2010
Regular Features
Archive
Image Gallery
Algonquin Land Claim
Early Literacy
by Susan Ramsay
Legalese
General information and
opinion on legal topics by
Rural Legal Services
Master Gardeners
Obituaries
Outdoors in
the
Land O'Lakes
by Steve Blight &
Lorraine Julien
Uranium Exploration in
North Frontenac
What's Up In the Sky
by Fred Barrett
Special Features
Hands on
Harvest 2010: A Guide to Local Food Growers
Municipal Election 2010
My Last Summer
at the Lake (Summer Fiction)
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2010 Archive
December
2010
December 16
Christmas 2010 Edition
NFU Local 316 promotes
resilience
The National Farmer Union Local 316 has
made headlines this year many times over. First, for spearheading the
protests and blockades to fight against the closure of Canadian
prison farms...
An Extra
Christmas Present
Susan Ducharme has something extra to
celebrate this Christmas. As of December 16, Susan will have
completed her college program at Northern Connections Adult Learning
Centres. She will be...
Sharbot Lake
Panthers victorious
On December 11, the Senior Girls’
volleyball team travelled to Loyalist College for a tournament
consisting of eight teams. The girls’ first game of the day
was against the strong Marc Garneau...
December 9
Food banks forum in
Sharbot Lake
The Lanark Frontenac Lennox and
Addington NDP Riding Association held a timely forum on food banks in
Sharbot Lake on December 5. Participants from Perth and Kingston were
in attendance...
Volleyball
champions at Hinchinbrooke
PS
Hats off to grade 6, 7 and 8 students
at Hinchinbrooke Public School who were crowned this year’s
Division 6 Co-ed Volleyball champions. The team’s season ran from
early October until last week...
From the
community, to the community
On December 7, students in Ms. Steele's
School to Community class at Sharbot Lake High School presented a
cheque and toys to Ms. Meaghan Dodgson in the school cafeteria,
culminating their...
Tips on trade show
marketing
On December 6
business owners who
attend or are considering attending trade shows as a means of
marketing their products and services gathered at the Sydenham Town
hall to hear first-hand tips...
December 2
Addison's
named tourist operator of the year in L&A
The
north did pretty well at the annual Lennox and Addington Awards
ceremony last week in Napanee...Addison's
Restaurant on Northbrook, which opened its doors 18 months ago in a...
New Farm Project
celebrates local food and farmers
Over 120 foodies, farmers and others
interested in local farming and food production gathered at the
Golden Links hall in Harrowsmith on Nov.28 for the National Farmers’
Union's (NFU) New...
New work in winter
fields
While most farmers’ fields have now
been laid to rest, one just east of Maberly has recently come to
life, thanks to the creative hands and mind of land and mixed media
artist Marc Walter of...
Bob Harvey takes a break
When Central Frontenac Township Council
held the final meeting of the 2006 mandate, council said goodbye to
Bob Harvey, who has served on council for a total of 19 years,
including six as a...
Food activist Thomas
Pawlick in Sharbot
Lake
On November 16, Tom Pawlick,
award-winning journalist, editor and author of a number of books
including his most recent, “The war in the Country: How the Fight
to Save Rural Life will...
November
2010
November 25
Hats off to
Sydenham Golden Eagles
Although going to print on a Tuesday
leaves us here at the News hanging regarding the outcome of the
Eagles’ final game at the National Capital Bowl, which was played
in Toronto at the Rogers...
Fernleigh Lodge
From the
dining room to the rustic
cabins, you can almost feel the bustle of summers in the '30s, '40s
and '50s, when dusty cars full of families and parties of men from
Pennsylvania and New Jersey...
NFLT Presents Drinking
Alone
Family strife has been the stock in
trade of theatre since the days of Euripedes and Aeschylus in ancient
Greece.
They offer a recognition factor for the
audience, as there are tensions on or...
Nomad's Rest hosts
grand opening
It was a dream eight years in the
making and on November 14 glass artists Linda Tremblay and David
Daszkiewicz welcomed the public to their new business on Hwy 7 near
Mountain Grove...
Raising up Arden
Long-time Arden resident Dorothy
Procter was floored when over 70 Arden and area residents who turned
out for the Arden Revitalization Forum that took place at the
Kennebec Hall on Nov.18...
November 18
Sydenham Golden
Eagles take two Titles
After winning the KASSAA (Kingston
region) finals in Kingston on November 13, when they came back from a
14-1 deficit to beat the Holy Cross Crusaders 15-14, Sydenham's
Senior...
Filling a gap in foster
care
Providing a foster home for a special
needs child may not be for everyone, but it can be an alternative
career path that provides unique opportunities for personal growth. In
an effort to better serve...
Frontenac
Fury Girls B Champs in Rockland
The
Frontenac Fury Pee Wee House League girls travelled to Ottawa for the
Cumberland-Rockland Invitational Tournament on the weekend, and came
away with the B Championship. In four games...
New
floor ball craze at Prince Charles Public School
Prince
Charles Public School in Verona has embraced floor ball, the latest
international fad in hockey, and judging by the students, it’s a
big hit. Billed as “the world's most popular indoor...
What's new at
Sharbot Lake High?
As of Nov. 8, a bald-headed vice
principal for one. In an effort to raise funds for the School to
Community program at SLHS the student council organized their second
annual Teacher Torture...
November 11
In Remembrance
Need money? Call
an old friend first
When members
of the management
committee of Pine Meadow Nursing Home were through pinching
themselves to make sure it was true that the long-awaited upgrade of
the home had been approved...
Strokes for Hope
duo win
international award
Culminating
their three-year effort in support of the redevelopment of the Cancer
Centre at Kingston General Hospital, the Strokes Fore Hope golfing
duo of Edward Goodfellow, 26...
Sharbot Lake
Natural Health Fair
Eighteen vendors took part in the 2nd
annual Natural Health Fair at Oso Hall in Sharbot Lake on Nov. 6,
offering a number of alternative healing treatments and therapies.
Various vendors offered...
November 4
A very scary
Halloween in Parham
Halloween revelers looking for a
fright
were sure to have gotten theirs in Parham, where residents Sandi
Blair and Ron Zuther go all out every Halloween...This year was their
grandest and
scariest...
Living with Diabetes
Heather Adamson and her husband retired
to Arden about four years ago, and they have settled in and enjoy
village life after spending their working lives in Toronto.
While her husband has had heart...
Water
tanker shuttle accreditation
On October
30, 29 Central Frontenac
volunteer firefighters gathered at the former Arden Station site near
Mountain Grove on Highway 7 and underwent their first-ever attempt
for water tanker shuttle...
FOTMC
supports Hinchinbrooke's School
of Rock
On October 28 Joan and Roy Shepherd,
founders of the Frontenac Old Time Music Championships (FOTMC), which
just completed its third successful year this past summer at the...
Remembering 'Rosie'
The annual
Seniors’ Night put on by
the Sharbot Lake and District Lions was another overwhelming success.
The evening including musical entertainment by emcee Jim MacPherson
and ...
Scoping
out proposed Ontario elk
hunt
With the growing frequency of elk
sightings in the County of Frontenac, hunters in these parts may soon
be aiming their scopes their way - that is, if the MNR's proposed
one-week elk hunt in...
October 2010
October 28
Students
vote at Prince Charles
Students at Prince Charles Public
School in Verona had their say and cast their votes in a parallel
mock municipal election that took place in schools province-wide this
last week.
A program...
Municipal
Election Results
Find out who won in Addington Highans, Central, North
& South Frontenac, Lanark Highlands and Tay Valley...
Local businesses show
off their wares
at FCFDC Trade Show
The 2nd annual Frontenac Community
Futures Development Corporation (FCFDC) Trade Show took place on
October 21 under the bright lights at the Harrowsmith Free Methodist
church's...
Things that go “bump!” in
the
night…
Did you hear that??? Chances are, if
you’ve spent any time in the wilds of Plevna, Fernleigh, Ardoch or
Ompah, you have heard something go “bump” in the night.
Paranormal activity has been...
On the lookout for
invasive species
In an effort to raise awareness of
invasive species in southern Ontario, the South Frontenac Natural
Environment Committee presented “The Invading Species Awareness
Program” at St. Paul's ...
Joe Slater wins
conservation award
Joe Slater is the former Director of Water
Resources for the Ministry of the Environment. In addition to
providing hydro-geological input to the Crow Lake Management Plan, he
has taken on the project...
October 21
Sydenham HS Bubba Bowl
For
Sydenham High School football players the annual Bubba Bowl
represents a highlight in their annual season, a double header game
played under the bright lights on their home field in front of...
Coffee Talk in
Maberly
Catherine and Rob Bowyer took over the
Fall River Espresso one month ago and are enjoying their new line of
work.
The couple, who originally met in
Toronto, moved to Maberly from Carp in May...
Potter Bill Reddick's
creative spark
Internationally recognized potter Bill
Reddick, who lives and works in North Port in Prince Edward County,
gave an in-depth talk and slide show at the McMartin House in Perth
on Oct. 17. It was...
Going to bat for Kurt
Family friends and supporters from the
community went to bat last weekend to raise fund funds for
22-year-old Kurt Thompson, a former Tichborne resident who was
critically injured in a car accident...
Ovarian Cancer-Listening
to the
whispers
In an effort to raise awareness of the
early symptoms and risks of ovarian cancer and to encourage its early
detection, the Land O' Lakes Community Services (LOLCS) in Northbrook
hosted a talk...
October 14
2010 to be Frontenac
CFDC's best
year ever
The Frontenac Community Futures
Development Corporation (FCFDC) held their AGM on Oct. 7 at the
Verona Lions hall. After attending to business, outgoing board chair
Liz Crothers gave an...
2010
commencement at Sharbot Lake High
School
Jody Lemke
was chosen as the class of
2010 valedictorian and made her speech at the end of the commencement
ceremony held in the school’s cafeteria on Oct.8.
Lemke at first...
Organic offerings in
the north country
Likely the biggest challenge facing
Janet Ducharme's new home-based business called Johnston Lake
Organic’s is its location. Thankfully because word travels fast in
these parts, that is slowly...
New Snoezelen
Room installed at SLHS
After two years of fundraising efforts an
official ribbon cutting ceremony opened the new Anoezelen Room at
Sharbot Lake high school on Oct. 12.
The 7x15 foot room offers a controlled multi....
Way up south at the
Sylvania Lodge
Local award-wining singer/songwriter
Jenny Whiteley and her brother Dan Whiteley were joined by North
Carolina's Riley Baugus onstage at the Sylvania lodge in McDonalds
corners on Oct 6 for a...
October 7
Youth “YAK”ers get at 'er
A long list of odd jobs are being
crossed off the lists of various organizations and groups in and
around the Sharbot Lake community thanks to the help of 10
participants of the Sharbot Lake...
The Babcocks
thank the community
Life is just getting back to normal for
the Babcock family and on Oct. 2 there were balloons, cake, and
dancing at the Verona Lions Hall courtesy of Peter and Vicki Babcock
to thank the community...
Expansion
project celebrated at
Harrowsmith Free Methodist Church
Members of the public were invited to
the new 5000 square foot gymnasium at the Harrowsmith Free Methodist
Church on September 26 to celebrate the church’s Gymnasium
Expansion...
New benches
dedicated at four local
cemeteries
On September 30, Ken Brown, president
of the Portland District and Area Heritage Society, headed up four
consecutive dedication ceremonies for four granite benches that were...
Sharbot Lake island fire
consumes
residence
An early morning fire on Sunday,
October 3 consumed a residence on Bradner Island in the west basin of
Sharbot Lake just west of the government dock. The 911 call came in
at 7:35AM...
Sixth annual timber wolf
cross country
running meet
Nathan Domen, of Land O’ Lakes Public
School, held on to the Top Male Runner Trophy for the second year in
a row as the sixth annual Timber Wolf Cross Country Meet took place
on a very....
September 2010
September 30
Vandalism
suspected at Seniors’ housing project construction
site
On Monday morning, September 27,
Arno
Huerter arrived with his crew to continue putting up styrofoam forms
at the construction site of a five-unit affordable housing building
off the Clement...
Pine Meadow
redevelopment a go
It’s been a long haul and the shovels
won’t hit the ground until next spring, but the future of the Pine
Meadow Nursing Home in Northbrook has been secured through a
redevelopment agreement with...
Realizing a
dream in Bellrock
In May of 2009 a revitalization
campaign began to save the Bellrock Community Hall. Just a year and a
half later, the committed volunteers who have worked tirelessly on
the campaign had a busy day...
Kaladar Block
Party for Locks for Love
Six-year-old
Dylan Walker of Plevna, who is winning his battle with neuroblastoma,
a cancer of the nervous system that is now in remission, was invited
by seven-year-old Jakob Vlasic of Northbrook....
Ukelele community
orchestra is born
The founding meeting for the first ever
community ukulele orchestra was well underway on September 22 in the
gym at Land O' Lakes public school. Norman Guntensperger, long time
primary teache...
September 23
Taking Care of the
kids at Uptown Dairy
The first ever Open Farms Tour, put
on
by the National Farmers’ Union, took place on September 19 and the
weather could not have been better. It encouraged many visitors to
head out to meet local...
Municipal
Election
As we intimated in our
coverage last week, providing opportunities for municipal candidates
in the various townships in our readership area to communicate
directly with the public carries a set of...
Golden olden
farming days
in Denbigh
There is a hill in
Denbigh that has seen some attention as of late that it has not seen
for decades. Following discussions with family and friends, Tony
Fritsch, along with wife Gail, began to clear out...
Optimism abounds
at new employment
resource centre
Word slipped out in mid-July that St.
Lawrence College was going to locate their new Sharbot Lake-based
Employment Service Centre at the site of the former Stedman’s store
on Garrett...
A
dog day afternoon in Sharbot Lake
Participants
gathered with their four-legged friends in tow for the 2nd
Annual Purina Walk for Dog Guides. Sponsored by the Sharbot Lake and
District Lions, the walk started at Oso Beach. After...
2nd quarter for
“Sydenham Tackles Cancer”
Three
close friends came together once again to remember and celebrate the
lives of Mike Woodcox and Andy Green, former Sydenham High School
graduates and running backs for the Sydenham...
September 16
Northern
Connections E-Lab
Preceding the ribbon cutting
ceremony
that officially opened their new E-lab at Northern Connections Adult
Learning Centre in Sharbot Lake on September 14, Joyce Bigelow,
executive director of...
Municipal
Election 2010: And They're Off!
A flurry of last-minute
nominations throughout the region has ensured lively contests for
just about every municipal position in Frontenac County, Addington
Highlands, and western Lanark County...
All-Candidates
Meetings Scheduled...
Jon Brooks warms up MERA
On Sept. 12, Jon Brooks gave an
intimate acoustic afternoon concert at the MERA schoolhouse in
McDonalds Corners.
Accompanying himself alternately on
guitar, banjitar and harmonica, he...
If rocks could talk
For most of us the rocks of Bon Echo
Park represent an exotic and awe inspiring landscape but for
multi-award winning geologist Dr. David Pearson, founder of Science
North and Professor of ...
September 9
Denbigh hosts U of
O students Rural Development Workshop
Denbigh played host to 24
fourth-year
students from the University of Ottawa last Thursday
afternoon. The
crew was led by Associate Professor of Geography Robert McLeman, and...
Ardoch
Algonquin Manoomin Festival
On September 4 & 5, visitors
gathered for the 7th annual Ardoch Algonquin First Nation’s Pow
Wow. Paula Sherman, Ardoch’s Co-chief, explained that the festival
has been named the Manoomin ...
Bravo Restaurant:
New owner sees no need for change
The old adage, “If it ain't broke
don't fix it” is the approach Martha Dunn is taking since she took
over the reins at Bravo Restaurant in Verona on September 1. First
and foremost Martha...
Art abounds on
Labour Day weekend
There is no shortage of art shows and
tours in Frontenac County and Labour Day weekend offers a multitude
of venues to those looking to browse and buy... Now in its fourth year,
the Sundance...
Sydenham Tackles
Cancer:
Second Quarter
Last September, a group
of Sydenham High School alumni put together “Sydenham Tackles
Cancer”, a fundraising dance that raised funds for the Mike and
Andy fund. Mike Woodcox and Andy Green...
Garlicky Goodness
in Verona
Garlic lovers came out in droves to the
4th Annual Verona Lions' Garlic Festival at the Saturday farmers’
market in Verona...John McDougall, president of the Verona
Lions, was proud to say...
September 2
All
Welcome at Silver lake Pow Wow
The 17th Annual Silver Pow Wow,
which
was held at Silver Lake Provincial Park on August 28 & 29,
attracted Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people from far and wide to
share and enjoy ceremonies...
Labour Day Sudio
Tours
This upcoming Labour Day weekend, art
and craft lovers will once again be heading down the back roads to
discover the haunts and creations of local area artists and artisans
on the 18th annual...
Mighty Fine Fair Weather
One way or another, all outdoor events
are captive to the weather, and summer fairs are no exception.
Torrential downpours did their best to
dampen spirits on the Saturday of the Parham Fair last year...
New “Principal” faces
this fall
Students at both Sharbot Lake High
School and St. James Major Catholic School will be meeting new
principals as they head back to their classrooms in less than a
week’s time.
One new face is...
Sydenham paddlers
return from Nationals
In a rare occurrence for any paddling
club, two members of the Sydenham Lake Canoe Club (SLCC), Robyn
Miazga and Cia Myles-Gonzalez both of Sydenham, joined the North Bay
Canoe Club...
August 2010
August 26
New Fire Hall
breaks ground in Maberly
Various officials and members of the
community gathered at the location of the new fire hall in Maberly
for the official ground breaking ceremony on August 20.
The event was hosted by...
Counting his turtles after
they hatch
Pat Grace likes turtles. And he sees
a
fair number of them from his house on Bobs Lake. Pat and his wife
Cathie were seasonal
residents at their property off the Badour Road for over 20 years...
Forest
Farm – A “Naturalist’s Paradise”
Over
30 years ago, David Hahn was working as a school teacher in Toronto.
David came from a farming background from the Kitchener area, and he
and his wife Leslie were in agreement that...
Sydenham Lake Canoe
Club succeeds
nationally and internationally
Genevieve L'Abbe (age
12) and Jack
Fenlong (14) were both medal winners at the Ontario Provincial
Trillium Sprint Paddling Competition in Sudbury on August 14 &
15. Genevieve won...
Following in their
footsteps....to Bon
Echo
Art enthusiasts John and Sue
Waddington
have been following in the footsteps of Canada's most renowned
landscape painters, The Group of Seven, for 30 years and on August 16
their travels...
August 19
Ride for Dad Makes Pit
Stop in Sharbot Lake
Close to 100 riders participating in
the Motorcycle Ride for Dad' first ever cross country Canada tour to
raise funds for prostate cancer awareness and research pulled into
Sharbot Lake on August 11...
Verona fencer medals
in Sudbury
Madi
Van Camp didn't know what to expect at the Ontario Summer Games last
week. The 14-year-old épée specialist had never participated in
such a large event, since the fencing...
New “Green Space”
in Ompah
Dignitaries and close to 60 members of
the community gathered at the Ompah Community Centre on August 15 to
celebrate the completion of the new Ompah Green Space.
The space includes a...
Caboose
supporters kick up their heels
Over 60 supporters of the
Sharbot Lake
caboose fund project gathered at Oso hall in Sharbot Lake for the
second official fundraiser to pay for the costs associated with the
caboose that landed in...
August 12
24 Arrested
at Kingston Prison Farm Blockade
What
began as a peaceful blockade of the entrance to the Frontenac
Institution in Kingston at Bath Road on August 8 ended in multiple
arrests as over 200 supporters of the Save Our Prison Farms...
All aboard for
the Verona Cattail
Festival!
The Verona Festival underwent two major
changes for its 15th season both in name-The Verona Cattail Festival
- and place, the Verona Lions Club and Frontenac Farmers Market site...
The Dinosaur Lady
engages youngsters at
Oso Hall
Betsy Cotton of Kingston calls herself
the Dinosaur Lady and for 30 odd years she has been scouring both
libraries and land for information and remnants pertaining to those...
Showcase
Success
at NAEC
The 38th
Annual Cloyne Showcase was held last weekend at North Addington
Education Centre, highlighting many local and regional talented
artisans. The show covers many artistic mediums...
August 5
August Long Weekend
Music Festivals
The
Flinton Country Bluegrass Jamboree, the Canadian Guitar
Festival and
The Blue Skies Festival Took place this past weekend...
FIMLA Lake Association
Launch Lake
Stewardship Plan
Fourteen Island and Mink Lakes
Association (FIMLA) launched a lake stewardship plan for the Fourteen
Island watershed at their annual general meeting on August 1.
The plan establishes a...
Land O'Lakes
Petting farm; where kids
and critters meet
Donna and Barry Smith understand the
mutually beneficial relationships that can develop between kids and
critters and it was for that reason they opened the Land O’ Lakes
Petting Farm earlier...
Different boats for
different folks
As 20-year residents of Sharbot Lake,
Mike and Jocelyn Steeves have owned many boats over the years and
recently have been shying away from gas-powered engines. Four years
ago, after coming across an article in a magazine...
July 2010
July 29
Frontenac Old
Time Country Music
Championship
Now in its third year, the Frontenac
Old Time Country Music Championships is attracting more competitors,
guest artists, music enthusiasts and local sponsors than ever before.
Founded and organized by Joan and Roy
Shepherd, who also founded the bi-weekly Bedford jam sessions, the
FOTMC are in Joan's words...
High-calibre nature
attracts high-calibre artists
For
artists and art lovers who are inspired by nature the Bob Echo Art
Exhibition and Sale never fails to please. Three main reasons keep
both groups coming back year after year: one - the show's loyal
audience of art buyers...
Update on Dylan
Walker
Dylan Walker
continues
his fight against cancer. The six-year-old, who has
been battling Neuroblastma since November 2009, has undergone stem
cell therapy, massive doses of chemotherapy, and most recently, a
course of...
Prison Farm
Closures: protesters never say die
It was sometime in the spring of 2009
when the protest against closing the farms at Kingston prisons began
to build strength.
A public meeting was held at St.
Lawrence College. It featured...
Red cross swimmers
celebrate their
success
Thanks to the efforts of local Red
Cross swim instructors Aleris Cronk of Parham and long-time Sharbot
Lake cottager Kirsten Hawley there will be over 150 improved swimmers
at local beaches by summer’s end.
The two swim instructors...
July 22
Five generations at
Crater Farm
It was a matter of luck for Irwin
and
Jerry Babcook to be able to find a couple of hours in a late July
morning to talk to me about their family farm. But all the June rain
had given way to some hot...
Activists take
prison farm fight to new
level
After failing to get a court injunction
to stop the dismantling of the six Canadian prison farms (two of
which are located in Kingston), and the imminent sale of the
Frontenac Institution’s 300-head dairy...
disobedience this week...
Standing “O” at Snow
Road welcomes
back the Abrams Brothers
They indeed
have music in their blood -
four generations of it in fact. On July 18 the latest generation of
the Abrams family singers, brothers John and James and cousin Elijah
were up...
New additions to
the Cloyne Studio Tour
The Cloyne Studio Tour has been a
mainstay in the arts scene in the north when it was founded years ago
by Cloyne artists Carla Miedema and the late Ursula Ossenberg.
Joining Carla on the...
Jochen Mueller: The
boat on his bucket list
When Jochen Mueller was 12, he crossed
the ocean from England on a steamer that landed him and his family in
Toronto. He spent many days of his youth immersed in the playground
that the shores...
July 15
Local
golfer new Ontario Junior Girls
Champion
When the final round of the GAO's
Investors Group Juvenile and Junior Girls Ontario Championships wound
up on July 8 at Rivendell Golf Club in Verona, seventeen-year-old
Augusta James of Bath...
Cloud cover hits solar
power profits
Under the Micro-FIT program the Ontario
Power Authority has signed contracts with about 16,000 operators of
small solar power generating systems since September of 2009.The power
produced ... Generation at a price of 80 cents per...
Fan base grows for
Verona's “Music in
the Park”
The Verona
Community Association is
pleased as their second annual free concert series held at McMullen
Park in Verona continues to grow in popularity. The second of three
summer..
Bald
Eagles are back
The Frontenac Stewardship Council and
the Kennebec Lake Association hosted bald eagle expert Bud Andress,
who began his talk at Oso Hall on July 10 with a quiz to establish
some facts...
Elaine Steele
wins Gold & Silver in
Canadian Championship
On July 1, 3 & 4, Steele competed in New
Lowell, Ontario, as part of Team Ontario in two different National
Championship events. She competed on July 1 in the 50 mile Endurance...
Yoga in Sharbot Lake
Do you ever feel like one of those
old-fashioned spiral telephone cords that after much use ends up
balling up on itself in a tight, twisted mess, which can only be
undone with a certain amount of...
July 8
Sydenham
Triathlon Draws Local Athletes
The Greater Sydenham and Kingston
Triathlon, now in its second year, is growing in popularity and
attracting local athletes and volunteers. The well organized and
highly scenic event at Sydenham's...
Ontario Junior
Female Golf championships at Rivendell
Jim Lansdell, general manager of
Rivendell Golf Club in Verona, was thrilled to be hosting over 100 of
the province’s top-ranked junior female golfers for the Golf
Association of Ontario's...
Sun Spotting
On July 3, anyone who has ever
wanted
to know what the sun actually looks like was offered a rare chance to
take a close-up look at our amazing star in perfect safety during the
annual “Pie in the...
What floats your boat?
The two small gold hoops dangling
from
his left ear are a dead give away if you know anything about sailing
in South Africa. To some they might signify a pirate but in the real
world they are actually...
Final
Salmon River watershed sign unveiled
A
small group gathered on July 3 on Road 506, just north of Northbrook,
for the official unveiling of the third and final story board sign,
which brings to completion the cooperative watershed sign project...
Frontenac Success
Stories: Smart’s
Marina
Time is not easy to find on a summer
morning at Smart's Marina. It is now, officially, the high season on
Lake Mazinaw, but at first it did not seem to be that busy when I
walked into Smart's Marina...
June 2010
June 30
Strokes fore hopes
surpasses $1
million mark
At 10AM on June 25 two weary young
men,
Edward Goodfellow and Andrew Fazackerley, putted their final Strokes
Fore Hopes at hole #18 at the Rivendell Golf Club in Verona while
onlookers...
Rural Legal
Services Faces Pressure to Merge
A group of
earnest Ukrainian lawyers
were crowded around a table in the cramped board room of Rural Legal
Services (RLS) last Friday afternoon, June 25. Through an
interpreter, they...
Camp Oconto enters its
86th season
Nestled on the north shore of Eagle
Lake, Camp Oconto is one of the county’s longest running and oldest
camps. Now entering its 86th season, Oconto’s popularity continues
to rise, so much...
Fund
raising dinner gala boosts caboose coffers
The
first formal fund raising event put on by the Central Frontenac
Railway Heritage Society (CFRHS) was a gala dinner held at the
Sharbot Lake Family Health Centre on June 26 to help...
Sharbot Lake Country
Inn
Frank and Sandra White have been
working away quietly for years at their home on the Willis Armstrong
Road for several years. With their three daughters, the couple
moved to the area from...
Students
celebrate national aboriginal
day at strawberry moon festival
In celebration of National Aboriginal
Day and also marking the end of this year's Aboriginal Education
Program called the Story Telling Project, which was run is six local
schools...
June 24
Verona
Festival mascot gathers buddies at Prince Charles PS
Cameron
the Bog Lemming, beloved mascot of the newly renamed Verona Cattail
Festival, made a special appearance at Prince Charles Public School
in Verona in the hopes of searching out...
Frontenac
park: A Gem in our own backyard
Just in case you happen to be looking
for a true Canadian outdoor wilderness experience, you need not
travel far. It’s right here - just minutes north of Sydenham and
half an hour north of Kingston...
Living
with bears
The term “research scientist” generally invokes a mental image
of someone peering into a microscope or poring over documents and
files. The image usually doesn’t include standing in the path of an...
Provincial award for
Sydenham
Manufacturing Technology teacher
Mike Mol is the kind of teacher who
favours the practical over the theoretical. That’s why he takes his
students out to the woods for chainsaw training. That’s also why he
recently had his...
June 17
Flinton Relay
for Life
This year’s Relay for Life was a
year
of firsts in a number of ways, making the already high energy and
emotionally charged event that much more so. It’s the first year
the event has been held in...
Bill Morton Takes wing
once again
When the
Second World War ended, some
65 years ago, Bill Morton, who had logged over 1,000 hours of flying
time as an instructor both in Canada and in the U.K., put his flying
days behind him....
Doug Gerow: Community
Education Hero
Last Thursday, Doug Gerow came to
work as usual at SHS’s Community Education Centre. He’s been
volunteering there three hours every weekday for the past 15 years,
ever since he retired from...
Walking
from sea to sea
Just
as the sun was starting to set at the end of a long pre-solstice day,
there was a lot of activity at the home of Ellamae Richardson, just
south of Sharbot Lake. Members of her family were...
The book club with a
difference
A recent visit to the Sharbot Lake
Summer Book Club with a Difference on June 4 was a great help in
suggesting some possible summer reads...Before the Sharbot Lake Public
Library’s open hours...
June 10
Dressing Up
& Raising Money
Close to 250 supporters of the
Frontenac Community
Arena gathered for a good old-fashioned Saturday night of fun and
dance at the arena on June 5. Partygoers reveled in the sounds of...
Margaret Atwood
leads rally opposing prison farm
closures
With the looming closures of six prison
farms across the country, over 800 people gathered at a rally at the
Sydenham United Church in Kingston on June 7 to hear a number of...
Highway 41 Corridor: A
History
It takes about 45 minutes to drive the
roughly 65 kilometres between Kaladar and Denbigh on Highway 41.
Starting with the push up Kaladar Hill, the route meanders through
rocky...
Local student
awarded prestigious
scholarship
Seventeen-year-old Amelia Redmond of
Sharbot Lake was thrilled when she recently found out she was awarded
a two-year scholarship to attend the Lester B. Pearson United World...
June 3
Harrowsmith centre
officially opens its
doors
With much fanfare and community
celebration the Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation
(SFCSC) held the official ribbon cutting and Open House at the Saint
Paul’s United..
Running with the
torch in Sydenham
Ninety students at Sydenham High School
joined forces with members of the Frontenac and other area OPP
detachments for their 24th annual Ontario Law Enforcement Torch Run
for Special ...
Local beef promo
day in Verona
Local Family Farms in Verona hosted the
Frontenac Cattleman’s Association Annual Local Beef Promo day and
visitors had a chance to get up close and personal with a fine array
of beef cattle...
New owners with old
connections take over Gray’s Grocery
After 26
years during
which their store was open over 9,350 days and closed for 80 days all
told, Doug and Kathy Wolsey have turned over the keys of Gray’s
Grocery store to Jonathan...
School to community
garden revitalized
When Jamie Mcullough took
over the school the 21 student school to community class at Sharbot
Lake High School in February, he decided to put some effort towards
refurbishing the community...
May 2010
May 27
Ambient
Creative Collective opens its doors in Plevna
This past
holiday weekend members of the Ambient Woods Creative Collective
opened the doors of their new Studio and Gift Shop to the public for
the first time and delighted art and craft...
Local
grandmother returns from historic African gathering
For Adele Colby of Tichborne it was a
dream come true. As chair of Grandmothers-by-the-Lake, the local
chapter of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign...
Arrival of
Caboose a big step in
achieving goals
Tuesday, May 11 was an exciting day for
Gary Cooke and members of the Central Frontenac Railway Heritage
Society (C.F.R.H.S.) as an impressive crane set a newly acquired...
Strokes Fore Hopes to
surpass the
$500,000 mark
Andrew Fazackerley
and Edward Goodfellow are remembering what it’s
like to play 24 consecutive hours of cart-free golf – and they
admit that with two years’
experience
under their belts they...
Technology
program at SHS adds new
distinctions
Sydenham High School students in Mike
Mol’s technology class received a small grant from the Limestone
Learning Foundation last year for materials.
The students, Mat Edmonds, Shane...
May 20
ACT teams up
with Scott Reid to train
LFL&A students
For
Scott Reid, it all started with an
MP salary increase of $20,000 in 2001, money that he did not need. He
asked his constituents if he should
turn down the money, or accept it and donate it to...
PARC: New school to be
built in Sharbot Lake,
LOLPS to remain open
The Accommodation review process for
the Sharbot Lake Family of Schools has been completed, and planning
for a new Kindergarten to Grade 12 school at the site of the current
Sharbot Lake...
First ever
Hinchinbrooke PS ball hockey
fundraiser a success
While Habs fans had a break from the
NHL on Sunday, the parking lot at the Frontenac Community arena in
Godfrey was teeming with ball hockey players and their fans, when
close...
North
Addington students investigate
Canada’s art and the Cold War
A busload of NAEC students set off for
the nation’s capital on Tuesday, May 11 to learn about Canada’s
art and Canada’s Cold War experience. The Grade 9 art class, the
Grade...
NAEC
artist in Hotel Dieu students’ art gallery
North
Addington Education Centre student Megan Cruickshank has two pieces
of art in the Hotel Dieu Students’ Art Gallery in Kingston. Megan
and her family attended the opening ceremony...
“Three sisters”
create a diverse
photo medley
Three area photographers joined forces
this past weekend at Blueroof Farm near Verona for a group show
titled, “The Three Sisters: Squash, Corn and an old Bean“.
Kim Ondaatje, the...
May 13
Caboose on the
loose no
more
It was quite an
operation.First, the 30-ton caboose
that was purchased by the Central Frontenac Railway Heritage
Committee had to have its wheels and cab removed. They were placed by
crane...
New Treasure
Trunk open for business
On a rainy Saturday in Sharbot Lake a
small group of eager shoppers, along with community dignitaries and
representatives of Community Living-North Frontenac, gathered at the
official...
Sisters by Heart:
A tribute to women and the many hats
they wear
Coinciding with Mother’s Day,
"Sisters by Heart", a women’s group in Verona, held “Hats
Off to Women” at the Free Methodist Church on May 10.
Over 100 moms, daughters, sisters and...
Dedication of
memorial
library at Harrowsmith PS
Students, staff, community members and
school and township dignitaries, along with members of the Handforth
and Collett families, gathered on May 6 at Harrowsmith Public school
for....
“Ukulele James” wows
students at
Sharbot Lake PS
When asked at the end of the hour-long
ukulele workshop on May 6 if anyone had any questions, one young
Sharbot Lake Public School student's question said it all: "When
are you coming...
May 6
Environmental education
soars at Land
O’Lakes PS
Students at Land O’Lakes Public
School in Mountain Grove were treated to a special presentation on
April 29 by Dan Richard and his feathered friend Tessa. Dan, who
recently graduated from...
Golden Eagles
squad beats the odds
After placing first in their
division in mid-February the Sydenham Golden Eagles competitive co-ed
cheerleading team placed second at the Nationals, which were held at
the Hershey Centre in...
History of Sydenham’s Grace
United Church
On
May 16 at 2pm the Grace United Church will be holding its final
service before it closes its doors for good. The service will bring
an end to a Sydenham landmark that this month will be just one...
Hinchinbrooke
School of Rock
This month,
the Hinchinbrooke School of
Rock celebrated the arrival of new musical and video equipment,
thanks to a generous grant from the Limestone Learning Foundation.
The School of...
NFLT's
Nunsense
There are a few practical reasons why
the North Frontenac Little Theatre were tempted to produce Nunsense
II some 16 years ago, and Nunsense in 2010.
For one thing they are small-cast...
April
2010
April 29
Ompah’s
Spring ATV Run Draws a Crowd
The fourth Annual Ompah Volunteer
Firefighters’ Spring ATV run took place on April 24. Over 625
participants took part in the 97 km run that took riders through a
diverse trail, one of the run’s...
Family
asks for prayers, support for Dylan Walker
Five-year-old
Dylan Walker, of Plevna and Northbrook, has been fighting cancer
since being diagnosed with neuroblastoma on Remembrance Day of last
year. His treatments have taken...
Preparing for Band Bash
Students at Loughborough Public School were getting in
one of their last regular rehearsals for Band Bash, the upcoming
annual concert for 300 students in Limestone District School Board
schools...
Two big projects
break ground in
Sydenham
On April 26, two back-to-back
ground breaking ceremonies took place in Sydenham. The first ceremony
was on Stagecoach Road just south of Rutledge Road at the site of the
new...
Sydenham High
School celebrates Earth
Day
On April 22 as part of their focus on
Earth Day, students at Sydenham High School participated in the Earth
Day Carousel, a display of student projects whose focus was the
environment...
April 22
Sharbot Lake
Students Go Hungry for Famine Relief
On April 16 & 17, 88
students at Sharbot Lake High School completed the 15th annual
30-Hour Famine, a two-day, overnight fundraiser for World Vision
Canada, and together raised $4700...
LOLCS finds a home
It was about three years ago that
Susan
Andrew Allen and other staff and board members from Land O'Lakes
Community Services (LOLCS) were sitting dumbfounded at a meeting of
Addington...
Bullying workshops at local
schools
Steve Stresman, the Community
Services
Officer responsible for the Sharbot Lake detachment of the Ontario
Provincial Police, worked with a fellow officer on a presentation
about bullying that...
Frontenac Fury
Bantam Girls win title
The Frontenac Fury Bantam girls
travelled to Kanata on
March 26-28 to participate in the
Kanata Girls House
League Hockey Tournament.Twenty bantam house
league teams
took part in...
Filling Arden with the
sounds of music
It started like most good things do
-
just a bunch of people getting together to share something that they
love to do. Back in 1994 a group of seniors would regularly finish
off their meetings by...
NFCS marks long-time
volunteers at 30th
appreciation event.
Every year during Volunteer
Appreciation Week, staff at Northern Frontenac Community Services
(NFCS) add welcoming people, serving food, and cleaning to their list
of responsibilities...
April 15
Drum Awakening Ceremony
at SLHS
Danka Brewer and the Sisters of the
Drum helped to initiate some students and staff from Sharbot Lake
High School into the world of Algonquin drumming at a ceremony held
on a brilliant...
Frontenac
Fury Midget C Girls
The
Frontenac Fury Midget C girls participated in the OWHA (Ontario
Women’s Hockey Association) Ontario Provincial Championships this
past weekend in Mississauga, Ontario. Sixteen...
Microfit
programme in action
When
the Green Energy Act was announced in Toronto last year, the
commitment to small-scale renewable energy projects attracted a lot
of attention. Then, when the model for small-scale...
Spring Planting Lessons from
an Expert
A group of
local gardeners hungry for
tips on spring seeding gathered on April 10 at Elm Tree Farm, near
Arden for Country Know-how's spring seeding workshop. Elm Tree is a
Community Shared...
SLHS Student
Damien Windover
Brings Home the Gold
On Wednesday, March 31, Damien Windover of Sharbot
Lake High School competed in the Limestone Skills Competition in the
Small Power Equipment category. This competition involve...
Earth Day
Festival at Sydenham HS
Over the past few years, Sydenham High
School has been bringing more and more of an environmental awareness
to all of its activities, from the curriculum to how the school uses...
April 8
Lions Serve up Mock Murder
The Sharbot Lake High
School Cafetorium
was the scene of a mock murder on the evening of March 27 as the
Sharbot Lake and District Lions Club, with the help of staff from the
Northern...
New signage puts
Bellrock on the map
Since the revitalization campaign of
the Bell Rock Community Hall Association (BCHA) began in August of
last year a lot has changed in the community of Bellrock.
Included in that change are...
A spring cleaning for your
critters
Springtime is not only the time to
spruce up your home and garden; it is also a great time to give your
pet or pets a tidy up and/or hair cut as the warm weather approaches.
Chris Wittish of...
NAEC
students show off their skills
On March 31, two school buses filled
with students from NAEC went to St. Lawrence College, Kingston, to
cheer their classmates on in the Limestone Skills Competition. The
competitors...
A cooler
Golden Links Hall
Anne Prichard, executive director of
the Frontenac
Community Futures Development Corporation, presented a $10,000 cheque
to the Oddfellows and Rebekkahs of Harrowsmith to use towards...
April 1
Sydenham
youngster: a War Amps CHAMP
Five year
old Leah Neumann of Sydenham
was recently chosen to be a poster child for the War Amps Child
Amputee CHAMPS program, one of the many War Amps programs funded by
their...
Frontenac
CFDC celebrates EODP successes
The
Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC) invited
guests to a breakfast at the Trinity United Church in Verona on Mar.
30 to help them celebrate the over 97 projects that...
April Fools Edition
March
2010
March 25
NAEC Goes Medieval
On Tuesday March 9, Mr. Rewbotham's
Grade 4/5 class spent their morning preparing for a medieval feast.
They held their feast that afternoon with help from the Elementary
French teacher...
Williams Gift sure
to inspire
young vet wannabes
After years of entertaining her friends
with stories of her trade as a long time country veterinarian, Dr.
Helen Douglas, who runs a vet clinic in Carleton Place, decided that
she’d write a ...
Master crafter spins her stuff
Master spinner Beth Abbott of Godfrey
showed off some her skills and the tools of her trade at a recent
gathering of the Land o`Lakes Artisans`Guild (LOLAG). Beth started...
Transforming interiors
with stucco &
cement
Cement and stucco are usually
materials used in construction but in the hands of Sharbot Lake mixed
media artist Carol Pepper they are a means of creating functional and
decorative surfaces...
Raising awareness for
South Frontenac’s
Species at Risk
With spring just around the corner
these lands will once again be alive with various fascinating
creatures, some waking from their winter hibernation and others
returning from the south...
March 18
Mural project celebrates the
past
A trio of local artists have worked
with students from St. James Major Catholic School, and Sharbot Lake,
Hinchinbrooke and Land O'Lakes public schools to complete “The
Living Mural Project”...
Tapping & sapping
comes early
Last
week’s sunny days and chilly nights had maple syrup makers out in
force tapping trees and gathering sap prior to this week’s weather
taking a wet and mild...
What will the Algonquin
Land Claim accomplish?
The Algonquin Land Claim
process is 20 years old. While there are many who think it will never
be resolved, the establishment of the Algonquin Consultation Office
in Pembroke as well as the...
Shipping out supplies to Haiti
Linda Bates, who coordinated the
collection of the supplies, which she says are “enough to outfit a
clinic”, has a history working in northern Haiti. She said the
truck, along with a smaller trailer full of...
Jowls, feet, trotters,
& hearts
featured at Slow Food event
Convivial and curious foodies, members
of the Lanark County Slow Food group, gathered at the Maberly Hall on
March 14 for “Meat Matters” to learn about and sample “slow
food” made from...
Two new retail
businesses open their
doors in Verona
Newly opened on Main Street in Verona
are two side-by-side retail gift stores that occupy what was once the
former auto parts store. The building, owned by Chad and Nicole
Van Camp...
March 11
New Leaf Link Fills
a Generations-Old Gap
Well into its third season of
offering
programming to adults in South Frontenac with developmental
disabilities, the New Leaf Link or (NeLL) is right on track with its
mandate of “supporting the...
Werner Lips 1935-2010
Werner and Martha Lips were living in
Montreal some 40 years ago, when they received information from the
Apostolic Church of Canada that the rector’s position was available
in a little place called...
40th annual SHS fashion show
Sydenham High School wound up its 40th
annual fashion show with a Saturday night gala for all the alumni who
had taken part over the years. The first official SHS fashion show
took place in...
The Reids take the
reins at Verona IGA
Just a few weeks after their move to
Verona, Clint and Andrea Reid, the new owners of the Verona IGA, have
taken hold of the reins of a new business and a new life for
themselves and their family...
When farming and
photography mix
In order to enrich the Saturday night
slow food dining experience at the Mill Street Café in Sydenham and
to promote local art in the community, the café’s owners Pat and
Rick Dawson have invited...
March 4
Brook's IGA Changes Hands
The fourth annual Heritage Festival
was
another resounding success and attendees young and old enjoyed a
number of new events this year, including turkey curling at Oso
beach...
Save Our School say Land
O’Lakes
Public School supporters
Parents, community
members, and local politicians filled the Sharbot Lake High School
cafeteria to send a unified message to the entire Board of Trustees
of the Limestone District School Board...
Spicing up your kitchen repetoire
Andrea Dickinson is nothing if not
passionate when it comes to food. She admits that in the last 25
years her work history has always tended to land her in the kitchen,
a place she fully enjoys ...
L & A seeks
more funding to
cover northern ambulance costs
Lennox and Addington County Warden
Henry Hogg met with officials from the Ontario Ministry of Health and
Long term Care last week as part of the Ontario Good Roads/Ontario
Municipal...
February
2010
February 24
2010 Heritage
Festival
The fourth annual Heritage Festival
was
another resounding success and attendees young and old enjoyed a
number of new events this year, including turkey curling at Oso
beach...
Undefeated Sydenham
Eagles volley for KASSAA trophy
Sydenham
High School’s senior girls’ volleyball team gave it more than
their all on Feb. 21 at the Queen’s University ARC court in
Kingston. A
supportive crowd from Sydenham attended...
Royal Bank
recognises Sharbot Lake
stalwart
These days there is something extra on
the crowded desk of Cheryl Bertrim in her cubby near the entrance to
the Sharbot Lake branch of the Royal Bank, a golden statue, the Royal
Bank Leo...
Local
teaching couple returns from the land down under
Two
local school teachers who spent six months abroad teaching in
Australia recently returned home to Verona. They
brought with them a number of Australian souvenirs, including...
February 18
SLHS Girl Panthers make
KASSAA Semis
The senior girl Panthers at Sharbot
Lake High School battled hard in what was a historic game even before
it began. In fact it was the first ever KASSAA match to be held at
the school since 1999...
Auction Raises
$2,100 for Haiti relief
Jerry Ackerman of Parham won a free
trip to the Dominican Republic from Country Syle just days after an
earthquake devastated Haiti. He knew right away that he wanted to
turn his winnings into...
Local Haiti
relief snowballs to $1
million mark
A second shipment of medical supplies
valued at close to $1 million made its way to Verona on Feb. 12 and
once again it was Linda Bates of Verona, her family and a committed
group of volunteers...
Historic plaque
unveiled in Elphin
In Celebration of Ontario Heritage Week
the North Sherbrooke Historical Society unveiled the North Sherbrooke
plaque on Feb. 16 at the Elphin Church Hall. The plaque chronicles
the history of...
Desert Lake
fishing derby A Success
Over 200 anglers took part in the
first-ever free family fishing derby at Desert Lake Resort near
Verona on Feb. 13 and for many, young and old, it was their first
time ice fishing.
The Norman family, who...
February 11
Cold, Schmold!
For die-hard anglers, a
biting, raw
wind is not enough to keep them from packing up their gear and
heading onto the frozen lakes. Over 100 participants took part in the
annual Arden fishing derb ...
Haiti Auction
tops $1,000
As
of Tuesday night, (February 9), the highest bid for a trip for two to
the Sirenis Tropical Suites and Spa in Punta Cana, Dominican
Republic, was $1,000.
The
trip was won by Jerry Ackerman from ...
Frontenac
Heritage Festival 2010
Throughout Central Frontenac, events
are planned for the celebration of the past and the present that is
the Frontenac Heritage Festival.
The fourth annual festival will include
many of the features...
Mush!
11
year old Mikayla MacDonald
took part
in the 4 mile sled dog races which took place on the weekend of Feb 6
and 7 in Marmora. Mikayla and her 4 dogs finished 5th in the race.
Not bad...
Barry O’Connor dies
Barry O’Connor, who
served as principal of Sharbot Lake High School in the 1980s and
eventually climbed the administrative ladder to become Director of
the Limestone District School Board...
February 4
“Turn up a winner”
for Haiti relief
When Jerry Ackerman
stopped at the Country Style store for coffee
in Napanee a couple of weeks ago...he found that he had
turned up one of 15 winning cups that can be
redeemed for a...
The signs go
up as seniors’ housing
faces the OMB
People travelling along Road 38 south
of Sharbot Lake may have noticed some unusual signs along the road
over the past week.
“Mayor – Seniors should not be put
in forests” is one of them...
Building community
in Flinton
The Flinton Community Policing Committee held their
sixth annual community fun day at the Flinton rink on Jan. 31 and
though the turnout was less than in years past, those who came out
had a...
Let’s Read! Launches
Literacy Project
in Sharbot Lake
Kingston Literacy & Skills, along
with their collaborating community partners, marked Family Literacy
Day by opening its first Let’s Read! book nook in the Sharbot Lake
Family Health Team...
Calling All SHS
Fashion Show Alumni
For 40 years, Sydenham High's annual
fashion show has been a popular sold-out spring event. This year's
show will feature fashion from 20 local stores, with music from four
decades and the...
January
2010
January 21
$165,000 In Equipment For haiti
It didn’t take long for Verona
resident Linda Bates to rally her forces in support of the Haitian
relief effort. As of Jan. 22, after sending a number of emails to
friends and family, Bates, who works as...
Shirley Peruniak
named to the Order of
Ontario
Shirley Peruniak has been a reverse
snowbird for many years.
Just as many seniors are starting to
plan their escape to the South in the early fall, Shirley
would start
the trek from her summer...
Land O'Lakes Public
School on the Chopping Block
Five months after receiving the final
report from a Program and Accommodation Review Committee (PARC) into
the future of the Sharbot Lake Family of Schools, the senior staff of
the Limestone...
Re-focusing public
awareness on climate
change
A small gathering of local residents
gathered at Oso Hall on Jan. 24 to view the futuristic docu-drama
about the devastating consequences of ignoring climate change titled
“The Age of Stupid’...
Frontenac
Soccer Association honours
volunteers
The Frontenac Soccer Association (FSA)
decided for the first time this year to honour the many community
volunteers whose efforts have allowed the sport to grow from just 300
players in 1990...
Loose change adds
up for Haiti at
Loughborough PS
The announcement came over the PA
system at Loughborough Public School in Sydenham on the morning of
Jan. 25 that staff and students had raised just over $500 for Haiti
by donating...
January 21
Hinchinbrooke
PS Raises Money for Kylie
On January 15, Hinchinbrooke Public
School hosted a combined New Year’s and Well Wishes Karaoke dance
for Kylie Babcock and her family. Kylie's sister, Taylor, is a grade
3 student at...
Alzheimer’s
fundraiser raises
dollars & awareness
Hats off to those who came out to
support the Sharbot Lake branch of the Alzheimer’s Society and to
Candace Bertrim who organized the first time event...The evening which
included a...
Frontenac Fury
Finalists in Pembroke Regional
Silver Stick
Congratulations to the Frontenac
Fury
Midget C Girls for taking home second place at the Pembroke Silver
Stick, held in December. The girls played teams from South Dundas...
Naturalist and author
defines the role
of colour in nature
Bursts of colour seem hard to come
by
in mid-January but naturalist and author Michael Runtz put an end to
that on Jan.17 at his presentation on the role of colour in nature...
SLHS Students raise
$5,000 for Local Charity
There are six schools in the
Limestone
District School Board that participate in a program called the Youth
Philanthropy Initiative, which is sponsored by the Toskan-Casale
Foundation. Sharbot Lake High School (SLHS) is one of...
January 14
Sharbot Lake Skater
to Compete at Nationals
David Struthers is a 21-year-old
figure
skater who has skated out of Montreal for several years, but he was
raised in Sharbot Lake, where his biggest fans still live...Vicky
Garneys and Richard Struthers...
Rurality index
changes will affect
doctor recruitment
The new Ontario “rurality index”
grades community health care needs primarily on the basis of
population density and their distance from hospitals and other
medical services, and will likely...
New centre marks
push for Algonquin Land Claim
At his final meeting as a member of
Frontenac County Council in 2003, former North Frontenac Mayor Stan
Johnston handed over a thick set of binders to be given to the next...
Upcoming
concert at Wintergreen Studio
Well known roots/blues guitar player
and singer/songwriter Rick Fines will be in South Frontenac offering
a guitar workshop at Wintergreen Studios on Canoe Lake Road just east
of Godfrey ...
January 7
“Quiet” Ice storm
hits Land o'
Lakes
“If this were happening in Napanee
or
Kingston, it would be all over the news, but since it is only out
here, you don't hear anything about it.”
That's how Addington Highlands Reeve
Henry Hogg...
Local
Grandmothers’ Chapter Seek Aeroplan Miles
Grandmothers-by-the-Lake, the local
chapter of the Grandmothers-to-Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen
Lewis Foundation (SLF), which formed two years ago, has been
advocating...
Doctor Day made A
Difference
It's been 10 years since Dr. Harrison
Gordon Day retired from the Verona Medical Centre, but people still
talk about how Doctor Day brought medical services to the Verona
area.
Doctor Day died...
Godfrey postmaster
retires after 25
years
Shirley McGowan of Godfrey was
surprised when the local area manager and supervisor and a few of her
Canada Post chums showed up at McGowan’s Store in Godfrey on
December 11 on her 68th...
Sydenham Vet Clinic
receives generous
gift
A recent gift given to the Sydenham
Veterinary Services clinic in memory of Barbara Gemmell just made
animals’ surgeries there more expedient. On December 28, Kelli McRobert
and her
fathe...
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