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Brockville saw its most successful tourism event in decades this weekend with the 11th annual Rib-fest bringing in almost 60,000 people through the gates over the four-day festival.

Each and every day saw record-setting num-bers. Aided by per-

fect weather the festival opened four hours early after eager rib fans began pouring into the park shortly after noon on Thursday. “It was incred-ible to see the park fill-ing up shortly after lunch on opening day,” said Big

Brothers Big Sis-ters Executive Dir-ector Jane Fullar-

ton, adding

that formally opening the festival earlier on Thurs-day will be considered for next year.

The overall fundrais-ing totals are still being tallied and will available later this week. The fes-tival has grown each and every year, starting with roughly 10,000 festival partici-pants for the inaug-ural event and grow-ing to the record

numbers from this past weekend. “It was really exciting to see the people coming down in such big numbers,” said Fullarton. “This was a win, win, win for the agency and every-one involved.”

One ribber had to re-order additional prod-uct more than once to help keep up with demand. “The

vendors know the suc-cess of past years and the fact that they had to re-order product more than once shows the growth of the event this year,” said Fullarton.

With the sheer num-ber of volunteers and staff required to run a festival of this magnitude, Ful-

larton was almost at a loss to come up with the words to thank all those involved. “Thank you just seems in-adequate for what I want to say to our staff and vol-unteers,” said Fullarton. “We would be lost without the amazing support we get from the community.

More coverage for Ribfest appears on pages 9 and 10.

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Friday, July 29th was a bittersweet day for the staff and volunteers of Brockville General Hos-pital as said farewell to one of their most dedi-cated staff members, BGH Volunteer Asso-ciation (BGVA), Volun-teer Coordin-ator, Christine Deault. Deault, who is taking her leave after 18 years with the Association, announced her retirement ear-lier this year, in order to spend more time with her growing family.

“I’m a new grandmother,” she said at a recent fare-well gathering held at BGH’s Charles Street site auditorium.

“It’s been an amaz-ing 18 years. I’ve had the privilege of working with wonderful people who are tremendously supportive of all the As-sociation does, and who are committed to mak-ing our hospital run well. It’s been the best of both worlds, and I feel I’ve truly had the best job at BGH.”

Though saddened by Deault’s departure, BGH’s staff and Asso-

ciation members say that they wish her well and look forward to welcoming incoming Volunteer coordinator, Cheryl Marshall. Mar-shall brings five years’ experience as Execu-tive Director of the Vol-unteer Bureau of Leeds & Grenville, and more than a decade in de-

livery of lo-cal childcare p r o g r a m s and services.

M a r s h a l l says looks forward to taking the reins as vol-unteer co-o r d i n a t o r with the As-s o c i a t i o n , and is grate-ful to the BGVA for the

opportunity. “From the moment

I stepped through the door, I have enjoyed the friendly atmosphere and caring attitudes of the many volunteers and staff.”

The BGVA is one of the oldest service groups in the Brockville area, having celebrated 120 years of service in 2009. It is also the fourth old-est hospital auxiliary in Ontario, manned by over 300 volunteers who deliver 2000 hours per month in support of the hospital and its services.

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Outgoing Volunteer Coordinator, Christine Deault (right) is given best wishes on her retirement from in-coming Volunteer Coordinator Cheryl Marshall (left) and BGVA President Maureen Overy (centre).

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Heading off to college or university for the first time can be exciting for a young person. How-ever, the first steps to adult independence can be tough if one does not start out with a good idea of how to manage per-sonal finance.

Betsy Elliott, a cred-it counselor with 1000 Islands Credit Counsel-ling, in Brockville suggests the following tips for any new post-secondary stu-dent:

Set a budget and stick to it. Before the school year starts, you should already have a good idea about what your major expenses (such as tuition and resi-dence fees) will be. To get a good idea about other

costs (including books, lab fees and food) write down what you regularly spend for these items in the first couple of months you are away.

Don’t get excited by lump sums of cash. With the payment of student loans or bursaries, many post-secondary stu-dents have access to large amounts of cash for the first time. “It’s best to be cautious and strongly re-sist the urge to spend large amounts of money on frivolous things,” stresses Elliott.

Know how to use a credit card. Representa-tives from major credit card companies have made a practice of having representatives at colleges

and universities in recent years. While some may offer free gifts or other enticements, you should always be aware of the in-terest rate on purchases before agreeing to a card.

Find low-cost sources of entertainment. Many young people you will come in contact with will have a very modest dis-posable income. Use this to your advantage; plan game nights or movie nights or other low-cost forms of entertainment. You could also use your extra time to study or bet-ter explore the new place you call home.

Comparison shop for books and other materi-als. With so much now available online, don’t feel

the need to necessarily purchase all of your books or other course materials at the campus bookstore. While there will be texts (such as course readers or workbooks) that you can’t get elsewhere, chan-ces are that you will be able to find some books at cheaper prices than on campus. Also check out used bookstores and talk to other students in later years of your course or degree.

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In a recent article by Mayor Henderson he asked the question “What is a development charge?” In that letter he very logically ex-plained the “official” version of what a devel-opment charge is. He claims they are a form of taxation and a form of user pay.

The Mayor proceeds to explain studies that the City is required “to establish what costs are purely related to growth”. He talks about the sewage treatment plant and roads. He finishes this part of his specious argument with “what the additional cost that a city will have to pay to upgrade and maintain those roads due solely to the additional bodies.”

I moved to Brockville in 1980 to open my dealership and the sign on the 401 said the population of Brockville was 21,000. Today in 2011 that same sign says 22,000. The reality is that the population of Brockville is closer to 20,000. So it is easy to conclude that there has been no growth in “bodies” in Brockville to jus-tify this tax.

In the 31 years I have been here, the only ad-dition to the land mass acquired by Brockville is the addition of Country Club Place which adds over a $250,000 to the yearly taxes. From a land perspective Brockville hasn’t grown either.

During my 31 years here, I have seen a new police station, a second fire station and more municipal employees and the list goes on. I don’t have the exact figures but I am sure one could look up the 1980 city budget and look up the 2011 and see a significant difference, prob-ably 4 to 5 times what it was in 1980. Now that’s growth!

Why has there been such a massive increase in municipal infrastructure? I am sure that the provincial government mandates & increase wages are major sources of those expenses. It does mystify me that the Mayor is focused on such “little fruit” as $2-5,000 per new house built, which might equal $25,000 to $40,000 per year. An amount the new buyer would have to add to their mortgage, when those same hous-es will pay $2,500 to $10,000 every year once occupied.

An example of this would be two develop-ments that I was involved in. Butlers’ Creek and Courtyards of Kincaid. One is a 52 home subdivision that we built on land that once generated $800 per year. My company cleaned, installed a new street with fire hydrants, lights and sewers and built homes. We built a park with tennis courts and gave it to the city. The taxes are almost $200,000 every year. The other development is a 10 house subdivision, which the Mayor knows well, that now produces al-most $50,000 in taxes.

Both of these developments would have paid some form of development fees, howev-er the city now receives a nice yearly income. Don’t forget every time your house or place of business is reassessed, you/we pay more taxes to the city.

The mayor completes his argument say-ing buyers would prefer “quieter, safer, park filled, clean little heritage community” rather than lower prices. He talks about competitive markets, and proceeds to suggest that the de-velopers might not be passing on the savings because the same number of houses are still being built. One has to ask why people build in the township then.

Now let me remind the readers that prior to becoming a politician, David Henderson lead the charge on behalf of the Chamber of Com-merce to reduce the taxes the Industries were paying in Brockville. He was successful and the city subsequently used most of the money from the sale of the PUC to reduce those taxes. Money we seem to need now. I agreed with that decision. However using his argument one could say that his successful campaign at tax reduction didn’t increase industrial activity in this city at all. I would argue that it saved jobs, but it certainly has not brought any new indus-tries to this city.

Development is a different story than an in-dustry in the normal sense of the word, how-ever what Mayor Henderson is missing is that it is an industry. Why is it if you are an out of town developer or industry looking at doing something or relocating into Brockville you are fêted, but a local developer can not get the same attention from the Mayor and CAO. The examples abound. Do we not value our local resources enough? If development brings that much money to the city’s bottom line why isn’t local development (both residential & com-mercial) part of Dave Paul’s Economic develop-ment portfolio?

Mr. Mayor, you have been brain washed by the institution you serve. I know it is a normal part of the process but I for one would like the old Dave Henderson back. The Dave who wanted to see growth, was going to fight those high commercial taxes and take on the provin-cial government about down loading. Isn’t it time the city learned to live with-in it’s budget? Stop passing the hidden user fees and taxes down. We have much bigger fish to fry and it’s our expenses. Mr. Mayor just ask me!

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A formula for success 11th annual Ribfest grows again this year

Each year Ribfest seems to grow in popularity while many other festivals seem to struggle to keep their heads above the water, wondering if that year will be their last.

There are a number of factors to consider for the dif-ferent festivals including weather, entertainment venues and line-up and countless other variables that can make or break an event. Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) has been blessed by clear and sunny skies in recent years, but it’s more than just cooperative weather that has made Ribfest a record-breaking success.

The formula is simple: local talent, interactive sched-uled events and as close to complete participation from businesses in the area makes up the recipe Ribfest has perfected. All of this is made possible by the cause that BBBS represents: a children’s services organization, offer-ing a better life for the kids in their community.

The entertainment is another key to their success. Hav-ing something for all ages throughout the four-day event is a must. From the opening of the Kidz Zone on Thurs-day, there are several games and fun activities for kids of all ages. The fishing derby and different performers geared towards children make it easy to spend hours on the grounds without the fear of your child’s restlessness setting in. It isn’t surprising that BBBS has the formula for keeping kids occupied and having fun.

It isn’t geared solely towards kids, with entertainment, the vendors, the beer tent, and of course the food, which attracts people of all ages.

No admission at the gates is another key factor that the public has recognized as a big plus for Ribfest. Knowing that it doesn’t cost anything to get in gives people a more relaxed feeling about staying as long as they want or leav-ing and coming back another day.

Whatever the details for a successful festival may be, Big Brothers Big Sisters has come up with it. Many as-pects are factored in, and the combination of everything Ribfest has to offer along with the support the community has for the organization itself combine to come up with the ultimate formula.

Congratulations to Big Brothers Big Sisters and every-one who helped make this another highly successful event!

Austin de Luis

‘Mentoring Matters’ to RBCExecutive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Leeds and Grenville, Jane Fullarton receives a $1000 donation in support of BBBS programming, from Brockville’s RBC branch managers during Ribfest’s kick-off last Thursday afternoon. The donation, added Fullarton, was one of RBC’s many contributions to BBBSLG. Other efforts include the donation of man hours to assist with BBBS’s recent office renovations. From left to right; BBBS Board vice-chair, Catherine McVie, BBBS Board president, Amber Woods, BBBS Board treasurer and RBC employee, Melinda Condon, BBBS executive director, Jane Fullarton, RBC branch manager,1000 Islands Mall, Brian Bellevue, RBC branch manager, King Street, Darlene Lawson and BBBS past president, Bruce Norman.

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When it comes to my wife’s family gatherings, the experience is nothing short of wonderful.

About four months ago I received a message from my wife’s cousin Angelo; he was hoping to have the large extended family gather at their Lake Simcoe cottage. Like most fam-ilies, this one has gotten a lot bigger since I first met them, 30 years ago. Back then the family generally lived in inner Toronto areas such as Danforth, Scarbor-ough and Etobicoke. When we would visit, the whole family would meet at Lina’s Zia’s (Italian for aunt)

house. The food was al-ways incredible and a great time was had by all. Well of course since that time the

cousins have had children and in some cases their children have had chil-dren, and the family is now spread out over the GTA,

some have actually moved out past Oshawa. So when Angelo presented us with a chance to see everyone again we jumped at it.

The weekend started with a drive to my daughter Andrea’s place in Etobicoke on Friday night, which is actually not too far from where we used to visit 30 years ago, my middle daughter Christina had never eaten at the Man-darin, so that is where we went for dinner. Now if you have never experienced one of the Mandarin Res-taurants I strongly suggest you seek one out. There are six, count them, six buffet lines! If you can’t find some-thing to eat at a Mandarin you are the pickiest person

in the world. Not only are there over 100 Asian deli-cacies, there is pizza, prime rib, mash potatoes, and vegetables, chicken wings, crab, shrimp, salmon. Four different kinds of soup, in-cluding Won Ton of course, but Friday’s menu at the Mandarin also featured a Boston-style seafood chowder. Fresh fruit were also in abundance, and of course the dessert table is unbelievable, and that includes the non-fat des-serts! The challenge always is the number of trips one makes to the buffet. Lina went up, well never mind that may get me in trouble!

Saturday saw us head-ing to the cottage on Lake Simcoe for the start of re-

union, There were family members we had not seen in many years and new cousins that we have never met.

We laughed and talked and got reacquainted with lots of family and then we sat to eat, the salads were limitless, there were four kinds of homemade saus-age, grilled vegetables, and one of the aunts made this incredible stuffed bread with olives, and spinach and olive oil, and you have not had pizza until you have eaten a real pizza made by an Italian “No Na” (grandmother). Aunt Lia makes the most incred-ible pasta sauce I have ever

eaten and guards the re-cipe. She lets you think you know what’s in it but there is some special ingredient that she always forgets to tell you. She uses this sauce in a special eggplant dish that is definitely an “OMG”!

Hopefully over the next few weeks I can bring you some of these recipes that will lead to you “Making it your Own”.

Like I said at the begin-ning family gatherings are always special so over the next little while get togeth-er with your family and “Make it Your Own” special time.

And as the Italians say “Mangi” (eat).

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The dog days of sum-mer are upon us. Based on the Roman belief that the earth received heat from the dog star Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, the moniker re-fers to the hottest, most sultry period of summer weather.

Beginning in late July Sirius rises and sets in conjunction with the sun, leading the Romans to believe its extra heat caused the torrid summer weather. Today a more apt delineation would be the appearance of the first back to school ads, which, if you haven’t noticed have begun popping up.

A variation on the ori-gin of the phrase has ap-peared in recent years, especially in the American South. This relates the say-ing to the fact that family dogs are notoriously in-

active during the hottest days of the year in order to avoid the real danger of overheating with too much activity. I know the feeling!

When the heat and hu-midity are in overdrive and it’s too hot to think you want to be enjoying un-complicated wines, less ef-fort and more enjoyment, so to speak. That’s where this week’s wine excels.

South Africa’s Obikwa Shiraz 2010 (CSPC# 527499, $8.95, Brockville Centre LCBO) is another in what seems like an un-ending line of “cute” ani-mal label wines. As you can probably surmise I’m not a fan of the labels (in

this case a stylized os-trich), but I am a huge fan of what Obikwa offers in the way of wine, great value, flavour and ver-satility.

The Obikwa nose is fairly easy to decipher and immediately hints at the pleasures to follow. It won’t take much effort to easily discern the aromas of cherry, berry and currant fruit, intermingled with a light oaky toastiness and a hint of herbaceous spice reminiscent of oregano and marjoram.

While Obikwa is a medium-bodied Shiraz, the depth of flavour, intense fruit and rich, full-bod-ied palate make it an-other of these wonderful

wines that drink above their weight class. Ripe

plum, strawberry, dark cherry and black-currant fruit flavours are augmented with

the herbaceous spice promised in the nose, and a dusting of light oak. The finish is lingering and generously fla-voured with a lovely mocha/dark chocolate

quality added to the fruit.Simple and straight-

forward doesn’t mean a

wine has to give anything away in the quality depart-ment.

Obikwa is structurally superb with outstanding balance of all the ele-

ments. While drinking wonderfully at the mo-ment, the moderate tan-nins and generous dol-lop of acidity offer the promise that this wine will continue to develop over the next several years. South Africa has imple-mented a number of tough ecological standards for their wine industry and Obikwa is a leader in this field.

All Obikwa’s suppliers must have achieved an IPW (Integrated Produc-tion of Wine) standard that denotes the use of en-vironmental sustainability practices. The program is characterized as using mother nature to her full potential with as little hu-man interference as pos-sible.

As for food pairings it might be easier to list what doesn’t pair well. Our versatile South Af-rican will nicely match poultry, veal and nearly every red meat you could think of grilling. Is it too hot to cook? Pizza and takeout chicken are per-fect partners for our Shi-raz. If the weather turns cool you can break out a bottle to accompany pasta, stews or casserole.

So chill out and enjoy!

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When the heat and humidity are in overdrive and it’s too hot

to think you want to be enjoying uncomplicated wines, less effort

and more enjoyment.

She lets you think you know what’s in it but

there is some special ingredient

that she always forgets to tell you.

All Baby-Boomers re-member the shocking play from the late six-ties entitled ‘Hair’. It was risque, boisterous and spawned quite a few top ten hits, including the title song, ‘Hair’. Hair, and lots of it, was the subject of this song. This got me to wondering. What do we women think about our hair? Don’t most of us see our hair as the very essence of being female. We cut it, grow it, colour it, curl it, straighten it, style it, condition it, hot oil it, touch it, twirl it, swish it, flirt with it, hide behind it, and attract the opposite sex with it. It makes us feminine and, like pedicures and days at the spa, sets us apart from the males. It makes us girls.

Being one of the above described women who is on a first name basis with her hairdresser, im-agine, if you will, how I

felt when shampooing my hair one day a huge handful came out. Star-ing at the many, many strands of hair coiled around my hand, in dis-belief, I quickly ran my hands through my wet hair again. Even more. I was horrified, shocked and devastated. I started researching the internet. Female baldness. Alo-pecia. Scary stuff. There were many causes of fe-male baldness but the one that I zeroed in on was not baldness at all. The technical term, telo-gen effluvium, is caused by trauma, having a baby, or major illness. Bingo. A quick trip to the doctor confirmed my findings. No, I haven’t had a baby,

at least not in the last 37 years and I had suffered no mental trauma. I had been ill. As a matter of fact, just before Christ-mas of last year I had been hospitalized, dra-matically ill. So ill, in fact, that I spent seven days in the ICU being pumped full of antibiotics, fluids, and needing oxygen.

After the initial ‘shedding’ my hair fell out in huge handfuls every day for two months. Then one day the shedding stopped. Just like that <snapping of fingers> there was no more shed-ding. Although I had been assured and reassured by the doctor that my hair loss was temporary so much of it had been lost that it seemed to me total baldness was my destiny. I would hazard a guess that over one-half of my hair fell out in those two months. When the shed-ding did stop the remain-

ing hair was so incred-ibly damaged and dry it resembled the hair you see on a coconut; brittle,

lifeless, sticky-uppy. In my picture above this article my hair is in long-ish curls. No more, they are all gone. The coconut fuzz had to be cut to al-low the new hair to catch up. A new short look was the order of the day.

This is where a fine hairdresser can be a life-saver. Someone so wonderful you consider inserting her name into your Will, bequeathing her most of your worldly goods. Well, not quite. Good tips and referrals will suffice.

Hair cut number one

saw me sporting a kind of spiky little number that required a lot less prod-uct than before. Where I

once used a golf ball sized squeeze of styling mousse a dime sized squirt now did the job. It dries much quicker too. Hair cut number two was just a small snip here and there. I can feel new thickness in my hair; also a crazy itchiness of my scalp as new growth comes through. Every now and then I find abstract wisps of hair around my hair line that won’t sit up or sit down, just twist in a weird kind of unstruc-tured curl. But do I mind? Absolutely not. Perfect hair has never been my

goal. Too thick, too curly-headed and too lazy to manage the stretching and blow drying neces-sary to keep up a perfect coif. Too much humid-ity to worry about my straightened hair frizzing up on me. I have always kept my curly hair in a natural state and the new hair is as tightly coiled as a spring.

Just recently I have ac-tually had some compli-ments on my new ‘sum-mer cut’. Cute, easy, great for summer are some of the reactions I’ve received. Wow. Going to my hair-dresser next week for hair-do number three, I’ll enjoy waiting for the colour to take, seeing what style she is going to produce as she snip, snip, snips away. I like hearing her promise that by Christmas I’ll have all my hair back. Yes, it’s vanity for sure. But it’s hair after all.

The essence of being female and I actually like being female. And like the song says, ‘Give Me a Head With Hair’.

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When I was little, my mother would always re-mind me that you knew it was her and my fath-er’s wedding anniver-sary when the tiger lilies would be in bloom. They soon became my favour-ite flower because of the vibrant colour with the gorgeous black markings, and the emotional ties to them.

When I moved to Japan, I found an even better way to remem-ber my parents’ wed-ding anniversary. They were married on July 7th. In Korea, that day is called Chilseok. In Japan, it’s Tanabata. In China, it’s Qixi. No matter what Asian country I’m in, it is my most favourite holiday in the entire cal-endar.

I came to know the story of Orihime and Hi-koboshi first. If you look at the sky on a clear night, these two can be seen as the stars Vega and Altair. In Korea, they are known as Jiknyeo and Gyeonu, and in China, they are Zhinü and Niu Lang.

The story goes that Orihime was the daugh-ter of Tentei, the king of the heavens, and she was a talented weaver. She could weave the most beautiful fabrics and cloaks, and would do so for her father. Because she was so busy though with her work, Orihime could never meet someone and fall in love. Worrying for her daughter, Tentei al-lowed Orihime to meet

Hikoboshi, a cow herder who lived on the other side of the river. The two instantly fell in love and married.

Orihime and Hiko-boshi were so in love, nothing else mattered to them. Orihime stopped weaving, and Hikoboshi didn’t take proper care of his herd, so they roamed all over the land and damaged other fields. In anger, Tentei split the two, separating them with the Amanogawa (Heav-enly River, aka the Milky Way). Orihime was heart-broken, and she cried for weeks. Tentei pitied his daughter, so he made an agreement. If she con-tinued to work, and Hi-koboshi took care of his herd, he would allow the two to meet for one day, on the seventh day of the seventh month.

The two worked hard, and when July 7th came, Orihime and Hikoboshi found themselves on the other side of the riv-er, only to realize there was no bridge. Orihime

sobbed, until all the birds in the sky came and made a bridge for the two lovers to reunite for that one day.

I love this story for so many reasons. Asia goes through a terrible rainy season in May and June, so the story of the prin-cess and the cow herder

is a beautiful way to explain it. After the 7th, rainy season is often over in Korea (and has been over for a week or two in Japan). When the rains are over, it means the two lovers have been

able to meet, and the summer can begin.

Every year, I tell my mother the story of the princess and the cow herder, and every year, she the loves it just the same, because the most romantic holiday in trad-itional Asian culture is the same as her anniversary. This year, I went on to explain that the custom in Japan is to write your wish on a piece of paper, and tie it to a bamboo plant. Since I have a bam-boo plant back home that my mom takes care of, she decided to try it out this year too.

Rebecca Bredin is cur-rently an English teacher on vacation from her ele-mentary school in South Korea. Look out for her next article, straight from Japan, or check out www.ablogabroad.com to fol-low along!

It’s in the Stars

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When the rains are over, it means the

two lovers have been able to meet, and the summer can begin.


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(Right) Music with Brian and Friends had the kids jumping during their interactive show on Friday at noon. Here Melody the Hippo sings and dances for Alicia Quinn, her son, three year-old Jayden Foster and nephew, 22 month-old Chase Delaney

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Ribfest’s official judges from left to right; Brockville’s Police Chief, John Gardiner, observer editor, Austin de Luis, Mayor David Henderson, and Fire Chief, Harry Jones sample ribs from all eight ‘ribbers’, before selecting this years’ champion on sunday afternoon. eRin CHRistie PHoto Two-Man Show crowned rib eating champs

Brockville Ribfest’s 2011 champion rib-eaters, eric Harrison (left) and Brad Crowder (two-Man show) (right), pose with BBBs’s Board president, Amber Woods, after claiming their prizes at the Howard travel Rib-eating contest, held at Hardy Park on Friday evening. the two-man team demolished four plates of ribs in record time, 3:12 min-utes, giving them a wide margin of victory over the last years’ cham-pion team, and this years’ second place winner, Ribs for Breakfast (4:12 minutes) Harrison said that they decided to participate in the contest in honour of their friend, scott Ledoux, who was murdered at a house party in orleans earlier this year. the two men, along with Ledoux’s father, Fred, recently founded Ride for scott, an ottawa-based non-profit organization that aims to donate skateboards and sporting equipment to disadvantaged youth. two-Man show was one of nine teams to enter the contest, eight of which had four-man teams. third place was awarded to emily’s Pork stars of Maple Leaf environmental (5.44 minutes). this year’s entries also included; 1000 islands Restaurant and Pizzeria, Mark’s stereo, the Rib Wreckers, yes FM, and Ribs for your Pleasure.

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three year-old nicholas Goodfellow and seven year-old Chloe edgley (seen at left) help out during Healy and orr’s perform-ance to close out another successful Rib-fest. Healy and orr (above) have been a part of all eleven festivals. “it wouldn’t be Ribfest without Healy and orr,” said BBBs executive Director Jane Fullarton.

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kevin stevenson of the keystorm 1 team spikes the ball during the round robin of the keystorm volleyball tournament. the host of the tourney entered two teams who met in the final on saturday afternoon.

photo by Austin de luis

six year-old ty Chevrier climbs the arti-ficial wall in the kidz Zone at ribfest on sunday afternoon. the kidz Zone was one of many big attractions during the four-day event.

photo by Austin de luis

Guy wales and his son Cameron fin-ished a 3d drawing of a dragon on the grounds at hardy park on the weekend. several children came along and helped complete the borders, posing with the giant dragon after its completion.

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LEO - July 23/August 23 Things in your life are unfolding very

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VIRGO - August 24/Sept 22 You must confront some situations where

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• St. John’s United Church in Brockville is holding a yard sale on Saturday, August 13 from 8:30-12 Noon. A wide variety of new-to-you items plus a bake table will be available. St. John’s is located at the corner of King & Park Sts, downtown Brockville.

• 1000 Islands Triathlon/Duathlon & Relays Sunday, August 14th. The Brockville & Area YMCA is the official charity & club for the 1000 Islands Triathlon/Duathlon. To help competitors train for race day, the Brockville and Area YMCA is hosting a ‘Triathlon Transitions’ program on Thursdays starting July 21st to August 11th.

• All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast. Sunday, August 14th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am. Tickets at door. Come Join us for breakfast Brockville Legion, 180 Park Street.

• Heritage Camps - Monday, August 15 - Friday, August 19. Spencerville Mill. www.spencervillemill.ca. A week of fun and educational activities for elementary school children.

• Brockville Ghost Walks. Every Friday Night from July 15 to September 9. Put on by the Friends of Fulford Place Museum. 287 King St. E. Brockville.

• Athens Figure Skating Club will host registration for all programs including CanSkate, StarSkate, Competitive, Power and Adult Skate on Tuesday, August 16, from 6:30-7:30 pm & Saturday, Sept. 10 from 10 am-12 pm at Centre 76, Athens More info at athensfigureskating.com.

• Friends of the Brockville Multicultural Organizing Committee invite you on a package bus tour deal to Hotel du Parc Orford in Magog. The trip is August 16 to 18, 2011. Go on a guided tour, win prizes, participate in fun activities. For more info, call 613-342-6743 or 613-345-1557.

• Ham and Turkey Supper Wednesday, August 17 from 4-6 pm at St. Denis Church, 3 George St. Athens, (north of the firehall, opposite Pineview School). Tickets available at the door.

•Computers for Job Success Info Sessions: On Thursday, Aug. 4 and Thursday, Aug. 18 at 9 am, come to Employment and Education Centre for more info for our FREE two week computer course. Computer illiterate welcome! Call 613-498-2111 to register!

• Social Ballroom Dance Club - Couples’ Dance, Brockville Rowing Club, Friday, August 19, 8:00 pm. Info: 613-345-1073 or 613-342-3181.

• Reusable veggie bags to replace in-store plastic ones will be available at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday, August 20th. Sponsor: Council of Canadians Brockville Chapter.

• Brockville Farmers’ Market. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, May - October 7 am -1 pm.

• Remember the Graduates! Featuring Barry Greene. Prescott Legion, 141 Henry St. W. Friday, August 26th, Dinner 5 pm. Show 6 pm-8 pm. Menu: corn, burger or hotdog, salad. Monetary donations for The Legion - gratefully accepted. Everyone Welcome! Bring your friends and your dancing shoes!

• Mallorytown Village Fair - Saturday, August 27, 9-4 pm at Mallory Coach House & Community Centre. Free admission (donation to food bank gratefully accepted), vendors, demonstrations, competitions, artists and artisans, horse & wagon rides, live music, food and more. Come and join the fun!


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The Brockville Rowing Club finished the summer season on a high, bringing home a gold medal at the Royal Canadian Henley in the U17 men’s quad, the first gold medal by the club in decades.

Owen Gill, Hunter Grant, Alex Row and Fra-ser Blair took the podium in St. Catherine’s, the high-light result for the club at this year’s Henley. “It feels

good to have all the hard work and training pay off,” said Row. “We typically train more than our com-petition and you could see this in our results,” added Gill.

The team won the race by more than a full-boat length over their toughest competition from Van-couver. “The pushed us to the very end,” said Grant. “They were a great team and they made us perform at our very best to win.”

The training of the club

is recognized as more of an exercise in perfection, with long hours and short intense workouts com-bined. “I think our coach-ing gave us the edge,” said Blair, adding that the crew had only one goal in mind when they entered the race. To win.

Other results from the Henley saw the U23 women’s four of Addie Barr, Mollie McCabe, Han-nah de Vos and Christine Allingham finished fifth in Sunday’s final.

Local rowers win at Henley

By Austin de LuisObserver Editor

The crew from left, Fraser Blair, Alex Row, Owen Gill, and Hunter Grant pose with the trophy after their win. “It is an amazing feeling to work towards something all year and accomplish your goals,” said Gill.

The only way when your second in the points race to guarantee yourself to gain ground is to win the race. That’s exactly what second place drivers Stephane LaFrance in the Modifieds and Dylan Evoy in the Sportsman division did on Jims Performance Plus night at Brockville Ontario Speedway Satur-day.

LaFrance grabbed the top spot after a mid race restart and then held off a late race challenge from the man he is trying to catch Danny O Brien for his fourth Brockville fea-ture win of 2011.

Matt Billings got around Bobby Herrington in the closing laps for third with Adam Moore round-ing out the top five.

Evoy got a stiffer test in the closing laps from a hard charging Shane Pec-ore. The final caution flag

of the night flew with five laps remaining. Pecore ran side by side with Evoy for almost four laps until Mis-ter August pulled away in the final half lap to solid-ify the victory, his second in as many nights. Pecore was second followed by points leader Chris Herbi-son.

Evoy was able to grab the track title last year with a red hot August charge and is hoping history will repeat itself. Ryan Poole was a solid fourth in his return followed by Bran-don Hagan in his premiere voyage at the BOS. A sea-son high 28 Sportsman were pitside on Saturday night.

There was another first time winner in the Street Stock division as Beau Mil-ler lead from start to finish in the 15 lap feature event. Michael McCargar was impressive in his Beast

of the East debut with a second place showing in front of Kevin Fetterly Jr, who recovered from a mid race flat tire, Brett Horner and Danny Mocibob. Joe McNichols picked up the lead just before the final caution flew in the 16 lap Rookie event and dusted the field after that for his third win of 2011.

Points leader Jean Marc Larose settled for run-ner up honours edging out Josh Kirkland who ran through the field after starting last. Dwight Fel-tham and John Stanley were fourth and fifth re-spectively.

Brockville Ontario Speedway returns to ac-tion next Saturday night, August 13th with a full program plus the bi week-ly visit from the Vintage class and a special 20 lap enduro event. The green flag drops at 7pm.

Lafrance, Evoy inch closer in Brockville point races after Saturday wins

Competitors and or-ganizers are getting ready for the 15th annual 1000 Islands Duathlon and Tri-athlon on Sunday, August 14 at Blockhouse Island.

The event usually at-tracts close to 600 partici-

pants from as far away as New York State and To-ronto, along with the lo-cal contingent, has been growing for a number of years.

Close to 90 per cent of participants come from

outside the area, making it a tourist event. “Many of the participants come with their friends and families,” said race direc-tor Beth Steel.

15th annual Duathlon and Triathlon

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Dylan Evoy poses after winning Saturday evening’s Sportsman division at Jims Perform-ance Plus night at the Brockville Ontario Speedway.

The U17 men’s quad won the Royal Canadian Henley last week by over a boat length over their nearest competitor from Vancouver. From left to right, Hunter Grant, Alex Row, Fraser Blair, and Owen Gill.

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Jonathon Zinck pushes through a group of Cornwall defenders during the men’s Privateers 26-17 victory on Saturday at Memorial Field. Zinck, Jake Swarbrick, Matt Steenkamer and Ric Champagne scored tries for the hosts, while Tim Hatfield had three converts. Brockville has one game remaining in the regular season against Lanark, at home this Saturday at 1p.m. before beginning the playoffs the following week.

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13th from 3-5p.m. at Block-house Island. Cash only for Saturday and Sunday registrations. For more information please visit www.somersault.ca or call the Brockville and Area YMCA at 613-342-7961

Part One-Casual golfBy John Ryan

I write this column with

mixed emotions, on one hand I feel sad and heavy hearted because my best friend and favorite golf buddy, Jim Cahill, passed away in June 2005 with ALS. On the other hand, I have never played golf with anyone who entertained me more on the golf course than Jimmy did.

If you’ve ever been around when I tell these Jimmy Cahill stories, es-pecially after a few refresh-ments, you’ll know it’s hard to have a dry eye. He was that funny. In fact I could probably write a book on the great times Jimmy and I have had on and off the golf course. Back in 1977 Jimmy and I both joined the Highland Golf Course. We were two left handed teenagers trying to take the local golf scene by storm. We wanted to be recognized as two of the top players around. At one point in our careers we did accomplish that. Jimmy won six tournaments, aced three of the four par three’s at the Brockville Coun-try Club. He also tied the course record there with a round of 66, a year before he was diagnosed with ALS. I, on the other hand,

have won 16 tournaments and two professional events not to mention tons of top five finishes.

Before we reached that status, we embarked on a journey and what a great journey it was. There was a lot of hard work put into our games but there was also a lot of fun on the way as well.

First of all when we started, Jimmy and I hit some pretty big slices off the tee, in fact it got so bad we were struggling to keep golf balls in our bag.

So one Saturday even-ing we had this bright idea that we will go up to the Highland Golf Course and rake the creeks and ponds for golf balls. It was brilliant. We set out with our gym bags, good thing because the haul on this moon lit night was huge. Jimmy and I raked in about 80 balls each. And if you know Jimmy, he got a little too greedy on this night and it cost him dear-ly. While riding our bikes home on Stewart Blvd. by the Brockville Shop-ping Centre around 11pm, something happened. As the cars were passing us by, I noticed a few golf balls rolling down the street and within seconds Jimmy’s gym bag split at the seam and his entire haul was

rolling down Stewart Blvd.Then there was the

Titleist DT incident. We skipped school this one fine morning and de-cided we’re going golfing. Jimmy felt the progress in his game warranted the purchasing of a brand new ball, a Titleist DT. He went into the pro shop and spent $2.25 for this ball. We headed over to the old 10th hole at the Highland which used to have a pond about 20 yards in front of the tee box. Yeah you guessed it, he topped that brand new ball right into the pond. Well Jimmy isn’t losing no $2.25 ball in no pond, no sirree. He went into that pond, plugged his nose and down he went, the rail-way conductor’s hat he was wearing was floating a top of this slimy green pond. About 20 seconds later and some 20 feet from where his hat was floating, he re-surfaced with that brand new Titleist DT in hand. He was covered in green slime, that didn’t bother Jimmy as he snagged an-other 20 balls or so.

Next week I will talk more about Jimmy. I was always giddy playing with him in a tournament be-cause you just never knew what he would come out with next.

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