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The United Way team kicked off the campaign last Wednesday with the annual kickoff breakfast at CJ’s Hall. The goal for this year, a lofty $995,000 just shy of the milestone million mark and roughly $17,000 more than the campaign raised in 2010. Pictured above from left to right, United Way Executive Director Judi Baril, United Way President

Shawn Souder, the ‘Community Hero’ aka Matt Raby, and campaign co-chairs Cathy and Ben TeKamp. PHoToS By AUSTin DE LUiS

The United Way has raised its pre-vious fundraising

total from 2010 by $17,000, mak-ing the target $995,000, the highest goal in the agency’s his-tory to be raised before the official

campaign ends on De-cember 1st.

‘Change starts here’, United Way President Shawn Souder told the packed hall at CJ”s for the annual kickoff breakfast, officially opening the 2011 campaign. Things did get off to a rous-ing start with $74,874 coming from Procter & Gamble ($54,000), Sco-tia Bank, both Brockville locations ($15,374) and

$3,500 from Automo-tion through Thousand Islands Street Machine.

There are many fund-raising events over the next 10 weeks includ-ing the Stanley Black & Decker golf tourney on October 1st, the James Youth Summit from Oc-tober 24th – 28th, which includes all nine high schools in Leeds-Gren-ville, the YMCA triathlon on November 20th, as

well as Hockey Night in Leeds-Grenville, which appointed former NHLer and Gananoque native Alan McCauley honorary chair, matching the MP’s team against a host of ce-lebrities and former pro-fessionals.

The campaign’s goal is $30,000 more than last year’s initial goal and ex-ceeding this could mean

Record goal for 2011 campaign as the United Way host annual kickoff breakfast

By Austin de LuisObserver Editor

Change starts here

(Left) United Way President Shawn Souder holds up a $5 bill, which came in an envelope from an elderly couple. “It was all they could give,” said Souder, adding that every little donation helps when you’re trying to increase fundraising during these tough economical times.

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The Brockville Police Service (BPS) and CN Po-lice visited schools across Brockville over the last week as part of the ‘Oper-ation Lifesaver’ program designed to educate chil-dren and their parents on the proper safety rules of railway crossings.

Community Safety Officer Sergeant Doug Locke has been in the position for over 10 years of his 33 years on the BPS, teaching initiatives and educating the public, especially youth, promo-ting ‘Safety First’ as the model for all in the city. “Railway safety is very important for everyone, especially with many ‘first-timers’ heading out on their own for the first time,” said Locke. “This program will help ensure we avoid any future tra-gedies.”

Sabrina Latimer lost her life in February 2005 at the age of 12 and Sam-antha Lefebve was in-jured on the rail crossing just south of Common-wealth School. After waiting for the first train to pass, the two walked onto the tracks and were struck by a second train they never saw coming.

Along with the pro-gram, many upgrades have been completed since 2005 to the inter-sections in the city in-cluding; moving back the pedestrian gate, and add-ing new lights.

‘Operation Lifesaver’

has many simple yet ef-fective messages for the young children heading back to school. “The first thing is stop at the white

line,” said Locke. “Be pa-tient and wait until the gate is fully raised. This simple rule can save lives.”

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the milestone Million dollar mark. “We wanted to thank everyone for using the power of the pen to make a difference in our community,” said United Way Exec-utive Director Judi Baril. “Everyone thrives and sur-vives.”

If the United Way hits their target by December 1st former campaign chair Dr. Andy Jordan and Souder have pledged they will jump in the St. Lawrence “Polar Bear style’.

United Way helps fund 1 in 3 families in Leeds-Grenville through 27 partner agencies. For more in-formation please call the office at 613-342-8889 or 613-342-8850 or visit www.uwlg.org or send donations to: Box 576, 42 George Street, Brockville, Ontario K6V 5V7.

Three classes from Commonwealth Public School were tak-en on a tour to the Ormond Street rail crossing by Brockville Police Service Community Safety Officer Sergeant Doug Locke and CN Police Constable Sam Masanotti on Friday morning as part of the ‘Operation Lifewsaver’ program. Children from Mrs. Green, Ladd and McMillan (grades one through three) spent time going over all the safety and pre-vention guidelines designed to help prevent another trage-dy at the rail crossings. “Railway safety is very important for everyone, especially with many ‘first-timers’ heading out on their own for the first time,” said Locke.

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Schools participate in railway safety with ‘Operation Lifesaver’By Austin de LuisObserver Editor

PRESCOTT – A post on a web site prompted a Pres-cott councillor to request an apology from the town’s mayor at council on Mon-day night.

The controversy stems from a Recorder & Times article published last week. The article dealt with legal costs associated with an Ontario Munici-pal Board (OMB) hearing that involves the zoning of the Wiser Hall waterfront property on King Street West and a proposed multi-residential develop-ment adjacent to the existing heritage building. Mayor Brett Todd is quot-ed and paraphrased in the article.

The online version of the article is accom-panied by a post from Todd that is in response to someone else’s post. The mayor notes that he was one of three council members who voted in June to not proceed with a zoning bylaw amend-ment that includes Wiser

Hall. Earlier that month, a meeting involving in-terested parties showed a willingness on the part of most participants to dis-cuss the Wiser Hall pro-posal further; a second meeting was planned, but it did not proceed after the 4-3 recorded vote in which council opted to proceed with the amendment.

Councillor Robert Lawn, one of the four who voted in favour of pro-ceeding in June, expressed concern on Monday night that Todd had misrepre-sented the reason behind the decision. Lawn asked for an apology from the mayor, who declined the request.

“I will never apologize for trying to save the cit-izens of the Town of Pres-cott over $100,000 in legal expenses, nor will I apolo-gize for choosing the path of constructive dialogue over an expensive legal battle with an uncertain outcome,” Todd stated in

an e-mail in response to questions from the Ob-server.

Lawn and other council members have indicated they oppose the large-scale proposal put forward by developer Bob Pelda, a former owner of Wiser Hall and former town council-lor. However, they have also acknowledged a will-ingness to consider some-thing on a smaller scale.

“I am only sorry that Mr. Lawn obviously did not realize the ramifica-tions of his vote on this zoning matter in June, as that council vote led directly to Mr. Pelda call-ing off the negotiations that had just started, and lodging his four com-plaints with the OMB,” the mayor stated in the e-mail.

The matter is expected to be heard by an OMB panel later this fall.

The Observer was not present at the council meeting on Monday night.

Wiser Hall issue dogs town council

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BROCKVILLE – The prov-incial election campaign took centre stage at the Brockville Arts Centre on Monday night.

About 125 people were on hand to see and hear four of the five Leeds-Grenville candidates in action. The business-ori-ented meeting was spon-sored by the Brockville and District Chamber of Commerce in partner-ship with the city and the arts centre

Ray Heffernan of the Liberals told the audi-ence he looked hard for a political party that matched his value sys-tem. Premier Dalton Mc-Guinty and the Liberals have served Ontarians with dignity and grace for eight years and have made tough decision when needed, according to Heffernan. He noted the three main pillars of the party’s platform are health care, education

and creating an environ-ment that allows for meaningful jobs.

The Green party be-lieves in long-term solu-tions and sustainabil-ity and not short-term solutions, Taylor said. Ontario’s debt has risen consistently as has red tape and the obstacles facing small businesses while the other three par-ties have governed at dif-ferent times during the last 20 years, according to Taylor. The province can have a healthy en-vironment and a healthy economy, and Taylor urged voters to have the courage to stand by their convictions and let their voices be heard.

Incumbent MPP Steve Clark of the Progressive Conservatives indicated it has become pretty clear from feedback he has received during the last couple of weeks that Ontarians are feeling it

in their pocketbooks. People are seeking re-lief from skyrocketing hydro rates and scarce job opportunities. The

Conservatives and their Change Book will pro-vide a climate that cre-ates jobs and addresses concerns about wasted

tax dollars and red tape, according to Clark.

“I will work hard for you,” said the MPP, who added he loves talking about Leeds Grenville in the legislature.

New Democratic Party candidate David Lundy said he’s not hearing people calling for tax re-lief. They are struggling to pay bills and seeking ways to make life afford-able. Tax-cut policies do not work, according to Lundy. Overhauling labour laws, increas-ing the minimum wage and freezing tuition fees are examples of how the NDP will end “the assault on working families,” he proclaimed. “If you’re going to grow, you put people to work.”

Lundy and Taylor dif-fered on the effective-ness of hiking the min-imum wage. Lundy said it has been proven to work, but Taylor referred to it as “a nice-sounding solution” and a “quick fix” that would not in-crease buying power be-cause the price of goods would also rise.

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From left, Ray Heffernan, Charlie Taylor, Steve Clark and David Lundy appear at an all-candidates meeting at the Brockville Arts Centre on Monday night. The Leeds-Grenville candidates are scheduled to return to the arts centre for a health-care debate next Tuesday night. An all-candidate meeting will be held in the North Grenville Municipal Centre in Kemptville tonight (Wednesday) at 6:45 p.m. PHOTO BY TIM RUHNKE

Tim Hudak (left) asks about the Grey Cup hat Ed MacDonald is wearing as his wife Rosita looks on at Tim Hortons.

PRESCOTT – Even Tim Hudak knows there’s al-ways time for Tim Hor-tons.

The Progressive Con-servative leader was joined by incumbent Leeds-Grenville MPP Steve Clark and a number of party supporters and customers at the Prescott restaurant on Monday afternoon. He was on his way from Trenton to

Cornwall.It was Hudak’s second

visit to the riding dur-ing the provincial elec-tion campaign. He made a brief stop in Brockville two weeks ago.

In addition to ordering coffee for his entourage, the Tory leader sampled a fresh batch of smile cookies. Followed by a cluster of videograph-ers and photographers,

Hudak shook hands and spoke briefly with well-wishers and customers; he also sat down with groups at two different tables.

Subjects that arose during the 20-minute stop ranged from the HST and jobs to farming and the Grey Cup. There was no scrum or media conference; Hudak made his way through the res-

taurant and boarded one of the two coaches trans-porting his handlers and the reporters covering his campaign.

As he was leaving, Hu-dak thanked the Locketts for the work they do in the community and for help-ing the campaign person-nel refuel. He told Clark that the Prescott outlet is “a very friendly Tim Hor-tons.”

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tape and reducing the provincial deficit. Lundy warned about cutting to the lowest level given health crises involving tainted meat and drink-ing water in Ontario in recent years. “Red tape – there’s a reason for it,” he said. Heffernan said he does not want to shackle business when it comes to rules and regulations, but he would “rather err on the side of saving a life.” Clark said the Tor-ies plan on cutting the size of government and setting a 30-per-cent re-duction target when it comes to ministerial red tape and the small busi-ness and farming sec-tors.

As for the status of the province’s Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) program, Clark maintained it should be scarpped; with the money going to front-line health care. In noting the Tories created LHINs, Lundy said the system needs to be overhauled. Heffernan believes the system is effective in al-lowing decisions at the community level. Tay-lor said LHIN is good in principle, but there have

been problems involv-ing implementation and bureaucracy.

The Liberal candidate pointed out that neither the Tories nor the NDP is advocating the elimina-tion of the HST; both are calling for the harmon-ized tax to be dropped from utility bills. Heffer-nan added that the HST has not been easy, but it shows the strength of a Liberal government that had to make a hard deci-sion that puts Ontario on a level playing field with the rest of the world.

Lundy said 90 years of Conservative represen-tation at the local level hasn’t worked. He called on the electorate to vote for “a working fellow” and for positive change. Choose main street rath-er than Bay Street, Lundy told the audience.

Clark said he is lis-tening to the voters and hears their frustration. They want something different after eight years of Liberal rule, and the Progressive Conservative candidate said he will continue to work hard and be a vocal advocate for Leeds Grenville.

In closing, Taylor noted

that the meeting shows what is good, bad and broken about the polit-ical system. He believes all the candidates have a genuine interest in serv-ing the riding, but Taylor pointed out that the arts centre was, at best, 20 per cent full (and only about one per cent after the partisan members are taken into account). “Our political system is broken,” said Taylor, who said the Green party re-jects the old way of doing politics. He stated that the other parties are of-fering candy to voters. “We say eat your vege-tables,” the Green candi-date remarked.

Heffernan said jobs are coming to Leeds Grenville thanks to the Liberal government, which has shown focused and direct leadership. He added it is ridiculous that the area has sent a Tory to Queen’s Park for 90-some years. “It’s time to break the mould,” Heffernan proclaimed.

Lance Fulsom, Leeds-Grenville candidate for the Socialist Party of On-tario, did not take part in the Brockville business debate.

A fifth candidate en-tered the race in Leeds-Grenville before nomina-tions closed on Thursday afternoon.

Prescott resident Lance Fulsom repre-sents the Socialist Party of Ontario. The party “...believes that the labour power and nat-ural resources of a soci-ety should be used in an ecologically compatible, equitable and sustainable manner for the benefit of all, including future gen-erations,” he stated in a release.

Ontario needs fair taxes for the rich and a $15 minimum wage as well as pharmaceutical

coverage and recallable public officials and MPPs, according to Fulsom. The “bloated” salary of an MPP should be cut to $55,000 per year.

“The Progressive Conservatives always promise smaller, more democratic government, but once in office they have never delievered,” he stated. “NDP govern-ments in Ontario and other provinces promise change but never deliver on peoples’ expectations of their own promises.”

Fulsom believes that “the economy of a truly democratic society should also be co-oper-ative and democratically managed so that citizens can be active in the run-ning of their workplaces as well as planning the direction of economic development.”


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Some of the advance polls for the Oct. 6 On-tario election are open as of today.

Local electors can vote at the local re-turning office at 133 King St. W. in downtown Brockville between now and next Friday, Sept. 30. Information on poll-ing station location, dates and times is listed in the notice of registra-tion cards that are being mailed to voters.

Local advance poll locations include the

memorial centre in Brockville, the fire halls in Athens and Lyn and St. Andrew’s Presbyter-ian Church in Prescott. Not all of the advance polls are open on each of the next 10 days. To find out more about where and when to vote in advance, call the Leeds-Grenville re-turning office at 1-866-325-6157.

Voters are asked to have their registration card and identification (that includes current

address) with them at the polling station. To be eligible to vote in the Oct. 6 election, an elector must be at least 18 years old and a Can-adian citizen who res-ides in Ontario.

There are five can-didates in Leeds-Gren-ville: Steve Clark of the Progressive Conserva-tives; Lance Fulsom of the Socialist party, Ray Heffernan of the Liber-als, David Lundy of the NDP and Charles Taylor of the Green party.

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Day-to-day living is costly. Gas, gro-ceries, home expenses, the kids, taxes, a workday coffee or lunch – it all costs and it all adds up, making it very dif-ficult to set aside money for investing. But you know you should because con-tributing to your investments within an RRSP and other forms of saving and investing is the best way to financial and retirement comfort. Your mantra should be ‘pay myself first’ and here are three ways to do just that and regularly fund your investments using money you already have.

Consolidate debt If you have a num-ber of small loans and/or carry debt on a bunch of credit cards, consider a debt consolidation loan at a better in-terest rate and lower overall monthly payment. Or you might opt to transfer your credit card balances to a personal line of credit that typically has an inter-est rate of prime plus one or two per cent instead of the 18 to 28 per cent an-nual rates of many credit cards. Use the ‘found’ money from your lower month-ly loan and debt payments to fund your investments.

Be tax smart You get a tax refund and you think, ‘Whoopie!’ But what you’ve actually done is loaned the government your money, interest-free throughout the year. Instead, apply to reduce the tax withheld from your pay each month (by filing form T1213 with the Canada Rev-enue Agency and for Québec residents, a TP-1016 with Revenue Quebec) and invest the extra money each pay period.

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Now that you’ve uncovered those ‘hidden’ investment dollars, put them to work before they get gobbled up by other day-to-day costs by setting up a Pre-Authorized Contribution plan (PAC) that makes automatic with-drawals from your bank account and transfers them to an investment ac-count. Talk to your professional advisor about PAC and other strategies that’ll help you reach your financial and life goals faster.

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The Editor:Fall is starting and children and young

adults are now back in school for another year. We are asking that older adults also consider coming back to school this fall.

The Employment and Education Centre (EEC) in Brockville is offering the NEWSTEP program to older workers throughout the fall and winter. This six-week retraining and em-ployment-readiness course is designed for older workers who may have been displaced from a long-term job in the local manufac-turing industry, or who are semi-retired. We are also seeking mature folks looking to re-integrate into the workforce after an ex-tended absence or who even might be en-tering it for the first time.

In order to be eligible for our program, participants need to be between 55 and 65 (people between 50 and 54 may also be able to take part), unemployed or under-

employed, and a resident of Brockville or the South Leeds area. You need also to be willing to commit to a 25 hour-a-week program at our Strowger Blvd. location.

Those who take part are eligible for a liv-ing allowance for the duration of the pro-gram and also to receive up to nine months of funded post-secondary training. Partici-pants also receive resume and cover letter training, job interview instruction and as-sistance with dealing with job loss and job searching.

We know that re-integrating into the work-force at any age can be challenging; NEWS-TEP is designed to make the transition easier! It is jointly funded by the federal and provin-cial governments under the TIOW (Targeted Initiative for Older Workers) program.

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Brockville missing again at another world-class event

There seems to be an unusual trend forming that is hard to understand in the city of Brockville.

There have been a pair of world-class events that saw decent crowds attend from outside of the city, but didn’t see the numbers from the local citizens that they should have, leaving a bitter taste in the mouths of the events organizers. This is a feeling I share.

After the INXS concert at Riverfest I wrote an editorial titled ‘Where was Brockville’, with many of the 3,000 tick-ets sold going to out of town visitors. Today, I am faced with the same question again.

This year’s Shorty Jenkins Classic, a world-class curl-ing event saw close to 3,000 spectators over the four days of action, many of whom were visitors from outside the immediate area. Close to half of the silent auction items went to visitors as well, showing the overall interest from visitors was a big portion of the total attendance.

I attend as many events in the area as possible and see some familiar faces consistently, but not nearly enough.

Brockville residents need to support these types of events or we risk losing them for good.

A group like INXS is a once in a lifetime performance for a city the size of Brockville and after the dismal show-ing in attendance, I doubt the Riverfest committee will consider bringing a band of this magnitude to the festi-val again.

The Shorty Jenkins is a huge event on the curling tour that attracts former Olympic and World champions, but the attendance did not fit the caliber of the athletes. This is another example of something that needs to change if we are to keep these type of events in our city.

I am always looking for feedback on my editorials, and I would certainly welcome any input from the readers about these very important questions. Please send me your responses to [email protected].

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Rotary Park Cheque Presentation David Keenleyside and Darren Gallacher were each awarded a $500 volunteer award from TD Canada Trust on King Street for the volunteer work with the Rotary Clubs of Brockville and the Thousand Islands respectively. TD Canada Trust offers a volunteer grant program to all branches and employees country-wide for any who volunteer over 40 hours in a 12 month period for one registered charity. Keenleyside and Gallacher donated their $500 award to the revitalization of Rotary Park which has begun demolition to clear the space needed for the Splash Pad and new playground. Pictured above from left to right are, Gallacher, Rotary Club of the Thousand Islands President Laura Good , Rotary Club of Brockville President Tom Harrington and Keenleyside. The project’s next fundraiser is at the Mill Restaurant on October 20th. Owner Peter Hoogendam has donated the facil-ity for a four-course meal, with enterainment from Terry Hart and a silent auction. Cocktails begin at 6p.m with dinner starting at 7p.m. For more information please contact Rick Walker at 613-342-9111 or Darren Gallacher at 613-246-6835.

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On-air personalities mingle with Brockville audienceCTV Ottawa news anchors Graham Richardson and Carol Anne Meehan pose with members of the Brockville Red Hat-ters who had front-row seats for the supper hour broadcast on Thursday. The co-anchors along with weatherman J.J. Clarke and sports anchor Terry Marcotte mingled with local residents who gathered to watch the visiting technical and production crew stage the popular 6 o’clock newscast. PHOTO BY TIM RuHNKE

Ever have that violat-ed, invasion of your pri-vacy feeling? I’ve sure got it these days. Our elec-tronic ‘conviences’ are starting to make our lives worse instead of better.

Now before you roll your eyes and think I’m on some paranoid rant, bear with me. Do you not find it annoying to pick up your telephone lately and get some recorded mes-sage, especially around dinner time? Do you no-tice that the advent of se-curity chips on our bank cards take longer to pro-cess than the swipe or cash method?

Because let’s face it, very few of the young folks running a cash register can do math in their heads anymore... Want to test it? Ask your young grocery clerk what 7 times 8 is, and watch the horrified look come across their face...

GPS units were a nifty tool for hikers and boat-ers, until they became a nifty tool for your em-ployer to track your every move. I used to worry about the police if I hap-pened to be going a little fast, but now I have to fear the email going to my boss about my driving habits, from some bean

counter watching me on a computer screen, from his air conditioned office. ( Special note : As I sit and write this on my new Motorola Xoom tablet, a small icon and message in the lower right of the screen has informed me that my location has now been set by GPS!!! ) Grrrrr! Even Google knows where I am!

I don’t have much con-versation with the older of the kids in the family these days, I get text mes-sages instead. My wife and I sit together in the kitchen in the evenings watching the youngest be mesmerized by you tube, and playing on Habbo.com, while we play ‘Angry birds’ on our Ipods.

Sad indeed.Every day we drive

by cameras for security and traffic control, not to mention when you go to the bank machine, walk through a store, or use your GPS equipped cell phone. For some real fun, you could wind up on youtube yourself, quite by accident while go-

ing for a walk through a park where someone has decided to upload video from the camera in their phone of their dog play-ing fetch...

The time that it strikes me as funny, is when there is a power interrup-tion, and stores simply close their doors, because their precious inven-tory control systems and computers are down. People suddenly become panicked because interac

and credit cards cannot be accepted, just cold, hard CASH!

And last but not least, shove your bluetooth up your butt. I don’t know how many times I have asked ‘what?’, thinking that the person next to me has said something to me, only to get the wave that they are not talking to ME while they con-tinue a strange conver-sation with themselves...The matrix has us.

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Make It your Own by Peter Yerdon, Red Seal, O.C.T.

I always talk about inspiration, and how it affects the food I prepare. Well this week’s article comes from a lack of inspiration, and a “cold wet rainy Sunday”

The lack of inspiration actually comes from the fact that I did not want to go out and shop for din-ner, and for the most part the cupboard was bare, or so I thought! I did find a tube of ground beef in the freezer so the protein was looked after. There is always a box of pasta in the cupboard, rotini if I re-member right. Hardly matters any pasta was going to work with what I had in mind which was, well it was bound to come! I started to go through the fridge. I found some green onion and there is always a jar of crushed garlic handy. I prefer fresh, but in a pinch and this was, the garlic in the jar works. Ok so as I was rooting around I came upon some tomatoes that we brought home from Lina’s cousin in Toronto.

So here we go water on to boil and I start cutting up the onions and tomatoes, oh yes did I mention I also found some red and yellow peppers, things were starting to look up for this dinner! I sautéed the on-ions and garlic and browned the beef, next came the tomatoes and the peppers, (after draining the fat) I opened the spice cupboard and in went the oregano and basil, salt and pepper to taste. I also added a half cup or so of water or maybe it was red wine to help the peppers and tomatoes stew a bit. Next the pasta was cooked and drained. I generally do not rinse my pasta as it helps what ever sauce you are using stick to the pasta. The ground beef mixture was not really saucy which is what I was looking for. I put it all together sprinkled parmesan cheese, added a sal-ad and voila dinner, and if I do say so myself rather good!

I remember growing up my Grandmother would make something like this, she was a good cook but never really got the idea of seasoning, in later years she used to open a can or two of beef and barley soup and add it, flavourful but that really came from the sodium in the soup. Still a really good memory of a less complicated time, for my brother and I anyway!

So you’re probably thinking ok this is just like that burger in a box, and it is kind of, the difference be-ing this is so much better for you, as it has none of the chemicals and easily less then half the salt of pre-pared box foods.

Making this Your Own is easy, because you can use what ever you have handy, had I found potatoes and some corn this could have just as easy turned into a Shepherd Pie, or a chili, or a pasta sauce. Pla-cing all this in a casserole dish grating some cheese on top, bake in a hot oven and you have dinner in a dish. Substitute rice for the pasta. The trick as always is finding the inspiration and then “Making It Your Own, Mangi”

A wet Sunday afternoon and

a fond memory!After the week that

was I have a message for Mother Nature. Enough already, we can all read a calendar! Everyone’s aware that autumn is rapidly approaching, so there’s really no need for the frosty reminders. This is usually my favour-ite time of year, but last week’s outburst has me reconsidering.

If the calendar and weather weren’t enough to herald the change of season there are always my colleagues in the wine writing business. Many of them are in an unseemly hurry to switch gears and transition to their “cold weather” selections.

Really? Some of the most pleasant days of the year are still to come. You won’t be scraping ice off the barbecue for a long time yet. People haven’t even begun to talk about Indian Summer!

Now I will admit that the weather will be changeable; last week has shaken me a little. So we’ll hedge our bets with

a bargain white wine to consider for toasty au-tumn afternoons and a red that might be handy to have on hand for everyday enjoyment, no matter the weather.

Quality begins and ends with the wine in the bottle and both of these wines have it in spades. Attractive price tags make them that much more appealing. Chile’s J Bouchon Sauvi-gnon Blanc 2010 (CSPC# 531749, $8.90) should sound familiar to readers.

We have discussed previous vintages of this amazingly consist-ent wine and given it the highest praise. On one such occasion I was asked, “Are you serious? You’re recommending a wine under $9? Is it really that good?” The answer was, and still is, yes, yes and yes! I don’t know how they do it, it could be magic for all I know, but I don’t care either. As long as the quality continues to return, vintage after vintage, I’ll be a fan.

Bouchon is rich and

ripe with great struc-ture and balance. The nose is fresh, fruity and floral with bold citrus, peach and fresh mown lawn aromas. The pal-ate is complex with for-

ward white and yellow fruit such as pear, melon, grapefruit, tangerine and lychee nut flavours. A bright, crisp citrus acid-ity balances the fruit and bodes well for food pair-ings. The finish has fairly good length and depth of flavour, with just a hint of mineral and spice.

Bouchon makes an admirable aperitif, easy drinking, tasty and re-freshing. You can match it with grilled chicken, veal, seafood recipes or whatever the catch of the day is in your household. It will also do admirably well with fresh harvest vegetables.

Our red wine is an Italian selection from the unheralded region of Emilia-Romagna, just

north of Tuscany. Tini Sangiovese Di Romagna 2009 (CSPC# 179432, $8.95, Shopping Cen-tre) offers simple pleas-ures, versatility and great value.

Look for mocha, cherry, red berry and mint aromas on the nose. Plum, cranberry, cherry and dark berry fruit dom-inate the palate with mocha and grenadine flavours and a light, per-vasive herbaceous spici-ness filling out the fla-vour profile. Racy acidity and soft, dusty tannins augment the juicy fruit. The herbaceous, sav-oury spice shows through nicely on the finish.

Pasta with rich, tangy tomato or meat sauce, pizza, burgers, barbe-cued sausages and mush-room dishes will all excel when paired with Tini. So spark the barbecue, put on a pot of pasta or pull out a lawn chair and enjoy!

A good value under $9? You bet!OFF THE

VINE

by Russ Disotell

Bordeaux is syn-onymous with the ma-jestic wines made from the blending of Caber-net Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, a combination emulated throughout the wine world. It may come as a surprise but this wasn’t always the case. Before World War II Bordeaux was dominated by white grapes and white wines. As recently as the late 1960’s a white grape, Se-millon, was the most widely planted grape in what has become the cathedral of Cabernet.

Now largely relegated to the periphery of wine grapes, Semillon was once the most widely planted grape in the world dominating Bor-deaux, South Africa, Chile and Australia. Blended with Sauvignon Blanc it produced ethereal whites from the Bordeaux re-gion. Its ability to adapt to a number of soil types and relatively high yield made it very appealing to vineyard owners. Then the world went Chardon-nay mad!

Today Semillon is enjoying a resurgence in Australia, as a single var-ietal wine and in a number of blends. Aussie wine-makers have returned to the grape’s roots and are producing some stun-ning Bordeaux blends; only this time around it’s Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. Shingleback Hay-cutters 2009 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon (CSPC# 207365, $15.95 until September 11th, $17.95 after, LCBO Shopping Centre) is one of them.

The vineyard derives its name from an indigenous lizard, a member of the skink family, whose scales re-semble shingles. The Haycutters moniker is a ref-erence to the fact that the vineyards (first planted in 1990) were pre-viously used to grow hay for the family dairy herd. The high calcium soil that was so perfect for turning out bumper hay crops is also ideal for grape vines. Owner and winemaker John Davey, whose father purchased the property in 1959, de-scribes his products as handcrafted wines. He believes in producing small batches with a min-imum of intrusion by the winemaker to allow the wine’s natural character

to shine through. Shingleback’s blend

is 53% Sauvignon Blanc and 47% Semillon. A Bordeaux grower once described Semillon as

the ying to Sau-vignon’s yang. If ever two grapes were made for each other it was these two. Se-

m i l l o n curbs the a g g r e s -sive, acid-ic nature of Sau-v i g n o n , b r i n g -ing some complex-ity, subtle-

ty, richness and round-

ness to the blend as well as the element of figs to the nose.

The nose offers a pre-view of the complexity to come with fairly bold aromas of guava, green apple, peach, citrus, trop-ical fruit, fig, pine nuts, and subtle oak. The wine itself is medium bod-ied and tightly focused, with all of the elements

nicely balanced. Shingle-back whites are appar-ently known for their crisp acidic backbones and it is definitely present here.

The palate is closer to a Bordeaux blend, which may surprise some expecting a New Zea-land tropical fruit style. Look for lemon peel, grapefruit and citrus

fruit to dominate with green apple, peach and tropical fruit flavours playing a supporting role. Silky smooth, Haycutters has an almost creamy texture and a lengthy, zesty, mouthwatering finish.

You can’t find many better candidates for lazy, late summer backyard sipping, but all that citrusy acid cries out for food. So fire up the barbecue and grill some shrimp, scal-lops or fresh water fish. Barbecued chicken will also fit the bill, or better yet herb roasted chicken. You won’t have any com-plaints if you team veal with this classy Austral-ian.

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A Bordeaux grower once described Semillon as the ying to Sauvignon’s yang.

If ever two grapes were made for each other it was

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What exactly is the Matrix???

The science world con-tinues to be frustrated by the fact that the pub-lic definition of the word “theory” and the scientific definition are exact oppos-ites. This leads to all kinds of misconceptions and er-rors in interpretation, as well as misunderstandings on both sides of this issue.

To the non-scientist, a theory is some kind of back-of-the-envelope idea cooked up in isolation and without consideration of the real world. Some of these are quite harmless and the results of adhering to them are trivial… such as Aunt Jane’s theory that a baking cake will fall if there is a thunderstorm. Others can have significant con-sequences, such as think-ing that AGW, anthropo-genic global warming, is merely a phase through which we are passing and we do not need to take any action.

Let’s take a look at “theory” and see what it means.

In science, we look at some process or phenom-ena, such as gravity. We develop a hypothesis… gravity acts upon every

object on Earth equally, and can be measured. We then design an experi-ment. We start dropping different objects and see what happens to them. We measure them, how much they weigh, how fast they fall, whether they fall faster in a vacuum than in air, anything we can come up with. Our observations will show us that a) every-thing we can find falls to Earth, b) objects acceler-ate towards the Earth at a constant rate, c) feathers and lead shot fall at the same rate inside a vacuum container, d) nothing we have tried ever falls up, or doesn’t fall at all.

From these and many other detailed and repeat-ed observations, we can construct a Law of Grav-ity. Newton did exactly this over three hundred years ago. From this Law, derived from hundreds of years of experiments and observations, we develop the Theory of Gravity. So

the progression in science is: hypothesis, experi-ment, Law and Theory. An important qualifier is that Laws and Theories are not completely unassailable. This means that if, tomor-row, you decide to hop off your balcony and you do not fall to Earth (think Wile E. Coyote), our Law and Theory must be revised. Our experimental experi-ence tells us that this is pretty unlikely, however science always leaves the door open to new findings.

One area in which the distinction between a Theory and a theory is critical relates to evolu-tion. There are those who dismiss evolution as “just a theory”, which drives scientists and especially biologists crazy. This at-titude trivializes the thou-sands of hours of experi-mentation and hard work which went into formulat-ing a Theory that covers all observed phenomena in the natural world. In Canada we have a more balanced view of this issue compared with the United States, where Evolution-ary Theory comes under regular assault, usually

by conservative religious groups. Charles Darwin began the process of hy-pothesis and experiment over one hundred and fifty years ago, and every biologist and natural sci-entist since then has been building on his work. Yes there are some inconsis-tencies and controversies, but these are at the very leading edges as scientists grapple with minute de-tails, such as which group split from which other group at which point in the distant past. The pil-lars which Darwin began are as strong as ever and so far no credible evidence has been produced which

would cast the Theory of Evolution into any doubt. This last week, evidence of a dinosaur fossil with identifiable feathers was found preserved in am-ber (fossilized pine resin) in Alberta. This confirms what scientists have been hypothesizing for a while:

birds are the direct des-cendants of dinosaurs.

So a Theory is really a pretty strong position, backed up with experi-ments, data and lots of hard work. A theory isn’t really a theory, it is what we call a SWAG… a scien-tific wild-assed guess.


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When is a theory not a Theory?THE SCIENCE

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The Brockville Tikis got off to a rough start at the showcase in Kemptville last weekend, losing both games handily to Ottawa area opponents.

Brockville lost their opening game 16-3 to the Gatineau Mustangs, one of their worst loses in team history. This was followed up by a 7-3 loss on Sunday to the Almonte Thunder,

to give the Tikis a 0-2 re-cord to begin the regular season.

Brockville’s had little to celebrate after the week-end, but with the long season just beginning, will have plenty of time to get things back on track. Ben Brayman has gotten off to a solid start scoring three goals and adding an assist in the two games.

Brockville will be look-ing for a better showing when they open their home

schedule on Wednesday against the South Grenville Rangers. The Rangers split their pair of games at the showcase, giving them a tie for the Rideau division lead after the first two games. Brockville and Gananoque lost both their games and share the basement, with Westport registering one point and sitting in third spot.

Game time on Wednes-day is 7:30p.m at the Me-morial Centre.

PRESCOTT – The South Grenville Jr. B Rangers split their first two games of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s 2011-2012 regular season.

The Prescott-based team took part in the EOJHL showcase in Kemptville this past weekend. South Grenville lost 5-3 to Met-calfe on Friday night but defeated Shawville 6-4 on Saturday after-noon.

N e w c o m e r Travis Downie scored three goals for South Gren-ville on the week-end; Thomas Plumb leads the team with four points (two goals, two assists).

The Rangers will be in Brockville tonight to face off against their arch-rivals, the Tikis; puck drops at 7:30 p.m. South Grenville’s home-opener with the Athens Aeros is set for Saturday night at 7:30. The Rangers play

their regular season home games at the Leo Boivin Community Centre.

Kevin Harrison, gen-eral manager of the Jr. B Rangers, has given up his

duties as head coach; for-mer assistant coach Steve Smith is now at the helm.

The Rangers wrapped up their exhibition sched-ule with two wins (one in overtime) and four losses (also one in overtime); one game was cancelled

because of ice conditions.South Grenville fin-

ished last in the Rideau Division and three points out of a playoff spot last season.

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Tikis look to improve on poor startBy Austin de LuisObserver Editor

The Brockville Braves have opened the season 3-1 after splitting a pair of games against Pembroke and Kemptville.

In their home opener on Friday, the Braves en-tertained the defending national champion Pem-broke Lumber Kings. The

Braves came out of the gates quickly, carrying the play, while outshoot-ing their opponents 16-5. Despite their advantage in shots the first period came to a close 0-0.

David Roy got Brock-ville off the mark just prior to the midpoint of the second period with his second of the season. Brockville lost the lead with a pair of mistakes

and a power-play mark-er that saw the visitors quickly score three goals to take a 3-1 lead into the final 20 minutes.

The Braves came back in the third period with a pair of goals from Chris Roll and Mike Skakum to tie the game, sending it to the extra period where captain Scott Dawson sealed the victor exactly one minute into overtime.

The Braves received multi-point game from Ben Blasko (3 assists), Roll (1 goal, 1 assist) and Brandon Anselmini (2 as-sists). William Betts was strong in goal stopping 20 of 23 shots he faced.

On Sunday, the Braves travelled to the North Grenville Commun-ity Centre to take on the Kemptville 73’s.

Brockville opened the scoring with Matt Char-train’s second of the cam-paign before Kemptville came back with a pair of goals to take a 2-1 lead into the first intermission. Chartrain scored an un-assisted goal, his second of the game to tie the contest 2-2, before Roy tallied a mere 14 seconds later to give Brockville the lead. Kemptville scored four unanswered goals over the follow-ing 20 minutes to put the game out of reach. Roy scored his second of the game and fifth in four games this season to bring Brockville with-in two goals, where the game would end.

Brockville outshot their opponents heavily

54-22, especially in the third period where they registered 24 shots to Kemptville’s two.

Brockville travels to Smiths Falls for their next contest on Tuesday even-ing, followed by a pair of home games on Friday

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Braves split weekend gamesBy Austin de LuisObserver Editor

Pictured above are front row, left to right, Emily Slowey, Thomas Shepherd, Attilio and Stace Anselmini, holding daughter Rylie. Back row left to right, Emalee Shepherd, Sue Kennedy, Brent Kendrick and Glen Kennedy. PhoTo By AuSTin dE LuiS

Braves forward Jon-Paul durso missed burying a goal in the first period by the smallest of margins hitting the butt-end of the stick during the opening period in the Braves 4-3 overtime victory on Friday night. Brockville had begun the season 3-0, before Sunday’s 6-4 loss to the Kemptville 73’s.

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The Brockville Braves, together with the Jump-start and Making Play Possible programs host-ed a charity barbeque and equipment sale through donations prior to the home opener on Friday night. The Braves showed their support for Jumpstart and Making Play Possible, who help fund less fortunate chil-dren enroll in organized sports. Braves owners Todd and Krista Gill thought the move to get involved with the pro-grams a good partner-ship for the Braves and a

more than worthy cause. “Everyone doesn’t have the opportunity to play without great programs like Jumpstart and Making Play Possible”, said Krista. “If we can help give these kids the chance to participate we will.

Jumpstart is a pro-gram created by Can-adian Tire and Brockville owners Bill and Cath-erine Deplaedt have championed the cause locally since they bought the franchise in 2009. “One in three families cannot afford to enroll

their children in sport and recreation activities because of financial bar-riers,” said owner and chair of the Brockville chapter Catherine De-plaedt. “That means that many kids are mis-sing out. Canadian Tire Jumpstart is dedicated to removing barriers, so children can participate in organized sport and recreation.”

Jumpstart has raised over $56,000 in 2009-10, with the estimated total potentially reaching close to $95,000 by the end of 2011.

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Another great year on Refugee Islandwith over 700 breakfast meals served.A Great Launch to our annual Riverfest

(Above) The Shorty Jenkins Classic donated $3,300 to the Alzheimer’s Society of Leeds-Grenville (ASLG) from the silent auction sales. Pictured from left to right, ASLG Program and Services assistant Erin Cleaver, Exec-utive Director Denis Wood, AJM Campbell Shorty Jen-kins Classic chair Gord Mc-Crady, and ASLG board member Denise Fraser.

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The 2011 Shorty Jen-kins Classic was a huge success for many rea-sons.

The crowds numbered close to 3,000 over the four-day event, mak-ing it the most watched edition in the tourney’s history. “We were very pleased with the turnout

this year,” said tourna-ment chair Gord Mc-Crady, adding that sev-eral participants have already called to book for next year’s tournament, giving praise to a well-organized event.

John Epping of Toron-to continued to impress as one of the leading up-and-comers in the game, winning the tournament with victories over Chad Allen in the finals, as well

as defeating former two-time world champion Glenn Howard in the semis.

On the women’s side, Sherry Middaugh of Victoria Harbour took the title, defeating 22 year-old Rachel Homan. Middaugh came up with a draw shot on her final throw to edge out Homan 4-3 for the win.

This year organizers held a silent auction with

29 items to raise funds for the Leeds-Grenville Alzheimer’s Society. Shorty Jenkins was diag-nosed with the disease in 2009 and tournament board felt it was a great opportunity to help raise funds in Shorty’s name. “This cause is very dear to our hearts”, said McCrady. “We ex-ceeded our expecta-tions raising $3,300 this year.”

(Above) Prescott’s Dan Cook shouts instructions to the sweepers during the opening match of the Shorty Jenkins for the crew from the Prescott Curling Club.

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Epping and Middaugh win Shorty Jenkins Classic Tournament a success for many reasons

Sherry Middaugh of Vic-toria harbour won the women’s final on the last throw of the match to edge out 22 year-old Rachel homan. Pictured from left to right, Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong and AJM Campbell Shorty Jenkins Chair Gord McCrady.

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• 140th Anniversary Service for Manhard United Church, 5898 County Road 6, Sunday, Sept. 25th, at 10:30 am. Guest speaker is Rev. Paul Vavasour, of Ottawa, with special music by the North Augusta Pastoral Charge Choir. Everyone welcome.

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• Roast beef dinner at Lyn Oddfellows Hall, 23 Main St. Lyn. Sunday, Sept. 25, 4-6 pm or until sold out. Take-out available.

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• A Beginners Course in Genealogy sponsored by the L&G Genealogy Society will be held Thursday evenings from Sept. 29th to October 27th at the Brockville Museum. Registration fee covers the course and all course materials. You may register by e-mail at [email protected] or by calling 613-925-1437.

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“We invite the pub-lic to join us for this ceremony,” say Laurie Bourne-Mackeigan, Co-

ordinator with ARCC. “The statue and the event are about increas-ing awareness of violence against women in our society, and the need to break the silence.”

The bronze stat-ue, which depicts two women with arms held high releasing doves of peace, was created by art students at Thousand Islands Secondary School and unveiled last Nov-

ember. It stands as a me-morial to those women who have lost their lives to violence, and to those men and women who work to prevent it.

The ribbon cutting will take place at 1:30 p.m., followed by a reception at the Brockville Rowing Club. Those interested in attending should RSVP to Bourne-Mackeigan at [email protected] or call ARCC at 613-345-3881.

Women’s Memorial Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony set for September 22nd

Brockville’s Premiere Retirement Resort, The Wedgewood, gives back to their community for the 4th annual pancake breakfast on Saturday, September 24, 2011.

Madhu and Sabby Duthie owners of The Wedgewood, their staff and residents are proud to invite the community to a Pancake Breakfast in support of United Way.

There are two sittings 7:30 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. on Saturday September 24, 2011 and breakfast will be served by local ce-lebrities including Mayor Dave Henderson, Chief of

Police John Gardiner and many more. Mrs. Duthie is excited to be hosting the event for the second year and believes that it is a wonderful way to meet members of the com-munity while supporting United Way of Leeds & Grenville.

“The Wedgewood is very pleased to be a partner with the United Way,” says Mrs. Duthie. “It is going to be won-derful to have commun-ity leaders, TheWedge-wood and United Way working together once again to support such a great cause.”

The Breakfast will include scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages and pancakes. There are only 125 tick-ets available and can be purchased at the United Way Leeds and Grenville. The cost is $7/adult, $5/children 3-12 or $20 for a family of four.

Come out and sup-port the community and meet your neighbors at TheWedgewood. To re-serve your ticket(s) please drop by or contact the United Way Leeds and Grenville at (613) 342-8889. You can pay either by cash, cheque, credit card or interact.

The Wedgewood proudly hosts the 4th Annual Pancake Breakfast for United Way

Local businesses, groups and individuals are being invited to take a break and support the Alz-heimer Society of Leeds and Grenville.

It’s time for the organ-ization’s main fundraiser of the year. Coffee Break enables local residents to enjoy a cup or two with family, friends or cowork-ers while supporting the local society.

Alzheimer’s is a brain disease that progressively impacts a person’s mem-ory, speech and behaviour to the point at which he or she will become depend-ent on others to provide all aspects of care. The number of people affected

by Alzheimer disease and other forms of dementia continues to surge; esti-mates indicate the total will rise to 1.3 million Can-adians by 2038. More than 1,900 live with the disease or dementia in the united counties area.

The society’s support programs are increas-ingly vital, according to Executive Director Denise Wood of the Leeds Gren-ville branch. “We still don’t have a cure for the dis-ease, but day programs, caregiver support groups, respite and other services help families to live well and independently long-er.”

The Coffee Break pro-

gram kicked off on Thurs-day, but participants are welcome to host their events any time in Septem-ber or into October. Spe-cial activities can be sim-ple or elaborate; corporate challenges or trivia nights could be incorporated into the fundraiser. The goal in Leeds and Grenville is to raise $15,000.

Coffee Break decals can be purchased at Bulk Barn until this Thursday, Sept. 22 and at Kent Building Supplies through the end of this month.

For more information on how to get involved, call the society at 613-345-7392 or visit www.alz-heimerleedsgrenville.ca.

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Clinical decisions at Brockville General Hos-pital (BGH) and several other primary health-care facilities in the region can now be made more efficiently as the result of a new electronic data-sharing agreements.

The reciprocal deals involving Kingston Gen-eral Hospital, Hotel Dieu Hospital and The Ottawa Hospital will lead to the replacement of tradition-

al exchange methods such as fax and courier mail. The agreements cover information such as lab, scan and diagnos-tic test results as well as consult notes and dis-charge summaries.

Physicians in Brock-ville can apply to have access to shared patient records at participating hospitals in Kingston and Ottawa, according to BGH Chief of Staff, Dr. Robert Beveridge.

“All of the information that is critical to making timely clinical decisions can now be reviewed in a timely and efficient man-ner,” he stated. “These agreements will have a large impact on our abil-ity to make decisions on admission, discharge or transfer of care.”

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PRESCOTT – The com-munity has responded in a bigger way to this year’s Bottom Line Challenge.

More than 6,500 non-perishable items were collected at the ninth an-nual event held in front of O’Reilly’s Your Independ-ent Grocer on Saturday. The challenge is held in support of Food For All, the food bank that serves residents of Prescott, Ed-wardsburgh/Cardinal and Augusta.

“We did very, very well,” said Food For All Executive Director Bonnie Pidgeon Gommert.

Organizers were still adding up the totals on Monday. Additional non-perishable items are being picked up at local schools, churches and banks this week, Pidgeon Gommert noted.

She indicated there were more people at this year’s challenge than the previous year. The execu-tive director expects do-nations will end up being slightly higher than at the 2010 event. “It helps us tre-mendously,” she said.

The food bank usually finds itself low on certain items as autumn ap-proaches; donations tend to decrease during the summer. The food bank distributes about 6,000 items per month.

Monetary contribu-

tions made at the Bottom Line Challenge on Satur-day totalled about $2,000. The Cow Paddy Boys group of motorcycle en-thusiasts donated $1,000. There was also a barbecue and 50-50 draw.

In addition to the Riverside Buick GMC kids zone and a bouncy castle supplied by Mapleview Homes, there were per-formances by the Brock-ville Thrill Dancers.

There were many younger volunteers at the challenge. Members of the local Air Cadet squadron and Scouting movement as well as the Youth Volun-teer Corps were on hand to collect items and fill the Kriska trailer.

Pidgeon Gommert said she is encouraged by com-

ments made at the event by Upper Canada District School Board Trustee Lisa Swan, who talked about having a goal of solidify-ing a relationship between local schools and the food bank. The executive direc-tor sees it as an opportun-ity to grow and to help ad-dress poverty issues at the community level.

Food For All, which is based in downtown Pres-cott but has satellite offices in Cardinal and Spencer-ville, is a registered charity that can issue tax receipts. Call 613-925-2444 for more information.

Bottom Line Chal-lenge sponsors include the grocery store as well as Q-Country 102.9, YES-fm, PAC 98.7 and Prescott Journal.

Donations up slightly at food bank event

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Prescott and District Chamber of Commerce President Jennifer Wy-man tees off on the 4th hole at the Prescott Golf Club last Wednesday. The business organiza-tion hosted the Charlie McFarlane memorial tournament; 110 play-ers took part in the an-nual event. Proceeds from the tournament help the Chamber of Commerce support programs and activities that benefit the local business community.

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PRESCOTT – The num-bers were higher at this year’s Terry Fox Run in Prescott on Sunday.

The annual fundraiser for cancer research at-tracted 118 participants as well as 18 volunteers. By day’s end, $10,770 had been raised for the Terry Fox Foundation. Just under 100 participants collected about $10,200 at the Prescott run in 2010.

“You couldn’t ask for a better day,” organizer Sharon Spychi said about the weather and turnout at Sunday’s event. “It was just gorgeous.”

Spychi indicated there are many “regulars” who have been taking part in

the annual fundraiser for 25 years or more. She also said there were a lot of new participants. Spychi noted there is one family that moved to the area from Chapleau, and the 19 year old has been in a Terry Fox Run each year since his first time when he was in a stroller.

Team Conlin con-tinues to have a signifi-cant presence at the Prescott event. The group raised almost $4,100 in honour of their father and grandfather, the late Dale Conlin.

The Prescott run is based at the Kinsmen Am-phitheatre located beside Sandra S. Lawn Harbour.

The waterfront venue provides an alternative mode of transport to participants; Spychi esti-mated that about a dozen opted to kayak in the har-bour rather than walking, jogging or wheeling the regular route. Kayaks are supplied by the Grenville Fish and Game Club.

Many of the Terry Fox Runs held across the world this month have been dedicated in mem-ory of Betty Fox, Terry’s mother, who passed away earlier this year. Terry’s Marathon of Hope in 1980 and its legacy has raised more than $550 million for cancer re-search.

Prescott Terry Fox Run raises $10,770

Ethan Ferguson, 10 months, and Sparky the Fire Preven-tion Dog get a closer look at each other during the Bottom Line Challenge. Firefighters from Prescott, Augusta and Ed-wardsburgh/Cardinal were on hand at the food bank, and Grenville County OPP was also represented.

PRESCOTT – Set sail for TreasureFest in downtown Prescott this weekend.

Prescott BIA is hosting the event on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Treasure-Fest is much more than a sidewalk sale (which has been dubbed the Great Down-town Merchant Ship Bargain Regatta). A number of special activities will take place downtown.

A portion of the municipal parking lot at the corner of King and Centre streets will be transformed into Captain Clock-tower’s treasure ship, the BIA Bounty. People of all ages are welcome to try and make their way through the 2,000-square-foot maze surrounded by seven-foot-high walls; junior and senior clues will be avail-able. Those unable to solve the riddles and successfully navigate the maze by picking up enough dubloons to escape the ship will have to walk the plank, noted Prescott BIA Manager Chuck Street.

In addition to the Bounty docked in clock tower square, there will also be a “babyrinth” for moms and tots.

Another attraction will be the live mer-maid in the front window of the former Wiseman’s shoe store a few doors up King Street West.

Other activities for youngsters include colouring sheets and face painting. Sheets were also handed out at the Bottom Line Challenge event for Food For All Food Bank on Saturday. Expect a few tall tales during the buccaneer storytelling time.

Visitors can also have their pictures taken in the fun photo faces panels. Enter the costume contest and see how others dressed for the occasion.

King Street (County Road 2) will remain open to traffic throughout the day, and

parking is free downtown. The Prescott Farmers’ Market, which is also located by the clock tower, will also be open on Saturday morning and early afternoon; the market is also open on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The BIA had been a partner in Pir-ate Days, an annual event spearheaded by Karen Chick the past four years. The downtown association opted for a new name and look for the Prescott event in 2011, according to Street. “I’m getting a good response” from merchants, he said.

For more information about Treasure-Fest, e-mail [email protected]. Sept. 19 is international Talk Like a Pirate Day.



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