Community Columns - September 1st, 2022

Aug 31, 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

The Hamlet was shocked to hear of the recent passing of Sam Karagiozov last week. Sam and his family quickly blended into the quieter life of rural living, but it didn’t take long for residents to learn of Sam’s roofing company and his highly respected quality of work. Not roofing 24/7 Sam enjoyed participating in Horseshoes, Euchre and Darts. Sam was competitive but mastered these recreational activities with patience and practice. A Legion member and a member of the Arden Seniors, Sam and his contagious smile will be greatly missed.

Please mark September 3 on your calendar as all invited to join Tawny at the Arden United Church 10:00am to 11:00am. Those in attendance will read together “On the Trapline” and learn the ways of indigenous wisdom connects to the older ways of the Church. Snack and a Q & A will follow. On Sunday, September 4 the United Church will enter into a covenant with Kaitlyn Ostrander at 3:00pm at the Arden United Church.

The Sharbot Lake and District Lions are holding an “All you can Eat Breakfast” Saturday, September 10, 8:00am to 11:00am at Oso Hall. Proceeds will be in support of the Food Bank.

The Kennebec Recreation Committee will be hosting a Trivia Night, Saturday September 17, at the Kennebec Community Centre. There will be limit of 6 people per team along with a 50/50, door prizes and an award for the 1stPlace Team. Proceeds are to aid the continuation of Annual events such as the Victoria Day Fireworks, Children’s Parties and other sponsored events. See postings on Facebook and various notice board.

The Sundance Artisan Show will hold their Annual event September 3, 4 and 5 with numerous artists in an outdoor setting. Parking and admission are free and lunches are available for purchase.

Make sure you watch out for those big yellow buses. School is starting, so please be aware!!

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Battersea/Storrington
by Amanda Pantrey

Amanda Pantrey – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / 613-353-6653

The Inverary Fall Market is taking place on September 10th at Ken Gerrett Memorial Park in Sunbury.

The Open Farms Community Hub is partnering with the Frontenac County Plowmen’s Association (FCPA) annual Plowing Match, both of which will take place on Sunday, September 11th from 10:00am – 3:00pm at 3118 Sunbury Road. Join us for the live music, food by Otter Creek Farms food truck, kids activities and the vendors market. Visit OpenFarms.ca for all there is too do for this weekend-long event.

Frontenac SALT (Seniors and Law Enforcement Together), alongside Addition Mental Health- KFLA (AMHS-KFLA) wish to invite you to a free lunch and presentation about cannabis at the Battersea United Church on September 16th from 11:30am – 1:00pm. Reservations are required by going to www.frontenacsalt.ca or by calling Southern Frontenac Community Services at 613-376-6477.

Mark your calendar for the last Music in the Park event for the summer season. Join us at Gilmour’s Point Beach in Battersea on September 17th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm for live music by Uncoded. Visit www.SouthFrontenac.net/music for more info.

Did you hear about the Labour Day joke? It doesn’t work for me.

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Cloyne - Northbrooke
by Nancy Skipper

No column; check back next week!

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Denbigh
Angela Bright

It’s hard to believe summer is coming to an end and the children will be returning to school on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.  Please keep an eye out for the school bus and remember to drive safely.

Have a wonderful long weekend and don’t forget to join in the fun at Heritage Park.  The Denbigh Recreation Committee is planning an ‘End of the Summer Celebration’ at Heritage Park on Saturday September 3rd from 4:00 to 6:30pm.    The Canteen will be open all the time selling hamburgers, hotdogs, ice cream and drinks.  There will be games for the Children.  There will be live music from 4:00 to 5:00pm with the New Pickled Chicken band.  Play a friendly game of horseshoes.  There will be fireworks at dusk (8:30pm).   Your support is required to host this event.  We will be walking around that evening collecting donations.

The next Denbigh Diners will be Monday September 12, 2022.  Volunteers will be serving a ‘home recipe’ meat loaf. We look forward to seeing everyone.

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Godfrey
Kelli McRobert

No column; check back next week!

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Harlowe
Marie White

No column; check back next week!

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Harrowsmith
Marilyn Goodberry

No column; check back next week!

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Henderson
Jean Brown

We got all shook up at the Elvis music festival in Tweed where your old reporter was spiritually excited to offer the opening prayer at the Gospel music portion. Spouse endured it for my sake!

This Sun. Sept. 4 all are welcome to the Covenanting service to make a biblical based commitment with student minister Kaitlyn Ostrander at Arden United Church at 3:00. Last week Kaitlyn hosted a lemonade on the lawn event to celebrate one full year of student ministry training in our three churches. Congratulations!

Recent visitors included George and Betty McCullough of the Selby area.

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Inverary
by Judy Borovskis

Congratulations to The Young Guns Team, run by Leslie Hunter who were A Champions for the Friday Night Mixed League Tournament at Ken Garrett Memorial Park last Saturday. B Champions were The Bad News Bears run by Kris Cumpson. A great baseball day!

Happy Labour Day Weekend! For some students school has started. Teachers are busy preparing for the new school year and remember drivers to watch for the flashing lights on school buses.

Seniors' Hot Lunch on September 8th at 12 noon in Verona at the Lion’s Hall. Cost is $10. Stay and enjoy the Barry Yuen Trio performing nostalgic hits from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.  Call 613-376-6477 ext. 303 to reserve your seats.

Inverary Fall Market on September 10th , 9 to 5pm in Ken Garrett Memorial Park. Mark the date to visit the park and over 100 vendors. For info re being a vendor call Marie at 613-449-4744 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

50/50 Raffle by the Inverary Youth Activities Group to pay for new LED lighting at Park. Buy your tickets now from any member of the group or e-transfer to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tickets are 2 for $5 or 5 for $10. Include your name and phone number in the message box. Ticket sales end at 4:00 pm on September 10th and the winning ticket will be drawn at 5:00 pm at the Fall Market. The lucky winner will receive a phone call!

Open Farms on Sunday, September 11th from 10am to 3pm at 3118 Sunbury Road.

Food Drive: September 16th 1-5pm Storrington Lions Hall. Wish list includes : kids lunch snacks, bags of frozen veg, blocks of cheese, frozen meat, eggs, milk, canned vegetables, canned fruit, macaroni, rice or pasta sides, pancake mix, maple syrup, fruit, carrots, onions, peanut butter, bread, butter and cereal, mac and cheese, salad dressings, crackers.

Dave Carroll in Concert! at Inverary United Church on September 18th at 7:30pm. Dave is a singer/songwriter and a founding member of Sons of Maxwell. Tickets in advance are $25 or $30 at the door. For info or tickets contact Chris Murphy at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Save Your Pop Tabs! Drop them off at the Lions Club Hall in Sunbury. Your donation will help the Lions support the training of guide dogs for Canadians in need.

Yoga Classes at Inverary United Church on Wednesdays at 6:00pm.

Joint Worship Services Inverary United and Battersea United Churches are worshipping together at Inverary United Church at 11:15am.

Looking ahead: Battersea Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, October 1.

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Maberly-Bolingbroke
Karen Prytula

The Maberly Fair went off without a hitch last Saturday. The weather was beautiful and the crowds were huge. There was musical entertainment all day long, including the ABC Hall Line Dancers. A drone was spotted above the crowds. The kids had their zucchinis all built up and were ready to race them. See picture.

The Maberly Agricultural Society continues to host a Euchre Card Party on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month at 7pm at the Maberly Hall, 180 Maberly Elphin Road. $5 per person. Light refreshments will be served. For more information please contact Sue Munro at 613-268-2507. Proceeds go towards next year’s Maberly Fair which will be held at the fairgrounds in Maberly.

Sept. 3 – 5 - Sundance Artisan Show will be held in its usual location at the intersection of Hwy 7 and County Road 36 in Maberly (Maberly-Elphin Rd), Labour Day weekend. Celebrating its 16th year, Sundance will be open all 3 days of the September long weekend. Hours: Sat., Sept. 3, 10am-5pm; Sun., Sept. 4, 10am-5pm; Mon., Sept. 5, 10 am-2 pm. And as always, parking and admission is FREE. Further details can be found on the website: www.sundancestudio.ca.

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Mississippi
by Pearl Killingbeck

Where did the summer go? We are now almost into my favourite season – fall. On Wednesday, August 17th, Harriet, Erma, Alice and I went to have lunch and a visit with my daughter Pam Lemke. We had a lovely lunch at Addison’s and went back to Pam’s office for a visit. It was just a wonderful day with my friends and daughter. Thank you, Alice, for taking us.

And thank you to Eddie Forsyth for the delicious homemade bread and the cucumbers. Yum. Happy belated birthday to Donna Tysic, Dale Southward, Kylie Cordick and Joanne Izatt.

Olive Allan has sold her home. I had a great visit with Denzil on Thursday. He stopped in for 5 minutes and stayed for 2-1/2 hours. He has regained 15 lbs of the 30 he lost and looks great. I had another great visit on Friday with Valerie Truelove. We missed you going to see Pam with us. Brenda Allan - we will miss you taking us every 2nd Friday for our visit with Chuck and Penny and whoever else dropped in. Olive, Harriett and I enjoyed this so much with you. Thank you so much for taking us.

Some of our ladies in the community attended the bingo held at Sharbot Lake Oso Hall on Friday evenings. They thoroughly enjoyed their night out and were lucky enough to come home with some prize money.

Soon the yellow busses will be on the roads again. I hope the children had a wonderful summer and also the bus drivers. Summer sure went by fast this year.

I want to thank Pam Lemke and Elaine DeLisle for helping out with some news this week:

(Pam) This past weekend, 9 of us gals and one young lad gathered for our annual girls’ weekend - sisters, daughters, granddaughters, cousins and friends. What a time we had - great company, life changing conversations, the most delicious food and some special beverages. The time spent is precious, lots of swimming and reminiscing. Next year, we’ll do it all again. That’s for hosting, Sharon.

(Elaine) All the Gemmills, DeLisles, and Laffins attended the fairytale wedding of Cole Gemmill and Jessica Biggs (daughter of Bill and Cheryl of Verona) at Temple’s Sugar Bush in Ferguson Falls on Saturday, August 20th. The beautiful setting was in the middle of the maple bush with the sun shining through the trees. The couple were attended by Wade Scott and Rosalyn Varty, both childhood friends of the bride and groom plus many of their friends. Rev. Vernon Scott of Arden officiated. The happy couple honeymooned in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Congratulations, Cole and Jess.

After a long wait, Matthew Roux finally got to come and visit with Nanny and Poppa (Elaine and Bob). They had a lot of fun making up for lost time.

Pearl of Wisdom for this week – You only live once and if you do it right, once is enough!

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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

I know there are a lot of people in the area that are thankful to have the tracks in Tichborne opened back up!  Thank you to everyone for your patience in navigating around the area to allow this work to get finished.  Big thank you to the railroad people who now have the road crossing safe and secure.

Next Lions Club Breakfast is on Sept. 10 with all proceeds going to help the local food bank.  Come out and help support this organization help others in the community.  You'll be glad you did as this is an "all you can eat breakfast"  starting at 8 and going to 11, located at the OSO Township Hall in Sharbot Lake.  Your heart will be lighter but your tummy will be fuller!

Thinking of you to Eileen Gibson who had a mishap on the Wagarville Road.

Harrowsmith Centennial Park was the place to be on Saturday.  It was packed full of amazing old and new cars alike that had travelled from both far and near to be part of this heartwarming event.  Thank you to everyone who participated in the B & B Memorial Show and Shine with all proceeds going to Central and South Frontenac Fire Departments.  The raffle table was full to capacity with amazing products that many wanted to win!  Thank you to the vendors who set up along the path hoping to sell the products.  Heaven definitely could hear the rumble!!!  Thinking of you to the Young and Green families and thanking them for along us to remember the boys in a great way!  Can't wait until next year!

Quite the beautiful display of fireworks on Saturday Night in Parham.

Best of luck to students, teachers and all in the Education system as a new year starts soon.  Remember we have some excited kids to be going back to see their friends, so drivers: be aware!

Thinking of you to Eric Wagar, Chris Brown, Pat Lowery and Kathy King.

The Parham United Church enjoyed favourite familiar songs during their service on Sunday.  Unfortunately, Kathy King was unable to sing "Coat of Many Colours" as she is ill. Thank you to Stanley Stinchcombe on piano & Minister Shelley Roberts for leading in the music.

Special birthday wishes to my sister/aunt Zelda who celebrated her 90th birthday Monday!!!

The Junior Men's team did not disappoint on Thursday night at their last home game, which was also a double header!!  They have been playing all season against Kingston with no luck betting them until Thursday night - what an amazing start to the playoffs as they WON!! 5 to 3!!  Then they went on to beat the only other team in their league this year: Joyceville.  They will play this week their 2 rained out games from last week so I will update you on the final results next week. So proud of this great group of players!!

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Perth Road
by Peter Bird

PERTH ROAD UNITED CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

BIRTHDAY WISHES to those who have birthdays this week.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Tuesday Lunches return to the Perth Road Sunday School Hall on Tuesday, October, 4. Charge is $6 per person. Great value for home-made soup, sandwiches and desert.

Roast Beef Supper on Saturday, Sept 24 (details to follow)

Community Pot Luck Supper October (details to follow)

Craft Sale November (details to follow)

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE Leland Helping Hand. We are looking for new members, please contact Peggy Newport at 613-353-2635.

Perth Road Crafters continue to meet every Wednesday: 9:30am – 11:30am at Harris Park Hall, 5612 Perth Road Cres. 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

The final Creative Inspirations Outdoor Summer Craft Show is coming up this Sat, Sept 3rd from 10am-2pm at 9268 hwy 509. Don't miss out on your last chance to enjoy all of the high quality treasures and visit with the talented vendors who create them!

Big apologies, but last week I mentioned it was planned for Jack's Jam to return to the hall on Sept 17. Unfortunately, it will be postponed for a later date. Stay tuned for more information in a future column.

Roy Heutl is hosting a meet and greet on Sat, Sept 3 from 10am-noon at the Shamrock Bakery located at 7414 Hwy 506 in Plevna. You are invited to come out and enjoy a cup of coffee courtesy of Roy and learn all about his North Frontenac Ward 2 Council Campaign.

After being such an important part of the North of 7 Market and Restaurant family, Rosie is retiring! The owners of North of 7 and all of your co-workers and patrons would like to send you lots of love and say thank you, Rose, for all your hard work and dedication over your many years of service! Sun Sept 18th will be her last shift and you are invited to come out and wish her well! 

Big thanks to everybody that sent in pics of their impressive catches for our August Community Fish of the week! My apologies that we could not fit them all in! Stay tuned in August 2023 when we do it all again! 

I am finishing off this year's fish of the week with Scott Rundle and his 16 pound pike that he netted out of Mississagagon Lake! WOW! It was floating on the surface, perhaps hit by a prop when sunning itself or maybe it died of old age.  I have never seen a pike that big and I am happy to hear that they do exist around here!! Thanks for sharing, Scott!

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Sydenham
by Karen Brawley

On August 6th there was a beautiful farm wedding held at the Spafford farm in Spaffordton. Rebekah Spafford and William Patterson exchanged vows in the field under a beautiful old oak tree. Dinner and dance was held in the family barn that was built in 1960 by Rebekah's great grandfather Myles Spafford. Congratulations on your recent wedding and your family wishes you both much happiness.

School's back from summer… The final long weekend of summer is upon us. Seems like just yesterday was Victoria Day long weekend. Hoping all the students young and old are ready for their upcoming year. Wishing all those who are heading off to new adventures of college or university all the best as well. Please be mindful as you drive through the village for the kids walking to school as well as buses.

Fall yard sale season is starting soon, be sure to check out the sale happening at St Paul’s Anglican Church. They will be having a huge yard sale on Saturday, September 10, from 10am to 1pm. Fabulous finds! Maybe a good idea to piggyback onto this date and set up your own sale as well.

A shout out to the 2022 graduates and their fundraising committee. Not only did the students do an amazing job fundraising for their graduation, they had some to spare and chose to donate it to our local food bank. Thanks, guys. The $700 plus will help our community greatly. Way to go, class of 2022.

Wishing David Townsend all the best in his retirement from SFCSC. I’m sure he appreciated all those who stopped in for his retirement send off. You’ll be greatly missed there, David. But I’m sure even in retirement once you come back from your trip and celebrating your 25th wedding anniversary as well. Thanks for everything you did at the centre, you’ll be missed. But I’m sure they will let you volunteer (hehehe)

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Verona
Debbie Lingen

The Verona Lions Garlic Festival will be held on Saturday, September 3 at the Verona Lions Club from 9am to 2pm. This is a rain or shine event. Entry is by donation, with free parking on site. All money raised helps the Club support local and international organizations.

A bake sale fundraiser for Autism will be held Saturday, September 3 at the Verona Vendor Village and Market . The Market will have lots of veggies ready for picking plus the wares of 15 vendors and 8 yard sale participants. 4309 Maple Dr.

Join South Frontenac Community Services for a senior’s hot lunch on September 8 in Verona at the Lion’s Hall. The cost is $10.00 and the meal is served at noon. After lunch, The Barry Yuen Trio will perform some nostalgic hits from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Call 613 376 6477 ext. 303 to reserve your seats today!

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