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Violet Rogers Gathering eggsThe Oxford Mills Community Association held their fourth Annual Easter Hunt at Maplewood Park. It was a fun event and the best part was watching the kids run around searching for eggs and their squeals of excitement on finding them. I think the parents had just as much fun watching them!Eggs were strewn all over the park and some cleverly hidden in the bark of trees. Afterwards, each child gathered around a table and received a Chocolate Easter Bunny compliments of Jim and Nora Devette.Once again a great event put on by members of the Oxford Mills Community Association.

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Letters to the EditorI’m currently listen-

ing to CBC’s Ontario To-day, the topic being ‘Dog Dazed: Does your dog control your life?’ and the topic spurred me to write this letter. I’m a dog owner living in Old Town and have often complained (to myslef) about the lack of a FENCED off-leash dog area within walking distance of my home. I imagined, however, that in this semi-rural setting, my complaint was perhaps not shared by too many of my neighbours. But with the population of North Grenville set to increase significantly with a condo development on its way for Old Town, I think now might be the time to start (or re-start?) a conversa-tion on this subject. An in-crease in condo-dwellers is sure to mean an increase in dogs without backyards to call their own. I think that a FENCED off-leash dog park, with accompany-ing responsible dog-waste management, should be considered for North Gren-ville. Perhaps it might be located at the river end of Riverside Park behind the tennis courts, since new fences seem to be going up near there any-

Mr. Editor:At the risk of sound-

ing repetitive as well, I too would like to reiterate the point you have made in your last editorial, and that which I have stated in a previous submission: There is no good reason to support the idea that the present structure of Coun-cil, with only 4 councillors and a mayor is the best option for the composition of our Municipal Govern-ment. Convincing some of the too-long-entrenched councillors may be a futile effort. So I propose that they either: a) put the issue of adding more councillors or main-taining the status quo to a plebiscite, or b) put forth their views in this paper, in response to the editorials and let-ters from the readers so that the electorate can decide for whom they will vote.

way. Neighbours, what do you think? I wonder too if the NGTimes would be willing to devote an upcoming weekly poll to this discussion?

With thanksAmanda Gould

This is not their gov-ernment. It is ours. They must be made to do what we want. One way or the other, the voters will de-cide. Either vote for those candidates who have stated their views clearly, or fill out the plebiscite ballot on Election Day.

For too long there have been voices call-ing for this, and Council has been mute--hoping these pestering pushers-of-change would just go away. Well, “The time has come’, the Walrus said, “to speak of many things...”

Speaking of being mute: Democracy is a par-ticipatory form of govern-ment. Listening to others’ views and reading other peoples’ thoughts concern-ing the various issues is not being a participant in the process. Voting whenever the opportunity presents itself is a good start, but in between, going to Council meetings, contacting your representatives and letting them know how you feel---now that’s participation.

If that’s just too much for you--well then, you’ll just have to settle for the government you deserve.

Peter Johnson

Dear EditorA n o t h e r f a c e t o f

Hugh’s volunteer ism was his involvement with the Friends of the North Grenville Public Library. How proud he was this past summer when our Friends group received the prestigious Gabriele Schrieber Award pre-sented by the Friends of Canadian Libraries.

As a founding mem-ber of Friends, Hugh served on our Execu-tive Committee for seven years. In recognition of his support and arduous involvement, he was pre-sented an honourary life membership.

Literary Follies be-came his favourite event. We are celebrating our twelfth anniversary in 2014, thanks, in large part, to Hugh’s active participation. Another of his projects was the annual book fair. Many of us remember his job as cashier at Gunstone, the location of two of our book fairs.

As a Youngster of Yore, Hugh was in reg-ular contact with that group and participated in some of their programs (including those with Cathie Raina).

Your whimsical smile and wise counsel are al-ready leaving a void. There is an empty chair in the Program Room of the Norenberg Building.

Sincerely,Patrick Babin, ChairExecutive CommitteeFriends of the North

Grenville Public Library

You remember that great comment of Bill Davis’s, when he was asked about being so bland? He said: “Bland works”. It was a great line and a very interesting in-sight into Ontario politics at the time. Bland certainly worked for Davis: he was Premier of Ontario for fifteen years. He plugged in to a natural conserva-tism in Ontario politics, a resistance to anything other than gradual change and an instinctive dislike of blunt talk. That same instinct is still to be found in our political and social life today, but I wonder how strong it is now?

Over the years, polit-icians and business lead-ers have depended on that conservatism to carry on in traditional formats. Low turn-out at elections, Council meetings, public meetings of any kind, in fact, have allowed polit-icians and others to take

the people for granted. They are not used to being scrutinised or criticised by the public, simply because they have not experienced that kind of involvement by the public in the past. The public have tended to concentrate on belonging to service groups or church organisations and left the governing to the people they elected.

But the fact is that more and more of us “regu-lar” people are getting involved, albeit in a fairly passive way. To this point, we tend to only get inter-ested in issues that affect us directly. Once that issue is settled, we return to our cosy world. But that, too, may be changing. And what has brought about this revolution? It has stemmed from our growing realisa-tion that the people we have elected, or hired, or allowed to take leadership in our community, may not be all that good at their job. Experiences like the Oxford Mills landfill fiasco, or the sale of Ac-

ton’s Corners school, have created serious doubts about whether our busi-ness is being carried on as efficiently as it could, or in the best interests of regular folk, the taxpayers.

We need to get past the bland: the place where we don’t ask certain ques-tions or say certain things. We need to say that the Emperor has no clothes, if he has none. We need to say that our leaders are not listening to us, not re-sponding to our concerns. We are tired of being told to mind our manners and keep our place by people who work for us. We want to know why some of the people who make deci-sions affecting us don’t even live in North Gren-ville. We want to know what the relationship is between the small group of business people in NG and the Council and staff they deal with. In short, we want open govern-ment. We were promised transparent government at the last election: but then

again, we always are at every election. We never get it: nothing has changed in the way Municipal gov-ernment works for years now.

Sorry, one thing has changed. Now the meet-ings where planning ap-plications are dealt with by Council have been moved to Committee of the Whole, where there are no cameras to rec-ord what’s said and done. Is that progress towards transparent government? I don’t think so. For too long, we have been spoon fed bland by the press in NG. That is no longer the case, at least in this news-paper. One day, it may be so for all media here.

Growth is a tricky thing; it requires patience, humility and application. Patience, because it takes time to bring people on board, to convince them that change is not only necessary, it can also be good. Humility, because we tend to get defensive when we’re told things have to change. It can seem like we’re being ac-

cused of not being good enough the way we are. Otherwise, why do we need to change? And ap-plication is very definitely needed, because we can lose focus and concentra-tion, and that allows things to happen that perhaps we don’t want. We have a responsibility as citizens to be part of the solution, to apply ourselves and inform ourselves and not only when things affect us directly. Our future is not a spectator sport.

We have seen how issues are being handled on an ad hoc basis, without a coherent overall vision. There is a need to stand back and see the big pic-ture, rather than running around dealing with each separate issue. That vision is lacking right now; that willingness to consider new ideas and processes. If I thought our future was bleak, I wouldn’t bother trying. But I really think the future can be great, if we get the foundations laid now.

We will have an elec-tion at the end of next year.

Have you thought about running for Council? Have you thought about what you want from a Council-lor, what questions you want to ask? It is very hard to change things: the past six years have shown that. Over time, what I call The Bubble comes down over elected representatives: they become prisoners of the system and find it hard to see things with the perspective they had before they were elected. This Council is certainly in the Bubble: it is almost inevitable. They are grad-ually drawing the Mayor in too. At the next election, it is likely that there will be three vacant seats, at least, that will be available to new candidates. This cur-rent Council could leave a precious legacy of their time in office by bringing about the kind of chan-ges we need: like a larger Council, a ward system, more public consultation, etc. Will they do so? Time is running out.

Dear Editor:First, we would like to

express our appreciation re: the coverage on this issue by the NG Times. We live in For-est Creek and although we do not back onto the subject land we will be able to see it based on the current plan. Just a few other points...Yes we know it was zoned commercial when we purchased here. If someone builds a three story commercial building 20 feet from the lot line we might be against that also. However, this is unlikely as most commercial properties want their store front close to the highway, not as far away from the highway as possible. We are sure that there have been quite a few well meaning comments and letters about this issue. All we can say is that it is easy to criticize our position when the issue is not in your backyard. We agree that Kemptville can use more retirement space and even nurs-

By David Shanahan

Dear Editor:ing home space but why does it have to be built in the middle of a commercial strip and in an area where it will overpower its neighbours? There are a lot of other spaces for sale that would me more than adequate and would not have any of the issues that have been raised.

We are not ‘Senior Citi-zen’ bashers. In fact, we think the demographics of Forest Creek SD would indicate that a high percentage (50?) of the residents here are retired, are Seniors, and could be future residents at the Home, wher-ever it is built. For the record I am 65 and my wife is over 60 (not allowed to say her age).

We are opposed to this change as it has not been well thought out by NG and it makes absolutely no sense to put a Retirement (or Nursing Home) in the middle of all the com-mercial developments along 43. The 43 corridor from 416 to Rona is for the most part either already being used commer-cially or will be eventually. The few homes left will most likely be redeveloped as this corridor unfolds. We need to grow and are growing. Let’s do the right thing now to ensure this spot fits into Kemptville over time.

Again, thanks. Rick and Rose HawleyKemptville

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Kemptville Youth Cen-tre would like to ask you for your time during Na-tional Volunteer Week - April 21st to 27th. The Kemptville Youth Centre Team would like to invite you to their Open House April 25th to thank you for your part. New volunteers and donors are invited to visit that day as well.

In 2012, Kemptville Youth Centre had 81 vol-unteers investing their time on the board, on commit-tees, at fundraisers and volunteering with youth activities. Forty of these volunteers were youth. These volunteers along with three staff members worked tirelessly to put together everything that was needed to serve almost 400 North Grenville youth with quality programming, activities and role models. These activities and role models are necessary to make the difference in the potential of local youth.

“The main goal of youth centres is to give youth many hours of ac-tivities and programming with safe and screened volunteers. With programs such as ours at Kempt-ville Youth Centre, we are giving our youth the gift of better self-esteem, improved body image and resilience building as well as strengthening our com-munity. Our volunteers are the biggest part in helping us make this happen.” stat-ed Robin Heald, Executive Director of Kemptville Youth Centre.

The Kemptville Youth Centre Team is planning their 2013 activities and is in need of more volun-teers to create all of the magic that is needed in and around the Kemptville Youth Centre.

If you have an ability to connect with youth, to get them smiling when they're down, to just hang out with them and have them easily accept you; if you're ap-proachable and easy to talk to, youth could use your support. They may see you

Consider the price of food products in general, they are one of the fastest rising price levels individuals encounter. General inflation is about 2%, North Grenville taxes rose by 5.2% and food prices increased an average of 6 to 10% depend-ing on your source of informa-tion. Have you noticed this rise? The general reasons for this increase are droughts in the southern states and smaller crops in Florida, which resulted in upward pricing pressures for these products. Now add to this, on a cumulative basis, the increased price of diesel fuel and trucking; then, add to this sum the cumulative effect of a sliding Canadian dollar on the produce itself and you are just at the Canadian border. Most produce passes through a warehouse of some sort which adds to costs and, finally, Kemptville receives a product at least 4 days old and at an increased cost due to these cumulative pricing increases. Each of these incremental price increases are small by themselves; however, added together they are noticeable. This analysis applies to prod-ucts from Mexico and Peru as well. Now approximately 80% of that price increase is caused

by forces outside our border and local consumers must pay up, and they do. As a practical illustration of this I would ask you to stand on an overpass over the 416, exit 24 will do; now look upon the right two lanes (west side) and you see large grey transport trucks hauling agricultural product worth about $400 per acre south. Now, look over to the left two lanes and you see large grey transport trucks carrying agricultural product worth about $5000 per acre heading towards our box stores carrying 4 day old product.What then is the solution? Well, the answer is, “GROW YOUR OWN”, locally. Farm-ers markets can have many beneficial effects upon their community. So if you feel inclined to do this, the role of the local farmers market is to provide an outlet for smaller/medium size operators to sell their product. By doing things this way, growing locally, prices are determined locally. If you do not like the price, you just walk up to the vendor, and you are speaking to someone who can do something about it. Try that with a box store. When you, the purchaser and vendor trade in this manner, the dollars stay in the community a few days longer and do not go

off to fund some multi-national far from Kemptville. This analysis sounds logical etc., however there is a flaw; we do not have enough farmers to staff and produce the food the local supply chain needs. This last statement brings us right back to my first observation, we must import food. This is a sad state of affairs in this part of the country given the agricultural land surrounding us. Farmers markets are one small method of encouraging people to get into this business and replace imports for the benefit of us all. The province and the federal government have recognized this problem and have released a program “growing forward 2” with the specific goal of dealing with this problem. More on this later if you are interested. If any of you reading this are producers, please consider setting up at the Saturday market, you are needed and welcome.I am going to leave you with something to ponder. Given that most of our food is sup-plied via supermarkets import-ing their food inventory, “what happens if the price of diesel fuel goes to E.U. prices, say $2 per liter and our dollar slides further, and there is another drought in the U.S.?” Farmers markets do matter.

Food production system is broken

Dear Editor, We have recently re-

turned from our southern winter home to discover “The North Grenville Times”! What a pleasant surprise! The articles are very informative and for the first time in a long time gives one a feeling of really being in touch with our community. So good to know that so many people really care about the present moment living of others, the future for all of us and to be remem-bered from the past, as in the admirable writings and musings mentioned by Jim Dolan, in the history section.

Pat Babin’s teaching methods are fun and bring to mind how much we can and do forget learnings of so many years ago.

Spring has sprung and we look forward to the vendor’s fresh produce, wherever the venue may

be held, as we admire and appreciate those who toil and bring their wares to us.

To say “build it and they will come” may be a cliché, yet lends to the very obvious shortage of homes for Seniors. The article from Rob Thomp-son, regarding the town of Brockville’s downtown core, showed some merit regarding the future of downtown old Kemptville. Seems the number 13 is not a superstition, rather a contentious issue of height for the proposed site by Riverside Park. Being se-niors about to downsize from the 2 storey family home we would welcome accommodations in the downtown core, where we could walk to most needs.

Now something to look forward to with the great job in the formation of this paper. With many thanks,

Dick & Deanna Loewen

Joining the Kemptville Youth Centre Team

as a role model to emulate, inspiration for their pas-sions or encouragement to define and seek their life goals. If this is you, then Kemptville Youth Centre would love to pair you up with one of their youth volunteers.

Drop-in Volunteers as-sist in different afternoon and evening drop-in pro-grams offered for youth aged 12-18. Offsite, Over-night and Special Activity Volunteers engage with youth but have limited time.

Check out the Kempt-ville Youth Centre program calendar on their website to see which activities would suit your schedule. Accompany youth on a field trip, share some pop-corn during an overnight movie marathon, partici-pate and moderate a role playing game night...It's all great fun and it would be even better with you there.

The biggest obstacle in running a rural youth centre is accessibility for youth. If you have your own vehicle and a clean driving record, we'd love to hear from you. You could work with our staff to coordinate your driv-ing schedule, transporting youth to and from Kempt-ville Youth Centre events.

Some of you believe in our mission but prefer to make an impact behind the scene, not working directly with teens? The Kempt-ville Youth Centre Team gets that. They have great opportunities that will al-low you to have a big im-pact on our operations and on our bottom line.

If you have strong or-ganizational skills and a great phone manner, why not assist our staff with filing, mailing, data entry, answering phones and clerical duties as an Administrative Volunteer?

The Kemptville Youth Centre raises money and community awareness through a variety of special events. Special Event Vol-unteers help at activities,

which are often held on evenings and weekends.

Do you enjoy network-ing and have strong public speaking and communi-cation skills? We could use your talents to raise awareness about our or-ganization and secure the funding required for our operations. If you would enjoy assisting in the cre-ation and implementation of fundraising strategy, securing sponsorship and funding opportunities with Kemptville and surround-ing area businesses and from private citizens and community groups, then give us a shout.

How about putting your writing and research skills and excellent command of the English language to good use? Kemptville Youth Centre needs a spe-cial volunteer to locate and pursue grant applications to secure funds for the con-tinuing operations of our facility and its programs.

Are you handy? Good with tools? Why not call for a tour of The Kempt-ville Youth Centre. There may be an odd job or two that you have some unique skills to help us create a space that youth can be proud of.

Many volunteer oppor-tunities can be seen on The Kemptville Youth Centre website http://www.kemp-tvilleyc.com.

If you have your own ideas of how you could make a difference on our team, call The Kemptville Youth Centre at 613-258-5212. Robin would be hap-py to discuss your involve-ment.

The Kemptville Youth Centre Team is looking for-ward to meeting you!

By Woody Armour

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The organizers of Leeds & Grenville’s Amazing Race are pumped about this year’s race, and are now accepting competi-tors. Following the lead of the popular TV series The Amazing Race, race organizers Crystal Sled & Tanya Noyes are saying the 2013 race is complete-ly anyone’s to win…the teams are already starting to fill up, the events are go-ing to be more challenging than ever, the competition is heating up and the pre-vious competitors think they have this race all fig-ured out…EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED it’s the unknown that will get you every time! The race will

take place on Saturday, June 22, 2013.

“We a l ready have some real keeners signed up,” says Noyes, “If you have never experienced this race, you need to this year”. Proceeds from the event go to fund programs and services within United Way’s 28 member agen-cies.

“This is the 11th year for this event and we are really changing things up”, adds Sled. The day consists of teams of two racing all over Leeds and Grenville while competing in a number of different challenges on their fun but intense adventure. Last year’s events included pole

fit (pole dancing), pulling a truck, brain teasers, fire fighter challenges, target shooting, obstacle courses and of course some food challenges.

A number of prizes are available, including $1,500 for the first-place team.

“If you want to test your inner strengths and abilities both mentally and physically, then this is the event for you! You need to register today before we’re full, as spaces are limited.” says Sled.

Teams collect pledges to enter the race and again this year we are giving bet-ter game advantage prizes away for those who raise

over a certain amount of money in addition to one major game advantage prize to the team who rais-es the highest amount of money. To be eligible to race, you must be 18 years of age or older and teams must raise a minimum of $500. A $100 deposit is re-quired to secure your spot.

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The Amazing Race: Leeds GrenvilleIt’s Mind Bending, It’s Exhilarating, It’s Challenging Registration now open for this exciting event!

The announcement, when it came, was like a bolt from the blue, bringing shock and dismay to the residents of North Grenville. Of course, North Grenville didn’t yet ex-ist, for this was October, 1995, and the Ontario Government had released their first targets for closures and cuts under the Mike Harris “Common Sense Revolution”. The G. Howard Ferguson Forest Sta-tion, covering 1,100 acres in Oxford on Rideau Township, immediately north of the Town of Kemptville, was scheduled for closure by June of the next year.

The Forest Centre had been opened in 1945, when the Province bought the old Moore farm to establish both a mixed forest for lumber and other specialist work, and, most centrally, a tree seedling nursery to produce stock for reforestation efforts in Eastern Ontario. It had been found that much of the land in the region was susceptible to devastating loss of top soil once trees were removed by farmers. Areas such as the one now covered by Limerick Forest, soon be-came unable to sustain farms and settlement. Other places actually became sandy deserts, as the tree cover was removed. The role of the Forest Sta-tion in Kemptville was vital in reforestation, because, as one expert put it: “Indigenous species must be grown in the proper time zone and soil con-ditions. Seedlings from other areas are not satisfactory and do not grow well. The differ-

ence from one area to another is highly significant.”

In addition, the closure of the Ferguson Station would mean loss of jobs and a pre-cious asset to the Oxford-on-Rideau Township area. It all seemed so unnecessary to lo-cal residents, workers and staff at the Station, local politicians and the forestry industry. Why shut down such a valuable re-source. The Ministry of Natu-ral Resources [MNR], who operated the Station, pointed to the one million dollars they lost every year at the Station. There were serious questions in the community about the efficiency of MNR operations, however. The Government were charging ten cents per tree to buyers, when it was calculated that the market would easily pay three times that amount.

The community mobilised and a Community Consortium was formed, representing the Eastern Ontario Model Forest, Oxford Township politicians, forestry companies and the local residents, to draw up a business plan to present to the Province. But meetings with the Minister in charge, and correspondence with the Pre-mier’s office seemed to pro-duce no response. No matter how viable the Consortium’s business plan was, the Prov-ince seemed determined to push through with the closure of the Station. Only strong rep-resentations from MPP’s and Oxford Council delayed the removal of equipment from the Station. But the MNR’s plan was to sell off all the two and three-year old trees and

plough the rest of the twelve million seedlings into the ground. As it takes three years for seedlings to become avail-able for harvesting, this would leave any potential buyer of the Station with no crop for three years after purchase. Clearly, the Province was not interested in maintaining the Station as a tree nursery, regardless of the essential role it played in reforestation of eastern Ontario.

Once again, the com-munity mobilised. Urgent representations were being made to Oxford-on-Rideau politicians, and, in March, 1996, the Oxford Council wrote to the MNR about buy-ing the Station at a minimal cost. The Station closed, as planned, in June, 1996, and the MNR started the process of selling the property. A public meeting was called at the North Grenville District High School to put pressure on the Government and inform the public. But, although more than seven hundred people had signed a petition support-ing the Consortium’s efforts, only about seventy turned up for the meeting. What was worse, of the nine guest speak-ers booked to appear, five dropped out and another one arrived but refused to speak to the meeting. It seemed that the commercial sector was losing interest in the issue. Fortunately, it was decided at the meeting that night that volunteers would be asked to come to the Station and weed and irrigate the three million seedlings in order to save the crop for at least another year.

The Province now had to dispose of the property, and under Ontario law, the right of first refusal went to the Ox-ford Township. In July, MNR asked Oxford if they were interested. Oxford Reeve, Don Cameron and Councillor Owen Fitz’gerald argued in favour of Oxford expressing an interest in the purchase and Council agreed unanimously with this approach. Don Cam-eron informed MNR of Coun-cil’s decision and added a very significant statement. Oxford would not be changing the zoning on the land, no matter who bought it. It would remain agricultural land. This would obviously make the property harder to dispose of and limit MNR’s choices in the matter. This stand may well have saved the Station.

Weeding and irrigation continued to be provided by volunteers, organised by the Consortium. Local people came to help, as did people from Ottawa and surrounding areas. Buses of Mohawks ar-rived from Akwesasne to help in the work, and the extent of the voluntary effort must have come as a great source of encouragement to those

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working to save the Station. Ontario now decided it only wanted to sell about 360 acres of the Station, the part that was cultivated. 1997 ar-rived without any resolution to the issue. Ontario was asking Oxford Township to pay $1.2 million for the 360 acre pack-age (including equipment, buildings and crops). Oxford still wanted all 1,100 acres but by May, the Township had accepted that only the 360 acres were available. They made an offer of $525,000 for the land, buildings, equip-ment and crops, and repeated the veiled threat that the land would never be rezoned by the township.

By August, 1997, an agreement was reached be-tween Oxford Township and the MNR, and the Township set up an Advisory Board, a group of volunteers who would oversee the newly-acquired Station and try and build a solid economic foun-dation for future growth. Pre-vious customers of the Forest Station committed to buying trees from the new facility and by January, 1998, half a million trees had already been sold, about half of the avail-able stock for that year. The Township of North Grenville, in one of its first acts, agreed to hire a Manager to take over the day-to-day opera-tion of the facility, and with the arrival of Ed Patchell, still working there today, a new era had arrived for the Station and a tremendous asset had been acquired by the new municipality. It would take a long time to get things on a secure footing. But as the headline said in March, 1998: the “Forest Station was Back in Business Again”.

April 2013 at

Kemptville Youth Centre

MondaysKaroake and Tea Lounge

sponsored by Butler’s Victorian Pantry

3 - 6 PMLeaders in Training

4:30 – 6 PMTuesdays

Role Playing Game Night 3 – 6 PM

Sports Night at Kemptville Public School 6 – 7:30 PM

WednesdaysRock Band 4 – 6 PM

Hip-hop class 5 – 6 PMGirls Nights 6 – 8 PM

April 3rd and 17thGuys Nights 6 – 8 PM

April 10th and 24th Thursdays

Wii Sports Night 3 – 6 PMCook Night 4 – 8 PM

Fridays Just Dance 3 – 5 PM

Zumba 4 – 5 PMSpring Fling Dance April

19th 6 – 9 PML.A. Comes to Kemptville Movie Marathons April 5th

and 26th 9 PM to 7 AMSaturday

Fun Haven field Trip 9 – 5 PM

Every school day we have an RBC After School Drop-In with Homework in the Lab

2 – 6 PMCome on out and join the

fun!

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North Grenville Cham-ber of Commerce wel-comes new member to the chamber, Welcome Wagon. If you are a new resident to the community, Heather Westendorp, Wel-come Wagon Representa-tive would love to wel-come you to the area. She brings a basket containing a municipal package with a map of the area, recycling schedules and a welcome letter from the mayor along with many gifts from local business! This is a free ser-vice. We want you to feel at home in North Grenville. Welcome Wagon is here

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The North Grenville Chamber of Commerce will be happy to provide community information and business services as well. The Chamber cel-ebrates over 30 years providing services and benefits to local area busi-nesses. North Grenville is a wonderful Community! We are pleased that you have chosen this area for your new home!

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Tuesday, July 9th the Company of Fools will present The Merry Wives of Windsor at Maplewood Park in Oxford Mills. It is a play rife with references to food and culture of the time. This column will have some fun with these topics, and hopefully provide some background that will help you to better enjoy the play.14 WEEKS REMAINING

Up until now there has been a holiday theme of sorts running just beneath the surface of the Pribbles and Nibbles weekly selec-tions. The breakdown looks something like this:

At 21 weeks remaining, Robbie Burns Day (Scottish poet), at 20 weeks, Saint Valentine’s Day (English holiday), at 19 weeks, Saint Piran’s Day (Cornish saint revered by tin miners), at 18 weeks, Saint David’s Day (Welsh saint) and Bar-tholomew Fair, at 17 weeks, Saint Patrick’s Day (Irish saint) and All Hallows’ Eve, at 16 weeks, Lent and Carnival, and at 15 weeks, Easter.

At 14 Weeks remaining we return to Easter. In part one, we caught and ate the hare. Now in part two we turn to find there are just as many as before.

In the last few weeks there has also been a Jack theme. At 17 weeks re-maining, Drunk Jack and Jack’o’Lantern, at 16 weeks, Jack-a-Lent, and at 15 weeks, Jackrabbit.

At 14 weeks remaining we visit an honorary Jack ... a Jack who could have

been, but who ended up with a likewise common name instead. I speak of that hard-suffering lad who proves it’s hard to keep a good man down. I speak of John Barleycorn.

A SOLEMN VOW

Back at Lent and Car-

nival we alluded obliquely to John. The title sections BRANDY IN THE GLASS and CRAB-TREE STICKS both come from a popu-lar song about his growth, death, and transcendence. Returned to their proper places, the snippets read (in the Fairport Convention version) : “There were three men come out of the west, their fortunes for to try and these three men made a sol-emn vow, John Barleycorn would die...There’s beer all in the barrel and brandy in the glass, but little Sir John, with his nut-brown bowl, proved the strongest man at last ... They’ve hired men with the crab-tree sticks to split him skin from bone, and the miller has served him worse than that for he’s ground him between two stones”.

Now you may rightly

ask what precisely a crab-tree stick might be, and I would answer by quoting the parallel verses of Robbie Burns version of the song: “There was three kings into the east, three kings both great and high, and they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn should die ... They laid him down upon

his back, and cudgell’d him full sore; they hung him up before the storm, and turned him o’er and o’er. ... (the Miller verse comes later, and still rhymes with bone, but this time it has to do with scorched marrow) ... then let us toast John Barleycorn, each man a glass in hand; and may his great posterity ne’er fail in old Scotland!”

If you were keeping up,

you will see that a crab-tree stick is a kind of cudgel; one made from the wood of the crab apple tree. The wood is quite dense and does not easily splinter, making it a good choice for a whacking-stick. Crab-tree sticks were used as flails or threshing sticks to separate the grain from its chaff. A poem from 1730 called The Thresher’s Labour confirms this sort of wood was used for this purpose: “Divested of our clothes, with flail in hand ... from the strong planks our crab-tree staves rebound.” Shakespeare also makes use of the term in Henry VIII: “Belong to the gallows, and be hanged, ye rogue! ... Fetch me a dozen crab-tree staves, and strong ones.”

So all this ties into Mer-ry Wives how? John in his role as Jack-a-Lent is sore abused. He is not only pinched and singed in the scene at the oak, but also thrown in the river (along-side the laundry basket he was hiding in), and soundly cudgelled while dressed as a witch. So the final score is as follows:

John (Falstaff), who drinks beer ... soundly cudgelled. John (Barley-corn), who becomes beer... cudgell’d full sore.

J. BARLEYCORN

Robbie Burns’s version of John Barleycorn is re-markable in two respects. One, it more accurately portrays the process of con-verting barley from the field into beer in the mug (or whiskey), and two, it echoes closely the life story of Jesus (another famous J name to add to our Jack and John collection).

Let us consider the simi-larities: There are three wise men from the east present as the tale begins; the protago-nist is severely beaten (in the case of Jesus as a scape-goat for mankind’s sins, in the case of Jack-a-Lent as a scapegoat for sins denied); there is a crown of ‘thorns’ of sorts (“And he grew thick and strong; his head well-armed with pointed spears”), and ultimately John Jesus Barleycorn is resurrected in new form, and in his transcendent form hangs around to infuse man-kind with renewed vigour and purpose.

And that is Easter in a nutshell or perhaps in a nut-brown bowl. Easter celebrates the resurrection of Christ, celebrates the miracle of the chased hare sacrificed in our stew-pot and reborn in the fields the next day.

Lorsque les organisateurs du « Easter Bunny Hop » dans le vieux Kemptville planifiaient leur événement du 23 mars, ils ne pouvaient pas imaginer le succès qu’ils auraient. Dès que les portes de la bibliothèque publique de North Grenville furent ouvertes samedi à 10h00, les familles se sont entassées dans la salle de programmation. Une employée au comptoir de circulation a expliqué que les gens sont rentrés comme un tsunami dans l’espace de quelques minutes. Dans la salle, on y comptait au moins 75 enfants et plus de 60 adultes. Dans la bibliothèque, il y avait une foule incroyable, déçue d’avoir manqué l’heure du conte avec Library Sue. Ce qui était magnifique à voir était que tous les enfants, pe-tits et grands, écoutaient avec entrain les histoires de Library Sue! Ce succès suggère-t-il peut-être que la municipalité devrait augmenter les services offerts aux jeunes familles?

L’arrivée surprise du Lapin de Pâques a ravi les enfants. Après avoir distribué des petits cadeaux, le Lapin s’est promené dans le vieux Kemptville. Les commerces qui avaient affiché des œufs de Pâques dans leurs vitrines par-ticipaient au « Easter Bunny Hop ». Les enfants pouvaient faire peinturer leur visage, compléter une activité ou déguster une traite tout en

Un tsunami inonde la bibliothèque publique de North Grenville

visitant les magasins. En général, les gens ont apprécié la journée thème et se sont amusés.

La propriétaire de To Be Continued et organisatrice de l’événement, Shelley Mitchell, était satisfaite du résultat. Elle compte refaire l’événement l’année pro-chaine et rêve déjà du beau temps qui leur permettrait d’organiser des activités ex-térieurs en plus.

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario offre un service en français pour nos jeunes

Le Centre de la petite enfance (« Ontario Early Years Center ») offrira une série d’heure du conte en français à la bibliothèque publique de North Grenville. L’animatrice, Angèle Char-ron, débutera la première session le 13 avril 2013 de 11h00 à 11h45 (ensuite le 20 et 27 avril à la même heure). Les familles avec des enfants de 0 à 6 ans sont invitées à participer gratuitement. Des études démontrent que les enfants aussi jeunes que 8 mois apprennent la grammaire des langues auxquelles ils sont exposés. Une fois à la bibliothèque, prenez le temps de découvrir les collections de livres en français pour les enfants, adolescents et adults.

If you would like to ex-pose your child to the French language, you are invited to join Angèle from the Ontario Early Years Center on April 13, 20 and 27 from 11:00 to 11:45 at the North Grenville Public Library.

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Great music and com-munity spirit was the goal at the March 23 Bishop’s Mills Community As-sociation Annual Music Night. A sell out standing room only crowd of 60 encouraged seven musi-cians through an evening of entertainment. This event coincided with earth hour and the attendees contrib-uted to the province wide 2.7% reduction in power consumption by turning off the lights and going with candle power for the second half of the eve-ning. The event was held in the historic “Temperance Hall”, now converted to a community hall and the scene of many community events.

The evening opened

A Candlelit Musical Eveningwith The Elegant Solution comprised of Doug Hendry on guitar, Jeanne Lambert vocals and Tom Graham on keyboard. They played a range of popular favou-rites. They were followed by Bella Borealis which is made up of Lisa Poush-inski, Jeanne Lambert, Amanda Giles and Leah-beth Harding. This writer is a non-singer and found their acapella renditions amazing.

After the lights had gone out, the evening moved on to the headline act of Pat Moore who sang a range of her composi-tions including many with historical significance. If you missed her at this con-cert, you can see her in the bluegrass band Maple Hill at the Branch on the third Thursday of the month (May 9 in May as a change up). They will also be

By Robert Day playing at the Oxford Mills Canada Day event. You can also hear her as part of the Vinyl Frontier at this year’s Ottawa Opry on June 8.

The evening closed with a jamboree when all seven musicians ran through a couple of final songs that raised the roof. This energy was fed by a close out meal provided by the Bishop’s Mills Wom-en’s Institute. The only remains were crumbs and smiles.

Many thanks to the musicians, the apprecia-tive audience, Victor and Linda Desroches and Tom Graham who organized the event.

Our next event is the annual Pitch-in-Canada clean up week. If you live in the Bishop’s Mills area and want to support by cleaning a section of ditch, please call 258-2115.

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Going back to the Second World War, it intro-duced me to the SallyAnn. I was quite young, old enough to remember but still a child. Two Salvation Army officers came to the door, a man and a woman. I know that they brought supplies of some kind. I re-member spotting a special pair of running shoes. “If you really like them, you can have them,” they said.

I put them on and I felt like I could run like a deer. I ran down the street. After a few days of running with those on, my mother said to me, “you can’t continue wearing these because they’re ballerina slippers.” You know with the big flat toe. I felt so bad.

After the war ended, I remember sitting around with the family. My dad was one of seven broth-ers, they all went to war together but they didn’t re-turn together. They would talk about how much they appreciated the Sally Ann on the front lines. To them that meant where the bul-lets flew. The Sally Ann was always there right be-hind them. When I was a teenager, working, I made a promise if I could repay the Sally Ann on their behalf I would.

Once we were in Kemptville, the opportun-ity became obvious through friends of ours who were involved. I jumped in and did what I could, when I could. I volunteer wher-ever I can, driving people home with supplies, carry-ing stuff in from the sorting shed… I’ve even served on the Advisory Council.

In the end, it’s a per-sonal reward I get from service. Tillie and I both enjoy it a lot. It’s very re-warding to do anything you can. It’s a personal thing, my character and my per-sonality coming forward.

I still work in alcohol addiction support. I’m a… it’s a vulgar term, a peein’ post. They could talk to me about whatever they want and if they ask me I’ll give my opinion. And one out of five people succeed. Simon has referred people to me

Share Your StoryThe Salvation Army is Celebrating 125 Years of Service in Kemptville

who want to deal with their alcohol addiction. I always say, “If you wanna get to AA, you go right to hell and make a U-turn and we’ll be waiting!”

Charlie McGawYears ago, my good

friend Maureen McCleery grabbed me and said The Salvation Army was look-ing for help. I remem-bered what my dad said about his experience in the First World War. He was wounded in Russia; he walked with a limp till the day he died. He always said how great the Sally Ann was to all the wounded soldiers. They helped the guys so much. That’s why I decided to volunteer for The Salvation Army, be-cause of what they had done for my dad so many years ago.

I made a promise to my-self that I would try to get 10 years in and it will be 10 years in October. Anything beyond that is bonus!

I’ve always enjoyed working with the people. What I give in my time I get back two-fold. And one of these days, when I go to church it will be at

The Salvation Army. And when I die, Simon’s going to have to bury me!

An outstanding day that I remember, I answered the phone at the cash and a woman was asking for help for her and her mother. It would’ve been in the mor-ning. Simon wasn’t in that day and there was no one in the office. It bothered me so much that at lunch time I went out with Maureen, Terry and Charlie and told them about her.

After work, Maureen, Terry, Charlie and I went to see these people ourselves. We asked what we could do to help. And when Simon came back the next day it was handled. He helped them get a new apartment. I’ve seen them again, they’ve come into the store and she said they’re doing really well.

It’s that type of thing that I really get a lot from. We have a son out west and he’s having a lot of problems. I like to believe that someone would help him if he’s having trouble.

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Do you remember the first time you volunteered for The Salvation Army? Do you have a favorite memory of shopping at the Thrift Store? Did you go to Sunday school at the Kemptville Corps? Have you ever received help from The Salvation Army just when you needed it most? No matter what it is, share your most memorable Salvation Army story here and email it to [email protected]. You can even add a picture to go with it.

If it’s full of wonder, charity or fun, we’ll submit it to the papers for everyone to see and include it in our anniversary book. You can be a part of rewriting The Salvation Army’s his-tory as we celebrate 125 years of service in Kemptville.

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Harold and I actually got to sit out on the front porch last evening! We both enjoyed the sunshine and listening to the birds as we discussed all the millions of things that we would have to do to clean up the yard for spring. It was actually renewing, but we realized how busy spring can be! As we all swing into the motions of spring and summer, it is easy to get out of routine. One of the most important things to remember is fuel-ing our bodies. Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day!

One of the greatest changes I have made to help lose weight is to eat breakfast. I used to get up in the morning, fill up on

coffee for quick energy, rush off to begin my day and then suddenly by 10:30 a.m. I would be absolutely famished. I would become a food missile; looking for the fattiest and sweetest treat I could get my hands on to fill my churning belly. I would often consume far too many empty calories. This was likely the only time in the day I was hungry, but it was a ravenous hunger that did not allow me time to think about what I was fueling my body with. I just wanted a quick fix! I needed sugar and fat! This was in fact the most dangerous time for me to overeat. At 10:30 in the morning, the day is just pushing into full swing and you don’t have time to think about nutritious choices. Bad situation to be in when you are consuming the very first food of the day!

The Solution: EAT BREAKFAST!

Putting nutrients into your body first thing in the morning is a great op-portunity. Look at your diet and Breakfast is a wonder-ful time to consume the things that you are short

on. Fibre is one area that definitely needed improve-ment for me. Therefore, I eat ½ cup of Original All Bran, I sprinkle 2 tsp. ground flax or Chia seed on top, then add ½ cup greek yogurt and then pile a banana, blueber-ries and strawberries. This breakfast for me has been a lifesaver. It gives my body milk, fruit, a little protein and whole grains. Even on my busiest days, I know I have a great fibre start and a good start on getting fruits and milk products.

Coffee will just fill you up with sugar, caffeine and milk. None of it lasts and overdoing it can actually have a negative effect on your performance as the day goes forward. Some people need a little protein and prefer an egg, with bread and some fruit. Mom even likes to add a little bit of

vegetables to her breakfast with a quick omelet filled with assorted peppers and a little onion. This gives you an excellent start to the day.

The key to a great Break-fast is to establish what nu-trients you lack throughout the day and integrate them into the very first meal you have! Then it is easy to build on that base throughout the day to follow Canada’s Food Guide recommenda-tions. Many of us look at 8-10 servings of Fruit and Vegetables and gasp, think-ing… that is a lot, but really if you consume 3-4 of them first thing in the morning, it is easy to complete your requirements at lunch and dinner.

Routine is very impor-tant in the morning. Make breakfast a priority. It can be as simple as oatmeal with fruit or it can be a full sit down and relaxing meal with an egg, bread, veggies and fruit. The choice and taste preference is yours,

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but look at the amount of fibre and actual nutrients your body is getting. A quick breakfast bar will give you some nutrients, but lacks in giving you the fresh, unprocessed ingestion of foods that will feed your nutritional needs first thing in the morning.

Eating breakfast has been key to my success in losing weight, lowering my blood pressure and getting healthy! Make it a priority! Integrate the food groups you lack into the very first meal of the day and you will notice the difference very quickly. Make it part of your everyday routine. Avoid the starvation rush mid-morning!

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April 5-21 The Wizard of Oz Musical. On for three weeks at the Municipal Center. Weekend showings www.kymtc.com for details

April 6th Mental Health Fundraiser Dance. North Grenville Municipal Centre. Dine and dance to live music under the stars beginning at 6 pm. Dinner will be provided by The Branch Restaurant and the Kinsmen Club of Kemptville will support our bartending. Activities will include a silent auction, 50/50 raffle, t-shirts, and CDs of some of our favourite musicCharity Trivia Night Enter a team of 6 people who will play against other charities. The win-ning team will receive a cheque made out to their favourite charity equalling 50% of the cover charge from participants. Cover charge: $10/per person There is no limit to the number of teams per charity. Beverages, Snacks, Silent Auction in support of the North Grenville Community Church Basement Restoration Fund. 7pm North Grenville Community Church, [email protected] 613 258 4815

April 7th Dance to the Music of the Country Seven A Fundraiser for the Alzheimer Society of Leeds and Grenville from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the North Grenville Municipal Centre

April 10th Online Marketing and Social Media Presentation. Hear from local business owners about how they are using online marketing to improve sales, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Purvis Hall, Univer-sity of Guelph, Kemptville Campus FREE! Coffee and snacks provided.The History of First Nations in North Grenville The North Grenville Historical So-ciety’s Dr. David Shanahan will speak about the pre 1784 and the 2013 draft treaty agreement on the Algonquin Land Claim Transfer west of Burritt’s Rapids. 7:00 p.m. 15 Water Street, Kemptville

April 16th Bedtime Story Hour at the Library Come to our bedtime story hour – the whole family is welcome! Children may come in their pyjamas and bring a snugly toy. Juice and cookies are served. from 6:30 to 7:30 pm

April 17th The Kemptville Horticultural Society meeting @ the Kemptville Pentecostal Church, 1964 County Rd 43, 7:30pm Add Bling to your Garden with Colour. New Members & Guests Wel-come

April 22nd KPS Parent Council: Parent Session. Free event, open to the public. No registration is required. Mental Health & Wellness in our Schools Strategies and Solutions. Session will run from 7-8 p.m. at the North Grenville District High School, 2605 Concession Road

WEEKLY + MONTHLY EVENTSWED The North Grenville Photography Club – Meeting first Wednesday of every month, at

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THURS Bridge – 6:30 pm and 6:45 pm at St. John’s United Church, Kemptville. Cost $5, partner pre-ferred but not necessary. For more information, contact Elaine Pratt at 613-258-3783North Grenville Toastmasters – Meeting first and third Thursday of the month, 7 pm at O’Farrell’s Financial Services, County Road 44, 613-258-7665Youngsters of Yore This week we have John Groskoph who will be taking aout stories of Kemptville.

FRI Friendship Lunch – Every Friday from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm at Leslie Hall. All welcomeSeniors’ Foot Care Clinic Every Friday at the Cheryl J. Brown Centre

TUES BNI Networking Group: Grow your business in North Grenville every week! 7-8:30 am. We have breakfast at the Alumni Building at the University. Call 613-258-0553 for more info. Mixed Adult Pickup Basketball Game – Every Tuesday night at Holy Cross School gym from 7-9 pm. Cost is $5 per night or $50 for the season. All skill ranges welcome. For more information, please contact Jeff or Samantha at 613-258-1847 or Samantha.rivet-stevenson@rbc/.comBridge – 12:15 pm at St. John’s United Church, Kemptville. Cost $3, partner preferred but not necessary. For more information, contact Ellen at 613-258-7778Employment Readiness Workshop: Information and Decision Making Tuesdays from 1-2:30pm and FridaysMothers of Preschoolers - Support group for mother’s with Preschoolers. Whether you’re a townie, rural, stay-at-home, working, teen, adoptive, special-needs, single or married, MOPS is for you!6:30-8:00pm St. John’s United Church 400 Prescott Street, Kemptville. Angie Brown at 613-223-3979The Branch Artisans Guild Every Third Tuesday, Members meet at North Grenville Community Church, 2659 Concession Street Kemptville at 7:00 pm. (Except July & August). New members welcomed! For more information please contact Sharon Billings at 258-4382

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FOR SALE Computer desk with recess keyboard and diskette trays $35 Brass & Glass display unit 8 shelves $25.00 613 258 4582

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Free Computer Training on Tuesday evenings and Wednesday afternoons at the North Grenville Public Library. For your one-on-one training session contact [email protected] or call 613-258-4711.

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Jesrae Pottery 830 Law Road, Oxford Station. Please call 613-258-4671 for an appointment.

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House Cleaning - Kemptville area. For quote call 613-294-

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Property Clean up, yards, garages, basements, loads to dump,anything removed. 613-258-7955

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Introduction to Belly Dance starting April 9th. Four weeks for $40. [email protected] or 613-258-4753

Sienna Fine Arts Art Classes and Supplies www.sien-nafinearts.com 613-878-9706

Yoga For Everyone: Tuesdays at 12:00 & Wednesdays at 6:00 At the Kemptville Inde-pendent Grocer Call Maureen at 613-258-9902 to register

FOR RENT

Roomy, bright, renovated 1 bedroom central Kemptville. Coin laundry. $725 + heat and hydro. 613-656-5626

Old Town Kemptville – 113 Prescott St. - commercial/office space – 2000 sq. ft., available immediately. 613-295-0552

Storage Units for Rent - 413 James Street 10 x 10 - $80/month 613-258-9374

Kemptville - 2 bdrm - $900 + utilities, hardwood floors, gas heat, a/c, no smoking and pets, available immedi-ately. 613- 295-0552

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Attention: Local Carpenters, Handymen/women and con-struction companies. Our goal is to make Maplewood Hall the premiere musical performance space in North Grenville. Give us your best price on the installation of curtains, sound insulation panels, bass traps and ceiling baffles in Maplewood Hall. We have a detailed plan from our sound engineer (Norie Kingsbury) who is contract-ed to supervise the instal-

lation and work with you. Interested parties should contact John Barclay at 613.258.2426 ([email protected]) to receive a copy of the plan and to discuss details. This is your chance to create something of lasting value to the community.

VOLUNTEERS

Do you have a degree in in-ternational development and are you looking for experience? World Hope Canada has an opening for a volunteer for approximately 1.5 days per week in their Kemptville office. This will provide hands-on experience in project management, writing and working with in-ternational partners. French would be an asset but not required. Please email your resume to [email protected].

SALES

CHICK DAYS ARE HERE! Delivery dates start April 11 and run through to Aug. 15. Orders should be placed 4 weeks before delivery. Rooney Feeds Ltd. 3 Indus-trial Rd. Kemptville, 621-258-1567, email: [email protected], or visit us on facebook.

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CROSSWORD

MEDIUM

HARD

MEDIUM

EASY

SUDOKU

Patrick Babin

Grammar Minute

While browsing in the Rare Book section at the October North Grenville Book Fair, I came across a real gem, a book on primary grade teaching entitled, Primary Seat Work, Sense Training, and Games. What caught my eye was the copyright date---1919!

What were the children learning back then?

“The most important thing in the education of the young child is sense training. His mind is like a fallow field, waiting for any seed that may be sown therein---good, bad, or indifferent. The harvest is always sure.” (p. 5)

The author, Laura Rountree Smith, was definitely influenced by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss educator, philoso-pher, and composer. Re-member Emile? Rousseau advocated a workshop approach to learning as opposed to “chaining a child to his books.”

Author Smith stated that the teacher should be

generous in her commen-dations and helpful in her criticism of the children’s efforts. Corporal punish-ment is never mentioned.

I was particularly at-tracted to the language, reading, phonics, and spelling sections of this intriguing book.

“The aim of this work is to enable the children to recognize written symbols which express thought, and to become independent readers. Their vocabulary will become enlarged and their language improved.” (p. 81) That was 94 years ago!!

I became very curious. What about grammar? Were teachers encouraged to delve into that domain? Here’s a sampling of what they studied: vow-els, prefixes, phonograms, syllabication, synonyms, antonyms, lower and upper cases, the parts of speech, and creative writing….all in the primary grades. As an aside, they studied the Roman numerals.

Rhyming was very

much a part of the cur-riculum. It was a teaching tool utilized in all subjects.They were also adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing; telling time and making change are also listed. Games were integrated into all aspects of the course of study.

Each child was ex-pected to have a portfo-lio in which to keep her papers, cards, drawings, etc. These portfolios were made by the child using a piece of construction paper.

The hectograph was an indispensable teaching tool. Do you remember the word? Today, it is not even in the dictionary. The hectograph was the precursor to the copier, mimeograph, and printer.

As you peruse the con-tents of this book, you never come across the following phrases: indi-vidual differences, ability grouping, or standardized testing.

IMITATION is a word that frequently appears. “Children cannot be expect-ed to imitate…until they have learned to observe carefully. Their imagina-tion must be stimulated, and their hands trained. They must be shown how to handle material, and their work should be carefully explained to them.” (p. 13)

Enjoyable visit to the primary schools of 1918 in post-war Canada!

Primary Schooling Back in 1918

ACROSS1. Lukewarm6. God of love10. Matured14. Small African antelope15. Pervert16. A ball of yarn17. Frighten19. Center20. Decrease21. Lay turf22. Train track23. Meddle25. Tropical nut

26. Catholic church service30. New32. An abusive word or phrase35. Pixies39. High regard40. Clothing41. Hopelessness43. Receive from a predeces-sor44. Brook46. Sleep in a convenient place

DOWN1. Hard work2. Sea eagle3. Quarries4. Nile bird5. 10 cent coins6. A late time of life7. A rational motive8. Devilfish9. Outbuilding10. Recognized11. Boast12. Creepy13. Inhabit

47. Foundation50. Of the highest quality53. Flows54. Soviet space station55. Financial60. Modify61. Dental medicine63. Assistant64. Certain65. Carcinoid66. One who accomplishes67. Nipple68. Platform

18. Hotel 24. Not in25. A bed on a ship26. A fitting reward (archaic)27. Church alcove28. Seats oneself29. Daughter of a step-parent31. Extent33. Warms34. Arab chieftain36. Novice37. Twin sister of Ares38. Collections42. Ash 43. Evil spirit

45. Dawn goddess47. Slang for money48. Sound49. Malicious51. Eastern newt52. Violent disturbances54. The bulk56. A promiscuous woman57. Unwakable state58. All excited59. Stringed instrument62. Mesh

EASY

MEDIUM HARD

15Apri 3, 2013


by David Shanahan

There are those who accept that God is an all-powerful Creator but deny that he is actively interested or involved in his creation. They use the concept of the Great Watchmaker to explain their idea of God. He has crafted a wondrous and complex piece of work, wound it up, and has left it to carry on as a mechanical device ticks away without further interference from its maker.

No-one can deny the complexity and “mechani-cal” nature of creation. The seasons come and go, year after year. People are born, grow old and die in an on-going cycle. The laws of Nature are so clear and dependable that even those who deny God’s existence have used those laws to calculate requirements that send men to the Moon and back, and to chart the far reaches of the universe and the tiniest particles of mat-ter. They find nothing aim-less or without design in what they study. The laws of science and nature were not created by mankind: they simply reflect the way creation actually works. This may imply a “Great Watchmaker” kind of God; but there is so much more to creation than laws and mechanistic structures.

As John Calvin pointed out: “God made the apple to be a nutritious source of food for humans”. But he did not have to make it taste so good, look so beautiful, or smell so wonderful. Ev-erything in nature appeals to the senses of mankind. Look, taste, smell, texture; all are pleasures which have no “mechanical” function. Believers in evolution claim that such sensory attributes can be explained as ways in which nature ensured that the right nutrition would be received by creatures (is Nature a person, that it ensures, directs, designs, etc.?). But some extremely poisonous and dangerous plants and fruits also appear attractive to our senses, so that explanation doesn’t actually explain anything. It seems, instead, that God included taste, feel and sight as what can only be called gifts, added luxuries for our pleasure. And that, in turn, reflects something about God’s personality and his attitude to his creation, and to us as thinking, feeling

First Principles II

people. “And he saw that it was good”.

In contrast, consider mankind’s contributions to our environment: cities, cars, planes, concrete, plas-tic, steel and pollution of all kinds. Of course, many of us prefer cities to country, but it is a fact that nothing we have invented or developed has added in any way to the beauty or health of the planet. It is needless to add that mankind has never ac-tually created anything. We have simply used materials already here to produce new variations and products.

From first principles, therefore, we have learned that there can only ever be one God, and that all we can ever know about him depends on what he tells us about himself. The first way in which he has revealed himself to us is through what he has created, includ-ing ourselves. And creation tells us of a God who prizes personality, individuality, beauty, sensuous awareness and harmony. Throughout human history, people have been aware somehow of the need to respond to the cre-ation that surrounds them, which moves them to joy and tears, awe and terror. What’s more, we are aware of something within our-selves which seems to reach out for God, for purpose and meaning in our lives. We find ourselves agreeing in the depths of our hearts, therefore, when we hear that we have been “created in the image of God”.

At the same time, how-ever, we are also aware of a certain resistance to that call in our hearts. We find ourselves resisting the idea of a supreme God who has a claim on us as creatures. Although something in us seems to have a clear idea of what kind of behaviour is “good”, or “bad”, we find ourselves constantly leaning towards the “bad”. Anger, irritation, hatred, jealousy, greed, etc., are things we find come naturally too

often, especially when our guard is down and we can’t act as we feel we should. This causes deep feelings of guilt and shame, which we further resist by becoming angry and defiant. Rather than acknowledge the irra-tional nature of our acts, we rationalise them by denying that “right” and “wrong” exist as absolute values. We place our personal pleasures and “fulfilment” above what our nature tells us is right and good, and wonder why we feel like rebels. So we decide that rebellion is ac-tually “liberation” for out-dated, primitive rules that are limiting us and prevent-ing us from being “fully realised” human beings. We use words to excuse our behaviour. We call what we are doing “modern” or “progressive” and call what our hearts tell us “old fash-ioned” and “outdated, reac-tionary and unenlightened”.

And, as we continue on this path of liberation and self-realisation, we and the world we are sub-creating, are becoming ever less hu-man and less hospitable. The strangest thing of all is that we don’t seem to see the cause-and-effect. What is happening? The Bible calls it The Fall. And so we come to the other wonderful way God has revealed himself to us: revelation: Human hearts and minds being opened to see and understand what could only be seen and un-derstood if it were shown from the outside, as it were. And the Bible, in which this revelation is collected, provides answers to the ques-tions we have. Why do we believe the Bible? Because the answers it gives make sense, from beginning to end, and explain the universe to us in a way that nothing else can. It is intellectually sound, of course, but it goes deeper than that because we are deeper than that. It speaks to the heart and the spirit. And it tells us things that at first seem too wonderful to be believed.

This event is in sup-port of the programs and services the Alzheimer So-ciety of Leeds and Gren-ville. We are hoping we can count on the support of our community to make this event a resounding success.

Tickets are only $10 per person [limited num-ber available] Includes fabulous silent auctions, penny jar, door prizes, entertainment and danc-ing by the Country Seven and a light lunch. This is a non-alcoholic event. The Alzheimer Society will give a short presentation and have brochures and other resources available.

The Alzheimer Society

Dance to the Music of the Country SevenA Fundraiser for the Alzeimer Society

is addressing a critical need in the community

offering support groups, education and other pro-grams for individuals cop-ing with this devastating disease and their families. They pride themselves on offering a variety of services and programs. Currently over 1776 residents living in Leeds and Grenville over the age of 65 are coping with Alzheimer disease or a related dementia and the numbers are increasing.

The Alzheimer Society of Leeds Grenville receives some funding from the South East LHIN but must raise approximately 60% of their operating budget annu-ally through fundraising ac-

tivities. The Society is a not-for-profit organization and a registered charity. Donna and I, as the organizers of this fund raising dance, are counting on the generosity of local organizations, com-munities and individuals to make this event a success !

Thank you for your sup-port, compassion and com-munity spirit

All net proceeds donat-ed to the Alzheimer Society Leeds Grenville

For more information please contact

Marlyn Scharf at 613-258-6538 or Donna St. Louis 613-652-1723

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By Marguerite Boyer

I watched both my par-ents decline over the years; one from alzheimer’s and the other from dementia. It’s a very painful road, both for family members and the people affected. At first I was in denial, refusing to read up on the disease or to think about what was in store for all of us in caring for our loved ones with this disease. I have five siblings; each of us coped in our own way. It was hard, especially agreeing to such things as when was the right time to move them into a nurs-

ing home, having to split them up when they could no longer be together. It’s a hard road to go down. My youngest sister managed the best and was able to make the right decision. I look back on all this now that my parents are gone and admire her strength in deal-ing with the disease, with each new level of decline. There are six siblings alive right now. I am proud of each of them. Mom would be proud to see how well we have all done. She raised six of us on her own; my step father only came into the picture in my teens. Anyone

of us could come down with this disease, there’s no way of knowing. I look ahead at my life and think about it, wondering if I or any one of my siblings will be its vic-tim. I don’t know if I could deal with the thought of it being one of them. At the time of my step father’s last days, I did not think I would recover. It’s still painful to think about it now but yet we go on. For some reason it was easier with mom. Her last few days, I was there with her. The nurses were there keeping an eye on us, ensuring mom was comfort-able and during the last few minutes, praying with us. They were amazing. My mother died on my birthday,

a special kind of gift from her to me considering the many differences we had over the years.

I now do volunteer art classes at the Bayfield Retirement Home and at the Day Away Program in Brockville. It’s not a lot of time but it’s quality time, especially for me. It’s been five years of spending time with them. They are like family. Most of them had never painted before and now it’s amazing what they are doing. On the nursing side, it’s different. They are at different stages of de-mentia or Alzheimer’s. It’s always a challenge to come up with creative new ways to paint with them. The lack of volunteers is also

a problem. Sometimes it’s just a matter of sitting with them and creating a sense of life around them. Many times we do the work while chatting away with them, keeping them company. If you have some free time and want to learn how to paint, why not come and join us every Tuesday or Wednesday at Bayfield. I would love your help or any talent you would like to share. I do run out of ideas, especially after five years. Brockville’s Day Away Arts program was a wonderful experience. I was able to help and also learn new creative ideas to bring back to our own area. One of my dreams is to help set up a program like the one in Brockville here in North Grenville.

I am not just talking about an art program, but also music and all the other programs that make our lives more entertaining. Down the road many of us will need to think about nursing homes either for ourselves or for our par-ents. Think about it. Think about how you see yourself in such a place? With the plans for a new retirement

home in our area and the increase in seniors needing this service, we also need to think of how to care for them. It’s not just a matter of moving in there, it’s a matter of how we can keep our seniors involved in the many activities that sur-round us. I would love to see a place like that right in our downtown, where we can walk or sit, being part of the hub around us. This weekend there is a fundraiser going on for Alzheimer’s. The program in Brockville relies on fund-raisers such as this to ensure the Day Away program can exist; so if you have no plans this weekend, please take the time to participate in this cause, or even send in a donation. Come down to Bayfield and see what we are doing. Become a volunteer, there is so much you can help with. An hour of your time to take a senior for a walk, play some music, read to them or whatever else is needed.

One hour. One hour in your already busy lives; one hour from evevryone in North Grenville would make a huge impact on the lives of our seniors.

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