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Feature Article - April 12, 2007

NAECcanoe building project

Historic and futurist water craft, a video and audio documentary about community members, and geocaching at the Gould Lake Outdoor Education Centre are just a few of the exceptional projects that will be celebrated by the Limestone Learning Foundation (LLF) at its spring grant allocations. "Limestone Learning Foundation grants are helping students, teachers and parents go beyond what is available in the classroom," explains Chair Bruce Cowle. "There are some extremely exciting projects that really offer students a unique, and new experience, such as the aboriginal canoe building project at North Addington Education Centre," says Cowle. This project involves both elementary and secondary technology students researching the history of transportation in the area, and learning about the everyday life of various peoples during the late 19th Century, including First Nations people, Metis, and Europeans. Students will construct a heritage canoe, complete with artwork that reflects First Nations history found in the rock paintings at Bon Echo Provincial Park. Students will use a variety of media forms to document this history project, and they will produce a variety of media texts to support their learning experiences, including paddling the canoe.

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Letters - September 20, 2007

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Letters - September 20, 2007

Letters

September 20McGuinty the holiday candidate, Brenda SteeleDear fellow residents..., Mavis HiggsIs one judge wise enough?, Helen GomezIs Education on the Platform?, Donna SmithMcGuinty the holiday candidate

Can you believe it? Our ‘esteemed’ leader wants to promise (and I use the term lightly) us a National Holiday if elected. If this is so important, why not introduce it while he’s in power. This is a man who broke every promise he made in the last election and seems to have no remorse about it. We gave him the power and he did nothing with it. Power for the sake of Power.

What about our ailing Health Care System, lack of doctors, environmental issues, the College of Teachers, our aging population and lack of long term care facilities? This is a leader that has only taken the easy way out addressing soft issues and refusing to address the hard issues and show leadership in solving the BIG PROBLEMS.

Dalton, you’d better wake up if you want even the slimmest chance of winning the next election. I, for one, will not be voting for your party again. Once bitten, twice shy.

Not to say that the Conservatives did such a great job during their reign as the following quote indicates: From the news of that era: ". . . PCSocial Services minister David Tsubouchi, overseeing drastic cuts to the province's welfare system, has already infuriated opponents by suggesting welfare recipients could make ends meet by haggling with shopkeepers over tins of tuna. Now he's published a welfare shopping list that includes pasta without sauce, bread without butter, and the elusive 69-cent tuna can."

I know that we are all beginning to feel that all politicians are wolves in sheep’s clothing. Will there ever be anyone that we can trust to keep their political promises after an election.

This is only one person’s opinion, for what it’s worth.

- Brenda Steele

Dear fellow residents, and vistiors to South Frontenac

I think you will agree that we have the privilege of living in a very beautiful part of the province. Every season is special and brings its own unique feast for our eyes.

HOWEVER, there is something that seems to be around all the time: I'm speaking of garbage.... particularly the kind that people throw out of their vehicles: pop cans, plastic bottles, beer bottles, cigarette cartons, an assortment of fast food containers, plastic bags...the list is endless.

I often drive, and sometimes run, and sometimes walk along Holleford Road. It's a stop/start activity...I constantly stop to collect the garbage. It amazes me just how much there is and how quickly it accumulates.

Please: if you have ever thrown something from your vehicle, next time stop and think, and do the sensible thing: take it home and put it in your own garbage. That way we can all enjoy the countryside, and what naturally occurs there, not the garbage. Please share this letter with your family, friends and neighbours.

- Mavis Higgs

Is one judge wise enough?

It strikes me as absolutely ludicrous that one man, albeit a judge, can be the only one to decide the 'monstrous' decision to allow Frontenac Ventures "unfettered access" to the uranium site. Why should our futures and our fate be decided by one man? Who is to say that he is so "wise" as to know what the outcome of such mining will have on the rest of us? Surely this should be a decision made by a wider body of judges or higher court. What of the rights of individuals, and our environment? It seems to me that all along this judge has shown partiality to the company. Does he own shares? All that aside, he has no business, just one man, to hold the fate of the Ottawa Valley water shed in his hands with his decision.Surely, we and our children deserve better than that.

If an unconfirmed meeting took place with the company and the judge, before the injunction was imposed, maybe the company not only has "unfettered" access to the mining site, but "unfettered" access to the judge!

- Helen Gomez

Is education on the platform?

As we are approaching the Provincial Election and Referendum, I find myself thinking on how I will vote. I am looking forward in reading what the campaign platforms are and hoping to catch any debates that they offer to the public.

Is Education on the platform to make things better for our children in our whole province? Our children in the rural areas deserve what city children have and I find that we are excluded in so many ways when the cut-backs happen. Our children are out any support when it comes to after-school busing to join in any programs that are quite needed in our area. We have the volunteers to run the programs, but here we have been cut 50 % on our bus service, which now eliminates 50% of after-school programs. The bus service is only provided for the high school students, so I guess maybe the children from grade JK to 8 are not important. If they are fortunate to join these programs, how will these children get home? We are in a depressed area and there are many low-income families that cannot support the cost of a vehicle. We do not have city buses or taxis, but yet when the school board divvies up the monies, they don’t seem to think about these children. These rural children have rights too and I find it unfair how our system is dictated.

My other concern is that in our area we have been cut 2 E.A. support. I know this has happened all over our province, but I ask, who is losing here? Our children, the ones that will be running our country some day! Many students that are developmentally challenged will be without extra help. It is not their fault that they may learn at a different capacity, but yet is our government expecting them to sit in a classroom and learn the same as other students? Our children have a right to education, and if that means they need extra support, then we as the people of our province need to make sure that happens. Our low income families cannot afford to spend extra on any tutoring.

Why was one of our rural public schools in Lennox and Addington shut down and the children from that school moved to our school? Was our Education Minister mismanaging the money? What happened? We certainly did not see any of the money come to our school to educate these children and provide them with the education they deserve. Yet the Tory party wants to fund all religious schools and there is not even enough money to support our public schools. Schools are for teaching our children, so I would suggest we have a religious study class and teach our children all the different religions of the world and teach them about the poverty and how these children live in other countries and how they get educated. One thing I do know is that our property taxes doubled in the past few years and a certain percentage is supposed to go to education. The money going to the schools did not double, so where has all the money gone? All I know is that we got cut!

I’ve also been thinking about the referendum regarding the way we are going to vote. I do believe there should be change, but we the people should vote for the List candidate members like we do for the local candidates, based on past performances and election platforms. Will we be offered a list of names with their credentials? We need to be able to make a good choice based on their past achievements; what did they do for our province? As it stands, we are asked to make a choice:

1. The party that gets the most votes and becomes the party in power can decide whom they want to run in office, or

2. Before the election, the political parties prepare an ordered list of candidates they would like considered as List Members.

Look at your referendum voter’s card - do you really see us making the choice? We need to make the choice and keep it out of the party’s hands! Thank you.

- Donna Smith

Feature Article - February 28, 2008

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Feature Article - February 28, 2008 Tax rate drops by 3% in Frontenac County budget.By Jeff Green

If tax bills are higher in Frontenac County this year, it won’t be because of an increase in education or county taxes.

The province has maintained the same education rate for several years, and when Frontenac County councilors passed their 2008 budget in Sharbot Lake last week, they managed to trim 2.91% from the levy to the Frontenac townships.

To illustrate the impact of the budget, the owner of a property valued at $100,000 will pay $264 in education this year, and $275 in County taxes, down about $11 from 2007.

The county and education rates will be added to the local township rate to determine municipal taxes.

In completing the budget process last week, county council had only a few loose ends to clear up, and these did not have a major impact on the overall budget. The big ticket items, Fairmount Home, the Frontenac Ambulance Service, and a payment for social services costs, had already been finalized.

The thorny, complicated issue of transportation was once again a major subject of debate at this final budget meeting.

Over the past few years, the county has helped the Rural VISIONS Centre in Sydenham provide transportation for needy children and seniors through a grant of around $20,000, and a similar grant has gone to the Child Centre in Sharbot Lake. These grants came from monies that the county was mandated by the Province of Ontario to spend on projects for needy families, a mandate that is being phased out in June of this year.

In addition, last year Frontenac County supported a transportation dispatch service, Rural Routes, to the tune of $36,500, and Rural Routes requested $40,000 for 2008.

Mayors Maguire and Gutowski of North and Central Frontenac have argued vigorously in favour of ongoing funding for Rural Routes, and Mayors Davison (South Frontenac) and Vanden Hoek (Frontenac Islands) have had major reservations.

A proposal came forward that the county continue to support Rural VISIONS transportation with $17,000, and provide $37,000 to Northern Frontenac Community Services, the parent organization of both the Child Centre and the Rural Routes transportation service.

Mayor Gutowski proposed an amendment which would have increased the grant to Northern Frontenac Community Services by $20,000, but the amendment was defeated.

South Frontenac Mayor Gary Davison then proposed that the county hold $20,000 in a reserve fund, to be allocated to transportation only if a process to develop a model for a county-wide transportation service can be developed by September of this year.

This proposal was accepted.

With transportation settled, Chief Administrative Officer Liz Savill then recommended that $25,000 be put towards a video-conferencing system for senior county staff, but this was rejected by council.

Before the final vote on the budget, Mayor Maguire informed council that he would not be supporting the budget because, in an earlier budget meeting, a request for $25,000 for upgrades to the Pine Meadow Nursing home had been defeated.

This was the second time in the past three years that Maguire has voted against the budget.

The budget was approved in a vote of 3-1.

Feature Article - April 24, 2008

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Feature Article -April 24, 2008 North Addington Education Center builds planter boxesBy Jeff Green

The Land O'Lakes Garden Club prepares for planting.

The best ideas are always the ones that that are in plain view. That may have been what the Land o' Lakes Garden Club was thinking when they envisioned how Kaladar, Denbigh, Northbrook, Flinton and Cloyne could be beautified. Thanks to grade ten and twelve students at the North Addington Education Center, that dream is becoming a reality. The students built attractive planter boxes and the area will soon burst into bloom.

The project was a collaborative one from the start. The start-up funding was provided by North Addington, and was further helped by the Garden Club and a donation of stain from the Interior Zone in Northbrook. Over twenty local businesses each adopted a planter, agreed to finance the plants and nurture them from late spring into the fall months.

The annuals, designed and planted by the Land o’ Lakes Garden Club, are already flourishing in the greenhouses at the Upper Flinton Garden Center. They will be maintained there until early June, and then moved to their respective locations.

The planters will enhance the natural beauty of this area. Residents, tourists, and cottagers will not have to look very hard to spot these splashes of color in both sunny and shady spots around our communities.

Feature Article - May 15, 2008

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Feature Article - May 15, 2008 NAEC students get to grips with chainsawsBy Valerie Allan

Photo: Rosie Brooks

On May 8 and 9, students from North Addington Education Centre obtained their Chainsaw Operators Certificate. This course taught them valuable skills for both life and work. Instructors worked with students on the operation and maintenance of chainsaws, with an emphasis on safety. Everyone suited up with the correct protective gear and trudged off into the extensive woods behind the school to do “hands-on” training. Students worked very hard during this training process.

NAEC has run this course for several years, with great success. NAEC is very fortunate to have the kind of setting that makes a course like this easy to run directly from the education facility.

The offering of this course is all part of NAEC’s philosophy of providing practical experience along with academic education. “We believe in providing our students with every opportunity for success,” said Vice-Principal Angela Salmond. “This is just one example of the certificates our students can obtain to give them an edge in today’s employment market.”

Sept 25/08 - Local schools open doors

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Feature Article - September 25, 2008 Local schools open their doorsBy Julie Druker

Grade 2 student Jack Revell and his grandmother Ann MacDougall at Prince Charles Public School's Open House in Verona last week

Last week many schools in the area held their fall open houses, each providing a chance for students, parents and staff to connect early in the school year.

At Harrowsmith Public School the event included a BBQ and a book sale. Principal Jim Horan also sent out personal invitations to a number of groups and organizations, who set up booths in the gym specifically for the event.

Principal Horan thrives on the chance to bring parents into contact with services that can be of help to students and parents alike. “It’s a wonderful opportunity for parents and students to get involved in a variety of organizations that are here to help support our students and the whole community,” he said.

Services represented included:

Pathways, a mental health agency for children and their families that provides counseling, education, advocacy and other interventions.The Independent Learning Centre, which provides accredited distance education for parents looking to upgrade their education and/or skills.The Learning Disabilities Association of Kingston (LDAK), which offers workshops and conferences on related subjects.TV Ontario (TVO), which provides a wide range of educational television programming to school age children.Girls Guides and Boy Scouts of Canada, who each had booths promoting their programs which focus on kids getting unhooked from TVs and computers to learn and experience what nature has to offer them.

As well, Sharon Rattray and Brenda Taylor are hoping to offer “Family Dance Nights” at the Golden Links Hall for younger children, to accompany the youth dances that regularly take place there.

Martial artists from Kennedy Jiu Jitsu were on hand and gave kids a chance to battle it out on gym mats while promoting the classes they offer at the school on Monday and Thursday evenings.

Ben Lappin, assistant Deputy Chief of the Portland District fire department was on hand to inform parent and kids about fire prevention and home safety.

Parents and teachers manned the BBQ and book sale and between hot dogs, kids showed off their classrooms and school work to their parents.

After a tour I had a chance to speak with Principal Horan in his office where he admitted to feeling “both privileged and indebted to the community for their overwhelming continued support on a daily basis.”

He was also thrilled with specific school improvements that took place during the summer, which included new ceilings, sidewalks and plumbing.

On my trip north from Harrowsmith, I managed to catch the tail end of Prince Charles Public School’s open house. It was a similarly well attended evening; the halls and classrooms of the school were bustling with students, their families and staff who were also enjoying the chance to get acquainted and meet face to face.

Nov 6/08 - GALS Conference

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Feature Article - November 6, 2008 G.A.L.S. Conference receives provincial health & physical education award 2007 GALS organizing committee from Loughborough PS

The GALS (Girls Active Living and Sport) Conference - the Limestone District School Board’s one-day conference organized by girls, for girls - has been recognized by a provincial health and physical education association as an exemplary program. Recently, the Ontario Physical Health Education Association (OPHEA), honoured Loughborough Public School with the 2008 School Community Award, one of five awards handed out annually to deserving individuals and schools.

OPHEA presented its School Community Award to the young girls of Loughborough Public School for their demonstrated leadership and excellence in successfully bringing together all members of their community to enhance active, healthy living opportunities for children and youth.

The GALS conference was created by students from Loughborough Public School who wanted to address the growing concern of decreased involvement among girls in physical activity and sports at their school, and in their community. Led by two teachers, Erik Vreeken and Mark Sonneman, the one-day interactive conference was developed five years ago to reach, educate and motivate, young girls from across the Limestone District School Board. Since its inaugural conference, more than 2,000 young girls in grades 6 - 8 have participated in this one-day symposium. OPHEA states that the recipient of this award “...has utilized the strengths and resources of their community to successfully create an environment that encourages and supports active, healthy living for children and youth within the school community.”

Back to HomeLetters - December 3, 2009Letters: December 3

Re: Help & Support for Diabetics, Anne MacDonald and Maureen Pickering

Re: Minister Pours Cold Water on NF Sucession, Paul Isaacs

CF Septic Maintenace Program, Steve Giles

Re: Help & Support for Diabetics

I am writing in response to the article, Help and support for diabetics at Sharbot Lake Family Health Team, by Jeff Green (Frontenac News, Nov. 12, 2009). I was pleased to see the information provided about diabetes management just prior to World Diabetes Day.

I wish to comment on two inaccurate statements made regarding diabetes education services available in Frontenac County: "For patients in the southern parts of Frontenac County, such service is offered only at Hotel Dieu Hospital in Kingston" and "They [i.e., Sharbot Lake] are the only diabetes education team working in central Frontenac County."

In fact, since 2002 the Frontenac Diabetes Education Program (FDEP), supported by the Diabetes Education & Management Centre at Hotel Dieu, has been providing diabetes education programs-both group and individual sessions-to individuals with diabetes in the Sydenham, Verona and Sharbot Lake communities.

While the FDEP no longer provides education for the Sharbot Lake Family Health Team (it hired a full-time dietitian in July 2009), it continues to educate in other parts of the county. Together, a Registered Dietitian (also a Certified Diabetes Educator) and a Nurse Practitioner present helpful group classes for individuals managing Type 2 diabetes.

FDEP provides a range of services in the areas of preventing and managing diabetes such as individual counselling, group education, community presentations and grocery store tours. Workshops to address such topics as weight control, meal planning, budgeting and low salt eating to manage hypertension are being planned for next year.

For additional information about the Frontenac Diabetes Education Program or to register for classes, please call at (613)544-3400 ext 3589. 

Anne MacDonald, B.A.Sc., RD, CDE,Coordinator, Frontenac Diabetes Education Program

Maureen Pickering, Program Manager Diabetes Education & Management Centre, Hotel Dieu Hospital

Re: Minister pours cold water on NF Succession (Nov. 26, 2009)

Apathetic? Small wonder.

A democracy, by definition, comes to its judgments based on everyone's voice. Why would any supposedly democratic jurisdiction prohibit elected representatives from discerning their electorate's voice - by referendum or otherwise? A vibrant democracy cannot exist with its voices muzzled.

The restriction cited by the Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing is a Regulation. Regulations are generated because the controlling Legislation, the Municipal Elections

Act in this case, so permits. However, Regulations are intended to allow adjustments to be made without the need to return to the House and revise the controlling Legislation. Regulations can be created and changed at the minister's whim.

Regulations are a sensible means to make minor changes to the way Legislation functions. However, they are also profoundly undemocratic and an enormous loophole and are, as evidenced by this case, badly abused. Regulation 425/00 is an egregious fundamental affront to democracy itself. The minister should be thoroughly ashamed of it. He should use his ministerial prerogative and abolish it.

The minister would also do well to remember that in the not too distant past the province itself undertook the "extremely complex and important undertaking" of "restructuring" municipalities - all of them - at once. The job was rushed, ill-considered and totally without regard for history, tradition and civic pride. That the minister should now, in the wake of the mess the province created, chastise North Frontenac for attempting to clean things up is simply insulting.

Of course the minister might also worry that the instability of the County of Frontenac is a potential municipal governance nightmare and

that slapping down some municipal councillors is a regrettable necessity in order to keep the lid on.

It would be my hope that, if the councillors of North Frontenac believe that municipal governance is an issue that they should pursue on behalf of their constituents, they will request that the minister simply abolish Regulation 425/00 in order to allow democracy to take its proper course.

Paul Isaacs

Re: Central Frontenac Septic System Maintenance Program, Frontenac News, Nov. 5/09

In last week’s edition, Jeff Green reported on Central Frontenac's proposal for a new bylaw requiring property owners to pump out their septic tanks every five years and submit a certificate of inspection of the system to the township. While I am not a property owner in Central Frontenac, council should be aware that many systems have been installed lawfully in locations where pump-outs are impossible either due to no road access or uneven road surface. Barge pump-out services are not yet available. Most pump-out services are now using large capacity trucks and trailers which cannot travel on the small cottage roads. In time, more services will be available if the demand is driven by mandatory pump-outs, but in the meantime, property owners in remote areas will have to be exempted from the bylaw.Personally, I have to question the necessity to pump out a septic tank every five years. New septic tanks are equipped with an effluent filter, which prevents waste from plugging the septic bed which can lead to leakage from the bed. Another objection I have to forced maintenance is the fact that there are sections in the building code dealing with outhouses which are not being inspected, leading to discriminatory enforcement. What about all the toilets in cottages hooked up by a pipe to outhouses? I believe that any enforcement program that doesn't inspect all properties is unfair and could be challenged in court.

Steve Giles

Back to HomeFeature Article - December 17, 2009 Rural Diabetes servicesby Jeff Green

Years ago, the Ministry of Health determined that the gaps in public knowledge about the causes, impacts, and treatment for Diabetes had to be addressed.

In 2002, Hotel Dieu Hospital in Kingston augmented their Diabetes Education and Management Centre by adding a rural component. In partnership with the Rural Kingston Health Network (now called the Rural Family Health Organization) they provide outreach services to family clinics in Frontenac County.

Anne MacDonald was hired as a dietitian in 2002, and along with the nurses from the family clinics in Sydenham, Verona and Sharbot Lake, the Frontenac Diabetes Education program has been offered in the three clinics ever since.

(This past July the Sharbot Lake service was taken in-house as part of the Family Health Team designation of that clinic.)

“When I first started working, I was seeing two or three people a day in the rural clinics, and the numbers were up and down,” said Anne MacDonald, “but the demand is very steady now. I’m booked all day. I think the increase is due partly to the program being established now and to the increased incidence of Diabetes.”

At the clinics in Verona and Sydenham, referrals come from the family practitioner. Most of the patients are people who have pre-diabetes or Type 2 Diabetes. By working with a nurse and a dietician, patients are presented with lifestyle change options that can help them to keep from developing the condition or to manage it if they already have Diabetes.

The Diabetes Education and Management Centre at Hotel Dieu provides background support for the Frontenac program as providing extensive service throughout the City of Kingston.

The Frontenac program serves approximately 500 patients a year, and other residents of Frontenac County access service at the Hotel Dieu service directly. There is another component to the Frontenac Diabetes Education Program that MacDonald would like to enhance: public education.

She runs three to four group classes each year in Sydenham and Verona, with as many as 10 people in each class, and would be happy to run more classes if the demand is there.

“The classes tend to be fairly informal, and help people see that lifestyle changes can make a difference. Our goal is to help people make their own plan, something they can take charge of,” said MacDonald

Participants are asked to bring a lunch. The classes start at 9AM, and go until mid-afternoon. Then there is a follow-up session a month later. The lunch serves two purposes. The classes run for five hours so participants will get hungry, and the makeup of the lunches helps with the education as well.

Making changes to diet and exercise levels can be difficult to maintain, and that is why the education program is not about handing people a list of foods they should eat and exercises they should do.

“It is important to work with people over time so they can manage Diabetes and its effects,” said Anne MacDonald.

For information about the Frontenac Diabetes Education Program, contact Anne MacDonald at 613-544-3400, Ext – 3589.

A similar program serving Lennox and Addington County is administered through the Lennox and Addington General Hospital, which provides service at the Northbrook Lion’s Hall once a month on a Tuesday.

Back to HomeFeature Article - December 17, 2009 Festival of Trees lights up Harrowsmith PSby Julie Druker

HPS students light up at their annual Festival of Trees ceremony on Dec.10

The opening ceremonies of the second annual Festival of Trees celebration took place at Harrowsmith Public School on Dec. 10 and the gym was alight with close to 20 trees, one decorated by each class at the school. Representatives from each class presented their themed trees in the event whose goals Principal Jim Horan explained this way:

“Our goal as a school is to come together to share in the holiday season of giving to those who are less fortunate in South Frontenac and we do that by collecting as many non-perishable foods and as we possibly can to fill a pickup truck in the showroom of Revell’s (in Verona).”

Members of the community also purchase tickets to bid on the close to 20 trees decorated by the students, which were then raffled off the following day. The funds collected will be shared between the Harrowsmith Free Methodist Church for their voucher program and St. Paul’s United Church in Harrowsmith for their Christmas food hamper program. All of the food collected will be donated to the local food bank.

Special guests who attended the opening ceremony included Trustee McLaren of the Board of Trustees with the LDSB and Director of Education Mrs. Hunter also from the LDSB. Detachment commander Ouellette of the OPP had the privilege of lighting the school’s main tree during the ceremony. Six university teacher candidates from Queen’s University also participated in the event and led a festive carol sing-along.

Principal Horan introduced the Festival of Trees event to HPS for the first time last year. He explained, “It’s a way for the school to be part of the community and I think its very important for young people to understand that there are less fortunate people living in their community. It’s also an opportunity for our students to learn the joy of giving which in lots of ways is more important than receiving. We hope that students come to see that a great deal of comfort and happiness can be acquired through giving to those in need.”

On Friday, Dec. 11 as part of their character education program grade 8 students from the school made a trip into Harrowsmith village and walked door to door to collect more food donations for the event. Horan pointed out that this kind of experience is an important one, especially for older students. “It gives our grade eight students the opportunity to learn a lot about volunteerism, themselves and their place in society. They learn that when they do something from the heart that it can be a very meaningful, enriching and rewarding experience.”