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THIS ISSUETHIS ISSUETHIS ISSUETHIS ISSUETHIS ISSUE- Ian Murray, editor Gwen Robertson has informed me thatthe correct date for the Glenn Family Picnicphoto in the October Beacon is 1941 NOT1942. The good news is that we are now get-ting lots of photos for the Beacon. The badnews is that we are no longer able to put inall the photos sent to us (over 60 were sub-mitted this month). Please don't take it per-sonally if a photo doesn't get in. The Beacon staff are presently consideringhow to improve the quality of the Beaconwithout increasing the amount of effortneeded to produce it. As editor, I take responsibility for whatdoes or does not go into the Beacon, so ifyou have a concern please phone me.at389-3802 or you can e-mail me if you wantat "topsyfarms@on.aibn.com.

OFFICIAL OPENING OF A.I. NEILSONOFFICIAL OPENING OF A.I. NEILSONOFFICIAL OPENING OF A.I. NEILSONOFFICIAL OPENING OF A.I. NEILSONOFFICIAL OPENING OF A.I. NEILSONSTORE MUSEUM BUILDINGSTORE MUSEUM BUILDINGSTORE MUSEUM BUILDINGSTORE MUSEUM BUILDINGSTORE MUSEUM BUILDING- Hugh Jenney Hugh Jenney welcomed anenthusiastic crowd of justunder one hundred support-ers Saturday, October 9, 2004to the official opening of thebuilding. The sun was shin-ing as he said, “BruceCaughey had the idea—Saveour Island Artifacts.” Our Is-land children know who theyare because they know wherethey came from. This windowinto the past is a tribute tothe people who came fromIreland, England, Scotland,Holland, and the US to live,work, laugh and die here.New and old Island families

have worked to make what you seetoday possible. Peter Trueman developed the or-ganization—Amherst Island Men’sSociety. David Brady spent many long hoursworking on both the Heritage &Trillium Grants. Thanks to help fromAndré Scheinman he was able to ob-tain a $60,000 Trillium grant whichhelped restore our heritage desig-nated building. Our Board of Directors made it hap-pen. Don Pepper was on hand todocument the progress as our sitemanager. Paul Lauret is our secretaryand financial advisor. John Wright isour CFO and retired Alcan chiefchemist who developed the old-wood preservative epoxy which will

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keep our building safe for many years to come.Bruce Burnett and his Exhibit Committee devel-oped these displays. Alan Kidd organized theGrand Opening. Alan Glenn and Keith Millerworked on the renovations as did many volun-teers such as Doug Martin who also supplied thewashroom flooring. Ross Haines did all thesignage. Eleanor Trueman is our liaison with theWeasel & Easel.” Mr. Jenney’s recognition remarks were followedby a sustained round of applause. (I told you thecrowd was enthusiastic!) Alan Kidd introduced Leona Dombrowsky, MPPwho unveiled the Trillium plaque. She said thatthe Ontario Trillium Foundation receives about onehundred million dollars per year from lotteries andgaming and she was pleased that we received ourgrant. Barbara Snyder representing the Ontario TrilliumFoundation (she is also on the Loyalist HeritageCommittee) said we had certainly come a longway since her first meeting at the Victoria Hallyears ago. Ms. Snyder advised us that our county

MYRMYRMYRMYRMYRTLE ELEANOR McCATLE ELEANOR McCATLE ELEANOR McCATLE ELEANOR McCATLE ELEANOR McCAUGHERUGHERUGHERUGHERUGHERTY CUTHILLTY CUTHILLTY CUTHILLTY CUTHILLTY CUTHILL Died peacefully at the Renfrew Victoria Hospitalon October 15 in her 82nd year. Beloved wife ofDuane Russell Cuthill. She is survived by her son Christopher and grand-children Ryan, Stephen and Courtney. Also survivedby her siblings Hilda Kirkpatrick and MiltonMcCaugherty. Predeceased by her parents, Harold McCaughertyand Agnes Jane Glenn, and her siblings, Elmer, Edgar,Glendon, and Eva.*****

Top Row, L-R: Ralph Morrow; Edgar McCaugherty; Gordon Glenn; Hilda McCaugherty; ?;Elaine Glenn; Baby Eva McCaugherty; Marshall Glenn; Myrtle McCaugherty; Thelma Glenn.Bottom Row: Wilma Morrow; Gwen Hill; Glendon McCaugherty; Les Glenn (from Indiana);Milton McCaugherty

L e o n aDombrowsky ,Minister of theE nv i r o n m e n tand MPP forH a s t i n g s -F r o n t e n a c -Lennox &A d d i n g t o n ,officially openedthe Neilson StoreMuseum andWeasel & Easelon Saturday,October 9th.

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receives about $300,000 from theOTF and she encouraged us to ask formore money for the exhibits. Eleanor Trueman brought greetingsand thanks for all our help with de-veloping the new and improved Wea-sel & Easel.

Duncan Ashley concluded the for-mal presentation by thanking DianePearce for advising our Loyalist Coun-cil of the opportunity to purchase thebuilding and dock for such a reason-able price. He praised Reeve PaulGilmore who convinced the LoyalistCouncil to spend the $130,000 forthe old store and dock. He went onto say how pleased he was that theMV Amherst Islander’s wheel, belland logs have found a home with us.He finished his remarks by sayinghow humbled he is when a commu-nity of volunteers comes together toproduce such a beautiful workingsymbol of our Amherst Island Com-munity. We then went into the museum toenjoy refreshments supplied by theNeilson Store Museum and CulturalCentre Inc. women.

Many thanks to all the volunteerswho made this day such a success*****NEIGHBOURHOODNEIGHBOURHOODNEIGHBOURHOODNEIGHBOURHOODNEIGHBOURHOOD- Lyn Fleming Condolences to Gary McDonald andfamily following the recent passing ofhis father in England. Jean Tugwell went to British Colum-bia with her sister Marjorie to visit theirbrother, Neilson and family. Jean saysthey saw lots of family, spendingThanksgiving with nieces and a nephewand their children, as well as takingsome day trips to see some of the prov-ince. Following the trip west, Marjoriereturned to the Island for a few daysto visit other family here. Elsie Willard went to Greece on atour with her cousin and visited sev-eral other countries during a 5 daycruise of the Mediterranean Sea. Elsiesaid she found Istanbul especially in-teresting and enjoyed the warmweather. You never know who you are goingto run into when you are out walking.

Recently, when I was walking on thesouth shore, Maurice Filson and hiswife Shirley, from Woodrow, Saskatch-ewan, stopped for a chat. Maurice andShirley spent a few days on the Islandcatching up with relatives. Congratulations to Don and SherryMiller on the birth of their first child,a son, Donald Samuel, on October28th. Donald is a first grandchild forBrian and Marie Ward and for Don andJudy Miller. Another great-grandsonfor Helen Miller.

The wheel from the pilot house(or bridge) rests against a displaycase filled with memorabiliafrom the Amherst Islander. TC

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I can tell, by the way you’re pushingcrumbs around the table, you’re notlistening to me... And you say, that you have come asfar as you are able, but you’re not farfrom the tree... In your dreams, all your passion islike liquid fire. You trail your fingers, findthe spark, and you see your face reflectedin the silver spirals, but then it burnsdown in the dark. And all the things you ever tried to tellme, somehow don’t apply to you. You’rethe one evading hope, side-stepping everyinkling that the good guy, the early bird,the one who tries, the one who tries again,wins. And you say, you’re ok, but you liveyour life like it’s over. Jonatha Brooke - “Crumbs”

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on More than 40 peoplegathered at the Lodgeon October 23rd for anintimate performanceby Angela Nussey.Angela is a songwriter/composer, who per-formed selections fromboth of her albums in astyle described by crit-ics as “folk/rock”. Hersense of humour andtalented accompani-ment on both the key-board and guitar madefor an entertainingevening for all. On October 28th, up-wards of 50 people at-tended St. Paul’sChurch to hear JohnSchram speak aboutwhat it was like being the CanadianAmbassador to Zimbabwe (as well asseveral other African countries overthe years). John put a “human touch”on events and people previously reador heard about in news stories, mak-ing the stories entertaining as well asinteresting. His love of Africa was evi-dent. The annual Halloween Masqueradewas a great hit with the Communityagain this year, with ghosts and gob-lins of all ages attending. While theparading of costumes and prizes arealways popular, it’s always fun to seeif you guessed right when it is timeto unmask! Well we have survived the first fewweeks with the Qunte Loyalist. It isnice to see a proper passenger com-partment as well. Originally we wereto have it for about 6 weeks. Once itwas here however, the rumours haveit that it could be here for 8 to 10weeks! I guess all we can do is crossour fingers and hope all goes well! The last week of October, I was driv-

ing out pastLance Eves,when an animalran across theroad in front ofme. I wasn’tquite sure what Iwas actuallylooking at, whileit had features ofa weasel or anotter, it wasn’teither. It wasn’tuntil I was past itthat I realized itmust have beena Fisher. Afterchecking somebooks and theinternet I realizedthat’s exactlywhat it was. It

was larger, faster and more sinisterlooking than I expected!”*****

Amherst Island PAmherst Island PAmherst Island PAmherst Island PAmherst Island Public Schoolublic Schoolublic Schoolublic Schoolublic School-Lyn Fleming This has been another busy monthfor A.I.P.S. staff and students. Students in grades 3 to 8 took partin the area Cross Country meet andMelinda Laing qualified for the districtmeet at Richardson Stadium, where sherepresented us well. The senior students are now spend-ing lunch hours learning and practis-ing volleyball skills in preparation forthe upcoming Volleyball Tournament. Primary students travelled to BathP.S. to see a presentation on school bussafety rules. On November 1st theywalked to the Fire Hall to learn aboutFire Safety and see the fire trucks andequipment. Staff held a surprise luncheon/babyshower for Senior Class teacher,

Jennifer VanDyke, while later that daythe Senior Class hosted another sur-prise shower for the students - pastand present - for Mrs. VanDyke. We wish Mrs VanDyke well whileshe is off for the next year, enjoyingher time with her first baby, but willmiss her enthusiastic spirit both inthe classroom and during sportingevents. Mrs. VanDyke’s replacement bringsa unique change to staffing at A.I.P.S.For the first time, both full-time class-room teachers will be men as well asour Vice-Principal! Scott Weaver is aKingston native and has 4 children ofhis own in the Limestone SchoolBoard system. This is his second ca-reer and we look forward to all he willbring with him from former career ex-periences as well as his parenting ex-periences! Welcome Mr. Weaver! An hour was set aside at the end ofthe day recently to welcome backMargo Virtue. Margo came back tovisit & say a “proper goodbye” to thestudents (and parents) she had grownso attached to over the last 5 years. During the month of November,students will be preparing for theChristmas Festivities and the JingleBell Run, all the while keeping up withtheir school work !

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WOMEN’S INSTITUTEWOMEN’S INSTITUTEWOMEN’S INSTITUTEWOMEN’S INSTITUTEWOMEN’S INSTITUTE- Freda Youell At our October 20th meeting heldat St. Paul’s Church Hall, ChrisKennedy our guest speaker talked tothirteen members and fourteen guestsabout the history of sheep. A captiveaudience listened to Chris whoseknowledge of the breeds, habitats,etc. and use of wool and hides (ac-companied by samples) was an eye-

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opener and I am sure we will all lookat sheep a little differently from nowon. His talk ended all too soon - wecould have listened longer, but wehad to move on to a tasty lunch pro-vided by our Hostesses AnnaHitchins, Marion Glenn and Mary KaySteel. Two guests stayed for our regularmeeting and, although unable to at-tend this time, Stella O’Byrne hasjoined. Welcome Stella. Our member-ship is now twenty-three and the in-terest and enthusiasm displayed byour new members is a sign that weare on the right track. At the business meeting the usualreports and updates on ongoingprojects took up most of the time. The 2005 Calendar Launch to beheld at The Lodge at Stella Point willbe on November 13th from 4pm until7pm. This will be an opportunity toget your copy plus order some foryour friends (great Christmaspresents). You will also see a lot ofour Island artists’ work and submis-

sions and realizewhat an unenviabletask the committeemembers have withonly a limitednumber of the talententered being used. December 5th isthe date for the Sen-ior’s Christmas Din-ner and plans arewell underway withthe invitations go-ing out soon. If youare eligible (65 andover) and do not re-ceive your invitationplease call Kirsten at389-0636 or Claireat 384-7830. Weespecially need ournew neighbours tolet us know if we

have missed you so please - give us acall. We would also like to know howmany to cater for so we would ask thatyou all kindly let us know if you will orwill not be attending. Your invitationwill give you the numbers to call andwe would really appreciate your lettingus know. As the holiday season is fast ap-proaching, we would like to extend ourbest wishes to you all. May you enjoya happy Christmas and have a healthyand prosperous New Year. The next meeting is on November17th at 7pm at the home of ClaireJenney, Jackie Sylvester will be present-ing the program “Christmas WreathDecorating”. Visitors are welcome andwe hope to see you there.*****

JJJJJANET’S JOTANET’S JOTANET’S JOTANET’S JOTANET’S JOTTINGS: “TINGS: “TINGS: “TINGS: “TINGS: “AAAAADay of Thanksgiving orDay of Thanksgiving orDay of Thanksgiving orDay of Thanksgiving orDay of Thanksgiving ora Ya Ya Ya Ya Year of Thanksliving”ear of Thanksliving”ear of Thanksliving”ear of Thanksliving”ear of Thanksliving”- Janet Scott On the Thanksgivingweekend I spotted the above quoteon a sign on a church in St.Catharines. Think about it a moment.We should be living a year of Thanks-giving. Our country is a peaceful na-tion. No other continent is as blessedas ours. Our provinces are bickeringover transfer payments like kids at thetable fighting over the cupcakes butwe have food and a table and moneyto bicker about. Our people are notconstantly under threat of genocidenor do we live in a drought zone. Ourcountry has been given access to onefifth of the world’s fresh water. Trysome Thanksliving. If that messagewasn’t enough that week-end, didn’tthe priest in the church that I attendedon Sunday make this comment: “Eve-ryday you receive a new masterpiece”. As soon as he said it I thought thereis this month’s Beacon subject. Hewas talking about attitude and howwhen we open our curtains eachmorning do we look out and expectto be grumpy or do we look at theweather and see it as a painting bythe master. Never are two the same.This past month, actually all Fall, hasbeen one spectacular day after an-other. The sunrises are fantastic. Weall know the warning about red skiesin the morning but those early morn-ing mists have created unbelievabledisplays of earth’s beauty. A master-piece! As I drive the roads north toEnterprise the trees have turned tobrilliant reds, scarlets, burgundies, or-anges and yellows with just enoughdeep greens to make the picture an-other masterpiece. There have been nights when thestars are so bright they appear to jumpout from the blackness behind them.

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And if having the morning planetswasn’t enough didn’t we end thismonth with a lunar eclipse on a nightthat it didn’t even rain! Nature andCanada’s beauty would not be pos-sible without those gentle rains fromheaven. Our quality of mercy is notstrained. We receive it by the buck-etful. Now some thought that recentall day rain that flooded our base-ments and dripped through our ceil-ings was not a blessing but hey westill had houses when the stormpassed. On the down side here on the Is-land the vole population has crashed.Now some of you gardeners arejumping for joy and anyone whoplanted shrubs this year may have areprieve but they will come back! Thevole is the basis of the Island foodchain. The hawks and owls are on themove but they won’t winter here ifwe don’t have voles. You may alreadyhave noticed that even our local Kes-trels are way down in numbers. Ralph

and Beulah Woods found a dead onein a nest in their barn. Not a good sign.Saw-whet Owls have been reported inthe Owl Woods but only one or twoand they’ll keep moving until they finda food supply. The foxes are being seenmore often along the roadsides whichindicates their favourite dish of Vole àla King is not available. The coyoteslike voles as well so guard your sheep. For Nature on Amherst Island thiscould be a hungry year. On the posi-tive side fruits and berries seem to beprevalent and we have one amazingcrop of flies. The Yellow-rumped war-blers, Phoebes and Red-breasted Nut-hatches are stuffing themselves withthe insects around windows andporches. Juncoes and Sparrows aremoving through. Bev Harris reports American Wigeonaround their end of the Island.Wigeons are a smaller duck then aMallard but display a white stripe onthe top of their heads when they turntowards you. Their old name was Bald

Pate because of this white stripe. Oncein a long while we get a EurasionWigeon in this area which displays arusty head with buff coloured stripe.Margaret Maloney and Peter Large re-ported Dowitchers along their shoreand Hudsonian Godwits were seen onWolfe Island. Alex Scott Jr. reportedswans at the dock, three adults and animmature. Rachel, Rebecca and I arestill pleased to report that theChickadees in the Owl Woods like tobe fed. Each of us birds in our own way. The latest Bird Studies News reportsthat North American birds are downby 30% due to changes in habitat andthat Birders create over 800,00 jobs inAmerica so that perhaps on an eco-nomic level suitable habitat will be pre-served. Don’t forget to fill your birdfeeder ! Ifyou want to see birds close to yourhouse and learn something about be-haviour then set up a feeding stationand enjoy. Good Birding*****COUNCIL GLEANINGSCOUNCIL GLEANINGSCOUNCIL GLEANINGSCOUNCIL GLEANINGSCOUNCIL GLEANINGS- Ian Murray Time sure passes. Receiving their longterm service awards at the Sept. 27meeting were: Diane Pearce, 30 years;Kim Ashely, 15 years; Wayne Calver,15 years; and, Helen Trotter, 10 years.*** Moved by Councillor Ashley that: theFerry Office be “located at the RoadsGarage but subject to successful ne-gotiations of a lease agreement withthe Limestone Board of Education forthe provision of library services at theAmherst Island Public School”; and thecurrent Ferry Office/Library be sold andthe money used towards the new con-struction. Motion carried.*** Council has given AIMS permission“to construct and maintain two horseshoe pitches at Amherst Island Cen-

Carolyn Richardson, formerly of the Third Concession & StellaPoint, dropped in to see Adam and Barb Miller in Novemberwhile back visiting the area. There she was photographed witha Jersey Cow, named in her honour.

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tennial Park.”*** Moved by Councillor Ashley “thatthe CAO send a letter to KathyMoore, MTO, to insist on a separatecrew area for the temporary ferry.”Motion carried.*** “Councillor Hudacin noted thatMargaret Stevenson, the spouse offormer Reeve of Bath, DougStevenson, passed away.” TheStevensons have had a summer resi-dence on Amherst Island for manyyears.*****AIMS MEETING,AIMS MEETING,AIMS MEETING,AIMS MEETING,AIMS MEETING, OCTOBER 2004 OCTOBER 2004 OCTOBER 2004 OCTOBER 2004 OCTOBER 2004- Terry Culbert/ Re-cording Secretary Twenty AIMSmembers and twoguests attended the 8am breakfast atSt. Paul’s Church Hall. ChairmanAllan Kidd brought the meeting toorder at 8:35, thanking Janet Scottand her Girl Guides for a fabulousbreakfast. September minutes pre-pared by John Kuti were approved.Business Arising From the Minutes: John Wright talked of the need fora new community notice board. Itwould be maintained by AIMS andlocated on an exterior wall of theAmherst Island General Store. RalphWoods moved to have such boardconstructed for under $200 and tobe completed by the spring of 2005.Seconded by Dayle Gowan. Volun-teers to put the board together andin place will consist of: Don Pepper,John Wright, Allan Glenn and DayleGowan. Membership vote carried.Committee Reports: The AIMS bank account is in goodorder according to Treasurer JimWhitton. Committees had one re-quest for transportation, three re-quests for assistance and no request

for home care. TheNeilson Store Mu-seum and Weasel &Easel had its grandopening on Saturday,October 9th. The eventwas very successful. Aspecial thanks toBruce Burnett and hisMuseum Committeefor all their hard work.Reports were all car-ried.New Business: A one time donationof $100 to be made tothe Amherst IslandPublic School’s ‘Gar-den Fund’ to helpbeautify the exterior ofthe school building.Moved by PeterTrueman, seconded byDayle Gowan; motioncarried. The Back Kitchen isfor sale. The propertyand restaurant busi-ness was brought upfor discussion. Aftersome pros and cons, itwas put to rest. The community ice rink discussionwas reopened. Presently, the rink is inbad shape and not worth repairing. Anew rink would be extremely expen-sive. John Kuti will contact Fort Henryinquiring about the use of an old rub-berized ice pad they no longer use. John Munroe suggested that thequality of items on the AIMS FarmersMarket Wagon be improved for thespring of 2005. Brian Grace would liketo see items that don’t sell within afew weeks placed on a separate table,so people can take them for free. Frontenac Heritage FoundationRenovation and Restoration Award2004 was presented to the Neilson

Store Museum Project Committee afew weeks ago in Kingston. Don Pep-per then presented the plaque to AIMSChairman Allan Kidd. It will hang onan interior wall at the Museum. BrianLittle read a narrative to go along witha visual presentation prepared by theFrontenac Heritage Foundation. It wasnoted that the Foundation had givenan honour outside Frontenac Countyfor the first time in their thirty yearsof protecting heritage buildings. Ralph Woods thanked AIMS for theexcellent dinner-party held for themembers and their significant othersat the Lodge in September. John Kutiwas thanked for preparing the excel-lent meal.

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Guest Speaker: Samit Sharma, P.Eng., MBA, Direc-tor-Projects for GAIAPOWERINCspoke to the group about his compa-ny’s plans for harvesting wind poweron Amherst Island. The name GAIAwas derived from the mythologicalGreek earth goddess. He made apower point presentation about GAIAPOWER INC. and showed a video ofa massive wind farm in WesternUnited States. The Kingston-basedcompany has current projects onWolfe Island and in Moosomin, Sas-katchewan. They are not only devel-opers of renewable energy, but con-sult for the Ontario Ministry of Natu-ral Resources. They also have projectsin Cuba and Sri Lanka. Amherst Is-land is still in the planning stages. Iftheir studies go well and approval hasbeen met, construction could beginas early as July 2005. The finishedturbines would be up and running inJanuary-February 2006. The AmherstIsland ferry would not be used, asGAIA POWER INC would build theirown dock enabling the huge tower

sections to be shipped by barge. Mr.Sharma claims a windmill can be lo-cated on as small as a one-acre plot ofland. Chairman Allan Kidd thanked thespeaker and declared the meeting over.Next AIMS breakfast meeting is sched-uled for Saturday, November 13th.*****ITITITITITALIAN CAMPALIAN CAMPALIAN CAMPALIAN CAMPALIAN CAMPAIGN REMEMBEREDAIGN REMEMBEREDAIGN REMEMBEREDAIGN REMEMBEREDAIGN REMEMBERED- Leslie Gavlas The Whig Standard reporting of the‘D-Day Dodgers’ brought memories ofthe book by the same name by Alexand Ted Barris; and also of those sol-diers of Amherst Island who served inthe Italian Campaign. The ironic name,‘D-Day Dodgers’, was given to thetroops fighting in Italy, who therebydodged the D-Day landings in France.(They also served to tie down a largenumber of German troops, therebyhelping the allies as they made theirlandings.) The campaign in Italy was launchedwith the landing in Sicily on July 10,1943 by Canadian and British troops,and moved to mainland Italy in Sep-tember, coincident with an Armisticewith Italy. Italy then re-entered the war,joining with the Allies against the Ger-mans. The allied troops fought north,bitter mile by bitter mile, against strongGerman opposition. Italy was moun-tainous and the Germans were en-trenched ahead on the mountainheights and on the far side of the nu-merous rivers which had to be bridgedin the face of enemy fire. I spoke to Ralph Wemp of the RoyalCanadian Engineers whose regimentwas involved. He fought in North Af-rica, then was sent to Italy in Novem-ber of 1943 where he served untilMarch of 1945. He spoke of his experi-ences, and said he did not like Italy. On one march with his regiment theymet with another regiment whose sol-diers were relaxing on the sides of abridge. Here he met with his friend and

neighbour, James Eves, who had en-listed in the Royal Ordinance Corps,and later served with the Perth regi-ment. This was a short while beforeJames was severely injured - his rightleg blown off above the ankle and theleft leg so badly fractured that a dou-ble amputation below the knees wasnecessary. James returned to AmherstIsland where he became a very suc-cessful farmer and a valuable mem-ber of the community. Ralph also spoke of a visit fromLeslie McGinn, of the Hastings andPrince Edward Regiment, when theirregiments were stationed nearby.Ralph thinks there were others fromAmherst Island serving in Italy, butafter so many years of trying to burythe war it is hard to remember names. There were two Amherst Islanderswho lie buried in Italy. John HenryKearney, of the Hastings and PrinceEdward Regiment (the Hasty P’s) waswounded in August, 1944, age 33,and is buried in the Montecchio WarCemetery in Italy. Frederick ErnestWemp of the Royal Canadian Artil-lery died January 1944, during thefighting at Ortona. He is buried at theMoro River Canadian War Cemetery,Italy. On November 11, 2004, as we re-member and honour our veterans, letus give a special thought to these, andothers who served in this difficultcampaign, which is too often over-looked.

Source: “Remembering”, Lennox andAddington Veterans of World War IIand the Korean Conflict”.

[Editor: Lady Astor, in the BritishHouse of Commons in 1944, accusedthe soldiers in Italy of “dodging D-Day”.]*****

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When I interviewed JanieMcCaugherty this summer for TheBeacon she showed me five scrap-books of newspaper clippings. Theclippings were undated and not inchronological order. Many were obitu-aries and birth notices but some werestories about the island which areworth passing on. I have chosen a fewwhich might bring back memories forsome old islanders and interest andeducate some new Islanders. An undated article by Alan Caponof The Kingston Whig-Standard,when Morrison Scott was 92, was en-titled, “Ice-cold Dunking Led Farmerto Leave Amherst Island for Main-land.” It told about how MorrisonScott, as a young man and reeve ofthe Island, had crossed the ice to themainland to attend a quarterly, week-long meeting of the Lennox andAddington Council. When Scott went to return homeat the end of the meeting, he foundthe ice had deteriorated. Another Is-lander suggested they tie themselvestogether with a 30 foot rope and walkover the ice to the Island. About 20rods or 110 yards into their walkMorrison Scott plunged right out ofthe sight of his companion. Scott re-membered, “He pulled the rope andgot me out but we weren’t able toget further to the Island, so we walkedalong the bayshore until we were inthe Bath area.” They realized they must get to landor freeze. “We decided to close oureyes and make a run for shore. Andwe made it! But the very next day Idecided I ‘d had enough of Island lifeand decided to leave my father’s farm

and buy my own farm on the main-land.” This led Scott to Morven, for thelast year of his three-year stint as reeve. The year after he left, Scott got mar-ried to Isabel Hogeboom of AmherstIsland. “I knew her since the year shewas born, but when we got married Ifound out I didn’t know a thing abouther,” he laughed. Scott said, “I was born on AmherstIsland in a 100 year old mud house. Ithad three foot thick walls. We were inthat house till 1932, when my fatherbuilt a new home. His farm was on apoint of land and was, in some waysan unhandy farm to work.” In 1921 Scott took a job tendingHolstein cattle near Niagara - from Feb-ruary to Christmas - and he describedthis experience as “the most wonder-ful year of my life.” He was paid $30 amonth, “top wages then” and foundthe Dutch-born people of the areafriendly and good company. “People were happier in the old daysthan they are now, despite the hardwork then.” Morrison Scott remem-bered when Stella had a full array ofstores and services. “But times change.There are fewer farms there today - al-though the dairy farms that are left aremuch bigger. You could buy anythingin Stella without going to the main-land but there is nothing much theretoday. There are fewer people on theIsland today, but many of those whoremain you couldn’t put off. But oh,the drawbacks....”*** This story by Jack Rafter appeared inthe Kingston Whig-Standardentitled, “Ferry Runs Aground As Skip-

per Blacks Out at Wheel.” (undated) The Amherst Islander remains outof service after it ran aground yester-day when the boat’s captain lost hisability to steer it, possibly due to adiabetic seizure. The accident happened when Cap-tain Lloyd Strain was bringing the 19car craft ashore at the mainland dockabout 7:30 a.m. The ship struck ashoal. Strain, 47, captain for 18 of his 21years with the Islander crew, didn’tknow what had happened. Strain has been a diabetic for 23years and takes a single insulin shotdaily. He took a dose of insulin at 4:30a.m. “I blacked out, I guess. I’ve neverhad one of these attacks at work be-fore. I’ve had one or two, but never atwork,” said Captain Strain. According to Captain Strain therewas no warning. Everything happenedso quickly he was unable to react. Although Captain Strain remainedon his feet, Mate Benny Wemp tookover the wheel. No one knew howmuch damage had been done to theferry. The Clerk-Treasurer, Diane Pearce,said the shaft may have been dam-aged. The ferry, The Charlevoix, a largerboat, which serves as a back-up forthe Wolfe Islander, has been pressedinto service to resume the AmherstIsland service and will continue in thatrole indefinitely. The Amherst Islander is on its wayto Whitby for repairs (escorted, butunder its own power).***

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United Empire Loyalists who came fromthe United States in the eighteenthcentury. At one time there were three retailfood stores on the Island. Now theGlenn’s store is the only Island foodstore.*** Shawn Pankow wrote this newspa-per article headlined, “After 50 Years,Woman Still With the Only Guy SheEver Dated.” (undated) Edward Mills began work at CharlieMcGinn’s Amherst Island farm. Oneday, during the 30’s a woman, HildaMcGinnis, Charlie McGinn’s niece,caught his eye. He courted her seven years beforegetting up the nerve to ask for her handin marriage. On February 28, 1938 theywere married. This year they celebratetheir 50th Wedding Anniversary. (Thisarticle must have been written in1988). Of her husband, Edward, Hilda con-fessed, “He was the only guy I everdated.” “I took a liking to Hilda right away,”said her husband. After their marriage they moved toCollins Bay for two years and then backto Stella on Amherst Island for threeyears where Ed worked in the grist milland the grocery store. From there theymoved to the Mills’ homestead nearBath where they resided for sevenyears. Later they moved to Lynx Millsin Ernestown where they sojourned for28 years. They moved to Napanee in1979 and have lived there ever since. A blacksmith by trade, Ed held a va-riety of jobs but spent the bulk of hisworking years at Millhaven Fibres. He attributes his success in life to“good living.” “We’ve had hard times and goodtimes,” Hilda said. “You just go alongwith the times. There were times whenmoney wasn’t too plentiful but wemanaged.” ***

This article, dated March 1996, waswritten by Murray Hogben for theKingston Whig-Standard, entitled:“Ferry Increase Not Acceptable:Reeve” A raise in fares and a cut in thenumber of Amherst Island ferry runswas deemed “not acceptable” and “areal hardship” to Islanders by theReeve of the Island. But Amherst Island Reeve, DuncanAshley, said yesterday the province’scutbacks forced the Council to ap-prove an interim measure to raise theTownship ferry’s $3.50 per vehicle re-turn fare to $5 and to drop the firstand last runs. The Ministry of Transport had cutback its 90% ferry subsidy to 75% ret-roactive to January 1. This leavesthe Township to pay 25% of the an-nual $1.4 million cost of the Island’slife-line to the mainland. The increase will cost the Township$350,000 per year, up from$140,000. This change came with no warningand with no negotiation by the Pro-vincial Government. The Townshipwas being pressured to make thechanges as soon as possible becausethere’s always a delay in the Minis-try’s subsidy cheques. The firstcheque, due January 1, arrived in midFebruary.*** Anne Craig and Seth DuChenewrote this article entitled, “Island Vil-lage Cracks Harrowsmith’s Top 10Ranking” Stella, on Amherst Island, has beencalled one the of the 10 prettiesttowns in Canada in the April issue ofHarrowsmith Country Life magazine. Bruce Caughey Jr. was quoted in thearticle. He said he remembered whenStella was a busy place. The othertown on the Island, Emerald, had agrain elevator, a general store and atown hall. As for Stella, “The

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Neilson’s General Store in Stella wasone of the best between Toronto andMontreal when I was a kid. It had eve-rything. You could get your oilchanged, buy gas and groceries andthere was a large cargo dock at Stellawhere grains were shipped off the Is-land.” As for the Island as a whole,Bruce Caughey said that Kilpatrick’sstore, Glenn’s store, Max’s ice creamparlour and pool hall, two cheese fac-tories, horses shod at the black-smith’s made for an exciting place. In the early 1900’s there were over100 dairy farmers sending their milkto the cheese factories on the Island. Duncan Ashley, the Island repre-sentative on the Loyalist TownshipCouncil, spoke of the quiet of Stellaas being a big part of its allure. Laurie and Dave Youell came to theIsland to escape city life. In 1998 theypurchased the General Store (formerlyGlenn’s store) and set about, withtheir two teenage daughters, Shan-non and Candace, to make it work.They had fallen in love with the Is-land when they visited the cottage

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Chatting inside the metal passenger lounge of theQuinte Loyalist are left to right: Jackie Sylvester,Nancy Dunn, Ross Haines, Tom Sylvester, ZanderDunn and Allan Kidd. TC

Keith Miller, AI Recycling Guru, in front of hisnew digs at the Landfill site. Rumour has it thatthe old dump shed was about to be listed as anhistoric site! TC

of David’s mother, Freda Youell, on theSouth Shore. They praised Amherst Is-land as a good place in which to live.

Investigating Amherst Island as a great place to meet in relaxingsurroundings, The Ontario VHF Association (a Canadian hamradio microwave experimentation group) held its annual meetingat The Lodge this fall. With attendees from Montreal, Ottawaand points west of Toronto, it was a very successful gathering,with our Island proving to be a very central locale. Note therather large antennas mounted to the roof of the van right belowthe wheelhouse of the MV Quinte Loyalist. TR

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COYOTES OUT OF CONTROL ONCOYOTES OUT OF CONTROL ONCOYOTES OUT OF CONTROL ONCOYOTES OUT OF CONTROL ONCOYOTES OUT OF CONTROL ONAMHERST ISLAND!AMHERST ISLAND!AMHERST ISLAND!AMHERST ISLAND!AMHERST ISLAND!- Terrence Patrick Culbert “We have a serious problem withcoyotes on Amherst Island and wewould like our residents to be awareof it,” said sheep farmer Mark Ritchieof Foot Flats Farm. “Some years areworse than others and this year is es-pecially bad. We have to take actionto look after our livestock. If we arekilling coyotes, we are protecting ourlivelihood.”

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FOOT FLAFOOT FLAFOOT FLAFOOT FLAFOOT FLATS FTS FTS FTS FTS FARM…… 30 KILLSARM…… 30 KILLSARM…… 30 KILLSARM…… 30 KILLSARM…… 30 KILLSTOPSY FTOPSY FTOPSY FTOPSY FTOPSY FARMS…………. 100 KILLSARMS…………. 100 KILLSARMS…………. 100 KILLSARMS…………. 100 KILLSARMS…………. 100 KILLSSTONEBRSTONEBRSTONEBRSTONEBRSTONEBRAE FAE FAE FAE FAE FARM……. 30 KILLSARM……. 30 KILLSARM……. 30 KILLSARM……. 30 KILLSARM……. 30 KILLS

“One summer we lost forty lambs.The coyotes did not eat their prey;they were killing for sport. It was likethe proverbial fox in the hen house ora dog that takes to killing chickens,”Ritchie explained. “They get carriedaway with the excitement and thrillof the chase.” The husband and wife team of MarkRitchie and Cherry Allen own one of

Ontario’s larg-est sheep farmson the easternFoot of AmherstIsland. Theymanage a 1000ewe pasture-based commer-cial operationon 900-acres.“In the fifteenyears thatwe’ve farmed inthis province,we have lost

close to 300 sheep to coyotes”, saidMark. Twenty kilometres to the west, at theHead of the Island is Topsy Farms. Pro-ducing sheep since 1972, it too is oneof Ontario’s largest sheep farms with1250 breeding ewes and 31 rams. ChrisKennedy is a shareholder and the TopsyFarms shepherd: “From May to Octoberthe coyotes are teaching their pups tosurvive and as soon as the lambs goout on pasture, they become an easyfood source. When the lambs are small,

the ewes (their mothers) are scat-tered all over the pasture. Our guarddogs can’t begin to protect them. Atthe moment, we’re bringing all of ourlambs in for the night. If it’s wet orfoggy, it is easy for the coyotes tocome in for the kill because the dogsare unable to control the flock underinclement weather conditions. Forexample, during the heavy rainstormin mid-September, we had two kills.If there’s a thunderstorm, you canalmost guarantee the coyotes will at-tack. Going out in the morning andfinding dead lambs is devastating!You start questioning your ability asa stockman when you can’t figureout how to deal with it. I put thelambs in smaller pastures and movethe dogs around. I even hired a pro-fessional trapper for the summer buthe couldn’t do anything either.” Stonebrae Farm is located on theeast end of the Island’s South ShoreRoad. With a flock of 300 Suffolk andNorth Country Cheviot breedingewes, owner David Willard has hada disastrous summer as well: “Coyo-tes are the biggest problem in North

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America for sheep farm-ers,” he said. “RecentlyI saw a mother in dis-tress. By the time I gotto her, two coyoteswere running off and theewe was left with a se-riously injured two-month old offspring. Ihad to euthanise thelamb to put it out of itsmisery. The next day, thecoyotes were back kill-ing the ewe. She waslingering in the areawhere her lamb hadbeen attacked. Wedon’t have guard dogs,so we shut the sheep inat night. Traditionallycoyotes attack in theearly morning. They’renocturnal and we’vehad some nighttime killsas well. Obviously thecoyote readily adapts to different en-vironments.” A member of the dog family, FirstNations people call the coyote ‘littlewolf.’ Originally native to the west-

ern prairies, it now thrives across NorthAmerica from the Pacific to the Atlan-tic Oceans. With a long, pointed noseand ears standing erect, the EasternCoyote, looks like a medium-sized dog

or small German Shepherd. An adultweighs between 25 and 50 pounds,making it much larger than its west-ern cousin. Their bushy tail is tippedwith black. For the most part, theirpelt is grey, although they can have arust or brown colouration. They havean excellent sense of smell, hearingand vision, enabling the cunning ani-mal to live in some urban areas. TheAmherst Island coyote populationrises when the winter ice-bridge is in.As soon as the water freezes, thecoyotes will travel to the Island fromthe mainland, Wolfe and Simcoe Is-lands and from Prince Edward County. Research has shown that as far backas the 1800’s, hybridization has takenplace between wolves and coyotes. Alack of suitable habitat, coupled witha reduction of available wolf femalesmay have forced isolated male wolvesto mate with the growing number offemale coyotes in these disturbed ar-eas. “To say that a coyote has been

Dave Willard shearing sheep at Stonebrae Farm, his property on theSouth Shore.

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the Island sheep.This is quite evi-dent by thenumber of sheepkills at the threeIsland farms. Thecoyote has a fas-cinating mind intheir ability tostrategize onhow to get theirprey. All coyoteshave similar char-acteristics on abiological andphysical level butthe environmentthey live in also shapes their charac-ter,” she explained. Amherst Island beef farmer, hunterand dog breeder Russell McGinn knowsthe coyote well:“In the dead ofwinter, when thesnow is deepwith a crust ontop, the coyotewill take advan-tage of the deer.The weight of thedeer will breakthrough thesnow’s crustysurface enablingthe coyote to outrun them, jump-ing on their back,and bringing thedeer down. I’veseen many killedthis way. Coyo-tes are fiercefighters! It wouldtake threehounds to han-dle one coyote. McGinnbreeds, trainsand runs Fox

Walker Hounds. The canines are fastand for the most can keep up withcoyotes. “I’ve seen coyotes run fromthe Head of the Island to the Foot inless than 15-minutes,” explains

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R u s s e l lMcGinn. “Ifyou’ve gotgood fasthounds, theywon’t be farbehind.” Cow-calfbeef farmerDave Wempr a i s e sLimousin, Her-eford andCharolais onhis 289-acrefarm situatedon the ArtMcGinn Road.“Two nights ina row, my wifeBetty and Iwere wakenedat three in themorning byour cattle.They were ripping and roaring as theyraced past the house from the backpasture into the corral near the barn.When that happens, I know some-thing has upset them. The motherswere bawling to their calves and thecalves were bawling back. They weredefinitely agitated. Two days later Iwas back near the bush cutting wood,when all of a sudden the cattle thun-dered by me. It was midday andsomething had spooked them again.Looking across the field, I spotted acoyote a hundred yards away watch-ing the herd. I got on my tractor anddrove right up to the animal. Thecoyote didn’t run away until I climbeddown from the machine. It may havebeen a coincidence, but I was cer-tainly nervous that the animal mighthave been stalking my cattle. It couldbe speculation; the coyote may havejust been passing through on a chase.Whatever the reason, I certainly don’t

like them coming close to my herd,”said Wemp. Adam Miller is an Amherst Islanddairy farmer and the livestock evalua-tor for the Loyalist Township. “My jobis to look at the kill, how it was killeda n dw h e t h e rthe injuriesoccur redaround theneck. I lookat whetherit was a re-placementewe lamb,r e p l a c e -ment ewe,a ram, apurebredor was thea n i m a lrunning atlarge. I talkto the pro-

ducer while filling out the forms in-quiring about any preventativemeasures they might use. I thensend my fact and affidavit sheetsinto the Loyalist Township.” “Compensation for kills doesn’t

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fully reflect the cost of coyote activ-ity in terms of killed lambs not foundor carried away and the extra timespent looking through pastures; thetime spent moving sheep and guarddogs and tending to injured animals.Then there are the lower growth ratesin lamb and general stress to sheepand farmer,” noted Mark Ritchie.

What can the sheep farmers do to pre-vent the predation of their livestock? Mark Ritchie and Cherry Allen havetried donkeys, hunting, trapping,sound and sight deterrents, and guarddogs. In the spring of 2003 they con-structed a 60-acre predator-proof fenc-ing called a ‘safe zone.’ It’s a project

done in conjunctionwith the Ontario Soiland Crop Improve-ment Association asa two-year initiativeto test several dam-age preventionmeasures. Known asthe Wildlife ActionProject, OSCIA pro-vided some of thefunding towards thefencing. The fenceconsists of a 4-foothigh tensile smallmesh page wire,topped by a live elec-tric wire. Above theelectric strand is adead wire, makingthe fence 5-feet 6-inches in height. The‘safe zone’ can har-bour up to 300 ewesand their lambs. “Thefence is useful,” saidMark Ritchie, “butonce the pasture

land has been depleted, the sheepmust be moved.” The EnvironmentalStudies Department of Carleton Uni-versity is studying the effectivenessof the ‘safe zone’ fencing and moni-toring the status of the Amherst Is-land coyote population. Chris Kennedy of Topsy Farms said:“At the moment we’re bringing ourlambs in at night. May through thefirst two weeks of June is the mostvulnerable time. We’re considering apredator-proof fencing system similarto Mark and Cherry’s. We’d fenceabout 300-acres and keep the sheepinside. It’ll be a lot of work to put itup and a big cost, but over ten years,the price doesn’t look so bad.” David Willard feels the answer is tobe vigilant and carry a gun. “In con-junction with Mark and Cherry, I’vethought about trying to literally fenceoff the Foot of the Island with the ex-ception of the roads. We’re in a uniquegeographical location here. If thecoyotes get inside the fence, theywouldn’t have a quick way out.” Mark Ritchie claims that we’re liv-ing in an increasingly urbanized soci-ety and Amherst Island is no excep-tion. “We can’t hide from the fact thatfarmers are an increasingly smallerproportion of our population.” Cherry Allen said: “It’s unfortunatethat a bad predator year comes on topof the depressed sheep and lamb mar-ket caused by the continued closureof the United States border.” I personally have had a great lovefor sheep farming all my life. Recently,I’ve come to realize the challenges andsacrifices that not only sheep produc-ers, but all farmers deal with on a dailybasis. More must be done to educatethe consumer on how important ag-riculture is. Farm education must be-gin in the school, at an early age.“Where does milk come frommommy?” asked Mary Jane. “From thegrocery store dear!” mother replied.

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*****MORE- Ian Murray Topsy Farms now have 3 Akbashpuppies to add more tooth power toour guard dog arsenal. These dogs havethe reputation of being more predator-aggressive than the dogs we have now.In the past few weeks we’ve had sev-eral dogs wounded while defending oursheep with one dog requiring a trip tothe vet. When we first got guard dogs, onedog could protect a 10 to 20 acre fieldof 300 to 500 ewes and lambs. Then ittook 2 dogs as coyotes learned to worktogether to decoy the dog while a killwas made. This summer, enough coyo-tes are attacking that 5 guard dogshave been unable to protect sheep thatone dog was able to defend only a fewyears ago. It is interesting and, for us, threat-

ening, how the coyotes are able toevolve behaviours to counteract ourdefences. We very muchappreciate thehelp that Russelland Nick andtheir dogs haveprovided in re-ducing coyotenumbers.***

ISLAND CONNECTIONSISLAND CONNECTIONSISLAND CONNECTIONSISLAND CONNECTIONSISLAND CONNECTIONS- Sally Bowen My Kingston neighbour, RalphMorrow, grew up on his family farmnext to the Truemans. He was recently on a bus tour ofIreland with his son Greg. Anothertraveller noticed the Kingston con-nection and asked if he knewAmherst Island where her brotherand sister-in-law just moved. Smallworld! So at the request of these 2 regu-lar Beacon readers, Ralph and Dana:SURPRISE TERRY !!SURPRISE TERRY !!SURPRISE TERRY !!SURPRISE TERRY !!SURPRISE TERRY !!

Joanne MacDonald, Ralph Morrow,Dana Garrett (Terry Culbert’s sister)at Dungarven Bay, County Cork, Ire-land.

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On September ‘04 a beautiful out-door wedding took place on the shoresof Kerr Bay, uniting in marriage AllanaLeslie Slate and Neil Wade deHaan. Thebride was attended by her daughter,Christy, as well as her friends KarenCorkey and Tracey Hulme. The grooms-men were Tony and Gerry deHaan andthe best man was Jeff deHaan, allbrothers of the groom. Rose petalswere tossed by the flower girl, MeganAshley, niece of the groom, and therings were attended by Conner Slate,son of the bride. After the bride arrived by horse andbuggy, the bridal party was accompa-nied by a piper to the spot where Rev-erend Oscar Simpson performed aunique ceremony in front of 150guests. A delicious meal was enjoyedas the bride’s brothers, Adam and

Ryan Slate, shared the masters of cer-emony duties with ease. The bride’stouching tribute to her family, friends,

and new husband left not a dryeye in the house. A lively recep-tion completed a truly magicalday. Special thanks to all those whotook the time from their busy livesto share in our happiness. Yourkindness and generosity was over-whelming and will always be re-membered. Neil, Alana and their family, re-side on Lakeview Avenue in King-ston.*** I would like to thank all my mar-ket customers for their patronagethrough the summer and fall. I would also like to thank SueToumey for letting me finish theyear in the Back Kitchen drive way. I look forward to seeing every-one next year. Thank you. Barb Reid***

Ditto Barb’s thank you to customersat the Farmers’ Market. And a big thankyou to AIMS for sponsoring this mar-ket which has created business oppor-tunities and, perhaps more importantly,a place for neighbours to meet. Ian Murray for Topsy Farms

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WI FUND RWI FUND RWI FUND RWI FUND RWI FUND RAISINGAISINGAISINGAISINGAISINGArt Exhibit – Island Sights 2005 Cal-endarSaturday November 13th 4-7 pmThe Lodge, 320 McDonalds Lane The Women’s Institute invites Is-landers to discover our 2005 Calen-dar at a reception and art exhibit.Collect your copy of the Calendarand view all of the original art sub-missions for the Calendar. Many ofthese works will be for sale by theartists. A new addition for sale this yearis “The Doors of Amherst Island”poster, with the proceeds going toour Stone Fence Restoration Project. Extra copies will be available at theAmherst Island General Store andthe Victoria Hall Craft and Tea Room. To order please call Kirsten Bennick389-1320 or Freda Youell 384-4135.Island Sights 2005 Calendar @ $10.00 eachCalendar envelope @ $ 1.00 eachCalendar postage @ $ 2.00 eachThe Doors of Amherst Island poster@ $ 15.00 each

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***SOFA FOR SALE Claire is at it again! Our beautiful ei-derdown sofa has to go. She bought itfrom her good friend, Thelma Lloyst,who had the sofa completely refur-bished. Thelma’s house was featuredin Century Home Magazine. There is apicture of the sofa in her living room.Come and see it for yourself. $750 orbest offer. Call Hugh or Claire at 384-7830.***

Sunday November 21st , 2004

Quinte Loyalist to remain onAmherst Island route until

December 20th.The following notice was released by Loyalist Town-ship on Friday November 5 by general mailing to Is-landers:

“Due to unforseen repairs to the MV Wolfe IslanderIII, the MV Quinte Loyalist will be used on theAmherst Island service until December 20th.”

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Wayne Fleming guessed 117 jellybeans in the jar and was presented withit for being bang on! TC

Participating in the men’s apple peel contest was Noel McCormickand Alex Scott.

Is it a trick or a treat?

Grades one to three catergory. TC

Pictures from Halloween and the annual masquerade at the community centre

The adult category. TC

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NEWS FNEWS FNEWS FNEWS FNEWS Frrrrrom the GENERom the GENERom the GENERom the GENERom the GENERAL STOREAL STOREAL STOREAL STOREAL STOREHappy Thanksgiving!New Video/DVD releases available: Connie & Carla- Nia VardalosPassion of the ChristHome on the Range- DisneyThirteen- Holly HunterJersey Girl- Ben AffleckThe Human Stain- AnthonyHopkins, Nicole KidmanTaking Lives- Angelina JolieDrama Queen- Lindsay Lohan-DisneyMean Girls- Lindsay LohanMan on Fire- Denzel Washing-tonThe Punisher- John TravoltaThe Ladykillers- Tom HanksWe now carry Homemade fro-zen pies, uncooked. Just Bake,cool & serve! $12 each

Canada PCanada PCanada PCanada PCanada Post Hours:ost Hours:ost Hours:ost Hours:ost Hours:Mon.-Fri. - 9 to 11:30 a.m., 2:30 to5 p.m.Sat. - 9 a.m. to noon. Sun. - closed.

VICTORIA HALLVICTORIA HALLVICTORIA HALLVICTORIA HALLVICTORIA HALLCRCRCRCRCRAFTS & TEA ROOMAFTS & TEA ROOMAFTS & TEA ROOMAFTS & TEA ROOMAFTS & TEA ROOM

-Hours for lunch, afternoon teasand early dinners:Noon to Six, Wednesdays toSunday,-New and improved menu includesGodden Pork and Willard LambSausages on homemade garlic andParmesan cheese buns.-Hot specials include homemadesoups, lasagna, and smoked ham& cheesy macaroni.-Hall available for private func-tions.Gift Suggestions: - Tea Room Gift Certificates - John Munro Y-Knot T-Shirts@$5.00 each& CommemorativeSwim buttons @ $2.00 each - Shirley Miller cards andpaintings - Tole painted Island sapbuckets - Topsy Farms wool products - Quilts and throws by localquilters - Local Authored Books

Tom Sylvester’s Loyalist RootsCycling Tours @ $8.00 John Kuti’s Archtypes of SelfEsteem @ $25.00 Nicole Florent’s Walk, Hike orJog Kingston @ $20.00 Hans Krauklis’ Amherst IslandVideo @ $16.95 For reservations call Bernice orNeil @ 389-5389

AMHERST ISLAND T-SHIRAMHERST ISLAND T-SHIRAMHERST ISLAND T-SHIRAMHERST ISLAND T-SHIRAMHERST ISLAND T-SHIRTS ANDTS ANDTS ANDTS ANDTS ANDSWEASWEASWEASWEASWEATSHIRTSHIRTSHIRTSHIRTSHIRTSTSTSTSTS are available for salefrom Beth Forester 389-5582 orNancy Henshaw 384-0799.Babysitter availableBabysitter availableBabysitter availableBabysitter availableBabysitter available-After school andweekends.-Responsible.-Red Cross Certified

-Call Whitney Fleming 389-9869

BabysittingBabysittingBabysittingBabysittingBabysittingRed Cross Certified Babysitter.

Available early evenings &weekends. Torri Phillips: 389-0512

BabysitterBabysitterBabysitterBabysitterBabysitter- Red Cross Babysitting & CPRcertified - available after school, earlyevenings & weekends. Beth Albertan:389-2662

Seasonal Winter Storage for BoatsSeasonal Winter Storage for BoatsSeasonal Winter Storage for BoatsSeasonal Winter Storage for BoatsSeasonal Winter Storage for Boats,,,,,etc,etc,etc,etc,etc, in beautiful DowntownStella! Indoor, reasonablerates. Dayle Gowan, 634-3815

The Lodge on Amherst IslandLodging rooms and Rental avail-able for special occasions.Call: (866) 552-3535wwwwwwwwwwwwwww.amherstisland.on.ca/.amherstisland.on.ca/.amherstisland.on.ca/.amherstisland.on.ca/.amherstisland.on.ca/thelodgethelodgethelodgethelodgethelodge2 & 1 BEDROOM COTT2 & 1 BEDROOM COTT2 & 1 BEDROOM COTT2 & 1 BEDROOM COTT2 & 1 BEDROOM COTTAAAAAGESGESGESGESGESon Stella Point: By the week or week-end, April-October. (Phone numbersabove.)NORNORNORNORNORTH SHORE COTTTH SHORE COTTTH SHORE COTTTH SHORE COTTTH SHORE COTTAAAAAGEGEGEGEGEfor rent. Private with good swim-ming. By the week or week-end, May-October.HOUSE FOR RENT: HOUSE FOR RENT: HOUSE FOR RENT: HOUSE FOR RENT: HOUSE FOR RENT: year-round, by theweek or weekend- North Shore. CallCherry 634-1212

SOUTH SHORE COTTAGESOUTH SHORE COTTAGESOUTH SHORE COTTAGESOUTH SHORE COTTAGESOUTH SHORE COTTAGEfor rent on private, secluded penin-sula. Over 2000ft of limestoneshoreline. $650 weekly. Call (613)389-5536 for further information.

TTTTTopsy Fopsy Fopsy Fopsy Fopsy Farms:arms:arms:arms:arms:Looking for a Christ-mas Gift? Want aninteresting outing forvisitors? Come visit ourWool Shed at 14775 FrontRoad. We offer lambskins & sheep-skins; yarn & hats; slippers; mitts;blankets; lap robes and wraps. GIFTIDEAS: we have several new prod-ucts available, including: muffs(warmth for winter ferry crossings),felted purses & other items, &chibis (3 darning needles in a plas-tic container - for pocket or purse).Prices $2 to $105. We’ll mail or-ders anywhere. CALL TO MAKE SUREWE ARE HOME:(613)389-3444.TTTTTed Gowed Gowed Gowed Gowed Gow P P P P Painting, wallpapering, til-ainting, wallpapering, til-ainting, wallpapering, til-ainting, wallpapering, til-ainting, wallpapering, til-ing, hing, hing, hing, hing, home maintenance and rome maintenance and rome maintenance and rome maintenance and rome maintenance and repairsepairsepairsepairsepairs.....Free estimates. Island references.634-5404.Thomas A. RichmondThomas A. RichmondThomas A. RichmondThomas A. RichmondThomas A. Richmond, , , , , Certified Certified Certified Certified CertifiedElectrician. Electrician. Electrician. Electrician. Electrician. Home, Farm & Commer-cial wiring and repairs, right here onthe Island. Ontario Electrical SafetyAuthority Authorized ContractorProgram. 634-1855.

Bookkeeping ,Bookkeeping ,Bookkeeping ,Bookkeeping ,Bookkeeping ,PPPPPrrrrroperty Oversight & Man-operty Oversight & Man-operty Oversight & Man-operty Oversight & Man-operty Oversight & Man-agement Seragement Seragement Seragement Seragement Servicesvicesvicesvicesvices Rose-mary Richmond. Home,Farm, Cottage, Small Busi-ness. Island references. 634-1855.

LAKESHORE RUBBER STLAKESHORE RUBBER STLAKESHORE RUBBER STLAKESHORE RUBBER STLAKESHORE RUBBER STAMPAMPAMPAMPAMP I can provide business and artstamps, daters, signature and similarproducts. All stamps are custom madeon the premises and can be ready in 24hours.Please call 389-8441 or fax 389-9770.Email: selc.welbanks@sympatico.ca This is a home-based business andavailable most days. Linda Welbanks.

WWWWWAAAAATER WELLS & WTER WELLS & WTER WELLS & WTER WELLS & WTER WELLS & WAAAAATER TREATER TREATER TREATER TREATER TREATMENTTMENTTMENTTMENTTMENTJohn Jeffery- Phone 561-7867.

BURNETT’S PLBURNETT’S PLBURNETT’S PLBURNETT’S PLBURNETT’S PLUMBING of Napanee UMBING of Napanee UMBING of Napanee UMBING of Napanee UMBING of Napanee -----Renovations & New, Submersible & Jetpumps, Water Softeners & Purification,Sales, Service& Rentals. Fully Licensed& Insured. Many satisfied Island custom-ers. (613) 354-9223.

Mindfulness Meditation WMindfulness Meditation WMindfulness Meditation WMindfulness Meditation WMindfulness Meditation Workshoporkshoporkshoporkshoporkshop

This practice deepens our connectionto the richness of the present mo-ment and develops concentration,insight and compassion.

ComplementarComplementarComplementarComplementarComplementary Healty Healty Healty Healty Health- h- h- h- h- JocelyneLeyton, RPP, offers treatments in Cra-nial Osteopathy. This is a very subtleand gentle approach recognizing thesubtle mechanics at work within thehead, spinal column, viscera and pel-vis. The understanding of the cerebro-spinal fluid has a profound influenceon the health of the whole body.

For an appointment telephone 384-6488, 9060C Front Road.

I am collecting used stamps- I am collecting used stamps- I am collecting used stamps- I am collecting used stamps- I am collecting used stamps- any kindfor the guide dogs, clean used cloth-ing and books for the “Cat’s Meow.”Used towels, cleaning products, A&Ptapes and 12” x 12” knitted squaresmay be left in my front porch or callfor a pick-up. The animals really needour help. Freda Youell 384-4135.

RRRRRAAAAAWLEIGH PRODUCTSWLEIGH PRODUCTSWLEIGH PRODUCTSWLEIGH PRODUCTSWLEIGH PRODUCTS To place your order call Marie Wardat 389-5767 or send E-Mail to:bmward@ihorizons.net

GODDEN’S WHOLE HOG SAGODDEN’S WHOLE HOG SAGODDEN’S WHOLE HOG SAGODDEN’S WHOLE HOG SAGODDEN’S WHOLE HOG SAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAGEGEGEGEGE

Godden’s Whole Hog Sausage is avail-able in four distinct flavours - Salt & Pep-per; Honey Garlic; Tomato Oregano; HotItalian - using ALL natural ingredients(no MSG, preservatives, colouring).

New! Breakfast Sausages - Salt & Pep-per or Maple Flavour! Our frozen sau-sages are available in 5 and 10 lb. boxesat Poplar Dell B&B, 389-2012.

FFFFFrrrrrozen Meals Designed for Seniorsozen Meals Designed for Seniorsozen Meals Designed for Seniorsozen Meals Designed for Seniorsozen Meals Designed for Seniorsoffered by Lennox and Addington Sen-ior Outreach Services. Restricted andspecial diets can also be accommo-dated. Contact: Freda Youell at 384-4135 for menus, meal descriptionsand prices.

PPPPPicnic Ticnic Ticnic Ticnic Ticnic Tables & Wables & Wables & Wables & Wables & Weather Veather Veather Veather Veather VanesanesanesanesanesFFFFFor Saleor Saleor Saleor Saleor Sale

Keith Miller 389-2588

LANDFILL SITE HOURSLANDFILL SITE HOURSLANDFILL SITE HOURSLANDFILL SITE HOURSLANDFILL SITE HOURS

Wed 11-2; Sat 10-noon; Sun 2-4.

FERRFERRFERRFERRFERRY OFFICE HOURSY OFFICE HOURSY OFFICE HOURSY OFFICE HOURSY OFFICE HOURS

Mon, Wed, Fri: 9-noon & 1-4

Ferry fuel-up days are Tuesday andFriday (be prepared for a delay).LIBRLIBRLIBRLIBRLIBRARY HOURSARY HOURSARY HOURSARY HOURSARY HOURSTuesday 7-9PM, Wed 10-Noon,Friday 1-3pm.Telephone 389-9371.

G L M CONSTRUCTION-G L M CONSTRUCTION-G L M CONSTRUCTION-G L M CONSTRUCTION-G L M CONSTRUCTION-Island owned and operated. Completeservices, all trades, any size job fromdesign to construction to finishing. Wehave the connections to get your jobdone. References. Gary McDonald:384-1456.

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Sheep heading for the relative safety of an inner pasture on the Island (see related story, page 12) TC