grenville, this unique resource would have been lost.

SNC’s fall watershed tour is scheduled for Sep-tember 24th, is free, and showcases some of the forest work SNC does. To reserve your spot, email us at [email protected] or call toll free 877-984-2948.

Dennis O’Grady

General ManagerSouth Nation Conservation

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The Lions Club of Kemptville are celebrat-ing their 55th anniversary this year, and the week of September 22 - 29 has been officially declared as Lions Club Week in North Grenville. To introduce the week of celebration, the Lions are presenting Scott Woods, two- time winner of the Canadian Fiddling Contest, two-time win-ner of the Grand Masters Fiddling Championships, and Canadian Fiddle En-

Film Brockville will be holding its annual fundraiser for the L. & G. Alzheimer Society on Sept. 11 at the Galaxy cinema. Ticket sales from 7:00 and the film starts at 7:30. $8 a ticket!

Love Is All You Need

Pierce Brosnan stars in this cross-cultural roman-tic comedy from Academy Award winning Danish di-rector Susanne Bier (In a Better World, After the Wed-ding), which screened as a Special Presentation at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival®.

Returning from her fi-nal, successful chemother-apy treatment, Ida (Trine Dyrholm, In a Better World, The Celebration) arrives home only to find her boor-ish husband Leif (Kim Bod-nia, In a Better World, The Journals of Knud Rasmus-sen) in a compromising posi-tion with a ditzy co-worker (Christiane Schaumburg-Müller). Stricken, she takes off to Sorrento alone to attend the wedding of her daughter Astrid (Molly Blixt Egelind) to Patrick (Se-bastian Jessen) in a beauti-ful Italian villa, where the lemon groves and cypress trees form the perfect back-drop for a young couple who appear to be blissfully in love. Unexpectedly, Leif arrives with his new bimbo paramour in tow, leading Ida to give her husband a

piece of her mind — and a face full of champagne. This display does little to impress Patrick’s no-nonsense father Philip (Brosnan, The Ghost Writer, Married Life), a dashing but brooding wid-ower who seems less than pleased with his life, his son, and his soon-to-be in-laws. When the young couple’s future happiness is suddenly jeopardized, Ida and Philip are brought together to try to set things right — and find that life might have a second chance in store for them as well.

Bier’s films have always been marked by their out-standing ensemble casts, and Love Is All You Need is no exception. Dyrholm invests Ida with a nervous energy (she’s constantly adjust-ing her post-chemo wig) as well as warmth and humour. Brosnan delivers a delightful straight-man performance as the staid Phillip, while Paprika Steen is simply up-roarious as Philip’s lust-ful sister-in-law. Hilarious, touching and inspiring, Love Is All You Need is a rousing toast to those who have the courage to transform their lives.

The LIONS CLUB of Kemptville presents The Scott Woods Show “SWINGIN FIDDLES”

tertainer of the Year, in a special show on Thursday Sept.19, at the North Gren-ville Municipal Centre Theatre. The show begins at 7 pm (doors open 6.pm) and tickets cost $20.00 for adults and $10.00 for children.

Lions Club spokesper-son, John Carkner is sure the show will entertain all ages: “Scott Woods com-bines his superb playing ability with a wonderful sense of humour, along

with other talented musi-cians who join him on stage. Your toes will start tapping to wonderful tunes of yesteryear. Swinging fiddles will not only have lots of traditional fiddle tunes, but also (as the name indicates ) Swing music: Big Band, Pop Standards, Western Swing, Country, Gospel and lots of home-spun humour. Truly a show you don’t want to miss! Don't be disappointed - get your tickets early!”.

Tickets may be purchased from now through Sept. 19 at the following locations:

North Grenville Mu-nicipal Centre (2nd floor Reception during business hours), 613-258-9569; Royal Lepage Gale Real Estate Brokerage, 1-304 Colonnade Drive Kempt-ville, (Across from Scotia Bank), 613-258-1990; and Wine Villa, 200 Sanders St. Kemptville 613-258-5349, or from any Lions Club, 613-258-5739. All proceeds from this Fund-raising concert supports our communities needs.

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This is the 90th anni-versary of local resident G. Howard Ferguson becoming the Premier of Ontario. It was a wonderful achieve-ment for this Kemptville na-tive, but it was not a unique one. Astonishing though it may seem, North Grenville has produced a number of high profile politicians over the decades. Some were born here, others lived a considerable part of their lives here, but all were part of this community and went out from here, some to high office, others to less praise-worthy careers.

G. Howard Ferguson is, of course, the most famous son of North Grenville. He became the ninth Premier of Ontario in 1923, and served in that office until the end of 1930. Ferguson was born in Kemptville, son of Dr. Charles Fer-guson, another successful politician. Ferguson senior represented North Grenville in the Canadian House of Commons for thirty-three years; but it was in the pro-vincial arena that his son made his name. G. Howard Ferguson was educated in the local schools and lived in the family’s homes, first on Clothier Street in the building now known as “Greystones”, and, later, on the corner of Clothier and Rideau Streets, a fine stone building still standing today. He had moved to Toronto to

Is there still a role for small/medium sized farms in the current age?

With all the produce va-rieties in the local chain stores in North Grenville, or chain stores anywhere else in Eastern Ontario, we live in an age of global supply chains connected together by light speed electronics which link together a web of warehouses all controlled by a few cor-porate headquarters. These same H.Q’s orchestrate an intricate ballet of heavy sup-ply trucks moving all over North America. This supply system is efficient. It is also quick. The chain stores it supplies are well lit, colour-ful, and clean. All products are the same, everyone pays the same price, they have the same business hours and there is lots of parking. And they are huge. So, as a result, many feel small/medium lo-cal farms are obsolete.

Well, I am a small farmer operating in a field of giants, and I have a different point of view.

By the time you ring through the cashier and get home, your dollars are on the way to Benton, Arkansas, possibly Geneva or some other corporate headquarters far from here. Nothing stays in the community. Now, if $20,000 of the weekly amount spent on produce was recycled back into our community, this would be approximately $1 million per year. Using the commonly used economic effects multi-plier of 3 to 1, this would be the equivalent of $3,000,000 being put into the local com-munity.

I have a proposal to do just that, to put $20,000 per week into the community relying on “import replace-ment” by local farm produc-ers of all sizes. It is called “a regional food hub”. It would be placed in the centre of town, thus eliminating the “dead spot” and rejuvenat-ing the downtown core. It would be both financially and economically indepen-dent of the chain stores, thus

Year of AnniversariesNorth Grenville produces two Premiers and elects Bush!

take up a legal career, when his older brother died, and he returned to take care of the family. He set up in legal practice in offices upstairs from the Branch Restaurant at 13 Clothier Street East, and became involved in lo-cal politics. Having served as Reeve of Kemptville be-tween 1900-1903, Ferguson was elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1905 and served as Minister of Lands, Forests & Mines throughout the First World War years.

His home from 1907 until he died was the fine brick building at the corner of Prescott and VanBuren, still known as the Ferguson House. At the time, the house stood on a farm-land, with orchards and gardens now taken over by the Applewood subdivi-sion between Reuben and Hilltop Crescent. He was instrumental in bringing the Kemptville College to North Grenville, now of-ficially the University of Guelph, Kemptville Cam-pus. In 1919, he became leader of the Conservative Party, which took office as the Ontario Government in 1923. Although his position on French language rights in Ontario was quite nega-tive, and he refused to allow public funding of Catholic schools past grade 6, he had a more ‘progressive’ impact on other aspects of life in Ontario. Under his administration, prohibition in Ontario ended, and the sale of alcohol was once again legal. As a compro-mise step, he established the LCBO in 1927. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario

still regulates the sale of alcohol in the Province, and incidentally creates a sizeable revenue for the provincial government to this day. When he resigned as Premier in 1930, Fergu-son was appointed Canadian High Commissioner in Lon-don. He died in 1946.

Alexander C. Rutherford is probably not as familiar a name to the people of North Grenville; yet he, too, became a provincial Premier. He was, in fact, the very first Premier of the new Province of Alberta in 1905. Rutherford was actually born in Osgoode Township, but lived in Kemptville for almost ten years between 1888 and 1896. He was partner in the law firm of Hodgkins, Kidd & Ruth-erford, and was a mainstay of the Baptist Church of Kemptville, where he was President of the Kempt-ville Baptist Church Young People’s Union. The Church was located on Clothier Street, and, when it was finally sold in 1927, it was the oldest church building in the town. Rutherford moved to Alberta in 1896, and immediately became in-volved in the politics of the North-West Territories. He was elected to the Legisla-tive Assembly in 1902, and became the first President of the Liberal Association of Alberta in 1905, just a month before the territory became the new Province of Alberta. Rutherford served as Premier, Provincial Treasurer and Minister of Education simultaneously. He resigned as Premier in 1910, and died in 1941. His home in Edmonton has been restored and opened to the public.

Orlando Bush was born in North Grenville and his family farmed around McGovern Road. Orlando started a cheese manufactur-ing and exporting company in 1885, on land where the University now has their farm, and the business be-came very successful in-deed. Naturally, he belonged

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self-sustaining because of the traffic it would draw and cre-ate. Local farmers commonly earn $600 per day at other markets, 40 farmers, craft-ers and food booths earning the $600 is the way to do it. However, there is much more. This market would be associated with a building into which local producers would bring produce on non-market days. Here, in this “hall”, it would be aggregat-ed, packed and sold into the wholesale/ institutional mar-kets. This is how the Ontario Food Terminal works, and is what the Liberal government of Ontario, supported by the federal government, is at-tempting to set up in eastern Ontario; it is official govern-ment policy to set up such a “hub”, and is supported by the financial assistance of a program called “Growing Forward 2”. I propose that Kemptville become the site of such a “hub”. But there is more. Within the hall there is a commercial kitchen avail-able. This kitchen could supply pre-prepared food products to some of the food booths, so as to meet health regulations. It would also function as an” incubator” for potential prepared food processing businesses. “The Kemptville Pickle Factory” would be an example, or “Karen’s Hot Salsa” would be another. These could even be mail order companies: there are many of them out there. The hub could become a scaled-down farmers mar-ket during the winter, or a food court. There could be a “garlic festival” over the Labor Day weekend, and an “asparagus” festival” to start the season. This could help Kemptville become a culi-nary destination. However, it must be a community effort.

Next week I will discuss the food booths concept and some of the “new” food prod-ucts that could be brought to market, as well as suggesting the possible involvement of some local institutions in the process. I will also set the small farm in relation to cash cropping and marketing boards. This is all intercon-nected.

in politics, and served as a councillor in Oxford-on-Rideau for more than ten years. He was Reeve for three of those years, and served as Warden of the United Counties in 1888. He was elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1890 and sat until 1898, nominally as a Conservative. He had problems, however. In the 1894 election campaign, his opponents revealed let-ters showing that Bush had promised to support the Mowat (Liberal) Minis-try in return for support in the 1890 election, but had failed to live up to his prom-ise. They also published a U.S. Government record indicating that Bush had actually taken out American citizenship in 1883, and was therefore not an acceptable representative for the people of Ontario. This was rather typical of Ontario political campaigns of the day; but it is certain that Bush was damaged by the revelations. He resigned his seat in 1898 and moved to Edmonton, Alberta, at the same time as his fellow Baptist, Al-exander Rutherford. There, he again became active in local politics, serving on the town council for many years. He tried to get elected to the House of Commons in 1905, but was unsuccessful. Orlando died in 1927.

These are just three ex-amples of the politicians who cut their teeth in North Grenville local politics and went on to serve on larger, or distant, stages. For such a relatively small community, North Grenville has had a widespread impact on Ca-nadian politics.

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Photographer Tracy Kerr snapped this image of a Tree Swallow while it was busy, nest building, near North Gower.

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The Giving Garden fund-raiser held on Sunday, Au-gust 18 was a terrific suc-cess and a tribute to all of the volunteers who dedicate themselves to this heartfelt initiative, brought to life by the late Terry McEvoy. Our motivation was the senseless vandalism and destruction after the Giving Garden's first planting for the year and the effect it had on my son, David Goode, when he saw the picture posted in the NG-

On August 1st, in an-nouncing the Energy East Pipeline Project, the Head of TransCanada Corp. stated that we needed this $12 bil-lion pipeline to maintain our current lifestyle. In other words, if he does not get approval for the project, our lifestyle will suffer. A rather clever sales tactic that is basically tantamount to fear mongering! Canadians have worked hard for their cur-rent lifestyle and no one, including myself, relishes the thought of not being able to drive his car, enjoy air conditioning in the summer, or appreciate Florida oranges during the winter.

No-one will argue that we are a carbon-based society and that much of our lifestyle depends in large part on oil resources. But let’s look at some facts.

1. According to experts, conventional oil production has already peaked. We have, in fact, entered what is referred to as the Age of Unconventional Oil and Gas i.e. hydrocarbons derived from previously inaccessible reserves of energy, such as the Canadian tar sands, shale oil and gas, Arctic and deep-offshore energy deposits. These resources require stag-gering amounts of money to extract and transport, with dire consequences on the environment and the climate.

2. The International En-ergy Agency (IEA) estimates that total worldwide invest-ment in new fossil-fuel ex-traction and processing be-tween 2012 and 2035 will be $22.87 trillion. During that same period, investment in oil alone, at an estimated $10.32 trillion, is expected to exceed spending on wind, solar, geothermal, biofuels, hydro, nuclear, and every other form of renewable en-ergy combined.

3. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, oil accounts for more than 95% of all the energy used for transportation in the US. A large chunk of this oil is

Do we really need the proposed Energy East Pipeline?

used to power the hundreds of millions of cars and trucks on the road.

Now, what if the oil in-dustry invested more of their money in renewable energy? What if car manufacturers created the next generation of advanced vehicles that no longer relied exclusively on oil? What if TransCanada Corp, instead of building the Energy East Pipeline, invested their $12 billion on research and development of a car battery that was good for 500 kilometers?

Decreasing our reliance on petroleum for fuel would reduce pressure to extract the “last drop of oil” from envi-ronmentally sensitive areas. Hence, less taxpayer money used to clean up oil-related environmental and trans-portation disasters. It would also mean that the price of gas and the related price of transported goods would not continue to go up as much. Hence more money to main-tain our current life style!

Those who argue that this is simply a pipe dream, that renewable energy will never meet our present and fu-ture requirements, are misin-formed. Currently, 45 nations are producing over 60% of their electricity from renew-able resources (e.g. Norway, Brazil), some are 100% (e.g. Iceland).

By looking at the big picture and frightening facts associated with this proposed pipeline, one cannot but reach the conclusion that, in fact, our lifestyle can be better maintained by weaning our-selves away from oil and gas, and investing in alternative energy. We simply do not need, and cannot afford, the Energy East Pipeline.

A public information meeting will be held on Sept. 18 at the Municipal Center from 7-9 pm to discuss this is-sue. Everyone is encouraged to attend this meeting to learn more about the proposal to pipe 1.1 million barrels of tar sands oil, containing highly toxic chemicals, a day across the Rideau River and through part of North Grenville.

St . John's United Church is hosting a Com-munity Golf Tournament on Saturday, September 7, at Rideau Glen Golf Course, with tee off at 1 pm. The Tournament will follow the Best Ball Format, and will be fol-lowed by a special Din-ner at St. John's United Church, 400 Prescott St., Kemptville (fully acces-sible).

Entry in the Tourna-ment is $40.00 per person (walking), or $50.00 per person with a cart. There is also the option of tak-ing part in the dinner for just $15.00 for the meal only.

To reserve your spot, please contact Susan 613-215-0486 or Joyce 613-258-5389. Dead-line to register is Sept 2, 2013. We look forward to spending time with you.

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The whole story is longer, but the end result is this: the numbers haven’t been of-ficially tallied yet, but the initiative raised over $800 for the North Grenville Giving Garden, over $400 for the Kemptville Legion. The over-whelming support, donations and time given by a long list of people has yet to be calcu-lated, but when the numbers are in, so will the list of “Car-ing, Giving and Tremendous People”this Municipality has to offer.

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Sept 3 North Grenville is hosting a high-calibre OHL Exhibition Gamefeaturing the Ottawa 67's and Kingston Frontenacs at the NorthGrenville Municipal Centre, 7 pm. Tickets are now available atthe Municipal Centre for only ten-bucks ($15 on game night) oryou can order electronically by contacting Calvin Amell byemail: [email protected].

Sept 5 Youngsters of Yore, Kemptville Public Library, 1:30 pm. Guestspeaker Winston Kinnaird—Growing up in Kemptville

Sept 7 St. John's United Church and Community Golf Tournament.Tee off at 1 pm Rideau Glen Golf Course Best Ball Format.Dinner at St. John's United Church, 400 Prescott St., Kemptville(fully accessible) $40.00 PP walking, $50.00 PP with a cart,$15.00 for the meal only. To reserve your spot, please contactSusan 613-215-0486 or Joyce 613-258-5389 Deadline to register

is Sept 2, 2013. We look forward to spending time with youSept 8 Thanks to a recent grant from the Community Innovations

Program (EODP), the Kemptville Kinsmen Farmers' Marketwill be holding a bigger and better MarketPlates. Remember theFarmers Market is open from noon to 4pm every Sunday, rain orshine.

Sept 11&18 The Rabies Vaccination Clinic. Check out the locations whereyou can get your dog or cat vaccinated against rabies:www.healthunit.org/rabies/rabies_clinics_2013.pdf.

Sept.14 3rd Annual Pirate's Day (8:30am - 3:30pm) - Time to Dust offyour Garb and think about how you'll tie into this popular eventin Old Town Kemptville

Weekly and recurring events

Wed The North Grenville Photography Club - Meeting firstWednesday of every month at the Old Fire Hall, 25 ReubenCrescent. For more details see ngphotoclub.caBingo- First and third Wednesday of the month, KemptvilleLegion. Games start at 1 pm. All welcome. Refreshmentsavailable

Thurs Bridge - Every Thursday, St. John’s United Church, Kemptville,6:45 pm. Cost $5, partner preferred but not necessary. For moreinfo, contact Sandra at 613-258-2691North Grenville Toastmasters - Meeting first and thirdThursday of the month, 7 pm at O’Farrell’s Financial Services,Cty Rd 44. For more info, call 613-258-7665UKE – (Ukuleles Kemptville Experience), first Thursday of themonth at the Branch restaurant. Arrive early and enjoy a dinnerat the Branch before the meeting. The jam starts at 7:30 pm.

Sat A Gardeners’ Market is held each Saturday with all proceedsgoing to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Located and sponsoredby St. John’s United Church, come and shop from 9 to noon inour parking lot at 400 Prescott Street. Fresh produce, preservesand baked goods are available. Food contributions/donations arealways welcome

Tues BNI Networking Group Breakfast- Alumni Building,University of Guelph, 7-8:30am. Call 613-258-0553 for moreinformation.Bridge- St. John’s United Church, Kemptville, 12:15pm. Cost$3, partner preferred but not necessary. For more info, contactSandra at 613-258-2691Mothers of Preschoolers Support Group-St.John’s UnitedChurch, 6:30-8 pm. Whether you’re a townie, rural, stay-at-home, working, teen, adoptive, special-needs, single or married,MOPS is for you! For more information, call Angie Brown at613-223-3979

Mon Wed Fri Kemptville and Area Walking Group, Municipal Centre -Early birds: 8 am Others 8:30 am Contact: Eva - 258-4487

Mon Modern Square Dancing in Kemptville: Open House - EveryMonday in September. North Grenville District High School -7 :0 0 . Ca sua l a t t i r e . S ingles Welcome! In [email protected] or Shelley (613) 258-0016

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HANDYMAN, no job too big or too small. I can do it all.Free estimates and references available. Paul 613-791-8597

Singing and Piano lessons. Private voice and piano les-sons in Kemptville. Spaces available for Sept. Call for more information. Joanne Hillier 613-215-0459

DRUM LESSONS - Professional drummer/teacher accepting students. All levels welcome! Bryan Valeriani 613 298 5913 www.drumhead.ca

Helen’s Sewing Room All kinds of sewing 613 258 5583

HOUSE CLEANING Every work-ing mother and father needs a housewife. Each home is custom priced to ensure my cleaning will meet your needs and budget. Call Sandy 613 219 7277

Piano and Music Theory Lessons: Elisa Lane www.kemptvillemusic.com 613-215-0549

Kemptville - Shop AVON at home Personal service and 100% guar-antee. Anne Hunt 613-258-3806 [email protected]

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Looking For a Better Job? Free training in essential skills, cer-tif icate courses, computer use. 613-258-8336 ext.61643

Bowen Therapy Restore your health. PAIN, Respiratory, Diges-tive & more. 613-799-3315. www.BowenKemptville.ca

O ne Tear St udio, Paint ings/Soapstone Sculptures/Butterfly Hear ts. Visit by appointment o r c h a n c e w w w. H a n n a M a c-Naughtan.ca (613) 258-7297

II Can Sew It: Rhonda Cybul-skie - 613-258-524 8 [email protected]

Al’s Cleanup Services Dump runs, Grass, Landscaping Al Scott R R #1 Oxford Station(613) 258-3847

House Cleaning - Kemptville area. For quote call 613-294-0385 or [email protected]

Property Clean up, yards, ga-r a g e s, b a s e m e n t s , l o a d s to dump,anything removed. 613-258-7955

Homeopathic Practitioner Dis-cover safer, healthier natural healing alternatives to address pain, fatigue, anxiety & more. e-mail [email protected]

Sienna Fine Arts Art Classes and Supplies www.siennaf inearts.com 613-878-9706

Rock My House Music Centre opening August 1st. 669 South Gower Drive. 613-258-5656

See visible results in 24 hours! anti-aging and sensitive skin care systems, vegan, gluten-free, no animal testing or anima by-products. Contact Carrie Smith, independent consultant with Arbonne International, located in Kemptville. [email protected]; www.carriephysio.myarbonne.ca

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Kemptville, 3 Bedroom House. Quiet neighbourhood. Washer, dr yer, f ridge, stove included. $1275 plus utilities. 613-853-6592

Maintenance-free 2 bedroom condo for rent in Kemptville. Green space, hardwood floors, ceramic tile, granite and stain-less steel appliances. Laundry facilities and water included. $1300.00/mth + utilities. 613-229-5564

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Bookcases FREE. IKEA mid-brown coloured oak ve-neer with movable shelves. 3 are tall (78” - two widths) and 4 are short (42” - two widths). Pick up in the Heckston area. 613-258-0302.

27 foot above ground pool. Includes large deck, 3 solar panels and more. $1100. Call 613-258-0295

Doe Goats for Sale, boar meat breed. Ready for breeding $150 each. Call 613-258-7028

King 6” jointer, Mod. KC150C. Ex-cellent condition. Photos available $ 297 - 613.258.3557 or [email protected]

Firewood - don’t wait! already seasoned, dry, clean delivered hardwood. $100/cord. Call Billy at 258-4529

“le gut truck” - mobile canteen truck w/established route in and around Kemptville. Great stops & customers - including construction sites, gravel pits, local businesses and more! Busi-ness includes: 2003 GMC ½ ton, stainless steel box, route and all equipment. Contact Jenn & Brent for details @ 613-258-0085.

Chesterfield and chair $20. Maple table, extra leaf, six chairs, buffet and hutch $250. Call 613-258-1712

Free wooden play struc ture, slide, for t, ladder needs new dowels. Heckston you pick up. 613-258-9470

Fiberglass R20-23 120SF, slightly used package, retail $77.49, sell for $40.00. 613-258-5558

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STRAW WANTED for horse bed-ding. Small squares. Pick-up load delivered in the Heckston area. 613-258-0302.

Queen size headboard/footboard required, call Syd at 613-290-1257.

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Reliable person to walk my two dogs at lunchtime, Mon-day to Friday. Please call (613) 513-4696 for more info.

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Family and friends, and readers of the NG Times, congratulate our staff mem-ber, Mike Pacitto and his new wife Vanessa McCutch-eon, on their wedding which took place on August 17 at Maplewood Park, with a re-ception following at the De-Vette farm in Oxford Mills.

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The Beth Donovan Hos-pice has been named as one of twelve palliative care sites across the Champlain region which now have ac-cess to telemedicine, a key tool for better treatment, thanks to a generous dona-tion by Cisco Canada and fundraising by the OutCare Foundation.

A news conference on August 22 provided a live demonstration of the high-definition video-conferenc-ing equipment that enables clinical consultations, dis-tance education and meet-ings for care teams who may be hundreds of kilome-tres apart. More than 6,000 terminally-ill patients a year in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario will benefit from timely treatment, reduced travel and improved care, resulting in a better end-of-life experience. North Grenville will now benefit from this facility through the Hospice.

Sue Walker, Interim Chair, Beth Donovan Hos-pice, spoke at the press conference via the Ontario Telemedicine Network, along with a number of leaders in the medical, po-litical and academic com-

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By Jim DolanWe were camping the

August long weekend at Keewaydin State Park near Alexandria Bay, New York. Rose and I were enjoying a couple of cool ones with our friends from Pennsylvania down at “Rosie’s Loop” off of site 15. We were trying to get up the nerve to jump into the St. Lawrence River as the day was unusually cool for early August.

Our friend’s wife was reading her bible, not so much because she is “super religious”, but because the stories and passages serve to remind her to be a good person.

A song began to play on my IPod that was co-written and sung by Thomas Rhett and titled – “Beer with Je-sus”. The song begins with the lyrics – “If I could have a beer with Jesus heaven knows I’d sip it nice and slow. I’d try to pick a place that ain’t too crowded or gladly go wherever he wants to go”.

If you could have a beer with Jesus and he said: “Pick the place”, where would you take him? I’d take him to the Kemptville Hotel, when it was a rockin country music place to be on a Friday or Saturday night. It was a place where people from all walks of life went after a hard week’s work to wind down with co-workers and friends.

Unlike the writer of the song, I wouldn’t order drinks for the two of us. I would want to see if Jesus would order a pilsner, ale or light beer and would it be a big brand name like Labatt’s or Molson or from a small micro-brewery like Beaus? Would Jesus choose a bottle, a pint or a pitcher for two? Would he choose to put it on his tab or would he pause, waiting to see what I would do?

If I gave him five bucks to play a few tunes on the juke box, would he play hur-

tin songs like George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today”? Would he play more appropriate songs like “Go Tell It On The Mountain”, or would he play more con-temporary songs like Justin Moore’s “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” or Jason Al-deen’s “Church Pew Bar Stool Kind Of Town”? Per-haps he might play Conway Twitty’s song “It’s Only Make Believe” and look at me with a sly grin on his face.

In the lyrics to the song the writer asks Jesus: “Do you hear the prayers I send, what happens when life ends, when do you think you might come back again, what’s on the other side, and if his mom-my and daddy are alright”.

If you could ask Jesus one question, what would it be? Would you ask the usual question? Why did the Lord take my father, mother, wife, husband, child or friend so early? Would you ask why there are still so many wars throughout the world or why did Mother Nature destroy your home? Would you ask Him if Heaven has trees, lakes and mountains and if there are flowers more beautiful than those on earth?

I would like to ask Jesus a question I have asked myself on many occasions: Why did the Lord choose to send Rose to me so many years ago? What did I ever do to deserve a girl like her? Maybe his an-swer would surprise me, but I would want to hear it anyway.

If he invited you to bring along one person dead or alive to share the day with you, who would it be? I would bring my mother, who passed away in 1975. She was quite a Presbyterian and she was also a great mom. I would love to hear the ques-tion she would ask Jesus. I hope his answer would be meaningful to mom, but also make her laugh. To hear my mom laugh one more time before I’m gone would be a wonderful gift from God.

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Each of the italicized words is of Latin origin. Select the word at the right that best defines each.

1. an accessible spot (a) wholesome (b) easily reached (c) desirable (d) important (e) unclean2. moved with alacrity (a) care (b) leisurely pace (c) speed (d) hesitation (e) humour3. a serious altercation (a) change (b) repainting (c) dispute (d) problem (e) changed name4. an astute leader (a) elected (b) appointed (c) cowardly(d) clever (e) new 5. a belligerent attitude (a) gentle (b) indifferent (c) warlike (d) excited (e) friendly6. a benign countenance (a) kindly (b) coarse (c) dark(d) fierce (e) expressionless7. frugal habits (a) fixed (b) wholesome (c) careless(d) economical (e) easily broken8. a pernicious disease (a) incurable (b) destructive(c beneficial (d) mild (e) pertaining to children9. a pensive mood (a) angry (b) thoughtful (c) happy(d) gloomy (e) excited10.stringent regulations (a) strict (b) unwise (c) unusual(d) relaxed (e) set forth in advance

Synonyms: Be generous with them, for example:

“Am I fit for the task? Why, sir, you are looking at someone of rare tact, discretion, foresight, erudition, enlightenment, sagacity, scholarship, wisdom, profundity, discernment, good judgment, and plain common sense. I am one of the keenest, cleverest, shrewdest, quickest, smartest individuals in town!.”

How is the aforementioned when it comes to synonyms? Perhaps a bit excessive?

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The $380,000 Telelink project was made possible by the following donors and supporters: Cisco Can-ada, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Champlain Local Health Integration Network, the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa, the Commu-nity Foundation of Ottawa: Canyon Foundation Fund, the Healing Cycle Founda-tion, the GlaxoSmithKline Foundation, the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, Ottawa Commandery and individual donors.

The OutCare Foun-dation is the only charity devoted to raising funds for palliative care across Eastern Ontario. It sup-ports patients and their families by raising money for special projects that benefit palliative care. With advice from the Champlain Hospice Palliative Care Program, OutCare selects high-priority projects with a regional impact so that regardless of which orga-nization families turn to, they receive the skilled and compassionate help they need and deserve. (www.outcarefoundation.org)

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Saturday, August 17 marked the first annual Investors Group Classic Golf Tournament in sup-port of the Kemptville Youth Centre (KYC), and what a success it was! Golfers, Investors Group staff, Rotary members, KYC staff, volunteers and youth gathered at the Rideau Glen Golf Club on Saturday to support local youth and enjoy a great day in the sun.

Investors Group Classic supporting Kemptville Youth Centre

Pictured here: Daren Givoque of Investors Group presented a cheque for $1,000 to KYC’s President, Teri Devine and KYC’s Ex-ecutive Director, Robin Heald. Investors Group was title sponsor for the First Annual Investors Group Classic with all funds going to KYC.

The day kicked off with registration and a compli-mentary BBQ lunch for golfers to enjoy before their 18 holes of golf. On the course, not only did golfers enjoy the beautiful weather, but they also ex-perienced a few fun holes, reminding them that this event was all about youth. On hole 11, golfers took part in ‘Chip and Win’ where golfers chipping marshmallows into tar-

get holes for a chance to win a beautiful stainless steel BBQ set, courtesy of Daren Givoque.

Golfer, Drew Reyn-olds was the only golfer to hit the green on hole #10 and came close to winning the $20,000 cash prize or Chevrolet Cruze sponsored by Finnegan’s Insurance and Myers Au-tomotive.

At hole 16, golfers had to putt with miniature toy

golf clubs. Youth judges chose Serge Lacroix as being the “biggest kid” and having the most fun golf-ing with the toy putters. Hole 17 was another fun whole on the course where golfers were asked to drive the ball while wearing oven mitts. Barb Bacon, the Oven Mitt Driving Champion, was the golfer who was able to drive the ball with the most flair and

The 73’s exhibition sea-son opened Tuesday, August 20, when the team travelled to Smith’s Falls for the all-rookie event. The Bears hit the scoreboard first, halfway through the first. Kemptville outshot Smiths Falls 14-11 in the period but were unable to beat the Bears’ goalie. The first was fast paced, with some hard hitting action, notably from Quinn Wichers, Grant Baird and Kyle Weed-mark. The Bears added to their lead early in the second and held a 2-0 lead until the dying minutes of the period. Olivier Chabot set up Kevin DiMagno, who found Justin Haasbeek at the side of the net for Kemptville’s first goal. Kemptville tied it up early in the third, as Haas-beek and DiMagno were at it again. This time, Shane Woolsey was the beneficiary and he beat the Bears’ goalie cleanly with a great shot from the bottom of the circle. Smith’s Falls fought back and regained the lead, but it was short-lived. Jonathon Masters fed Connor Rankin with a beautiful long outlet pass and he was able to find

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the back of the net to even the score. With the game ending in a tie, the teams decided to skip overtime and go directly to the shootout. Haasbeek was Kemptville’s first shooter and made no mistake, as the goalie never saw the shot that beat him. 73’s third shooter, Connor Rankin, came straight up the middle and went five hole from up close. Kempt-ville goalie, Charles Jensen, stopped both shooters he faced.

On Friday, August 23, the 73’s visited the Brockville Braves. With a full house at the Youth Arena, the place was rocking as many Kemp-tville fans had made the trip. The Braves drew first blood, but the 73’s answered before the end of the first. On the power play, Matt Tugnutt and Aaron Hickie moved the puck around rapidly and Phil Smith capitalized with a quick shot. The second period was all Brockville, as they scored three times to take a 4-1 lead. In the third, with Kemptville pressing, defence-man Jackson Bruce-Fuoco connected with a long pass to Alex Row to send him in on a breakaway.

Row made no mistake and

easily beat the Braves’ goalie. Unfortunately, Brockville added one more goal to take the win by a score of 5-2.

Saturday, August 24, fea-tured the back half of the home and home series with Brockville. Both teams had somewhat different line-ups, as is the norm in the pre-season. This game saw 24 penalties called and lots of power play opportunities. The Braves scored first with 42 seconds left in the first to take the lead. The action continued in the second, with many bone crushing hits, including several heavy ones by newly re-acquired Dylan Giberson. On the power play, Brandon Cole sent a shot towards the net that Jesse Blais picked up and deflected to Dean Ga-lasso, who was able to bury it to tie the game. Again, the Braves took the lead 2-1 with just over a minute left in the second. In the third, with time running out, Jon Cyr picked up the puck in the corner and fed Cole on the point. Cole waited for Hayden Hanson to get into position and sent a pass his way. Hanson got the equalizer when he blasted a shot that beat the Brockville goalie. Then the unthinkable

happened. As the clock was winding down, the 73’s were unable to clear their zone and Brockville scored the winning goal at 19:59 of the third period. Four of the five goals came by way of the power play.

On Sunday, August 25, the Smith’s Falls Bears came to Kemptville to close out the 73’s pre-season. The first period was a scoreless affair, with Kemptville out shoot-ing Smith’s Falls 11-5. There were several good scoring chances for the 73’s, with the best coming off the stick of Phil Smith. In the second, the Bears got on the board just eight seconds after the end of a 73’s penalty. The third period opened with the Bears adding to their lead. Kemptville got one back on the power play when a Justin Haasbeek shot deflected off a Smith’s Falls player and beat the goalie. Dean Galasso and Brandon Seatter set up the shot with some great passing. The Bears scored two more to put the game away by a 4-1 score. Kemptville goal-tender, Jacob Lucier, played brilliantly and was selected as the second star of the game.

The hard decisions about which players to keep were to be finalized after this game. Seven players have been invited to OHL camps com-ing up this week. Now, the preparation begins in earnest. The regular season opens on Labour Day weekend, with this year’s Super Showcase at the Bell Sensplex. All twelve teams in the league will play three games over the week-end. The 73’s play Saturday, August 31, at 1:30 against the Cumberland Grads, Sunday, September 1, at 1:00 against the Gloucester Rangers, and wrap up Monday, September 2 at 1:00 against the Kanata Stallions. Catch the Junior A fever! Hockey with edge!

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North Grenville - North Grenville Mayor David Gordon and members of staff met with Maurice Dumoulin, president of the Fetherston Mobile Home Park Resident Associa-tion, and representatives of ASI Group and Newterra on August 19, 2013. The focus of the meeting was to discuss a preliminary concept and potential solu-tion for the septic system problems at the Park and necessary steps to be taken by all parties in the coming days.

“We are pleased to

Media Release August 21, 2013

Fetherston Mobile Home Park Resident Association discuss preliminary concept

work together with the Resident Association to explore the concepts cur-rently being investigated and look forward to receiv-ing a serious proposal to present to Council for con-sideration” stated Brian Carré, North Grenville’s Chief Administrative Of-ficer.

The Resident Associa-tion is intending to develop a business plan based on a not-for-profit Resident As-sociation taking ownership of the Park and entering into a contract with the ASI Group to install, operate

and maintain a new private sewage treatment system, decommission the old sys-tem, and manage the water system for the Park.

Although the timeline is tight, Dumoulin ex-pressed confidence that a business plan could be completed and presented as a serious proposal to Municipal Council. “It was a very positive meet-ing,” stated Mr. Dumoulin “whereby the Municipality and the Resident Associa-tion are working together to find a solution for the problems at the Park in the best interest of all in-volved.”

Mayor Gordon reaf-firmed that “It continues to be Council’s hope that a solution will be found and residents can remain in their homes at Fetherston Mobile Home Park”.

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finesse in the eyes of KYC judges.

After 18 holes of golf, golfers enjoyed cocktails and mingling, while many also took part in a putting contest. A youth, Matthew won the MasterVac donated by Canadian Tire with his winning shot. A delicious dinner was then served by the staff at the Rideau Glen Golf Course for everyone to enjoy. Following dinner, golfers stuck around to par-ticipate in a silent and live auction, with all proceeds going to KYC.

The goal for the Inves-tors Group Classic was

to raise $5,000 for the Kemptville Youth Cen-tre. KYC and Investors Group alike are happy to say that not only was that goal achieved, but it was exceeded.

“The Kemptville Youth Centre is extremely happy with the turnout of this year’s Investors Group Classic. KYC would like to thank everyone who attended, donated and contributed to the overall success of this event; “we could not have reached our goal if it wasn’t for the hard work of everyone involved,” stated Alex

Smith. Special Thanks to: Title Sponsor, Investors Group; Goody Bag Spon-sor, Walmart; Lunch Spon-sors, Rotary, LA Group and B&H; Dinner Spon-sor, Kemptville Meadows; Hole-in-one Sponsors, Finnegan Insurance and Myers Automotive; Hole Sponsors, Canadian Paint and Wallpaper, EMC, Fat Les’s Chip Stand, M5 Digital, Kumon, Lynne Robinson & Doni Robin-son – Royal LePage Team Reality, Sheppard & As-sociates, Law Offices of Warren & Jansen, Daren Givoque – Investors Group

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