Community Columns - June 9th, 2022

Jun 08, 2022

These columns from our community reporters are updated every week.

Table of Contents

• Arden
• Battersea/Storrington
• Cloyne - Northbrooke
• Denbigh
• Godfrey
• Harlowe
• Harrowsmith
• Henderson
• Inverary
• Maberly-Bolingbroke
• Mississippi
• Ompah
• Parham-Tichborne
• Perth Road
• Plevna
• Sydenham
• Verona

Arden
by Wanda Harrison

There will be an Elders meeting, Monday June 13, in the social room of the United Church, in Arden, at 7:00 am.

The Henderson United Church is seeking gently used items for their yard sale, Saturday June 18.  If you are interested, in donating items please get in touch with Sheila Deline at 613-336-2467 to arrange a drop off.  The sale will take place at the Henderson Hall 8:00 am to 12:  noon.

Circle Square Ranch is hosting a community dinner of BBQ Chicken, with all the sides, for eat in or take out, Wednesday June 22 at 6:00pm.  A free will donation for the Camper Scholarship fund would be appreciated.  To RSVP, please call the Ranch at 613-336-5403 or e mail them at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Friends of Arden are looking for volunteers to help with their Annual Village spruce –up.  The group tackles numerous tasks like brush cutting and painting, chain sawing when required plus many other odd jobs.  Clean up day is Thursday June 23, at the Community Centre, at 9:00 am.

The Sharbot Lake Inn and Crossing Pub, will be hosting the Once, who are a folk trio from St. John’s Newfoundland, Thursday June 23.  There is a limited amount of seating available so you are urged to order your ticket soon.  Dinner is not included in the $50.00 + tax cost per ticket but if reservations for dinner are made, you will have reserved seating.  Book your tickets on-line at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 613-279-2198.  E transfers are the preferred payment method.

This is an event to mark on your calendar!  On Sunday afternoon, July 10 the Kennebec and District Historical Society will host a Strawberry Social at the Kennebec Community Centre.  More details will follow.

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Battersea/Storrington
by Amanda Pantrey

A very Happy Birthday to Roberta Smith on Sunday! I hope you have a wonderful day!

Here’s a note from Al Rankin (thanks for reaching out, Al!). Intro to Pickleball Clinics: Are you curious about North America’s fastest growing sport? The Sunbury Pickleball Club is sponsoring clinics at the beginner and intermediate levels at Gerald Ball Park. Certified pickleball instructor David Bussiere focuses on making sure that pickleball is fun! All equipment provided. For details contact Al Rankin at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone 353-6650.

The next community food drive is Friday, June 10^th at the Storrington Lions Club. Drop off is from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm. If you’re in need of the foodbank, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call the Battersea United Church at 613-353-6609.

We’re having a Pumpkin Festival planning meeting coming up on Monday, June 13^th at 7:00 pm. Fresh faces always welcome and appreciated! Call or email me for more information.

It’s back! Enjoy a fish fry with strawberry shortcakes for dessert hosted by the Battersea United Church on June 18^th at 6:00 pm. Plates are $20 per-person, $10 for kids under 12. Call 613-353-2846 for more information.

This week’s joke comes from Don in Parham. Thanks, Don! How does the man on the moon cut his hair? Eclipse it.

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Cloyne - Northbrooke
by Nancy Skipper

Bon Echo is currently closed for camping and day-use due to extensive damage caused by the storm on Saturday May 21. The closure is estimated to extend until June 12, 2022.

The Lions Club of Land O'Lakes will be hosting a Dance, "Dancing Through the Decades" on Saturday, June 11, 2022 from 8pm to 1am at the Lions Hall in Northbrook. There will be a DJ, Light Snack at 11pm, Cash Bar & Door Prizes for only $15/person (Advance tickets sales only- NO tickets will be sold at the door). To purchase your tickets or if you have any questions, Please contact Lion Maude at 905-449-2160 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .  Tickets can also be purchased from Lion Red - 613-336-8011, Lion Pam - 613-827-6700 and at the Kuriosity Shop in Northbrook. Time to dust off those Dancin' shoes and have some fun! Limited number of tickets to be SOLD...Don't be disappointed...Buy Yours NOW!! You can also purchase your tickets at Finnegan’s General Store in Cloyne.

Spaces for artists for the 2022 Festival of the Arts happening July 23-24 are quickly filling up. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to reserve a spot and be a part of this exciting weekend.

Come and enjoy a great lasagna lunch with others from the community at the Northbrook Diner’s Club on July 26 at the Lions Community Hall for only $10. The Land O’Lakes Community Services needs a minimum of 30 people to put on this event. Please reserve your spot by calling Shelby ay 613-336-8934 ext. 229.

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Denbigh
Angela Bright

No column; check back next week!

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Godfrey
Kelli McRobert

Thanks to all the clubs and riders that cleared the recent downfall of trees and branches along the K&P trail. 

Excited to head up to Sharbot Lake for their Farmers Market that is planned to start up this July and run until September from 9 am until noon.

Thanks to everyone that came out to the pickleball demonstration at the Parham Ball Field!  Looking forward to seeing you at one of our local group training sessions.

44 years ago we met!  22 years of being married! Happy Anniversary James....looking forward to this next chapter.

Harrowsmtih and District Social and Athletic Club is still looking for volunteers for the July 1st celebration at Centennial Park. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Farewell to the Frontenac Phantoms as they head south relocating to Kingston, best of luck!

Thanks for the great visit to Wintergreen Studio Trails and if you missed this year's BioBlitz it is a 'must do' for your family to try next year! 90 Wintergreen Lane, South Frontenac. wintergreenstudios.com

Happy Birthday to our June folk: Brenda Dundon, Christine Lavallee, Shawna Finn, Catherine Reynolds, Teresa Alm, Shery Shoniker, Ashley Bates, Donna Neumann, Joanne Soucie, Martha O. Dunn, and Doug Fox! 

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Harlowe
Marie White

No column; check back next week!

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Harrowsmith
Marilyn Goodberry

Well, the warm weather has arrived and along with it rain showers and those little flying things.  Please be mindful when sending your children outside.  Spray with mosquito repellant and check for ticks when they come in.

Birthday wishes to Adele Hamelin (nee Day).  You're not getting older, just better.  Submitted by your slightly older friend (Brenda Crawford).

The Harrowsmith Beautification Committee is arranging to place six (6) planters throughout the village in the next couple of weeks for flowers.  Anyone willing to help out in planting or ongoing maintenance please call Adele Hamelin (613-376-6665).

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Henderson
Jean Brown

Henderson News Please help out Henderson United Church’s up-coming yard sale (Sat. June 18, and Sat. June 25 from 8am - 12noon) by donating your gently used items. Please give Sheila Deline 613-336-2467 to arrange a time to bring your items to our Henderson Hall until June 13. It will be great to visit, share and shout at the yard sale after a truly long winter. Please help us support and maintain the church our ancestors built so many years go!

Have something that needs fixing? Don’t throw it out - REPAIR IT and spare the landfill sites, protecting the earth! The Repair Cafe is coming to the Sharbot Lake market in July- so stay tuned for further details. Let’s care for this earth that has been entrusted temporarily to us. Wow!

Special thanks to Kevin, Jerry and Brian of the Morningstar mission who hosted a free barbecue at Land O' Lakes Community Services in Northbrook for the area people who were without hydro recently. Our whole area rocked and pulled together in that time of emergency - thanks everyone.

This Sun. June 12, Henderson United Church will offer their annual cemetery service of remembrance and hope on site at the cemetery at 2pm and chairs are provided. Student clergy Kaitlyn Ostrander will lead with the rain location being the church, and all are welcome. Morning worship that day is cancelled in favour of the afternoon cemetery service. Special thanks to all who are refreshing flowers and to the faithful grass cutters who work tirelessly on our behalf.

Special thinking of you to the family of the late Kevin Collis who will be remembered for his wonderful music, faith, and love of family.

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Inverary
by Judy Borovskis

Thank You! from the Storrington Lions Club to all who helped with the High Tea and made it such a success.  Guests were quite elegant, food was delicious and all in attendance received a complimentary lapel pin in honour of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee.  Big thanks to the 4H Community Involvement Interact Club who served food, tea and stayed for the clean-up. Thank you also to Mya Steenbakkers, violin student with Canta Arya, for sharing her talents.

Food Bank!  Next Food Drive is June 10^th.  Drop your donations at the Lion's Hall in Sunbury between 1 and 5 pm.  Suggested items are:  bags of frozen vegetables and canned vegetables, cheese, frozen meat, eggs, milk, canned fruit, various pastas and pasta or rice sides, pancake mix & syrup, fresh vegetables & fruit, butter, cereal, bread and peanut butter.

Fish Fry & Strawberry Shortcake! Join us on Saturday June 18^th at Battersea United Church.  .
Dinner is from 5 to 7 pm and includes homemade potato salad, cabbage salad, pickles, rolls and baked beans. Cost is $20 pp or $10 for children 12 and under.

Hopeful Harvest is located at 1239 Sunbury Road.  Drop in for a beautiful floral visit and other surprises as well!  Open Thursday & Friday from 12 noon till 6 pm. and Saturday & Sunday from 10 am. to 5 pm.  The store is open various hours, so it is best to check their Facebook page for updated timings. Website is http://hopefulharvest.ca  The beauty of nature all in bloom … definitely worth a drive to Sunbury!

Bass Season Opens! Saturday June 18^th.   Fathers' Day is Sunday, June 19^th and Happy Summer on June 21. What a weekend!

Craft Show! June 25^th from 9 am to 4 pm. at the Storrington Lions Hall in Sunbury.  Vendor info at 613-929-7377.

Volunteers Welcome!  Join the Inverary Youth Activities Group, sign up to help in the canteen! Graduates of grade 8 and high school students needing volunteer hours are welcome.  Canteen is now open most week day evenings when ball games are on and also on tournament weekends.  Email your contact info to InveThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Kudos to those who worked the Advance Poll at Inverary United Church and also to those working on Election Day.  It was nice to meet you all – some familiar faces and some new.  You were great tenants and made my job as “hall keeper” very easy!

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Maberly-Bolingbroke
Karen Prytula

Sympathy is extended to the Parks family of Maberly for the loss of their brother Dwayne.

Get well wishes go out to a long-time resident of Maberly; Eleanor Munro.  May you recover quickly. 

Sympathies and condolences go out to the Bremner and Dixon families for their loss of Rose Dixon and Robert Bremner, both of Maberly.

A huge thank you goes out to our volunteer firefighters who went door to door doing wellness checks. Thanks also goes out to ALL the first responders, and hydro powerline maintainers. Powerline maintainers from different parts of the province were here to help get power restored.

June 2^nd saw the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the new Maberly Fall River Park. Reeve Brian Campbell gave a short speech then cut the ribbon. On hand were members of the public, municipal staff, and members of the Tay Valley Heritage Properties Township Working Group. The new park has an interactive board as well as a plaque that talks about Maberly’s connection to Leonard Cohen; Canadian poet icon. There is a place to park, two new pic-nic tables, and a canoe/kayak launch. See accompanying photo.

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Mississippi
by Pearl Killingbeck

No column; check back next week!

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Ompah
by Linda Rush & Marily Seitz

No column; check back next week!

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Parham-Tichborne
by Elijah Abrams

Our family is heartbroken with the passing of Doug Whan - please keep (grandma/mom) Eileen Whan in your thoughts and prayers.  Sincerest sympathy to the Whan/Steele clan on the loss of this amazing man.  Doug loved whole heartedly and always had the time to share a story.  We will miss him deeply.

Parham ball field for the week of June 13 - 6:30 U9 play and June 14 the Junior Men play at 8:30 - come out and cheer them on!

The District #4 Recreation Committee are looking for members or volunteers to help out in running the canteen - if you have an evening or 2 to spare and would like to get out and socialize and catch some of the ball game - we would love to hear from you.  Message Christine at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 613-375-6525.  

As well, we should have the Community pantry back up and running this week - we are giving it a new paint job and redoing the sign. If you have items that you would like to donate to help those that need it - please feel free to bring your donations to the pantry which is located by the rink in Tichborne.  Take what you need and leave what you can.  

Congratulations to Brianna Drew on graduating from Trent University - we are super proud of you!

Congratulations to Diana Meeks on the opening of "Archie's Place" aka Old Crow Lake Schoolhouse - be sure to check out the many happenings that she has in the works!!

Thinking of you to Herb Teal, Garry Drew, Evalena Ayling, Sylvia Dusharme and  Joanne Benn

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Perth Road
by Peter Bird

Fish fry at Perth Road Sunday School Hall, Perth Road crescent. Take out only, (fish and chips, slaw, beans, and choice of berry or apple pie) cost $20.  To order and get your ‘pick-up’ time: call 613-353-2470, beginning on Thur. June 9, through Sun. June 19. between 6pm and 9pm. Pick up on wed. june 22. at your scheduled time.

The Leland Helping Hand will be starting their 4 hand euchre games on June 9^th at 1pm at Harris Park Hall in Perth Road village. All are welcome. Also looking for new members, please contact Peggy Newport at 613-353-2635.

Perth road crafters meet every Wednesday: 9:30am – 11:30am at Harris Park hall, 5612 Perth road Cres. Cost is $2, if you’re a first timer, check us out for free. Please contact Cheryl Bird - 613-353-7303.

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Plevna
by Rhonda Watkins

I could probably fill this Frontenac News with storm damage stories that I have seen and heard over the last few weeks here in North Frontenac. It is probably nothing everybody in the community has not experienced or heard themselves one way or another, so I will just say May 21st was a birthday that I will never forget.  On to brighter news!

You will notice a new face at the Plevna Liquor Store this summer! Big Congratulations and Welcome Aboard to the lovely and talented Helen Branston

There is also a change at the Plevna Library too. Best wishes to Julie White, who has moved on from the student internet position! It was always a pleasure to see Julie on Saturday's when I was finishing my shift at the library and she was coming in to help people on the public computers!!

Congratulations to Charlie Watkins who will be the new student helping people out when they go in to use the public computers at the Plevna Library. The hours at the Plevna LIbrary for using the computers are Monday and Wednesday 5-8 and Saturday 1-5.

Just a reminder that our Plevna Library regular hours are Tuesday and Thursday 2-4 and 5-7 and Friday and Saturday 10-1.

It as great to hear that Prime Time Snack Shack reopened at 2625 Ardoch Road last Friday June 3rd! The hours are 11-7 and the ice cream is ready and waiting, so stop in and check out all the delicious flavours!!

If your sweet tooth is looking for goodies, you might want to circle your calendar on July 2, 30 and September 24!! St. Kilian's Church will be hosting their bake sales on these 3 dates. It is nice to stop in to see them and support their baking fundraisers at 5984 Ardoch Road!!

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Sydenham
by Karen Brawley

Looking for something to do check out the Bake sale, bbq and yard sale at Verona Pentecostal church yard on June 11th 9-2

Diners Lunch Club at SFCSC: If you are 55+ please join us on June 15^th at the Grace Center in Sydenham for our next hot lunch. (Pot Roast with mashed potatoes, garden salad and black forest cake) Meal is served at noon and will be followed by games and entertainment.  Cost is $10.  Please call  613-376-6477 ext 303 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to register. 

Hey, did you know we have a contest that can be fun and people of all ages can partake?  The Cat Trail Quest. Join the Friends of the Cataraqui Trail on a family friendly fundraising Quest. Participants can choose to bike or hike the Cataraqui Trail and find clues to help fill out their Quest Passport, with a cool prize awaiting those that complete the Quest. Quest runs from May 20 to September 12, 2022. Check it out at https://cataraquiconservation.ca/pages/cat-trail-quest

There’s something fishy going on in Battersea, why not round up some Sydenham folk and head to Battersea and enjoy delicious blue cod and fresh strawberry shortcake at a community fish fry at Battersea United Church on Saturday, June 18.

Dinner is from 5pm to 7 pm and includes homemade potato salad, cabbage salad, pickles, rolls and baked beans. Parking is free and meals are only $20 pp or $10 for children 12 and under. Battersea United Church is located at 2217 Wellington Street, Battersea. Everyone welcome

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Verona
Debbie Lingen

Style Revival will be open on Saturday, June 11 from 10 to 1pm. Style Revival is a free clothing store. It is also open every Wednesday from 9 am to 1 pm. They take donations of clothing and accessories - clean and in good condition.  Location at the Verona Free Methodist Church.

Celebration of Life for Bill Lodge will be held on Sunday, June 12 at 2 pm at Verona Free Methodist Church.

Diners Lunch Club at South Frontenac Community Services If you are 55+ please join them on June 15th at the Grace Center in Sydenham for their next hot lunch. (Pot Roast with mashed potatoes, garden salad and black forest cake) Meal is served at noon and will be followed by games and entertainment.  Cost is $10.00.  Please call 613-376-6477 ext 303 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to register.

Are you an artist or interested in art? Please consider joining a proposed arts council at the Grace Centre to bring back the Grace Gallery. Contact Virginia at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Verona Free Methodist Church is holding a Drive-in Sunday morning service on Sunday, June 19 at 10 a.m. It will be an Outdoor Concert with the Torchmen Quartet.

Bellrock had an enthusiastic crew volunteering for this season's community garden in BellRock. Preparation took place over the month of May and May 29 was planting day. (see photo)

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