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From all accounts, Music in the Garden on Saturday, July 19, was a huge success. The two coordinators of the event, Helen Bunn and Robyn Harris, orchestrated one of the most vibrant garden tours ever offered in North Grenville. This observation is largely based on the 200-plus tickets sold for the event along with very special

live music provided at each garden site.

T h e N o r e n b e r g Building, at the hub of the festivities, opened its program room to a number of activities; namely, the sale of slightly-perused gardening books, art glass garden ornaments, and free refreshments from ten to four pm. Jean Kilfoyle and Fran Thompson organized the latter, ably assisted by

a cadre of volunteers.George Buys was able

to obtain the services of five musical groups that captivated the visitors at each of the gardens. Their time, incidentally, was donated to this fundraiser. Participants included: Kerry Badgley, Mally Krock and associate, Lost for Words Trio, Jazz Latte Trio, and Steven Hibbert (Standby Brothers).

Participating gardeners were Rose Hawley, Petra and Bill McElrea, Roberta and Ivan Russell, and Nelly Van-Berlo Ouellette, and Don Munz (representing T h e G i v i n g G a r d e n organizing committee). The benevolence of the aforementioned enabled the project to materialize. The event was sponsored by the Friends of the North Grenville Public Library.

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T h e S a l v a t i o n Army is one of the few institutions in society that has near-universal approval for what they do in our community. Without public support, there would be no Thrift Store, and without the Thrift Store, there would be far less available in the Food Bank and other sources of help for people in North Grenville. So the Salvation Army would not want ever to put people off donating to the Thrift Store, and are quite used to having to haul away the garbage that some people think is worth “donating”.

But we are not the Salvation Army, so let me say with clarity and conviction: some people should be ashamed of

Some people should be ashamed

themselves. Instead of doing something good by donating their used clothes, furniture, toys, or whatever to the Thrift S t o r e , s o m e p e o p l e apparently think it is a great place to dump their garbage. Maybe they find it more convenient than going to the landfill. Maybe they’re too cheap to buy bag tags and dispose of their junk like everyone else does.

The fact is that a great deal of what can only be described, generously, as garbage is left outside the Thrift Store on Asa Street every week. Instead of being a source of help and support to the community, these dumpers are costing the Salvation Army in both time and money. The junk has to be separated from the valuable, and then someone has to be paid to haul it away to where it

belonged in the first place. In addition, the plague of dumped garbage bags and other junk thrown outside the Thrift Store is a source of annoyance to local residents, and taints their relationship with the Salvation Army and the Store. It is unfair to everyone. To repeat: some people should be ashamed.

How do you know if your donation is junk or jewel? Ask yourself simple questions: would I wear this? Would I give this to my children for their rec room or first apartment? Would I want my children or grandchildren playing with this toy? People dispose of clothing, or furniture, or toys, or TV’s, because they get new ones, or outgrow clothes or toys. People like to have a clear-out of closets and sheds. This is all good, and the community, via the

Thrift Store, benefits from your generosity. Please continue to support this important work. But show respect to the recipients of your generosity and make sure what you are donating is useable and of value.

The Salvation Army we lcomes dona t ions during regular opening h o u r s , M o n d a y t o Saturday. If you’re not sure where to leave things, staff will be happy to help. But please don’t leave donations overnight or at weekends when the Store is closed and staff cannot process it. It seems there are even some who like to visit the Store in the evenings and scavenge through donated items left outside, picking out what they fancy and stealing it, and leaving what they reject strewn on the ground. It’s hard to believe people will carry on like that, but just ask people at the Store. Many volunteers put a great deal of work and energy into setting up the Store, and it is a wonderful place to browse and to find bargains. Don’t ruin it by showing such disdain for your neighbours by dumping your garbage outside. Have some class - buy some bag tags.

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by David Shanahan

Dear Editor:If you care about your

grocery bill, democracy and the free market economy in Canada, you want to know about Bill C-18 and find a way to sign a petition or send a letter. This Bill does the same thing to farmers as say, the old Company Store did to miners and Cuba does to its population. The Company Store used to charge miners more for goods than they could afford, but they were stuck with no other source and so had to work disabling hours in the mines with their families in poverty. Cuba allows farmers to grow cattle for meat, but you can get thrown in prison for 25 years if you dare kill one for your family to eat. The equivalent would be if you had to buy rights for days of work so you could attend your job...every year of your life. Another equivalent would be if you had to sell your investments every year and start over each year, with no ability to collect dividends beyond the year you held them, and no price

protection for your new purchase price.

Bill C-18 disallows farmers to hold seeds from a crop back, for planting the following year. It also means they can be fined if wind or insects carry pollen from their crop, to a neighbour. It also guarantees loss of biodiversity, putting local crops at risk for massive destruction if a blight they couldn't handle hit them....which affects you in a city, because it means an instant hike in the cost of food without the blight, and a huge increase should a blight occur.

Farmers work hard. I don't see too many young people lining up to become farmers, who weren't raised that way. Farm economy is the biggest employer in Ontario. I repeat..not tech sector, not education, not government or military...agri-economy. We should care that a huge sector like that is facing a fundamental challenge to the freedoms we believe in this country for entrepreneurialism.

It is not clear to me at all what benefit kickback the Canadian government

would get from Monsanto and the other large seed conglomerates. We learned a word in geography and history in junior high, which back then in the height of the Cold War, was a big bad dirty word: cartel. Funny thing is, I haven't heard that word in a long time. It has kind of disappeared from public discourse. (Kind of like Amnesty International, which is another story). It's important to keep your critical senses when you read the news for what isn't there, or tricky swapouts of word meanings over time. I sometimes think that someone should take everywhere 'separation of church and state' is discussed, and do a swapout. How about 'separation of money and state'. Can we say 'conflict of interest' anyone? Now there's a term I haven't heard much in recent years either, except in private corporations and non-profit organizations where I've worked (and usually where it supported a desired course of action, but not where it didn't). But not in governance or media.

Heather Sansom

Partisanship I note from a series

of articles by Mr. Peter Johnson that he expresses continued concern about problems which he sees with the deportment of the federal government, which in his view is apparently completely deficient. I share SOME of his concerns, but wonder to myself how it is that this writer seems only to see faults in the federal government, yet in past comments has seemingly been blind to those of our provincial government in Ontario. Could it be that Mr. Johnson simply ignores misdeeds by the Liberals?

For my part, I continue to be concerned that, while the federal level of government is proceeding to make an attempt at dealing with unethical political behaviour, whi le Quebec i s more actively dealing with political corruption, the government of the province of Ontario continues blithely to sail its seamy way through a "new" budget, with almost no mention in the larger media outlets of the corruption underlying its behaviour during the last 10 years.

Shady contracts, scandal ridden projects (Ornge, E-Health), billions wasted in order to rig elections, illegal destruction of public documents which may have shown various degrees of corruption, the favouring of large political contributors and so on.

Unlike the RCMP, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) haven't managed much progress relative to any of these smelly and EXPENSIVE occurrences in Ontario. As was the case at Caledon when the OPP went so far as to ignore a judicial order to intervene, the OPP seems to be playing hands off. They are NOT reading from the RCMP handbook, that's certain! And that is expensive to Ontario for a few reasons: 1. It contributes to the rot in terms of political ethics at the political level. The recent election of the Liberals to a majority by about 40% of those who voted gives the Wynne government a free hand to add to the number of misdemeanours it has accu-mulated, without much fear of intervention by the OPP.

2. It weakens the reputation of the police who have become a mere political tool used to administer justice in a rather selective manner. 3. It allows the government of Ontario to continue corrupt practices which have already contributed to the decay of Ontario's economy, and the hollowing out of public ser-vices such as health care. 4. It allows people to correctly conclude that the governing political environment of On-tario is poisoned all the way to the top. 5. A selective application of the law weakens the power of that same law to command the respect it would if the law were fairly applied to all. We are all losers in the long term when such selective applica-tion of the law occurs.

You get the picture. Now take a few minutes to compare the behaviour of the government of Mr. Harper at the federal level and the government of Ontario led by the "McWynnety" team. Any objective observer will note that the federal government is actively attempting to root out corruption. It has NOT muzzled the federal police

There have been a couple of high-profile teen suicides in Canada over recent months which have thrown some light on the extent and seriousness of the problem. But, perhaps, in North Grenville we have thought that the problem was somewhere else, or at least not as bad around here. But according to a recent report in the media, the Upper Canada District School Board has known of at least six such suicides in this area over less than ten years. In one three-month period, there were three such suicides, all unrelated to each other. I must admit, that number shocked me, and I haven’t looked into the situation at the Catholic School Board to see if the situation is as bad there.

And that is just the tip of the iceberg. For every

death, how many other teens and younger people are living the nightmare of bullying? We have laws in place that require that our children attend school for a minimum number of years. For many of them, that stretches from kindergarden to university years. For too many of them, that means more than a decade, a major part of their lives, living in fear, pain, trauma and degradation.

The School Boards are, of course, aware of the problem and have taken steps to introduce programs to help. But the most popular ones are of questionable merit. The Upper Canada District School Board instructed all of its twenty-two high schools to introduce a peer mentoring program called Link Crew, which assigns Grade 12 students with incoming Grade 9s.

The program gives course credits to the Grade 12 students who take part, and it seems on the surface to be an innovative idea. It allows incoming students to make contacts with older peers who can show them around the school, introduce them to social and sporting clubs, etc.

T h e d i f f i c u l t y i s that it seems to transfer r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r preventing bullying from the school administration to the Grade 12 students. What if a mentored student in Link Crew becomes the victim of bullying, in spite of the efforts of the older student? Can they report this to the authorities and risk their course credit? Can they be asked to carry the burden if their protege is being bullied and harassed, or suffers severe reaction? What is the support available, what is the training given, to the

Grade 12's? Ano the r p rogram,

introduced by the Ontario Ministry of Education, i s Checke red F lags , designed to provide a wider, community-based response to issues such as bullying and mental health among school-goers. Its statistics are shocking too: “Surveys indicate that 1 in 5 children and youth experience a mental health problem at some point in their development. This means that in a classroom of 30 students, six may need support at some point during their time at school”. The program’s focus is on developing “resilience” in students, allowing them to deal with the many challenges they will face during their school years.

Some pa ren t s a r e e n c o u r a g e d b y t h e program, and it certainly has the broader perspective

that is needed to not only deal with the immediate issue of bullying, but to deal with underlying causes on a community level . Unfor tunate ly, the program guidelines often read like an essay i n w i s h f u l t h i n k i n g at times. For example, School Administrators are encouraged to do their part by: “During school conferences and parent meetings, focus on the posi t ive . Train older students to help, tutor, and befriend younger students. C rea t e a c l ima te o f optimism. Expect students to succeed. Honour and a ff i rm s tuden t s who help others. Let students participate in planning a school-wide activity. Make conflict resolution training available to students, faculty, and staff”.

This sounds more than a lit t le “touchy-feely” and if all we have

School bullying killsto do to stop bullying is to “expect students to succeed”, or “focus on the positive”, then our children need not be so worried. The sad fact is that school administrators, even teachers, can often become a major part of the problem. Parents who try and find help for their terrified children have been told, in some circumstances, to "be quiet or else". Victims and their parents are often seen as troublemakers by school authorities who have little real understanding of what is happening in their own schools.

In coming weeks, we will hear from parents and school administrators as we try and learn more about the problem and see if more can be done to protect our children before it all starts up again in September.

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force and that stands in stark contrast to Premier Wynne's throttling of the OPP and the Liberal government's ignoring of judicial orders. Jus t ask the people of Caledon!

In the final analysis, harsh and excessive criticism of one party while ignoring the corrupt excesses of behaviour of one's preferred party amounts to cheap partisanship. And it certainly diminishes the likelihood that one's judgement will be taken seriously. That is a shame in the case of this writer, since he has an excellent way with words and I have enjoyed other articles by him on a variety of subjects.

Is there any chance that future critiques of the political environment by Mr. Johnson may take the government of Ontario to task? I look forward to seeing them.

Jim Bertram

The Municipality of North Grenville has been, and will continue to be, a strong advocate for Kemptville College. Within hours of the announcement to close the University of Guelph – Kemptville Campus, Council declared the renewal of the College as its top priority. We immediately initiated this process by seeking support from other Eastern Ontario municipali t ies. Today 33 municipalities have supported, by way of resolution, the effort to renew Kemptville College.

Pursuant to a request made by the Kemptville College Renewal Task Force for the Municipality to act as interim operator of the College, North Grenville’s Committee of the Whole passed a resolution directing me, as Chief Administrative Off icer, to inves t iga te the possibility of seeking approval from the Province to deliver programs and operate Kemptville College for a period of three years. To ensure no conflict of interest would arise from this task,

I immediately vacated my seat on the Task Force and now participate as an advisor. Once the results of the investigation is complete, a recommendation by way of a detailed administrative report will be presented to Council for consideration prior to submitting a formal request for Provincial approval.

For some, this suggestion m a y s e e m u n u s u a l ; however, I want to remind you that the creation of the Ferguson Forest Centre here in Kemptville was due in large part to municipal involvement. After fifty years of operation under the Ministry of Natural Resources, the nursery closed its doors in 1995 and saw the tree seedling production land sold to the municipality in 1997. In 2000, North Grenville leased the lands to a non-profit corporation known as the Ferguson Forest Centre Corporation (FFCC) and to this date, the nursery continues to produce seedlings to supply the demands of private landowners, forest industry as well as numerous other agencies for large and small

planting projects all over southern and eastern Ontario. Based on the successful renewal of the nursery, we believe that the municipality can help in the transformation of Kemptville College.

In directing staff, Council established fundamental criteria that must be fulfilled before agreeing to operate Kemptville College on an interim basis which include, but are not limited to, the following:

i) all provincial funding currently provided to the University of Guelph for i ts Kemptvi l le Campus operation be made available to the Municipality of North Grenville for this interim period;

ii) strategic partnership agreements be secured to add re s s cu r r i cu lum deve lopmen t , p rog ram del ivery, research, and recruitment;

iii) staffing requirements deemed necessary to deliver selected programs and operate Kemptville College during this interim period are to be offered to current University of Guelph – Kemptville Campus employees; and

more importantly, iv) all costs associated

with the operation of the College be funded directly from the revenues generated by Kemptville College and that no expenditures be borne by the taxpayers of North Grenville.

Not only was it Council’s decis ion to invest igate the right thing to do, it also is aligned with the Munic ipa l i ty ’s cu r ren t Strategic Plan whereby the Community is to encourage efforts by local partners to lead the diversification of the local economy, create jobs, attract new businesses and retain existing ones. Disregarding the possibility of delivering and operating Kemptville College on an interim basis would in fact be turning a blind eye to this key community strategic

objective.Both the Kemptville

College Renewal Task Force and the Municipality of North Grenville are of the opinion that the t ime necessary for developing s t rong, sustainable partnerships in the renewal of Kemptville College may extend well over an academic year and as such wish to minimize the impact this will have on the operation of the College and its students. It is for this reason that Council chose to investigate the option of providing an interim solution that would allow for the renewal process to proceed unencumbered by deadlines, and ensure that a permanent solution be implemented so as to avoid yet again a threat of closure of this 97 year tradition.

In order to have the

necessary building blocks in place, we believe that the Municipality of North Grenville can act as the temporary bridge to link a 97 year tradition in Eastern Ontario with a permanent, sustainable model to serve our agriculture and agri-food sectors. Our preliminary research indicates that the opportunity to do so exists. Recently, a similar approach resulted in the creation and ongoing success of the pride of North Grenville – the Ferguson Forest Centre. As we prepare to work in collaboration with Mr. Vanclief and the Province of Ontario, Council for the Municipality of North Grenville and the Kemptville College Renewal Task Force believe there is no reason we cannot accomplish this for Kemptville College.

An Open Letter to Ms. Kathleen Wynne

Dear Ms. Wynne,Congratulations on your

victory as Premier of Ontario. I wish you well. As a voice in North Grenville, I would like to tell you how I feel and what I think of your recent decision to close Kemptville Agricultural College. First of all, I do not

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Letter to the Editor:It was refreshing to read

your editorial “The Fool on the Hill” in the July 2 edition of your newspaper. The quest to replace Harper as leader has begun in earnest. I am a new resident to the area and am happy to see that political

discussion is alive and well in this part of the country. Let’s keep the discussion going.

I t i s my bel ief that democracy in Canada has suffered many setbacks under the tenure of the Harper Government. Your editorial expresses this quite well. Harper’s tight party discipline and control of the agenda is not what Canada is all about. Shutting up anyone who disagrees with the PM and then cutting their funding is not the answer. This is the path to an executive control dictatorship. Pierre Trudeau tried that with his Executive Federalism agenda and failed to tie us up into an elitist-run oligarchy. Jean Chretien broke with that “executive”agenda cold turkey and that should have been the end of bullying from the top. The people deserve to be better represented and their aspirations better served.

Several years ago, I wrote to Harper complaining that a new gold mining company up in the Northwest Territories was dumping their slag into a fresh lake, one where many of the local aboriginals were fishing for food. Harper had been there for a photo-op, bragging of the benefits this would bring to their community, with revenues

reported to be at least a million dollars a week.

I wrote to Harper asking why there wasn’t a 2-3% tax on this operation with the money to be used for storage of this waste so that the environment could be kept as pristine as it was before these operations began.

Harper ’s Minister of the Environment wrote back with a form letter and fancy brochures outlining the great programs the government was initiating in order to bring prosperity to the North. My question remained unanswered. I was communicating to a brick wall!

So what is the answer? One alternative is to bring the Conservative Party back to the ideals of Progressive Conservatism. At least that will bring one posit ive alternative to the Canadian people. The current top-down

status is unsatisfactory.As for the Liberal Party,

I don’t believe that “Baby” Trudeau is the answer. They tried that in Haiti with “Baby”Doc and that didn’t work. I do not relish the possibility of an intellectual lightweight being in charge of the country. Justin failed two attempts at getting a graduate degree and has only a short experience as a teacher to qualify him for the country’s top job. He has repeatedly flip-flopped on various issues, such as abortion, and is ill prepared on foreign policy issues. I fear he will be but a puppet on a string for corporate interests where all major decisions will be made by the “back room” boys.

P o s s i b l y t h e N D P has moved from the left enough to offer a suitable a l ternat ive . They must organize their attack on

think it was wise of you and your government to take such a hasty action against this abundant and healthy agricultural area and I don’t think money should be or become the deciding factor. In so saying, I think it came as a surprise and shock to everyone in this area.

In my opinion, good leaders don’t treat their constituents with unfeeling decisions such as this. You are well aware of the quality and place of agriculture in this part of Ontario. Does it not act, as well, as a sounding board for new methods and agendas for farming in Ontario at least? Do you not think your position could be called narrow-minded and cold? It seems that way to me.

As a woman, you can change your mind about this measure and, as a woman, I believe you can do much better. My words are heartfelt and genuine. I would like to be proud of you.

With kindest regards,Shirley Deighton

the Harper Government’s “development at all costs” policy, offering positive al ternat ive approaches. Thomas Mulcair is a fighter and would certainly upset some applecarts in Ottawa, even if he were part of a minority government. We need alternatives!

L e t ’s c o n t i n u e t h e discussion openly so that the people will be able to make better choices than what we are faced with now. Canadians are tired of voting for the lesser of several evils. Let’s have a real choice in 2015!

Brian Lonergan

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Youth band “Illusion” was kind enough to donate their time to close out The Kemptville Youth Centre 20th Anniversary party Saturday, July 12. They played great original material and some cover tunes. Pictured here from l-r are Ashton Cavanagh - guitar/vocals, Mike Watson - guitar/vocals, Jon Reid - drums/vocals, Nick Boone - bass, Colin Elliott - keyboard.

Jonsson’s YIG planted a PC Mighty Mato tomato in their Garden Center this year, to see how large it would get by the end of the garden center season. Then last week, they held a silent auction and all proceeds went to the PC Children’s Charity. The winner was Ron Summers from Kemptville. Pictured here from l-r are Lyndsay Sloan-Van Leyen, Ron Summers and Spencer Jonsson. Just recently, a local family in the Kemptville area received $20,000 from the PC Children's Charity for the family's special needs.

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The Lions Club has held a re-draw of their Canada Day 50/50 draw and the winner of $1.661 is Gail Wyse of Kemptville. Bill White, a member of the Lions Club delivered the cheque to Gail later that same evening, and it came as a very pleasant and timely surprise to Gail, who is planning a trip to South America soon.

The draw was held at the North Grenville Curling Club, with the winning ticket drawn by

a local curler, who is, incidentally, not a member of the Kemptville Lions Club. The winning ticket was one of 2,200 that were sold to raise funds for the many Lions Club activities in the community. The redraw was necessary as there were technical problems with the original draw at the Canada Day festivities in Oxford Mills. But all is now clarified: and Gail can enjoy her winnings and the rest of us can start hoping that maybe next year.....

Winner of Lions Club 50/50 Draw

Volunteers at the Giving Garden: back row: Bill Patterson, Don Munz, Victor Desroches: front row: Cathy Patterson, Carmen Pincott, Linda Desroches and Michelle McEvoy

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The Giving Garden is in bloom

These little critters, brainchild of Don Munz, will find a home in a new children's area at Ferguson Forest.

The Giving Garden is in bloom this summer season. Volunteers are needed to keep the flower, vegetable and herb gardens free of weeds during the summer months. Community members are welcome to drop by the Garden at their leisure to weed or hoe. Tools can be found in the garden shed for community use at the Garden. Visitors might see the start of vegetables ready for harvest! Please consider who might benefit from a gift from you.

In the months of July and August, volunteers gather at 9 am for ‘Weedless Wednesdays’ at the Giving Garden to weed as a community and harvest produce for giving away to those in need. The Giving Garden is located next to 2895 Hwy 43, in Kemptville, across from the Creekside Plaza. The garden plots have been carved from a small portion of vacant municipal land, next to the well-tilled lands of the Ferguson Forest Centre.

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There was an air of expectancy in the W. B. George Centre last week, as a crowd of between 250 and 300 gathered to hear the long-awaited report of the Kemptville College Renewal Task Force. The group had spent the last fifteen weeks examining options for the future of the College following the University of Guelph’s decision to close the 97-year old institution.

The importance of the event was underlined by the presence of so many interested parties from outside North Grenville. Gord Brown, M.P. and Steve Clark, M.P.P. were there, as well as half a dozen municipal politicians from surrounding areas. Mayor David Gordon and three of our own Council members were also present to hear the report of the Task Force, as well as Lyle Vanclief, one-time federal Minister for Agriculture and the person appointed by the Ontario Government t o a c t a s f a c i l i t a t o r between the Task Force, the Municipality of North Grenville and the Province.

The first part of the meeting was taken up by the introduction of each member of the Task Force, and greetings from Gord Brown, Steve Clark and David Gordon. Lyle Vanclief took some time to say that he wouldn’t be saying anything, take any questions, or make any comment, as he was simply there to listen. The presentations from the Task Force also took some time, but contained remarkably little in content. The Task Force presented a three-part resolution to the meeting for their approval. The resolution recommended t h a t a c o m m i t t e e o f stakeholders be set up to investigate and establish public-private partnerships with outside organisations and businesses to find a

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permanent and sustainable future path for the College. The resolution also asked the provincial government to support the Municipality of North Grenvil le in opera t ing Kemptv i l le College after the U. of Guelph withdraw finally from Kemptvil le , and until the new permanent structures are in place.

T h e r e s e e m e d t o be a general feeling of disappointment in the aud ience a t t he l ack o f s u b s t a n c e i n t h e presentation; a feeling that such a resolution could have been arrived at in a much shorter time period. It should be remembered, of course, that the provincial election delayed the work of the Task Force. But what was disturbing about the presentation was that it contained no information about the status of the talks being held by the Task Force with those who had submitted Expressions of Interest in the College, or what the precise status of the academic courses, the physical resources of the college, or the future of the milk quota might be.

Fortunately, the period for questions raised these and other issues and the Task Force finally provided some concrete information to the public. There is no future for the College with the University of Guelph, and in terms of academic courses, the College starts “with a clean slate”. Guelph owns the courses and all of the contents of the buildings. The buildings and land are owned by an Ontario government agency. The milk quota is held by the Dairy Farmers of Ontario. Concerns were raised by the public about the dairy herd at the College, one of the finest in North America and a priceless resource for breeding, and genetic research. Questions were asked about the identity of the parties who had submitted Expressions of Interest, but the platform

stated that the talks with these parties were on-going and their identities could not be revealed at this stage.

There seemed to be some disquiet about the make-up of the Task Force itself, as one questioner asked what the qualifications of the members might be, and how they came to be appointed to the Task Force in the first place. This was answered very briefly and without enlightening the audience in any way. Much like the rest of the evening.

An interesting issue that was raised during the meeting is dealt with in separate articles in this issue. North Grenville’s offer to act as interim operator of the College was the focus of a presentation by NG’s Chief Administrative Off icer, Br ian Carré , and it is published here in a shor te r fo rm in Municipality Matters. At the end of the evening, the Task Force’s resolution was put to the floor and approved unanimously. It will now be forwarded to Lyle Vanclief to be the basis for discussion with the province.

by David Shanahan



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Spencerville Stampede is rounding up for its 3rd annual event. We’ve brought the Wild West out East right here in Eastern Ontario-real live adrenaline pumping rodeo action.Shawn Orr, President of Wildhorse Productions, is very excited about this tour that will see the crew travel over 6200 km from May to Sep-tember. The 2014 New Holland elite Rodeo series will return to Spen-cerville Fairgrounds July 26-27. The first year, 2012 organizers John & Cora Beking & Colleen Ford, Spencerville Stampede were awarded the Best New Rodeo award. 2013 brought in another crowd and successful Stampede & now 2014 will bring in new vendors-displays & demos and another exciting rodeo competition for the whole family to experience. New this year, Rodeo competition begins at 5 pm on Saturday only and flows into the evening headliners. Bob from Class Axe has booked on the JR FM stage Silver Creek and Brea Laurensen, singer and song-writer of top hits “Honey” & “With you whiskey”. Sunday rodeo competi-tion is at 2 pm.Gates open Saturday at 2 pm and Sunday at noon, so you can taste the food and shop in the vendor village for western wear, crafts, etc. and relax in the Bob FM Beer tent to watch the cowboys/girls compete during slack time. We will also have live demonstrations, kids’ zone and antique & new truck and tractor show. Stampede would not succeed without all our volunteers led by the Beking & Ford families, Laura VanPaassen, John Sr & John and Jenna Lesniowski, Emily Hansma, Anna VanAdrichon-Rochon, Brian Cassidy and the Kemptville Rotary Club team. New volunteers welcomed to join us.

For detailed information see our website www.spencervillestampede.com. Get your tickets early and plan your weekend getaway at the Spencerville Stampede. Camping onsite available.

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Submitted by Mary Boucher

T h e 4 t h C a r o l Durie Memorial Golf Tournament was held on July 11 at the eQuinelle Golf Club to honour the life of Carol Durie.

Carol was a mother, a teacher and a coach. She impacted the lives of many. Whether through school, sports or just being a friend of the family, Carol impacted the lives of many kids g r o w i n g u p i n a n d around Kemptville. In the summer of 2009, Carol lost her battle with breast cancer. After Carol passed away, Pete Johnston, D e a n Ta t a r y n , P a t Poirier, Mark Hyndman, Anthony Seymour, Steve Bourne and Carol's son Todd organized a golf tournament in memory of Carol and in essence, to thank her for all she did for the community.

With the leadership of this team and the support of their many friends and family, the Carol Durie Memorial Golf Tournament has quickly become one of the most anticipated events in the community each July, selling out early every year. Participants look forward to the

Tournament and it always lives up to expectations with a full day of fun and entertainment. Harry Pratt was a fantastic emcee, also assisting Hunter McCaig with a successful live auction raising over $11,000.

$ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 h a s been donated to KDH Mammography Fund from this tournament during the past 4 years. This support honours the life of Carol Durie and helps to ensure that local women have access to mammography at KDH, access to a simple screening test that is proven to increase survival rates for breast cancer.

The tournament is so successful in part due to GOLD Sponsors: Classic Graphics and Gary Durie - Royal Lepage; SILVER Sponsors: Techo-Bloc, Pa t te rson Hadden & Brown Insurance, Giant Tiger, Outer Creations Landscaping, Eagleson Floor ing; as wel l as B R O N Z E S p o n s o r s : RBC, D&C Masonry, BMO Nesb i t t Burns -Josh Ralph, Kollaard and Assoc ia tes , J im Perry Motors, Footprint Management Services, Glen Muprhy Contracting, Copperwood Contracting,

Howell Electric, Bond Electric, Rankin Rice Weal th Management , CRS Contractors Rental Supply, Bayfield Manor, Permacon, KBC-Rona and Enhansoft.

M a r y B o u c h e r , Director of Development for the KDH Foundation said: "We are very grateful f o r t h e t r e m e n d o u s dedication of the CDMGT commit tee and the i r overwhelming support for our Mammography Fund. This type of community action and generous communi ty members like the CDMGT team are essential to the Foundation. We are in the final push towards completing the $750,000 p ledge for the KDH Mammography Suite. With this donation and the 'Kemptville Walks for Mammography' event to be held on October 4, we hope to have finished the pledge by this Fall. A sincere thank you to the committee, the sponsors, the par t i c ipan ts and those who supported the auctions."

Hitting balls for a great cause

Gary Durie, Keith Jackman, Wolf Stilzer and John Hall play through on the 14th hole.



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WOOD seasoned mixed hard-wood, cut and split, delivery from $95 a cord, Jon 613-227-3650

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Pug cross, house raised with children in rural setting. Good with other dogs, crate & house

trained, will be 25-30 lbs, dew claws removed, health checked, female, very friend-ly. Will deliver, pics by email: [email protected] or call 613 797 5215. $425.

Firewood, cut, split and deliv-ered $100/cord. Call Peter at 258-5504

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July 24 Youngsters of Yore, 1:30 pm. Kemptville Public Library, 1:30 pm. Picnic.

Aug 9 "Cruise the Creek with the Friends of the Ferguson Forestry Centre".

Join us for a leisurely 2 hour paddle on the South Branch (Kemptville Creek)

at 10 am. (Rain date Aug 10). A representative from Drifters Outdoors will

guide us along the river. Meet at the Anniversary Park Boat Dock in the

Ferguson Forest Centre. Bring your own kayak or canoe, or organise your own

rental. Remember your lifejackets! Open to all, and free. Information: Call

Monica Wallace at 613 258 6544 or email at [email protected]

Aug 14-17 Bluegrass Festival, Spencerville Fairgrounds, featuring some of Ontario’s

finest Bluegrass bands. See website: www.southgrenvilleblugrassfestival.ca

Aug 16 Kemptville Legion Best Ball at Rideau Glen Golf Course. Putting Contest at

10 am – Shot Gun Start at 11am. Cost $65 per person (includes green fees,

golf cart, steak BBQ at the Legion). Registration call Chico Horricks at

613-978-7828. Deadline Aug 5, 2014.

Weekly and recurring events

Wed The North Grenville Photography Club - Meeting first Wednesday of every

month at the Auditorium at the Municipal Centre on Hwy 44. For more info

see ngphotoclub.ca.

Bingo- First and third Wednesday of the month, Kemptville Legion. Games

start at 1 pm. All welcome. Refreshments available.

Klub 67 Euchre closed for the summer season....will resume euchre on

Wednesday, September 10.

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Concession Street every 3 Tuesday, 7 pm. New members welcomed!rd

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not necessary. For more info, contact Sandra at 613-258-2691.

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at O’Farrell’s Financial Services, Cty Rd 44. Info, call 258-7665.

Tues BNI Networking Group Breakfast- Alumni Building, University of Guelph,

7-8:30am. Call 613-258-0553 for more information.

Bridge- St. John’s United Church, 12:15 pm. Cost $4. "All levels of bridge

players welcome. Come discover Duplicate Bridge. "Info, contact Sandra at

613-258-2691.

Mothers of Preschoolers Support Group-St.John’s United Church, 6:30-8 pm.

Whether you’re a townie, rural, stay-at-home, working, teen, adoptive, special-

needs, single or married, MOPS is for you! For more information, call Angie

Brown at 613-223-3979.

Fri Kemptville Cruise Night, Hwy 43 Car Club, May 2 to Sept. 26 at Food

Basics – 6 - 9 pm. Rod Rafter, 613-258-7567 or www.Hwy43CarClub.com for

more information.

Sat The Canadian Foodgrains Garden Market, 8:30 -11:30 am, St. John's

United Church parking lot, 400 Prescott St. There will be fresh organic

vegetables, homemade baking, plants and preserves.

Sun Kemptville Kinsman Farmers' Market, 200 Sanders St. (the B&H parking

lot) 12-4pm, rain or shine. Come and meet your local producers and checkout

our FREE Kid Zone".

Free co-ed Ultimate Frisbee, 10:30-noon at Riverside Park. All skill levels

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History

submitted by David Shanahan

The NG Historical Society have installed three pieces of equipment at the NG Archives to moni tor a tmospher ic conditions in the building, which dates from 1878. T h e e q u i p m e n t w a s supplied for the NGHS use by the Canadian Conservation Institute [CCI], which will then analyse the readings when the monitoring period ends in six months time, and will be in a position to recommend whatever changes are possible to the conditions in which the archival material is stored.

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We first published this piece a year ago, and the response was so positive, we wanted to reprint it for those who may have missed it first time around. This diary of a hiking trip by two Kemptville brothers in 1936 was part of a collection donated to the NG Archives by Heather Morrison, daughter of the diary’s writer, and we are very grateful to her for the gift to the community. As you read the diary, keep in mind that the writer, George Morrison, was just 15 at the time, and his brother, Ken, was 12. Imagine any boys of that age doing the same trip today. One further detail to ponder: note how, in the few days the trip took, they were able to write letters home to their father, a Presbyterian minister in Kemptville, and get letters back from him, picked up at local post offices along the way. The casual way in which they could buy food from local farmers, and sleep in the barns they passed, brings feelings of nostalgia at the loss of more innocent times. [NB: Spelling is as in the original]

Our Hike - 1936 by George Morrison

Thursday, July 2: Got started at 7.15. The luggage was pretty heavy. Stopped at shady places. Watched 7.30 train head for Ottawa, making it in an hour. At one resting place we had a little talk with four farmers. The loads seemed to get lighter. Played catch at one stop. Got to the mouth of the branch at about 8.30. Sat on a fence and talked with a farmer who was mowing. Climbed a tall pine and were able to see one spire of Kemptville, and a good view of the Rideau, including the mouth. Crows nest in it. Met a farmer told that there was a few cottages and good camping grounds a mile further on. When we got there we were going to camp by a cottage called Bay View but we found a much better place a little farther on. We pitched the tent and had a refreshing swim. It was about 1.45 when we began to eat. Had 3 buns, 3 slices of bacon, an egg and some milk each. It looks as if it is going to rain. Went seven hot miles in the morning so we figured we can take an afternoon off to fool around in. On the way here we passed Mr. Lecon delivering mail. I went to a farm (Shepherd’s)

and bought 4 eggs and milk. Played around, especially catch. Dr. Raby drove by . Had another swim. Supper made up of sardines, swiss..[?], eggs, posting and milk. Dishes. Then Ken went to the farm house and got a loaf of bread, while I packed for the night. We were just going to turn in when out came Ella and Lorne brin along the forgotten macaroons. But they were pretty soft and the mosquitos drove them home. We tucked in soon afterwards.

Friday, July 3: Didn’t get started until 9.15 because it rained a little. Got about a mile when it began to look like a thunderstorm. Met Alfie Lecon. Started to storm so we got into a farmer’s barn and had dinner there. Had the enjoyable job of cleaning up the kit after an egg had broken in it. However, got going again and came to a summer resort were the lighthouse and a bunch of fancy cottages were. Bought some candy, canned pares here. Boy, what a storm is coming up. We can’t make Kars before it rains, so I ask a farmer if we can sleep back near the river. He isn’t too willing so, when Shorty comes along, we took a lift into Kars, which was about a mile away. I didn’t like the idea of taking a ride on our hike but I guess it was the sensible thing to do. He showed us a swampy place near the river were we could camp. We go down to it but it wasn’t any good at all. We go to the other side of the town and find a good spot there. It starts to rain and we pitch in a hurry. Down comes the rain in torrents, the tent leaks like sive and puddles form on the floor of the tent. We take the

equipment and ourselves into a nearby garage. The man asks us who we are and we find out that he is a relation to the Gordon’s in Ottawa. His last name is Wallace. We ate supper in the garage and then went down town to phone. I make a survey of our equipment and we bought a can of salmon. Met a nice fellow a little younger than Ken named Bob Westell. He’s the Anglican Rector’s son. The Wallaces are good enough to give us loging for the night. We had to wait until the got back from choir practice and that was 11 o’clock. While we were waiting in the house Ken fell asleep and I had to pinch myself to keep awake.

Saturday, July 4: Had no trouble in sleeping last night because we were dead tired and also because we slept in a feather bed. Had breakfast in the garage. Then we rolled up the tent and got things ready to go. Went down and got a letter from the parents. It began to look like rain again so we thought we’d wait around till after dinner. Played with Bob till dinner then he ate with us in the garage. Got started at 2. Cloudy. We felt good and made great time. Then up came another storm. We saw a good camping ground by a

A Diary of Innocent Timescottage at the river. We asked whose it was and were told it was Father Somebody’s. It was across from a nice little church. Well, we didn’t camp there. One farmer we asked turned us down pretty smartly, guess he was afraid of fire. It was getting real stormy looking so we ran on to the next farm. A young fellow owned it and he let us sleep in the boat house that jutted out over the river. From feather bed to boat-house floor - ahem!

Sunday, July 5: Had a good sleep on the boat house floor. After breakfast we washed up some dishes and towels. Went and visited an old log house over 100 years old, the oldest on the Rideau. Got my picture taken in front of it. The farmer who lent us his boat house came down.

His name is A. Davidson. Had a dinner over a fire for the first time in two days. After dinner we pealed our shirts and lay out on the front of the boat house that went over the water. It was great fun. A yacht went by when we were there. Then we went over to explore the farm. Two young colts. A neat farm all white-washed and no mustard.

Rained again. Watched them milk, then had supper. We’re going to pack so that we will get to Manotick before breakfast tomorrow. We’ re ge t t i ng low on suppl ies . F in ished the macaroons. Going to cut Ken’s hair in places.

Next week: the boys get to Ottawa and start the long hike home again.

of the CCI is another strategic link the NGHS has es tabl ished with national institutions over the past year. As part of the connection with the Canadian Museum of History and the CCI, members of the NGHS Archives Commit tee visited the Museum and the CCI labs recently to learn more about the many conservation techniques used by professionals on everything from oil paintings to old books, photographs to textiles.

T h e N G H S n o w has available to it the expertise of these two

national organisations and members of the staff at both CCI and the Canadian Museum of History have agreed to

visit the NG Archives to advise on particular items in the collection, as well as general environmental conditions. The three

Historical Society monitors the Archivesmonitoring instruments are being used by this year’s summer student, Michel le Carré , who is being supervised by

Archives Commit tee Chair, Amanda Gould, a conservator with the CMH, and Dr. David Shanahan, NGHS Historian.



Easter Seals barbeque...Pushing out the burgers and weiners were John

Lockwood, Adam McNamara of Lockwood Brothers Construction Ltd. with support from Vice Chair of Easter Seals Council Carl Payne and Brenda Dillabough; also pictured is Matt Burley from Community Living North Grenville with a hungry, but patient Justin Bartlett.

O.P.P. Community Officer Rob Prophet from the Prescott detachment was overseeing the event and reported that $745.00 was raised for the Easter Seals campaign.

Great support folks....see you next week when Tallman Truck Centre Ltd. will be hosting for Friends of the Library.

Randilynne Urslak is taking a trip. On Monday July 21, she will be leaving for a three week adventure in the United States. On the itinerary: Plattsburgh, New York and the Adirondack Park; Hyde Park and New

York City; and Washington D.C. Randilynne will be representing Canada as a Youth Ambassador. As such, she will be learning about civics, community service, e n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p a n d leadership skills.

Organized by the Center for the Study of Canada, SUNY Plattsburgh with

support from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affa i r s , Uni ted S ta tes Department of State, the United States Embassy Ottawa and Fulbright Canada, the Youth Ambassadors Program promotes mutual unders tanding between Canada and the United States and the preparation of young men and women for leadership roles in their communities.

The objectives of the program are to help young people better understand civic participation and the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a democracy. It is an expectation that when students return home, they will apply what they have learned to plan and implement community service projects. Continued communication networks will offer support as students undertake their initiatives.

The applicat ion and interview processes are stringent. Applicants are restricted to students aged 15-18 and they must be returning to school in September. They must have leadership potential, good social and communication skills, good academics and a record of community volunteerism. A commitment to community must also be evident. A written essay specifying an aspect of the applicant’s community that he or she would like to change or improve is required. Parents and school must both approve the application; three additional personal references must be provided.

Randilynne is a good student, a member of OSAID and sits on St. Mike’s Athletic Council. She has accumulated more than 300 hours of volunteer time. As a Program Assistant at the Kemptville Skating Club, Randilynne has been able to contribute to the cost of her own lessons. Although she met all of the requirements, Randilynne was st i l l surprised and humbled by her acceptance into this program. Thanks to the accommodation of the Municipality’s Recreation Department, Randilynne’s job as a first year Swim Instructor will be held for her mid-August return.

Randilynne will write an article summarizing her three weeks away in The North Grenville Times at the end of the summer. She will also expand upon the changes which she hopes to promote come September.

St. Mike’s student accepted into Youth Ambassadors Program

by Beth Nicol

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