July 17th 2013 #33

The Voice of North Grenville July 17, 2013

TIMESthe north grenville

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GERONIMOJoan Arnold, a 60

year-old woman from Richmond, was killed when she was struck by a pick-up truck outside the LCBO at Colonnade on Monday morning. Although the accident was initially reported as a hit and run, the driver of the pick-up, a 70 year-old man from the area of Edwardsburgh/

Fatal collision at Colonnade

Cardinal, remained at the scene until he was taken away for medical treatment. His vehicle, a 1999 green Ford pickup truck was left on site for some time afterwards while the OPP investiga-tors examined the scene.

Joan was apparently crossing from the park-ing lot to the LCBO when she was struck. She

was carrying a black um-brella as a shade against the hot sun, and the open umbrella and her bag were lying on the ground beside her for some time after the accident. Her body was covered by police while they marked out tire tracks and other evidence of where the truck had travelled. The LCBO remained closed

off by barricades for the rest of the business day.

The fatality is the first in the history of Colon-nade, although the area has been pointed out as a dangerous place for pedestrians, given the almost complete lack of sidewalks, and the necessity of walking through parking lots to get from store to store.

However, in this case, the victim was struck di-rectly outside the LCBO, possibly coming from her vehicle. OPP con-tinue to investigate the accident.

The name of the driv-er had not been released, nor was there any update on his condition or loca-tion at time of going to press.

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The Eric Gutknecht Memorial Bursary has been awarded to four North Grenville students this past month during graduating ceremonies. At St. Mikes Catholic School on June 25 award winners included Robert Hicks & Megan Wheatley . At North Grenville District High School on June 27 the award was shared between Taylor Horne & Megan Misztal. The yearly award carries the following criteria: challenges or barriers the applicant may have faced in life, sincere effort and commitment to the field of study, financial need and community involvement. Congratulations to the four winners and all graduating students within North Grenville.

The Eric Gutknecht Memorial Bursary recipients

Robert HicksTaylor Horne & Megan Misztal Megan Wheatley

Carol Durie Memorial Golf Tournament

In August 2010 we all lost a close friend to a battle with Cancer, Carol Durie. Carol was both a teacher and a coach in the area and she impacted the lives of many kids growing up in and around North Grenville. Whether through school, sports or just being a friend of the family, Carol was a big part of many kids’ lives in the community. Af-ter Carol passed away, a group of us thought that we should somehow try

and do something for the family to honour Carol and in essence, to thank her for all she did for us.

Organizers Dean Ta-taryn, Mark Hyndman, Peter Johnston, Steve Bourne, Anthony Seymour and I originally hoped to have a day with friends in memory of Carol and raise maybe $10,000 for the Kemptville Hospi-tal’s Mammography unit. Well the event took off from the beginning and we had 120 golfers confirmed by March and the event wasn’t until July. With

corporate sponsors jump-ing in to help it was a huge success! We had a few great fundraising ideas. The committee decided to return to their 80’s style and grow mullets to raise funds and shaving our heads the day of the event. Cameron Durie (Carol’s grandson) wanted to help so he sold lemonade at one of the par 3 holes the day of the event. He raised $500! Our first year we raised $63,000 with 152 golfers and 240 guest for the dinner and auction.

Year two saw a crazy amount of people want to join in. Cameron ran his lemonade stand again and raised $1,376! With the raffling of a golf cart and a ball drop, we were able to raise $ 73,000 with 160 golfers and 245 guests for the dinner and auction.

This year we were booked up full in Febru-ary and we had 160 golf-ers from the day we told everyone it was open for registration. The winner

Standing Left to Right. Anthony Seymour, Patrick Poirier, Todd Durie, Steve Bourne, Dean Tatayrn Sitting Left to Right Mark Hyndman and Peter Johnston

by Patrick Poirier

Cameron Durie with George Tackaberry

photo courtesy of Mark Hyndman

photo courtesy of Betty Cooper

Carol Durie

of the golf cart from last year donated it back to the event and it was again a huge help in raising money the day of the event. Cam-eron had a partner in his lemonade stand this year; Tackaberry Construction agreed to match the funds Cameron raised. He raised $2,150 and with Tackaber-ry’s portion a grand total of $4,300! Final numbers are not in yet, but we hope to have raised $200,000 over the 3 years we have organized the event.

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RCMP Pipes & Drums coming to Kemptville

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pipes and Drums (NCR) are coming to Kemptville on July 29. They will be an integral part of the Opening Ceremonies of the 2013 Little League Ontario Minor Division Championship.

“We are absolute-ly thrilled to have the world famous RCMP Pipes and Drums open-ing the Championship”, said KDLL President Jim Wiggins. “They are a national treasure and to have them agree to par-ticipate in the opening of the provincial Cham-pionship is a reflection of how important this tournament is.”

“The RCMP Pipes and Drums (NCR) is looking forward to be-

ing part of this impor-tant event,” remarked Drum Major, Graham Muir. “This is an impor-tant event, not just for young baseball players from across Ontario, but also the citizens of North Grenville and we are honoured to be asked to participate.”

T h e 2 0 1 3 L i t t l e League Ontario Minor Division Championship will be played from July 29 to August 23. The best nine and ten year old baseball players from across Ontario, including the Kemptville Wild-cats Minor Division All-Stars, will compete for the Championship. Based on prior Championships, it is anticipated that over 3000 spectators will take in the tournament.

Kemptville District Little League is a com-munity-based, volunteer-driven, not-for-profit or-ganization dedicated to providing both House and Competitive level baseball and softball for young players ages 4 to 18, as well as coaching, umpiring and other vol-unteer opportunities for community members of all ages. In 2013 over 250 young men and women played baseball and soft-ball in Kemptville.

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Fetherston Mobile Home Park Owner Receives Notice ofViolation

The Municipality of North Grenville recently received and carefully re-viewed a detailed Engi-neer’s Assessment Report regarding the failing septic systems and sewage drain-age system at Fetherston Mobile Home Park located at 850 County Road 44. In addition, the Municipality has performed a thorough inspection of these sys-tems. Both the Report and the inspection confirm the critical state that this im-portant infrastructure is in.

In order to protect the health and safety of Park residents, the Municipality has issued the owner of the

Park a “Notice of Viola-tion”. The owner has been given 30 days to determine the remedial action re-quired and a further 60 days to complete all required re-medial works. Given that the owner continues to be an undischarged bankrupt, compliance is unlikely. The Municipality has been advised that the septic sys-tems and sewage drainage system are in a condition that could be hazardous to the health or safety of per-sons residing at the park. Failure to comply with the Notice of Violation and any subsequent orders to remedy will require Mu-

nicipal Officials to prevent residents from occupying the existing mobile home units within the Park.

Council and Staff have been working hard to solve the ownership and ulti-mately the servicing prob-lems of Fetherston Park. At this time it is felt that all options have been ex-hausted. The Municipality will sponsor an informa-t ion session for Park residents to provide in-formation, answer ques-tions, and to introduce local resources who may be able to assist.

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by David Shanahan

Letter to the Editor:I am writing to you

regarding an article in the July 10th edition of the North Grenville Times by David Shanahan. His article was written to re-port the results of a public meeting at the Municipal Center concerning the proposed revitalization of the triangle of properties between Sanders Street and Rideau Street. Da-vid’s comments did not name the intern who made the visual presentation at the behest of the Planning Department. The intern is a long time resident of Kemptville and has strong family ties to our community. Her name

is Rebecca McEvoy, daughter of the late Terry McAvoy. Mr. McAvoy is remembered as founder of the local Giving Gar-den, and co-founder of our North Grenville trail system. Rebecca’s inter-est in Kemptville’s civic development goes beyond the usual requirements of summer employment.

The original purpose of proposing revitaliza-tion of the above named area was to organize and initiate a program of prop-erty improvement that would enhance the en-trance to Old Town, and present an inviting en-trance to our downtown businesses for would be

visitors coming to Old Town from Highway 43. The suggested plan of im-provement was designed to enlist the efforts of property owners without requiring them to put forth a costly investment. The architectural drawings Ms. McEvoy used in her presentation were made to show how a low cost to owners, (no cost to taxpayers) rehabilitation project could be com-pleted with a minimum of expenditures. Because these properties do not have any particular his-torical significance, they do not fall within the usual parameters that must be used to design redevelop-

ment of a historical area. It would seem that this is an excellent opportunity to create an attractive entry way to our main business district through a series of small improvements.

I invite Mr. Shanahan to contribute additional ideas for accomplishing the improvements that Forbes Symon and Re-becca McEvoy introduced at the June 3rd meeting. Positive input is always invaluable, no matter from whence it originates. Concrete suggestions are always welcome when a new area of rehabilitation is introduced to the com-munity.

Don Munz

Letter to the editor:

I’ll start my ‘rant’ by admitting that knowing two sides to a story was an important principle I tried hard to abide by while teaching high school English. Having said that, I’ll also admit that my ‘rant’ is going to be based on reported events...hence, the dilemma of not know-ing both sides to the story.

Okay – background for the rant...I feel that Kemp-tville was given a black eye when , as reported on 1310 radio Ottawa and in the Ottawa Citizen this past Thursday July 11, the story of a ‘former’ employee of our Walmart surfaced. For those not familiar with the story – the former pharmacy technician claims to have been fired by Walmart for being rude to a customer – a customer she spoke to in the sweltering heat during the week of July 1st, in the parking lot, when he left his dog in his vehicle while he went into the store. The dog had apparently jumped out the open window; therefore, the gentleman closed it so the dog couldn’t escape. (I hope you’re thinking what I’m thinking – but wait for the rant...)

On a previous occa-sion another employee had seen a dog left in a car, also on a hot day, and, according to protocol, had called on management to assist – apparently they didn’t.

So what’s a girl to do? Anyone with a good heart and an ounce of common-sense would do as she did – I have in the past, under

similar circumstances – she spoke up. Hmm...but apparently got fired for it.

So, finally, here’s my ‘rant’.

Why do good people like this young lady even have to do deal with/worry about animals in cars?

Because there are still idiots – sorry, but when there’s no commonsense, that’s what’s left- who in-sist on taking their animals to parking lots and malls while they go inside to shop! Why??? The trip to the store serves absolutely no use whatsoever to the animal. LEAVE THEM AT HOME – OWNING IS A PRIVILEGE! THEY COULD DIE! Which part do such owners not get? And there are many more – we all see them...and most of us, unlike this young lady, won’t get involved.

Society has already proven its carelessness with the deaths of children this summer due to heat ex-posure – or should I simply say death by furnace! Why can’t pet owners learn from the tragedies that abound – if you wouldn’t sit in that vehicle with the windows up, even if you did lower it the ‘I did leave it down’ level of 2 inches (!), then don’t make chil-dren and animals sit in it! WHY IS THAT SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND!?

And, without casting aspersions, any business that puts protocols and profits ahead of the life and welfare of a child, senior or family pet should be ashamed of itself – simply ashamed.

D Jones

Things have been hap-pening in our world over the past week or two that should give us all a bit of perspective on life in North Grenville. The aw-ful tragedy in Lac Megan-tic, or the threat hanging over the people at Fether-ston Park, closer to home, puts the run of the mill issues that we face every day into a different light. They say travel broadens the mind. Well, this last week I did some travel-ling to an Indian reserve up on Lake Huron, and it certainly broadened my mind. I work with First Nations and I have ceased to be shocked at their history and current status. But walking around up there, I was reminded of what has happened to communities in the past.

At Serpent River, back in the 1950's, Noranda Mines wanted to build a factory to make sulphuric acid to use at the uranium mines in Elliott Lake, just upstream from the reserve. The community were ne-gotiating with Noranda, but the Indian Depart-ment stepped in and took over, saying that they were far better at such things than Indians would be. Of course, the government forgot to put into the lease with Noranda that they

A bit of perspectiveshould clean up the place after they were finished. So, in the end, Noranda just walked away, leaving a deserted factory full of the dangerous, polluting chemical left-overs of their sulphuric acid trip.

Now, while the fac-tory was operating, the local community were the first hired, and then equally at the front of the line when lay-offs came. People started noticing that their laundry came in off the line with little holes burned through it. The trees facing the plant lost their leaves and their colour on one side - the side facing away from the factory were fine. The community had no say in what was happening on and to their land. When the plant closed, it stayed standing there, desolate and useless, taking up their land and full of those chemicals. There were times, when the wind blew from the right direction, when a cloud of red dust fell on the highway run-ning beside the plant. It was, said an old woman, like a red carpet on the road. I hate to think what it did to the tires of the passing vehicles.

Finally, the local M. P., one Lester B. Pearson, got tired of seeing the eyesore of an empty fac-tory and demanded that

the government remove it. There is a right way and a cheap way to do that kind of thing. Guess which way the government went? Some bright spark de-cided that the situation was a perfect learning op-portunity for the military to practice blowing up things. So they set explo-sives and set them off. Not too much happened, so they added more power and tried again. The main result was that the bits of factory, plus all those dan-gerous chemicals, were blown clear across the reserve.

When people started to get sick, the government agreed to “clean up” the site, even though they insisted nothing of it was their fault. So, they spent some money and declared the site cleaned up. How clean was it? If you walk around the area today, bits of concrete and re-bar sticks out of the ground, which is a strange purple colour. The traditional pow-wow grounds can no longer be used for any activity at all, ever again, forever. And when the First Nation tried to make a claim against the Crown for all of this, the Indian Department refused the claim, declaring that none of it was their fault: not the original lease, not the pollution, not the blow-

ing up of the factory, not the contamination of the land. None of it. That’s the great thing about Native land claims: the Govern-ment is the perpetrator, the judge and the final authority on everything. Who can you appeal to? The Government. Isn’t democracy a wonderful thing for the aboriginal people of Canada?

But, walking around the Serpent River reserve, talking to the people and seeing their patience and dignity, I was impressed. In North Grenville we have a lot happening these days. We don’t have the most efficient style of government, and we often feel a little frustrated with how things are done here. But compared to Serpent River, and other places far worse off than they are there even, we have very little to get really upset about. Of course we are right to be angry about people in danger of los-ing their homes through no fault of their own at Fetherston Park. We should be outraged (but hardly surprised) when Wal-Mart shows its true colours and fires caring members of our commu-nity for doing the right thing. But in the context of Serpent River, and an entire ethnic group limited and confined by their own

Act of Parliament; in the context of Lac Megantic and fifty innocent dead, we can have some per-spective. Let’s keep some balance in our thinking, talking and writing. We don’t have to be so defen-sive, petty and shrill when we’re criticised. And we don’t have to be personal, bitter or mean when we

criticise. And yes, I in-clude myself in that too. I shall endeavour to keep to the dispassionate and coldly logical approach to politics and life in general that I have always shown in the past. If I don’t, who knows? Maybe they’ll pass an Irish Act and then me and the Indians will have even more in com-mon.

Letters to the Editor

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Residents of the Alma Street/Dumbrille Street area of Kemptville are worried about what the future holds for their neighbourhood, follow-ing recent experience of the United Counties procedures for severing and developing proper-ties in the town. In June, the Municipality of North Grenville recommended to the Consent Granting Authority of the United Counties that approval be given for the severance of part of what is historically known as The Cottage Plot, which is located at Oxford and Dumbrille Streets, stretching back almost as far as George Street. The severance was to allow Habitat for Humanity to build a house facing on to Dumbrille Street.

Concerned citizens in KemptvilleLocal residents have

no problem with the Hab-itat project, and some have even offered to help build the home there. Rob Noseworthy, representing Habitat, met with neigh-bours and shared all the relevant information with them. But, in the course of the severance process, the residents realised that there was also another development in prospect on the Plot: a sub-division of about twelve lots in all. And that is where the concern began. As Marg Chartrand, one of the residents, put it: “Rob spoke about the project at length and supplied us with information he had about the development of the remainder of the property. The proposed development plan is a ma-jor concern. No one wants to see high rise buildings stuck in the middle of a middle class neighbour-

hood (such as the existing structures located off Van Buren Street”.

There is no indica-tion as yet precisely what kind of development is planned for the site, but the process by which land is severed in North Gren-ville leaves the residents uneasy. In the case of the Habitat house, not all were informed of the public meeting to discuss the severance, a meeting which was held in Brock-ville. The deadline for comment was June 29, but the consent hearing was scheduled for June 26. The residents only learned of the hearing date from Rob Noseworthy at the information meeting. There was no communi-cation from the Munici-pality about the meeting, or planned severance. This, as Phil Gerrard, Head Planner in North Grenville, explained, was

because: “Severances are applied for and approved by the United Counties of Leeds & Grenville. Since the United Coun-ties of Leeds & Grenville is the approval author-ity for severances, they must send out the Notices. This is not the same as other processes under the Planning Act, such as a zoning by-law amend-ment, which requires no-tification to all properties within 120 metres and for which the Municipality of North Grenville is the approval authority, and therefore we must send out the Notice for those types of applications”.

Marg Chartrand and her ne ighbours have voiced a number of con-cerns about the process and the future of their neighbourhood. “The ex-isting roads and infra-structure, most of us feel, will not support much

more use. Increased traf-fic is also a concern, as we now have several young-sters in our area. And of course, there are the trees, which continue to be cut down. Some are scrub, but there has been a whole row of mature maples cut from along Oxford Street, with no notification. Done by another developer”. There is also a question of the current right-of-way between Alma east and west, which runs through the property. Would it remain in the event of a subdivision being devel-oped?

But, she feels, there are wider issues which may affect all areas of the Municipality. Why, they ask, do residents have to learn about applications for changes from Leeds Grenville? It seems a fait accompli by the time it gets to that stage and decisions need to be ap-

pealed to the OMB then. Why is there no process at the town level prior? Why is it not a condition of development of such in fill properties to have the developer meet with the surrounding residents before all the expenditure of planning, drawings, ap-provals etc.? Marg Char-trand believes that it is vital that local residents have better representa-tion. “We feel we have no one to turn to, no one to keep in touch with us, support us at Coun-cil or speak for us with town hall officials, many of whom don’t live in the town and work from theory on what is best”.

by David Shanahan

Thanks for your ar-ticle concerning the sharply contrasting vi-sions of our municipal-ity.

The article is certain-ly an excellent point of departure for anyone in-terested in understand-ing the complexities of our community and the difficulties involved in including the whole of our community within the frame of positive and healthy develop-ment. It would indeed be a fine day when all of North Grenville was

able to fit within the category of "green and growing", but we're not there yet.

At present, as you know, our website is up and just beginning to be equipped with its full range of tools to assist in our fight against the im-position of the Lafarge pit on a very unwilling sector of North Gren-ville’s citizens. We are also in the process of starting a "petition blitz" from July 22 to August 18. I am hoping people will respond favourably

Dear Editorto our presentation of the raison d'être for the peti-tion and am confident that your support in the local media community will be useful in that regard.

Once again, thanks for the leadership role you have assumed from a media standpoint.

I believe your princi-pled and balanced vision is in the best tradition of the notion of a free press within a democratic so-ciety . SincerelyJim Bertram

T h e A d o p t - a -Roundabout Program launched by the Unit-ed Counties of Leeds a n d G r e n v i l l e h a s found quick success in North Grenville. The Colonnade Group of Companies, Westerra Homes, and the Kemp-tville Lions Club are all pleased to take part in the beautification, maintenance and up-keep of our three local roundabouts to create a cleaner, more attractive roadway through North Grenville.

“From the Counties’ perspective, the op-portunity to have the roundabouts maintained in an attractive state,

Adopt-a-Roundabout Program is a Successwithout the ongoing ex-pense of hiring a main-tenance firm or acquir-ing additional staff and equipment is welcome. With the help of the community partners, the roundabouts will be centrepieces that local residents can be proud of and visitors can en-joy. We are looking for-ward to a very success-ful program.” Les Shep-herd, Director of Works, Planning Services and Asset Management for the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.

The Roundabout lo-cated at County Road 43 and Colonnade Drive will be landscaped and maintained by Colon-

nade Developments. Westerra Homes will design and maintain the County Road 43 and County Road 19 Roundabout, and the Kemptville Lions Club will sponsor the Pinehill Road location.

These sponsors have agreed to maintain their landscaped roadway creations until 2014, after which time renew-als will be sought or new sponsors found, if needed. Sponsors are responsible for both landscaping and main-tenance.

“ T h e C o l o n n a d e Group of Companies sees North Grenville and Kemptville as a vi-

brant and growing com-munity. We believe in developing for both the present and future needs and services of the peo-ple of North Grenville and strongly believe in immersing ourselves as part of the local busi-ness community. We are pleased to participate in the Adopt-a-Round-about program as a re-flection of that belief.”

Steve Koens, Property Manager at Colonnade Management.

Rober t Nosewor-thy explains, “Every bit counts and West-erra Homes took on the Adopt-a-Roundabout Program to support and beautify the community. We hope that our giving back might encourage others to do the same on another project. Togeth-er the entire community

July 18: Sponsor - Friends of the Library Charity - Petra & Bill McElrea (In Memory of Hugh Stewart) July 25: Sponsor - Tallman Truck Centre Charity - Kemptville Youth Centre Aug 01: Sponsor - TBA Charity - North Grenville Easter Seals Aug 08: Sponsor - Tackaberry Construction Charity - Big Brothers & Big Sisters Aug 15: Sponsor -Dixon's Car & Truck Rental Charity - Ryan's Well Foundation Aug 22: Sponsor - Wayne's Auto Tek Charity - Kemptville District Hospital Aug 29: Sponsor - TBA

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by David Shanahan

It is now fifteen years since the old Townships of Oxford-on-Rideau and South Gower were amal-gamated with the Town of Kemptville to produce the current Municipality of North Grenville. Two hundred years of history was radically changed on January 1, 1998, and old loyalties, traditions and political boundaries were wiped away with the stroke of a government pen. Or were they? Even today, people from those three areas still hold on to different identities, still retain a certain suspicion of the others. Is Kempt-ville getting too much? Are the hamlets being left behind? These are not, in fact, new questions at all. Because, even though the old townships had existed since the 1790's, there had been many changes along the way.

South Gower had been incorporated since 1834, but had different bound-aries than today. When it was first surveyed in 1799, the northern section was originally part of North Gower, which was itself part of Grenville County until it was separated in 1845. In 1846, the part of North Gower that lay south of the Rideau Riv-er was incorporated into South Gower. This is why, north of Concession 8 in South Gower, there is a second Concession 2 and 3. These were originally part of North Gower.

Before North Grenville was North Grenville

The Township of Ox-ford-on-Rideau had been surveyed in 1791, but it took many years before large numbers of settlers arrived. The village of Kemptville grew up slowly around the mills set up by the Clothier family after 1819, and the opening of the Rideau Canal in 1832 made the area accessible to settlers. Kemptville itself was first officially laid out in a survey of 1830, the same year that the survey of South Gower was fi-nally completed. In 1849, an Act was passed allow-ing municipalities greater control over their affairs, making incorporation an attractive proposition for the older townships. So, as the new Municipalities were incorporated during 1850, the new Township of Oxford-on-Rideau came into being on January 1 of that year, and held its first Council meeting in Kemp-tville on Monday, January 21, 1850.

This new Council was to lead in remarkably quick fashion to the sepa-ration of Kemptville from Oxford-on-Rideau, just seven years later. There appears to have existed a clear distinction between the interests of the Kemp-tville people and those of the rural areas. Kemptville was growing and seemed to have a very promising future. In 1851, the Coun-cil voted to invest the very large sum of £6,000 in buying stock in the pro-posed Bytown and Prescott Railway. This enterprise

was the brainchild of a Kemptville resident, Rob-ert Bell, and was a major economic initiative which proved pivotal in the de-velopment of Kemptville. The other major inves-tors in the new company were Kemptville based businessmen, many of whom sat on Council. The railway reached Kempt-ville in 1854, and a year later had reached Ottawa. But the railway had also brought dissension: there are reports that the loca-tion of the railway station at Bedell was because the Kemptville citizens did not want to pay the extra subsidy to bring the line through their town.

By 1855, petitions were being sent to the Govern-ment to allow Kemptville to separate from the Town-ship. However, under the terms of the legislation, a population of at least 1,000 was required before a municipality could be established, and Kemp-tville fell short. Further petitions followed and, on July 1, 1856, An Act to incorporate the Village of Kemptville was passed, and it came into effect on January 1, 1857. The boundaries of the new vil-lage enclosed the east half of lot 24 and all of lots 25, 26, 27 and 28 in the 3rd Concession of Oxford-on-Rideau. In the rush to separate, the new Kempt-ville Council had failed to take the required oaths of office and a new act had to be passed in May, 1857 making them legal.

But the changes didn’t stop there. In 1858, yet another act was passed by the Province of Canada to change the boundaries of the new village of Kemp-tville. Squire Bottum, as William Bottum liked to be called, was a major landowner in the west end of the village. The new boundary line ran, not along a lot line, but be-tween the property owned by Henry Patton, Angli-can minister, and Squire Bottum, excluding the Squire’s land from the new

village and its new taxes. The boundary was juggled to include the new Gram-mar School established by the village, and was reduced south of the South Branch to run along the line between lots 26 and 27. This meant that the land which was to become Riverside Park was actu-ally in Oxford-on-Rideau and not Kemptville. This was to remain the official limits of Kemptville on the west until 1997.

The independent status of Kemptville proved to be very important in 1897. Because of the decline in the lumber industry gener-ally, there was a great deal of unemployment in the area by the mid-1890's. To try and encourage eco-nomic development, the Council voted to provide a grant of $5,000 to Alonzo Bowen to establish a mill and grain elevator, which they hoped would provide employment in the village. The grant was approved in a referendum, but it contra-vened Ontario law and was appealed to the Province. Given the special situation in Kemptville, the Assem-bly passed a special act in April, 1897 agreeing to the grant to Bowen, on condi-tion it was again placed before the voters and ap-proved by them by a two-thirds majority. Bowen’s mill, opened in November 1897, did indeed become a major employer in Kemp-tville and developed into one of the biggest and most profitable industries in eastern Ontario. The Canadian Pacific Railway built a special branch just to service the mill. Bowen went on to provide electric lighting for the village from his plant, adding even further to the attractions of the village.

In 1962, the Village of Kemptville applied to have their status changed to that of a Town. This was approved by the On-tario Municipal Board on November 28, 1962, and Kemptville, in a le-gal sense at least, grew from a Village to a Town. The ruling by the OMB also provided that the new Town have a Council con-sisting of a Mayor, a Reeve and four Councillors. Fol-lowing this change, the Township of Oxford-on-Rideau applied to have their boundaries and area confirmed so as to clearly

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establish the distinct ar-eas of Kemptville and the Township. This was finally approved by the OMB in 1968. There was a great deal of confusion re-garding the exact location of Kemptville’s western boundary, as the OMB were not sure where the dividing line between Pat-ton and Bottum’s property was. Attempts were made to find a proper description of this boundary, but it was so irregular in nature that the original boundary description from 1858 was used in the final document in 1968.

And so things stood until 1997, when the poli-cies of the Harris Govern-

ment in Toronto led to the disappearance of the historic Townships of Ox-ford-on-Rideau and South Gower, as well as the new-er Town of Kemptville and the rise of the new Municipality of North Grenville. Three Mayors, Reeves and at least twelve Councillors were replaced by just one Mayor and four Councillors elected to represent a much larger population. In an ironic twist, the municipalities created out of a desire to increase democratic representation ended in a system where there were fewer representatives for a larger population. History is strange.

7July 17, 2013


Local author Michael J. McCann will be at Brewed Awakenings on Saturday, August 17 from 10:30-1 p.m. He will be signing copies of his newest crime fiction novel in the Donaghue and Stainer series, The Fregoli Delusion.

Born and raised in Peterborough, Mike earned a B.A. (Hons.) in English from Trent University and an M.A. in English from Queen's University, Kingston, ON. The former editor of Criminal Reports (Third Series) with Carswell Legal Pub-lications, Mike spent fifteen years with Canada Customs as a training specialist, project officer, and program manager at national headquarters in Ottawa. He's married and has one son and now lives and writes in Oxford Station on seven acres in the Limerick Forest.

Mike has published two previous crime fiction novels in this series, Blood Passage and Marcie's Murder. He is also the author of the supernatural thriller The Ghost Man, which is set in eastern Ontario. He will have all four of his books available for signing.

Mark your calendar and drop in to have a cup of coffee and support another local author in our midst.

Meet local crime writer Michael J. McCann

Looking for a reason (or excuse) to spend a hot summer day out on the golf course with g o o d f r i e n d s ? T h e Kemptville Youth Cen-tre (KYC) has the per-fect solution! On Sat-urday, August 17th the Rideau Glen Golf Club located at 111 County Road 44, will be home to the Investors Group Golf Classic.

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Golf Classic is bound to be a day of fun and ex-citement for everyone. The day will kick off at 11:00 a.m. with regis-tration and a light BBQ Lunch and will be fol-lowed by a 12:00 p.m. shotgun start. Golfers will have a chance to win$20,000 or a Chev-rolet Cruze thanks to Finnegan Insurance and

Myers Kemptville. Af-ter an eventful after-noon of 18 holes a din-ner will be held in the clubhouse at 5:00 p.m.

Register to golf be-fore July 26th and re-ceive an early bird spe-cial of $120 per golfer or $460 for a foursome. Later, pricing is $125 per golfer with a regis-tration deadline of Au-gust 9th. All proceeds raised for the Investors Group Golf Classic will go to The Kemptville Youth Centre (KYC), so fill out your forms today, enjoy a beautiful day out on the green and support a great cause. Not a golfer but want to support a good cause? No problem. KYC is looking for volunteers to come spend the day outdoors and help make a difference in the lives

o f N o r t h G r e n v i l l e youth. Individuals are needed on the day of the golf tournament to help coordinate the event and make the tournament as successful and enjoy-able as possible for all those involved.

Local organizations are also encouraged to help the Investors Group Golf Classic raise as much money as possible for KYC. If you have a product or service that would benefit golfers, friends and family, this is a great opportunity to create a deeper com-munity awareness of your brand. Provide KYC with something valuable from your or-ganization to be auc-tioned off throughout the event.

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On July 9, the Com-pany of Fools, a travelling group of actors, presented Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor in Ma-plewood Park, Oxford Mills. Pribbles and Nib-bles laid the groundwork for the performance over the past many months, introducing readers to the play and its world.

Thank-you to all who came to the show. Thanks to NG Times for their steadfast support and to Justin Van Leeuwen, of JVL Photography for the awesome Company of Fools image that graced the NG Times cover and event posters.

Magic happened in the park on Tuesday night and a hundred and sixty gathered to be a part of it. The Jaroli's from Bishop's Mills presided over the

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event as royalty for the night, and with crown and scepter and sparkling Per-rier, served cold, oversaw the night’s amusements. I myself laughed quite a lot. Falstaff did not disap-point: the scene at Herne's oak was magnificent and all the rest of the show, puppets included, was just as fantastic. Audience members were called upon to play Mistress Ford’s henchmen, and many chil-dren joined in as pinching fairies during Falstaff's final humiliation. Af-terwards, crew and cast, specially invited mem-bers from the audience, and the odd stray retired for coffee and dessert to the Brigadoon, where the revels continued into the night. I staggered home at midnight, well satisfied and well entertained.

profit organization with fund raising budget of $40,000 per year to sup-port it’s mission to en-gage youth in making posi t ive l i fe choices in a socially accepting environment to reach their full potential as responsible productive c i t i zens . Wi th these funds, KYC offers drop-in recreational program-ming and works to assist youth in making posi-tive lifestyle choices in a fun, safe and non-judgmenta l envi ron-ment. The Kemptville Youth Centre now wel-comes over 400 youth per year, keeping them safe, engaged and off the street.

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One of the popular myths about “religion” these days is that it doesn’t matter which one you choose. They all pretty much say the same thing. Jesus is passed off as a great teacher and role model, but nothing more. It is claimed that all the fuss about him being God was a later addition by Christians; that Jesus nev-er made any such claim. We have already shown that the New Testament is a reliable account of what was said and what happened, so what does it record about Jesus and his claims about himself?

During his ministry on earth, Jesus was con-stantly running foul of the religious leaders of the Jews. The Pharisees and Teachers of the Law finally put him on trial, convicted him, and had him executed at the hands of the Roman authorities. Jesus lived a perfect life and taught with love and authority, so why did they find him so offensive? It is important to realize that the charge they brought against him at his trial was blasphemy. They accused him of claiming to be God himself! On a number of occasions during his min-istry, the people had taken up stones to stone him for that very offense.

In Luke 5.20, we read of the paralysed man who was brought to Jesus for healing. Jesus said to him: "Friend, your sins are for-given". Immediately, the Pharisees were offended. They knew that only God could forgive sins, so this statement was blasphemy. To prove that he did have authority to forgive sins, Jesus healed the man. When he spoke of his Fa-ther, the Pharisees recog-nised that he was claiming a special relationship with God. Although they could claim that God was their Father [John 8.41], they knew Jesus was saying

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something different. In John 5, it is recorded that they began to look for ways to kill him because: “...not only was he break-ing the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making him-self equal with God.” [Jn. 5.18]

Jesus often referred to the fact that he and the Father were one. There are those who believe that this simply meant that they were "of one mind". The Pharisees knew better. In John 10, when Jesus said: "I and the Father are one", they took up stones to kill him. Why? "...for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God". [Jn. 10.30-33] Throughout the Gospel of John, there is an increasing tension between Jesus and the Pharisees on this point. In John 5, they object be-cause he claims equality with God. The discussions they had with Jesus left them with no doubt at all what he was saying. In John 8, Jesus stated what was to them the supreme blasphemy. He had told them that Abraham had seen his day. The Phari-sees laughed at him.

"’You are not yet fifty years old’, the Jews said to him, ‘and you have seen Abraham!’ ‘I tell you the truth’, Jesus an-swered, ‘before Abraham was born, I am!’ At this, they picked up stones to stone him.” [Jn. 8.57-59]

What bothered them so much about this state-ment? It was that phrase, "I AM". In Exodus 3.14 God had revealed his name to Moses: “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you....This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from genera-tion to generation.” This name, "I AM", expressed the unchanging, immortal nature of God, and was held in the highest rever-ence by the Israelites ever afterwards. No wonder the

Pharisees wanted to kill him, he was calling him-self by God's own name.

When the risen Jesus appeared to his disciples, Thomas was absent. The poor man declared that he would not believe in the Resurrection unless he ex-amined the wounds of cru-cifixion. The next week, Jesus appeared again and invited Thomas to inspect the marks of the nails and spear. Thomas simply fell to his knees and said: "My Lord and my God!" [John 20.28] You might expect Jesus to rebuke Thomas for making such a state-ment; but instead, he ac-cepted Thomas' words and announced: "Because you have seen me, you have believed". Jesus prom-ised blessing to those who would believe what Thom-as had come to believe, ie., that Jesus is our Lord and our God.

Jesus, then, has taken to himself the names and titles of God. He is the Creator, the First and the Last, the Alpha and the Omega, the great I AM. There was another title he accepted and acknowl-edged during his ministry: Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah. The Samari-tan woman said to him: "I know that Messiah (called Christ) is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us". Then Jesus declared, "I who speak to you am he". [Jn. 4.25-26]

Whatever people may claim today, those who heard Jesus knew exactly what he was saying and understood what he meant. He claimed to be God, the only God, the eternal one. As C. S. Lewis said, someone who said such things, and believed them, was either a lunatic, de-luded and deluding, or else he was who he claimed to be: God. Not a great teacher, not a role model, not someone to be revered and admired. Either God, or false. That is the choice.

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KYC is one of Green-tec’s E-Waste collection partners, which collects unwanted electronics – those desktop and laptop computers, cell phones, ink/toner cartridges, print-ers and stereo equipment cluttering up our offices, drawers, basements and ga-rages – and recycles them in exchange for fundrais-ing dollars. Greentec then processes and recycles the e-waste, diverting it from local landfill sites.

Thanks to the support of local community members, in 2012, KYC diverted over 110,000 pounds of e-waste from landfill and in doing so, raised enough money

Kemptville Youth Centre Turns E-Waste into Fundraising for Operational Expenses

to heat their 5000+ square foot building to serve youth better.

“Having the chance to involve our future leaders in our e-waste program here at KYC is a benefit to us and them,” stated Robin Heald, Executive Director of KYC. “We are having such a posi-tive impact on our local environment and instilling great environmental aware-ness at the same time.”

With North Grenville’s goal of reducing household waste and increasing re-cycling in the community, KYC’s partnership with Greentec could not come at a better time. You can play your part in reducing the impact of electronics on our landfills and help local youth at the same time. KYC invites parents, community members and local businesses to safely and responsibly dispose of their unwanted electron-ics. Stop by the KYC back

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11July 17, 2013


Riverside Park was full of softball fans as the Kemptville District Little League (KDLL) hosted the mite girls year end tournament for the Rural Ottawa Soft-ball Association. The 7-10 year old girls from Vars, Gloucester, Gree-ly and Rideau-Osgoode teams came to battle for the championship and did not let the rain on Sunday dampen their spirits. Greely took 1st place in the tourna-

Girls softball debuts in Kemptville

ment in their win over Gloucester, keeping up their undefeated record this season.

This was KDLL’s first year with girls’ soft-ball teams and there is so much enthusiasm that next year, they are pre-paring to equip twice as many teams. For most of the girls, it was their first year playing softball and they have proven to be talented athletes. As their skills continue to develop, KDLL’s girls

softball teams will be the team beat in the future!

KDLL also hosted games Friday night for the PeeWee (10 -13) girls and Midget-Junior (16-21) girls. The de-termined girls PeeWee team played through the extreme downpour on Friday night and won their game in extra in-nings in a very exciting game.

The excitement will continue at Riverside Park as KDLL host the

Onta r io minor d iv i -sion championship July 29-August 4. The best 9 and 10 year old baseball players from across On-tario come to Kemptville to battle it out for the provincial champion-ship! Don't miss the ac-tion as the Kemptville Wildcats Minor team will be giving their all to bring the Champion's banner to Kemptville. More de ta i l s can be found at www.kemptvil-lelittleleague.com

Wildcats on the bench preparing for the semi-final game Sunday

Meagan Thompson delivers a perfect strike in the Wild-cat’s Quarter-Final win Saturday over Rideau-Osgoode

The Kemptville Ju-n ior Wi ldca ts L i t t l e League team has won the Little League Ontario District 7 Championship and are off to play for the provincial champi-

KEMPTVILLE JUNIOR WILDCATS WIN THE DISTRICT

onship in Kanata. This marks the first time that a Kemptville Little League team has advanced to the provincials.

The Wildcats swept

Gananoque in three games (out of five), winning 12-0, 12-7 and 22-1. “We’re very proud of our Ju-nior Wildcats,” remarked Jim Wiggins, Kemptville Little League President.

“They’ve shown extraor-dinary dedication to im-proving this season and now their hard work is paying off. They will be excellent representatives of our area at the provin-cials in Kanata.”

The Head Coach of the Junior Wildcats, Ja-son Price, noted that: “Our p layers a lways show great discipline in games and in practices. They play to win but always show good sports-manship. They’re very excited to be off to the provincial championship and I know that they will be exemplary representa-tives of North Grenville in Kanata.”

The Little League Ju-nior Division is a pro-gram for young men and women, 13 and 14 years of age. The 2013 Little League Ontario Junior Di-

vision Championship will be played from July 23 to July 27 in Kanata. The best thirteen and fourteen year old baseball play-ers from across Ontario, including the Kemptville Wildcats Junior Division All-Stars, will compete for the Championship. The Champions will then go on to play for the Ca-nadian Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta.

Little League District 7 is one of eight districts in Ontario. It encompass-es areas along the Sea-way, including Cornwall, Brockville, Gananoque and Kemptville. Little League was first char-tered in Canada in 1951 and was the first Interna-tional Little League char-ter ever granted. Little League Baseball involves more than three million youth worldwide in over

100 countries. It is the largest amateur volunteer sport organization in the world.

Kemptville District Little League is a com-munity-based, volunteer-driven, not-for-profit or-ganization dedicated to providing both House and Competitive level baseball and softball for young players ages 4 to 18, as well as coaching, umpiring and other vol-unteer opportunities for community members of all ages. In 2013 over 250 young men and women played baseball and soft-ball in Kemptville.

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July 18 Youngsters of Yore, Kemptville Public Library, 1:30 pm. Guest

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July 21-22 Jane’s Walk in Old Town Kemptville, Sunday, July 21, 2-3pm& Monday July 22, 6-7pm to assess the walkability of the areaand learn more about the changes in our community over theyears. Feedback on pedestrian accessibility with be collectedduring the walk and incorporated into the Rideau-SandersRevitalization Plan. Meet in Rotary Park, dress for the weather.613-258-9569 ext. 153.

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Thurs Bridge - Every Thursday, St. John’s United Church, Kemptville,6:45 pm. Cost $5, partner preferred but not necessary. For moreinfo, contact Sandra at 613-258-2691North Grenville Toastmasters - Meeting first and thirdThursday of the month, 7 pm at O’Farrell’s Financial Services,Cty Rd 44. For more info, call 613-258-7665UKE – (Ukuleles Kemptville Experience), first Thursday ofeach month at the Branch restaurant. Arrive early and enjoy adinner at the Branch before the meeting. The jam starts at 7:30pm. For more information or if you need to borrow a ukulele fort h e n e x t j a m , p l e a s e c o n t a c t T o n y a [email protected] or phone: 613-989-4586 . Everyone welcome!

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Do not forget!!!! Next dropoff date for books is Saturday, August 3, 2013.

North Grenville Book Fair Dates: October 18, October 19, 2013

The Municipality re-cently announced plans to develop a new “Concep-tual Plan” for Riverside Park and have hired a consultancy firm to draw up a design for the facility. As part of their contract, the firm have prepared a survey for the public to have their say in what they want to see happen to Riverside Park in fu-

What do you want for Riverside Park?

ture. The firm wants to “gain additional insight into the community views and priorities, the history of North Grenville, and characteristics needed in the future re-development of the Park”.

Riverside Park has a long history and has been the site of many significant events in North Grenville history. Originally part of Oxford-on-Rideau Town-ship, it was bought by the Village of Kemptville in

1906 and has undergone numerous additions, im-provements and renova-tions since then.

In June, 1931, a new running track was laid out in the Park, where horse races were held regularly. Old stables and sheds were replaced by new stables and a kitchen, and a judge’s stand was built near the main grandstand. A softball park was laid out in the mid-1950's, The Rotary Club provided play struc-tures, and the Swimming Pool was a great addition to the facilities provided for the community.

The current contract to design a new vision for the Park is not the first one to be issued. In the late 1960's, the Kemptville Council hired the firm of Parkway Planning Associ-ates of Ottawa, who drew

up plans for a complete overhaul of Riverside Park. There was to be an open-air theatre beside the South Branch, tent and trailer parks, a new athletics track and Curling Rink, as well as a large new Community Centre and Arena right in the centre of the Park. The old Armoury was to be-come a Youth Centre and there would be a beach area for swimming in addition to a swimming pool and a wading pool beside where the current Pool is situated. All in all, it was a dramatic and ambitious plan for Riv-erside Park, but one which failed to gain sufficient support. The plan itself remains as a vision of what Riverside Park might still be in the future, and may be of some use to the cur-rent design team. Citizens can complete the online questionnaire at http://www.northgrenville.ca/news.cfm?nid=4221. The consultants will be at the Farmers Market on Sun-day, July 28 from 12-4pm to get your views on their initial park plan concept. An overall Conceptual Plan for Riverside will be presented to Municipal Council in early autumn.

For more information on the project and how to participate please con-tact Mark Guy, Director of Parks, Recreation and Culture at 613-258-9569 ext. 107 or email [email protected].

by David Shanahan

On ice with the Kemptville 73’s

by the Sports Guy

This past weekend, the Kemptville 73’s featured their prospect invitation training camp for this year at the North Grenville Municipal Complex under the direction of a new core of management and operations.

With Ron Tugnutt planting roots here and gaining full ownership of the team, and his past experiences as a seasoned NHL veteran, the 73s have the nucleus in place to bring an exciting sports entertainment package to our community. His keen knowledge of the game has solidified a strong supportive group of individuals to represent the team and move it forward in a positive direction on-ice and off-ice. To quote Ron.”We have just begun”.

I’d say his operational team expresses where he is coming from: General Manager, Terry Nichols; Assistant General Manager, Doug Rigby; Head Coach, Peter Ambroziak; As-sistant Coaches, Kenny Fleck, Andy Choquette & Mike Byrd; Trainer, Jo-Anne Hendry; and Equipment Manager, Hilly Leizert

Seventy-seven young athletic gentlemen graced the ice with their presence from Friday to Sunday giving their all to show they deserve to wear the 73’s colours and represent your community with pride. As a friend of mine and “keeper-of-the-time” said, “ I wouldn’t want to be the one that has to select the final roster because each squad was evenly matched, great group of players, very competitive”.

The 73’s will be back on the ice on August 18 for their official training camp.

Because many of the players are from out of town the team requires billets, if you are interested please contact Terry Nichols at [email protected] or call 613-282-8310

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There’s nothing better than the smell and taste of a barbeque on a hot sum-mer day! Throughout the months of July and Au-gust, Kemptville O.P.P. will be hosting a series of barbeques in order to help out local charities. Fund-raising barbeques will be held every Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Kemptville O.P.P. headquarters, located at 236 County Road 44.

In order to help out the many valuable charities within the community, Kemptville O.P.P. is con-necting local businesses to local charitable orga-nizations on this project. Each time, a local busi-ness will cover the cost of everything that is needed to put on a successful BBQ, allowing the char-ity of choice to gain all proceeds that are raised on that day.

Thursday, July 11 kicked off the first day of this year’s fundrais-ing barbeques. A number of community members came to the Kemptville O.P.P. station to support local North Grenville Accessible Transporta-tion and The Kemptville Youth Centre (KYC). Thanks to Royal LeP-age Gale Real Estate’s kind-hearted sponsorship, beautiful weather and the generosity of community members, the first charity barbeque of the year was a huge success raising $400 for each charity.

On Thursday, July 25, leave your lunch at home. Tallman Truck Centre has accepted Kempt-ville O.P.P.’s invitation to partner on this day’s fundraising barbeque. All proceeds from this day will be generously donated to KYC in order

to help them raise much needed funds.

“Tallman Truck Cen-tre has considered in-volvement in the commu-nity of North Grenville an integral part of its man-date since its inception 40 years ago this year. Ways in which we can support local youth initiatives are particularly impor-tant to us – as shown by our sponsorship of such events as the Kemptville Big Brothers/Big Sisters Ribfest or the 2012 KYC Breakfast or our direction involvement with area children in the annual Christmas parade and Halloween and Christmas parties co-hosted with BB/BS.” stated Tallman Truck Centre’s Art Soper. “We see the KYC as fill-ing an equally important need in our community and are happy to support their efforts in providing

a positive environment for youth in our area and we look forward to a long-standing relation-ship with the Centre.” This is another chance for our supporters to support local youth programs in the area. I’d like to thank Constable Cathy Lindsay and her team as well as Tallman Truck Centre for making this happen for us again,” explained Robin Heald from Kemptville Youth Centre.

Having third party fundraisers like BBQs allows Kemptville Youth Centre employees and volunteers to serve youth with more programming during the time they have to give. If you have time to hold an event for The Kemptville Youth Centre, contact Robin Heald 613-258-5212 or at [email protected].

O.P.P. and Tallman Truck Centre BBQ for KYC

$800 was raised last week at the OPP BBQ - $400 for the Kemptville Youth Centre & $400 for North Grenville Accessible Transportation. This fundraiser was sponsored by Royal Lepage Gale Real Estate.

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The occupants of thirty-seven homes in the Fetherston Park Mo-bile Home Estates have been given notices by the Municipality which may result in their los-ing their homes within ninety days. The notices, which were attached to each door in the Park, noted that the situation with the sewage system has become so grave that the Municipality “see no viable options which would allow the residents to continue living on the property". The Ministry of the En-

vironment have estimated that the cost to repair, or replace, the current sewage system would be around $750,000, a sum neither the residents nor the Municipality seem to have.

This is not by any means a recent devel-opment. The Park was established in the early 1970's, and by 1976 five sewage systems had been built to service the prop-erty, all without permits. The Ministry of Environ-ment [MOE] began to re-port several sewage leaks after 1974, and the situa-tion escalated until 2000, when the MOE issued its

first orders against the owners, J. Edwin Brown Holdings, due to sewage smell and high E. Coli counts. The Municipal-ity of North Grenville had been ordered by the MOE in 2002 to moni-tor the septic systems because the owner was not complying with their orders. That same year, tenants were granted a hearing under the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal, claiming that the owner was not doing anything to repair the defective sewage systems.

The following year, MOE reported that “two septic systems are fail-

ing and a third must be moved because it is under a home”. Other orders fol-lowed until 2008, when the owners declared bank-ruptcy. The MOE raised the level of their order to a Director ’s Order, which was appealed to the Environmental Review Tribunal by the owners. A residents' committee was formed in 2009 to collect a fee from resi-dents which went to pay for essential services like water, sewage and road maintenance. This fee is $200 per residence per month. In the meantime, the Municipality began looking for a buyer for

Fe t h e r s t o n P a r k n o t a n e w p r o b l e mthe Park, but without success. At that point, the Park was valued at around $500,000, but the cost of repairing the sewage systems was es-timated at $750,000. No buyers were interested.

Accord ing to the MOE: “On May 27, 2013, the ministry served a renewal to the Sections 61 and 62 Ontario Water Resources Act (OWRA) Director’s Report and Direction to The Corpo-ration of the Municipal-ity of North Grenville to monitor and under-take repairs to the defec-tive sewage systems at Fetherston Park”. The Municipality was issued with a Director’s Report and Direction which re-quired the Municipality to monitor the defective systems and “to take all necessary and appropri-ate action to deal with any breakouts of sew-age to the natural envi-ronment and any other malfunctioning of the sewage works that may impair the quality of the

surface water or ground-water or that may impact on human health”.

The res iden ts a re desperately looking for help to avoid losing their homes and the investment which has been made in them since 2000. They have amassed a fund of about $50,000 over the years, and would be will-ing to make monthly pay-ments if some source would provide a grant to cover the repairs. Local MPP, Steve Clark, has taken up the cause and he hopes to find funds that would allow the Munici-pality to make the repairs. But the residents have been waiting a long time since the Municipality first got involved, and there are fears that the most recent crisis will be used as an excuse to close the Park permanently so it can be developed into a new subdivision.

Following a meeting last Sunday, residents plan to hold another open meeting at the Municipal Centre on Thursday night.

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