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There’s a curious trend that’s been developing over the last little while and Central Frontenac Fire Chief Bill Young is all for it.

What we’re talking about here is younger firefighters going away to school but returning home on a regular basis to continue their training and land a hand whenever and wherever they can.

“We have this younger generation of firefighters who want to be on the department while they get their education,” said Young. “It works.”

Currently the Central Frontenac force has four members who continue their training and time on the force while getting their post secondary education — Andrew Hole, Simon Gowdy, Suzanne Allison and Dave Basra.

“Clayton Conboy and and Jason Conboy did that too, so yeah, we have a few,” said Young. “The young ones are stepping up to the plate.”

Young said he can “see it becoming a regular thing” because it gives him more personnel and it’s building for the future.

“We have our junior program which begins at age 16 and when they become 18, they’re regular firefighters,” he said. “But, that’s also about the time they’re ready to head off to further education.

“So, we work around that because we don’t want to turn anybody away and after all, fire fighting is a young person’s game.”

For Basra, who’s in his second year of electronics engineering technology at Algonquin College in Ottawa as well as pulling regular shifts at the family PetroCan business in Sharbot Lake, admits it can be “challenging” at times but after going through the junior program, he was hooked on fire fighting and can’t imagine not doing it.

“My (firefighting) training is going well,” he said. “I’ve enjoyed learning how pumps and nozzles and things work and now we’re doing ice water training.

“I don’t want to miss that.”

He said it’s a matter of “balance” and because school will lead him to a full-time job, there are times when it has to take priority.

“It’s OK,” he said. “If we get a call and they need lots of guys, I’ll go.

“I did have to miss one training session because of exams, but I don’t like to miss too many.”

But that’s OK with the Chief.

“They’ve been very dedicated,” Young said. “They make the effort to get here for training nights.

“I don’t say anything if they miss a night because they can’t stop their education.”

Published in CENTRAL FRONTENAC
Wednesday, 25 January 2017 14:40

Senior Golden Eagles Raise Record to 9-0

The Sydenham High School girls senior volleyball side continued its winning ways Monday night defeating the Granite Ridge Education Centre Gryphons 3-1.

The game was a make-up for the previous week’s Tuesday contest that was postponed due to inclement weather.

The win raises the Golden Eagles’ record to 9-0, and they are the only undefeated team in the loop.

The Gryphons fielded a depleted squad, with six regulars and one junior call-up, due to impending exams the following day.

Sydenham handily won the first set 25-6 but then GREC rallied to take the second 25-22. In the third set, GREC had a 12-8 lead at one point but fell 25-18.

The Golden Eagles finished up the win with a convincing 25-4 win.

“It’s been hard to carry on momentum with all the breaks in the season (Christmas, exams),” said Sydenham coach Katie May. “(But) we have skilled players who are committed.”

May cited the leadership and play of Robyn Melnyck and Brianna MacComish and overall team play as big reasons for the team’s success this season.

“We have a lot of experience at a high level on both defense and offense,” she said. “That gives us stability.”

As the defending KASSAA champions, there would naturally be high expectations this year and May did describe this team as “one of the highest potential” but didn’t want to go any further than that.

“Yes, we’d like to finish No. 1 in the league but we take it one game at a time,” she said. “We have good basics in terms of passing, serving, good all-around.

“(And) they are a lovely group of young ladies working together.”

Published in SOUTH FRONTENAC
Wednesday, 25 January 2017 11:43

The Value of Listening to Children

I sat in the theatre-style auditorium of a Toronto school, listening. At an early learning conference entitled The Value of Listening, it seemed the logical thing to do. Throughout that two day conference I experienced the value of respectful attention for the two Reggio Emilia educators and presenters, Ameila Gambetti and Lella Gandini. I also discovered at a deeper level the value of listening to children.

The Reggio Emilia approach in education is named after the area in Italy where it was founded by Loris Malaguzzi in response to the the Second World War. It was clear to Malaguzzi and to a group of parents in that area who had survived the ravages of war that a peaceful world depended on raising children who cared about and understood one another. It depended on raising children who would ask themselves questions, and who could consider ideas, situations and people from multiple perspectives. A peaceful world depended on raising children who knew what it was like to be heard, understood, and respected. Empathy, intelligence and creativity could flourish in such an environment.

Reggio Emilia is an approach that has gained traction in various parts of the world. Its influence is now embedded in the Ontario Ministry of Educations’ Emergent Curriculum and Kindergarten Program.

Though listening is an essential part of everyday communication with children, adults can easily err on the side of listening only for expected responses, giving children quick answers to their questions, and telling children what to think rather than prompting them to reflect and discover things for themselves. “Children’s quotes” found in books or on the internet are predominantly adult words intended to guide or instruct children, and quotes from the mouths of children are usually noted because they are ‘cute’ or ‘funny.’ Yet, when I use my ears, eyes, and heart to listen, I’m awestruck at the depth of children’s observations, theorizing, and empathy.

Listen to these children’s observations – words that are also poetic:

“To take a step forward you need to lose your balance.” (Simone, 3.10 years)

“It takes a breath to jump up high.” (Bariele, 3 years)

“Light and colour keep each other company and they keep me company too.” (Bernedetto, 3 years)

Listen to these children’s theories:

“Clouds fall down with rain.” (Viola, 2.4 years)

“The rainbow colours can never be changed because the sun designs them.” (Samuel. 5 years)

“It takes intelligence and imagination to transform yourself. You can transform almost anything.” (Tomas, 5.8 years)

“Wishes are beautiful dreams you are still dreaming.” (Pietro, 4.8 years)

Listen to their words of empathy:

“Mommy, I wish you were my age so you could be my daughter.” (Marley, 5 years)

“When I’m too big for you to hold, I’ll hold you instead.” (Ashlyn, 5 years)

“The thread of life starts from the heart.” (Nina, 4 years)

Listening has always been an essential component of supporting young children’s language and communication skills. But as 2017 begins, my New Year’s resolution is to listen to children more carefully and respectfully; to listen with all my senses to their ideas and interpretations of the world; to help them explore and test their theories, and perhaps in some small way create hope through them for a world that knows peace.


Susan Ramsay is the Early Literacy Specialist for Hastings, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington. You can contact her at 613-354-6318 (ext 32)  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Published in Early Literacy
Wednesday, 21 December 2016 13:06

“tis better to give than receive…”

The story you are about to read is true. No names have been changed to protect anyone’s privacy. It reveals a truth that has lasting effects.

As a newly-divorced father of three girls ages 14, 12 and 3, living in a small town of barely 4,000, I was fretting over how I would financially make our first Christmas as a new family unit a happy one. Christmas day beginning at noon, the girls would spend the holiday with their mother; but how do I make Christmas Eve a joyful time? Bribing them by saying: “how many children get to have TWO Christmases” seemed rather lame.

I purchased a “Charlie Brown” tree a few days earlier and we trimmed the tree in our best tradition: a few ornaments purchased at the local hardware store for under $3.00; zoo animals collected over the years; two rows of mini-lights, one that twinkled; several strings of fresh-popped popcorn and much more popcorn in our collective tummies; and tinsel, lots of silvery, shiny tinsel.

No presents were under the tree, just a special tree blanket left over from my marriage. The girls knew Santa always came on Christmas Eve, after I had gone to bed. They knew because I was as surprised as the girls were on early Christmas morns, seeing the small bounty beneath the decorated fir.

This particular December 23, I felt rather depressed about facing a Christmas without a mother and a wife. Appropriate music was filling our home during the afternoon, and snow fell in that storybook way, light, fluffy and gentle. The Briard dog, and cats, curled up in their favorite spots, doing what they did every day, enjoying their worry-free lives. One of my daughters suggested we should go caroling. And a tradition was started.

Not wanting to disturb people during their suppers, a little after 7 pm. we donned our winter togs, found some sheet music, leashed up the dog and tromped across the kneehigh snow (we were not aware of the caroling etiquette of using the sidewalks, this was our first time!) to John and Katie’s house next door.

John was the head of the local High School’s History department and his white/gray beard, balding pate and deep gravelly voice brought instant respect from the students. But we knew him like Wilson from “Home Improvement”! None of my daughters had the courage to knock on the door, so I took the lead and rapped firmly. John was very surprised to see the family outside his home and I told him we wanted to sing a carol for him. His wife Katie joined him wearing a bulky, wool sweater protected by a well-stained apron and our little choir broke out into song; tentatively at first, and then full throttle by the last chorus.

The smiles from Katie and John grew larger with each verse. I could see John’s eyes roving back and forth over my daughters and the gruff teacher melted away to a satisfied senior, relishing a rare moment. Four hands clapped in genuine appreciation as my daughters and I turned to go, happily shouting “Merry Christmas”. We sang at three more houses before returning home to hot chocolate and flannel pjs.

The girls sat around the kitchen table, with bright red cheeks, hands clasping their warm mugs. They chatted excitedly about the faces of the folks they had just entertained. The conversation was animated, happy and joyous. I noticed the reaction of the people we had just sung for. They, too, had been given an unexpected gift: a gift of time, a gift of song and a gift of peace.

In that moment I realized that what my parents had tried to instill in me as a young boy, had come full circle. In a strange, but simple way, the gift of giving was the greater gift. Our caroling tradition continued for another 10 years. The original circle of four grew to 22 adults and children. At reunions the talk invariably recounts ‘the time when the Llewellyns caroled around the neighborhood.’

No financial burden; no emotional stress; no “keeping up with the Joneses” anxiety. Laughter, song, comraderie and love! Christmas memories, that’ll snap you out of a depressing funk!

Published in General Interest
Wednesday, 11 January 2017 12:48

Christmas Art Contest

We thank all the children, who worked so hard on their drawings for our contest, and all the teachers and parents/ caregivers who encouraged them to enter. This is our last edition of 2016 and we will now take a two-week break. The office will close on Friday, December 22 at 2:00 p.m. and will reopen on Monday, January 5 at 8:30 a.m. Our first edition of 2017 will be published on January 12 and the deadline for that edition will be 5pm Monday, January 9. We also thank our readers and advertisers for their support this past year.

Christmas Art Contest Winners

Overall Winner

16 51 Overall Rymbolt Leah
Leah Rymbolt , Grade 2, Loughborough P.S.

Grades Kindergarten & Grade 1

16 51 04 06 1 tooley reid
First place: Reid Tooley, (Santa’s Sleigh) Grade 1, Clarendon Central

16 51 04 06 2 blake
Second Place: Blake (Oval Christmas Tree) S.K., Land o’ Lakes Public School

16 51 04 06 3 clancy michaela
Third Place: Michaela Clancy, Grade 1, Land o’ Lakes Public School

Grades 2 & 3

16 51 07 08 1 turner coen
First place: Coen Turner, (Little hanging lights) Grade 3, Land O’Lakes Public School

16 51 07 08 2 gunsinger brooke
Second Place: Brooke Gunsinger (Northern Lights, Blue), Grade 3, Clarendon Central P.S.

16 51 07 08 3 bateman audrey
Third Place: Audrey Bateman (Pencil House) Grade 2, Land o’ Lakes Public School

Grades 4 & 5

16 51 09 10 1 bodurtha jake
First Place: (Tie) Jake Bodurtha (Reindeer), Grade 4, Loughborough Public School

16 51 09 10 1 devries eva
First Place: (Tie) Eva Devries, (Santa Claws) Grade 4, Loughborough Public School

16 51 09 10 2 fox emma
Second Place: Emma Fox (Christmas Tree), Grade 5 Prince Charles Public School

16 51 09 10 3 neilson mccallister
Third Place: (Tie) Hector Nielson – MacAlister (Christmas tree in house) Grade 4 St. James Major

16 51 11 13 3 dewolfe kaysen lee
Third Place: (Tie) Kayson-Lee Marjorie Dewolfe, Grade 5, St. James Major Caltholic School

Grades 6-8

16 51 11 13 1 gemmill andy
First Place: Andy Gemmill (Hockey Santa), Grade 6, Loughborough P.S.

16 51 11 13 2 minutillo amber
Second Place: Amber Minutillo, (Merry Christmas Tree) Grade 8, St. James Major Catholic School

16 51 HM 3 limber
Third Place: (Tie) Poppy Limber (Indoor Christmas Tree) Grade 6, St. James Major Catholic School

16 51 HM 2 wooby
Third Place: (Tie) Benjamin Wooby, Grade 7, St. James Major Catholic School

Honourable Mentions:

16 51 HM 1 wood
Angelyn Wood, (Santa’s Sleigh over Christmas tree) Grade 2, Land O’ Lakes P.S.

16 51 HM 4 chloe
Cloe (The angels are looking for baby Jesus) SK, St. James Major

16 51 HM 5 betke
Kya Betke, (Tree with Santa Head) Grade 5, Loughborough

16 51 HM 6 miles
Miles, (Santa and Reinduck) Grade 3, GREC

16 51 HM 7 evan
Evan B, (Wolf and tracks) Grade 5, Loughborough P.S.

16 51 HM 8 phoenix
Phoenix, (Santa and cute reindeer) Grade 3, GREC

16 51 HM 9 barker
Haylee Barker, (Santa and Stars) Grade 2, LOLPS

16 51 HM 10 marshall
Lillie Marshall, (Patterns) Grade 6, Loughborough P.S.

16 51 HM 11 teeple
Nevaeh Teeple, (Skinny Tree and Santa) SK, NAEC

16 51 HM 12 draven
Draven C, (Christmas Owl) Grade 7, GREC

16 51 HM 14 wolf
Maya Wolf, (Santa, Rudolf and Mrs. Claus) Grade 4, Prince Charles

16 51 HM 15 england
Mason England (Santa, Elf and table) Grade 5, Clarendon Central

16 51 HM 16 cooke
Hunter Dale Cooke, (Santa in night) Grade 2, GREC

Published in General Interest
Wednesday, 07 December 2016 14:37

Santa at S&A Club in Harrowsmith

The Harrowsmith and District Social and Athletic Club hosted its annual Santa Clause parade in Harrowsmith this past Saturday.

The parade started Centennial Park, travelling down Notre Dame Street to Colebrook and back to Road 38 to end back at the park.

The fire department started the parade, followed by the South Frontenac Community Services bus collecting donations for the food drive. The Harrowsmith Free Methodist Church, Kingston District Shrine Club and The Salvation Army were just a few of the many beautifully decorated floats in the parade line this year. The Girl Scouts followed along, dressed as Santa’s reindeer wishing everyone they saw a very merry Christmas.

The parade ended with an appearance from Santa himself riding on the Frontenac Firefighters Association’s float.

Everyone was invited back to Harrowsmith and District Social and Athletic Club afterward to warm up and enjoy free refreshments, compliments of the club’s volunteers.

Every year, the event gets a great crowd of people gathered down the main stretch of Harrowsmith to enjoy the parade line-up. This year was no different.

However, what did change was the parade committee’s director. Don Betke has been a part of the club for many years. He took over organizing the parade this year and did an excellent job according to the Harrowsmith and District Social and Athletic Club’s president Pam Morey.

Morey says that it is events like these that bring people together. “It’s a feel good event,” she says. “It’s nice to see all of the young families coming out… there are lots of new faces here.”

Morey has been in her current role since 2013. She worked with the rest of her club members for months to organize this wonderful community event.

The club is made up of volunteers from all around the township. “We host different community events throughout the year to provide something and somewhere for people to go in their community instead of travelling to Kingston,” says Morey.

Aside from the Santa Clause parade, the club is also in charge of running things like Canada Day celebrations in Centennial Park, dances and different fundraisers.

Morey says that an event like this would take approximately two months of planning and several meetings to ensure that all of the bases are covered and that nothing is left out.

The club encourages other residents in the area to get involved. Morey says she hopes that events like these will inspire people to come out and be more active in their community.

Published in SOUTH FRONTENAC
Wednesday, 07 December 2016 14:26

Girl Guides Donate

The 1st Frontenac Guide & Pathfinder Unit pictured with SFCSC Food Bank Co-ordinator, Vicki England along with the 1st Sydenham Spark & Brownie Unit were busy during November collecting non-perishable food items in lieu of dues.

Published in SOUTH FRONTENAC
Wednesday, 07 December 2016 14:08

The Gift of Books

by Susan Ramsay, Early Literacy Specialist

The holiday season is upon us and helping us to explore the celebrations, excitement, and meaning of this special time of year is a whole cast of children’s book characters. Elves, cats, porcupines and more are preparing for the holidays.

‘Twas the month before Christmas
When on many shelves
Not a creature was stirring
Except a wee elf….

“The Elf on the Shelf®: A Christmas Tradition” co-authored by Carol Aebersold, Christa Pitts and Chanda Bell, is a book that comes with a toy elf. After reading the story together the elf perches (with the help of parents) in surprising places every morning leading up to Christmas. The book explains to children that the elf is watching their behaviour for Santa. Yet the elf is also the perfect listener. It hears children’s hopes and dreams too - never interrupting or commenting judgementally. The book and elf spark children’s listening and speaking skills and the elf becomes magical for children as they seek and find the elf every day in unexpected places.

“That is Not My Elf” is a touch and feel board book by Usborne. A brightly coloured elf is pictured on each page with different textures. These textures entice babies and toddlers to explore the book with their hands, as well as their eyes, and ears as they listen to the simple text.

Eric Litwin’s “Pete the Cat” books have hit a chord with thousands of parents, children and educators.  Pete the Cat stories emphasize beat and rhythm in their telling and each can be sung to a catchy tune. In “Pete the Cat Saves Christmas” Pete’s desire to help comes through as an uplifting message for children in this repeated refrain:
“And although I am small, at Christmas we give; so I’ll give it my all.”

Modernized versions of traditional poems and songs have special appeal to beginning readers. Familiar rhythm, words and storyline help children feel more confident that the words they are reading are correct. Repeated phrases in these stories also reinforce reading skills.

Author Helaine Becker and illustrator Werner Zimmerman have teamed up to create three modernized versions of traditional holiday songs. “Deck the Halls: A Canadian Christmas Carol” is their newest book featuring a Canadian porcupine that is preparing for a holiday party. This same porcupine experiences a completely different adventure in “Dashing Through the Snow: A Canadian Jingle Bells” when he dashes through the snow in a rusty old Ski-Doo. In “A Porcupine in a Pine Tree: A Canadian Twelve Days of Christmas” Porcupine sits among pine needles when, “on the first day of Christmas, my true love gives to me a porcupine in a pine tree.”

Children who are a little older may appreciate “Walk this World at Christmastime” by Debbie Powell. Powell has created an advent calendar within a book. For the first 25 days of December children open a new flap in the book that reveals tidbits of information about festive holidays throughout the world. Pictures and words explore traditions in countries throughout North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. This is a great book for sparking children’s interests and conversations and for broadening children’s awareness of other peoples, cultures and geography.

Books and stories, whether traditional, revised or brand new, can be an important part of children’s preparations for Christmas, Hanukah, or any other special day. Reading with your child can cost nothing; yet it is a gift that will last a lifetime.


Susan Ramsay is the Early Literacy Specialist for Hastings, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington. You can contact her at 613-354-6318 (ext 32)  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Published in Early Literacy
Wednesday, 07 December 2016 13:09

2nd Annual “Frontenac” Christmas Bird Count

The Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre (ELEEC), in partnership with the Friends of Frontenac Park and Bird Studies Canada, invites participants to the 2nd Annual “Frontenac” Christmas Bird Count (CBC).  The 2016 official count day is Saturday, December 17, beginning with an introductory workshop for novice birders at 8:30 am, followed by the field survey.  No experience necessary – participants of all ages and ability are invited to take part in the day’s events.

The CBC is the longest-running Citizen Science program in the world, promoting conservation and providing valuable data on winter bird populations since Christmas Day of 1900. The Frontenac survey area covers rural areas around Sydenham, Harrowsmith and Perth Road Village, but also encompasses several protected areas within its 24 km diameter, including Frontenac Provincial Park, Gould Lake Conservation Area, and properties owned by the Queen’s University Biological Station and Nature Conservancy of Canada.  We need volunteers to assist with roadside surveys, as well as adventurous pedestrian teams to count birds in more remote areas.  Residents with bird feeders are encouraged to participate as feeder watchers.  To learn more or to take part in the Frontenac CBC, please contact site coordinators Carolyn Bonta / Michael Johnson at 613-531-4578 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Concurrent with the Frontenac CBC, the ELEEC is hosting a Christmas Bird Count for Kids (CBC4K) event to introduce children and their families to birdwatching and local winter bird diversity.  “Young-at-heart” participants are also welcome!  Following an indoor presentation, and armed with binoculars, field guides and audio call recordings, we will then head outdoors on the trails in search of birds to count.  This free morning session will run from 9:30 am to noon.  The ELEEC is located at 1500 Hewlett-Packard Lane, off North Shore Road, near Perth Road Village.  For information on CBC4K, please contact Carolyn Bonta, Manager – Elbow Lake at 613-353-7968 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Suitable for ages 3 and up; advance registration recommended.


About the Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre

The Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre was established in 2011 through a partnership agreement between the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Queen’s University Biological Station (QUBS), co-owners of the 455-ha Elbow Lake property.  

As the public outreach arm of QUBS, the ELEEC’s mission is to provide outdoor programs to enhance conservation biology teachings in the community.  Our public educational events expose participants to real researchers doing real science right here in our local area, and we do this in a very hands-on way.

For more information on our programs, please visit elbowlakecentre.ca/events.


About The Friends of Frontenac Park

The mission of the Friends of Frontenac Park is to undertake activities to enhance appreciation of the ecosystem of Frontenac Provincial Park, part of which involves creating programs and materials to promote public awareness, education, and understanding of the park’s natural and cultural heritage.

For more information, please visit www.frontenacpark.ca.


About Bird Studies Canada

Bird Studies Canada (BSC) is our country’s leading science-based bird conservation organization.  Our mission is to conserve wild birds of Canada through sound science, on-the-ground actions, innovative partnerships, public engagement, and science-based advocacy.

BSC is a national charity built on the contributions of thousands of supporters and Citizen Scientists.  Using data from our volunteer monitoring programs and targeted research, BSC scientists identify significant population changes and direct conservation planning.  

For more information, please visit www.birdscanada.org.


Contact

To learn more about the Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre, please contact:

Carolyn Bonta, Manager – Elbow Lake, QUBS
c/o    Queen’s University Department of Biology
    116 Barrie St.
    Kingston, Ontario  K7L 3N6
Phone: (613) 353-7968
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
http://www.elbowlakecentre.ca

To learn more about The Friends of Frontenac Park, please contact:

Friends of Frontenac Park
P.O. Box 2237
Kingston, Ontario  K7L 5J9
www.frontenacpark.ca

To learn more about the Christmas Bird Count, please contact:

Canadian Christmas Bird Count Coordinator
c/o    Bird Studies Canada
    P.O. Box 160
Port Rowan, Ontario  N0E 1M0
Phone: 1-888-448-(BIRD)2473
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www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/cbc

Published in SOUTH FRONTENAC
Wednesday, 30 November 2016 16:04

LOLPS Students Hoop It Up

Meghan Robinson, a local artist and dancer, along with storyteller and musician Laurie Clark, gave kids at Land O'Lakes Public School (LOLPS) a fun and musical introduction to hula hooping on Monday morning.

Robinson, who lives in Clarendon, taught students the basics of “hooping” while Clark, who lives in McDonald's Corners, played a wide range of instruments, creating different soundscapes for Robinson to interpret with her hula hoop.

Robinson started the workshop by dancing while Clark told an Algonquin tale, with musical interludes, that got the kids excited to try the hooping themselves.

The students really took to the lessons and were dancing around the gym in no time, spinning the hoops around their arms, hips, and necks and laughing out loud, all the while trying to impress the teachers by their newfound dance skills.

started hooping 4.5 years ago and has since started offering courses in the area. A couple of teachers from LOLPs took Robinson's course and thought it would be a great idea to bring her to the school to workshop the dancing with the students.

This hooping workshop was part of Blue Skies In The Community, an outreach program that has been fostering the arts, artists, and musicians in the area since 1988.

Blue Skies In The Community has been responsible for Sheesham and Lotus, Craig Cardiff, and ukelele master James Hill visiting LOLPS in the past and performing for the kids.

Thanks to guest photographer Tyson Ross for taking some of the photos for the article.

Published in CENTRAL FRONTENAC
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