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WEEKENDSPLIT
TOP MARKSMerrickville Public School
received an award of excellence from the UCDSB. The High Per-formance School award was pre-sented last week. 5
CARNIVAL TIMEIt’s been bitterly cold lately,
but things are heating up as the annual Smiths FallsWinter Carnival is right around the corner 3
ON A ROLLThe junior and senior
basketball squads at SFDCI continue to shoot the lights out, dominating season and tournament play. 16
COUNCIL BRIEFS
ANDREW SNOOK
A Smiths Falls resident is try-ing to set up an area where dogs can run free and safe.
Michelle Vienneau is work-ing to build a leash-free park for dogs in the Town of Smiths Falls, so her pug Charlie, and standard poodle Coco, can have a safe place to play off-leash.
“I was out with my dogs and there’s really no legal place in town where I can set them free,” she said. “My yard is not completely fenced and I thought
it would be nice to have a place where dogs can play, and safely too. This way they won’t run on the road and get hit by a car.
“Charlie just loves to run and play with the other animals, and what better spot than a dog park.”
Roads are not the only haz-ard for unleashed dogs in the Smiths Falls area.
Over the past few months, two dogs have been killed in hunt-ing traps while being walked off-leash.
Leash-free park on the way?
ANDREW SNOOK
Five years ago, Cheryl Guls-eth battled with breast cancer, and survived. Now, to offer sup-port to others in similar situa-tions, she is opening the Rideau Survivorship Foundation in Smiths Falls.
The offi ce will be a place where Smiths Falls area resi-dents can go for additional sup-port when fi ghting their own chronic illnesses. It is set to open in mid-March.
Gulseth said one of the rea-sons she founded the offi ce in Smiths Falls was to help reduce people’s travel times to services they might require.
“I’m a fi ve-year survivor my-self of breast cancer, and I just found it so hard to travel into the city for treatments, and then on top of that, travel if you need any extra services,” Guls-eth said. “When you’re sick and you’re scared, you don’t feel like travelling that far.”
The 57-year-old, mother of two, said a place where she could go to fi nd information on local services and supports available was lacking when she under-went breast cancer treatments.
“I didn’t want to travel to Ot-tawa, so I chose not to travel, so I suffered with it alone,” Guls-eth said.
Rideau Survivorship Foundation to open in SF
Photo by Ryan Holland
John Chatwood laughs as mayor Dennis Staples squeezes into a pair of Scottish shorts from Chatwood during the annual Robbie BurnsDinner at the Smiths Falls Legion on Sunday night. The evening featureda traditional meal and entertainment, including the Gordon Pipe Band and Rosemary Breman Highland Dancers.
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Smiths Falls Winter Carnival
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THIS WEEK STAFF
Get your trivia hats and your chilli cooking aprons on; the annual winter car-nival will kick-off soon.
This year’s annual Smiths Falls Winter Carni-val will be held from Feb. 11 to 13.
Organizers for the event are currently looking for groups, individuals, schools and businesses interested in helping orga-nize this year’s festivities.
The Arena Fundrais-ing Committee have ex-pressed interest in hosting an event that weekend, so anyone interested in or-ganizing an activity at the arena can contact Margo Loughren, community services for the Town of Smiths Falls.
Here are the current events that have been con-fi rmed so far for this year:
FEB. 11
- Seniors Activity Cen-tre (61 Cornelia St. W., 1:30 p.m., four-hand bid eu-chre).
- Free carnival skate from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Smiths Falls Youth Arena.
- TGIF ham and bean dinner and dance (Smiths
Falls Royal Canadian Le-gion Branch 95 (7 Main St. E.), 6 p.m. There will be live entertainment at 7 p.m.
-The Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears will play the Corn-wall Colts at the Smiths Falls Memorial Commu-nity Centre at 7:30 p.m. (watch for the winter car-nival family special).
- Winter Carnival Rotary bingo at 7 p.m. at OYB Hall (Victoria Avenue).
- Youth dance at Smiths Falls and District Club for Youth.
FEB. 12
- Lions pancake break-fast at the Smiths Falls Royal Canadian Legion Branch 95 from 8 to 11 a.m. Tickets for sale at the door.
-Sno-pitch tournament at Lower Reach Park, eight to 10 teams to compete. Proceeds go to Big Broth-ers Big Sisters of Lanark County. To register, call Dan Stoddard at 613-223-1080.
- Road hockey tourna-ment (Details coming soon).
- Tin can curling (Details coming soon).
- Free carnival skate at 2:30 p.m. at the Smiths Falls Youth Arena.
- Great Chili Cook Off, to enter call 613-283-3182. The event will begin at noon at the Smiths Falls Royal Ca-
nadian Legion Branch 95 (downstairs).
- Jam session from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Smiths Falls Royal Canadian Legion Branch 95 (downstairs). The event will begin fol-lowing the Chili Cook Off.
FEB. 13
- Free carnival skate from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Smiths Falls Memo-rial Community Centre.
- Junior Lumberjack Competition, aged fi ve to 12, must be accompanied by an adult. For more in-formation, call Wilf at 613-283-3246.
- Sunday brunch by Knights of Columbus from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (30 McGill St. N.), admission is $6. Children aged six and un-der are free when accom-panied by an adult. For more information, call Bill at 613-283-1550
- The Friends of the Li-brary will host its 14th annual Trivia Challenge at 1:30 p.m. at the Smiths Falls Royal Canadian Le-gion Branch 95. For more information, call Tom Foulkes at 613-283-2706.
For more information about volunteering or helping organize an event at the winter carnival, contact Margo at 613-283-4124, ext. 6103, or email [email protected]
ANDREW SNOOK
With Target’s recent purchase of the right to acquire leases of up to 220 Zellers stores, the fate of the Smiths Falls store, located at 285 Brockville St., is currently unknown.
The store could be kept as a Zellers store, transformed into a Target store, or shut down altogether; however, it will be busi-ness as usual for the store for all of 2011.
“All Zellers stores will continue to oper-ate through 2011,” a Hudson’s Bay Com-pany spokesperson wrote in an email. “During this time, Target will be deter-mining which locations will open as a Tar-get store, which locations may be sold to
another retailer and which will remain as Zellers. We will continue to operate a port-folio of Zellers stores in some communi-ties in Canada.
“No decisions have been made on spe-cifi c locations at this time.”
Amy Reilly, spokesperson for Target Corporation, said the corporation’s inten-tion is to open between 100 and 150 Target stores in 2013-14, and that company rep-resentatives will speaking with landlords and store owners in the near future, and deciding, based on a variety of factors, which leases the Target Corp. will ac-quire.
“It’s a number of strategic and fi nancial criteria,” Reilly said. “I couldn’t cite one particular factor.”
Smiths Falls Zellers to be targeted?
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A Lions pancake breakfast is planned for Feb. 12 at the Smiths Falls branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.
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When it comes to mathematics, Gordon Cooke wrote the book. Literally.
The incoming Smiths Falls and District Collegiate Institute prin-cipal has written four text books over his 30-year career.
The 54-year-old spent 22 years as a mathematics teacher, and one year as vice-principal, at Thou-sand Islands Secondary School in Brockville.
Cooke went on to become vice-principal at both South Grenville District High School, for four years, and his current school, Seaway District High School in Iroquois.
He introduced himself to the parents’ board at SFDCI on Tues-day, Jan. 11.
“The parents were enthusiastic and welcoming,” he said.
Cooke will replace current principal, Wayne McCuen, on Feb. 3.
In addition to being a published author, and his years as a princi-pal and a teacher, Cooke was also the president of the Ontario As-sociation for Mathematics Edu-cation, and spent a year working for the Education Quality and Ac-countability Offi ce. He was one
of the original coordinators of the EQAO Grade 9 math assess-ments.
“I am a big picture thinker,” he said. “I want to ensure that the di-rection that the school is going in looks forward, and is preparing the kind of students and citizens that we’re going to need in the next 20 or 30 years.”
He said he wants the school to foster students’ creativity and athleticism, while producing stu-dents who utilize all their skills and are respectful citizens.
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Merrickville PS receives High Performance AwardANDREW SNOOK
A Merrickville elementary school has been recognized for planning for the future success its students.
Merrickville Public School was presented the Upper Can-ada District School Board’s (UCDSB) High Performance School award on Friday, Jan. 21, for excellence in the plan-ning and implementation of the School Success Plan and align-ing the school budget to support the School Success Plan.
Spencerville’s Centennial ’67 Public School also received the award.
“We’re very honoured,” said Merrickville PS principal Ray Westendorp. “It’s very nice to be recognized when students and school and staff do great things. This award is the result of a tremendous amount of hard work, dedication and pro-fessionalism by the entire staff at Merrickville PS over a num-ber of years.”
To receive the award, the school’s staff had to show their School Success Plan aligned with the UCDSB’s goal of a 90 per cent high school gradua-tion rate, that all staff members
were included in the planning and implementation process of the plan, and that the school had showed a willingness to be accountable, collaborative and innovative.
ON BUDGET
The school’s budget also had to support the School Success Plan. Merrickville PS staff received top marks for their fi nancial bookkeeping and pro-cesses.
Westendorp said Merrickville PS also had to provide informa-tion regarding staff members’ follow-up work from a Tag the Top! session in January 2008. Tag the Top! is a leadership initiative that teaches school administrators and teachers student success strategies.
The award was presented by UCDSB director of education David Thomas.
“Merrickville has been very successful,” Thomas said. “It’s a wonderful place. It has a lega-cy of wonderful principal lead-ership and truly outstanding teachers who care deeply about the kids.”
“This is quietly one of the top schools in all of Ontario, if not the country,” Thomas said.
SFDCI Cookes up new principal for Februarypositive comments from parents on Jan. 11, concern-ing the SFDCI senior basketball team’s conduct dur-ing its victory at the 52-team Jaguar Classic basket-ball tournament, that took place Jan. 8 and 9, at St. Joseph Catholic High School in Nepean.
“The fi rst thing the parents said (about the tourna-ment) is what a positive report they got back about their respectful behavior and good citizenship,” he said.
Cooke is married and has a large, blended fam-ily. He has two children, while his wife, Colleen, has three children. She is a social worker, who also runs her own business teaching fi rst-aid and babysitting training.
When he’s not policing the halls, Gordon enjoys spending his time on his racing sailboat.
“It’s my only hobby,” he said. “And I spend too much time and money on it.”
Gordon Cooke
Photo by Andrew Snook
Merrickville Public School principal Ray Westendorp accepts an award from UCDSB director of education David Thomas with the help of vice-principal Brad O’Niel and students Izaak Dunning and Gabrielle Wrona on Friday, Jan. 21. The school was awarded the UCSDB High Performance School award, for excellence in the planning and implementation of the School Success Plan and aligning the school budget to support the School Success Plan.
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Fashion sense vs. common sense
Share the roadONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
Motorists need to be on the look out for our region’s youth. Recently, there have been several school bus collisions in OPP-patrolled areas in eastern Ontario. Motorists are fail-ing to stop for fl ashing red lights and many are striking the rear of the school bus, usually when they are carrying our children.
Fortunately, injuries have been minimal.
OPP offi cers will be out ensur-ing that motorists are reminded of the rules of the road in regards to school buses.
Section 175(11) of the Highway Traffi c Act states, “Every driver or street car operator, when meeting on a highway, other than a highway with a median strip, a stopped school bus that has its overhead red signal-lights fl ashing, shall stop before reaching the bus and shall not pro-ceed until the bus moves or the over-head red signal-lights have stopped fl ashing.” R.S.O. 1990.
The fi ne for failing to stop for a school bus with lights fl ashing is $400, accompanied by a victim fi ne surcharge. Reduced speeds in some school zones are in affect, so beware, we’ll be watching.
Keep our kids safe – pay attention.
There comes a point in every man’s life where he has to take a step back and ask the question – am I totally nuts?
Sorry, that was insensitive. I guess the politically correct question would be, “Am I totally cuckoo?”
Sure, a man wonders about his sanity when he realizes he’s standing in the women’s clothing section of a department store, clutching a purse while his wife walks through the doorway of a changing room, ask-ing the dreaded question – “do these pants make my butt look big?”
Holding a purse in a crowded store does border on mental instability, but do you know what would make a man certifi ably insane? Saying, “Yes, yes they do. It looks like you crammed an infl ated rubber life raft into those jeans.”
But no man is THAT off his rocker.But back to the initial question
posed – am I totally nuts?I’d assume the answer would be no,
since insane people can’t distinguish
between what is right and what is wrong.
But I’ll let the loyal readers decide.I blame it on the combination of
the plummeting mercury and a full moon.
Let me set the scene for you.I wiped the moisture from the win-
dow and peeked at the thermometer. It read 140 F. I realized I was staring at the meat thermometer sticking out of the roast in my oven.
I moved over to the kitchen window, wiped off the frost and saw the tem-perature outside my house was -27 C.
No matter the temperature, it was time to take my loyal beagle for a walk.
I opened the closet door, grabbed a winter coat and an expensive pair
of boots. We spare no money when it comes to staying warm on our evening walks.
After putting on the coat and slip-ping into the boots, we were almost ready. Only I couldn’t fi nd my winter coat or boots.
That’s right. The beagle was stand-ing there, clad in a cozy parka and little leather boots.
We opted to stay away from her jacket with the faux fur collar. That’s more of a fall thing.
And no need for the rain slicker. We’ll break that out in April.
The knitted sweater? Nah, not this trip. That’s more of a late-fall, pre-Christmas ensemble.
The ball cap and her patchwork denim jacket? Nope. That’s supposed to be for October when the World Series rolls around.
How about a nice white jacket that ties in the back? Nada. That one is mine.
Smiths Falls This Week welcomes letters to the ed-itor. Senders must include their full name, complete address and a contact phone number. Addresses and phone numbers will not be published. We re-serve the right to edit letters for space and content, both in print and online at www.yourottawaregion.com. To submit a letter to the editor, please email [email protected], fax to 613-267-3986 or mail to Smiths Falls This Week, 12 Russell St. E., Smiths Falls, ON, K7A 1E8.
Is it coldenough for ya?
Cold weather can kill. Just ask the fami-lies of the 80 people who die due to cold weather in Canada each year. After the
week we’ve had, weather-wise, it’s easy to see why. We were all feeling it this week. The furnace at Calvary Christian Academy in
Franktown was on the blink earlier this week, cancelling numerous events at the school. Furnace repair people have been frantically answering calls all over the area. It was one thing this past summer when air conditioning units were on the fritz in the area. That was a minor inconvenience for most, save for people with asthma or other breathing problems.
But cold that cuts like a knife, like we have been experiencing this week, affects everyone who has to walk outside.
However, things could always be worse, as they were recently for our fellow Ontarians.
A state of emergency was declared in the remote northern Ontario town of Moosonee on Monday, after temperatures dropped to around -40C, and the area dealt with an extended power outage. The power went out early Saturday morning and, on top of that, there is now a boil water advisory for James Bay residents. Many of the town’s 3,500 people have been congregating at the Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology campus for food and to keep warm.
The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit is reminding people of what can happen to exposed skin during a week like this. Turns out that frostbite can occur below even -4C, and it is hard to feel. The health unit warns us to check for white or grey spots on areas of our skin that have lost feeling, usually in our hands, feet, nose and ears.
Your mother was right – dress warmly, in layers. Nobody looks cool in the winter, yes, but then blue and black skin is also pretty unsightly too. Also, if you are outside, always keep moving.
Drink up that hot chocolate but, no, despite what the cartoons we saw as kids with the res-cue St. Bernard dogs and their casks of whiskey, non-alcoholic beverages will truly keep you warm.
And, if all else fails, think warm thoughts back to those days of summer, when we were all com-plaining about the humidity.
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From front page“I hope no one else has to
suffer alone.”Two years ago, Gulseth
built a website to inform local residents living with chronic illnesses about the services offered in Smiths Falls.
“People want to see what information is available to them in Smiths Falls,” she said. “I did research and found out that we have most of the services downtown.”
Those services will now include Gulseth’s new offi ce for the Rideau Survivorship Foundation that is set to open in mid-March, above Vickie’s Specialty Shop, located at 14 Main St. W.
Vickie Dickson offered the top fl oor of her building for Gulseth to set up shop.
“I think she’s a great as-
set to the town,” Gulseth said. “I doubt we would have been able to set up like this. It’s an amazing offer on her part.”
Dickson said the arrange-ment will be benefi cial for both her business and the people of Smiths Falls.
“There does seem to be a need in our community, and I think it’s a good service for us,” Dickson said.
Her shop sells a variety of mastectomy products.
Gulseth said she is also forming a small support group, and will take people by appointment at fi rst.
Most of her time is cur-rently spent working full-time for Parks Canada as an administrative assistant. She said she will grow the offi ce when additional needs
for the foundation’s services arise.
Gulseth said she wants to offer support not just to the people battling chronic ill-nesses, but also to their care-givers and family members.
“I hope to have a small, cozy-like atmosphere,” she said.
The foundation is current-ly raising money through the Bling Your Bra Charity Auction fundraising compe-tition, being held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Jan. 29, at Vickie’s Specialty Shop.
For more information on the foundation, visit www.rideausurvivorshipfounda-tion.com, or, for more infor-mation about the Bling Your Bra fundraising competition, visit www.vickies.ca or call 613-283-8142.
From front pageVienneau said she and a
few of her friends have met with town staff a few times and are still in the planning stages for approaching town council with the idea.
“We’re trying to determine location fi rst before we can proceed with anything else,” she said.
Vienneau said she offered a few options to town staff about possible locations for a dog park, but none of them would work for the town.
Elaine Mallory, director of administrative and plan-
ning services for the Town of Smiths Falls, said she hopes to have the matter addressed in a few weeks at town coun-cil.
She wrote in an email that staff have identifi ed a num-ber of potential locations for a park and are preparing a report for council, to seek its agreement, in principle, to provide land and limited op-erational support (water and waste removal).
Mallory said a “very basic” off-leash park could be built for approximately $12,000, with the fencing taking up
the majority of the costs.Vienneau said town staff
brought up a piece of land near the Smiths Falls Curl-ing and Squash Club as an option, but the land would require excavation. Vien-neau said the additional costs would make raising the funds extremely diffi cult.
She is hoping to start a committee in the near future to help raise the funs for the park, and has started a Face-book group called, “Public Dog Park in Smiths Falls,” which currently has more than 40 members.
From page 6Don’t get me wrong, I care
for my dog. I don’t want her to turn into a beaglesicle during our walk. But with a closet that looks like a Gap for Doggies, the line between fashion sense and common sense has become blurred.
At our house, there is a peck-ing order. I rank well down the list, far behind our three beagles, but ahead of the toilet plunger. Unless, of course, there is a reason to use the plunger, then my stock takes another nosedive.
So when I try to plead my case that the dog doesn’t need any more clothing and that I could use a new big-screen TV (the cost is quite similar, at the end of the year), it falls on deaf ears. Or ears that are under furry little earmuffs. We don’t have a pair yet, but I’m sure it’s on the shopping list.
So here’s the situation. The dog needs her exercise. The dog
is not allowed to leave our house on a chilly winter night without her fashionable ensemble. The dog cannot walk around the block without me.
Sure, the beagle looks ador-able when she’s fully dressed, but that’s not the point. There are other childish men in the neighbourhood that have me thinking twice about walk-ing the dog clad in her winter ensemble.
But I do it. In fact, I do it almost nightly.
Sure, I enter and exit through the basement window at the back of the house, and I wear a ski mask to hide my identity. And I snub every person who says, “Hi Jason” as I race walk my way around the block.
But I do it.Does that make me insane? Of course not, but wearing a
ski mask in the middle of May while walking a dog wearing a $45 designer raincoat may just seal the deal.
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Fashion sense vs. common sense
Support sought to open leash-free dog park
Survivorship foundation to open in SF
CATHY JAMES
This Week
The physician short-age in Smiths Falls hasn’t gone unnoticed by the region’s health community.
Mayor Dennis Sta-ples announced at this week’s Town of Smiths Falls committee-of-the-whole meeting that connections have been made with provincial groups, regional health centres and local devel-opers.
With the sudden pass-ing of Dr. Gan Murty, as well as two recent physician retirements, Staples said town and hospital staff have met three times over the past three weeks at the Smiths Falls hospital site in order to brain-storm and facilitate how to respond to its physician dilemma.
“Actions are under-way to address short-term problems,” he said.
He outlined how Dr. Debra Weatherhead from the McNeely Med-ical Clinic in Carleton Place met with town and hospital staff on Jan. 20, and said their clinic will open its doors to Smiths Falls residents who cur-rently don’t have a fam-
ily physician.“They are in the
process to assist indi-viduals to provide ser-vices to residents,” he explained.
Staples said the Smiths Falls Commu-nity Health Centre staff will accept new clients, and the North Lanark Community Health Centre will take resi-dents who live north of Highway 7. Staples add-ed they are currently in talks with other region-al community health centres, which may also take new clients.
To help facilitate the town with physician re-cruitment, Staples said they met with a Health Force Ontario represen-tative in Brockville last Thursday.
As well, community developers and real-tors have reached out to the town, letting them know there are space vacancies in town which can accommo-date a physician’s clin-ic. As well, Chris Sau-mure, of Guy Saumure & Sons Construction Limited, approached Staples, outlining plans
to potentially expand the company’s Cornelia Court facility to house a physician’s offi ce.
“These other resourc-es are coming into play,” said Staples.
He added that most importantly, the town and hospital staff con-sistently collaborates with the area’s existing physician roster.
“We are engaging current doctors to go forward with this,” he said.
The town’s economic development offi cer, Bob Cheetham, said residents who don’t have access to a doctor can contact the Health Care Connect phone line, which helps Ontar-ians who are without a family health care provider to fi nd one. People without a fam-ily health care provider are referred to a family doctor or a nurse practi-tioner who is accepting new patients in their community.
The contact phone number is 1-800-445-1822, or residents can fi ll out a form online at health.gov.on.ca.
Doctor search begins
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Social media for Smiths Falls
ANDREW SNOOK
When former town councillor Robin Hawe ran in the Oct. 25 municipal election, he wanted to give vot-ers a chance to voice their opinions and concerns through the use of social media, so he created a Facebook page called “2010 Municipal Elections.”
Hawe lost his council seat by a narrow margin, but that didn’t stop him from offering residents in the Smiths Falls area a forum to voice their concerns.
He has created another Facebook page, this time he called it “Smiths Falls for All.”
“I started this one the day after the election,” he said. “It’s such a great way to communicate.”
The site has already attracted 111 members, and is growing steadily.
“You really get the pulse of the town,” Hawe said. “They have a voice out there. They’ve never had social media to do this before. When anyone has a problem, people try and help them.”
Several members of town council and staff have also joined the Facebook page and have answered questions posted by local residents.
The town’s chief administrative offi cer, Wayne Brown, often visits the page and answers questions posted on the site. He also has his own Facebook page called, “From the CAO’s desk.”
“As a staff initiative about a year or two ago, we started looking at ways we could communicate bet-ter with the public,” Brown said. “We decided there were several avenues we were going to pursue. One was more information on the town’s website; anoth-er was getting involved with Facebook.
“I just thought Facebook was unique, and the peo-ple who comment are only a smattering of the people who actually go and look. It’s a good way of answer-ing people’s questions. They might not always like the answers they get, but they get one.”
To check out “Smiths Falls for All,” or “From the CAO’s Desk,” visit www.facebook.com
SWING YOUR PARTNER
The dance fl oor was fi lled dur-ing the monthly Smiths FallsLegion Main Street Jambo-ree on Sunday, Jan. 16. Visitors were treated to dinner and liveentertainment during the fi ve-hour celebration at Branch 95.
Photo by Ryan Holland
Photo by Kassina Ryder
RAISING READERSKids pick out their favourite books to take home during a book sale at the County Fair Mall on Jan. 22. Proceeds from the sale will help to purchase new books for the children’s section of the Smiths Falls Public Library. From left, Bailey Boisclair, 8, Brianna Boisclair, 12, and Bradley Boisclair, 5.
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The Rideau Winery
Pure Indulgence Esthetics
Kate Somerville Design Associ-ates
Modern Thymes
Bailey’s Blade & Bow
Smile Sensations
Smiths Falls Chamber
Rideau Lakes Esthetics
Jewel’s Gently Used Clothing
Vickie’s Specialty Shop
The Vineyard
Harambee Health
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Courtyard Café & Tea Room
Gerbo’s Steakhouse FamilyRestaurant
Debbie’s Serenity Room
Gemmell’s Flowers Ltd.
Dawn’s Closet
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Spotlight on the Rideau
Town & Country Chrysler
Bronze Bayou
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Arts and Entertainment
Lanark County’s poets perform at Factory GrindKASSINA RYDER
Some of Lanark County’s most talented poets gathered at the Factory Grind last Friday, Jan. 21 to perform their best spoken word poetry.
Ten poets participated in the slam, organized by the Lanark County Live Poets Society, or LiPS.
Two of the youngest partici-pants were only 12 years old, including Perth’s Nikki Stiller. Stiller won second place in her fi rst slam two months ago, and placed second again during the slam at the Factory Grind.
“I used to lie up on my roof and write poetry,” she said. “I just started sticking with it.”
Stiller came to the slam equipped with her own fan base, made up of her father, Ralph, and grandmother, Shirley Kar-gakos.
Ralph said he is amazed at how quickly his daughter’s writ-ing has developed.
“She just started writing and then, boom,” he said. “I’ve seen her write up a poem in less than 15 minutes.”
Kargakos agreed. “To say she just started, I’m
very impressed,” she said. Purchasing Nikki a new lap-
top for Christmas this year was well worth it, she added.
“She just gets on that lap-top and produces something,” Kargakos said. “It was a good Christmas gift.”
Every poet must perform twice during the slam, accord-ing to the rules. Poems must be less than three minutes and are scored by judges from the audi-ence.
LiPS was created by Danielle K.L. Gregoire, who held a series of slams in 2008 to form a team to compete at the national Cana-dian Festival of Spoken Word and Poetry Slam competition in Calgary. Lanark County was the only rural team at the competi-tion.
“We’re the only rural slam scene that competes at the na-tional level,” said organizer Tammy MacKenzie.
“It is the voices of people who live on the fringes,” Gregoire said. Since then, another rural Ontario team has started up.
“It’s spreading,” Gregoire said. “We’re growing the scene.”
The event at the Factory Grind also featured a guest poet
from Ottawa. Originally from British Columbia, 21-year-old Christopher Tse was named the best poet on the team that won the Capital Slam poetry compe-tition last year.
Tse said MacKenzie invited him to the slam at the Factory Grind, so he loaded up a bor-rowed car with a couple of friends, who also performed, and headed to Perth.
Tse said Lanark County poets are some of the best he’s seen.
“I just really love the vibe that’s coming out of this area,” he said. “A lot of good poets come out of here.”
Anyone who wants to perform poetry should just get up and do it, Tse said.
“In Ottawa, we have a saying,” Tse said. “We poets do what we do to show you that you can do it, too.”
MacKenzie encouraged any budding poets in the area to come out and perform.
“We want to see you out here, young or older, closet or pub-lished, if you have a poetic soul, come on out,” she said.
Stiller said though she was nervous, she believes everyone should give performing a try.
“I’m still kind of shaking,”
she said after her performance. “If you try it, it’s amazing.”
MacKenzie said the group is planning to host other events
at the Factory Grind beginning in March, including a monthly slam, or other spoken word, event.
Photo by Kassina Ryder
Ottawa’s Christopher Tse performs as a guest feature during the LiPS poetry slam at the Factory Grind in Perth on Jan. 21.
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Community
The Rosemary Breman Highland Dancers had the attention of the audience during the annual Robbie Burns dinner at the Smiths Falls Legion on Sunday night. Dozens attended the dinner, for an evening ofeverything Scottish in celebration of historical Scotsman Robbie Burns.
Dancers perform during the annual Robbie Burns dinner at the Smiths Falls Legion on Sunday night.
Photos by Ryan Holland
The Smiths Falls Gordon Pipe Band took to the fl oor during the annual Robbie Burns dinner and entertainment evening at the Smiths Falls Legion on Sunday. Dozens attended the event at the legion, celebrating the life of one of the most well known and respected Scotsmen in history.
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Lovely 4 bedroom full 2 storey red brick farmhouse - huge wrap-around veran-dah perfect for outdoor entertaining & enjoying the beautiful view- large kitch-en open to the dining room - hardwood & original fl ooring throughout - newer windows with lots of light. $399,000.
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Country Home: MLS #778424. Pretty, spacious 3 bedroom, 3 bath bungalow on 7.7 acres on paved road off Hwy. 29; features fi nished lower level, studio/workshop, stained glass accents. $299,900.
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$379,000 - Location: 15 km east of Perth in the Innisville / Mississippi Lake area. Room to grown in both house & property with this 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom bungalow. Hardwood & tile fl oors, fully equiped custom oak kitchen with island opens into dining area and spacious living room with patio doors to the back of property. Large family room above double attached garage. Full drive-in / walk-out basement for those large recreational toys or create additional living space. Front porch overlooks pond. MLS# 774774.
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$214,900 - Beautiful country setting for this 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on 2.5 acres west of Perth. Kitchen/dining area catches the morning sun, living room with fi replace/woodstove insert. Finished lower level family room, large laundry facility. Detached insulated garage/workshop. Extensively renovated in last 5 years. Lots of extras - 2 outbuildings, large pond expands your backyard and what a great view! MLS# 774063.
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$63,700 - Fixer upper! This 2 bedroom, 1 bath-room home sits on a very pretty 1 acre lot with mature trees and a small pond just outside the village of sharbot lake - features a newer septic in 2009, newer roof in 2003 and newer laminate fl ooring in living room, more in boxes ready to install elsewhere. Other fi nishing req’d. All data, measurements & taxes to be verifi ed by the buyer. Property being sold “as is”.
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nace & some new vinyl thermopane windows - each bedroom has closet space, master has doulbe closet - living room is bright with a ceiling fan/light - country sized eat-in kitchen has double stainless steel sink, passover counter & built-in matching hutch - washer & dryer hookups with overhead cupboards in conveniently located hall area - 200 amp service. MLS#104210003023500. Sheri 613-812-1215
NEW LISTING103 North St. Carolina Court, Unit 203, $214,000 `The Thom` model, named after Alexander Thom, builder of Perth’s 1st mills & a former military surgeon - gorgeous elevated view of the Tay River which also overlooks Canada’s oldest golf course - quiet building located only a few blocks from downtown heri-tage Perth - features of this well-cared-for unit
are 2 good-sized bedrooms each with oversized closet, 2 bathrooms, freshly paint-ed interior, steamed carpets, neutral decor, double closet & ceramic tile at front foyer, washer & dryer in storage room, effi cient kitchen with built-in dishwasher & pass through to the dining area - it’s a corner unit with large windows, effi cient natural gas heat & hot water, central air conditioning and windowed door to your own private balcony - for your leisure in the building there`s a furnished lounge with corner gas fi replace, kitchenette & hobby room - shuffl e board court & tennis courts also on the property - 5 appliances included - move in immediately - condo fees 280.00 per month. MLS# 092103007006508. Sheri 613-812-1215
398 Anglican Church Rd $168,000A very lovely setting, set back from the main road on a beautiful treed 1.5 Acre property - a perfect 3 bed-room starter home for a young family providing a great yard for the kids to play - there’s an attached garage plus separate workshop building plus a 20x50 foot barn that would be great for all kinds of hobbies & activities -
the house is in good condition with a brand new septic system installed sept. 2010 - Oil furnace installed in 2007 - country sized eat-in kitchen with additional pantry storage in the back foyer/mudroom area - 4 windows & door allow all kinds of natural light to fl ow into the spacious living room addition - the dining room has original wainscotting and tin ceiling (currently used as main fl oor family room) - 2 bathrooms take care of the morning rush & the laundry is located on the main level as well. MLS# 091191602005300 Sheri 613-812-1215
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Hwy. 7 widening to Perth could be in province’s plans
DESMOND DEVOY \
OTTAWA – Long term plans by the province could see High-way 7 expanded to four lanes be-tween Carleton Place and Perth.
“It’s very possible it could be in the 10-year plan,” said Bob Chi-arelli after a breakfast speech to the Ireland-Canada Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 13.
“People in the ministry are very mindful of the needs in that part of eastern Ontario…Perth is, in many respects, becoming a commuter community.”
But the Ottawa West-Nepean MPP hastened to add that, “there has been no commitment given to expanding it (the highway) further west…It’s not going to happen tomorrow.”
He noted that the provincial government has already invest-ed about $222 million into local roads, including adding High
Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes along Highway 417, and expand-ing Highway 7 to four lanes.
While the provincial govern-ment has passed on buying up the Ottawa Valley Railway line between Pembroke and Smiths Falls, Chiarelli did leave the door open to being part of talks to keep the rails where they are.
“The railroad is a federal re-sponsibility,” Chiarelli said.
“The province is not going to get involved in it. (But) the province would be willing to hear partnership opportunities. We’re prepared to sit down and talk.”
CAMPAIGN-STYLE SPEECH
During his speech to Irish-Ca-nadian businesspeople, Chiarelli stressed many themes that will likely be appearing in Liberal speeches in the run up to this October’s provincial election.
He noted that the Dalton Mc-Guinty Liberals will have spent more than $30 billion on infra-structure projects by March 2011.
Meanwhile, during the last three years of Progressive Con-servative rule under Mike Har-ris and Ernie Eves, the province
spent a total of $2.6 billion on infrastructure.
Another campaign talking point that Chiarelli rolled out was that while the Tories closed 28 hospitals during the 1995-2003 reign, the Liberals have built 18 hospitals, and are expanding more than 100 others.
The reces-sion hit Ontario hard, as it did other areas, but Chiarelli pointed that the province has regained 96 per cent of the jobs it lost in the re-cession.
“We’re out-performing ev-ery country in the world,” he boasted. Great Britain, by comparison, has only recovered about 47 per cent of the jobs it lost.
He chalked some of that eco-nomic resurgence to stimulus spending, with 144 such projects approved in the Ottawa area alone, creating about 75,000 jobs. While the stimulus spending re-quired the province to go into a defi cit, Chiarelli said provincial
governments of every political stripe have had to do the same, and that Ontario had recorded three consecutive balanced bud-gets before the recession hit.
One of the Liberals’ biggest obstacles in securing reelection will be overcoming public anger over the spike in hydro rates.
C h i a r e l l i pointed out that Ontario will likely be free of coal-fi red ener-gy generation by 2014, mak-ing it the fi rst in North Amer-ica to do so. He again slammed the Tories, say-ing that the province lost about 18,000 megawatts due
to lack of proper maintenance of hydro facilities.
“That’s the equivalent of Ni-agara Falls running dry,” he said, adding that the Liberals have added 8,000 megawatts dur-ing their term.
The Tories have also taken the Liberals to task for a $7 billion green energy deal with South Korean conglomerate Samsung.
“There is the impression that we are investing overseas,” said Chiarelli.
He denied this, stating the Asian company will build four green energy factories in Ontar-io, which will create 16,000 new jobs and build everything from solar panels to windmills.
“You have to balance all of the incentives with all of the ben-efi ts,” said Chiarelli.
HST
Another source of voter anger at the Liberals will be defending the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) on the hustings.
“We, as a government, would suffer at the polls if we intro-duced the HST,” admitted Chi-arelli. “He (Premier Dalton McGuinty) knew that. So why did we do it? Because it was the right thing to do.”
The tax, which harmonized the GST and PST, he claimed, saw business taxes fall by 28 per cent, and resulted in an 18 per cent cut in business income taxes. He called Conservative leader Tim Hudak’s opposition to the HST “politically opportu-nistic,” since the federal Tories also support the idea.
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ANDREW SNOOK
If the Smiths Falls Dis-trict Collegiate Institute’s senior boys’ basketball was supposed to lead by example, they appear to be doing a great job.
The junior boys’ bas-ketball team won its sec-ond tournament of the season on the weekend of Jan. 15 and 16 at Thou-sand Islands Secondary School in Brockville. The junior RedHawks defeat-ed Kingston’s Frontenac Secondary School 68-61 in double overtime to win the tournament.
The victory comes just a week after the senior team’s victory at the 52-team Jaguar Classic tour-nament.
The senior boys contin-ued their dominance in the LCIAA division last week, defeating Perth and District Collegiate Institute 43-30 on Jan. 18, at SFDCI, then beat-ing Carleton Place High School by a score of 70-38 at SFDCI.
The game against PDCI was a night-game fundraising event for the Smiths Falls Community Food Bank, and raised $200 and four large boxes
of food.The junior team was
also successful last week in LCIAA competition, defeating both PDCI (32-26) and CPHS (60-28) at SFDCI.
Both teams are cur-rently undefeated, and will play their next games against Almonte and Dis-trict High School on Tues-day, Feb. 8, at 1 p.m., at ADHS.
SENIOR VOLLEYBALL TEAM WINS
The senior girls’ vol-leyball team travelled to Brockville Collegiate In-
stitute last Saturday and won a 10-team tourna-ment.
The RedHawks defeated PDCI in the fi nals (15-25, 25-22, 15-11) to take fi rst place overall.
In senior girls’ volley-ball action, SFDCI de-feated PDCI in four sets (25-17, 17-25, 25-8, 25-23) on
Tuesday, Jan. 18, at PDCI, then defeated CPHS in fi ve sets (25-22, 25-22, 20-25, 16-25, 15-13) on Jan. 20, at CPHS.
SFDCI is currently tied for fi rst place in the LCIAA standings with PDCI.
In junior girls volley-ball action, SFDCI lost to
PDCI in four sets (14-25, 25-14, 29-27, 25-13) on Tues-day, Jan. 18, at PDCI, then defeated CPHS in three sets (25-23, 25-17, 25-21) on Jan. 20, at CPHS.
The RedHawks next games will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 8 against ADHS, at 1 p.m., atSFDCI.
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Andrew Snook photo
RedHawks player Dischaine Thompson battles for the ball against Perth and DistrictCollegiate Institute’s Eli Woods during a night game on Tuesday, Jan. 18 at Smiths Falls District Collegiate Instititue. The Redhawks defeated the Blue Devils 43-30.
Submitted photo
The RedHawks senior girls’ volleyball team travelled to Brockville Collegiate Institute last Saturday and won a 10-team tournament, defeating PDCI in the fi nals.
Bowl for the kids on Feb. 26Ever wonder what small thing you
could do to help children and families right here in your town? It doesn’t have to be big and complicated – it can be as simple as a game of bowling.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lanark County are proud to present their 31st Annual Bowl for Kids on Feb. 26. The agency is currently recruiting teams to raise some money and bowl in this impor-tant event.
Bowl for Kids is the agency’s largest fundraiser with 32 per cent of its annual operating budget coming from this event.
Bowl for Kids is a straight forward
fundraiser. Interested participants can call the Big Brothers Big Sisters offi ce and enter their team. Each team receives a kit that includes pledge sheets, and is encouraged to raise funds to support the agency’s mentoring programs. Don’t worry if you’re not a bowler – it’s a fun time where neighbours come together for a great cause.
Your team can be as small as two peo-ple or as large as your whole company or large family.
Call 613-283-0570 or check out the Bowl for Kids website at www.lanarkcounty.kintera.org/bfks.
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Bears split weekend games, hold on to seventh placeANDREW SNOOK
The Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears rebounded from a 4-1 loss to the Cumber land Grads at home on Friday night, by defeating the Kemptville 73s on Sunday, Jan. 23, in Kemptville.
The Bears currently sit in sev-enth place overall in the Central Canada Hockey League Stand-ings, three points behind Ne-pean and Gloucester, and four points ahead of eighth-place Kanata Stallions.
BEARS 6 KEMPTVILLE 2
Kemptville’s Brock Plouffe opened the scoring just over three minutes into the game, but the Bears responded with goals from Matt Robertson and Jar-rett Williams to take the lead 2-1 after 20 minutes of play.
Smiths Falls’ Cody Fraser put the Bears up 3-1, just past the eight-minute mark of the sec-ond period, and that was all the Bears would need to take the vic-tory.
Bears forward Dominik Bella-via scored in the third period to put the game out of reach.
Dustin Darou and Robertson also scored in the third period for the Bears.
Smiths Falls Jeffery Carroll fi nished the game with three as-sists.
Goaltender Alex Chretien stopped 29 of 31 shots to pick up the win for the Bears, while Keinan Brown stopped 38 off 44 shots in a losing effort.
CUMBERLAND 4 BEARS 1
Bears defenceman Tyler Ake-son opened the scoring in the fi rst period with a power-play goal to give Smiths Falls a 1-0 lead. Warren Steele and Robert-son assisted.
Cumber land’s Kevin Lough responded with a power-play goal of his own, with eight sec-onds left in the fi rst period, to even the score at 1-1.
The Grads’ Sean Bamford broke the tie just over 13 minutes into the period, to give Cumber-land a 2-1 lead.
Cumberland’s Jonathon Elliot and Fabian Walsh (empty-net goal) scored in the third period to secure the win.
Chretien stopped 32 of 35 shots in the Bears loss, while Grads goaltender Robin Billingham stopped 30 of 31 shots to pick up the win.
BEARS NEXT HOME GAME
The Bears will play the Ne-pean Raiders on Friday, Jan. 28, at 7:30 p.m., at the Smiths Falls Memorial Community Centre.
Photos by Ryan Holland
Smiths Falls Bears coach Bill Bowker looks down his bench following a 4-1 loss to the second-last placed Cumberland Grads on Friday night. The Bears started the game with a 1-0 lead over the Grads, but couldn’t hold on. The club now sits in seventh place.
At right, Smiths Falls Bearscentre Connor McLaren tries to sneak around Cumberland Gradsgoaltender Robin Billingham with hopes of pulling his team back in the game on Friday night. Billingham stopped 30 of 31 shots to help his team to a 4-1 victory over the Bears, who gave up a one-goal lead late in the fi rstperiod.
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THURSDAY, JAN. 27
- The Montague and District Seniors’ Forget-Me-Not Club (658 Rosedale Rd S.) will host Crokinole starting at 1:30 p.m. All Tuesday games have been cancelled. Cost is $2 and there will be a light lunch. For more information, contact 613-283-8482 or 613-283-6965.
FRIDAY, JAN. 28
- The fourth annual Lanark, Leeds and Grenville Small Business Plan competi-tion will take place at the Lanark
North Leeds Enterprise Centre (91 Cornelia St. W.). The deadline for the event is Jan. 28, at 4 p.m. For more in-formation about the event, visit www.lnlenterprisecentre.ca/Home
- Snow Road Snowmobile Club will host a meeting at 7:30 p.m. at its club-house (1106 Gemmills Rd.).
Saturday, Jan. 29- The fourth annual Smiths Falls and
District Crime Stoppers fundraising dance and silent auction will take place from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Smiths Falls Royal Canadian Legion Branch 95. There will be a musical performance by the Doherty Brothers Band. Tickets are $10. Tickets are available at the Smiths Falls and District Chamber of Com-merce (77 Beckwith St. N), Impression Printing (55 Abbott St. N) or at the door.
- Portland Outdoors presents Skate the Lake 2011 on Big Rideau Lake in Portland. Five kilometre, 10 km, 5x1 km relay and marathon 25 km speed skating races beginning at 9 a.m. All ages and abilities are welcome. Kids aged 12 and under skate for free in their own 5 km race. Other activities include curling demonstrations, Snert, a canteen, free skating areas and fi reworks at 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.port-landoutdoors.com.
- The Civitan Club of Perth (County Road 43) will host the Dignity House Hospice dinner and dance from 6 to 11 p.m. There will be a live performance by Beatlejuice, a silent auction and danc-ing. Tickets are $50, with a $25 charita-ble tax receipt to be issued at the door. Tickets are available at Bayshore Home Health (94 Beckwith St. N.), Royal LeP-age (22 Beckwith St. S.), Joe’s Clothes (39 Foster St., Perth) and all Community Home Support Lanark County offi ces.
- The Snow Road Snowmobile Club will host a fundraiser breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. at its clubhouse (1106 Gem-mills Rd.) Everyone is welcome to at-tend.
SUNDAY, JAN. 30
- Club Optimiste francophone de Car-leton Place will host French family mov-ies, “Où est le cheval de Winky?” and “Charlie et la chocolaterie” at 4 p.m. at Carleton Place Cinema (17 Albert St.) in Carleton Place. Admission is $5.
MONDAY, JAN. 31
- Club Optimiste francophone de Car-leton Place will host French family mov-ies, “Où est le cheval de Winky?” and
“Les Choristes” at 7 p.m., at Carleton Place Cinema (17 Albert St., Carleton Place). Admission is $5.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2
- The Smiths Falls Toastmasters Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the Courtyard Café (7 Russell St. W.) for its regularly sched-uled meeting. All are welcome to attend.
THURSDAY, FEB. 3
- The Montague and District Seniors’ Forget-Me-Not Club (658 Rosedale Rd S.) will host Crokinole starting at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $2 and there will be a light lunch. For more information, contact 613-283-8482 or 613-283-6965.
SUNDAY, FEB. 6
- Compositions, a new art gallery in Smiths Falls, will host its grand opening from 7 to 11 p.m. at 47 Main St. E. A vari-ety of artists and artworks will be on dis-play, including paintings, photography and jewelry. For more information, con-tact Louis Tremblay at 613-284-260, email [email protected], or visit www.compositionsartgallery.com
Wednesday, Feb. 9- The 14th annual Friends of the Smiths
Falls Public Library Trivia Challenge will take place at 1:30 p.m. at the Smiths Falls Royal Canadian Legion Branch 95 (7 Main St. E.). Each team may have up to 10 players. Entry fee is $125 per team. All proceeds will go towards children’s pro-grams, equipment and material for the Smiths Falls Public Library. Topics will include: Canadian politics, the written word, potpourri, modern advertising and wellness (health, nutrition and fi tness). There will be prizes for the winning team. For more information, contact the library at 613-283-2911 or Tom Foulkes at 613-283-2706.
- The Smiths Falls Toastmasters Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the Courtyard Café (7 Russell St. W.) for its regularly sched-uled meeting. All are welcome to attend.
THURSDAY, FEB. 10
- The Montague and District Seniors’ Forget-Me-Not Club (658 Rosedale Rd S.) will host Crokinole starting at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $2 and there will be a light lunch. For more information, contact 613-283-8482 or 613-283-6965.
FRIDAY, FEB. 11
- The Rideau and District Old Tyme Fiddling and Country Music will hold its annual benefi t dance at 7:30 p.m. at the Alfred Taylor Community Centre (2300 Community Way, North Gower) to raise funds for the Kemptville District Hos-pital Foundation. Funds will be raised through good-will donations at the event. Admission for non-members is $5 at the door. Regular Fiddle Club dances are held every second Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m., at the Alfred Taylor Commu-nity Centre.
SATURDAY, FEB. 12
- The Snow Road Snowmobile Club will host its Sweetheart Snowmobile Poker Run and Roast Beef Dinner from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at its clubhouse (1106 Gemmills Rd.). All are welcome to attend.
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2009 GMC Envoy AWD, stk# P3488$19,988*
2008 Ford Ranger Ext Cab, black stk# 10393A$11,988*
2008 Chev Trailblazer LT, blue stk#11102A$13,988*
2008 Chev Trailblazer, grey stk#P3511A$18,988*
2008 Chev Avalanche 4X4, blue stk#P3602$29,988*
2007 Chev Silverado Vortec 4X4, red stk#10172A $19,988*
2007 Pontiac Torrent, burgundy stk#P3600$17,488* AS TRADED SPECIALS
famousforfairness.ca199 Lombard St., Smiths Falls, ON 613-283-3882
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*All prices are plus HST, and licence fee and include dealer admin fee; all vehicles are fully reconditioned and mechanically certifi ed. All AS TRADED specials are not mechanically certifi ed nor sold as road worthy; no warranty stated nor implied. Up to $1,500 Holiday Cash for 2010 models; Up to $1,000 Holiday Cash for 2011 models with exception of 2011 Cruze; Up to $1,500 owner loyalty; 90 Days payment deferral includes applicable interest charges; 0% fi nancing up to 36 months on 2010 Lacrosse and Impala, OAC. Lease rates from 1.9% on 2011 Cadillac & Buick models. Receive $1,000 if remaining payments on a currently leased vehicle is taken over by LeaseBusters. Up to $8,500 cash credit applicable on 2010 Colorado (stk#10167); see dealer for Visa Card redemption amounts; Cash for Clunkers applies to 1995 to 2003 models and maximum of $2,000 on 2010/2011 Silverado/Sierra; Up to $1,00 cash for leases; used vehicle prices excludes applicable HST and licence fees. Program ends Jan. 31, 2011.
CHEVROLET BUICK GMC CADILLAC
2010 Buick Lacrosse AWD
MRSP $44,975
NOW$35,856
2011 GMC Terrain
2011 Cadillac SRX
2011 Chevrolet Impala
• UP TO $1500 HOLIDAY CASH• UP TO $1500 HOLIDAY CASH • UP TO $8,500 CASH CREDIT• UP TO $8,500 CASH CREDIT
• FINANCING FROM 0%• FINANCING FROM 0%• UP TO $1,500 OWNER LOYALTY
• UP TO $2,000 CASH FOR CLUNKERS• UP TO $1,000 CASH FOR LEASES
• LEASE RATES FROM 1.9% ON• LEASE RATES FROM 1.9% ON 2011 CADILLAC & BUICK MODELS
PROGRAM ENDS JANUARY 31, 2011!
2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe
2011 Chevrolet Colorado
2011 Chevrolet Equinox
2011 Chevrolet Malibu
2011 Cadillac Escalade
2011 GMC Acadia
2011 Chevrolet Traverse
2011 Chevrolet Cruze
2011 Buick Enclave
2011 Buick Lacrosse2011 GMC Sierra
2010’s still in stock for maximum savings: Aveo, Lacrosse, Colorado, Traverse
