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by David Shanahan When the Ontario budget was released last April, the reaction against it came from across all sectors of the province, particularly from municipalities and healthcare organisations. In their efforts to cut the deficit, the government retroactively cut funding and changed cost-sharing programs to download about $500 million in costs onto Ontario’s 444 municipalities in 2019. According to the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, the downloading would have cost Leeds and Grenville municipalities at least $1.76 million this year alone, rising to about $2.55 million for the full year in 2020. These costs reflected changes in government cost-sharing for child care, Ontario Works and paramedic services, although not downloading on other such services as public health. That area,
too, was in uproar, as the budget also included the amalgamation of local Health Units, reducing the total number from 35 to 10. Under the proposed new boundaries, the Leeds Grenville Health Unit would become part of an Eastern Ontario regional public health entity, running from the Quebec border in the north and the east to beyond Kingston, and including the City of Ottawa. The enlarged health unit would include more than 1.6 million people and cover almost 29,000 square kilometres. An Environics poll of more than 1,300 Ontario residents between May 15 and May 16, found that 70% strongly opposed the province’s plan to cut local health units and their funding. A further 13% said they somewhat opposed the plan. Dr. Paula Stewart, medical officer of health in Leeds, Grenville and Lanark, said she is concerned that smaller areas would not have a voice in a large regional health entity. These changes are not,
according to the government “cast in stone”. “While the government will bring forward proposals, the specific boundaries and headquarter locations for the new regional health units will be finalized in consultation with municipalities through these groups,” said Hayley Chazen, spokesperson for Health Minister Christine Elliott. The aim of these controversial elements in the provincial budget was to try and come to grips with the provincial debt, and the crippling interest payments that are required to service it. The debt now stands at $347 billion, with the province paying $1 billion a month simply to pay the interest. However, loud protests from the Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, and other parties, pointed out that the downloading of services and charges was announced after most municipalities had already decided their own budgets for 2019. The Ontario government’s announcement
threw those calculations into complete chaos. Now it seems that those protests have made it through to the Premier, and local MPP, Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, has apparently played a large role in having the controversial budget elements reversed, at least for the present. Premier Doug Ford appeared with Steve Clark outside his office on May 27 to announce the reversal of the proposed cuts. In a later statement directed to municipal councils, he pointed out the need for some form of action to deal with the debt, and emphasised that municipalities had a responsibility in that area too: “We believe that very government needs to step up and do its part: there is only one tax-payer, and the job of finding savings while protecting core services rests with every elected official in Ontario”. The Premier then specifically acknowledged the role Steve Clark had played in convincing him to take this action, stating that he was “following the advice of my Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Steve Clark”. The Minister himself emphasised, however, that this is not the end of the matter. Municipalities will now be expected to find savings in their own budgets of 4%, not an easy task. The Ontario government is making $7.35 million available through the Audit and Accountability Fund to help large municipalities find those cuts. $200 million is being provided
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Second World War veteran Allan Bacon in 1941 (left), and today (right), pictured at the Sunnybrook Veterans Centre, in Toronto. by The War Amps Canada On June 6, 1944, Toronto’s Allan Bacon was one of thousands of Canadians to arrive by boat on the shores of Juno Beach in Normandy, France. As this year marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, 99-year-old Bacon is reflecting on that pivotal event. Allan enlisted with the Royal Regiment of Canada in 1940 and was later transferred to the Canadian Scottish Reg-
iment. When his tour of duty took him to Normandy, his role was in the mortar platoon. “That was because I had difficulty opening one eye at a time, which was required to operate a rifle,” he recalls. On June 17, 1944, Allan was based in a barn, anticipating an attack that never came. He went into a nearby shed to disarm the grenades when one exploded, resulting in the loss of his right arm.
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When he realized he’d lost his arm, his first thought was, “This will break my mother’s heart.” He recovered at a hospital in England where he learned to use his left arm through exercises like washing windows. On returning to Canada, he became a member of The War Amps, an Association started by amputee veterans returning from the First World War to help each other adapt
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The North Grenville Police Services Board is proud to recognize the youth of our community for achievements in leadership and good citizenry. A semiannual award has been established by the Board to be presented at the Kemptville Youth Centre to young persons identified as having demonstrated: a positive attitude and respect for others; continuing leadership and support of the Kemptville Youth Centre, and the community at large. NGPSB member Mary Boucher along with KYC Board President Jennifer Franssen made the first presentation of this award to Logan Hubbard and Acadia Schepens on May 30 at the Kemptville Youth Centre. The North Grenville Police Services Board congratulates the recipients and looks forward to working with the Kemptville Youth Centre to recognize outstanding youth in our community.
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North Grenville Arts Guild News The Arts Guild is now entering the last two weeks of preparation for their Spring Show, which will take place on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9 at the Pte Blake Williamson Memorial Hall in Kemptville. Admission is free, and the doors will open on both days at 10 am, closing at 5 pm on Saturday and at 4 pm on Sunday. There will be signs out on Friday, June 7 to remind everyone where we are. We hope to see lots of friends and neighbours come to see what we are working on. During the Show we will have music provided by
Hanna MacNaughtan on Celtic Harp, Peter Vas on Spanish Guitar, and Mary Moore on Guitar, so you can fill your eyes with Art and fill your ears with Music. A delightful combination! In addition to paintings, there will also be pottery, sculpture, and jewelry to grab your interest. All the artwork on display is the product of many hours of dedicated attention on the part of the Artists, so stop and have a chat with them to hear why, how, and where they are creating their work. Hanna MacNaughtan, one of the Artists who will be exhibit-
ing work, has recently had her painting, “Waterfront”, accepted for a book titled, “Acrylic Works 6- Creative Energy”, published by North Light Books. Another Artist who will be exhibiting is Miriam Mas, who won the “People’s Choice Award” at last year’s show. Come and check out these and many other talented Artists who live in our community! If you are interested in having a preview of some of the wonderful Art to be seen, look in the Gallery on our website: www.ngartsguild.ca.
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Dazed and confused by David Shanahan The Ford government has had to do a major climb down on some of their budget proposals after meeting stern opposition from the general public, municipalities, teachers’ unions, and people in the healthcare field. Just as well, too, because the charges and changes they had tried to impose on those sectors of the community would have had serious consequences in so many fields. But the basic problem the provincial budget was trying to address remains the same. How do we, as a province, deal with a debt of $347 billion? That requires that we find $1 billion every single month just to pay the interest on that gigantic figure. And that means $1 billion less for, as Premier Ford says, “hiring more front-line emergency workers, lowering taxes or paying down the debt”. This
goes well beyond party politics, and there is no question that the previous Liberal governments have thoroughly messed up the province’s finances. But we are where we are, to put it simply, and something will have to give, somewhere along the line. Ontarians have become used to a certain level of public services, and it will not be easy to adapt to the new circumstances the debt imposes on all of us. While I hate quoting Doug Ford about anything, he does make a very valid point when he says: “We believe that every government needs to step up and do its part: there is only one tax-payer, and the job of finding savings while protecting core services rests with every elected official in Ontario”. There was something interesting about this reversal by the Premier, and that was the role played by Steve
Clark. Our local MPP, also Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing in Ford’s government, was credited by Ford, and others, with having been an important influence on the decision. Naturally, as Minister responsible for municipalities, and as a one-time Mayor of Brockville, Steve could easily understand the impact of the downloading that was envisioned in the original budget measures. But I think there was more to it than that. From the time Ford got elected and chose Steve Clark to be in his cabinet, I was expecting problems to arise between the two of them. Not that Steve would not be a loyal member of Doug Ford’s government; he has integrity and honour, so that was not my concern. It was, rather, that the two men come from very different wings of the Conservative movement generally. Considering the strong support
Steve has shown for things like libraries, the Ferguson Forest Centre, and education in this riding, and in North Grenville specifically, it just didn’t seem right when Ford made such damaging cuts in those areas. These did not seem the kind of policies that a man with Steve Clark’s record would have been expected to support. Cabinet solidarity is vital, but it does seem that Steve has come out, if not in opposition to the budget measures as they affected municipalities, but at least as a strong voice in favour of ameliorating the impact of the cuts, at least in the short term. I am sure that writing such things will not please Steve himself. He will not condone suggestions that there could be any divergence of opinion, much less ideology, between himself and the Premier. But the facts are there. I do not see Steve Clark being comfort-
able with some of the more obviously artificial elements of the Ford government’s public marketing. There are certain slogans that appear in every government announcement or event: “Ontario’s Government for the People” is one. Not only does it sound more likely to be used by the NDP than the Tories, it just rings hollow. Likewise, “Open for Business”, “Promise Made, Promise kept”, and others. These just do not seem natural, they seem clumsy and awkward in the mouths of “real” people. But, behind all of the internal dynamics of the Ford regime, there is the abiding fact of the debt and what will be done to deal with it. Small and rural municipalities have been given $200 million to come up with ways to make cuts of 4% in their budgets for next year. Considering how upset residents of North Grenville were when their
taxes went up by 6% a few years ago, this cut will be a big challenge to our council and staff. So far, they have shown themselves to be creative and conscientious in their financial responsibilities. There is less fiscal uncertainty this year, and the hope is that the challenge put to them by the provincial government can be met with s similar sense of conscientious responsibility. Yes, there is only one tax-payer, whatever the level of government in Ontario. We are the purse they dip into to pay for the services we have come to expect. But the real challenge faced by everyone is to live up to the slogan (another one!) which the Ford government used as a title for their budget: “Protecting What Matters Most”. Let’s hope we can all agree on what those things are.
residents of Leeds and Grenville. We will continue to work with all levels of government to deliver reliable broadband service, which is so critical to both our economic growth and public safety.
core library services is anathema to us, as it would create a two-tier local public library. Simply put, there are individuals and families in our municipality for whom the costs would be prohibitive. In the second letter, MPP Steve Clark responded to Michael Whittaker's open letter in a previous issue regarding cuts to public library services. Minister Clark's response warrants sustained commentary on our part. First, Minister Clark points out that the provincial grant of $25 million remains in place for this fiscal year. There is no doubt that this money is needed and is very much appreciated. For the record, the North Grenville Public Library's share of this grant is $27,444. per annum. We hope that the province continues to provide this grant in subsequent fiscal years. That said, the $25 million has remained unchanged since the late 1990s. Taking annual inflation into account, the impact of this grant has diminished each passing year. Second, Minister Clark refers to the changes to the Southern Ontario Library Services (SOLS) and Ontario Library Service - North (OLS-N), as adjustments” which would require these bodies to find "efficiencies in order to continue to deliver their respective programs. Absent from Minister Clark's letter is any reference to the nature of these "adjustments." Had
the cuts been a small percentage of their budgets, then there is no doubt that efficiencies could have -and should have - been found. The "adjustment" to which Minister Clark refers was, in fact, a cut of approximately 50%, which necessitated agonizing decisions on the part of the CEOs from SOLS and OLS-N. To use an analogous situation, one wonders what sorts of "efficiencies” could be found to offset a 50% cut to one's wage. The Minister then expresses disappointment that the decision was made to cut interlibrary loans (even though he also suggests that the system being eliminated was inefficient). He notes that Canada Post could be used to move books from library to library. In 2017-18, SOLS moved 440,000 books and delivered 710,000 packages with its vans. The book rate offered by Canada Post is $2.25 per item; one wonders how much savings - efficiencies – would actually be realized by sending these items via Canada Post. As it stands, the cost of packaging, transporting and mailing books will need to be absorbed by individual library systems, like our own. We are proud of our CEO (Rachel Brown), our library staff and of the work we undertake to ensure quality library services for North Grenville residents. We are writing this response in
order to provide residents with a more complete picture of the situation. We also hope that the various library organizations and the provincial government will work out a way to restore interlibrary loans for all public libraries in our province.
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Eastern Ontario needs better mobile broadband and cellular infrastructure. Residents of Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes know well that the expansion of broadband is a critical gateway for the digital economy. In a digital world, being disconnected means being disadvantaged. Here in Eastern Ontario, we are all too familiar with cellular dead zones. Our government committed to improving cellular coverage in the election. I was proud to have the Minister of Infrastructure, the Hon. Monte McNaughton, in our riding on May 17 to announce that we are following through with that commitment. We are committing $71 million to the Eastern Ontario Regional Network’s project – one that would virtually eliminate cellular gaps in Leeds and Grenville and across the region. Let’s not forget that this project is also
expected to generate up to 3,000 jobs over 10 years and potential revenues of $420 million. I am happy to say: Promise made, promise kept. However, in order to go ahead, this worthwhile project still requires the support of the federal government. We are all waiting for them. Earlier in May, the federal infrastructure minister posted a news release claiming Ontario’s priorities were his priorities. The people in my riding of Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes need more than words from their politicians. They need action – and they need it now. Existing and planned networks in our region are not robust enough to meet increased demand. Eastern Ontario needs both coverage and capacity to thrive. Our government is committed to protecting what matters most for people of Ontario and
Sincerely, Steve Clark, MPP Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes Dear Editor,
Two public library-related letters that were published in the 22 May 2019 North Grenville Times invite comments. In the first letter, Shirley Price suggests that a fee be charged to patrons for each inter library loan request they make in order to offset costs. Although interesting, the implementation of such charges is not possible for two primary reasons. First, it runs counter to the Ontario Public Libraries Act. Second, charging fees for
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Yours sincerely, Beverley Mulkins Board Chair On behalf of the North Grenville Public Library Board Dear Editor,
My thanks to Jeff Goodman for his letter to the Editor (May 22) in response to Jim Bertram’s article “Ceasing to Think” (May 15). Mr. Goodman took the time to point out some of the issues with Mr. Bertram’s cited source material (as well as its shady origins), which seems to form the basis for Mr. Bertram’s assertion that climate change isn’t something we need to worry about… or is even happening. I agree with Mr. Goodman’s statement that we need to think critically and I thank him for stepping up and sharing his findings on the “highly qualified practitioners in various fields of science” referenced in Mr. Bertram’s article.
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North Grenville’s shares ideas and priorities for its proposed two year Work Plan By Mayor Nancy Peckford
Given the wholesale change in Council this past fall, and an animated election where diverse community interests spoke unequivocally about their priorities, your new Council concluded, early in our mandate, that the development of a two year Work Plan was imperative to ensuring that we tackled issues and concerns in a coherent and holistic matter. To that end, over the last several months, Council began meeting with a seasoned strategic planner to discuss the development of an approach to some of the priority themes which dominated the election period, and which Council believes it must deliver on given its mandate of transparency, collaboration and responsiveness. For a number of years now, the municipal Council of Caledon, Ontario has used a Council Work Plan as an effective tool to engage with the community and guide its activities. Based upon their success, we opted for a similar approach. Consequently, this week, your Council is very pleased
to share its draft Work Plan for full discussion at Committee of the Whole and consideration at our Council meeting later in June. We have identified three strategic focus areas which we believe reflect the priorities of our community: 1/ Sustainable and Strategic Growth; 2/ A Safe, Healthy and Cohesive Community; and 3/ Collaborative Leadership. Council members have identified some potential key activities under each theme. Once adopted, this Council Work Plan will also feed into the upcoming 2020 Community Strategic Planning process whereby North Grenville will embark upon the process of renewing its long-term strategic plan. While we will have ample discussion on this proposed Work Plan at Council in the weeks ahead, here’s a sneak peak. We consider this upcoming Work Plan a living document that will evolve as we receive new information, and reflect on successes and challenges. Sustainable and Strategic Growth From Council’s perspective, promoting sustainable and
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Regarding the reply by Steve Clark MPP to my open letter, I asked for more details than the usual speaking points. Well, the answer was longer than I expected, but requiring some thought on our part. Some people may have recognized the paucity and vacuity of Mr. Clark’s answers based on the Conservative Party line. The Ford Government cut funding without consultation, and leaving the hard decisions to the libraries alone. If the government is committed to finding efficiencies as our MPP said, perhaps the Ministry of Tourism, Sport, and Culture would have opened discussions to identify cost savings for service delivery and to maintain programs before wielding the axe. Thus the difficult decision to cut SOLS and OLS-N. Now as suggested by Stephen Hammond in his recent letter, the Canadian Postal Service may be able to offer an equitable service, and perhaps at a saving. That should have been an option for investigation before the budget cut, and we would have a timely comparison. And not a doctrinaire, “If it’s going to save the taxpayers of this province 75% of $1.3 million, just do it.” Imagine a de facto salary cut by 75 per cent. No negotiation. Now choose between paying your mortgage and eating, or meeting other monthly expenses. Essentially that is what the Ford Government offered. I will continue to offer very vocal, and sometimes what may be deemed unfair, criticism. I owe allegiance to no party. Michael Whittaker June 5, 2019
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This is an email I sent to Steve Clark regarding the Volunteer Service Awards programme: Last January, in response to an invitation from the Honours and Awards Secretariat of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, our seniors' club, the New Horizon Club, nominated six members to receive a Volunteer Service Award this year. This is a programme that has been in place for many years and is greatly appreciated by small organizations like ours. Because these award ceremonies for our area are usually held in June and we had not yet been advised of the date nor had our nominees received the official invitation, I telephoned the Honours and Awards Secretariat to ask when we might receive the information. I was told that the programme was being reviewed and the Secretariat had no information to share at this time. I cannot begin to express my disappointment. I understand that all programmes are under review but surely it makes no sense to look at the possibility of cancelling a programme at this late stage. Organizations were invited to send the names of their nominees by January 25, 2019. We did so and informed our nominees of the honour they would be receiving at an award ceremony. We have done this for some years and our nominees have greatly appreciated the recognition by the Province of their contribution to their community. To include the 2019 Volunteer Services recognition programme in your review at this stage is asinine to say the
Strategic Growth will include options such as: 1/ creating the conditions for development in North Grenville that builds long term community connections through physical, recreational and social infrastructure, 2/ expanding opportunities to work where we live through diversifying the commercial and industrial base, and building the foundation for North Grenville to become a tourism destination, 3/ modelling sound environmental stewardship through initiatives like increasing backyard composting practices; 4/ making ongoing investments in safer roads and sidewalks, and 5/leveraging the incredible potential of North Grenville’s 626 acre Kemptville Campus. Safe Healthy and Cohesive Community Opportunities to sustain and enrich North Grenville as a safe, healthy and cohesive community reflect ideas that many in North Grenville have already identified. These include periodically bringing our whole community together, through signature events and festivals, as well as paying more time and attention to our rural heritage (including historic/heritage buildings) so that we never lose sight of our roots. Improving infrastructure for active transportation, including better connectivity between trails, roads, parks and neighborhoods is key if we want residents get out of their car, and navigate more places on foot or by bike. Ensuring sufficient parks, recreational amenities and green space throughout North Grenville is another obvious way to promote social cohesion and keep people moving. At the same time, affordable housing is something many residents in our community have told us that they desperately need, or would like to access as they downsize. The upcoming recommendations from the ongoing work of the Mayor Taskforce on Affordable Housing (expected later this fall) which has been meeting regularly since January 2019 will provide some of the way forward. Council has also renewed the Terms of References for
eight Municipal Committees. Invitations to apply to join one of eight Municipal Advisory Committees are now open until June 14th. Applications for all eight are on the website. Collaborative Leadership Finally, collaborative leadership. As a newly elected Mayor working alongside four brand new Councillors, it is fundamental that our working relationships are respectful, productive and build on our strengths. But as a Council, it is equally important that we create ongoing opportunities for regular dialogue with community members, and not just through the typical fora of municipal committees and Council which can be intimidating for some. To that end, the draft Council Work Plan clearly identifies continuous dialogue as a primary objective. This has already begun through Council’s regular Discussion Forums on Cannabis Retail Shops, the municipal budget process, and the future of Kemptville Campus. With the mailing of June’s property tax bill, North Grenville residents and business leaders will also be invited, for the first time ever, to complete a short online survey to tell us how our community is doing, and what could be improved. “It starts with us.” It may seem simple, but as elected officials, your new Council is deeply committed to its role as representatives of our community. Consequently, the Council Work Plan proposes to put residents and business leaders at the Centre. Sometimes, it means tackling some tough issues head on, which has already begun as we seek resolution to protected drainage issues in Stonehaven, strengthen the municipality’s relationship with the Homebuilders Association, and confront choices from the past that have had unanticipated consequences. Given that the Municipality of the North Grenville is one of our community’s largest employers, as part of its proposed Work Plan, Council seeks to foster the conditions for workplace excellence. Organizational tools that monitors employee satisfaction, promote innovation and support continuous improvement to
least. I do hope that you will be writing to every person nominated by the various organizations in the province to explain why this is happening. Volunteers from small communities like ours are important to their communities. This has been a worthwhile programme and I hope your government is capable of recognizing this. Shirley Price
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Following my previous note, Mr. Bertram presents Dr. Richard Lindzen as an authority on the matter of climate science and presents a link to a nonpeer-reviewed website. He fails to mention Lindzen is paid by Peabody Energy (coal interests) [1], that he has offered no actual evidence to support his hypotheses, nor has any other scientist been able to find evidence to support those views. 20 years ago Lindzen was casting the tobacco industry as victim and apparently maintains today that there’s no link between smoking and lung cancer[2],[3].
UPDATE UPDATE UPCOMING MEETINGS **NOTE: Committee of the Whole meetings are held on the first and second Tuesday of the month and Council meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month. COUNCIL Tuesday, June 18 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Tuesday, June 11 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Centre COMMITTEE & PUBLIC MEETINGS Special Committee of the Whole – Wednesday, June 12 at 2:30 pm at the Municipal Centre **NOTE: Council and Committee of the Whole meetings are live streamed and archived on the Municipal website. Agendas for upcoming meetings are published on the Friday prior to the meeting and minutes are posted after they are approved. Visit www.northgrenville.ca and click on Agendas, Minutes & Video in the Govern tab.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The Municipality of North Grenville is seeking applications from individuals interested in being appointed to the following Advisory Committees during the term of Council (ending November 2022): • Accessibility Advisory Committee • Active Transportation Advisory Committee • Agriculture & Rural Affairs Advisory Committee • Arts & Culture Advisory Committee • Environmental Action Advisory Committee • Health, Wellness & Fitness Advisory Committee • Heritage Advisory Committee Further information is available by contacting the Clerk at cpominville@northgrenville.on.ca or 613-258-9569 ext. 110. Application forms are available at www.northgrenville.ca/careers. Please submit applications by 2:00 p.m. on Friday, June 14, 2019 to the Clerk by email at cpominville@northgrenville.on.ca or in person to the Municipal Office, 285 County Road 44.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Communication Coordinator
The Municipality of North Grenville is accepting resumes from interested and qualified candidates for a Communication Coordinator. The closing date to receive applications is 4:00 pm on Friday, June 14, 2019. Additional information is available at www. northgrenville.ca/careers.
Planner II
The Municipality of North Grenville is accepting resumes from interested and qualified candidates for the position of Planner II. The closing date to receive applications is 4:00 pm on Friday, June 14, 2019. Additional information is available at www.northgrenville.ca/careers.
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www.NorthGrenville.ca service levels so that, ultimately, residents and businesses feel well-served are crucial. Clearly, Council’s upcoming adoption of a two year Work Plan won’t be everything to everyone,
but it is an important starting point for your new Council in setting priorities and measuring success. We look forward to working alongside many of you in the months and years ahead to get it right.
Science is not a democracy, it cannot be done by petition or vote, and evidence is the currency. The plural of “opinion” or “view” is not “evidence”. To be clear, if there was evidence to support Mr. Bertram, it would not be discovered by somebody forwarding links from dubious websites or by paid mouthpieces of think tanks – it would be discovered by a team of accomplished scientists, survive peer-review and ongoing critique. Galileo’s discoveries were revolutionary. Galileo was right because he gathered evidence and did the math, not because he simply decided which radical
opinions he preferred to listen to. Mr. Bertram states he is not a scientist and yet considers he has the authority and understanding to evaluate “content” from online non-peer-reviewed sources, despite their financial support from the Exxon, etc. He demands respect and a seat at the table for policy discussions on what to do about the problems linked to a warming climate and the rising concentration of CO2. He risks being relegated to the sidelines and not taken seriously at all. Jeff Goodman www.ngtimes.ca
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Parkinson Golf Tournament returns
by Alan Muir, Parkinson Canada The annual Parkinson Canada Golf Tournament, which has been organised by local resident, John Spiro, for the last nine years, is coming back again this year, in spite of John’s determination not to get involved this time. Last year, John was adamant that he had done all he could and was going to take a step back from the event in 2019. But someone with John’s dedication and complete inability to keep away from helping a cause that is so close to his heart and life, could not be expected to actually follow through on his claim that last year was his Swan Song, as he called it. This year, the tournament takes place on Saturday, June 22, at the Rideau Glen Golf
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Club, commencing with a shotgun start at 9 am. The $100 entry fee includes golf fees, golf cart, a meal and one drink. All proceeds will go towards improving the quality of life of people with Parkinson’s and their families, throughout Eastern Ontario, by providing information, client services and counselling, and by supporting ongoing research. Please consider supporting John and this tournament by contributing a prize, or making a cash donation, or by signing up and hitting the links on June 22. To register, or for more information, please contact Ron Tracey at 613-258-6999.
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Steve Clark responds to criticism by David Shanahan Local MPP Steve Clark is certainly staying in the news these days; probably an inevitable result of being a Minister in the current Ford government. For a few weeks there, his excellent reputation among the people of his riding seemed to have become somewhat tarnished, with loud criticism coming from all directions, following the release of the provincial budget in April. The increase in class sizes, the axing of the Inter-Library Loan system, the elimination of the 50 Million Trees program, the reorganisation of the provinces Health Units, all of these issues, and more, created anger in communities across Ontario, even leading residents to take to the streets to protest on one or more of those issues. But Steve is hitting back, not literally, of course. After a public demonstration by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation outside his Brockville office recently, as well as communications from the Upper Canada District School Board discussing possible cuts to programming following the release of the provincial budget [See May 22 issue of the Times], Steve Clark issued a statement on May 27 in which he announced increased funding for the UCDSB. The Board will receive over $342 million for the 2019-2020 school year, an increase of $927,495 compared to the previous year’s funding. He also pointed out that the 2019-2020
Grants for Student Needs (GSN) allocation to UCDSB represents the largest allocation in the board’s history. In an unusually sharp response to the Board’s comments on cutting programs, Steve said: “It’s disappointing the board did not wait for complete numbers before going to the media and engaging in fear-mongering tactics.” There did still seem to be a difference between the list of programs receiving the extra funding, and those listed as being in danger of reduction by the Board. There is also concern on the Board that day-to-day operations could be affected, leading to job cuts. However, the recent announcement by the Premier and Steve Clark that budget cuts are being at least delayed, may well alleviate that concern. Even before that decision was made, Steve emphasised the need for the school boards across the province to become more cost-effective in their operations. “Our government expects the school board to continue to run an efficient transportation system, and to find efficiencies throughout their board. It’s what Ontarians expect. In turn, they can expect that we’ll stand by important services like frontline staff, busing and support for students,” he said. MPP Clark also confirmed that funding remains in place for all school capital projects. “The local board has applied for approvals on a child care addition in Kemptville, as well as a school addition to North Grenville District High School,” he noted. “Our government continues to make important investments in our communities.”
The aim of National LOCK YOUR VEHICLE! AccessAbility Week Sometime during the evening of May 29, 2019 several vehicles were entered into as they were parked at residences on Park Street East, Prescott, Ontario. Thankfully, nothing was taken at this point, continues One in five Canadians over the age of 15 have a disability; that however, it is a good reminder to ensure your vehicle is always is approximately 6.2 million individuals. Individuals with disabilities are impacted daily by barriers to accessible information, independent access to facilities, to employment, transportation, and accessible communication supports. As a result, there is a need of greater awareness and opportunities for persons with disabilities. National AccessAbility Week is an opportunity to celebrate accessibility and increase efforts to achieve the goal of becoming a fully accessibility community. At the May 23 Counties Council meeting, Warden Sayeau drew Council’s attention to National AccessAbility Week, which was May 26 to June 1. But the awareness which the week is aimed at creating needs to carry on through the rest of the year. Warden Sayeau said, “Leeds and Grenville extends recognition to all persons with disabilities and offers support for National AccessAbility Week as an opportunity to celebrate accessibility as a National concern, while continuing to work locally to achieve the goal of becoming an inclusive community by eliminating barriers.” The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville Accessibility Advisory Committee is committed to making Leeds and Grenville an inclusive community for all its residents and visitors. Increased social and economic inclusion of persons with disabilities has positive economic and social benefits for persons with disabilities, for business, the economy and society in general. With respect to the Committee’s work, Chair Dana Farcasiu said “Our Committee is made out of passionate people from different parts of our community, with diverse areas of expertise and a lot of different perspectives. Together with the Counties Council and Staff, we are committed to achieve barrier free accessibility for persons with disabilities living, visiting, and working in our beautiful Counties. Our vision is that services, programs, infrastructure and buildings across the Counties be accessible equally to all."
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locked! The suspect was observed wearing a black hooded work jacket with green fluorescent stripes. An investigation continues. The Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is encouraging citizens to "Lock It OR Lose It" and to take precautions to protect their vehicle contents from theft. Under the "Lock It OR Lose It" program, parked vehicles are examined to confirm they are locked and that no valuables have been left in plain view. A "Lock It OR Lose It" notice is placed on every vehicle checked which specifies what safety precautions were ignored and simple prevention tips are provided which drivers can use to protect their vehicles and valuables from theft. By taking simple preventative measures, such as confirming your vehicle is locked and by placing items of value out of sight or removing valuable items from your vehicle altogether, victimization can be avoided. You can help prevent theft by following some crime prevention tips: Always roll up your vehicle's windows, lock the doors and pocket the key. If you have a garage, use it and lock the door as well as your vehicle. Keep your vehicle registration certificate/proof of insurance on you at all times. Always park your vehicle in a well-lit area. Never leave valuable objects or packages in full view. Put them in the trunk. Never leave your vehicle unattended while it is running. Anyone having information on the above or any crime is asked to call Grenville County OPP on 613 258 3441, or 1-888-310-1122, or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477. www.ngtimes.ca
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Saddle up for “The Lone Rider” Murder mysteries come in many flavours but this one is definitely unique and unmatched. Prepare for a rarely seen genre in the world of theatre: a whodunit western-comedy. “The Lone Rider”: A Large Number of Ways to Die in the West” plays at Winchester’s Old Town Hall this June. Award winning and internationally produced local playwright, Mat Kelly, serves up his latest play with a side of rebellious cowgirl attitude. From the sharp shooting cattle baroness, to the crooked banker, to the saloon girl who knows too much for her own good, everyone has something to hide. The play features Lynne LeBlanc as the Lone Rider; Braxton Bowers as the narrator; Scott Martin as Clarence; Caroline Zipfel as Daphne; Tim Sisson as Hank; Jack Guigue as Percival; Sabrina Ventrella as Mary; Emily-Marissa Laframboise as Rose; and Braxton Bowers, Sylvia Barlow, Brenda Windmill, and Joanna Ventrella as the Town Folk. The plot twists and turns through several complications and leaves us a trail of clues leading to the murderer’s identity. The sheriff of Dry Stone is out of town, leading a posse in hot pursuit of a robber who just held up the local bank. This means that when deputy McCray is shot in town, the responsibility of catching his killer falls upon Percival Potts, an inexperienced greenhorn with allergies and a phobia of horses. Sound challenging? You bet! Percival's investigation is made even more difficult since everyone in town has a reason to hate the dead man. Fortunately, Percival is not alone in his search for the killer. A mysterious stranger has just ridden into town, on her own quest for justice, and she is willing to help Percival find the murderer. Kick up your spurs and enjoy the newest, and possibly the most playful and clever production from Mat Kelly. Performances will be at The Old Town Hall: 478 Main Street, Winchester: Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15, 7:30 pm; Sunday, June 16, 2 pm; Friday and Saturday, June 21 and 22, 7:30 pm; Sunday, June 23, 2pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for youth under 18. Purchase online at www.dcplayers.ca, or call: 613-297-0097. Or purchase in person at The Planted Arrow Flowers and Gifts, 501 St. Lawrence St., Winchester.
Adding a little laughter to Boots & Bling
In addition to dancing and eating and bidding on great auction items, be prepared to laugh at this year’s premier country event. Rachelle Elie has just been confirmed as the evening’s MC. There are only a handful of tickets left - so get yours before they are all gone. “I’m really looking forward to being part of Boots & Bling,” says Rachelle. “I’m going to make sure everyone has a lot of fun at Matilda Hall.” Rachelle Elie has written and performed five one-woman shows, and was nominated for Best Break Out Artist with the Canadian Comedy Awards in 2018. In 2019, she performed in the HubCap June 5, 2019
Comedy Festival in New Brunswick, and was one of four comedians chosen to perform in the Tommy Chong Gala. Rachelle won an Outstanding Comedy Award with the Ottawa Fringe, and recently performed her one-woman show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Rachelle is also a regular at Absolute Comedy and Yuk Yuk's. Rachelle says she’s also a country girl at heart. “I live in the country and love nature. And I’m a big fan of Rory Gardiner’s music too. We’ve worked together before, so it will be great to see and hear him again at Boots & Bling.” Boots & Bling is being held at Matilda Hall in Dix-
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Summer Company 2019 launched Joshua Gilbey, Shot 2 See Photography, will be taking nature photos of the area, and selling them at various markets and retail outlets in North Grenville and beyond. His unique perspective will bring our local landscapes into people’s home and offices in a new way. Josh can be reached at: joshuagilbeyphotography@gmail.com, or 289-928-1783. Katie Gilpin, Equine Bonnet Stop, will be creating bonnets for horse owners to protect their horse’s ears from flies and other insects. She will be appealing to horse lovers in the area, crocheting bonnets in different colours and styles, and will market to horse barns in North Grenville. Katie can be reached at: equinebonnetstop@gmail.com, or 613-258-3384. Mark Gilpin, Oxford Photo Restoration, will be restoring photos this summer using digital software and techniques. Mark will bring your precious memories and family history back to life for more generations to appreciate. Mark can be reached at: markgilpin641@gmail.com. Congratulations and best wishes to all four of these local entrepreneurs, and may the Summer Company project lead on to good things in the future.
by David Shanahan The Leeds Grenville Small Business Enterprise Centre proudly launched its annual Summer Company program on Thursday, May 30. This year, nine young entrepreneurs in Leeds Grenville will experience being their own boss this summer. The project involves students from across Leeds Grenville. The Summer Company is funded by the Government of Ontario. The program provides hands-on business training and mentoring. The students are awarded up to $3,000. These funds help enterprising young people start up and run their own summer business. The participants will receive an award of up to $1,500 in early summer to help with business start-up costs, and an additional $1,500 award in the fall upon the successful completion of their Summer Company business and proof of returning to school. They also have an opportunity to meet every two weeks with a local business mentoring group, for support and advice on operating their summer business. This year, almost half of the Summer Company participants are residents of North Grenville. And, in an unusual twist, there is a common theme to their various enterprises: photography and horses. Justin Frappier, Frappier Photography, will use his photography and editing skills to create top quality equine photos. Whether an action shot with rider, or a still shot with the horse on its own, Frappier Photography will provide top quality sessions and digital prints. Justin can be reached at: justin.frappier01@gmail.com, or 613-720-9021.
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by Nadine Pickard June is almost here, and it finally seems that our ball teams may be able to leave their heavy sweaters and Winter vests at home! It's been a cold and wet start to the season- kudos to all the parents and volunteers who show up to make our games happen, regardless of the undesirable forecasts. Our season sponsors have been a huge help this year. Thank you for all that you do to ensure house league ball remains an option for families in our community. Canadian Tire Kemptville The Kemptville Legion Artik Apparel Shell Canada McGahey Insurance Grenville Mutual North Grenville Masonry Creekside Dental Centre Sheppard & Associates Back In Motion Therapeutic Massage EJM Business & Government Systems Tim Hortons DSI Williams Excavating It is with the help of these community sponsors that we were able to purchase new training equipment for our pre-season so we can offer sessions locally for our families, as well as tournament items such as results boards and medals so we can continue to host tournaments in Kemptville. Huge shout out to the NG Municipality- the Wildcats were recipients of a community grant from the municipality, which helped to purchase a new pitching machine for our kids to further develop their skills. O'Farrell Financial has been more than accommodating to allow our executive board to host meetings in their board room too, and we sincerely appreciate the use of that space. Next up: Girls U14 and Boys U13 Select teams will take part in various tournaments this season, and our 6th Annual Slugfest Tournament for girls' house league teams is set for June 14-16, 2019. THANK YOU EVERYONE! From the league, and the kids!
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Archaeology on Ontario’s Saltwater Shore
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The eroding bank fronting the Fort Severn site is losing irreplaceable pieces of Canada to the Severn River as one or two metres of land are swept away each year. by Michael Whittaker Almost four centuries of archaeological materials from Fort Severn, on Ontario’s southwest shore of Hudson Bay, are the subject of Katherine Davidson presentation to the Rideau Valley Archaeological Society Sunday, June
9 at the Goose and Gridiron in Merrickville. Everyone is invited to the talk that begins with lunch at 12:30 pm. The current site dating to 1759, which has never been excavated, sits on the Fort Severn First Nation Reserve. Riverbank erosion has been
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On Monday, May 27, anyone driving along Country Rd. 23 near the intersection with Highway 43 may have noticed a group of busy young people cleaning up roadside trash. The girls of the Merrickville Guide Units, with some friends, picked up ten bags of trash from just a short stretch of this road, which they clean every spring. Great job, girls! And please, don't litter!
deteriorating the site over several decades, allowing the collection of a considerable number of artifacts between 1950 and 2017. These are the basis of Ms. Davidson’s research. The remains of the area’s original Hudson’s Bay Company post, called Fort James when established in 1689, was destroyed by fire. In 1782 during the American Revolutionary War, the French pillaged Fort Severn when they were allied with the Thirteen Colonies. The HBC ceased operating at Fort Severn in 1980. Katherine Davidson completed her MA in Anthropology at the University of New Brunswick after taking her BA in Archaeology at Trent University. She has spent her summers working for the Canadian Museum of History, and has participated in digs in Belize and Ireland. Her research interests cover archaeological ethics, historic archaeology, public engagement, community based participatory research, and addressing the curation crisis in Canadian collections.
Soup fundraiser supports Merrickville Fire Department
Jane Graham with members of Merrickville Fire Department by Hilary Thomson
A Merrickville-Wolford resident made a generous donation to the Merrickville Fire Department [MFD] last Tuesday to help in the purchase of a trailer for their UTV. Jane Graham raised $820 for the MFD by selling soup for lunch at the Montague Town Hall, where her husband, Jim Hunter, works as the Chief Building Official. For $5, Jane provides a bowl of homemade soup and some bread, usually made fresh by Jim. She sells her soup one day a week, from October to March, when the days are cold and the municipal employees in Montague welcome a hot homemade lunch. Jane has been running her soup fundraiser for a number of years, always investing the money back into the community. This year, she heard about the trailer for which the Merrickville Firefighters Association was raising money, and thought it would be an excellent cause to support. “I heard about the trailer, and I thought that would be a nice specific thing to give it to,” she says. The trailer is the last part of the MFD’s Rural Response Program, which will help them respond to emergencies in remote areas. The Merrickville Firefighters Association has been raising money for the Rural Response Program for several years. Through their fundraising efforts, they have been able to buy a brush truck with a patient skid unit and water tank, as well as a UTV with a patient rescue unit. The trailer will ensure that they will be able to transport the UTV to where they need to use it off-road. The Rural Response Program is very important for the MFD, as they are responsible for responding to events that happen in roughly 2.4 hectares of Limerick Forest. “It’s very exciting to move on with the program,” says Acting Fire Chief, Brad Cole. With Jane’s donation, Brad says they are very close to raising the $6,000 needed to purchase the trailer. “It is very exciting to have the support of our community and local residents,” he says about Jane’s donation. “We are hoping to have it this year.”
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The Merrickville Mid-week Market is BACK by Scott Kelland
This is our third season bringing you farm-grown and homemade goodies, from honey to herbs and fresh produce, artisanal meats, and the products of our awesome bakers, chefs and crafts-persons in and around Merrickville. Mayor Doug Struthers will be in attendance at the MMMarket at 1 pm on June 5, for an (informal) opening ceremony. You can find us on Main Street in Merrickville next to the Main Street Restaurant, every Wednesday afternoon, beginning June 5 through September 25. We also have NEW expanded market hours, from 1 pm to 6 pm, so you can pick up lunch and dinner at the MMMarket! Special note for local musicians: the MMMarket is looking for buskers throughout our season. Contact our Market Coordinator Sarah, sunflower_homestead@yahoo.com. The next best thing to growing it or making it yourself, is getting your goodies at the Merrickville Mid-week Market. We’ll be hosting special events throughout the season, look for us on Facebook: Merrickville-Mid-Week-Market.
New Program Coordinator at KYC by Hilary Thomson The Kemptville Youth Centre [KYC] held an open house last Wednesday and welcomed their new Program Coordinator to the organization. Mehgan Zonneveld started working at the Centre as a school placement last year. After graduating with a diploma in Child and Youth Care from Algonquin College, Mehgan stepped into the role, replacing previous Program Coordinator, Maura Lepore. Mehgan hopes to bring some new programming to KYC and attract more and different youth to the Centre. They are currently looking at changing the hours that KYC is open for youth to hang out throughout the summer, to reflect them not being in school. “We are thinking of an earlier start in the summer, so they can get here during the day,” she says, adding that kids are already often waiting outside the Centre for it to open after school. Mehgan thinks it’s great that a small town like Kemptville has a youth centre, which are more usually found in bigger cities. “It’s a place for older kids to come hang out with friends,” she says. KYC staff are in the middle of planning for the summer. Mehgan says they are planning on organizing several field trips, and want to ensure that all the youth of North Grenville and surrounding area are welcome. “You don’t have to be a regular at the Centre to come,” she says. There are also always volunteer opportunities at the Centre, especially with the summer’s fundraising events. They are looking for youth to help with the Pancakes in the Parking Lot fundraisers, as well as their annual book sale at the end of the summer. Program Coordinator Mehgan Zonneveld
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The gym at École Sainte-Marguerite-Bourgeoys was full of excited students and community members on Wednesday at what they hope will be the first of many science fairs. Principal, Lisa Samrai, says that, while the school has had science fairs in the past, it hasn’t been a tradition for many years. It was Grade 1 teacher, Hannah Wiles, who first proposed the idea to her students. After receiving a positive response from her class, she asked the other teachers in the school if their classes would be interested in participating. The answer was a resounding “yes”. Every student in the school was somehow involved in the science fair. The Kindergarten class did a project together about the lifecycle of butterflies, and all the Grade 1 students did their projects about bridges. The older students chose their own projects and worked either individually or in teams of two. Projects covered all areas of science, including chemistry, biology, engineering, space and technology. “The kids all came up with their ideas,” Lisa says. “The students were very involved with their projects, because it was something they were really interested in.” Local dignitaries and members of the community were invited to be the judges for the science fair. Mayor Doug Struthers, Deputy Fire Chief Brad Cole, and Jane Campbell of Mrs. McGarrigle’s, just to name a few. “We really tried to involve the community,” Lisa says. Prizes were given out for First, Second and Third place in each age category, as well as a special prize for best group project, that went to the Kindergarten class. It was a fun afternoon for everyone involved, and Lisa says they hope to make it a yearly event. “All the grades were really engaged,” Lisa says. “Parents said it’s all they could talk about.” June 5, 2019
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Submitted by Doreen O’Sullivan, Councillor and member of the North Grenville Police Services Board Do you feel safe in North Grenville? North Grenville Police Services Board (NGPSB) 2019 Community Survey, coming in June 2019, The NGPSB is requesting your input to assist in identifying local priorities for the delivery of police services in North Grenville. The province has legislated that every municipality develop a “Community Safety and Well-being Plan”. The data collected from this survey will aid in the development of this plan. The
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Weekly and recurring events Mon North Grenville Arts Guild, 2nd Mon/mth, 7 pm, Masonic Hall, 311 Van Buren St. All welcome. More info at www.ngartsguild.ca Kemptville Quilters Guild, 2nd Mon./mth at the Kemptville Pentecostal Church, 1964 County Road 43, 7 pm. New members welcome. Kemptville Cancer Support Group, 3rd Mon/mth, St. John’s United Church, 2 pm. For info call Ellen Vibert-Miller at 613-258-7778. Newcomer Bridge-St John's United Church 12:15pm. Cost $5.00. All levels welcome. Info 613-806-4495 or 613-795-7155.
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BNI Networking Group Breakfast, Grenville Mutual Insurance Building, 380 Colonnade Dr, 7- 8:30 am. Info: 613-918-0430. Bridge St. John’s United Church, 12:15 pm. Cost $5. All levels of bridge players welcome. Info, call. 613-806-4495 to 613-795-7155. The Branch Artisans Guild, NG Community Church, 2659 Concession St. every 3rd Tue/mth, 7pm. New members welcomed Wed NG Photography Club - 1st Wed./mth, 7-9 pm, at the Grenville Mutual Insurance, 380 Colonnade Drive. See ngphotoclub.ca for info. Klub 67 Euchre every 2nd &4th Wed/mth, 1 pm, St. John's United Church. Everyone welcome. $5.00. (No euchre July & August) Bingo- 1st & 3rd Wed/mth., Kemptville Legion, 1 pm. All welcome. New Horizon Club, Burritt`s Rapids Community Hall. Adults 55 plus welcome. For info re programs and membership, call Golida Tym 258-3894. Probus Club of North Grenville, 3rd Wed./mth. Everyone is welcome to join us at 9:30 am at St Paul's Presbyterian Church Hall for fellowship. NGPL Science and Technology Group meetings, 1st/Wed/mth, 7- 9 pm in the program room at the Library. Euchre, Rideau Glen Golf Course, 6:30 sharp, $5, share the wealth tickets sold, all proceeds go back to the players. May 1-Oct 9. Thu Bridge - St. John’s United Church, 6:15- pm. Cost $5. All levels of bridge players welcome. For more info, call 613-806-4495 or 613-795-7155. North Grenville Toastmasters - Meeting 1st & 3rd Thurs/mth., 7 pm at O’Farrell’s Financial Services, Cty Rd 44. Info, call 790 7665. Fri Friendship Lunch, 11:30-1 pm, St. John’s United Church. Free, everyone welcome. Sat Kemptville Legion breakfast, 8 - 10 am 3rd Sat/mth, 100 Reuben Crescent. Adults $6, Children 6 and under $3. All welcome. Euchre, Kemptville Legion, last Sat/mth. Noon-5 pm. Sun Bingo, Kemptville Legion – Last Sun/mth, Doors open 6 pm, guaranteed $400 jackpot. Refreshments available. M,W,F Kemptville and Area Walking Group meet at Municipal Centre at 8 am.
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Downtown Digest June by Deron Johnson Downtown Kemptville is very fortunate to have plenty of active and supportive business owners who want to see the Downtown become an even more important community hub for everyone in North Grenville. Recently, the Bodhi Yoga Centre agreed to work with the Old Town Kemptville BIA (BIA) to begin a special Wellness In The Park program. The idea was that starting in May, every Friday, there would be a yoga class taking place outdoors at Rotary Park, right at the corner of Prescott Street and Clothier Street. When Get Cronk’d Fitness Studio heard about this new program, they immediately wanted in. After discussing it between themselves, the two local health and wellness-based businesses decided to alternate weeks, with yoga class being one week and then fitness class being the next week. The remarkable part about all of this, is both businesses are offering to do this for free for anyone who wants to join in. So, drop by every Friday at 11 am at Rotary Park for a free Wellness In The Park class. Many thanks to Melanie and Rebecca for their leadership on this fantastic community-building initiative. With the warmer weather upon us, everyone’s attention is turning to summer. In Downtown Kemptville, that means we start counting the days to the Kemptville Live
Music Festival. This year the festival will run from July 18 – 21 at the Kemptville Campus and will bring another stellar lineup of music talent to the area. Just like last year, the BIA will be running a promotion to allow one lucky person to win two VIP tickets for the festival! This year’s Kemptville Live promotion will be a passport- based draw. Pick up a passport at any participating or sponsoring business, get six businesses in the Downtown to initial/sign/stamp your passport, then put the passport in the ballot box at that sixth business to be entered into a draw for the two VIP tickets. The draw for the winning passport will be done on Canada Day. Watch for the posters in the windows of the participating businesses to get your passport and signature. We are especially grateful to a number of businesses outside the Downtown who have become sponsors for the promotion. Look for the promotional posters in the windows of Downtown businesses starting this week so you can begin filling up your passport! May was a busy month for economic development in Downtown Kemptville. We welcomed two new businesses to our family, Stevens Creek Shutter Co. and Susie M’s Hidden Treasures. We know Susie and Will are great additions, so we look forward to seeing their businesses
showroom space and Ken has been quietly hiring more staff to meet the increased demand he’s been experiencing since he moved to his current location in Downtown. It’ll be hard to top May with all of this economic activity going on, but we’ve learned to never underestimate a small business community….EVER.
grow and we’ll be with them every step of the way. We were also tickled to see the expansion of Get Cronk’d Fitness Studio as they doubled their studio space, brought in thousands of dollars in new equipment and added more staff including Fraser and Stacey. New Energy Kreations is also expanding to double their
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North Grenville holds first Pride Event
North Grenville Council with organizers of Kemptville Pride and advocate Warner Shaettgen. by Hilary Thomson On Saturday, June 1, North Grenville held its first ever Pride event. The day began with a flag-raising at the Municipal Centre at 11 am. Community members, Pride volunteers, and municipal council were all on June 5, 2019
hand to witness the raising of, not only the Pride flag, but the Transgender flag as well. “While this is not the first time for this ceremony, what we are doing today is raising two flags,” Mayor Nancy Peckford said. “There are only a few courageous communities who do that.”
Mayor Peckford said that council has been asked many times by a select few why they felt the need to raise the Pride flag and participate in the parade through downtown. “We stand here today for all of North Grenville, whether or not you choose to be here, because, by building a more inclusive and open-hearted community, everyone benefits. By helping to erase the shame and denial many LGBTQ2 folks and their families experience, we are saying that no matter your gender or sexual identity, or that of your child, we welcome you, and you deserve our community’s respect and support.” North Grenville’s first Pride event was spearheaded by the Rainbow Union of Dundas and Grenville, a group which supports LGBTQ2 people and their families in the area. Founder,
Holly Brown, says that, in a few short months, they were able to garner huge support for Kemptville Pride from the community, allowing them to organize a vibrant celebration of the LBTQ2 community. “I won’t talk for long or I might cry,” Holly said at the flag raising. “All of our money came from you. You shared our stuff, you promoted us, you lifted us up, we are your neighbours and your friends and we thank you.” Holly started Rainbow Union of Dundas and Grenville after her daughter came out to her two years ago. She had just bought a house in North Dundas and thought she had made a huge mistake. “What have I done?” she thought. But Holly persevered and created the Rainbow Union so all LGBTQ2 people in the area could have a place to go and feel supported. “I 14
demanded more. I raised my expectations. I insisted on inclusiveness and I was met with reception, and love and money,” she said. “Thank you for showing us that you care.” North Grenville also had a special guest from Almonte at the flag-raising ceremony. Twelve-year-old Warner Schaettgen is transgender and an advocate for the LGBTQ2 community in Ottawa and surrounding area. She was only two and a half years old when she told her mother, “God made a mistake. I’m really a little girl.” Warner has spoken at many pride events, and was even a speaker at We Day in November, 2018. “There are multiple reasons why I speak out; but the main reasons are to educate others and promote understanding, so that people don’t have to stay in the closet,” she said. “One of my goals is that it is safe for people to come out and have no fear during the time of finding
themselves, so they can come out and be proud and happy.” Warner says she has a great life, and hopes that events like Kemptville Pride will help others find the love and acceptance she has found. “At the beginning of my journey, I had to fight for my family to see me as the girl I really was,” she remembers. “If my parents hadn’t found the right supportive people, I probably wouldn’t be standing here today.” At around 11:20 am, the Pride flag and Transgender flag were raised at the Municipal Centre, where they will fly for the whole month of June. The celebrations continued with a large parade through downtown Kemptville, ending in Riverside Park with a vendors market. “By raising this flag and marching alongside you today, we truly hope we are sowing the seeds for a brighter future for all of North Grenville,” said Mayor Peckford. www.ngtimes.ca
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Students mark Earth Day at KDH
Frank Vassallo, CEO of KDH (fourth from right) with SMB Principal, Angela Certosini and students from SMB plant trees in honour of Earth Day. [Photo by Jenny Read] On May 29, KDH welcomed the grade 8 class from ‘École catholique Sainte-Marguerite-Bourgeoys de Kemptville’ to the hospital for a planting ceremony in honour of Earth Day (the ground was frozen on April 22!). The students planted 35 young juniper bushes on the slope behind the hospital. KDH highly values its partnership with École Catholique Sainte-Marguerite-Bourgeoys de Kemptville, which sees its students bringing messages of the importance of environmental sustainability to KDH staff.
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Rotary park: The site of the Maley Building is now Rotary Park. by David Shanahan In the weeks leading up to Canada Day, we are presenting this series on some of the lost buildings of the town of Kemptville, centres of the community for many years and full of history and characters, the foundation for the North Grenville of today. 1. Maley Block / Rotary Park, Corner of Clothier and Prescott Streets Where Rotary Park is today, was once another major centre of commerce and activity in Kemptville. Thomas Baldwin set up a furniture-making business on the river side in the 1830's, using a horse-powered lathe. In 1834, William Bradbury opened a small store on the corner of Clothier and Prescott, and it was taken over in the 1850's by Thomas Maley. Maley was a successful financier and entrepreneur, and over the years added to the Maley Block until June 5, 2019
it was a three-story edifice covering the entire block from the bridge to Clothier Street, with offices and stores facing on to both streets. A history of the village records that “The building was then a very small frame structure but was enlarged from year to year until there were three stories facing on each street, one of which he always occupied as an office. He was a very careful and successful financier and amassed a large fortune. He loaned money and did a general banking business at a time when the current rate of interest was exceedingly high. He owned a large quantity of land on Asa and Thomas streets, on the south side, on which he erected a very fine stone residence...He died in 1890". Maley’s grandson, William Fraser, took over the building in 1907. He and his brother had been operating Fraser and Brothers Gents Furnishing and Tailor Shop, with a large sewing room for the staff of women
Oil Gas Truck Service Station until 1948, when it was taken over by Harry VanAllen who renamed it the Supertest Gas Station. In 1953, Joe Perry came from Oxford Mills and carried on the business until it closed. The Town of Kemptville took over the lot, and in 2000, as a Millenium Project, it was adopted by the Kemptville Rotary Club, with the support of local businesses and individuals, and they renovated it into the picturesque Park we have today. The flower beds are maintained by the North Grenville Horticultural Society. A quiet and peaceful place, in contrast to the decades of busy commercial and social activities that characterised the Maley Block.
and girls employed, since the autumn of 1892. The Block contained many enterprises over its history, and it seems that every kind of enterprise located in it at one time or another. Some time in the early 1870's Alexander McPherson opened a job printing office there, and he remained for 10 or 12 years. The first dentist’s office in Kemptville, run by Dr. G. E. Hanna, was located in the Fraser Block too. Hamilton Bustard, Watchmaker and jeweler, opened there in 1896, before moving to a storefront on Prescott Street. The Orange Order occupied a hall above the tailor’s shop from 1917 until the fire which destroyed the building in 1922. Perhaps the most important use of the Maley Block was when the first Public Library in Kemptville opened its doors there. In 1903, it was described in a history of the time: “Another important institution of which the town boasts is a free public library. The first library in Kemptville was instituted about 1870 under the auspices of a Mechanics Institute and continued for several years, when the organization became defunct and the library allowed to go down. The books, however, reverted to the corporation and were for many years stored in the town hall. In the autumn of 1900 a number of citizens felling the need of an institution that would provide proper reading matter, not only for themselves but also for their children, organized a library board in accordance with the Ontario statute. The books of the old library were handed over to them and a large number of new ones were purchased and provisions made by the council for its maintenance. It contains about 2000 volumes selected from the standard authors with great care. All residents of the town have access to the books when duly vouched for by a property holder. It is largely patronized and is doing a vast amount of good. It occupies large and commodious quarters in the Fraser block, where is also provided a reading room which is supplied with the leading papers and magazines.” In 1922, a fire broke out in a meat shop in the Block and the entire wood frame structure was quickly reduced to ashes. It was never rebuilt. A gas station stood on the site from 1927 until 1974. Grenville Robinson operated it as the Imperial
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